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Ali on the Run Show
Every week on the Ali on the Run Show, I talk with inspiring people who lead interesting lives on the run and beyond. And while running is what brings us all together, on these episodes, we're digging a little deeper. These conversations are about the decisions people have made to get where they are today, and how getting sweaty has factored in. Whether you're on the run toward something great or away from something that's holding you back, join me on this never-ending adventure, and let's all…
Episodes
- Ali on the Run Show
794. Ask Ali!
"Be open to the possibility of what can happen when you relinquish control and just listen." Welcome to Ask Ali, a monthly series where I answer all of your…
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793. Catching Up with Elise Cranny, Two-Time Olympian
"That's been a big part of the change and growth. The lesson is trusting yourself and not being afraid to figure out what works for you, even if that's…
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792. Parker Valby, Professional New Balance Athlete & Olympian (With Special Guest Vernon Norwood)
"There are so many ways to get to the start line. There is not one way to do it. You just have to find what works best for you." Parker Valby was a collegiate…
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791. Everything You Need to Know About Grand Slam Track
"The thing that they just really want is to race the best people, and for people to watch them. They legitimately want to race really good people, and they…
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790. LIVE in Richmond with Keira D'Amato
"Win or learn, and then pick up and move on." The girls were back in town! Keira D'Amato and I spent the weekend in Richmond, VA, for the second River City…
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789. Tristin Colley, 2:25 Marathoner with ZAP Endurance
"It's not sustainable if you're not having fun with it." Tristin Colley ran her first marathon in 2019 in 2 hours and 40 minutes. Just four years later…
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788. Talia McKinney, NYC Real Estate Agent & Marathoner
"It's never too late. It's never too late to switch careers, ask for a raise, do something you want to be doing. If you're feeling stuck, just know that it's…
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787. Ask Ali!
"It's good to get to a place where you can accept that there are terrible things happening and good things happening, and they all happen at once, and we don't…
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786. Sinclaire Johnson, Professional Middle-Distance Runner
"I needed to have the year I had to really give me the push to make the changes I made." In 2022, Sinclaire Johnson cemented her spot as a middle-distance…
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785. Girl Talk 2.0 with Molly Seidel & Anoush Arakelian
"It's OK that not everybody gets it. The right people will." Three years ago, in an antidote to Love on the Run Week, Molly Seidel and Anoush Arakelian joined…
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784. Love on the Run with Dakotah & Montana Popehn
"I didn't know that this was how good a relationship could be. I didn't know how healthy relationships could be. Being with Montana is like seeing daylight."…
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783. Love on the Run with Jacqueline "Cousin Jackie" Adair
"We're unstoppable on the same team." It's Love on the Run Week! I am not ashamed to admit that Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday. People will say it's a…
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782. Gabbi Jennings, Team Boss Steeplechaser
"I would just look at the clock and accept, like, 'OK, we're running really really fast. And this is gonna be the hardest thing you've ever done. But if you…
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781. Chris Heuisler, Family Feud Contestant!
"It feels like I'm tapping into what I've always believed I should be doing." Chris Heuisler is back! Chris made his Ali on the Run Show debut on Episode 6…
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780. Ask Ali!
"It is so fun to have a hobby that is just for fun where I do not care about the outcome. It's awesome." Welcome to Ask Ali, a monthly series where I answer…
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779. Erika Kemp, 2:22 Marathoner
"Kurt's seen it and my teammates have seen it. I've gotten better every single week for two years straight. So the world is seeing this massive jump, but for…
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778. Allie Ostrander, Professional Runner for Oiselle
"It was horrible and wonderful at the same time." Ali and Allie on the run! Professional track, trail, and road runner Allie Ostrander returns to the Ali on…
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777. Nell Rojas, on Life Lately
"Take away the paces. Take away the expectations. And approach every single interval or every single mile like you're listening to your body and understanding…
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776. The 2025 State of the Ali on the Run Show
"There will be more sunshine. You just keep going. It's not always going to suck. I promise." It's tradition: Happy New Year, and welcome to the annual State…
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775. A Holiday Message from Ali
I love you. I appreciate you. In this short solo episode, I'm wishing you the happiest holidays and reflecting a bit. I'm delighted to report that I'm heading…
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774. Lee Glandorf, Sports Marketer & Creator of The Sweat Lookbook
"I mean, it's Taylor Swift Girlhood 101." Lee Glandorf is a lifelong athlete. The former Yale University rower turned marathoner has also had a lifelong…
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773. Emily Saul, Sports Psychology Coach, on End-of-Year Anxiety & New Year Goal Setting
"If we can move from a place of fear to a place of curiosity — from a place of resisitance to a place of learning — we'll get a lot farther. We'll enjoy the…
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772. Emily Palmer, Investigative Crime Reporter & Marathoner
"I couldn't be just an observer or a reader. I had to be this person that could see everything and find the story." Emily Palmer's work is intense. As an…
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771. Sara Hall's 2024 in Review
"I felt really relieved and happy and proud, and just so thankful that I took a chance on myself and chose to keep believing in myself." Sara Hall just ran her…
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770. Meghann Featherstun's 2024 in Review
"We all have fears in life. We all have things that hold us back from doing some really cool stuff. But I kept reminding myself, 'Meghann, this is the…
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769. Jenny Simpson's 2024 TCS New York City Marathon & Great World Race Recaps
"I hope that through my work, people saw my life." With a legendary 14-year career on the track and on the roads, professional 1500m runner and miler Jenny…
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768. Tiara Williams, Host of "Real Talk with Tee"
"I'm living the dream, being who I am, truly and authentically. I can't complain at all. It's not even work." Tiara Williams is a self-proclaimed "little track…
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767. Ask Ali!
"I think it would shock a lot of people to see just how hard I go for The Lonely Goatherd from The Sound of Music. That yodeling, wow." Welcome to Ask Ali…
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766. Christine Thorn Fischer, Stage-4 Breast Cancer Survivor & 3:09 Marathoner
"You're so much more than just somebody who has survived cancer. And also...you're somebody who has survived cancer! Figuring out that new identity is an…
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765. Emma Grace Hurley, 1:08:26 Half Marathoner
"I am healthily afraid of the marathon. It looks very painful!" Emma Grace Hurley made a lot of big life changes this year. She moved from Atlanta to…
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764. My 2024 TCS New York City Marathon Weekend Recap
"We go to bed too late, we wake up too early, we don't eat enough, and we have an awesome time." It was a New York City Marathon to remember. It was one of the…
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763. LIVE with Keira D'Amato at Volvo Studio Manhattan
"This is where the magic happens." It's an Ali and Keira live show! (The fourth Ali and Keira D'Amato live show, if you're keeping track!) Thank you so much to…
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762. LIVE in NYC with Gabby Thomas, Presented by New Balance
"I had to trick myself into believing that I could win a gold medal." Career highlight. Life highlight. Welcome to Ali on the Run Show LIVE with Gabby Thomas…
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761. Rad Lopez, Peloton Instructor & Marathoner
"I do everything that I do as if I literally, truly love it." Rad Lopez grew up in the Bronx. He was raised by a single mom who "didn't have much," but who…
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760. Everything You Need to Know About the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon
"At a marathon finish line — especially this marathon finish line — you see the best of humanity." Every year on the first Sunday of November, more than 50,000…
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759. My 2024 Chicago Marathon Weekend Recap
"I just kept picturing kindness and all these people that I knew would show up for me, and I wanted to show up for them. And for you. And for myself, frankly."…
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758. Matt Centrowitz, Olympic Gold Medalist & Marathoner
"I hate to admit it, but I'm already kinda looking forward to the next one." Matthew Centrowitz is best known as the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the men's…
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757. Jess Hull, Olympic 1500m Silver Medalist & 2000m World Record Holder
"Both of us had that on our mind in the last lap of the Olympic 1500 Final: 'We're not going to be going home empty handed today.'" Jessica Hull has had a heck…
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756. LIVE in Chicago with Emily Sisson (+ Two Surprise Guests)
You never quite know what might happen at a live event, and this one took all kinds of twists and turns. From a snake-sitting story to a mid-show birthday…
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755. Phoebe Robinson, Comedian, Author, Writer, Producer, Marathoner
"Now that I'm free of that relationship, who am I now? I needed to know this new version of myself. So I started doing things I've always been like, 'Huh…
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754. Yared Nuguse, Olympic Bronze Medalist
"You really let it loose, and then kinda black out, and then all of a sudden you're a bronze medalist." We've got The Goose! Yared Nuguse isn't just one of the…
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753. Betsy Saina, 2:19 Marathoner & 2024 USATF 25K Champion
"Sometimes a short build up can do a miracle. So I'm hoping for the miracle in Chicago!" In a stacked field of elite runners, Betsy Saina is absolutely one to…
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752. Logan Aldridge, Peloton Instructor & Marathoner
"I looked like a fainting goat at mile 20." Logan Aldridge just might be the real-life human version of a golden retriever. But as charming and funny and…
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751. Ask Ali LIVE at the 2024 Akron Marathon
Welcome to Ask Ali, LIVE at the 2024 Akron Marathon! I spent this past weekend in Akron, OH, as one of the start and finish line announcers at the Akron…
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750. Everything You Need to Know About the Chicago Marathon
"Remember the entire journey, because it's very special." It's almost time for the 46th running of the Chicago Marathon! The 2024 Bank of America Chicago…
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749. Lauren Peterson, Political Speechwriter & Author
"It felt like the riskiest choice I could make, but it changed the whole trajectory of my life and I feel so grateful." Lauren Peterson's list of professional…
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748. Karissa Schweizer, Two-Time Olympian & 2024 Fifth Avenue Mile Champion
"Sometimes you need to just shut your brain off and run." At this time last year, Karissa Schweizer was undergoing foot surgery. Then, as she mounted her…
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747. The Everyday Runner, Kate Greene
"I was so afraid of being vulnerable, and afraid of having to look at other people and say what was going on. But when I did…it was the most incredible…
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746. Ask Ali!
"I am a champion for love. I root for love. I am a delusionally optimistic lover of love stories and romantic comedies and love songs." Welcome to Ask Ali…
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745. Juliette Whittaker's 2024 Paris Olympic Games Recap
"I'm an Olympian, and will forever be an Olympian, no matter what I do in years to come. It's a very fulfilling thing. To be able to achieve it this early — it…
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744. Clayton & Ashley Young's 2024 Paris Olympic Games Recap
"I have zero expectations. I'm ranked 60-plus. But I think I have a good shot at being top 10 in the world, and maybe even having a shot at a medal. Those were…
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743. Kate Gunderson, Flight Test Engineer
"I wanted to change the world just like she had." Kate Gunderson — best known online as "The Plane Kate" — is living a real-life Top Gun...kind of. (She'll…
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742. Dakotah Lindwurm's 2024 Paris Olympic Games Recap
"It's like everything you've been working for coming true in one moment." Today in 2024 Paris Olympic Games recap episodes: marathoner Dakotah Lindwurm!…
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741. Nikki Hiltz's 2024 Paris Olympic Games Recap
"I knew it was going to be incredible. I knew it was going to be such a fun and crazy experience. But it was an experience of a lifetime. There's no other way…
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740. Recapping the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with Michelle Wolf
"Everyone's doing their dream, you know? There are people who are winning, and that's their dream. There are people who, just being there, that's their dream…
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739. Sam Ryan, New York City Sports Anchor & Reporter
"I remember watching the New York City Marathon on TV and just saying, 'One day, I want to do that.' I'm watching it, and I'm like, 'They're superheroes! How…
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738. Katie Stilo, Today Show Food Stylist & Culinary Producer
"The energy is just so palpable. Even though it's the crack of dawn, we are all abuzz and going. You have to be able to get it going." The next time you're…
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737. Ask Ali!
"I live in constant duality now." We're taking a break from the Trials recaps and Olympics episodes to catch up. Welcome to Ask Ali, where I answer all of your…
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736. Jess McClain's 2024 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials Recap
"Of course making the Olympic team would be amazing, but it's not going to define who I am. It's not an end-all-be-all for me." When Jess McClain lined up at…
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735. Elle Purrier St. Pierre's 2024 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials Recap
"I went there to do a job, and that was to make the team." New Balance Boston's Elle Purrier St. Pierre lined up at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials a…