679. My 2023 New York City Marathon Weekend Recap
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2023
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
"I am not going up on that stage crying, but I don't want to dismiss this moment! I want to take this all in and I want to feel this. It was an incredibly powerful thing."
It was a New York City Marathon to remember. I had the privilege of getting to be a part of the international, ESPN, and ABC7 broadcasts on race day. I hosted a live show with Ellie Kemper. I ran the Dash to the Finish Line 5K. I was the race announcer at the TCS Run with Champions youth race. It was all the best. This is my exhaustive recap of every step.
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What you'll get on this episode:
- All about my roles at the 2023 TCS New York City Marathon (2:05)
- Wednesday: the drive to NYC and the phone calls we made along the way (17:45)
- Thursday: a long morning run, the Run with Champions, and Titanique (27:00)
- Friday: a star-studded group run ending at a church, a broadcast team meeting, and an unforgettable live show with Ellie Kemper (36:10)
- Saturday: the Abbott Dash to the Finish 5K and a day full of production meetings (52:50)
- Sunday: New York City Marathon day! (1:03:30)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host |
| 0:07.1 | Ali feller and how many times have I said this this year? It's good to be back. |
| 0:12.1 | I've taken more little breaks this year than any |
| 0:14.9 | other time in the history of the Alley on the Run Show, but I swear I have a good reason. |
| 0:19.8 | And it's good to be back. I am so excited to be sitting down today to talk all things |
| 0:24.8 | 2023 TCS New York City Marathon. Historically I have a tradition of recording this episode |
| 0:32.1 | as soon as I get back from my trip to New York City. |
| 0:35.2 | This year, that didn't happen because I got back from my trip. |
| 0:38.3 | I went straight to chemotherapy, round three, and then I got sick and I lost my voice for 10 days so I am |
| 0:46.4 | finally sitting down on November 20th to see what I can remember from this |
| 0:51.0 | year's New York City marathon which to, to state the obvious, it was one for the books. |
| 0:55.0 | Personally, professionally, it was amazing, incredible, wonderful, life changing, affirming, all of the absolute best things. |
| 1:05.0 | So I'm going to walk you through day by day. |
| 1:08.0 | I didn't do a good job this year of keeping notes normally, |
| 1:11.0 | if you know me, if you've been around for a little while on big |
| 1:14.5 | marathon weekends like this I always keep really detailed notes in the notes app in my |
| 1:18.6 | phone so I can come on here and be like and then I saw Kellyn Taylor in the hotel lobby or then I was in the |
| 1:24.8 | bathroom at this random restaurant and I ran into Mebb Kefleski. Well no I probably |
| 1:29.3 | wouldn't run into him in a bathroom but maybe on my way to or from. Anyway, I normally keep detailed notes. This |
| 1:35.0 | was the first time that I didn't do that. I think I was just overwhelmed and kind of |
| 1:39.0 | just wanted to be present and not on my phone quite as much. |
| 1:43.2 | And I'm glad I did that though it will make this recap |
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