367. Maddie Alm, Professional Runner & Registered Dietitian

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

“I’m pretty close to living the dream right now.”

What do you do when you can't decide whether you want to go pro as a runner, or pursue your dream of being a registered dietitian? For Maddie Alm, the answer was "do both." Maddie lives in Boulder, CO, where she trains with Team Boss (coached by Joe Bosshard) and is the owner and founder of Fueling Forward, a sports nutrition consulting business. She's a former All-American from UC Boulder, and was a two-time USA Championships qualifier. Today, she's chasing a 5K qualifier so she can compete at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials this summer. (She recently ran personal bests in both the 3K and the 5K, so things are looking good.) And when she's not chasing down her running dreams, she's working with athletes to help them improve their relationships with food. On this episode, Maddie talks about what her training is like right now, and talks about experiencing her first year being fully healthy since college. She talks about building physical and mental toughness, and shares what failure means to her. Plus, she talks about entrepreneurship during a pandemic and shares the five foods she recommends for all runners.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

How was your run today? (3:15)
Maddie reflects on her first year since college being fully healthy on the run (6:30)
On failure (11:45)
Maddie’s road to professional running, and how she became a member of Team Boss (15:00)
What is a registered dietitian? (26:30)
On launching Fueling Forward — during a pandemic! (28:15)
How Maddie grew her business (33:10)
Maddie talks about her own relationship with food over the years (37:30)
What is “the dream?” (42:15)
What are the most-asked questions Maddie gets as a registered dietitian? (43:45)
What Maddie does when she’s not running or RD-ing (50:15)

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks.
0:04.4	Go to ontherun.aftershocks.com to say 15% on all wireless headphones.
0:14.4	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show.
0:16.4	I'm your host Allie Feller and every week I talk with people who are doing
0:20.2	cool things on the run and beyond. We all share that love for running and that's what brings us
0:25.6	all together but of course there is more to life than what happens on the run itself and this
0:30.8	show is about those in-between. The water stops the bathroom breaks, the moments and decisions
0:36.4	that have shaped who we are today and how getting sweaty has factored in.
0:41.2	And my guest today is definitely personifying that whole on the run and beyond.
0:46.8	Maddie Alley is here today and if you are one of the many many people sending me messages
0:52.0	begging for more dietitians and more nutrition talk on The Alley on the Run Show I think you're
0:57.6	going to be pretty happy today. Maddie Alley is a registered dietitian and is the owner and
1:02.9	founder of Fuelling Forward and she's also a professional runner. Maddie was an all-American
1:10.4	at UC Boulder and was a two-time USA Championships qualifier. Today she trains with team boss,
1:17.3	the Colorado based training group coached by Joe Bosshard though I am guessing that team doesn't
1:22.4	need much introduction here since almost all of the women on that team have been on the show now
1:27.2	including Emma Coburn, Aisha Pratt-Lier, Corey McGee, Dom Scott, Danny Jones, Laura Thuit,
1:32.3	Kate Grace and he hasn't been on the show but Maddie's boyfriend Nick Harris is on the team too.
1:38.4	They both have really great hair. I loved getting to know Maddie better in this conversation. We talk
1:43.8	about what her training is like with team boss and how it's attributed to recent personal bests
1:48.3	in both the 3K and the 5K and to her first year being fully healthy since college. Love to see it.
1:56.4	Maddie talks about building physical and mental toughness and talks about what failure means to her.
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