549. Sara Hall, Team USA Marathoner

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Ali Feller

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4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

"When you think about what you hope to leave on the sport or model for my daughters through the sport, I hope that’s what people see: resiliency, and how to pick yourself up, and not let discouragement get you down."

First we heard from Keira D'Amato. Then Emma Bates. And now, we complete the World Athletics Championships Team USA women's marathon trifecta on the Ali on the Run Show with fifth-place finisher Sara Hall. Not only did Sara — a 39-year-old mom of four — run a season's best time of 2:22:10 that day in Eugene, she also says it was the most fun she's ever had running a marathon. In this conversation, Sara recaps her entire World Championships experience.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

Was Sara having as much fun as it seemed? (3:40)
Sara reflects on her training for the World Championships marathon, and how she was feeling heading into the race both physically and emotionally (8:50)
The impact Sara’s performance at the 2020 London Marathon has had on her career and her confidence (12:00)
What Sara’s pre-race obligations were like (17:30)
All about race morning (20:00)
Sara’s plan to have fun (29:20)
How the race played out (35:00)
The moment when Sara decided to chase down fifth place (40:10)
Sights and sounds from the finish line (43:20)
Sara recaps all the post-race action and activities (51:00)
What Sara can — and can’t — tell us about her fall racing plans (55:15)

For more, check out:

Sara Hall on Episode 490 of the Ali on the Run Show

Sara Hall on Episode 459 of the Ali on the Run Show

Sara Hall on Episode 321 of the Ali on the Run Show

Sara Hall on Episode 300 of the Ali on the Run Show

Sara and Ryan Hall on Episode 144 of the Ali on the Run Show

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show.
0:06.6	I'm your host Alley Feller and today we are completing the Team USA Women's Marathon
0:12.6	Stories from World Athletics Championships.
0:15.9	First we heard from Kira Demado, then it was Emma Bates, and today Sarah Hall is here
0:22.2	to talk all about her incredible run at World Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
0:28.4	Sarah finished fifth at the World Championships marathon running a season's best time of
0:33.5	2-22-10.
0:36.2	And the best part I think Sarah says it is the most fun she's ever had running a marathon.
0:43.2	Her joy was obvious and it was palpable and it was so fun to watch Sarah working
0:48.4	the crowd on each lap of that course.
0:51.4	In true Sarah form, she surged at the end.
0:54.2	Sarah was in ninth place heading into the second half of the race and she worked her way
0:58.8	all the way up to fifth.
1:01.1	Now before we hear every detail from Sarah's day, I want to thank you can, not just for
1:06.2	supporting the Alley on the Run Show, but also for supporting two out of three Team USA
1:12.4	Women's Marathoners.
1:13.4	Yup, both Emma Bates and Sarah Hall have been using U-CAM products for the past several
1:18.6	years and no surprise here, they've run their best strongest fastest marathons during
1:24.9	that same time.
1:26.8	And both are quick to credit U-CAM with helping them every step of the way.
1:31.7	Emma swears by U-CAN Edge, which is U-CAN's gel that provides the long lasting sustainable
1:37.4	energy that Marathoners need and Sarah loves U-CAN's powders.
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