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i've always dreamt of becoming a
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but the dropout rate for girls is way
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for boys and that that was me at one
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because it felt like i lost everything
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like team coaches friends and just
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didn't have anything to strive for or
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other interests come into play and
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athletics takes a step back you get to
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an age where you discover
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drinks and partying and all that the
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other side to like being in a dedicated
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at that time it felt new so it was so
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you know all your friends are there
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you're partying and you discover boys
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and then it's all like
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but then after a while it's a bit samey
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and then you start to miss the sport and
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it's hard to stay in it when mentally
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you're not where you want to be
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you want to be at the top all the time
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but you have to accept you're not always
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there my brother walked into the room
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let's go on a run if you enjoy it then
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you know what to do as soon as i did
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those runs it was like
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that's it it's back i just loved it
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i didn't want to stop this and i really
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really want to make something of this
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so now i learn and i'm very thankful
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for that not just the partying side and
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stuff and my brother and things like
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because it's also a life lesson
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it's about mentally overcoming that
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being able to ignore those other
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distractions and focus on
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the thing that you love the most because
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that will always stick around with you
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i love racing more than anything
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being on that start line and the
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adrenaline rush that you get is
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insane you can't come down from that
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and you soon find out that you have to
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put in a lot of hard work
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and determination and graft to get to
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a couple of years ago i found out that i
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which is a very very common condition in
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it was affecting my athletics
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performance a lot i make sure i eat my
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vegetables you know spinach anything
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high in iron as well as iron supplements
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i'm training around three times a day
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so i'm up in the morning straight down
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for probably probably some breakfast
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eat that and i'm straight out the door
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it's those reputations that i have
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in my routine that help me run those
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reps around the track or
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those reps in the gym
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she being able to wrap your country is
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something that not many people can
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can say that they've done something that
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run gold for them as well which is
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something even better
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so when you get that success it makes
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you want to work even harder and harder
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and that's where i'm at now
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realistically i've got short-term goals
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a list of people that will not be
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ultimately though i would definitely
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love to make the olympics
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and get the olympic gold more than
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anything european commonwealth worlds
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all to follow on as well you know i know
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what that takes it takes hard work it
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dedication i know i can get it it's just
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about getting that right training
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and that right mindset crossing the line
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in first and getting that gold medal
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that's what everybody wants
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and that's what i want that's what i've
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i feel it's important to celebrate who
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and chase what you want to achieve
