511. My 2022 Boston Marathon Experience

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

“This weekend I was like, ‘I just want to be me, and see where I can go with that. I don’t want to conform. I don’t want to turn off who I am to fit into the existing landscape.’”

After 1,099 days, the Boston Marathon was back on Patriots Day! And I was there! On this episode, I'm talking (for a very long time) all about my weekend in Boston, where I hosted a live show with Tracksmith (listen to it here), was the post-race on-camera interviewer for the world feed broadcast (!!!), and made my Boston Marathon finish line announcing debut. It was a nonstop weekend filled with great people, exciting events, and a big leap out of my comfort zone and onto live (global!) television. So before we get into the interviews with people who ran the race (Nell Rojas and Adrianne Haslet, coming next week!), here's my recap of the 2022 Boston Marathon from the sidelines, the media trucks, the finish line, and the photo bridge.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

All about Friday fun: press conferences, The TRACK at New Balance, and more (4:40)
The Saturday sessions: B.A.A. 5K spectating, introverting, Tracksmith live show, and more (23:15)
Easter Sunday celebrations: running and family time (37:00)
How I got these jobs (41:15)
Behind the scenes of the broadcast prep work (48:20)
All about Marathon Monday! (57:20)
Listener Q&A (1:20:20)

Mentioned in this episode:

Jacky Broersma on Episode 504 of the Ali on the Run Show

Erin Azar on Episode 446 of the Ali on the Run Show

Jenna Fesemyer on Episode 508 of the Ali on the Run Show

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Shocks.
0:04.0	Go to Shocks.com slash on the run and use code OTR15 to save 15% on all wireless headphones.
0:18.3	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Allie Feller and most weeks I talk with
0:23.9	people who are doing exciting things on the run and beyond. This is where we come to share our
0:29.6	love for running and the thing that brings us all together. But of course there's more to life
0:34.5	than what happens on the run itself and this show is about the in-between. The moments and decisions
0:40.8	that have shaped who we are today and the wise. Why do we do it? Why do we love running and what
0:46.9	does it mean to us? Today it's just me and what's left of my voice after a very exciting weekend
0:54.9	at the 2022 Boston Marathon. This year's Boston Marathon was exciting for so many reasons.
1:03.2	From the race side we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first official women's division
1:08.5	at the Boston Marathon. How cool is this? In 1972 there were eight women who ran in that division.
1:16.0	This year, more than 12,000 women ran the Boston Marathon. The races themselves were
1:22.8	absolutely thrilling. How about that professional women's fight to the finish? Oh my gosh,
1:29.1	Paris Japture Shear took the win and part of my role this weekend, including getting to interview
1:34.7	our immediately post-race. That and so much more is what I'm here to talk about today. I am giving
1:42.0	you the full rundown on Allie's 2022 Boston Marathon experience from Friday's press conference
1:50.0	and live shows and night at the track at New Balance to Saturday's BA5K. The Shake Out runs
1:56.8	the meetings, the meetups, my own live show at Tracksmith to Sunday's broadcast run-throughs
2:02.8	and everything I learned to all things Marathon Monday. Professionally, I was in Boston this weekend
2:10.1	hosting a live show with Tracksmith and serving as both a member of the World Feed broadcast team
2:15.5	and as an official Boston Marathon finish line race announcer. But personally, I was there for
2:22.8	all the fun, all the festivities, all the LeVane Bakery cookies. Seriously, I lived off those
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