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#61 Emily Durgin: When Will I Feel Like Myself Again? | Injury, Recovery & 2028
Emily Durgin has been a U.S. champion, finished ninth at the 2024 Olympic Trials, and spent years consistently improving and competing at the highest level. Then an injury changed the rhythm of everything.
Emily opens up about the past year and a half of trying to feel like herself again. She shares what it was like racing at 85%, questioning whether her best years were behind her, and eventually deciding that continuing to push through wasn't worth sacrificing a full recovery.
We talk about the mistakes she's made returning from injury, learning when to stop forcing fitness, rebuilding from…
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