I think I run my strongest when I run with joy, with gratitude, with focus, with grace. Kristin Armstrong More Quotes by Kristin Armstrong More Quotes From Kristin Armstrong To be honest, if I had to pick somebody to be related to in sport, who's better than Lance Armstrong with what he's done for the sport and with his cancer foundation? Kristin Armstrong cancer done sports Before the Olympics, there's always been a part of me that's wanted to write a book about Women's cycling because there isn't one out there and I think there's a lot to be said. Kristin Armstrong writing book thinking I think once an athlete always an athlete and once you have a competitive nature about you, in general, it's hard to let go. Whether you're going to take it into medicine or take it into sport, the competitive drive never really leaves. Kristin Armstrong athlete letting-go sports Because cycling is a repetitive front to back motion you never go side to side with your legs, the muscles and joints are really going to protect themselves when you have arthritis. So continually working on opening things up helps to alleviate pain. Kristin Armstrong cycling legs pain I would love to end my European campaign with the World Championship stripes on my back. But everything else that I have in my mind right now is to continue working with and having my little camps for women cyclists. Kristin Armstrong stripes campaigns mind I love the sport, I haven't made millions off of it so maybe that's why I just feel like a normal person, I just feel regular, so that when I walk out of my house now with people requesting autographs in the middle of Albertson's aisles. I realize that I did go to the Olympics and did come back with a gold medal, but this is all strange. Somebody pinch me please, because I'm just here on my couch at night watching the Olympics now like everyone else in the world. Kristin Armstrong sports night people I talk about role models a lot and wanting to be a role model for kids around me because I didn't have that growing up. Kristin Armstrong role-models growing-up kids I had to quit triathlons, I continued to be active and worked in advertising agency . Kristin Armstrong advertising quitting agency The first day I was told that I had osteoarthritis, I thought it was the worst thing that could possibly happen to me; I was done. I couldn't do anything. I couldn't run so my life was over. But because I'm a competitive person, I wasn't going to let anything slow me down and I turned it around and made it a positive. Kristin Armstrong down-and done running I became a lot more educated on this arthritis thing when I was diagnosed with it, but basically OA is a degenerative disease, which is definitely something that you're not going to be able to stop because it's going to be ongoing, but there are certain things you can do to slow down the progression. Kristin Armstrong ongoing able disease I was a runner and a soccer player living in Okinawa, Japan and I didn't have recruiters coming in to recruit me for sports. So how many kids out there and planning to go to college are super stud athletes but don't have a chance because they come from some podunk town and no one comes to watch them? Kristin Armstrong athlete soccer sports I'm not the kind to go out and tell people 'Oh yeah I'm a gold medalist.' Kristin Armstrong kind gold people I don't think that the Olympic games are a good place to bring up any political issues because it should be about the athletes and about coming together. This year's motto was One World, One Dream and to take that away it's just not a good time. Kristin Armstrong athlete dream thinking I think the other thing that's interesting about the women's peloton is that if you ask what their background is most have played college sports, and a lot of times have come off of injury and have gotten on a bike. A lot of us start post college in our mid 20's unlike in Europe where they start 10 years before that. Kristin Armstrong college sports thinking The way the Europeans work, most girls get paid by their federation; their country pays them. Essentially the federations say go represent our country, race on whatever trade team you want, and here's your money. So you don't really make you're money on trade teams. Europeans make money through their country's federation. There's not a lot of money for women in cycling in Europe either. Kristin Armstrong team girl country The best thing to do when you find yourself in a hurting or vulnerable place is to surround yourself with the strongest, finest, most positive people you know. Kristin Armstrong finding-yourself hurt people Running is a grownup's lost link to playing outside. Kristin Armstrong playing-outside links running I avoid the carwash when I think it might rain anytime in the near future, which means I drive around the majority of the time in a pollen and bird poop covered car. This presents a stand off between Neat Freakshow and Practical Pennypincher, and Neat Freak usually triumphs. And then it rains. Kristin Armstrong rain mean thinking Sweat has the power to end a pity party in such a way that even the hostess is happy. Kristin Armstrong sweat party way I love the thought of not knowing how things will turn out but the willingness to invest anyway. Kristin Armstrong not-knowing turns knowing
