268. Jenny Simpson
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2020
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
"There's always someone gunning for that spot. And if you're off your game at all, they're going to take it."
Jenny Simpson is the country's most-decorated female miler and 1500-meter runner. Case in point: She's a three-time Olympian, she won gold in the 1500 at the 2011 World Championships, she was the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic medal in the 1500 when she won bronze in Rio in 2016, and she's a two-time world silver medalist. She has won the Fifth Avenue Mile eight times, and her personal bests include a 3:57.22 1500 and a 4:16.1 road mile. On this episode, Jenny talks about how she and her husband Jason have been spending quarantine. She shares her thoughts on retirement (someday!), having a baby (someday!), and "waiting to be slow" (which may never happen!). But mostly, we talk about Truman, the dog Jenny and Jason adopted once the lockdowns started.
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What you'll get on this episode:
- All about Truman! (4:30)
- What life has looked like for Jenny during the pandemic (9:55)
- What do Jenny's easy days look like? (16:00)
- Jenny's thoughts on the Olympics right now (18:30)
- How do you know when to retire? (23:55)
- Which runners are Jenny's eyes on? (30:00)
- Jenny's advice for running a fast mile (39:00)
- What are Jenny's sponsor obligations right now? (45:00)
- Jenny talks about cheering for her husband, Jason, at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in February (51:00)
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Jenny Simpson on Episode 96 of the Ali on the Run Show
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks. |
| 0:04.2 | Go to ontherun.aftershocks.com to save 15% on all wireless headphones. |
| 0:10.0 | Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. |
| 0:16.4 | I'm your host Allie Feller and every week I talk with inspiring people who lead |
| 0:21.2 | interesting lives on the run and beyond. And while running is the thing that brings us |
| 0:25.7 | all together on these episodes, we cover more than what happens on the run. |
| 0:29.7 | We learn the wise behind the runs. The decisions people have made to get where they are today |
| 0:34.6 | and how getting sweaty is factored in. I guess today is the indomitable Jenny Simpson, |
| 0:41.6 | one of my personal favorite runners and favorite humans. Jenny is a three-time Olympian. |
| 0:47.3 | She won gold in the 1500 meters at the 2011 World Championships and she was the first US |
| 0:53.5 | woman to win an Olympic medal in the 1500 meters when she won bronze in 2016. |
| 0:59.4 | She's also a two-time world silver medalist. But since the pandemic started, |
| 1:04.3 | we hadn't heard much from Jenny. From her newly adopted dog Truman, yes, |
| 1:08.9 | he has a must follow on Instagram, but I really wanted to know what Jenny was up to other than |
| 1:14.7 | puppy parenting. So on this episode, we talk about what quarantine has looked like for her and her |
| 1:19.8 | husband Jason, who had just run the Olympic marathon trials at the end of February just before |
| 1:25.6 | the lockdown started. Talk about a power couple. Jenny talks about the highs, the lows, |
| 1:30.8 | the in-betweens, the motivation, the lack thereof, the good times, the tough times. We cover it all. |
| 1:36.9 | Buckle up. Please join me in welcoming professional runner Jenny Simpson to the alley on the run show. |
| 1:42.7 | Jenny, I am so, so, so excited to have you here today. I know I speak for so many of us in the |
| 1:54.7 | running industry when I say, we're excited to hear from you today. So welcome to the alley on the |
| 1:59.3 | run show. Thank you so much for having me. I played to your audience so that they know I played |
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