WEBVTT 00:10.010 --> 00:11.711 I’ve been walking on a path 00:11.711 --> 00:13.947 that people said it’s not possible to finish. 00:15.548 --> 00:16.349 It’s been rough. 00:16.950 --> 00:17.617 Very difficult. 00:18.818 --> 00:21.755 But, persistence on pursuing dream is never easy. 00:31.698 --> 00:33.066 When I grew up, 00:33.433 --> 00:35.068 I’d always been very active. 00:36.136 --> 00:38.938 I was in swimming team, and track team. 00:40.840 --> 00:43.143 Suddenly, I had a car accident when I was 17. 00:43.643 --> 00:45.545 I thought I’d be paralysed at the time. 00:46.046 --> 00:48.348 For me, it was like the end of my world. 00:49.382 --> 00:50.984 When I was in the swimming team, 00:50.984 --> 00:52.519 the teacher once told us that 00:52.519 --> 00:55.889 when you’re moving, if your muscle 00:55.889 --> 00:57.490 and nerve could still feel the pain, 00:57.490 --> 01:00.060 it meant that it’s still repairable. 01:01.361 --> 01:02.295 So, I was thinking that 01:02.295 --> 01:04.264 everyday when I tried to get up from bed, 01:04.264 --> 01:05.365 the pain made me cried and 01:06.266 --> 01:08.168 I need to roll down my bed to go to the toilet. 01:08.701 --> 01:10.236 So, I thought if I could feel the pain, 01:11.171 --> 01:12.972 then I might still have the chance. 01:13.907 --> 01:16.643 Everyday, from such terrible pain like that, 01:16.643 --> 01:17.844 time after time, 01:18.845 --> 01:20.046 the pain reduced gradually. 01:20.046 --> 01:22.816 And I could move further little by little. 01:23.650 --> 01:25.885 Few months later, I could finally walk. 01:28.088 --> 01:30.123 After graduated from college of sport at 25, 01:30.123 --> 01:32.659 my first job was in a gym 01:33.093 --> 01:35.562 as a swimming trainer and personal coach. 01:36.296 --> 01:37.931 Then, I came across the book It's Not About the Bike. 01:38.398 --> 01:40.066 It’s about a cyclist, 01:40.533 --> 01:41.601 a previous world champion 01:41.601 --> 01:42.535 who was diagnosed with testicular cancer. 01:43.103 --> 01:45.171 But he went back to the race afterward 01:45.638 --> 01:47.006 and became a world champion once again. 01:48.374 --> 01:50.343 For someone who had gone through such a severe 01:50.343 --> 01:51.711 trauma and disease 01:51.711 --> 01:54.080 and he’s still able to reclaim a championship like that. 01:54.547 --> 01:56.850 It’s something really incredible. 01:59.119 --> 02:00.753 After reading that book, I thought to myself, 02:00.753 --> 02:02.122 I should as well try 02:02.122 --> 02:05.425 and do something I’ve never done in my life. 02:11.631 --> 02:13.032 The distance of an official triathlon race, 02:13.032 --> 02:15.235 for instance, in Olympic game, is 51.5km. 02:16.970 --> 02:18.872 You swim for 1.5km, 02:19.672 --> 02:22.909 after you land, you cycle with your bike for 40km 02:24.577 --> 02:26.346 and then you run for 10km. 02:28.748 --> 02:31.251 The sequela from the accident left my body imbalance. 02:32.152 --> 02:33.920 For example, when swimming, 02:33.920 --> 02:35.522 I can feel the water resistance on my right side. 02:35.522 --> 02:37.023 But I can’t feel it on my left side, 02:37.023 --> 02:38.525 because it’s numb here. 02:39.025 --> 02:41.027 Also, you need to focus on your breath. 02:41.027 --> 02:42.729 The level of difficulty 02:42.729 --> 02:46.065 was far beyond when I could swim normally. 02:46.966 --> 02:48.701 So, the swimming part, 02:48.701 --> 02:50.003 I was kind of refusing it in my heart. 02:50.003 --> 02:52.605 But for the competition, I had to overcome that. 02:54.174 --> 02:56.242 I knew I’d be slower in this section, 02:56.643 --> 02:58.144 so, I worked harder specifically 02:58.144 --> 02:59.779 on my cycling and running, so that 03:00.213 --> 03:03.483 I could make up my previous time loss with them. 03:04.617 --> 03:07.353 When I go for a competition, I particularly love 03:07.353 --> 03:08.454 the weather to be very hot. 03:08.454 --> 03:11.224 I’ve always been training on my cycling 03:11.224 --> 03:12.458 during 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 03:13.393 --> 03:14.494 During a race, 03:14.494 --> 03:15.728 that is the hottest period of time. 03:18.231 --> 03:18.865 Is it wrenching? 03:19.632 --> 03:20.600 It was, at the beginning. 03:20.600 --> 03:24.304 But if you put yourself under the heat 3 times a week, 03:25.939 --> 03:27.540 then you went to the race 03:27.540 --> 03:28.841 you’ve planed for after 3 months, 03:29.108 --> 03:30.143 would it still be wrenching? 03:31.377 --> 03:32.645 Of course it would. 03:34.514 --> 03:36.783 But you already knew what would happen, 03:37.016 --> 03:39.452 and you were able to control your rhythm. 03:39.686 --> 03:41.120 Would it be so unbearable? 03:46.226 --> 03:49.529 I’d been competed in amateur leagues before 35 years old. 03:51.431 --> 03:52.565 After I went into the professional league, 03:52.565 --> 03:54.801 the training doubled comparing to what I used to do. 03:57.036 --> 03:58.004 When I first went there, 03:58.004 --> 03:59.639 there was no other athlete in such an old age in Japan 03:59.639 --> 04:00.873 going from amateur to professional league. 04:02.375 --> 04:03.576 After I went training there for 2 weeks, 04:03.576 --> 04:05.812 the coach asked me if I was alright, 04:06.779 --> 04:07.814 and if there was any problem. 04:09.449 --> 04:11.050 Of course I said “no problem.” 04:11.050 --> 04:12.018 Because once you said you’re not alright, 04:12.018 --> 04:13.086 you’d need to pack and go home. 04:14.787 --> 04:16.289 So, I felt quite frustrated. 04:16.289 --> 04:19.559 The more I felt frustrated, the more I wanted to be better. 04:20.760 --> 04:23.429 I went there to get my ass kicked. 04:25.198 --> 04:27.033 I went to enjoy all those sufferings. 04:27.033 --> 04:29.602 Just to achieve the goal that I dream for. 04:30.703 --> 04:31.571 Keep going. 04:32.372 --> 04:34.207 I’d never wanted to quit. 04:37.076 --> 04:39.512 My first race after training with them for 3 months 04:39.512 --> 04:40.847 was in Hokkaido. 04:42.282 --> 04:43.883 That was my first professional race. 04:45.151 --> 04:46.319 I’d never thought that 04:46.552 --> 04:48.621 I’d be the first one to pass the finish line. 04:55.561 --> 04:57.363 So, I got the gold medal at August. 04:57.363 --> 04:59.232 And then I went back to Taiwan and continued my training. 04:59.232 --> 05:00.166 And at October, 05:00.166 --> 05:02.135 I had another car accident. 05:02.669 --> 05:04.270 I went from here 05:04.270 --> 05:06.406 straight to here in just two months. 05:06.906 --> 05:10.610 A beginning of another rehab. 05:10.810 --> 05:14.147 Her life is just full of troubles. 05:14.714 --> 05:17.116 During her whole life, 05:17.116 --> 05:18.718 whenever she wanted to try something, 05:18.718 --> 05:21.688 something she felt passionate about, 05:21.954 --> 05:24.090 there’d be challenges on the way. 05:24.857 --> 05:27.360 But, it’s also because of these challenges 05:27.360 --> 05:29.929 that her endurance and her mind 05:30.330 --> 05:32.699 became stronger. 05:34.100 --> 05:35.635 So, facing a race, 05:35.868 --> 05:37.337 coming across other top competitions, 05:37.904 --> 05:38.638 or 05:38.638 --> 05:41.474 facing some kinds of tough environment, 05:41.674 --> 05:44.644 would bring out her power even more. 05:55.021 --> 05:56.022 For me, 05:56.022 --> 05:57.690 it’s not about the gold medal. 05:57.990 --> 05:59.359 It’s about breaking through, 06:00.426 --> 06:02.462 and to challenge my limit, 06:02.462 --> 06:04.764 and the accomplishment of conquering. 06:16.242 --> 06:17.343 The other reason is that 06:17.343 --> 06:18.945 I do love this sport. 06:18.945 --> 06:20.646 During the process, however difficult 06:21.047 --> 06:22.382 or uncomfortable that is, 06:22.382 --> 06:24.050 I still enjoy it.