874. Emily Sisson, Boston Marathon-Bound
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
"That's been my thing lately: What excites me?"
Emily Sisson is the American record holder in the marathon, a two-time Olympian, and a New Balance professional athlete. And right now, she's gearing up to make her Boston Marathon debut. In this conversation, Emily talks about how the Boston build has been going, and why now was the time to finally race Boston. She talks about her sixth-place finish at last month's United NYC Half, explains why she wanted more from her 2:25 finish at the New York City Marathon in the fall, and talks about making Ireland home — and making new friends in the process.
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IN THIS EPISODE:
- What's making Emily happy today (2:10)
- The adjustment period in making Ireland home (6:00)
- How Emily's Boston Marathon training is going (13:25)
- Emily reflects on her day at the 2026 United NYC Half (15:35)
- On navigating feeling "off" (19:50)
- How Emily likes to celebrate a race well run (27:45)
- Why Boston, and why now? (28:20)
- What's after Boston? (38:40)
- What's exciting for Emily right now? (39:40)
- Why Emily doesn't know what she'll hit for peak pre-Boston mileage (45:15)
- How much is Emily thinking about 2028? (51:10)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Allie on the Run Show is brought to you by New Balance. Go to newbalance.com |
| 0:05.3 | running to check out the brand new new balance ellipse, a gorgeous everyday trainer designed to help you tune |
| 0:12.2 | into the run and to lose track of time. Welcome to the Alley on the Run show. |
| 0:21.5 | I'm your host, Allie Feller, and every week I talk with people who are doing exciting |
| 0:25.5 | things on the run and beyond. |
| 0:27.7 | From professional athletes and celebrity runners to the everyday amateur and back of |
| 0:32.2 | the pack runner, we are here to celebrate everyone and anyone who enjoys a life on the run. |
| 0:37.5 | So whether you're running towards something big or away from something that's been holding |
| 0:40.7 | you back, I am here to hold your hand and help you pick up the pace. |
| 0:44.5 | Today's guest is American record holder in the marathon, two-time Olympian, New Balance athlete, |
| 0:50.3 | Emily Sisson. |
| 0:51.6 | Emily, who is coached by Ray Tracy, is gearing up to make her Boston Marathon debut in just a few |
| 0:56.7 | weeks. In this episode, she talks about how training is going. She reflects on her sixth place finish at |
| 1:02.4 | last month's New York City Half Marathon, and she talks about why she wanted more from her |
| 1:06.9 | 225 at the New York City Marathon in the fall. Emily talks about training on the Boston course, |
| 1:12.5 | on traveling between her new home in Ireland and training in Arizona, |
| 1:16.1 | and about how much her outlook on training and racing have changed over the past few years. |
| 1:21.1 | Please join me in welcoming the fastest American woman in this year's Boston Marathon Pro Field, Emily Sisson. |
| 1:39.7 | Emily Sisson, the American record holder in the marathon leading up to Boston. Hi, how are you? |
| 1:46.9 | I'm good. How are you? It's good. Good. We're chatting with you. It's weird to try to do a formal |
| 1:51.7 | intro like we didn't just spend 30 minutes shooting the shit offline. I know. Let me switch my |
| 1:58.2 | podcaster voice on and do this. Yeah. Okay, Emily. Like, let me switch my podcaster voice on and that. I'm going to do this real. Yeah. Okay, Emily. Well, welcome back to the show. I'm so happy to see you. I always like to start these by asking the guests. What is something that's making you happy today? What's something that's making me happy today? I think I had, I've had a good week of training and, and like my body feels good. So I think like that's |
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