688. Jenny Simpson, Soon-to-be-Marathoner
"I am not wired to do something halfway or to do something for fun. I don't know what that means. Fun for me is going as hard as possible." After nearly two highly-decorated decades of racing the 15...
11 Jan 20241h 19min
687. The 2024 State of the Ali on the Run Show
"I survived!" It's a tradition! Here on the Ali on the Run Show, we kick off every year with the annual State of the Show episode — a look at the past, present, and future of the podcast. In 2023, t...
4 Jan 202453min
686. 2023 in Review with Kara Goucher
"If you have that heart of a lion, you will get back there. You just have to have patience." It was a big year for Kara Goucher! Her book, The Longest Race, debuted and became a New York Times best-...
28 Des 20231h 9min
685. Ask Ali, Cancer Edition
"I felt like I was constantly treading water and barely staying afloat. It felt like I was stuck, as everything else just raged on. Time doesn't stop and the world doesn't stop. Everything doesn't sto...
26 Des 20231h 50min
684. Emilee Risteen, On Chasing 2:37
"It's not easy to talk about the disappointments. It's not easy to talk about the times that you fall short. Nobody wants to brag about those. It's been hard. There were lots of tears shed in private....
21 Des 20231h 7min
683. Ask Ali!
"Community is everything. People are everything. I want to stay surrounded by people that I love and that love me. I'm going to mess up in life. I'm not always going to get it right. But that's what m...
19 Des 20231h 6min
682. Emily Oster, 3:17 Marathoner
"Whenever we do something that we really invest in and that's hard — and that we're not sure we can do — it's a reminder of the 'we can do hard things' aspect. And I'll always get to say that I did th...
14 Des 20231h 9min
681. Tunde Oyeneyin, Peloton Instructor & New York City Marathoner
"For the first time in my entire life, I was in awe of myself. I was in awe of what I'd accomplished. The marathon was a love letter to myself. For the first time, seeing myself the way other people s...
7 Des 202359min
