About this episode
Megan Connelly shares her experience and insights from her successful race qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.
Two years ago when Getting Chicked first started, Megan shared that one of her biggest dreams was to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. With a couple more marathons under her belt and a ton of hard work, she DID it! In today's special edition of the pod, Megan walks us through her race at the McKirdy MicrOTQ from start to finish and breaks down how the marathon unfolded. She also shares some of her thoughts and final prep in the last week leading up to the race as well as her reflections now that she's officially an OTQ gal. _________________ CHICK CHAT – Send us your questions at gettingchickedpodcast@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram at @gettingchicked YOUR HOSTS – Karen Lesiewicz | @kare_les on Instagram – Rachel DaDamio | @rdadamio on X – Megan Connelly | @meganmorantwwe on Instagram FOLLOW OUR SHOW – Subscribe on Apple…
People in this episode
Hosts: Karen Lesiewicz, Rachel DaDamio
Guest: Megan Connelly
Topics covered
- marathon
- Olympic Trials
- race recap
- running
- athlete journey
Keywords
- marathon
- OTQ
- race recap
- running
- McKirdy MicrOTQ
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Organizations: CITIUS MAG
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