Episode 93: Joan Benoit Samuelson

Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy

Julie Foudy and Lynn Olszowy

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4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Marathon pioneer Joan Benoit Samuelson joins Laughter Permitted to talk about being the first woman to win gold in the marathon at the 1984 Olympics, how running is about storytelling for her and, at the age of 65, what her next marathon goal is. Joan also shares what she was thinking when she was about to win an Olympic gold medal and explains why it's important for everyone to run their own race. The Lynn Game proves to be a close battle with a metaphor for life built into it.

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0:00.0	The laughter permitted podcast is brought to you by Ally.
0:02.8	Do it right.
0:04.0	Hey there dope village, welcome to laughter permitted.
0:07.6	I'm Julie Fowdy.
0:08.9	I'm Lin Ozzawi.
0:10.5	And we have got a super cool guest today.
0:15.9	That's right. We are talking with marathon pioneer,
0:19.5	Joan Benoit Samuelson.
0:21.9	And I think she might be the most interesting person in the world.
0:25.2	Yeah, I don't disagree with that.
0:28.1	I do not disagree with that.
0:29.6	Right. She is amazing.
0:31.2	Joan, first of all, if you don't know who she is,
0:34.7	she won gold in the marathon at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
0:40.6	And that was the Olympics you may recall,
0:44.0	where it was the first time ever that women ran the marathon
0:48.8	after fighting for inclusion for a very long time.
0:53.2	And Joan would then go on to have a prolific career in running.
0:58.7	And here's the thing, she literally has not stopped.
1:04.4	She is run sub three hour marathons in five consecutive decades.
1:10.6	And this year in October at the age of 65,
1:15.2	yes, at the age of 65, Joan ran the London marathon
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