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What's really appealing about women's cycling in America? If you took a poll in the women's peloton, I would bet you that 90% of the women have college degrees, and a lot of them have Masters. The women's peloton is very well educated.

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Kristin Armstrong
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 11
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If we write our dreams and goals down, we dramatically increase our odds of realization. If we share them with others, they become potent and alive.
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To be honest, if I had to pick somebody to be related to in sport, who's better than Lance Armstrong with what he's done for the sport and with his cancer foundation?
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Learn to say no, so your yes has some oomph.
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I think once an athlete always an athlete and once you have a competitive nature about you, in general, it's hard to let go. Whether you're going to take it into medicine or take it into sport, the competitive drive never really leaves.
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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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Thank God for running. It is the ultimate detox for me, whether my poison is bubbles, a foul mood, or a bad attitude. If I combat inertia, get out, and get moving, eventually every kind of toxin works its way out.
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When it comes down to it, determination has a greater impact than giftedness.
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Disappointment is a sticky one, because no one can steal contentment, joy, gratitude, or peace - we have to give it away.
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I'm not the kind to go out and tell people 'Oh yeah I'm a gold medalist.'
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Running has taken me in, and continues to comfort, heal and challenge me in all kinds of magical ways. I am not a 'good runner' because I am me. I am a good 'me' because I am a runner.
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Running is a grownup's lost link to playing outside.
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Embrace your sweat. It is your essence and your emancipation.
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Running is always an exercise in humility.
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I had to quit triathlons, I continued to be active and worked in advertising agency .
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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 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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It's easy to lose sight of God when life is sweet and easy, but there is something awesome about despair, and it is the closeness of God when we are at our weakest.
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