Work, Play, Love with Lauren Fleshman and Jesse Thomas
Lauren Fleshman and Jesse Thomas are world class professional endurance athletes, authors, speakers, and co-own a nationally distributed food products business called Picky Bars. They also happen to be married, still, and are raising two small children. They use their experience, stories, writing, and humor to answer to answer listener questions about sports, family, business, and the balance between all three! It's a circus, but hey, we're all in it together!
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 89
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2022
48: The “Dad” Episode - Cycling Safety, Babies and Dads, Reconciling with a Dad, Parent Favoritism
It’s the “Dad” episode! In honor of Fathers’ Day, Lauren and Jesse field questions all about parenthood through the lens of being a dad, relationships with dads, and more. They cover topics like post…
Post-workout fuel, Mom Guilt, Dating Teammates, Racing In The Heat, Kona
You want tips about work play and love? We got tips. Whether you’re wondering about the best way to fuel after a workout, how to handle all-consuming “mom guilt”, how to navigate whether you should d…
46: 5K Workouts, Hard Conversations, Sleep Before Race Day, Investing Your Time, Multi-Level Marketing
Confronting yourself or someone close to you is a major challenge, but it’s often worth it. Whether you’re approaching a tough conversation with a loved one, addressing your sleep-depriving excitemen…
45: Alysia Montaño, Beginner Marathon Training, Balancing Individual Goals In A Partnership
What does it mean to step up at work, in sports, and in relationships? What does it take? Lauren and Jesse share their feelings about the rapidly developing story of former Nike athlete Alysia Montañ…
44: Triathletes and Pee, Racing vs. Training Better, Home Workouts, Failure, Exercising During Work
Worrying about how you might be perceived by others can make it challenging to make decisions, pursue your goals, or figure out your next moves. If you’re failing in a project, you might be able to r…
43: Caster Semenya, Race Prep Psychology, Racing After Injury, Late-Night Baby Duties
Spring training is ramping up, and Lauren is riding high from recent workouts with her athletes. Meanwhile, Jesse wonders whether he set a world record for fastest 5K on crutches. This week, Jesse an…
42: Performance and Alcohol, Iron Levels and Fatigue, Career Motivation, Running While Pregnant
Jesse’s training up for the Wings For Life World Run, where he plans to smash out a 5K. The catch? He’s doing it on crutches. He talks a bit about the race while Lauren makes some predictions about J…
41: Racing While Grieving, First-Date Advice, Triathlon Training Commitment, Online Trolls
Sometimes when the going gets tough, the tough get to Work-Play-Love-ing…! Whether you’re going hard at a dance party after a long weekend of parenting (and racing) like Lauren, or you’ve got renewed…
40: Heat Training, Cycling Intro, Eating When Training vs. Not, Founders’ Equity In Startups
Lauren and Jesse are back on the road, traveling back to Bend from San Francisco where Jesse has just had foot surgery. Their road trip entails listening to new podcasts, discussing Jesse’s recovery …
39: Supporting Competitors, Skipping Workouts, Rest Days, Moving In With Your Partner
It’s been a rough week for the Flomas family. Jesse’s down for the count with a navicular fracture that’s nearly identical to the one he suffered in the opposite foot after Wildflower. Despite gettin…
38: Identifying Injury, Relationship to Food, Athena-Clydesdale Division, Sandbagging
Sometimes when you have an extended car ride with your spouse, you run out of things to talk (or fight) about, and you decide to fire up a podcast episode! Lauren and Jesse answer listener questions …
37: Mental Toughness, Sugar, Recovery Strategies, Pushing for Business Growth
Jesse and Lauren are just starting to thaw out from the winter, and the signs of spring are accompanied by a mixed bag of emotions for the Flomas fam. Lauren’s got an exciting year shaping up with Wi…
36: Injuries, Motivation, Setting Expectations, and Jesse’s Marathon Approach
When you’re training hard and going after a big dream, not much is more disappointing than an injury. This is especially tough when the window of opportunity to achieve your goal is small or fleeting…
35: Maxing Out, Post-Race Letdown, Work Play Love Transitions
Jesse’s just back from a Natural Products show in Anaheim and Lauren’s been solo-parenting for a week at home, and the Work Play Love hosts get to hang out for the first time in a while on the show. …
34: Building Your Own Training Plan, Pooping While Racing, Baby Sleep, Jealousy
Jesse’s been at home with two sick kids for almost week straight. Lauren’s just back from an epic trip to New York for the indoor championships. And the two talk about their experiences during the 20…
33: Injury, Managing Stress, Deciding to Have Kids, Marketing A Business
When it comes to balancing work, play, and love, how do you draw the lines to balance it all? Today’s show is all about drawing those lines. When you’re dealing with an injury, where do you draw the …
32: DNF, Training Through Hard Life Changes, Emotional Labor, Athlete Sponsorship
Today’s show is all about the tough stuff. Where’s the line between pushing through a challenging race and taking a DNF? What do you do when your training is disrupted by big life changes? How do spl…
31: Weight Loss, Training for Distance, Family Play, Going Pro in Triathlon
Jesse and Lauren are fresh off of a weekend full of play. Both recount their experiences of racing the Great Nordeen Nordic race. Jesse talks about his unfortunate crash during the race, and how his …
30: Exercise vs. sleep, strength training, un-learning athletic lessons, parent-sharing duties
From proper snot-rocket etiquette to how to divvy up parenting duties, this episode has something for everyone. Athletes? Lauren and Jesse go deep on the habits they developed in sport that they need…
29: Balancing work, play and love, setting athletic goals that won’t burn you out, adjusting to a new child, changing an owner’s role in business
You can experience pretty awesome wins in life. You know, like professionally competing in triathlons, breaking national running records, and growing your own business from scratch. But some days it …