Occupation: Olympic Athlete Birth: August 11, 1973
I think I run my strongest when I run with joy, with gratitude, with focus, with grace. With that strategy in place I can push myself for pleasure, n….
I think USA Cycling really needs to ride this wave and start looking at growing the sport. It's a tough one because cycling is such an endurance spor….
If we write our dreams and goals down, we dramatically increase our odds of realization. If we share them with others, they become potent and alive..
The best thing to do when you find yourself in a hurting or vulnerable place is to surround yourself with the strongest, finest, most positive people….
That's what our training is for, we practice not panicking, we practice breathing, we practice looking directly at the thing that scares us until we ….
Running is always an exercise in humility..
I'm not the kind to go out and tell people 'Oh yeah I'm a gold medalist.'.
Typically creative people are usually not clock-slaves or list-makers, so the idea of enforcing goals and deadlines can be somewhat daunting..
I feel like I've done everything I can, and what I wanted to do..
Parents walk a fine line between discipline and grace - values have to hold even when circumstances change or call for compromise or compassion. It's….
Every mile marker can be met with some measure of trepidation, in a race or in life. Am I on target? Do I have what it takes to finish strong? Am I t….
Running is a grownup's lost link to playing outside..
I avoid the carwash when I think it might rain anytime in the near future, which means I drive around the majority of the time in a pollen and bird p….
What I've learned over the last 6 or 7 years, I would love to teach people. I still have a lot to share with people and especially within the US..
Embrace your sweat. It is your essence and your emancipation..
And when they start riding a lot of them have full time jobs and are taking vacation days to get by. All of a sudden it becomes so addictive because ….
In America with the Olympics when you not only have a medal but a gold medal all of a sudden people come out of the wood work and you're treated a li….
As a nation, China, is one of the most powerful countries around and if anyone can make something happen, if anything is in their control and they ca….
I became a lot more educated on this arthritis thing when I was diagnosed with it, but basically OA is a degenerative disease, which is definitely so….
The way the Europeans work, most girls get paid by their federation; their country pays them. Essentially the federations say go represent our countr….
We either live with intention or exist by default..