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Ali on the Run Show

Aug 28, 2019

"I was in survival mode. What can I do to pay our rent? What can I do to put food on the table?"

When Rachel Wyman was five months postpartum with her third child, she opened her first bakery: Montclair Bread Company. Then, when the bakery hit 4,000 Facebook likes, Rachel decided she should do something to celebrate the...


Aug 26, 2019

"I never picture myself at the start or during the race or what I’m doing during the race. I just picture myself finishing. That’s all I can see."

Chirine Njeim is a four-time Olympian — but the four times she's represented her home country of Lebanon haven't all been on the run. Chirine is a former alpine ski...


Aug 21, 2019

"I was letting life pass me by. I had just gone through all of this insanity, and I wasn’t really a participant in my own life. How could I let that happen?"

I first met Carrie Kreiswirth in 2011, when a marketing campaign for a local running store brought us together. Several years later, I saw a photo of Carrie on...


Aug 20, 2019

"I realized, no one on the sidelines is judging me as harshly as I’m judging myself."

Welcome to the first episode in the seven-part "You Can Run a Marathon" series, all about getting you through training and to the start line of your first or next 26.2-mile race. Whether you're training for your first, your fastest,...


Aug 14, 2019

"It’s still really unreal to me that I get paid to run. Running is something that I would do anyway. It’s not a job, it’s just a good time!"

It's been a big summer for Allie Ostrander. The Alaska native graduated from Boise State University, signed her first professional running contract with Brooks Running, and...