"It was horrible and wonderful at the same time."

Ali and Allie on the run! Professional track, trail, and road runner Allie Ostrander returns to the Ali on the Run Show today to talk about signing with Oiselle, and about her goals for her 2025 racing season. Allie will be making her half marathon debut at the Mesa Half Marathon in just a few weeks, and in this episode she talks about why she's intrigued by the distance, and what she hopes to accomplish in 13.1 miles. Plus, her reflections on her first injury-free year since 2019, what it's like being a full-time runner and content creator (subscribe to her YouTube channel and get this girl to 100K!), and her advice on how to be a better downhill runner on the trails.

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In this episode:

• Why Allie doesn’t run on Sundays (2:25)
• What Allie can share about her 2025 racing calendar (7:45)
• Allie’s goals for her half marathon debut (16:45)
• All about Allie’s decision to sign with Oiselle (19:45)
• Allie’s goals for 2025 (24:00)
• Allie’s advice for how to be a better trail runner (25:45)
• What it took to have an injury-free year for the first time in five years (31:20)
• How Allie sees the business of running (38:40)
• How Allie learned to reframe failure (48:30)
• What Allie would say to her 16-year-old self, and her future self (50:45)

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