379. Becs Gentry, Peloton Tread & Strength Instructor

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Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2021

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

“You give yourself your own life raft, and it feels so great to come up for air and think, jeez, that was a close call! But I’m here. And it’s given me strength to go further and deeper than that next time.”

Becs Gentry is a Peloton Tread and Strength instructor, and in March, she added another very impressive title to her fitness resume: 2:32 marathoner and Olympic Marathon Trials competitor for Team Great Britain. On this episode, Becs — who is from the UK but has lived in New York City since she took the Peloton job in 2019 — talks about what it was like being invited to compete for Team GB, and about what it took to finish fourth that day and to run a nearly five-minute personal best time. She talks about her training and how she prepared for race day, including how she balances her own training with teaching and how she survived a 22-mile run on a treadmill one day. She talks about the dark days and the tough runs, and how she got through them, and shares her own struggles with confidence both on and off the roads and treadmill. Plus, she talks about privacy and why she didn't tell her parents she was auditioning to be a Peloton instructor, and why she didn't tell people she was training for the Trials until shortly before race day. Finally, Becs talks about how she's learned to deal with the pressure of racing, whether it's an unplanned 5K (she did it once and says "never again") or an ultramarathon (of which she's done several).

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What you’ll get on this episode:

How the opportunity to run the Olympic Trials came about, and when it first became a dream for Becs (6:45)
Where Becs was at with running when she found out she would be competing in the Trials (17:00)
How Becs trained for the Trials (21:00)
On confidence (24:15)
That time Becs ran 22 miles on a treadmill (30:20)
How Becs balances teaching at Peloton with her own training (34:20)
What race day was like (47:00)
On dealing with tough moments during races — and getting past them (1:03:10)
How Becs recovered, physically and emotionally, from the Trials and from the 2019 New York City Marathon (1:05:10)
Did Becs have any idea how big Peloton would be, and how well-known she would be? (1:13:00)
Why Becs didn’t tell her parents she auditioned for the Peloton job (1:16:30)

What we mention on this episode:

Jess Sims on Episode 261 of the Ali on the Run Show

Tunde Oyeneyin on Episode 311 of the Ali on the Run Show

Olivia Amato on Episode 344 of the Ali on the Run Show

Matty Maggiacomo on Episode 350 of the Ali on the Run Show

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks.
0:04.0	Go to ontherun.aftershocks.com to save 15% on all wireless headphones.
0:10.2	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show.
0:16.6	I'm your host Allie Feller and every week I talk with people who are doing
0:20.5	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's more to life than what happens on the run itself
0:31.1	and this show is about the in-between. The water stops, the bathroom breaks, the moments and
0:36.4	decisions that have shaped who we are today and the wise. Why do we do what we do and how does
0:42.0	getting sweaty back to in? Today's guest is a literal pro when it comes to getting sweaty.
0:48.6	It's another Peloton episode. My guest today is Rebecca Gentry or you probably know her as
0:54.8	Bex Gentry. Bex is a Peloton tread and strength instructor. She's a 232 marathoner.
1:02.0	She's an ultra marathoner. You'll quickly be able to tell that she is from the UK
1:06.5	though she lives in New York City now with her boyfriend Austin and dog Maurice.
1:11.5	Back in March, Bex was invited to compete in the Olympic marathon trials for team Great Britain.
1:17.2	And maybe you, like me, are among the people who woke up at 4 a.m. to catch the livestream to see
1:23.3	how Bex did and she crushed it. Oh my gosh did she crush it. Bex ran a 232 that day which is a
1:31.2	five minute personal best for her and she finished fourth. My thought going into this episode was
1:36.7	we'll recap the race and then we'll talk about her road to Peloton but really it was, it is so much
1:43.4	more than that. Let's just say we took the scenic route to all of these stories. We talk about
1:48.5	everything from confidence to dealing with tough times on race day to why Bex didn't tell her
1:53.9	parents she was auditioning to be a Peloton instructor. Bex is a beautiful storyteller. She's
2:00.0	an incredibly hard worker. She's fun and happy and so committed to her goals which is awesome to watch.
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