51. Molly Huddle

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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You know her, you love her, and she's here today: Molly Huddle! Molly is a professional distance runner and 25-time national title holder who lives and trains in Providence, RI. On this episode, Molly talks about her Olympic dreams that started when she was young, and what it's been like to actually achieve those dreams — twice. She talks about what it's actually like competing at the Olympics (she represented Team USA in the 5K in 2012 and in the 10K in 2016), and explains why last year's Olympics felt "like a local road race." She also talks about the relationship between United States female distance runners right now (warm fuzzy alert!), how she trains her mental game, and her scariest career moments. Plus, she reflects on her marathon debut (at the 2016 TCS New York City Marathon), talks about being at the finish line for Shalane Flanagan's 2017 NYCM win, and shares what's next. (Since recording this episode, Molly has announced she will officially be racing the Boston Marathon in 2018! Go Molly!) Stuff We Mention on this Episode: TCS New York City Marathon: https://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/ United Airlines NYC Half: http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2018/united-airlines-nyc-half Shalane Flanagan: https://twitter.com/ShalaneFlanagan Saucony: http://www.saucony.com/en/home Ray Treacy: http://www.friars.com/sports/m-xc/mtt/treacy_ray01.html Providence College: http://www.providence.edu/ USATF: http://www.usatf.org/Home.aspx Mary Keitany: https://www.runnersworld.com/mary-keitany Meb Keflezighi: https://marathonmeb.com/ Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K: http://www.aliontherunblog.com/2017/11/06/abbott-dash-finish-5k-recap/ Runner Girl emoji: https://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/the-running-emoji-youve-been-waiting-for-is-here Unicode: http://unicode.org/emoji/ University of Notre Dame: https://www.nd.edu/ Houston Half Marathon: http://houstonhalf.com/ Nordstrom: https://shop.nordstrom.com/ Cumberland Monestary: http://cumberlandlibrary.org/sites/default/files/attachments/CompleteMonasteryTrailMapV.1.6.0.pdf All Saints: https://www.us.allsaints.com/ Joan Benoit Samuelson: http://www.joanbenoitsamuelson.com/ Follow Molly: Instagram @mollyhuddle: https://www.instagram.com/mollyhuddle/ Twitter @mollyhuddle: https://twitter.com/mollyhuddle Website: http://www.runmollyhuddle.com/ Follow Ali: Instagram @aliontherun1: https://www.instagram.com/aliontherun1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aliontherun/ Twitter @aliontherun1: https://twitter.com/aliontherun1 Blog: http://www.aliontherunblog.com/ Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/13333410 Thank you for listening to and supporting the Ali on the Run Show! If you're enjoying the show, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on iTunes. Spread the run love!

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and welcome to the Allie on the Run Show.
0:07.2	I'm your host Allie Feller and today you are in for one speedy treat.
0:12.1	As you could clearly already tell from the title, today's guest is professional runner
0:16.7	and 25 time national title holder Molly Huddle.
0:21.9	Now I'm not going to play it cool with you here.
0:24.3	Molly Huddle is one of my absolute favorite runners.
0:27.2	I just love watching her race, whether it's at the Olympics where she has competed twice
0:32.5	at the New York City Marathon where she made her 26.2 mile debut last year or at the New
0:37.7	York City half marathon, which she's won three times.
0:41.6	Molly is a strong, solid, always composed looking racer, but she's also really gutsy and
0:47.0	throws so much of herself into every performance and I admire that so much.
0:52.0	Even though Molly's been tearing up the long distance courses for the past few years,
0:55.6	she says her favorite distance will forever be the 5K.
0:58.8	So on this episode we of course talk about her racing strategy, which is basically go
1:03.3	out hard, push the pace and finish really really really fast.
1:08.2	Molly talks about what it was like breaking Shalane Flanagan's 10,000 meter American record
1:12.5	at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
1:15.0	She shares what it's like being married to a fellow runner and she talks about her third
1:19.1	place finish at last year's New York City Marathon.
1:22.0	And again that was her marathon debut.
1:24.0	So third place in her first ever marathon, same Molly, same.
1:28.8	She talks about her proudest career moments on the episode.
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