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FOXSports.com talks with professional snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler. Hear what she had to say about getting ready for the upcoming winter games and much more.

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" Adam -- Brock and pleased to be joined now by an athlete who needs no introduction of the snowboarding crowd X games gold medal -- Olympic silver medal at the orderly. True Pioneers and legends of women's snowboard she is Gretchen Bleiler Gretchen. Great to have -- on today boy the 2010 winter games are creeping up quickly to the couple months away now. Your feel for your training regiment in where you are right now leading a huge event like this."

" out right now we're less than a hundred days out to the Vancouver at when -- Olympic Games and it's you know it's November arrow not play on snow yet so I'm in the jam every single day. Making sure that as strong as possible going into this season. Which is great for confidence in -- around explosive power. And also working on my mental game I mean when I'm not on the -- mountain I'm thinking about myself on the mountain and visualizing. My perfect Ryans and how I wanna grab that shakes and my amplitude in my line across the flat bottom. Speed up things that you can do every single day no matter where you -- And it it's really helpful because by the time it's time to get on the mountain and compete your party. Your body Arnie knows your mind already knows exactly what it is you wanna do what you're going down. So it isn't -- exciting time right now it's kind of anticipation. Before it all begins."

" Entry have great memories of the 2006 games in Italy we came away with -- over. What do you take away from those games that could actually help you this time around -- second Olympics. "

" I -- Reno is an amazing experience for me I enjoyed every single second of it and I was there with my friends and my family and it was amazing experience. The team representing not only myself but my sport and my country and all of the people that help me to get that point and I really. Learned a lot during that time and -- is going to these Olympics with started the same. Mindset of just enjoying every single moment because this is an amazing experience in getting to change -- Olympics is. You know I I realize how lucky I -- to be doing that and just enjoying and hopefully inspiring them. Some other people to go out and do the same -- to push themselves into you know what they allowed and what their passions are because it's an amazing life. You can live when you are living. What you --"

" Yeah I know you spent so much time training years in fact in the competition it felt like done in any of it. Were you able to capture the moment and fully appreciate the Olympics last."

" Yeah exactly look that that that has always been my call you can definitely. Get wrapped up in the pressure and hype and expectations. That. Ultimately this is about. Showing people. For me it's about showing people what women's snowboarding about -- and that that's the caller right there showing what winning can do and what women can do with the physically and half -- And it's important to enjoy everything a second every single moment and taking in the crowd and in the experience and meet the other athletes and and feel the magic of Wetteland -- fits in the fact that it's bringing the world together. And I think just that alone. Gives me the energy said performed. Better than I ever path."

" And welcome to the party and you recently joined Twitter nation. Couple questions first off how often -- weeding and walk -- Yankee do you put out there for your fans."

" Yes I am definitely at sweater I also and where quit make him proud and playmaker mobile. But it's important to me to make sure that I and sharing physical life that I have and sharing of the photo shoots and and the sponsor. Appear Wednesday and then of the amazing things that I get zoo because this is an amazing life. But I also work with Coca-Cola and it's Olympics. All of the fans can go on to live positively dot com and sends us. Your best wishes which is an amazing thing because when we get the support from the fans it it's it feels so good and it just. Push is that it. Push ourselves further than -- probably that we -- percent without guy and check out live positively dot --"

" I -- recently did a Glamour Magazine shoot up you know minus checked -- the pictures is. Is modeling perhaps in your future plans."

" I think because of their success that I have had on the mountain I do get some equal opportunities off the mountain. Whether it's working with different sponsors or going and doing different magazines -- and you have the glamour issue was really fun it was with. Hand and Kelly and Lindsay and we got to you know where our normal. Snowboard gear and for one shot and then got totally -- out for another shot and other things that. I just you know it's an extra benefit of being a professional snowboarder and living this life it's so yes it's it's not something I've probably will be doing. You know outside of snowboarding but it's something that I love to do as sort of bound and and outside thing when I'm not on the --"

" And lastly Gretchen Coca-Cola drinkers are certainly going to be they allot more -- in the near future. Tell us about -- deal with Coke."

" Yeah I am one of six Olympic athletes that is working with Coca collide this season. And we're known -- that the Coca-Cola six pack which is pretty -- And our images are gonna be found and the limited edition Ireland beat Kansas January and February though. There snowboarders. That is an image of me snowboarding on the can and that. Figure skating and it's getting so it's it's really cool it's it's this. Special things. That only around during the Olympics tonight I think. It's it's a pretty it's a pretty pumping it just makes the Olympics and Coke. Seen that much more special that time because of these --"

" All right Gretchen Bleiler prepping for the Vancouver Olympics we will EU. From the game's best of luck to you there a Barrett the Brock thanks for look at it."

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