167. You Can Run a Marathon with Mo Alkhawaldeh

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

"You just have to show up. And I showed up."

Not too long ago, Mo Alkhawaldeh was a casual smoker. Today, he's a 2:23 marathoner with his sights set on representing his home country of Jordan in the 2020 Olympic Games. But although Mo is one of the top-ranked runners in the Middle East and Africa, he's not a full-time runner: He works full-time at Princeton University, where he's also the head coach of the Princeton Running Club. He gets his training done before and after work — elite marathoners, they're just like us! In 2015, Runner's World named Mo one of the 50 most influential people in running. Mo, who is coached by Ryan Hall, is currently training for the Berlin Marathon, where he hopes to run a 2:18.

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What you'll get on this episode:

Why running, and why the marathon for Mo (2:30)
The sacrifices that come with training at a high — but not professional — level (11:30)
How Mo stays healthy on the run (18:10)
A day in Mo's diet (19:50)
What race week looks like for Mo (25:00)

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0:00.0	You can run a marathon on the Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Generation You Can.
0:09.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Alley Feller. I run six marathons.
0:14.8	Five went great. One, well, one did not. But like any runner of any distance, I learned a little
0:21.2	something and a few big somethings from each race. Dare I say I learned the most from the one where
0:27.1	I totally over trained, totally got in my head and totally crossed the finish line of full half
0:32.8	hour past my goal time. Cool, good times. I am not the person from whom to take running advice.
0:39.2	After all, my motto is positive splits for positive people. But here's what I can do. I can ask a
0:45.5	lot of nosy questions from a lot of people who are qualified to give you great advice. Whether
0:51.2	you're training for your first marathon, your fastest marathon, or your come back from illness or
0:56.4	injury marathon, I want to help make sure you get to that start line feeling amazing.
1:01.8	Fortunately, I have a great crew of people here to help me help you. So far on the You Can Run
1:07.3	a Marathon series, you've heard from pro runner Alexi Popus and Olympic Alpine skier turned
1:12.4	Olympic marathon runner Shereen Jam. This week I've got Mo Alka Walde for you. So what is Mo
1:20.2	Mo? Mo's a former smoker turned to 23 marathoner. He's one of the top ranked runners in the
1:26.7	Middle East and North Africa and his goal is to represent Jordan in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
1:33.0	So, 2 23 marathoner must be a full time pro, right? Not so. Mo works full time at Princeton
1:39.3	University and squeezes his hardcore training in before and after the work day, just like the
1:44.4	rest of us. In 2015, runners-whold magazine named Mo one of the 50 most influential people in running.
1:51.5	Let's find out why.
1:58.7	Mo, thank you so much for being here today. We're going to have lots of fun here on the
2:02.8	alley on the run show talking all things running and marathoning. I'm excited to get to know you.
2:08.0	Thanks for being here. Oh, thanks for having the alley. You appreciate it.
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