Episode 158 | Hillary Allen

the morning shakeout podcast

Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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“I don’t shy away from the hard stuff anymore. I know I enjoy hard things from a training perspective, [and] like super-challenging races, but that also goes emotionally—I can’t expect to be a better person unless I can work through those things as well, so I’m happy to talk about hard subjects.” Hillary Allen is a professional athlete, coach, teacher, and author of the new book, Out and Back: A Runner’s Story of Survival Against All Odds. She’s a returning guest to the show—be sure to check out her first appearance back on Episode 49 if you haven’t already—and she’s just one of my favorite people to talk to in general. In this conversation, we talked about her book, which was recently released. She told me about how it came to be, what she’s learned from revisiting it recently while she’s been recovering from foot surgery, and how writing became a cathartic exercise for her in recent years. We also talked about her stubborn and independent streaks, why asking for help is challenging for her, the importance of cultivating and leaning into your community, and a lot more.This episode is brought to you by:— Picky Bars. Picky’s products are made with real ingredients that I can pronounce and recognize—and there's a peace of mind that comes with not second-guessing what I'm putting into my body. The bars are a go-to for me before a run, and even when I’m just out running errands, particularly the “Ah, Fudge Nuts” flavor, and I can't get enough of the PB&J All Day granola in my yogurt. If you want to try some Picky products for yourself while supporting the podcast, go to pickybars.com/MARIO and enter the code MARIO at checkout to save 20% off your purchase of 25 bucks or more. You can also join the Picky Club at that link, which is a subscription service, and save 20% off your first box with the code MARIO. Super easy, amazing offer, take advantage of while you can at pickybars.com/MARIO.— Atlanta Track Club. Member and lottery registration for the AJC Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, Georgia is going on right now. The race will be held in-person and virtually this year on July 3rd and 4th. Strict COVID-19 safety precautions will be in place for the in-person version with limited spots available—Atlanta Track Club members get guaranteed entry and race day preference. If you’re not a member you can join today and then sign up to get a guaranteed spot at Peachtree! Non-members will be placed into a lottery and race day preference will be accommodated as spots remain. Registration is going on now until May 1 and you can put your name in today at ajc.com/peachtree.Complete show notes: https://themorningshakeout.com/podcast-episode-158-with-hillary-allen/Sign up here to get the morning shakeout email newsletter delivered to your inbox every Tuesday morning: www.themorningshakeout.com/subscribe/Support the morning shakeout on Patreon: www.patreon.com/themorningshakeout

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0:00.0	I don't shy away from the hard stuff anymore and that's like I know I enjoy like hard things
0:11.6	from you know training perspective like super challenging races but that also goes like
0:15.6	emotionally like I can't expect to be a better person unless I can you know work through
0:20.1	those things as well so I'm happy to talk about hard projects.
0:24.1	Hey what's up everyone that was Hillary Allen you just heard from a few seconds ago I'm your host Mario
0:51.9	Freyoli and you are listening to the Morning Shake Out podcast. Hillary who is a professional athlete
0:57.9	coach teacher and now published author is a returning guest to the show be sure to check out her
1:03.2	first appearance back on episode 49 if you haven't already and she just one of my favorite people
1:08.2	to talk to in general. In this conversation we talked about her new book out and back a runner's
1:13.4	story of survival against all odds which just came out. She told me about how it came to be
1:18.7	what she's learned from revisiting it recently while she's been recovering from foot surgery
1:23.1	and how writing became a cathartic exercise for her. We talked about her stubborn and independent
1:28.6	streaks why asking for help is challenging for her the importance of cultivating and leaning
1:33.8	into your community no matter how small it is and a lot more. A big thank you to picky bars for
1:41.8	sponsoring this episode of the podcast. I am stoked on this partnership it's a dream come true
1:48.5	I've been feeling myself on picky products since day one and it's been incredible to watch the
1:53.2	company grow and the product line expand. Picky makes their products with real ingredients that I
1:58.3	can pronounce and recognize and there's a piece of mine that comes from not second guessing what
2:02.6	I'm putting into my body. The bars are a go-to for me before run and even when I'm just out running
2:08.0	errands particularly the off fudge nuts flavor it's my favorite and I can't get enough of the
2:13.5	PB&J all day granola in my yogurt it's really it's it's silly how many servings that I can fit
2:19.1	into one bowl and did I hear someone mentioned protein pancakes yes please my friends at picky bars
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