589. Sage Hurta, Professional Runner for On Athletics Club

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

"I don't think anyone goes as hard as a dance floor full of professional or elite runners. Everyone was going bananas."

Last year at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, Sage Hurta was in an exciting spot. Off the track, the seven-time All-American had just graduated from the University of Colorado and signed her first professional contract with On Athletics Club. And on the track: She was in the semi-finals of the 800m race, charging into the final 100 meters of the race with plans and dreams to advance to the final and maybe, hopefully make her first world championship team. But then she went down. Sage fell hard, breaking her wrist in the process. It was a heartbreaking day.

The good news: 2022 has been the ultimate redemption year. In her first full year as an On-sponsored professional athlete, Sage (who just married teammate Joe Klecker!) entered 2022 having never broken two minutes in the 800m, and then went on to break 2:00 not once, not twice, but three times in the span of just six days. (And then, once more for good measure in August, where she ran 1:57 in Monaco, a new personal best.) She also ran a 1500m personal best (4:01.79) and took the win at the Ed Murphey classic. In this conversation, Sage reflects on 2021, shares her 2022 highlight reel, and looks forward to 2023 and beyond.

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What you'll get on this episode:

All about Sage's recent wedding (and name change decision!) to teammate Joe Klecker (4:50)
How Sage would sum up 2022 (11:30)
The process of going pro (13:00)
Sage reflects on last year's U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, and that fall during the 800m semifinal (19:50)
On growing up with runner parents, and how Sage became a runner (28:30)
On breaking 2:00 in the 800m for the first time, and the art of "Sage Rage" (32:45)
Why Sage loves the 800, and how she puts that fall out of her head when she's racing (41:45)
What's next on Sage's racing calendar? (48:45)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show.
0:06.5	I'm your host Allie Feler, and every week I talk with people who are doing exciting
0:11.0	things on the run and beyond.
0:13.6	We all share that love for running, and that's what brings us all together.
0:17.0	But of course, there's more to life than what happens on the run itself.
0:21.3	And this show is about those in-betweens.
0:23.6	We are talking about the moments and decisions that have shaped who we are today, and the
0:28.4	wise.
0:29.4	Why do we do what we do?
0:31.0	And how does getting sweaty factor in?
0:33.2	Hey, happy Thanksgiving!
0:35.7	I am so thankful for every single one of you.
0:38.0	I really mean that.
0:39.3	I am thankful for these conversations.
0:41.1	I am thankful I get to do what I get to do every single day.
0:45.2	And I wouldn't do this without you, the listeners.
0:47.9	So thank you for being a part of this very special community.
0:51.8	I really love you so much.
0:53.6	My guest today is Sage Herta.
0:56.0	Sage is a professional middle-distance runner with on Athletics Club.
1:00.3	They are on fire!
1:02.4	Sage lives in Boulder, Colorado, where she's coached by Nathan Ritzenheim, and she's
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