662. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About World Championships

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

"Not all rectangles are squares. That's how I dissect who's self-conscious and not in the short-shorts vs. tights debates."

Welcome back to "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know!" I've worked in the running industry in some capacity for roughly a decade now, and as much as I've immersed myself, there's still so much I don't know or understand. So if I, a relative industry insider, am still confused about things like shoe contracts, waterfall starts on the track, and world rankings (seriously, what's up with world rankings?), surely I'm not alone. And since the 2023 World Athletics Championships competition kicks off this weekend in Budapest, it felt urgent to get the inside scoop.

So today, former professional runner and founder of The Lap Count (and track and field's biggest fan and hype guy) Kyle Merber returns to answer all of your (and some of my) questions about the World Championships. Big Qs and Little Qs and world stage paydays and the Media 800, and more!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show.
0:06.6	I'm your host Allie Feller, and this is where I talk with people who are doing exciting
0:10.9	things on the run and beyond.
0:13.3	From professional athletes and celebrity runners to the everyday, amateur, and back of
0:18.4	the pack athlete, we are here to celebrate everyone and anyone who enjoys a life on
0:23.8	the run.
0:24.8	Whether you are running towards something big or away from something that's been holding
0:28.5	you back.
0:29.5	I am here to help you pick up the pace.
0:32.2	And hey, it's good to be back.
0:34.0	It's good to be doing this.
0:35.4	I took a little recording hiatus, and I can't promise that that won't keep happening.
0:39.9	Reality is, I have another surgery coming up, I'm starting chemotherapy soon, so life
0:44.4	is just...it's life thing.
0:47.5	That's for sure.
0:48.5	But getting to have these conversations and share them with you, it makes me the happiest,
0:52.8	it makes me the Alley on the runniest.
0:55.4	And so, Alley on the Runniest, I don't know, that didn't sound great.
0:58.5	It was an absolute joy to get to spend an hour over Zoom recently with returning guest
1:03.2	and dear friend, fan favorite, Kyle Merber.
1:07.0	Kyle and I have been doing this series this year called Everything You Need To Know About
1:11.3	Blank.
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