Interview: Alison Mariella Désir, author of Running While Black

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Sports

4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this episode, Shireen Ahmed interviews Alison Mariella Désir, endurance athlete, activist, mental health advocate and author of the book Running While Black. They talk about Alison's writing process, relationship with endurance running in as Black woman in a white sport. To pre-order Running While Black, which publishes October 18, 2022, visit: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675749/running-while-black-by-alison-mariella-desir/ This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To get exclusive content and support the Burn It All Down podcast, become a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Flamethrowers.
0:11.5	Welcome to Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need.
0:16.2	I am so excited to have our next guest on.
0:20.1	It is the one and the only, Alison Mariela Desir.
0:24.3	Yes, our favorite runner is here talking about her new book running while black. Hello, Allison.
0:31.4	Hello, Shereen. Hi, Flamethrowers. I'm just going to, if you don't know who she is, I'm just going to
0:36.9	give you a little bit of her bio.
0:38.4	You do if you listen to the show.
0:40.4	Allison is an endurance athlete, activist, and mental health advocate, currently co-chair of the Running Industry Diversity Coalition,
0:48.8	a run happy advocate for Brooks running, and an athlete advisor for Wazelle.
0:56.0	Desir is the founder of Harlem Run,
1:00.7	a New York City-based running movement, all four women, an organization that fundraises for social justice focused nonprofits, and the meaning through movement tour, speaking series
1:06.1	featuring mental health experts and fitness professionals. A graduate of Columbia University with her bachelor's and two master's degrees,
1:14.8	including a master of education and counseling psych.
1:17.9	DeSere has been published in Outside Magazine and contributed the forward for Running as My Therapy
1:22.7	by Scott Douglas.
1:24.1	Running While Black is her first book.
1:27.2	Dissier currently lives in Seattle with her son
1:29.9	Kourri and partner Amir Mohamed Figueroa. I do need to tell everybody that her wind-up song is
1:36.0	All I Do Is Win by DJ Khalid, and I have that on authority. Allison, you are amazing,
1:43.1	and I'm so glad you're here to talk to us about your book.
1:45.9	I was so, so excited to be here to talk to you. So first question is you're a mom. So was writing
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