Newly-minted Canadian half-marathon champion Jadyn Keeler on her road to Worlds
A course measurement error in Edmonton wasn't enough to slow down the 23-year-old, as she cruised to a dominant win in her half-marathon, and professional, debut
Jadyn Keeler is the first to admit that the longer the race distance, the happier she is.
That love for going long was on full display last weekend in Edmonton at the Canadian Half Marathon Championships, where even a measurement error that added nearly 700m to the stated race distance couldn’t dampen her professional, and half-marathon, debut. In just her second-ever road race, Jadyn ran away from an historically deep women’s elite field to claim her first national title.
With the win, the 23-year-old from Barrie, Ont., punched her ticket to next month’s World Road Running Championships, where she’ll look to keep the good times going against a world class field in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Fresh off a move to Flagstaff, Ariz., to join the adidas Golden Peaks Track Club and kick off her pro career, Jadyn joins the show to recap her breakout half debut, set the tone for next month’s World Championships and share what she’s most looking forward to as she takes on the world of professional road racing.
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