210. Elle Purrier, Indoor Mile American Record Holder

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

"It’s a pretty misunderstood lifestyle. Unless you’re in it, you don’t really have a clue what it’s like to do it or why you would do it, because it’s so much work. But the people who have a passion for it would never change that."

Earlier this month, Elle Purrier won the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games in New York City. In the process, she set a new American record in the indoor mile (4:16.85), broke a 37-year-old record, ran an 8-second personal best time, and ran the second fastest indoor mile in history. On this episode, Elle, who runs for New Balance, talks about that day, and reflects on her indoor season before she begins training for outdoor season — and the 2020 Olympic Track & Field Trials. She also talks about growing up on a dairy farm in Vermont, and how that impacted her work ethic.

Thank you to the Atlanta Track Club for sponsoring this episode of the Ali on the Run Show! Go to atlantatrackclub.org to sign up for this weekend's Publix Atlanta 5K, where you can finish in the same spot as the men and women running the Olympic Trials Marathon the day before!

What you’ll get on this episode:

Recapping Elle’s amazing race at the 2020 Millrose Games (3:00)
Recapping the next week’s USATF indoor championships in Albuquerque, where Elle ran the 3000m (11:00)
Elle sounds off on her competition (19:15)
What’s next for Elle, and how does outdoor training compare to indoor training? (20:30)
On growing up on a dairy farm in Vermont (22:45)
A closer look at Elle’s training, and looking back at the 2019 Fifth Avenue Mile (28:30)

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by the Atlanta Track Club.
0:04.7	If you'll be in Atlanta this weekend for the U.S. Olympic Team Trial's marathon, why
0:08.8	not get a race in yourself?
0:10.8	There are still spots available in the public's Atlanta 5K, which takes place Sunday, March
0:15.6	1st, the day after the trials.
0:17.8	You know you'll still be in town.
0:19.9	You'll finish in the same spot where three men and three women will have secured their
0:24.0	spots for the U.S. Olympic Team headed to Tokyo this summer.
0:28.6	Another now at Atlanta Track Club dot org.
0:36.0	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show.
0:38.1	I'm your host, Alley Feller, and I've got a bonus episode for you today.
0:41.8	I was so excited to get to talk with Alley Perrier after she ran an American record in
0:47.0	the Indoor Mile at the Milrose Games two weeks ago.
0:50.4	So that's what you're getting today.
0:52.8	Alley Perrier is a professional middle distance runner from Vermont.
0:56.3	She grew up on a dairy farm.
0:58.0	She used to milk 30 cows every day before going to school in the morning.
1:03.2	Her fiance proposed to her by getting her a cow.
1:06.6	It's so cool.
1:07.9	Alley who runs for New Balance has had a rock star year on the run.
1:12.7	That American record in the Indoor Mile, not only did she break a 37 year old record,
1:18.4	she also ran in 8 second personal best time and was the second fastest Indoor Mile in
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