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169: Where We're Going, We Don't Need Roads: Jack's Daytona 100 Ultra
Ready to lace up for a run like no other? Join us in this thrilling episode of the Rise and Run Podcast as we journey through the magical and challenging world of running at Walt Disney World, and beyond. Meet Kay, a fresh Floridian navigating the unique terrains of the Sunshine State, and celebrate with us as Jack shares her triumphant 100-mile race experience, complete with a fun twist inspired by "101 Dalmatians." Get ready to absorb the wisdom of balancing marathon training with life’s surprises, from family emergencies to demanding work schedules, all while keeping your sight set on the monumental Dopey Challenge.
We dive headfirst into the grueling prep for ultra-marathon events, exploring the delicate balance between running and cross-training, and the power of visualizing the finish line. Jack's reflective tale of her 100-mile race emphasizes the importance of a supportive crew in pushing physical and mental limits, while nurturing a sense of community and camaraderie. Hear about the unexpected joy of a surprise visit from friends and how themed T-shirts and camaraderie with fellow runners like George can provide the motivation to keep going through rain, wind, and exhaustion.
As we recount the emotional highs and lows of ultra-running, we delve into everything from strategic nutrition and battling blisters to the hypnotic effect of a crewmate's flashing light vest around mile 86. The tough miles become a testament to mental resilience and the strength found in companionship. Whether you're enduring a storm that feels straight out of "Monsters University" or pushing through the dark night with the help of a friend's motivational words, this episode captures the spirit of perseverance and the unforgettable bonds forged on the running trail. Don't forget to connect with us on social media and join our Patreon community to become part of our inspiring running family!
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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 3:Hey guys and runners. This is Kay, your newest Floridian. I am out here discovering the cities of Florida as I attempt my simulation weekend run. By the way, floridians, you're welcome for the beautiful weather that I brought with me this week. For all of us that are out here training for big races these miles are getting higher I can only say embrace the suck and don't put on you. So that is it. Happy running everyone. And, by the way, bob, I found all of the inclines in Florida, so I'm not sure how you define hills or inclines, but they exist here. Okay, happy running guys. Bye.
Speaker 4:That's our Kay. Thank you, our Florida resident Kay, who left us that introduction a few weeks ago, but it still fits in perfectly as friends are getting ready for some dopey simulations. Kay, I'm glad you found the Florida Hills. Hello, my friends, welcome to episode 169 of the Rise and Run podcast. Happy holidays, we're glad you're here to share them with us. I'm Bob, and this week I'm here with John.
Speaker 5:Hey how you doing.
Speaker 4:With Greg. Hey, hey, hey With Jack.
Speaker 6:Hiya.
Speaker 4:With Alicia Hello and with With Alicia Hello and with Lexi.
Speaker 2:Hello.
Speaker 4:Jack, I'm impressed that you were waking up to answer. We're going to spend tonight, we're going to spend some time talking with our friend Jack as she tells us about finishing her first 100-mile race event. We're proud of you, jack. That's amazing. 100 mile race event. We're proud of you, jack. That's amazing. We are all and you have to stay awake for it. Though, jack, I was. I was saying a minute ago before we started airing that uh, oh, jack, yeah, I imagine I don't imagine anything. I can't imagine what it's like to do a hundred miles, so I'm looking forward to talking about it.
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Speaker 1:You know something I just thought of. You know it's been a couple of weeks since Family Feud. We didn't start that, only yams in hollywood level that tom wanted to join uh, so badly. So we'll definitely, uh, we'll definitely need to get on that we should start that in austria there we go.
Speaker 6:Yeah, we should start that in austria absolutely very good because of the my first ever daytona to 100 and I I know I've mentioned this a while back I kind of have the challenge of the Cruella Jadope. I did record parts of my race and, luckily, adam and Jen and Stephanie and Kay they also have some videos. So I'm going to compile that all together and I'm going to give you guys a race video with a little recap at the end. Um, that won't be this week. Um, because I'm so tired I don't think I can get through all the videos, but I'm gonna go ahead and put it out next week. Um, it'll be really exciting and then I'll tie it all back in once the dopey challenge has been completed hopefully knock on wood, I hope you heard that.
Speaker 6:That is not. That is I know. I don't know if this is wood it didn't sound like wood.
Speaker 4:It didn't sound like wood jack, it sounds like from micah it's from micah it's from ikea.
Speaker 6:It's probably not definitely not wood oh god. Well, I'll find some, you'll hear it some knock on press shavings yes, wait, paper is made of wood of some sort. There we go. This papyrus is from the, the, the epcot ball right, I can't think anyways. Anyways, I'm gonna do a dopey video to kind of um encapsulate the whole challenge all together. And, yeah, there'll be some fun videos for YouTube, for Rise and Run.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, I'm looking forward to it. Remember when Jack learned her ABCs?
Speaker 2:Thank the.
Speaker 1:Phoenicians.
Speaker 4:I'm looking forward to the YouTube, jack, and now that we've had a couple minutes to chat here, I'm really looking forward to tonight's conversation too.
Speaker 2:Real quick, Jack. Can you explain to our listeners what Cruella de Dope means, Because some of them might not know.
Speaker 6:Yeah. So Cruella de Dope was a challenge. That was like you know I'll do that. That sounds fun. So running a 100 mile race and trying to add an extra mile to it as much as I could, um, and to make it you know 101 Dalmatians, which is another reason why I'm so excited to wear the Dalmatian costume for the dopey challenge, for the 5k, um, because that kind of ties in. I did the Cruella part, now let's get to the dopey part. Okay, don't be the 48.6 mile challenge. Um, it should be fun. I I cannot walk straight still, like when I mean straight, like my body cannot stand up straight yet fully. So I'm just hoping that I I'm sure I'll be standing up straight by then save it for the podcast jack yeah, sorry, okay, yep and done the rising run podcast is sponsored by our friends, save it for the podcast.
Speaker 1:Jack, yeah, sorry, okay, yep and done. The Rise and Run podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Magic Bound Travel and speaking of Magic Bound Travel, I'm insanely jealous of our friend Maggie, because she just got off of a three-night preview cruise on the Disney Treasure and by the look of every single Instagram video that I have seen and Facebook post and YouTube video of not just Magic Pound but other various Disney sources, if you are a Disney Parks fan, you're going to love this ship, and I haven't even been on it yet. But I mean, you've got a Haunted Mansion bar. You have a Jungle Cruise bar. 20,000 leagues under the sea, a whole experience, a Moana show. It looks absolutely amazing. I desperately want to get on it.
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Speaker 4:In the apologies and alibis section. This is not really either. This is kind of an explanation thing. I hope our friends know by now that our buddy Tom Stokes of the Tutu guys was on Wheel of Fortune and we had a special episode that released this weekend. If you haven't listened to it, it's a lot of fun, I think you'll enjoy it. But we make references to things that we take for granted and sometimes we forget. You don't know who we're talking to or what we're talking about. Tom and his friend Adam are well-known at Disney races. They're both big, strong, bodybuilding guys who run the races in tutus and call themselves the tutu guys. So that's why we were talking with Tom, asking if he was wearing a tutu on the set of the Wheel of Fortune.
Speaker 1:But now, and for an actual apology, this one is my fault. This one stems back a couple of weeks. Actually, I think this goes back to the Family Feud episode during the race report. That was the week where we had all of the turkey trots and unfortunately I missed one. So I just want to take the time to recognize Michelle. She ran the Erie Runners Club 10K Turkey Trot in Erie, pennsylvania, pennsylvania, and I'm very, very happy to report that Michelle got a PR after chasing it for two years. So way to be persistent, way to keep up with it, and congratulations, michelle. And again our apologies for missing that a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't get a chance to mention since I wasn't on last week's episode. So here is your make good.
Speaker 4:Well, good job Michelle, good job Greg. I can, as sometimes keeper of the race report, I can understand missing them, by golly. I love our friends who who submit them, but sometimes you can miss things. Well, let's look. Let's take a look at training, as we typically do. We know what's coming up. It's almost here. As we typically do, we know what's coming up. It's almost here.
Speaker 4:Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend from day of release. Now we are three weeks away from the 5k, so we're less than three weeks away from being together. If you're doing the whole race weekend at the expo on Wednesday, it'll be three weeks from yesterday. We are in training week number 25. And for many of you, this is the big one. We've talked about it before. We'll talk about it again in just a little bit. This is the big one, the one that we refer to as the dopey simulation. If you're taking it right off of the Jeff Galloway schedule that's in the Run Disney pages and that's a perfectly good way to do it what you have is your 45-minute training run on Thursday, then five miles on Friday, 12 on Saturday and 26 on Sunday. Friday, 12 on Saturday and 26 on Sunday. Jeff would encourage you to walk as much of the 5 and the 12 as you can and then do your run-walk strategy for the 26. We'll get back to that in a moment. Let's take a look, let's continue.
Speaker 4:Disneyland Half half marathon weekend now it's six weeks away. We're in training week 12. There, your long training run is 11 miles. Princess is a mere nine weeks away. We're in training week nine. For Princess, we're back and forth long and short. Long and short. You're back to a three mile. For Princess, it's a. Uh, we're back and forth long and short. Long and short. You're back to a three mile. Or for Princess right now. Important to note for Princess if you are arriving on Expo Day, your advance dining reservation day is next Sunday, the 22nd of December. Now you can back yourself up or forward based on arrival, but if you're arriving on Expo Day, december 22 is the beginning of your advanced dining reservation window.
Speaker 1:So you'll probably be a couple of miles into your marathon, sim, so just take a short break open up the my Disney Experience app app and get everything that you want let's practice for those uh virtual cues there you go again, if you?
Speaker 4:if you don't know what john and greg are talking about, you you'll learn soon enough. But uh, folks during race weekend will, at the appropriate time on the race course, open their phones to get into virtual queues. Yeah, got to do it. One more thing Disneyland Halloween. No, no, I'm sorry. Springtime Surprise, springtime Surprise. No training for Disneyland Halloween. Yet It'll come up soon enough. It is Springtime. Surprise is 15 weeks away. We're in training week three. It's a three-mile long run. All right, friends, let's talk training updates and how your training is going as we're approaching this big weekend.
Speaker 7:Yeah, bob, so I actually completed my last long run of this training cycle. I mean, we have shorter runs coming up, but the last really long run. I did my 23 miles today and I was originally going to do it on Thursday but today was a little bit warmer so I actually got to go outside instead of doing it all on the treadmill. Today I did 16 and a half outside and then all of a sudden my watch decided it was going to die, so I came inside, charged it for a little bit and then did six and a half on the treadmill to finish, and I was really excited to go outside and get to experience that again, cause I've been doing pretty much all my long runs for the last month or so on the treadmill. Um, and it was. It was really nice.
Speaker 4:Oh yeah, oh yeah, I understand.
Speaker 7:Yeah, it was really nice to be out. I mean it was chilly, um, but it was nice to be outside, um, and I actually overall it went really well. But I just want to let Jack know this when I was struggling a little bit, I thought if Jack can run a hundred miles, I can do 23 miles. So, I told myself that a few times. Um, overall it was good. My hips were bugging me a little bit, so I'm going to do some strength training over the next couple weeks and should be good to go.
Speaker 4:Congratulations, thanks. It's an accomplishment. We started, as I mentioned. We're in week what 25 of the training. So if you think and that's just an arbitrary start line Most of us were doing something before that anyway. But we're well over six months into working on this and we're not done. But we've reached a culminating point and a lot of our friends are going to reach it this weekend. So anything I think we can share here might help out Anybody else. Have a big one this weekend.
Speaker 1:I had a quasi-, one, uh, this past weekend. Uh, coach, had 26 on the schedule for me, um, and, as I explained to the coach, twigs on this morning's a customized training call um. Life really lifed this weekend, uh, for me, and I had a whole slew of things from holiday plans, times getting shifted to thinking that my daughter was coming down with something. But now I'm actually gonna knock on wood now, jack um, that sounds like wood.
Speaker 6:This is actually wood.
Speaker 1:But, thankfully that wasn't the case, but then also dealing with some unfortunate medical stuff with my mother-in-law right now, so things really got shifted. So I decided to be preemptive with everything, and instead of doing it on the weekend, I started to do it on Friday afternoon, and I was fairly confident that I could get a bulk of the miles done. And so I started out, and I was slowly realizing that I wasn't probably gonna get the full 26. But I had a goal in my head. You know, because you know, regardless of you know who your coach is or what philosophy you prescribe to the main goal in my head, though, what philosophy you prescribe to. The main goal in my head, though, was if I could get to 20 miles, I'll be a really happy camper. So I did something very similar to Alicia. I started outside, then got my daughter off the bus, and then, unfortunately, a work emergency came up, so I had to deal with that. So that threw off timing of everything like that, and then I made my way to the gym to finish on the treadmill, and then I got to play. That remember that workout that I told you guys about a couple of weeks ago about beat the clock to see if you can get all the miles done before the gym closes. Yeah, this time I lost, so I ended up at 17 and a half as opposed to getting to the 20 that I wanted to, and I want to thank my host here for helping me talk through whether I should go out in the below freezing temperatures at nine o'clock at night to finish it. But thankfully I got the blessing from coach that, because of doing the Philly Marathon a couple of weeks ago, right In theory, the haze in the barn, the fact seven you know, the fact seven miles isn't going to, you know, be detrimental in terms of my training marathon weekend.
Speaker 1:This last simulation is a blessing and a curse, because there are some who you know the holidays can be a stressful time for people and to be able to go out and run or walk helps get your mind off of that. So you know, there it's well placed at other times, because we do have a lot of responsibilities. You know, regardless of whatever holiday you celebrate, you have a lot of stuff to do and then trying to sneak in a full simulation during the midst of all that can be difficult. So my advice to you all is do your absolute best to get all the mileage in again, regardless of pace, because it's all about the time on your feet. You're getting the same endurance benefit whether you're walking the whole thing or run walking and whatnot. But just know that, yes, life can get in the way. We can make adjustments. Just do your absolute best to try to get as much of it as possible, because it's going to make a real difference when it comes to the actual races come January in a few weeks.
Speaker 4:Well, Greg, I did that, you did.
Speaker 4:I did my absolute best to get as much in as possible. I using customized training from Coach Twiggs. I had three, six, 13, and 26. 36, 13, and 26. What's that? Believe me? Uh, uh, three tenths of a? No, four tenths. Let's see 48.6 tenths of a mile less than a full on dopey. And I did them. And I did them in a way that we talked about many times, that we talked about with Jeff when he was with us last week. Three, six, 13. I walked, I walked at a pretty good clip on those. I walked at a, I would just say, a sub balloon lady clip on the three, six and 13. I have a new toy. I have a treadmill in the house now.
Speaker 4:Weather was nice, but what it let me do is get up at five or so and get started on the treadmill. Doesn't get light here till 645. So it let me get going before. Yeah, it let me get going while it was dark outside, before the sun came up. Then I finished up outside. The first three went pretty well.
Speaker 4:The 26th look, friends, I don't know any way to put this, except this is not easy. We've said it from the very beginning that dopey is hard and that dopey training is the hard part of dopey. If you knock this one out, when you knock this one out and then you get down to Florida or over to Florida for the weekend, it's a celebration. It's still hard, it's still a challenge Mentally. Here's and this is number five for me. So that means five dopey Sims and five dopies. The thing that's really tough is that when you're finishing up your half marathon on Saturday, or whenever you did it, you realize you've done less than half the total miles. At that point your 3.6 and 13 is less than half of your total mileage for the weekend. And every year I find myself asking mentally am I going to be able to do this twice tomorrow? And while I'm doing it, while I'm in the middle of the 13, my answer to myself is I don't think I can, but I can, I can, I've done it. If you don't push hard, if you walk, you're going to recover that much faster too. So I actually got up Sunday morning feeling okay. Now the 26 was still tough.
Speaker 4:I put part of it on the treadmill. It was a good way to break things up mentally too. I did like seven on the treadmill, 14 on the road, then five or four, then four more on the treadmill, then one more on the road. Uh, then five and or four, then four more on the treadmill, then one more on the road. I wanted to finish on the road because I like and here's another tip, I think I like visualizing the finish and I visualize that much better on the road than I do, than I would on a treadmill, I could pretend. But I finish up in my neighborhood and about, oh, a quarter or a third of a mile from my house, there's a turn and I can visualize the turn that we make before we go into the finish area at Epcot and that choir is there. And if you haven't raced at Disney, is the choir at the 5K gang? I don't think there's a choir at the 5K, or do they have one at every race?
Speaker 1:I think they have it at every race. Now, I think they have it at every race. Yeah.
Speaker 7:For a marathon. They do I think it's a different school.
Speaker 5:Each race too now.
Speaker 4:It's a wonderful thing, a little history. When I first started doing Disney runs, the choir would only be there at the long race, whether it was the half or the full, the choir was there for that. And then when we came back from COVID, choir wasn't there at all. And boy oh boy did I miss them. And boy oh boy, the first time when they were there. That was great. It was so good to see them.
Speaker 4:But emotionally that's a big deal to me and I actually get choked up a little bit when I think about it. When I'm finishing that simulation, I think about a choir will be there and I have a little ritual. Jeff Galloway stands to the right side before you get to the finish line. Always talk with Jeff, the race announcers. By then they're still there and I love stopping by and chatting with them for just a minute. And then we finish gang, and then we're done and then we celebrate all of these hard weeks of training. So look, if you got it coming up, stick with it. It's hard. There were times I'm going to be honest there were times during my 26 where I thought I'm just going to quit. Nobody's going to know if I quit. I'm just going to quit. Nobody's going to know if I quit, I'm just going to quit. But I couldn't do it. I couldn't do it, I couldn't quit, and then come back here and say, yeah, you really need to do this, so you can do it.
Speaker 5:This is not a training update or anything. Alicia. You brought something up that your watch died, right? Alicia? You brought something up that your watch died, right. I've noticed, and I think, that my charging cables on my Garmin have been going bad lately because my watch wasn't charging. I know I put it on, put it on overnight. I wake up it's not charged. Went to got my old cable from my old Garmin, put it in. Now it charges. The other cable doesn't charge. So something that you might want to think about for marathon weekend, especially if you're doing the marathon, is to grab another charging cable and bring it with you because you really don't want to go out, and especially this is your first marathon. Go out there and about mile 15, your watch is dead, and then you got to go do the whole marathon over again, because if it's not on Strava it's not real.
Speaker 4:Well said, john, you beat me to it. Good point If it's not on Strava, it doesn't count, right? All right, good stuff. Well, friends, look, we got a big weekend coming up in three weeks. But if you think 48.6 in four days is big, and it is our friend, jack did 100 miles in just a little over a day and we are going to spend some time talking with her about it. Jack, jack, welcome to the Rise and Run. No, that's not right.
Speaker 6:Well, thank you for letting me be here.
Speaker 1:First time long time.
Speaker 4:Hey, jack, listen, I want to wind you up and let you go here, but let's start. We've talked about this a little bit, but can you start by no?
Speaker 6:before I ask you to summarize your training, let me ask you why you entered this hundred mile event that was honestly the question I was trying to figure out for a lot of, at least from the halfway point of the race to the end is why I signed up for something like this, or why would anybody sign up for something? Like this, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4:That's what it hits you.
Speaker 6:Yeah, and I think more or less I always tell myself I sign up for races because I think it's going to be the most fun. Do I research a whole lot? No, but that's part of the fun. When you get here you're just like all right, what am I going to do? Oh, so much to say on that, anyways. But yeah, I think when I signed up I told myself well, actually, have you guys ever seen the movie Eddie the Eagle?
Speaker 4:Eddie the Eagle.
Speaker 6:He's like a ski jumper. Ski jumper, yes, I did I did see it.
Speaker 4:Yes, from Britain.
Speaker 6:Yeah, it has, like Taron Egerton, and Hugh, the guy from Wolverine what's his name, hugh?
Speaker 5:Hugh Jackman.
Speaker 6:Hugh Jackman. Thank you. Well, that character is like you know what? I want to be an Olympian. All I want to do is be an Olympian. And so he couldn't get into skiing. So he did ski jumping. And he was trying to learn it so fast that when he got to the area where he could train, he's like all right, I'm going to star in this little hill. And so for me that's like the 50K. Let's look like oh, that sounds good, I did that. Let's go on to the next one.
Speaker 4:The gateway drug, the 50K.
Speaker 6:And then he gets on to the next one and to me the next one is like a 50 miler. I'm like, oh, okay, that was hard Few tries. So I did obviously 50 miler twice. I like, okay, I think I'm ready for the next big one. And so I'm like 100k, yeah. And so of course, like during the movie, you see him get to like the I think the third highest, the, the third highest um jump that he could do and he goes to the olympics and he does that. Sorry for ruining the movie, for you I just realized I did that sorry no, you
Speaker 6:didn good. He jumps the jump and he lands it and he freaks out so happy and he had the opportunity to jump at the highest height possible. And to me, that's what this race was. Oh, I did the 100K. I could do anything. Let's just jump to the 100 miler. I don't need to repeat the 100K again. Let's go do it. What's another 38 miles? At that point, and I think if you feel like at the end of the race that you're like you know what I did, I'm really proud of myself. I feel like I do have some more mileage in me. I wonder what else I could do. That's what it felt like after each race ultra distance that I had already completed. So by the time I got to the 100 miler, I'm like you know at this point, what's another 38,? Let's just try and go for it, see how far I can really go.
Speaker 6:Um, go the distance, you know, as Hercules would say and um, I can officially say I don't think I have anything left in me at the end of that race. I think I went the distance and I think that is potentially the furthest I will ever go intentionally, but yeah.
Speaker 4:Regardless, it's amazing. All right, let's talk briefly about your training. We've talked about it on a couple other episodes, but kind of give us a summary of what kind of training goes in to running a hundred mile. Or you don't practice by, you don't run a hundred miles to practice.
Speaker 6:Um, I'm very glad that I started right off the bat with I mean, I was already at a good place where um, from what was already at a good place, where, from what was it? Springtime Surprise I did the 10 miler. I felt really good, so I was already in the double digits. So I took some time and I worked with Tom Stokes from March all the way up through sometime in October. All the way up through sometime in October, and in the beginning especially, I was doing like four, potentially maybe five workouts a week with him, in addition to like the two or three runs.
Speaker 6:And then, as the runs got longer, there was less that I could really try and do in terms of getting that cross training in, because if you're training for something, regardless of like a 5k, 10k, half full, any ultra distance, the miles are going to be what's going to get you there, because it's your time on your feet and the cross training is great because it's going to help you with the endurance, it's going to help you with the strength, but the most important thing is getting your time on your feet and so I had to put more focus, once the training for the running got heavier, onto the running portion.
Speaker 6:It got really hard to balance both, because I really wanted to stay as consistent as possible with Tom and we were talking and he was telling me he's like you know, you're the one that has like the hardest schedule out of all the bike clients and he's's like I don't know how you're doing it.
Speaker 6:That's a schedule that people would do if, like, they had all the time in the world. I was like I'm trying, and then it was slowly and surely started dissipating a little bit with doing some of the um cross training because I really the the miles just got so so long to focus on. But I mean I I'm really proud of myself for what I was able to accomplish. Do I think I could always do more? Absolutely, but as you guys are currently doing, if you're listening to this during your simulations this coming weekend, just know, once it comes to race time, you did everything you could you put in the miles and you're doing it right now and that is going to be a huge celebration. Seeing that finish line is like the cherry on top of the cake. I I didn't think it was real, to be honest, when I crossed it at first.
Speaker 1:All right, Jack, one of my favorite things from following you the entire weekend outside of your finish line video, which we'll talk about in a little bit the the, the first thing that brought an absolute massive smile to my face was the surprise that you got on friday night with a with a cern, with a cernN van. Oh God, can you tell us about that?
Speaker 6:I've never been so shocked and happy and gleeful all in the same moment. It was one of the most beautiful surprises and that was a huge thanks to Stephanie, who, by the way, ran the 50K for Daytona and it was her first ever ultra, so um pr bell for that well, we have.
Speaker 4:We have several people we're going to talk about later on jack we got several folks who did that yeah good, good, um, but um, yeah.
Speaker 6:So, adam and um stephanie, they had made what. What was the vandalorian?
Speaker 3:I could not believe it. That was one of the coolest things yeah oh god.
Speaker 6:And like at night, when you're all feeling miserable because you're already at a really high mileage and then you just see the vandalorian drive by and you're like, ah, take me to the future. But um, to see the um. Oh, I can't even think of the words right now because my brain is so like I'm mush. But, um, what's the thing in the delorean?
Speaker 1:flux capacitor thank you.
Speaker 6:So it was really funny. Part of the flux capacitor, part of the flux capacitor at the end of the um night went out and one of the runners came by. He's like I think one of your flux capacitors went out.
Speaker 6:I was like oh no but um it was an absolutely huge hit and stephanie made me and um, who was crewing me, these amazing T-shirts. The back of my shirt said Jack to the Future and his was Crew to the Future, I believe, and it was so freaking cool. I plan on bringing that with me to Dopey weekend and wearing it.
Speaker 4:Yes, please.
Speaker 6:That was such a wonderful surprise and Jen was there and it was so beautiful to see. That was such a wonderful surprise and Jen was there and it was. It was so beautiful to see them the night before the race.
Speaker 4:Let's see, Jack, we ready to start. What time did the race start?
Speaker 6:Yeah, it started at five 30. So there's two waves. I had the five 30 AM wave and then the second wave happened at six 30 AMm okay, so you were in the 5 30 wave weather.
Speaker 4:Pretty good at this point um, yeah, yeah it was not bad at the beginning it was, it was great um.
Speaker 6:I know where we're going with the weather, but um, I think it might have been like 64 degrees at the start. It had rained that evening or last night when we were sleeping, so the roads were wet and a little slick, so I was paying more attention to the ground, because my shoes I don't think they were as grippy on the bottom as I was hoping they would be. I will say, before the race started, though, I was having issues with my hip. Before the race started, though, I was having issues with my hip. I, uh, since wednesday, um, prior, my left hip was I don't know what I did to it. No, I might have known what I did to it. I took a, uh, oh god, I took a massage gun to my left hip and I was like I to go hard and this will heal so fast.
Speaker 4:And I did that on that Monday.
Speaker 6:And so when I was doing it it hit the bone a few times pretty hard, like you know, like you're doing it and you think it's supposed to feel. It hurts, so good you know. And it just happened to bounce the wrong way on the bone and it did that like two or three times and then I was like, like I, should probably stop.
Speaker 6:So that was an issue in the right even before the beginning of the race. So I already had issues at the beginning of the race. Luckily, adam had a lot of things to help me with those issues and, yeah, they did go away after like 15 miles, 16 miles, but other issues arose.
Speaker 4:We want to hear about it. Jack Quick note Adam is our friend that you hear us talk about quite a bit. Adam just finished his own 100 miler two weeks ago in South Africa.
Speaker 6:Yeah, a few weeks ago. So it was amazing that he was able to crew me. He was fantastic.
Speaker 4:Oh, adam's a great guy. Yeah, how many people ran this one? Jack the 100 miler.
Speaker 6:So I was trying to do the math, because it looks like there is 203 that signed up, but I think less than 200, maybe like 190, 186 or so started.
Speaker 4:A lot of people don't show up at the start. Yeah, all right, so you're 5.30 in the morning. Everything's great, except get that little problem with your hip, which is probably playing with your mind somewhat.
Speaker 6:Yeah, you know what also played with my mind the day before. I was so excited to share about this race and I know I've been sharing about it for so long that the day before I ended up having some kind of a mindset issue and be like, oh my God, what if I don't finish? Everybody's going to find out. And I was at Chipotle trying to eat lunch the day before and I almost um brought that lunch back up. Um, because my nerves had gotten so bad.
Speaker 4:Wow. But, yeah, there's no apologizing to not finishing a 100-mile run, my goodness. We talk about when you tow the line on a long-distance run. You're not guaranteed a finish. But really we were confident in you, jack, and we were pretty optimistic. But that's easy for us to do because we're not out there running 100 miles so look, I'm gonna let you, I'm gonna let you wind up and get started and talk us through the race, please yeah, um.
Speaker 6:so a few reasons why I picked this race specifically was I knew there was a good potential to have maybe somebody be able to crew me, because it's not too far away from where most people travel and, considering it's also a flat course, I was like, oh, this is going to be a sweet 100 miler.
Speaker 2:Easiest one, I'll ever do.
Speaker 6:Oh God, I mean it was amazing. I had Adam crew me and he I will say this before I go into the race details itself. Crewing is so much harder than I think people realize. There is a lot you have to focus on, a lot you're taking care of a lot of. You're also awake for that entire span as well. I'm just. That was a huge honor and like pleasure and excitement just to have a really good friend of mine be able to be there for me in that way, and I hope that I can replicate that someday.
Speaker 4:I think. I think it's, I think it's hard if you're going to be good at it, and I'm sure Adam was really good at it.
Speaker 6:Oh, he was fantastic. He's like I want to be like Chad when he crewed me for South Africa, because that was something else that was so good. I just hoped that I could be like that and I said I'm sure you are. You already sound like it. I'm stoked man.
Speaker 5:I saw the videos out there of him with everybody even not just you other people out there rubbing ointment on people, doing everything out there. You know, he was like a champ out there.
Speaker 6:Oh God, yeah, he was so fantastic and when I was having so many issues he would like me and him were very communicative throughout the entire race about he would be, he would ask me or try and call me and be like, hey, what do you need before you get to the next station? I'll have it prepped, what's going on, what's the issues, and so on, and so we would have, hopefully, problems solved by the time I got to that A station. But, honestly, luckily, like from the beginning of the race, I mean, yeah, I had hip issues and I'm going to also be real, I don't know when the back issues became a thing, because it became a thing like the day prior, I think, and that was an issue. But luckily, he had some kind of like I don't remember what it was like some kind of ointment to kind of put, and biofreeze. Biofreeze was a huge thing. Disney has that, you guys, so please use it if you are hurting.
Speaker 6:They do. Yeah, they sure do. It's magic, but yeah, so anyways the first 16 miles. I wish I could have enjoyed the Christmas lights more.
Speaker 4:It was still dark, right.
Speaker 6:It was dark out, it was really nice to look around, but because the roads to me felt a little slick and my shoes were just a little bit not as gripping as I thought they would be, I was looking down more often than I was looking up, yeah, which I mean if you can always keep your peripherals out. But it was funny, though, because when we started, all the local people that own like the shops were out, and they were. Some of them were going for their runs or potentially opening up the shop, and this one guy he runs up to me and I'm like you know I don't think he's part of this race and he started talking to me. He's like you know what's going on.
Speaker 4:Oh really.
Speaker 6:Yeah, and I was just like, oh, there's just a race going on. Oh, that's cool. How long, 100 miles.
Speaker 5:Oh, I guess he wasn't going to bandit that race. And. I was just like, let me join in and get a medal out of this.
Speaker 6:I know he's like so where are you running to? And I was like, oh, daytona, he's like oh, that's nice.
Speaker 5:Yeah.
Speaker 6:And so he chatted with me for a hot second and then he went on his own way. But he was chatting because he's like yeah, I own a shop here. I like to run in the mornings. I started this shop like 30 years ago I mean not that you would ever know what it was like 30 years ago and I'm like I didn't try and correct him at all, I was just like.
Speaker 6:I was like you're too kind, you tell me your story, but he was really fun to talk to. I only chatted with him for like two minutes before he kind of went off on his own speed, but I he kind of went off on his own speed, but I oh also I want to preface this by saying this was my first, very like my own personal race where I've actually used the galloway method yeah, that's interesting.
Speaker 6:I I heard you say that earlier yeah, because the only other time I ever used it was when I paced for the 10 miler. But I I like technically I have to use that.
Speaker 2:You know what I mean whereas this was my first choice to ever use it.
Speaker 6:And, um, for anybody who hasn't used the galloway method, it is a run, walk, run method and it is purely now I can officially say this a godsend. I would not have gone through that race if it wasn't for the pacing that I did. I did a 60-30, so 60 second run, a 30 second walk for the first 51 miles.
Speaker 4:And what kind of minute per mile pace did that give you?
Speaker 6:I don't know what the aid stations made it look like, but I know from my watch. Whenever I would see the mileage come up, I say for the first 51 miles. I think every time I looked at the mileage at least for my watch it would tell me oh, you're anywhere between a 1230 to, like a 1330.
Speaker 4:Yeah, that's what I was going to guess, jack. Yeah, 6030, giving you about 12, 12 and a half yeah.
Speaker 2:When I checked your tracking, that's what I saw. It was about 12 and a half to 1245.
Speaker 6:Yeah, I was pretty proud of that because it meant that I was, if I didn't stay too long at the A stations, I would hit my 24 hour goal of a race and it was. It was realistic up until the halfway point because but actually I'll get to that later- Okay, yes, please.
Speaker 5:This race is all on streets, not closed down correct no.
Speaker 6:You had to be like streets and sidewalks and whatnot, so you had to be very cognizant of the cars around you, because they don't know there is a race going on.
Speaker 4:Oh, right, of course.
Speaker 6:And a lot of people don't either. I mean, they'll see the bib and some of them might recognize and be like, oh, good luck, good luck, good job, good job. But they may not know what it really truly entailed, other than they see someone wearing a bib. But honestly, the first bit, I mean it was beautiful. I couldn't have asked for a better 51 miles. I felt like everything was going good. I don't mean to skim by it so fast, but, like it was, the Galloway method was working great At the beginning. I started right off the bat. After the 60 seconds happened and I hear my beep, I started walking and then I would see all these people continually run and they weren't stopping. They were, they were not walking. I didn't see maybe a single person besides maybe Dean and Jamie that were using the Galloway method. They might have been using fart lick, I don't know, um, but I just was astounded. I'm like you guys are going to continually run now and then okay.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I hear you.
Speaker 5:And.
Speaker 6:I mean, I cannot lie, because I used to be like that for ultras too. But for this I was like you know what? It's my first time using it. Let's see how it works. Maybe I'll see them at some point. I did.
Speaker 4:Yeah, you got, there, you go, I caught up.
Speaker 6:Um and uh. Anyways, yeah, it was. It was a very beautiful morning. It was 64 degrees, I want to say it got to maybe 74 or so degrees during the day, I don't actually remember. Um, but it was hot, uh, but it was great. But it was great.
Speaker 6:I was so excited to run through St Augustine because when we did the relay last year I didn't get to run through it, so I didn't get to really experience it and look around, and that was around the 50k mark, so about 30 ish miles. Oh, I wish I had my map on me, but I was so excited I was like I'm gonna cross the Lionsgate bridge. Oh, it's gonna be so pretty and I like and I knew that was the one part that I could have gotten lost at if I didn't see a runner in front of me. But yeah, I was very excited, um, to see the bridge. And I met up with some runners and they kind of directed me like oh yeah, you go this way. I've done this race numerous times. Let me me show you. And it was really nice. By the time I got there, the bridge was up and I was like oh, no how long is that going to be up for?
Speaker 6:Because there was a boat trying to cross. But luckily, by the time I actually got physically on the bridge, from when I saw that the bridge was up, it was already down by a time oh, that's good across it, so I was like this is really, really cool.
Speaker 6:I will say the time of day that we got there, though, it was so incredibly crowded with people for the holidays and wanting to get lunch and just all these like things. I'm like it was hard to navigate around people because, again, they don't know that you're running the race and a lot of the times people just kind of stop in front of you or looking around, or you know what I mean.
Speaker 4:Yeah, hey, jack, speaking of lunch, how were you doing for nutrition at this point?
Speaker 6:Oh my God, me and Adam were doing so great. I didn't even really use any of the aid station food, except I think once during the entire race we stuck to the plan. The plan was to use my goo chews for every 45 minutes to an hour, my salt stick fast chews every 15 to 30 minutes. We decided, once the sun came up, for the most part Gatorade on one side, for a half liter of Gatorade on one side of my hydration vest, and then body armor water on the left side of my hydration vest and we I had used roasted potatoes before during the race.
Speaker 2:And what?
Speaker 6:you do is dip them in salt, and it acts as another relief of electrolytes.
Speaker 4:Right right.
Speaker 6:I liked that so much more because, one, it meant I was getting food in. Two, I was getting electrolytes in. And some people will take those pills those salt pills I don't know what they're exactly called. I did that during my first 50 miler in Bryce Canyon and then threw it back up, so I knew I was never going to do that ever again. So I'm glad that we found an alternative to make something work. But if you eat starting off the bat, oh my God, it gets you. So far I did not have stomach issues.
Speaker 6:It was fantastic. It was like the first time in forever.
Speaker 5:Your halfway point. So were you on target? I know you had a goal for this race. Were you on target? I know you had a goal for this race.
Speaker 6:Were you on target at your halfway point I was. Once I crossed this one big bridge. Adam and I kind of looked at each other because I was starting to form blisters on my toes and he says we're on the cusp of that 24-hour mark. If we sit down and do this, you may or may not be able to get that 24 hours. And I said I have blisters. This might be the best choice right now to go ahead and get those fixed.
Speaker 6:So we spent 10 minutes at an aid station to wrap up the toes and, um, once I left the aid station for the mile 50 or 51, 50 or 51 that's, we both said unfortunately it's no longer a goal, um. But I mean I had plans a, b, c and d which was good. So we're like, okay, well, let's try for 26 or 27, because I'm way under that time and I was so looking forward to the nighttime portion of the running because it was really hot out. I, I, you guys, I did the uniboob thing. I told you guys about where you put ice down.
Speaker 6:Yes, oh my God, it was a heaven scent Like my core was all cooled down and everything Um. But yeah, the uniboob was great.
Speaker 4:You told us about it. You didn't call it the Uniboob before.
Speaker 6:Oh sorry, I figured out what you were talking about yeah, the ice, yes. But yeah, it was going solid. I was looking forward to the nighttime because it meant cooler temperatures and I knew this is where I would be able to pick up the speed.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 6:But then, oh, yes, but then what now?
Speaker 2:The laugh tells me that something else ensued.
Speaker 4:Oh yeah.
Speaker 6:Yeah, oh, I also want to say this I so meant to make that story longer for Instagram. I did not mean to end it on mile 52, which you will understand in just a few moments why I never finished the story, but I had every intention to show you guys the entire race, and I also want to thank everybody who sent encouraging messages throughout the entire thing. I may not have been able to respond to a lot of them, but they for sure helped me get along the way, and you guys are freaking amazing. I love you all so much. Um, but, yeah, so 52, 51 and 52.
Speaker 6:I was like what is going on? I was just in a groove. I just did 51 miles. I'm like past halfway now, come on, this is nothing. At this point, you could do this. And then I was like, oh god, it's, I have 50 miles, like because my longest distance I ever ran was 62, and so I was like, oh, so, about 12 miles, I'm gonna hit the longest point I've ever ran. That's odd, and I think there is some kind of mental capacity surrounding the mileage that just took me down and that was a struggle for probably the next three or four miles. But then I met up with this guy. His name is George. He reminded me a lot of Tom. He was like a version of Tom. It's not even funny, except he wasn't wearing a tutu do you have a shirt on?
Speaker 4:do you have a shirt on Jay?
Speaker 6:you know what?
Speaker 6:I don't think he was for half the race because, I was yo-yoing with him a lot but he had his headphones in for a lot of the race so it looked like he just wanted to be left alone. So I was kind of surprised at one point that when I was starting to pass him again, he stuck with my pace for a second and then he took his headphones off and started talking to me. And I think it's just because he had been seeing me a lot and it was dark out and you just want a friend oh, yeah, yeah, absolutely it's like who wants to be a millionaire phone, a friend, help, help, help somebody out and um?
Speaker 6:he was just telling me his like journey as a um personal trainer, which is why I'm like saying he's like he's like.
Speaker 6:Tom, he had like muscles like no one else too. And I was like okay, hi, george, and he was telling me, you know, about all of his clients and how this is his first 100 miler. And he's like I just want to know that I can do it, because I've done all these other hard things and I have a 24 hour, um, another race coming up and I need to know that I could do these hard things. I was like that sounds really nice and at the time I wish I was a bit more communicative because it I was getting tired to the point where, like, talking felt exhausting and um, but it was nice to have somebody with me for like, even if it was only for like four or five miles, I don't even think it was five miles somebody with me for like, even if it was only for like four or five miles. I don't even think it was five miles, it might have just been four. But like we stuck with each other between A stations. He was telling, oh my God, I had to tell you this. Oh, I felt so bad.
Speaker 6:So it was his first like 100 miler. It might have been his honestly, maybe not his like first ultra, but like I don't know if he ever did a 50 miler before this, but his mom and I think his sibling was carrying him and bless their souls, their souls, um, he was. He was telling me he's like, yeah, it feels so great to have my family there, um, but they're not really sure what to do. And his mom told him around. I don't know what, what point that she said to him. You know, babe, I love you, no matter what happens. If you don't finish this race, I will still love you.
Speaker 6:And I was like yeah, you told him that this early on in the race he's still got 50 miles left. I was like I told him. I was like she said that. He's like yeah, she said that and we both had like a little bit of a laugh and I was like okay.
Speaker 4:That's a mom being a mom, jack, yeah um, but anyway.
Speaker 6:So once it started raining, we kind of went our own ways, because the nice thing about this race also that your crew can stop almost anywhere to meet you. And so once it started raining, like I was in the rain for maybe like a half a mile before adam um had drove up to me and well, he stopped in like a a good spot where he could come out of his car and hand me my what I thought was a rain jacket. Uh, because I had packed it thinking it was a rain jacket. And, um, I no longer think it's a rain jacket because I had packed it thinking it was a rain jacket and I no longer think it's a rain jacket.
Speaker 4:Because it was a tuna fish sandwich right.
Speaker 6:Right, what was it? Maybe it was a really cheap rain jacket, I'm not sure. Maybe it was a windbreaker, but I bought it from Amazon and I had brought it with me because it wasn't really supposed to rain and I was like there's no chance it's going to rain. If it does, it's going to be like maybe 30 minutes, based off of the way that the weather was, because the weather before the race was looking pretty solid to me. Yeah, it looked pretty good.
Speaker 6:Within 24, 48 hours, everything had changed and the rain just never stopped and the wind was so bad. So thankfully he was able to hand me my rain jacket on fort, like I'm just so upset because I had so many ways I was gonna try and get through the hardest miles that I was gonna use, use, because I was like, oh, I have my headphones, I can listen to music. I had Rise and Run episodes I was going to listen to. I had For your Amusement episodes I was going to listen to. I was going to listen to Disney piano music. I had some people on my call list that I was like, okay, these are the people I'm going to call. Greg tried calling me at one point. Apparently I answered, but my phone was glitching.
Speaker 1:You answered like immediately both times and I could hear you and I could hear another male voice and like I kept like yelling in my phone like Jack, jack, can you hear me? And there was nothing. So then I just like hung up, but at the time I didn't realize you were dealing with bad weather, though.
Speaker 6:Yeah, I don't think anybody did.
Speaker 4:I really don't think anybody did besides adam and um, the runners, people who were there, yeah, jack about. What time of night did the rain start?
Speaker 6:uh, adam said it started at like 9 45, so like maybe two hours after sundown it had been. Yeah, I've been dark for a little while and yeah yeah, yeah, and like at first it wasn't bad, I was like this is doable, it's not bad, but like I don't know how else to express this other than it was the worst running conditions I've ever experienced.
Speaker 6:There were times I felt like I was moving so fast. And then I look at my watch and I'm like, why am I not at the next mile moving so fast? And then I look at my watch and I'm like, why am I not at the next mile? And I know I said this during to the during the ctp call this morning. Um, the only best way that I can explain the experience and give you a visualization is if you watch monsters incorporated the monsters university, and you guys remember the scene at the beginning of the movie where there's snail is trying to get to class and he's trying to really go hard because he heard the bell ring. He's, like you know, moving his arms like no one's business. He looks like Lightning McQueen and then he's getting nowhere. And that's what I felt like is like because the wind was about. Dean had said it was a steady 25 mile per hour wind with rain for about nine hours.
Speaker 4:And it was mostly coming off the ocean. Is that correct?
Speaker 6:Yeah, it had to have. There was times it kind of blew me to the side and I had to try and run straight again and it was either going to blow me to the side or it was blowing at me. So it felt like I was trying even harder to run forward and it never went on my back.
Speaker 2:It was so upsetting.
Speaker 6:It didn't help me forward at all.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, that would have been to your back. You could. You would have finished the race in four hours if it was 25 miles.
Speaker 6:And for a lot of it you were running right along the coast, right like I would hear the waves, but I may not have been able to see them.
Speaker 6:Yeah, no, it's, it's dark, yeah, there there is one point, uh, because adam was able to pace me, because there was a huge surprise waiting for me, I think around mile 65 and Kay came to go ahead and cheer and crew me on for a few miles. So that was amazing. Adam was like he had ran up to me because he anytime he like once he started pacing me, he would leave his car and then he would run to me and then we run back, like obviously to where the aid station was so he would be able to pace. So that was truly amazing and thankful that he was able to do that. He's like okay, so there's a surprise coming up. I said surprise. Well, what do you mean? And this is like my brain was so dead. Um, he's like there's a surprise. It's like oh god, what is it?
Speaker 6:and then I see k with this giant blue sign jumping up and down and it was cold and it was rainy, and that big smile, of course yes, she is one of the most joyful, lovely people. I'm so blessed to know her and call her a friend, because, she's really amazing. That made me smile so much, that's great, that's great.
Speaker 4:I think it would have made me cry.
Speaker 6:I felt like I cried. There is a lot of small mental breakdowns. I'm not going to lie, lie during the end this race. There is one time oh, I feel bad even saying this but there is one time adam said okay, jack, this is only a four mile segment. And so he comes, he, he, he comes to me, he meets me, um, at a certain point, as I'm still running, so that we can run. Um, how do I say this?
Speaker 6:he, he goes to the a station, runs to me, and then we run to the a station okay and he's like okay, jack, this should be a short one, only a few miles, like it should only be like three miles, four miles maybe. And I'm like okay, all right. And I'm like trying to get through these runs and I swear my watch is going off, ticking the miles away and I said adam, are you lying to me? I think you're lying to me. He's like no, it's almost. We're like maybe like a mile away. I was like and we get to the a station, he's like oh yeah, that was a 6.5 mile section. I'm sorry he's like you were right. I was like I knew I was right, but I mean I could laugh about it. We could. We could laugh about it now, but that was.
Speaker 6:That was a hard mental block at that point oh yeah I had hit the four miles and I was like, where is this aid station? But, um, but yeah, I. There is a lot of little mental breakdowns, one of which was when my phone was getting charged. It stopped the watch and, unfortunately, my Strava, which John mentioned earlier if it's not on Strava it doesn't count. It stopped at mile 77, something I've never been so devastated. And, yeah, that happened and it is what it is, because it was. I mean, it's been going on all day.
Speaker 5:so yeah of course that kind of got me nervous when I woke up the next morning. I go, it stopped. I go. Hopefully her battery died and that's the problem, or but then?
Speaker 2:luckily.
Speaker 5:Adam went out and said new link, here we go, let's start it back up again.
Speaker 6:Yeah, I mean, the good thing was is that my watch was already telling me that I was a mile ahead from what the aid stations were saying because I had, you know, bathroom breaks and all that jazz, so I knew I had gotten that extra mile in for like the 101-ish stuff.
Speaker 4:Oh yeah, that was going to happen, for sure, yeah.
Speaker 6:So I knew that was a thing, but it would have been pure bliss to say 101.
Speaker 4:I get it.
Speaker 6:But it is what it is, it's fine. It's okay, the miles were put in and I'm happy for it, but I may have shed a tear a little bit, um, but it's all good.
Speaker 4:So where are we now, Jack?
Speaker 6:Oh, you know what I'm going to bring you to mile 70.
Speaker 4:That was it? That sounds good.
Speaker 6:That was the hugest wall I've ever experienced, because by then it was already hours into the rain and the wind. I remember we got to the 70-mile A station. Kay was there. I said I needed to sit. I looked at Adam and I had the thought I can keep continuing, but I don't even want to anymore. I said to Adam. I said I don't want to do it anymore. I've never been so miserable. I've never seen that side of me before and I didn't recognize myself.
Speaker 4:It's still raining, right.
Speaker 6:It's still raining, it's still extremely windy. I feel like I'm starting to run and be half asleep while I'm running. I couldn't even think if I wanted to.
Speaker 4:About 20 hours into it now, or maybe a little less oh it was.
Speaker 6:I don't even know anymore at that point yeah. It was like past, like at least 2 am in the morning.
Speaker 4:Okay, okay.
Speaker 6:Maybe 1 or 2 am in the morning, but I said I didn't want to continue and Adam said nope, nope, you're getting up. I said adam why he's like you got you're gonna finish this. I'm like I did not want to get up and when I got up I don't know what it was but I like had like this weird sideways step over, like my legs were trying to figure itself out again before I could go back out. And so I went back out and realistically I know I could have, I knew I was going to finish, but I just really did not want to be there anymore.
Speaker 2:I've never felt so misery Around.
Speaker 6:mile 86 oh God, I don't know what it was, but mile 86, watching Adams in my 360 degree light flashing vest, have you ever seen like the Pokemon character that could put you under like a hypnosis of some kind? I don't even know what that character is called. Character is called like, but I told adam. I said, adam, don't, can you run next to me because you're making me tired? And he's like, oh yeah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. And I was like no, no, it's fine, it's just, your blinking light is like a hypnosis, I think it's putting me to sleep and he's like oh, okay.
Speaker 6:And I said is there any way? This next a station, which was mile 86, is there putting me to sleep? And he's like, oh, okay. And I said is there any way? This next aid station, which was mile 86, is there any way to sleep? For two minutes? And I thought he was going to tell me absolutely no. He said he hesitated, he hesitated for a second and he's like yeah, yeah. Yeah, let's do that. Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4:Yeah, you know, five or 10 minutes Did you get a chance to sleep at all.
Speaker 6:Oh yeah, I I sat down and it was the most blissful 10, 12 minutes I've ever experienced in my life, I think. Um, I will say my eyes felt great, but because I had sat for so long trying to get back out of the car I don't know when it became a thing where I couldn't have my legs straight and my posture just diminished. But that was probably a very much an arguable point at that point. But, um, but yeah. So after that I was like okay, I'm almost to half marathon, point.
Speaker 4:This is fine, this is great. So now you're past 80 miles, has the rain stopped yet?
Speaker 6:No.
Speaker 4:No, okay, it does stop at some point. Before you finish though.
Speaker 6:Oh yeah, when the sun came up, which is like what was that? Like 7 am.
Speaker 4:About 7. You mean 6.45, 7 o'clock, yeah.
Speaker 6:Yeah, at like seven, about seven, you've been at 6, 45, seven o'clock, yeah, yeah, when the sun came up, that's when it was good. I just again, I wish I had my phone because I, I so badly wanted to call and reach out to so many people just to chat with them. Even if I wasn't able to talk much, I like just to hear someone, like other people's voices. I, I'm so upset that my phone was glitching and I, I, I couldn't talk to anybody and I was. It was not a good moment for me, um, but adam was able to, um read me some of the facebook messages that everybody was leaving and, um, and he showed me the poem that someone made and a video of one of my twin nephews saying go jackie and it was really, it was really really adorable and I was like okay I can't disappoint now, can I?
Speaker 6:I hear you, but one of the most interesting things is at mile 91.8,. Do you guys remember Mark, who won the Daytona 100?
Speaker 4:last year Mark Burgett Yep.
Speaker 6:He ran the 50 miler this year and he was at mile 91.8. I think he was just helping out at that aid station. He had told me and this was about 26-ish hours in he had told me, and this was about 26-ish hours in, he had told me only 36 people had crossed the finish line at 26 and some odd hours. Yeah, and that was astonishing because you would think, oh, a lot more people would have finished by then. And he said also at that point, 60 people had already DNF'd.
Speaker 4:You had about a 50% DNF rate in this thing, didn't?
Speaker 6:you. Yeah, it was so incredibly bad. And to go back to George, I didn't see him ever again after we had separated Because I remember him seeing me at an aid station. He had passed me and I didn't realize when I had passed him it must have been in a different aid station and I just never saw him again. And I got really worried because he was so adamant about finishing this 100 miler. But anyways, at 91.8, I was like, okay, well, I'll be, I'll be one of those finishers soon. And so I keep going. And the last, I think, aid station was at like 94.5 and as I was leaving it, adam said okay, you got this, just keep shuffling your feet and keep doing that little jog. And I'm like I, adam, I can't anymore. I had been using the galloway method from the first second. I crossed that start line up until 94.5 miles in.
Speaker 4:That's really impressive. Really impressive Jack.
Speaker 6:And because we had switched after 51 miles, we switched it to a 45-second run and a 30-second walk.
Speaker 4:That's cool.
Speaker 6:And I looked at him. I said, adam, I can't do it anymore. I'm going to try and walk. He's like OK, just pump those arms, ok. So I kept going and it was some of the longest four point five ish miles I've ever experienced.
Speaker 6:It was really, really nice because also, I want to put this out there not only did jen and um stephanie ran the 50k earlier that evening on saturday, or afternoon on saturday, and k had paced stephanie. They had all come to cheer me along the way after the fact and I'm just like I could not believe that that was one of the most beautiful gifts and Stephanie gave me a cute little like sugar cookie. She's like this is for you and I said thank you. And I was like I'm going to save this for later. I had every intention to eat that cookie at the finish and I put it in my raincoat. Let's just preface this by saying I forgot the cookie was in the raincoat and it may or may not have gotten decimated by the, the weather and the um, the maybe like I happened to hit it or something, but it was, it was, it was in the pocket. Let's just put it that way.
Speaker 6:It crumbled it's not a cookie crumbled yeah, so I felt so bad I was, I was looking forward to that cookie, um, but anyways, yeah. So they had met me, I think two or three miles out, and they said are we able to walk you in? And they asked. They called adam to make sure it was okay and unfortunately, because they were not pacers, they were not allowed to continue with me. So they went to the finish line. And now we get to my favorite reference during this whole entire experience. You guys know how much I love dinosaur, right? Okay? So get ready for this. I'm going to be quoting you guys some good ride quotes. We're ready.
Speaker 6:A TMI as well. I'm sorry. I had to go to the bathroom. So bad. It came out of nowhere, 1.5 miles out from the finish line. I was like I can make it to the finish line and it's kind of like, okay, we'll be fine, We'll be fine. And then it got to like 1.1 miles and I was like I can't do it I can't do it the dinosaur is like.
Speaker 6:The dinosaur ride is like. You know, let's go get that dino. And to me it's like let's go get that port-a-potty and it's like trying to find the port-a-potty along the way. It's like part of the ride is like my head is swiveling back and forth like lift right lift right.
Speaker 1:See, I thought this was going in the direction of I'm not going to make it, I'm not going to make it.
Speaker 6:No, that's where it almost went. I was like I'll make it to the finish line. I'll, just after I finish, I'll go straight to the toilet. And then it really did feel like I'm not going to make it, I'm not going to make it, I'm not going to make it, I'm not going to make it. Oh my God, it's going to happen. And luckily I have found a porta potty and I was like I bet you people are wondering why the dot stopped. I was like I never felt so happy because it's kind of like you know how, like once he saw like the vehicle goes past the dinosaur, the iguanodon no, don't go, go, go. Like that's how everything felt and I was just like, oh, and like, once I got to the finish line, I felt so happy because it's kind of like at the very end of the ride you know how you see the little TV at the end where you exit and it's like, and guess who came back with you Better?
Speaker 6:get them before security does, and it just felt like the like guess who came back with you the experience of relief, um, anyways, I hope that made sense in some form or fashion.
Speaker 6:but the dinosaur ride was a beautiful reference in my head. Um, but yeah, seeing the finish line. I don't think this experience has been like processed up until this recording because I haven't been able to think, but I think it's shocking how much adrenaline can get you where you need to be and what happens to your body once you're like, once you acknowledge that you're done your body gives up. And I could not stand I believe.
Speaker 6:yeah, seeing everybody at the finish was very blissful and I will let you guys know if you're curious about what happened to george because I was, because I got really worried that I didn't see him again. Um, because I was like we're friends kind of I guess we were friends in misery and he finished 107th, one of the last nine or eight people to finish and he I could tell from his split times after the fact that like something must have really happened. I'm not sure what it was, but something must have really happened. I'm not sure what it was, but something must have really happened and I'm just happy he finished because I know that's what he wanted that's a big deal um, but I think he was like almost 31 hours I could not imagine
Speaker 4:nonetheless, it's a hundred mile event. You say something could have, anything could have happened yeah and it doesn't. Yeah, that doesn't shock me at all, jack. We're so darn proud of you thank you uh, that was uh. I don't want to cut you off. Is there anything?
Speaker 6:else you want to tell us about other than again just saying a huge thank you to adam for being there throughout the entire thing, crewing and then pacing me for like um, I think he ended up pacing me like for maybe 12 or 13 miles. He he ran a total of 24 because he would have to go from the aid station yeah, right, you have to double up, yeah but um, but then seeing k and seeing her um, and then seeing jen and stephanie and then having the vandalorian the vandalorian.
Speaker 4:Yep, that's cool that isn't it neat that we had k as our intro tonight I know when you said that yeah yeah but um that's awesome jack
Speaker 7:I just want to say jack, like I knew you were going to finish, but watching your dot and seeing you get closer and closer, I well, I know you haven't really processed it yet, but I was processing it for you and I was crying along the way and then when I saw the video of you finishing, like truly bawling because not only was I so proud of you, but like truly, you're such an inspiration to me and so many people and I, I there's really not words how proud of you I am. Yeah, yeah, make me cry.
Speaker 6:Oh you're. You guys are amazing. I'm, you know this. Having you guys like being part of this family and being part of the running community, this, this is everything. Like I don't know what I'd do without you guys and with everybody that we've met along the way. Um, that's such a huge blessing. I can't wait to see everybody for marathon weekend.
Speaker 4:When I listen jack you've had best part of 45 minutes an hour to think about it. When's the next one?
Speaker 6:right, if you, if you do the keys in this race, you get a special medal I mean there may have been a short talk with twigs, so there is a contemplation before this race even started. My biggest dream race in my entire life would be to do UTMB. Yeah.
Speaker 6:And the only way for me to do that is to get running stones.
Speaker 6:I had discovered that there is a race in October that's called the Kodiak Ultras and if I do the 100 mile ultra, they take the top 10 females and then the first place of each age group and they get automatic tickets punched to UTMB and your stones that you collect are doubled than what you would get from any of the other races that UTMB does, because it is a world series race, so it gets you to the world series finals and I was looking at the number of women that have done it in the past and from 2021, there was only 12 women. From 2022. There's like in the twenties. 2023, there's like 37 people, 37 women, that did it, and then last year was 52. So I looked at my age group and I looked at the times and I said you know, it's possible, there's potential for for something to happen and it's a western states qualifier and I said I know David and I, because we're getting married next January. We said after a year of marriage, we might try for a child, and could you imagine little baby, jack, jack.
Speaker 1:First of all, he's so adorable but anyways laser eyes and chasing after raccoons and cookies.
Speaker 7:Spitting all over the place.
Speaker 6:But like thinking of wanting a child. If I wanted to do this race, I want to do it before having a kid, and that would be the perfect time frame.
Speaker 5:So that means she's doing it.
Speaker 6:I was like a 50-50 at this point.
Speaker 7:Yeah, I'm with you, john, but 50 at this point. But yeah, I'm with you jack so jack. I know, obviously, that it's a pr, because you've never done 100 mile or before. But um, before you started, you were saying that there was only so many people in your age group. How did you fare in that?
Speaker 6:So there is three people in my age group, but only two of us started, so I got second place.
Speaker 2:Nice.
Speaker 6:But to make it sweeter though you guys. So the males of my age group. I beat the males.
Speaker 4:That's impressive, jack, that's impressive.
Speaker 7:Way to go, jack. Thank you, I beat the males. That's impressive, jack. That's impressive Way to go, jack.
Speaker 2:Thank you, I'm pretty proud.
Speaker 4:It is you, should you got anything?
Speaker 5:special for second.
Speaker 6:You know, I don't know. I didn't stay to find out, I slept in a car.
Speaker 5:There's a medal sitting out there somewhere for there might be.
Speaker 6:They have my old address so I hope I moved. Sorry, I'm awake now, you guys. I think I can make it.
Speaker 4:Oh, I was going to say we're ready to wrap this segment up, I think.
Speaker 4:Jack, one more time Amazing. We are all proud of you. The whole community is proud of you. Thanks for sharing the story. It's a good one and way to go.
Speaker 4:Friends, I want to talk For just a minute now About the 5k On Marathon Weekend Because I know Got a whole bunch of Dalmatians listening to this episode. I'm going to try to get Monica to talk with us. I haven't talked with her yet, so, monica, if you're listening, I'll be in touch very soon. But we want to chat about what we want to do and here's my thoughts on getting ready. We have the spot in the staging area where we always get together, the rise and run folks do, and that is when you get off the buses and you make that walk. You go through security, you get into the staging area, you look to your front and you will see a stage there and then there are bleachers backed off from the stage, looking at the stage. If you go to the left of the bleachers, that's where we are, that's where I'd like the puppies to meet up and hopefully that's where we can get our first photo.
Speaker 4:My plan is, regardless of what corral I'm assigned, is to start in the last corral so that as many puppies who want to can join with us, because you can always move back. You can't move up. This is the 5K. It's not timed, it doesn't matter how long it takes us to finish. So, again, my plan is to keep as many people together as possible. We'll start in the last corral and we'll walk the 5k and we'll have a good time. So that's the plan right now. We'll update you on more of that as we get closer, which is really only a couple more weeks to go. So we'll see you soon. I'm excited about this. I really think we have 200 plus and I hope we can get most of us together for at least one group photo and all starting together. That'd be cool. That'd be a lot of fun.
Speaker 4:Friends, I want to remind you and a lot of you have done this here in the last week the Rise and Run Roll Call for Marathon Weekend just a couple weeks away now. Weekend just a couple weeks away. Now. We want to add your name to the list. The race report is in the featured section at the top of our Facebook page. You have to use the arrows to scroll to the right to get to it. Some folks are able. It's a Google Doc that the race report is on. Some folks are able to add their name directly. Others will add their name in a comment. I've had people message me saying hey, please add my name. Whatever works for you, I'll do my best to get you in there. And then the other thing if you again, a lot of friends haven't done this before we're just going to call your first name, unless we have multiple people with that name, and then his first name and initial. And if we have the same initials, we'll figure something out. So the roll call is coming up.
Speaker 7:Another thing that we want to remind you about for Marathon Weekend is our meetup. We're meeting on Saturday at 3 pm by the food trucks in Disney Springs, so we would love to see you there and we hope you come and say hi to us. And if you can't make our meetup, please, if you see us during the weekend, please, please, please, say hi. We always love meeting new friends, or, if we've met you before.
Speaker 4:we always love seeing the friends we've seen before too, and if we've seen, if we've met before, and you come to us and we go, hi, have we met before? Please understand.
Speaker 7:Yes, please, because that happens a lot.
Speaker 4:There are thousands of you. We love you. Alicia, you hit it right on the head. I mean, at this point of my life it's the reason I'm still doing this is this family. But the meetups have become legendary and we're looking forward to that. Hope we have a great day for it. I mean, it is outside, we've been lucky so far and it's just a whole lot of fun.
Speaker 4:Now at that meetup we'll take a group photo at 3.30. All right, becky and I and others. Three o'clock is the start time. Alicia nailed that. It's on the Facebook events page, but Becky and I try to get there early. Becky's good at securing the beachhead, as I like to say. She'll grab a table and then she'll wait for somebody to leave another table and she'll go over and get that one, and so if you want to come early, come on. You can help us secure the front. But three o'clock is the official start time. 3.30 is our photo time. If you can be there at 3.30, we would just love that. Now, alicia said this too. We know that this is a for us. We're there a lot.
Speaker 4:Some folks, this is your big Disney World trip. You want to be in the park. You're with your family, got it Totally understand, but if you can make it, it's great. Hey friends, this is a Zoom Thursday. Instructions for joining us on the Zoom call. We'll be on the Facebook page. Guess where we'll be? Featured section. Yeah, say it all at once Featured section. It'll be our last get-together before Christmas, so I do hope to see you there. It'll be our last get-together before Christmas, so I do hope to see you there. It'll be fun. We've got one more.
Speaker 1:We're going to sing carols, drink hot chocolate. It's going to be great.
Speaker 4:Yeah, eggnog. Yeah, it'll be great. I hope you can be there, friends. Upcoming episode 170 next week let's talk about all things Marathon Weekend. We'll go over the Marathon Weekend Guide and we'll visit with our friends Devin and Kristen to talk about their pop-up that's coming up on Friday that week. All right, my friends, it's time for the Race Report. The Race Report is brought to you by our friend Thomas Stokes. That's right, the Thomas Stokes as featured on the Wheel of Fortune. It's good to see Tom there. He's got a new challenge for us friends. We mentioned it a couple times. It starts in January. It's an eight-week challenge and, alicia, there's a code for it. And I don't feel bad asking alicia for the code, because every time tom talks about it he says alicia, what's the code?
Speaker 7:yes, the code is rise 50 50.
Speaker 4:That's it rise 50. But, a friends, it's a good deal. Tom normally charges $97 for this eight week challenge. The 50 has to do with the $50 he knocks off for the Rise and Run family. We're lucky to have Tom as part of this family. He's a. He's a good guy, he's a good coach and it's a good program. I've been with him since July. I think it's helping me. So I strongly encourage you to think about that challenge that's coming up.
Speaker 6:It helped me for my race.
Speaker 4:Friends, I mentioned this from time to time the race report continues to grow and we love it. We love reading what you have to say, telling us about your successes and telling us about great races that are occurring throughout the country and throughout the world. It's gotten so big, however, I'm afraid that some point I might miss one. So if you submitted a report and I didn't say anything about it, please let me know. We'll make up for it next week. With that stated, let's start. This one actually starts on Tuesday. We're back more than a week, but the Tuesday run was Twas the Night Before 5K Run in Columbiana, ohio, firestone Park, a cool midweek race that goes through a park that's a Christmas-like display and Megan was there. Megan says it was warm for Ohio in this time of year. She'd been sick. She started okay but figured out pretty quickly that this wasn't going to be her best event just because of her recent illnesses and it was going to be a walking event, which is just fine Walking, even though walking five minutes faster than last year. Good for you, megan. Good race overall. She's going to try again next year. Hopefully the weather will be better. Over the weekend in panoma, california, they had the la county holiday half marathon and 5k kayla was there. This is 2024 was a return to running for Kayla. She's proud of it. It's a big deal. Great event here, really fun. Wants to participate again In this race. Kayla set a decades PR. Those count Kayla. And then there's an adorable photo. Her son, albert, ran the Penguin Waddle Great picture. It was on actually a drag strip out there. The Penguin Waddle was and Albert kept saying checkered flag. Here I come, just like Lightning McQueen. On Saturday over here at SeaWorld Orlando they had the reindeer run. Amber says it's such fun, very festive, a cookie cutter finisher's medal. There was a famous reindeer or two, as you might expect at the reindeer run. As you might expect at the reindeer run. But they also saw dolphins, stingrays and flamingos along the course. Krista ran it with her husband Phil Commented that the weather was great, the run was fun. She kind of wished it had been at night so you could see the wonderful Christmas lights. Still had a good time. We talked a lot with Jack about the Daytona 100 in Florida. But we had other friends there. Our buddy, dean, finished the 100 miler also, and over a hundred mile distance. Dean managed to set a two minute PR Dean's done and I don't know how many several hundred mile events, so a PR in this is a big deal. Bunch of friends ran the 50K, jacqueline ran it, stephanie did it, stephanie's first ultra hence apr. Stephanie is very proud of from a marathon dnf to being an ultra marathoner in just two weeks and finishing second in her age group. She also set a record, I believe for the longest race report ever, but if anybody's earned it, it's been a heck of a year for Stephanie. So I'm glad that she knocked this out and I was happy to read the whole thing.
Speaker 4:Stephanie, stephanie ran with Jen and Jason. First ultra for Jen. Jason was there helping Jen and Steph out. They had they really. Jason was in charge here. He was strict and even though they passed a bunch of bars he wouldn't let the girls stop in any of them, not once uh k was there. He mentioned that before k was there and missy jason's wife crewed for the team. Jason's comment and I know this to be true buddy, the 50k is a gateway drug when it comes to ultras. Next thing you know, jen and Stephanie are going to be doing like jack and go. If I can do a 50K, I can do a 50 miler, and if I can do a, we'll stop right there. Speaking of 50 milers though we mentioned this too A friend Mark, our friend Mark, ran the 50 miler First 30 fairly comfortable but battled some sickness in the last 20. He still won the 50 miler. This is the same Mark we've had on a couple of times who has done some just amazing things with Run, walk, run, so congratulations there.
Speaker 4:It was cold in Baltimore, maryland, for the Celtic Solstice 5 miler Friends. Allie Without an E and Tara ran it together. Allie's first year of running this one. Tara's done it several times. It wasn't until mile four that Tara told Allie that they don't give out medals for this race. You do get a nice vest, though, with a logo on the front and the year embroidered on the back. Allie and Tara ran into Tom and Diana from the We'll Run For podcast before the race. Mj and Pat were there, as was Kelly. Jen did it with her husband. Great day for a winter run. The cookies and hot soup at the finish line made it all worthwhile in the cold weather.
Speaker 4:In Baton Rouge, louisiana, the Golden Flyers 10-miler. Emily ran her first ever 10-mile event. You know what that means. Her training plan called for seven so she ran 10. Small race, just over 100 people. They had two different courses, not a whole lot of crowd support. The folks at the water station were great, though Mostly a flat route along the levee next to the Mississippi. The challenge here was it was an out and back and the first five miles had a really good tailwind. So when you come back that tailwind becomes a headwind and you finish into a headwind. Regardless, emily finished her first 10 miler age group first place Great job.
Speaker 4:In Alcoa, tennessee, megan ran the Holly Jolly Half Marathon or 5K, I'm not sure which In Kiowa Island, I believe that's South Carolina. Jennifer ran the Half Marathon the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce Yule Run in Greenwood, arkansas. Our buddy Joe was scheduled to run that one. He didn't. I don't know if the race got canceled or what happened there In Mandan, north Dakota and I may be pronouncing that wrong. It may be Mandan, I don't know. The Santa Run 5K Autumn was there, as was Kayla, who says it was a beautiful North Dakota day with low winds and a fun little race here Started and ended at a park with beautiful Christmas lights. Kayla even got a finish line selfie with Santa himself. Megan was in Rock Hill, new York, for the Tinsel Trot 5K. Joy ran the Santa Suits on the Loose 5K in St Augustine, florida, met her race goal with a time of under 35 minutes in this, her last race of 2024.
Speaker 4:Lori did two races this Saturday, both in Canton, ohio. Started with the Spirit of the season 5K in the morning, finish with the frosty frolic 5K in the evening Seven degrees, seven degrees. I had to say that again just to convince myself. In the morning Burr. The evening run took the runners through Stadium Park, a lot of Christmas displays. Peter walked with her Significant event for Lori. Lori had a total knee replacement a couple months ago. I'm proud to see that she's back out walking 5Ks. I'm pretty sure Lori recently got permission to start running again. Lori, that's wonderful. You're doing extremely well. Just take it easy. Go slowly, it will get better. Just give yourself time. Don't rush things and I know you're not. I know you're doing a great job.
Speaker 4:In Sugar Land, texas, jennifer ran the Santa Dash 5K. She was listening to Jeff on the podcast about running slower when the temps got over 60 degrees so she slowed down for the last mile. Very wise, seems that every time she needs to hear a specific tip. She gets it right when we need it. Jennifer, it takes a lot for us to plan that for you, so I'm glad to know you appreciate it. If it hadn't warmed up so much, she might've gotten a sub 45 K. She's getting closer though. Getting closer. Good job.
Speaker 4:Somewhere near here our friend Judy ran the reindeer 5K in the morning and the santa twilight 5k in the evening. Now I know the santa twilight 5k was in safety harbor, florida, but I imagine the reindeer 5k was close to that. In the morning run, the reindeer 5k, judy finished first in her age group. In the evening run she finished second in her age group. And the reason I know that the Santa Twilight 5K the evening run was in Safety Harbor is because Bridget ran it. A lot of lights, festive outfits this is on a future must-do list for Bridget Shucks. Bridget, I need to do that myself next year. I'll have to make a note of it.
Speaker 4:Next up, dopey In Virginia Beach, virginia. The Surfing Santa Five-Miler Shannon and Jerry ran it. Always fun because the race starts at 4.30 in the afternoon, runs on the boardwalk through the Christmas lights and thousands of folks dressed up. As Santa Jerry PR'd this race. We'll see Shannon and Jerry.
Speaker 4:At Marathon Weekend we had a rocking half marathon in Knoxville, tennessee. Jennifer was there First race in Knoxville after moving from Arizona and oh my gosh, knoxville is a whole lot hillier than where Jennifer lived in Arizona. But she says the good part about that is those hills are going to turn her into a stronger runner. And Jennifer, you're correct. Lisa was there, ran this one and PR'd.
Speaker 4:In Alma, michigan. Liz ran the Alma Jingle Bell 10K. Start time temps were in the teens with single digit wind chills Coldest race Liz has ever done. Great support on the course from volunteers at every turn and you got to give volunteers big time credit for hanging out in temperatures like that. No water stations on the course. I think the water might have frozen Metals at the finish. No refreshments Learn some lessons about cold weather. Running. Layers, layers, layers.
Speaker 4:This weekend over at Cape Canaveral, nicole ran the Space Force T-10 miler and, nicole, I get a kick out of your opening comment. I'm probably one and done with this one. A flat and windy course. There's just not a lot of course support out there on the course. Still noteworthy Nicole PR'd this 10 miler, nicole. The thing that amused me is I ran this event last year and it is, I think, the only one where I said that's it one and done for me. Um, I I really didn't even know they were doing it again this year. You know how normally if you do a race boy, they bombard you with email and shucks. I didn't even know what was going on. So yeah, I'm glad you did it and I'm glad you PR'd. Congratulations, nicole.
Speaker 4:Michelle was in Erie, pennsylvania, for the Santa Snowflake 5K. It was a balmy 17 degrees. Michelle went in costume, wore a wig, which was helpful. Keep your head warm. Happy winter running, says Michelle. Joseph was in San Antonio for the Jingle Trail 10K. He finished in the top half overall. The race course was extended beyond 10K due to a trail closure. Finished in just a bit over an hour for his first ever trail race. We're calling that a PR Joseph.
Speaker 4:In Duluth, minnesota, amy ran the Wild Santa 5K. She doesn't mention start temperatures, but I gotta believe it was chilly. Course ended up being a little bit short. That's okay. It was still fun seeing all the Santas taking over the streets of Duluth. I bet you that was pretty neat.
Speaker 4:Winding up Saturday in Charlotte, north Carolina, dale ran the Santa run, 8k and 5K. He did an eight-mile walk at home, then did the 8K race to complete his 13 miles that he had for his dopey training simulation. That's a great way to do it. Cold start, 34 degrees that's cold for North Carolina. Small race but lots of fun Santa costumes, elf costumes, reindeer costumes Just enjoyed it.
Speaker 4:Let's move on to Sunday and go to what I know was a nice, warm Tampa Florida for the Tampa Hot Chocolate Runs. See, we get a real break here in Tampa. The hot chocolate runs occur in the winter and in some cold places they can be pretty cold runs, but in Tampa it's usually pretty nice. We had a bunch of folks there, 15 and 5k at this one Start with. Tracy ran the 15k her second fastest 15 ever. This is a beautiful course. I like it. It's nice and flat. It goes right along the bay, typical of a hot chocolate run. Great swag and nice treats at the end.
Speaker 4:Trina was there. Trina ran a PR Best she's done in a race of any length, felt great the whole time, only added in a few extra walk breaks. It did get kind of warm as the race went on. Best part for trina was uh, she's coming to the finish line. The announcer probably said her name about 10 times as he was calling her in. Good job, carrie was there. Car Carrie commented the weather's great, the after race snacks were awesome. Best part was running with her Galloway group and she set a new. My notes say 10K PR. I think they I don't know if they have a five yeah they do. They have a 5K, a 10K and a 15K. Carrie ran the 10K and PR'd it. Way to go. Let's see.
Speaker 4:Mary ran a 10K with her daughter Lindsay run the 5K in Tampa Warm. But support was as good as always. Love ending the race with chocolate fondue. That's always a plus. Carolyn and her daughter Sabrina were there. I think Carolyn's a native Floridian because she talks about it being a chilly but beautiful. 5k morning run.
Speaker 4:Nice event in tampa up in huntsville, huntsville, alabama, the rocket city marathon weekend. They run two halves on this one kind of like space coast. They run a front half and back half. Now the back half has a four hour time time limit. It takes you through the US Space and Rocket Center as well as the Huntsville Botanical Gardens. So that seemed to be the way to go for our friends.
Speaker 4:A little bit of a dreary day up there in northern Alabama. Our friend Fitz Kohler was the race announcer. She always brings some brightness to a dreary day. Amanda was this. With this run she accomplished her Misogi Challenge of three half marathons over seven weeks under three hours each for her 43rd year. I think Amanda's celebrating her 43rd birthday year. She wanted to thank Jimmy who ran with her and helped her to a PR. Jimmy was there, jimmy's 30th race for the year, his fourth half. The best part, he said, in addition to running and helping Amanda, was after the race. They had so much food and they were grilling peanut butter and jelly and honey sandwiches. A grilled peanut butter, jelly and honey sandwich Never had one Sounds pretty decent. Kim was there doing a catered training run for her dopey training. She helped a fellow Galloway runner to her first half marathon finish, kim. That's neat. That's a lot of fun. That's a nice feeling to do that. Nice medals and a nice finisher's gift of a beach towel.
Speaker 4:At the Rocket City Marathon weekend the Frosty Looper was going on in Pensauken, new Jersey, this weekend. Brianna was there and our buddy Allie with Addeny is back on the race report. This won a catered training run for the Walt Disney World Marathon. A lot of things didn't go just as Allie would have wanted them to do. She set out for six laps and that's what she was going to do. She got it done. Now it didn't go exactly how she planned or wanted to, but dadgummit, allie, you finished it and that's the bottom line. So congratulations, got a nice sweatshirt at this event. Let's go to Spain for the next one, the Malaga Half Marathon in Spain.
Speaker 4:Katie James was there, discovered on Friday that the cutoff for the race was two hours and 45 minutes from gun time. That's kind of ambitious. So she ends up setting off faster than planned because of the large number of people and she really couldn't start her walk intervals until about five minutes into the race. The sweep van passed by her at 10K but she managed to stay ahead of it the rest of the way. She cried when she crossed the finish line. We know the feeling. My friend Just beat the cutoff, but by golly just beating the cutoff means you finished and she got to celebrate with crepes the kind you eat. Good job, katie.
Speaker 4:Up in New Hampshire, at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the Yule Light Up the Night Run, mike with his family, his wife plus three children, did this one PRs for all, because it's a 2.1 mile event 25 degrees in New Hampshire after sunset so the kids weren't really big fans of doing this one. Instead of shirts and medals they gave out running headlamps, which kind of cool and practical, and they got to run through Dinoland. The Frosty 5K for Ainsley's Angels was in Wilmington, north Carolina. Jennifer was there. It was chilly. There were characters. Jennifer finished with a 5K. Pr. Next up for Jenniferifer the dopey challenge in st louis the candy cane course 12k. Katie. Katie ran this one. Most folks ran the 5k option so she was kind of lonely and towards the back of the pack for the 12k group. Been fighting a head cold all week so if she had an Instagram account she thinks she might need to change her Instagram handle to runs with Kleenex. But she finished. Nice job, nice metal. Kind of looks like a snow glove. It was pretty cool.
Speaker 4:Mira was in Mississippi for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Marathon. Great bling. Had to do the challenge. Challenge adds a 5k the day before marathon day. Then did the marathon. The course runs along the beach. It's flat. Didn't think she'd hit her A goal which was under five hours, but at mile 21, the five-hour pacer caught her so she stuck with him. That's a great strategy. That was a real game changer for her. She says she was not only able to stick with the pacer, but at mile 26, she had enough in the tank to sprint ahead and finish at 457. Mira, great job, outstanding. Sub five was your goal, you nailed it. And boy, those pacers are terrific. That's nice, well done. Let's finish the race report.
Speaker 4:Across the pond in Gateshead, united Kingdom, a hot chocolate 10K. Hot chocolate runs all over the world. Megan did this one Fantastic 10K, mostly flat terrain, little hilly towards the end, well organized. Every finisher got a medal and a mug filled with hot chocolate. She's looking forward to doing it again next year. There you go, friends. The race report for episode 169. Congratulations, friends. This is there you go, friends. The race report for episode 169. Congratulations, friends. This is our last episode that will release before the Christmas holiday.
Speaker 4:We here at Rise and Run wish all of you a wonderful holiday season and a Merry Christmas. A wonderful holiday season and a Merry Christmas. This time of year I've been around the sun going on my 72nd trip now, and this time of year makes me very nostalgic. I was at the Christmas festival, the pageant at Epcot. It really hits home and it makes me think of what's really most important about the holiday season, at least to me, and that's the memories and the people that we love and sharing time together in the holiday season. We are so fortunate to be part of this community. Yeah, I know that the community grew around the podcast, but the community grew because of you and we are all so thankful that you're part of it and at this time of year, I just want to say thanks and hope that you have a wonderful, wonderful holiday. Oh, and happy running.
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