26. My Running Story

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

I never expected to be a runner — and I certainly never expected running to be something I actually enjoy. On this episode, I take a run back in time (too cheesy?) to share how I found, hated, dabbled in, hated again, tried for real, and eventually learned to love running. It all started with a fifth grade Ali trying to escape the timed mile in gym class, followed by an Ali who was motivated to run to fit into the biggest size jeans they sold at Abercrombie, and then to the Ali who moved to New York City and wanted to get strong for herself. I may have hated running as a kid, but as an adult, it didn't take long for me to get hooked. I've been motivated by different things over the years — trying to fit into my work clothes, wanting to get shiny medals like the ones my roommate had hanging on her walls, raising money for the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, or running out my post-breakup angst and aggression — but the one thing that's remained is that I'm forever grateful for every run I get to enjoy. Running has been one of the greatest gifts in my life — and this is how it all began.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi everyone and welcome to the Allie on the Run Show.
0:07.4	I'm your host Allie Feller and today we have made it to episode 26.
0:12.5	Now if you are a runner, particularly a runner who has ever trained for or completed a marathon,
0:18.8	you probably hear the number 26 and the first thing you think of is marathons.
0:23.7	Because a marathon is a 26.2 mile race.
0:27.8	So on today's 26th episode I wanted to talk about my running story.
0:33.0	Every week I love talking to guests on this show about how they found running and I'm so
0:37.2	fascinated by all the different ways people found and got into and eventually fell in
0:42.3	love with this sport.
0:43.7	For some people they started running track at a young age for others they ran throughout
0:47.8	college or if you're like me you are someone who hid under the bleachers in fifth grade
0:53.5	to avoid running the mile and now willingly and lovingly train for two, three, four hour
1:00.1	races.
1:01.2	And pay money to do so.
1:02.6	Who would have ever thought, certainly not me.
1:05.6	So we're going to talk about that but first go ahead and head over to iTunes and make
1:10.8	sure you are subscribed to the Allie on the Run Show and then while you're there go ahead
1:15.8	and leave a rating and review for the show.
1:18.0	I know you're like Allie please you ask for this every week.
1:22.3	The quickest way to shut me up is to go ahead and leave that rating and that review and
1:26.7	subscribe to the show.
1:28.0	It's very important to make sure you're subscribed because then you will never miss an episode
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ali Feller, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Ali Feller and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.