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362. Just Missed with Chanelle Price

Published: April 21, 2021, 9 a.m.

\u201cI think you can almost want something too bad. Because I just wanted it so bad. I wasn\u2019t relaxed. It wasn\u2019t fun anymore. It was just tunnel vision on winning \u2014 and I wasn\u2019t winning! I wanted it so bad and it wasn\u2019t happening. It was very draining.\u201d

What happens when you set big, dreamy, lofty goals \u2014 but when it counts the most, you fall short? That\u2019s what this series, \u201cJust Missed,\u201d is about. These conversations are about dealing with disappointment. They are reminders that progress is never linear, and that it\u2019s not always the big wins or the losses that define us, but the moments in between.

So far on this series, we\u2019ve heard from Julia Lucas and HOKA NAZ Elite athlete Kellyn Taylor. Today, Oregon Track Club\u2019s Chanelle Price is here.

Chanelle was a standout athlete in high school. She was named Gatorade\u2019s Athlete of the Year, and became addicted to winning.

But when she went away to college at the University of Tennessee, she was no longer \u201chigh school Chanelle.\u201d She wasn\u2019t winning. She wasn\u2019t the fastest on the team. And she struggled. She had a goal of becoming an NCAA 800m champion, but missed that goal, finishing second at both indoors and outdoors.

From there, Chanelle\u2019s running career saw high highs and challenging lows. She decided to compete at the professional level, but struggled to find a sponsor early on. In 2014, Chanelle had a breakthrough: She won gold in the 800m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships, and became the only American woman to ever win a gold medal there. She signed with Nike. She won gold \u2014 three times \u2014 as a member of Team USA\u2019s 4x800m relay at World Athletics Championships. She ran a personal best in the 800m: 1:59.10.

Then, in 2017, it all came crashing down. The hits came in rapid succession: a foot fracture, a pulmonary embolism that led to blood clots in her lungs, and, ultimately, a bout with mononucleosis. All of that led to her losing her sponsor. It all could\u2019ve been career-ending, but Chanelle wouldn\u2019t let that happen. She mounted a comeback \u2014 and last year, dealt with another foot fracture.

Today, Chanelle is up and running (up, literally, at altitude), gearing up for the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials. This is her story.

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