Lindsay Vonn, 41, said she missed the phone-free focus of being an athlete after retirement.
On Wednesday’s episode of the “Pretty Tough” podcast, Vonn told host Maria Sharapova that she was still thinking about being active on her way home after her Olympic injury.
“I was coming up the hill to my house, and I thought, ‘God, I would love to do a hill sprint right now,'” Vonn said. “Then I thought to myself, ‘What is wrong with me? Why do I want to do that right now, even in excruciating pain?'”
The alpine skier said sports gave her the chance to be “singularly focused,” something she found “really therapeutic.”
“The work ethic, the pain…
