"I suppose it was gonna happen eventually, but after that last competition last week, I gots to thinkin'. 'Bout you, me an' the kids. Don't worry, it ain't nothin' bad! But what I mean ta say is that I've decided to retire from competition. I'm well into my 30s now, so I ain't gettin' no younger, and I'm already havin' trouble stayin' ahead of the newblood athletes. If'n Im honest with ya, I don't want to start losin' races that I would have crushed in the past."

"And don't you worry yourself none, I already got myself a job at the local school as a fitness trainer. The pay ain't quite as good as my winnings from running at the Equestria Games an' other competitions, but we ain't gonna be hurtin' for bits, because of my merch royalties on top of my salary."

"So I guess you, Beryl, and Emerald will be seein' a lot more of my face, if'n y'all will have me?"

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Hey everyone,

Well, the ravages of time catch up to all of us in the end, and we need to reassess and move forward. For the now former athlete, Amethyst Sprint, she has decided to quit while she was ahead and avoid the drawn out humiliation of competing when there was little chance of future success.

Bear in mind that she has regularly competed in Sprint and Distance Running events since her childhood, through her teens, and all the way up until now- relatively soon after her 36th birthday. While still in phenomenal form for her age, the inevitable cracks in her thus far ironclad performance have begun to appear; and so she felt it was time to begin anew.

And yes, she has a hitherto unnamed human boyfriend- who has stepped up and become the father figure that Amethyst's daughters missed out on since their births. I'll have to name him at some point, and next time I mention him, he'll either be engaged or married to Amethyst.

And yes, I decided to use a base that, while a touch less feminine, still represents her well as she gets older.