Episode 37: Olympian Alexi Pappas on How Not to be Boring

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Alexi's talents extend far beyond the track and screen. She's been a...

columnist for Women's Running Magazine
improvisational comedy performer in Los Angeles
author of a one-act play

As you can see, Alexi has done a lot more than just running. That's why, in this interview, we don't talk much about running.

I didn't ask her what it was like being a multiple All-American for Dartmouth College. Or how it felt to set the Greek Record at the Rio Olympics of 31:36 in the 10,000m.

Instead, we talk about what it's like to pursue so many goals, what she's reading, and how she differentiates between her creative pursuits and being an elite athlete.

This conversation will show you how to pursue many goals and interests (while still prioritizing what's most important to you).

Alexi is a boundless source of quotables and wisdom that I found refreshing. I hope you enjoy this episode.

And please, don't criticize my Haiku poem at the end of the show. I'm not a poet!

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0:00.0	Ready, set go.
0:04.0	This is episode 37 with Olympian, poet, writer, actor, and Greek national record holder,
0:11.0	Alexi Pappas. Hey everyone Jason here and I hope you're all having a wonderful summer. I'm coming
0:29.4	off a relaxing August but really starting to hit my stride now both for my own running and for new
0:35.9	coaching material that I'm planning that's coming up both here on the podcast and
0:39.8	also on strength Running.com.
0:42.5	So it's going to be a super busy fall
0:44.8	and I hope he'll come along for the ride.
0:47.1	I'm going to be making another attempt
0:49.2	at the Manitou incline here in Colorado,
0:52.3	hopefully trying to get under 25 minutes. So I did this back in June
0:56.2	in about 2940. And if you're not familiar, this incline is only 9 tenths of a mile long, but it gains nearly 2,000 feet of vertical.
1:06.0	It's essentially a series of steps built into a really steep mountainside.
1:11.0	It's also around 6 to 8,000 feet altitude. So it's really challenging. You can barely run any of it. And here's some perspective. The fastest known time is 1745 by Joseph Gray and he's an elite mountain runner and
1:26.4	get this the average grade is 40.3% it's just unreal and I can't wait to give it another go.
1:34.0	All right, so on to our topic today we are speaking with Alexi Pappas, who is one of the more
1:39.7	interesting characters in the sport of track and field.
1:43.0	She's a Greek-born Olympic level distance runner,
1:45.6	she specializes in the 10,000 meters.
1:48.0	She holds the Greek national record in that distance.
1:51.1	She was also a multiple All-American for Dartmouth and an Ivy League champion in the 3,000
1:57.1	meter steeple chase, one of my favorite events. But she's also so much more than just a
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