Who Is Marathoner Jéssica Fazzio On and Off the Track
The marathoner and marketing professional reflects on intensity, corporate career, and her journey in running.
Get to know Jéssica Fazzio, a marathon runner who balances dedication to sport with a corporate marketing career. With over a decade on the road, she reflects on how striving for personal growth requires the maturity to make intentional choices.
Defining who we are on and off the course is an exercise in self-discovery that many runners face along their journey. For Jéssica Fazzio, the answer is directly tied to a trait that sets the pace for every area of her life: intensity. Whether in the workplace or throughout her training routine, diving deep into the process has always been her trademark, fully embracing every stage with no regrets left behind.
Along with this total dedication comes one of the greatest challenges for high performers: the urge to give maximum effort on every front. Jéssica highlights that one of her biggest lessons was realizing it is impossible to give 100% to everything all the time, making it essential to recognize moments when life demands choices and shifting priorities.
Executive career and 14 years on the road
In her day-to-day life, Jéssica has built a solid career in the corporate world, working as a marketing professional for nine years at a multinational company. This executive routine goes hand in hand with her long-distance running journey—a sport she has practiced for 14 years, since she was 18 years old.
Her start in running began casually, driven purely by the joy of movement without any initial ambition to become a marathoner. Beyond the road and corporate life, her personal background reflects strong family influences: a passion for animals inherited from her veterinarian mother and a love for travel nurtured alongside her parents since childhood.
The full conversation with Jéssica Fazzio on the Girls Who Run podcast also covers other topics from her athletic journey, including the challenges of balancing training cycles with different stages of life.