Pace the Nation

At (3:38) we open the show with a bunch of excuses for why we did not record last week - Farley was sick, Joanna was traveling and Docs went missing. At (6:45) our hosts break down Broadway. At (14:48) Tammy Whyte of TW Training and Wellness joins us in studio to talk about spelling. Luckily, we move on from that topic and get into the running discussion centered around Tammy coaching, her running and professional backgrounds and why she wanted to make the leap and go into coaching full time. We also talk about how runners can find a coach and the additional benefits of being part of a running group. At (23:53) we talk about the programs at TW Training including how they incorporate strength workouts into the training. At (29:11) Tammy describes wellness programs and the growing trend and benefits of these programs. At (30:48) Tammy talks about the process of becoming a certified running coach. At (32:46) we talk about the importance of balancing the training and nutrition. At (33:33) we talk about the expectations a new runner should have if they look into signing up for individual coaching. At (39:45) Tammy talks about doing the 50 state challenge and how those experiences have been a great way to see the country. We are back at (44:40) with a new segment called where is Docs. We close out at (55:19) with the Super Bowl discussion which has not yet happened even though it has in your world and Farley refuses to root for Docs team even though Docs pulls for the Nats when the Phillies are not involved, yes that will come up in episode 141. At (59:36) there is a running tie in, as the hosts discuss an article in Runners World about NFL players training to become faster runners.

And we are back with Part Two of a very long tweets episode where we failed to catch all the way up but we made some more progress thanks to some bribing by Simply Eves.

Our hosts were out of town this week so we queued up the old tweet machine and tried to catch up, spoiler we do not catch up. We were joined in studio by simply eves, who baked five different bars for us to rate. And since the episode goes pretty long even though we do not catch up, spoiler, we have broken it up into parts. This is part One.

A special Announcement - the next Pace the Nation Nation Happy Hour is at 6pm on Thursday Feb 15 at James Hoban's Irish Bar on Dupont Circle.

Our hosts were out of town this week so we queued up the old tweet machine and tried to catch up, spoiler we do not catch up. We were joined in studio by simply eves, who baked five different bars for us to rate. And since the episode goes pretty long even though we do not catch up, spoiler, we have broken it up into parts. This is part One.

Welcome to the least informative show notes ever. We start off with the Joanna secret agenda item. At (10:05), we are joined by three time guest and Pacers Events Race Director Lisa Reeves, who talks about the spring 2018 races and a new event accompanying the Love the Run you are with 5k. At (45:38) Farley attends a retirement party and makes a guessing game out of it. At (51:20) Docs goes to Nola followed at (53:30) by Farley has lunch with a where are they now person and it is a longer segment than the Docs weekend segment. At (57:38) we have a bonus where are they now segment followed by another bonus where are they now update.

Welcome to the least informative show notes ever. We start off with the Joanna secret agenda item. At (10:05), we are joined by three time guest and Pacers Events Race Director Lisa Reeves, who talks about the spring 2018 races and a new event accompanying the Love the Run you are with 5k. At (45:38) Farley attends a retirement party and makes a guessing game out of it. At (51:20) Docs goes to Nola followed at (53:30) by Farley has lunch with a where are they now person and it is a longer segment than the Docs weekend segment. At (57:38) we have a bonus where are they now segment followed by another bonus where are they now update.

We start off with another Farley rant about his latest vet visit and then London and Farley run into Docs on a run and our hosts talk about their running goals this winter. At (17:00) we are joined by the Running Weatherman Alex Liggitt from ABC 7 to talk about the weather, running and the weather. We come back at (59:27) to wrap up the interview and then at (1:00:55) Farley sets his dial to somber to talk about a running bar closing in NYC. At (1:03:45) we have a where are they now update from Ellie McGinn and we get a review from Nebraska. We finish up at (1:07:39) with a Docs tangent that we are not sure why he told this story.

We start off with another Farley rant about his latest vet visit and then London and Farley run into Docs on a run and our hosts talk about their running goals this winter. At (17:00) we are joined by the Running Weatherman Alex Liggitt from ABC 7 to talk about the weather, running and the weather. We come back at (59:27) to wrap up the interview and then at (1:00:55) Farley sets his dial to somber to talk about a running bar closing in NYC. At (1:03:45) we have a where are they now update from Ellie McGinn and we get a review from Nebraska. We finish up at (1:07:39) with a Docs tangent that we are not sure why he told this story.

After a very strange and long NFL tangent, at (7:57) we reach for our crutch and talk about the freezing weather and what you should wear on your runs when it is this cold out. At (12:38) Docs is on the road again. At (17:27) we call our guest Tom Griffen who has just started an amazing journey walking across the United States. We get right to it at (18:39) and ask Tom why he is doing this. At (21:02) we begin our long string of logistical questions, how did he pick his route, how is he breaking up his journey and daily mileage. At (25:18) Tom talks about his history as an ultra runner and how the parallels that helped prepare him for this adventure. At (29:01) Tom talks about the advantages of walking solo and describes his bag packing strategy and how that relates to his plan to have a flexible route and the daily question where will he stay each night. At (37:59) Tom talks about the importance of good story telling and how it helps people connect. We close out the interview with more logistical questions. At (52:33) we are back to recap the interview and Farley makes us listen to something that we dont want to listen to. We have some good news at (56:09) as we check in with our where are they now segment. We have listener feedback at (58:18). At (59:45) Farley pretends like he is upset about something but if you listen close enough you will realize that he is actually bragging about being on another podcast. At (1:03:23) Joanna has early Christmas gifts for Farley and Docs, where we explore two different styles for opening gifts.

Links:

https://tomgriffen.com/

https://mywalkinglife.com/

https://www.gofundme.com/toms-walk-across-america