200. Starla Garcia, Olympic Trials Qualifier & Registered Dietitian

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Ali Feller

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🗓️ 23 January 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

"I dropped so many F-bombs the last 10K! I just kept saying, 'It’s gonna happen, it’s gonna happen!' I was just so hyped up."

This past weekend, Starla Garcia ran the Chevron Houston Marathon in 2 hours and 43 minutes — officially qualifying to run the 2020 Olympic Trials. On this episode — the 200th episode of the Ali on the Run Show! — Starla talks about her road to the OTQ, including missing the cutoff by just two minutes at last year's Grandma's Marathon, and a DNF at CIM. She talks about developing an eating disorder in high school, and finding recovery as a division-1 athlete in college. Today, Starla is a registered dietitian living in Houston, TX.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

Where Starla’s OTQ dream came from (3:10)
On bouncing back from disappointment (8:45)
What Starla’s pre-Houston training was like (14:45)
What it felt like to cross the finish line with an Olympic Trials qualifying time (27:00)
Starla reflects on her relationship with running when she was growing up, and the pressure she felt as a D-1 collegiate runner (31:00)
Starla talks about her past with an eating disorder (36:20)
On becoming a registered dietitian (49:40)

What we mention on this episode:

Carly Gill on Episode 182 of the Ali on the Run Show

Neely Spence Gracey on Episode 42 of the Ali on the Run Show

"Elated Runners Are Headed to Trials After Grabbing an #OTQinHOU," by Emilia Benton for Runner’s World

Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show, the 200th episode of The Alley on the Run Show,
0:05.9	is brought to you by Aftershocks.
0:12.3	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show.
0:14.4	I'm your host, Allie Feller, and every week, we hear from inspiring people who lead
0:19.1	interesting lives on the run and beyond. And while running is what brings us all together,
0:23.9	on these episodes, it's about finding out what's going on before and after the run.
0:29.1	So join me right here every Thursday to learn about the decisions people have made to get
0:33.2	where they are today and how getting sweaty has factored in.
0:37.2	Today I'm talking with Starla Garcia, who just qualified for the Olympic trials at the Houston
0:43.0	Marathon. I am so excited for Starla, I'm sure you can hear that in my voice. She is someone
0:49.2	who works so hard and to see her get that sub-245 finish time was absolutely thrilling and so
0:55.7	well deserved. Starla had tried to qualify for the trials twice before. To do that, female
1:01.0	runners have to run a marathon faster than two hours in 45 minutes. Starla missed it by just
1:07.4	two minutes at grandma's marathon last year and then she went for it again at CIM in December,
1:13.3	but had to pull out of the race with nine miles to go.
1:17.0	Well, they say the third time's a charm and it was for Starla who made the dream come true on her
1:22.3	hometown streets of Houston this past weekend. So of course, we talk about every detail of the race
1:28.5	on this episode and then we go back in time a bit. Starla talks about her history with an eating
1:33.3	disorder and what that looks like as a competitive D1 athlete and she talks about her recovery process.
1:39.4	Today, Starla is a registered dietitian. She works with tons of runners and she's absolutely thriving.
1:45.7	I love this woman. You will to enjoy this conversation with Starla Garcia.
1:53.1	Starla, I've wanted to have you on this show for so long and now feels like the absolute
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