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66. Boston Marathon Talk with Molly Huddle

Published: March 29, 2018, 1:15 a.m.

\u201cI\u2019m bringing the track speed to the marathon.\u201d \u2014Molly Huddle

On April 16, professional runner Molly Huddle will be among a strong field of indomitable American women racing the Boston Marathon. This will only be Molly\u2019s second marathon: She made her 26.2-mile debut at the 2016 TCS New York City Marathon. On this episode, Molly, who is from Rhode Island and chatted with me from Arizona, shares all things Boston: how her training has been going, what she\u2019s excited about, what she\u2019s nervous about, and what she learned from her first marathon that she\u2019ll take with her into her second. Plus, she answers the question I\u2019ve always wanted to ask: How in the world do pro runners grab their water bottles off those tables mid-race without slowing down, missing a bottle, grabbing someone else\u2019s bottle, or dropping a bottle?

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What you\u2019ll get in this episode:

  • How Molly\u2019s feeling a month out from Boston, and how this training cycle has been different from her NYC Marathon training (1:50)
  • How fast Molly runs her track workouts and how slow she runs her recovery runs (3:30)
  • Molly reflects on setting a new American half-marathon world record in Houston in January (5:00)
  • Molly shares the high and low points of Boston Marathon training so far (6:45)
  • What Molly\u2019s weekly mileage will peak at leading up to Boston (8:50)
  • Molly\u2019s taper strategy, and her thoughts on tapering (9:15)
  • Molly\u2019s Boston fueling strategy (11:35)
  • The greatest lesson Molly says she learned from her first marathon (14:45)
  • What Molly has that the rest of the American women don\u2019t (15:45)
  • What race week will look like for Molly (18:50)
  • Molly shares her Boston Marathon goals (23:30)

What we mention on this episode:

Molly Huddle on Episode 51 of the Ali on the Run Show

Desi Linden on Episode 64 of the Ali on the Run Show

Boston Marathon

Saucony

Houston Half Marathon

Deena Kastor

Ugly Delicious

Gatorade Energy Chews

Gatorade Endurance Formula

Gatorade Endurance Energy Gels

Jordan Hasay

Sarah Marie Design Studio

Shalane Flanagan

Dathan Ritzenhein

Tim Ritchie

Jared Ward

Abdi Abdirahman

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