284. Cory McGee

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

“There’s an excitement to each of the races for sure, and it’s great to see your times and know you’ve run your fastest 800 or mile, and that’s huge. That always feels good… But I definitely don’t feel the same pride. It’s different.”

Cory McGee is a professional runner for New Balance. She specializes in the 1500m distance, and lives in Boulder, CO, where she trains with “Team Boss,” under the coaching of Joe Bosshard and alongside powerhouse women including Emma Coburn, Aisha Praught Leer, and Laura Thweatt. Despite 2020 playing out in a way no one intended or planned for, Cory is still having a fast year on the run. In a series of intra-squad competitions and small meets, she has run personal bests and broken records. But on this episode, she gets honest about whether those races carry the same weight and the same amount of pride as “regular” races. She also talks about her earliest days as a runner (including fun stories from her time living in Athens during the 2004 Olympics, when her dad was working security with the FBI), and talks about last year’s disqualification at the USATF Outdoor Championships.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

Cory talks about being at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, and how that impacted her life and career (3:40)
Running for fun vs. the desire to win (12:15)
Focusing on the present vs. the future (20:50)
On getting sponsored by New Balance (23:30)
Why Cory decided to move to Boulder and to join Team Boss (31:00)
Cory talks about getting disqualified at last year’s USATF Outdoor Championships (44:20)
All about racing in 2020 (51:30)
“Cory Ann, the woman with the plan,” talks about what’s next (1:03.00)

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks.
0:04.2	Go to ontherun.aftershocks.com to save 15% on all wireless headphones.
0:10.5	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
0:21.7	lives on the run and beyond.
0:24.0	And while running is the thing that brings us all together, on these episodes we cover
0:28.0	more than what happens on the run, we learn the wise behind those runs.
0:32.8	The decisions people have made to get where they are today and how getting sweaty as
0:37.0	factored in.
0:38.5	I am so very excited to have Corey McGee on The Alley on the Run Show today.
0:44.7	Corey is a new-balanced sponsored athlete who lives in Boulder, Colorado and trains with
0:48.8	team boss.
0:50.2	You know the group.
0:51.2	They're regulars here on The Alley on the Run Show.
0:53.4	Coach Joe Bosshard, of course, and teammates Emma Coburn, Ayesha Front Lear, Borough
0:57.9	Thuit, to name a few.
0:59.9	You know them.
1:00.9	You love them.
1:01.9	You wish you could keep up with them.
1:04.0	Despite 2020, not playing out the way anyone has wanted, Corey is having a pretty awesome
1:09.0	year on the run.
1:10.3	The team has run a handful of interest squad meets and Corey has run personal best and broken
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