Episode 29: Olympian Jess O'Connell

The Running Public

Kirk Dewindt & Brakken Kraker

Sports:running, Running, Sports, Health & Fitness, Fitness

5 • 691 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

The duo behind GRIT Coaching stop by today to talk about the Professional Athlete's mindset. Jess O'Connell represented Canada at the 2016 London Olympic Games and co-founded GRIT coaching with Faye Stenning. We asked Jess to talk to us about mindset during this season where most races have been cancelled, as she had her 4 year dream of qualifying for another Olympics stripped from her due to COVID-19. We got way more than we asked for, as she led us on a two hour journey through the the mindset and focus needed to be an Olympic-level athlete.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the running public.
0:13.2	From marathoners to mud runners, we all have the same goal.
0:16.5	Get to the finish line faster.
0:18.3	That's right.
0:19.0	This podcast is for you guys, the running public.
0:28.6	I just want to jump into this thing or what? Might as well. Yeah. Jess, where are you at right now?
0:34.0	I'm in Calgary, Canada. Calgary's a good place. I've been there maybe like a half a dozen
0:39.3	times in my years and I really like Calgary. Oh nice, cool. Yeah, you have the mountains right there,
0:45.1	although I don't think you take advantage of those often, do you? Oh, I do of course. I hike a lot.
0:50.0	Yeah, you were just going out for dinner or something. It's nice just to get out there.
0:58.3	Faye, you don't know anything about being able to go out to dinner, do you, in New York?
1:00.5	No, I haven't been out for dinner in ages.
1:07.3	I tell everyone that Calgary's Wear Cool Runnings was filmed.
1:10.2	So it always puts it on the map. That's as good of a claim to fame as any.
1:13.7	Yeah. And the movie Fargo was really filmed here in Minneapolis, which is not quite as
1:19.4	acclaimed to fame, but it's close. Have you guys seen that movie? I have, yeah. But the TV show Fargo is
1:25.4	filmed in Calgary, actually. That's funny. You guys have it all. Yeah. That one's on my to-do list is the episode version of Fargo.
1:34.3	Worth watching? I haven't watched it. I don't like thinky things.
1:38.3	I know. Anytime it even brings up movies, I'm like, yep, I haven't seen it. I like have seen probably like 20 movies in my entire life.
1:46.4	20 in your entire life?
1:49.4	Well, maybe that's an exaggeration, but I don't, I don't know.
1:53.0	I can't get into movies, shows.
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