670. My 2023 Chicago Marathon Weekend Recap

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

"This weekend brought me back to life in a way that I didn't even realize I needed so badly."

By some kind of miracle, I made it to the 2023 Chicago Marathon! Not to run it, though: I was in town (for the first time!) as one of the finish line announcers on race day. The whole weekend was a dream, from the first post-surgery run to the Abbott Chicago 5K (I ran it!) to the friendships and emotional moments to, of course, race day.

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What you'll get on this episode:

What life looked like before heading to the 2023 Chicago Marathon (3:00)
All about Friday, including my first post-surgery run (!!!), the elite athlete press conference, walking Rivers (!!!), and the welcome reception (20:45)
Saturday: running Abbott Chicago 5K, trying to see The Bean, dim sum in Chinatown, and laughing late into the night (44:45)
Recapping Chicago Marathon race day, from the world records to the final finishers (1:02:30)
Listener Q&A (1:22:40)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Allie on the Run Show.
0:06.8	I am your host Allie Feller, and I am so excited to be here right now.
0:10.8	I would love to say that I am sitting down with some very exciting guests, but today,
0:15.8	just you and me, babe.
0:17.5	This is a solo episode.
0:18.7	I do love doing these.
0:19.9	These are mostly for my personal collection so that I can remember stuff, turns out if
0:24.0	I don't write things down or keep some kind of audio record of them, I have basically
0:28.4	no memory.
0:29.4	Or at least no memory of stuff I want to remember.
0:32.7	I can, however, recite word for word every single episode of Saved by the Bell.
0:38.0	So if that comes in handy for anyone, if you are in a save by the Bell trivia league, hit
0:42.3	me up.
0:43.3	I can help you with that.
0:44.3	I can let you know that Zach and Kelly's song on the jukebox at the max was a 12.
0:49.5	But what did I do this morning?
0:50.6	What did I do last week?
0:51.6	What did I do this weekend?
0:53.5	That is what I am here to talk about.
0:55.0	I had the honor, the pleasure, the privilege of being one of the finish line announcers
0:59.6	at the 2023 Bank of America Chicago Marathon.
1:02.7	It was my first time going to Chicago.
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