08. Katherine Kennedy RETURNS // Chicago Marathon Full Recap, Training with a New Coach, Making the Most of Senior Year of College & Thanksgiving Hot Takes

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The Third Lap

Adele Alexander

9 episodes

4 days ago

In racing and in life, it's the hard middle laps, not just the finish line that define who we are. The Third Lap Podcast was created to open up honest conversations about the “in-between”. Otherwise known as the uncertain, uncomfortable, yet deeply transformative moments in both running and life. Through candid conversations with runners of all levels, from hobby joggers to elites, The Third Lap explores what it means to keep showing up when the path forward isn’t clear. Each episode aims to remind listeners that no one’s journey is perfectly linear. Trust the process & happy listening!

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08. Katherine Kennedy RETURNS // Chicago Marathon Full Recap, Training with a New Coach, Making the Most of Senior Year of College & Thanksgiving Hot Takes

The Third Lap

49 minutes 58 seconds

5 days ago

08. Katherine Kennedy RETURNS // Chicago Marathon Full Recap, Training with a New Coach, Making the Most of Senior Year of College & Thanksgiving Hot Takes

In just her second marathon ever, Katherine runs an evenly paced 2:45 (6:17/mile) in Chicago. What makes this performance perhaps even more impressive? She trained up to this all while balancing a full college lifestyle from sorority life, to rigorous honors classes at Emory, and now landing a post-grad full time job offer in NYC.

Katherine tells us,

“Right now marathons and long running is very, very trendy…there’s this trend and ideology that people are able to run marathons like five, six marathons a year, And like, I just don’t think that’s realistic for a number of reasons…I personally don’t follow that. I like to do a much more chill one [per] year max.

Actually, I was planning on doing Boston this spring, 2026, had qualified in my prior marathon last year and decided not to just because I have my whole life to run Boston. And yes, I qualified and I had qualified again this year so if I decide to do it in 2026, sure.

But at this point in my life, I have my life to run marathons. I have a semester left of college.”

While she may stick to one per year, there is no doubt that when Katherine sets out to run a marathon she makes it COUNT.

Tune in as we dive into the full race weekend from exploring the city, soaking up the expo for the first time, and attending Bretts Bites Run Club. We’ll then hear her full recap of the race itself from miles 1 to 26 including the new friends she made (and even ran with!) along the way. Beyond marathon weekend itself, Katherine also shares what her marathon training block looked like, from key workouts and carb loading to how having a coach changed her approach to training.

For those who stay through the end, we’ll catch up on her life as a senior at Emory University and wrap things up with a fun speed round full of the pressing (totally super important) questions, including our hot-takes on Thanksgiving food.

I hope you all love this episode as much as I now want to run a marathon!!!

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