Episode 333: Jenny Simpson – 3x Olympian & medalist heads to the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler

Lindsey Hein — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 04:00:26 +0000

Jenny Simpson returns to the podcast today after recently announcing that she is going to be racing the Cherry Blossom 10 Miler. This is a huge shift in what she normally does. She usually focuses on the 1500m and she is a 3-time Olympian. She won a Bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics and she has both a Gold and Silver medal from the World Championships.

She was first on the show in June of 2019 on episode 188. In that episode she shares all about her running career and it is a great introduction to Jenny!

In this episode, we talk about social media, her experience at the Olympic Trials this summer, her decision to transition to race the 10 miler, and so much more!

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What we talked about:

4:30- Chit chat

10:30- Transitioning to longer distance races

20:30- Jenny’s day to day routine while training

24:05- Jenny’s training and running high mileage

26:00- Thoughts on potentially moving up to the marathon

36:20- How she feels as she ages

43:30- Advice to younger athletes in regards to social media

45:45- Jenny’s social media habits

55:15- Recapping this summer’s Olympic Trials

1:05:30- Plans to return to the 1500m

1:07:35- Post Olympic advice to other athletes

1:10:10- What she is learning in this stage of her life and career

1:15:55- Her thoughts on retirement from running

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Episode 318: Amy Cragg; 2x Olympian, 2017 World Championships Bronze Medalist & New Puma Running Coach

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:04:15 +0000

Amy Cragg is on the show today! Amy recently announced her retirement from professional running. She is now going to be a coach with Puma and coach alongside her husband Alistair Cragg. This is a new professional team training in the Raleigh area. When I talked with Erin Longin of Puma on Episode 306 we talked about how Puma is getting more involved in the distance running scene and we get to hear more about that in this conversation with Amy.

Amy had such an amazing professional running career herself. She placed 9th at the 2016 Olympics in the marathon. That was the year that Amy, Shalane Flanagan and Des Linden all took top 10 at the Olympics. We hear more in this episode about how she really felt about that experience. One of the biggest highlights of her career was when Amy won the bronze medal at the World Championships in 2017. She breaks that race down in this episode. She has a marathon PR of 2:21:42 and she also made the 2012 Olympics in the 10k.

Amy trained with the Bowerman Track Club and in this episode she shares with us about what it was like being coached by Jerry Schumacher and training with Shalane Flanagan.

I’ve wanted to interview Amy on this podcast for a long time so this was such a fun interview to do! I hope you all enjoy my conversation with Amy.

What we talked about:

4:10- Thoughts on her recent retirement from professional running

5:30- Deciding to become a coach for the new professional Puma Running team

8:30- Why they decided on Raleigh for the training location

10:10- The hardest part about being a professional distance runner

12:15- Coaching with her husband, Alistair, and what that will look like

14:00- The goals for the new Puma team

17:15- Thoughts on the Olympic Trials 10k race

18:45- What she learned from being coached by Jerry Schumacher and how he changed the trajectory of her career

22:55- Training with Shalane Flanagan

24:35- Reflecting on the 2016 Olympic Trials in the marathon