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#126 Fiona O'Keeffe: Winning OTQ and running without a GPS watch
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In this episode of The Marathon Podcast, Fiona O'Keeffe is guesting the pod. She set an American course record in New York last fall, won the OTQ before the 2024 Olympics, and between those two performances she was recovering from a stress fracture.
In this episode, we are talking about her recovery from the stress-fracture, her training and why she isn't running with a gps watch.
Time stamps:
00:00:00 Intro + Fiona O’Keeffe highlights
00:02:26 Jeff Galloway + diary update
00:08:12 Marathon debut + early setbacks
00:14:05 How she started running
00:19:32 Olympic Trials win
00:23:10 Olympic injury lessons
00:28:53 Stress fracture recovery
00:42:05 NYC Marathon record
00:49:29 Training philosophy (no GPS)
00:59:18 Key workouts + long runs
01:03:57 Boston Marathon challenges
01:08:45 Protect Our Winters advocacy
01:13:56 Wrap-up + upcoming guests
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