Full Transcript for Behind the Scenes with Kelley Bennett

interesting. 29 00:01:57,322.97135431 --> 00:01:59,612.97135431 Okay, so we're talking 100 miles per hour. 30 00:01:59,672.97135431 --> 00:02:03,472.97035431 I, the fastest I've clocked in on a mountain, according to my parents this year. 31 00:02:03,677.97135431 --> 00:02:08,57.97135431 ski app is, like in the 50 mile 50s kind Yay. 32 00:02:09,307.97135431 --> 00:02:20,577.97135431 Yeah, no, I, I love the speed on the mountain that has got to be a little bit scary to kind of internalize, like Bryce is skiing faster than you are driving pretty much every single day. 33 00:02:21,497.97135431 --> 00:02:29,797.97135431 Yeah, I mean I will qualify that saying like, 100 is like the top of the top speed one, but it's usually like around, you know, 85. 34 00:02:30,57.97135431 --> 00:02:38,727.97135431 Which is still, if you think about driving 85 and then think about being like strapped to the top of your car in a spandex onesie, then you can kind of get an idea of. 35 00:02:39,467.97135431 --> 00:02:40,567.97135431 Oh my gosh. 36 00:02:40,567.97135431 --> 00:02:42,387.97135431 tell me how you met Bryce. 37 00:02:42,407.97135431 --> 00:02:57,112.97135431 I would love to, like, kind of hear the beginning and I would love to hear, like, did you know you were meeting a professional skier or was that kind of sprinkled in throughout the dating experience? I actually grew up with Bryce, which is funny. 38 00:02:57,170.0985338 --> 00:03:07,230.27702098 we, went to preschool together and then middle school and then he, he didn't really go to high school, you know, he's off like skiing and stuff, but we were like in the same community. 39 00:03:07,560.27802098 --> 00:03:14,440.27802098 I didn't really like realize the extent of his skiing, like where we live in Tahoe, everyone. 40 00:03:14,930.27802098 --> 00:03:20,710.27802098 Like, basically, is some level of high level skier. 41 00:03:20,770.27802098 --> 00:03:26,630.27702098 Um, but there's like a lot of people that kind of like stop going to high school or go to charter schools. 42 00:03:26,640.27802098 --> 00:03:29,470.27802098 So, I like knew that he good. 43 00:03:30,370.27802098 --> 00:03:40,730.27802098 Yeah, he seems to be doing this a lot, you know? Yeah, yeah, I definitely didn't understand, like, the level of it, because in the U. 44 00:03:40,730.27802098 --> 00:03:40,950.27802098 S. 45 00:03:40,970.27802098 --> 00:03:53,464.74827739 we're not, like, big, we're, that's not, like, our big sport, you know, it's bigger in, like, Europe, but it was kind of funny, I didn't know that he was, like, the level of ski racer he was, but my dad did. 46 00:03:54,114.74827739 --> 00:03:55,594.74827739 Oh, that's fun. 47 00:03:56,374.74827739 --> 00:04:03,214.74827739 So when I brought him home for the first time, my dad, you know, you want your dad to be like, take care of my daughter, or whatever. 48 00:04:03,214.74827739 --> 00:04:06,74.74827739 And he was just like, total fangirl out. 49

00:04:06,84.74827739 --> 00:04:08,764.74827739 Like, it was so embarrassing. 50 00:04:10,214.74827739 --> 00:04:13,864.74777739 Asking him all sorts of questions and you're like, we are just trying to have dinner. 51 00:04:13,864.74777739 --> 00:04:15,444.74827739 Like that is all we're trying to do here. 52 00:04:16,264.74827739 --> 00:04:17,574.74727739 Like, we're actually gonna go. 53 00:04:17,614.74827739 --> 00:04:18,274.74827739 I'm not. 54 00:04:19,904.74827739 --> 00:04:21,954.74827739 Yeah, um, interesting. 55 00:04:21,984.74827739 --> 00:04:23,454.74727739 Okay, so you guys started dating. 56 00:04:23,454.74727739 --> 00:04:27,694.74827739 He was kind of already on the circuit, for lack of a better word, like in the thick of things. 57 00:04:28,4.74827739 --> 00:04:49,619.74827739 Um, did you know, or like, at what point did he kind of share with you like, hey, like, this is kind of my game plan for as long as it can work out? Uh, um, yeah, I mean, it was more like my slow burn exposure to the ski racing world, where I was just all of a sudden, like, Looking at him, I'm like, wait, you're like a, a big deal. 58 00:04:49,689.74827739 --> 00:04:53,349.74827739 Like, what? He like, he never really outright said it. 59 00:04:53,399.74827739 --> 00:05:01,382.64827739 Um, but yeah, like, kind of just, we got to this point, we started dating at like the beginning of the summer when he was home for the summer. 60 00:05:01,767.64827739 --> 00:05:06,237.64827739 And then as we got close to fall, he was going to fly to South America for training camps. 61 00:05:06,847.64827739 --> 00:05:11,797.64727739 And it was kind of this like moment of I'm doing the mental math of, okay. 62 00:05:11,797.64827739 --> 00:05:16,747.64727739 Like all the guys on the circuit are between like 30 and 40 years old. 63 00:05:16,977.64727739 --> 00:05:18,207.64827739 We're 22. 64 00:05:18,207.64827739 --> 00:05:27,942.64827739 This Oh, man, is like, gonna be for a this is a whole nother lifetime is what it could be like another 18 years. 65 00:05:27,982.64827739 --> 00:05:28,802.64827739 Holy cow. 66 00:05:29,542.64827739 --> 00:05:29,912.64827739 Yeah. 67 00:05:29,912.64827739 --> 00:05:40,722.64727739 But there was kind of this moment where I was like, okay, my choices are to do this and be with this person that I'm in love with or not be with them and not have to deal with it. 68 00:05:40,742.64827739 --> 00:05:42,622.64727739 So it was like pretty simple when it came down to it. 69 00:05:43,767.90602028 --> 00:05:44,427.90602028 I love that. 70 00:05:44,427.90602028 --> 00:05:51,117.90502028 Because I think that realization of being like, Oh, okay, like love this guy gonna stick with him. 71 00:05:51,627.90602028 --> 00:05:54,217.90602028 I guess I'm actually signing up for like two people. 72 00:05:54,237.90602028 --> 00:06:02,337.90602028 We've got Bryce and then we've got the ski team in whatever format that kind of comes in and not even

the ski team just skiing at Like as a whole. 73 00:06:02,367.90602028 --> 00:06:14,307.90602028 And so you kind of said like, it's, it was a nice slow burn, but like when he goes off to training camp in the fall to South America, presumably you're, you're signed up. 74 00:06:14,827.90502028 --> 00:06:20,572.90602028 How was that like? Making that decision and then settling in and realizing Oh, he's gone for a while. 75 00:06:20,582.90602028 --> 00:06:23,497.90602028 Like, what is this really gonna be like? Wow. 76 00:06:23,527.90502028 --> 00:06:26,334.57168695 I mean, it was, it was really hard at first. 77 00:06:26,394.57268695 --> 00:06:29,599.57268695 Like now, now we're just like, oh, I won't see it. 78 00:06:29,599.57268695 --> 00:06:52,296.23935361 It's fine, you know, but it was, yeah, at first you're like, I feel like any normal girl, is used to when you're dating someone, like they're around and you're like, kind of are thinking whether consciously or not, like, how can I be like such a great girlfriend? Like, what can I do for them? Can I see them? And like, how do I act? And like, when that person is gone. 79 00:06:52,866.23935361 --> 00:07:02,466.23935361 And you're not, like, obviously, like, dating anyone else, you're just, alone, you're, like, what do I do with all this energy? I kind of have to, like, get my own hobbies and, like, interests Yeah. 80 00:07:02,806.23935361 --> 00:07:16,552.90602028 friends, I don't know, like, And it's and it's not to say you didn't have hobbies or interests or friends, but it does leave like A gaping amount of time and then like something I think about is like, especially those early stages of dating and being really excited. 81 00:07:16,582.90602028 --> 00:07:24,802.90602028 You're like, I hope he's at least thinking about me and I have to imagine a bit of you was like, yeah, I'm sure he's thinking about me, but like. 82 00:07:25,17.90602028 --> 00:07:42,522.90602028 I'm probably coming second to skiing a lot of days that must have been like kind of an interesting balancing act of how do I how do I like internally figure out where I stand with myself and with Bryce so that this yeah, it was a big ego check for me, for sure. 83 00:07:43,331.23935361 --> 00:07:53,666.23935361 Like, you wanna, you know, think that they're gonna, like, text you and call you every day, but on some level, that's, like, really mentally draining and inconvenient for everyone, like, Yes. 84 00:07:54,281.23835361 --> 00:08:02,211.23935361 and we're just, I, at the time, I was still in school, it's like, I'm just going to class, and he's just going to training, like, we don't have anything new to talk about. 85 00:08:02,221.23835361 --> 00:08:10,11.23935361 There's, if you're trying to get on the phone all the time, at some point, it's just, like, because you feel like you have to, and not actually because there's anything to talk about. 86 00:08:10,606.23935361 --> 00:08:11,166.23935361 Yeah. 87 00:08:11,306.23935361 --> 00:08:20,236.23935361 I mean, I think that's, like, that's a lesson that I think most of us don't really get to learn or come to terms with in terms of, like, healthy communication. 88 00:08:20,536.23935361 --> 00:08:43,707.90602028 Um, like, especially with phones, FaceTime, and everything, it feels like, We're in love like why wouldn't you call me And I think like that is That's a thing that, like, most people don't even get to internalize, like, 20 years into a marriage, like I might need my alone space Yeah, I think that that parallels to, like, a lot of, Being in a partnership with someone like this is like everything you do. 89 00:08:43,737.90602028 --> 00:08:45,927.90602028 Nothing's really like automatic. 90 00:08:45,927.90602028 --> 00:08:52,57.90602028 Like you're kind of thinking about every little aspect of your relationship and the way that you communicate. 91 00:08:52,57.90602028 --> 00:08:56,607.90602028 And it's all, it all feels like more intentional than. 92 00:08:57,432.90602028 --> 00:08:58,922.90602028 Yeah, then it could be without. 93 00:08:59,98.45098164 --> 00:08:59,848.45098164 I like that. 94 00:08:59,964.57168695 --> 00:09:16,559.57268695 how long would Bryce, or, like, how long is Bryce regularly gone for training or competitions? Like, what are those gaps, really? How long are they? Well, he had to go get a special visa this year because he's going to be gone like 170 something days. 95 00:09:16,569.57268695 --> 00:09:18,319.57268695 It's like half the year. 96 00:09:18,633.06385358 --> 00:09:32,253.06485358 so how much of that do you get to go visit and like hang out with him? Or like watch him from afar? So we kind of, our goal is to basically be able to see each other like at least once a month. 97 00:09:32,563.06485358 --> 00:09:36,283.06485358 The only exception to that was like during COVID when it was like really hard to get over there. 98 00:09:36,893.06485358 --> 00:09:39,133.06485358 But yeah, so like I will go. 99 00:09:39,713.06485358 --> 00:09:44,213.06485358 The main stretch that he's gone for is basically coming up here. 100 00:09:44,493.06485358 --> 00:09:45,893.06485358 Uh, we're recording this in November. 101 00:09:45,893.06485358 --> 00:09:48,433.06485358 So, like, he's gone from December to... 102 00:09:48,808.06485358 --> 00:09:53,268.06485358 March, And then home for like a week and then gone until the end of April. 103 00:09:53,763.06485358 --> 00:09:54,363.06485358 Wow. 104 00:09:54,613.06485358 --> 00:09:55,63.06485358 Okay. 105 00:09:55,73.06485358 --> 00:10:09,408.06485358 And is it always South America or is it like popping over to Europe a little bit wherever the snow is freshest? both that fresh snow, you know, it always got No, it's actually like Mo mostly to Europe. 106 00:10:09,438.06485358 --> 00:10:14,448.06485358 He goes to South America for like a month, um, at the end of our summer there, winter over there. 107 00:10:14,968.06485358

--> 00:10:16,948.06485358 Um, but yeah, he's in Europe, like that whole time. 108 00:10:17,813.06385358 --> 00:10:18,333.06385358 amazing. 109 00:10:18,456.98435491 --> 00:10:28,46.98435491 When you and Bryce travel, and he's going for skiing things, is the, like, luggage situation totally out of control? Oh my gosh. 110 00:10:28,46.98435491 --> 00:10:39,316.98435491 I could show you some crazy videos like I can't even imagine, They travel, Bryce, well, like, we have to have a truck to get him to and from the airport. 111 00:10:39,396.98435491 --> 00:10:49,396.98435491 Uh, there's, like, multiple ski bags, like, at least two duffel bags, and then, like, the smaller duffel that's a carry on, and then a backpack, and then ski boots. 112 00:10:49,976.98435491 --> 00:10:53,676.98435491 And they don't have, like, one pair of boots and skis Bryce has, like. 113 00:10:54,231.98435491 --> 00:10:57,271.98435491 30 pairs of skis and like five pairs of boots. 114 00:10:57,301.98435491 --> 00:11:09,191.98435491 It's, And you gotta bring most of them, because, like, different skis for different conditions, whatever, whatever, holy cow, that's a pain yeah, I mean, he has a ton of help. 115 00:11:10,111.98435491 --> 00:11:12,551.98435491 There's a ton of help and they've got it kind of dialed at this point. 116 00:11:12,551.98435491 --> 00:11:18,156.98435491 But when the team travels, they also bring like exercise bikes and barbells and stuff Holy cow. 117 00:11:18,571.98435491 --> 00:11:24,521.98435491 in Europe and you're like, how? Oh my gosh, I would not want to be the travel coordinator at all for that. 118 00:11:24,531.98435491 --> 00:11:25,821.98435491 That is like a nightmare. 119 00:11:26,971.98435491 --> 00:11:28,111.98435491 yeah, yeah. 120 00:11:28,111.98435491 --> 00:11:28,981.98435491 Shout out to Aaron. 121 00:11:28,991.98435491 --> 00:11:29,841.98435491 You do a great job. 122 00:11:31,821.98435491 --> 00:11:51,397.63202489 So how do you guys determine where you travel to? Is it more about timing and your schedule, or is it more about like, his race schedule and like, what, what is, I don't know, important for his career or this year of his career or whatever? yeah, we mostly kind of base it around like trying to cut those long stretches apart. 123 00:11:51,432.42794326 --> 00:11:52,647.63202489 To smaller pieces. 124 00:11:53,377.63202489 --> 00:11:56,867.63202489 I go over to Europe for pretty much all of January. 125 00:11:56,917.63202489 --> 00:12:00,488.07794821 So yeah, and that coordination is pretty simple. 126 00:12:00,488.07794821 --> 00:12:07,794.57192423 Luckily, I get to like be with him the whole time and then my work is, like, allows me to work, from Europe during those weeks. 127 00:12:07,794.57292423 --> 00:12:08,574.57292423 It's like pretty... 128 00:12:09,526.84417346 --> 00:12:13,685.38730099 yeah, So, what do you, what do you do for work? I'm a CPA, an accountant. 129 00:12:13,881.46996005 --> 00:12:16,671.46996005 Fun! Okay, that is a job you can do remotely. 130 00:12:17,151.46996005 --> 00:12:17,681.46996005 That's nice. 131 00:12:19,295.38730099 --> 00:12:21,375.38730099 one of us has to have an exciting career. 132 00:12:21,451.46996005 --> 00:12:21,631.46996005 Yeah. 133 00:12:22,441.46996005 --> 00:12:34,586.46896005 And the other one is Bryce, you know? I, have to imagine that's actually, that is a job that is somewhat flexible enough that like, You can travel and kind of do it on your computer from anywhere. 134 00:12:34,586.46896005 --> 00:12:37,440.38630099 Is that fair to say? yeah, totally. 135 00:12:37,470.38630099 --> 00:12:40,190.38630099 I mean, I don't, like, technically work remotely. 136 00:12:40,190.38630099 --> 00:12:42,280.38530099 Like, my job is based in Tahoe. 137 00:12:42,290.38630099 --> 00:12:47,580.38630099 I feel like that's important to say because in Tahoe there's this big stigma of, like, people who live here but don't work here and whatever. 138 00:12:47,740.38630099 --> 00:12:48,900.38630099 So, disclaimer. 139 00:12:49,27.43014715 --> 00:12:59,767.43014715 um, but yeah, I, that's kind of like a slow season for me too, so it's, yeah, I can just like set up with my laptop with the other ski wives and we just are all on our little computers. 140 00:13:00,43.51280621 --> 00:13:00,793.51280621 Yeah. 141 00:13:01,143.51280621 --> 00:13:01,353.51280621 Okay. 142 00:13:01,353.51280621 --> 00:13:03,903.51280621 So tell me, tell me about the ski wives community. 143 00:13:03,903.51280621 --> 00:13:10,83.51280621 Is that like a hard group to break into or is it like a Oh my gosh, thank heavens there's someone new like, get in here. 144 00:13:10,83.51280621 --> 00:13:11,313.51280621 We need more friends. 145 00:13:13,337.42914715 --> 00:13:16,627.43014715 Well, it's cool because you immediately have something in common. 146 00:13:16,767.43014715 --> 00:13:28,737.43014715 So like, we, there's, There's not like this awkward period of like, what do you do for a living? We're like, oh, you want to hang out? Let's text each other at 3am every weekend all winter long. 147 00:13:28,777.43014715 --> 00:13:32,728.51280621 Like, You will be responding because we'll both be awake. 148 00:13:32,728.51280621 --> 00:13:32,938.51280621 Yeah. 149 00:13:32,988.68126775 --> 00:13:36,888.68226775 yeah, and we all kind of have to adhere to like the same rules. 150 00:13:37,288.68126775 --> 00:13:45,155.26424439 It's, they're not like rules, but we, yeah, it's just like, we're all trying to be supportive and hashtag not disruptive. 151 00:13:45,165.26424439 --> 00:13:46,305.26424439 That's like our whole motto. 152 00:13:46,466.34690344 --> 00:13:47,246.34690344 Oh yeah. 153 00:13:47,246.34690344 --> 00:13:47,536.34690344 Okay. 154 00:13:47,536.34690344 --> 00:13:58,929.68023678 So tell me about that I imagine that that spans from everything of like trying to keep the peace just like mentally around Bryce

and the other ski husbands for lack of a word or ski partners. 155 00:13:59,323.01257011 --> 00:14:04,163.01257011 Well, so there's kind of like two categories of time when, during the season. 156 00:14:04,173.01257011 --> 00:14:08,103.01257011 There's the category of time when I'm with Bryce and we're on the road together. 157 00:14:08,123.01157011 --> 00:14:14,583.01257011 We're, you know, going to all these different venues and hotels in Europe and driving back and forth. 158 00:14:14,653.01257011 --> 00:14:20,103.01157011 And then there's the other category of time, which is like when I'm home here in Tahoe and he is... 159 00:14:20,503.28402705 --> 00:14:42,513.96678104 In Europe still and thousands of miles away, so the main thing like with the on the road part, yeah, you're trying to you know Make sure that there's like plenty of food and snacks where you are and like that things are kind of organized But you're also like People always ask me if I'm, like, gonna go out to the bars after races and if I'm gonna do all these things. 160 00:14:42,883.96678104 --> 00:14:46,153.96678104 And the races in Europe, like, these guys go hard. 161 00:14:46,153.96678104 --> 00:14:52,43.96678104 You're walking around and people are, like, blacked out drunk at the train station at 8 in the morning. 162 00:14:52,103.96678104 --> 00:14:53,63.96578104 Like, they're... 163 00:14:53,93.96578104 --> 00:14:54,533.96578104 It's like tailgating over there. 164 00:14:54,543.96678104 --> 00:14:55,623.96578104 It's crazy. 165 00:14:55,820.73916503 --> 00:15:01,870.73916503 and like the energy is so high and you're like, full of adrenaline that you feel like you could throw up that you kind of want to like partake in that. 166 00:15:01,870.73916503 --> 00:15:11,920.73916503 You're like, I just needed like, I mean, and we definitely have our, you know, like glue wine during races and stuff, but like, you know, you can't participate in that stuff. 167 00:15:11,950.73816503 --> 00:15:17,810.73916503 You can't, you can't be the girlfriend that is banging on the door at midnight cause they lost their room key and they're coming home drunk. 168 00:15:17,830.73916503 --> 00:15:19,40.73916503 And the guy's a race the next day. 169 00:15:19,40.73916503 --> 00:15:22,260.73916503 Like I've seen that happen and doesn't last. 170 00:15:22,340.73916503 --> 00:15:23,10.73916503 It's like. 171 00:15:24,165.73916503 --> 00:15:26,936.82182409 So selfish and not why you're there yeah. 172 00:15:26,965.73916503 --> 00:16:05,994.35826822 our On the celebratory front, like, let's say Bryce is like finishing up his racing do you have, is there time for the two of you to celebrate, or do you kind of, like, carve that time out when you get back home? Like, how do you kind of celebrate the, either, like, the intermittent wins, or the overall season wins? yeah during the season we like will maybe after like a long long race weekend we'll like have a night where like all the guys and everyone is just like staying up and having some beers and stuff but I think any 30 year old can relate that like it's you can't have a bunch of beers and like feel good the next day or even like multiple days later. 173 00:16:06,599.35826822 --> 00:16:19,36.02493488 And especially these guys, they're like, they're so hyper in tune with their bodies and their performance that it's like, it could mess up an entire week, you know? So we, yeah, there's not too much like craziness going on. 174 00:16:19,56.02493488 --> 00:16:30,826.02493488 We celebrate in different ways of like, Oh, we'll go like take a day off or like, I don't know, go drive somewhere for fun instead of just for racing, but keeping it pretty mellow. 175 00:16:31,97.10759394 --> 00:16:31,657.10759394 yeah. 176 00:16:32,157.10659394 --> 00:16:44,607.1075939 So, that, I mean, that makes, Total sense, especially like in the mountains where you're at altitude and like one beer is gonna hit you real different than it does if you're, you know, at home somewhere else. 177 00:16:45,147.1075939 --> 00:16:47,786.0249349 Do you ski with Bryce? Yeah, I do. 178 00:16:49,787.1075939 --> 00:16:51,867.1075939 You're like, um, technically yes. 179 00:16:53,136.0249349 --> 00:16:59,306.0239349 It doesn't, like, feel like skiing when you think about the fact that what we're doing is technically both the same label. 180 00:17:02,426.0249349 --> 00:17:13,116.0249349 The first time I skied with him I was so nervous and he, like, told me this story about how he, like, went on a ski date with some girl in high school and she was super slow so he ditched her. 181 00:17:13,716.0249349 --> 00:17:22,492.1075939 And I'm like, we're, like, waiting in line for the lift and I'm like, why are you telling me You're like, how fast am I gonna have to go? Like, I can't be left on this mountain. 182 00:17:22,732.1075939 --> 00:17:42,32.2211979 Did you, I assume growing up in Tahoe area, you also grew up skiing? So you must be somewhat formidable on the mountain, if you had asked me that like eight years ago, I'd be like, yeah, I'm like, great, but now I'm like, everyone I see with like my bar of like, good skiing is like, going to the Olympics. 183 00:17:42,42.2211979 --> 00:17:52,386.7951923 So I'm like, I'm Do you feel like skiing with Bryce has like, Improved your skills as a skier? Yeah, for sure. 184 00:17:52,426.7941923 --> 00:17:56,116.7951923 We actually, um, I like grew up skiing. 185 00:17:56,146.7951923 --> 00:18:02,446.7951923 I never I don't even remember learning how like, I just went and like, my parents would just take me and like, be like, okay, you know, send it. 186 00:18:02,851.7951923 --> 00:18:03,451.7951923 Whatever. 187 00:18:03,531.7951923 --> 00:18:08,871.7951923 Um, I didn't have like a technical skiing education, so I can get down anything, but it's like not pretty. 188 00:18:08,911.7951923 --> 00:18:12,701.7951923 And so Bryce has been helping me by my requests. 189

00:18:12,791.7951923 --> 00:18:15,721.7951923 He's been like helping improve my skiing. 190 00:18:15,721.7951923 --> 00:18:19,241.7951923 Like literally he calls it Bryce's ski school for girls who can't ski. 191 00:18:22,672.8778513 --> 00:18:23,312.8778513 Perfect name. 192 00:18:23,352.8778513 --> 00:18:23,952.8778513 Perfect name. 193 00:18:26,456.0163282 --> 00:18:31,53.5816173 so we'll like, do little drills and stuff for a while, but yeah, I love skiing with Bryce now. 194 00:18:31,73.5816173 --> 00:18:36,324.6642764 It was embarrassing at first, but I'm over that, you know, I'm married, he yeah. 195 00:18:36,644.6642764 --> 00:18:39,984.6642764 Well, I feel like you can't not be skiing. 196 00:18:40,344.6642764 --> 00:18:46,853.9246862 that's presumably, like, not only is it his career, but he must love doing it in his free time as well. 197 00:18:46,909.3006202 --> 00:18:47,139.3006202 Yeah. 198 00:18:47,139.3006202 --> 00:18:51,689.3006202 I mean, there's, I, to be honest, he like does not like to ski on his free time. 199 00:18:51,689.3006202 --> 00:18:53,579.3006202 I think it's like burned out part of him. 200 00:18:53,860.3832792 --> 00:18:54,390.3832792 yep. 201 00:18:54,609.3006202 --> 00:18:57,319.3006202 more more now in recent years than it was before. 202 00:18:57,319.3006202 --> 00:19:06,849.3006202 But yeah, like it definitely was born as a passion and now it's like, he's skied 200 days already this year. 203 00:19:06,849.3006202 --> 00:19:10,199.3006202 Like he, if he's off, he wants to go do something else. 204 00:19:10,280.3832792 --> 00:19:10,820.3832792 Yeah. 205 00:19:10,920.3832792 --> 00:19:11,350.3832792 Wow. 206 00:19:11,450.7559671 --> 00:19:17,196.541241 Bryce has been competing like professionally for at least a decade. 207 00:19:17,196.541241 --> 00:19:26,106.541241 Is that accurate? longer? Since he, I mean, he hasn't been home for Christmas with his parents since he was Wow. 208 00:19:26,196.541241 --> 00:19:26,726.541241 Wow. 209 00:19:28,0.4585819 --> 00:19:32,492.8744384 Yeah, and then you were saying like folks on the training team are 30s to 40. 210 00:19:32,492.8744384 --> 00:19:42,302.8744384 So like, He's like, in theory, got a really long career, you know, assuming his body stays in tune and his head is still kind of in the game. 211 00:19:42,712.8734384 --> 00:19:47,192.8734384 WHen the two of you, you know, You guys are planning your life together. 212 00:19:47,202.8734384 --> 00:20:04,740.1241127 How do you, like, think about what you want your future to look like, knowing that there's, these huge gaps in terms of being together, but also, like, where his career will continue to take him? yeah, that kind of is back to what I was saying earlier about like the intentionality of it all. 213 00:20:04,750.1241127 --> 00:20:15,775.1231127 It's It's, it's something that I really love about being with Bryce is I never feel like we're doing things because it's like the next thing to

do as like, at our age. 214 00:20:15,926.2057718 --> 00:20:18,596.2067718 The answer will? That's what I call it, the hamster wheel. 215 00:20:18,596.2067718 --> 00:20:22,796.2067718 You're like, oh, you went to college, you got a job, you got married, now you're having kids. 216 00:20:22,796.2067718 --> 00:20:26,336.2067718 It's like, okay, you don't always have to follow that path. 217 00:20:27,475.1241127 --> 00:20:33,395.1241127 yeah, and like, definitely, you know, we want those things like Bryce and I definitely want to have kids and all of that. 218 00:20:34,60.1241127 --> 00:21:01,90.1231127 It's kind of cool and challenging to like, think about, okay, what does that look like? And we really have to think about like, what the consequences of that are like, you know, Bryce is the kind of guy where he's like, I like a bunch of guys on the circuit have kids, you know, he's like, we could do that, but he's like, I know myself and I'm not going to want to spend all this focus and energy on my ski racing if there's like, I have children. 219 00:21:02,70.1231127 --> 00:21:04,20.1231127 And so, and also I don't want to be like a. 220 00:21:04,410.1231127 --> 00:21:06,530.1231127 Stay at home mom for half the year. 221 00:21:08,610.1231127 --> 00:21:10,640.1231127 That sounds like impossible. 222 00:21:11,56.2057718 --> 00:21:20,392.8724384 is like, yeah, I mean like, being a mom seems like the most, challenging, thankless job ever. 223 00:21:20,392.8724384 --> 00:21:26,412.8724384 And like, I am impressed with everyone who takes that jump into being the stay at home primary caregiver. 224 00:21:26,452.8724384 --> 00:21:28,112.8719384 I do not have kids, full disclaimer. 225 00:21:28,112.8719384 --> 00:21:36,132.8724384 But like, that is the most overwhelming thought for me at this phase in my life where I'm like, I am not ready for that type of shift. 226 00:21:36,142.8724384 --> 00:21:41,322.8724384 I am not ready for, being that sole person for x amount of time in the year. 227 00:21:41,372.8724384 --> 00:21:57,592.8724384 Yeah, yeah, and I mean, it's just sacrifice, right? So, like, we, you, like, you're like, okay, I want to do those things, but I, like, hell yeah to the girls that sacrifice that and are like, I'm gonna be a single mom, like, while away or figure out a solution. 228 00:21:58,992.8724384 --> 00:22:03,750.4109032 But, yeah, I'm, like, not willing to make that sacrifice Totally. 229 00:22:03,750.4109032 --> 00:22:13,596.4935622 If that means our life, like, looks a little differently, and that we're, like, behind some of our friends, and, like, have to make these adjustments, like, I don't know, I signed up for that Yeah. 230 00:22:13,660.4099032 --> 00:22:15,350.4109032 ago, and I'm still... 231 00:22:16,95.4109032 --> 00:22:17,36.4935622 We're Still about that. 232 00:22:17,76.4935622 --> 00:22:17,446.4935622 Yeah. 233 00:22:18,85.4109032 --> 00:22:18,135.4109032 it out. 234 00:22:18,135.4109032 --> 00:22:26,402.0035125 It's really good about that's, also, I think that's a really interesting, like, you know, at a different pace than your friends. 235 00:22:26,422.0035125 --> 00:22:31,180.9218535 I think like, there's a little bit of FOMO as your friends kind of go through it. 236 00:22:31,180.9218535 --> 00:22:32,20.9218535 Totally. 237 00:22:32,282.0045125 --> 00:22:33,882.0045125 that standard timeline. 238 00:22:33,912.0045125 --> 00:22:39,112.0045125 And like, That process of, like, getting married, having kids works really well for them. 239 00:22:39,352.0045125 --> 00:22:52,652.0040125 What does it, do you ever feel like, talking to your girlfriends or even your family? Like, there's just, like, people just don't get it because they just are not in that situation of, like, not seeing their husband for months out of the year. 240 00:22:52,652.0040125 --> 00:22:57,782.0045125 And, like, it creates, a little bit of a challenge, relating to people about what you're going through. 241 00:22:57,829.2551868 --> 00:22:58,649.2551868 Absolutely. 242 00:22:59,409.2551868 --> 00:23:03,259.2541868 It's always funny to me when a friend is like, Oh, he's going out of town for work. 243 00:23:03,259.2551868 --> 00:23:04,499.2551868 I'm not going to see him this weekend. 244 00:23:04,499.2551868 --> 00:23:08,579.2551868 And I'm like, Oh no! You poor poor thing. 245 00:23:10,169.2541868 --> 00:23:13,739.2551868 I obviously have empathy for it because I know exactly how hard it is. 246 00:23:13,749.2551868 --> 00:23:50,484.2551868 But yeah, there's certain things that Bryce and I have this like ongoing list of like things that we both really want to do that we just kind of have to wait to do like skiing it's like you can't half ass two things got a whole ass one thing right it's like we're gonna both focus on his skiing career and then we have this like laundry list of like oh like our friends are building a house right now and we really want to do that someday but we can't and I feel The FOMO, and I feel like I'm trying to like, you know, morph it into excitement for them and not make it about me. 247 00:23:50,604.2551868 --> 00:23:51,115.3378459 But, Yep. 248 00:23:51,834.2551868 --> 00:23:55,4.2551868 I feel all these things, and I'm like, okay, well, just add it to this list. 249 00:23:55,184.2551868 --> 00:24:03,19.5086162 Like, Knowing that you fully intentionally made this decision with Bryce, right? Like his career is kind of the priority right now. 250 00:24:03,256.1752829 --> 00:24:18,16.1757829 I think You can be like totally bought in on that and still feel like a little bit of resentment or like a little bit of like feeling bad for yourself being like, Oh, like I sometimes wish like, sometimes it feels like that grass is a little greener. 251 00:24:18,16.1767829 --> 00:24:26,765.0941238 Do you ever feel like you get stuck in that when like you're looking at your friends picking out tiles for their new house or whatever it

is? Uh, honestly, no. 252 00:24:26,765.0941238 --> 00:24:34,75.0941238 Like, I think a big, big thing that has to be done, like, really intentionally is, like, you really have to leave your ego at the door. 253 00:24:34,295.0941238 --> 00:24:39,715.0941238 Like, so often you want to be like, oh, you know, they don't, I should be the priority. 254 00:24:39,745.0941238 --> 00:24:43,755.0936238 Cause everything on Instagram tells me that, like, if you, if he loves you, you're the priority. 255 00:24:43,755.0936238 --> 00:24:53,5.0941238 And like, I, I know that Bryce prioritizes me, but I also know that, we very intentionally, like, sat down and both decided together, like, with. 256 00:24:53,153.4274571 --> 00:24:54,263.4274571 the permission of both of us. 257 00:24:54,273.4274571 --> 00:24:59,183.4274571 Like it was both of our decisions to focus on what he's doing right now. 258 00:24:59,203.4274571 --> 00:25:01,253.4274571 And that wasn't because I'm a pushover. 259 00:25:01,273.4274571 --> 00:25:07,23.4264571 That wasn't because he's like this controlling guy who just wants to like do his thing. 260 00:25:07,23.4264571 --> 00:25:09,823.4264571 It's like, no, we both understand that. 261 00:25:10,848.4274572 --> 00:25:15,978.4274572 One person trying to do one thing is not as powerful as two people trying to do one thing. 262 00:25:15,978.4274572 --> 00:25:20,458.4274572 So I have an opportunity to like help fulfill his dreams. 263 00:25:20,458.4274572 --> 00:25:26,748.4264572 Like that to me is so much cooler than like just working nine to five all the time. 264 00:25:26,798.4274572 --> 00:25:32,318.4284572 I did not make it as a professional athlete of any kind, but I love someone who did. 265 00:25:32,328.4284572 --> 00:25:39,298.4284572 And I like, I still, you know, if I can like take a little bit of credit for that and like, just like be, be part of that, it's. 266 00:25:39,903.4284572 --> 00:25:40,283.4284572 I don't know. 267 00:25:40,283.4284572 --> 00:25:42,43.3284572 It's more exciting to me than it is. 268 00:25:42,593.4284572 --> 00:25:43,263.4284572 FOMO y. 269 00:25:43,343.4284572 --> 00:25:53,246.7617905 I'm almost like, more worried about like, what life's gonna look like for us when this is over, you know? Like, how are we gonna replace that excitement with like, my CPA job? No. 270 00:25:55,507.8444496 --> 00:25:57,337.8444496 Did the taxes really fast this year. 271 00:25:57,337.8444496 --> 00:25:57,787.8444496 It was awesome. 272 00:25:58,407.8444496 --> 00:25:59,167.8444496 It was awesome. 273 00:26:00,317.8444496 --> 00:26:09,247.8454496 That is, I really like, how you said, you know, like one person going after something, two people working towards the same goal is a lot more powerful. 274 00:26:09,307.8444496 --> 00:26:12,427.8444496 I think that's really like at the core of what. 275 00:26:13,232.8444496 --> 00:26:29,772.8434496 You know, this is my opinion, but like of what makes marriage work

like you have a common goal and like, obviously, there's many common goals, you know, stay together forever, but like, there are life goals and like, Bryce's ski career is not pushing you to the side by any means. 276 00:26:29,772.8444496 --> 00:26:32,352.8444496 It's like you can help him get further. 277 00:26:32,372.8444496 --> 00:26:35,922.7444496 And that is, that's like a really beautiful thing to do. 278 00:26:38,412.8444496 --> 00:26:40,282.8444496 I think that's very cool. 279 00:26:41,956.7607905 --> 00:26:42,386.7607905 Thanks. 280 00:26:42,406.7617905 --> 00:26:42,736.7617905 Yeah. 281 00:26:43,422.8444496 --> 00:26:43,792.8444496 Okay. 282 00:26:43,792.8444496 --> 00:27:00,672.8444496 So with all your free time, like, what do you, what do you do on your weekends and your evenings? Like, are you someone that has a good list of TV shows going? Do you read? Are you doing your own outdoorsy things? Like, how do you kind of fill your time with Bryce? You know? Yeah. 283 00:27:00,957.8444496 --> 00:27:04,926.7617905 Being out of the picture, that's not the best way to say it, Yeah. 284 00:27:04,937.8444496 --> 00:27:05,847.8444496 you know, he's not home. 285 00:27:06,836.7617905 --> 00:27:07,636.7607905 Yeah, totally. 286 00:27:07,666.7617905 --> 00:27:15,6.7617905 Um, I mean, I got really into like, working out and, um, and I read a lot. 287 00:27:15,16.7617905 --> 00:27:15,936.7617905 I read a ton. 288 00:27:15,986.7617905 --> 00:27:22,551.7617905 And it's actually kind of funny because I get in the swing of, and I play like, The most over complicated dorky board games with my friends. 289 00:27:22,551.7617905 --> 00:27:27,47.7815131 Like, we're talking like, multi hour, multi stage, like, Like, Catan times on. 290 00:27:27,687.7815131 --> 00:27:28,337.7815131 Like, yeah. 291 00:27:29,427.7815131 --> 00:27:36,737.7815131 But it's kind of funny because then when Bryce does come home, there's always this, like, adjustment period for us where I, like, have this agenda. 292 00:27:36,797.7805131 --> 00:27:41,887.7815131 I've been, like, waking up at 5 and then reading and falling asleep at 8. 293 00:27:41,887.8815131 --> 00:27:48,707.7815131 30 and then, like, he gets home and I'm like, uh, like, okay, let me try to Like, I obviously want to hang out with you. 294 00:27:48,707.7815131 --> 00:27:53,833.8631721 I haven't seen you in weeks, but I'm like, okay, well, it just is like totally different Yeah. 295 00:27:54,753.8641721 --> 00:27:58,963.8641721 Adjusting your internal clock a little bit and like, yeah, yeah. 296 00:27:59,143.8641721 --> 00:28:15,629.9478312 How, when Bryce comes home, do you, save that time for yourself? I mean, luckily, there's a lot of overlap, um, where, like, I hope this doesn't embarrass you, Bryce, but, like, he plays the Dorky Board Game sometimes, too, you know? Yeah. 297 00:28:15,695.808113 --> 00:28:20,45.808113 With less excitement than me, but it's helpful to participate. 298 00:28:20,45.908113 --> 00:28:20,275.708113 And then... 299 00:28:20,435.808113 --> 00:28:26,685.808113 Like, the exercise, that's something that actually, like, Bryce kind of got me into when we first started dating. 300 00:28:26,765.808113 --> 00:28:32,415.808113 So, like, we really share that, and we love to do that together, and then we just will sometimes, like, tweak the way it works. 301 00:28:32,945.808113 --> 00:28:45,745.807113 Sure, maybe I go to the gym in the morning, but if he's home and we have time, like, maybe instead we'll go, backpacking or, like, we spent of time, like, outside or go skiing together or something. 302 00:28:46,165.808113 --> 00:28:48,825.808113 Kind of, you know, morph it together into one. 303 00:28:49,681.8907721 --> 00:28:49,951.8907721 Okay. 304 00:28:49,951.8907721 --> 00:29:04,361.8907721 So if he kind of like got you into the exercise thing, do you feel like you and Bryce kind of skew more towards those like lifestyle activities or are you guys like pumping iron in the gym with the best of them? We're doing CrossFit together, shit. 305 00:29:04,451.8907721 --> 00:29:05,241.8907721 Oh, shit. 306 00:29:05,871.8907721 --> 00:29:10,140.808113 That's Oh yeah, we're going to the gym and doing CrossFit. 307 00:29:11,910.808113 --> 00:29:12,140.808113 yeah. 308 00:29:12,381.8907721 --> 00:29:12,901.8907721 insane. 309 00:29:12,921.8907721 --> 00:29:27,641.8907721 I, CrossFit is like, I look at it and I'm like, man, I would get so, amped up doing that, but I would also be like, that just feels like one of those things where I'm like, would I have the energy to show up to that every day? Like, I don't know. 310 00:29:29,210.808113 --> 00:29:30,730.807113 Yeah, you know, I don't know either. 311 00:29:31,221.8907721 --> 00:29:31,461.890772 Yeah. 312 00:29:33,841.8907721 --> 00:29:48,141.890772 Tell me a little bit about what it's like, like introducing Bryce to other people or when other people ask like, Hey, what does your husband do for work? Like, I, you know, when Bryce is like, Hey, oh yeah, my wife, she's a CPA, blah, blah. 313 00:29:48,141.890772 --> 00:29:48,891.890772 Everyone's like, cool. 314 00:29:48,891.890772 --> 00:29:50,451.890772 Like, I'm familiar with that. 315 00:29:50,471.890772 --> 00:29:53,51.890772 I feel like being like, Oh, my husband skis. 316 00:29:53,101.890772 --> 00:30:04,10.808113 Like, what are the varying degrees of responses you give to that question? I'm like, what does your husband do? I, one, avoid it at all costs if I can, like I really do. 317 00:30:04,590.808113 --> 00:30:10,450.808113 Um, like sometimes people are like, I have to tell my clients, I'm like, I'm going to Europe for a month. 318 00:30:10,450.808113 --> 00:30:13,250.807613 They're like, why? I'm like, Oh, I'm going to be with my husband. 319 00:30:13,250.807613 --> 00:30:14,170.808113 He travels for work. 320 00:30:14,190.807113 --> 00:30:14,930.808113 You know, like. 321

00:30:15,535.808113 --> 00:30:28,375.807113 But yeah, I don't know if they are like direct, like, what does your husband do for work? It kind of depends on the person asking, like, if, if it's someone who's going to kind of like, get it or like, I feel like it'll turn into a good conversation. 322 00:30:28,375.807113 --> 00:30:31,775.808113 I'll be like, Oh, he's a professional ski racer on the US ski team. 323 00:30:32,55.807113 --> 00:30:39,85.808113 If it's someone who's like my accounting client in Sacramento, who's like a 50 year old woman who like loves bowling and her cats. 324 00:30:39,85.808113 --> 00:30:49,5.808113 This is not gonna, this conversation isn't gonna benefit either one of us, like, I'll just be like, Oh, like, he's a professional skier anyway, like, you know, I'll just try. 325 00:30:49,46.8907721 --> 00:30:49,586.8907721 it along. 326 00:30:49,596.8907721 --> 00:30:50,6.8907721 Yep. 327 00:30:50,286.8907721 --> 00:30:50,896.8907721 Totally. 328 00:30:52,26.8907721 --> 00:31:05,174.2013207 Do you feel like do you feel like people like really kind of get it and like understand what it means like a travel schedule, a workout schedule, probably like a whole different grocery list, yada, yada, yada. 329 00:31:05,184.2013207 --> 00:31:10,324.2013207 Do you feel like that that like people can internalize? Or do you think people just get jazzed up like, Oh, yeah. 330 00:31:10,454.2013207 --> 00:31:11,924.2013207 She's married to an Olympian. 331 00:31:13,343.1186616 --> 00:31:33,233.1186616 I mean, it's the, like, you said it perfectly, it's like the Olympics, people get psyched, like, they, they're like, oh my god, like, he went to the Olympics, like, yeah, he's been to two Olympics, like, like, oh my gosh, is he training for the next one? I'm like, well, The Olympics are like a very, very small, short, and honestly, kind of inconvenient thing for these guys. 332 00:31:33,243.1186616 --> 00:31:34,834.2013207 Like his, Yeah. 333 00:31:34,933.1186616 --> 00:31:38,733.1186616 his schedule is like all year, like every year. 334 00:31:38,823.1186616 --> 00:31:40,793.1186616 It's the full winter. 335 00:31:40,903.1186616 --> 00:31:41,823.1186616 But in the U. 336 00:31:41,823.1186616 --> 00:31:42,13.1186616 S. 337 00:31:42,13.1186616 --> 00:31:46,43.1186616 people are like, Oh, like kind of, it goes that way about the Olympics in Europe. 338 00:31:46,73.1186616 --> 00:31:47,933.1186616 People are like Bryce Bennett. 339 00:31:47,943.1186616 --> 00:31:48,733.1186616 That's so cool. 340 00:31:48,743.1186616 --> 00:31:52,343.1186616 Like they, they know who he is they're excited. 341 00:31:52,353.1186616 --> 00:31:56,433.1176616 And they're like, he's so tall, you know, two meters. 342 00:31:57,623.1186616 --> 00:32:00,253.1186616 They can never not mention how tall he is. 343 00:32:00,444.2013207 --> 00:32:00,744.2013207 Yeah. 344 00:32:00,944.2013207 --> 00:32:05,114.2013207 I mean, in my research, it literally said he's like one of the tallest downhill skiers. 345 00:32:05,134.2013207 --> 00:32:05,944.2013207 Is that like. 346 00:32:07,294.2013207 --> 00:32:11,764.2013207 I mean, it must be uncharacteristic, but like, clearly that's something to write home about. 347 00:32:11,786.451995 --> 00:32:11,956.451995 Yeah. 348 00:32:12,286.451995 --> 00:32:16,316.451995 Well in the, it's not beneficial to ski racing, if that's what you're wondering. 349 00:32:16,426.451995 --> 00:32:17,386.451995 Um, yeah. 350 00:32:17,386.451995 --> 00:32:20,466.351995 I mean, if you think about it, he's just like, it's all like a. 351 00:32:20,476.451995 --> 00:32:28,546.451995 Speed sport, and he's just not aerodynamic unless he can get himself into this like tiny tuck and the equipment isn't made. 352 00:32:28,596.451995 --> 00:32:38,906.450995 It's like made for average people, you know, like obviously at that level, it gets more custom, but like his, he's got all kinds of crazy, like boot things and stuff. 353 00:32:38,936.451995 --> 00:32:45,567.534654 I don't even, the details will bore every single person who listens to this, so we won't go into Interesting. 354 00:32:45,796.451995 --> 00:32:46,416.451995 cut and dry. 355 00:32:46,416.451995 --> 00:32:46,776.451995 Yeah. 356 00:32:46,997.534654 --> 00:32:47,737.534654 Yeah, okay. 357 00:32:47,737.534654 --> 00:32:59,627.534654 So you said something about the Olympics being inconvenient, and so, kind of curious, like, The Olympics, once every four years, so you can't, like, plan every other competition schedule around it. 358 00:33:00,17.534654 --> 00:33:20,78.2210921 Is it still kind of like creme de la creme competition, like world competition? Or are there other races that are a lot more intense and a lot more, like, um, decorative in terms of, winning them? So the Olympics have like specific requirements about the people from each country that can compete. 359 00:33:20,218.2210921 --> 00:33:33,328.2210921 And so like any World Cup that you go to on like a normal season of Bryce's, it's like Austrians, Swiss, some Americans, Canadians, Norwegians, like it's like a couple countries. 360 00:33:34,853.2210921 --> 00:33:44,483.2210921 Like they're the main guys, you know, and then at the Olympics, there's a bunch of like, instead of having the 10 Austrian guys, they can have like five of those guys. 361 00:33:44,483.2210921 --> 00:33:52,223.2210921 And then they have five people that are like, you know, from South America or just like countries that aren't as competitive in ski racing. 362 00:33:52,223.2210921 --> 00:33:56,983.2210921 And so you're not getting the, you're not seeing the top performers in the world. 363 00:33:57,63.2210921 --> 00:33:59,403.2210921 You're seeing like the top performers of each country. 364 00:33:59,433.2210921 --> 00:34:02,423.2210921 It's still exciting, but But it's then. 365 00:34:02,868.2210921 --> 00:34:11,458.2210921 Yeah, and like, it's so much, like, pomp and

show and, that it's, yeah, I think, you know, that's like mid season for those guys. 366 00:34:11,458.2210921 --> 00:34:17,758.2200921 They have races after the Olympics where it's like, okay, you're gonna go to this deep, deep foreign country. 367 00:34:17,758.2210921 --> 00:34:21,388.2210921 Like, they're going to Beijing, which is like way out of, you know, different time chains. 368 00:34:21,558.2210921 --> 00:34:23,288.2210921 Whole new sleep schedule to adjust to. 369 00:34:23,848.2210921 --> 00:34:26,158.2210921 You're there for two weeks so you can race one day. 370 00:34:26,798.2210921 --> 00:34:30,688.2210921 And, yeah, and you're like going to all these shows. 371 00:34:30,728.2200921 --> 00:34:31,698.2210921 I mean, I think it's like... 372 00:34:32,438.2210921 --> 00:34:39,48.2210921 It's fun, and they're all so honored and excited to be there, but it's not easy, Yeah, not normal. 373 00:34:39,774.3037512 --> 00:34:47,197.6370845 Have you, have you gone to watch the Olympics? No, um, the ones that Bryce has gone to were Pyeongchang in Korea, and then Okay. 374 00:34:47,271.5544254 --> 00:34:49,481.5544254 which was like COVID, where no one was allowed to go. 375 00:34:49,537.6370845 --> 00:34:49,867.6370845 Yep. 376 00:34:49,997.6370845 --> 00:34:50,337.6370845 Okay. 377 00:34:50,337.6370845 --> 00:35:02,957.6360845 So, and when, when, apologies if this has already happened, but when does Bryce find out if he makes like the next Olympic team? Because I'm, I'm selfishly asking on your behalf if you get to go to the Olympics. 378 00:35:03,861.5534254 --> 00:35:06,891.5544254 Uh, I mean, chances are good, you know, not going away. 379 00:35:07,381.5544254 --> 00:35:12,351.5544254 Uh, the next Olympics are in Italy, which I think is gonna, it's at a venue that they already raced. 380 00:35:12,481.5544254 --> 00:35:13,887.6370845 So it'll nice. 381 00:35:13,887.6370845 --> 00:35:15,437.6370845 it'll be exciting. 382 00:35:15,487.6370845 --> 00:35:18,187.6370845 And yeah, if he does, I'm going to those for sure. 383 00:35:18,433.7197435 --> 00:35:18,913.7197435 sure. 384 00:35:18,923.7197435 --> 00:35:27,783.7197435 I like, I don't know what it is, but like, sports, movies slash events are like, the thing that make me most emotional. 385 00:35:27,783.7197435 --> 00:35:30,413.7197435 Like, Yeah. 386 00:35:31,173.7187435 --> 00:35:31,483.7187435 Right. 387 00:35:31,483.7197435 --> 00:35:34,643.7192435 And so like, I like getting to go to the Olympics Wow. 388 00:35:34,653.7192435 --> 00:35:36,453.7192435 My fingers are crossed for you and Bryce. 389 00:35:36,563.7192435 --> 00:35:37,13.7192435 For sure. 390 00:35:37,542.6365845 --> 00:35:37,572.6365845 much. 391 00:35:37,572.6365845 --> 00:35:38,72.6365845 Thanks. 392 00:35:39,22.6365845 --> 00:35:39,572.6365845 Yeah. 393 00:35:39,892.6365845 --> 00:35:42,872.6365845 Um, the emotional aspect is a freaking rollercoaster. 394 00:35:42,872.6365845 --> 00:35:46,220.1167303 Like even at, even at the normal races. 395 00:35:46,425.1177303 --> 00:35:51,195.1177303 It's one of my best ski wife pals, Sarah, Jared, Goldberg's partner. 396 00:35:51,735.1177303 --> 00:35:59,125.1177303 We were watching a race and Jared came down in third where it was like looking like he was going to get his first podium ever of his entire career. 397 00:35:59,285.1177303 --> 00:36:04,125.1177303 And that was my, like one of my favorite moments of my entire life was watching her face, you know. 398 00:36:04,395.1177303 --> 00:36:23,961.2003893 We're, we're both screaming the entire time and you're watching the time and you're like, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, and then like, her face just like, exploded and she just, tears just started streaming down her cheeks and she was screaming and I've never seen like, such like, raw emotion and excitement and it was so, like, oh, I'm like, oh, to this. 399 00:36:24,201.2003893 --> 00:36:32,71.2003893 Like, It was like the best moment of spectating skiing, like ever, like, I, oh my God, yeah. 400 00:36:32,630.1177303 --> 00:36:33,611.1993893 chills Yeah. 401 00:36:34,291.1993893 --> 00:36:34,701.1993893 That's... 402 00:36:34,721.2003893 --> 00:36:42,961.2003893 Okay, so The excitement of like, I don't I don't want to call it being the spectator, but like being that invested in the sport and whatnot. 403 00:36:43,161.2003893 --> 00:36:47,431.1993893 Sounds like you've gotten some really great opportunities to travel thanks to it. 404 00:36:47,481.2003893 --> 00:37:04,650.1172303 What else do you feel like Bryce's career has kind of like, given you in terms of opportunities to like explore new things? I mean, I already said travel, but what else has it given you? Uh, there's definitely that, more like tangible aspect of like, I've seen a ton of cool places that I would never get to go. 405 00:37:04,650.1172303 --> 00:37:16,860.1182303 And like the way that I get to travel Europe, like, no, I'm not free to make my own schedule and go see all the touristy things, but it's also like way more affordable and kind of more intimate in those areas. 406 00:37:17,520.1182303 --> 00:37:24,310.1182303 But the biggest thing about being with Bryce for me has been like what it's done for me mentally, like. 407 00:37:25,150.1182303 --> 00:37:36,426.784897 He being around someone who's like that, like, I want to say competitive, but that's almost not quite right, like competitive, but also just like, Driven? yeah, driven. 408 00:37:36,436.784897 --> 00:37:44,26.783897 And he just has this mental attitude that like, okay, you want to do something, you figure out what you need to do to get there, and then you just do it. 409 00:37:44,116.783897 --> 00:37:53,135.1182303 And like, of course, everyone like knows that on paper, but it's not But no one really practices it where he's just like, he like thinks I can do anything all the time. 410 00:37:53,145.1182303 --> 00:37:58,415.1182303

He thinks I could like take over the world and he like doesn't let me have any excuse why not. 411 00:37:58,495.1182303 --> 00:38:01,865.1182303 Like he's like, okay, just like go do that then. 412 00:38:01,935.1182303 --> 00:38:05,515.1172303 Like whatever, you know, and, and then the aspect of being a part too. 413 00:38:05,525.1172303 --> 00:38:06,291.2008893 It's yeah. 414 00:38:06,355.1177303 --> 00:38:09,135.1182303 I'm way more independent now because of that. 415 00:38:09,155.1182303 --> 00:38:10,515.1182303 Like I'm almost grateful for it. 416 00:38:10,811.2008893 --> 00:38:13,131.2003893 That's really cool. 417 00:38:13,131.2003893 --> 00:38:23,701.2003893 It's, it's very, I mean, one of the things that I think is like the coolest about being married is like you do have someone that for some reason thinks that you are unstoppable and like the greatest human ever. 418 00:38:23,871.2003893 --> 00:38:39,311.2013893 But like, it is really, It's really incredible to like, have someone who like, you watch and you're like, holy shit, like, you're taking over the world and you think like, I'm right there with you, like, that is, that's such a great feeling. 419 00:38:39,461.2013893 --> 00:38:40,491.2013893 such a great feeling. 420 00:38:40,491.2013893 --> 00:38:59,373.4520636 Can Yeah, like sometimes it's annoying because you're like, yeah, but I just don't want to like you let me cry about it for just a few more minutes? Yeah, like all I want you to do is tell me I don't have to do any of the hard things And just like give me a little kiss on the forehead like come on They're like, no. 421 00:38:59,764.5347227 --> 00:39:00,434.5347227 No. 422 00:39:01,104.5347227 --> 00:39:06,324.5347227 They know that it's possible if you'd put in the work, which like, I guess that's like the other thing that's... 423 00:39:06,749.5347227 --> 00:39:11,992.868056 really cool to see is like, to your point of like what you see on Instagram, everyone's like, Oh, you just have to put yourself out there. 424 00:39:12,2.868056 --> 00:39:14,302.868056 It's like, no, you have to like, do the work. 425 00:39:14,322.868056 --> 00:39:16,732.868056 And most people are not willing to do the work. 426 00:39:16,742.868056 --> 00:39:22,42.867056 And you are with someone who like, obviously skill, talent, opportunity, all those things exist. 427 00:39:22,42.867056 --> 00:39:26,342.868056 But there's also just like, the drive and the commitment to doing that work. 428 00:39:26,342.868056 --> 00:39:30,862.868056 And like, that is very inspiring to get to be kind of partnered up with. 429 00:39:30,916.785397 --> 00:39:36,116.785397 Yeah, you almost kind of forget what it's like to be around, like, normal people, because you're around that all the time. 430 00:39:36,706.785397 --> 00:39:56,226.785397 And then you are around, like, either, like, you see it on social media, or you're, like, around, maybe like, a couple that you know that isn't like that, and you're like, oh my gosh, have you guys ever had, like, a real conversation in your life? Like, we have no choice but to have real conversations all the fucking time to make sure that, like, we're both getting what we need, we're both going in the direction we want. 431 00:39:57,96.785397 --> 00:40:06,7.868056 some people that are just like floating through and you're like, Oh my God, like there's so many, there's such a range of, there's such a range. 432 00:40:06,27.868056 --> 00:40:12,27.868056 And like, I, my husband and I, this, uh, this is terrible. 433 00:40:12,37.868056 --> 00:40:12,527.867056 Maybe not. 434 00:40:12,537.868056 --> 00:40:13,447.867056 Maybe you do the same thing. 435 00:40:13,447.868056 --> 00:40:18,157.867056 But we're always like, damn, we are, we're a better couple than most people. 436 00:40:18,187.868056 --> 00:40:21,357.868056 Like, we're like, we know how to communicate. 437 00:40:21,357.868056 --> 00:40:22,297.868056 Like, we go after it. 438 00:40:22,507.868056 --> 00:40:28,997.868056 And then like, looking at those other relationships that don't have those hard conversations, you're like, I don't know that I would make it through. 439 00:40:29,367.868056 --> 00:40:30,567.868056 I don't know at all. 440 00:40:31,36.785397 --> 00:40:51,56.785397 yeah, I really think that it's part of like, when you start off with like this almost like power dynamic of like someone is skateboarding or someone is skiing, like someone is doing something that they're not going to sacrifice for a girlfriend or a wife, then you like immediately know right off the bat, you're like, okay. 441 00:40:51,180.1187303 --> 00:41:03,110.1177303 We're gonna have to have these tough conversations because, like, yeah, I, am really supportive of Bryce, but I'm also a woman who, like, wants to be loved by their husband and know that all the time and, have my own emotional needs met. 442 00:41:03,110.1187303 --> 00:41:08,960.1187303 So, like, we're like, okay, we have to figure this out every step of the way, and yeah. 443 00:41:09,30.1187303 --> 00:41:18,11.2003893 We have those conversations too, where we're just like, watch a fight go down and something, and we're like, This is kind of messed up, but do you feel like we're just, like, really nailing this marriage thing? Like, Yeah. 444 00:41:18,120.1187303 --> 00:41:22,581.2013893 like, crushing We're kind of like having the best time ever. 445 00:41:24,370.1187303 --> 00:41:27,427.867056 Like, are we really good at being married? Like, totally. 446 00:41:27,807.867056 --> 00:41:36,7.1300508 Okay, so When you and Bryce don't ski, what's your warm weather activity? Uh, well, we go backpacking. 447 00:41:36,7.1300508 --> 00:41:41,337.1305508 This is, like, the one thing that I've, like, given Bryce that isn't, like, a hobby of his that I've taken on. 448 00:41:41,837.1305508 --> 00:41:45,87.1305508 we go, like, backpacking and camping quite a bit. 449 00:41:45,97.1305508 -->

00:41:47,137.1305508 But also, that's, like, mostly... 450 00:41:47,542.1305508 --> 00:41:48,642.1305508 centered around fishing. 451 00:41:48,652.1305508 --> 00:41:53,903.2132099 We Ooh, fly fish or regular fish? I don't know what the regular is called. 452 00:41:53,903.2132099 --> 00:41:54,973.2132099 I just know fly fishing. 453 00:41:55,922.1305508 --> 00:41:58,702.1300508 Well, when we go camping, we'll just, fish using spinning rods. 454 00:41:58,702.1300508 --> 00:41:59,772.1295508 So not fly fishing. 455 00:42:00,202.1295508 --> 00:42:05,942.1295508 And then when we, we have a, we have two fishing boats, so we, we do that a lot. 456 00:42:06,113.2132099 --> 00:42:06,533.2132099 Yeah. 457 00:42:06,622.1305508 --> 00:42:10,132.1305508 This year, we took on hunting, which was a huge time suck. 458 00:42:10,182.1305508 --> 00:42:17,602.1305508 It was so fun to learn together and also challenging because usually I'm, it's like Bryce knows how to do the thing and then he teaches me how to do the thing. 459 00:42:17,622.1295508 --> 00:42:23,262.1305508 So doing something where neither of us know was an exercise in patience, but also fun. 460 00:42:24,243.2132099 --> 00:42:24,993.2132099 Interesting. 461 00:42:25,53.2132099 --> 00:42:27,683.2127099 So on the hunting front, I'm very curious about this. 462 00:42:27,683.2137099 --> 00:42:35,163.2137099 I have like a dream where it's like, I only eat the meat that I, like, hunt or I know where it's been hunted locally. 463 00:42:35,213.2137099 --> 00:42:47,608.7967175 Were you guys interested in hunting for, the sport of it because it's similar to, like, kind of the camping, hiking, fishing aspects? Or is there also that kind of, like, lifestyle aspect embedded as well? it's mostly the lifestyle aspect. 464 00:42:47,608.7967175 --> 00:42:49,638.6977175 Like it's the exact same, like you just said, we're like. 465 00:42:50,78.7977175 --> 00:42:51,238.7977175 That's why we fish, too. 466 00:42:51,238.7977175 --> 00:42:54,628.7977175 Like we go fishing and we bring home a bunch of, tuna and stuff. 467 00:42:54,938.7977175 --> 00:42:56,558.7977175 Fills our freezer. 468 00:42:56,988.7977175 --> 00:43:03,478.7977175 And so, yeah, there's, like, this insane satisfaction that comes from, eating something that you killed. 469 00:43:03,498.7967175 --> 00:43:06,718.7967175 And, like, even when you get it home, like, processing it, like, you feel... 470 00:43:06,883.7977175 --> 00:43:13,553.7977175 One, super grateful to the animal and to the place you live, but then also you're just like, dang, like, I know where this came from. 471 00:43:13,553.7977175 --> 00:43:15,183.7977175 I know that there's not a bunch of bullshit. 472 00:43:15,183.7977175 --> 00:43:26,3.7977175 And I think when you're a professional athlete, like you have to, or like, even just like a normal person, like you and me, you have to, you think about the food you eat a lot and like how it affects your health and your

life. 473 00:43:26,113.7977175 --> 00:43:30,73.7977175 And it's like a big priority for both of us. 474 00:43:31,139.8803765 --> 00:43:42,979.8803765 I, like, food processing is, like, something I hate thinking about because, like, the deeper you get into it, the scarier it is. 475 00:43:43,753.7977175 --> 00:43:44,743.7977175 Terrifying. 476 00:43:45,529.8793765 --> 00:43:46,689.8803765 so bad. 477 00:43:46,749.8803765 --> 00:44:02,978.7977175 Okay, so then, on this, like, long list of, like, post Bryce's ski career when things calm down, like, is your future home gonna be, like, a little bit of a farm? Okay, so the farm thing, I also tried gardening this year and it did not go well. 478 00:44:03,863.7977175 --> 00:44:08,403.7977175 Disclaimer that we, yeah, we live at 6, 000 feet and it, we have a very short summer. 479 00:44:08,403.7977175 --> 00:44:16,693.7967175 It's like, it's cold here, so that's my excuse at this moment, but then I also have a neighbor across the street who isn't having my issues, so I think it might be me. 480 00:44:19,529.8803765 --> 00:44:19,959.8803765 Okay. 481 00:44:20,89.8803765 --> 00:44:43,125.4643841 So maybe not growing the produce, but maybe a few chickens or something? yeah, like we live out in California, there's enough other people doing the produce that we could just like, get theirs and feel good about it, and yeah, I think we definitely want to like, get more into hunting and become more successful, and that's like, a huge priority for both of us, is just like, health and food, and definitely something we're gonna. 482 00:44:43,766.5470432 --> 00:44:44,456.5470432 Yeah. 483 00:44:44,976.5460432 --> 00:44:46,536.5460432 That's super cool. 484 00:44:46,536.5470432 --> 00:44:50,836.5470432 That is like, I'm really impressed that you guys are like taking the step to learn how to hunt. 485 00:44:50,886.5470432 --> 00:44:56,6.4470432 I am not there yet, but I think like the other thing that can be challenging is it, it feels. 486 00:44:56,596.4470432 --> 00:45:01,606.4470432 Again, to like, your point of Bryce being like, you just have to put in the work to do it. 487 00:45:01,636.4470432 --> 00:45:09,36.4470432 It feels really daunting to be able to kind of like, build that life of sustainability or like, health that you really want. 488 00:45:09,36.4470432 --> 00:45:16,416.4470432 Because like, there are a lot of barriers naturally in the way, and so like taking it upon yourself to learn how to hunt, like, that's sick. 489 00:45:16,546.4470432 --> 00:45:17,306.4470432 That's really cool. 490 00:45:18,470.3643841 --> 00:45:22,676.4470432 It's exactly what you said though, like if it was just me, you know, there's no way I'd Yeah. 491 00:45:22,680.3643841 --> 00:45:24,230.3643841 be too intimidated by it. 492 00:45:24,601.4470432 --> 00:45:25,351.4470432 Hello, fresh. 493 00:45:25,361.4470432 --> 00:45:25,881.4470432 Thank you. 494 00:45:26,450.3633841 --> 00:45:37,150.3643841 yeah, Bryce

is like, well, all we have to do is like, watch 500 hours of YouTube and like, and then we can do what they're doing. 495 00:45:37,150.3643841 --> 00:45:40,120.3643841 And he's like, not afraid to try anything either. 496 00:45:40,130.3643841 --> 00:45:41,470.3643841 He's like, I don't care. 497 00:45:41,750.3643841 --> 00:45:44,320.3643841 Like, if I look like a fool or whatever. 498 00:45:44,800.3643841 --> 00:45:49,370.3643841 I'm just like gonna go out and try and then I just I'm like you do the research. 499 00:45:49,580.3643841 --> 00:45:50,490.3643841 I'll tag along. 500 00:45:50,880.3643841 --> 00:45:52,511.4470432 It'll be great Perfect. 501 00:45:52,961.4470432 --> 00:45:56,971.4470432 And, uh, who's the bigger chef? Um, probably me. 502 00:45:57,8.1137099 --> 00:46:04,609.1963689 Yeah, definitely me, but he Bryce gets it in the kitchen for sure But I cook most of our food definitely Yeah. 503 00:46:04,979.1963689 --> 00:46:17,9.1973689 I feel like, um, especially with Bryce Gone, like, you either get, like, really good at fooling around with recipes, or you, like, nail down, like, three of your go tos, and you're like, and now, cooking is easy for me. 504 00:46:18,38.1147099 --> 00:46:23,869.1973689 Yeah, I mean, yeah, it's fun to, like, explore, but it's definitely a big time for, like, girl dinner, you know, Yes. 505 00:46:24,505.6361783 --> 00:46:28,676.7188374 I ran out of milk, so I'm having a smoothie that's literally with, like, water Yeah. 506 00:46:28,945.6361783 --> 00:46:32,666.7188374 like, protein, and I'm like, this is fine, Everything's fine. 507 00:46:32,705.6361783 --> 00:46:36,516.7178374 like My, yeah, no, whenever my husband is gone, I'm like... 508 00:46:36,886.7188374 --> 00:46:39,626.7188374 Like I graze I'm like, I'll have a little bit of this. 509 00:46:39,666.7188374 --> 00:46:41,736.7188374 Oh, I'll have some avocado toast. 510 00:46:41,756.7188374 --> 00:46:44,16.7188374 Okay, I'm gonna heat up like the sausage. 511 00:46:44,16.7188374 --> 00:46:46,316.7178374 And I'm like, I had the most bizarre meal. 512 00:46:46,726.7188374 --> 00:46:49,36.7188374 But it was very well rounded and filling. 513 00:46:52,206.7178374 --> 00:46:52,696.7178374 Delicious. 514 00:46:54,155.6351783 --> 00:46:54,255.6351783 doing anything. 515 00:46:54,255.6351783 --> 00:46:55,975.6361783 Half a like, great. 516 00:46:56,271.7188374 --> 00:46:56,831.7188374 Perfect. 517 00:46:57,241.7188374 --> 00:46:57,811.7188374 Perfect. 518 00:46:58,131.7188374 --> 00:47:02,991.7178374 Um, when, when is Bryce next racing? Like when are you next year in Himalayan? Okay. 519 00:47:03,160.9600245 --> 00:47:07,230.9600245 Um, his next race is the weekend after Thanksgiving, like first weekend of December. 520 00:47:07,270.9600245 --> 00:47:08,920.9600245 It's the only one that's in the U. 521 00:47:08,920.9600245 --> 00:47:09,320.9600245 S., 522 00:47:09,330.9600245 --> 00:47:17,277.0426835 so it's actually exciting, because if anyone wants to watch it, they can just watch it, like, live, at a normal time. 523 00:47:17,927.0426835 --> 00:47:25,520.9600245 Where, uh, where, where is the race? It's in Beaver Creek, Colorado, so like Vail, Colorado. 524 00:47:26,177.0426835 --> 00:47:29,417.0426835 And that's easy enough for you to travel to, to go watch. 525 00:47:29,427.0426835 --> 00:47:34,956.1372874 A Yeah, it's definitely a lot easier than, like, Euro trip? Yeah, exactly. 526 00:47:35,426.1372874 --> 00:47:36,506.1372874 Um, amazing. 527 00:47:36,536.1372874 --> 00:47:38,936.1372874 Well, Kelly, thank you so much for the time. 528 00:47:38,956.1372874 --> 00:47:39,836.1372874 This was so fun. 529 00:47:40,535.0546284 --> 00:47:41,555.0546284 Yeah, thank you, Emily. 530 00:47:41,555.0546284 --> 00:47:42,465.0546284 This was super fun. 531 00:47:43,186.1362874 --> 00:47:46,106.1372874 Alright, I'm going to close this out here.