789. Tristin Colley, 2:25 Marathoner with ZAP Endurance

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Ali Feller

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🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

"It’s not sustainable if you’re not having fun with it."

Tristin Colley ran her first marathon in 2019 in 2 hours and 40 minutes. Just four years later, Tristin she 15 minutes off that time, running 2:25 at the Chicago Marathon. Now, Tristin (formerly Van Ord) is throwing down 110-mile weeks with her team, ZAP Endurance, as she gears up for this year's Boston Marathon. Tristin lives in Blowing Rock, NC, with her husband, teammate, and fellow pro marathoner Andrew Colley. This past weekend, they each competed at the USATF Half Marathon Championships in Atlanta. In this conversation, Tristin reflects on that race, and looks to her next one in Boston. She talks about going pro, being raised by a single mom, and doing triple workouts as part of her Boston prep.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

On running to the Shrek soundtrack on repeat, the ZAP Endurance team vibe, and “ketchup with seemingly ranch” (2:50)
Tristin’s take on off days (8:15)
Tristin recaps her race at the USATF Half Marathon Championships (9:40)
How Tristin deals with disappointment (12:00)
Tristin’s takeaways from last weekend’s race (15:55)
Reflecting on a tough year, and what Tristin’s mindset was heading into the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon (17:00)
What it was like living in North Carolina during last year’s floods (21:25)
All about Coach Colley, and Tristin’s involvement at Appalachian State University (26:30)
How Tristin’s Boston Marathon training is going (28:10)
How Tristin met now-husband Andrew Colley (32:10)
How Tristin has shaved 15 minutes off her marathon time (38:30)
Why Tristin wanted to run with ZAP Endurance (40:15)
All about Tristin’s mom, and what Tristin was like as a kid (41:00)
Tristin looks back on her experiences at both the 2020 and 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (47:15)
The pros and cons of dating a teammate and fellow professional marathoner (57:00)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Allie on the Run show. I'm your host, Ali Feller, and on most episodes, 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, we are here to celebrate everyone
0:22.1	and anyone who enjoys a life on the run.
0:25.8	So whether you are running towards something big or away from something that has been
0:29.0	holding you back, I am here to hold your hand and help you pick up the pace.
0:33.6	My guest today is Tristan Colley.
0:36.1	Formerly Tristan Van Ord, Tristan is a professional marathoner,
0:39.8	a 225 marathoner, who lives in North Carolina with her husband and teammate, fellow pro runner,
0:46.7	Andrew Collie. Tristan and Andrew are both part of Zapp Endurance, and they both just
0:51.4	raced the USATF half marathon championships this past weekend in Atlanta.
0:56.5	In this conversation, Tristan shares her takeaways from that race and talks about her Boston
1:01.1	marathon training. She'll be racing Boston in just about a month and a half and she is out there
1:06.2	running 110 mile weeks and logging triples on some days. We got to hear all about that.
1:13.3	She talks about how she became a professional runner. She talks about being raised by a single
1:17.2	mom. Shout out Joni Bologna. And she talks about Shrek being hot. I don't know. We covered a lot
1:23.5	in this one. It was super fun on a personal level. I felt like Tristan is one of those people
1:27.8	that I just clicked with immediately. Maybe it's because we both love Poppy from trolls. I don't know,
1:33.4	hard to say, but I am such a fan of this woman. Cannot wait to see what she does in Boston and
1:38.2	beyond. So please join me in welcoming Tristan Collie to the Alley on the Run Show.
1:54.3	All right, my instinct was to say, Tristan Van Orrde, welcome to the Alley on the Run Show.
2:00.6	But I will correct myself, Tristan Collie with the new last name, welcome to the Allie on the Run show. I'm so happy to see your
2:01.9	smiling face today. How are you? I'm good. Yeah, I always say I half of my things are still Van Ord.
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