191. The Great Turkey Trot of 2014
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
“It was in that moment I realized that I wasn’t running. I also realized I wasn’t jogging. I was barely walking. I looked down, and the tops of my shoes are scraping the ground — one slow movement after the next slow movement.”
It's an Ali on the Run Show Thanksgiving tradition! Four years ago, my now-husband, Brian, and I lined up at the start of two very different Turkey Trots. Though both races were five miles, the outcomes were vastly dissimilar. I ran the Prospect Park Track Club Turkey Trot in Brooklyn, NY, in a respectable 38:41 — a 7:44 minute-per-mile pace. Meanwhile, in Rhode Island, Brian was racing the Newport Pie Run. Here’s a dramatic retelling of how his race went. This is forever my favorite story, and I love re-sharing it every year. Happy Thanksgiving, and Happy LOL-ing!
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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. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm your host Allie Feller and every week I talk with inspiring people who lead |
| 0:14.7 | interesting lives on the run and beyond. While running is the thing that brings us all together |
| 0:20.0 | on these episodes, we cover more than just running. So join me right here every Thursday |
| 0:26.0 | to learn about the decisions people have made to get where they are today |
| 0:29.6 | and how getting sweaty has factored in. Now, who is more inspiring than my husband, |
| 0:36.5 | Brian Cristiano, who bravely ran a five mile Thanksgiving turkey trot in 2014 and just |
| 0:45.1 | barely lived to tell the tale. Rearying this episode has become a bit of a Thanksgiving |
| 0:50.4 | tradition here on The Alley on the Run Show. Five years later, it still makes me laugh more than |
| 0:56.0 | anything Brian has ever done. I'm grateful for many things and I'm grateful for Brian's |
| 1:01.6 | dramatic retelling of this epic tale. Now, here's a treat. Brian, hi. |
| 1:09.4 | Oh, now I understand why I didn't know what the topic was. |
| 1:13.8 | All right, welcome. Happy holidays. |
| 1:15.6 | I am bushed him and I just said, hey, can I grab you real quick? |
| 1:18.7 | So before we get into this story, which will be re-airing, you don't have to retell the whole thing |
| 1:23.2 | now. I just want to welcome you back to the show. Thank you. |
| 1:25.9 | It's been a while. Yes. |
| 1:27.3 | Looking back, I'd love for you to reflect a bit quickly. It's been five years since you ran |
| 1:32.4 | this iconic, inspiring race before we share the full recap. Is there anything you want to say |
| 1:40.4 | to me, to the listeners, to your cousin Hannah, to yourself back in 2014? |
| 1:47.1 | Well, I mean, I think I just want to recognize that I've gotten more recognition and comments |
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