437. The CIM OTQ Pacers Take on the Boston Marathon

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

“You have to honor the race by going and trying to do the best you possibly can.”

In December 2019, three men — Menso de Jong, Chris Stehula, and Ken Rakestraw — led 72 women to Olympic Trials qualifying times at the California International Marathon. Soon after, they came on the Ali on the Run Show to share their stories. Before CIM, neither Menso, Chris, nor Ken had ever run 2:45 marathons before. But that day, they pulled it off. And, in the process of doing so, they each earned themselves Boston Marathon qualifying times. So now, Menso, Chris, and Ken are back on the Ali on the Run Show for another race recap episode — but this one is different. This time, the only people they were pacing were themselves, and there were plenty of highs, lows, and backward walks along the way. Enjoy hearing about their race day strategies (most of which did not go according to plan), what the rolling start in Boston was really like, and what lessons they learned on the course that day.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

How everyone’s feeling after Boston (6:45)
The desire to run Boston (10:30)
What training for Boston looked like (13:30)
Everyone’s plans for Boston (26:45)
What the start was like (37:00)
How the race broke down for everyone (44:15)
Highs and lows from the day (52:25)

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by The Wine Shine Half Marathon.
0:05.9	Registration for the inaugural event taking place July 16th, 2022, is now open.
0:13.5	Go to wineshinehalfmarathon.org to sign up today.
0:18.6	Hope to see you next summer.
0:20.3	In Napa!
0:25.6	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show.
0:27.7	I'm your host, Allie Feller, and I am here with a bonus episode for you today.
0:32.9	You may remember The What's New with You series on The Alley on the Run Show.
0:37.2	That's the one where I catch up with past guests from the show to get all of their life updates
0:42.3	since the last time that we chatted.
0:44.5	So, when The What's New with You series returned this year, I knew pretty
0:49.3	immediately who I wanted needed to have on.
0:53.4	I fired off an email to not one, not two, but three past guests.
0:57.7	Guests we all loved the first time they were on the show back in December 2019.
1:04.2	December 2019.
1:06.0	Do you remember?
1:07.2	Yes, I am talking about Ken, Chris, and Menzo.
1:11.1	The 2019 CIM OTQ Pacers for a refresher.
1:16.7	Ken Raikstra, Krista Hula, and Menzo D'Yong are a group of six-foot-something friends
1:21.8	who acted as the two-hour 45-minute pace group leaders at the 2019 California International Marathon.
1:30.1	They helped lead dozens of women to Olympic trials qualifying times,
1:35.3	and they shared that story on episode 196 of The Alley on the Run Show.
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