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Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show.

I'm your host, Alley Feller, and every week I talk with inspiring people who lead

interesting lives on The Run and Beyond. And while running is the thing that brings us all together,

on these episodes, 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. My guest today is Dene Doromy. Dene is a

citizen of the Navajo Nation living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and she is a lifelong runner.

Before this conversation, I knew very little about native culture and what it looks like today,

so I loved learning more about Dene's life both on and off the run, including the really important

role her culture and traditions play in so many ways. Her parents are both amazing athletes,

you're going to love her stories about them, and Dene has been running alongside them her whole life.

Now none of us know what next week will look like, let alone next month or a few months from now.

Translation, I'm talking about fall races. Who knows, we don't know, we can't predict it,

we don't know what to do yet. But at the time we recorded this, Dene is planning and hoping to

run the TCS New York City Marathon this fall if it happens. We talked for over an hour when we

recorded, so we didn't even get to talk about this specifically in the episode, but I do want to

let you know that she is running New York City for charity, which I think is a wonderful thing.

Dene is running to support Girls Inc. of New York City. More specifically, the Girls Inc.

Sporting Chance Program, which helps girls develop a lifelong love of sports.

I'll link to her page in the show notes so you can learn more if you'd like,

but I just love this charity and the work they do and wanted to give that a shout out.

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