It’s safe to say that cross-country skiing isn’t the most popular sport in the United States. But four-time Olympian Kikkan Randall—with her mega-watt personality, signature pink-streaked hair and unrelenting talent—is out to change that. The Alaska native, who is due to have her first child in April, took up the sport in high school as a promising cross-country runner to stay in shape during the off-season. It was a perfect fit. She went on to become a 17-time U.S. National Champion and the first American woman to crack the top ten at the Olympics. As a soon-to-be parent, she is gaining all-important perspective on her life as an athlete. “Now a bad training day or race won’t feel like the end of the world,” she says. “I can better recognize the bigger and more important things in my life.” From adjusting her 20-plus-hour training weeks to what she hopes to accomplish once the baby comes, Randall shared some of her thoughts with us here.
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