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“It’s so important to pay attention to how you are talking to yourself, because your words influence everything. So you really need to understand your self-talk and start to dive into it a little bit and know, OK, is the way I’m talking to myself right now—is that helping me or is that actually hurting…

“How do you date as an injured athlete when you identify strongly with specific sports and are drawn to others who also do those things … but you can’t do them at this time? It becomes a source of anxiety and insecurity. Like, who would want to date a fellow runner who can no longer…

“  I got to the bottom after that jump and I started having thoughts of—’I’ve come this far, it’s all gonna slip away if I can’t compete and do well in this competition.’ And as I walked across to the bottom of the jump to go back up the stairs, I basically said, ‘I’m not gonna…

“How do I adjust my training mindset now that I’m a masters athlete? I have a hard time accepting that my body is no longer 20. I’m 35, about to turn 36.” —Kelly   Society often tells us that getting older is something to be feared and refused—think about the concept of anti-aging. For athletes,…

“One thing that helped me—and I don’t know if I really thought about doing this, I think I just did it when I was in the hospital—was just taking it a day at a time. Taking the day for what it is, not trying to look too far ahead. Obviously, you want to hit that…

“I’m feeling left out, although I know it’s not intentional. I joined a racing team this year, but have had to withdraw from several races already due to recovering from a bone stress injury. I did too much, too soon last year, and it finally caught me right after team training started—go figure!   There’s…

“ It’s not going to be a linear journey, which is something that’s been hard for me to wrap my head around. I have bad days and I have good days … I’ve had to learn that sometimes it’s two steps forward, one step back.”   Lyn Jutronich has been swimming since she was a child…

“I am nearly 8 months post-op after a femoral osteotomy to correct my knee. One of my biggest challenges is trying to figure out if my knee hurts because it ‘should’ as part of my recovery—or if it hurts because my body isn’t used to this level of training after 7 months of not doing…

“ You don’t want to think about a friend dying or going through a divorce or anything like that—you kind of don’t want to even put that energy in the world. Same thing with running. You don’t want to think about what it looks like, but the reality is, most of us are going to have…

“ How do I cope with knowing that I may never get back to where I was—that this might be a permanent change for me?” —Emily   Many athletes—whether they’re professionals or amateurs—have a strong athletic identity. When that’s threatened by injury, especially if it’s a permanent shift, it’s normal to feel frightened and unmoored, Coach…