417. What's New With You with Cory McGee

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

"I've always been my own biggest believer."

In 2004, Cory McGee's dad was working security for the FBI at the Olympic Games in Athens — which meant Cory got to tag along! It was then that she vowed to one day return to the Olympics — as a competitor. And just a few weeks ago, Cory's dream came true when she got to represent Team USA in Tokyo. (She became an Olympic finalist, no less!) On this episode, Cory, who is sponsored by New Balance, talks about traveling to Japan to compete in the 1500m. She talks about that brutal fall in the semifinals, and about the physical and emotional toll that took on her. She shares how coach Joe Bosshard has helped her over the years, and has worked with her to turn her weaknesses into strengths. Plus, Cory talks about ending her season early on account of some bone bruising from that fall, and talks about hosting a Covid-19 vaccine event back home in Mississippi.

THE LAST TIME CORY WAS ON THE SHOW: Episode 284

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What you'll get on this episode:

Cory's decision to end her season earlier than expected (4:45)
On becoming an Olympian (9:00)
On performance ruts and getting through them (12:50)
Cory looks back on competing at the U.S. Track & Field Trials and earning her spot on Team USA (17:50)
What training was like between the Trials and the Olympics (20:00)
What makes Cory McGee tick? (22:45)
All about the travel journey to Tokyo (27:45)
What it was like walking into Olympic Stadium for the first time (38:50)
That semi-final fall (43:00)
What running the 1500m final was like (51:40)
On phone calls back home (54:50)
What the Closing Ceremonies and flight home were like (57:10)
On hosting a Covid-19 vaccine drive in Mississippi (1:03:00)
What's next for Cory (1:07:15)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	The What's New With You series on the Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by YouCan.
0:05.3	Go to youcan.co-slash-alley and use code Alley to get 20% off your order.
0:16.1	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show.
0:18.3	I'm your host Alley Feller and this is the final episode of season 3 of The What's New
0:24.5	With You series.
0:25.5	I'm sad.
0:26.9	This one went by way too fast. There are still so many people that I want that I need to catch
0:33.9	up with.
0:35.4	This season we've checked in with past Alley on the Run Show guests Kate Grace, Dene Dormey,
0:41.9	Ladiah Albertson, Junkans, Neely Spence Gracie, Josef Herzog and Kira Demado.
0:48.4	And today we're closing out this season with professional new balance athlete and Olympian
0:54.8	Corey McGee.
0:56.6	So last time Corey was on the show on episode 284 last September, she told us all about how
1:04.0	getting to go to the Olympics in Athens in 2004 changed her entire life.
1:09.9	At the time her dad was working security with the FBI for the games.
1:14.1	So Corey and her family got to tag along.
1:16.2	How cool is that?
1:18.0	Being there she shared changed the entire trajectory of her life.
1:22.9	And then on Corey had a dream to return to the games one day, not as her dad's sidekick
1:28.4	but as a competing athlete.
1:31.2	And uh, spoiler, she made it happen.
1:34.7	In June, Corey competed at the US Olympic track and field trials where she earned her
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