333. Love on the Run with Matt Llano & Brannon Harbur

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

“That was the kicker: Matt said, ‘If the dog doesn’t like you, you have to go.’”

One day, in Flagstaff, AZ, professional runner Matt Llano walked into a local coffee shop where Brannon Harbur was working. That first day they met, they talked for hours — long after Brannon’s shift had ended. They agreed to meet up for a first date of sorts, at a group run. Fitting, for a professional runner. But Brannon wasn’t a runner. Still, he showed up, because he was interested — in Matt, not in running. Brannon went on to run 10 miles (alongside Stephanie Bruce), getting to know Matt in the process. They’ve been together every day since then. Today, Matt is a professional runner for Under Armour and Dark Sky Distance, and Brannon is the Chief Experience Officer of Mental Performance at HYPO2. On this episode, they talk about how running factors into their relationship today, and about the time Brannon tried to teach Matt about accounting while on a long run. (It…didn’t go well.) Plus, they talk about meeting each other’s families, share their coming out stories, and talk about being LGBTQ+ role models in the running community and beyond. They live together in Flagstaff with their two dogs.

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0:00.0	Love on the Run Week on the Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by YouCan.
0:04.2	Go to youcan.co slash on the run for 20% off your next YouCan order.
0:14.2	Welcome to Love on the Run Week on the Alley on the Run Show.
0:17.6	I'm your host, Alley Feller, and all week leading up to Valentine's Day,
0:21.7	we are celebrating Love in all of its forms.
0:24.8	Now, I'll be honest, I had the best time recording all of these conversations for Love on the Run Week,
0:31.2	and the one you're about to hear was actually the very last one that I recorded for the series.
0:36.4	And after every single conversation, I kept going back to my family and saying,
0:40.7	that was the best one! No wait, that was the best one! Seriously, seven times in a row,
0:45.7	I said this, so that's why my family probably doesn't take me seriously.
0:49.3	But after this one, I definitely ran downstairs and was like, okay, seriously, this one was the best one.
0:56.4	And I'm not here to play favorites, I swear. But I did have so, so, so much fun getting to talk
1:03.2	with Matt Yano and Brandon Harbor for this episode. Matt is a professional runner for Under Armour
1:09.2	in Dark Sky Distance, and he and his boyfriend, Brandon, lived together in Flagstaff, Arizona,
1:14.4	with their two amazing dogs. Seriously, if you're not following these guys on Instagram, go hop to it,
1:21.0	because they are amazing, obviously. But also, their dogs are so awesome and so big, and I love their
1:27.6	dogs. Now, I don't want to give away too much before we get started here, but I promise you're going
1:33.1	to, uh, and laugh out loud multiple times throughout this conversation. We cover everything from how
1:38.7	they met and what their first date was like, which, spoiler, it involves Brandon, who was not a
1:43.6	runner at the time, rolling up to a group run with the likes of Stephanie Bruce and other Flagstaff
1:49.2	area professional runners and running 10 miles. Imagine not being a runner, but being intrigued
1:55.6	enough by someone to not only show up to a group run, but to then run 10 miles. It's such a good
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