777. Nell Rojas, on Life Lately

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

"Take away the paces. Take away the expectations. And approach every single interval or every single mile like you’re listening to your body and understanding that this isn’t an exterior thing you’re doing for someone or to achieve something. It’s you inside, and that’s all that matters."

It's been a hard year and a half for Nell Rojas. The Nike-sponsored professional athlete had a speedy ascent in the world of marathoning. She won the 2019 Grandma's Marathon, and was the top American woman at the 2021 and 2022 Boston Marathons. In this conversation, Nell explains what's been going on with her mind and body recently. She talks about where her fitness is at these days, and about her spring marathon plans. (This just in: Nell will, in fact, be racing this year's Boston Marathon.) Plus: Nell's takeaways from the 2024 Olympic Marathon Trials, her foray into voice lessons, and her story about "the most nervous she's ever been." Nell — a running coach herself, with more than 50 athletes on her current roster — lives in Boulder, CO, where she is coached by her father, Ric Rojas.

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In this episode:

Nell’s take on New Year’s Resolutions (2:00)
How Nell spends her days — and what her ideal date entails (4:00)
What Nell’s loving right now (9:45)
All about Nell’s workout today (15:45)
An update on Nell’s health (17:30)
How Nell is feeling on the run (33:10)
What Nell is excited about right now (37:10)
Nell’s takeaways from the 2024 Marathon Trials (41:45)
Why Nell decided to take singing lessons (44:40)
The one exercise Nell says all runners should be doing, and Nell's advice to all spring marathoners (48:50)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Allie on the Run show.
0:06.7	I'm your host, Allie Fellar, and on every episode I talk with people who are doing exciting things on the run and beyond.
0:13.8	From professional athletes and celebrity runners to the everyday, amateur, and back of the pack runner,
0:20.1	we are here to celebrate everyone and
0:22.2	anyone who enjoys a life on the run.
0:25.3	Whether you are running towards something big or away from something that has been holding
0:28.9	you back, I am here to hold your hand and help you pick up the pace.
0:33.4	My guest today is professional runner Nell Rojas.
0:37.0	Nell is a returning guest on the show, so it's likely you know her already, but by way of introduction.
0:43.3	Nell lives in trains in Boulder, Colorado, where she's sponsored by Nike, coached by her dad, Rick, and is a coach herself.
0:51.1	Nell actually got her pro start as a triathlete and then eventually made her way over to the
0:55.7	marathon where she had pretty instant success. She won Grandma's Marathon and she finished as the
1:01.0	top American woman at the Boston Marathon two years in a row. The past year and a half has been
1:06.5	tough for Nel though and in this conversation she talks about some of the reasons why. She offers an
1:11.8	update on how she's doing now. She names the race she would love to run this spring. And she talks
1:17.8	about her ideal date night. As always, we cover plenty of ground in this one. Please enjoy this
1:23.6	conversation with Nell Rojas.
1:35.0	All right, it's been a minute.
1:39.8	Nell Rojas, it is so good to have you back on the Alley on the Run show, officially the first guest on the Alley on the Run show of 2025.
1:43.3	So thank you for being here. Welcome back to the show.
1:46.0	How are you doing tonight? Doing so well, Allie. I love you. So well. Okay. We have so much to get
1:54.5	into because we haven't caught up in quite a bit. But first, because it is a new year, I have to be
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