450. Grayson Murphy, Mountain Running World Champion

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

“If I can make someone else get comfortable and they can get the help they need, that seems like mission accomplished to me.”

Grayson Murphy just may be the most versatile professional runner in the country right now. This year alone, Grayson has taken home wins on the trails, the track, and the roads. She won Saucony's Fast Future 10K in Germany, won her heat in the 3000m steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials (and ultimately finished sixth in the finals), won the USATF Mountain Running Championships, won the Deseret News 10K, and earned herself a personal best in the mile. On this episode, we cover all of the highlights from Grayson's fast, fun year, and talk about the tough stuff along the way. Grayson talks about dealing with race anxiety, shares her thoughts on the emotional side of running, and offers advice for thriving in a long-distance relationship. (Yay love language talk!) She talks about her passion for rest days, her love for journaling (check out her line of 2022 planners here!), and what's next on the run. (Hint: The word marathon came up an awful lot in this conversation...)

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What you’ll get on this episode:

All about Grayson’s morning run (3:00)
Grayson talks about her race at the Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K in New York City (4:30)
Riding in the lead vehicle during the TCS New York City Marathon — and Grayson’s thoughts on an eventual marathon debut (6:20)
Now what? (13:10)
Why Grayson loves rest days (15:20)
Grayson’s 2021 highlight reel, and what makes racing fun for her (21:20)
All about Grayson’s line of planners, and her own mental health journey (24:40)
How Grayson processed this summer’s U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials outcome (32:45)
Grayson’s favorite drug testing story (41:30)
The anti-highlight reel (43:00)
Trail running vs. the roads and the track (46:40)
How Grayson reflects on her decision to leave HOKA and NAZ Elite after a year at the beginning of her professional career (48:45)
Grayson’s biggest hopes and dreams, on the run and off (52:40)

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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.
0:05.3	Registration for the inaugural event taking place July 16th, 2022 is now open.
0:12.8	Go to wineshinehalfmarathon.org to sign up today. Hope to see you next summer. In Napa!
0:24.0	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Allie Feler and I am here with a bonus
0:28.9	episode for you today. This guest is one of the most versatile runners on the planet.
0:35.2	She is a two-time US mountain running champion and a mountain running world champion.
0:40.9	When she's not charging up mountains at record smashing speeds, you might be able to find her
0:46.2	on the track, crushing 5Ks, 10Ks and the steeple chase. Or catch her on the roads. She'll be
0:53.2	easy to find because she'll be at the front, most likely winning. Yeah, you guessed it.
0:58.9	My guest today is professional runner Grayson Murphy. Grayson has such a great story and it's
1:04.8	an honor to have her here with us today sharing it. She's had a fast, fun year on the run,
1:10.4	a year filled with wins and personal bests, including winning Sockeny's Fast Future 10K in Germany,
1:17.6	earning a steeple chase personal best and finishing sixth in the steeple chase final at the Olympic
1:22.8	Trials. Winning the USATF mountain running championships, winning the desert news 10K,
1:28.8	running a mile PR and most recently racing the Abbott dash to the finish line 5K in New York City.
1:35.8	In this conversation, we go beyond that highlight reel. Grayson talks about her passion for
1:40.6	journaling and her line of planners that help her stay physically and mentally sharp.
1:45.2	She talks about rest days and why she wishes more people would hype them up.
1:49.6	She also talks about her struggles on and off the run and about the mental and emotional sides of
1:55.4	running. As for Grayson's future on the run, let's just say the word marathon comes up a whole
2:03.1	bunch of times in this conversation. Now please join me in welcoming Grayson Murphy to the alley on
2:09.0	the run show. All right, she might just be the most well-rounded, the most versatile runner on the
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