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Katie Rainsberger, University of Washington student-athlete, joins Pro Mindset host, Craig Domann, and she shares her dream of winning the 2021 National Championship in the women’s steeplechase at the NCAA Track & Field National Championships in Eugene, Oregon. She is one of twelve women who qualified for nationals. She has the third best qualifying time. She competed in the nationals while running for the University of Oregon in her freshman season. She transferred to Washington to follow her coach and has barely missed qualifying for the next two nationals and missed again last year when the 2020 National Championships were cancelled due to Covid. Wait until the end of the podcast when Katie speaks into existence her dream of winning the 2021 national championship.Katie is a 12-time All-American in cross country, and indoor and outdoor track & field. She is a former National Gatorade Athlete of the Year out of Air Academy High School in Colorado Springs, CO. She recently started running the steeplechase event and has already qualified for the Olympic Trials that are coming up later this month.The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics, which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing. The foremost version of the event is the 3000 meters steeplechase. The 3,000 meters steeplechase has 28 barriers and seven water jumps!Katie discusses the challenge of finding a healthy balance of being competitive and trying to win every race, but also just like trying to be the best version of yourself regardless of the outcome. She also talks about the during the race moments in an endurance event where you feel so much pain that you don’t know if you can finish . . . and it happens every time. There's also moments where you're like, I don't know if I can go any faster or I don't know if I can follow that move.Follow Katie and her pursuit of the 2021 National Championship and Olympic Trials!