778. Allie Ostrander, Professional Runner for Oiselle

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

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

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

"It was horrible and wonderful at the same time."

Ali and Allie on the run! Professional track, trail, and road runner Allie Ostrander returns to the Ali on the Run Show today to talk about signing with Oiselle, and about her goals for her 2025 racing season. Allie will be making her half marathon debut at the Mesa Half Marathon in just a few weeks, and in this episode she talks about why she's intrigued by the distance, and what she hopes to accomplish in 13.1 miles. Plus, her reflections on her first injury-free year since 2019, what it's like being a full-time runner and content creator (subscribe to her YouTube channel and get this girl to 100K!), and her advice on how to be a better downhill runner on the trails.

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In this episode:

Why Allie doesn’t run on Sundays (2:25)
What Allie can share about her 2025 racing calendar (7:45)
Allie’s goals for her half marathon debut (16:45)
All about Allie’s decision to sign with Oiselle (19:45)
Allie’s goals for 2025 (24:00)
Allie’s advice for how to be a better trail runner (25:45)
What it took to have an injury-free year for the first time in five years (31:20)
How Allie sees the business of running (38:40)
How Allie learned to reframe failure (48:30)
What Allie would say to her 16-year-old self, and her future self (50:45)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley's on the Run show. That'll make sense in a second. I am your host,
0:10.0	Allie Feller, and on every episode, I talk with people who are doing exciting things on the run
0:14.9	and beyond. From professional athletes and celebrity runners to the everyday amateur and back
0:20.7	of the pack runner we are here
0:22.4	to celebrate everyone and anyone who enjoys a life on the run whether you are running towards
0:27.9	something big or away from something that has been holding you back i am here to hold your hand
0:33.0	and help you pick up the pace my guest today is alley oie Ostrander. See, Allie's on the run.
0:40.0	You get it. There's two of us. It has been several years since professional runner Allie Ostrander
0:45.1	was on the show, and I'm really happy to have her back here to catch up today. Allie is a racer
0:50.2	of all trades, if that's a phrase. She races on the roads, she races on the track, and she races on the trails.
0:57.2	Allie just signed with a new sponsor, Wasell, and she will be opening up her race season
1:02.2	in just a few weeks with her half marathon debut.
1:06.0	Allie's a professional runner and a professional content creator, and she is very proud to be both.
1:12.0	We talk about that, about running for a living and about documenting her running for a living.
1:18.6	It's not surprising Allie has gained a loyal, compassionate, kind, wonderful following.
1:24.7	She shared openly and honestly over the years about her life and about living
1:28.5	with an eating disorder and about the nonlinear recovery process. There's a lot to celebrate with
1:34.3	Ali in this episode, including the fact that 2024 was her first fully injury-free year on the
1:42.1	run since 2019.
1:49.8	Allie lives with her boyfriend, Spencer, also a YouTuber known as the Athlete Special,
1:51.9	and she is coached by David Roche.
1:56.1	Please join me in welcoming Allie Ostrander to the Allie on the Run show. Two for one, it's Allie's on the run today.
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