"I’ve never taken a pause from racing in my life and I’ve taken a pause. Where I’m going to race next is just TBD for a while," said Simpson who also is taking a “Crossover Into Business” offered by Harvard.
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Simpson has actually never lost at Drake. She'll be going for her fith Relays title in the 1500 this weekened against a deep American field including Brenda Martinez, Kate Grace and Shelby Houlihan.

The center will feature a New Balance Run Hub. Simpson revealed that before Rio she listened to "Me Too" with the lyrics, "If I was you, I’d wanna be me, too.”

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A not surprising stat os all the distance medalists except Clayton Muprphy and 17 of the distance finalists live or train at altitude.

Asked about her rivalry with Shannon Rowbury, Simpson talks about how having to go up against Sally Kipyego in college made her a lot better.

"I do feel the pressure that if I am ever going to win a medal, this is probably the best year to go after that.''

Simpson admits to hardly knowing her PBs and often accidentally giving stats in interviews that are incorrect.

Mark Wetmore they both have "very strong egos" so "have room in their self-esteem for other people to be successful."

Simpson says she gets questions every year about the steeple as she occasionally incorporates steeple work into her training. Despite dismissing the rumors, she did add that she always trains for multiple events so she can make last minute decisions come USAs.
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Heather Kampf, Gabe Grunewald, Morgan Uceny also in the field.
*Video Interview With Meet Director Brian Brown On The Race

She says a premise from the movie Hoosiers is what she uses to stay calm before races.