646. Run Your Way with Ashley Desanno

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

"If you really in your bones know you can meet some goal? Don’t quit until you do it."

Ashley Desanno grew up playing soccer, took a break from sports during college (partying > fitness), and then, with encouragement from her now-husband, decided to go for a run one day. One run turned into two, which turned into registering for her first race. Now, she's a 2:58 marathoner who is best known online as @lotsamiles. (Surely you've seen her wildly popular, LOL-worthy, likely-to-go-viral videos, like the one where her son gave his class an oh-so-honest recap of her most recent race.) In this conversation, Ashley, who lives in Portland, OR, with her husband and their two sons, talks about what it has taken to become a 2:58 marathoner. (Spoiler: It took 10 years and eight attempts to get there.) She talks about what it means to "fail forward," about the power of persistence, and about the role running is playing as she grieves the recent loss of her father. Plus, how she chooses to show up online, how she deals with potential backlash, and so much more.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

All about Young Ashley (3:35)
What Ashley’s running looks like in the wake of losing her father, and the role running is playing in the grieving process (4:40)
Ashley’s approach to running and racing right now (9:15)
How, when, and why Ashley became a runner (11:10)
What it took to run a sub-3:00 marathoner after 10 years and eight tries — and why Ashley never gave up (16:30)
The day Ashley ran a 2:58 marathon — and the aftermath (24:30)
On toxic positivity, and how it shows up in running and motherhood (29:00)
All about becoming “lotsamiles,” what it’s like going viral, and addressing "political" topics on social media (34:20)
Ashley shares her biggest hopes, dreams, and goals on the run (44:15)
Ashley's advice for building running confidence (48:25)
What it means to run the Ashley Desanno way (56:55)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by New Balance.
0:04.1	Go to newbalance.com slash running to check out New Balance's newest releases for the season.
0:10.3	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show.
0:16.9	I'm your host, Allie Feller, and this is Run Your Way.
0:20.8	The premise of this series, it's pretty simple.
0:23.5	If the best way to run is your way, which I totally think it is,
0:28.0	let's talk about what that actually means.
0:30.8	My guest today comes by very popular request.
0:33.9	It's Ashley DeSano, known by her 1 million plus TikTok followers as lots of miles.
0:41.6	Ashley is a mom to two boys.
0:43.6	She's a 258 marathoner, and she is a super fun follow whether TikTok is your jam or you prefer
0:50.4	Instagram, like me.
0:52.0	In addition to being wildly impressed by her speedy marathons and her consistency and her
0:57.2	approach to running, which is all about working hard and staying in love with the sport,
1:01.8	I really admire the way Ashley shows up online.
1:04.8	She is outspoken on lots of issues.
1:07.6	I learn a lot from her, and she often makes me think which I promise is a good thing.
1:12.9	We're here to talk about all of it, from Ashley's running origin story to how running is serving her
1:19.2	after the recent loss of her beloved father.
1:21.8	I loved getting to know her better.
1:23.2	I love what she's all about.
1:24.6	So what does it mean to run the Ashley DeSano away?
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