1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:06,840 Mhm . 3 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:19,990 My boss had been growing at the gym and 4 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,600 he was , he was just telling me , oh , 5 00:00:22,610 --> 00:00:24,610 you know , he was , he was taken up 6 00:00:24,610 --> 00:00:27,870 this sport and I was just thinking , I 7 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,830 wonder if I can beat him always 8 00:00:31,830 --> 00:00:35,390 the competitor here . I grew 9 00:00:35,390 --> 00:00:37,870 up in a small town and my dad was a 10 00:00:37,870 --> 00:00:41,230 farmer and I would go out and play on 11 00:00:41,230 --> 00:00:43,720 the farm a lot and just always really 12 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,030 active as a kid and jumping over the 13 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,290 rolls of hay out in the field like 14 00:00:49,290 --> 00:00:52,860 hurdles school started , I was engaged 15 00:00:52,860 --> 00:00:56,440 in a much more organized sports and I 16 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,890 played a lot of softball and uh ran 17 00:00:59,890 --> 00:01:03,490 track consistently and cross country 18 00:01:03,490 --> 00:01:05,980 all the way through high school and 19 00:01:05,990 --> 00:01:08,530 into college I did a little bit across 20 00:01:08,530 --> 00:01:12,360 country mostly track and had 21 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,304 just continued that throughout the 22 00:01:14,304 --> 00:01:16,360 Marine Corps . It's really important 23 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,582 for me to stay active and be physically 24 00:01:18,582 --> 00:01:21,840 fit . I'm the staff judge advocate at 25 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,940 Marine Corps Base Quantico and I 26 00:01:23,940 --> 00:01:27,030 recently competed in the world rowing 27 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,370 indoor championships . Ash Backer 28 00:01:29,460 --> 00:01:31,620 currently in third place looking good 29 00:01:31,630 --> 00:01:33,908 for the bronze . Their pressure on his . 30 00:01:33,908 --> 00:01:36,520 Nugent starts to close Christina . 31 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,660 Nugent from Great Britain only a few 32 00:01:38,660 --> 00:01:40,771 meters to make up to try and get into 33 00:01:40,771 --> 00:01:42,771 contention for a medal . Ash backer 34 00:01:42,771 --> 00:01:44,993 will know that she'll be able to see on 35 00:01:44,993 --> 00:01:47,049 her screen the margin separating her 36 00:01:47,049 --> 00:01:50,270 from 4th place show Nugent takes the 37 00:01:50,270 --> 00:01:53,620 bronze just over just under a second 38 00:01:53,630 --> 00:01:57,320 ahead of Ash back up At the World 39 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,170 Championships last year , I was fourth 40 00:02:00,180 --> 00:02:04,140 in both the UK and the 500 41 00:02:04,140 --> 00:02:07,560 m and I just thought , 42 00:02:08,450 --> 00:02:12,440 I know I can be better than this . Last 43 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,470 year's world championships were in 44 00:02:14,470 --> 00:02:18,100 Paris and there was no qualification 45 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:21,310 requirement any anybody could enter and 46 00:02:21,310 --> 00:02:24,960 just show up and race venue had 47 00:02:24,970 --> 00:02:28,290 around 100 indoor rowing machines on 48 00:02:28,290 --> 00:02:31,240 the floor and there were just many , 49 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,296 many competitors . I think there's a 50 00:02:33,296 --> 00:02:35,351 couple of 1000 competitors that were 51 00:02:35,351 --> 00:02:39,060 just streaming in one race after 52 00:02:39,060 --> 00:02:42,630 another for several days after the 53 00:02:42,630 --> 00:02:45,650 World championships last year . I was 54 00:02:45,650 --> 00:02:47,817 thinking , okay , I really need to get 55 00:02:47,817 --> 00:02:50,980 a coach and how am I going to get 56 00:02:50,990 --> 00:02:54,960 better And through some marine 57 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,450 connections , I was able to find Zach 58 00:02:58,450 --> 00:02:59,250 Iverson 59 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:03,570 Resa , I think 60 00:03:03,570 --> 00:03:06,970 someone she rode with reached out to my 61 00:03:06,970 --> 00:03:09,660 training partner , um , Lieutenant 62 00:03:09,660 --> 00:03:12,150 Colonel Stewart Lockhart , who was a 63 00:03:12,150 --> 00:03:14,330 marine . He's not retired . It reached 64 00:03:14,330 --> 00:03:17,780 out to stew and said , we have this 65 00:03:17,780 --> 00:03:20,040 woman , she's really fast . She came in 66 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,500 fourth at worlds last year . She really 67 00:03:22,500 --> 00:03:26,480 wants to improve very long , very 68 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,960 smooth heels are down . 69 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,630 I could tell instantly she was super 70 00:03:33,630 --> 00:03:36,510 motivated . The training is very , very 71 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,650 difficult , growing . It's , you know , 72 00:03:39,650 --> 00:03:43,120 a lot of hard work . Uh , and it can be 73 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,231 very monotonous . So whenever I get a 74 00:03:45,231 --> 00:03:47,770 new client , I want to make sure that 75 00:03:47,770 --> 00:03:49,992 they know what they're getting into has 76 00:03:49,992 --> 00:03:52,214 to be genuine . It has to come from you 77 00:03:52,214 --> 00:03:54,381 pushing and faster , faster , faster , 78 00:03:54,381 --> 00:03:56,326 faster , faster , faster drive and 79 00:03:56,326 --> 00:03:58,492 drive and drive it . Um , but with her 80 00:03:58,492 --> 00:04:00,659 in knowing my training partner who was 81 00:04:00,659 --> 00:04:02,800 a marine as well , it was that marine 82 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,920 mentality of all or nothing right out 83 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,142 of the gate that I kind of had to teach 84 00:04:08,142 --> 00:04:10,520 her . Less is more you pr 85 00:04:10,530 --> 00:04:12,870 congratulations . Any pr is better than 86 00:04:12,870 --> 00:04:16,780 no pr January . We're getting ready 87 00:04:16,780 --> 00:04:19,070 for the big dance . So we had a really 88 00:04:19,070 --> 00:04:21,740 good structured program that led me 89 00:04:21,740 --> 00:04:25,470 from building a base all the way up to 90 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,450 competition level . As we shuffle into 91 00:04:28,450 --> 00:04:31,420 that 100 m , we start to see the 92 00:04:31,420 --> 00:04:33,420 leaders emerging and there she is , 93 00:04:33,420 --> 00:04:35,698 Shane Resa Ash Backer of the U . S . A . 94 00:04:35,698 --> 00:04:39,680 Big performance here down to 1 42 43 95 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,736 strokes a minute over the line there 96 00:04:41,736 --> 00:04:44,940 for Resa Ash back at a time of 1 35.1 97 00:04:44,940 --> 00:04:47,051 quicker than her qualifying time . So 98 00:04:47,051 --> 00:04:49,830 she should be absolutely um pleased 99 00:04:49,830 --> 00:04:51,720 with that , but she looks pretty 100 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,831 exhausted to be honest , Shane . So I 101 00:04:53,831 --> 00:04:56,470 was connected virtually too , all the 102 00:04:56,470 --> 00:04:58,750 other competitors that were different 103 00:04:58,940 --> 00:05:01,660 places in the world . And on my own 104 00:05:01,660 --> 00:05:05,190 monitor , I could see where I 105 00:05:05,190 --> 00:05:08,760 was in relation to my competitors . On 106 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,170 my screen , there was nobody else 107 00:05:11,170 --> 00:05:13,770 listed above me . So I knew I was 108 00:05:13,770 --> 00:05:17,500 winning and there was a certain 109 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:19,770 time that I thought I could do and I 110 00:05:19,770 --> 00:05:22,840 just kept going and going and trying to 111 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:26,220 maintain that split the entire time 112 00:05:26,230 --> 00:05:30,010 and when I finished and realized that I 113 00:05:30,010 --> 00:05:33,310 had one , I was just so 114 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:37,150 exhausted . I could not even think 115 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,730 of anything else . I 116 00:05:40,730 --> 00:05:44,250 won the 500 m and placed 117 00:05:44,260 --> 00:05:46,320 3rd in the two km . 118 00:05:49,340 --> 00:05:51,460 I've really enjoyed the 119 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,960 opportunities throughout the Marine 120 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,860 Corps career , too , compete as an 121 00:05:58,860 --> 00:06:00,860 athlete . There are several outlets 122 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:03,790 that I've found just with the Marine 123 00:06:03,790 --> 00:06:06,200 Corps Marathon team and cross country 124 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:10,010 team . So I've found that just being a 125 00:06:10,010 --> 00:06:12,620 Marine has just really fostered this 126 00:06:12,620 --> 00:06:15,160 competitive athletic mindset , 127 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,400 find your sport , find whichever 128 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:24,280 sport it is that really inspires 129 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:25,750 you to do your best .