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Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Alley Feller and this is 26 questions.

This is the series where I ask guests 26 questions. Yes, simple is that.

Summer about running, summer about their fall marathons. That is the thing that

unites the 26 questions guests. They are all running marathons this fall.

And of course some of the questions are totally totally totally random.

So far we have had 26 questions worth of fun with Deslinden, Dena Caster,

Funny Runner, Laura Green, and Nell Rojas. Today we're adding a man to the mix. We are hearing

from Kyle Merber. Kyle is a former professional middle distance runner who has decided it's time

to go long long distance. He's gearing up for the New York City Marathon which will be his official

marathon debut. You'll hear in this episode. He's run the distance a few times in training,

including one more time since we recorded this together. In addition to working full time for

American Express and being a new dad, his daughter turns one soon off. Kyle is also part of the

Cityest Mag Network and is the creator of the lap count. Yeah, go subscribe. The lap count newsletter

comes out every Wednesday, promptly at 6.30 a.m. and I look forward to it so much. It's a mix of

running industry news. Kyle smart and witty takes on all of it and his own running and training

updates. Those are my favorite part of the newsletter. I always love getting to talk to Kyle and when

I told him about the 26 questions concept, which is me as question asker, contributing as little

to the conversation as possible. He was like, no, don't do that. You have to chime in. Give the

people what they want. Talk. And you know, I am not here to say no to Kyle Merber. So 26 questions

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