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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.
Kristin Armstrong
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Kristin Armstrong
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 11
Olympic Athlete
Sport Cyclist
Memphis
Tennessee
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