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Ali on the Run Show

Dec 29, 2022

A few weeks ago, I talked about my life with Crohn's disease.

In that episode, I answered a listener question about the worst, most embarrassing, most inconvenient bathroom experience I've ever had.

And I'm not going to tell that story again now — I'll spare you — but the short version is that I was very sick,...


Dec 23, 2022

"I’m very much a 'fall down eight times, get up nine' kinda girlie. I fall down a lot! I have a lot of mishaps. Races don’t always go the best for me. I’m still working on a few things. It was just nice to have this moment where everything came together."

Last year, professional athlete Heather MacLean became...


Dec 21, 2022

"I went all-in. So if I failed, I could say I tried everything."

Anoush Arakelian is a full-time director of product marketing, a running coach, and a coach at MYSTRYDE in her hometown of Boston, MA. And as of a few weeks ago, she's a 3:07 marathoner. ("I think I’m still processing that that’s my new time," she...


Dec 16, 2022

"The biggest takeaway is that I’m having fun. That is a huge thing! I forgot what it was like to just have fun with it and be playful and enjoy the ride."

Maegan Krifchin, a professional runner for Atlanta Track Club Elite, had a big goal for this fall: run a personal best at the TCS New York City Marathon. She put...


Dec 15, 2022

"It was just that moment in time where somebody saw something and wanted to help me and give back. And I try to do that with other people, too, because if I hadn’t been in that situation, I don’t know what I’d be doing now."

Imagine getting to travel the world, attending major marathon race weekends and helping...