In the fourth episode of the Runners Who Read Podcast, Ronnel Blackmon and Olivia Baker sit down with Alexi Pappas, author of the June 2022 book: Bravey. Alexi Pappas is an Olympic runner and award-winning actor and writer. In 2016, she raced at the Olympics in Rio at 10,000m, setting the still-standing Greek national record of 31:36. Since then, she has put her degree in English from Dartmouth and Masters from University of Oregon to good use co-creating two feature films: TRACKTOWN in 2016 which she also co-directed, and OLYMPIC DREAMS in 2019 in which she also starred. In 2021, Pappas published her first book Bravey, a memoir-in-essays that was the number 1 new release in both the sports and film categories and, despite having only been around for less than 2 years is quickly becoming a classic in track and field world.
 
In this episode, we discuss Alexi's advice on finding and being a good mentor, taking care of your mental health, and pursuing a dream wholly and completely among other things.
 
Show notes:
Runners Who Read Book Club: www.atlantatrackclub.org/runners-who-read
 
Follow Alexi:
Twitter: @AlexiPappas
Instagram: @alexipappas
Website: Home | Bravey (alexipappas.com)
 
Follow Ronnel
Twitter: @ronnelblackmon
Instagram: @ronnelblackmon
 
Follow Olivia
Twitter: @obaker64
Instagram: @obaker64

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