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What Drives Hurdler Jason Richardson?

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Work, Rest and Play - Jason Richardson

Published by IAAF on November 17, 2014

The 2011 IAAF World Championships 110m hurdles gold medallist Jason Richardson is regarded as one of the most charismatic athletes on the circuit.

Here the American answers our work, rest and play questions. 

Jason at work

What is your favourite session?

Jason Richardson: My favourite mixes up a little bit of sprinting and hurdling because I love to do the two. Anything that make me feel Bolt-ish and Gatlin-ish but also Nehemiah-ish and Kingdom-ish is what I like to feel.

What is your least favourite session?

JR: That would be 150s. I find 150s are like the end of a loaf of bread – unnecessary; 150s are neither too long or too short. I'm from a 400m hurdles background, so 300m and 500m are fine but for some reason running 150s is the session that wipes me out.

What are your favourite three things about being an athlete?

JR: My favourite thing is it allows me to able to retain a nice body. The second thing is it allows me to travel the world, so I now have more stamps on my passport than many people. The third thing is the family I've created through athletics both at a collegiate and professional level.

What is the worst thing about being an athlete?

JR: This sounds a really weird answer, but in some ways track and field is an arrested development in that sometimes we don't have a chance to grow up as normal individuals.

We often don’t have to face those real world issues. For example, many athletes have never been fired from a job or had to work long hours for a boss they hate. Many of us (athletes) have never learned how to compromise because we never have to. Sometimes that makes it difficult to navigate through a world that isn't always roses.

The other downside is it is hard to maintain relationships when you are competing on the circuit. Now there are definitely athletes that have strong relationships and healthy marriages on the circuit, but it is tough.

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder but I don’t know if that is true. It is really hard when you are dating and trying to establish a meaningful relationship and then you say, ‘bye, I’m going to be gone for three months.’



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