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In this interview we hear from Mo’ath Alkhawaldeh from Jordan, who shares a different story compared to my other episodes.
Starting with his first 10k in Beirut, Mo takes us through his running journey sharing running-for- real stories of races and people he has met along the way. He tells us about the advice he received from Deena Kastor and Meb about his goals.
Coming to the U.S. for academics, he takes us through his transition from living in Jordan to living in the U.S. and the progress he made with his running on a university team.
He describes the differences in running Jordanians perceive compared to those in the U.S. or the UK.
We discuss Ramadan and how he physically, nutritionally, and mentally trains through this time.
Like many runners I have spoken with, Mo, too, is an advocate of positive change. He speaks very passionately about the NGO he works for called Generations for Peace.
We discuss the ability for professional athletes to make a pretty comfortable living in the U.S. compared to Jordan. He describes his first-hand experience of running in the U.S. as it relates to sport doctors, physios and women runners.
He very eloquently explains what running is really about, and gives wonderful examples of how running can affect us emotionally.
Today's GuestMo’ath Alkhawaldeh is a Jordanian long distance runner who is a promoter for peace. He works with Generation for Peace, an organization that uses sports to build peace by bringing youth together.
What You Will Learn AboutInspirational Quotes
Running is one of the hardest sports, I think, in my opinion. It’s hard to do it. It’s hard to start. The problem is getting people out the door is the hard part. Once they are out, they’re out. They will love it. They will stick to it. That’s what happen to me.
I just realized it’s all about, you know, getting the job done, and focus.
If you wanted to be a pro, you have to live like a pro life.
I owe running a lot because I met a lot of people from different background, different religion, different color, different countries, different nations. But when we sit together, we speak the same language.
It is an individual sport, but when you do it, you do it to other people.
Running is like when I do it, I get together with people, I learn from people, and I run with people. That’s how I see it.
Resources MentionedLast week's Recap Episode
Washington Times Article on Mo'Ath
Generations for Peace
Support Mo by visiting his fundraising page for St Jude Research Hospital
Mo's website
Mo on Facebook
Mo on Instagram
Thank you to our new sponsor Health IQ and favorite recovery product BodyHealth for sponsoring this episode of Running for Real.
Finally, rather than being punished for the way the rest of the country does not look after themselves, we can be rewarded for taking the time, effort, and heart we put into our sport. Health IQ gives us better rates for being active, and you can learn more at Healthiq.com/runningforreal
When I was running 90 miles a week as a pro, I would take 5-10 BodyHealth Perfect Amino tablets every day without fail. They helped me recover faster, and feel better. Now they have Perfect Amino XP, which makes it even easier. Get 10% off at Bodyhealth.com using coupon code TINA10
New listeners of the Running for Real podcast can find out the most popular episodes of the year, and get a recap on what has happened since Running for Real launched in mid 2017. I talk about the dramatic changes in direction that my life took from professional runner to choosing to not run a step for three months to pregnant, all within a short period of time.
I then go over your best podcast episodes of the year, including having you, the listeners tell us all which ones you liked through audio clips. Hear other runners within the community share what they loved and why it was so impactful on their running lives.
If you have missed episodes this year, this is a great way to catch up, and find out what you have missed.
Today's GuestNo guest today! Just you and I discussing some of the favorite episodes of the year. I recruited some of you to help me talk about which episodes you loved the most.
Episodes MentionedJames Dunne
Cindra Kamphoff
Bhrett McCabe
Nicola Rinaldi & Heidi Greenwood
Amelia Boone
Evie Serventi
Magda Boulet
My Husband, Steve Picucci
Steve Jones
Danny Dreyer
Nancy Clark
Phil Maffetone
Devon Yanko
Tom Goom
Kelly Roberts
Renee McGregor
Nicole Detling
Sally Bergensen
Suzy Favor Hamilton
Other Resources MentionedLast week's interview with Nick Butter
Tina and Drew's Strength Training Program
Tina and Steve's 5/10k Program
Tina and Steve's Half Marathon Program
Tina and Steve's Marathon Program
Running for Real Apparel
Enter the Bodyhealth Christmas Giveaway
Generation UCAN and BodyHealth sponsored this episode of Running for Real. Two products you can rely on.
Even if you are trying to tweak your diet to be ready for race day, Generation UCAN is the ONLY fuel I needed during my marathons. This is one product that can help you make sure you are well fueled, both in training and in races. I love the bars for every day training, and still have one every morning, they are great for pre-workout, ESPECIALLY if you are prone to stomach upsets. You can get 15% off with code RUNNING4REAL at Generationucan.com
BodyHealth Perfect Amino helped my body recover MUCH faster after runs and workouts, I couldn't imagine my training life without them. You can enter to win a free pack of 6 bottles or get 10% off at BodyHealth.com using coupon code TINA10. Click the banner for more information.
Want to hear something incredible? Nick Butter ran a whole marathon at the young age of 11 years old. Yes, I would say that is incredible.
This interview is for those who love adventure, endurance running, and are passionate about life.
After running 318 marathons, Nick still labels himself as nobody special. From all these experiences, he gives us advice and unique tricks on what to do when we are hurting during a race.
He believes everyone should make the effort to push or challenge themselves. He says he likes to push the boundaries. He sees training not only for the body, but the mind, as well. He also believes anyone can run a marathon if they have the desire to do so.
We discuss a process of adding more time to your life so you can be more productive with the short amount of time we have on earth. It’s called getting up an hour or so earlier daily. I do this, and encourage you to try this to accomplish more in your life.
He gets real while sharing one of his running failures and what he learnt from it. He also shares ideas on staying mentally strong while struggling. He provides specific examples of how he used mental toughness to get over his failure.
As a charity fundraiser, he describes the environment and safety obstacles he will need to take into consideration for his Running the World 196 running challenge. This is his world record attempt to set 8 world records for running a marathon in every country starting in January, 2018 and to raise money for prostate cancer.
Today's GuestNick Butter
Nick is someone who wears many hats. He is an ultra runner, endurance athlete, adventurer, a charity fundraiser and motivational speaker. He has run 318 marathons and around 70 ultra races, so far. In January, 2018, he will be taking on the Running the World 196 challenge he created to raise funds for prostate cancer in the UK to support his friend, Kevin who has prostate cancer.
What You Will Learn AboutThe message is about living life with intent and purpose and really being aware of what you’re doing.
If you make that active decision to want to change A) You have to really want to do that yourself, B) Try and start saying yes to things. The more you say yes, the more opportunities you are exposed to and the more positive your outlook on life, because you’ve done something you may never have done before.
We don’t fully value the time that we have on the planet. We will assume that next day exists.
I want the legacy to be that DO NOT underestimate how valuable and how hugely privileged we are to have this amazing life that we have and this amazing world.
I go to bed every night and I say to myself have I lived today as happy as I should be?
You give yourself an extra month of time by getting up two hours earlier every day. Use those two extra hours in a day to do what you really want and that will probably start to change your outlook on life.
I fundamentally believe that most people on the planet that are able bodied can get out of bed and go and run a marathon. Now, it’s going to be hard, it’s going to be painful, but running I believe, again it’s only an opinion, but I believe is mostly in your mind. What training does for me, yes, it trains my body, but actually all that’s doing every day I go out and train is it’s giving me an extra building block in my mind saying actually I’ve done this, I can do this.
If you believe in something, you can do it.
Things don’t work for a reason. You need to identify why, work on it, and learn from it.
I kind of like the idea of failing. It sounds ridiculous, but I like the concept of doing stuff and not being able to do it and coming back again, because it means you truly pushed yourself.
Resources MentionedLast week's interview with Emma Coburn
Nick's website
Nick on Twitter
Nick on Instagram
Enter the Bodyhealth Christmas Giveaway
Thank you to my new running buddy VI and favorite recovery product BodyHealth for sponsoring this episode of Running for Real.
VI is there to encourage you on tough days, congratulate you on the days you crush it, and remind you of your goals when you need it. You can enter to win your own VI by visiting GetVI.com/running4real
When I was running 90 miles a week as a pro, I would take 5-10 BodyHealth Perfect Amino tablets every day without fail. They helped me recover faster, and feel better. Now they have Perfect Amino XP, which makes it even easier. Get 10% off at Bodyhealth.comusing coupon code TINA10
The steeplechase is not a race people normally talk about let alone know what is involved in it. Do you? Emma Coburn does. Her specialty lies in the 3000 meter steeplechase.
Emma is as real as it gets, and shows the real side of herself here. She tells us of her adventures from not liking to run to working hard to become a world champion. She believes that all the various water and mountain sports she participated in growing up attributed to the steeplechase clicking with her.
She discusses her roommate and the unique culture at her university that bonded her teammates, made a huge impact on her career, and made her big goals seem more attainable. I hope many of us can name at least someone who has inspired us or made an impact on us with running.
Emma goes into elaborate detail about what she was thinking and feeling during this year’s 2017 World Championships in London. She shares her strategy during the race that led her to win. The race was not all physical, as she recalls the mental shifts needed while dealing with things that unexpectedly happened.
Today's GuestEmma Coburn
Emma Coburn is the first woman to win a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in London, and received a bronze medal in the 3000 m steeplechase at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. She is the organizer of the Emma Coburn’s Elk Run 5k in Crested Butte.
What You Will Learn AboutI think what was challenging with running is that it’s really difficult, it hurts, almost every day.
Running wasn’t always my number one thing, and it really wasn’t what defined me growing up.
What took me a while to really love running was getting over the fear of the individual side of it, and learning to cope with that stress and those pressures of having your performance completely rely solely on you.
I thought the water jump was super fun. The very first time I tried it, I nearly cleared it, and it was like, oh, this is great. I wish I was doing this years ago.
I do think though there is a, um like a snowball effect. If you see the successes of people before you, and you just want to build on it. And then when you’re gone, that people want to build on your success. And it builds and builds.
The very first second I crossed the line, it felt incredible and it felt like a hard earned victory, but, umm, that I was incredibly proud of. It still feels very special to this day. And a little bit, still, of that dream come true.
Resources MentionedEmma's win at the World Championships
Emma's Elk Run 5k
Generation UCAN and BodyHealth sponsored this episode of Running for Real. Two products you can rely on.
Even if you are trying to tweak your diet to be ready for race day, Generation UCAN is the ONLY fuel I needed during my marathons. This is one product that can help you make sure you are well fueled, both in training and in races. I love the bars for every day training, and still have one every morning, they are great for pre-workout, ESPECIALLY if you are prone to stomach upsets. You can get 15% off with code RUNNING4REAL at Generationucan.com
BodyHealth Perfect Amino helped my body recover MUCH faster after runs and workouts, I couldn't imagine my training life without them. You can enter to win a free pack of 6 bottles or get 10% off at BodyHealth.com using coupon code TINA10. Click the banner for more information.
A split episode of the running podcast for runner safety and gift ideas for Christmas and Holiday celebrations.
The first half of this show we talk to founder of Run Angel, David Caren. I was always one of those runners who thought I was invincible, It would never happen to me. Thankfully, it didn't, but it could have, easily. Run Angel is a simple product that has the ability to save lives through the powerful alarm as loud as a rock concert it sends through the click of one button, while sending your "guardians" an SMS and email that you have triggered your alarm.
David tells us more about safety for runners, and this is extremely important (more than we realize) even beyond attacks, but also as we try to seek out more tranquil, peaceful moments away from our busy lives, this device could save your life.
Run Angel also features on the second half of the show, as one of the gift ideas for runners in 2017. I give over 25 of my favorite running products that I recommend you put on your list (or get for the runner in your life).
The first half is the same as a regular episode, and the second half is more conversational between you and I. Be sure to visit the gift ideas blog post associated with this to have further information and coupons for the products mentioned today.
Today's episode is for you if you ever run alone, especially out in remote places or during dark hours. If you are looking for present ideas for yourself or other runners this Christmas, this runner ideas special will have all you need.
Today's GuestDavid Caren
Founder of Run Angel, a safety product created in Cork, Ireland for runners to wear to have that peace of mind that they will be found if something goes wrong.
Products Mentioned in the Gift Guide
Feetures socks
Elliptigo 8C
Run Angel
Generation UCAN bars Use code RUNNING4REAL for 15% off
Garmin Forerunner 235
Ikea Silicon Baking Sheet
VI
The Brave Athlete book
Mindset Manifesto book
Life’s Too Short To Go F*cking Slow book
BodyHealth Perfect Amino here and use coupon code TINA10 for 10% off.
Saucony Vitarun Jacket
Lululemon Enlite Sports Bra
Varidesk Pro Plus Standing Desk
Hello Fresh
Sarah Marie Designs
Stridebox use either of these coupon codes: RunningForReal10 for 10% off of gift subscriptions or RunningForReal5 gives you $5 off of your first box of a regular subscription.
Gone for a Run as they have a lot of cool ideas for personalized race gifts for runners
Run Fast Eat Slow
Running for Real Apparel
Oh Ball use the code tina15 for 15% off
Oakley Half Jacket and Goodr Sunglasses
Road ID
Saucony Bullet Shorts and Tights
Flip Belt
Other Resources MentionedLast week's interview with Suzy Favor-Hamilton
Run Angel
Tina's 2017 Gift Guide in full
Thank you to my new running buddy VI and favorite recovery product BodyHealth for sponsoring this episode of Running for Real.
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