10 years since I’ve been in Beijing! So crazy to look back at these old pics from jeffcohenphoto and see baby Colleen, fresh out of college, navigating the world. It was my first time representing #TeamUSA and I was so green, so eager, and so… tired 😴 lol Honestly it breaks my heart now to watch this interview where the reporter asked me about how my season went and instead of saying “it’s been great! I won NCAAs, competed in my first diamond league, and qualified for Worlds!” I said… “long…” and went into how tired I was because I had been competing for such a long time through XC, indoor track, outdoor NCAAs and then an outdoor pro circuit. I had just started training with my new pro team and everything was kicking my butt. And I had been on anti-inflammatories for months to cover up pain in my plantar and hamstring. I was hanging on by a thread. After the final (where I was 12th) I was walking under the stadium to get back to the warmup track when I saw my coach pascaldobert wal...