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American long-distance runner, Deena Kastor, won the bronze medal in the Olympic women's marathon in Athens. She was an eight-time national champion in cross country and\xa0won both the\xa0Chicago Marathon\xa0and the\xa0London Marathon. Deena has defied the odds over and over again to\xa0achieve her\xa0dreams and smash through barriers. This episode helps us reprogram our minds for the marathon of life ahead. \xa0 When people ask Deena what she does, how does she\xa0like to\xa0reply? "I\u2019m slower than I was, I am\xa0not\xa0going to run a 2.19 ever again.\u201d Deena on creating a new identity. What Deena discovered about the struggle that comes with running a\xa0marathon? Can we come to learn to embrace\xa0struggle? Deena\u2019s proudest moment came in Chicago where she\xa0placed\xa06th. She did 7 mins\xa0slower than her personal best,\xa0why was that so\xa0special? In the 2008 Olympic Marathon, Deena was favoured to run well and finished\xa0the race\xa0in a bus. The process of dealing with that and repairing our spirit. Every\xa0marathon is hard - how we think\xa0about a\xa0thought that will\xa0serve us better. How to compartmentalise? How does Deena bring\xa0herself to the moment at the start\xa0line when it is all on the line? At the\xa0start line, it's you, Kenyans to your left, Ethiopians to your right, they are going to work against you. How did\xa0you\xa0build the belief that you can be your best? How does Deena view disappointment?\xa0 Barack Obama said, "there is nothing more defining of our character or satisfying to our spirit than giving our all to a\xa0difficult task." What was the darkest moment Deena faced in a race that brought the most\xa0satisfying moment? Deena was found to have melanoma and was told it could be genetic. How did\xa0that impact Deena? Deena was adopted, how did Deena view adoption and was\xa0there a story created in her mind at that time? The purpose of\xa0running is to test the spirit of the human heart, would Deena agree? Why is marathon such a beautiful race? Deena talks of having an angel and a devil on her shoulders, how does she manage that dialogue? Can Kipchoge's do it\u2026can he run a sub-2hr marathon? Not\xa0overtrained, but\xa0under-recovered. Not overworking,\xa0under-rested. \xa0 LINKS Deena Kastor website http://deenakastor.com \xa0 The Mojo Radio Show website themojoradioshow.com \xa0 The Mojo Radio Show on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheMojoRadioShowPodcast/ \xa0 The Mojo Radio Show on Twitter https://twitter.com/tmrspod \xa0 The Mojo Radio Show Answering Machine 08 7200 6656 08 7200 MOJO \xa0 The Mojo Radio Show copyright Gary Bertwistle & Darren Robertson \xa0 Products or companies we discuss are not paid endorsements. They are not sponsored by, nor do we have any professional or affiliate relationship of any kind with any of the companies or products highlighted in the show.... sadly! It\u2019s just stuff we like, think is cool and maybe of interest to you our listeners. \xa0 \u201cLife should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved\xa0body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!\u201d. Hunter S Thompson.
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