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25. It's More Embarrassing Not to Try: Colleen Barney on Comebacks, Confidence, and Racing Past 50
She broke her back in her very first semester of college, and didn't even know it.
Colleen Barney trained on a fractured vertebra for months before a high school trainer looked at her for two minutes and said, "We need to call your mom."
In this episode of Unstoppable at Any Age, I sit down with Colleen, a retired probate attorney, USATF Masters Track and Field Vice Chair, World Masters Athletics Treasurer, and an American Ninja Warrior alum, to talk about coming back to sprinting at 34, winning her first World Championship on her first try, and what actually changes about your confidence…
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