Allyson Felix (Olympic track and field athlete)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

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4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Allyson Felix is an 11x Olympic track and field medalist. Allyson joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the different body types of Olympics athletes, how she tried to live up to other's expectations, and what having extreme coaches was like. Allyson and Dax talk about how PEDs changed the landscape of competitive sports, how runners make money, and what actually goes on in Olympic Village. Allyson explains how she deals with failure, her experience being pregnant during contract negotiations, and why she decided to start a company that designs women's running shoes. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert experts on expert, I'm Daniel, rather, I'm joined by the Duchess of Duluth.
0:09.0	I'm here.
0:10.0	Yeah, you're here.
0:11.0	Hello.
0:12.0	Present.
0:13.0	If you know the minister and I, you know we love the Olympics.
0:18.3	So much.
0:19.3	I'm like craving the Olympics.
0:22.1	Do do do do do do.
0:24.0	Do do do do do
0:26.0	And the most decorated American track and field
0:32.0	Olympian of all time is Allison Felix and she has 31
0:37.0	global medals at the Olympics and world championships and titles as both world record
0:41.9	holder and a master's world record holder.
0:46.2	My goodness is she incredible.
0:49.4	And she's so adorable and fun.
0:51.4	She's sweet.
0:52.4	She is very, nice and you get it when you meet her like how she
0:57.2	became this and also like she's better than all of us yeah just a person and a runner. Yes yes yes she has a
1:05.3	lifestyle and footwear brand called Saish and Saish not only aims to create an
1:11.5	encouraging and supportive community for women, but it also designs
1:16.4	and manufactures athletic-inspired footwear made for and by women.
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