Episode 431: Jessica Watychowicz – Twin Cities Marathon Champion – Competitive Running and Starting her own Company

Jessica Watychowicz recently won the Twin Cities Marathon in a time of 2:33. She is having a really great season of running this year! She partners with Tracksmith. Jessica ran for the Parkside Rangers in college. She is a two-time Olympic Trials Qualifier in the marathon for 2020 and 2024. She also ran in the 10k in the Olympic Trials in 2021 and she shares about that experience in this episode! Jessica also owns her own company. She is the media director at PeakSide Media. In this episode, we talk a lot about running but we also dive into what she does for work and how she started her company. Photo credit: Zak Smith What we talked about: 3:40- Recapping the Twin Cities Marathon 8:20- Her coach 9:45- Goals going into the Twin Cities Marathon 10:45- How the race played out 13:15- Her media company 20:25- Her journey to finding running 30:25- Being an entrepreneur 33:25- Balancing her career and running goals 36:10- Running for Tracksmith 37:00- Goals on the track 40:10- Message to anyone facing setbacks in running 41:20- End of podcast questions Show notes: Jessica on Instagram 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: InsideTracker Go to InsideTracker.com/Another or use code “another” for 20% off your order Coros Use code “another” for a free band at checkout! Goodr Use code “another15” for 15% off your order