1 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:09,209 Speaker 1: Thank you New York. Today, we're reminded of the power of community, 2 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:13,709 Speaker 1: and the power of coming together. Athletes on your mark. 3 00:00:15,870 --> 00:00:19,350 Speaker 2: The first woman to finish for the second straight year 4 00:00:19,350 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 2: here in the New York City Marathon is Miki Gorman, a smiling 5 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:27,002 Speaker 2: Miki Gorman. And why not? 2: 29:30 the time for (inaudible) . 6 00:00:27,002 --> 00:00:30,570 Speaker 3: Look at the emotion of Shalane Flanagan as she comes to 7 00:00:30,570 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 3: the line. Pointing to his chest, pointed to the USA 8 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,860 Speaker 3: he so proudly wears across his chest, a great day 9 00:00:37,860 --> 00:00:38,970 Speaker 3: for Matt McCluskey. 10 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:48,389 Becs Gentry: Hey. What's up? Welcome to the finish line, and you 11 00:00:48,389 --> 00:00:50,940 Becs Gentry: are here for a live recording of the New York 12 00:00:50,940 --> 00:00:55,830 Becs Gentry: Road Runners podcast Set the Pace, presented by Peloton. I'm 13 00:00:55,830 --> 00:00:59,970 Becs Gentry: Becs Gentry, and I'm flying solo here today, because my co- 14 00:00:59,970 --> 00:01:04,440 Becs Gentry: host Rob Simmelkjaer is, well, he's at his daughter's play, 15 00:01:04,620 --> 00:01:09,268 Becs Gentry: and very, very busy. So it's just me, and we've 16 00:01:09,270 --> 00:01:12,299 Becs Gentry: got some really exciting guests. But first and foremost, can 17 00:01:12,299 --> 00:01:16,679 Becs Gentry: I get a massive round applause for everybody who finished 18 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:25,020 Becs Gentry: the RBC Brooklyn Half today? You are all absolutely incredible, and 19 00:01:25,020 --> 00:01:27,449 Becs Gentry: thank you to everybody who came out to cheer, support, 20 00:01:27,450 --> 00:01:32,699 Becs Gentry: volunteer, and get you all, get us all here today. And 21 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:35,310 Becs Gentry: here we are in Coney Island. Is everyone having fun? 22 00:01:35,310 --> 00:01:38,789 Becs Gentry: The sun's shining. It's not raining. Have some beers, some 23 00:01:38,789 --> 00:01:42,899 Becs Gentry: hot dogs, and all of that good stuff. So we're here. We're 24 00:01:42,900 --> 00:01:46,290 Becs Gentry: right behind the Coney Island, full- on party going on. 25 00:01:46,590 --> 00:01:50,700 Becs Gentry: We've got dance camps, family reunions, and we've got some 26 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:56,160 Becs Gentry: celebratory post- race party going on very shortly after this 27 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:00,029 Becs Gentry: finishes. But before then, I want to introduce you to 28 00:02:00,030 --> 00:02:04,889 Becs Gentry: a very, very special guest of Set the Pace. I 29 00:02:04,889 --> 00:02:07,619 Becs Gentry: think a lot of you know her. I think a 30 00:02:07,619 --> 00:02:12,750 Becs Gentry: lot of you love her. I certainly do. That special 31 00:02:12,750 --> 00:02:20,640 Becs Gentry: case is Ali Feller. Ali. Ali. Ali. Ali. 32 00:02:22,559 --> 00:02:23,910 Ali Feller: Where do I go? Where do you want me? Love you. 33 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:31,079 Becs Gentry: Okay. So as exciting as Ali is, we are also 34 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:36,120 Becs Gentry: going to be welcoming a NYRR member, a very handsome 35 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,870 Becs Gentry: star of The Bachelorette, I have that written down just 36 00:02:39,870 --> 00:02:44,730 Becs Gentry: saying, and fellow RBC Brooklyn Half finisher, Zac Clark. So 37 00:02:44,730 --> 00:02:49,860 Becs Gentry: hang around for that later on today. You also might 38 00:02:49,860 --> 00:02:53,190 Becs Gentry: notice that Ali and I are wearing these very stylish 39 00:02:53,250 --> 00:02:57,360 Becs Gentry: shirts. Yeah? Do you guys like them? And we just have 40 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,969 Becs Gentry: to thank our friends at New Balance for getting us 41 00:02:59,969 --> 00:03:01,500 Becs Gentry: these slick shirts. 42 00:03:01,530 --> 00:03:02,250 Ali Feller: Heck yeah. 43 00:03:02,250 --> 00:03:05,608 Becs Gentry: All right. Okay. We're going to do this. 44 00:03:05,669 --> 00:03:06,780 Ali Feller: Let's have some fun. 45 00:03:06,780 --> 00:03:11,669 Becs Gentry: Let's have some fun. All right. Okay. I think it's 46 00:03:11,730 --> 00:03:15,719 Becs Gentry: pretty impossible that people here are not familiar with you 47 00:03:15,780 --> 00:03:19,950 Becs Gentry: Ali Feller, to be honest. If they're not, let me 48 00:03:19,950 --> 00:03:23,669 Becs Gentry: give you a little background of this superhero. She is 49 00:03:24,090 --> 00:03:28,288 Becs Gentry: the host of the incredibly popular Ali on the Run 50 00:03:28,290 --> 00:03:32,910 Becs Gentry: podcast. She's a writer and announcer for the Abbott World 51 00:03:32,940 --> 00:03:39,510 Becs Gentry: Marathon Majors Races, including TCS New York City Marathon, Boston 52 00:03:39,510 --> 00:03:45,150 Becs Gentry: Marathon, and of course, she's a passionate runner, and a 53 00:03:45,330 --> 00:03:51,030 Becs Gentry: super mama. That's a pretty long list of wonder there. 54 00:03:51,090 --> 00:03:51,091 Ali Feller: Yeah. I keep busy. 55 00:03:51,091 --> 00:03:58,980 Becs Gentry: And that's just the top of it. You keep busy. But anyway, big welcome to Ali. Thank 56 00:03:58,980 --> 00:04:00,690 Becs Gentry: you so much for joining us here today. 57 00:04:00,750 --> 00:04:03,780 Ali Feller: I am very happy to be here. I feel like 58 00:04:04,050 --> 00:04:07,320 Ali Feller: if you've run the Brooklyn Half before, you get one 59 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,559 Ali Feller: of two days, and there's no in- between. It's either 60 00:04:10,559 --> 00:04:16,410 Ali Feller: pouring, or it's very, very hot. This is a dream. 61 00:04:16,410 --> 00:04:18,029 Ali Feller: I know that it was hot when you were running- 62 00:04:18,029 --> 00:04:18,030 Becs Gentry: It was. 63 00:04:18,030 --> 00:04:20,759 Ali Feller: But right now, this is what we dreamed about when 64 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:24,059 Ali Feller: we talked about doing a stadium show. So super excited 65 00:04:24,059 --> 00:04:25,440 Ali Feller: that everyone's hanging out with us. 66 00:04:25,469 --> 00:04:28,139 Becs Gentry: I know. Thank you all so much. This stadium is 67 00:04:28,139 --> 00:04:29,489 Becs Gentry: pretty epic, isn't it? 68 00:04:29,670 --> 00:04:34,620 Ali Feller: Yeah. I feel like Taylor Swift right now. This is 69 00:04:34,620 --> 00:04:37,020 Ali Feller: as close as it's going to get. We're doing a stadium show. 70 00:04:37,020 --> 00:04:38,909 Becs Gentry: Yeah. This is pretty awesome. 71 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:39,570 Ali Feller: It's pretty awesome. 72 00:04:39,570 --> 00:04:41,849 Becs Gentry: We just walked out of the dugout, and pretended we were 73 00:04:41,849 --> 00:04:44,130 Becs Gentry: the latest signings of the Cyclones. 74 00:04:44,549 --> 00:04:45,089 Ali Feller: Totally. 75 00:04:45,150 --> 00:04:48,209 Becs Gentry: Totally did. Okay, Ali, how many times have you run 76 00:04:48,209 --> 00:04:49,620 Becs Gentry: the RBC Brooklyn Half? 77 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,100 Ali Feller: Seven. I was told seven- 78 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:54,541 Becs Gentry: Told seven. 79 00:04:54,541 --> 00:04:57,539 Ali Feller: ... when I looked it up on nyrr. org. I've 80 00:04:57,540 --> 00:05:01,979 Ali Feller: run this race seven times, and I have such a 81 00:05:01,980 --> 00:05:06,570 Ali Feller: bumpy history with this race. It's I hate to say 82 00:05:06,570 --> 00:05:09,390 Ali Feller: I've never had a good race at the Brooklyn Half, 83 00:05:09,450 --> 00:05:12,630 Ali Feller: but it's never been the race that's just gone great 84 00:05:12,630 --> 00:05:12,779 Ali Feller: for me. 85 00:05:12,779 --> 00:05:13,200 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 86 00:05:13,470 --> 00:05:16,020 Ali Feller: And I almost love that, that every year when I 87 00:05:16,020 --> 00:05:18,630 Ali Feller: come back it's, " Let's see how this one goes." And 88 00:05:18,630 --> 00:05:23,129 Ali Feller: it's the bar's low. So it's fine. Runners will appreciate 89 00:05:23,129 --> 00:05:25,979 Ali Feller: that. In 2011, I ran the Brooklyn Half for the 90 00:05:25,980 --> 00:05:28,410 Ali Feller: first time, and I was doing it as part of 91 00:05:28,410 --> 00:05:31,260 Ali Feller: the 9+ 1 Program, that I could run the next 92 00:05:31,260 --> 00:05:34,500 Ali Feller: year's New York City Marathon. And at that point, I 93 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:36,630 Ali Feller: was still a fairly new runner, and I had never 94 00:05:36,630 --> 00:05:38,669 Ali Feller: had to make a bathroom stop during a race. 95 00:05:38,820 --> 00:05:38,849 Becs Gentry: Oh. Oh. 96 00:05:39,570 --> 00:05:42,960 Ali Feller: So shout out to the 2011 Brooklyn Half, the race 97 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,020 Ali Feller: where I made my first every bathroom stops during a 98 00:05:46,020 --> 00:05:47,550 Ali Feller: race, and I made three of them. 99 00:05:48,300 --> 00:05:50,001 Becs Gentry: We love that first ever (inaudible) . 100 00:05:50,001 --> 00:05:52,289 Ali Feller: Yeah. So it went great for me, but I kept 101 00:05:52,290 --> 00:05:55,200 Ali Feller: coming back. I do. I love this race. Look at 102 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:59,130 Ali Feller: this. This is awesome. So seven Brooklyn Halves, did not 103 00:05:59,309 --> 00:06:02,670 Ali Feller: run Today's Brooklyn Half, which is okay. It's a season 104 00:06:02,670 --> 00:06:08,010 Ali Feller: of life, and my body just said no to running right now. 105 00:06:08,011 --> 00:06:11,880 Becs Gentry: It did. It did. And on that note, one year ago 106 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:17,430 Becs Gentry: today was a really tough day for you. You've shared 107 00:06:17,670 --> 00:06:22,290 Becs Gentry: in so much detail, with so much strength your journey, 108 00:06:22,740 --> 00:06:27,509 Becs Gentry: and you've told your audience a lot. You've taken them 109 00:06:27,510 --> 00:06:33,420 Becs Gentry: with you since your diagnosis on May 19th. So that 110 00:06:33,420 --> 00:06:35,909 Becs Gentry: was the day before, the RBC Half? 111 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,950 Ali Feller: Yeah. So one year ago I was in New York 112 00:06:40,950 --> 00:06:46,320 Ali Feller: City for Brooklyn Half weekend, and I had just been 113 00:06:47,250 --> 00:06:49,589 Ali Feller: to the doctor. I had found a lump in my 114 00:06:49,589 --> 00:06:51,899 Ali Feller: left breast, and then a second one, and then another 115 00:06:51,900 --> 00:06:53,939 Ali Feller: one on the right side. And all of a sudden, 116 00:06:53,940 --> 00:06:57,599 Ali Feller: life got really weird for me. And I was in 117 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:02,160 Ali Feller: New York City. I had had biopsies that week, and 118 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,950 Ali Feller: came to New York all bandaged from the biopsies, and 119 00:07:04,950 --> 00:07:10,440 Ali Feller: swollen, and struggling, and stressed. And I was out to 120 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,619 Ali Feller: breakfast with my dear friend Mary the day before the 121 00:07:13,620 --> 00:07:16,260 Ali Feller: Brooklyn Half when I got the results in the portal, 122 00:07:16,260 --> 00:07:18,480 Ali Feller: which is how they do it now. You don't get a 123 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:19,740 Ali Feller: call from your doctor. 124 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:19,980 Becs Gentry: No. 125 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,510 Ali Feller: You get a notification in the app. 126 00:07:21,510 --> 00:07:22,590 Becs Gentry: All online notification. 127 00:07:22,590 --> 00:07:28,080 Ali Feller: Terrible. And we're at breakfast, and I see Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, 128 00:07:28,889 --> 00:07:32,250 Ali Feller: and I know that carcinoma is not a good word, 129 00:07:32,340 --> 00:07:38,309 Ali Feller: and my whole world changed, and I am a runner. 130 00:07:38,309 --> 00:07:41,490 Ali Feller: And that's what I did, is that's what we do. 131 00:07:41,490 --> 00:07:43,349 Ali Feller: And I think that's part of the beauty of running 132 00:07:43,349 --> 00:07:45,960 Ali Feller: is it's there for us when we need it, and 133 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,299 Ali Feller: it's there for us when we want to celebrate. And 134 00:07:48,299 --> 00:07:50,010 Ali Feller: it's there for us when we just need to work 135 00:07:50,010 --> 00:07:54,750 Ali Feller: some stuff out. And the next day, I got to 136 00:07:54,750 --> 00:07:57,960 Ali Feller: the Brooklyn Half start line with my friend Mary. She 137 00:07:58,170 --> 00:08:00,480 Ali Feller: ran next to me every single step of the way. 138 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,939 Ali Feller: And I didn't realize it at the time, but there 139 00:08:02,940 --> 00:08:05,670 Ali Feller: was a great deal of symbolism in all of that, 140 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,390 Ali Feller: primarily that I have never been alone for any of 141 00:08:09,390 --> 00:08:13,200 Ali Feller: this, that I have had the most amazing support network. 142 00:08:13,290 --> 00:08:15,449 Ali Feller: And part of that is the running community. And I 143 00:08:15,450 --> 00:08:17,850 Ali Feller: know that sounds so cheesy. I know that's putting a very- 144 00:08:17,850 --> 00:08:17,851 Becs Gentry: I get it. 145 00:08:17,851 --> 00:08:23,489 Ali Feller: ... happy little rainbow on a really awful time. But 146 00:08:23,490 --> 00:08:26,489 Ali Feller: I can't stress enough how much the running community has 147 00:08:26,490 --> 00:08:30,239 Ali Feller: kept me going, and kept me living on days when 148 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,900 Ali Feller: I didn't know if I could. So the Brooklyn Half 149 00:08:33,900 --> 00:08:38,280 Ali Feller: it'll always be the race where I made my first 150 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:41,129 Ali Feller: bathroom stops. But it will certainly be the race where 151 00:08:41,369 --> 00:08:43,890 Ali Feller: the day after I was diagnosed with breast cancer, and 152 00:08:43,890 --> 00:08:46,470 Ali Feller: I felt like my world was ending, and I had 153 00:08:46,470 --> 00:08:49,679 Ali Feller: no idea what the future would look like, I joined 154 00:08:49,890 --> 00:08:54,480 Ali Feller: more than 20,000 like- minded people. And I ran from 155 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,509 Ali Feller: the Brooklyn Museum, to Coney Island, and there was nowhere 156 00:08:57,509 --> 00:08:58,559 Ali Feller: I would've rather been that day. 157 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:00,630 Becs Gentry: Oh. Right? Yeah. 158 00:09:01,050 --> 00:09:03,691 Ali Feller: Thank you. And I'm still here. So that's great. 159 00:09:03,691 --> 00:09:11,999 Becs Gentry: Yeah, even more of a yeah. I remember seeing all of that unfold, but not 160 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,078 Becs Gentry: knowing at that point. 161 00:09:13,078 --> 00:09:17,819 Ali Feller: No, and that was weird too, is my world felt 162 00:09:17,820 --> 00:09:19,740 Ali Feller: like it didn't feel like it was ending, but it 163 00:09:19,740 --> 00:09:22,020 Ali Feller: was shaken up, and it was scary. 164 00:09:22,170 --> 00:09:22,228 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 165 00:09:22,590 --> 00:09:25,020 Ali Feller: And it was. It was I had moments on the 166 00:09:25,020 --> 00:09:27,120 Ali Feller: race. I remember crying at the start line, because I'm 167 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,010 Ali Feller: a start line crier. By the time I get to 168 00:09:29,010 --> 00:09:32,160 Ali Feller: the finish, I'm so dehydrated, I have no tears. But 169 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,489 Ali Feller: I cry at start lines. And there were so many 170 00:09:35,490 --> 00:09:37,588 Ali Feller: moments during the race where people would cheer. They'd be like, " 171 00:09:37,590 --> 00:09:39,958 Ali Feller: Yeah. Ali on the Run, you got this." And I'm like, " 172 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,120 Ali Feller: You have no idea how badly I need to hear 173 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,749 Ali Feller: that right now." And then of course, as I shared 174 00:09:46,110 --> 00:09:49,229 Ali Feller: publicly what was going on, which I'm really glad I 175 00:09:49,230 --> 00:09:52,529 Ali Feller: did. Everyone's different when we're going through hard times. Some 176 00:09:52,529 --> 00:09:57,390 Ali Feller: people keep things very private. I'm an oversharer, and I'm 177 00:09:57,390 --> 00:09:59,819 Ali Feller: so glad I shared, because I've found so much support, 178 00:09:59,820 --> 00:10:02,340 Ali Feller: and I've connected with people who have been through this. 179 00:10:02,340 --> 00:10:05,369 Ali Feller: And I just don't know how I would've gotten through 180 00:10:05,370 --> 00:10:06,809 Ali Feller: all of this without that. 181 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:12,029 Becs Gentry: And I would imagine there are so many people out 182 00:10:12,029 --> 00:10:16,200 Becs Gentry: there who you've helped through a journey traveling through at 183 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,929 Becs Gentry: a parallel time. And you may never know. You may 184 00:10:18,929 --> 00:10:21,990 Becs Gentry: never get to meet them. I hope you do. But 185 00:10:22,349 --> 00:10:24,509 Becs Gentry: I'm sure there's people out there have found strength in 186 00:10:24,509 --> 00:10:27,570 Becs Gentry: your honesty, and your oversharing in the best way. 187 00:10:27,900 --> 00:10:31,440 Ali Feller: Yeah. And those connections are everything. And that's what I 188 00:10:31,470 --> 00:10:36,420 Ali Feller: needed during those early overwhelming moments of being so scared, 189 00:10:36,420 --> 00:10:39,449 Ali Feller: and being so having no idea what I should be 190 00:10:39,450 --> 00:10:42,208 Ali Feller: doing, or what I needed to do. I leaned on 191 00:10:42,210 --> 00:10:44,639 Ali Feller: people who had been through it, and now it does. 192 00:10:44,639 --> 00:10:46,619 Ali Feller: This is so cheesy. But now it does feel like 193 00:10:46,619 --> 00:10:48,208 Ali Feller: a gift, and it feels like a way I get 194 00:10:48,208 --> 00:10:51,120 Ali Feller: to pay it forward. And I have this whole email 195 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,338 Ali Feller: that I send to people when they reach out of, " 196 00:10:53,580 --> 00:10:56,429 Ali Feller: Oh my gosh. I was just diagnosed, and I have 197 00:10:56,429 --> 00:10:58,740 Ali Feller: to have a double mastectomy." And I'm like, " Great. Here's 198 00:10:58,740 --> 00:11:00,509 Ali Feller: my email. It tells you what you're going to need. 199 00:11:00,509 --> 00:11:02,189 Ali Feller: And this is for week one of recovery, and this 200 00:11:02,190 --> 00:11:03,839 Ali Feller: is week two," and it has all the links. And 201 00:11:03,839 --> 00:11:06,660 Ali Feller: I'm like, if nothing else, I can send people lists, 202 00:11:06,990 --> 00:11:08,100 Ali Feller: and that's how I can help. 203 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:13,199 Becs Gentry: Hey, a list helps. I think most runners love a list. 204 00:11:13,230 --> 00:11:15,868 Ali Feller: Yeah. I hate sending that email, but I'm glad I 205 00:11:15,870 --> 00:11:17,340 Ali Feller: can, if that makes sense. 206 00:11:17,550 --> 00:11:21,719 Becs Gentry: Exactly. So over the last 12 months, aside from the 207 00:11:21,719 --> 00:11:26,490 Becs Gentry: support that community's given you, what has been your biggest surprise? 208 00:11:27,210 --> 00:11:31,410 Ali Feller: Oh, my daughter. I have a five- year- old daughter, 209 00:11:31,410 --> 00:11:36,090 Ali Feller: Annie. And someone said to me, my friend, his name 210 00:11:36,090 --> 00:11:39,510 Ali Feller: is Chris Heuisler, and when this all started, he said, " 211 00:11:39,540 --> 00:11:42,870 Ali Feller: Annie will be your anchor throughout this." And I was like, " 212 00:11:43,140 --> 00:11:46,260 Ali Feller: I don't know what that means. It doesn't make sense. 213 00:11:46,380 --> 00:11:51,270 Ali Feller: It's dumb. You seem wrong." I just was so, " That 214 00:11:51,270 --> 00:11:53,279 Ali Feller: doesn't make sense. What do you mean she's my anchor? 215 00:11:54,870 --> 00:11:57,630 Ali Feller: She's what I'm most worried about in all of this." 216 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:02,490 Ali Feller: And I very quickly learned that on days when I 217 00:12:02,490 --> 00:12:05,550 Ali Feller: was like, " This is hard. Can I get through this," 218 00:12:06,630 --> 00:12:08,759 Ali Feller: I think a lot about, I went through chemotherapy, and 219 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:13,169 Ali Feller: if you've been through it, chemotherapy is awful. They show 220 00:12:13,170 --> 00:12:16,440 Ali Feller: it in the movies. Yeah. It does suck that much. 221 00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:19,980 Ali Feller: And on those days, my daughter kept me going. I 222 00:12:19,980 --> 00:12:22,290 Ali Feller: didn't even want to do chemotherapy. No one wants to 223 00:12:22,290 --> 00:12:25,950 Ali Feller: do chemotherapy, but my doctors obviously said, " This is the 224 00:12:25,950 --> 00:12:29,039 Ali Feller: plan." And I pushed back so hard, and I was like, " 225 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:31,500 Ali Feller: Listen, I did the surgery. I think I'm good to 226 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:35,670 Ali Feller: go. I've watched 19 seasons of Grey's Anatomy." I like 227 00:12:35,670 --> 00:12:39,510 Ali Feller: to say I attended Grey's Academy. " So I know. I can make 228 00:12:39,510 --> 00:12:40,261 Ali Feller: these decisions for myself." 229 00:12:40,261 --> 00:12:40,800 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 230 00:12:41,190 --> 00:12:44,309 Ali Feller: And I was like, " Do I really need chemo? This 231 00:12:44,309 --> 00:12:45,328 Ali Feller: feels like too much." 232 00:12:45,328 --> 00:12:45,540 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 233 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:50,098 Ali Feller: And my surgeon called me, and she said to me, " 234 00:12:50,759 --> 00:12:53,669 Ali Feller: Look at that daughter of yours. Look at that sweet 235 00:12:53,730 --> 00:12:56,608 Ali Feller: Annie. You're her mother, and you need to be her 236 00:12:56,610 --> 00:13:00,540 Ali Feller: mother for her entire life, which means you need to 237 00:13:00,540 --> 00:13:05,520 Ali Feller: show up to your chemotherapy appointment tomorrow." And I was like, " Okay." 238 00:13:06,210 --> 00:13:08,002 Becs Gentry: And then you have Annie on your hands every time I go to (inaudible) . 239 00:13:08,002 --> 00:13:11,339 Ali Feller: Oh. Yeah. I do. We do heart hands when I'm 240 00:13:11,340 --> 00:13:14,250 Ali Feller: traveling for work. And it used to be I drew 241 00:13:14,250 --> 00:13:15,750 Ali Feller: a heart on my hand, and I drew a heart 242 00:13:15,750 --> 00:13:18,150 Ali Feller: on her hand. Well now she can draw. So she 243 00:13:18,150 --> 00:13:19,679 Ali Feller: likes to draw the heart. I said, " Okay. Just do 244 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:22,828 Ali Feller: a little heart, because mommy's working." And she drew a 245 00:13:22,830 --> 00:13:25,650 Ali Feller: heart, and now I wash my hands, which is good. 246 00:13:25,799 --> 00:13:28,379 Ali Feller: And she also wrote her name, and then she drew 247 00:13:28,379 --> 00:13:31,740 Ali Feller: a little bird. So yeah. Annie's always with me, but 248 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:37,050 Ali Feller: she is the obvious why of why I went through 249 00:13:37,050 --> 00:13:40,620 Ali Feller: the hard times, why I will continue to do everything 250 00:13:40,620 --> 00:13:42,659 Ali Feller: in my power to be healthy, to take care of 251 00:13:42,660 --> 00:13:47,249 Ali Feller: myself, and to be there for every day of her life. 252 00:13:48,029 --> 00:13:48,299 Becs Gentry: Love that. 253 00:13:48,299 --> 00:13:48,840 Ali Feller: That's the plan. 254 00:13:48,900 --> 00:13:50,191 Becs Gentry: I'm trying not to cry. I promise you. 255 00:13:50,191 --> 00:13:54,208 Ali Feller: I know. I'm shocked I didn't, but yeah, I'm getting better 256 00:13:54,210 --> 00:13:56,309 Ali Feller: at talking about this without crying. But give it time. 257 00:13:56,309 --> 00:13:57,540 Ali Feller: I'm sure. I haven't cried yet today. 258 00:13:57,540 --> 00:13:57,809 Becs Gentry: Give it time. 259 00:13:57,900 --> 00:13:58,620 Ali Feller: So give it time. 260 00:13:59,639 --> 00:14:02,880 Becs Gentry: Spring is my favorite time to start a new workout 261 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,119 Becs Gentry: routine. With the weather warming up, it feels easier to 262 00:14:06,119 --> 00:14:08,670 Becs Gentry: get into the rhythm of things. So whether you have 263 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:12,330 Becs Gentry: 20 minutes, or an hour for a Pilates class, or 264 00:14:12,330 --> 00:14:16,049 Becs Gentry: outdoor guided walk, Peloton has everything you need to help 265 00:14:16,050 --> 00:14:18,990 Becs Gentry: get you going. Get a head start on summer with 266 00:14:18,990 --> 00:14:24,210 Becs Gentry: Peloton at onepeloton. com. All right. So let's talk to 267 00:14:24,270 --> 00:14:29,370 Becs Gentry: all these runners about running. You ran the Eugene Marathon last 268 00:14:29,370 --> 00:14:34,410 Becs Gentry: year. You ran RBC Brooklyn Half last year. This year 269 00:14:34,469 --> 00:14:39,630 Becs Gentry: you ran the United Airlines NYC Half. How has your 270 00:14:39,630 --> 00:14:43,380 Becs Gentry: running goals changed, and evolved, and where do you see 271 00:14:43,380 --> 00:14:44,010 Becs Gentry: them going? 272 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:47,580 Ali Feller: Okay. This is another thing that you're going to be like, " 273 00:14:47,580 --> 00:14:49,530 Ali Feller: Ali, you sound like you're full of it," but just 274 00:14:49,530 --> 00:14:55,439 Ali Feller: bear with me. There's no pretty silver lining to getting 275 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,199 Ali Feller: cancer. People are like, " What good has come out of 276 00:14:58,199 --> 00:15:01,140 Ali Feller: this?" And I'm like, " No. I don't want to have 277 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:06,660 Ali Feller: been through this." And if I may, it has been 278 00:15:06,660 --> 00:15:10,259 Ali Feller: really good for my relationship with running. I am someone 279 00:15:10,260 --> 00:15:13,289 Ali Feller: who in the past didn't always have the best relationship 280 00:15:13,290 --> 00:15:18,180 Ali Feller: with running. I was someone who they say exercise to 281 00:15:18,180 --> 00:15:20,340 Ali Feller: make your body feel good. And I would do the 282 00:15:20,340 --> 00:15:25,110 Ali Feller: opposite. I had a history of punishing myself through exercise, 283 00:15:25,110 --> 00:15:28,410 Ali Feller: or always wanting to do more, or just getting into 284 00:15:28,410 --> 00:15:32,099 Ali Feller: a yucky headspace with doing too much, or being addicted 285 00:15:32,099 --> 00:15:34,559 Ali Feller: to running, which we can joke about, and say, " It's 286 00:15:34,559 --> 00:15:37,470 Ali Feller: a healthy addiction." But I certainly went through times where 287 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:39,810 Ali Feller: it wasn't. And I can recognize that now. Of course, 288 00:15:39,810 --> 00:15:41,160 Ali Feller: at the time, I was like, " No. It's a good 289 00:15:41,430 --> 00:15:44,820 Ali Feller: thing." It wasn't. My body was so beat up, and 290 00:15:44,820 --> 00:15:47,790 Ali Feller: I was in so much pain. And then over this 291 00:15:47,790 --> 00:15:50,459 Ali Feller: past year, there have been times that I physically, like 292 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,459 Ali Feller: doctor said, " You can't run. You just had a double 293 00:15:53,459 --> 00:15:57,330 Ali Feller: mastectomy. You can't run for six weeks while you're recovering," 294 00:15:57,330 --> 00:16:00,510 Ali Feller: And I took that really seriously, and I learned that 295 00:16:00,510 --> 00:16:04,260 Ali Feller: it's okay. And I learned that I will come back. 296 00:16:04,260 --> 00:16:06,329 Ali Feller: I love a comeback. Comebacks are awesome. 297 00:16:06,329 --> 00:16:06,599 Becs Gentry: Absolutely. 298 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,899 Ali Feller: We might not choose them, but a comeback is so 299 00:16:09,900 --> 00:16:14,040 Ali Feller: empowering. And it has been really good for my mentality 300 00:16:14,250 --> 00:16:17,940 Ali Feller: in that I'm not so obsessive about my running anymore. 301 00:16:17,940 --> 00:16:18,030 Becs Gentry: Right. 302 00:16:18,030 --> 00:16:21,719 Ali Feller: I don't need to run six days a week. I 303 00:16:21,719 --> 00:16:24,180 Ali Feller: don't need to do a long run on the weekends. 304 00:16:24,420 --> 00:16:27,690 Ali Feller: I run when it feels good, and when it feels 305 00:16:27,690 --> 00:16:31,500 Ali Feller: like it's going to serve me. And I run, and 306 00:16:31,500 --> 00:16:33,811 Ali Feller: I know it's cheesy. I run for the joy of it. 307 00:16:33,811 --> 00:16:33,811 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 308 00:16:33,811 --> 00:16:37,770 Ali Feller: And I think I always did. But this has really 309 00:16:37,770 --> 00:16:41,070 Ali Feller: helped that mindset and that approach to running where now 310 00:16:41,849 --> 00:16:44,820 Ali Feller: it is so something that I get to do. So 311 00:16:44,820 --> 00:16:46,590 Ali Feller: when people come to me, and they're, "Oh. I have to run 20 miles this weekend," I'm like, "You have to? 312 00:16:48,059 --> 00:16:50,279 Ali Feller: You have to?" We get to, and what a gift this is. 313 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:55,320 Becs Gentry: We get to. I couldn't agree more. And I know 314 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,260 Becs Gentry: that sounds funny coming from a running coach, and a 315 00:16:58,260 --> 00:17:02,820 Becs Gentry: Peloton instructor, and somebody who will give you a whatever 316 00:17:02,820 --> 00:17:07,590 Becs Gentry: week training program you want. But I shudder when people 317 00:17:07,590 --> 00:17:10,080 Becs Gentry: are like, " I have to run this today." I am like, " 318 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:11,731 Becs Gentry: You don't have to. No one is making you." You get to do it. 319 00:17:11,731 --> 00:17:14,850 Ali Feller: Unless you are a professional athlete. Yeah. 320 00:17:14,850 --> 00:17:17,911 Becs Gentry: They still don't have to. They get to. 321 00:17:17,911 --> 00:17:18,241 Ali Feller: Right. 322 00:17:18,630 --> 00:17:22,830 Becs Gentry: And they choose to. And I think it's a big mental reframe. 323 00:17:23,459 --> 00:17:25,890 Ali Feller: Yeah. And then look at days like this. How lucky 324 00:17:25,890 --> 00:17:26,280 Ali Feller: are we- 325 00:17:26,580 --> 00:17:26,641 Becs Gentry: How lucky? 326 00:17:26,641 --> 00:17:28,020 Ali Feller: ... to be here? 327 00:17:28,020 --> 00:17:33,629 Becs Gentry: Yeah. So lucky. So running I guess has helped you, 328 00:17:33,660 --> 00:17:37,590 Becs Gentry: your mental space getting through this past year a lot. 329 00:17:37,859 --> 00:17:40,410 Ali Feller: Yeah. So my favorite thing now is power walking. 330 00:17:40,410 --> 00:17:40,411 Becs Gentry: Yes. Power walking. 331 00:17:40,411 --> 00:17:45,750 Ali Feller: So I love walking, and I just want to shout out to all the people 332 00:17:45,750 --> 00:17:48,388 Ali Feller: out there who walk as a choice. 333 00:17:48,990 --> 00:17:49,470 Becs Gentry: Yes. 334 00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:52,109 Ali Feller: Walking is not the downgrade from running. 335 00:17:52,109 --> 00:17:52,290 Becs Gentry: Nope. 336 00:17:52,710 --> 00:17:56,070 Ali Feller: Walking is awesome. And throughout the past year, as I've 337 00:17:56,070 --> 00:17:59,490 Ali Feller: been through surgeries, and chemo, and I also have Crohn's 338 00:17:59,490 --> 00:18:01,649 Ali Feller: Disease, and my stomach is a mess, my body is 339 00:18:01,650 --> 00:18:06,330 Ali Feller: just chaos, walking feels so good. And it's movement. And 340 00:18:06,330 --> 00:18:08,398 Ali Feller: it's activity. And it's a thing that I choose. And 341 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,469 Ali Feller: I'm such a proponent of do the thing that feels 342 00:18:10,469 --> 00:18:13,859 Ali Feller: good for you. And obviously we're preaching to a stadium 343 00:18:13,859 --> 00:18:16,500 Ali Feller: full of runners right now, but people come to me 344 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:18,509 Ali Feller: all the time, and they're like, " I really want to 345 00:18:18,540 --> 00:18:22,438 Ali Feller: run, but I hate it." And I'm like, " Okay. There's levels here. 346 00:18:22,619 --> 00:18:25,500 Ali Feller: So let's get into these layers. Right?" So first is 347 00:18:25,650 --> 00:18:27,510 Ali Feller: you want to. Why do you want to? " Well, I 348 00:18:27,510 --> 00:18:30,419 Ali Feller: see people out there, and they seem like they love 349 00:18:30,420 --> 00:18:32,130 Ali Feller: it, but I hate it." " All right. Well, are you 350 00:18:32,130 --> 00:18:34,648 Ali Feller: sprinting out your front door, or are you pacing yourself," 351 00:18:34,650 --> 00:18:36,930 Ali Feller: because I would say most of the times, we hate 352 00:18:36,930 --> 00:18:39,000 Ali Feller: running when we start, because we have no idea we 353 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,710 Ali Feller: should slow it down. 354 00:18:40,710 --> 00:18:40,859 Becs Gentry: Slow it down. 355 00:18:41,670 --> 00:18:43,830 Ali Feller: But then if you're doing it, and you're doing all 356 00:18:43,830 --> 00:18:45,900 Ali Feller: the right things, and you're doing it the right way, 357 00:18:45,900 --> 00:18:48,869 Ali Feller: and you still hate it, do something else. Do what 358 00:18:48,869 --> 00:18:49,438 Ali Feller: feels good. 359 00:18:49,439 --> 00:18:49,501 Becs Gentry: Do it. 360 00:18:49,501 --> 00:18:52,979 Ali Feller: And I just happen to be in a season right 361 00:18:52,980 --> 00:18:55,468 Ali Feller: now, and I wish I weren't in this season, but 362 00:18:55,470 --> 00:18:58,648 Ali Feller: I'm trying to embrace it of right now what feels 363 00:18:58,650 --> 00:19:01,410 Ali Feller: good for me is walking and strength training. I do 364 00:19:01,410 --> 00:19:02,791 Ali Feller: a lot of Peloton strength classes. 365 00:19:02,791 --> 00:19:03,511 Becs Gentry: Woo woo. 366 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:09,359 Ali Feller: Woo woo. Exactly. And I think there's really just something to 367 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:15,540 Ali Feller: be said for appreciating our bodies, and appreciating where they 368 00:19:15,540 --> 00:19:18,660 Ali Feller: are each day, and knowing that each day is going 369 00:19:18,660 --> 00:19:20,970 Ali Feller: to look different. Each run is going to look different. 370 00:19:20,970 --> 00:19:23,309 Ali Feller: Mile one's going to look different than mile six. How 371 00:19:23,309 --> 00:19:27,239 Ali Feller: many people today got to mile three, and realized, " Ooh, 372 00:19:27,660 --> 00:19:29,820 Ali Feller: I went out a little hot. I might need to 373 00:19:29,820 --> 00:19:31,170 Ali Feller: adjust things here." Did you? 374 00:19:31,770 --> 00:19:32,609 Becs Gentry: Far too fast. 375 00:19:32,609 --> 00:19:35,940 Ali Feller: Yeah. And we adjust, and then mile 12 might end 376 00:19:35,940 --> 00:19:39,330 Ali Feller: up feeling great, even if mile 6 didn't. How was 377 00:19:39,330 --> 00:19:40,200 Ali Feller: your race today? 378 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:41,850 Becs Gentry: Tough. 379 00:19:42,090 --> 00:19:42,418 Ali Feller: Tough. 380 00:19:42,450 --> 00:19:48,210 Becs Gentry: I went out drastically too fast. I went out 2021 381 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:48,661 Becs Gentry: Becs fast. 382 00:19:48,661 --> 00:19:51,060 Ali Feller: Okay. I love that confidence for you. 383 00:19:51,090 --> 00:19:54,900 Becs Gentry: It's really, really brutal. Yeah. And about 3 miles in, 384 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:59,520 Becs Gentry: I was like, " 2024. Becks can't sustain this for any 385 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:03,510 Becs Gentry: longer." So I pulled back, and that was a mental 386 00:20:03,540 --> 00:20:05,429 Becs Gentry: conversation I had to have with myself. 387 00:20:05,670 --> 00:20:07,681 Ali Feller: Wait. So when that happened, were you frustrated? 388 00:20:07,681 --> 00:20:07,682 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 389 00:20:07,682 --> 00:20:08,702 Ali Feller: You were? 390 00:20:09,869 --> 00:20:10,020 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 391 00:20:10,290 --> 00:20:12,660 Ali Feller: So how do you, sorry. Now I'm turning it around. 392 00:20:12,660 --> 00:20:13,051 Ali Feller: I'm like, " Let me interview you, please." 393 00:20:13,051 --> 00:20:14,910 Becs Gentry: Do you think she does this for a living? She's 394 00:20:14,910 --> 00:20:17,669 Becs Gentry: just switched the role. She's like, " Let's deep dive into 395 00:20:17,670 --> 00:20:17,941 Becs Gentry: your psyche." 396 00:20:17,941 --> 00:20:20,519 Ali Feller: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Just one question. Just one question. How 397 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,340 Ali Feller: do you do that when you are in a point 398 00:20:23,340 --> 00:20:26,460 Ali Feller: of a race, especially when it's early on, and you're like, " 399 00:20:26,580 --> 00:20:28,530 Ali Feller: Oh man. The thing that I thought that I could 400 00:20:28,530 --> 00:20:31,230 Ali Feller: go out and do, I'm now realizing I'm not going 401 00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:32,728 Ali Feller: to be able to." How do you get out of 402 00:20:32,730 --> 00:20:36,420 Ali Feller: that frustrated mindset, because you still have 9, 10 miles 403 00:20:36,420 --> 00:20:36,840 Ali Feller: to go? 404 00:20:36,869 --> 00:20:41,340 Becs Gentry: 10 miles, 10 sweet miles. I embraced it. I acknowledge 405 00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:45,480 Becs Gentry: it. I acknowledge the frustration. I let the frustration surge 406 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:49,020 Becs Gentry: through me. I let it come out. I throw my 407 00:20:49,020 --> 00:20:52,200 Becs Gentry: toys out the pram. I slowed right down, and was like, " 408 00:20:52,410 --> 00:20:57,270 Becs Gentry: Screw it," just got really angry. And then I gathered 409 00:20:57,270 --> 00:21:01,920 Becs Gentry: myself, and just remembered where I was 3 years ago 410 00:21:01,980 --> 00:21:05,280 Becs Gentry: is very different place. And I'm grateful for where I was 411 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:08,010 Becs Gentry: 3 years ago, but I'm even more grateful for where I 412 00:21:08,010 --> 00:21:11,010 Becs Gentry: am today. And I promised myself I'd finished with a 413 00:21:11,010 --> 00:21:14,638 Becs Gentry: smile today, not with a grimace. And I knew I'd 414 00:21:14,638 --> 00:21:17,609 Becs Gentry: never beat my course record on this course anyway. So 415 00:21:17,879 --> 00:21:20,040 Becs Gentry: that's when I was like, " You know what? Let's see 416 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,490 Becs Gentry: a different number on that watch." And then somehow, not 417 00:21:23,490 --> 00:21:25,830 Becs Gentry: saying it didn't hurt for those last 10 miles, because 418 00:21:25,830 --> 00:21:30,330 Becs Gentry: it still hurt, but I allowed the hurt to be 419 00:21:30,330 --> 00:21:32,280 Becs Gentry: a bit more graceful, let's say. 420 00:21:32,580 --> 00:21:35,218 Ali Feller: And you finished smiling. I can confirm. I saw you 421 00:21:35,219 --> 00:21:36,540 Ali Feller: at the finish, and you were smiling. 422 00:21:36,540 --> 00:21:38,760 Becs Gentry: I got to see my friend at the finish line. 423 00:21:40,710 --> 00:21:43,859 Becs Gentry: All right. I'm going to switch this around again. So 424 00:21:43,859 --> 00:21:47,280 Becs Gentry: we all know Ali is a super mom. Annie is 425 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,369 Becs Gentry: the glorious, glorious little girl. Happy Mother's Day a week 426 00:21:50,369 --> 00:21:54,059 Becs Gentry: later, by the way. And do a lot of you 427 00:21:54,059 --> 00:21:58,470 Becs Gentry: know that Ali used to be a ballerina, right? She 428 00:21:58,470 --> 00:22:01,830 Becs Gentry: used to do ballet. Yeah. Do you think Annie's going 429 00:22:01,830 --> 00:22:04,770 Becs Gentry: to follow in your footsteps as a dancer, a runner, 430 00:22:04,980 --> 00:22:06,148 Becs Gentry: both, neither? 431 00:22:06,690 --> 00:22:08,970 Ali Feller: Oh. I don't know. I want her to do whatever 432 00:22:09,420 --> 00:22:12,208 Ali Feller: makes her happy. Right now it is very funny. So 433 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,690 Ali Feller: she is taking dance classes at the studio that I grew 434 00:22:15,690 --> 00:22:16,380 Ali Feller: up dancing with. 435 00:22:16,830 --> 00:22:17,700 Becs Gentry: That's amazing. 436 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:23,010 Ali Feller: Her teacher I taught when her teacher was a kid 437 00:22:23,190 --> 00:22:26,340 Ali Feller: at that studio. So it is this totally crazy- 438 00:22:26,429 --> 00:22:26,701 Becs Gentry: Full circle. 439 00:22:26,701 --> 00:22:30,629 Ali Feller: ... full circle experience every Tuesday when I take her 440 00:22:30,630 --> 00:22:34,020 Ali Feller: to dance class, and she loves it. And when we 441 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:36,150 Ali Feller: do weekends like this, and she's not with me this 442 00:22:36,150 --> 00:22:41,010 Ali Feller: weekend, but she loves doing kids races. And she loves 443 00:22:41,010 --> 00:22:44,219 Ali Feller: gymnastics, and I want her to do whatever makes her 444 00:22:44,219 --> 00:22:47,699 Ali Feller: happy. It is funny though. She's so me in so 445 00:22:47,699 --> 00:22:49,230 Ali Feller: many ways, where I'm like, " Annie, do you want to 446 00:22:49,230 --> 00:22:51,178 Ali Feller: play tee- ball? Do you want to try soccer? Do 447 00:22:51,180 --> 00:22:53,820 Ali Feller: you want to play basketball?" " No. No balls." I'm like, " 448 00:22:53,820 --> 00:22:56,609 Ali Feller: Girl, same." I've been afraid of the ball since the 449 00:22:56,609 --> 00:22:58,650 Ali Feller: day I was born. And it is funny that even 450 00:22:58,650 --> 00:23:02,490 Ali Feller: without, and I'm not projecting. I've never told her that, 451 00:23:03,089 --> 00:23:05,609 Ali Feller: but she made her own choices, and she wants nothing 452 00:23:05,609 --> 00:23:08,369 Ali Feller: to do with ball sports. So same. 453 00:23:08,638 --> 00:23:12,630 Becs Gentry: Yay. That makes me very proud that Annie is going 454 00:23:12,630 --> 00:23:14,939 Becs Gentry: to be her own leader in her own sport. 455 00:23:15,148 --> 00:23:16,439 Ali Feller: Oh. Yeah. That's what we want right? 456 00:23:16,439 --> 00:23:20,190 Becs Gentry: And that's it. We are in the middle of the rise 457 00:23:20,190 --> 00:23:23,218 Becs Gentry: of women in sport. There's still a really long way 458 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:27,480 Becs Gentry: to go, but I think where it's going right now 459 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,410 Becs Gentry: is fantastic. And I want to know. Because I know 460 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:36,750 Becs Gentry: how many of the runners, the incredible runners you are 461 00:23:36,750 --> 00:23:40,680 Becs Gentry: very good friends with, is there one or two in particular 462 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,019 Becs Gentry: that on a daily basis inspire you? 463 00:23:43,980 --> 00:23:45,210 Ali Feller: Oh. All of them. 464 00:23:47,100 --> 00:23:47,641 Becs Gentry: So they're all my friends. 465 00:23:47,641 --> 00:23:50,458 Ali Feller: Yeah. Also, it is funny. I have an album on 466 00:23:50,460 --> 00:23:53,908 Ali Feller: my phone called Annie and Pro Runners. Because she comes 467 00:23:53,910 --> 00:23:56,549 Ali Feller: with me to so many events, she doesn't realize how 468 00:23:56,549 --> 00:23:58,950 Ali Feller: cool it is now, but I'm like, " You've known Des 469 00:23:59,010 --> 00:24:01,859 Ali Feller: Linden your whole life. Do you know how cool that 470 00:24:01,859 --> 00:24:04,350 Ali Feller: is?" I still am starstruck around Des Linden- 471 00:24:04,350 --> 00:24:04,350 Becs Gentry: Same. 472 00:24:04,350 --> 00:24:09,900 Ali Feller: ... and Annie's petting her dog like it's nothing. I 473 00:24:09,900 --> 00:24:17,158 Ali Feller: am forever inspired by the everyday runner who wakes up 474 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,609 Ali Feller: at 4: 00 AM, and gets their run before they 475 00:24:20,609 --> 00:24:24,180 Ali Feller: make their kids' lunches, and then goes to work, and 476 00:24:24,180 --> 00:24:26,910 Ali Feller: comes home, and shows up for their family, and their 477 00:24:26,910 --> 00:24:32,250 Ali Feller: loved ones, and their people, and are making that commitment, 478 00:24:32,250 --> 00:24:36,359 Ali Feller: and that decision to chase these big goals when no, 479 00:24:36,420 --> 00:24:39,658 Ali Feller: running's not our job. Running is a passion that we 480 00:24:39,660 --> 00:24:43,530 Ali Feller: take seriously, because we love it, and we love ourselves. 481 00:24:43,530 --> 00:24:48,300 Ali Feller: And I am really inspired by the 28,000 people that 482 00:24:48,300 --> 00:24:51,000 Ali Feller: we're surrounded by today. And again, I know everything I 483 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:55,320 Ali Feller: say is cheesy. I embrace it. I love cheese. So 484 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,540 Ali Feller: yes. The professional runners inspire me so much. 485 00:24:57,540 --> 00:24:58,470 Becs Gentry: So much. 486 00:24:58,830 --> 00:25:05,429 Ali Feller: Right? They're incredible. Just the athleticism, and the way that 487 00:25:05,429 --> 00:25:07,080 Ali Feller: they compete, and the way that they have to be 488 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,289 Ali Feller: so mentally sharp to do that, I am so inspired 489 00:25:10,289 --> 00:25:15,150 Ali Feller: by it, but where I use the word inspiration is 490 00:25:15,150 --> 00:25:16,800 Ali Feller: the everyday runner every time. 491 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:22,349 Becs Gentry: That is so much truth though, because you're right. It's 492 00:25:22,349 --> 00:25:27,750 Becs Gentry: the runners who have 12 plus hours of life ahead 493 00:25:27,809 --> 00:25:30,390 Becs Gentry: of them every day, but they still wake up to 494 00:25:30,390 --> 00:25:30,750 Becs Gentry: get the miles in. 495 00:25:30,750 --> 00:25:33,690 Ali Feller: You see it. They're the people on the Peloton leaderboard for the 6: 496 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:34,830 Ali Feller: 00 AM classes. 497 00:25:34,830 --> 00:25:38,002 Becs Gentry: The 4:00 AM crew. We have a 5: 00 AM crew. We have (inaudible) . 498 00:25:37,830 --> 00:25:40,530 Ali Feller: Yeah. They're like, " I got to take the UK classes, because getting 499 00:25:40,530 --> 00:25:41,250 Ali Feller: up so early." 500 00:25:41,250 --> 00:25:41,369 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 501 00:25:41,910 --> 00:25:47,339 Ali Feller: I think that it's a commitment to do that every 502 00:25:47,340 --> 00:25:50,129 Ali Feller: single day, to every night set your alarm for the 503 00:25:50,130 --> 00:25:52,560 Ali Feller: next morning. And look at everyone here who put in 504 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,440 Ali Feller: the long runs to train for this. Most of you 505 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,230 Ali Feller: probably did your long runs really early on a Saturday 506 00:25:58,230 --> 00:26:01,770 Ali Feller: morning, so it didn't disrupt your families, your loved ones, 507 00:26:01,770 --> 00:26:04,888 Ali Feller: your plans for the day. Is that you? Yeah, which by the 508 00:26:04,888 --> 00:26:07,650 Ali Feller: way, I love that you're gesturing, and acknowledging that, and being like, " 509 00:26:07,650 --> 00:26:10,980 Ali Feller: Yeah. That's her. She's a star." And your family sees 510 00:26:10,980 --> 00:26:12,840 Ali Feller: it, and loves it. And I think that's amazing, and 511 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:17,609 Ali Feller: you inspire me, and congratulations. So it's that. 512 00:26:17,730 --> 00:26:21,839 Becs Gentry: I know. Incredible. But that's real life. That's real. Don't 513 00:26:21,839 --> 00:26:27,990 Becs Gentry: get me started on the squares. Okay. Ali, what should 514 00:26:27,990 --> 00:26:32,668 Becs Gentry: we potentially, could we potentially see from Ali on the 515 00:26:32,670 --> 00:26:34,230 Becs Gentry: Run in the next year or so? 516 00:26:34,770 --> 00:26:39,599 Ali Feller: Oh. I have spent the past year in survival mode- 517 00:26:39,630 --> 00:26:39,810 Becs Gentry: You have. 518 00:26:39,810 --> 00:26:41,849 Ali Feller: ... in so many ways. 519 00:26:41,910 --> 00:26:42,660 Becs Gentry: And thriving. 520 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:47,220 Ali Feller: Yeah. That feels generous, but I love you for saying 521 00:26:47,220 --> 00:26:51,540 Ali Feller: it, and seeing it. I want to be able to say, " 522 00:26:51,540 --> 00:26:53,820 Ali Feller: I spent the last year in survival mode, and now 523 00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:56,250 Ali Feller: I want the next year to be about celebration mode." 524 00:26:56,460 --> 00:26:56,970 Becs Gentry: Amazing. 525 00:26:57,450 --> 00:27:00,959 Ali Feller: I want to chase the things that bring me joy, 526 00:27:00,959 --> 00:27:04,770 Ali Feller: and I want to do that unapologetically. I want to 527 00:27:04,830 --> 00:27:08,040 Ali Feller: sign up for the races on a whim, because I'm 528 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:12,270 Ali Feller: feeling good, and why not? I want to surround myself 529 00:27:12,270 --> 00:27:14,880 Ali Feller: with people that I love, and that I am my 530 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,090 Ali Feller: best self around, and that Annie can look to as 531 00:27:18,090 --> 00:27:21,930 Ali Feller: role models, and friends, and companions. And I think it's 532 00:27:21,930 --> 00:27:27,119 Ali Feller: just, I don't have any specific hopes, dreams, or goals 533 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,480 Ali Feller: on the run, or in my career. I think getting 534 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,590 Ali Feller: a cancer diagnosis does teach you to try to live 535 00:27:34,590 --> 00:27:37,530 Ali Feller: in the moment, and not put too much pressure on 536 00:27:37,530 --> 00:27:41,430 Ali Feller: the future. And I'm fine. I'm not dying. I'm good. 537 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:49,290 Ali Feller: And I spent the past year saying, " I want to 538 00:27:49,290 --> 00:27:51,570 Ali Feller: make sure that I'm at the Chicago Marathon, and I'm 539 00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:54,000 Ali Feller: doing this thing," or, " I want to PR at the 540 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,460 Ali Feller: Dash to the Finish 5K." And it's like, that's just 541 00:27:56,460 --> 00:28:01,408 Ali Feller: not the way life played out. And it's not that 542 00:28:01,410 --> 00:28:03,359 Ali Feller: I don't want to have big dreams. It's not that 543 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:07,109 Ali Feller: I'm afraid of disappointment. I just want to chase the 544 00:28:07,109 --> 00:28:12,059 Ali Feller: things that feel good in the moment, and unapologetically do 545 00:28:12,059 --> 00:28:16,920 Ali Feller: that. I am not an unapologetic person. In fact, I love apologizing 546 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,340 Ali Feller: even for things I don't need to apologize for. So 547 00:28:20,580 --> 00:28:22,379 Ali Feller: I'm trying to be better about that, and I want 548 00:28:22,380 --> 00:28:26,609 Ali Feller: to just be a little bit more brazen perhaps in 549 00:28:26,609 --> 00:28:28,411 Ali Feller: the way that I move through life now. 550 00:28:28,411 --> 00:28:29,879 Becs Gentry: I like that goal. 551 00:28:29,879 --> 00:28:31,800 Ali Feller: Check back in six months when I'm like, " Okay. I 552 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,170 Ali Feller: didn't do that at all, but ..." 553 00:28:34,590 --> 00:28:36,480 Becs Gentry: As long as you don't say, " I'm sorry." 554 00:28:36,930 --> 00:28:37,709 Ali Feller: I'm working on it. 555 00:28:37,710 --> 00:28:37,889 Becs Gentry: Then we'll have checked that one box. 556 00:28:38,460 --> 00:28:41,580 Ali Feller: I'm working. I'm trying. I'll give you a buzzer, and 557 00:28:41,580 --> 00:28:43,830 Ali Feller: if you ever hear me say it, you can buzz me. 558 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,740 Becs Gentry: I will. We spend a lot of time together, many things. 559 00:28:46,740 --> 00:28:48,240 Ali Feller: And I'm glad. 560 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:49,621 Becs Gentry: I'll get you a swear jar for that. 561 00:28:49,621 --> 00:28:49,861 Ali Feller: Oh. Don't give a swear jar. Yeah. I do a lot of that. 562 00:28:55,140 --> 00:28:58,260 Becs Gentry: Okay. One last question. If you're in the middle of 563 00:28:58,260 --> 00:29:03,509 Becs Gentry: a run, training run, and it absolutely sucks, is there one 564 00:29:03,509 --> 00:29:06,930 Becs Gentry: song that you would put on right now to listen to? 565 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,820 Ali Feller: Okay. The Tortured Poets Department? 566 00:29:15,809 --> 00:29:15,871 Becs Gentry: Knew it. 567 00:29:15,871 --> 00:29:18,750 Ali Feller: No, but that's a bummer. But I Can Do It With a Broken Heart, come on. It's the anthem 568 00:29:18,750 --> 00:29:22,739 Ali Feller: right now. But I'll say I'm a big Swiftie, and 569 00:29:23,580 --> 00:29:27,240 Ali Feller: it's always going to be a Taylor Swift song, though 570 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,480 Ali Feller: if I am having a hard time, and I need 571 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:34,200 Ali Feller: to turn it around, and I'm calling a Hail Mary, 572 00:29:34,740 --> 00:29:35,580 Ali Feller: it's Fight Song- 573 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:36,121 Becs Gentry: Oh. 574 00:29:36,121 --> 00:29:39,120 Ali Feller: ... which you did during your Femme Power Run, and 575 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:43,890 Ali Feller: I was sobbing on the treadmill. Yeah. Fight Song, that 576 00:29:43,890 --> 00:29:49,020 Ali Feller: is empowering. And that's the dig deep, you need help 577 00:29:49,020 --> 00:29:51,899 Ali Feller: in this moment, and you will find it by the 578 00:29:51,900 --> 00:29:55,590 Ali Feller: time the second chorus comes around. So Taylor, I love 579 00:29:55,590 --> 00:29:58,709 Ali Feller: you, but I'm going to go Rachel Platten Fight Song. 580 00:29:58,710 --> 00:30:00,660 Becs Gentry: If you don't know that song, listen to it, because 581 00:30:00,660 --> 00:30:01,380 Becs Gentry: you'll hear- 582 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:01,801 Ali Feller: Tear jerker. 583 00:30:01,801 --> 00:30:04,380 Becs Gentry: ... hear her in the lyrics, that's for sure. 584 00:30:04,650 --> 00:30:04,890 Ali Feller: Yeah. 585 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:09,030 Becs Gentry: All right. Well I hope that has given people love, 586 00:30:09,090 --> 00:30:14,309 Becs Gentry: inspiration, and some thinking today. Ali, it was such a 587 00:30:14,309 --> 00:30:16,979 Becs Gentry: pleasure to have this conversation with you. Thank you for 588 00:30:16,980 --> 00:30:19,080 Becs Gentry: joining us here today. 589 00:30:19,740 --> 00:30:20,310 Ali Feller: Yay. 590 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,230 Becs Gentry: Yeah. We love you. We really, really love you. 591 00:30:22,230 --> 00:30:25,230 Ali Feller: I love you. I'm so excited that we're friends. 592 00:30:25,290 --> 00:30:27,240 Becs Gentry: I know. Me too. I'm so grateful. 593 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:27,600 Ali Feller: Right? 594 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,690 Becs Gentry: All right. Nobody is allowed to leave, because we have 595 00:30:30,690 --> 00:30:33,570 Becs Gentry: a special guest that I'm going to invite up onto 596 00:30:33,570 --> 00:30:39,000 Becs Gentry: the stage in just a second. Okay? Now is he here? Yeah. 597 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:39,840 Ali Feller: Yeah. 598 00:30:40,140 --> 00:30:43,380 Becs Gentry: I turn around. I'm like, uh uh uh. You may all know 599 00:30:43,380 --> 00:30:48,780 Becs Gentry: him from a little TV show called The Bachelorette, the 600 00:30:48,780 --> 00:30:53,640 Becs Gentry: 16th season to be precise, but there is a lot more 601 00:30:53,670 --> 00:31:00,090 Becs Gentry: to Zac Clark than the 16th season of the Bachelorette. Shall 602 00:31:00,090 --> 00:31:02,400 Becs Gentry: I embarrass him again, and call him the Handsome Bachelor 603 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:07,499 Becs Gentry: again? Apart from being there, he's a very passionate runner. 604 00:31:07,650 --> 00:31:12,810 Becs Gentry: He has run 9 TCS NYC Marathons, and he is 605 00:31:12,810 --> 00:31:19,200 Becs Gentry: an equally passionate entrepreneur. Please welcome RBC Brooklyn Half finisher 606 00:31:19,380 --> 00:31:21,060 Becs Gentry: Zac Clark everyone. 607 00:31:21,060 --> 00:31:21,181 Zac Clark: What's up? What's up? 608 00:31:21,181 --> 00:31:24,930 Becs Gentry: I know I missed out the most important- 609 00:31:25,139 --> 00:31:25,291 Zac Clark: What's that? 610 00:31:25,291 --> 00:31:30,449 Becs Gentry: The most important part of your entrepreneurship being the founder 611 00:31:30,449 --> 00:31:30,961 Becs Gentry: of Release Foundation. 612 00:31:30,961 --> 00:31:30,962 Zac Clark: Yes. 613 00:31:30,962 --> 00:31:33,180 Becs Gentry: But we can talk a bit more about that. 614 00:31:33,180 --> 00:31:34,500 Zac Clark: I love it. Good to be here. 615 00:31:34,770 --> 00:31:37,080 Becs Gentry: Zac, welcome. Thank you for being here with Ali and 616 00:31:37,110 --> 00:31:40,680 Becs Gentry: I today. Congratulations on your run. How was it? 617 00:31:42,389 --> 00:31:44,759 Zac Clark: It was good. I am sitting here listening to Ali, 618 00:31:44,759 --> 00:31:46,920 Zac Clark: and it's very easy to get caught up on the 619 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,920 Zac Clark: time, and the number, and all the bullshit around running. 620 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,410 Zac Clark: And we work hard, but then I look at the 621 00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:55,050 Zac Clark: pictures being taken, and the medal, and the glitter, and all. And 622 00:31:55,410 --> 00:31:57,120 Zac Clark: that's what this is all about. 623 00:31:58,500 --> 00:31:58,621 Becs Gentry: You need more glitter. 624 00:31:58,621 --> 00:32:00,989 Zac Clark: Any day where I get to run, and be in this community is a good day. 625 00:32:01,439 --> 00:32:06,180 Becs Gentry: Right? This community it just gives you life. It fills 626 00:32:06,180 --> 00:32:10,080 Becs Gentry: your cup. And I'm sure there's people out there who 627 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:14,729 Becs Gentry: had a good race. Yeah. Yeah? Okay. There's some, yeahs. 628 00:32:16,980 --> 00:32:22,289 Becs Gentry: We love you. Did anyone have a bad race today? Yeah. We had 629 00:32:22,289 --> 00:32:25,680 Becs Gentry: one bad race. We had a couple of bad races? Good. Because 630 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,990 Becs Gentry: you know what? That is how we learn, and that 631 00:32:27,990 --> 00:32:30,120 Becs Gentry: is how we grow as well. It is all part 632 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:35,490 Becs Gentry: of the process. Okay. Let's get back to Zac. Do 633 00:32:35,490 --> 00:32:44,790 Becs Gentry: we have some Bachelor fans out there? Yeah. Uh-Oh. There we go. All 634 00:32:44,790 --> 00:32:49,980 Becs Gentry: right. But not to put the show down, but as 635 00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:54,420 Becs Gentry: I pointed to, there's a lot more to you. And 636 00:32:55,170 --> 00:32:58,439 Becs Gentry: you are the founder of Release Recovery, and I would love 637 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:00,989 Becs Gentry: to tell all of these wonderful runners what that is. 638 00:33:02,249 --> 00:33:04,920 Zac Clark: Yeah. So long and short of it is our foundation, the 639 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:08,189 Zac Clark: Release Foundation basically raises money, and we're grateful for the 640 00:33:08,190 --> 00:33:11,880 Zac Clark: partnership we have with New York Road Runners, and the 641 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:15,420 Zac Clark: TCS Marathon. Essentially, what we do is we raise money 642 00:33:15,420 --> 00:33:20,520 Zac Clark: to scholarship individuals who need behavioral healthcare treatment. Right? So 643 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:25,140 Zac Clark: substance abuse and mental health from underserved communities, they call 644 00:33:25,140 --> 00:33:29,280 Zac Clark: us. They call our hotline. We run a couple assessment 645 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:32,430 Zac Clark: questions, and then they get treatment no questions asked, that 646 00:33:33,509 --> 00:33:36,569 Zac Clark: they can go out and heal. 647 00:33:38,069 --> 00:33:44,670 Becs Gentry: I love that. And for you, talk about your past, your 648 00:33:44,670 --> 00:33:47,699 Becs Gentry: road to recovery. How big of a part has running 649 00:33:47,700 --> 00:33:48,300 Becs Gentry: played in that? 650 00:33:49,050 --> 00:33:52,680 Zac Clark: Yeah. We were talking in the locker room. We were getting 651 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,290 Zac Clark: fired up to come out here and serenade this crowd 652 00:33:56,430 --> 00:33:59,040 Zac Clark: about running. And I can honestly say, and it sounds 653 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:03,540 Zac Clark: like you guys identify that running saved my life. I, 654 00:34:03,660 --> 00:34:06,419 Zac Clark: 12 and 1/2 years ago found myself in a jackpot where I couldn't 655 00:34:06,420 --> 00:34:09,689 Zac Clark: stop drinking. I couldn't stop doing drugs. I myself went 656 00:34:09,690 --> 00:34:12,300 Zac Clark: to treatment, and I landed here in New York City, 657 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,480 Zac Clark: and I knew nobody, right? I literally knew 0 people, 658 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,330 Zac Clark: and I was charged with this responsibility of building a 659 00:34:18,330 --> 00:34:21,660 Zac Clark: life for myself at one of the most vulnerable points 660 00:34:21,660 --> 00:34:26,309 Zac Clark: in my existence. And I turned to first and foremost 661 00:34:27,330 --> 00:34:30,060 Zac Clark: the support groups that I found in my recovery community, 662 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:33,839 Zac Clark: but not far behind was this community that you see 663 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,600 Zac Clark: here today. And what I can say is those two 664 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,910 Zac Clark: communities are very similar. It's all about love. It's about 665 00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:43,110 Zac Clark: inclusion. It's about doing things shoulder to shoulder, and bringing 666 00:34:43,110 --> 00:34:48,089 Zac Clark: each other along. So I'm very grateful for my sobriety, 667 00:34:48,090 --> 00:34:51,390 Zac Clark: and I can honestly say that 12 and 1/ 2 years later, on 668 00:34:51,390 --> 00:34:56,100 Zac Clark: days when I might feel a little off, the first 669 00:34:56,100 --> 00:34:58,381 Zac Clark: thing that I'm going to do is get outside and run. 670 00:34:58,381 --> 00:35:04,140 Becs Gentry: I think all 3 of us are on now. We get out, and we move our bodies when we're feeling 671 00:35:04,260 --> 00:35:07,680 Becs Gentry: a little off. Right? It helps heal us for sure. 672 00:35:08,310 --> 00:35:12,450 Becs Gentry: Okay. So you have run every single TCS New York 673 00:35:12,450 --> 00:35:15,209 Becs Gentry: City Marathon since 2014? 674 00:35:15,389 --> 00:35:20,219 Zac Clark: Yeah. So basically I went to rehab, and I showed 675 00:35:20,219 --> 00:35:24,149 Zac Clark: up in New York City January of 2012, and then 676 00:35:24,780 --> 00:35:28,200 Zac Clark: Sandy hit that year. So there was no marathon that year. 677 00:35:28,290 --> 00:35:28,440 Becs Gentry: Good excuse. 678 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,620 Zac Clark: Right. And then in '13, I went out, and I 679 00:35:31,620 --> 00:35:38,610 Zac Clark: watched for 5 hours. And I cried because there was 680 00:35:38,610 --> 00:35:41,159 Zac Clark: no race, religion, creed, politics. There was nothing. It was 681 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,140 Zac Clark: just all love. And I'm like, " I will do that 682 00:35:43,140 --> 00:35:45,510 Zac Clark: every year for the rest of my life." And I 683 00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:49,170 Zac Clark: have that type of personality. So from 2014 until this 684 00:35:49,170 --> 00:35:52,590 Zac Clark: moment, I've run every New York City Marathon that's been 685 00:35:52,590 --> 00:35:53,279 Zac Clark: available to me. 686 00:35:54,089 --> 00:35:56,520 Becs Gentry: And can we give anyone a sneak peek if we're 687 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:57,870 Becs Gentry: going to be seeing you this year? 688 00:35:58,949 --> 00:36:01,830 Zac Clark: I will be at the marathon this year with our 689 00:36:01,830 --> 00:36:06,450 Zac Clark: 100 other Release Foundation runners, who will be raising money 690 00:36:06,450 --> 00:36:10,410 Zac Clark: for our foundation, and with the rest of New York 691 00:36:10,410 --> 00:36:13,830 Zac Clark: City, and beyond. But before that, I'm heading out to 692 00:36:13,830 --> 00:36:18,450 Zac Clark: Minnesota to try and qualify for Boston at Grandma's Marathon. 693 00:36:18,450 --> 00:36:18,660 Zac Clark: So that's ... 694 00:36:18,660 --> 00:36:23,760 Becs Gentry: Yeah. All right. So our Minnesota family, make sure you get out there and 695 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:25,920 Becs Gentry: cheer. Make sure Carrie's there. 696 00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:29,759 Ali Feller: This guy's fit. I've been following the training. 697 00:36:29,820 --> 00:36:33,059 Zac Clark: Look, it's like anything else in life. And this is the 698 00:36:33,059 --> 00:36:35,819 Zac Clark: soapbox that I'm on right now. I ran all these 699 00:36:35,820 --> 00:36:39,570 Zac Clark: marathons, and pounded them out four hours. I would get 700 00:36:39,570 --> 00:36:43,049 Zac Clark: through it, and then go figure, I hire a coach, 701 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,710 Zac Clark: and I listen to the coach. And I do the things 702 00:36:46,710 --> 00:36:48,989 Zac Clark: that he tells me to do, and I'm getting faster. 703 00:36:48,989 --> 00:36:50,819 Zac Clark: This is bizarre. Right? 704 00:36:50,819 --> 00:36:51,538 Becs Gentry: Tell me how that works. 705 00:36:53,010 --> 00:36:56,521 Zac Clark: No matter where you are in life, coaches provide value. 706 00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:01,200 Becs Gentry: Yes. Yes. I will agree to that being a coach. 707 00:37:02,370 --> 00:37:02,969 Zac Clark: Exhibit A. 708 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,700 Becs Gentry: We try and help. Okay. That's super exciting. So this 709 00:37:05,700 --> 00:37:10,319 Becs Gentry: will be your 10th anniversary, really special at TCS New York City Marathon 710 00:37:10,319 --> 00:37:11,399 Becs Gentry: with the family. 711 00:37:12,180 --> 00:37:12,240 Zac Clark: Yeah, (inaudible) time. 712 00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:14,850 Becs Gentry: Okay. One, I'm going to ask you the same question. 713 00:37:14,910 --> 00:37:18,029 Becs Gentry: You're in the toughest part of your run. Doesn't have 714 00:37:18,030 --> 00:37:21,210 Becs Gentry: to be the race, training run, whatever, what song are you 715 00:37:21,210 --> 00:37:22,079 Becs Gentry: putting on right now? 716 00:37:23,670 --> 00:37:26,579 Zac Clark: I might be a crazy person, but when I am 717 00:37:26,580 --> 00:37:30,960 Zac Clark: in that pain cave, I actually go the opposite direction, 718 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:32,549 Zac Clark: and I hit pause. 719 00:37:33,780 --> 00:37:33,781 Becs Gentry: Oh. 720 00:37:33,781 --> 00:37:36,180 Zac Clark: And I lean into the silence, and I lean into the pain, 721 00:37:36,180 --> 00:37:39,569 Zac Clark: because I believe in the power of actually feeling that 722 00:37:39,570 --> 00:37:42,570 Zac Clark: moment, and understanding that this is just temporary, and we're 723 00:37:42,570 --> 00:37:45,359 Zac Clark: going to get through it. And as much as Fight 724 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:46,981 Zac Clark: Song might help me rip through it- 725 00:37:46,981 --> 00:37:47,761 Ali Feller: Oh. You were listening. 726 00:37:47,761 --> 00:37:51,900 Zac Clark: ... I will go. I was listening. I listened to 727 00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:55,380 Zac Clark: you. I lean into the silence. So that might be 728 00:37:55,380 --> 00:37:56,580 Zac Clark: a lame answer, but that's what I do. 729 00:37:56,580 --> 00:38:02,580 Becs Gentry: No. It's an honest answer, and I'm with you. Obviously, 730 00:38:02,580 --> 00:38:05,939 Becs Gentry: we have music at Peloton in our classes, but I 731 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:09,540 Becs Gentry: personally, I like the silence. I like hearing the conversations 732 00:38:09,540 --> 00:38:12,989 Becs Gentry: in my head. There definitely are days when Taylor comes 733 00:38:12,989 --> 00:38:13,680 Becs Gentry: on, and I'm like- 734 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:14,670 Ali Feller: I respect it. 735 00:38:14,849 --> 00:38:18,179 Becs Gentry: Yeah. There are days. Okay. I feel like we could all 736 00:38:18,179 --> 00:38:22,078 Becs Gentry: chat for hours, and we're not going anywhere, but we 737 00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:25,260 Becs Gentry: are on a clock here, literally. Zac, thank you so 738 00:38:25,260 --> 00:38:28,049 Becs Gentry: much for being here. Thank you for running today. Thank 739 00:38:28,050 --> 00:38:32,370 Becs Gentry: you for everything you do with Release Foundation. Well runners, 740 00:38:32,550 --> 00:38:36,480 Becs Gentry: that does it for this special episode of Set the Pace 741 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:40,109 Becs Gentry: recorded live from the finish line of the RBC Brooklyn 742 00:38:40,109 --> 00:38:43,620 Becs Gentry: Half here at this wonderful stadium, the home of the 743 00:38:43,620 --> 00:38:47,700 Becs Gentry: Brooklyn Cyclones. Thank you to our amazing guests, Ali Feller 744 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:52,620 Becs Gentry: and Zac Clark. I'm Becs Gentry. Big shout out to 745 00:38:52,620 --> 00:38:55,410 Becs Gentry: my co- host who we've missed a lot today, New 746 00:38:55,410 --> 00:38:58,558 Becs Gentry: York Road Runners CEO Rob Simmelkjaer. Congrats to him and 747 00:38:58,559 --> 00:39:01,080 Becs Gentry: the entire New York Road Runners team for putting on 748 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:04,500 Becs Gentry: such a world- class event. Team, if you like this 749 00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:08,279 Becs Gentry: episode, please go ahead subscribe, rate, leave a comment for 750 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,400 Becs Gentry: the show on whatever platform you listening to. This doesn't 751 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,129 Becs Gentry: only help us, but it helps you find us in 752 00:39:14,130 --> 00:39:17,369 Becs Gentry: the future. Thank you again so much for being here. 753 00:39:17,369 --> 00:39:19,768 Becs Gentry: Congratulations to every single one of you. See you next time.