562. 26 Questions with Deena Kastor

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Ali Feller

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4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

"I have to enjoy this race. I really just need this one to be uplifting."

Deena Kastor has run (and won!) many marathons during her career. She's the 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist in the marathon, she has won both the Chicago and London Marathons and the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, and until this past January, she was the American Record Holder in the marathon (Keira D'Amato holds that title now). And this weekend, Deena will race the Berlin Marathon! Here, she explains why this race is so special (she'll earn her Abbott World Marathon Majors six-star finisher's medal!) and what her goals are for the day. Plus: why she ran her first marathon, where she keeps her Olympic medal, her real feelings about race broadcasting, and why her greatest running weakness involves...baby eagles?

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0:00.0	26 questions on the Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Tracksmith.
0:04.9	Go to Tracksmith.com and use code Alley22 to get free shipping on your next Tracksmith order,
0:12.2	plus Tracksmith will donate 5% of your purchase to the Trevor project.
0:21.9	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Alley Feller and this is 26 questions,
0:28.4	a new series. Yay! We kicked it off last week with Deswinden. So if you recall, this is the series
0:35.9	where I talk to some of my favorite people who all happen to be training for fall marathons
0:41.7	and I ask them a series of rapid fire-ish questions. My guest today is the legend herself, Dina Caster.
0:50.8	Dina is the 2004 Olympic bronze medalist in the marathon. She has won the Chicago Marathon and
0:57.7	the London Marathon and the US Olympic Marathon trials. And until this year, Dina was the American
1:04.0	record holder in the marathon. Here a DiMato holds that title now. Dina is the author of Let Your Mind
1:09.8	Run. She's also a race commentator who lives in Mammoth Lakes, California with her husband Andrew,
1:15.2	their daughter Piper, and their big dog Duke. And this coming weekend, Dina will race the Berlin
1:22.0	Marathon. Now this is exciting for a lot of reasons, which you'll hear about in this episode,
1:27.0	but know that it has been a long road to this race for Dina. And it's at this race that she will
1:33.7	earn her six star finishers medal for completing all six Abbott World Marathon majors, which includes
1:40.0	New York, Boston, Chicago, Tokyo, London, and finally, Berlin. So are you ready? I am. Let's get into
1:48.4	26 questions with Dina Caster. All right, the legend in the house, Dina Caster. I am so excited,
2:03.3	Dina. I've never had you on the show by yourself. We've done a group activities, but here you are.
2:08.5	So excited to be here with you. Of course, getting up to travel day and two days. Life is totally
2:16.8	hectic and crazy. So I sent my family out of the house rock climbing so we could have some quiet time.
2:23.1	Oh my gosh. Also, respect I sent my family downstairs to watch TV. So we're different, but you know,
2:29.3	whatever works. Someday my four year old will go rock climbing while I'm getting work done. But for
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