July 13, 2021 • 32 mins
Co-hosts Adrienne Herbert and Tamara Pridgett are joined by Lindsey Vonn. Lindsey is a World Champion alpine skier, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, and UA athlete. We chat with Lindsey all about resilience in sport and in life. Throughout Lindsey’s decorated career she has continued to raise the bar of excellence even in the face of numerous injuries and setbacks. Lindsey talks to us about how her passion for skiing began, how she overcame so many obstacles, and where she is now in her life and fitness after retiring from pro skiing.
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A lot of people see a brick wall and they're like,
there's no way I can go around it. But athletes
were like, no, I'll climb over it, I'll go wonder it,
I'll go around it. You know, I'll find a way
through it. I'll run myself from the wall until it breaks.
You know. It's like we find a way to get
the job done. And that's, you know, such a valuable
thing in life is, you know, not seeing those obstacles
and being able to be gritty enough to find a
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way through it. This is Sweat the Details, a collaboration
with Underrama and I Heart Radio, a podcast made for
women buy women that puts our training, journeys, goals, and
mindset at the center. I'm Tamera Pridget and I'm Adrian Herbert's.
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Every episode we'll hear from athletes, trainers, and experts who
will give us insights into how our bodies and minds
work together in training and competition. In today's episode, we're
talking about fostering resilience. We chat with Lindsay Van You,
a athlete, world champion, alpine skier, philanthropists and entrepreneur. Lindsay
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has had such an incredible career and pushed through some
tough challenges, including severe injuries sustained from competition. After every fall,
Lindsay has persevered and found her way through recovery and
back onto the slopes better than ever. Yes, that's what
makes Lindsay so inspiring. I find her determination to get
back up after injury incredibly relatable. And even though most
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of us aren't world champions, we have all face challenges
in our sport or in life. Absolutely, and I don't
think we should waste any time. So what do you think, Tamara?
Let's jump right in. Yeah, she has so many great
tips and just experiences to share with us, So let's
do it. Lindsay, Welcome to the podcast. Thank you so
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much for joining us. How are you doing? I'm great?
How are you? Yeah? Very well? Thanks so excited for
this conversation today. Yeah, me too, Thank you so much
for joining us. MH. One of my favorite questions to
ask athletes to get started is just for you to
tell us about yourself. Give us a background. How you
got started skiing? Um? Great question. I started in Minnesota. UM.
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I started skiing when I was two and a half
years old. UM. I originally was not good at skiing.
I was just really bad at everything else. Um I
was you know, tried figure skating and gymnastics and like
a whole bunch of other sports and I was freaking terrible. So, um,
I was decent at skiing and then I just that's
kind of where all my friends were. And uh, eventually,
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you know, met my idol, Pikaboo Street when I was nine,
and she really inspired me to want to be an
Olympian and then just worked my tail off and I
got there. So it's very footnotes. Were you kind of
the child that was like I want to ski, I
want to ski, I want to ski, or were you like, oh,
this is kind of fun and then your parents were like,
oh she's good. Did they spot talent or were you
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just like this is what I want to do. I
think it was a combination of both those things. I mean,
my dad was a skier growing up, and you know,
it was something that on my dad's side everyone did it,
so it's definitely a family thing. But I originally really
didn't like the cold, and I still don't like the cold,
so that that never went away. Um, but I enjoyed it,
like I I think I enjoyed being with my family um,
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more than anything. So my parents never really had to
push me to do anything. You know, I may have
needed a lot of lodge breaks for hot chocolate and donuts,
but um, besides that, you know, I just love being
on the mountain and I loved racing. I think I
honestly loved racing more than I did just like skiing
because I'm hyper competitive. Um and uh yeah, So again,
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my parents never really pushed me. They mostly just supported me,
and once I told them my goal of making the Olympics,
they you know, helped guide me and you know, directing
to the right races, and you know, then eventually we
moved to Colorado when I was twelve so that I
can continue to pursue skiing because Minnesota is not exactly
known for its steep mountains. And having that clear focus
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at such a young age, I guess that must have
impacted other things, so for example, school and education and
socializing like weekend sleepovers. You know, if you were nine
and you decided, okay, this is what I want and
your parents were supporting that too, did you have to
make those compromises? Yeah? Absolutely. I mean I didn't have
very many friends growing up. I didn't get to do
a lot of the things that everyone else gets to do.
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You know, I had maybe a couple of sleepovers, but
that was you know, with my friends from the ski club,
not you know, my friends from school. UM, and I
you know, started traveling to Europe by myself when I
was nine. You know, I was just always on the road.
In middle school, I took two years of homeschooling, and
then I went to a ski academy when I got
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to Colorado. UM, but you know, still I didn't fit
into the program. So eventually had to do correspondence education
to finish my last two years of high school because
no UM academy would even fit my lack of attendance
into their schedules. So UM definitely was difficult. Never went
to prom, you know, never did any of those things.
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I definitely had a choice between you know, going out
with my friends and you know, preparing for the race.
And I always chose preparing for the race, simply because
you know, my dad made the consequence is clear. You know,
if you do this, you can do it, but that's
your choice, and you will suffer in your races. And
do you want to make the Olympics? And I always
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said I want to make the Olympics, So for me
it was always an easy choice. But you know, I
think looking back, it definitely made the right one. There's
plenty of time later in life to do all those things,
and um, you only have a short window to be
uh an athlete, so it's better to optimize that time.
So it sounds like from what you said so far
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and see that you know you had that laser focus
at such a young agent. For a lot of people
maybe they don't have that. It comes later. But do
you think that you know, fostering a mindset. Have you
had to work on your mindset throughout different things, whether
it's injury, whether it's focused, or have you had that
laser approach to everything? I pretty much have a laser
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focused with everything I do. It's kind of like how
I'm wired. But um, you know I'm very goal oriented.
So um, you know, if I can see something that
I want or visualized, then you know, I just work
backwards from there. You know, how do I get there?
You know? What do I need to do? What do
I need to work on? You know? Uh? And that
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goes for everything and not just skiing. You know, it's
business as well. Um, and that's just kind of something
that is in me and like a type a personality.
You know, it's just how I'm wired, which is weird,
but um also great. UM can say it's particularly helpful
on the personal side, but you know, when it comes
to a career, it's great. Yeah. UM, You've done some
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really amazing, remarkable things over that period of time. Just
like how do you stay resilient? How do you stay
in the game mentally physically, because there's so many just
like setbacks that happen in sport that are out of
your control. I focus on the things that I can
control and then I kind of leave the rest to
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you know, like fate if if you will. Um, you
know in skiing and I can't control the weather, I
can't control the snow and the wind, and you know,
the course conditions are so many variables that, um, it
will drive you insane if you focus on that. So
for me, I just really focused on the things I
could control, you know, my preparation, my visualization, you know,
my warm up. Um, you know what I did in
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this summer, you know, kind of everything led to the
starting gate and then from there I kind of just
let it happen. So that's you know, really what I
was hyper focused on is always being prepared, you know,
being more prepared than my competition, out working the competition,
out thinking the competition. You know, it's like a physical
chess game. You know, how can I be two steps
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head of every buddy all the time? You know, you
won full World up overall championships and you know, being
only one of two women to ever accomplish that. I'm
interested to know, you know, as an athlete, when they
have a goal, which is like I want to be Olympian. Okay,
you've achieved that. I want to win gold. You've achieved that.
When you achieve something, how do you keep the fire?
How do you keep the desires to kind of keep training,
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keep working hard when you've kind of you've done it,
you know, how do you keep that? I'm a perpetual
one upper so which again it's like great, but not
great because you know, whenever I achieved something, I just
want to do the next thing. I have been really
motivated in the past by people saying that I couldn't
do it, and I feel like once I achieved something,
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you know, people would say, oh, you know, she's gonna
sit back and you know, she's never going to do
this again. This is kind of a one time deal.
And I'm like, okay, it's definitely not the case. You
will eat your words. I will guarantee you that. So,
you know, those kinds of things always helped motivate me.
And then you know, if I had an obstacle like
an injury, um, I would find different ways to motivate myself.
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I would find you know, a timeline, you know, when
the doctor says I can be back on snow and
then I cut time off that and then I worked
my way, you know, to that point. So it's always
a constant game of you know, what are my goals?
How do I get better? How do I you know,
achieve something more the next time that I haven't achieved yet.
And that kind of kept me going, you know, because
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you know, a a certain point, I'd broken a lot of
records and it's just like, what's the next goal, and
that there was just always something for me to find,
and I never stopped that hunger to compete and the
hunger to get better. You know, whenever you've become complacent
at something, no matter what it is, someone's going to
pass you. So that was my number one thing is
never be complacent and always be hungry for that next step,
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the next challenge. You know, I think, you know, going
back to the point you mentioned around injury, I think
I read that a physical therapist once said that with
each injury, you have the opportunity to learned something new
about yourself. So even in the moment, I hate that thing,
you know, it's frustrating. Let's be honest. We all hate
being injured. I do, everybody does. But you know that's
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the opportunity that you've just learned something about your body
and now you can do something differently. So do you
think there's some truth to that? Oh, it's absolutely true.
I mean, that's really spot on. I've always felt like
all of my injuries taught me something and I always
looked at it as a positive. You know, Um, this
is a chance for me to get stronger mentally physically.
And it sucked, you know, injuries always sucked, but there
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are bright spots to it. And I do think I'm
a stronger and better person because of all my injuries. Um,
you know, I wouldn't appreciate the things that I appreciate
if I hadn't been injured. It's being able to trust
yourself because you can read a million books, you don't
have a million people telling you what to do. But
if you can't look inside yourself and know what you need,
you're always going to be lost. So you know, it's
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knowing yourself understanding what you need. Um. You know, listening
to advice, that's one thing, but knowing your health is
probably the most difficult part of it, and that's the
most important part of it. Absolutely. I also feel like
just being resilient, like it's for it comes with its
up and downs. Injuries are a part of the game. Um,
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And you have to be resilient or else you're never
going to bounce back. Um And you've had your fair
share of injuries, But what was that process like each time?
Like how were you able to just get back and
just keep going full force? Because sometimes you can be timid, right,
Like I don't know, like I'm afraid, but I feel
like you've always just like attacked everything like you said earlier,
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like you're just gonna go for it. Yeah, I have
a short memory span, you know. It's like once I
once I crash, I learned from it and I totally
move on. Like I don't it doesn't even cross my mind.
And you know, I work really hard to make sure
that I'm physically and mentally ready when I get in
the starting it again, so I never have to think
about you know that it's scarier. You know that I
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could you do the same thing and get injured again. Um,
because then skiing, that risk is always there. You know,
every single run you take, you could you know, break
your neck or blow your knee out. You know, those
are just the reality of the sports. So I just
again worked on the preparation. I believe in myself and
you know, and in this sport, if you have any
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inkling of doubt, you're done. You're definitely not gonna win,
and you're probably gonna injure yourself again if you think
that way. So I just keep my memory span very
short on like a goldfish. It's like five seconds and
move on. And that's just helped me stay in the
moment and not dwell on the past, whether it's positive
or negative. I just always look forward. That's why I
have my little shark dot too. It's because I, you know,
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always want to go after what I want and I
never swim backwards because sharks die if they swim backwards,
so it's you know, keeps perpetually moving forward. Absolutely, Yeah,
that's true. And for anyone listening too, As I said,
they might not be an Olympian, but the the everyday athlete,
you know, they train hard, they work hard, and it
can be difficult to kind of balance between okay, listening
to like we talk about trusting yourself and listening to
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the body and thinking, Okay, this is a twinge or
this is actually becoming a pain, or this is an injury.
So yeah, how do you balance that with that mindset?
I mean, I'm mainly just stubborn. This is like really
what it comes down to astrology. I'm a Libra, so
I like balance things. But I'm also like kind of
like when I have an opinion about it, I'm pretty
strong with it. But it is hard to listen to
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your body, especially you know, running, Like I mean, my
body is always said don't run, you know, so I
just listen. Yeah, I just listen to it. Um. I
am not built for running, I'll tell you that right now. Um.
But I think you know, the more you do something,
the more you learn. So you know, it's not quitting
when you feel pain, but it's learning how to either
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adapt or take a day off and you know, kind
of trial and error see what works. You know, if
I take a day off, do I feel better and
the pain goes away? If I take a hot tub
and I stretched, does it feel better? Do you have
to play around with it? The thing is is not
to give up, like, not to stop doing something because
you feel something. It's like whack a mole. You just
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have to find a way to get the mole. Like,
you know, it's like how many things can I try?
And and resilience is important in all aspects of life,
no matter what you're doing, because if you quit it
everything you did the first time you you felt something
or you faced an obstacle, then you would literally never
get anywhere. Um. So it's just you know, perpetually trying
and and um finding ways to make it work. Absolutely.
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So my question is about this transition from sport to
being what we as collegiate athletes called like narps like
non athletic regular people not as that's a great term.
We used to always say, Um, what was that transition
from like training, competing, always preparing for the next thing,
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like to really just having so much free time like
for you because in college, once track was over, I've
been of me and my friends were like, no lifting. Okay,
I guess, like, what was that like for you? How
did you handle it? Uh? Was hard? I mean kind of.
At first I thought, well, I need a break because
you know, I've been working out my whole life and
I need to, you know, just take some time off.
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And then I thought maybe my knee would feel better
if I wasn't working out as hard. And then I
finally realized that it actually hurt worse, so um, and
then I got back into the gym, and I really,
you know, after that time off, I found that I
really enjoyed staying in the gym, and like being in
the gym is kind of the one thing that keeps
me sane because you know, as athletes, you're you know,
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you're operating at such a high level, you know, mentally
and physically, and if you just stop that, it's you know,
you can't just turn that off. Um. So I feel
like in the gym, I can push myself and be
competitive with myself and kind of get that energy out, um,
but still have fun. You know, I keep it short
and sweet, like and you know, I never really work
out more than an hour. My train with uh Gunner
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Peterson in l A. And you know, we do circuit
training and you know, mixing boxing and you know, squats
and like all these fun things and I never do
the same thing twice and that kind of helps me
keep things fresh. And then I you know, bike probably
three days a week as well. UM hashtag ginderup, which
is my new thing. It's kind of it's like if
you're working higher to get some ginder up going. Um,
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but you know, it's I find it to be really
fun because there's no structure. You know, I don't have
to work out. I want to work out and um.
You know again, it took some time to kind of
figure that out and find a good balance. But now
I feel like I'm in a really good place and
I feel healthy and just good. What would you say
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are some of the biggest lessons or takeaways that you've
gotten from sport that just impact all aspects of your life.
I mean, I think it's just grit, you know, and
you know, resiliency and not taking no for an answer
and having like a positive outlook. You know, a lot
of people see a brick wall and they're like, there's
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no way I can go around it. But athletes were like, no,
I'll climb over it, I'll go wonder it, I'll go
around it. You know, I'll find a way through it.
I'll run myself in the wall until it breaks. You know.
It's like we find a way to get the job done.
And that's you know, such a valuable thing in life is,
you know, not seeing those obstacles and being able to
be gritty enough to find a way through it. Um.
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When you know a lot of people who aren't in
sports are like, well, well that's a brick wall and
it's going to be there and I'm just gonna sit
on the other side of it. Um. And uh, I
think you know, that's why I think it's so important
that kids get involved in sports, is because they learn
that and they learn goals. And you know, if I
work hard at something, I get better and I achieve something,
and I don't quit at something. You know, I think
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those are very valuable lessons in life that everyone needs. Agreed. Yeah.
I mean I'm listening to you and I'm thinking about myself.
I know you said it start being a type, and
you know, I'm always thinking about this nature and nurture.
You know, is this something that is born You've got
it or you don't have it? You know that that
that mindset that, like you just said about the wall,
I'm getting through it somehow. Is that Are you born
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with that or is it nurture? And if it's even
an individual listening who's like, I know that I'm that
person that gives up. I know that I'm that person
that doesn't drive myself. Like can I develop and become
that person or is it just like, yes, you don't
have it? You know. I think it's a very interesting question.
And I think I think that there's to degree, there's
some level of you know, learning through cause and effect,
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especially at a young age. You know, if you quit something,
what's the ramifications of that. It's not just that you
quit it that you know, you're you're affecting different stages
of life down the road. I look at my family
and I think, you know, we all grew up the
same on all as the five kids. And you know,
I'm very driven. My sister who was right below me,
she's four years younger, she's very driven, not as much
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athletically but more in business. Like my dad always jokes
that she's raw meat for breakfast, Like if she doesn't
get promoted in six months, she's mad. You know, it's
just kind of how we roll. And then below her
there's triplets and they're two years younger than her, and
they're all very different and definitely not driven in the
same way, you know, definitely not. So you know, it's
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interesting that we all have the same upbringing, but yet
we all have very different levels of motivation and determination
and what we think is possible and what is possible
or are very different, even though we've been given the
same message our whole lives. So I think, you know,
to your point, there is a level of you know,
you're born with it. And then I think there are
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things that you can do to kind of help yourself
along the way, to make you more you know, gritty
and resilient. But the determination, the motivation, like you have
to have that within you have to want certain things,
you know, Goals has been like a theme of this conversation. Lindsay,
what are some goals you're currently working towards, whether they're
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when it comes to your personal fitness or when it
comes to just your business and your brand. Oh what
am I not working on? Um, you know, I feel
like I'm kind of trying to find my brand outside
of skiing. I'm pretty close, and I think, you know,
kind of going on this journey of finding my way
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in the gym again has really changed the way I
think about my brand in a lot of ways. Um.
But you know, I'm I'm kind of more in into
VC stuff now. I'm investing in and you know, doing
a lot of business ventures and starting businesses and so
that's one side of it. And then you know, you
still have the athletics side and again just my wellness
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journey and how I've kind of transitioned my life after skiing. Um,
So there's a lot that I'm doing with that and
it's been really fun. Again, I feel like I'm never
not driven, So I always have a tendency to work
too hard and it's good. Sometimes it just take a break. Um.
But I feel like, you know, with the pandemic, I've
been on a bajillion zoom calls it like everybody else,
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and UM, I'm ready to get back to seeing people
in person and those kinds of connections really excite me. Um,
Meeting new people and you know, just exploring new ideas
and you know, there's a lot of doors that could
be open and just you know, finding which door is
the right door. So um, I'm just looking forward to
getting back to that personal connection and building those relationships. Yeah, yeah,
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we all hear that. Well, I'm sure with you driving
that ship, Lindsay, I'm sure that it will be successful.
I want to look back to the previous question. I
was also thinking, you know, did you ever cross your mind,
did you ever have a conversation about switching sports and
competing as a probe and something else? I I did.
I really wanted to be in Formula one. I could
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see that. Yeah, I did, and I was really very
heavily contemplating it, and did I did a couple of
days on the track and I really tested it out.
But you know, it was a really big commitment, and
I couldn't say I was going to give like three
or four years of my life, like right after skiing
to do that. And you know, who knows if I
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would have even been great at it, you know, and
I don't like not being good at something. So if
I wasn't going to be successful, and I didn't want
to do it, and so it's like, you know, do
spend three or four years and maybe you'll be good
at it. Um. I really wish I could have been
a tennis player, Like, if I could pick any sport,
it would I love tennis so much. I live vicariously
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through Roger Federer and I just pretend that i'm him,
and you know, he's the greatest. Yeah, I want to
take tennis lessons. I'm not even at that point yet,
but I wish I would have been put in tennis
as well. I was put in tennis. I was just terrible, terrible.
It's in my mind. I'm good. In my mind, that's
all that counts. Yeah, exactly. That is the put up
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at place to take a short break. But then we'll
be right back. Hey, everybody, welcome back to sweat the details.
We always end our interviews with like a fun game, uh,
to lighten the mood, just like have some good laughs.
So the game that we have for you today is
called Slope Savvy. So we're just gonna ask you about
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some of the courses you've competed on, and we want
to know what you liked and disliked about each one. Okay, okay,
So first up is Late Louise. Yeah, that's my favorite. Okay, yeah,
so that's your favorite. It's my favorite. Yeah, I love
that place. Why was your favorite? What's not to love?
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I mean it was one of those beautiful places in
the world and I won there a lot, and it
was like a beautiful hotel and it was like very quiet,
and it was the first race of the year. There's
just so much to love about it. The only thing
is that it was really cold. I'm not a fan
of gold, but otherwise great. Yeah, okay, I've noted. What
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about Veil? I love Veil feels great. Um. I used
to live there. I will only race there twice, and
it was great. It's nice because my family could be there,
you know, because my family can't really be at any
other race because they're so far away. Yeah, okay, so
next one. How about pyeong Chang pyeng Chang is where
the Olympics were. Um. I actually really liked that track.
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It was great. It just it was a hard Olympics
for me because my grandfather died like kind of right
before it, and he was in the Korean War, so
it's like really high emotions. But I love the track
and it was a beautiful place to be and kind
of a nice last Olympics for me. What about Cortina Quartina. Yeah,
it's again it's like right up there with like Louise.
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It's really hard to say which one is my favorite. Um,
Cortina again one of the most beautiful places in the world.
You ski through these two huge like rock cliffs and
it's like high speed and it's just stunning. And I
have one there a few times, so it's awesome. I
would highly recommend going there. I think you liked all
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of these. I liked all of them. There's really nothing
that I didn't like. Which one did you dislike? Bad
client cure come not a fan, that's an Austria. It's
I call it bad time. Had a lot of bad
luck there, um bad luck, bad weather. There's not a
lot of places I don't like. And I just didn't
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suit me and it wasn't my thing. It's not that
it's a bad place. I just don't like it. So
that's like probably only negative that I would have to
say about any tracks. Valid. I have absolutely loved this conversation, Lindsay.
I feel like I'm so inspired, so pumped, so motivated.
I hope that the listeners are also feeling the same.
I'm sure that they will be and that this is
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given them whatever they needed right now. So just really
understand that they can always find a way. Thanks guys,
I appreciate the conversation. And yeah, I hope people get
out there and get motivated and stay healthy and are happy.
Thank you, Thank you, guys. Thank you again to Lindsay
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Vaughn for joining us and talking to us all about
creating resilience and making your goals happen no matter what.
I absolutely loved hearing her story. I feel so energized
after that episode. She was great. I love it when
you talk to people and they just make you want
to be better at whatever it is that you do.
Like after we spoke to her, I'm like, let me
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get it together. Like I could be more mentally tough.
I could just be more direct, I could be more fearless.
So it was so wonderful to speak to her. Yeah,
and I think echoing that. You know, we hear a
lot of women in sports talk about confidence and about resilience,
but I feel like Lindsay really just embodies that in
every way, you know, the way she shows up her
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honesty and her to rerect nous and her vulnerability. You know,
she's not about trying to appease everyone or trying to
sound perfect or tell people what they want to hear.
I think she was so honest and just telling people
the truth. You know, this is what it takes. Her mindset,
as she explained, from a very young age, was so
focused and she didn't apologize for that. She was just like,
I am going after this goal and no one's going
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to stop me. I loved it. Yeah, she's absolutely unapologetic,
and I think it's super refreshing to see, especially as women,
because we're often told, you know, like don't be so outspoken,
or like when we are direct, it's not taken as direct,
all those little things, but you can just tell, like
that is why she's gotten to this point where she's
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at today. So it was really refreshing to hear um
so many things that will just like stick with me
for so long. I'm super excited we had her on. Yeah,
me too, And I think, who knows what she'll do next.
I think somebody like her. I just think she's unstoppable.
So I'm looking for and excited to see what the
future holes for lindsay absolutely whatever she decides to do.
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We already know she's going to be amazing at it.
So it is that time where we check in on
our goals. Yes, and what a great energy to take
into our goal set. As you said, you know, I'm
going to channel that Lindsay Bourne energy of being unstoppable.
So I'm going to kick off and put it out there.
Samuraw I checked in with the London Marathon team. The
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event apparently is going ahead in October, so I officially
have twenty weeks to train for the London Marathon. That
is so exciting. I remember you were like, I'm not
sure what that next goal is going to be. We
thought it might be a marathon. We weren't sure. I've
never done one, so powered to you, Um, what are
you most looking forward to when it comes to the
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London Marathon. I'm really looking forward to running, you know,
in London. I think London is where I ran the
London Marathon, my first ever marathon. Back in the crowd
is always incredible, and because it's you know, the capital,
I feel like so many of my friends and family
will be able to be there along the way and
that really helped me last time. Looking out for people
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at mile six at mile ten, at mile fifteen, you know,
mile twenty one, when you just really want it to
be over. So yeah, I'm really looking forward to hopefully
friends and family coming out to support, and I guess
just being back with other runners. You know, it's been
it's been a long time, so I'm really looking forward
to it, how about you. Yeah, So I've spoken a
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lot about training for the heptathlon, and a lot of
it has just been you know, building that foundation, building
that base both mentally and physically. So it's been great
to just see how far I've come. I'm gonna be
doing a competition, I don't know when or where, but
before the end of the year's over. That's exciting. And
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we're beginning to get more into the technical aspect of things,
which is fun so not always just running, like getting
to play around with some of the field events. So
I'm just really excited, um to continue to learn and
grow as an athlete. Well, good luck with the competition
whenever that is. I will be following along online, so
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please do share and post and let us know how
that's going. I'm sure all of your hard work and
dedication is going to pay off. So I'm looking forward
to continuing to watch that journey. Yeah, and you know,
I'm also looking forward to watching you crush the marathon.
I'm gonna like run it vicariously through you, so you
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have to post it that like I can. I can
feel as if I'm doing it right there with you.
I absolutely will trust me, I am not going to
run a marathon and not shout about it. Yeah. Absolutely,
And as always, we would love to hear from you
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A lot of people see a brick wall and they're like,
there's no way I can go around it. But athletes
were like, no, I'll climb over it, I'll go wonder it,
I'll go around it. You know, I'll find a way
through it. I'll run myself from the wall until it breaks.
You know. It's like we find a way to get
the job done. And that's, you know, such a valuable
thing in life is, you know, not seeing those obstacles
and being able to be gritty enough to find a
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way through it. This is Sweat the Details, a collaboration
with Underrama and I Heart Radio, a podcast made for
women buy women that puts our training, journeys, goals, and
mindset at the center. I'm Tamera Pridget and I'm Adrian Herbert's.
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Every episode we'll hear from athletes, trainers, and experts who
will give us insights into how our bodies and minds
work together in training and competition. In today's episode, we're
talking about fostering resilience. We chat with Lindsay Van You,
a athlete, world champion, alpine skier, philanthropists and entrepreneur. Lindsay
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has had such an incredible career and pushed through some
tough challenges, including severe injuries sustained from competition. After every fall,
Lindsay has persevered and found her way through recovery and
back onto the slopes better than ever. Yes, that's what
makes Lindsay so inspiring. I find her determination to get
back up after injury incredibly relatable. And even though most
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of us aren't world champions, we have all face challenges
in our sport or in life. Absolutely, and I don't
think we should waste any time. So what do you think, Tamara?
Let's jump right in. Yeah, she has so many great
tips and just experiences to share with us, So let's
do it. Lindsay, Welcome to the podcast. Thank you so
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much for joining us. How are you doing? I'm great?
How are you? Yeah? Very well? Thanks so excited for
this conversation today. Yeah, me too, Thank you so much
for joining us. MH. One of my favorite questions to
ask athletes to get started is just for you to
tell us about yourself. Give us a background. How you
got started skiing? Um? Great question. I started in Minnesota. UM.
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I started skiing when I was two and a half
years old. UM. I originally was not good at skiing.
I was just really bad at everything else. Um I
was you know, tried figure skating and gymnastics and like
a whole bunch of other sports and I was freaking terrible. So, um,
I was decent at skiing and then I just that's
kind of where all my friends were. And uh, eventually,
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you know, met my idol, Pikaboo Street when I was nine,
and she really inspired me to want to be an
Olympian and then just worked my tail off and I
got there. So it's very footnotes. Were you kind of
the child that was like I want to ski, I
want to ski, I want to ski, or were you like, oh,
this is kind of fun and then your parents were like,
oh she's good. Did they spot talent or were you
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just like this is what I want to do. I
think it was a combination of both those things. I mean,
my dad was a skier growing up, and you know,
it was something that on my dad's side everyone did it,
so it's definitely a family thing. But I originally really
didn't like the cold, and I still don't like the cold,
so that that never went away. Um, but I enjoyed it,
like I I think I enjoyed being with my family um,
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more than anything. So my parents never really had to
push me to do anything. You know, I may have
needed a lot of lodge breaks for hot chocolate and donuts,
but um, besides that, you know, I just love being
on the mountain and I loved racing. I think I
honestly loved racing more than I did just like skiing
because I'm hyper competitive. Um and uh yeah, So again,
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my parents never really pushed me. They mostly just supported me,
and once I told them my goal of making the Olympics,
they you know, helped guide me and you know, directing
to the right races, and you know, then eventually we
moved to Colorado when I was twelve so that I
can continue to pursue skiing because Minnesota is not exactly
known for its steep mountains. And having that clear focus
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at such a young age, I guess that must have
impacted other things, so for example, school and education and
socializing like weekend sleepovers. You know, if you were nine
and you decided, okay, this is what I want and
your parents were supporting that too, did you have to
make those compromises? Yeah? Absolutely. I mean I didn't have
very many friends growing up. I didn't get to do
a lot of the things that everyone else gets to do.
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You know, I had maybe a couple of sleepovers, but
that was you know, with my friends from the ski club,
not you know, my friends from school. UM, and I
you know, started traveling to Europe by myself when I
was nine. You know, I was just always on the road.
In middle school, I took two years of homeschooling, and
then I went to a ski academy when I got
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to Colorado. UM, but you know, still I didn't fit
into the program. So eventually had to do correspondence education
to finish my last two years of high school because
no UM academy would even fit my lack of attendance
into their schedules. So UM definitely was difficult. Never went
to prom, you know, never did any of those things.
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I definitely had a choice between you know, going out
with my friends and you know, preparing for the race.
And I always chose preparing for the race, simply because
you know, my dad made the consequence is clear. You know,
if you do this, you can do it, but that's
your choice, and you will suffer in your races. And
do you want to make the Olympics? And I always
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said I want to make the Olympics, So for me
it was always an easy choice. But you know, I
think looking back, it definitely made the right one. There's
plenty of time later in life to do all those things,
and um, you only have a short window to be
uh an athlete, so it's better to optimize that time.
So it sounds like from what you said so far
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and see that you know you had that laser focus
at such a young agent. For a lot of people
maybe they don't have that. It comes later. But do
you think that you know, fostering a mindset. Have you
had to work on your mindset throughout different things, whether
it's injury, whether it's focused, or have you had that
laser approach to everything? I pretty much have a laser
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focused with everything I do. It's kind of like how
I'm wired. But um, you know I'm very goal oriented.
So um, you know, if I can see something that
I want or visualized, then you know, I just work
backwards from there. You know, how do I get there?
You know? What do I need to do? What do
I need to work on? You know? Uh? And that
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goes for everything and not just skiing. You know, it's
business as well. Um, and that's just kind of something
that is in me and like a type a personality.
You know, it's just how I'm wired, which is weird,
but um also great. UM can say it's particularly helpful
on the personal side, but you know, when it comes
to a career, it's great. Yeah. UM, You've done some
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really amazing, remarkable things over that period of time. Just
like how do you stay resilient? How do you stay
in the game mentally physically, because there's so many just
like setbacks that happen in sport that are out of
your control. I focus on the things that I can
control and then I kind of leave the rest to
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you know, like fate if if you will. Um, you
know in skiing and I can't control the weather, I
can't control the snow and the wind, and you know,
the course conditions are so many variables that, um, it
will drive you insane if you focus on that. So
for me, I just really focused on the things I
could control, you know, my preparation, my visualization, you know,
my warm up. Um, you know what I did in
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this summer, you know, kind of everything led to the
starting gate and then from there I kind of just
let it happen. So that's you know, really what I
was hyper focused on is always being prepared, you know,
being more prepared than my competition, out working the competition,
out thinking the competition. You know, it's like a physical
chess game. You know, how can I be two steps
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head of every buddy all the time? You know, you
won full World up overall championships and you know, being
only one of two women to ever accomplish that. I'm
interested to know, you know, as an athlete, when they
have a goal, which is like I want to be Olympian. Okay,
you've achieved that. I want to win gold. You've achieved that.
When you achieve something, how do you keep the fire?
How do you keep the desires to kind of keep training,
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keep working hard when you've kind of you've done it,
you know, how do you keep that? I'm a perpetual
one upper so which again it's like great, but not
great because you know, whenever I achieved something, I just
want to do the next thing. I have been really
motivated in the past by people saying that I couldn't
do it, and I feel like once I achieved something,
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you know, people would say, oh, you know, she's gonna
sit back and you know, she's never going to do
this again. This is kind of a one time deal.
And I'm like, okay, it's definitely not the case. You
will eat your words. I will guarantee you that. So,
you know, those kinds of things always helped motivate me.
And then you know, if I had an obstacle like
an injury, um, I would find different ways to motivate myself.
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I would find you know, a timeline, you know, when
the doctor says I can be back on snow and
then I cut time off that and then I worked
my way, you know, to that point. So it's always
a constant game of you know, what are my goals?
How do I get better? How do I you know,
achieve something more the next time that I haven't achieved yet.
And that kind of kept me going, you know, because
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you know, a a certain point, I'd broken a lot of
records and it's just like, what's the next goal, and
that there was just always something for me to find,
and I never stopped that hunger to compete and the
hunger to get better. You know, whenever you've become complacent
at something, no matter what it is, someone's going to
pass you. So that was my number one thing is
never be complacent and always be hungry for that next step,
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the next challenge. You know, I think, you know, going
back to the point you mentioned around injury, I think
I read that a physical therapist once said that with
each injury, you have the opportunity to learned something new
about yourself. So even in the moment, I hate that thing,
you know, it's frustrating. Let's be honest. We all hate
being injured. I do, everybody does. But you know that's
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the opportunity that you've just learned something about your body
and now you can do something differently. So do you
think there's some truth to that? Oh, it's absolutely true.
I mean, that's really spot on. I've always felt like
all of my injuries taught me something and I always
looked at it as a positive. You know, Um, this
is a chance for me to get stronger mentally physically.
And it sucked, you know, injuries always sucked, but there
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are bright spots to it. And I do think I'm
a stronger and better person because of all my injuries. Um,
you know, I wouldn't appreciate the things that I appreciate
if I hadn't been injured. It's being able to trust
yourself because you can read a million books, you don't
have a million people telling you what to do. But
if you can't look inside yourself and know what you need,
you're always going to be lost. So you know, it's
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knowing yourself understanding what you need. Um. You know, listening
to advice, that's one thing, but knowing your health is
probably the most difficult part of it, and that's the
most important part of it. Absolutely. I also feel like
just being resilient, like it's for it comes with its
up and downs. Injuries are a part of the game. Um,
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And you have to be resilient or else you're never
going to bounce back. Um And you've had your fair
share of injuries, But what was that process like each time?
Like how were you able to just get back and
just keep going full force? Because sometimes you can be timid, right,
Like I don't know, like I'm afraid, but I feel
like you've always just like attacked everything like you said earlier,
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like you're just gonna go for it. Yeah, I have
a short memory span, you know. It's like once I
once I crash, I learned from it and I totally
move on. Like I don't it doesn't even cross my mind.
And you know, I work really hard to make sure
that I'm physically and mentally ready when I get in
the starting it again, so I never have to think
about you know that it's scarier. You know that I
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could you do the same thing and get injured again. Um,
because then skiing, that risk is always there. You know,
every single run you take, you could you know, break
your neck or blow your knee out. You know, those
are just the reality of the sports. So I just
again worked on the preparation. I believe in myself and
you know, and in this sport, if you have any
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inkling of doubt, you're done. You're definitely not gonna win,
and you're probably gonna injure yourself again if you think
that way. So I just keep my memory span very
short on like a goldfish. It's like five seconds and
move on. And that's just helped me stay in the
moment and not dwell on the past, whether it's positive
or negative. I just always look forward. That's why I
have my little shark dot too. It's because I, you know,
(12:38):
always want to go after what I want and I
never swim backwards because sharks die if they swim backwards,
so it's you know, keeps perpetually moving forward. Absolutely, Yeah,
that's true. And for anyone listening too, As I said,
they might not be an Olympian, but the the everyday athlete,
you know, they train hard, they work hard, and it
can be difficult to kind of balance between okay, listening
to like we talk about trusting yourself and listening to
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the body and thinking, Okay, this is a twinge or
this is actually becoming a pain, or this is an injury.
So yeah, how do you balance that with that mindset?
I mean, I'm mainly just stubborn. This is like really
what it comes down to astrology. I'm a Libra, so
I like balance things. But I'm also like kind of
like when I have an opinion about it, I'm pretty
strong with it. But it is hard to listen to
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your body, especially you know, running, Like I mean, my
body is always said don't run, you know, so I
just listen. Yeah, I just listen to it. Um. I
am not built for running, I'll tell you that right now. Um.
But I think you know, the more you do something,
the more you learn. So you know, it's not quitting
when you feel pain, but it's learning how to either
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adapt or take a day off and you know, kind
of trial and error see what works. You know, if
I take a day off, do I feel better and
the pain goes away? If I take a hot tub
and I stretched, does it feel better? Do you have
to play around with it? The thing is is not
to give up, like, not to stop doing something because
you feel something. It's like whack a mole. You just
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have to find a way to get the mole. Like,
you know, it's like how many things can I try?
And and resilience is important in all aspects of life,
no matter what you're doing, because if you quit it
everything you did the first time you you felt something
or you faced an obstacle, then you would literally never
get anywhere. Um. So it's just you know, perpetually trying
and and um finding ways to make it work. Absolutely.
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So my question is about this transition from sport to
being what we as collegiate athletes called like narps like
non athletic regular people not as that's a great term.
We used to always say, Um, what was that transition
from like training, competing, always preparing for the next thing,
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like to really just having so much free time like
for you because in college, once track was over, I've
been of me and my friends were like, no lifting. Okay,
I guess, like, what was that like for you? How
did you handle it? Uh? Was hard? I mean kind of.
At first I thought, well, I need a break because
you know, I've been working out my whole life and
I need to, you know, just take some time off.
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And then I thought maybe my knee would feel better
if I wasn't working out as hard. And then I
finally realized that it actually hurt worse, so um, and
then I got back into the gym, and I really,
you know, after that time off, I found that I
really enjoyed staying in the gym, and like being in
the gym is kind of the one thing that keeps
me sane because you know, as athletes, you're you know,
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you're operating at such a high level, you know, mentally
and physically, and if you just stop that, it's you know,
you can't just turn that off. Um. So I feel
like in the gym, I can push myself and be
competitive with myself and kind of get that energy out, um,
but still have fun. You know, I keep it short
and sweet, like and you know, I never really work
out more than an hour. My train with uh Gunner
(16:00):
Peterson in l A. And you know, we do circuit
training and you know, mixing boxing and you know, squats
and like all these fun things and I never do
the same thing twice and that kind of helps me
keep things fresh. And then I you know, bike probably
three days a week as well. UM hashtag ginderup, which
is my new thing. It's kind of it's like if
you're working higher to get some ginder up going. Um,
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but you know, it's I find it to be really
fun because there's no structure. You know, I don't have
to work out. I want to work out and um.
You know again, it took some time to kind of
figure that out and find a good balance. But now
I feel like I'm in a really good place and
I feel healthy and just good. What would you say
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are some of the biggest lessons or takeaways that you've
gotten from sport that just impact all aspects of your life.
I mean, I think it's just grit, you know, and
you know, resiliency and not taking no for an answer
and having like a positive outlook. You know, a lot
of people see a brick wall and they're like, there's
(17:05):
no way I can go around it. But athletes were like, no,
I'll climb over it, I'll go wonder it, I'll go
around it. You know, I'll find a way through it.
I'll run myself in the wall until it breaks. You know.
It's like we find a way to get the job done.
And that's you know, such a valuable thing in life is,
you know, not seeing those obstacles and being able to
be gritty enough to find a way through it. Um.
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When you know a lot of people who aren't in
sports are like, well, well that's a brick wall and
it's going to be there and I'm just gonna sit
on the other side of it. Um. And uh, I
think you know, that's why I think it's so important
that kids get involved in sports, is because they learn
that and they learn goals. And you know, if I
work hard at something, I get better and I achieve something,
and I don't quit at something. You know, I think
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those are very valuable lessons in life that everyone needs. Agreed. Yeah.
I mean I'm listening to you and I'm thinking about myself.
I know you said it start being a type, and
you know, I'm always thinking about this nature and nurture.
You know, is this something that is born You've got
it or you don't have it? You know that that
that mindset that, like you just said about the wall,
I'm getting through it somehow. Is that Are you born
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with that or is it nurture? And if it's even
an individual listening who's like, I know that I'm that
person that gives up. I know that I'm that person
that doesn't drive myself. Like can I develop and become
that person or is it just like, yes, you don't
have it? You know. I think it's a very interesting question.
And I think I think that there's to degree, there's
some level of you know, learning through cause and effect,
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especially at a young age. You know, if you quit something,
what's the ramifications of that. It's not just that you
quit it that you know, you're you're affecting different stages
of life down the road. I look at my family
and I think, you know, we all grew up the
same on all as the five kids. And you know,
I'm very driven. My sister who was right below me,
she's four years younger, she's very driven, not as much
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athletically but more in business. Like my dad always jokes
that she's raw meat for breakfast, Like if she doesn't
get promoted in six months, she's mad. You know, it's
just kind of how we roll. And then below her
there's triplets and they're two years younger than her, and
they're all very different and definitely not driven in the
same way, you know, definitely not. So you know, it's
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interesting that we all have the same upbringing, but yet
we all have very different levels of motivation and determination
and what we think is possible and what is possible
or are very different, even though we've been given the
same message our whole lives. So I think, you know,
to your point, there is a level of you know,
you're born with it. And then I think there are
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things that you can do to kind of help yourself
along the way, to make you more you know, gritty
and resilient. But the determination, the motivation, like you have
to have that within you have to want certain things,
you know, Goals has been like a theme of this conversation. Lindsay,
what are some goals you're currently working towards, whether they're
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when it comes to your personal fitness or when it
comes to just your business and your brand. Oh what
am I not working on? Um, you know, I feel
like I'm kind of trying to find my brand outside
of skiing. I'm pretty close, and I think, you know,
kind of going on this journey of finding my way
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in the gym again has really changed the way I
think about my brand in a lot of ways. Um.
But you know, I'm I'm kind of more in into
VC stuff now. I'm investing in and you know, doing
a lot of business ventures and starting businesses and so
that's one side of it. And then you know, you
still have the athletics side and again just my wellness
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journey and how I've kind of transitioned my life after skiing. Um,
So there's a lot that I'm doing with that and
it's been really fun. Again, I feel like I'm never
not driven, So I always have a tendency to work
too hard and it's good. Sometimes it just take a break. Um.
But I feel like, you know, with the pandemic, I've
been on a bajillion zoom calls it like everybody else,
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and UM, I'm ready to get back to seeing people
in person and those kinds of connections really excite me. Um,
Meeting new people and you know, just exploring new ideas
and you know, there's a lot of doors that could
be open and just you know, finding which door is
the right door. So um, I'm just looking forward to
getting back to that personal connection and building those relationships. Yeah, yeah,
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we all hear that. Well, I'm sure with you driving
that ship, Lindsay, I'm sure that it will be successful.
I want to look back to the previous question. I
was also thinking, you know, did you ever cross your mind,
did you ever have a conversation about switching sports and
competing as a probe and something else? I I did.
I really wanted to be in Formula one. I could
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see that. Yeah, I did, and I was really very
heavily contemplating it, and did I did a couple of
days on the track and I really tested it out.
But you know, it was a really big commitment, and
I couldn't say I was going to give like three
or four years of my life, like right after skiing
to do that. And you know, who knows if I
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would have even been great at it, you know, and
I don't like not being good at something. So if
I wasn't going to be successful, and I didn't want
to do it, and so it's like, you know, do
spend three or four years and maybe you'll be good
at it. Um. I really wish I could have been
a tennis player, Like, if I could pick any sport,
it would I love tennis so much. I live vicariously
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through Roger Federer and I just pretend that i'm him,
and you know, he's the greatest. Yeah, I want to
take tennis lessons. I'm not even at that point yet,
but I wish I would have been put in tennis
as well. I was put in tennis. I was just terrible, terrible.
It's in my mind. I'm good. In my mind, that's
all that counts. Yeah, exactly. That is the put up
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at place to take a short break. But then we'll
be right back. Hey, everybody, welcome back to sweat the details.
We always end our interviews with like a fun game, uh,
to lighten the mood, just like have some good laughs.
So the game that we have for you today is
called Slope Savvy. So we're just gonna ask you about
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some of the courses you've competed on, and we want
to know what you liked and disliked about each one. Okay, okay,
So first up is Late Louise. Yeah, that's my favorite. Okay, yeah,
so that's your favorite. It's my favorite. Yeah, I love
that place. Why was your favorite? What's not to love?
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I mean it was one of those beautiful places in
the world and I won there a lot, and it
was like a beautiful hotel and it was like very quiet,
and it was the first race of the year. There's
just so much to love about it. The only thing
is that it was really cold. I'm not a fan
of gold, but otherwise great. Yeah, okay, I've noted. What
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about Veil? I love Veil feels great. Um. I used
to live there. I will only race there twice, and
it was great. It's nice because my family could be there,
you know, because my family can't really be at any
other race because they're so far away. Yeah, okay, so
next one. How about pyeong Chang pyeng Chang is where
the Olympics were. Um. I actually really liked that track.
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It was great. It just it was a hard Olympics
for me because my grandfather died like kind of right
before it, and he was in the Korean War, so
it's like really high emotions. But I love the track
and it was a beautiful place to be and kind
of a nice last Olympics for me. What about Cortina Quartina. Yeah,
it's again it's like right up there with like Louise.
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It's really hard to say which one is my favorite. Um,
Cortina again one of the most beautiful places in the world.
You ski through these two huge like rock cliffs and
it's like high speed and it's just stunning. And I
have one there a few times, so it's awesome. I
would highly recommend going there. I think you liked all
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of these. I liked all of them. There's really nothing
that I didn't like. Which one did you dislike? Bad
client cure come not a fan, that's an Austria. It's
I call it bad time. Had a lot of bad
luck there, um bad luck, bad weather. There's not a
lot of places I don't like. And I just didn't
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suit me and it wasn't my thing. It's not that
it's a bad place. I just don't like it. So
that's like probably only negative that I would have to
say about any tracks. Valid. I have absolutely loved this conversation, Lindsay.
I feel like I'm so inspired, so pumped, so motivated.
I hope that the listeners are also feeling the same.
I'm sure that they will be and that this is
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given them whatever they needed right now. So just really
understand that they can always find a way. Thanks guys,
I appreciate the conversation. And yeah, I hope people get
out there and get motivated and stay healthy and are happy.
Thank you, Thank you, guys. Thank you again to Lindsay
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Vaughn for joining us and talking to us all about
creating resilience and making your goals happen no matter what.
I absolutely loved hearing her story. I feel so energized
after that episode. She was great. I love it when
you talk to people and they just make you want
to be better at whatever it is that you do.
Like after we spoke to her, I'm like, let me
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get it together. Like I could be more mentally tough.
I could just be more direct, I could be more fearless.
So it was so wonderful to speak to her. Yeah,
and I think echoing that. You know, we hear a
lot of women in sports talk about confidence and about resilience,
but I feel like Lindsay really just embodies that in
every way, you know, the way she shows up her
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honesty and her to rerect nous and her vulnerability. You know,
she's not about trying to appease everyone or trying to
sound perfect or tell people what they want to hear.
I think she was so honest and just telling people
the truth. You know, this is what it takes. Her mindset,
as she explained, from a very young age, was so
focused and she didn't apologize for that. She was just like,
I am going after this goal and no one's going
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to stop me. I loved it. Yeah, she's absolutely unapologetic,
and I think it's super refreshing to see, especially as women,
because we're often told, you know, like don't be so outspoken,
or like when we are direct, it's not taken as direct,
all those little things, but you can just tell, like
that is why she's gotten to this point where she's
(27:42):
at today. So it was really refreshing to hear um
so many things that will just like stick with me
for so long. I'm super excited we had her on. Yeah,
me too, And I think, who knows what she'll do next.
I think somebody like her. I just think she's unstoppable.
So I'm looking for and excited to see what the
future holes for lindsay absolutely whatever she decides to do.
(28:05):
We already know she's going to be amazing at it.
So it is that time where we check in on
our goals. Yes, and what a great energy to take
into our goal set. As you said, you know, I'm
going to channel that Lindsay Bourne energy of being unstoppable.
So I'm going to kick off and put it out there.
Samuraw I checked in with the London Marathon team. The
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event apparently is going ahead in October, so I officially
have twenty weeks to train for the London Marathon. That
is so exciting. I remember you were like, I'm not
sure what that next goal is going to be. We
thought it might be a marathon. We weren't sure. I've
never done one, so powered to you, Um, what are
you most looking forward to when it comes to the
(28:47):
London Marathon. I'm really looking forward to running, you know,
in London. I think London is where I ran the
London Marathon, my first ever marathon. Back in the crowd
is always incredible, and because it's you know, the capital,
I feel like so many of my friends and family
will be able to be there along the way and
that really helped me last time. Looking out for people
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at mile six at mile ten, at mile fifteen, you know,
mile twenty one, when you just really want it to
be over. So yeah, I'm really looking forward to hopefully
friends and family coming out to support, and I guess
just being back with other runners. You know, it's been
it's been a long time, so I'm really looking forward
to it, how about you. Yeah, So I've spoken a
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lot about training for the heptathlon, and a lot of
it has just been you know, building that foundation, building
that base both mentally and physically. So it's been great
to just see how far I've come. I'm gonna be
doing a competition, I don't know when or where, but
before the end of the year's over. That's exciting. And
(29:50):
we're beginning to get more into the technical aspect of things,
which is fun so not always just running, like getting
to play around with some of the field events. So
I'm just really excited, um to continue to learn and
grow as an athlete. Well, good luck with the competition
whenever that is. I will be following along online, so
(30:12):
please do share and post and let us know how
that's going. I'm sure all of your hard work and
dedication is going to pay off. So I'm looking forward
to continuing to watch that journey. Yeah, and you know,
I'm also looking forward to watching you crush the marathon.
I'm gonna like run it vicariously through you, so you
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have to post it that like I can. I can
feel as if I'm doing it right there with you.
I absolutely will trust me, I am not going to
run a marathon and not shout about it. Yeah. Absolutely,
And as always, we would love to hear from you
the listeners, so please do reach out to us on
social media, cheer us on with our goals, and keep
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us posted on your goals and progress as well. You
can find me on Twitter and Instagram at Adrian under
School l d N and you can find me on
Instagram at TAM's go and Ham and on Twitter at
Tamarra Pridget. That's it for this week's episode, but don't
forget to listen next week when we are speaking with
Hailey Degan. She's a NASCAR phenom who is going to
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tell us about how she trains for such a unique sport.
I'm so excited. But until then, stay tuned in, stay motivated,
and don't forget to sweat the details. Bye bye, everybody
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producer is Maya Cole. Our producers are Ellen Kaplan and
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Bella Walco, and our sound editor and engineer is Sarah
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