from her first tv interview. let s walk through it a little bit. tell us about that day when you lost. cyclocross nationals. well, definitely had one of the best races of my life. i was on form, did all the training right, been doing this for many years so i ve honed in the skills. but it was just not enough. it didn t matter that austin couldn t ride a lot of the sections that were pretty technical. he could run a lot faster than go swimming and it turned out that power won over skill and power honed over many years. dana: had you ever competed against a male before? yes. i ve competed against one when i