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“I've done the Ironman 18 times.”

At the Fortune COO Summit, Freshworks CEO Dennis Woodside said endurance sports are an important part of his day. He schedules every workout, tracks the data, and now uses AI to plan his training.

"I think it's good to have something that pushes back against work, something where you can think," he said.

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00:00I've done the Ironman 18 times. I usually finish close to the top of my age group.
00:04I'm doing four races this summer, not up full, but three halves and a short race.
00:08Now that the kids are older and out of the house, I think it's good to have something
00:11that pushes back against work, like something that where you can think. Some people meditate,
00:16some people do yoga. I go ride a bike or I go for a run. And that's what I think
00:19about things. And I
00:20think even if you're not thinking consciously, I think you're probably subconsciously processing,
00:24what could I do better? I'm going to speak at this event. What do I want to say? For me,
00:28that's always been an important part of my day. I schedule it all in. I collect all the data.
00:32Now I'm using AI to do my training plan for the year. It's all done on Claude. So I try
00:37to mix work
00:38and the sports stuff in together. I just find it rewarding and I like to compete. So that's why I
00:42do
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