This week's guest is Jesse Thomas. Jesse is the CEO and co-founder of PickyBars, a professional triathlete, husband, father, and so much more. In this week's episode, we talked about: -balance with Work, Play, and Love, which is the name of the podcast he co-hosts with his wife, Lauren Fleshman -"graduating" from life as a pro triathlete into full time with PickyBars as CEO -struggles with PickBars, and choosing to be open about it -struggling (and mental health in general) -athletic goals going forward -social media use as a pro, and primary marketing driver for PickyBars -adventure racing -life in Bend -much more! Follow along with Jesse's adventures at www.instagram.com/jessemthomas, twitter.com/jessemthomas, and PickyBars.com! This week’s episode is sponsored by PickyBars. I’ve been a customer of PickyBars since their early days, and they get better every year. Created from a need to have a performance and real food bar, PickyBars are one of my favorite fueling choices.  I’ve been a member of their monthly club subscription for years now. I have a bar before all my weekday runs, and enjoy their oatmeal before long runs… both are so easy on the road. I’m excited to share 20% off a one time purchase OR your first month of the PickyClub with code FORTHELONGRUN. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/forthelongrun/support