Ali on the Run Show · Ali Feller

Nikki Hiltz's 2025 USA Track & Field Outdoor National Championships 1500m Recap

·1 hr 17 min·5 clips
Nikki Hiltz announces they had top surgery 11 months ago, a pivotal step in their gender journey.
Nikki Hiltz recaps winning their sixth straight U.S. 1500m title at the 2025 Outdoor National Championships, detailing race tactics, coaching insights, and emotional moments like their partner Emma Gee's steeplechase success. The conversation shifts to Nikki's personal announcement of having top surgery 11 months prior, discussing gender affirming care and critiquing sex testing policies in track and field.

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A championship recap that turns race tactics into something candid and human.

Nikki Hiltz's return to Allie on the Run Show plays as a race debrief that keeps opening into something more personal. Allie and Nikki move through the first round, the 1500 meter final, the race plan, the pushing and shoving in the pack, and the long afterglow of a sixth…

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For the runner who wants the full 1500, from race plan to victory-lap aftermath.

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