742. Dakotah Lindwurm’s 2024 Paris Olympic Games Recap

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🗓️ 22 August 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

"It’s like everything you’ve been working for coming true in one moment."

Today in 2024 Paris Olympic Games recap episodes: marathoner Dakotah Lindwurm! Dakotah earned her spot on Team USA by finishing third at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon in February, and now, she finally got to run those 26.2 miles (or 42.1 kilometers, as she learned) through Paris, and can officially call herself an Olympian.

Dakotah finished 12th at the Olympic Marathon, and was the top American woman in the race, running 2:26:44. In this episode, we get to hear all about the race, including what it was like leading the Olympic Marathon, and what it was like getting engaged at the finish. Plus, what's next: Dakotah announced this week that she will be running the TCS New York City Marathon in just 11 weeks.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

How Dakotah is feeling post-Paris, and all about her decision to run the New York City Marathon in just 11 weeks (2:00)
If Dakotah hasn’t had her breakthrough yet, what would that look like? (8:20)
Dakotah’s Paris expectations vs. reality (10:00)
All about the boy on the sidelines (16:50)
Why this race was “bittersweet” for Dakotah (19:40)
How watching the men’s marathon impacted Dakotah’s race plan (23:45)
The pre-race camaraderie between Dakotah, Emily, and Fiona (28:30)
What it was like racing the Olympic Marathon — and why the first 10K was so “chaotic” (33:20)
On leading the Olympic Marathon (36:10)
How Dakotah felt on the hills (39:00)
Dakotah’s advice for getting through the low points of a race (42:40)
What the final miles of the race were like for Dakotah (47:30)
The finish line proposal! (50:30)
The immediate perks of being an Olympian (55:40)
How Dakotah chose what to wear for the marathon (1:02:30)

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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 on every episode I talk with people who are doing
0:10.7	exciting things on the run and beyond.
0:13.6	From professional athletes and celebrity runners
0:16.1	to the everyday amateur and back of the pack runner.
0:19.5	We are here to celebrate everyone and anyone
0:22.3	who enjoys a life on the run. Whether you are
0:24.8	running towards something big or away from something that has been holding you
0:28.1	back, I am here to hold your hand and help you pick up the pace. Today in 2024 Paris Olympic Games Recap episodes, Dakota Lindworm.
0:38.0	Dakota earned her spot on Team USA by finishing third at the U.S. Olympic marathon trials way back in February.
0:46.4	And now she finally got to run those 26.2 miles through Paris and officially become
0:52.4	an Olympian. Dakota finished 12th at the Olympic
0:55.6	Marathon. She was the top American woman in the race and she finished in two hours
1:00.2	26 minutes and 44 seconds. In this episode we get to hear all about the race
1:05.6	including what it was like leading the Olympic marathon, how those hills
1:10.6	really felt, both the ups and the downs, and what it was like getting engaged at the finish.
1:17.6	So much to celebrate with Dakota, including the announcement of her next marathon.
1:22.2	Dakota will run the TCS New York City
1:24.1	marathon in just 11 weeks. Please join me in welcoming Olympian Dakota Lindworm
1:30.3	for the fifth time it turns out back to the Alley on the Run show.
1:35.0	All right Dakota Lindwormm back on the Alley on the Run show this time as
1:47.6	officially an Olympian Dakota welcome home thank you for doing this. Congratulations. Oh my God, how are you? Hi. I am so good. I'm so happy to be back on. I feel like I'm working my way up the list of like the most times I bet like people that are on Alley on the run. I know that you have like a list of who's been on the most.
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