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Posted on May 28, 2020

27 | Elite Runner Alia Gray: Breaking the Cycle

We first spoke with this week’s guest, pro distance runner Alia Gray, in person during Olympic Marathon Trials weekend in February in Atlanta. She’d chosen not to run the race despite a qualifying time and an injury-free stretch—a choice made from joy rather than fear, she says, and one she describes at length in this…

Posted on May 14, 2020

26 | Water Skier and Coach Matteo Luzzeri: Strength Through Support

In slalom water skiing, Matteo Luzzeri says, “you’re playing tug of war against a 6.2-liter engine boat.” Injury—both from overuse and from sudden, traumatic events—comes with the territory.   On this week’s episode, Matteo shares the story of his most serious injury, a ruptured Achilles in September 2014. The experience was all the more challenging…

Posted on April 23, 2020April 23, 2020

25 | Cindy and Carrie on the Rebound Lifestyle, mid-Pandemic

Season 3, Episode 25 | Cindy and Carrie on the Rebound Lifestyle, mid-Pandemic This podcast—and our book Rebound: Train Your Mind to Bounce Back Stronger from Sports Injuries—exist primarily to teach mental skills to sidelined athletes. But we’ve always known these lessons and techniques can transcend injury, and even sports performance. It’s one of the…

Posted on February 27, 2020

12 | Former Gymnast and Mental Performance Consultant Angie Fifer: Another Door Opens

Angie Fifer first enrolled at Penn State with a plan to become an athletic trainer. But during a class in sport psychology, she felt a tear roll down her cheek. Instantly, she knew she’d found her calling—to prevent other athletes from having the same experience she had. When she was 16 and an aspiring gymnast,…

Posted on February 13, 2020

11 | Canadian Olympian and Runner Jessica O’Connell: Today, Not Tomorrow

After overcoming multiple injuries to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in the nick of time, 5,000-meter runner Jessica O’Connell faced another series of setbacks as she prepared for the Games.    When she arrived in Rio, she was tempted to view her situation as an anomaly. But the more she talked to other athletes, the…

Posted on January 23, 2020

10 | Runner and Writer Jen A. Miller on Trusting Yourself

Jen A. Miller has been writing about running for The New York Times since 2010. The first article on the sport she published there had to do with injury—”dead butt syndrome,” specifically. Last year, she sustained another serious setback, a stress fracture in her tibia. In the weekly running newsletter she now writes for the…

Posted on January 9, 2020

9 | Olympic Pitcher Joey Wagman: Riding the Recovery Roller Coaster

If you ask Joey Wagman to describe his baseball career, he’ll tell you—with a wink—it’s a bit unorthodox. Since his 2013 graduation from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he earned All-American honors and served as team captain for two years, he’s played in both the minor leagues and several different independent leagues.   Since 2013,…

Posted on December 26, 2019

8 | Paralympic Medalist Amanda McGrory: The Benefit of Perspective

During her long career as a wheelchair racer, Amanda McGrory has accumulated seven Paralympic medals and more marathon finishes than she can count—including first-place and podium finishes at many of the sport’s prestigious Abbott World Marathon Majors.  Her half-decade’s worth of experience has also brought her something less tangible but incredibly useful: an ability to…

Posted on December 12, 2019

7 | Cindy and Carrie Redefine Success

One of the biggest challenges of injury is seeing the goals and timelines you once had for your season or your career slip through your fingers. You may know, objectively, that these plans no longer make sense given your new situation.  Still, your brain often holds onto these previous targets. Each time you realize you’re…

Posted on November 28, 2019

6 | Triathlete Fiona Ford: Pursue Your Potential

After three years of racing Ironman triathlons as a pro, British athlete Fiona Ford was having the season of her life—she’d finished fourth in Ironman France and felt poised to push through to the next level, all the while building a thriving coaching business. Everything changed in an instant during a training ride on June…

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