Morgan Mitchell // Why off-track quests mean on-track personal bests

I don’t know if you guys experience this the same way I do, but I walk away from some episodes wanting to make lifelong friends with our guest just to spend more time around their energy and ideas. Morgan Mitchell is absolutely one of those people who is both everything you’d expect of an Olympic athlete and nothing you’d expect of an Olympic athlete all at once. Once you hear Morgan’s incredible self-awareness, determination, and lifelong passion for sport, her success on the track makes so much sense with a string of accolades under her belt starting from the tender age of six. Two decades later, at just 26 years old, she is now preparing for her SECOND Olympics in Tokyo taking on a completely new focus swapping from the 400m to the 800m which, as she'll explain, is nowhere near as similar as you might expect. What might surprise you though is her refreshingly balanced approach to running, which makes up but one part of her identity and goals in life. In fact, it’s her commitment to maintaining interests and a busy schedule OFF the track that she credits for her success on it, encouraging all of us to remember that life is more than your career. So you’ll hear about the Rio Olympics in 2016 but you’ll hear more about its afterparty as well as that time Shaquille O'Neil slid into her DMs, the James Cameron movie she featured in, the other forms of training she does including becoming an F45 ambassador and everything in between. I still don’t really believe she’s only 26 with such a wise and solid head on her shoulders! I hope you guys have as much of a laugh as I did! + Follow Morgan here + Announcements on Insta at @spoonful_of_sarah + Join our Facebook community here SIGN UP FOR THE RELIEF RUN HERE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.