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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 Show494. Friendship Fest with Jenny Grimshaw & Grace Keller
"I don't think I would've done it if Grace hadn't. I remember saying two things: One, 'The data says you can do it.' And two, thinking about Grace." Jenny…
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493. Molly Huddle & Sara Slattery, "How She Did It" Co-Authors
"These women are stone-cold killers on the track, so you're just like, 'I can't believe you feel that way!' But it's really helpful for anyone who's dealing…
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492. Beyond the Run with Stephanie Roth Goldberg, LCSW, CEDS
"I found myself when I found running." Stephanie Roth Goldberg is a psychotherapist, licensed clinical social worker, and certified eating disorder specialist…
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491. Olivia Baker, Professional 800m Runner for Atlanta Track Club Elite
"I was a complete mess. I was so emotional about it, so excited, so just…relieved to have come in, having a lot of momentum, knowing this was a possibility…
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490. Celebrating International Women's Day with Sara Hall, Emily Sisson, & Emma Bates
"We have all become the women we are today because of other women." —Emma Bates It was a great privilege to get to host this virtual live show on International…
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489. Friendship Fest with Kyle Merber & Chris Chavez
"We're track and field's biggest hype people, and we want to share the joy of the sport with as many people as possible." You'll be hard-pressed to find anyone…
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488. Camille Herron, U.S. 100-Mile Road Champion & World Record Holder
"It could be two o'clock in the afternoon and the sun's beating down on us, and I'm just smiling. I'm gritting my teeth through the afternoon sun, and still…
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487. Friendship Fest with Emily Infeld & Aisha Praught Leer
"When I met Aisha, I was like, 'Oh, we're gonna be friends forever.'" Emily Infeld and Aisha Praught Leer are professional runners and Olympians, and despite…
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486. Beyond the Run with Jess Movold
"I didn't prepare for it. I wasn't ready for it. It was very, very hard, and dark, and scary." Welcome to the second episode in the new Beyond the Run series…
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485. Nev Schulman, Host of MTV's Catfish & 2:58 Marathoner
"My default is trusting and looking for the good. I want to believe that people are telling me the truth when I talk to them. I assume they are. I just…
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484. Friendship Fest with Nell Rojas & Hiruni Wijayaratne
"I would declare war on all of your enemies." Welcome to Friendship Fest! Starting today and for the next seven weeks, we'll be hearing from runner friends…
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483. Ask Ali with Guest Host Molly Burke
"I can only show up and do my best every time. And sometimes my best will be the best. And other times it won't. And that's fine. I think." Welcome to the…
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482. Girl Talk with Molly Seidel & Anoush Arakelian
"I've been working a lot on just being able to own who I am in this sport. Things have changed so drastically over the last two years, so it's coming to terms…
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481. Love on the Run with Josette Norris & Robby Andrews
"Moral of the story is if a girl is gonna stick around you when you're sleeping until 12:30 in the afternoon, she probably likes you. Marry her." Happy…
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480. Love on the Run with Sinclaire Johnson & Craig Nowak
"I feel like I'm the best version of myself when he's around." It's a big weekend for professional runners Sinclaire Johnson and Craig Nowak! Sinclaire and her…
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479. Love on the Run with Emily Sisson & Shane Quinn
"It was that classic thing of, 'Want to go study together?' with no actual interest in studying whatsoever." In the summer of 2011, the northeast was preparing…
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478. Love on the Run with Annie Frisbie & Dhru Patel
"I thought he just wanted to be my friend!" Love on the Run Week, day four! Today we're joined by Minnesota Distance Elite's Annie Frisbie and Dhru Patel…
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477. Love on the Run with Natalie & Jerold Mitchell
"I was like, you know what, any woman who can hop over a fence in a dress — I need to know more about her!" It's day three of Love on the Run Week, and Natalie…
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476. Love on the Run with Nikki Hiltz & Emma Gee
"Emma was my calm within the storm." It's the second day of Love on the Run Week, and today we're joined by Nikki Hiltz and Emma Gee. Nikki is a professional…
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475. Love on the Run with Keira & Anthony D'Amato
"Our love story is a pretty long, funny one." Welcome to Love on the Run Week 2022! On tap: seven days, seven episodes, seven couples sharing their love…
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474. Beyond the Run with Dr. Ian Nurse & Emily Saul
"Running is hard. Races are hard. So let's expect that." Welcome to Beyond the Run — a new series on the Ali on the Run Show focusing on the mental side of…
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473. Emily Oster, Economist, Author, Professor, Runner
"Running has served many purposes over my whole life. But in this particular set of moments now — where so much of what I'm doing is not exactly about metrics…
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472. Emilia Benton, Boston Marathon Qualifier
"I think this time was a long time coming. I just had to believe in myself more than anything." The last time freelance journalist Emilia Benton was on the Ali…
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471. Sara Vaughn, 2021 CIM Winner & Puma-Sponsored Athlete
"Celebrating victories big or small — that's definitely how I choose to live life now." The "great time to be a 30-something mom on the run" celebrations…
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470. Calum Neff, Pacer for Keira D'Amato's American Record at the Houston Marathon
"We hit that first split bang on the money, and I told her, 'We're good. It's happening. It's on.'" It was a record-breaking, history-making weekend at the…
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469. Allie Wilson, Professional Runner for Atlanta Track Club Elite
"I will be a nervous wreck until that gun goes off, but I will never race like I'm nervous… As soon as I'm racing, it all goes out the window, and I'm always…
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468. Brittany Charboneau, 2022 Dopey Challenge Champion
"It was just so magical. Like holy smokes, I did it." Last weekend, Brittany Charboneau made Disney history by becoming the first person to ever win all four…
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467. Dakotah Lindwurm, Puma-Sponsored Professional Runner
"That is how I always race — I've always got a smile on my face." Dakotah Lindwurm runs happy. If you saw her leading the 2021 Boston Marathon — where she…
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466. Hiruni Wijayaratne, South Asia's Fastest Marathoner
"I feel like I'm in love again with the process of waking up early, putting my shoes on, bundling up, and going for a run. It doesn't feel quite easy or fun…
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465. The 2022 State of the Ali on the Run Show
"I don't know what the year will bring, but I know I'm going to keep showing up for myself and for all of you." In 2021, I released 165 episodes of the Ali on…
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464. Michelle Wolf, Comedian & Ultramarathoner
"If I'm stuck on a joke, I'll go for a run and think about it during my run. And almost all the time, I can figure it out on the run." Michelle Wolf is a…
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463. Jesse Harmon, Founder of Run Hard
A disclaimer, before we get into it: This conversation talks at great length about one man's experience with disordered eating and anorexia. We discuss his…
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462: The 2020 Virtual Live Show Holiday Party with Shalane Flanagan, Des Linden, & Aisha Praught Leer
"Holiday songs are my passion." —Aisha Praught Leer One year ago, we closed out 2020 on the Ali on the Run Show with a holiday party of sorts. It was virtual…
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461. Makenna Myler, Professional Distance Runner
"That seems to have diminished quite a bit since having a baby. The outcomes really don't matter. It's just so much more about who I'm becoming as I'm trying…
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460. Sika Henry, Professional Triathlete
"I hit a severe low. I went through a bout of depression, actually. I felt lost, in some ways. I had this dream and this goal, and I was so focused, and then I…
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459. Sara Hall's 2021 Recap
"We all want love and belonging at the end of the day. And so when you feel like your love and belonging is threatened if you fail…at a young age I started to…
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458. The Everyday Runners, Julia Berteletti & Robyn Mayer
"Women really only get tougher. I've figured that out myself, and I've figured that out watching others. I don't really put a limit at this point of what being…
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457. Ask Ali!
"I know that for me to run well, I need to be happy, I need to not be stressed, I need to be relaxed, and I need to know that the time on the clock does not…
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456. Talya Minsberg, New York Times Sports Editor
"It was so cool, and so weird, and it's still hard to describe." For many sports journalists — especially the ones who cover running — New York City Marathon…
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455. The Everyday Runner, Molly Burke
"We all just decided, we need to keep moving. We can't just stay here and wallow in this. Obviously we'll still be grieving, but we all made the decision that…
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454. Ramblings on the Run with Ali & Matt
"I ran that fresh off a breakup, fueled by vodka and cute bartenders. I was not in a good headspace, and I rage ran — and I loved it. But now, I run better…
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453. Ask Ali!
"Get holiday cheer whenever and wherever and however you want. I support that. I support all of the cheer and sparkles and glitter." Welcome to Ask Ali, a…
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452. Alexi Pappas, New York City Marathoner
Photo by Stone Malick. "I just started to leap — like a prancing dancer across one of the intersections. And the crowd just lit up and went crazy… And I…
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451. The Everyday Runner, Lara Kondor
"I just had to keep moving forward… I never let myself stop and wallow in it, because I was afraid that if I did, I'd never stop. I just had to keep going. So…
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450. Grayson Murphy, Mountain Running World Champion
"If I can make someone else get comfortable and they can get the help they need, that seems like mission accomplished to me." Grayson Murphy just may be the…
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449. Elyse Kopecky, Marathoner
"There was never a low point for me. Is that weird?!" Two weeks before this year's New York City Marathon, Elyse Kopecky was on the Ali on the Run Show with…
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448. The Everyday Runner, Adalgisa Rivera
"I just loved what I saw. I felt seen. I felt heard. There were so many people that looked like me, or they had similar journeys. They were in a transitional…
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447. Cortney White, Professional Photographer
"This was something I would never pass up. It's the opportunity of a lifetime to document these moments." Cortney White has a unique lens on the running world…
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446. Erin "Mrs. Space Cadet" Azar, New York City Marathoner
"My whole life, I didn't think I was funny or anything. So when people say that, or when they say I inspire them, my brain is immediately like, 'No, no you…
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445. The Everyday Runner, Chloe Rosen
"Running doesn't break us. It teaches us to bend." By very popular demand: Welcome to Season 2 of The Everyday Runner series! For the next five weeks, we'll…
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444. Emma Bates, 2nd Place Finisher at the Chicago Marathon
"I really want to represent the country, and I want to make that the focus of my entire year." Last month, Emma Bates was among the thousands of runners who…
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443. My 2021 New York City Marathon Experience
"I love what I do. I didn't know any of these jobs existed a few years ago. I didn't know I could be a podcaster, I didn't know I could be a race announcer…
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442. LIVE from the New York City Marathon
"I wasn't going to let a few bad laps on a circle in Asia redefine how I feel about myself. And I've been that way with the good things, too. The last…
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441. Ask Ali!
"I don't 'have it all.' I have toilet paper in my pocket for Crohn's disease emergencies." Welcome to Ask Ali, a twice-a-month series where I answer all of…
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440. Catching Up with Laura Thweatt
"I can do this. I am more capable than I give myself credit for. I can bet on myself. I can show up on race day, on that start line, and be confident in what…
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439. Dr. Abby Bales Takeover Edition
"You're honestly doing a really good job. I know all you see is all the ways you think you're failing. But I promise, you're doing OK, and no one has it all…
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438. Shalane Flanagan & Elyse Kopecky, Best Friends & Best-Selling Authors
"It's been fun to stand on the start line with really good friends and just feel like we're a team, in this together." Shalane Flanagan and Elyse Kopecky are…
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437. The CIM OTQ Pacers Take on the Boston Marathon
"You have to honor the race by going and trying to do the best you possibly can." In December 2019, three men — Menso de Jong, Chris Stehula, and Ken Rakestraw…
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436. CJ Albertson, "The Guy Who Led the Boston Marathon for 21 Miles"
"It was a win-win either way. If they go with me, they're running my race, and that's great. And if they don't go with me, I have a huge lead at Boston, and…
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435. Ask Ali!
"I think being sensitive can be a strength in many ways. It's OK to be sensitive. It's OK to be emotional. It's OK to have feelings. It's OK to care." Welcome…