769. Jenny Simpson's 2024 TCS New York City Marathon & Great World Race Recaps

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2024

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

"I hope that through my work, people saw my life."

With a legendary 14-year career on the track and on the roads, professional 1500m runner and miler Jenny Simpson decided earlier this year that she was ready to retire. After spending 2024 diving into the world of marathoning, Jenny announced that she would run the TCS New York City Marathon as her final professional race.

Then, after crossing the finish line in 2:31:54 and settling onto the couch with a bowl of ice cream (Blue Bell mint chocolate chip), Jenny got an invitation — and an immediate jolt off that couch. Instead of heading into retirement, Jenny embarked on The Great World Race, running seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.

Up next: Jenny and Jason (and their two dogs) are packing up the Winnebago and spending the next year on a 50-state Run USA tour. In this supersized, two-hour episode, Jenny talks about all of it, and shares her reflections on her legacy in the sports.

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In this episode:

How Jenny is feeling after a 10-marathon year (2:20)
Jenny’s decision to race the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon, and to make it her last professional race (8:30)
What Jenny hopes her legacy will be (14:55)
Jenny recaps her New York City Marathon (23:10)
On getting the invitation to run The Great World Race, just days after finishing the New York City Marathon (53:30)
“It’s as hard as you think it is” (1:02:10)
Jenny recaps each day of The Great World Race (1:05:50)
What’s next for Jenny Simpson? (1:46:45)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Allie on the Run show. I'm your host Allie Feller and on every episode I talk with people who are doing exciting things on the run and beyond.
0:13.4	From professional athletes and celebrity runners to the everyday, amateur, and back of the pack runner, we are here to celebrate everyone and anyone
0:22.1	who enjoys a life on the run. Whether you find yourself running towards something big or
0:27.3	away from something that's been holding you back, I am here to hold your hand and help you
0:32.1	pick up the pace. My guest for today's supersized episode is Jenny Simpson.
0:38.4	See, when Jenny and I first planned to record this episode, it was going to be about running the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon and about it being her last race as a professional runner.
0:49.3	After an absolutely legendary 14-year career on the track and on the roads, Jenny decided to retire
0:56.8	from professional running and she was going to shut things down after New York City. So, cool,
1:02.9	a conversation about her New York City training and about the race itself, which she ran in
1:07.4	231.54, and then probably a bit about her legacy and reflection on her career.
1:13.9	Plus, of course, what's next for Jenny, which she had shared would be a year-long 50 state
1:19.1	tour of the country with her husband Jason and their two dogs in a Winnebago, literally running
1:25.3	the USA. Then, curveball. Jenny got a last-minute invitation to
1:31.4	partake in the Great World Race, which would meet a quick recovery from New York, followed by
1:36.2	running seven marathons in seven continents over the span of seven days. This miler was about to
1:43.1	become a super marathoner. Hence, a two-hour conversation
1:47.8	recapping all of it. I debated breaking this one into two parts, but nah, buckle up, settle in,
1:54.6	get running, and enjoy this conversation with the iconic Jenny Simpson.
2:08.7	Thank you. conversation with the iconic Jenny Simpson. Jenny Simpson, returning to the Allie on the Run show to recap 10 marathons in a year.
2:17.4	Jenny, how the heck are you feeling? Um, I, I, I think the very,
2:23.9	very best text I got from this whole thing was Sam Grotwald texted me a week ago and said,
2:29.5	well, you got that out of your system. That's exactly right.
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