102. Ashley Fizzarotti AKA Running Bun
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2018
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
“Make it important. Make a goal, and make time for it. It’s not about 'no excuses,' but make it a priority.” —Ashley Fizzarotti
Ashley Fizzarotti — best known on the internet as "Running Bun" — joins the Ali on the Run Show fresh off a huge PR and BQ at the Chicago Marathon. (That's personal record and Boston Qualifying time — AKA pretty big deals and accomplishments. She also raised more than $5,600 for Every Mother Counts.) Ashley is proof that hard work works: She's a 5-time marathoner who has shaved nearly an hour off her marathon time, going from a 4:24 marathon debut to her 3:29 in Chicago. On this episode, Ashley — who works in finance (we get into that), is a mom of two (Jennie and Christopher), and lives in New Jersey — talks about her training, setbacks, injuries, and how she made a dream six years in the making a reality.
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What you’ll get on this episode:
- How Ashley’s feeling post-Chicago, plus what her training looked like (3:00)
- How Ashley fit marathon training into her very busy life (9:00)
- What motivates Ashley (12:00)
- Ashley talks about her mental training, and how she’s evolved from the mistakes she made in the past (14:25)
- Ashley breaks down the Chicago Marathon (22:15)
- What’s next for Ashley (27:15)
- How Ashley’s running has changed since having kids, and what running was like during both her pregnancies (29:00)
- Ashley talks about her work ethic (35:00)
- Ashley talks about what her diet looks like and her decision to become a vegetarian (40:20)
- Confidence talk! Ashley shares her take on confidence, how she’s instilling it in her kids, and what she’s done recently to boost her own confidence (43:30)
What we mention on this episode:
How Bad Do You Want It? by Matt Fitzgerald
Let Your Mind Run by Deena Kastor
What it’s like to volunteer at the New York City Marathon
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks. |
| 0:08.5 | Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm your host, Allie Feller, and today I'm so happy to be joined by my dear friend, |
| 0:15.5 | Ashley Fizarotti. You probably know her from Instagram as Running Bun, |
| 0:20.6 | and that's how I got to know her a few years ago too. But now I'm happy to report that Ashley and I |
| 0:25.7 | are real life friends. I was actually about to run out the door to meet her for a run the day I |
| 0:30.8 | took a pregnancy test back in February and found out that yep I was pregnant. I brought the test |
| 0:36.7 | with me to go run five miles with Ashley, and that was weird and maybe I should have left it at |
| 0:41.7 | home. But when I showed it to her, she freaked out and screamed and cried and was so excited, |
| 0:46.8 | and needless to say, Ashley is one of those really cool, really fun, really dependable and honest |
| 0:52.9 | friends that everyone should have. She's also one heck of a runner. Ashley is fresh off an amazing run |
| 0:59.2 | at the Chicago Marathon where she not only ran a huge PR, but also nabbed her first Boston |
| 1:04.8 | qualifying time. And she's proof that hard work works. Ashley has run five marathons and she's |
| 1:11.2 | shaved nearly an hour off her first time. She ran her first marathon in four hours, 24 minutes, |
| 1:17.5 | and finished Chicago in three hours, 29 minutes, and eight seconds. She also raised $5,600 for |
| 1:24.8 | every mother counts, which is a charity you should absolutely go and check out. Ashley works in finance, |
| 1:30.1 | she's a mom of two, she's married to the world's biggest jet fan, she's fun, she's bicey, and she's |
| 1:35.6 | here. So let's do it. Ashley Fizzarati, welcome to the Allie on the Run Show. You are fresh |
| 1:48.1 | off the Chicago Marathon. Not only do you have a new PR, you have a Boston qualifying time, |
| 1:53.1 | so congratulations and welcome to the show. Thank you. I am so honored to be here. |
| 1:57.8 | All right, so we start off, did you warm up before you ran Chicago? Well, I was late, so yes, |
| 2:03.8 | technically perfect. We'll get to that. All right, well, we start the show with a warm up, |
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