853. The Support Squad Series: Round 8 with Danielle "Dee" Mastronardi
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
"You prioritize your life for the people who mean the most to you. And that's how it's been since day one for us."
Two days before Thanksgiving, I was up at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for my eighth round of chemotherapy. This time around, I was joined by my college roommate and one of my favorite people of all-time, Danielle "Dee" Mastronardi. This is our recap from the day at the infusion center, with a whole lot of detours for stories [we probably shouldn't be sharing] from our college days.
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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 |
| 0:08.7 | with people who are doing exciting things on the run and beyond. From professional athletes and |
| 0:13.7 | celebrity runners to the everyday amateur and back of the pack runner, we are here to celebrate |
| 0:18.4 | everyone and anyone who enjoys a life on the run. |
| 0:22.1 | Whether you are running towards something big or away from something that's been holding you back, |
| 0:26.2 | I am here to hold your hand and help you pick up the pace. I'm back today with another |
| 0:30.6 | support squad episode. As always, I know these episodes are not for everyone because they're not |
| 0:36.1 | about running. So if you come to the alley on the run show to hear about running, this one might not be your |
| 0:41.2 | personal preference. |
| 0:42.2 | And that's okay. |
| 0:43.1 | I'll be back next week with more run talk. |
| 0:46.1 | The Support Squad series. |
| 0:47.0 | This is something I started in the wake of a stage four breast cancer diagnosis earlier this |
| 0:51.3 | year. |
| 0:52.1 | I am so fortunate to have really exceptional friends and family members, |
| 0:55.9 | and we got into the habit of recording episodes together the morning after each round of chemotherapy. |
| 1:01.1 | Kind of a different take on the morning after. My chemo buddies for round six and seven, |
| 1:06.2 | they were local friends. Shout out to Sarah and to Katie. So we didn't have sleepovers, |
| 1:10.5 | which meant we didn't |
| 1:11.2 | record the morning after. But now we're back. Chemo round eight. I'm recording this intro, |
| 1:16.6 | six days post-kemo, and I'm still not feeling 100%, not even close. So it's probably been |
| 1:22.2 | a while since I've truly been 100%. Round eight was fine. I went into it with a little cold. You can probably hear that. |
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