Endurance Capital

Ignacio Garcia
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Endurance Capital is where elite performance meets capital allocation. World champions and olympians, healthy aging experts, and operator-founders compare notes on pacing, recovery, and decision-making when outcomes are unknowable and pressure is internal. Each episode translates elite performance into practical systems founders and investors can use immediately. From energy management and long-horizon thinking to resilience under volatility. Built in Kona (Hawaii) and shaped by the global founder-investor community around Trampoline Venture Partners, this is a show for people who think in decades, not quarters. Powered by Trampoline Venture Partners. New episodes coming soon. Subscribe.

  1. 6d ago

    🎙 Endurance Capital | The Dream and the Title with Anne Haug and Nina Horowitz

    Welcome back to Endurance Capital. Most great careers can be explained by a system. Someone is spotted young, put into a programme, given coaches, funding and supervisors, and if they hold up, they arrive. Neither of the guests in this episode was selected. Anne Haug taught herself to swim at twenty and chose short-course triathlon, the format where the swim decides everything. She finished eleventh at the London 2012 Olympics, became world champion with Germany in the mixed relay, and in 2019 won the Ironman World Championship in Kona in 8:40:10, the first German woman to do it. In July 2024, at Challenge Roth, aged 41, she went 8:02:38, the fastest full-distance time recorded by a woman, after entering the Monday before. Twelve months later she retired. Nina Horowitz was rejected by every PhD programme she applied to. She reapplied, got into Stanford two years later, and now runs ImmuneBridge, a company in cell therapy manufacturing. This is a conversation about the dream Anne chased for a decade and did not get, the title she won in a discipline she says she hated, the fear she carried into every swim start, and the day her will broke. And about what talent systems keep missing. Topics ExploredTeaching herself to swim at twenty, and why she chose the format where the swim decides everythingRejected by every PhD programme, and who was rightA cold email, a one-way ticket and no fallbackWhy every selection system has a false negative nobody measuresWillpower defined: built like a muscle, not bornPanic attacks in the mass swim start, and accepting fear instead of curing itStanford's duck syndrome and carrying fear as a CEOWhy winning makes the backpack heavier, and pressure as a privilegeRoth 2024: 8:02:38 after two months sickLetting go of the Olympic dream, and the door it openedVitoria 2025: the day her will broke, and knowing when to stopIdentity after resultsWhat founders, CEOs and investors can learn about selection, conviction and exiting at the top Chapters00:00 Intro: neither guest was selected 04:13 Teaching herself to swim at 20 05:56 Nina: rejected by every PhD programme 06:48 2011: a cold email and a one-way ticket 09:40 For founders: every filter has a false negative 11:35 Willpower, defined 13:15 Panic in the mass swim start 15:07 Accepting fear instead of curing it 17:40 Duck syndrome at Stanford 19:51 Carrying fear as a CEO 21:08 Turning setbacks into something positive 24:34 When winning makes the backpack heavier 27:16 Pressure is a privilege 28:36 The outcome is the outcome 29:55 Roth 2024: 8:02:38, entered the Monday before 32:02 At 41: consistency 33:21 For builders: willpower is a schedule 35:36 Letting go of the Olympic dream 39:03 After the record, nothing left to win 40:38 Hating Hawaii, winning it anyway 43:53 Finding her why 45:10 Advice for women in their twenties 46:56 Vitoria 2025: the day her will broke 50:21 Push through, or climb out 52:53 Proudest of qualifying for the Olympics 55:05 Identity after results 57:27 Reflection 59:25 Nina returns: the signal talent systems miss 1:02:16 Quickfire 1:04:00 Where to find Anne and Nina 1:04:41 Takeaway and close FeaturingAnne Haug 2019 Ironman World Champion. Two-time Olympian (London 2012, Rio 2016). Mixed relay world champion with Germany, 2013. Author of Ironmade. Nina Horowitz Founder, ImmuneBridge Hosted byIgnacio Garcia Founder, Trampoline Venture Partners; Host, Endurance Capital Presented byEndurance Capital sits at the intersection of endurance sport, longevity, founders, investors, and long-horizon decision-making. It is a practical playbook for people building and backing durable things. LinksEndurance Capital Substack: https://substack.com/@endurancecapitalhqYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@EnduranceCapitalHQImmuneBridge: https://immunebridge.comThe essay on Substack: https://endurancecapitalhq.substack.com Disclosure: Nina Horowitz is the founder of a company in Ignacio Garcia's portfolio. He invested before this conversation. DisclaimerEndurance Capital is intended for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing in this episode or accompanying materials should be construed as investment, legal, medical, training, or professional advice. Views expressed by guests are their own. Editorial NoteThis episode was produced from original interviews and source material and refined with the assistance of AI as an editorial tool. The ideas, conclusions, and final wording reflect the host's own judgment.

    🎙 Endurance Capital | The Dream and the Title with Anne Haug and Nina Horowitz

  2. Sep 25

    🎙 Endurance Capital | The Ceiling and the Career, with Dr Michael Joyner and Craig Alexander

    Welcome back to Endurance Capital. Most people still measure performance by its peak: the record, the title, the one perfect race. This episode challenges that idea by putting two people in the same conversation who approach human limits from opposite ends. In 1991, Dr Michael Joyner sat down with a legal pad and a calculator and modelled the fastest marathon a human could run: 1:57:58. The world record at the time was 2:06:50. In April 2026, in London, Sabastian Sawe ran 1:59:30, the first legal marathon under two hours. Thirty-five years, and the lab values of elite runners barely moved. Shoes, pacing, fields and prize money did. Craig Alexander won the Ironman World Championship three times and the 70.3 World Championship twice. In 2011, at 38, he broke a course record that had stood for fifteen years and became the oldest man to win in Kona. He never had the biggest engine in the field. He was competitive on every test, consistent to the point of being boring, and still on the start line when bigger engines were gone. One of them defined the ceiling. The other proved that the ceiling is not what wins a career. This is not just a conversation about marathons and Ironman. It is about limits. Durability. Measurement. Ageing. And why the number that matters is the one you can repeat. Topics Explored: - How a seventy-dollar calculator and a legal pad produced the 1:57:58 marathon model, and why it was a question, not a prophecy - What actually closed the gap to sub-two, and why elite lab values barely moved in sixty years - The engine you are born with versus the hours you put in, and why most athletes never reach their physiological ceiling - Why durability, not peak output, is the variable the lab missed - Goodhart's law, the McNamara fallacy and the tiny margins that decide elite sport - Which falls first: a women's sub-two marathon or Kona under 7:30 - What will move records in the next ten years - Inside Crowie's 2011 Kona course record at 38 - Why to be a maximalist, you first must be a minimalist - What predicts a long life, and what to ignore on your wearable - Whether long-course racing is good for your health - What founders, CEOs, investors, athletes and leaders can learn about pacing the decade, not the quarter Chapters: 00:00 Intro: why peaks mislead 03:03 1991: a legal pad, a calculator and a sub-two model 05:15 Training by feel and the running haiku 10:13 London 2026: the sub-two barrier falls 19:01 The engine you are born with, or the hours you put in 26:02 Talent at altitude 28:10 When a doctor tells you your ceiling 29:33 Goodhart's law, the McNamara fallacy and tiny margins 31:52 For founders and investors: a ceiling is a hypothesis 32:40 The next barriers: a women's sub-two and Kona under 7:30 38:46 What will move records in the next ten years 42:31 Inside Crowie's 2011 course record 46:10 To be a maximalist, first be a minimalist 48:36 Performing after 35 57:22 For builders: availability is a strategy 58:25 What actually predicts a long life 1:01:46 Wearables: what to ignore 1:08:55 Is long-course racing good for your health 1:13:03 What they tell their children 1:15:28 Takeaways and the quickfire 1:17:53 Where to find Dr Joyner and Craig Featuring: Dr Michael Joyner Physiologist and author of the 1991 marathon model. Speaks in a personal capacity; his views are his own and do not represent the Mayo Clinic. Craig Alexander Three-time Ironman World Champion, two-time Ironman 70.3 World Champion, founder of Sansego Hosted by: Ignacio Garcia Founder, Trampoline Venture Partners; Host, Endurance Capital Presented by: Endurance Capital sits at the intersection of endurance sport, longevity, founders, investors, and long-horizon decision-making. It is a practical playbook for people building and backing durable things. Links: - Endurance Capital Substack: https://substack.com/@endurancecapitalhq - YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@EnduranceCapitalHQ - Craig Alexander: https://www.instagram.com/crowiealexander/ - Sansego: https://sansego.co/ - Dr Michael Joyner, research on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Joyner+MJ Disclaimer: Endurance Capital is intended for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing in this episode or accompanying materials should be construed as investment, legal, medical, training, or professional advice. Views expressed by guests are their own. Editorial Note: This episode was produced from original interviews and source material and refined with the assistance of AI as an editorial tool. The ideas, conclusions, and final wording reflect the host's own judgment.

    🎙 Endurance Capital | The Ceiling and the Career, with Dr Michael Joyner and Craig Alexander

  3. Aug 14

    🎙 Endurance Capital | Rising above your summits, Part II — with Jonny Sammut

    🎙 Welcome back to Endurance Capital. Most people think recovery is about returning to the person you were before. This episode challenges that idea through the extraordinary story of Jonny Sammut — professional triathlete, entrepreneur, founder of Ogging and Lytework Labs, and a man rebuilding his life after a near-fatal crash at Ironman Western Australia. Jonny’s accident changed everything in seconds. He suffered catastrophic injuries to his femur, tibia, fibula and knee. His life was at risk. His leg was at risk. What followed was 19 surgeries, months on crutches, an external fixator and a decision no athlete expects to face: amputate, or fight to save the leg without knowing whether that fight would succeed. Jonny chose to fight. But this conversation is not only about injury. It is about uncertainty. The psychological weight of living without a promised timeline. The difference between waiting and rebuilding. The role of community when progress is slow. The loss of identity when the old plan disappears. And what it takes to keep moving forward when no one can tell you what the finish line looks like. Jonny did not put his life on hold while he recovered. During the same period, he transformed Ogging from a side project into a growing endurance coaching business and built Lytework Labs, a performance-nutrition company shaped by lessons learned through elite racing. This is not simply a comeback story. It is a story about building the next thing when the original plan is gone. It is about endurance in its most literal form. Pain. Patience. Identity. Community. Entrepreneurship. And what founders, athletes, investors and high performers can learn from someone forced to redefine progress one day at a time. ep-11-rising-above-y-10.txtTXT In this episode, we explore:The moment Jonny’s race and life changedWhat happened during the crash at Ironman Western AustraliaWhy doctors were uncertain whether he would keep his legThe decision between amputation and attempting limb salvageWhy the hardest part of recovery was not pain, but limboHow Jonny learned to separate grief from regretWhy movement is a privilegeHow community carried him through the darkest daysWhat 19 surgeries taught him about patience and identityWhy recovery requires process when certainty is unavailableHow Ogging evolved from a lockdown project into a real businessWhy Jonny created LyteworkThe role of personalisation in endurance hydration and sodium strategyHis ambition to return through para rowing or para triathlonWhy founders should stop waiting for perfect conditionsWhat it means to rise above your summits when the old plan is gone FeaturingJonny Sammut Professional triathlete Founder, Ogging Founder, Lytework Hosted byIgnacio Garcia Founder, Trampoline Venture Partners Host, Endurance Capital Presented by Endurance Capital. Endurance Capital sits at the intersection of endurance sport, longevity, founders, investors and long-horizon decision-making. It is a practical playbook for people building and backing durable things. FollowJonny Sammut: @jonsammut Ogging: @oggingsquad Lytework Labs: @lyteworklabs DisclaimerEndurance Capital is intended for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing in this episode or accompanying materials should be construed as investment, legal, medical, nutritional, training or professional advice. Jonny’s experience is personal to him. Anyone facing a serious injury, rehabilitation decision, hydration concern or nutrition issue should consult appropriately qualified professionals. Views expressed by guests are their own. Editorial noteThis episode was produced from an original interview and source material and refined with the assistance of AI as an editorial tool. The ideas, conclusions and final wording reflect my own judgment.

    🎙 Endurance Capital | Rising above your summits, Part II — with Jonny Sammut

  4. Jul 30

    🎙 Endurance Capital | All in, all the time with Alistair Brownlee

    🎙 Welcome back to Endurance Capital. Most people still believe the same lie about elite performance: that greatness comes from balance. This episode challenges that idea through the extraordinary career and mindset of Alistair Brownlee — double Olympic triathlon champion, multiple world champion, Commonwealth champion, and one of the defining endurance athletes of his generation. Alistair did not build his career by staying comfortable. He went all in. All in on training. All in on racing. All in on standards. All in on finding out what happens when talent, discipline, risk, and total commitment meet under pressure. Then he kept testing the edge. The edge of intensity. The edge of preparation. The edge of what the body can absorb. And the edge between commitment and overreach. But what makes his story powerful is not only what he won. It is the way he competed. The way he raised standards. The way he made intensity a system. And the way he approached performance without half-measures. This is not just a conversation about triathlon. It is about intensity. Standards. Sacrifice. Pressure. Identity. And what it really means to go all in, all the time. In this episode, we explore: Why elite performance requires uncommon standards How Alistair developed his all-in approach to training and racing What it takes to compete across multiple Olympic cycles Why confidence is built through preparation, not slogans How to manage pressure when the outcome matters The difference between commitment and self-destruction Why endurance sport rewards consistency, discipline, and suffering well How to think about risk when the margin for error is small What happens when intensity becomes part of your identity Why performance requires both aggression and judgment What remains after the medals, the races, and the pursuit of peak performance What founders, CEOs, investors, athletes, and leaders can learn from elite competition Featuring: Alistair Brownlee Double Olympic Triathlon Champion Multiple World Champion Commonwealth Champion Professional triathlete and endurance athlete Hosted by: Ignacio Garcia Founder, Trampoline Venture Partners Host, Endurance Capital Presented by Endurance Capital. Endurance Capital sits at the intersection of endurance sport, longevity, founders, investors, and long-horizon decision-making. It is a practical playbook for people building and backing durable things. Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by GetStride.com Stride helps you understand how your body is actually adapting, so your decisions around training, recovery, and performance are based on signal, not guesswork. Visit GetStride.com and use code TRAMPOLINE for £100 off STRIDE1 and 30% off any other individual Stride tests or supplements. Links: Endurance Capital Substack: https://substack.com/@endurancecapitalhq?utm_source=user-menu YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@EnduranceCapitalHQ Stride: https://www.getstride.com Alistair Brownlee: https://www.instagram.com/alistair.brownlee/?hl=en Disclaimer: Endurance Capital is intended for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing in this episode or accompanying materials should be construed as investment, legal, medical, training, or professional advice. Views expressed by guests are their own. Editorial note: This episode was produced from original interviews and source material and refined with the assistance of AI as an editorial tool. The ideas, conclusions, and final wording reflect my own judgment.

    🎙 Endurance Capital | All in, all the time with Alistair Brownlee

  5. Jun 19

    🎙 Endurance Capital | The System Is the Success with Chrissie Wellington OBE

    🎙 Welcome back to Endurance Capital. Most people still believe the same lie about high performance: that confidence must come before action. This episode challenges that idea through the extraordinary career and perspective of Chrissie Wellington OBE — four-time IRONMAN World Champion and one of the most accomplished athletes endurance sport has produced. Chrissie did not build her career through certainty alone. She built a system. A system grounded in purpose, preparation, feedback, health, recovery, environment, and the ability to adapt under pressure. Then she kept learning. She learned when to push. When to stop. Which limits should be challenged. And which limits protect the foundations that make performance possible. But what makes her story powerful is not only what she won. It is the way she thinks about success today. The medal is visible. The system behind it is not. This is not just a conversation about racing. It is about confidence. Purpose. Limits. Health. Identity. And what it takes to build performance that lasts. In this episode, we explore: Why confidence is built through action rather than certaintyWhy the system is the real successHow purpose creates the foundation for sustained performanceWhy consistency must be combined with agilityHow internal and external feedback improve executionThe difference between psychological, developmental, and structural limitsHow to know when to push and when to stopWhy health is the foundation of every performance systemHow environment shapes what becomes possibleWhy identity must remain larger than any single resultWhat success means beyond medals and trophiesWhy sustained high performance is a process, not a destinationWhat founders, CEOs, investors, athletes, and leaders can learn from elite endurance sport Featuring: Chrissie Wellington OBEFour-time IRONMAN World ChampionFormer professional triathleteAuthor of A Life Without Limits Hosted by: Ignacio Garcia Founder, Trampoline Venture Partners Host, Endurance Capital Presented by Endurance Capital. Endurance Capital sits at the intersection of endurance sport, longevity, founders, investors, and long-horizon decision-making. It is a practical playbook for people building and backing durable things. Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by GetStride.com Stride helps you understand how your body is actually adapting, so your decisions around training, recovery, and performance are based on signal, not guesswork. Visit GetStride.com and use code TRAMPOLINE for £100 off STRIDE1 and 30% off any other individual Stride tests or supplements. Links: Endurance Capital Substack: https://substack.com/@endurancecapitalhq?utm_source=user-menu YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@EnduranceCapitalHQ Stride: https://www.getstride.com Chrissie Wellington OBE - https://www.chrissiewellington.com Disclaimer: Endurance Capital is intended for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing in this episode or accompanying materials should be construed as investment, legal, medical, training, or professional advice. Views expressed by guests are their own. Editorial note: This episode was produced from original interviews and source material and refined with the assistance of AI as an editorial tool. The ideas, conclusions, and final wording reflect my own judgment.

    🎙 Endurance Capital | The System Is the Success with Chrissie Wellington OBE

  6. May 29

    🎙 Endurance Capital | Compounding Greatness with Cherie Gruenfeld

    🎙 Welcome back to Endurance Capital. Most people still believe the same lie about performance: that excellence belongs to the young. This episode challenges that idea through the remarkable story of Cherie Gruenfeld — 2025 IRONMAN Hall of Fame inductee, USA Triathlon Hall of Fame inductee, 14-time IRONMAN World Championship age-group winner, 4-time IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship age-group winner, and founder of Exceeding Expectations. Cherie did not start as a professional athlete. She came into triathlon around the age of 48, after already building a full life in education and then in the high-tech world. Then she kept going. For more than three decades, she built one of the most remarkable age-group careers in endurance sport. But what makes her story powerful is not only what she won. It is what the sport allowed her to become. And eventually, what it allowed her to give back. This is not just a conversation about racing. It is about confidence. Reinvention. Longevity. Contribution. And what it means to build a life that keeps expanding with age. In this episode, we explore: Why greatness does not only belong to people who start early How Cherie entered triathlon later in life and built a 34-year racing chapter What Ironman gave her beyond medals Why you do not need to be a professional athlete to build something extraordinary How confidence compounds through action What durable weeks, recovery, and planning look like over decades Why the people around you shape your ability to last How Exceeding Expectations turns achievement into service What founders, CEOs, investors, athletes, and parents can learn from late-life excellence Featuring: Cherie Gruenfeld 2025 IRONMAN Hall of Fame inductee USA Triathlon Hall of Fame inductee 14-time IRONMAN World Championship age-group winner 4-time IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship age-group winner Founder, Exceeding Expectations Hosted by: Ignacio Garcia Founder, Trampoline Venture Partners Host, Endurance Capital Presented by Endurance Capital. Endurance Capital sits at the intersection of endurance sport, longevity, founders, investors, and long-horizon decision-making. It is a practical playbook for people building and backing durable things. Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by Stride. Stride helps you understand how your body is actually adapting, so your decisions around training, recovery, and performance are based on signal, not guesswork. Visit GetStride.com and use code TRAMPOLINE for discounts on STRIDE1 and any individual Stride tests or supplements. Links: Cherie Gruenfeld: https://cheriegruenfeld.com Exceeding Expectations: https://www.eefoundation.org Endurance Capital Substack: https://substack.com/@endurancecapitalhq?utm_source=user-menu YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@EnduranceCapitalHQ Stride: https://www.getstride.com Disclaimer: Endurance Capital is intended for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing in this episode or accompanying materials should be construed as investment, legal, medical, or professional advice. Views expressed by guests are their own. Editorial note: This episode was produced from original interviews and source material and refined with the assistance of AI as an editorial tool. The ideas, conclusions, and final wording reflect my own judgment.

    🎙 Endurance Capital | Compounding Greatness with Cherie Gruenfeld

  7. May 15

    🎙 Endurance Capital | Powered by the Pack with Crowie Alexander

    🎙 Powered by the Pack Crowie Alexander — 3x IRONMAN World Champion | 2x IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Support systems, resilience, and the hidden architecture behind long-term performance. Act 1 — Origin: Who carries you before the wins? Most people admire individual greatness. Very few understand what surrounds it. Not the medals. Not the finish-line photos. Not the headline performance people remember. But the people behind the athlete. The partner. The coach. The training group. The family. The co-founder. The friend who keeps you steady when the result is ugly and the story starts to wobble. In this episode, Ignacio Garcia sits down with Craig “Crowie” Alexander, one of the most durable athletes in long-course triathlon, to explore a deeper question: Who helps elite performers stay in the game long enough to become great? This is not just a conversation about support. It is a conversation about resilience, loss, recovery, family, coaching, and the systems that keep high performers from becoming isolated under pressure. Act 2 — The Build: Support, loss & staying in the game We break down the operating system behind long-term support: • Why the people who last are often not the most talented, but the best supported • How Crowie built a world-class career from the outside • Why family and support systems are part of performance, not separate from it • How elite athletes learn to lose without losing themselves • What founders can learn from athletes about building a pack before they break • Why women’s health, hormones, and internal rhythms matter for sustainable performance • How coaches, co-founders, partners, and investors shape long-term durability • What it means to design support by intention, not accident This episode explores a quieter but more important side of performance: not the individual breakthrough, but the ecosystem that makes the breakthrough repeatable. Not the hero story, but the pack behind it. Not just who wins, but who helps them stay whole enough to keep going. Act 3 — Translation: The Founder & Investor Playbook Endurance sport and company-building share the same difficult truth: you cannot go long alone. Here is what founders, chief executives, investors, and operators can apply immediately: Do not confuse independence with durability. A lot of people can push alone for a while. Far fewer can last that way. Support is part of the performance system. The people around you shape your consistency, recovery, decision quality, and resilience. Get good at losing without losing yourself. The best performers learn to turn setbacks into data, not identity. Design your pack before you need it. Co-founders, coaches, partners, advisors, investors, and friends should not appear only when things break. The environment matters more than ego admits. The people who last usually build a system around them that can absorb pressure. In both sport and business, the deeper question is not just whether you are strong enough to keep going. It is whether you have built the right support system to make going long possible. About Craig “Crowie” Alexander Craig “Crowie” Alexander is a 3x IRONMAN World Champion and 2x IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion. A physiotherapist by training, he built a 25-year professional triathlon career and is widely regarded as one of the most durable athletes in the history of the sport. About Anna-Luisa Schaffgotsch Anna-Luisa Schaffgotsch is the co-founder and CEO of impli.co, building at the frontier of women’s hormone monitoring and helping women better understand their internal rhythms so they can perform better and break less. About Endurance Capital Endurance Capital is where world champions, olympians, longevity thinkers, and operator-founders compare notes on pacing, recovery, biology, and decision-making when the horizon is long and the pressure is real. We translate elite endurance into practical playbooks for founders, chief executives, and investors who think in decades, not quarters. Subscribe Episodes every other week. About 60 minutes. High-signal. Evidence-led. Practical. Produced by Ignacio Garcia in partnership with OneFinePlay.

    🎙 Endurance Capital | Powered by the Pack with Crowie Alexander

  8. May 1

    🎙 ENDURANCE CAPITAL | Built to last, not to break with Daniela Ryf

    🎙 Built to Last Daniela Ryf — 5x IRONMAN World Champion | 5x IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Standards, sacrifice, and the harder form of excellence: staying at the top long enough to build something that lasts. Act 1 — Origin: What does durable excellence actually look like?Most people admire winning. Very few understand lasting. Not one great race. Not one perfect season. Not one peak performance people remember forever. But a career. A body of work. A standard held over time. In this episode, Ignacio Garcia sits down with Daniela Ryf, one of the defining long-course athletes of her era, to explore a deeper question: What does it take to stay at the top long enough to build something that actually lasts? This is not just a conversation about titles. It is a conversation about standards, sacrifice, repetition, and what it means to keep performing when the pressure is no longer exciting, only familiar. Act 2 — The Build: Standards, pressure & staying powerWe break down the operating system behind sustained elite performance: • How to hold a high standard over years, not just races • Why durability is a harder form of excellence than intensity • The relationship between ambition, repetition, and structure • How to keep evolving when everyone is chasing the version of you that already won • What must be protected if excellence is going to remain usable • Why the real challenge is not reaching the top, but staying functional once you’re there This episode explores a less glamorous but more important side of performance: not the breakthrough, but the maintenance. Not the rise, but the structure that survives pressure, scrutiny, and time. Act 3 — Translation: The Founder & Investor PlaybookEndurance sport and company-building share the same difficult truth: the challenge is often not getting to the top. It is staying there without breaking. Here is what founders, chief executives, investors, and operators can apply immediately: Do not confuse intensity with durability. A lot of people can surge. Far fewer can sustain. Standards matter more than emotion. What lasts is usually built on repeatable structure, not occasional inspiration. Success creates a second challenge. The task is not just reaching the top. It is staying functional once you are there. What gets protected keeps performing. Energy, health, identity, focus, and recovery are part of the system, not extras. A career is a structure, not a spike. The people who last usually build in a way that survives their own ambition. In both sport and business, the deeper question is not just whether you can win. It is whether you can build something strong enough to survive winning. About Daniela RyfDaniela Ryf is a 5x IRONMAN World Champion and 5x IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion, widely regarded as one of the most accomplished long-course triathletes of her era. About Endurance CapitalEndurance Capital is where world champions, olympians, longevity thinkers, and operator-founders compare notes on pacing, recovery, biology, and decision-making when the horizon is long and the pressure is real. We translate elite endurance into practical playbooks for founders, chief executives, and investors who think in decades, not quarters. SubscribeEpisodes every other week. About 60 minutes. High-signal. Evidence-led. Practical. Produced by Ignacio Garcia in partnership with OneFinePlay.

    🎙 ENDURANCE CAPITAL | Built to last, not to break with Daniela Ryf
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Endurance Capital is where elite performance meets capital allocation. World champions and olympians, healthy aging experts, and operator-founders compare notes on pacing, recovery, and decision-making when outcomes are unknowable and pressure is internal. Each episode translates elite performance into practical systems founders and investors can use immediately. From energy management and long-horizon thinking to resilience under volatility. Built in Kona (Hawaii) and shaped by the global founder-investor community around Trampoline Venture Partners, this is a show for people who think in decades, not quarters. Powered by Trampoline Venture Partners. New episodes coming soon. Subscribe.

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    Ignacio Garcia
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    2026
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