Catching Up With Alexi Pappas
Marathon Training Academy
Angie and Trevor
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we speak with Alexi Pappas -Olympian, filmmaker, actor, and bestselling author. Listen as Trevor and Angie chat with Alexi about goal setting, navigating change, the importance of mentors, how she gets through the later miles of a race, and more!
Bio: Alexi Pappas was an NCAA All American athlete at Dartmouth College and the University of Oregon. She is a dual citizen and represented Greece in the 2016 Olympics setting a 10,000 meter national record. She has served as a guide runner for a para-athlete named Lisa Thompson in marathons and triathlons and is still chasing her own running goals. Her first book is called, ‘Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and other Big Ideas’ and she is currently at work on her second book. She hosts the Mentor Buffet Podcast and makes her home in Los Angeles where she loves running trails.
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| 0:59.2 | where we inspire and empower you to go the distance. |
| 1:02.2 | I'm Trevor. |
| 1:03.0 | And I'm Angie. |
| 1:04.0 | In this episode, we speak with Alexi Pappas, |
| 1:06.9 | Olympian, filmmaker, actor, and best-selling author. |
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