She says she quit smoking at her son's request when he was a kid and replaced the habit with long-distance running (she ran her first marathon in 1985), then took up swimming when a stress fracture put the brakes on her running career. And whether she's setting legitimate records or not, we've got to hand it to her: We imagine there must be much easier ways for an Aspen socialite to quit smoking. Whatever else might be said about her, she's our kind of wiseass: (Via OutsideOnline.com)
When the outsider finally reaches Hawaii, her critics will be doing everything they can to ignore her. And she'll no doubt return the favor. "A friend told me the other day, 'Well, you know, Jennifer, Hawaii isn't the whole Pacific,'" she says. "'I know,' I said, 'but it's a great spot to stop off for a mai tai.'"
For more on Figge and her P01 swim, visit JenniferFigge.com
