"You Are Stronger Than You Think" — How An Olympian Runner Went Up Against One of the World's Biggest Brands | Kara Goucher

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais

Sport Psychology, Finding Mastery, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Business, Self Help, Michael Gervais, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Psychology, Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean to have power, courage and integrity?

We throw those words around a lot when talking about athletes or people we admire. Many times it’s justified – but how many truly possess these traits even when the chips are down? Today on the podcast is a human that embodies those three words fully.

Her name is Kara Goucher. You might recognize her as an Olympic runner, the third place finisher in the Boston and New York Marathons, and ranked as one of the fastest female distance runners in American history. That’s power.

And, there's something even more notable to recognize her for – in 2019 and 2023 Kara was instrumental in exposing doping and sexual abuse at the Nike Oregon Project. She put her career and reputation on the line to go up against one of the biggest corporations in the world. That’s courage. And integrity. Full stop.

Kara put it all in writing in her newest book: The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team. Today we celebrate her career in endurance running and dive into the pain and controversy she experienced, the aftermath, and why she is an emblem for those three words: power, courage, and integrity.

This is an emotional conversation, and we get into some pretty heavy topics -- but the light Kara represents is so much greater than the darkness she experienced. I hope you'll leave with the knowing that you too have the power to make a difference.

I’ve been looking forward to talking to Kara for a very long time, and I’m excited to share her brilliance with you.

With Fire,

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0:00.0	It is people like you that are changing the way that the next generation is
0:04.0	understanding what they are capable of. I'm not that special. Sure I was a fast
0:08.6	runner. That's great. I hate conflict. I hate fighting, but the one thing I have is what I experienced in the truth.
0:15.8	You have that too. I didn't plan to fight Nike or fight Alberto.
0:21.3	I just wanted on the record what happened
0:24.6	to make sure that it didn't happen to anyone else.
0:27.1	You are stronger than you think.
0:28.6	You can withstand more than you think,
0:30.5	you can bear more than you think.
0:32.4	Don't let fear hold you think. You can bear more than you think. Don't let fear hold you back from being the most true
0:36.0	self that you can be. Okay, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast. I'm your host Dr Michael
0:47.1	Jervay by trade and training a high-performance psychologist. Power, courage, and integrity.
0:54.0	People throw those words around a lot when talking about athletes.
0:57.4	Many times it's justified.
0:59.2	Today on the podcast is an athlete that embodies those three words fully.
1:04.0	Her name is Kara Goucher. You might recognize her as an Olympic runner,
1:08.0	the third place finisher in the Boston and New York marathons,
1:11.4	and ranked as one of the fastest female distance runners in American history.
1:17.1	There's some power in there. And there's something else to recognize her for.
1:22.4	It's where courage and integrity really come through.
1:25.0	2019 and 2023, Kara was instrumental
1:30.0	in exposing doping and sexual abuse at the Nike organ project.
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