165. You Can Run a Marathon with Chirine Njeim

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

"I never picture myself at the start or during the race or what I’m doing during the race. I just picture myself finishing. That’s all I can see."

Chirine Njeim is a four-time Olympian — but the four times she's represented her home country of Lebanon haven't all been on the run. Chirine is a former alpine ski racer turned marathon runner. She competed at the Winter Olympics three times, and in 2016 made her Summer Olympics debut in the marathon. Today, Chirine is a 12-time marathoner who has taken her time from 3:07 to 2:39. Chirine lives in Chicago, where she works full-time and trains with the Second City Track Club. On this episode, she shares how a fun run at the Shamrock Shuffle 8K changed her life, and what her training looks like right now as she gears up for the 2019 Chicago Marathon.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

How Chirine got into skiing and running (2:15)
How Chirine got faster (9:30)
What Chirine’s marathon training looks like (13:50)
What Chirine’s diet is like (21:30)
A look at what a typical race week is like for Chirine (26:45)
Chirine’s rough races (34:30)

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0:00.0	You can run a marathon on the Alley on the Run Show,
0:02.4	is brought to you by Generation You Can.
0:09.2	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show.
0:11.4	I'm your host, Alley Feller.
0:13.2	I've run six marathons, and while I most definitely haven't
0:16.4	perfected the training or the race distance,
0:18.8	I love talking about it.
0:21.2	And that's what the series is all about.
0:23.2	The goal is to have seven great conversations that will ultimately help you train for
0:27.9	and run your first, fastest, or funnest marathon.
0:32.0	Whether you have a 26.2 mile race on the calendar this fall,
0:35.6	or you're maybe kind of sort of considering running one in the near or far future,
0:41.6	I'm here to help.
0:43.0	And I have a great roster of people here to help me help you.
0:47.1	Last week, we kicked off the You Can Run a Marathon series with professional runner Alexi Popus.
0:52.0	This week, I'm excited to introduce you to Shireen Jam.
0:55.6	Shireen is so cool.
0:57.8	She's a four-time Olympian, but get this.
1:00.6	Three of those times were at the Winter Olympic Games,
1:04.0	where she represented her home country of Lebanon as an Alpine ski racer.
1:08.4	How cool, right?
1:09.8	In 2016, Shireen made her Summer Olympic debut in the Marathon in Rio.
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