224. Catching Up with Emma Coburn

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

"There’s nothing I can do, so I might as well not wallow about it, and I might as well just find something else to make me happy for the moment."

Emma Coburn is a two-time Olympian, eight-time U.S. steeplechase champion, world champion, and world silver medalist. On this episode, Emma — who runs for New Balance and is Vice President of the Athletics Association — talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her training and her livelihood. She's honest about the financial hit professional athletes will take during this time, and shares her take on the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

How Emma is finding happiness right now (3:40)
All about Emma’s nightly Instagram Lives (7:15)
What Emma’s training has been like, both before and since hearing about the Olympics being postponed (10:45)
How COVID-19 has directly affected Emma’s career and life at home (25:25)
How Emma is maintaining a positive attitude during these times (37:00)

What we mention on this episode:

Emma Coburn on Episode 60 of the Ali on the Run Show

Emma Coburn on Episode 96 of the Ali on the Run Show

Aisha Praught & Will Leer on Episode 204 of the Ali on the Run Show

Emma’s Resistance Bands

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks.
0:03.9	Go to ontherun.aftershocks.com to save $50 on your wireless headphone in Durin's bundle.
0:14.8	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show.
0:16.9	I'm your host Allie Feller and every week I talk with inspiring people who lead interesting lives on the run and beyond.
0:24.4	And while running is the thing that brings us all together on these episodes we cover more than what happens on the run.
0:30.6	We learn the wise behind the runs, the decisions people have made to get where they are today and how getting sweaty has factored in.
0:38.0	Now, what a privilege it is to welcome Emma Coburn back to the Alley on the Run Show today.
0:44.4	Emma won bronze in the 3,000-meter steeple chase at the 2016 Olympics,
0:48.8	gold at the 2017 World Championships and silver at the 2019 World Championships.
0:54.4	She runs for new balance and needless to say, we were most likely going to see her competing at the 2020 Olympic Games.
1:01.6	Of course, those are now the 2021 Games.
1:04.7	There's a lot of uncertainty in the world right now and I wanted to talk to Emma to your first hand how it's affecting her and her fellow professional runners.
1:13.1	Emma is the vice president of the Athletics Association so she's been a really strong, really level-headed voice of reason as the COVID-19 pandemic has taken over our world.
1:23.6	In most cases, I hope the Alley on the Run Show can serve as an escape from current events but in this case I wanted to stay informed and thought it would be interesting to hear how exactly all of this is hitting the professional running community.
1:36.4	So if you're up for that, which I hope you are, please join me in welcoming the amazing, the indomitable, the coolest Emma Coburn.
1:50.7	Emma, thank you so much for being here. You're one of my all-time favorite people to have on the Alley on the Run Show.
1:56.6	So welcome back to the show.
1:58.7	Thanks for having me. Hope you're doing okay.
2:01.8	I am doing okay. I am, and I of course follow you and I have to say in times that are weird like they are right now, I find a lot of comfort in what you're doing and posting and I feel like you have a really good outlook on the world right now and I know that we're going to talk about this more.
2:18.2	But I admire you and your outlook and it's really helped me a lot as I'm like stressing about little things.
2:26.0	Your your reminders to control what I can control have really helped me so I appreciate that.
2:33.5	Oh good, well glad I can be of service.
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