I've had this week circled on the calendar for the last year. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics should be starting this week. Instead, athletes and the rest of us are dealing with a pandemic, the repercussions of which we won't fully grasp for a long time.

 

But, in the "now," Olympic hopefuls are reflecting on what would have been if COVID-19 hadn't proven to be such a fierce competitor.

 

This week, I'm catching up with two-time U.S. Olympic distance runner Kim Conley. Kim is a middle- and long-distance runner who represented her country at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. She was primed to make her third Olympic Team when coronavirus derailed this summer's Games.

 

Hear more about Kim's background in episode 34 of the podcast.

 

On this Dying to Ask:

What Kim has been doing since the announcement was made to postpone the Olympics to 2021

Why Kim is luckier than most Olympic hopefuls in terms of sponsorships and training opportunity

What Kim discovered about motivation when every single race on her calendar was canceled

And why we all need to "think like an Olympian" when it comes to living through the pandemic