867. No Stupid Questions: Professional Running Edition, with Aisha Praught Leer & Eric Jenkins
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 108 minutes
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Summary
"Live free and grind."
Welcome to the first episode in a new series on the Ali on the Run Show called "No Stupid Questions." This is where experts come in to answer everything you've always wanted to ask about running. We'll be covering a wide range of topics including personal running and coaching, shoes and gear, the business of running, and "no such thing as TMI." The goal is to offer both straightforward and nuanced answers to the questions you've been hesitant to ask or that you still don't quite understand.
First up in this series: all about professional running, with former professional runners and current hosts of the Off the Rails podcast, Aisha Praught Leer and Eric Jenkins. Aisha and Eric offer unique perspectives. They both ran professionally for big brands (Nike, Under Armour, Puma), and have since retired while staying active in the sport. They have the inside scoop, but aren't bound by NDAs or brand loyalties. They are unfiltered, honest, and always willing to go there.
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IN THIS EPISODE:
- Everything you need to know about pacers (5:45)
- On the track: from pre-meet and logistics to what it actually means when people say a track is "fast" (23:00)
- In the marathon: medals, separate starts, and more (48:30)
- Money talks, and the business of professional running (54:45)
- On doping, drama, chafing, waxing, and more (1:19:30)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Allie on the Run show. I'm your host, Allie Feller, and this is No Stupid Questions. |
| 0:10.5 | This is the first episode in a new series where, yeah, somewhat self-explanatory. I asked all of you over on |
| 0:17.1 | Instagram, what do you want to ask about running? I gave no further parameters because I wanted |
| 0:22.3 | to see how you'd take that question. And well, you ran with it. I got so many questions about |
| 0:28.3 | such a wide range of topics that here we are with a series. I broke the questions into categories. |
| 0:34.8 | Personal running and coaching questions, nutrition and fueling, shoes and gear, the business of running, no such thing as TMI, and today's topic, professional running. |
| 0:46.3 | My goal with this series is to give both straightforward and nuanced answers to the questions you've always wanted to ask or felt silly asking. |
| 0:55.5 | Questions you might be able to Google, sure, but that are best answered with the help of a human expert or two. |
| 1:01.3 | When I read through the questions for this segment, including everything from what exactly |
| 1:05.3 | is a Pacer's job to the very popular, how much are professional runners actually making? |
| 1:11.6 | I knew exactly who to call. |
| 1:13.6 | Our experts today are former professional runners, friends of the alley on the run show, |
| 1:18.7 | and hosts of the Off the Rails podcast. |
| 1:21.9 | It is Aisha Pratlier and Eric Jenkins. |
| 1:25.2 | Eric and Aisha offer unique perspectives. |
| 1:27.2 | They both ran professionally for big brands, Nike, Under Armour, Puma, |
| 1:31.3 | but have since retired while staying active in the sport. |
| 1:35.3 | They're still involved, they still have the inside scoop, |
| 1:38.3 | but they're not bound by NDAs or brand loyalties. |
| 1:41.3 | Unsurprisingly, in addition to answering your questions, this episode totally |
| 1:45.4 | and completely went off the rails. Welcome to No Stupid Questions, Professional Running Edition, |
| 1:53.2 | with Eric Jenkins and Aisha Prottlier. |
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