194. Sarah Grooms, Rockette Turned Marathoner

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

"In dance, you’re kind of always told what to do, how to do it, how perfect it has to be. Running has been a way for me to let all of that go."

Sarah Grooms spent 13 years doing hundreds of eye-high kicks a day as a Radio City Rockette. On this episode, she talks about everything you've ever wanted to know about performing at one of the world's most famous venues (including how Radio City's famous camels get their exercise between shows!), and explains why she decided to hang up her heels last year in favor of running shoes. Today, Sarah is a certified personal trainer, and is a fitness instructor at Precision Run in New York City and obé Fitness online — and she's a marathoner!

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What you’ll get on this episode:

Sarah reflects on her 13-year tenure as a Radio City Rockette (5:50)
On getting — and then losing — the dream job (12:50)
What it’s like performing at Radio City Music Hall (16:40)
What don’t audiences see from the Radio City Rockettes? (20:00)
The physical demands of being a Rockette (33:15)
Why Sarah decided to retire from the Rockettes — and how she became a runner (38:00)
What’s next for Sarah? (46:40)

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks.
0:04.0	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 interesting
0:15.6	lives on the run and beyond. And while running is what brings us all together on these episodes,
0:21.6	we cover a whole lot more than just races and pieces. So, join me right here every Thursday
0:28.4	to learn about the decisions people have made to get where they are today and how getting
0:32.5	sweaty has factor in. Now, it is officially the holiday season, which means I just want to wear
0:39.4	sparkles. Well, I want to wear sparkles but also sweatpants. And I want to listen to holiday
0:44.7	music and I want white lights everywhere. And I want to do some dang high kicks.
0:51.0	My favorite, favorite, favorite holiday tradition is the Radio City Christmas Spectacular
0:56.8	featuring the Rockettes. So, I am thrilled to welcome former Rockettes Sarah Gooms to the show
1:02.6	today. Can you hear it in my voice? I'm really excited about this. Sarah is a dancer turned
1:07.9	to runner. Sound familiar? Yeah. And she's met more than a decade kicking at Radio City.
1:14.3	I loved talking to her all about fun behind the scenes stuff and I appreciated hearing how Sarah
1:19.9	transitioned from professional dancer to fitness professional. Sarah retired from the Rockettes last
1:25.8	year and today she's a fitness instructor at Precision Run in New York City and she teaches
1:30.9	online streaming classes with Obey Fitness. Now, put on some high heels and some red lipstick,
1:37.2	suit up in your sparklyest Swarovski crystals and please welcome Sarah Gooms to the alley on
1:43.9	the run show. And by sparkly crystals, I mean it's totally fine if you want to wear a sweatpants
1:48.6	or running clothes, whatever. Enjoy the conversation.
1:56.6	Sarah, welcome to the alley on the run show. I'm so excited. I've been wanting to do this for so
2:02.1	long. We're making it happen. Thank you for being here. Oh my gosh,
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