Episode 294: Noah Droddy – 2:09:09 at the Marathon Project for 2nd Place

Lindsey Hein — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:32:13 +0000

Noah Droddy placed second at The Marathon Project in a time of 2:09:09!

Noah runs professionally for the Roots Running Project and is sponsored by Saucony and Polar. He has had a gradual progression post collegiately after being a DIII All-American at Depauw University. In the Chicago Marathon last fall, he ran a five minute personal best, taking his time down from 2:16 to 2:11:42. He had to miss the Olympic Trials in February due to injury and hadn’t raced since October 2019 before this race at The Marathon Project.

Noah has been on the podcast two other times on episode 107 and episode 205. There is also an extra 15 minutes of the conversation with Noah over on my Patreon.

What we talked about:

3:40- How he is feeling post race

5:45- Feelings going into the race after not having raced since his last marathon (Chicago 2019)

10:15- Recapping the race

23:50- Talking about Ian Butler’s performance

25:25- Noah’s thoughts on having more races that are specifically tailored to the pros and how sponsors and fans can buy in

30:45- When in the race he knew that he would run sub 2:10

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Episode 187: Alia Gray

Lindsey Hein — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 11:40:06 +0000

Alia Gray joins me on the show today and I couldn’t be more excited to share her story with you. Alia runs with the Roots Running Project in Boulder, CO. She is coached by the legendary Dr. Joe Vigil and her husband Dr. Richard Hansen who is the Roots Running Head Coach.

She came to running her Junior year of High School and went on to run for Chico State where she earned All-American honors in cross country and track. Alia placed 10th in the 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials on that very hot day and holds a marathon PR of 2:34 and a half marathon PR of 72 minutes. She has overcome a host of injuries and after a couple of tough years is ready to get after it and see what she can do this fall in the marathon.

When she’s not training, Alia is a freelance writer- she does not have a major sponsor right now and we talk about that balance and what it’s like to run at such a high level without a sponsor. She loves music, good coffee and is super easy to talk with – lending to a fun and inspiring conversation.

Show Notes:

Roots Running Project

Nathanial Ratliff

Born Ruffians

Doctor Dog

The Push – Tommy Caldwell

Brave like Gabe Foundation

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