193. Jenny & Judi Donnelly BONUS EPISODE!
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2019
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
"We are both a bit stubborn — especially about our goals." —Jenny Donnelly
It was a big, exciting weekend at the 2019 California International Marathon! It was especially exciting for the Donnelly family: 28-year-old Jenny qualified for the Olympic Marathon Trials, finishing in 2:44.31, and her mom, 62-year-old Judi celebrating 25 years of being breast-cancer-free, ran a lifetime personal best, finishing in a Boston Marathon qualifying time of 3:56. On this episode, Jenny and Judi reflect on their exciting weekend at CIM, and talk about why this sport and this community are so special. Jenny opens up about her history with race anxiety, and Judi talks about navigating parenting a child who is dealing with running-related panic attacks. It's a fun episode that proves why running is so magical.
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What you’ll get on this episode:
- Jenny breaks down her race at CIM (3:55)
- Judi talks about running a 3:56 at CIM — a lifetime personal best! (10:45)
- Jenny talks about her history for race anxiety (14:50)
- Judi talks about what it was like running the New York City Marathon in the 80s! (25:40)
- What it’s like getting panic attacks on the run (29:00)
- Judi talks about being 25 years cancer-free, and talks about raising high-achieving daughters (36:30)
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Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge Team
Let Your Mind Run by Deena Kastor
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Generation U-Can. |
| 0:08.6 | Welcome to a very special bonus episode of The Alley on the Run Show. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm your host, Allie Feller, and I was so inspired this past weekend watching so many |
| 0:17.4 | fast, gutsy men and women go for Olympic trials qualifying times at the California International |
| 0:23.3 | Marathon. |
| 0:24.3 | Now, we've been throwing the letters OTQ around a lot this fall. |
| 0:28.9 | Why is that? |
| 0:29.9 | Well, 2020 is an Olympic year. |
| 0:32.7 | In February, several hundred men and women will head to Atlanta, Georgia to compete at |
| 0:37.5 | the Olympic Marathon trials, all in hopes of landing a top three spot, which will get |
| 0:43.0 | them on that U.S. Olympic team. |
| 0:45.2 | Now, for some, the goal is to get on the team. |
| 0:48.0 | For others, it's all about the quest to qualify. |
| 0:51.4 | And with the qualifying date rapidly approaching in just a few weeks, CIM was one of the last |
| 0:56.2 | big chances to make it happen. |
| 0:58.5 | For men, that meant running the marathon in under two hours and 19 minutes. |
| 1:03.0 | For the women, it meant running faster than two hours and 45 minutes. |
| 1:07.3 | Now, that is fast. |
| 1:09.3 | It was so exciting watching the CIM finish line livestream. |
| 1:13.7 | My favorite part came at the two hour, 44 minute mark. |
| 1:17.7 | Those women coming in right under the wire, they were so emotional crossing the line, |
| 1:23.0 | and all of them were there waiting for one another and collapsing into each other's |
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