Jennifer Conner and I met through Instagram and our running coach, Rachel Sinders (EP 8). She has been on my list since day one, but I wanted to wait for her to complete her Six Star journey to have her on! She got her final star at the Tokyo Marathon this year. During this episode, we talk about:
- Becoming a Six Star Finisher
- Starting with Disney. Her first full marathon was during a Dopey (5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon on consecutive days)
- Did three world majors in one season
- Running Boston as a charity runner and got a PR
- Doing virtual challenges to get into Tokyo - 100K in a week, half marathons but ended up running for Ronald McDonald House Japan
- Being in London for the Queen’s Funeral before Berlin 2022 (redemption)
- Also ran Chicago in 2022 and broke 4 hours
- Working with a coach from the beginning and had a unique coaching opportunity with Des Linden and Jared Ward, Endure Strong
- How she fits running in with a full time job and three kids
- "The Sloths" - Jennifer, Amanda, Jason
- Spending twelve years in the Army on her path to becoming a Physician’s Assistant (PA)
- The Gold Mile at the Indy Mini and why she can’t race the Indy Mini
- 37 half marathons, 19 marathons, and 5 Dopey
- The Mesa Marathon in Arizona that’s currently her PR and how she’s never been more desperate for water in her life
- How she hates lemon lime Gatorade
- An exciting email she received that was in French so she almost deleted it
- The fact that she’s a fast hole
- Tokyo 2024 and her 8 days of adventures - bullet train, tea ceremony, hedgehog and otter cafe, real life Mario Karting
- Volunteering in the medical tent at the Boston Marathon finish line in 2024
- Her amazing kids traveling the world for dance, competing in Rubik’s cube competitions and starting new sports at 10yo
