182. Carly Gill, Olympic Trials Qualifier

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

"I think kindness can solve a lot of problems."

Last year, Carly Gill made a goal to qualify for the Olympic Trials in the marathon. She ran CIM in December 2018 — and came up just two minutes short of her goal. So this year, Carly was ready to get stronger, faster, and fitter, and again chase down an OTQ time of 2:45 or faster. On this episode, Carly talks about her dream come true: running a 2:42 at the Berlin Marathon, and officially qualifying to run the Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta in February 2020. She talks about the mental side of training and racing, and shares her take on expectations, disappointment, and how to emotionally recover after a race. Carly is a freelance TV producer living in Brooklyn, NY.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

Carly reflects on running an Olympic Trials qualifying time at the Berlin Marathon (2:45)
On running most of the race surrounded by men (23:00)
Carly revisits the heartbreaks on the way to her 2:42 marathon, and talks about putting her goals out there publicly (29:00)
How Carly went from running a 6:14 mile to running 26.2 of them at 6:10 pace (35:00)
A look at Carly’s Berlin training cycle, and how it was different than past marathon training cycles (42:40)
Carly talks about joining a team — or not joining a team (52:00)
Carly talks about life as a freelance television producer (59:30)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks.
0:08.4	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show.
0:10.3	I'm your host, Alley Feller.
0:11.9	I'm a writer and editor, a runner, a mom, and a dog mom,
0:14.9	living just outside New York City in Wehock in New Jersey.
0:18.6	Every week on The Alley on the Run Show, I talk with inspiring people who lead
0:22.6	interesting lives on the run and beyond.
0:24.9	While running is what brings us all together on these episodes, we cover so much more.
0:30.0	So join me right here every Thursday to learn about the decisions people have made to get where
0:34.3	they are today, the good ones, and of course the bad ones, and how getting sweaty has factored in.
0:40.7	I am thrilled to welcome brand new Olympic Trials Qualifier, Carly Gill, to the show today.
0:47.5	That is a title Carly has wanted for a few years now, and it's when she worked her
0:51.6	butt off to earn. Two weeks ago, Carly ran a 242 at the Berlin Marathon qualifying for the Olympic
0:58.8	Marathon Trials by nearly three full minutes.
1:02.7	Carly lives in New York City where she's a freelance television producer.
1:06.2	We talked via Skype, though, because she pretty much went straight from Berlin to Florida,
1:11.2	where she'll be working on a food network project for the next eight weeks.
1:15.2	I love Carly because she has a really good approach to the mental side of training and racing.
1:19.6	I loved talking to her about expectations, disappointment, and how to recover emotionally after a race
1:25.3	that may not go your way. Last year at CIM, for example, Carly wanted to qualify for the Trials,
1:31.3	but she fell just two minutes short of that goal. Still, she ran a huge PR that day, so we talk
1:37.6	about what to do when you're happy, disappointed, and totally exhausted all at once.
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