Highlights with Olympian Kikkan Randall and What is the Athlete Mindset? (Summer Series III)
Today we highlight Kikkan Randall in the third episode of our Summer Series. Kikkan is an American Olympic champion cross-country skier, mother, breast cancer survivor, and so much more. Here we highlight the athletic mindset, stigmas around mental health in our culture, and what it takes to pursue excellence in any field.
She speaks to motivation, grit, excellence, patience, and the importance of a healthy mindset. An advocate for active lifestyles and active parenting it is especially fun to talk about the flipside of accomplishments and titles and dive into her insights into vulnerability, slowing down, consistency, and team building.
Topics Include:
The psychological edge that accompanies world-class athletes
Competing in the 2002 Olympics at age nineteen
Becoming a mother between Olympics
Winning the Gold Medal at the 2018 Olympics
Beating breast cancer
Balancing passions and career
Kikkan Randall 5X Olympian, gold medalist PyeongChang 2018, “Get-Activist”, and Mom Athlete. Kikkan is an American, Olympic champion cross-country skier. She has won 17 U.S. National titles, taken home 17 U.S. Championships, made 16 podiums in the Stage World Cup. She was the first American female cross-country skier to take a top ten finish in World Cup competition, to win a World Cup race and to win a World Cup discipline title. In addition, she finished the New York City Marathon clocking 2:55:12, just one year after her final round of chemotherapy for stage 2 breast cancer. As an active lifestyle proponent, she is also an Ambassador for Fast and Female, an empowerment workshop program for young girls. And, fun fact, she began skiing to stay in shape for cross-country running.
