Allie Kieffer on Returning to NYC Marathon, Discussing Body Image Talk, LetsRun Criticism

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CITIUS MAG

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4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Allie Kieffer joins The CITIUS MAG Podcast before she takes on the 2018 New York City Marathon. The Big Apple was the site of her major marathon breakthrough in 2017. She finished fifth overall in 2:29:39, which was also a personal best by more than 15 minutes. The only American woman ahead of her was Shalane Flanagan, who became the first U.S. woman to win the race in 40 years. Since last November, Allie signed a professional contract with Oiselle and moved to Boulder to train under Brad Hudson. If the name sounds familiar, he is also the coach of past podcast guest Parker Stinson. Workouts seem to indicate that Allie may be in for another big race and she says that she wants to run fast. We discuss her training including why she's raced back-to-back half marathons. Allie reveals what she's learned from studying tape and film of other marathoners. Allie is also very vocal about body image activism. Her Instagram page is filled with various posts about her past struggles with weight and body image and how she is now comfortable with her body. We discuss the process of what's made her comfortable in that conversation and how others have responded. We also make note of the LetsRun message boards and why she's OK with reading some of the criticism that can sometimes end up there. All that plus listener questions from Instagram... ------ This episode is brought to you by Runners of NYC. Check out the latest show in the CITIUS MAG Podcast Network. Jeanne Mack and I bring you untold stories behind luminaries and legends of the New York City’s running culture. Episode 1 is out! Episode 2 drops Oct. 30! Subscribe today: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/runners-of-nyc/id1438435120?mt=2

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0:00.0	Today's episode of the Cities Mac Podcast on the Cities Mac Podcast network is brought to you by the newest show in the family.
0:06.2	It's runners of NYC. If you haven't already given it a listen, I dropped the first episode of the show on the Citi's Meg podcast feed, but
0:15.5	episode 2 will be out October 30th. It's a new bi-weekly project that I'm very
0:21.1	particularly proud of. The receptions of the first episode
0:24.4	has been great on Twitter on Instagram. You can follow the show on Twitter
0:28.9	at runners of NYC. On Instagram it's at runners of NYC Pod.
0:34.0	And it's a new show that I co-host with Jean Mac.
0:37.0	You've heard her on this podcast feed a couple times
0:41.0	after I interviewed her following her 2.45 at the New York City Marathon last year.
0:47.0	Then she interviewed me last month where she took it over and it was kind of a tryout for this show and it worked because the show is off the ground.
0:57.0	You might not be from New York City. This show I think gives you some really good insight into the many people who make up such a great city.
1:03.2	I'm going to say it's a great city, as I'm from here, I've lived here most of my life.
1:07.0	It's the untold stories of the legends and luminaries and make up the running culture of NYC. So in a city of 8 million people,
1:14.6	Gene and I have a lot of work to do, because that's a lot of stories to tell. But we're excited
1:18.8	to share them with you. Episode one is out. Episode 2 is out next week.
1:24.0	All you have to do is search runners of NYC on iTunes or SoundCloud and subscribe.
1:30.0	We're going to try and get it on other platforms very soon. It's available on iTunes
1:34.8	and SoundCloud right now. We've also got running things considered, 1609
1:39.6	podcasts. All those shows in the CitiSmag Podcast Network family. All you have to do is go to see to smack podcast network family you all you have to do is go to
1:44.4	citi smack dot com hit the podcast tab and see everything you've got to offer so
1:49.1	without further do let's get to this show, which is finally hitting me.
1:53.5	95 episodes, we're almost at 100.
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