Quest for Gold: the Gwen Jorgensen Story
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running
RunnersConnect: Coaching Community, Running Experts, Inspiring Runners, No Fluff Blog
4.5 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold
Gwen Jorgensen won gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics, along with many other wins, and she is currently training hard for another medal in the 2020 Olympics, this time in the Marathon.
We all know, it takes a village to raise an Olympian and today we talk with two of Gwen's family members, Nancy and Elizabeth Jorgensen. They authored Go, Gwen, Go, a book about the Jorgensen family's commitment to Gwen's success and ambition to be a world champion and win gold. Today we have the opportunity to go in depth about "the village" that raised Gwen to this point. We hear about the 2012 Olympic disappointment, the 2016 Olympic gold medal, and the 2020 marathon hopes and more in this fast-reading story where Nancy and Elizabeth Jorgensen share their version of an Olympian's life and what that entails as "supporters" of one's lofty dreams.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's Run to the Top Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | But in the end, Gwen took off. |
| 0:09.0 | She says now that the whole finish of the race, |
| 0:12.0 | she thought that Nicola was right on her |
| 0:14.2 | heel she thought she was right behind her and never looked back just kept going |
| 0:18.9 | she finished and was 40 seconds ahead but never knew that. |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome to the Run to the Top Podcast from Runners Connect, |
| 0:29.0 | where it's all about learning from the best and most inspiring minds in the sport. |
| 0:35.0 | Together, we can train a smarter, healthier, and faster running community. |
| 0:41.0 | Now here's your host, Stephanie Kay Atwood. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome, this is Stephanie K. Atwood, Boston Marathon Qualifier Coach and host for the run to the top podcast. |
| 0:54.0 | Gwen Jorgensen has already won gold in the 2016 Olympics |
| 0:59.0 | along with many other wins |
| 1:01.0 | and she is training hard for a medal in the 2020 Olympic |
| 1:04.9 | Marathon. As we all know it takes a village to raise an Olympian and today we will |
| 1:10.0 | talk with two family members who have written a book about the Jorgensen family, commitment |
| 1:15.1 | to Gwen's success, and ambition to be a world champion and win gold. |
| 1:20.0 | Go Gwen Go is a book written by Nancy and Elizabeth, |
| 1:23.7 | and we have the opportunity to go into depth |
| 1:26.0 | about this village that has raised Gwen to this point. |
| 1:29.8 | We'll hear about the 2012 Olympic disappointment, the 2016 Olympic Gold Medal, and the |
| 1:37.1 | 2020 Marathon Hopes, and more in this fast reading story where Nancy and Elizabeth |
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