Episode 67 | Gwen Jorgensen

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Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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"When I was younger I really struggled with separating myself from sport. I really believed that how I performed is what defined me and I started to perform way better once I was able to separate myself from sport and realize that sport does not define me. And that's something that's just been huge for me."Really enjoyed talking to Gwen Jorgensen for this week's episode of the podcast. The 33-year-old Jorgensen is the reigning Olympic champion in triathlon, who, in late 2017, announced she was retiring from multi-sport racing to turn her attention to running full-time. Her goal: Olympic gold in the marathon. In early 2018, Jorgensen signed with Nike and joined the Bowerman Track Club to train alongside 2017 New York City Marathon champion Shalane Flanagan and reigning Olympic Trials marathon champion Amy Cragg under the watchful eye of coach Jerry Schumacher.We covered a lot of ground in this conversation, including Jorgensen's recent surgery to repair a Haglund's deformity in her right heel and how she's dealt with it from both a training and psychological standpoint, the importance of separating yourself from sport and having balance in your life, last fall's Chicago Marathon and why she didn’t feel that it was a fair representation of what she’s capable of in that event, reflections on her first full season of training as a runner, learning from Amy Cragg and Shalane Flanagan, what it's been like going from being at the top of one sport to an underdog in a different one, how she's learned to get comfortable sharing her story (and struggles) with a large audience, why the Olympic gold medal in the marathon is still her goal, and a lot more.Complete show notes: https://www.themorningshakeout.com/podcast-episode-67-with-gwen-jorgensen/Sign up here to get the morning shakeout email newsletter delivered to your inbox every Tuesday morning: www.themorningshakeout.com/subscribe/Support the morning shakeout on Patreon: www.patreon.com/themorningshakeout

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0:00.0	You know when I was younger I really struggled with with separating myself from sport you know I really believed how I performed was what defined me and I started to perform way better once I was able to
0:17.1	separate myself from sport and realize that sport does not define me and that's something that has just been huge for me.
0:25.0	That's Gwen Jorgensen and this is episode 67 of the Morning Shakeout
0:31.5	Podcast. of the morning shakeout podcast.
0:33.0	Hey what's up everybody at your host Mario Freoli and welcome back.
0:44.6	Welcome to the Morning Shakeout Podcast, where every week I talk with some of the top athletes, coaches,
0:49.3	personalities, and behind-the-scenes people in the sport of running.
0:53.0	This week I'm super excited to welcome Gwen Jorgensen to the show.
0:56.0	Gwen is a marathoner with the Bowerman Track Club.
0:59.0	Oh yeah, she's also the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in triathlon and we caught up recently to talk about where she's at right now.
1:07.2	She just had surgery on a Haglund's deformity in her heel and is going to be back to running soon.
1:12.3	Talked about what that process has been like for her. and is going to be back to running soon.
1:12.8	Talked about what that process has been like for her from a training and also a psychological
1:17.2	standpoint.
1:18.2	We got into her Chicago marathon last fall where she finished 11th in 236 and change.
1:24.4	The result she was disappointed with and talked about why.
1:28.0	Got into the buildup that went into that race, what she learned transitioning from
1:31.7	triathlon and continued to rewind from there.
1:34.4	It's a great conversation, really enjoyed it. I think you'll take a lot away from it.
1:38.0	But before we get into it, no sponsor for this show so there will not be a mid-roll read but if you want to support the morning shakeout what would mean a lot to me is if you actually went to brave like Gabe dot org
1:51.0	slash donate and gave some money to rare cancer research. That is
1:55.3	Gabe Grunwald's foundation. Right now her husband Justin, who is one of my
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