- Hi, my name is Travis Gaertner.
I am a two time, Paralympic gold medalist,
I'm also a full-time actuary, trying to go back
to the Paralympics for a third time.
One of the things I really like about handcycling
is the physical challenge.
The idea that I can go out and really try and push my limits
on a given day.
And be accountable to those limits,
and trying to achieve new ones, just through the way
the technology has really come along,
and be able to track how hard I'm pushing,
while my coach can track how hard I'm pushing,
and really try and do a better job
every day that I go out on the handcycle.
The other thing I like about it is
that I'm always learning.
It's the same reason I fell in love with actuarial science,
is that I'm always learning on the job.
Same thing on a handcycle,
I'm a very different cyclist now, than I was last year.
And I'm already feeling like I'm going to be a much different
handcyclist going into 2020, than I was in 2019,
'cause there's always something to be learning,
and always a way to improve.
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