811. Phily Bowden’s 2025 London Marathon Recap
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2025
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
"You just need to chill a little bit!"
Phily Bowden has a massive following. Whether it's on YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram, there are hundreds of thousands of people watching — and applauding — Phily's every training run, start line, and finish line. The 2:25 UK-based marathoner runs professionally for On, and as she always says, she loves the grind. In this conversation, Phily talks about her experience at the 2025 London Marathon, where she may not have hit her time goal (she hoped for 2:23–2:24, and ran 2:30) but left London with an admirable perspective and some serious mental fortitude.
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In this episode:
- All about Phily’s workout today (2:00)
- How Phily’s feeling post-London (4:40)
- How Phily processes her races (5:45)
- Phily’s experience working with a sports psychologist (7:35)
- Phily's relationship with her coach, Jon Green (9:45)
- What’s next on the run for Phily? (11:15)
- What Phily’s London Marathon weekend was like (13:55)
- Phily’s London Marathon race morning (19:30)
- The pros and cons of being a content creator on race day (23:50)
- Phily’s relationship with fellow pro Molly Seidel, and how she feels about the Flagstaff running community (25:30)
- How it felt standing on the London Marathon start line (30:35)
- Phily breaks down the first few miles of the race (33:25)
- All about that London heat (40:20)
- The final 5K (46:20)
- What it felt like to cross the London Marathon finish line, and Phily’s post-race takeaways (48:30)
- On growing up as a “cheeky child” (53:40)
- When Phily knew she could make it as a content creator, and her take on influencer responsibility (57:10)
- How Phily got her non-running partner, Daniel, to become a runner! (1:02:45)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Allie on the Run show. I'm your host, Allie Feller, and this is where I talk |
| 0:09.0 | with people who are doing exciting things on the run and beyond. From professional athletes and |
| 0:14.1 | celebrity runners to the everyday, amateur, and back of the pack runner, we are here to celebrate |
| 0:19.0 | everyone and anyone who enjoys a life on the |
| 0:22.0 | run. Whether you are running towards something big or away from something that has been holding you |
| 0:26.8 | back, I am here to help you pick up the pace. My guest today, you know her, you love her, it's |
| 0:33.2 | Philly Bowden. Philly is a 225 marathoner based in the UK and she has a massive following |
| 0:39.8 | on YouTube, on Instagram, on TikTok. We are talking hundreds of thousands of followers for good |
| 0:46.0 | reason. Philly is running professionally. She's sponsored by On, but she's also one of the few |
| 0:51.5 | elite level runners who is really taking people along for the ride. |
| 0:55.9 | Part influencer, part pro runner, all heart. |
| 1:00.1 | Philly shows us the highlights, the victorious finish lines, the triumphant workouts. |
| 1:04.8 | She's also not one to sugarcoat the tough stuff and the real stuff. |
| 1:08.6 | Philly often talks about the mental side of running, about the post |
| 1:11.8 | marathon come down that we all know so well, and about running before, during, and after your period. |
| 1:17.8 | She also talks about chafing. You know I love that. She is not afraid to go there. In this conversation, |
| 1:23.1 | we're getting into all of it, including Philly's recap from her race at the 2025 London Marathon. |
| 1:29.4 | She had big dreams and goals for the day. |
| 1:31.4 | And while she may not have hit the time goal she wanted, she ran two hours and 30 minutes. |
| 1:35.6 | Her perspective on the day is so admirable. |
| 1:38.4 | Please enjoy this conversation with Philly Bowden. |
| 1:52.1 | All right, Philly, we're giving the people what they want. |
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