Bio
Jody Kelly is an American personal trainer from Round Rock, Texas who was a contestant on the reality television competition The Amazing Race 16, in 2010.
Her team partner was granddaughter Shannon Foster. She was 71 during filming of the Race.
Amazing Race Q&A
Connection to your Teammate
Grandmother
Current Occupation
Personal Trainer
Pet peeve about your teammate
Sometimes her clothing choices seem a bit too revealing
Favorite Hobbies
Triathlons, writing, reading and challenging myself
Achievements
Other than giving birth to my four children, I am most proud of leaving behind my sedentary lifestyle five years ago and starting to live a healthy, athletic lifestyle
Lifelong to do List
Finish a half ironman triathlon. Finish a full marathon. Publish another book. Motivate people to become active. Climb more Colorado mountains. Walk the Appalachian Trail. Go trekking in Norway. Bicycle through the Netherlands. Develop a TV show featuring elderly athletes.
If I could switch places with someone
It might be fun to be Carol Burnett for half a day, but then I'd want to come home
Role Model/Hero
Sister Madonna Buder who finished the Kona ironman at age 78.
What are you passionate about
I'm passionate about giving hope to people who think they can't change and helping them improve their lives
What would you do if you won the million dollars
Donate half to the Strengthmobile Foundation and spend the other half on a 500-square foot condominium within a mile of Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas
People would be surprised to learn
For two years in the mid 1990s, I performed amateur stand-up comedy to compensate for a really grim period I was going through
Favorite place you have ever visited
Rural Ireland and Hua Hin, Thailand
Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together
Communicating and working together as a team
What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race
As the oldest person who has ever participated in the Race, I hope to show that age is more than a number