"To an outsider, the breakthrough happened fast but, for me, this was the accumulation of 10 years of work. I sometimes think back to how I was as a teenager, and how different I thought this path would be."
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Breakthrough

"To an outsider, the breakthrough happened fast but, for me, this was the accumulation of 10 years of work. I sometimes think back to how I was as a teenager, and how different I thought this path would be."... Read more

"More and more athletes [in Japan] are starting to believe they can compete with the world’s best on the track – achieving nyu-sho results and medals."
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Nyu-sho

"More and more athletes [in Japan] are starting to believe they can compete with the world’s best on the track – achieving nyu-sho results and medals."... Read more

"Don’t put any pressure on yourself to do well, because now you're more determined than ever. You’ll make it. One race at a time. One person at a time. Your life will transform, and you’ll love stepping on the track each day."
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One Race At A Time

"Don’t put any pressure on yourself to do well, because now you're more determined than ever. You’ll make it. One race at a time. One person at a time. Your life will transform, and you’ll love stepping on the track each day."... Read more

Anxiety is not the same thing as nerves. It is not butterflies in your stomach. It is all-consuming. Debilitating. Paralyzing. Crippling.
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Anxiety

Anxiety is not the same thing as nerves. It is not butterflies in your stomach. It is all-consuming. Debilitating. Paralyzing. Crippling.... Read more

"The call came last June. It was my partner’s mom, who knew of a woman who’d just given birth to a child she didn’t want to keep, a child she couldn’t care for."
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My Son

"The call came last June. It was my partner’s mom, who knew of a woman who’d just given birth to a child she didn’t want to keep, a child she couldn’t care for."... Read more