If there were any people who were my role models I would just say it was my family's influence and the family and the kids around me.

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 stop flinching, we practice overriding our Can't.

In the midst of regular life, running is the touchstone that breathes adventure into my soul.

It's not only moving that creates new starting points. Sometimes all it takes is a subtle shift in perspective, an opening of the mind, an intentional pause and reset, or a new route to start to see new options and new possibilities.

Cycling is such an endurance sport. I don't think it's the worst thing ever to start when you're in your twenties.

I love the sport, I haven't made millions off of it so maybe that's why I just feel like a normal person, I just feel regular, so that when I walk out of my house now with people requesting autographs in the middle of Albertson's aisles. I realize that I did go to the Olympics and did come back with a gold medal, but this is all strange. Somebody pinch me please, because I'm just here on my couch at night watching the Olympics now like everyone else in the world.

Take care of yourself. Eat well, rest, train hard and smart, make time to think and breathe. Be intentional with your time.