"It's kind of strange, but goats are very big in this area and the race is called The Race For the Goat," [Buisson] said in a phone interview from the Netherlands. "It would have been a real, live goat had the SPCA not put an end to it. It's certainly the most unique trophy I've ever received and certainly one I'll keep forever."

"I was at the Olympic Oval. I'd been injured for a month. I couldn't feel my legs when I was skating and they'd give out," she said. She left ice speedskating on Sept. 14, 2008. "Finally, I'd had enough and I had to walk away. My heart was breaking as much as my body."

"I want to walk out of in-line speedskating on my terms. I left it two-and-a-half years ago as a world-record holder and no one has broken it yet," she said. "I don't know if I'll get back to that level, but I'll give it my best shot."