Allyson Felix | How to Stay Focused When Your Plans Don't Go As Planned

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🗓️ 21 March 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Allyson Felix is a World-Champion sprinter and an Olympic gold medalist. Over the course of her career, Allyson has won nine Olympic medals and 16 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, making her the most-decorated athlete in track and field history. Despite injuries, a harrowing pregnancy, and a rough road towards her first gold medal, Allyson has always stayed resilient in the face of challenges -- but getting to that mindset wasn’t easy. Allyson remains one of the greatest athletes of all time because of her ability to plan for the unexpected and her willingness to be patient with her body.

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to Trained.
0:02.4	At Nike we believe that greatness isn't born, it's trained.
0:05.9	And that means more than just a workout.
0:08.2	Each episode will bring you conversations with leading experts in what we call the five
0:12.0	facets of fitness.
0:13.7	Training, recovery, nutrition, mindset, and sleep.
0:17.7	I'm Ryan Flaherty, Senior Director of Performance at Nike.
0:21.6	I train some of the world's best athletes, like Sequon Barkley, Russell Wilson, and Marcus
0:26.5	Marioda.
0:27.7	Today, we're focusing on how to prepare for life's biggest moments and how to stay resilient
0:32.5	when those moments don't go as planned.
0:34.9	You're listening to Trained, presented by Nike.
0:42.7	I felt like it was my time and it wasn't.
0:45.8	I was devastated because I just couldn't understand like what else could I have done.
0:50.9	Like I sacrificed so much for this moment.
0:55.1	Now you're telling me I have to wait four more years to get another opportunity to
1:00.1	run 21 seconds, you know, it's just overwhelming.
1:05.2	That's Allison Felix, World Champion Sprinter and Olympic Gold Medalist.
1:09.6	Over the course of her career, Allison has won nine Olympic medals.
1:13.4	She's also won 16 IWAF World Championships, making her the most decorated athlete in
1:18.6	track and field history.
1:20.6	While the world knows her as one of the greatest sprinters of all time, Allison considers
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