I Raced My First Ever Mile (It Didn't Go to Plan)

Alexis has finally raced. Just 26 hours after the first-ever Bloor Street Mile in Toronto, Alexis D'Souza Cyr and Alex Cyr go through her first race, from start to finish: the race-morning nerves, the porta-potty standoff, the imposter syndrome at the start line, and Alex's pacing job (he admits it was bad), which sent her through the first 400m about 20 seconds too fast. She still ran a huge 7:09 mile. Then came track hack.

Chapters:
00:00 Mile vs. marathon: a different kind of hard
00:50 Alexis's first race ever: the Bloor Street Mile
04:59 Pre-race nerves and imposter syndrome
12:50 Alex's pacing blunder
16:10 Race breakdown: running a 7:09 mile
23:13 What is track hack?
29:39 Sponsored by ASICS
30:38 The post-race spiral: will Alexis race again?
43:22 Tigst Assefa's Berlin Marathon heartbreak
47:33 His or Hers: are high-protein foods worth it?
52:41 Audience comment, plus Toronto 5K and race-weekend coverage

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