369. Devon Pass Talks Travel, Running, Copywriting, Motherhood, & More

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2021

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

“So, there is hope. I am still an optimist about this, and I’m doing as much as I can to keep myself healthy. If this is my destiny or whatever and there’s nothing I can do to stop it, that’s fine. But I’m gonna live my life to the fullest in the meantime, because nothing is guaranteed. So I’ll keep challenging myself to do things while my mind and my body are able.”

I have been following Devon Pass since before she was Devon Pass. Devon was one of the OG bloggers in the early 2010s, and I loved following her travel adventures on Tumblr. (She was Devon Mills at the time.) Today, Devon is married to her husband, Aaron, and they live in Washington with their five-year-old daughter, Evie. Devon is a copywriter for Nordstrom (cool!), and is a six-time marathoner. We cover a lot of ground in this episode — it really was just catching up with an old friend. Devon talks about how she learned to save money in her twenties, and how she was able to support herself while she traveled the world. She talks about the moments that made her stronger along the way, and talks about how she met her now husband. She shares her running story, and talks about what she's doing right now to get faster and stronger. She talks candidly about new motherhood, and what it was like being the first in her friend group to have a baby. And she talks about her mom, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in her sixties. (Tissue warning for this part of the conversation.) It's a well-rounded conversation that perfectly showcases this well-rounded woman.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

How was your run today? (5:30)
Devon shares her running story, and talks about a recent unsettling encounter on the run (9:00)
On having a goal-oriented mentality, and where that came from (22:50)
Devon looks back on her time traveling the world alone in her early twenties (28:30)
Reflecting on new motherhood (40:00)
What Devon’s days are like as a copywriter for Nordstrom (49:20)
Why Devon says her marriage has been “stronger and happier than ever” during the pandemic (54:20)
Devon talks about her mother’s Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis (1:03:30)

What we mention on this episode:

Down Dog app

@trackclubbabe

@charihawkins

American Glutton podcast

The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey

The Art of Non-Conformity

"Puzzle Pieces," Devon’s post about being a new mom

Keep Sharp by Sanjay Gupta

Let Your Mind Run by Deena Kastor

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Transcript

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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 say 15% on all wireless headphones.
0:14.8	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Allie Feller and every week I talk with people
0:20.3	who are doing cool things on the run and beyond. We all share that love for running and that's what
0:25.6	brings us all together. But of course there is more to life than what happens on the run itself
0:31.2	and this show is about the in-between. The water stops, the bathroom breaks, the moments and decisions
0:37.2	that have shaped who we are today and how getting sweaty factors in. Now every now and then
0:44.0	I get a message from an Allie on the Run Show listener that says something like,
0:48.0	I loved this episode. It felt like listening to two friends catching up. So if that's what you like,
0:54.9	you are going to love today's episode because today I am catching up with my strong brave,
1:02.6	beautiful friend Devon Pass and we covered a lot of ground. I started following Devon's adventures
1:08.9	online about a decade ago, years before we finally met in real life for a run through New York City.
1:15.2	At the time Devon was documenting her travels around the world on her tumbler blog and I couldn't
1:21.2	stop scrolling. In my mind I would do that. Traveled the world before some day settling down with
1:26.4	a partner in children but Devon actually did it and I loved watching. Today Devon lives with her
1:33.4	husband Erin and their daughter Evie in Washington where she has a copywriter for Nordstrom. She's a
1:39.8	six-time marathoner with a 354 personal best time and a five-time half marathoner with a 146 PR.
1:46.9	Devon shares so much on this episode. She talks about how she learned to save money so she could
1:53.3	travel the world funded entirely on her own. She talks about the moments abroad that made her
1:58.4	stronger like being stranded overnight in an airport that was, turns out, not open 24 hours a day.
2:04.9	She shares her running story, she reflects on new motherhood and what it was like being the first
2:09.9	in her friend group to have a baby and she talks about her mom who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's
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