"When talking about running, it’s where we have to be the most delicate with each other."

 

We're celebrating love all week long on the Ali on the Run Show: Welcome to Love on the Run Week! Today, we're kicking things off with professional middle-distance runners Aisha Praught and Will Leer, who live and train in Boulder, CO.

 

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What you’ll get on this episode:

• How Aisha and Will met (3:15)
• How Will proposed (7:30)
• On Aisha and Will’s competitive sides (11:30)
• Why Aisha and Will moved from Oregon to Boulder, and how they made the decision (15:30)
• Why Will and Aisha don’t do workouts together (21:30)
• How Will and Aisha set goals individually and together (30:40)
• The impact Gabe Grunewald’s passing has had on both Will and Aisha (41:00)

 

What we mention on this episode:

Aisha Praught Leer on Episode 197 of the Ali on the Run Show

"No Sacrifices for Aisha Praught Leer," by Erin Strout for Women's Running

Brave Like Gabe Foundation

 

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