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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 Show554. Zac Clark, Co-Founder of the Release Recovery Foundation
"I was in New York, and I went out and I had this experience of watching people run this marathon, and I broke down. I was like, 'Holy shit, this is the most…
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553. Beyond the Run with Emily Saul, Marathon Mentality Q&A Part II
"The whole idea of getting comfortable being uncomfortable is actually about building a psychological endurance. In the same way we build a physical endurance…
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552. Roisin Willis & Juliette Whittaker, The Fastest High Schoolers in America
"It shows, in the past two years, how much we've both improved because we've had each other to push each other the whole way." Meet Roisin Willis and Juliette…
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551. Friendship Fest with Jess Sims & Kirsten Ferguson
"It's really special when your friend becomes family." Some friendships build, grow, and develop over time. Others are instant. For Peloton instructors Jess…
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550. Ask Ali!
"There was a part of me that was like, 'What if I hate it? What if I hate this job, what if I hate this role? Because I might! I'm not a media operations…
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549. Sara Hall, Team USA Marathoner
"When you think about what you hope to leave on the sport or model for my daughters through the sport, I hope that's what people see: resiliency, and how to…
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548. Beyond the Run with Michelle Wolf
"These people are out on the track, by themselves, just with their own body and their own mind. It's really cool to watch. It's cool to watch humans push…
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547. Emma Bates, Team USA Marathoner
"That's what I want — that's the only thing that drives me as much as it does. I just want to inspire the next generation. And I feel like we did that. You…
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546. Keira D'Amato, Team USA Marathoner
"I feel that every time I step on the line — like I have nothing to lose. And I get that question a lot: 'Do you feel a lot of pressure now that you're the…
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545. World Athletics Championships Recap, Part II with Jay Holder
"Listen, there are eight heats. Seven of them were all men. We are one-eighth of the media. We need to get that number up. But hell yeah to being the…
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544. Ask Ali, World Championships Edition
"I love being in the trenches with a good team." Welcome to Ask Ali, a twice-a-month series where I answer all of your questions. This time around, I'm joined…
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543. World Athletics Championships Recap, Part I with Jay Holder
"You said, 'I could never do that.' And that actually made me think that you could do it. Because it made me think about what you do every day, and it just…
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542. LIVE at the WineShine Half Marathon with Alysia Montaño & Stephanie Howe
I had the pleasure and privilege of being the start and finish line race announcer at the inaugural WineShine Half Marathon in Napa Valley this past weekend —…
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541. Beyond the Run with Emily Saul, Marathon Mentality Q&A Part I
"Check in on why you're doing this. It doesn't have to feel like the biggest 'why' statement of the whole world, like, 'What's the purpose of life?' But it…
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540. Yuki Chorney, "The Running Unicorn"
"All of a sudden, I was over here, alone, living in a small apartment the size of a dorm room, not having a lot of friends, I didn't have anything to do. I…
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539. Friendship Fest with Jasmine Todd & Katelyn Hutchison
"I'm a track athlete and I'm doing full-time something else, and people feel like they can't do both. But I feel like me and Jasmine, and a few others, are…
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538. Ask Ali!
"I still don't know if it was good, but I did my best. And it was the first time where I realized I'm kind of willing to fail at something. I'm not usually…
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537. Dede Griesbauer, Professional Triathlete
"Just because you're older doesn't mean you have to be slower." Some people have obvious superpowers. Others — like professional triathlete Dede Griesbauer —…
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536. Friendship Fest with Dakotah Lindwurm & Annie Frisbie
"When it's race time, we're competitive. I'm never just going to let Annie win! But it's also really fun that when the race is over, we get to celebrate…
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535. Beyond the Run with Dave McGillivray
"I'm like, 'Oh this isn't good! I'm locked inside of my own porta-john, 15 minutes before the start of the most prestigious marathon in the world, that I've…
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534. Courtney Wayment Smith, Professional Runner for On
"I'm excited to just put myself in it and be a part of it and give myself a chance. I think incredible things happen when you believe in yourself and stay in…
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533. Friendship Fest with Allie Wilson & Yolanda Ngarambe
"This is the first time in so long that I've been lining up with teammates, and it makes it so much more special. There's nothing better than having a teammate…
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532. Ask Ali with Guest Host Devon Pass
"Don't berate, educate!" Devon Pass is a runner, a mom to daughter Evie, and a dear friend — and today, she's a podcast host! On this edition of Ask Ali…
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531. Nikki Hiltz, lululemon Athlete
"When I'm happy and feel safe and I'm energized by the people and things around me, that's when I'm going to run the best." Nikki Hiltz returns to the Ali on…
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530. Friendship Fest with Jess Movold & Conor Nickel
"You convinced me to come out for a run. And thank god I did. Everything has snowballed from that run." What a treat today to get to welcome two of my favorite…
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529. Beyond the Run with Noor Abukaram, Founder of Let Noor Run
"I loved running. I had the best race of my life and I was so excited. That feeling! You know that feeling? And they took it away from me that day. Anyone…
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528. Kate Fagan, Best-Selling Author, Sports Reporter, & Commentator
"I have to trust that I have something I want to say, and just double down on that." Kate Fagan is one of today's most important voices in women's sports. She…
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527. Friendship Fest with Emma Bates & Laura Thweatt
"Some of my closest friendships are with women I compete against. So when I see them do the things that they're doing, it truly makes me believe even more in…
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526. Ask Ali!
"I've tried to get better at knowing that I can't be everything to everyone. But I do want this to be a place where anyone who feels like they are a part of…
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525. Catching Up with Kara Goucher
"It's been hard to swallow that there is no miracle. It's going to take time." It's been nearly one year since Kara Goucher came on the Ali on the Run Show to…
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524. Beyond the Run with Allie Ostrander
"I really felt strongly that sharing online would not only help hold me accountable to sticking with my goals and my values, but also would help other people…
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523. Tara Davis & Hunter Woodhall, Olympic & Paralympic Power Couple
"There's a lot of bumps on the way up. And a lot of people see that final moment, the excitement, the emotion that took place. And it was such a genuine and…
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522. LIVE with Des Linden at the Bayshore Marathon
"What do I love most? I want to fricken win. And I want to hurt. And I want to see how fast I can go." What a treat to get to host a live show with the…
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521. Beyond the Run with Ali Feller, TEDxBoston Speaker
"It felt important to me. And so I sent the email. I took my own advice, and I sent the email." On Monday, I had the honor of giving a TED talk. In this…
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520. Saila Consalvi, 13-Time Marathoner with Lung Cancer
"From the start, it was like, I'm gonna deal with this, but I'm not going to let this take over. I'm not going to let it take my life away. I'm not going to…
- Ali on the Run Show
519. Steph Bruce, 2022 Boston Marathon Recap
"Let's just go out with a bang." Steph Bruce finished 12th at this year's Boston Marathon. The professional runner for HOKA NAZ Elite ran a 2:28, and while it…
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518. Shalane Flanagan, 2022 Boston Marathon Recap
"It takes a lot to get to a start line. I never take that for granted." Shalane Flanagan has run the Boston Marathon six times: four times as a professional…
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517. Beyond the Run with Carrie Jackson, Mental Performance Coach
"We know you can push through. We know you're capable of that. A sign of your mental toughness isn't pushing through — it's can I hold back?" On March 5, I…
- Ali on the Run Show
516. Jess Sims, 2022 Boston Marathon Recap
"She said, 'This is how it was supposed to be. This is how it was supposed to feel.' And at that moment, I realized the magnitude of what we gave to each…
- Ali on the Run Show
515. Lottie Bildirici, Author of Running on Veggies
"It was the fear of the unknown — but that was what I loved also. I don't want to do something I know I could finish or know I could do. I want to do this…
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514. Adrianne Haslet, 2022 Boston Marathon Recap
"I can close my eyes still and remember every sign and every person's face and every dog. I can remember all of it. It was a true unicorn of a day." Adrianne…
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513. Nell Rojas, 2022 Boston Marathon Recap
"This is the time in my life where I'm trying to do whatever I can to be the fastest I can and get the furthest in running that I can. So anything that is not…
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512. Beyond the Run with Tunde Oyeneyin
"When our smartphones are at 10 percent, we panic. We freak out… When our bodies are running on 10 percent, when our headspace is running on 10 percent, why…
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511. My 2022 Boston Marathon Experience
"This weekend I was like, 'I just want to be me, and see where I can go with that. I don't want to conform. I don't want to turn off who I am to fit into the…
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510. LIVE at the Boston Marathon with Emily Saul & Anoush Arakelian
Boston is BACK! It was such a privilege to get to host a live recording of the Ali on the Run Show at the Tracksmith Trackhouse during the 2022 Boston Marathon…
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509. Ask Ali with Guest Host Laura Green
"The people who read my blog and supported me — whether we met in real life or from afar — they saved my life on my worst days." Laura Green is a runner, a mom…
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508. Jenna Fesemyer, Team USA Wheelchair Athlete
"Doctors said when I was born that I would be the last one to sit up, the last one to crawl, the last one to stand and walk. Well, I was the first to do all…
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507. Friendship Fest with Silvana Morgan and Yuma Haidara
"She's my person." Silvana Morgan is a nurse, a runner, and a mom to two daughters. A few years ago, she was running a race when she saw a fellow runner up…
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506. Beyond the Run with Adrianne Haslet
"What will get us to the finish line is nothing compared to what got us to the start." In 2013, professional ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet was walking near…
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505. Kirsten Ferguson, Peloton Tread Instructor
"There was a moment where I looked at myself in the mirror and said, 'Whoa, this is what you're meant to do. This is it.'" Kirsten Ferguson is living her…
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504. Jacky Hunt-Broersma, Running 100 Marathons in 100 Days
"I'm tired. But I'm feeling pretty good. I've got a job to do and I need to do it and that's kind of it. I'm on a mission. I just need to get it done." Jacky…
- Ali on the Run Show
503. Dominique Scott Efurd, Two-Time Olympian & Atlanta Women's 5K Champion
"I said, 'You definitely have this win. Don't be so scared anymore.'" Last weekend, two-time Olympian Dominique Scott Efurd won the first-ever elite division…
- Ali on the Run Show
502. Venus Morris Griffin, As Seen on Humans of New York
"I've just been struggling to survive. To figure out how to survive. I want people to see me and say, 'OK, let's not look at what we think people are.' Because…
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501. Friendship Fest with Dinée Dorame & Mario Fraioli
"I could tell he wasn't mentoring me because he wanted it to be this public thing that made him look good. I wasn't his charity case." Dinée Dorame had a…
- Ali on the Run Show
500. Beyond the Run with Elle Purrier St. Pierre
"It was pretty tough, I'm not gonna lie. I walked off the track pretty mad. I didn't want to talk to any cameras, so I walked past the camera people because I…
- Ali on the Run Show
499. Laura Skladzinski, Theater Kid Turned 100-Time Marathoner
"I got off the plane, looked out at the mountains, and just felt this sense of relaxation. Like this is where I'm supposed to be, this is where life is good…
- Ali on the Run Show
498. Friendship Fest with Cara Enright Welsh & Cameron Erhardt
"It's just those people when you instantly connect, and they're one of your people. She was one of those people. And it's so hard to find those people as…
- Ali on the Run Show
497. LIVE from the NYC Half with Becs Gentry & Nev Schulman
"I've made it here. I'm good with that. I'm going to start this race as me. However I finish, I'm still me." I love a live show! The day before the United…
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496. Ask Ali with Guest Host Julia Berteletti
"Even though I've been doing this for a while, and I've been working for myself for a long time, I still have a hard time making my own rules." Julia…
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495. Betty Lindberg, 97-Year-Old World Record Holder
"That Saturday when I set the record and I was in the tent waiting for them to start the awards ceremony, dozens of people came up to talk to me, and they were…