The three time Olympic gymnast has not been training.
Instead he’s out enjoying LIFE.
From a longer update on Kyle’s blog:
… Life has been wonderfully hectic. …
I went snowboarding for the first time ever. It was a great weekend with tons of debauchery and hilarity. I fell so many times that I lost count and I loved every minute of it! …
… I came home and had an inkling to start pushing myself a little more in the direction of my future…so, completely out of my ordinary, I booked a trip to Thailand! Holy crap!
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I feel like this trip to Thailand is going to be a great opportunity for me to clear my head, have some adventure and get a plan together for what direction I am going to be heading in. I don’t know exactly where my heart is leaning. I feel like I am finally starting to come down and gain some perspective after a very tiring, exciting and trying year. I think a lot of athletes who competed in Beijing are feeling this way. It’s tough coming home and having to restart your life. It’s tough to see the big picture because you are continually living in the past and replaying your Olympic experience, and everything that led up to it, over and over again in your head.
I don’t know what will transpire while I’m away. I have a couple of plans. The first being ‘have no plan’! Second, I want to have tons of fun, like, ‘laugh till your belly hurts’ kind of fun. Third, I want to meet as many people as possible and just be Kyle, not Olympic gymnast Kyle. Fourth, I want to push myself far beyond my comfort zone – will I bungee jump??? And lastly, I want to write a lot, reflect and listen to my heart and not my head. …
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