567. 26 Questions with Nell Rojas
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
"I went through a breakup and went straight for the guitar shop, hoping that would fix everything. Well. I played it once for about 10 minutes."
In both 2021 and 2022, Boulder-based professional runner Nell Rojas was the highest-placing American woman at the Boston Marathon. Now, she's ready to tackle the Big Apple: Nell is gearing up to make her TCS New York City Marathon debut next month. Today, she answers questions about how her training is going, why she wants to run NYC, how her boyfriend really feels about her "head-only altitude tent," American Girl dolls (she's an Addy; I'm an aspiring Samantha), how people react when they see her car, and so much more.
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For more from Nell, check out:
Nell Rojas on Episode 513 of the Ali on the Run Show
Nell Rojas & Hiruni Wijayaratne on Episode 484 of the Ali on the Run Show
Nell Rojas on Episode 434 of the Ali on the Run Show
Nell Rojas on Episode 431 of the Ali on the Run Show
Nell Rojas on Episode 229 of the Ali on the Run Show
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| 0:00.0 | 26 questions on the Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by TrackSmith. |
| 0:04.6 | Go to TrackSmith.com and use code Alley22 to get free shipping on your next TrackSmith order. |
| 0:11.3 | Plus, TrackSmith will donate 5% of your purchase to the Trevor Project. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. |
| 0:22.0 | I'm your host Alley Feller and this is 26 Questions. |
| 0:26.0 | This is the series where I ask guests, yeah, 26 questions. Simple as that. |
| 0:32.2 | Some of them are about running. Some are about their fall marathons. |
| 0:36.4 | That is a thing that unites the 26 questions guests. They are all running marathons this fall. |
| 0:42.0 | And of course, some of the questions are totally, totally random. |
| 0:46.6 | So far on this series, we've had 26 questions worth of fun with Desilinden, |
| 0:51.9 | Dina Caster, and Laura Green. And today, we're hearing from yet another soon-to-be New York City Marathoner. |
| 1:00.7 | Nell Rojas. Nell is a professional runner who has had a big last year on the run. |
| 1:06.8 | She was the top American finisher at both the 2021 and 2022 Boston Marathons. |
| 1:12.8 | And now she is ready to make her New York City debut. So let's queue up the list of questions. |
| 1:19.6 | Nell Rojas. Let's do it. |
| 1:28.6 | All right, Nell Rojas, I feel like this series is made for you because you're witty and you're |
| 1:34.0 | funny and you're like good under pressure. And this is a lot of pressure. This is 26 questions |
| 1:39.4 | on the Alley on the Run Show. This question doesn't count. This is just like how are you feeling |
| 1:44.1 | with the vibe? Well, I tried to prepare for this, but there is no way to prepare for this. |
| 1:52.4 | So I did nothing. And I am very nervous for it. Yeah, that's good. |
| 2:00.4 | And I want to apologize in advance just in case it does not go well. |
| 2:07.3 | Well, then then I just edited it and we redo it so like no one will even know. |
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