92. Laura Anderson, 2018 Buffalo Marathon Winner
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2018
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
“I haven’t always failed gracefully, but I’ve always come back.” —Laura Anderson
Laura Anderson is a full-time working mom and McKirdy Trained running coach based in Rochester, NY. Laura had her daughter, Hannah, a little over a year ago, and in May she ran — and won — her first big postpartum race. On this episode, Laura reflects on her 2018 Buffalo Marathon win (she finished in 2:57, which was also a marathon PR) and the training that helped her break the tape. She also honestly and candidly talks about her experience with postpartum OCD, body image, and goal setting.
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What you’ll get on this episode:
- Laura reflects on her recent Buffalo Marathon win and what race day was like (2:50)
- How Laura’s Buffalo Marathon training went — her first postpartum training cycle — and what she does for cross-training (11:40)
- Why Laura chose not to run during her pregnancy (17:15)
- Laura talks about whether not running throughout pregnancy made her postpartum comeback easier or more challenging (22:00)
- How Laura got into running (28:30)
- What Laura’s training for now, plus how and when she sets her running goals (32:00)
- Laura’s advice for aspiring Boston Marathon qualifiers (36:30)
- How and why Laura decided to become a running coach, and what she’s like as a coach (38:30)
- Laura talks about the most common mistakes she sees most runners making (41:30)
- Laura opens up about her postpartum OCD (44:15)
- How Laura takes care of herself in spite of an extremely busy schedule (52:30)
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks. |
| 0:08.4 | Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Allie Feller and today I'm joined by Laura |
| 0:13.4 | Anderson. Laura is a full-time working mom, her daughter Hannah turned one recently, |
| 0:19.2 | and she's a running coach with McCurdy trained and a seriously impressive runner. |
| 0:23.8 | Case in point, in May, Laura won the Buffalo Marathon, her first major postpartum race, |
| 0:29.7 | finishing in a blazing fast time of two hours and 57 minutes, which was also a personal record for Laura. |
| 0:37.1 | But what I love most about Laura is that she is as humble as she is hardworking. |
| 0:41.4 | Laura has never been shy about her outlook that big results don't come easy and that big dreams |
| 0:46.5 | require hard work. So on this episode, Laura talks about her own big dreams and goals on the run, |
| 0:52.6 | at work, and beyond. She also talks about her decision not to run during her pregnancy, |
| 0:57.6 | and what returning to running after giving birth was like. Plus, she opens up about her |
| 1:02.3 | experience with postpartum OCB. Laura, you're up. All right, Laura, welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. |
| 1:11.0 | I'm so excited to chat with you tonight. Oh, thank you for having me. I'm really excited to |
| 1:16.4 | finally be on the show. I know we've gone back and forth but a little bit, but it's been great to |
| 1:20.4 | listen to all the other episodes you've had and how far you've come with it, podcasting such a |
| 1:26.2 | short time. Well, we're going to talk about how far you've come in so many areas. I feel like |
| 1:31.4 | I've been an admirer in fan of yours for such a long time and you've had such an exciting |
| 1:37.3 | last couple years, last couple months. So we're going to talk about all of it. But before we do |
| 1:41.9 | that, we have to start with our warm up. So tell everyone who you are, where you're from, |
| 1:47.6 | and what it is that you do. So my name is Laurie Anderson. I live in Rochester, New York, |
| 1:55.1 | and I am a working mom. I work in finance and I also work part-time at a restaurant. And I'm also |
| 2:04.0 | part-time running coach in case you're not busy enough. Seriously, you need more jobs. More like the |
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