The Twenty Something Podcast
Like many of us, my 20’s haven’t been plain sailing and at times I have felt completely lost, questioning my decisions and wondering if I’m on the right path. Don’t get me wrong, I still feel like this sometimes! On the flip side, they’ve been filled with huge highs - like many things, it’s been a journey that hasn’t been linear.
This is the podcast I needed when I was younger. When I was going through the ups and downs of navigating the wild roller coaster ride of my 20’s. I’ll be interviewing a whole range of people from entrepreneurs and life coaches, to marathon runners and people who have overcome addiction.
I want to Normalise our 20’s, and the years beyond. I want to make it relatable to you, so that you can take away something positive from it each week.
I’ll be showing you that it’s okay to feel lost and like you don’t know if you’re on the right path but that there’s always a way to change and to make your life what you want it to be.
The Twenty Something Podcast
#11 What it takes to be an Olympian: with two time Olympian, Jo Jennings
I’m honoured to be joined this week by two time Olympian Jo Jennings. Jo represented Team GB in the women's high jump in both the Seoul and Barcelona Olympics, and was just 19 years old at her first Olympic Games.
Jo is also a Commonwealth silver medalist, representing England at the 1998 games in Kuala Lumpur. Her professional career spanned over 15 years, a huge achievement for an athlete. Following her retirement, Jo went on to have a career at British Athletics supporting upcoming athletes including Matthew Hudson Smith, Dina Asher Smith, Josh Kerr, Laura Muir and many others who are representing Team GB in Paris.
In this episode we discuss the early days, from knowing she had something special to qualifying to represent Great Britain at just 15 years old, missing her University freshers week to compete at the Olympics, why mindset, determination and self-belief are so important, what it was like to experience the Olympics for the first time and then again four years later, overcoming injuries and building resilience for a long career, what an Olympic training regime looks like, what we can all learn from our 20’s and the all important question…what it takes to be an Olympian!
I don’t know about you but i’ve been obsessed with watching the Olympics this year so I was super excited to record this episode. I was also blown away to learn that only 1 in 500,000 people are an Olympian which makes it even more special - I hope you enjoy it!
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