Author Bio:
Jody-Lynn Reicher, who started running in 1976, served in the U.S. Marines in the early 1980's. She went on to become a marathoner setting her sights on Olympic level running. After tragedy struck in 1991, she ended up having eight hours of surgery for hip graphing and spinal fusion surgery which diminished her goal of Olympic marathon racing. In 2001 she opted to start ultra-marathon running, since she'd lost the ability to run fast without cramping on her right side, even after nearly a decade of physical therapy. Since she was too pained to sit for long periods even after the surgery, she eventually changed her career from finance/accounting to provide massage therapy and bodywork for medical purposes. She was an ART certified since 1997 to 2017.. She dealt primarily with pain patients, and injured athletes in her therapy business. After her husband of over 36 years passed in 2020, she focused on getting their daughters into college and helping other family members who'd just lost their father three weeks after her husband passed.
Jody-Lynn in changing her type of running to accommodate her physical damage then becoming a three time buckle Badwater-135 Ultramarathon Veteran, three completions of the original course 2002,2004,2005. She is currently still running, and is also currently working on a revision of her 14th book and working on her 15th and 16th books.
In 2004 she set up a charity venue. In lieu of that while running on a treadmill for 24 hours, she set the Women’s 24 Hour North American Treadmill Record in 2005, which was 2nd in the world at the time. The record stood till 2018, and she now as of 7/29/2026 is ranked 6th in the world and 2nd in North America.
Jody-Lynn in changing her type of running to accommodate her physical damage then becoming a three time buckle Badwater-135 Ultramarathon Veteran, three completions of the original course 2002,2004,2005. She is currently still running, and is also currently working on a revision of her 14th book and working on her 15th and 16th books.
In 2004 she set up a charity venue. In lieu of that while running on a treadmill for 24 hours, she set the Women’s 24 Hour North American Treadmill Record in 2005, which was 2nd in the world at the time. The record stood till 2018, and she now as of 7/29/2026 is ranked 6th in the world and 2nd in North America.
In 2006 for charity, Jody-Lynn raised $20,000 for "The Mary Therese Rose Fund", running down the west side of New Jersey 212 miles in fifty-five hours and forty-nine minutes with a mere one hour and forty-nine minutes sleep within that time frame. In 2008, she created a six day event of running throughout New Jersey, to raise funds for five charities covering 372 miles, raising over $45,000 for the charities. Jody-Lynn was conferred in September 2008 The Chapel of the Four Chaplains Award for selfless service.
As of the end of 2025 Jody-Lynn has 180,948.3 Lifetime Running Miles. 42 marathons done, best 2:51:13, and 42 Ultras.. She has won three ultras overall over men and women in competition, covering 6 hour trail, 50 miler, and a 12-hour.
She ran into another bump in the road and upon taking self-defense (You Tube on Self-Defense Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYBFH42N2Qg ) with Phil Dunlap; then encouraged by her husband, Norman, she became a MMA Fighter. Which helped in her writing her fourth book April 30th 2017 "Not Exactly Don Juan...and The Liberated Woman", it is about the training she went through and the men involved. "Too, "The Liberated Woman" in 2023.
She ran into another bump in the road and upon taking self-defense (You Tube on Self-Defense Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYBFH42N2Qg ) with Phil Dunlap; then encouraged by her husband, Norman, she became a MMA Fighter. Which helped in her writing her fourth book April 30th 2017 "Not Exactly Don Juan...and The Liberated Woman", it is about the training she went through and the men involved. "Too, "The Liberated Woman" in 2023.
Jody-Lynn did 109 grappling matches, 16 against men in competition and 19 stand up fights, 13 were MMA/ Cage fights. She went pro at age 50. She fought till age 54, remained training to fight till her husband took ill in late November 2019.
In 2014 Jody-Lynn had her second book published: (see "Reaching God's Perfection...Stories of Gratefulness, BOOK TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08QTQgxumSc). Jody-Lynn's third book, "Priceless in Changsha" February 2017 was a non-fiction book written to not only show what it took to adopt from China; yet also showed the emotional aspect of others effected in the process as well.
In 2016-2018 she was trained by Boxing Trainer Mr. Steve Bratter at YESS Gym in Dumont, NJ in Boxing for her fighting career. Jody-Lynn was featured in the "201 Magazine" May 2017 issue, Sport section.
Jody-Lynn has had a background in corporate finance and accounting fields. She began to change her career in 1992 and switched over to full-time in 1994 as a therapist and owner of Fine Tuning Therapy, Inc.She has done 20 inspirational and thought provoking speeches at a variety of places, such as hospitals, schools, universities and the like (See You Tube "Resistance is Futile" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ9Vwo3OkaU).
Jody-Lynn is currently working on her fifth novel of her crime series, "Ruining a Pearl" She has written over 250 pieces of prose as well. And her next non-fiction book, "Authentic", a Memoir she has been working on since June 2026, suggested and encouraged by Mark Jacobs , a writer for Blackbelt Magazine, published author and has his own podcast "The Martial Podcast".
In 2014 Jody-Lynn had her second book published: (see "Reaching God's Perfection...Stories of Gratefulness, BOOK TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08QTQgxumSc). Jody-Lynn's third book, "Priceless in Changsha" February 2017 was a non-fiction book written to not only show what it took to adopt from China; yet also showed the emotional aspect of others effected in the process as well.
In 2016-2018 she was trained by Boxing Trainer Mr. Steve Bratter at YESS Gym in Dumont, NJ in Boxing for her fighting career. Jody-Lynn was featured in the "201 Magazine" May 2017 issue, Sport section.
Jody-Lynn has had a background in corporate finance and accounting fields. She began to change her career in 1992 and switched over to full-time in 1994 as a therapist and owner of Fine Tuning Therapy, Inc.She has done 20 inspirational and thought provoking speeches at a variety of places, such as hospitals, schools, universities and the like (See You Tube "Resistance is Futile" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ9Vwo3OkaU).
Jody-Lynn is currently working on her fifth novel of her crime series, "Ruining a Pearl" She has written over 250 pieces of prose as well. And her next non-fiction book, "Authentic", a Memoir she has been working on since June 2026, suggested and encouraged by Mark Jacobs , a writer for Blackbelt Magazine, published author and has his own podcast "The Martial Podcast".
She has written 13 screenplays and has placed and been rated on Coverfly, too winning selections, quaterfinalists, semi-finalists, finalists and honorable mentions for seven of the screenplays. She won a novel contest Depth of International Film in 2022 for her first crime novel series.
Jody-Lynn does have a YouTube site, https://www.youtube.com/@jody-lynnreicher5218
Her seven minute speech "Breaking and Fixing", listed under - Jody Reicher women at the crossroads(link here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlt_-D_Z8JM&t=90s
Her writings and such can also be found on Substack, Bluesky, Medium.com and Facebook.
Photo by Medoldy Reed
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