116. Jen Lada, ESPN Reporter
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2019
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
“Know your value, and don’t allow other people to limit it, question it, or minimize it.” —Jen Lada
Jen Lada is a reporter and host for ESPN. She's also a mom of two, is married to a fellow sports journalist, and is a multiple-time marathoner and triathlete. On this episode, Jen, who primarily covers college football, talks about how she got into sports journalism, how she got into running, and how she's thrived in a male-dominated industry. She shares her #metoo story, opens up about her two miscarriages, and talks about the challenges of being a working and often-traveling parent.
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What you’ll get on this episode:
- Did Young Jen dream of being on ESPN? (2:50)
- How Jen broke into sports journalism, and the unfortunate #metoo moment that started it all (10:10)
- How Jen met her husband, who is also a sports journalist, and her best advice for surviving a long-distance relationship (24:00)
- The road to ESPN, the pressure to look a certain way on camera, and returning to work and marathoning after having a baby (31:00)
- Jen opens up about her two miscarriages, and what it was like being on camera every day during tough times (37:20)
- What post-game interviews are actually like, plus the biggest rewards and challenges of the job (42:45)
- Jen shares her running story — and her no-such-thing-as-TMI poop story! (51:40)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks. |
| 0:08.2 | Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm your host, Allie Feller, and we are about to have so much fun. |
| 0:14.6 | My guest today is Jen Lada. |
| 0:16.8 | Jen is a reporter and host for ESPN. |
| 0:19.4 | She's a mom of two, and she's a multiple-time marathoner and tri-ephalyte. |
| 0:24.8 | On this episode, we talk about everything from how she got into sports journalism |
| 0:28.8 | to how she got into running to the challenges and rewards of being a female in a very |
| 0:34.2 | male-dominated industry. |
| 0:36.4 | Jen also talks about her Me Too story, which is horrible and upsetting, and happened long |
| 0:41.9 | before the Me Too movement actually started, and she opens up about her two miscarriages. |
| 0:47.6 | But then to lighten the mood, she shares her running poop story because, come on, we |
| 0:51.2 | all have them. |
| 0:52.7 | And before we get into it, another friendly reminder that now is the time to get your |
| 0:56.4 | name in the lottery for the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon. |
| 1:01.0 | Jen ran it last year, which we talk about, of course, and from now until February 14th, |
| 1:05.9 | you can go to tcsnycmarathon.org to throw your name in the ring. |
| 1:10.7 | All right, now that you've all basically committed to running a fall marathon, right, you |
| 1:14.8 | did, let's jump into my conversation with Jen. |
| 1:18.6 | Okay, so Jen, welcome to the Allie on the Run Show. |
| 1:27.9 | I'm so excited to get to chat with you today. |
| 1:30.3 | I'm so excited to chat with you. |
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