Meg Fisher, Paralympic Gold medalist and professional cyclist

With Pace

Payson McElveen

Outdoors, Interviews, Society & Culture, Current Events, Culture, Photography, Adventure, Mountain Biking, Celebrities, Inspirational, Basketball, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneur, Cycling, Athletes, Sports

4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

When Meg Fisher went to college, she was a walk-on for the University of Montana's Division 1 tennis team, but was taken out of the sport and the life she knew when a catastrophic car accident left her in a coma. When her leg was amputated, it was the least of her doctors' worries. Most of them assumed that she would never be able to live independently, let alone walk, but Meg proved them (and herself) wrong, earning a Doctorate in Physical Therapy and becoming a 3x triathlon world champion a...

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0:00.0	When I woke up, I couldn't sit up on my own. I couldn't stand. I couldn't walk.
0:04.0	And so very quickly, like, I kept accomplishing things.
0:09.0	You just find that like, oh no, I can do that. Oh, no.
0:12.0	Like, you just keep kind of checking off these things that people didn't think you could do.
0:16.0	And then all of a sudden you're kind of like, man, these people aren't necessarily right.
0:20.0	They don't know.
0:21.9	It's very, very, it was going to get me choked up,
0:24.5	but it's very liberating to be able to prove yourself wrong.
0:29.3	It's showtime, everybody.
0:31.5	Showtime!
0:34.1	You've been living in a dream world, Neo.
0:37.7	This is the world as it exists today.
0:42.7	Life moves pretty fast.
0:45.0	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:47.6	You could miss it.
0:50.7	Listen, we talk about practice.
0:53.9	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:55.0	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:57.0	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:01.0	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:05.0	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McAlvin.
1:10.0	Hello everyone, welcome back to the show. I'm so excited to finally have This is the adventure stash with Payson McElvin.
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