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Jenn T. is one of 26 Speedy Spuds who will run the 2026 Pittsburgh Marathon dressed in a potato costume.
We moved from the city to the country and life was slower. Running seemed like something people who have time on their hands do? haha I trained for my first 5k in 2013, then life got busy. In September of 2020, I laced up my shoes again and was 100% sold on Jeff Galloway’s run-walk method! Within 7 months, I completed my first half marathon, then multiple races, a 100-mile relay, an Ironman 70.3 in 2023, and in 2025, my first ultra-marathon of 50k!I was born and raised in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, later lived in Baltimore where I met my husband Phillip, and now live back in Western Pennsylvania. We are the co-founders of Rent The Chicken, helping people raise backyard hens and hatch chicks across the USA & Canada.
Half Marathon
First… they are delish! At Eagle Up Ultra they ALWAYS have salted potatoes. During my 50k, after 4 loops and a nap, I was struggling—then after prayer, electrolytes, and buttered salted potatoes, I perked up and felt fresh again! Was it the prayer or the potatoes? Likely both!
That’s hardly a fair question! I’m like Forrest Gump and shrimp when it comes to potatoes—fries, baked, mashed, casseroles, chips… oh my!
With my love of potatoes and running… how could I not?! I rent chickens for a living—how could I pass up running a legendary Pittsburgh race in a potato costume!?
I found a half marathon training plan on my Garmin watch and got to steppin’! I tell people I’m secretly training for Pittsburgh in hopes of wearing a potato costume—great conversation starter :)
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