‘Race this’: Mikaela Shiffrin on her mindset, and her playlist, this ski season

Even the winningest alpine skier of all time sometimes needs to pause and take a breath at the top of a mountain.

That’s what you learn if you ask Mikaela Shiffrin if — despite her ability to do things no one else can — she ever needs to remind herself that hurtling down a race course is not only survivable, but something she’s pretty good at.

“Short answer: Yes,” Shiffrin told NPR. Read More