551. Friendship Fest with Jess Sims & Kirsten Ferguson

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

"It’s really special when your friend becomes family."

Some friendships build, grow, and develop over time. Others are instant. For Peloton instructors Jess Sims and Kirsten Ferguson, the best friendship was immediate. In the final episode of Friendship Fest Season 2, Jess and Kirsten talk about how they met (through Peloton, naturally), why they hit it off right away, and what it's like when a friend becomes family. Plus, "the Starbucks story" that Jess is still mad about, what it's like being Peloton-famous, and why it was so important for Kirsten to be there when Jess ran the 2022 Boston Marathon.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

Jess and Kirsten introduce each other (4:15)
How Jess and Kirsten met and became friends (7:05)
What it’s like when new instructors join the Peloton team (13:00)
“The Starbucks story” (18:20)
On being Peloton-famous (25:45)
All about Kirsten’s epic pool parties (28:50)
On Jess’s special bond with Kirsten’s daughters (31:30)
The day Jess ran the Boston Marathon — and Kirsten was there as her #1 cheerleader (36:45)
Jess and Kirsten share the moments when they felt the most proud of each other (46:00)

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0:00.0	Friendship Fest on the Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Tracksmith.
0:04.8	Go to Tracksmith.com and use code Alley22 to get free shipping on your next Tracksmith order
0:12.4	plus Tracksmith will donate 5% of your purchase to the Trevor project.
0:21.6	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Alley Feller and this is Friendship Fest.
0:27.4	This series is all about celebrating Friendship on the Run. I love talking about what Friendship looks like for adults,
0:35.2	whether it's maintaining a childhood friendship into adulthood or finding new friends as grownups,
0:40.8	which we all know isn't always easy. Fortunately, running can definitely help and Friendship Fest proves that.
0:49.2	In each of these episodes, running plays a major role when it comes to friendship and relationships.
0:54.8	My friends here today are returning Alley on the Run Show guests and Peloton instructors,
1:00.8	Jess Sims and Kirsten Ferguson. Jess and Kirsten met unsurprisingly through Peloton.
1:07.5	Jess had been an instructor there for several years and Kirsten was the newest instructor on the block.
1:13.1	Jess took her under her wing and the rest is best friend history. Can you take away from this conversation?
1:19.6	Tell your friends when you are proud of them. All the time. Daily, hourly. This is the last Friendship Fest episode of the season.
1:29.3	There was a bit of a break between Friendship Fest episodes because you know, life.
1:34.0	So I want to give a really big thank you to our sponsor and that is Tracksmith. Tracksmith is a Boston-based apparel brand that makes some of my favorite running pieces.
1:44.5	It's a brand for runners, founded and created by runners, inspired by a deep love of this sport.
1:50.8	If you know anything about Tracksmith, you know they are as running obsessed as it gets.
1:55.5	It is impossible for me to talk about Tracksmith without talking about the Austin shorts.
2:00.4	These are my favorite. I talk about them all the time. Soft, comfortable. They perform perfectly, which for me,
2:06.9	that just means I put them on and I don't think about them. They have a really thick, high-rise waistband
2:12.0	and a little grip at the bottom so they genuinely don't ride up. Again, that is the Austin short.
2:19.1	Other favorites from the summer collection include the ultraversatile session teas and tanks which are so soft
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