Episode 396: Susanna Sullivan – Third Place at Grandma’s Marathon

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: Lessons From the Edge The Great Alone The Nightingale Mystic River Connect with Lindsey: Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows: Why is Everyone Yelling? The Up and Running Podcast The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast The Ready to Run Podcast Sponsors: Koala Clip Use code “another” for 10% off your order Shoott Use the code “Sandyboy” for 15% off 5 or more photos