66. Boston Marathon Talk with Molly Huddle
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
"I'm bringing the track speed to the marathon." —Molly Huddle
On April 16, professional runner Molly Huddle will be among a strong field of indomitable American women racing the Boston Marathon. This will only be Molly's second marathon: She made her 26.2-mile debut at the 2016 TCS New York City Marathon. On this episode, Molly, who is from Rhode Island and chatted with me from Arizona, shares all things Boston: how her training has been going, what she's excited about, what she's nervous about, and what she learned from her first marathon that she'll take with her into her second. Plus, she answers the question I've always wanted to ask: How in the world do pro runners grab their water bottles off those tables mid-race without slowing down, missing a bottle, grabbing someone else's bottle, or dropping a bottle?
What you'll get in this episode:
- How Molly's feeling a month out from Boston, and how this training cycle has been different from her NYC Marathon training (1:50)
- How fast Molly runs her track workouts and how slow she runs her recovery runs (3:30)
- Molly reflects on setting a new American half-marathon world record in Houston in January (5:00)
- Molly shares the high and low points of Boston Marathon training so far (6:45)
- What Molly's weekly mileage will peak at leading up to Boston (8:50)
- Molly's taper strategy, and her thoughts on tapering (9:15)
- Molly's Boston fueling strategy (11:35)
- The greatest lesson Molly says she learned from her first marathon (14:45)
- What Molly has that the rest of the American women don't (15:45)
- What race week will look like for Molly (18:50)
- Molly shares her Boston Marathon goals (23:30)
What we mention on this episode:
Molly Huddle on Episode 51 of the Ali on the Run Show
Desi Linden on Episode 64 of the Ali on the Run Show
Gatorade Endurance Energy Gels
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Allie on the Run Show. I'm your host Allie Feller and today I am so excited |
| 0:09.8 | to welcome professional runner Molly Huddle back to the show. Molly made her Allie on |
| 0:15.0 | the Run Show debut on episode 51 back in December and now she's here again talking all things |
| 0:21.0 | Boston Marathon. Molly will run her second marathon in Boston in just a few weeks so she |
| 0:27.0 | graciously gave me some of her time as her training peaked to talk about how it's been going, |
| 0:32.0 | who she's excited to line up next to in Boston, how in the world pro runners grab their water |
| 0:37.5 | bottles off those tables without slowing down, and what she has that none of the other pros have. |
| 0:43.0 | I'm so excited for Molly and all of the other incredible American women who will be racing |
| 0:48.2 | in Boston on April 16th. If you can't get enough Boston Marathon coverage, go back and listen |
| 0:53.4 | to episode 64 of The Allie on the Run Show where pro runner Desi Lindon talked about her training, |
| 0:59.0 | her race strategy, and her goals. Now let's dive right in and hear from Molly Huddle. |
| 1:08.6 | All right well Molly Huddle welcome back to The Allie on the Run Show. Thanks for having me Allie. |
| 1:14.3 | I'm excited to start this Boston countdown already. I know. So before we jump into that for anyone |
| 1:21.8 | who didn't hear your previous episode or somehow doesn't know who you are, |
| 1:25.5 | warm everyone up, tell everyone who you are, where you're from, and what you do. |
| 1:30.2 | Sure, my name is Molly Huddle. I'm a professional distance runner for Sockney and I have recently |
| 1:35.8 | stepped up to the marathon distance. So that's why there's a lot of Boston buzzer right now because |
| 1:41.0 | we are less than a month away I believe today. We are so exciting. So with that with Boston |
| 1:47.4 | less than a month away, how are you feeling? I feel pretty good. You know we still have a few hard |
| 1:53.0 | workouts left, maybe one long run. But yeah so far so good, no major interruptions and I think |
| 2:00.9 | that's kind of all you can ask for comparing it to the only other buildup I've done. It's going |
| 2:06.0 | better. So yeah, I'm excited to see what I can do and how has most of your training been going? |
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