About this episode:
This week's episode is a special one. Coach Adam interviews both professional mountain bike racer and 2018 XC World Champion Kate Courtney and her coach Jim Miller. They talk about what makes a good athlete-coach relationship, developing a winning mindset, and finding opportunities in every obstacle. 

Guest Bio – Kate Courtney:
Kate Courtney is a professional mountain bike racer for the Scott-SRAM MTB Racing Team. Kate is the 2019 Elite XCO World Cup Overall Champion, the current Pan American Champion and the 2018 Elite XCO World Champion. Kate was born in 1995 and grew up in Marin County, California at the base of Mount Tamalpais, the birthplace of mountain biking. Kate was introduced to cycling at a young age - riding on the back of a tandem mountain bike with her dad to get pancakes on Sunday mornings. After joining the Branson High School mountain bike team as a Freshman, her interest in the sport escalated quickly. During high school, she competed for the USA National Team and Whole Athlete Development Team in events around the World. In 2012, she became the first American woman to win a UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in the Junior category. When Kate graduated high school in 2013, she continued on to Stanford University and signed her first professional contract with Specialized Bicycles.

Guest Bio – Jim Miller:
Jim Miller is the current Head of Elite Athletics at USA Cycling and a successful coach who has helped the United States win 14 Olympic medals over the past two decades. Miller has worked with many top U.S. riders across all disciplines, including World Champion Kate Courtney, Olympian Kristin Armstrong, as well as many other top road racers, mountain bikers, and track cyclists.

Read More About Kate Courtney:

https://katecourtney.com/about
https://www.instagram.com/kateplusfate/
https://twitter.com/sparkleaddict
https://www.facebook.com/katecourtney130/

Read More About Jim Miller:

https://www.usacycling.org/article/usa-cycling-announces-jim-millers-return-as-head-of-elite-athletics
https://twitter.com/JimMiller_time
https://www.instagram.com/jimmillertime/

Episode Highlights:

• What makes a coach-athlete relationship work well
• Developing a winning mindset
• Balancing fun with training
• Pushing limits and testing what can be achieved
• Finding opportunities in every obstacle
• How to use failures and setbacks to your advantage

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