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When everything is moving and shifting, the only way to counteract chaos is stillness. When things feel extraordinary, strive for ordinary. When the surface is wavy, dive deeper for quieter waters.

Kristin Armstrong

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Kristin Armstrong
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 11
Olympic Athlete
Sport Cyclist
Memphis
Tennessee
Water
Waters
Moving
Stillness
Everything
Chaos
Feel
Strive
Wavy
Feels
Surface
Counteract
Way
Deeper
Quieter
Things
Extraordinary
Dive
Ordinary
Shifting

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I don't think it's the worst thing ever to start when you're in your twenties. You're not burnt out, you're going to stick around and most of the best cyclists are in their 30s.
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What I have learned about the sport of cycling is that you have to love it to do it because you're not going to retire off of it.
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Learn to say no, so your yes has some oomph.
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And when they start riding a lot of them have full time jobs and are taking vacation days to get by. All of a sudden it becomes so addictive because you're out there with a bunch of women just like yourself, well educated, taking your vacation days, not making any real money, but we're having a blast. And that's US cycling.
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I find significance in all kinds of small details when I run I'm hyper aware of my surroundings, the sensations in my body, and the thoughts running through my mind. Everything is clearer, heightened. I might be more addicted to this clarity than I am to running itself.
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We can thank God for everything good, and all the rest we don't comprehend yet.
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A run has never returned me exactly the same. I go, I grow.
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I don't think that the Olympic games are a good place to bring up any political issues because it should be about the athletes and about coming together. This year's motto was One World, One Dream and to take that away it's just not a good time.
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It's not only moving that creates new starting points. Sometimes all it takes is a subtle shift in perspective, an opening of the mind, an intentional pause and reset, or a new route to start to see new options and new possibilities.
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There is something magical about running after a certain distance, it transcends the body. Then a bit further, it transcends the mind. A bit further yet, and what you have before you, laid bare, is the soul.
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I think I get used to, even addicted to, the feelings associated with the end of a long training run. I love feeling empty, clean, worn out, starving, and sweat-purged. I love the good ache of muscles that have done me proud. I love the way a cold beer tastes later that afternoon. I love the way my body feels light and sinewy.
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In America with the Olympics when you not only have a medal but a gold medal all of a sudden people come out of the wood work and you're treated a little bit differently. I guess that's where my personality is, that's where I just can't get used to all this.
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I think USA Cycling really needs to ride this wave and start looking at growing the sport. It's a tough one because cycling is such an endurance sport.
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I think that with some education there are real possibilities at the high school and college level, but more so at the college level, to bring people into cycling.
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In the midst of regular life, running is the touchstone that breathes adventure into my soul.
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I became a lot more educated on this arthritis thing when I was diagnosed with it, but basically OA is a degenerative disease, which is definitely something that you're not going to be able to stop because it's going to be ongoing, but there are certain things you can do to slow down the progression.
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I love the thought of not knowing how things will turn out but the willingness to invest anyway.
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Cycling is such an endurance sport. I don't think it's the worst thing ever to start when you're in your twenties.
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Running is a grownup's lost link to playing outside.
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To me, there is no greater way to achieve clarity than to run alone, or share miles with a trusted friend.
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