Gwen Jorgensen, runner and triathlete

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Gwen Jorgensen in a runner and former triathlete. She won the gold medal for the triathlon at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and won the ITU World Triathlon Series two years in a row in 2014 and 2015. Now retired from triathlon racing, she has her eyes set on the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo for the marathon. Payson sat down with Gwen in her Portland, OR home to discuss her latest Olympic ambitions, deciding to have a child in the middle of her transition from one high profile sport to another, what it’s...

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0:00.0	I was crazy at the time.
0:00.9	I remember I talked to Jerry and I was like, you know, yeah, I know we kind of said I'm going to do this running thing,
0:06.7	but I really want to have a baby and I'm going to have a baby.
0:09.7	And he just kind of looked at me and said, you better do it quickly.
0:15.3	He's like, we don't have a lot of time.
0:16.9	And I'm like, I know, I know.
0:19.4	It's showtime, everybody.
0:21.5	Showtime!
0:24.2	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:27.9	This is the world as it exists today.
0:32.8	Life moves pretty fast.
0:35.2	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:37.5	You could miss it.
0:40.8	Listen, we're talking about practice.
0:44.0	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:45.5	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:47.9	I see.
0:48.4	You think this has nothing to do with you.
0:51.8	Don't ever trash talk black Jesusesus this is the adventure stash with
0:58.4	Payson McAlvin hello if I sound a little horse this week it's because I've had three
1:07.6	days straight of hard partying.
1:12.8	Yeah, pro athletes do that too.
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