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Speaker 2: Hurdles in life, and my goal through these discussions is

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Speaker 2: For today's episode two hundred and fifteen, I am chatting

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Speaker 2: with Annie Koons. She is a heptathlete and Olympian and

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Speaker 2: I am so so amped to bring you this conversation.

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Speaker 2: We talk about so many things in today's episode, ranging

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Speaker 2: from the injuries that Annie sustained putting her on the

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Speaker 2: like for her now to have a sponsor that not

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Speaker 2: plus what it really means to be a heptathlete, which

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Speaker 2: featuring seven different events, it has a slew of challenges

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Speaker 3: Today. I am sitting down with Annie Koons. She is

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Speaker 5: I'm amazing. Thank you for having me. I'm excited.

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Speaker 3: I'm excited, too happy to have you here.

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Speaker 2: I would be remiss if I didn't kick this off

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Speaker 2: by addressing what's going on with you right now, And

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Speaker 2: what's going on with you right now is you're making

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Speaker 2: When did you start to realize as you made this transition,

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Speaker 2: the know how that you have, it's just a completely

441
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Speaker 2: different athlete.

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Speaker 5: It's it's hilarious.

443
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Speaker 1: And I think that's, you know, going through this year,

444
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Speaker 1: being able to give myself a little bit of grace

445
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Speaker 1: because I'm like Annie, think about three years before the

446
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Speaker 1: last Olympics, Like where were you then, and it's just

447
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Speaker 1: completely different athletes. So I think just allowing myself to

448
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Speaker 1: lean into the moment that I'm in and taking that

449
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Speaker 1: for what it is and knowing that you know, like

450
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Speaker 1: so much can change in a year, and so yeah,

451
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Speaker 1: definitely it's funny to look back and just realize.

452
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Speaker 5: The difference an athlete that I am now compared to that.

453
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Speaker 3: What else was.

454
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Speaker 2: Going on in your life when you made your first

455
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Speaker 2: Olympic team?

456
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Speaker 5: Oh my gosh, what was going on in my life?

457
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Speaker 3: Yeah?

458
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Speaker 1: I mean it was everyone on deck. I mean it

459
00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,439
Speaker 1: was my village of people, my fiance, my now fiance.

460
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Speaker 1: We were dating back then, but our relationship that took

461
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Speaker 1: the back seat. I mean it was truly a team

462
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Speaker 1: effort of like my coaches, my family, my sports, my sports,

463
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Speaker 1: my team.

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Speaker 5: I mean it was. It was a bit of a

465
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Speaker 5: pressure cooker too.

466
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Speaker 1: I was living on site, so on the Olympic year,

467
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Speaker 1: I actually moved on site. I was an offsite athlete,

468
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Speaker 1: but they have a residency program, so you're their offsite

469
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Speaker 1: or on site. I moved on site, which is like

470
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Speaker 1: these tiny three hundred square foot dorms. Like we didn't

471
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Speaker 1: have a kitchen we have. I brought like my air fryer,

472
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Speaker 1: and like I wed like a mini fridge. I shared

473
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Speaker 1: a bathroom with another thirty three year old. It's like

474
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Speaker 1: dorm living for a bunch of almost thirty year olds.

475
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Speaker 1: And so that was interesting, but I mean it had

476
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Speaker 1: its pros and cons. I mean, you're in, you're in that,

477
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Speaker 1: you don't leave it, you can focus, you have no distractions,

478
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Speaker 1: But it did become a bit of a pressure cooker

479
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Speaker 1: just being surrounded by people that are all trying to

480
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Speaker 1: make this you know goal, never leaving your.

481
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Speaker 5: Place of work.

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Speaker 1: Really it was great, but also you know, taxing, So

483
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Speaker 1: I think I'm trying to figure out that balance now

484
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Speaker 1: of living off site but also being able to focus

485
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Speaker 1: and put all my eggs into that. So yeah, that

486
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Speaker 1: was kind of the difference from making AVIC team.

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Speaker 4: To know.

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Speaker 2: It's so interesting because I'm sitting here and I don't

489
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Speaker 2: think I've ever heard about this residency program before, So

490
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Speaker 2: would you be able to talk a little bit about

491
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Speaker 2: that and how someone even gets to be a part

492
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Speaker 2: of it.

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Speaker 1: It's actually sad because they're they're you know, they're cutting

494
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Speaker 1: the program after this year, which is unfortunate because I

495
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,080
Speaker 1: feel like it gives so many athletes the opportunity to

496
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Speaker 1: be successful. Just funding is getting cut for it, so

497
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Speaker 1: we'll have, you know, use but we won't be able

498
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Speaker 1: to do anything other than that. We don't We're not

499
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Speaker 1: allowed to live on site anymore, but up until you know,

500
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Speaker 1: this last year, you were either I think there's like

501
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Speaker 1: thirty of US somewhere in there.

502
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Speaker 5: There's a jumps group, Jeremy Fisher's jumps group.

503
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Speaker 1: There's the multis so Chris Max Multize, and then John

504
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,800
Speaker 1: Degotta has all the throwers, so those are kind of

505
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Speaker 1: the three. And then poll Vulters had publicers when I

506
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Speaker 1: first got there, So those are kind of the different

507
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Speaker 1: categories that you can be a part of. And then

508
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Speaker 1: there's Paralympic Track and Field, and basically it's a little

509
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Speaker 1: compound like it's the Olympic Training or it's now the

510
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Speaker 1: two of US to Elite Athlete Training Center down two

511
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Speaker 1: of US is south of San Diego, and there's rugby,

512
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Speaker 1: there's BMX, there's archery, there's rowing, there's US there's Paralympic tracks.

513
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Speaker 1: So it's kind of a little village of Olympic sports

514
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Speaker 1: and people are living, breathing what they do. There's a

515
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Speaker 1: dining hall for food and then there's dorms there, so

516
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Speaker 1: you basically and then they have their sports in my

517
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Speaker 1: clinic as well, so it's just everything play.

518
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Speaker 5: USA Track and Field was paying.

519
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Speaker 1: For it formerly paying for it, so and yeah, they're

520
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Speaker 1: not employing our coaches anymore anything like that. So yeah,

521
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Speaker 1: so it's kind of a bummer, but it was amazing

522
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Speaker 1: for the time that we had it because it just

523
00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,360
Speaker 1: gave you the opportunity to be successful and you're kind

524
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Speaker 1: of immersed in being around all of these amazing gold

525
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Speaker 1: medal I mean, I was around Britney Reees, I'm around

526
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Speaker 1: Will Clay, I'm learning from the best, I'm around the best.

527
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Speaker 1: Ryan Krauser was there for a while. So it really

528
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Speaker 1: just put you in an atmosphere to be successful. So

529
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Speaker 1: it's really unfortunate that it's ending.

530
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Speaker 2: What would you say was one of the most difficult

531
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Speaker 2: lessons that you had to learn, kind of immersing yourself

532
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Speaker 2: in that environment early on.

533
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Speaker 1: I think the comparison game, I think that is really tough. I,

534
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Speaker 1: you know, came in and A I was out of shape.

535
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Speaker 1: I wasn't in the shape that I should have been,

536
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Speaker 1: and went on like a little drinking dinner like surely

537
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Speaker 1: after the Olympic trials in twenty sixteen, So I didn't

538
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Speaker 1: come in as as good of shape, which I really

539
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Speaker 1: regretted because then I got there, I'm training with Erica Bogard,

540
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Speaker 1: who was like just misfitness. She is just tiny, she's strong,

541
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Speaker 1: she's fast, she's amazing at distance stuff. So I was

542
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,479
Speaker 1: constantly comparing myself to her and trying to change, you know,

543
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Speaker 1: how I do things to how she does things. And

544
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Speaker 1: I think that was probably the biggest lesson, is like

545
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Speaker 1: I am a completely different athlete than Erica Bogard, and

546
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Speaker 1: I have to know that and know that, like I'm

547
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Speaker 1: a power girl, Like I'm not going to be this

548
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Speaker 1: like tiny couick little thing, like I'm six feet tall,

549
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Speaker 1: I'm one hundred and sixty pounds. Like I just had

550
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Speaker 1: to really figure out how to not compare myself every

551
00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:39,520
Speaker 1: day to her and try to be like her, I'd

552
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Speaker 1: be like Annie, And so figuring that out too probably

553
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Speaker 1: two years.

554
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Speaker 3: I've like was taken aback for a second.

555
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Speaker 2: But I love that you just said your height and

556
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Speaker 2: your weight, which is just bizarre because I feel like

557
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Speaker 2: that's such a taboo thing. Have you ever felt that

558
00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,119
Speaker 2: way as an athlete? Like a little odd that like

559
00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,880
Speaker 2: all of this information about you is just like kind

560
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Speaker 2: of a public record at this point.

561
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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, And I think that was probably one of

562
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Speaker 1: my biggest insecurities is like, oh my god, I weighed

563
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Speaker 1: like one hundred and sixty pounds or like one hundred

564
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Speaker 1: and sixty two pounds in off season, and like, you know,

565
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Speaker 1: I feel like I was even looking up girls that

566
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Speaker 1: are my height that are have to athletes, like what

567
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Speaker 1: do they weigh?

568
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Speaker 5: Like am I?

569
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Speaker 1: You know, It's like one of those things that, especially

570
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Speaker 1: as a female, I think in general, we're constantly being

571
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Speaker 1: hard on ourselves and comparing ourselves to other people and

572
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,639
Speaker 1: figuring out, you know, I think, how to fuel myself

573
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Speaker 1: properly and know like, gosh, I'm like one hundred and

574
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Speaker 1: sixty pounds of muscle, like I'm strong as hell like

575
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Speaker 1: and then like you look at Erica, I mean she's

576
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Speaker 1: five seven, she's like this tiny just genetically she's smaller

577
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,879
Speaker 1: than me, but she's jacked as well, and so just

578
00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,360
Speaker 1: really just knowing like, Okay, I'm just going to get

579
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Speaker 1: myself to optimal performance, whatever that is, and accept that

580
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,760
Speaker 1: and know that like strong is better. And I think

581
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Speaker 1: I struggle with that for a really long time. And

582
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Speaker 1: I think you have coaches too that make you feel

583
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Speaker 1: like you need to be skinnier, you need to be

584
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Speaker 1: smaller to be more successful and I had coaches and

585
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,000
Speaker 1: college that even told me like, oh, if you lost

586
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,560
Speaker 1: ten pounds, like you'd be amazing. So things like that

587
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,639
Speaker 1: that really get in your head. I struggled with up

588
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 1: until probably like twenty nineteen.

589
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Speaker 3: Was there a turning point for that?

590
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, one hundred percent. I you know, just a god thing.

591
00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,399
Speaker 1: I was on vacation with my boyfriend and his family

592
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,880
Speaker 1: and he, you know, anywhere we go, he makes friends

593
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,760
Speaker 1: with everyone, but he made friends with the bartender a

594
00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,280
Speaker 1: at a hotel and his wife happened to be a

595
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Speaker 1: master's truck and field athlete who also is like a

596
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,920
Speaker 1: metabolic practitioner and got to talk with him.

597
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Speaker 5: Long story short, I met with her and she just.

598
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Speaker 1: Completely transformed you know, my body and got me to

599
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,640
Speaker 1: optimal performance and taught me how to fuel myself properly.

600
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Speaker 1: It was just a lot about like how you're eating,

601
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,760
Speaker 1: when you're eating certain things, cutting certain things out, and

602
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,399
Speaker 1: it's specific to my body, like she just caters.

603
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Speaker 5: Because everyone is so different.

604
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Speaker 1: And I feel like that's frustrating too, because you know,

605
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:56,879
Speaker 1: there's this like myth that you know, there's just like

606
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:57,800
Speaker 1: a one size fits all.

607
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Speaker 5: I think with like the paleo or quito or whatever

608
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Speaker 5: being in all that.

609
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 1: It's like, your body is so specific, and so she

610
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Speaker 1: really caters to what works for you, Like R I

611
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Speaker 1: can what kind of carbs are good for me?

612
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,959
Speaker 5: You know, is it fruit, is it potatoes, is it whatever?

613
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 1: And when certain things are good for me so and

614
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 1: supplements like what I'm deficient in where my hormone imbalances are.

615
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,119
Speaker 1: That's so specific to especially women. So she figured that

616
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Speaker 1: out for me and got me on a protocol that

617
00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: transformed my body and finally got me to that option

618
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:29,680
Speaker 1: performance that I had been trying to reach and didn't

619
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Speaker 1: know how.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's so interesting when you say, like I

621
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Speaker 2: eliminated certain things or I cut back on certain things.

622
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,479
Speaker 2: People you know are listening and they're probably like, oh,

623
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Speaker 2: I want to know what that is. But to your point,

624
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 2: everyone is just so different. And of course your performance

625
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 2: goals are something to keep in mind here, like this

626
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Speaker 2: is your profession. And for so many people who may

627
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Speaker 2: be stuck in their own version of the comparison trap,

628
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 2: they're like, well, if I do this and this, then

629
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Speaker 2: maybe I can look a certain way. But so many

630
00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:00,520
Speaker 2: factors go into that, where what your genetics are, what

631
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Speaker 2: your everyday activity levels are, how stressed you are, what

632
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 2: medication you're on. Like the list is literally endless, so

633
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Speaker 2: it goes.

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Speaker 5: On and on and on. But I would love like

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Speaker 5: people that are listening.

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Speaker 1: My medal law practitioner name is Cynthia Cynthia Montolioni. It's

637
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 1: fast over forty on Instagram. You can reach out to her.

638
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 1: She is amazing. She's based out of Hawaii, but she

639
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,800
Speaker 1: does like, if you're a storing stress, it's going to

640
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 1: show in your stomach, if you're doing toxin, it's going

641
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,720
Speaker 1: to show in your hamstrings. Like she figures out what's

642
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 1: going on in your body and can cater something specifically

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Speaker 1: to you.

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Speaker 5: And I think that is exactly to your point. That's

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Speaker 5: that's the game changer there.

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Speaker 2: The other thing that I'd love for you to reflect

647
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 2: on a little bit maybe the journey, the mental journey

648
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 2: that went with this is you mentioned that there were

649
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 2: coaches or people that were surrounding you at different times

650
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:48,760
Speaker 2: that were overly critical or perhaps just critical about your

651
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 2: body and maybe focus a little bit more on that

652
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,160
Speaker 2: than what was happening within your performance. So can you

653
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Speaker 2: just shed some light on really what that was like

654
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Speaker 2: for you in college.

655
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Speaker 1: I just remember feeling so in secure and so frustrated

656
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:06,240
Speaker 1: because I didn't know, you know, even the nutritionists in college,

657
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 1: like you know, they were giving me things or saying like, yeah,

658
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Speaker 1: you're doing anything right, they weren't helping me much, and

659
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Speaker 1: I didn't know what to do. So I just remember

660
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,560
Speaker 1: being so frustrated and genetically, you know, I think my

661
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,640
Speaker 1: genets are just a little bit different, and was constantly

662
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 1: comparing and then having male coaches specifically that I just

663
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 1: don't think fully understand or know how to tactfully address.

664
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 5: Things in that way.

665
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 1: But having you know, those tactful conversations with females I

666
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 1: think is hard for men sometimes and male coaches.

667
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,840
Speaker 5: So I just think going through that was.

668
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 1: A little bit different and hard to have those conversations

669
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 1: because for me, I would just shut off and take

670
00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 1: it in and not you know, have an open conversation

671
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:51,160
Speaker 1: about it and then just get more insecure and more frustrated.

672
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 1: So that was definitely really tough in college. I would say,

673
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:55,360
Speaker 1: more than anything.

674
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Speaker 3: You make your first Olympic team, where are you?

675
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: I was in Eugene, Oregon with my whole family, which

676
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,400
Speaker 1: was amazing because you know, they hadn't really gotten to

677
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,400
Speaker 1: watch me in like two years because of COVID. My

678
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: entire family and like some of my best friends were

679
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:14,600
Speaker 1: up in the stadium.

680
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:15,680
Speaker 5: My sister made it.

681
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,800
Speaker 1: Her flight got She's a track coach in Colorado, so

682
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 1: her flight actually got canceled on Saturday, so Sunday she

683
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,640
Speaker 1: made it only because they postponed the eight hundred like

684
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:26,760
Speaker 1: eight hours or whatever because of the heat. And so

685
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 1: right when I lined up to the line, and at

686
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:30,840
Speaker 1: that point, the stadium was full, but I heard my

687
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,800
Speaker 1: sister say like, oh Annie and looked up in the crowd,

688
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:35,920
Speaker 1: like I get tearyarid thinking about it. But she made

689
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,600
Speaker 1: it for my last race, and she's a track coach too,

690
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:40,200
Speaker 1: so it was just really special to have her there

691
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: and my whole family because it's just been truly such

692
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 1: a team effort to get me to that point. So

693
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 1: to be able to share that moment with them was amazing.

694
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 1: They my family came down, I hugged them, My fiancee

695
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: came down.

696
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 5: I was able to hug and kiss him, and.

697
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 1: We just had one of the most emotional moments because

698
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,160
Speaker 1: of anyone. He's been there the day to day, the

699
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 1: ups and downs, and he's dealt with me coming home

700
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,720
Speaker 1: crying or whatever, feeling like I can't do it.

701
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 5: So to get to that moment together it was just

702
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:08,080
Speaker 5: super special.

703
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:12,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you spoke about how much it meant to

704
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:16,920
Speaker 2: you that your sister was there. Also your family to

705
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 2: touch on worthy of noting here you have a lot

706
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 2: of athleticism in your family.

707
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 3: Your dad played in a Super.

708
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 1: Bowl yes, seventy six with the Raiders Casual.

709
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:31,120
Speaker 2: So for you, what was it like growing up in

710
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:36,080
Speaker 2: a family where there was definitely a stress on athletics.

711
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 1: You know, I look back at my childhood and the

712
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: thing that I'm really grateful for is my parents always

713
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 1: allowed me to make my own choices. They didn't push

714
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:47,479
Speaker 1: me in any direction. And I think just innately, I

715
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 1: you know, I'm just a hard worker. I loved what

716
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:51,840
Speaker 1: I was doing, so they didn't have to force me

717
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 1: to go to practice or force me to stay after

718
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,480
Speaker 1: or anything like that. They really allowed me to make

719
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:59,560
Speaker 1: those decisions for myself. And then I think just being

720
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 1: in a family that's so sports oriented and having my dad,

721
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,440
Speaker 1: who's been at the elite level, he's been in the

722
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 1: pro level, he's won a Super Bowl. To have that

723
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:14,280
Speaker 1: resource growing up was so priceless because he just gets it.

724
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,320
Speaker 1: And you know, my mom it was a different era

725
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 1: back then, like she you know, I think she played

726
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 1: softball a little bit, but they didn't have a lot

727
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:23,000
Speaker 1: of sports offered to her, so she doesn't fully understand,

728
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 1: you know, what I'm going through. And so to have

729
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 1: my dad to lean into and like have those moments

730
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 1: where like, hey, I'm having this self doubt or hey,

731
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:31,959
Speaker 1: like how do I make this team and how do

732
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 1: I push myself or how do I handle this situation?

733
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: Just having that resource there was just amazing and he's

734
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 1: he's been my role model for sure as far as

735
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:40,440
Speaker 1: sports go.

736
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and spoiler alert, coming in number six in the

737
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 2: world in your first Olympics, Like does saying that or

738
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 2: hearing that ever get old?

739
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 1: I honestly don't know who that it's even fully hit me,

740
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: Like I think it don't hit me like in ten years,

741
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:57,959
Speaker 1: you know, like because I'm still in it right now

742
00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: and I'm like, oh, I want more, Like what do

743
00:33:59,400 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 1: you mean?

744
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:00,479
Speaker 5: You know?

745
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 1: So I'm and it's just funny because like a year ago,

746
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,400
Speaker 1: you know, over a little bit over a year ago,

747
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,439
Speaker 1: before the trials, if you told me that I'd be like,

748
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 1: oh my god, are you kidding me? Like, oh my gosh,

749
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,279
Speaker 1: it's amazing. And now I'm just like my Now, my

750
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 1: goals are just different, and I have my expectations a

751
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: little bit higher, and so it's amazing, but I want

752
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:18,759
Speaker 1: more for sure.

753
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 3: I want more for sure. So the question is what's more?

754
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 1: You know, after a one for Trials scoring in the

755
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: sixty seven hundred range, you know, I was just trying

756
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:29,240
Speaker 1: to get the standard.

757
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 5: I was just trying to get top three.

758
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,319
Speaker 1: I didn't even expect to be able to win it,

759
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:34,880
Speaker 1: let alone score sixty seven hundred points.

760
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 5: And so.

761
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:38,640
Speaker 1: For me, it's just like, oh my gosh, it open

762
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,879
Speaker 1: my eyes to what there's more there that ceilings even

763
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 1: higher than I realize, And let's see how much further

764
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:44,479
Speaker 1: we can.

765
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,280
Speaker 5: Get in three more years.

766
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 1: Like the amount that I've learned in the last you know,

767
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 1: four or five years in this in this Olympic process

768
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 1: is just like we talked about, I'm a completely different

769
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,759
Speaker 1: athlete and the knowledge and the mental training and the

770
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 1: nutrition all of that. So I'm like, I just feel

771
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:00,880
Speaker 1: like there's so much more in these next couple of

772
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,239
Speaker 1: years that I can get to that level and be

773
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 1: a metal contender, and that's one of my biggest goals

774
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:05,799
Speaker 1: for sure.

775
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,399
Speaker 2: And we talked about, you know, and joked a little

776
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,840
Speaker 2: bit about being above average and a lot of these events,

777
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,400
Speaker 2: but of course that would also mean that at times

778
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 2: you're not going to perform at your very.

779
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,399
Speaker 3: Best because there's just so much going on.

780
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,759
Speaker 2: Can you talk to us or maybe shed some light

781
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 2: on how you've had to pick yourself up after something

782
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 2: didn't go as planned?

783
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 1: That is probably, if you talk to any of athlete,

784
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 1: the biggest struggle of the sport, you know, Going through COVID,

785
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:38,719
Speaker 1: I found my mental coach, and if I hadn't found him,

786
00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: I don't know that I'd ever figured that out. And

787
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,839
Speaker 1: what he taught me a lot of is like mindfulness

788
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 1: and being present and accepting what is. And that has

789
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:49,839
Speaker 1: been because I'm just an emotional person in general, Like

790
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 1: you know, I cried in Monsters, inc. Like I'm an

791
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:57,359
Speaker 1: emotional person and so battling that when I when I do,

792
00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 1: when I have an event that doesn't go my way

793
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 1: or I come up short and not stewing in it

794
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 1: and allowing you to seep into the next event. It

795
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: was really really tough, and it happened at the Olympics,

796
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 1: like I almost fell in the hurdles first event.

797
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:11,320
Speaker 5: I lost half a second.

798
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 1: I felt like I was like I was leading over

799
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:18,399
Speaker 1: the four hurdles, clipped one and almost fell. Finished the race,

800
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 1: but you see me pass the finish line and I

801
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 1: kind of go like ah dang, and then it's gone.

802
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 5: Like I didn't hold on to it.

803
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,360
Speaker 1: I accepted what happened, and I legit was just able

804
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 1: to drop it and move on to the next event.

805
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 1: And so learning how to be present, learning to accept

806
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,800
Speaker 1: what is and knowing that there, it's in the past.

807
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 1: There's nothing you can do about it. All you can

808
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 1: do is execute your next event. And I think figuring

809
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 1: that out is probably the biggest battle. But it's it'll

810
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 1: what it's going to be what makes you successful in

811
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: the heptathlon, because if you go in heptathlon thinking it's

812
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 1: all going to go the way you want it to

813
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,359
Speaker 1: and you're going to do amazing in every event, you're

814
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 1: setting yourself up for failure. I think some of your

815
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,440
Speaker 1: better heptathlons are just going to be your your your average,

816
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,720
Speaker 1: your average of all your events. If you have averages

817
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:03,240
Speaker 1: of all your events, you're gonna have a great score,

818
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,480
Speaker 1: and I think a lot of times I was looking

819
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 1: for those prs in every event, and that's when you

820
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 1: kind of get in those frustrated moods. And so yeah,

821
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,080
Speaker 1: adapting to that and figuring that out has been the

822
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 1: reason I think I was actually successful in a lot

823
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:15,960
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one.

824
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:21,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, but I mean, obviously so much bigger than heptathlon, right' ohality.

825
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:26,359
Speaker 1: Oh my fiance is super grateful for that training. It's

826
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 1: helped us tremendously.

827
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:30,000
Speaker 3: Yeah.

828
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 5: I mean, and that's the thing that's so cool.

829
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 1: Sports are amazing, and the medals and you know, the

830
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 1: championships are great, but it's like, these are the things

831
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,279
Speaker 1: that are going to carry me through in my relationship

832
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 1: with my family, with my kids, and my job after this.

833
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,479
Speaker 1: This is such a small blip, it feels. It doesn't

834
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 1: feel that way, but it's such a small whip.

835
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:48,439
Speaker 5: In our life.

836
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 1: And the lessons and the values that I've learned, I

837
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 1: think is what I'm most grateful for through this Olympic

838
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,760
Speaker 1: process and the Olympic Olympic journey, because you know, they

839
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,719
Speaker 1: really are priceless things. I'll teach my kids and I'll

840
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:03,839
Speaker 1: hopefully be able to have them learn them a lot

841
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 1: sooner than I did and be more successful early.

842
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,760
Speaker 2: So of course, for a huge part of your life,

843
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 2: you have like gushed over your fiance a few times.

844
00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 3: Now, when are you getting married? I feel like you're

845
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:15,360
Speaker 3: getting married.

846
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 1: Soon, I thought, So that's that's been the bait in

847
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 1: this house. I initially was like, let's get married before

848
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 1: the Olympics.

849
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 5: Let's like do it soon, Like I think, like right

850
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:27,280
Speaker 5: after you got engaged.

851
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 1: I was talking about getting married like this December, and

852
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 1: he like his eyes just were huge and he's like.

853
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 5: Oh my god, that's so much money. What are you

854
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 5: talking about.

855
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: And now I've sat in it a little bit longer,

856
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 1: and I think we're actually going to wait, We're gon

857
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:39,719
Speaker 1: have a long engagement and it's going to be like

858
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 1: right after Paris. So yeah, I think it'll be, you know,

859
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 1: be able to close that chapter. It's going to be

860
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: my last Olympic run, hopefully, you know, God William make

861
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 1: the team and then we can come back, go to Mexico,

862
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,759
Speaker 1: have a week long celebration with family and friends, and

863
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 1: go on a long honeymoon and enjoy being married.

864
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,120
Speaker 5: Because it is just a pressure cooker.

865
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: The year of the Olympics so getting married for I

866
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:01,720
Speaker 1: don't think would have been the best decision.

867
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:07,120
Speaker 2: A nice finish line after hopefully your other finish lines. Yes, exactly,

868
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 2: so exactly Beside obviously this exciting big life event for

869
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 2: you and the series of life events for you, I'm

870
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,440
Speaker 2: sure that there are other things, and I know that

871
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,359
Speaker 2: there are other things that you deal with in your

872
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:21,320
Speaker 2: life outside of sports. So talk to me about how

873
00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 2: that's been in the scheme of things. How you have

874
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 2: been able to either make time or show up or

875
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,840
Speaker 2: navigate the hardships that happen when you're not on the track,

876
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 2: when you're not on the field.

877
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,239
Speaker 1: That's been kind of the cool part about this year

878
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 1: is navigating those things that I'm not used to and

879
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 1: like just kind of.

880
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 5: Living that normal life. And I think it's been good because, you.

881
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 1: Know, I think when it's you know, whenever you're in something,

882
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: you'reways wishing or thinking about something else, you wish your move,

883
00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 1: wanted to be on into that next thing or whatever.

884
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 1: I think when I'm in the heat of season and

885
00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:57,239
Speaker 1: like missing out on weddings or missing out on barbecues

886
00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,360
Speaker 1: and just casual stuff with friends that I I have

887
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 1: to say no to a lot.

888
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:02,920
Speaker 5: I'm not drinking.

889
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:06,319
Speaker 1: I'm doing I'm just I'm very structured and so to

890
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: have kind of that time this year to live my

891
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,439
Speaker 1: life a little bit and just have a breather and

892
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 1: enjoy my friends and family, because that's probably the most

893
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 1: important thing in me to be able to just you know,

894
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,440
Speaker 1: have a Saturday, go walk my dogs down by the beach.

895
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 1: It's been really nice to kind of recharge and allow

896
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:26,000
Speaker 1: myself to do that. And I think I struggled allowing

897
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:28,839
Speaker 1: myself to and I kind of hit that brink from like, Okay,

898
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 1: I have to lean into this and just let myself

899
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 1: live a little bit. I'm still working out I'm not

900
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,640
Speaker 1: just like sitting on the couch all day long, but

901
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 1: lean into refilling my cup that way and then navigating real.

902
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 5: Life stuff has been cool. But it's kind of like

903
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 5: what we just talked about before.

904
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:47,920
Speaker 1: It's you know, those lessons and being mindful and present

905
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,160
Speaker 1: and meditation and things like that are carrying me through

906
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:53,400
Speaker 1: this year and when I don't have that thing that

907
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 1: has been my identity for so long. So it's been

908
00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 1: super cool and I think it'll help me be really

909
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,360
Speaker 1: excited to get back to the track and more motivated

910
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 1: for the next two years.

911
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:02,640
Speaker 3: You know.

912
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 2: I had a registered dietician on the show recently, and

913
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 2: she was talking about this idea that you know, when

914
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 2: you're trying to quote unquote be good and you don't

915
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:12,680
Speaker 2: want to eat certain things or drink certain things, and

916
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:14,319
Speaker 2: you go out with friends, and then the whole time

917
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,319
Speaker 2: that you're out with your friends, you're like feeling some

918
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,439
Speaker 2: kind of way that you yes, that you were there

919
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 2: and that you did whatever. And she said that the

920
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:23,800
Speaker 2: client will then come in and say to her, oh

921
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:25,759
Speaker 2: my god, I did this thing, I eat whatever, blah

922
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 2: blah blah, and then she'll look at her and she's like, but.

923
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,879
Speaker 3: Did you have fun? Like what where was your head?

924
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,279
Speaker 2: At was your head the entire time that you were

925
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:37,359
Speaker 2: with these people that actually like, we're excited to see you,

926
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,520
Speaker 2: you haven't seen them in a while, And you're sitting

927
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 2: there and your whole focus is on quote unquote messing

928
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:43,720
Speaker 2: up with your diet.

929
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 3: Like that's just like no way that you want to live.

930
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:50,480
Speaker 2: So for you, how did you squash that inner critic

931
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:54,759
Speaker 2: or get used to cultivating a more positive conversation within

932
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:55,359
Speaker 2: your own mind?

933
00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think it's just learning to be present, like,

934
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:00,120
Speaker 1: and I think, and you know, that's what the and

935
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,319
Speaker 1: the thing that's made me so successful in track is

936
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: learning how to be present and then taking that into

937
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: my day to day life.

938
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:06,440
Speaker 5: Now.

939
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:09,279
Speaker 1: So if I am with friends on a Saturday and

940
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 1: they're drinking, and I want to have like lean into that,

941
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:13,640
Speaker 1: like have a couple of drinks. Obviously, don't go black

942
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 1: out every weekend, you know, like enjoy yourself a little bit.

943
00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:20,719
Speaker 1: And I think it's really tough because we are constantly

944
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:23,840
Speaker 1: in that battle of you know, anxiety of the future,

945
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:25,719
Speaker 1: depression of the past, things that like oh my gosh,

946
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 1: I ate that donut, or future things like oh my gosh,

947
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:29,840
Speaker 1: I ate that donut. And now my workout's going to

948
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,240
Speaker 1: be harder. Oh I had a couple of drinks this weekend.

949
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:34,080
Speaker 1: Monday's workout's going to be the word. It's like you're

950
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:36,319
Speaker 1: constant thinking about the future, past instead of just being

951
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,239
Speaker 1: in the moment that you're in. And so I feel

952
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 1: like that's been what I have to ground myself in

953
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:45,800
Speaker 1: is like, Okay, put things in perspective. The Olympics aren't tomorrow,

954
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,400
Speaker 1: They're not next month, you know, and I'm still working out.

955
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:51,960
Speaker 1: I'm still working with at my whole village of people

956
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,720
Speaker 1: that are helping me be successful. But if you don't

957
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:58,400
Speaker 1: lean into those moments you're gonna be then I'm going

958
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,799
Speaker 1: to be in season. I'm be like God, I wish

959
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 1: I would have enjoyed myself it's last summer instead of

960
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:06,120
Speaker 1: constantly thinking about, you know, this season or this fall

961
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,319
Speaker 1: training or whatever. And so just being present in the

962
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:09,840
Speaker 1: moment you're in, I feel like has really helped me

963
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 1: ground and just be able to accept those those moments

964
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,160
Speaker 1: and not be hard on myself. I think the inner

965
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 1: critic is tough and we're always going to battle that,

966
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:20,480
Speaker 1: but putting things in perspective and trying to be present

967
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:21,359
Speaker 1: has helped me for sure.

968
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:25,760
Speaker 2: You talked about how you navigate the quote unquote hurdles

969
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,399
Speaker 2: that could come up in the myriad of events that

970
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 2: are happening during the heptathlon.

971
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 3: When you are in the middle of.

972
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:36,920
Speaker 2: These tough moments and giving something your all, what do

973
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:39,760
Speaker 2: you think of where does your mind go when you're

974
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 2: in that struggle executing?

975
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,399
Speaker 1: So I am constantly you know, I have about two

976
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 1: to three ques per event that I am just hammering,

977
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:50,759
Speaker 1: like that's what I go to and I think it's

978
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:53,000
Speaker 1: you know, you have we call it like monkey brain,

979
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,160
Speaker 1: where you're gonna have all these living thoughts that pop in,

980
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:59,960
Speaker 1: and it's just learning to you know, look at that thought,

981
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,279
Speaker 1: accept it, and then bring your retention back to your

982
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:04,439
Speaker 1: executing so you're not trying to deny that it's there.

983
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 1: You're you're kind of just accepting that it's there and

984
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:08,920
Speaker 1: then coming back to what you need to execute. And

985
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 1: that's really helped me, along with a lot of breathing

986
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,640
Speaker 1: exercises that I do. So whether it's shot put and

987
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:17,160
Speaker 1: I need to calm my central nervous system or it's

988
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:18,839
Speaker 1: the eight hundred and kind of like trying to put

989
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:20,719
Speaker 1: myself up. I feel like I have a lot of

990
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:24,680
Speaker 1: tools like breathing and queues and things like that that

991
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,239
Speaker 1: kind of bring me to center. And then I also

992
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:29,080
Speaker 1: I think if I go into those moments where you're

993
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 1: feeling anxiety or fear, I think fear can be debilitating,

994
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 1: And especially at my moment like the Olympics, I ground

995
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 1: myself in gratitude and so like even at the Olympic trials,

996
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:39,880
Speaker 1: like if that fear of not making the team was

997
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 1: popping in, or my fear of coming up short in

998
00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:45,239
Speaker 1: an event, or just look at the crowd and see

999
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,440
Speaker 1: my family and be like, I am so grateful that

1000
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:50,360
Speaker 1: I have this opportunity no matter what happens, and just

1001
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 1: kind of letting go and allowing yourself.

1002
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:55,480
Speaker 5: To execute and be in the moment. I think, just

1003
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:56,919
Speaker 5: help me be successful for sure.

1004
00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:57,719
Speaker 3: For sure.

1005
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:02,239
Speaker 2: So someone comes to maybe your Instagram page and they

1006
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:07,880
Speaker 2: see an olympian, a heptathlete with over sixty thousand followers.

1007
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:11,440
Speaker 2: When you look in the mirror, what does Annie see?

1008
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:13,839
Speaker 5: Oh gosh, getting deep with me here?

1009
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:16,879
Speaker 1: You know, I think that it's funny to talk about

1010
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:19,120
Speaker 1: that because I think that if I look back, you know,

1011
00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:21,239
Speaker 1: one of the toughest lessons I think you have to

1012
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 1: learn is like you are more than your sport and

1013
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:26,640
Speaker 1: more than what I do. And that took a while

1014
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:28,480
Speaker 1: for me to figure out. And i'd be lying to

1015
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:29,960
Speaker 1: you if you know I think you still I still

1016
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:30,480
Speaker 1: struggle with.

1017
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 3: That a little bit.

1018
00:45:31,239 --> 00:45:32,880
Speaker 1: But I think that's what's been so special about this

1019
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:36,240
Speaker 1: year is figuring out who is Annie when that thing

1020
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:37,879
Speaker 1: that has made me me for so.

1021
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 5: Long is gone?

1022
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:43,319
Speaker 1: And I you know, I love my dog, I'm free.

1023
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:45,320
Speaker 5: I'm a Frenchy lover. I love my dogs.

1024
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:48,799
Speaker 1: I love spending time with family. I have my two

1025
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:51,200
Speaker 1: god children that I am just obsessed with. I can't

1026
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,759
Speaker 1: wait to have kids and be a mom someday. So

1027
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:56,279
Speaker 1: I think just figuring out what makes me happy when

1028
00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:58,799
Speaker 1: that thing isn't there, you know, finding little hobbies and

1029
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:01,640
Speaker 1: things like that, like crafts and redecorating my house.

1030
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:02,840
Speaker 5: I love doing that stuff.

1031
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:05,959
Speaker 1: So things like that I'm just really leaning into too,

1032
00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 1: so that when that thing has gone permanently, that I

1033
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:10,120
Speaker 1: know who I am and I'm not going to have

1034
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:12,160
Speaker 1: that struggle of my identity.

1035
00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:12,160
Speaker 5: For a while.

1036
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:14,520
Speaker 3: What excites you right now?

1037
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 5: Oh gosh, I mean the future.

1038
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:20,440
Speaker 1: I think what's exciting to me is seeing, you know,

1039
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:23,000
Speaker 1: what else I can do in the sport, how far

1040
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:25,359
Speaker 1: I can push my body once I'm healed. I think

1041
00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:29,560
Speaker 1: that's super super exciting, just you know, life stuff. I'm

1042
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:31,920
Speaker 1: so excited that I'm finally engaged. You know, we've we've

1043
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:35,319
Speaker 1: been together almost five years. Looking forward to that next

1044
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:39,040
Speaker 1: chapter and then kids. I can't wait to have babies.

1045
00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:41,239
Speaker 1: All of my friends have kids, so it's like it's

1046
00:46:41,239 --> 00:46:43,399
Speaker 1: birth control sometimes but then sometimes like oh, but they're

1047
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:45,760
Speaker 1: so cute, Like it's like baby fever, but also birth control,

1048
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:47,839
Speaker 1: so I think that's super exciting. When the Olympics are over,

1049
00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:51,319
Speaker 1: we're definitely gonna have kids soon. And then also just

1050
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:54,640
Speaker 1: I think leading into the younger generation of girls in

1051
00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 1: athletes I think as something that I'm really passionate about,

1052
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:01,399
Speaker 1: and I would love to get involved with more organizations

1053
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:03,720
Speaker 1: or even like start my own camp someday or something

1054
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:06,040
Speaker 1: like that where I can give back to those young athletes,

1055
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:08,680
Speaker 1: because you know, kids are the future. And if I

1056
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:10,839
Speaker 1: knew half the stuff I know now at a younger age,

1057
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 1: I feel like I would have been successful so much sooner.

1058
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:15,080
Speaker 1: So to be able to share that knowledge is something

1059
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:16,319
Speaker 1: I'm really passionate about as well.

1060
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,280
Speaker 3: The stuff that you wish that you knew sooner.

1061
00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:23,160
Speaker 2: Anything when you think about a younger you, that you

1062
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:25,560
Speaker 2: wish that someone kind of filled you in on from

1063
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:26,000
Speaker 2: the get go.

1064
00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:28,520
Speaker 5: I think be present, I mean being present.

1065
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:33,040
Speaker 1: It's like I feel like I look back at you know, college,

1066
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:37,719
Speaker 1: or like especially college, and just like that experience, I

1067
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:41,040
Speaker 1: was constantly living in anxiety or depression of things that

1068
00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:43,799
Speaker 1: have already happened or might happen, and I just wasn't

1069
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:46,560
Speaker 1: in the moment, and it goes by so fast too,

1070
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:49,840
Speaker 1: Like and even high school I had such an amazing experience,

1071
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:52,240
Speaker 1: but I don't feel like I was ever fully present,

1072
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:54,799
Speaker 1: So it goes by so quick, and those memories are

1073
00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:57,840
Speaker 1: so precious that I wish someone would have tried to

1074
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,600
Speaker 1: help me to like learn meditation and mind fullness and

1075
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:02,960
Speaker 1: being present in those moments, because I just feel like

1076
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:04,279
Speaker 1: I would have been able to take them in a

1077
00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:07,160
Speaker 1: little bit more and then also be more successful and

1078
00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:08,960
Speaker 1: be in the moment that I am in. So that's

1079
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:10,960
Speaker 1: probably the biggest piece of advice I wish I could

1080
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 1: give my younger self, which just like, be in the

1081
00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:13,120
Speaker 1: moment you're in.

1082
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:15,520
Speaker 3: I feel like, what's that O they're saying, it's run

1083
00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:16,279
Speaker 3: the race you're in.

1084
00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:18,319
Speaker 5: Yes, yeah, run your race.

1085
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:22,080
Speaker 3: Run run your own run your race, run your race.

1086
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:26,399
Speaker 2: Where do you garner your inspiration and motivation from? Does

1087
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 2: it really come just rooted from your village?

1088
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:29,839
Speaker 3: M hmm.

1089
00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:32,560
Speaker 1: I think it does, But I also think that's just me,

1090
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:34,319
Speaker 1: Like you know, I have I think I got high

1091
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:34,920
Speaker 1: school interview.

1092
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:36,880
Speaker 5: They're like, what do you like where? What do you

1093
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:38,239
Speaker 5: want to do when you grow up? And like I

1094
00:48:38,239 --> 00:48:38,600
Speaker 5: want to go to the.

1095
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Speaker 1: Olympics, Like I've just always kind of had that inner drive,

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Speaker 1: and my parents and said that too, like they've never

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Speaker 1: had to push me really with with like you know,

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Speaker 1: athletics or my academics.

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Speaker 5: Even I was.

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Speaker 1: Always just kind of getting my stuff done because I

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Speaker 1: innately wanted to do it and I wanted to push myself.

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Speaker 1: And I think what motivates me the most is just

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Speaker 1: seeing what I can do, how far can I push

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Speaker 1: my body?

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Speaker 5: What can I do in this sport? Like I want

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Speaker 5: to find that out.

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Speaker 1: I want to see how high my ceiling is in

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Speaker 1: the sport. And I think because I was so late

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Speaker 1: to the heptathlon, it's been so exciting and I feel

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Speaker 1: like there's so much more to learn still, So seeing

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Speaker 1: how much I can learn, seeing how fer I can

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Speaker 1: push my body and what I can do in the

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Speaker 1: sport definitely motivates me.

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Speaker 3: I also find it pretty admirable.

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Speaker 2: I know that you're stopping in Eugene next week to

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Speaker 2: go and be there and support and also just like

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Speaker 2: kind of show face, is that difficult for you at all?

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Speaker 3: You know?

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Speaker 1: I thought it would be harder, actually, I thought when

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Speaker 1: you know, when that opportunity was given to me, I

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Speaker 1: was like, oh, I wonder. Like at in the moment,

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Speaker 1: I was like, oh my god, that sounds super exciting,

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Speaker 1: But then I kind of sat and I'm like, oh, well,

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Speaker 1: that'd be kind of depressing, Like well if that'd be hard.

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Speaker 1: But I think just it goes back to like putting

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Speaker 1: things in perspective, Like the moment that I'm in right

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Speaker 1: now is getting healthy and building that foundation for the future.

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Speaker 1: The moment that other athletes are in, they might be

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Speaker 1: they're having their best year yet and they're to go,

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Speaker 1: you know, contend for a metal and like that's awesome

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Speaker 1: for them.

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Speaker 5: Like, it's just different.

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Speaker 1: And I think you have to stop comparing yourself to

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Speaker 1: other athletes and things like that and build each other

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Speaker 1: up because we're all in the same struggle.

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Speaker 5: We're all just doing our best. We all want to.

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Speaker 1: Be successful, and so I think if you're hoping and

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Speaker 1: wishing that other people aren't successful because you want to

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Speaker 1: be in that role, is just setting yourself up for

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Speaker 1: failure too. So I try to just you know, live

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Speaker 1: in the moment that I'm in and be happy for

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Speaker 1: others because that's there, this might be their moment, So

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Speaker 1: just kind of accepting that.

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Speaker 2: I think in our conversation today, you reflected so openly

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Speaker 2: and beautifully about you know, taking that backseat and taking

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Speaker 2: that backstep and using this time to your advantage instead

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Speaker 2: of thinking of it as a disadvantage. So right now

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Speaker 2: you have the opportunity to offer yourself a piece of advice.

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Speaker 2: At the beginning of this hurdle moment for you, when

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Speaker 2: you found out that you were going to have to

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Speaker 2: slow down, what would you tell yourself with the know

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Speaker 2: how that you have now.

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Speaker 1: You know, learn from your past experiences, because I look

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Speaker 1: back at COVID and you know, in the moment, it

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Speaker 1: felt awful, it was depressing, it was hard, but it's

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Speaker 1: the year that define me as an athlete, and I

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Speaker 1: was out there doing you know, I was sneaking into

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Speaker 1: parks by myself and I was I was taking that

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Speaker 1: time to get better. And so I think looking back

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Speaker 1: on that experience and reminding yourself like, Okay, I look

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Speaker 1: at what you did with that time, look at how

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Speaker 1: you use your time. Then it's different. Now you can't

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Speaker 1: do the same things. But leaning into everything happens for

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Speaker 1: a specific purpose and reason and knowing that and believing

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Speaker 1: that and trusting that is what I would say to

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Speaker 1: myself because you've done it before, you can do it again.

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Speaker 2: You've done it before, you can do it again. Annie,

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Speaker 2: I'm so happy that we were able to make this happen.

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Speaker 2: How do the hurdlers follow along with you? How do

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Speaker 2: they keep up with you? Give us your details?

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Speaker 5: Thank you so much, it's been so fun.

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Speaker 1: I am on Instagram mostly Annie Underscore Cooon seven. I'm

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Speaker 1: on Twitter Annie Underscorecoon, but I am more active on

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Speaker 1: Instagram for sure. I'm on TikTok, but I feel like

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Speaker 1: a geriatric with that stuff, Like I don't.

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Speaker 5: Know how to work it. What's the seven for? I

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Speaker 5: was number seven in college. That was my soccer number.

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Speaker 2: Ha ha Okay, well, I am over at Emily Body

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Speaker 2: and at Hurdle Podcast. Another Hurdle conquered. Catch you guys

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Speaker 2: next time,