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407: Jenny Simpson - Inexplicable Magical Moments

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C Tolle Run

Sports, Fitness, Running, Health & Fitness

4.7555 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Carrie chats with the legendary Jenny Simpson! The Olympian, World Championship medalist, and 11-time US champion reflects on her incredible journey through the Great World Race and a possible farewell at the TCS New York City Marathon. Jenny also shares stories from her upcoming year-long adventure, "Jenny and Jason Run USA," traveling across the country with her husband and their two dogs.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Olympian Carrie Tellelson and welcome to the C-Tolly Run podcast.

0:11.7

This week, I bring you a guest I'm always excited to have on the show.

0:15.5

She has so many things, but probably one of my favorite athletes of all time and people of all

0:20.7

time.

0:21.6

It's been a joy watching her race and being able to commentate on her races has been quite the honor as well.

0:27.1

Watching her off the track is equally as impressive, though.

0:31.1

She never goes without a smile and she's always gracious in whatever she's doing.

0:35.4

So first of all, congrats on a stellar career and thank you

0:39.5

for devoting so much time. Okay, so let's bring her on. It's Jenny Simpson, an Olympic bronze

0:45.5

medalist and three-time world championship medalist. She's an 11-time U.S. champion. She set

0:51.0

six NCAA records while she was at the University of Colorado, and she set two

0:55.6

American records while she was racing professionally. The list goes on and on. And in this episode,

1:01.5

we hear all about Jenny running the Great World Race. That's seven marathons in seven days on

1:06.8

seven continents. It's crazy. She breaks down each race and it's so entertaining. We also talk

1:12.0

about the TCS New York City Marathon, which she ran a week before she started this other journey.

1:17.2

It was amazing because she went on this week-long journey right after she ran, which was supposed

1:23.6

to be her retirement marathon. So just a lot that we unpack here.

1:31.0

And then she also tells us about her year-long adventure that she's getting ready to go on with her husband, Jason, and their two dogs.

1:33.4

And it's called Jenny and Jason Run USA.

1:36.3

So let's get after it.

1:41.2

All right, Jenny.

1:42.5

Oh, my goodness.

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