Ali on the Run Show

“Doubting yourself doesn’t get you anywhere. I decided that I was going to make this happen, and I did.”

More than a decade ago, Erica Sara Reese was having a hard time. She had been working in …

“This was the most fun I’ve had in so long.”

If you watched any of this year's Olympic Track & Field Trials coverage, you would have heard a familiar voice calling the distance races: Kara Gouch…

“It felt like there was an earthquake in the running world, and we’re seeing these fault lines change everything. And some things are good, and some things are weird.”

As the current American re…

“Classical music may not be what you have playing in your car, but when you come and see all these musicians onstage, you can really connect to it. That’s the hardest challenge — making it accessibl…

“I started crying. It was so intense. I was shaking with fear. And I just look up at Kyle, and I say, ‘I want you to know that being your brother has been one of the greatest joys of my life. And I …

“I had never seen a woman trucker. I was going to be an anomaly to myself.”

Yuma Haidara had a plan. After high school, she enlisted in the Navy. After serving for seven years, she went on to nur…

"I had the stuff I needed. I had the things. But I didn’t have the confidence."

Welcome to Ask Ali, a twice-a-month series where I answer all of your questions. This time around, we’ve got listen…

“I feel so lucky that running has made me feel empowered and given me a lot of confidence. Finding that throughout high school was something that was really life-changing for me. I really want the y…

"The whole day revolved around dance. And that, to me, was the dream."

"When I'm onstage," Emily Kikta says, "no one can stop me." Emily is living every aspiring ballerina's dream: She's a corps…

“Sometimes you just need an advocate to kick you in the pants.”

Sarah Lesko just might be one of the most-loved women in the running industry. As the leader of corporate development for Oiselle, S…

“I always felt a special thrill with anchoring, but I had zero idea if I was any good at it! But there was potential there.”

Joelle Tomlinson wakes up at 3:02 AM — precisely — every day in pursuit…

“It’s not easy, but I’m at a point now of knowing I can handle it. It’s not always fun — but I can handle it. And I know you can, too.”

Welcome to Ask Ali, a twice-a-month series where I answer al…

“This is a definite compliment from Des. She was like, ‘I like you enough where I can hang out with you for three hours!’”

In April, Des Linden made history by making her ultramarathon debut and, …

“As much as this is your job and this is serious, there’s a lot of fun and joy in the process.”

Welcome to Season 5 of the On the Job series on the Ali on the Run Show! On this series, we hear fro…

“You give yourself your own life raft, and it feels so great to come up for air and think, jeez, that was a close call! But I’m here. And it’s given me strength to go further and deeper than that ne…

"You don’t know everything. I share a lot, and that still is only a fraction of my life, of my thoughts, of my opinions, of my day."

Welcome to Ask Ali, a twice-a-month series where I answer all o…

“I’m the quarterback of my life. All these different people play supporting roles, and I need all of them for sure. You can’t be a team with only a quarterback. But I get to be the one in charge, ma…

“I really threw myself into everything that made me uncomfortable.”

Happy Bonus Episode Day! Cara Enright is someone I've wanted to have on the show for a long time, and I couldn't decide whether …

“I’m very proud that I have managed to, in less than a year, do four half marathons. It’s not something I ever could have dreamed of doing. And I’m just proud I have really stuck it out. Because it’…

“I noticed that there were young Black girls without role models in their communities. Because of lack of representation in our society, sometimes we don’t see people that look like us doing things …