148: We're Going Streaking!

Ever wondered how to keep your running streak alive even when life throws curveballs? Join us on Rise and Run Podcast Episode 148 as we share inspiring stories of runners who push their limits daily. From Esther in Texas welcoming you with warmth to special appearances by the Streakers, you'll be captivated by tales of resilience from the streets of Cleveland to bustling Bangkok. Discover how Laurie tackled her recent races and why connecting with us on social media can add a spark to your running journey.

Get ready to turbocharge your runDisney training! Alongside personal progress updates, you'll find motivation in our eclectic Spotify playlist, perfect for those long training runs. Learn about Monica, who impressively ran on a treadmill during labor, and meet "Dopey Baby," born right after the Dopey Challenge. Hear Chris and Todd's transformative journeys from weight loss to race victories, all starting with a single step.

Our adventure doesn't stop there. Travel vicariously with us through race reports from around the globe. From unique running events like the Pan Am Masters to beer-themed runs and family moments at the Green Bay Packers 5K, you'll be inspired by the spirit of the running community. As we gear up for the runDisney season, we share tips for training in the heat and celebrate personal milestones. Whether it's aiming for the Boston Marathon or hitting a significant race count, this episode is brimming with encouragement and excitement to keep you moving forward. Happy running!

Chapters

• 0:04 Rise and Run Podcast Episode 148
• 13:06 Run Disney Training and Princess Merch
• 29:56 Running Streak Origins and Milestones
• 36:17 Everyday Running Streak Origins and Challenges
• 43:16 Close Calls and Travel Running Stories
• 49:15 Commitment to Daily Running Streak
• 1:00:38 Milestones and Support in Running
• 1:14:03 Upcoming Episodes and Race Reports
• 1:25:21 Race Reports and Personal Bests
• 1:32:54 Races and Fitness Achievements
• 1:44:12 Weekend Race Reports and Brewery Runs
• 1:52:56 Preparing for Run Disney Season

Transcript

Speaker 3: 0:04

3 am again. Why did I ever think this was a good idea? Welcome to the Rise and Run podcast. Join our group of Run Disney friends. As we talk about running at Walt Disney World and beyond. We'll discuss recent runs, training, upcoming races and surprise topics suggested by you, our listeners. Well, the alarm's gone off, so let's go.

Speaker 2: 0:36

Hey everyone, this is Esther, coming to you from Texas and you're listening to the Rising Lawn Podcast.

Speaker 4: 0:42

Esther from Texas. Thank you for that lovely intro. We appreciate it. Hey, friends, we got a terrific response. We asked you to send us some intros and we got quite a few, so I think we got seven or eight lined up, but keep them coming, keep them coming. We love hearing from you. We love the fact that you're here and joining us for episode 148 of the Rise and Run podcast. I am Bob and I'm here this week with Greg hey, hey, hey. With Lexi, hello, and with Jack Hiya.

Speaker 3: 1:21

You know, we're actually missing a lot of people today. We're missing John, we're missing Alicia and you know what, because of weather, bob and you having to move inside, we're missing the crickets.

Speaker 7: 1:31

Oh.

Speaker 4: 1:34

Yeah, you're right, greg, no crickets this evening. I may sound a little different, I can still see the light show going on outside. I haven't heard any thunder for a little while, so I think things are moving north of us. But yeah, I kind of got caught outside. I was outside earlier tonight, came running in, had to dry everything off. This week, friends, this week our guest for the week, our special guest, are some fellow rise and runners we refer to as the Streakers. More info later on that one in the race report spotlight. Our friend Lori's been doing a bunch of races, several in the last two weeks. She's here to talk about a couple of them, especially one that went on in Cleveland, ohio.

Speaker 5: 2:20

Go Cleveland.

Speaker 4: 2:21

Cleveland rocks, you know.

Speaker 7: 2:23

I know and if you enjoy listening to the Rise and Run podcast, please share us with your friends and introduce them to our Rise and Run family. We want to share in their running and run Disney journey. Please remember to follow us on Facebook at Rise and Run Podcast and Instagram at Rise and Run Pod, and visit our webpage at riseandrunpodcastcom. If you have any questions for us, comments, race reports or you want to introduce a new episode, call us at 727-266-2344 and leave a recorded message.

Speaker 4: 3:03

We also want to thank our Patreons, whose support helps us keep the Rise and Run podcast rising and running. If you'd like to join the Patreon team, please check out our website, patreoncom slash. Rise and run podcast. I want to welcome a couple of well, I want to welcome a new Patreon, holly, who joined us in the plastic cheese level, and our friend Running Warrior, sarah, showed back up this week. Now Sarah has been with us at Plastic Cheese for a while, so she's either returning, which I don't think she ever left. I think probably what happened is she changed the payment method. We've had that happen to us. Before we change the payment method, we get a notice that hey, you got a new Patreon. Doesn't matter, sarah, we're happy that you're with us.

Speaker 3: 3:51

The Rising Round Podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Magic Bound Travel. I want to give a massive, massive shout out to Magic Bound and particularly my agent, maggie. She was the one that booked my trip to Disneyland that I just got back from, and it was funny. I was listening to last week's podcast because we had to record it a couple of weeks earlier and there was one thing that I did correctly predict in my Mandalorian and that was that I had several meals in the San.

Speaker 3: 4:22

Francisco section, section of disney california adventure. And folks, for those of you going out for the halloween race, I'm telling you please do not sleep on this land. I understand. There is no attraction. Literally the only thing you can do is eat. You can go on a bakery tour where you get a free little piece of Boudin bakery sourdough bread and you can also meet Baymax and Hero from Big Hero 6, which was an absolute highlight of my daughter's, but there was some absolutely incredible food. If you need some recommendations, I recommend the burrito tacos and I also recommend um.

Speaker 5: 5:11

I think it was the um please tell me you did the bread bowl, the bread okay so, so uh, riley did the bread bowl with mac and cheese.

Speaker 3: 5:19

So we it was funny that first that first meal, we actually went to all three different dining locations in San Francisco. We got the bread bowl, mac and cheese from Ancasa's Cafe, then from the Mexican restaurant we got the bao bun sausage thing that I've been salivating for for weeks, and then I went over the third one it's more like like asian inspired foods, um, and they had a burrito ramen. It sounds bizarre, but it was one of the top things we ate during that trip so I'm in.

Speaker 8: 5:55

But yeah, it was it was an awesome, awesome trip.

Speaker 3: 5:58

So thanks to maggie, thanks to magic bound for uh, helping us get all set up and um. And if anybody's got any questions at all about my trip, especially if you're heading out to Disneyland, feel free to send me a message on Facebook or on Instagram or shoot me an email. Greg at riserunpodcast. I'd love to be able to help some people out, since it's so fresh in my brain right now after not being there for 20 plus years.

Speaker 4: 6:22

Sounds good, greg. I also work with my magic band agent this week, missy, we are changing my reservation so that at Walt Disney World Marathon weekend I'll be at Port Orleans, french Quarter.

Speaker 8: 6:37

That was easy.

Speaker 4: 6:38

All I had to do was send her a note, and she got right back to me with a bunch of recommendations, so I'm excited about that.

Speaker 4: 6:46

I'd be excited about beignets after every single race, bob oh golly, I just like that hotel, that French Quarter, I really really do. Don't forget and we're going to mention it again in just a moment Princess Weekend registration is coming up. Now is a great time to contact Magic Bound and see about checking on a room for Princess Weekend. They've told us before the prices won't get any lower after registration comes along and if, for some reason, you don't get in, you can get your deposit refunded. So magicboundtravelcom is the website. Check them out. Jack, we've got something new coming to YouTube.

Speaker 5: 7:28

Yeah, so we actually did Ask Us Anything with Alicia. So you guys sent in the questions and she answered them. So let's go ahead and show you guys that on Thursday, when this episode drops, Sounds great.

Speaker 4: 7:41

Sounds great, jack. Apologies, and alibis Haven't done one for a little while. Episode 147, which, as of course by now you know, we had to record early. Well, I think we ruffled some feathers, greg.

Speaker 3: 7:55

No.

Speaker 4: 7:56

I ruffled feathers.

Speaker 3: 7:59

So I guess, since I'm making apologies for the definition of nachos, I also need to offer statements and apologies for calling Sleeping Beauty's castle the tiny castle. Now, in my defense, I was only saying that because that's what my daughter was referencing Sleeping Beauty's castle as referencing sleeping beauty's castle as and um, but yeah, I mean it.

Speaker 3: 8:29

It is a heck of a lot shorter, but I will say it's. It is very cute and very quaint. Now I will say this on top of that as well is my wife had sent me an instagram reel a couple of weeks ago about how it was this couple and it was his dad pushing his stroller and they were walking through disneyland and he was so lost and he goes.

Speaker 3: 8:48

I'm lost because I can't see the castle when I walk around and I'm like there's no, there's no way, there's no way that you know, you'll always be able to use that as a focal point. And let me tell you, I think we were walking like by the matterhorn or something like that, and all of a sudden, like my wife and I are turning around and like where are we again? And then all of a sudden we turn around like oh, there's the castle.

Speaker 4: 9:11

Okay, neat, neat. What I thought was interesting and our friend Kelly put this in a post on Facebook. I'm not apologizing for this. It's been nearly 50 years since I've been there 48 to be exact. I said that I couldn't remember. We talked about it being an A-ticket attraction and I couldn't remember if you just walked through it like you do at Walt Disney World or not. And he explained that it's actually a kind of a neat walkthrough and it still is this way. Did you do this, greg? Did you do the walkthrough where you go upstairs and through the hallways and see the dioramas?

Speaker 3: 9:50

We noticed it, the entrance to it. I think it was like on our last day that we were there and we were planning on doing it and then we just got so sidetracked with the parades and just being in this new environment that we completely forgot about. Yeah, we didn't get a chance. Now I will say I did go. There's another castle that you can actually go into with a very similar thing and that's over in disneyland, paris. So I have done. I have done that walk through and and seen the dragon underneath the castle and everything like that but unfortunately I didn't do it in disneyland wait.

Speaker 5: 10:22

How? How many days were you there in Disneyland for this trip?

Speaker 3: 10:25

So we were there for five nights but we had a four-day ticket. Oh, okay, yeah. So our arrival day we got in so late because time change and flight delays. That just didn't make sense. To go to the park that day, but we did get one on our arrival day. To go to the park that day, but we did get one of the on our arrival day. Um, we went to downtown disney and went to black tap um which is the like burger place that serves the like outrageous milkshakes.

Speaker 3: 10:57

So that was like one of the first things that we ate on the trip and we had this like cookies and cream one that had like a whole like cookie, like ice cream cookie sandwich hanging off the slight side of the glass. I don't know how they do it. Oh geez, these milkshakes defy physics um yeah. So if you're looking for a cool, sweet treat that's very instagrammable, uh, definitely go check out black tap that sounds so good it does.

Speaker 4: 11:21

I've got a goal weight I'm trying to reach and the date I'm trying to reach it by the. The date is the day before I fly to California, so when I get there, all bets are off.

Speaker 5: 11:31

How long are you staying, bob?

Speaker 4: 11:33

in.

Speaker 5: 11:33

California for September.

Speaker 4: 11:35

From Wednesday until Monday. The flight arrives Wednesday and the flight departs Monday, so, like Greg, I'm going to get a four-day ticket. Thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. I realize I have races two of those days. I'm doing the challenge, not the 5k, but I think that'll give me time in the parks.

Speaker 5: 11:52

So can I give a pro tip?

Speaker 4: 11:56

yeah, please okay.

Speaker 5: 11:58

so, um, I love going to Disneyland out there, especially during school time, because that park is a lot of locals, and especially if you're arriving there Wednesday, thursday, friday, take advantage of being there at least right in the morning and then up to at least three o'clock, because you'll have most of the park to yourself.

Speaker 8: 12:17

Really.

Speaker 5: 12:17

Yeah, most people will be back in school, so you won't see them until five o'clock. But even during a race weekend it's not crowded huh, it will probably be crowded, but it still won't be the same like Disney World.

Speaker 4: 12:29

Gotcha, gotcha.

Speaker 5: 12:30

Well, good.

Speaker 4: 12:31

I'm very excited to get there and again, I'm not going to be comparing anything because I just don't remember. It's too long, but it'll be fun to see it again, indiana Jones.

Speaker 4: 12:43

Okay. Okay It'll be, I'll have a lot of help. I'm sure We've got a lot of friends on the West Coast, a lot of friends that are going out there. I'm excited about it. We'll talk about it again here in a little bit because I want to remind everybody we will have a meet and greet on that Saturday, but I'll get to that later in the episode. Let's take a look at what's coming up on our training schedule. And since we're talking Disneyland, Halloween.

Speaker 7: 13:10

it is now just six weeks away. Oh my goodness, 42 days.

Speaker 4: 13:12

If I could do the math in my head real fast not less than a thousand hours, we're into training week number 12. This is the second biggest training week on that calendar. If you're doing the challenge, you've got a four mile walk and an 11 mile long run this weekend. Friday and Saturday or Saturday and Sunday whatever works best for you You'll have one more. Uh should be three weeks from today. You'll have one more long one where you go the full 13. Actually, you probably go 14 miles. I'll have to check it. Wine and Dine weekend is now 14 weeks away. Not bad, less than 100 days. We're down to actually I should have put this on Facebook as of the time of this recording, which is Tuesday, we are exactly 100 days away from Expo Day right now. So at the time of release of this episode, 98 days from Expo Day.

Speaker 4: 14:15

Week four of the training. It's a short one. We're back to two miles for wine and dine. For Marathon Weekend numbers are starting to creep up a little bit. Marathon Weekend's 24 weeks away. Training week four also, your long run is five and a half miles. If you're doing the marathon or one of the challenges, those numbers will start to creep up on you. Don't look ahead. Just stay with the schedule and do the numbers that are on the schedule. Significance Princess Weekend Registration. We alluded to it just a couple minutes ago. That is Tuesday. This coming Tuesday, princess Weekend Registration the Run Disney folks would have registered today. I didn't see a lot of chatter on social media about the Run Disney folks registering for.

Speaker 5: 15:08

Princess, I didn't even think about that. I totally forgot.

Speaker 7: 15:11

Yeah, it seemed relatively quiet today.

Speaker 4: 15:15

Yeah, it surely was, but yeah, july.

Speaker 7: 15:18

Hello, are you out there, Run Disney.

Speaker 4: 15:22

July 30th is registration day. So that is again from the day that we're recording. It's one week from today, but from the day of release it's five days away. We will be as always. We'll be on the Princess Weekend 2025 chat, working together and help folks get registered for that event. I plan to register and this is crazy. So what else is new? Right? Or maybe I should say this is goofy the 5K and the half marathon, and my plan is Becky and I will get to Disney World on Wednesday. Expo Thursday 5K Friday I'm going to get up Saturday morning. I'll actually be able to sleep in just a little bit because I'm driving to Tampa to run the 15K at the Gasparilla and then turning around and riding back so I can be there for the meet and greet Saturday afternoon.

Speaker 4: 16:27

Anybody else planning to run princess weekend this year?

Speaker 5: 16:31

I am planning on pacing you guys.

Speaker 4: 16:33

Well, there you go I can go again, yeah. You'll be there.

Speaker 5: 16:37

I'm excited.

Speaker 4: 16:38

That's good. That's good. I'm not sure if John or Alicia I really I don't want to speak for either one because I don't know what their plans are but we'll have fun, friends. I look forward to seeing you there. Before we, we heard about princess themes when we just after we recorded episode 147. I think that came out and we got a merch drop today. Before we get into that, though, any updates on training friends, anything you want to talk about with your training for these upcoming weekends you know what bob actually?

Speaker 5: 17:19

yes, please do and I'll probably maybe talk about it after this coming weekend because then I'll have experienced it. So, as you guys know, back in January I was supposed to do the goofy challenge. I had bought a shirt that said I did it. Clearly, I did not run the marathon because I had issues going on, so I only did the half of a half. So I wanted to feel like I earned the Goofy Challenge shirt that says I did it. So, based off of my training schedule for my 100-miler for Daytona, I'm doing the Goofy Challenge quote-unquote virtually this weekend.

Speaker 4: 17:57

There you go, nice, good for you, good for you.

Speaker 5: 17:59

Nice.

Speaker 4: 18:00

Stay cool, Jack. I know it's warm where you are too.

Speaker 5: 18:03

Oh, it's hot. It Stay cool, Jack. I know it's warm where you are too.

Speaker 4: 18:05

Oh, it's like hot it was like 98, 99. Yeah, you know what to do. You know how to take care of yourself and hydrate and throttle back your paces and walk if you have to, oh yeah.

Speaker 4: 18:17

Yeah, you know what to do. Yeah, that's my comments on. Training is all of the things I just said. I want to give another nod to John, who's not here, for setting up. I call it the mixtape. It really isn't. It is the Spotify rise and run podcast playlist and I've enjoyed listening to that. You guys listening to that at all?

Speaker 3: 18:40

I listened to it during my long run this past weekend and let me tell you you folks enjoy an eclectic type of music Of course, I love having it on shuffle, because I think my favorite back-to-back was how Far I'll Go from Moana, followed up by an explicit filled rap by Eminem.

Speaker 7: 19:06

Oh, I love that.

Speaker 3: 19:07

And I think nowhere can you get that but the Rise and Run super mix. So bravo everybody.

Speaker 4: 19:13

I haven't run into the latter of those two yet. Greg and the daggum thing's up over five hours now and if you want to get to it it's on Spotify. You do not need to pay for a Spotify account to get to this thing. You can use a free Spotify account that's what I do and you can add to the playlist even again if you don't have a paid account. So I we've asked people to limit it to two. Nobody's going to bother if you put more than two in there. It's fun.

Speaker 4: 19:45

I'm learning a whole lot of new music. I get excited. I get excited when I hear one I know and I had to laugh. I heard the opening strains and go, oh, I know this one. Yeah, it was an ad, it was the opening of an advertisement. If you do the free spotify account, they've got ads every 30 minutes. So, yeah, I was a little disappointed for that, but there's still a couple I know. Plus, I put two on there, so I got to know those. That's fun. Look for that in Spotify friends. Okay, well, mentioned it a moment ago, princess Themes and Princess Merch have shown up here within the last couple of weeks.

Speaker 7: 20:25

I'm not going to lie. I really do wish that I was going to be able to do Princess.

Speaker 5: 20:31

Weekend this year.

Speaker 7: 20:33

Normally I'm not a big Princess Weekend person. I mean I like the races, but that's not one, because I'm a villain girl, you know Okay.

Speaker 4: 20:44

And guess who showed up I had a villain showed up on the themes. They sure did, yeah, yeah and I love that.

Speaker 7: 20:51

They're like shadows behind the princesses. I think that's brilliant, but alas, I must miss it because I have other trips planned.

Speaker 3: 21:03

I mean I, I will say I. I think run disney got the memo based on, uh, everyone's gut reactions when the themes dropped last year and everyone was like what the heck is this artwork? I mean they, they, they really nailed it. I mean again I'm not gonna be running this weekend.

Speaker 3: 21:23

but I mean from a um, from typography standpoint, and the princesses that they picked and just the design choices that they made. I think they did a really, really nice job and it was also nice of them to see some princesses that have not had their due in a really long time. I mean, I know our friend Kristen over at Run Fit Mama. I mean I think I heard her squeal all the way from California here in.

Speaker 3: 21:50

Pennsylvania when Aurora and Snow White were part of this thing. So yeah, so good on you, run Disney to take the feedback, bring in old princesses and really do a nice job on the artwork.

Speaker 5: 22:04

Well see, I'm actually more excited for jasmine and mulan. Like if I could pick two races I would run. I would run those ones, just because I feel like you don't see them enough either like I don't know, and, like the metal, the images are just beautiful and I really wish that I was running those ones. I'm excited to pace the half and. I do like Aurora, but she's not my favorite princess.

Speaker 4: 22:30

All right, well, you'll be there for the weekend, though that's. That's a good thing.

Speaker 5: 22:33

Yeah, yeah, half tempted to sign up for at least a 10K, cause it is the day before. I don't know.

Speaker 4: 22:40

All right. What did we think of the merch? Any comments? I mean, I thought it was fine.

Speaker 3: 22:45

I mean really, the only question I have, Bob, is what Pandora charm are you buying for yourself?

Speaker 4: 22:51

It's tough to decide. I may have to get them all.

Speaker 7: 22:56

I mean, I go back to the same thing that I said before the little nods to the villains I'm a fan of and my favorite color is purple, yeah.

Speaker 4: 23:09

Okay.

Speaker 7: 23:10

It's a win-win for me, yeah.

Speaker 4: 23:12

Yeah, well, let us know if you need us to get something. Yeah.

Speaker 5: 23:15

Oh, I will.

Speaker 4: 23:16

I just took a look. That will be the princess half will be my 13th trip down Main Street during a raise, Wow.

Speaker 2: 23:25

What do you think? I've got to count mine 13 for 13.

Speaker 4: 23:28

Yeah, yeah, I'm looking forward to that. I'm coming up on my 50th run Disney race. That'll be the 5K at Wine and Dine. So yeah, I've been counting them. I'm not up to the 100 medals that our buddy Ryan is, but where am I? Let me see where I am in total medals. Well, I'm at as of now I'm at 63 medals, and by the end of the upcoming race season I'll be over 80. So maybe the 25, 26 season. Maybe I'll hit that century mark. Ooh.

Speaker 4: 24:15

Yeah, Well, there we go, Something to look forward to. Again. I'll remind you if you're looking to register for Princess, join us on the community chat for Disneyland Princess 2025 and we'll help one another out getting registered for the weekend.

Speaker 5: 24:35

I've done. Six through the castle, I've done six through the castle. I just counted my medals. That's really impressive. I'm halfway to you almost yeah.

Speaker 4: 24:44

It's okay, it's fun, they're great. Yeah, that's okay, it's fun, they're great.

Speaker 5: 24:46

Personally, I think it's hard to judge uh the merchandise based off of a picture that's like no good point yeah so I mean I'm not so excited, but I do love the artwork.

Speaker 7: 24:58

I always like it better in person, oh absolutely medals too yeah medals too.

Speaker 4: 25:03

I always like the metals better when I see them for real, and they always look great when they're hanging around your neck right.

Speaker 5: 25:08

Oh, absolutely yeah.

Speaker 4: 25:10

Yeah, All right, friends, let's head to our chat with our streakers Friends. Back in my college days, back in the early 1970s, streaking was at its most popular. Tonight we have three streakers.

Speaker 3: 25:34

It's not Hold on yeah, you got Will Ferrell. Yeah, no, here. I thought we were having Will Ferrell from old school on here to talk about streaking, but I guess Better, better, better.

Speaker 4: 25:49

Love it. We've got three rise and run friends, Greg, who have awesome running streaks, and I'm going to ask them to introduce themselves and to give you an idea how long these running streaks are. I'm going to start with the shortest one, which is about three and a half years, and that's our friend Monica. Monica hi, how you doing.

Speaker 1: 26:12

Hi there I'm doing. Great Thanks for having me.

Speaker 4: 26:15

Monica, tell us the status of your streaking.

Speaker 1: 26:20

So I've been doing a 5k a day for 1,298 days.

Speaker 4: 26:27

Wow, we're closing in on four years. Yeah, new Year's Eve will be four years.

Speaker 4: 26:35

Oh, okay, okay. So just a little over three and a half. All right, and remember, friends, that's the short one. I'm going to ask in a little bit. I want to introduce our other two guests first. It's a short one. I'm going to ask in a little bit. I want to introduce our other two guests first. I've got to ask Monica how this streak continued through Dopey Baby, hashtag, dopey Baby, and if you took the day off we're going to forgive you, but let's get to that later on. Chris is with us, chris, welcome. Hello, bob, good to see you Tell us about the status of your running streak.

Speaker 6: 27:07

So my streak with clothes on mind you is 1,579 days. So that equates out to four years, three months and 26 days. But who's counting? You are, oh.

Speaker 4: 27:20

I am. Yeah, that's a good thing. That's a good thing, and let's finish this. Wait till you hear this one Todd, welcome, tell us how long you've been running consecutively.

Speaker 8: 27:34

Hi, thank you and thanks Bob. My streak as of recording is 6,412 days, which equates to just over 17 and a half years.

Speaker 4: 27:46

That's phenomenal. As we spoke a little bit before the recording, there are folks listening to this podcast who weren't around then when you started. We were also talking Todd when you started, who was president of the United States.

Speaker 8: 28:01

I think we figured out it was George W Bush.

Speaker 4: 28:03

George W Bush. George W Bush Again, we have folks who don't remember him, so it's been a while. That's look. They're all impressive. They are all impressive. I've never set out to do a streak, but before we get into more detail into these running streaks and how they're going, I just like to know your personal running story, like when did you get started into running on a more or less regular basis as an adult? And let's go ahead and use the same order we did, monica. Why don't you start us off?

Speaker 1: 28:41

Well, I've been a runner my whole life. Probably as soon as I started walking, I started running. I ran all through school, I right after high school.

Speaker 4: 28:52

Were you a competitive runner in school.

Speaker 1: 28:55

In high school I ran cross country and track. I went into the Marine Corps straight out of high school so I did not run in college and, surprisingly, I ran very little in the Marine Corps outside of training. I deployed four times and there wasn't a lot of time or it wasn't safe to run, so that was probably the least active period of my life. As soon as I got out, I lived up in Syracuse, new York, not too far from Utah, for a while and I turned into what I call a fair weather runner. I'm a Florida native, so anything below 50 is just not going to happen, so I ran in the summers, um. But when I moved back to Florida in 2015, I picked it back up again full throttle and have been training pretty hard ever since.

Speaker 4: 29:55

Yeah, let me. Let me broach that subject I alluded to at the very beginning. You didn't, you didn't give birth while you were running, did you? I mean not, not while I was running, that would be how did you, how did you keep this, how did you keep the streak alive?

Speaker 1: 30:16

um, I woke up around two in the morning that morning and was having some kind of mild contractions. And I figured and this is my fifth baby, so I, I, I knew that today was the day. So, um, like a true lunatic, I hopped on the treadmill right away and no kidding. Yeah, Because I knew if I didn't get it done right then it wasn't going to happen. I wasn't going to go right after I gave birth.

Speaker 4: 30:47

Monica, that's amazing. I thought you were going to tell us you took that day off and I was going to forgive you and go. That's okay, it still counts. No I didn't, but I believe every word of that. It wasn't pretty.

Speaker 1: 30:58

It wasn't pretty at all, but yeah, I got it done. Wow but, um but yeah, I got it done and um, wow, kevin, dopey baby later that morning and then the next hold on, hold on, hold on.

Speaker 3: 31:12

We have breaking news. Here we have breaking news oh yeah, he's got a name for hashtag dopey baby.

Speaker 4: 31:19

Yeah, he's been hashtag dopey baby. I don. It's only been recently that I discovered his gender, so now we have a name. That is breaking news, greg. But I remember, I think, one of the first times I met Monica and forgive me if it wasn't one of the first times Monica was at Dopey, which was like two weeks prior to that, three weeks prior.

Speaker 1: 31:46

Yeah, he was. That was I don't know know probably around like the 10th or so of january. He was born on the 30th of january, so I was on the 30th yeah so it's probably seven and that's three weeks later weeks pregnant

Speaker 4: 31:58

yeah, unbelievable, unbelievable.

Speaker 1: 32:02

Again, it wasn't pretty, but I'm pretty stubborn, so it it happened, it's very.

Speaker 4: 32:09

it's impressive, monica. It's impressive and what a great story. Um, Chris, Chris, how'd you start out running?

Speaker 6: 32:19

So I got started, like many uh trying to lose weight Uh.

Speaker 6: 32:23

I had a friend that friend that took me out for a 15 minute run while we were down in New Orleans for the final four, and at 45 minutes we turned around, so he lied to me just a little bit, but I didn't die that day, so I incorporated that into the next couple months of running. This was in April of 2012. Ironically, just yesterday a Facebook memory popped up and it was the day in 2012 that I went on what I thought was a death-defying distance, stretching myself from two miles to 3.7 miles.

Speaker 4: 33:02

And I went around the lake and I didn't die from that. Yeah.

Speaker 6: 33:07

So most of my family thought I was just going to be a little bit of a fad, because that's what a lot of workouts turn to be and it just started turning into who I was. I thought I'd be a one um one half marathon race and done, and that's kind of gone out the window just a little bit.

Speaker 4: 33:23

You talked about that Didn't kill you. I'm here to testify. You haven't died yet.

Speaker 6: 33:27

Not yet.

Speaker 4: 33:28

That's a very good thing.

Speaker 6: 33:30

Unless this is in the sixth sense. Right now, we just don't know that we're all dead. Who?

Speaker 4: 33:34

knows that's spooky Todd. How about?

Speaker 8: 33:39

you Very similar to Chris and like so many other people that you hear about on the podcast, I was not a runner growing up. I was overweight, hated the mile run in gym class, all of that, that whole story, and then in my late 20s decided I need to do something about it and I just started walking for exercise and that three mile loop I was walking every day took too long, so I started running a little bit of it. As much as mile loop that I was walking every day took too long, so I started running a little bit of it, um, as much as I could. I was embarrassed to be out there as a runner you know there's those stories too of just being the overweight person at the gym or out there exercising, so just really, really self-conscious about the whole experience. But, um, you know, got through that and uh, eventually that walking of three miles became a three mile loop that I would run every day.

Speaker 8: 34:28

Uh, but I I remember that same feeling, uh, that that Chris just described of like the satisfaction of that first three miles and I remember like that, that first time I ran that whole loop um is just as significant memory as the first time I finished a marathon or my first OB. Like that was significant. And I knew at that moment that I really felt like I could do anything if I could do that whole loop like a three mile run, seemed like something that only an athletic person can do.

Speaker 2: 34:58

I think that's still true, that was really the beginning. Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 8: 35:01

I do.

Speaker 3: 35:02

That's extremely interesting. Now, todd, I'll stay with you here. The one question that I have in terms of everyone's streak is was the goal to start like I'm going to start the streak and we're going to just keep this up, or did it just deliberately happen, you know? Or did it just come out of the blue? You know, you realize, you know. You look at your watch or whatever you use to track and you realize, oh, I'm at like 10 consecutive days, let's, let's, keep going with this. What was the the impetus, I guess, to say that you know I'm going to start streaking here.

Speaker 8: 35:39

Sure, um, I had read an article in runner's world about streak runners and with the rule being, you had to run at least a mile a day for a year to be able to register that streak as being an official run streak. So I thought about that as a New Year's resolution and I said maybe I'll take that on as a challenge. So on 1-1 of 2007, I said that's my New Year's resolution, I'm going to try to run at least a mile every day this year. And that is exactly how it started and the plan was to do it for a year and try to accomplish that. I definitely remember at the end of that year, new Year's Eve, being with some neighbors celebrating New Year's and I told someone about my streak and they're like are you going to run tomorrow? And I was thinking like I don't know. He's like, oh, you should. And so I was like all right, I will. So I went out there and I ran again and I literally haven't stopped Every single day. I've run since then.

Speaker 8: 36:41

If that neighbor had said, no, I would take tomorrow off or you might not know when it ends. I probably wouldn't have like I really don't know, but that was definitely the beginning. And you asked like was it like a surprise? You just see it on your watch or your phone. I was talking earlier with Bob and I think the iPhone didn't even exist when my runs started, I think so. I didn't. I definitely didn't have a, a watch. I know there's garments out there that at the time that were a little bit bigger and clunkier than they are now because I had one a couple years after the streak started, but I definitely wasn't tracking it on an app or anything like that at the time now, todd, before we get to Chris, I do have a question.

Speaker 3: 37:19

I want to circle back to something that you said earlier, when you were mentioning runners world. You had said something about registering. Is there like an official organization out there that you know is part of like a streakers club or something like that? Can you delve into that a little bit more?

Speaker 8: 37:36

yeah, there is the united states running streak association that was established in 2000, and then the streak runners international, which was established in 2012. And then the Streak Runners International, which was established in 2012. And then those two organizations, I believe, have just become one. I know they're all cataloged together on the same website which, if anyone wants to look at any other streaks, which mine pales in comparison to some of these it's runeverydaycom.

Speaker 4: 38:03

Oh, neat.

Speaker 8: 38:04

But just to give some perspective. Like, my streak is 153rd in the world, which is impressive, but the fact that there's 153 longer ones.

Speaker 4: 38:14

No, only 152. Don't sell yourself short. You're right, 152 longer ones. You're right, yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, greg. I was thinking while I was listening to Todd tell that story about the neighbor who said go ahead and run. If he had said no, we wouldn't have an episode this week, we wouldn't have any guests All right, chris.

Speaker 3: 38:34

How about you? Same question in terms of you know, was this just out of the blue or was having a streak, a goal of yours?

Speaker 6: 38:42

It was not a goal for me to start one. Having a streak a goal of yours. It was not a goal for me to start one. I ran four to five days a week. On an abnormal week I would run six days, but it was never seven days a week. We were out in Salt Lake City touring University of Utah for my son in March of 2020.

Speaker 6: 39:04

What else happened in March of 2020? The world shut down. So we came back. I had to get all of our employees to go remote and all of a sudden, we didn't have to have a commuter anymore. So I now had every morning that I didn't have to move things around to get my run in. I didn't have to move things around to get my run in. So I decided on March 21st I'm going to go for 30 days. I know COVID is not going to stop in 30 days. I know we aren't going back in the office, so I know I could commit to going for 30 days straight. And then it just became an automatic everyday thing, sometimes to the chagrin of my wife and kids when I first started, but now they just know high or dry, wherever we are, whatever the weather is, I'm getting out there.

Speaker 3: 39:58

And Monica, how about you?

Speaker 1: 40:00

Well, I'm an ER nurse is my profession and I worked through COVID and in December, late December, I ended up testing positive for COVID at work. I had like no symptoms, literally. I think I couldn't smell burnt toast on day one or something just ridiculous. But nonetheless we had to have a 10-day mandatory quarantine and at first that sounded fantastic. By about day two I was losing my marbles and I hopped on the treadmill and I was like, well, I guess I'm just going to run every day for the next nine days. And made it to day nine and just kept going and made it through the end of the first month and I was like, well, I'll go for I don't know, like 100 days, that sounds cool. And then I'll go for a year.

Speaker 1: 41:03

And I just kept kind of moving the goalposts every time I hit whatever random number I had set in my mind. And now at this point I hate to use the word addiction because I feel it's really strong, but I feel like I need an actual reason to stop, because my friends and my family know about my streak almost to the point. Like you said, chris, it's like obsessive, like okay, mom's got to get her run in or she's going to lose it. And so when I feel like I need an explanation for why I stopped when I'm done and it has to be good and I haven't, I haven't had that yet. If, if, having a baby isn't a good reason to stop, I don't really. I'm kind of screwed. I guess I'm in this forever. No kidding.

Speaker 8: 41:48

No kidding, I don't know, I mean what do you say I? Ran out of time, that's remarkable.

Speaker 1: 41:53

So here we are still going, like three years later.

Speaker 6: 41:56

I'm curious with Todd and Monica are you guys? Are you guys mostly morning runners? Is that usually a first thing in the morning? Cause, that's what it is for me.

Speaker 1: 42:09

I get in when I can fit in. I work nights, so sometimes I run after work, sometimes I run before work, sometimes I run. I live in Florida. It might be three in the afternoon and a hundred degrees. I've been known to have my husband drop me off three miles away from the kids' soccer game and I'll run there, run home from work, like wherever, whenever. Wherever, however, I can get it in, how about you guys?

Speaker 8: 42:28

I'm mostly a morning runner also, I get a little bit of anxiety if I know I haven't got it out of. You know, get it out of the way yet. Sometimes I can get it done at lunchtime, sometimes it's after work, but I know like it's kind of lingering there, at least in the back of my mind, until I do it. And I know if I do it first thing, I can control that part of my day at least. Then after that you never know how the day is going to go.

Speaker 4: 42:54

I surely understand that very well, Chris, you kind of started down this road. I want to ask I'm just going to throw it over, I'm not going to ask the only one in particular here Were there any close calls whether Monica talked about COVID, any close calls that almost interrupted your streak inadvertently?

Speaker 6: 43:16

Yeah, so I've had one or two close calls Fortunately I haven't been very many and usually it's been weather related. Living in the Midwest, the weather doesn't always cooperate to the ideal and I, frankly, don't care. I mean, I've run in minus four degrees, but we've had a couple instances with a torrential, torrential ice and snow, where my wife looked at me with very interesting looks as to why on earth are you going out there? Because I'm not a treadmill runner. I've only run a treadmill four times in my life and, ironically, three of them were during an ice storm, before my first marathon at Disney. I run outside no matter what, so I could think of two times where myself and my buddy Woody one of our beagles we went out in almost 12 inches of snow and there was nobody out there. The roads were just beautiful, no cars, no trails, no tracks of anything. So that's really where I could see it. It all came down to weather.

Speaker 8: 44:25

Yeah, I'll add, if it's not weather, it's travel, where you're out of control a little bit. So I've had some international travel long flights where I'll try really hard to. If I have an early morning flight, I run before that flight and then I know I really don't need to run until like at least midnight the next day, right? So it's like you have to get that run in every day. But we traveled to Thailand, so we get to Bangkok and it's late already and we get to the hotel and I'm just not comfortable at like 11 pm hitting the streets of Bangkok.

Speaker 8: 45:03

I just don't know if I can imagine the neighborhood, but of course, whenever I book a hotel I look to see if there's a gym with a treadmill, just in case there is a weather situation or a neighborhood situation that I that I'm not comfortable in. And of course the 24 hour um gym was closed so I couldn't get to the 24 hour gym was closed.

Speaker 4: 45:22

That's nice.

Speaker 8: 45:24

So I found um, this is like 11 o'clock at night in this hotel. But I found the banquet room and it was empty and I just ran laps in that banquet room to keep that streak alive. It didn't measure well but I knew if I was in there for 20 minutes it would be a mile or two, so I could count that and I could go to bed and get up and figure out the next day where that run was going to happen. But that's the closest I ever came from, like all right, is this going to be it? Do I call it?

Speaker 6: 45:50

Um, I was like no, I can, I can, I'll wait until there's something that I can't control, but this one I I can still get this one in. That totally reminds me, todd, of the early mornings, because we love to book the early morning flights the five 30, the five 10 flights. So you know, you got to leave the house, you got to get to the airport and everything. So I've been out at two 30 in the morning.

Speaker 6: 46:09

I have scared neighbors to death when they their ring camera goes off. I'll get a text from one of them going. Was that you out there? I had told me I was.

Speaker 4: 46:20

Wow, wow. You know the question was were there any close calls? You know, the question was were there any close calls? And once again, monica, you've already set the standard. I don't know.

Speaker 1: 46:36

Was there anything else that came close? I would say, more so than the day I went into labor with Dopey Baby. You know, just the first week or two after it was. That was more of my struggle. I did, um, I basically broke it down into three one mile walks, and so my midwife didn't want to strangle me.

Speaker 1: 46:59

She was like, listen, I supported you while you ran, dopey, or we're pushing it here, okay, um, but same with travel, the early morning flights and we've flown to Hawaii and things like that, because if you oversleep your alarm you can't push your flight back to accommodate your run. But I've done lots of laps around the hospital parking lot. But I've done lots of laps around the hospital parking lot or up and down our main hallway in the middle of the night to make sure that I'm getting it done when I can. It's crazy how creative you can be, which it doesn't really help the empathy factor when people tell you that they don't have a lot of time in their schedule to fit in their runs, knowing some of the things that we've all managed to do to make it work. Yeah, where there's a will, there's a way always.

Speaker 4: 47:59

Yeah, the thing we could always deal with here in Central Florida are hurricanes, but it's been a little while since you've had one in Central Florida, hasn't it?

Speaker 1: 48:06

A couple of years a couple of years, I typically and the good thing about hurricanes is we have so much warning it's not like it's ever a surprise. So actually some of the best running weather we have is that calm before the storm. You know the temp drops.

Speaker 4: 48:24

there's a nice breeze or immediately after also.

Speaker 1: 48:27

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's very nice.

Speaker 4: 48:34

So I've run in a few of those type situations and they're lovely actually. Yeah, they can be. Now, todd started down this road and I'll pick it up as a highlight again Vacation or vacation or travel running stories you started. I don't want to run in Bangkok in the middle of the night.

Speaker 8: 49:03

You reminded me of a friend of mine who not a streaking runner, but an athletic and active person went running in Taiwan and got lost and ended up back at his hotel riding on the back of a police motorcycle. Any good travel or vacation stories? I don't have any. I can just let you know I don't have Nothing. That went terribly wrong, but I love that run. I'm like the first time in a new city to kind of get out and explore either the hotel, the resort, the neighborhood that we're staying in. We did some travel in South America and we were in like the Amazon jungle kind of thing, so I did not have a big area to run but I just ran around like the four or five kinds of cabins that our group was staying in, um, but just to check it all out. There's, there's. It's a different life out there when you're the first one awake. Yeah.

Speaker 8: 49:40

He's the only one awake, usually when he's running apparently.

Speaker 6: 49:43

Yeah, I could think I mean the private. I mean, fortunately, most of our travel has been to mostly civilized areas, but running in Puerto Rico or Curacao is just unadulterated beauty. I mean, probably the most dangerous thing is running Animal Kingdom Lodge.

Speaker 3: 50:00

I mean, that's not there. Now I think I probably know the answer to this question. But, Monica, I'm going to start with you and ask anyway Do you have an exit strategy? You know, have you put a cap on this, or are you just going to ride it out for as long as physically possible?

Speaker 1: 50:21

I have no plans. I didn't plan to start this. I have no idea how I'm going to end it. I I needed a good reason, something that I wouldn't feel embarrassed to tell people like I overslept or I, I don't know there's. I can't think of a cool number that I want to end at. I wish I had a goal Um, but now I, um, but now I. I'm sure that day will come eventually. I just hope it's. It's something, um, I don't know, that makes sense and isn't like an error or something, just you know, really absurd on my part.

Speaker 6: 51:00

Chris, how about you? Yeah, I do not have a an intended reason to uh, to end it. I mean, maybe something will happen one day. I mean my wife is asking me, what if you broke your leg? What are you going to do with your streak? I'm like, well, I'm going to get a knee scooter. I'm going to keep going. It may not be like Monica talked about before the birth, it may not be pretty, but my intent is to keep going, and I mean our all. Dear friend Jeff Galloway talked about running to a hundred. Yes, sir, to a hundred. It doesn't matter what the pace is Absolutely.

Speaker 3: 51:32

Now, todd, how about you? I mean, I guess you're already at 17 years. So what's the point?

Speaker 8: 51:37

You're right, yeah, you know the most common reason that the streaks stop, you know, once they get this long, are usually injury. So like I just hope that it's not that Um, but knowing that I can go as slow as I need to and like it, quote unquote still counts Um, you know, it's, I think, of Cal Ripken and his streak right, his consecutive game streak that I think it was 2,630, something 32.

Speaker 4: 52:03

You're in the ballpark no pun intended.

Speaker 8: 52:05

Yeah, it was. But he went out on his own terms, right. He took a day off. He wanted to make sure he wasn't benched or that he wasn't hurt, right? So I do want it to be on my own terms. I just haven't been able to figure out those terms.

Speaker 4: 52:19

Interesting Any think about this one. Any regrets that you started it, Chris? Is shaking his head no.

Speaker 8: 52:29

Todd says no, no, I'm afraid of what I would have done every single day if it wasn't this. You know, I I at one point I was smoking a pack a day, right, so I could have had that streak. No one invites you on a podcast to talk about that streak. This one worked out much better for me and I'll take this one over whatever else it might have been.

Speaker 6: 52:50

No regrets, I think. For me it started with a different kind of streak, so before I started running every day, ironically it was two Olympics ago, so I think it was August 3rd of 2016. I was part of a Facebook challenge with Coach Jenny Hadfield and she was starting this Olympic challenge and the goal was to hit 10,000 steps every day for 30 days and they're using the theme of the Olympics and you could get gold, silver, bronze for doing it. So 30 days got you the gold. 25 days got you the silver. 20 days got you the bronze. So I hit the 30 days and I'm like let's keep going with that. So I'm coming. The Olympic is starting here on Friday and Friday's not exactly August 2nd, but come August 2nd of this year I'll hit eight years straight of hitting 10,000 steps every day. So that kind of got me in the mode of streaking in some form. So when I added this, it was a kind of a natural addition. So there's absolutely no regrets in starting either of them.

Speaker 1: 54:01

Definitely no regrets starting Wish I would have started sooner. Honestly, I love the benefits you know benefits it gives for your mental health and it kind of forces you out, even when you don't necessarily feel like it or want to. If I could change one thing, I think maybe I would have just started with a mile a day. The 5K can be a bit of a challenge time-wise. I'm known for not really being on time or early anywhere ever, so throwing another 25 to 30 minutes minimum into my daily routine. But I started it on my own terms. It's not anything official or fancy, so it's not that I couldn't change it, but yeah, I kind of wish I would have maybe started smaller. But in any case, here I am and I'm already like almost three, four years in, so I'm kind of committed at this point.

Speaker 8: 55:07

Yeah, I'm super impressed that Monica's doing a 5k every day. Like I try to get out there at least three miles and, as we all know, if you're doing um, you know you're training for a marathon or any distance. Really, you have runs that are much longer than that Um. But it is nice knowing that in those occasions where you just have to keep the streak alive what we call streak savers you can get out there and just do a mile. But if I knew that I had to do three, it would be a little more daunting to know that you know the weather, the time and it's a very different challenge. So that's impressive.

Speaker 4: 55:41

Especially when you put in 20 or so the day before for your marathon training.

Speaker 1: 55:46

I have broken mine up many times, you know, kind of using the coach twigs adage. Sometimes I'll split it up a mile here in the morning, a mile, you know, later in the morning, a mile in the afternoon, whatever, especially when I was recovering from birth and things like that, um. But so it hasn't always necessarily been 5k consecutive, um, and it hasn't always necessarily been 5k consecutive and it hasn't always been fast. There's been walking, you know all the things, but one way or another I'm getting 5k of some sort of active movement every day. So, and you know it's kind of, it is what you make it. If anyone's looking to get into a streak, you don't have to play by any sort of official rules. Whatever motivates you to get out there and move, whatever your standard is.

Speaker 4: 56:36

Well, that's a good segue, Monica, because I wanted to ask the three of you if you had any advice for fellow streakers, some who are in the midst of or some who go hey, you know, I'm inspired. I'm going to try this out.

Speaker 8: 56:52

Oh, my advice would be easy Just get out there and do it. Um, like so many things, um, when it comes to this sport, it's a matter of um, you know, lacing up your shoes and getting out the door and just go. Um, so many times you say I'm just going to. You know, do a quarter mile and you can make it a half mile or a mile. Chris, your story earlier a 15 minute run is 45 once you get going. So even on the days that are hard, if you have a streak, a couple of weeks, whatever, it is that tough day, if you get out there and tell yourself you're just going to do that one mile, and so often, once you're out there, it yourself, you're just going to do that one mile and so often.

Speaker 6: 57:31

You know, once you're out there it's easy to keep going. The biggest advice I could give is, like, like Todd said, is just start and give yourself a week. It doesn't. You don't have to say I'm going to do it for a year. I mean, todd, that's amazing that you decided I was you committed upfront, you were going to do it for a year. I committed to myself I was going to do it for 30 days, but start with a week and many that listen to the podcast and many within the group are run-walk runners. So if you break it down to a mile at whatever pace you're doing it for a week and then decide if you still enjoy it, you might be surprised how much you do.

Speaker 1: 58:03

Just do it, just get out and do it, just do it, just just get out and do it. Um, my number two is think about how you would feel once you started. You know, and you hit that wall. Think about how you're going to feel if you quit today, you know, and, and tomorrow comes and you look back on today and you're like was it worth it? And then my other thing and we've all gotten pretty creative If you really break down your excuses, just don't even give yourself the excuse.

Speaker 1: 58:45

Don't give yourself the option Like for me, there is no plan B, there is no option not to it's. How am I going to do this? Like no, isn't even, it's not there, so we're just going to bypass. No, my midwife I love her to death. I probably drive her crazy, but when I went to talk to her about my dopey plans, for example, I was like this is what I want to do. How can, how can we do this safely? Not? No, because I'm not taking that and I don't. I do that to myself too. I don't give myself the option of no. I look at my schedule. Okay, where can I fit this in? How, if it means running to a soccer game, if it means having my husband drop me off three miles from the house and I run home, or hopping on the treadmill in the middle of the night, or whatever it may be.

Speaker 4: 59:36

The question is, how? Not if? As I listened, monica, I thought not only for streaking, but for dopey training in general. That's really good advice about don't let yourself there is no. No, I'm going to do that training today. It's on my schedule. I'm going to get it done.

Speaker 3: 59:53

Well, the three of you are very admirable in all of your words and advice and we really do appreciate the time that you have given us. You know to to talk about these amazing streaks and how you want to continue them and encourage others to do the same. But you know, even though you have no plans of stopping, what is the next goal? What's the next milestone?

Speaker 8: 1:00:20

Well, I am in the middle of training for the Berlin Marathon at the end of September, and Berlin will be my fourth major, so my fourth star, and so bigger picture is to finish those six, or it'll probably be seven by the time I'm done with my six, but Berlin's next for me.

Speaker 6: 1:00:38

For me, ironically. I mean, I really look at this as the next milestone is tomorrow. The run that I make tomorrow is is just as big as every other one I've done, but in terms of of like the next big threshold I have, the run that I make tomorrow is just as big as every other one I've done, but in terms of like the next big threshold I have not necessarily purely from a streak, but over the course of the streak will be my 300th race, so I'll hit that sometime later this year. I don't have it exactly measured out yet, but it'll be a race this year, Monica how about you?

Speaker 1: 1:01:06

I hit 1,300 days on Tuesday. I mean I don't know, I've I don't really have, um, a big milestone that comes to mind in the future. I've got a handful of races coming up, I got another dopey wine and dine, some things that I've got. Uh, more than anything, I'm shooting for some speed goals this year, so I don't know if that counts as a milestone, but I want to qualify for Boston, so that's my big goal this year.

Speaker 3: 1:01:36

I would call that a really big milestone. Yeah.

Speaker 1: 1:01:40

Yeah, I've got 100. I have 100 on my bucket list Last year or this February this one that just passed I had been training for the Donna 110. And I had some family things pop up at literally the last second and had to pull myself from the 110 part of it and that was soul crushing because I put in so much work. Oh, that was soul crushing because I put in so much work. So I'm kind of a little gun shy to sign up for another 100 because I did the full training cycle and had to pull like a week before the race. So I don't know, that's on the horizon at some point. But as far as like number wise milestones, I don't have anything coming up.

Speaker 4: 1:02:32

Well, chris, monica, todd, great stories, great advice, whether folks are running in streaks or just trying to get their training done really pretty admirable. There comes a point where motivation fades and dedication takes over, and I'd say you're well into the dedication phase. But it's great. It's great having you with us, glad you could spend some time and look forward to seeing you at an upcoming race, probably at Walt Disney World. Thank you so much. Thank you, thanks guys.

Speaker 4: 1:03:05

Just after we finished talking with our friends, monica sent me a note and she says hey, thanks guys. Just after we finished talking with our friends, monica sent me a note and she says hey, look, when I came upstairs, my husband asked me did you get your 5K done today? Which reminded her of something that's really important for the streak and I think it's important for all of us too who are training for a run Disney event, and that is having a supporting partner or a friend who's interested in what you're doing is absolutely invaluable. There've been plenty of days, monica says, when her husband has all but shoved her out the door to make sure she gets that run in. She really wished she had mentioned it while she was with us, but I promised her we'd bring it up. It's important, friends. It's important, I know, for the training too. When you get to these long training runs, if you're doing the marathon, if you're doing Dopey, you're going to need support from your family and it's very important, very helpful. So I'm glad Monica mentioned that and I'm glad our friends joined us. Probably they're listening to this as they're continuing their streak on a run sometime this morning. And while I'm thinking about Monica you know Monica's the brains behind the 101 Dalmatians run at the 5K at Walt Disney World Marathon weekend.

Speaker 4: 1:04:32

A little update the information, both the sheet that you can use to grab your pup name and we don't care if they're repeats or not, just if you want to use that, add your name to that list and information on how to order the shirts from our friends at Kauai and Pizza Apparel are at the top of the Facebook group in the featured section. Right now they're on the very left side of the featured section, so you do not need to scroll to the right very far. You do not need to scroll to the right very far. Last count we had about 150 people who had signed the sheet. I've got a feeling there are more than that who plan to be there. I'm excited. I can't wait to see this happen. I wonder how we're going to get. We may need to use a drone to get a photo of all of us together.

Speaker 3: 1:05:27

I just hope that there's enough fire hydrants on the course.

Speaker 5: 1:05:33

That's too cute, I love it.

Speaker 4: 1:05:36

A reminder you do not have to buy the shirt from KPA to participate, but, as I've said several times, once you look at it for the price that Alec has it at, which is $30 plus $30 plus shipping, it's a good deal. Now, if you grab another shirt from Alec at her regular prices, you can use our code RISEANDRUN all one word. If your total gets over $50, including the puppy shirt, then you use the code FREESHIP50, 5-0, all one word you get free shipping. Alex got Dalmatian skirts too, so you may want to look at that. This is going to be fun, and I know we played an intro at the beginning of the episode, but I got another intro that we want to sneak in here.

Speaker 2: 1:06:32

Hi, this is Judy from Tarpon Springs, Florida. Sneak in here. Hi, this is Judy from Tarpon Springs, Florida. You're listening to the Rise and Run podcast. The store is now open. Happy running.

Speaker 3: 1:06:44

Thank you so much for that, judy. Yes, so we're really excited to announce that the shop is back open. So if you're interested in purchasing any of the items that we have, all you have to do is head to riseandrunpodcastcom and then on the navigation bar towards the top of the page, it's labeled there in black. You just go all the way to the right and click on shop and it will show you all the items that we currently have in stock. So this is a culmination of our original shirts that we did two years ago, and then we do have a very limited quantity of the what we're calling the 2023 2024 race season shirts, you know. So that's like the unique colors with the rise and run logo and like an emblem on the back. So that's what we have in there currently, but if you call in the next 10 minutes not kidding, uh, what we do have I know we talked about that ever since uh, we had britney on uh a couple of weeks ago our visors and hats are on order. They should be here soon. So once we have those and, uh, we have those quantified that will get added onto the shop as well. And then the last thing that and we're feverishly trying to finish this up so that we can have everything ready to go for the race season. We're going to do the 2024-2025 race season shirts. So again, rise and run logo in unique colors on a unique shirt as well, too.

Speaker 3: 1:08:20

Uh. So again, we're hoping and actually and we actually do have one more item as well, too. I know a lot of people have talked about wanting a non-running shirt to be able to wear, so we are going to have a cotton shirt available, yeah, so this shirt is actually going to feature that amazing clock design that our friend devin over at fitfab dopey and one of the co-owners of zippity teas, created for us when she designed our logo rebrand all those years ago. So we're finally able to get that out onto merch. We're really excited about that, so we appreciate everyone being patient with us while we've done this merchandise transition. We're excited to have the shop back open and we can't wait to have it stocked with more goodies for uh, for you all to take a look at yeah, we'll do when the two new sets of shirts are available.

Speaker 4: 1:09:14

We have designs. We'll do pre-orders on those.

Speaker 3: 1:09:16

Absolutely.

Speaker 4: 1:09:17

Yeah, so look for that. Hopefully, look for that in the in the upcoming weeks. A reminder Look, we're six weeks out from Disneyland. Golly, I can't believe it. Six weeks from now, I will be at Disneyland. What so exciting.

Speaker 4: 1:09:35

It is. It's crazy. We've been talking about it. Now here it's almost here Our traditional meetup time Saturday 3 pm at Downtown Disney. Is that the right nomenclature, kids? Okay, I got it right. I almost called it Disney Springs At Downtown Disney, almost called it Disney Springs at downtown Disney. There is a link on our Facebook group among future activities, future meetings. I'll, if it's not featured and I think it is if it's not featured, I'll get it featured there, so it's easy for you to find. If you're new to all this and those of you on the West coast may not have been to one of our meetups before they're wonderful, they're fun. There's no charge to come to this. Whether we have some cookies there or not, I will tell you, Becky and I are not baking cookies and flying them across the country, but we may have something there. I think we've got to volunteer. I don't want to say anything because I don't want to put words in anybody's mouth or commit anyone at this point.

Speaker 5: 1:10:36

Yeah, you do, Bob Come on.

Speaker 4: 1:10:38

I would not do that.

Speaker 4: 1:10:40

All right, jack said she'd bring cookies, no wait a minute, but I'll be so excited to see you all there. These always work out great. We schedule them for 3, 3 pm. Becky and I usually get there a little early to establish a beachhead, as I call it, and folks just start showing up early and they stay late. I mean, folks are there. If we start at 3, folks will be there till 4.30, maybe even 5 o'clock. So we announced an official 3 pm start time and a 3.30 time for our group photo. So if you're planning to be there, try to be there at 3.30 so you can be there for the photo. Hey Bob, I actually just pulled it up.

Speaker 3: 1:11:31

Yes, it is listed in the events section. Yes, it is listed in the event section and one of the first posts on there is actually a map of the Disneyland Esplanade, of where the meetup is going to take place. So if you're staring at Disneyland and looking at the train station and the ticket booths, the picnic area where you guys are going to have it is on your left-hand side. So essentially you want to go all the way to the left, right before it's like the entrance to where you pick up the tram for the parking garages. So that is where the picnic area is. But again, we do have a map with all highlighted in the event page for this particular meetup.

Speaker 4: 1:12:16

Yeah, I appreciate you looking that up, greg. The only trepidation I have is I'm the guy that put the X there and I have no idea where. That is None whatsoever, but I've heard from my friends that it's about right. I had it wrong the first time I put it up, but that wrong one was only up for a day or two before it got correct. This one's been up for a little while. I'm excited. I know there are a good number of folks out on the West Coast who don't get a chance to get to Florida Friends of ours we haven't had a chance to see, or maybe we've only seen once or twice. So I'm excited about that.

Speaker 3: 1:12:48

And speaking of various race meetups, I just wanted to put a quick announcement out there.

Speaker 3: 1:12:55

I know there's not a ton of people this year because of, actually, disneyland Halloween, but the same weekend is also the Bird in Hand Half Marathon and we are going to be doing some unofficial meetups for that during both the 5K day and in pre and post the Half Marathon. So what I'll be doing is I'm going to be creating a google form with some information and interest and I'll be sure to post that in the bird in hand community chat that we have. So if you are planning on running that race or you're looking for a race, you know, in early september, and if you're looking for a good one this is an amazing one I just encourage you to fill out that we're just trying to get a head count, because we do go off site for one of the events and I just need to talk to a restaurant about, you know, head counts and everything like that. So just keep your eyes peeled for a Google form in that community chat in the coming week or so.

Speaker 4: 1:13:54

Yeah, another great race weekend. If you're in that part of the country, or if you can get to it, highly recommended You're going to enjoy it. Upcoming episodes we will have them. We're not sure exactly what's going on next week, but by golly we'll do something. Jeff Galloway is going to be with us in an upcoming episode I do not know which one. Right now he's busy with his retreat out in Tahoe. And if you're listening, Jeff, I know you haven't agreed to it yet, but you've never turned us down, so I know that when you can, you'll be here. So Jeff will be here within the next couple of weeks. I feel pretty confident. Okay, my friends, it's time for the Race Report. The Race Report brought to you by our friend Tom Stokes at stokedmetabolictrainingstokesfit slash. Riseandruncoaching is the website that's also pinned to our featured section. Tom has a special deal on his one-on-one training for members of the Rise and Run family. You can get to it through that link. Meanwhile, we're well into the Stoked Summer Challenge. I think we're all doing it. How's it going, gang?

Speaker 5: 1:15:14

It doesn't feel any different than what I'm doing right now.

Speaker 4: 1:15:19

You and Lexi are both one on one clients right.

Speaker 7: 1:15:21

We are.

Speaker 4: 1:15:23

Even though you're taking part in the challenge. I'm just a challenge guy. I've appreciated it. I'm even going to use the word enjoyed it. I don't know that I'm really enjoying it when I'm moving those heavy metal objects from the position they're in to another position to put them right back where they started. But I really feel I'm feeling the benefits of it and I just I feel good. I feel good, I feel healthy and for the first time in a long time, I don't feel injured. I'm excited about that and I'm hoping I'm hoping that this kind of training will help me keep it that way.

Speaker 7: 1:16:09

So I'm I'm not going to lie Bob. I'm ahead of you on the leaderboard.

Speaker 4: 1:16:15

Oh, I haven't even beaten you, Bob. Yeah, that's all good, that's great. Yeah, again, candidly, I'm not tracking my. I am tracking the food that I eat, but I'm probably not tracking it very accurately. But, I am doing well with the with the weights.

Speaker 7: 1:16:37

I'm excited about that I will say for me I don't know about for you guys. It is so hard to get enough protein oh yeah.

Speaker 4: 1:16:48

Yeah, it would be, but I'm getting more than I used to get exactly, exactly, exactly.

Speaker 7: 1:16:53

I hit my highest grams of protein yesterday.

Speaker 4: 1:16:58

So I'm getting a kick out of it, I'm enjoying it and I appreciate Tom for for doing this I really do and for helping out, the offering it to the whole community and helping everybody out. That's great. I hope some of you are, some of your friends are thinking about when this is over, hooking up with that one-on-one coaching with Tom. I think it's worthwhile. Let's take a look at the races, one that I really want to talk about, with last week being a prerecorded episode, we couldn't.

Speaker 4: 1:17:27

Our friend and, for many of us, our coach, chris Twiggs, completed his 17th Hard Rock 100 event in Silverton, colorado. I stand in complete awe of this. Took Chris just, I think just under 47 hours this time. If you get a chance, if you are in customized training and you didn't make the call when Chris talked about Hard Rock, go back and listen to the recording of that, at least for the morning call. I'm sure he did it again in the evening and Chris will tell you about some of the things, some of the struggles he had and some of the successes he had. But he did. He knocked it out for the 17th time. That's fantastic.

Speaker 3: 1:18:22

I mean the part that not specific to Chris. But again, congratulations, coach, you are a role model, rock star all rolled up into one. But I was so glad that when we had him on, he mentioned about like those live streams, and I remember watching the one. I think it was like one of like the first aid stations that they had to stop and there was a really tall descent and then like a really steep downhill and I remember watching it when, according to wal Walter, who won the, was first female. You know she has done such amazing things, not only at Hard Rock but, jack, as you know, just in the ultra community.

Speaker 3: 1:19:07

Oh, throughout the world, yeah, In general, yeah, but it was amazing to see a very human moment out of her in that race during that live stream because as she was going down she fell. I want to say three times in the span of like two minutes oh, so I mean it really just goes to show how this course can can really humble you.

Speaker 3: 1:19:32

so that was just so cool to see and again you know, just being able to see those picturesque views and the and the elevation that they have to deal with and stuff like that, it just I have such great respect for anyone who who attempts this so way to go. Coach.

Speaker 4: 1:19:46

Yeah, so congratulations again. If you get a chance, if you're in customized, please go to. If, go to. If nothing else, go to the Facebook group, find the link and take a look at that. Of course, chris has his own podcast, hard Talk. I'm sure he's going to describe and talk about his events and he appeared on 321GO recently to talk about hard rock, so worth listening to. Okay, friends, now, as I said at the top, since last week's episode was recorded, we want to acknowledge and recognize all of our friends who ran during that week, but we missed them on the race report. So here we go. Let's start.

Speaker 4: 1:20:25

On Friday, the 11th of July, in Salem, massachusetts, rachel and Ken ran the Miles Over the Moon four-mile race on Rachel's 50th birthday. Belated happy birthday. Rachel. Moved to Saturday, the BTN Big Ten Network Big 10k in Chicago. Kelly was there, glad she planned for this to be a catered training run because it was hot. Kelly's husband was aiming for a POT, which he did manage to get, and then they met up with some friends who were visiting from out of town after the race. That's always nice. Dan was there. Dan's run this one many times. The 10K started under a yellow flag because of the heat and the 5K that followed actually was under a red flag. Dan says he went out way too fast for the conditions and settled back into 60-30 intervals and finished Even though the lead runner in the wave made a wrong turn and most people followed him. They got back on the course pretty quickly. I hate when that happens, dan, but I'm glad you made up for it.

Speaker 4: 1:21:30

Across the pond in England, newcastle upon Tyne, the Ultra North 25K I think they're gearing up for the Great Northern Run there in Newcastle. Andy. Andy ran this one. Still can't decide if he loved it or hated it. He made a great long report but I really don't have time to go over it this week. But since this was the longest distance yet for Andy, it's a PB. Of course you can check out Andy's YouTube roller coaster of running for more details.

Speaker 4: 1:22:06

In Pittsburgh, pennsylvania, the Annie's Run by the Pittsburgh Rogue Runners Jackie did this. This is a unique event because for six hours you can tackle any distance you want on a one and a quarter mile loop. Then every hour they switch directions. I hope they don't run into one another. The best part of each loop is partaking in the official tallying with a sharpie on a poster board and then they have a wonderful aid station with a grill. Gotta love that. Jackie highly recommends Annie's run.

Speaker 4: 1:22:40

Lori's in Canton, ohio, last week for the Women's 6K Championship. We're going to hear more from Lori about all of her runs this weekend, but not this weekend. Not only this, but next weekend Lori's going to be with us in the spotlight in just a few minutes. This was Lori's first race from last weekend Back on I think this would have been the Saturday. The 12th Took a minute off of last year's PR and we're going to ask her about this in the spotlight. She won the push-up contest Hmm, got to find out about that. The spotlight she won the push-up contest. Hmm, got to find out about that. Good job, lori.

Speaker 4: 1:23:18

Hey, fitz, our friend Fitz, was the announcer out there. I was listening to Fitz's podcast this morning on my run and she was talking about being in Canton, still in Pittsburgh. We were in Pittsburgh earlier, the first America's one-mile run. Now I'm not sure if this happened on Saturday or Sunday because going back a couple of weeks, I've got some dates mixed up, but I know that Andrew was there. He says this is the second crown in the Pittsburgh Triple Crown Series for the full 2024 year. 10 milers next. Chrissy was also there. 89 degrees at the start, yeah, a little warm, and Chrissy finished in just over eight minutes. That's a good run. So, whether it was Saturday or Sunday, andrew and Chrissy, the first America's Mile in Pittsburgh.

Speaker 4: 1:24:08

In Barling, arkansas, joe ran the Brett Morrison Memorial 8K. I'm remembering that race, joe. I know this is not the first time you've done it. There were six runners in the 75 plus year old age group. I think that's really impressive. So Joe says Johnny was his only amigo who managed to place and Johnny placed first. Way to go, johnny. Joe noted that one of his former English students was there. I've learned something I didn't know Joe was an English teacher.

Speaker 4: 1:24:43

Let's go to Texas, where it was hot, appropriately for the Texas 2 Hot 15K. In Bernie, texas. Joseph said it was brutal. Joseph, I believe you. They didn't have a turn marked off in this course, so the entire race went about a half mile into a dead end and to fix it they all had to climb a hill leading up to a lake dam trail. The entire course was constant hills in the heat. It was tough, but Joseph got it done. Way to go, joseph. In Houston, texas. Brandy was at the Popsicle Dash. Brandy left us kind of a combination intro slash race report. So let's listen to what Brandy had to say about this one.

Speaker 2: 1:25:31

Hi Rise and Run family. This is Brandy from Houston, texas, calling in an intro from the Popsicle Melt, I mean the Popsicle Dash, where the weather is perfect and it's not at all raining. No, just kidding. It's like 91% humidity and we've all melted. But we had a great time. Happy running.

Speaker 4: 1:25:47

Thanks, brandi. We're going to be sticking with the ice cream theme, the Ice Cream 5K at Al Lopez Park in Tampa. Tiffany was there. How did I miss an ice cream run in Tampa, tiffany, I don't know. Nice location. That park is very pleasant to run in. Soggy, because this is typical of areas Florida, central Florida it can rain three blocks from here and not be raining here. The Al Lopez Park was soggy because they got a lot of rain with thunderstorms. Nonetheless, it was nice. Tiffany enjoyed running with her friend Alyssa, who's visiting from California.

Speaker 4: 1:26:26

The ironically named Cool Summer Mornings 5K Series race number two in Claremont, florida. This is S-O-M-M-E-R, not S-U-M-M-E-R, and it's not cool. Mary Jo was there. The theme was the 1940s. I remember this race series from last year. They have a bunch of great themes. Mary Jo took it easy. I don't blame her. Walked the majority of it with a friend who surprised her by coming in to do the race. That's neat, awesome metal, good DJ, great after party. Another place not known for cool weather the Arizona Sunrise Series race number five in Foothills Park. I'm not sure what city Foothills Park is in, but Molly was there. 5k, I believe. First two miles went great. Then the heat started to get to her, had to slow way down for mile number three. Still a great morning. Good for you, molly.

Speaker 4: 1:27:20

In Choctaw, mississippi, the res run, lauren no PR, but she did win her age group and 50 bucks along with it. That's pretty cool. Fun race despite the heat and the hills. He cool, fun race despite the heat and the hills. There was an eight-hour dream endurance race and relay in Indianapolis. Jen got involved. Congratulations, jen. You are now officially an ultra marathoner, having completed 50 kilometers. That's a PR, beautiful course but really challenging conditions. Again, the heat's tough. Uh, jen says was in the 90s in indy, didn't start till 10 am, so yeah, it's already getting pretty warm. Uh, fourth place age group finish. That's great. Jen plus her daughter, ella, ran the 5k and finished first in her age group. Way to go, ella.

Speaker 4: 1:28:15

In lisbon, ma Sean ran the Moxie 5K. Humidity's high, the hills were no joke. Didn't drink any Moxie, but there was plenty to go around. Solid run, sean. Way to go. I don't know. I've seen those ads. Especially you posted a photo, sean. I've seen those ads, but I don't know that I've ever had Moxie myself at a photo shop. I've seen those ads, but I don't know that I've ever had Moxie myself For the first time.

Speaker 4: 1:28:42

We've had plenty of runs in the UK, most all of them in England. This is the first I can remember a run in Wales. This is a park run. Andy ran it with his son, evan, at the park run in Cardiff. It was the fastest time of the year for Andrew but and the reason I wanted to highlight this one a personal best by three and a half minutes for Andrew's 11-year-old son, evan, who knocked this thing out in under 25 minutes. Way to go, evan. This bell's for you. Let's move on to Sunday. Let's move on to Sunday, and I believe that I'm sure this one is in Eisenhower Park in New York.

Speaker 4: 1:29:19

The Watermelon 5K. Regina has been recovering from an injury. Took it kind of slow as the healing continues. That's the way to do it, regina. Nice easy course with some shade and some sun, no hills, all right, that's helpful. Watermelon cookies and bagels at the finish.

Speaker 4: 1:29:37

Go to Utica, new York for the Boilermaker 15K Bunch of folks there. Megan was there, Lauren and Christopher says this is different from a Disney race. Still a lot of fun. Great on course support and community involvement. Also free Utica Club beer at the end. Now I have had Utica, had Utica Club, uc, but it's been a long time. Haley was there. Great race every year. Sun made this one hot, especially for upstate New Yorkers. Haley just missed her PR by about 20 seconds but considering the heat and you do have to consider the heat she's pretty happy with that.

Speaker 4: 1:30:13

Steve ran, ran this one virtually Back with Lori. We said we'd hear a bunch from Lori this week and this is her second race of the past weekend, the Akron Trail Marathon 10K Not bad for a trail race. Finished in under an hour. 25 again and this is a theme and it will be for a while. Temps were 80 degrees by 730 in the morning. You just have to slow down. My friends, back to London or back to the UK, this time to London. Jackie and Aaron were at the London 10K. Jackie says it's a thrill to run through London and pass so many great sights, great entertainment, nice crowd support throughout the race and they lucked into perfect weather. Ran with her husband Fred and her daughter Heather, and we mentioned Erin also ran that one.

Speaker 4: 1:31:04

Finishing up Sunday in Easton, massachusetts, avery ran the Narragansett Summer Running Festival 10K. Summer Running Festival 10K. And let's finish catching up on last week in New York, the New York State Parks Summer Run Series. On Monday this was the Robert Moses Beach Mile on Long Island. Megan's been doing most this series. She did this one a beach mile trudged through a mile of sand. Definitely going to do it barefoot next year. Now enjoy the piña colada and watching the sunset with friends afterwards. She's already looking forward to next year's. I can imagine why. So that catches us up from last week. Friends, friends.

Speaker 4: 1:31:52

Now let's move into this week's report. I'm going to do something just a little different, just a little bit out of order. Normally I would wait until the race report spotlight race showed up, but let's use the spotlight this week to break up these two weeks. Besides that, our friend who's with us, she's been running like crazy. She was busy both weeks. I already told you Lori did two runs last weekend and she did a big one this past weekend. So she did two weeks ago, a big one this week. Lori, thanks for joining us on the Race Report Spotlight. Thanks for having me, bob. It's great to have you here, my friend. I'm surprised I haven't had you here before, but it's about daggum time, isn't it Glad?

Speaker 9: 1:32:41

to be here.

Speaker 4: 1:32:42

That's good. Well, listen, Lori, I just finished talking about the races from two weeks ago and you had two back then. Will you tell us a little bit about those?

Speaker 9: 1:32:54

The Saturday before last weekend I did the Women's 6K. It's the. They have this, the track and field championships for the elite women in Canton, ohio, and then after they start they have the regular runners and it's an all-female event and then they like start like five minutes after the elites already take off, and so it's it's. It's it's a women's only event. It's so encouraging for women of all levels. We have, you know, as you know, the event the elites is, people walk, so they're encouraging just activity and they get women involved. You get a lot of friends that show up and they have like a festival after the event and they like have vendors come out and they have like a farmer's market afterwards too. You know local produce and crafts.

Speaker 4: 1:33:58

And it's just a fun event. So 6k, that's kind of an unusual distance. Was this the first time you ran a 6k race?

Speaker 9: 1:34:05

no, I've run it all four years it's been in existence.

Speaker 4: 1:34:08

I was warming the pr bell up there.

Speaker 9: 1:34:10

Yeah, well, I did pr by a minute this year.

Speaker 4: 1:34:13

Oh, there you go, there you go. Let me see, I can't remember. We probably already rang the PR bill for that one. I can't recall. Plus, a mutual friend was the race announcer.

Speaker 9: 1:34:28

Yes, fitz Kohler was there. She greeted every single runner that came across the line, and she didn't run you across it, she at least high-fived you.

Speaker 4: 1:34:40

Yeah, that's pretty cool. I have yet to make it to a Fitzcola race. I'm going to resolve that issue next February. I'm looking forward to it. Yeah, I was listening to her podcast, the Fitness Show. She was talking about being at the Canton event. Then you did another one on Sunday.

Speaker 9: 1:34:59

Yes, it was the Akron Trail Marathon which I ran the 10K. It was kind of like a catered last run, trail run before a big race I've got coming up this next Saturday. So it's partially like a towpath that's along the Erie canal and it's, uh, crushed Leibniz, and then it takes you up into technical trail for about two miles, turns around and comes back, so it's like a hybrid race okay, all right, very good.

Speaker 4: 1:35:30

So you were busy last week. Now I'm again. I got to put this in perspective. You were busy two weeks ago, but last weekend you kind of were sloughing off a little bit. You only did one run this last weekend. Just a half marathon yeah, just a half. The Pan Am Masters in Cleveland yes, tell us about that one.

Speaker 9: 1:35:56

It was an event that I had been looking at for a couple of years. They announced it a few years ago that was coming, coming to Cleveland. It's an event that only happens every four years, like the Olympics oh, really, yes, and they change venues to different countries every four years. So I finally, finally uh, beginning of this year, finally signed up for it and was hoping for the best. And they have. I wrote some stuff down here.

Speaker 9: 1:36:22

Uh, the 60 countries came to the games wow and it has like all types of events um they had like badminton, bowling, pickleball, um they had a triathlon softball, baseball, track events, disc golf, just like you would at the Olympics like Pan Am Games just with people that are a little bit older that's really cool.

Speaker 4: 1:36:47

You just reminded me of something, laurie at one of these races this weekend didn't you win a non-running contest?

Speaker 9: 1:36:56

oh yes, at the 6K I won the push-up contest. Push-up contest how?

Speaker 4: 1:37:03

cool is that was this app it's got to be after the race that was after the race, fits, she called up hey, anybody work out?

Speaker 9: 1:37:12

and I do lift weights, and she knew it. But she, she called like three of us up on stage that she thought would be pretty good. And then she goes, oh, they're coming up here without even knowing what they're going to do. And so then she announced that we were going to do the pushups and I was like, oh, this'll be all right, but the other two, the other two ladies that were in the contest with me, they looked like they were a little stronger than I was, but one girl, she faded out at 10, and the other one faded out at 20. And then Fitz is like, okay, let's see how you're going. And actually I just stopped at 30. I knew I could have done more, but I was like, okay, I just ran a PR for 6K, I'm not doing any more.

Speaker 4: 1:37:55

And you got to run the next day Exactly. Yeah, well, that's pretty cool. Well, look, I got out of order there. That's right Back to the Pan Am games. How'd the race go for you?

Speaker 9: 1:38:06

It was a little bit challenging for me. I, once I got to the start line, looking around I was a little worried. These runners, they were diehard, look like they were, like you know, more elite runners. And I'm like, okay, well, I'm just going to go out and do what I can. And I started out and I was doing fine, and then people kept passing me and passing me and probably about halfway through I had lost what I thought was the back of the pack. I was trying to stay with the back of the pack.

Speaker 4: 1:38:44

You couldn't.

Speaker 9: 1:38:46

I couldn't stay with them. I had a moment where I was like, what am I doing out here? These people are a lot faster than I am. What was I thinking? It's okay. But then, you know, it was like medical people came by on a bicycles and they're like hey, are you okay? And I was like why am I last? And they're like no, you still got another pack behind you there you go and I was like are you kidding me? I'm like, that's all I needed that's right so I got, I've got the.

Speaker 9: 1:39:19

I got the confidence back. I'm like you know what. I'm as good as everybody else out here. I might be slower but too bad and I just started putting the miles away and I started reeling in the what I thought was the back of the pack and I ended up. I passed three runners in the last couple miles yeah and I was just like.

Speaker 9: 1:39:39

when I crossed the finish line, I saw that I had run my fastest half for the year, and so I was like you know what? That was good. There was no medal with this race, because it was basically like the Olympics in the Pan Am Games the top three in each age group got a medal. So there was actually five in my age group and I came in fifth. Oh, but I was like you know what?

Speaker 4: 1:40:07

That's a tough crowd, lori. That's a tough crowd, and you know what.

Speaker 9: 1:40:10

I was like I ended up passing some people at the end, so that really boosted my confidence and I was just not used to being in a race that small to begin with. There's only 70 half marathoners. There's 38 men and 32 women. So based on those numbers, I'm like okay, I didn't come in too bad. I think I was like 26 out of the women, so I was like that wasn't too bad, it's not.

Speaker 4: 1:40:42

It's not against a field like that, and I know you've really been doing very well lately, so that's impressive. We're proud of you. Well, thank you Absolutely. Hey, Lori, what's up next? You alluded to a big race coming up, I think this weekend right.

Speaker 9: 1:40:57

Right Saturday I have what's called the Burning River. It's up in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park here in Ohio and it's a 100-miler or a 50-miler or the marathon. So I'm running the marathon, okay.

Speaker 4: 1:41:11

Okay, all right.

Speaker 9: 1:41:14

It's a technical trail out there too.

Speaker 4: 1:41:17

You have to say just the marathon.

Speaker 9: 1:41:18

Just the marathon, just the marathon. Running just the marathon.

Speaker 4: 1:41:24

Well, awesome, hey, have you done a bunch of trail running?

Speaker 9: 1:41:27

I've actually the last couple of years, started getting into trail running pretty good. I've done several 50Ks, oh great 50 trail races. Yeah, done a couple of the marathons, uh, several 10ks. I'm living here in ohio. We have a lot of like we're like in the um appalachian mountain area so we have a lot of hills and trails that we've. We I think we take a lot of pride in our, our northeast Ohio area that we do have. We can really brag about our trail system yeah, that's nice.

Speaker 4: 1:42:02

That's great to have something like that to to train on and to race in. I think that's terrific. When do we see you at Disney again, laurie?

Speaker 9: 1:42:11

well for races. I have nothing signed up now Just because of my knee replacement. I'm getting in September.

Speaker 4: 1:42:18

Oh yeah.

Speaker 9: 1:42:19

Yeah.

Speaker 4: 1:42:20

We'll talk more about that amongst ourselves later on, so I haven't signed up for anything.

Speaker 4: 1:42:26

Yeah, no, that's smart, that's smart, but please let me know how you're doing and we can root each other on. Well, good luck with that, of course, lori, thank you for taking the time to join us. Congratulations on all your recent successes, especially that pushup contest. Yeah, way to go, that's great, and it's been a pleasure talking with you, and I and I I know I'm going to see you again on a race course before you know it sure hope so.

Speaker 4: 1:43:01

Thanks for having me on, bob alright, good talking with Laurie, glad to have her on now. Let's continue. Let's look at this week's races and we'll start on Thursday. We'll start in England the Durham City Run Festival 10K. Our friend, andy ran this one. Andy did this just a little bit after running a 25K that we talked about a few moments ago.

Speaker 4: 1:43:25

Durham's an interesting city in England. It's a 13th century city founded on the top of a hill back in the days when castles and towns were founded on the top of a hill because they were easier to defend against invaders. Great for defense in the 13th and 14th century, not so great when the 10k ends at the top of that same hill. There was an evening race on a warm evening in england, but despite all of this, andy finished just a bit over an hour, even sprinting across the finish line to encourage a friend that he ran with. And he's got a YouTube channel Roller Coaster of Running. I believe that's right. I'm close Like Roller Coaster, and Running are in the title. If you want to know more about that race, you can see it there.

Speaker 7: 1:44:12

We also had Berna's Great Leg 5k in lowell, massachusetts, which, fun fact, is the second oldest women's only race in the country, which I think is really cool. Um, what's the first oldest?

Speaker 4: 1:44:30

anybody know no I didn't look it up, I did not, Anyway.

Speaker 7: 1:44:36

We had Sophie, Audrey and their mom run this race and, in addition to the overall winners and the age group winners, they give out mid-pack awards.

Speaker 4: 1:44:48

Yeah.

Speaker 7: 1:44:50

Which I've never heard of that before.

Speaker 4: 1:44:52

No, it's the first I've heard of this.

Speaker 7: 1:44:53

Yeah, so the challenge for them was to be the closest finisher to 43 minutes. So they thought that they had gotten it because they ran 43 30 and 43 32, but then someone ran a 42 59 yeah, that's pretty close, which is pretty close to 43. Yeah, but the day was salvaged by winning a basket of spa goodies in a raffle Aww. That sounds like a fun race yeah.

Speaker 4: 1:45:26

Yeah, let's go to Friday.

Speaker 5: 1:45:29

Alright, so for Friday there was the Frontrunners Pride 5K in Newcastle, England. Megan ran this event. It was an evening race and she got to run it with a group of friends with obviously getting amazing photos. This 5K kicks off Pride weekend in the UK. It was a hot but a lovely scenic route full of good people and good energy. Lovely scenic route full of good people and good energy. There wasn't a medal this year, but they did enjoy the event and loved seeing everyone in costumes in orlando, florida.

Speaker 3: 1:46:04

Actually one of alicia's clients, our buddy jimmy, ran the sensi, groovy 5k. Jimmy goes to say that he's not quite ready for the run Disney season, but I'm really proud to hear this, jimmy. He got a PR in his 5k by 4 seconds yeah, I'm not sure what Jimmy's talking about.

Speaker 4: 1:46:25

He's not ready for the, but he PRs. Come on, jimmy.

Speaker 3: 1:46:28

Yeah exactly no medal at this race, but he did get a ribbon off as his name tag also on yeah, also on Friday in Fairfield, Connecticut, the Fairfield Sunset 5K.

Speaker 4: 1:46:40

Nancy was there. This race was delayed twice by storms that turned the course pretty much into a lake. She showed some pictures. It was a mess. It was eventually shortened because of this to 2.7 miles, making this Nancy's first 2.7-mile event and the PR.

Speaker 7: 1:47:01

Now moving to Saturday. We had the Ladybug 5K for CDH Awareness at Cook Park, oregon. Melissa H ran this race. It was a super personal race for her today supporting CDH, which was the condition that took her nephew from them. It felt great to bring the whole family out to the West Coast to support her sister, her family and all the others impacted by this condition. Not a chance for PR, but a great day with family.

Speaker 5: 1:47:31

All right. In Des Moines there was the Summer Sizzler 10K. Matthew ran this event. He said it was a very cold and rainy event for the Summer Sizzler. But guess what, you guys, he finished his first 10K All right. Also, he says dopey, here, I, here I come.

Speaker 3: 1:47:56

yes, you do in chicago, illinois, our friend laura ran. It looks like this is a series, a brewery run 5k series, and this particular race took place at a tap room called the perch in chicago. So way to go, laura in mon, monaco, wisconsin.

Speaker 4: 1:48:15

The Run with Cops 5K. Jenny says it was a tough race. For sure it was hot, but she completed it.

Speaker 7: 1:48:22

Next up we have the Rose 5K as part of the Napa to Sonoma race weekend. I know, jack, you'd be, in for that one. Kate C ran this race and she said the course was beautiful and fun and she saw horses.

Speaker 4: 1:48:40

That's a beautiful part of the country. I imagine it is a nice race, oh goodness, yes, all right.

Speaker 5: 1:48:45

So Brenna ran the inaugural DC Crit. If you don't know what a crit is, it is typically cycling races. Crit is short for criterium, typically half to one mile course, sometimes more run on time. So this was a six lap, a 5K, about half a mile per lap. All right, you guys and Brenna. Guess what she PR'd? She ran a 28 minute and 30 second PR.

Speaker 3: 1:49:15

Now, just by the luck of the draw, it looks like I have all the beer-themed runs this week.

Speaker 4: 1:49:21

You picked them, come on.

Speaker 3: 1:49:24

In Newport, rhode Island, we had the Newport beer run and Christina ran that.

Speaker 4: 1:49:30

Another summer sizzler. Summer sizzler 10K, this one in Colorado Springs. Kristen, just 15 days after moving to Colorado Springs she PR'd this 10K. She's getting ready for Disneyland in September.

Speaker 7: 1:49:47

And moving on to Sunday, we have the Green Bay Packers 5K. We had Jenna and her son, hudson, run that race. It was a first 5K for Hudson, so you know what that means. Pr it said it was cool to finish and they liked running through Lambeau. And also Hollywood ran that race and he's not sure if he lost his shirt or not.

Speaker 5: 1:50:18

Are we taking bets? Is that a thing?

Speaker 3: 1:50:19

probably it was probably packers fans around. He probably did. He probably wanted to keep it classy and professional, uh. But actually also, speaking of this race weekend, also want to give a shout out to hollywood's daughter, natalie. Uh, the day before she ran, they do like a one mile kids race and I know for the second year in a row. She ran that. So way to go, Natalie.

Speaker 5: 1:50:40

Julia ran the Presque Isle Half Marathon in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Speaker 3: 1:50:47

Moving to Monday. I think this is part of that series that we've been talking about for the last couple of weeks, the New York State Parks Summer Run Series Megan participating in this one again, and this time they ran a 5K at the Hempstead Lake Park.

Speaker 4: 1:51:05

And while we don't always talk virtuals, I noticed a bunch of people were doing their Disney World virtual. Kay ran hers at Disney World in costume. Of course, let's see Kylie ran them. Megan looked like she was doing hers at Disney World in costume. Of course, let's see Kylie ran them. Megan looked like she was doing hers at Port Orleans. Leslie finished all three of them, frank finished the Mickey Bar run, melissa made a video for her second run. That was pretty cool. And Mandy finished her virtual.

Speaker 3: 1:51:34

I will say this is probably the first year in the time that Run Disney has done these themed race off of Disney snacks or even, let's say, like park attractions or modes of transportation.

Speaker 2: 1:52:08

So again I thought this was a really good test bed for them.

Speaker 3: 1:52:11

Let's see to bring it to the actual race weekends now.

Speaker 4: 1:52:14

Yeah, cool Sounds good, greg. Well, there we have it, the race report for episode 148 of the Rise and Run podcast Friends. And if you run, you know you are our friends. This is a Zoom week, so instructions login instructions are on the Facebook page, pinned to the featured section. You can find them there. We do hope to see you. We really really enjoy meeting new friends and seeing old, familiar faces at these Zoom events on Thursday nights. I know I genuinely look forward to them. We're getting there, my friends. The Run Disney season is closing in for us. I'm starting to get excited.

Speaker 4: 1:53:02

If you're out there training, I know it's hot. It's going to be hot for a while. Keep it up. You can do it. Slow down, hydrate, do what you have to do. You're going to feel so good when the temps start to cool off. It's just going to. I think it's going to feel so much better for you. But you've got to get this. You've got to get them in, got to get them in now. Good luck with that and until we see you again, happy running again, happy running.

Speaker 3: 1:53:43

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