468. Brittany Charboneau, 2022 Dopey Challenge Champion

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Ali Feller

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🗓️ 14 January 2022

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

“It was just so magical. Like holy smokes, I did it.”

Last weekend, Brittany Charboneau made Disney history by becoming the first person to ever win all four races in the Dopey Challenge. The North Face-sponsored professional runner ran four races in four days — a 5K, 10K, half marathon, and marathon — and broke the tape at each one. And she did so in carefully curated costumes that she hand-made herself, including Elsa from Frozen 2, Bing Bong and Joy from Inside Out, and Cruella de Vil from Cruella. On this episode, Brittany talks about why she wanted to complete the Dopey Challenge after a disappointing experience at last year's Boston Marathon. She talks about getting Covid just a few weeks before the races, and about her inspiration for each race and each costume. Plus, the Colorado-based comedian talks about attending "Broadway Camp" in New York City, where she spent nine hours a day training in dance, acting, and singing — in addition to training for the Dopey Challenge.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

How Brittany’s feeling after completing the Dopey Challenge (5:30)
Why Brittany wanted to run the Dopey Challenge (7:30)
All about Brittany’s Dopey Challenge goals, and how she trained to run four races in four days (12:45)
On getting Covid on Christmas Eve (20:15)
On winning the Dopey Challenge 5K in 17:36, dressed as Elsa from Frozen 2 (22:00)
On winning the Dopey Challenge 10K in 36:36, dressed as Bing Bong from Inside Out (30:15)
On winning the Dopey Challenge half marathon in 1:19:18, dressed as Joy from Inside Out (36:00)
On winning the Dopey Challenge marathon in 2:45:15, dressed as Cruella de Vil from 101 Cruella (48:30)
All about those finish line cookies (1:05:45)
What it was like getting a private tour of Walt Disney World (1:08:30)
All about Broadway Camp in New York City (1:10:20)
What’s next for Brittany (1:15:20)

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Gooter.
0:04.0	Go to gooter.com slash on the run and use code on the run 15 to get 15% off your entire order.
0:16.3	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Allie Feller and I am here today with a bonus
0:21.8	episode for you because when professional runner and comedian Brittany Sharmanau becomes the
0:28.2	first person to sweep the dopey challenge at Walt Disney World, we need to hear about it immediately.
0:36.3	That's right, a record smashing Brittany Sharmanau is here today to tell us all about her adventures
0:42.8	at the Magic Kingdom last weekend where she won all four races in the dopey challenge.
0:48.6	That's four races in four days. A 5K, a 10K, a half marathon, and a marathon to top it all off
0:56.8	and she broke the tape every single time making Disney history in the process. Oh, and she ran
1:03.8	each one in a carefully curated costume that she handmade herself. You'll hear all about those
1:10.0	costumes in this conversation. Brittany lives in trains in Colorado where she is sponsored by the
1:15.2	North Face and she lives her life in pursuit of fun and joy. And let me tell you that joy
1:21.5	is absolutely infectious, infectious in a good way. I know that word is like not the best to use
1:27.1	right now, but it's good in this case. My cheeks were sore by the end of this conversation
1:32.2	just from smiling so much and that is the very best kind of sore. Now before we hear from Brittany,
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