The HARDEST Fitness Test In Professional Soccer | Ali & Kelley Answer YOUR Questions | Time Wasting Origin Story

Time Wasting with Ali Riley and Kelley O’Hara

Just Women's Sports

Soccer, Sports

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Ali Riley & Kelley O’Hara answer your questions while they’re in Oslo for the UWCL Final, for a very special fan-centric episode. We talk fitness test horror stories, the evolution of the women’s game, the origin story of Time Wasting, and MORE! Plus find out who DELIVERED in the midweek games. This episode is presented by Amazon Prime. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 03:26 Barcelona vs. Lyon 05:30 Most DREADED Fitness Test 07:54 The Mile Repeat… 10:53 USWNT Fitness Tests 15:40 Difference between Europe & US 17:42 Beep Test Anxiety 18:46 The Origin of Time Wasting 22:31 Ending our Careers at the Right Time 23:37 Gisele Thompson DELIVERED 28:37 Rapid Fire Questions 28:55 What super power we want? 30:21 More NWSL vs. UEFA? 32:13 Highlight of UWCL? 34:24 How we Stayed Best Friends for DECADES 37:27 Favorite Health Hack and IVF 41:35 What were our College Majors? 44:27 Which NWSL Team We’d LOVE to Play for… 45:55 Alright, Bet Just Women’s Sports is the leading digital media platform dedicated exclusively to women’s sports. In a world where women’s sports have been historically underfunded and under-promoted, Just Women’s Sports exists to shine a light on all the stories, athletes and moments that define and fuel the space. Through original podcasts, premium video programming, social media, editorial content, a newsletter, and exclusive merchandise and live events, Just Women’s Sports is committed to making it both easy and fun to be a women’s sports fan. Listen to Time Wasting here: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/time-wasting/id1522055041 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6RTMyWpdSBY9I4vO528qX3?si=4ffbdaf315814b19&nd=1&dlsi=8ead3e4fd463490d iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-time-wasting-68461888/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a6f36ad8-f5e2-4478-8650-3f6f8805810b/time-wasting Add us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timewastingpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/justwsports Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@timewastingpod? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This was 15 years in the making, in my opinion.
0:02.0	Yeah, like this is from Kelly and Ali's Corner, which was Ali's genius idea back when we played for FC Gold Pride.
0:10.8	And I used a camcorder.
0:12.4	She was director.
0:14.2	She was creative direction.
0:16.5	She was video editor.
0:18.5	She was, yes, music department.
0:20.3	And I was talent. Welcome back to time wasting.
0:30.9	This episode is presented by Amazon Prime. I'm Kelly O'Hara. And I'm Ali Riley. Follow us on social media at Time Wasting Pod. That's
0:40.6	at Time Wasting Pod and subscribe to Just Women's Sports on YouTube or find us wherever you listen to
0:45.8	your podcast. New episodes every Tuesday. And right now we are coming to you from Oslo where we're
0:52.2	watching or not we're watching,
0:54.3	but also covering the women's champions.
0:57.0	Yeah, we're working.
0:58.0	Women's Champions League final.
1:00.4	So Al, take us through what the episode is going to be.
1:03.9	And also, you know, the winner of the bet gets to do the intro and then the loser of the bet
1:09.2	has to do what's going to happen or coming
1:12.0	up on this episode. But we don't know who lost yet because. Exactly. Exactly. The game hasn't
1:20.9	been played yet. It hasn't happened yet. So we'll get back to you on that. We will get back to you.
1:26.6	And Kelly, I can't believe we couldn't
1:29.5	figure out technologically how to be in the same room yet. It's coming. But we are both here.
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