220. Valarie Allman, Discus Olympic Champion
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
For Valarie Allman, discus wasn't something she anticipated getting into from a young age. Once a dancer, she fell into the sport when offered a plate at her high school team's pasta party. The rest? Is history. Now an Olympic Champion and recently earning bronze at the World Championships, Allman — an Asics athlete —opens up about her journey in episode 220. She shares what it's been like training as a throwing athlete, and her big hopes for the future. Plus, we have a lengthy discussion about how it feels to come up short on your goals, and how to shift your mindset going forward to use your #hurdlemoments to your advantage.
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| 0:00.0 | life is not linear. If you're going to take on a really big, a really hairy, a really scary goal, |
| 0:06.8 | it is going to be uncomfortable, but the process of being vulnerable, of being uncomfortable, |
| 0:14.0 | leads to actually potentially accomplishing it, but also finding meaning in what you're going after. |
| 0:30.1 | What is going on? Emily, a body here, you are listening to Hurtle. A wellness focus podcast |
| 0:43.8 | where I connect with everyone from your favorite athletes to top experts and industry CEOs |
| 0:48.8 | about their highest highs, toughest moments, and everything in between. We all go through |
| 0:54.5 | Hurtles in life, and my goal through these discussions is to empower you to better navigate |
| 0:59.8 | and move with intention so that you can stride toward your own big potential. And of course, |
| 1:06.1 | have some fun along the way. For today's episode, number 220, I am chatting with Valerie Almond. |
| 1:14.9 | She's an Asics Discus athlete. She's also an Olympic champion, and I was so, so lit for this |
| 1:24.4 | conversation. Val and I first crossed paths this year at the World Championships, and we actually |
| 1:31.2 | have a lengthy discussion about her performance at Worlds. She went into that meet with a goal |
| 1:39.3 | of snagging the gold, and ultimately it came out with a bronze. Now for Val, that has been something |
| 1:46.3 | that has been emotionally difficult to work through. And of course, we talk about that. We talk |
| 1:52.8 | about what it's like to fall short of your goals, and the importance that is having grease with |
| 1:58.8 | yourself when things don't go as planned. I really, really loved Val's perspective on this, |
| 2:05.1 | and her vulnerability and admitting that she aimed high, and it didn't go as she'd hoped. |
| 2:11.2 | She also shares with us how she got into throwing in the first place, not necessarily something |
| 2:18.4 | she dreamed of doing from a young age. She ties some really interesting parallels between |
| 2:24.4 | throwing the discus and one of her first loves, which is dance. And we also chat about her journey |
| 2:31.6 | to body acceptance and learning to love her body and all that it is capable of as such a strong |
| 2:38.6 | athlete. Val also shed some light on the type of training what she's doing on the regular to be |
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