Today starts a three part series with the top three finishers of the Grandma’s Marathon! Susanna Sullivan joins us today after her third place finish at the Grandma’s Marathon. She ran 2:26:56. She is having a big year. She also won the Cherry Blossom 10 miler. She also ran in the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Trials in the marathon. She is a 5th grade teacher.
What we talked about:
3:10- Recapping her Grandma’s Marathon race
4:45- recapping her first Boston Marathon race
6:45- No longer being an “underdog”
8:35- The 2016 Olympic Trials marathon
9:55- The changes in the sport between the 2016 and 2020 trials
12:20: Deciding to chase pro running
17:25- Maintaining the love of the sport and running for herself
18:30- Cross training
19:20- Training for Grandma’s
24:55- Running a PR at Grandma’s Marathon
28:00- The car accident that she got into and how that changed her training
31:20- Her race at the Marathon Project
31:55- Pool running for cross training
33:25- Her students supporting her running
35:30- Her teaching career
39:00- Balancing teaching and running
44:30- What’s next for Susanna
48:35- End of podcast questions
Show notes:
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