2024-07-22
33 分钟Georgia Bell was a great runner as a child - but in college she fell out of love with the sport. She hung up her running shoes - and they gathered dust until Covid hit and she began to run again for fun. Turns out that aged 30, she's one of the fastest women in the world and is now headed to the Olympics! Georgia tells Dr Laurie Santos how she regained her enthusiasm for the 1500m race - and reflects on the happiness lessons she's picked up in her dramatic return to the very pinnacle of her sport. Check out more Olympics related content from Pushkin Industries and iHeartPodcasts here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This summer, Pushkin is going to the Olympics.
We'll be sharing inspiring new athlete stories across our entire network, including the latest sports science from what's yous Problem?
Some amazing swimmer stories on slight Change of Plans, a cautionary tales tale about how women had to fight to run the marathon, and an epic season of revisionist history on why America participated in Hitler's Olympics.
Here on the Happiness Lab, I'll talk to the coaches who coached the Team USA coaches, and I'll hear from an athlete who fell back in love with a sport that she'd grown to hate just in time to head to the Olympics.
Be sure to check it out.
Good morning.
Good morning.
Hey, Georgia.
Nice to meet you.
I love interviewing elite athletes, but they're often tricky to schedule, which means a podcast host needs to grab any opportunity she can to chat with with them.
Thanks so much for taking the time for this.
No problem.
Thanks for waking up early to do it.
To talk to Georgia, I had to get up at the butt crack of dawn.
It's like, it's pretty out.
The sun's out already here in Boston, so it's all good.
Okay.
You're East Coast.
That makes me feel a little bit better.
Yeah.