Olympic Sprinter Mechelle Lewis Freeman on the Power of Belief

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Episode Summary From the boardroom to the Olympics, learn how Mechelle Lewis Freeman, former Olympic sprinter and current Team USA assistant relays coach, harnessed faith and consistency and chased down her goals. A must-listen conversation if you're looking for a roadmap to achieve your wildest dreams!

Show Notes

(4:05) How the pandemic impacts athletes and coaching…

(8:44) “Now that person can have hope… You know, not shift too much with a year change. My path still, is in that same direction. It's just that I have to pivot. I think that's what is different in a situation like that. Having that hope that the Olympic games are still for them in this time period. And I think that's what was key.”

(11:57) Athletes may have missed opportunities, but they doubled down on their craft…

(13:26) The Lewis twins… a fast rise into the sport of track and field…

(15:55) A decision to go to grad school, an Eddie Murphy movie, and a promising career…

(17:44) The circumstances surrounding a spark to run again…

(19:09) “I was stripping a lot of things mentally and like pain and just going through that process of just healing. But it was during that time where I also started to pray and read my Bible and, you know, lean on God.”

(21:45) Going through the process of training for the Olympic team after not running for four years…

(25:48) A hydration analogy…

(27:05) A winning routine… and power in the simple, consistent steps…

(29:47) A remarkable story to illustrate a great truth…

(33:27) Leveling up to the Olympics…

(35:20) “And so that was another situation of understanding about controlling the controllable and putting yourself in that environment. Going to the pool and doing deep water running and still seeing the same things, still approaching practice the same way.”

(36:51) Preparing for the load by fueling the body and paying attention to restoration…

(39:09) No wasted effort and no wasted movement…

(41:43) Living your wildest dreams…

(45:37) The start of TrackGirlz…

(48:15) A simple piece of advice from Mechelle...

References

2008 USA Track Championships 100m (Mechelle's PB) - YouTube

TrackGirlz - Website | Instagram

Guest

Mechelle Lewis Freeman - Instagram | Twitter Mechelle's fav UCAN product: Cherry Berry Almond Bar

Hosts

Jon Rankin - gobemore.co | @chasejonrankin