Hello my running friends. I hope this episode finds you well, whether you are struggling in the deep, dark, depths of winter up here in the northern hemisphere or the pounding, dry, desiccating, hot rays of the sun down under.

Today we talk to David who has a story to tell about running across one of our New England states recently. 

But, before I go any further, I need to share a milestone. I did it! I published the first o f my Apocalypse novels. It’s called After the Apocalypse, a Pandemic Survival Story, Book one: The Old Man. 

I’m very excited and proud and somewhat exhausted. 

It’s a beautiful 362 physical pages that you can go buy if you like science fiction or like my writing or just want me to feel like a success! 

The best place to buy it for me is on my publisher’s website www.booklocker.com – just search for it there or search for my name and you’ll find either the physical version or the e-book. I will get to an audio book version at some point, time and capital permitting. 

You can also find it anyplace they sell books, like Amazon or Barnes and Noble. If you want to be really supportive you can go leave a review on one o f those sites, or forward the link to your social networks. Tell a friend as they say. 

In section one I’m going talk a bit about the peak training cycle I’m in and how am navigating it. In section two I’ll talk a bit about the emotional rollercoaster of the publishing process.

It’s been a busy couple weeks. I’ll try to be brief!

On with the show. 

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Hello and welcome to Episode 5-502 of the RunRunLive Podcast.

This week we’ll repost a recording I did earlier in the week with Adam and his daughter Cassidy. Adam and I go way back to the beginning of the running podcast explosion. He and Eddie Marathon and I ran the Chicago Marathon in 2012, maybe, I dunno, would have to check the pictures. 

This is a long recording so I’ll skip the philosophizing for the week.

The topic we kind of talk about is why you should consider getting a coach, (among other topics). But, I do think a good coach is like a good team member, where they fill in strength in areas you may be weaker. 

They help you see and avoid the patterns in you self-destructive behavior. 

This is where so many ‘get-better’ behaviors go awry. We think people aren’t doing what they think and say they want to be doing, because they don’t have the knowledge or the information. That’s seldom the case. The knowledge is freely available. There’s actually too much information. 

There are probably 10 -20 reasons they are not changing or adapting behavior on the list above ‘lack of knowledge’ – and those are the things that a coach can help with. 

Accountability and structure alone are major needs for me to be successful. 

I don’t need coaches, I need parents!

But you see what I’m saying. The coach can help you find what those blockers are and get around them.

Anyhow – if you need the unique type of coach that Adam is, give him a call, he’s in a place in his life, like I am, where helping other people is really fun.

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Outro:

OK campers you have chit-chatted you’re way through the end of episode 5-502 of the RunRunLive podcast, now you can go back to hiding under the bed like a border collie in a thunderstorm.

I’m back running this week. My weight is on target. My fitness is good.

But of course I had a setback. 

I got sick.

So let me tell you my story. I heard you like stories.

I had my race stuff on. I was getting ready to get in the car and head up to Salisbury to race the Hangover Classic 10K and jump in the ocean. 

When my phone rang.

And I’m not going to go into the horrifying state of the American health care system but Instead of racing I spent the day hanging around in hospital emergency room with my mom, who it turns out had Covid.

I don’t think I caught Covid, at least the test kit doesn’t think I caught Covid, but I caught something. I should have been doing a big build weekend for my marathon, but instead skipped those workouts.

I’m just now getting back to it, but I’m less than a month out from the target race with a long run right now of 13 miles. So it’s going to be another learning experience, although I think I know this lesson by heart, but we can always hope for the ‘marathon miracle’. 

And that’s it. 

Got 2-3 weeks of build left.  Let’s see what I can do!

And we’ll see you out there.

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Hello my running friends. Welcome to episode 5-501 of the RunRunLive podcast.

In today’s episode we have a great chat with Dr. Milicia who shares her strategies on how to manage a busy life and prioritize effectively.

Milicia is another smart, well-spoken, accomplished person. I’m starting to feel a bit I ntimidated and out of my league with these conversations. But – that’s my ego talking. My goal in these conversations is to interact and learn and to give you all some chewy thoughts to chew on.

I think we hit the nail on the head with this one.

For the end of the year I have a couple of introspective musings for you. In section one I’ll talk about goals, but not in a way that you are expecting. And in section two I’ll talk about treadmills, again, not in a way you’re expecting.  

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Hello my running friends. Welcome to episode 5-500 of the RunRunLive podcast.

I have been working my way through ‘frequently asked questions’ and the next two shows will focus on one that is on the top of most runners’ lists. 

How do we achieve that ever-elusive balance between our work, our families and our athletic pursuits? And how do we do that in a way that serves us?

This week we’ll chat with Lisa who will walk us through her own story as a mom, a professional and a triathlete. 

I had a blast talking to Lisa. She’s very smart and polished and thoughtful. 

In section one I’ll talk about road racing and in section two I’ll delve further into the mind space of the artist. 

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Lisa Tong, MBA, PCC

Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, Coach

Lisa is an ex-corporate consultant and engineer turned entrepreneur, bestselling author, speaker and professionally trained and certified coach and facilitator. She founded This Project Called Me, a personal development company that supports people in developing stronger self-awareness and helps corporate humans build passion projects. When Lisa is not writing or coaching, you will likely find her cycling or making soups for her other fun persona, The Chinese Soup Lady.

Link

https://thisprojectcalledme.com/

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Hello my running friends. Welcome to episode 5-499 of the RunRunLive podcast.

This week we talk with Anna who has written a book about exercise routines for people over 60. I got her query email and thought, ‘yeah, that’s interesting’. 

So here we are. 

In section one I’ll talk about how we can adapt our training and racing goals to this inevitable onslaught of time.

In section two I’ll talk about being a creative and what I have gleaned from my recent survey of a bunch of ‘how to’ books about creativity. 

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Hello my running friends. 

Welcome to episode 5-498 of the RunRunLive podcast.

How are you all doing? Another wonderful week, yeah? 

You’ll be delighted to know that I survived my birthday. And, yes this is an interesting phase of life I’ve entered into. 

Last episode we talked about memento mori – or remembering that death is always there. This was a big thing in the middle ages because, death was always there. It’s a bit more intellectualized now. We’re not going to die from stepping on a nail or a intestinal parasite, probably, but death is still there. 

A quote that could be attributed to a 100 people, but I chose Jim Morrison, “No one gets out Alive”.

So for me, with this birthday, Death may not be in the room with me warming up, but he may be sleeping on a futon next door thinking about it!

Paradoxically I’m doing great!

Today we do a summary review of my campaign over the summer to get down to 165 pounds with my nutrition coach Rachel, or as she is now known, ‘Dr. Shuck’. It really makes me wonder why we don’t start teaching nutrition in early education. 

There is a basic grab-bag of topics that I wish someone had taught me. Like basic financial planning. And how there are different personality types. And the importance of living in the present. 

In section one I’ll talk about the relationship between losing weight and running faster.

In section two I’ll talk about the compound effect.  

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Hello my running friends. Welcome to episode 5-497 of the RunRunLive podcast.

Once more we find ourselves together my friends. How are you navigating the weirdness of these days? 

For today’s interview we talk with Dr. Savannah Santiago who is a podiatrist and runner from San Diego doing her residency in Indianna. 

First, let me say that this is the most fun I’ve had talking to someone in a long time. She was so positive and engaged – just glowing with positive karma. And it just makes me happy to know that souls like her exist in the world. 

I’ve started, or reverted to, using Zoom to record these interviews. That means we are usually both on camera during the chat – so I get to see the body language of who I’m talking to. I almost want to start posting the video versions of this because I think it would be fun for you to put a face with a voice. 

In section one I’m going to get all geeky runner guy and do a deep dive into tempo training in general and surge runs in particular – which my running buddies mocked me by calling them ‘Serge’ runs.

In section two I’ll ramble about getting old. 

It’s my birthday next week. And I think I’ve been having the same conversation every birthday since I turned 30! 

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Hello my running friends. Welcome to episode 5-496 of the RunRunLive podcast.

Today we have a fun chat with Nora who is a coach and athlete about frequently asked questions. We ran into each other when I was answering running questions on Facebook.  As always Nora’s contact links will be in the show notes. If you want to take a look at her practice it’s at mileaftermile.co.

I am consistently pushing this podcast out every two weeks while I can manage it, because I enjoy doing so. But, I’m not going to focus so much on the fine details for now because I just don’t have the time. 

This is the RunRunLive ‘compromise’ version, where we don’t edit as tightly and don’t polish as much. But we still have conversations and try to have fun.

In section one I talk about shoes. And if you don’t agree with me, there’s going to be a rumble.  

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Hello my running friends. 

Hello my running friends. It’s only been a couple weeks but it feels like a lifetime. 

When we last spoke I was on top of all my training and fitness goals for this cycle. 

And then the universe stepped in and rebalanced the karma for me by breaking my collarbone.

I’ll tell you all about that in Section two today.

In section one we’ll talk about some more running advice I have been dispensing.

And today’s interview is with Maddi who is a self-described trail bum who just stepped off the Appalachian Trail.  

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Episode 5-494

Hello my running friends, yes I let this one slide a week, because I needed to align it with the off-week of my other podcast – the apocalypse podcast – in which I am entering my 5th season now. 

Honestly, I have crowded my calendar so much it’s hard to get done all the stuff I’m signed up for. 

Today I will talk about one of those top 5 questions from the running forums – how to stay motivated and get the workouts done. 

I’ll talk a bit about how I do goal setting and why.

And I’ll give you an update on my own goals for the summer that, for better or worse, I’m closing in on the deadlines for. 

Today’s interview is with the race director for the Mamba 100 in Memphis. That is my goal race for this campaign. I am glad I talked to him because I acquired insights into the course that filled in some blanks for me. 

So, sit back, (unless you’re in a chair with no back, because you’ll sprawl onto the floor).

Sprawl is an interesting word that come to us through Old English and Danish. It rolls off the tongue nicely doesn’t it? Almost onomatopoeia.

Anyhow – sit back or sprawl back and let’s go on an adventure together.

On with the show.

Interview

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Outro

Ok my running friends – I have to tell you I was quite relieved after my discussion with James. When I talked to him a few weeks ago, I did not yet have any big weks under my belt and the 100K distance was looking a bit daunting. 

But, after our talk I realized that the course is runnable and it’s well supported so good news all around for what my goal is. 

Now I just need to stay healthy for a few more weeks.

What kind of mileage do you need to have for this distance? I think the mileage isn’t as important as you basic strength and time on your feet.  So, cumulative fitness is more important than any set mileage goal. 

When I ran 50K, my long run was probably 20 miles, but I was coming off a marathon campaign. 

When I ran 50 miles, my long run was 36 miles, and that was probably overkill. But it was my first ultra so it was ok. 

When I trained for 100miles my longest run was a 10-12 hour overnight run, so probably in the mid-30’s. But, again for these longer distances, it’s all about time on your feet and fitness. All these longer distances are grouped together for impact in the training calendar – so you are getting that time on your feet and running on tired legs effect. 

My long run for this cycle is probably going to be 30ish miles, again on tired legs. 

I’ve been listening to a lot of audio books. I find it’s a great way to get content in parallel with my training and dead time. It’s so convenient now with the library app.

Last week I listened to Ryan Holiday’s Discipline is Destiny. Great listen when you training and trying to get stuff done. I would highly recommend it on audiobook. It’s read by the author. 

There is a lot of the ‘same old’ stoic philosophy stuff, but it’s a good reminder and might get you motivated.

So my friends, I pushed this episode to line up with the off week of my other post-apocalyptic podcast After the Apocalypse, soon to be a series of novels, lol…

Keep pushing, keep being smart, take time to learn, take time for yourself, sharpen your saw and I’l see you out there.

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