“I can sincerely say that when I leave work and go home, my heart feels really full — but sometimes it feels defeated… There’s a lot of emotion at stake. It’s hard.” Christine Mousa is a family specialist in New […]

“You have to believe in yourself. And you can say it a million times, but before this, I didn’t actually believe I could run with these girls. And now I absolutely know that I can run with these girls, and […]

“I had to keep believing that my Olympic dream was still alive until the race was over.” Laura Thweatt ran a fast, fierce, gutsy race at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta — a hard effort that earned her […]

“Fear is not something you experience in an airplane. That’s your comfort zone.” For many people, flying in an airplane is an anxiety-inducing adventure. But not for Julia Harrington. Julia is a corporate pilot and captain on two business jets, […]

“Without races on the schedule, you’re figuring out why you run in the first place. I think this is a really good reminder that we do it because we love it — not because we’re constantly chasing a goal or […]

“I was just like, ‘Oh my god, I’m in Hollywood! This was meant to be!’” Taylor Ritzel has quite the resumé: She was a collegiate rower at Yale University who went on to win Olympic gold in rowing at the […]

“There’s nothing I can do, so I might as well not wallow about it, and I might as well just find something else to make me happy for the moment.” Emma Coburn is a two-time Olympian, eight-time U.S. steeplechase champion, […]

“I run on pure stress and adrenaline.” Kelly McKnight is an orthopedic surgery resident — a real-life Callie Torres from Grey’s Anatomy! — in Sioux Falls, SD. On this episode, the second in the On the Job series, Kelly talks […]

“I know I wasn’t a favorite, but I felt that if a door opened, I was fully ready to sprint through it.” When Kaitlin Goodman, a 2:32 marathoner who runs for adidas and the Boston Athletic Association, arrived at the […]

“It’s really a lesson in humans and human activity.” Welcome to the On the Job series on the Ali on the Run Show! Every Tuesday for the next seven weeks, we’ll meet cool women with interesting, fascinating, unique, badass jobs. […]