1 00:00:01,784 --> 00:00:03,730 - Hi, my name is Travis Gaertner. 2 00:00:03,730 --> 00:00:06,110 I am a two time, Paralympic gold medalist, 3 00:00:06,110 --> 00:00:08,560 I'm also a full-time actuary, trying to go back 4 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:10,640 to the Paralympics for a third time. 5 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,590 One of the things I really like about handcycling 6 00:00:12,590 --> 00:00:14,050 is the physical challenge. 7 00:00:14,050 --> 00:00:16,820 The idea that I can go out and really try and push my limits 8 00:00:16,820 --> 00:00:17,690 on a given day. 9 00:00:17,690 --> 00:00:19,630 And be accountable to those limits, 10 00:00:19,630 --> 00:00:21,460 and trying to achieve new ones, just through the way 11 00:00:21,460 --> 00:00:23,280 the technology has really come along, 12 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,220 and be able to track how hard I'm pushing, 13 00:00:25,220 --> 00:00:26,880 while my coach can track how hard I'm pushing, 14 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:28,070 and really try and do a better job 15 00:00:28,070 --> 00:00:30,170 every day that I go out on the handcycle. 16 00:00:30,170 --> 00:00:31,930 The other thing I like about it is 17 00:00:31,930 --> 00:00:32,880 that I'm always learning. 18 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,410 It's the same reason I fell in love with actuarial science, 19 00:00:35,410 --> 00:00:37,580 is that I'm always learning on the job. 20 00:00:37,580 --> 00:00:38,580 Same thing on a handcycle, 21 00:00:38,580 --> 00:00:42,570 I'm a very different cyclist now, than I was last year. 22 00:00:42,570 --> 00:00:44,270 And I'm already feeling like I'm going to be a much different 23 00:00:44,270 --> 00:00:46,427 handcyclist going into 2020, than I was in 2019, 24 00:00:46,427 --> 00:00:48,420 'cause there's always something to be learning, 25 00:00:48,420 --> 00:00:50,559 and always a way to improve. 26 00:00:50,559 --> 00:00:52,953 (light music)