631. Alexi Pappas, Marathon Guide

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

"I feel like a train, or a minivan — I can go anywhere, I can go forever! I can’t go as fast as I used to, but I can do it!"

Alexi Pappas kicked off 2023 by running — on a whim — a 100K trail race. Last month, she ran the L.A. Marathon with Diplo. Now, she's getting ready to run the Boston Marathon as a guide to Lisa Thompson, the visually impaired runner Alexi ran with in Boston last year. (Lisa won her para division last year, and is back for the win this year!) Today, we're catching up on all of it (including, yes, the Diplo "running on LSD" thing). Alexi talks about finding meaning, passion, and purpose in the sport in a way that looks different than it did during her most competitive years, and talks about her hesitancy to show up as her fullest self at the races for fear of judgment. Plus, what Alexi's training is like these days, how her fellow pros have responded to her sparkles and glitter on the run, and her takes on why people are like planets and she's like a minivan.

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Alexi Pappas on Episode 452 of the Ali on the Run Show

Alexi Pappas on Episode 330 of the Ali on the Run Show

Alexi Pappas on Episode 296 of the Ali on the Run Show

Alexi Pappas on Episode 163 of the Ali on the Run Show

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show.
0:06.5	I'm your host Allie Feller, and every week I talk with people who are doing exciting
0:11.0	things on the run and beyond.
0:13.7	We all share that love for running, and that is what brings us all together.
0:17.5	But of course, there's more to life than what happens on the run itself.
0:21.2	And this show is about those in-betweens.
0:23.4	We're talking about the moments and the decisions that have shaped you we are today, and the
0:28.3	wise.
0:29.3	And why do we do what we do?
0:30.9	How does running factor in?
0:33.2	My guest today is Olympian, author, actress, returning Allie on the Run Show favorite.
0:38.8	It is the sparkle and glitter and joy queen herself, Alexi Pappas.
0:44.9	It's always really fun catching up with Alexi because she's always doing the most, and
0:49.6	she's usually having the most fun in the process.
0:54.0	On the day that we talked, Alexi was just a few weeks removed from running the Allie
0:57.7	marathon with Diplo.
1:00.0	Then she was part of the speed project running from LA to Las Vegas.
1:04.2	Then right before our call, she was fresh off a flight from Costa Rica, and she took some
1:08.9	time to chat with me before a call with, you know what?
1:12.4	I can't tell you that, but I can tell you that right after our call, she had a call with
1:16.9	the two channels that we all grew up watching the most.
1:20.0	That's your little hint.
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