220. Andrea Toppin Recaps Her Race at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials

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Ali Feller

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🗓️ 22 March 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

"I’m not going to throw a pity party. I’m celebrating this day. I was a part of history."

It's so hard to believe it’s been nearly a month since we were all in Atlanta for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials — truly the good old days! And I want to keep remembering and celebrating those days. Andrea Toppin is a chiropractic student and elite marathoner for Oiselle who trains with the Minnesota Distance Elite — and she didn’t have the race of her dreams that day in Atlanta. On this episode, Andrea shares her story, opens up about the tough decision to DNF at the Trials, and talks about her outlook moving forward. (Spoiler: One race does not define you as a runner or as a human!)

What you’ll get on this episode:

Andrea recaps her race at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (7:10)
What’s next for Andrea? (39:30)

What we mention on this episode:

Anita Perez on Episode 218 of the Ali on the Run Show

LIVE at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials with Carrie Tollefson, Meb Keflezighi, & UCAN

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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.
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0:19.2	who will get to run this iconic race on the 4th of July in Atlanta.
0:23.6	That's AJC.com slash Peach Tree to enter the lottery today.
0:30.9	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show.
0:35.0	I'm your host, Allie Feller, and I am excited to bring you yet another Olympic trials bonus episode
0:41.2	today. It's hard to believe it's been three weeks since so many of us were in Atlanta
0:45.9	celebrating those hundreds of men and women running in the US Olympic marathon trials.
0:51.8	Truly the good old days. And I want to keep remembering celebrating
0:57.6	channeling those good old days. Last week on the show I talked with Anita Perez.
1:02.4	Anita was one of several athletes I got to chat with alongside Carrie Tallipson and
1:07.0	Mebka Fleski during that you can live show after the trials. Another one of those athletes on
1:12.7	the panel was Andrea Toppen. If you listen to the show or you were there in person, you'll remember
1:18.3	Andrea's story. Andrea is in school to become a chiropractor. She runs for Wazal. She lives in
1:24.3	Minnesota and she's dealt with a handful of injuries during her college running years and her
1:29.1	post-collegiate time on the run. But man she was ready for Atlanta. She was ready for the trials.
1:34.8	She was ready to have that best day ever that we've heard so many runners talk about.
1:40.3	But Andrea didn't get that day. She had a tough race, a race that came to an end about eight
1:45.6	miles before the finish line. She'll share that story very vividly for you here in her words,
1:51.1	but the key takeaways are really important. One race does not define you. One run, one day,
1:57.6	that's not what defines you as a runner or as a person. So even though Andrea may not have had
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