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201: Disney Entertainer Jodi Chase: The Voice Behind the Hill
What's it like to be the voice that gets you up that brutal hill during a runDisney race? In this milestone episode, we pull back the curtain with Disney entertainer Jodi Chase, who reveals the method behind the "annoying" character she portrays alongside her race course partner Angie. "We're trying to be as annoying as possible so that you will not want to stop," Jody laughs, explaining how this strategy actually helps distract exhausted runners from their pain.
Beyond her hill-side encouragement, Jodi takes us through her fascinating 30-year Disney career spanning iconic experiences from Citizens of Hollywood to World Showcase storytelling. She shares how she met her husband (fellow runDisney announcer John Pelkey) at Universal's Horror Makeup Show, and details her unexpected journey into race announcing. The conversation reveals the remarkable stamina required to keep high energy for hours while motivating thousands of runners in all weather conditions. "When it's sideways rain, we've got to go in, no ifs, ands, or buts about it," she explains about typical protocol, "but we felt so bad... we were just yelling at people as they're running by, making hopefully people laugh in those little moments where they were just like 'this is the worst thing ever.'"
We also explore Jodi's passionate work founding A Better Life Pet Rescue, a foster-based organization she ran for two decades, saving countless animals from euthanasia. Meanwhile, the hosts share their Springtime Surprise registration experiences, summer training challenges in record heat, and welcome Jake and his 8-year-old son Teddy for a heartwarming Race Report Spotlight about their Fenway Park 5K benefiting veterans.
Whether you're curious about the people behind those encouraging voices on course, looking for motivation to push through summer training, or simply want to feel connected to the broader running community, this episode bridges the magic of Disney entertainment with the heart of the running experience. Join us for the kick-off of our third century of podcasts as we continue rising and running together!
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Speaker 3:Hello, we rise and run. Hello, this is Beckham, thor, dog of Thunder, and Ash the Bear. We run with Rob from Fort Myers and we welcome you to the Rise and Run podcast episode. Beckham, thor, dog of Thunder and Ash the Bear Introduce us to episode 201 of the Rise and Run podcast. Apparently, our friend Rob knows those two critters and he talked them into sending us an intro. Hello, my friends, welcome to the start of the third 100 episodes for the Rise and Run podcast. I'm Bob. I'm here this week with Greg, hey, hey hey.
Speaker 3:With John hey, how you doing With Alicia, hello. And with Lexi. Hi we're glad you're here with us, friends. Episode 201. Jody Chase joins us. Jody is a Disney entertainerer, has been for quite a while and an animal lover. You see her every race weekend. We'll let her tell you about that. You're going to enjoy it. In the race report spotlight we're joined by our friends Jake and his son, teddy, who did the Fenway Park 5K up in Boston last weekend.
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Speaker 3:Yeah, it's big time, james. Thanks, we appreciate you joining.
Speaker 6:The Rise and Run podcast is sponsored by our friends over at magic bound travel. You might have to use magic bound services because this week, uh, we had another run disney race registration. I'm sure we'll get to that here in a few minutes.
Speaker 6:We registered for the 2026 version of springtime surprise. So if you did sign up for that race, uh, this week, and you do not have a room yet, contact our friends at magic bound in order, uh, to get yourself a no obligation quote for a room or a vacation package for which is so odd to say, the last race of the of next season, which is wild to say, but the other thing to remind you of is because, uh, we're talking about springtime.
Speaker 6:surprise, once that race weekend is over. Folks, we are sailing on the high seas for the first ever rise and run cruise, and our friends at magic bound are so instrumental in getting that inaugural event up and running for us. So if you're interested in joining us immediately following the race weekend, the 10 miler is on Sunday morning, yoga is Monday morning and then Monday afternoon we get on the ship. So if you're, interested in also doing that. Be sure to visit magic bound travelcom for all of that information.
Speaker 3:Thank you, hey. I want to one last time revisit episode 200. I listened to it. Of course, I was here for the recording. You guys remember that.
Speaker 4:No, I don't.
Speaker 3:Of course I enjoyed it, but I enjoyed listening, because I miss things. Two things I wanted to highlight that I don't think we highlighted enough, and one's at the very beginning. Debbie, that intro that you gave us was most creative and clever and it kind of got buried with the new theme song and the excitement of the episode. So I wanted to again Debbie from Gainesville. I wanted to single Debbie out and thank her for spending the time and energy to do that. That was fantastic.
Speaker 4:I think it kind of fit it really well in the beginning. It really did.
Speaker 3:It really, really did, and I know I meant to talk about it but when I listened I realized I kind of glossed over that. So there you go, debbie. That was fantastic. I also, when we, when we asked for messages and we got them and we are so delighted that you did that we knew you wouldn't disappoint. At first we talked about maybe we should say something before or after each one and we realized there were just too many and it would take too long and we couldn't do that practically. But a deep and heartfelt thank you from all of us for those many, many wonderful messages and they were heartfelt, really appreciated and we really love them. So thank you for that.
Speaker 3:Hey, let's take a look at training. We are five weeks away from the Halloween Challenge at Disneyland. Halloween Race Weekend at Disneyland, 35 days from today, is the Expo. You are in training week 13. And you have four miles with a magic mile this weekend. We're 12 weeks away from Wine and Dine. Now You're in training week six. You've got a long run of six and a half miles. You've got a long run of six and a half miles and marathon weekend is 23 weeks away. You're in training week five. If you're doing the dopey, you've got a three mile long run. If you're using the experienced training schedule for the marathon, you got four miles. And since we're going to talk about it in just a little bit springtime surprise is 37 weeks away. We got a little time yet, but we'll start training for that in. Oh gosh, I guess we're about halfway, because the training schedule is 18 weeks, I think. So we got a little ways to go yet. Since we're talking training, we got any training updates, friends?
Speaker 5:Yeah, so last week I had talked about doing my first run in a couple months and it had gone successfully and I completed all three of my runs last week, which made me really proud, and my back is doing really good, so I'm on the right track. I'm very happy about that, so yeah, so am I.
Speaker 3:That's good. That's good, alicia, I'm glad to hear that. I'm always glad to hear it from many of our friends, and especially with the friends I know so well, like you. That's great. Well, you know, I'm fond of saying if it's hot where you are, it's hot. It's been record setting hot here in this part of the country. Obviously, record setting. That's unusual. Uh, I woke up this morning, 5 AM, the feels like temperature was 97, but I did go out and I continued to go out and just go easy. If it's hot where you are, it's hot. The fact that I mean we were on customized training and by the time nine o'clock ran around, the feels like in Clearwater was 113 and people were saying, well, it's only 103 here. If you're not used to that, that's hot, okay. So just do what you need to do.
Speaker 9:So for once I have a training update. Has been a long time. So, as some of you know, if you've been following my social media I was in Japan. I went to Tokyo and Tokyo Disney last week.
Speaker 6:Ah, sugoi desu ne.
Speaker 4:I don't know, what that means.
Speaker 6:That means very good.
Speaker 9:I didn't pick up any Japanese. I tried, but I mostly used my Translate app. But as part of the training update, it was fun and all and it was amazing. If you want to know more, message me. But I calculated it up. My Fitbit was tracking it In 10 days I did 65.1 miles.
Speaker 4:Wow.
Speaker 9:And my plantar fasciitis didn't flare up. Oh good.
Speaker 9:I was tired, of course, but I didn't have any injury type things and it was freaking hot, but I was pretty pleased about that, considering that I have not been running or or doing um much walking or anything like that. I was like good for Lexi, um. And then I have been going to the gym and um I I guess I can officially say I will be doing springtime. I'm not sure what yet, because I did not register today. I'm going to have to register at a different time, but that's going to be my first Run Disney race of the year, actually of the season.
Speaker 6:So my training update is things are going well. I'm very happy with my paces. I'm getting more comfortable with my paces.
Speaker 6:That I've been concerned about ever since I ran that magic half mile a couple of weeks ago yeah but the the real main thing I wanted to talk about today and and and this goes to the heat, bob, and you know what you were saying is you know if it's hot where you are, it's hot. I have talked many times on this podcast about the idea that, no matter what I do, I just I cannot get out of bed early. It I mean if I have an achilles heel, it is that.
Speaker 6:So when I do have the motivation to finally crawl out of bed and and get moving, you know I am dealing with, you know hotter temperatures than I, you know I, you know than I could have dealt with a couple of hours earlier, and this past weekend I had one of the specialized workouts that Coach Twiggs gives us in the customized training program, and it's all about paces and making know, making sure that you know you can mentally hit something, even if you're tired towards the end of it. But as I was lacing up my shoes, I realized, you know, galloway, you know, is really big on. You know, when the real field is over 60, you know, start bumping that time down. So I had sent a message to coach. I was like, well, do I need to make any adaptations to this workout to accommodate for heat? And he immediately got back to me. He's like, yeah, instead of it being a minute faster, bump it down to 30 seconds. And so that was really, really helpful. That allowed me to complete that workout and get to the paces that I needed to.
Speaker 6:And so the story with that is is that if you are working with a coach, never, never, be apprehensive to reach out with them. Alicia, I'm sure you probably say the exact same thing to your clients as well. You know, I mean, you know, sure there are plenty of times where I'm thinking like, oh, you know, I'm going to be a burden on coach if I ask him this you know, even if it's just a text message, but at the end of the day, coaches are are wonderful people that they want to help you there just to begin with, but at the same time, too, it's also why we pay them. So you know again, never, you know, never. Be apprehensive. In order to, you know, talk to your coach to make sure that you can have the right workout or an adaptive workout to make sure that you are successful.
Speaker 6:The other thing I wanted to talk about for me and I know I've talked about this in the past is right now I'm on this weight loss journey, and in the weeks where the scale doesn't go the way that I want to, I always try to focus on the concept of the non-scale victory, and this past saturday, on my long run, I had a non-scale victory and that was for the first time in public. I pulled a tony. I was a half a mile away from my car and with the heat and humidity that we had here in Pennsylvania, it felt like soup and my shirt was drenched and I felt really constrictive and even though I was on the public trail, I took that shirt off and I felt some sort of liberating freedom, and I instantly cooled down and I just felt so much better. And again I channeled down and I and I just felt so much better. And you know, again I channeled my inner, my inner, tony, and you know, and that gave me the confidence to, you know, finish the end of that run and I'm not saying this because I want to gloat about my weight loss or, you know a boost in my self-confidence.
Speaker 6:The reason why I want to tell this story is is that, regardless of your body type, if you feel like you need to do that in order to cool down, do it. Love yourself, love your body. Don't care what other people or what other runners may think. You are a beautiful person and you should have the freedom for yourself to do that. So if you're one of those people that's like, oh, I wish I could run in the sports bra or something like that, do it there. There's no, there's no rule. There's no rule against it, just go out, you know. So if you want to run that you know that training run without a shirt on or you want to run in just a sports bra or something like that, do it, celebrate you and I promise you, once you have the self-confidence to do it. It will be just such a liberating feeling, and you should be so proud of yourself. So that's the message I wanted to instill to everybody. Okay.
Speaker 3:I'm not running in a sports bra, greg, okay.
Speaker 5:All right, okay, I'm not running in a sports. Bra, greg, okay, fair enough Sex costume.
Speaker 3:Very good, very good. And I haven't run without a shirt since I was in my 30s. Yes, they had shirts back then, part of the reason I do not live in a retirement community although you could argue that Florida is in itself one large retirement community but there are a bunch of guys my age and older around here who walk, sometimes during the day, without their shirt. Yeah, they're not setting a good example, so I'll leave mine on, it's OK. It's good, though. I'm happy for you.
Speaker 7:For you, that's good, I'm glad things are going well for you. Caution runners.
Speaker 3:Change of topic ahead hey, since we're talking about weather, here's a question we've had in our notes for a while. I'm gonna spring it on you right now what's the worst weather that you've run in at a Disney World event?
Speaker 5:Marathon 2020.
Speaker 3:Marathon 20?
Speaker 5:That was the really really, really hot one. Yeah, not only was it hot, and so it was an agonizing marathon to get through, but it was so mentally taxing watching so many people drop as I was running. Um, so overall that that was the the top, top of it.
Speaker 3:I understand that. I do understand that I got through that one, but I trained down here.
Speaker 5:Right, yes. It's very different from Minnesota to go down there um in the winter time and have it be that hot.
Speaker 3:So I just it was warm, it was warm there's no question about that, but yeah, that was, that was different.
Speaker 6:Yeah, bob, that's a good one because, I knock on wood, I've never had to run a run Disney race in torrential downpours because when remember, when we had the half of the half in 2024, the heavens opened up as I was waiting to get back on the bus.
Speaker 6:so it so, technically, the worst run disney weather I ever had to deal with was just getting from seeing myra back to my room in pop century so I don't know if that counts, uh, but in terms of the actual race, I mean it was nothing like earth shattering or like headline worthy, but I would say the wine and dine half from this past year, I, I felt like that that got for a northerner. It got really warm really quickly. And I believe the humidity level was pretty high. But great, Nothing that not like 2020 by any means whatsoever, but yeah, that was probably the worst I've ever run in.
Speaker 9:So I don't have a run Disney Florida race that has been super hot or rainy or anything like that Knock on wood. But the one that was completely miserable for the last three miles was the Smoky Mountain. In I believe that was 2021 that Jack and I did. The last three miles were directly in the sun, there was no shade and I believe it got up to 90 in the mountains and that was that was the hottest that I've been for sure.
Speaker 3:The worst weather I can remember at Disney World was for me personally was when we came back from COVID for Wine and Dine and the 10K.
Speaker 5:Yes, that one was.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it's the only time it was cold. Florida, cold, like probably in the 40s, it was windy and it was raining. Florida, cold, like probably in the 40s, it was windy and it was raining. And it is the only time I remember being on a Disney course thinking if that bus was here right now I'd hop on it because I was miserable. But the rain stopped, I didn't get on the bus and I continued, but I think that's the worst I remember. I do remember the hot ones. You remember we had two hot ones in a row, 20. And then I think we missed 21, I think. And then 22 was hot, also for the marathon. But again, it's Florida and where you're used to training and there was other times the marathon I'm going to say 23, where the sky opened up. Was that 23 or 24? It might have been 24.
Speaker 5:24. 24, yeah.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I was one of the only people. I think the chance of precipitation was like 17%. I put a poncho in my pocket yeah, so that didn't go too badly for me. I was with Woody on that one also. Yeah, so that didn't go too badly for me. I was with Woody on that one also. I think the bottom line is that the weather there's not much you can do about it. There's no sense worrying about it. You prep as well as you can and then you just persevere, and I think that's what all of you did, and I think that's what a lot of our friends have done too. Caution Runners. The topic is about to change right now.
Speaker 3:We had a registration actually today. The day that we recorded Springtime surprise registration was today. Friends, how did it go for you?
Speaker 5:That was the easiest registration I've ever had. I had four windows open, I had two devices, four windows and three of the windows right away were at 21 or 23 minutes and moved on very quickly. They moved fast yeah. Yeah, I was registered by 9.15 my time so 10.15. It.
Speaker 3:I moved fast, yeah, yeah, I was registered by nine 15, my time so 10 15. Yeah.
Speaker 9:It was that quick. Yeah. Now, lexi, you said you didn't register today. Right, I did not. I am still planning on doing the race. Um, it's just a personal decision right now. But um, I logged on and um, I haven't checked in the past couple of hours, but when I left work, the 10 miler and the challenge were still open.
Speaker 3:Now, Greg, I know where you were. You were with the party.
Speaker 6:Yes, I was in the party. That was my first ever registration zoom and let me tell you, it's hopping. I, I love, I love that there are just so many people within our community that want to help so many others and and for.
Speaker 6:As much as we want to help each other, it is hysterical, though, at the same time, because everyone's got their mics unmuted and they're like spitting out oh I have this much time, I have this window, and then someone is trying to like vocally negotiate who's gonna take what window, and then trying to like parse all of that out. Is is absolutely hysterical. Uh, so that was the experience of the half, and I was so glad to be a part of it. Not that I needed to worry, though, for my personal registration experience. Like you, alicia, I had a couple of windows open, but I felt like I was probably the only person, though in the Zoom today that every single one of my windows was greater than an hour, and it stayed that way for a substantial amount of time. Like my first window probably didn't start clicking down, I would say at least 30 minutes after registration being opened, but thankfully my little guardian angel, alicia, over here, she's like oh, I got one, that's four minutes. So I was like I'll gladly take that one.
Speaker 6:Even in the grand scheme of things, I really didn't need it because I will. I only registered for just the 10 miler. I wish John was here right now because, and unfortunately, he lost power to his house. So hence why, uh, john only said five words so far in this episode. But, um, you know, he had a really funny story about having a very stress-free registration because I think he's going to be like me and just doing the 10 miler as well and he registered at 6 pm eastern. Uh, on registration day, he had no waiting room whatsoever.
Speaker 6:But the one story, though, I did want to share and, bob, I'd be interested to get your perspective on it in the middle of registration, after I was done, I got a text from our favorite stunt woman, extraordinary Taryn, and she is on a family vacation right now over in Europe and she's like do you have any links available? I'm in buckingham palace, yes, she was, and I have terrible cell service. And the moment I got that text message, bob, you were saying to the entire zoom, I have a five minute link. I have a five minute link. And no one was addressing you whatsoever. So then I like chimed in and be like hey, bob, you still have that link, send it to Taryn.
Speaker 3:Which I did, and she got it, and she got registered right away. Yeah, I, yeah, I actually it sounds funny to say registration days. I have become fun. I look forward to them.
Speaker 5:So I've had a couple of people text or message me today saying they're anticipating what I ended up signing up for and, as of right now, I only signed up for the 10 miler. I decided to not do the 10k and the yoga as of right now, but I have a feeling that the 10k might open up again possibly, and yoga is still open if I wanted to do it. Um, so, right now, that's what I have. It could change yeah, you're almost certainly correct.
Speaker 6:Well, yesterday I was looking at ryan's stats of of the historical stats of springtime surprise registrations and al. When at least it comes to yoga, I don't think you'll have any issues there, because I think last year the yoga didn't sell out at all.
Speaker 5:I don't think it ever does so so I think you'll be fine there.
Speaker 6:I did notice because you know I'm signed up for Matt Marcella's team. Run Diz Twitter alerts.
Speaker 6:And over the course of the afternoon I was getting notifications that the 5k was opening periodically, but nothing for the 10k. So you'll have to keep your eyes peeled for that one. But in terms of the sellout times, real quick again. As we alluded to earlier, we only had two sellouts today. As I made the the joke in the the zoom today uh, hashtag, do it for poo, uh the uh. The 10k sold out in 56 minutes and then the 5k sold out in 65 yeah, you know, I'm like a daggum, 12 year old.
Speaker 3:Every time somebody would say something about poo, I'd start to giggle oh, I'm in it for poo, I'm running because of poo. All right, grow up, mister.
Speaker 5:I did decide that the reason I only signed up for the 10 miler was I thought to myself well, if there's really good merch for the 10k, I could just buy the shirt and earn it later. And I'm waiting to see if Disneyland and Wine and Dine have merch for the yoga, because that's why I really wanted to do the yoga.
Speaker 6:Um, so if they have merch, then I would sign up for the yoga when you sign up for the yoga, when you sign up for the yoga, obviously, at the actual event itself, you get, like you know, the mat. Right, but don't they have at least, like you know, it might not be a texture per se, but don't they have at least a cotton t-shirt at the expo? No, okay.
Speaker 5:I don't. Well, they might that you can buy that's what I'm waiting to see, but you don't get a shirt with the registration yeah um right, so yeah I don't.
Speaker 3:I don't recall seeing yoga merch at the expo. I don't look for it, but I don't recall seeing it. Is it there?
Speaker 5:I don't recall seeing it either, but somebody told me that they thought they saw it at disneyland.
Speaker 6:so okay, I'm waiting to see if, coming up in a couple weeks when Halloween happens, if they have merch, well, I'm sure people are really going to want Disneyland yoga merch, at least for January, Because that race is themed to Miss Piggy and I know there's a lot of people that signed up for the yoga just because it's Miss Piggy. So hopefully Disneyland decides to to do some merch for that, but we'll have to wait and see.
Speaker 5:Or run Disney. If you're listening, maybe include that in the yoga and you'll get more people to do it.
Speaker 3:So see, saying you signed up for Miss Piggy Isn't as funny as saying you signed up for poo.
Speaker 6:You did it for poo. You signed up for poo For poo you did it for poo yeah. Caution runners. Change of topic ahead.
Speaker 3:Now you may not instantly recognize the name of our guest this week, but you've seen her on nearly every Disney World race weekend. Our friend Jody Chase provides, on course, entertainment for us, and we're always happy to see her, not only because she's a delightful person, but because she's usually stationed near the end of the race. So we're really happy to see her. But look, there's a whole lot more to talk about and we'll get to all of it. But first, jody, welcome to the Rise and Run podcast.
Speaker 10:Thank you, bob, it's a pleasure to be here.
Speaker 3:And that was a great intro. Well, thanks, I know I sure look forward to it. Oh boy, well, first I do, I look forward. You're coming up that hill and you're halfway up. That's always good. I get a chance to stop and say hello and rest on the side of the hill, so that's fun. And you're there with uh, you're there with angie, yeah, and you're there as a couple of tailgating characters, right?
Speaker 10:yes, two tailgating characters. We started that. I don't even know when it was. They've been putting me on the top of a hill in various forms. Oh yeah, I'm always at the top of a hill. I'm always up there. I don't know why, because I'm like we want to make enemies.
Speaker 3:It's a reward, I guess. So, yeah, it's a reward. Get to the top of the hill, you get to say hi to Jodi, that's right, yeah.
Speaker 10:Honestly, when they put Angie and I together, we were trying to figure out like our shtick. Like what are we going to do? Um, you know, we're not characters that people know, and so we started like realizing that we're on this hill and people are like who are these women? Why are they so annoying? So we played so we went with it, we just went with it we're like, we're trying to be as annoying as possible so that you will not want to stop and have a photo opportunity with us Doesn't work.
Speaker 10:Why would you want to? Some people do. Most of the time it's just they want to run faster. So we try to do things to make people laugh in little sound bites. But then I heard that you could hear us like a mile away.
Speaker 3:You can hear quite a distance. Yeah, I'm like I'm sorry for saying the same jokes over and over. In fact, Alicia's got a story about hearing you from a distance.
Speaker 5:I do, jodi. So during the marathon this last year, um, I knew that Bob was just a little bit ahead of me. My mom had texted me and said Bob's right near you, and then I heard your voice say Bob from the Rise Around podcast, and so I I sprinted a little bit so I could catch up with him and be with him for a little bit.
Speaker 10:So yeah, I heard your voice, the foghorn, like let everybody know, hey, she's up, she's there.
Speaker 3:You don't have to sprint much to catch up with me. Anymore, not anymore.
Speaker 5:You still have long legs, Bob.
Speaker 3:And I was pushing. You were pushing, woody, wow, and I was pushing, you were pushing, I was pushing the wheelchair at that time.
Speaker 10:I think, jodi, that's yeah, I remember yes.
Speaker 3:I do remember some things you do.
Speaker 10:Even that early in the morning.
Speaker 3:Pushing up the hill is hard. How early do you have to get there?
Speaker 10:Usually we have to get there before the roads close, not as early as John Pelkey, but I usually get there about, I think, around 3 or 3.30. And yeah, and sometimes I can hear John's voice and I'm like, oh, I haven't seen him in like four or five days because you know, he gets put up at a luxury hotel and I'm at home and I have to, you know, drive in to Disney and live about 35 minutes away.
Speaker 3:Friends, if you haven't figured it out and I mentioned it last week, jodi is John's wife.
Speaker 10:Yes, john Pelkey, yes, he is my beloved. He puts up with me.
Speaker 3:That's her ticket to sainthood, I think.
Speaker 6:While we're at it, to elicit the phraseology of your husband. So here's the thing how did the two of you meet?
Speaker 10:ah, that's a very that's. That's a fun story. Uh, when I moved down here in 95 1995 that's yeah, shows you how old I am uh, I met john yeah right at the horror makeup show at universal studios, yeah, and he was performing there. He had been there for about five years at that point, and so I was uh, I got cast, uh, and I sat in the audience and watched his show and, I won't lie, I was a little smitten by him. I was like he's funny.
Speaker 6:Yeah, good looking, I'm like cute was that, with or without the makeup on?
Speaker 10:there's no makeup in that show, we're just. Have you ever seen the show?
Speaker 3:I have not, no, I have, but it's. It was long, it's been recently, it's a very funny show it's a good show yeah, really I love it.
Speaker 9:It's one of my favorites isn't it great?
Speaker 10:I love, I love it too, so it's really great for an actor, uh oh yeah yeah, because it's got a makeup artist and a host and uh, and it's just a very silly, funny show. We no longer do the show, but um, but we really enjoy the fact that that's where we met and it was um and we had great shows together. So we knew I was like, hmm, kind of grooving on his babosity. So he definitely liked me too and he'll tell you that story.
Speaker 3:But he'll hear. He'll hear that story.
Speaker 10:That's his story. He'll he'll hear babosity again.
Speaker 3:I probably, and probably not just for me. He'll hear Babosity again, I promise, and probably not just for me. That'll get picked up, I think. So listen, I mean the side of the hill. We've talked about that. You talked a little bit about maybe some Universal. What else do you do around Disney in the entertainment realm?
Speaker 10:Oh yeah, Well, I can talk about shows that I have done that are no longer there. And I'll do that. I was in a show called the citizens of Hollywood.
Speaker 8:Yes.
Speaker 10:Studios for 20 years Now, prior to that, the first show I ever did at Disney, which is no longer there. I'm really good at shutting down shows. There's two shows, other shows, no three actually, nope, yeah.
Speaker 4:Or four? Stop right there. Do we want her on the podcast? This might shut us down 201 and done.
Speaker 10:You may want to rethink this First show I did. I'll go real quick. Anacomical Players.
Speaker 4:It was like an improv sketch comedy show at the Wonders of Life Pavilion at Epcot. Oh, oh, yes, that's going back.
Speaker 3:I don't remember I got to be honest, I don't remember it. Oh no, I don't remember that one?
Speaker 10:No, it was there for a long time. Oh, I believe it yeah A lot of people from the Adventurers Club performed at it and Comedy Warehouse, and same time I did a show called Laugh 911, which was line amusement for fun this is before your fast passes, lightning lanes and all that stuff. So people were in line a long time. So we would go out in this vehicle and we would perform for people that were standing in the lines, just making them laugh and squirting them with water, because when it was cut out just being silly with loud music and stuff like that.
Speaker 10:And then at the same time I did the World Showcase Players as well, which was at. Epcot, yeah, and I did Romeo and Edna, I did a oh gosh. There was a French show, too that I am spacing right now, and I did the Holy Grail, the Grail show. That was in England. Loved, loved, loved in England, loved, loved, loved the UK, loved, loved the.
Speaker 3:UK. Was that a Monty Python tribute?
Speaker 10:It was yes.
Speaker 3:Oh, okay, yes.
Speaker 10:It was so long ago. I'm like wait a minute, what was it about? Yes, it was actually. Yeah, yeah, loosely based on that, and it was a it's what we call a trunk show. So it's kind of like a Renaissance feel, if you will. If you know, renaissance theater Sorry.
Speaker 3:I missed it.
Speaker 10:Yeah, it was really good show. That was there for a long time too. I think that was for 25 years or so, and then it was canceled in, I think, 2016,. Maybe I can't remember. Yeah, yeah, in, uh, I think 2016, maybe I can't remember. Um, yeah, yeah, but I did citizens of hollywood for, uh, 20 years.
Speaker 3:Um, my character that I remember, yeah, page turner was my character.
Speaker 10:I love doing that as well and I was at I did indiana jones epic stunt spectacular, cool. Um, I do not do that anymore. And I am friends with if you go to a chilly place known as Arendelle, I am friends with a storyteller there.
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 10:So if you ever see that One of my favorite things that I still hopefully do because I just re-auditioned for it we have to re-audition for things Is an Italian storyteller for the holidays, I've heard that you do. Yeah, well, I'm friends with her, you know, she's.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I've heard about that.
Speaker 10:The good witch. She's a good witch. Yeah, she's lovely, really neat.
Speaker 3:Yes, very much enjoy her. I really wondered, and maybe you can tell me. I really wondered, where Disney found an old Italian woman who could tell such a spellbinding story.
Speaker 10:She lives inside my heart. I had my photo taken with her Did you.
Speaker 3:Yes, I did. Yeah, I didn't realize it at the time.
Speaker 10:She looked a little different 100% fooled, had no idea.
Speaker 3:No idea, that is good I like that. That is good.
Speaker 10:That's a tribute to you really, oh thank you, or to your friend, I'm sorry, yes my dear.
Speaker 3:That's a tribute to you really. Oh, thank you. Or to your friend, I'm sorry.
Speaker 10:Yes, my dear friend La Befana.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 10:Yes, la Befana, la Befana. No, it is kind of neat.
Speaker 3:That is kind of neat thing they do at Epcot at Christmas time. I know they do. I know Père Noël is in France. I know there is a Jewish storyteller. Yes, the L'Chaim food stand is there. Yes, and that's pretty neat, and are there?
Speaker 10:others? I'm not sure. Oh yeah, there are. I love every single story. There's Norway, that's with the barn Santa. Then there is Japan. So good, I love the Japan one. There was a sponsor. Oh, yes, yep, yep, so good, I love the Japan one Father Christmas oh yes, yep, no longer, no longer. Who else? Oh gosh, there used to be, a long time ago, the three kings long time ago, yeah yeah, I'm kicking it old school here, so I think I'm forgetting someone. Pierre Noel and Father Christmas.
Speaker 6:Santa, of course.
Speaker 10:Yes, of course Santa, Of course Santa. Yes, we love. Yeah, they do a great job. Yeah, the Santa does a great job.
Speaker 3:There you go I think that's it.
Speaker 10:I think that I've hit them all.
Speaker 3:But great time of year to be there, just so many neat things going on and those little, those little activities are a lot of fun. I love being involved in it.
Speaker 10:Yes, hey, how'd you get involved with run Disney? Oh gosh, yes, I. So I've been performing. You know for so long at Disney that they have special events right, disney, that they have special events right. So when the special events happen, they cast people in various roles, as you know, to entertain people as you run past, and that is really what happened. I just I was cast. I don't even remember what my first role was, probably just a crazy, you know, tacky tourist or something, or, or yeah, I think that's it. And so because I I got chosen to do it, um, I just um, sometimes, uh, when you are cast in a role and they appreciate your work, um, it makes it easy on them, and so they cast you again and they've got the and it's usually about the costume Does she fit in the costume.
Speaker 4:Boom put her in, you know.
Speaker 10:Yeah, so that and that's really how it was it was there's. No, yeah, I've just been doing it for so long, but really as of late probably the last you know outside of COVID, you know before that, probably the last eight years or so I've just been continually doing it and then these characters that Angie and I created kind of stuck and it's just been going really well.
Speaker 3:It really is fun.
Speaker 10:Yeah, I love doing it.
Speaker 3:I love encouraging people.
Speaker 10:And you know, because I do race announcing outside, I fell into that. I don't know, because I do race announcing outside, I fell into that, I don't know if you want that story.
Speaker 3:Yes, what others do you do? We'll share a story here in a minute. Our friends know about the July 4th swim-a-thon in St Petersburg. My goodness. But I might as well talk about it now for just a moment. You were there, Jodi. You and John were the race announcers, and it was your birthday.
Speaker 10:It was my birthday, yep, that was the Pier Run, st Pete Pier Run. And then we do St Pete Run Fest together in November. Why didn't?
Speaker 3:I I frequently run that.
Speaker 10:Oh, love doing that one. That's really. That's just so much fun. It's it's really my favorite race.
Speaker 3:It's a great event. Yeah, Really kind of excellent. You do anything else around here or in the uh or anywhere, really.
Speaker 10:The way that it fell in my lap is that, um, you know, I don't know if you know Christian, but Christian is a DJ for Run Disney.
Speaker 6:Oh, DJ CJ.
Speaker 10:So he has his own company and he needed an announcer for Thanksgiving Day, thanksgiving morning in Daytona, and John couldn't do it and it was I can't remember. I think it was 2021 or 2020, I think I can't remember. I think it was 2020, actually Thanksgiving. But you know, you never know because of the COVID stuff I was like-.
Speaker 3:Yeah right, we were coming out by Thanksgiving 20, so it could have been.
Speaker 10:Yeah, yeah. So yeah, john couldn't do it and he goes well, do you know anyone that could? And he looked at me and I go just say yes, I'll do it, I'll figure it out, I'll figure out how to do it. And I did. He just gave me the music to download and I just played it and hand me a microphone and I'm like all right. And John kind of prepped me on things to say and like what not to say and how to kind of track every you know, like when people are running, like what you know, what's not good to say or you know, and I just kind of made it my own and they liked it. So they, let's do another race, let's do another, another race. And I do a lot of all women races, like I just did the um triathlon, babes athletics I don't know if you know, babe, babes athletics, but it's all women. And that was at fort de soto, I just did that june near me.
Speaker 10:So good, that was really really fun. I had a great time. This was a triathlon, you know, yeah, okay, biking and swimming and, yeah, running. I'm like this is crazy great place for it really beautiful.
Speaker 10:it was a beautiful morning, it really was. So, yeah, that's. Yeah, so I do. I do races, you know, uh, whenever people need me, but most of the time it's with john, like lakeland, we one, um, and then I get like track, track, used me for, um, their, their women, the all women run. So yeah, I mean that's it. I kinda I kinda like it, like I kinda got addicted to it. These, this encouraging people to uh, to feel good about themselves and to run, and I'm really I guess I'm an empathetic person, so I'm always like, yeah, you can do it. I love this.
Speaker 9:I'm not doing it. I'm not doing it, but good for you.
Speaker 5:All right, jodi, so we love seeing you out on the course. Do you have a favorite run Disney memory that you've had before?
Speaker 10:Oh, my goodness, I loved when I hated it for the runners, but it was when I can't remember what race it was. You guys might be able to help me. It was torrential downpour. I think it was springtime, surprise but I'm not sure.
Speaker 3:See, here's the funny thing it depends on where you are on the course, because of the way the rain in Florida is so localized. True, true, the last heavy rain I remember was the Marathon 2024.
Speaker 10:I think maybe it was that then.
Speaker 10:I don't remember it being cold, but the rain was so bad and, and, of course, guess where? We were? On a hill, on a hill, okay, so we're on a hill and I was. That was I think it was my first time yes, it was my first race with Angie and we were standing under a tent and it's got so bad that the rain was sideways. The rain was sideways and usually when it's sideways rain, we got to go in. There's no ifs, ands or buts about it, but we felt so bad and we parked the RV so that the RV that we were in because that's where we break we don't break actually, but yeah, that's where we are. So the front of it was pretty much right on the course, so we could see everybody running up the hill and we had our microphones in the course, so we could see everybody running up the hill and we had our microphones in the RV. We're hanging out the RV and we were just yelling at people as they're running by.
Speaker 10:We know it's terrible, but we're doing, you know, just just being silly and making, hopefully, people laugh in those little moments where they were just like this is the worst thing ever and hopefully, if they just hear that one silly thing, it'll just kind of take them out of you know, out of the moment. It helps. Yeah, I hope so. I hope so. That's one of my favorite memories is just, we didn't stop because nobody else did you know, and we're like we just kept going and I think that was one of the deciding factors. I think that's why they brought us back again, because we were like, nope, we're not going in the, because we could have easily just sat and waited for the rain to dissipate, not to toot my own horn, but I was really proud of us for doing something like that, because I like it.
Speaker 3:That's what you guys are there for right. I like it. Yep, that's a good one.
Speaker 10:Running my mouth.
Speaker 6:You guys are running up the hill. Jodi, I want to follow up on something that you mentioned a little before. I think I got the vibe that maybe you're not supposed to do this, but that you stay out there for a decent amount of time and aren't taking many breaks, and that is such a feat and such an accomplishment. Talk about and maybe this isn't the right word, but it's the word I'm going to use anyway, since we're a running podcast Talk about the stamina that you need as an actor to be able to perform improv for that long, because obviously you are out there for hours at a time and to just randomly think of things off the top of your head, I'm sure is probably no easy feat oh, feet, get it, because you're right, yeah yeah, see, that's what I do like.
Speaker 10:So you, I see something and then I just whatever comes out of my face. I just say it. Sometimes I probably shouldn't, but, um, I've been working at Disney for so long that I kind of have a sensor in my head that I go oh, don't say that.
Speaker 4:Stop it right now.
Speaker 10:Most of the time it's just observational humor and really honestly, just from doing it for so long, it's like anything Like if someone tells me they're really good at it. I don't know anything about it work, but if you have the stamina to do it, as long as you you have, you get good at it and you're and you're confident right. So it's all about confidence, and so I feel pretty confident when someone hands me a microphone and says, okay, here's, here's a little bit of info, this is what you're going to do and go for it, and so and I trust the person that I'm with very, very much yeah.
Speaker 3:That's cool.
Speaker 10:Yeah, if I was out there by myself for five hours I don't know if I could do that because, but being with someone else that I trust and like I know that she'll pick up when I'm tired, you can just, we just feel each other and yeah, that's the way it usually works for me is being with someone else. If I'm by myself it's a little harder, but I'll come up with bits to do, so it kind of takes the pressure off of me. Like you know, if someone came up to me like they're running by me, I'll probably interview them, so that just ask them questions and I know they're running, but at least it takes, gives me a break to go. Ok, I'm going to breathe, but luckily having a partner out there helps that a lot and we do. We do get punchy, we get really punchy Sometimes.
Speaker 10:I remember one time. I remember one time Angie, angie was, we were both so tired it was right before the balloon, ladies like probably like 20 minutes. So you know, we've been talking for four hours and someone ran by and and they were dressed like Pete's dragon, which is one of my favorite Disney animated well, kind of animated films. It's one of my favorite Disney films. And so she goes. There's Pete the dragon.
Speaker 10:And for some reason I lost my mind. I was laughing. Did you just say Pete the dragon? That was Pete the dragon. She's like yep. It was just that moment where we just both knew that that wasn't correct. But it was because we were so tired and we were just ridiculous and we were just laughing. And then it got people laughing running by because they knew that, you know, we were just being silly.
Speaker 3:Pete the dragon. I think he's related to Jimmy the cricket. Jimmy the cricket.
Speaker 10:Jimmy the cricket, jimmy the cricket, yes, yeah, that's pretty much it. Yeah, so, yeah, it's just. Yeah. You just just, you know the I've been doing it for so long, basically, and you just kind of kind of know, in observational humor, I think is is really important when people are running uphill, going my feet are killing me, call, call it out. You know, call attention to it. Who cares? At that point You're like whatever. We know you're tired, we know your muscles hurt. I want you to know that I care, I care about you. Mickey's not going to tell you that I mean, mickey's great, but he doesn't say much at all.
Speaker 9:So, jodi, I'm an actor too, yay. So I over here nodding because I understand, I'm like oh yeah, absolutely. Whenever you do it a lot, totally. There's not a stamina, it's just, it just comes to you.
Speaker 10:Second nature right.
Speaker 9:Yeah, but I do have a question for you. Do you prefer scripted or improv?
Speaker 10:Oh, I like a combo. I like a combo of both. Um, it depends on the improv. You know. If, like, if it's long form, improv is what they call like, just you know a whole scene and going on and on. I can do that, but I prefer, um having a uh skeleton, if you will, of a script and then going off on my own and and hopefully have a director that trusts me to do that. That, I think, is my strong suit. Like, I have a rehearsal tomorrow for um, I don't know if I can say this Uh, I have a um fun thing that I'm doing for Halloween, that um, yeah, it's just, it's uh, I'm 80.
Speaker 10:I'm doing a little pirate uh thing tomorrow, um, and I'm rehearsing it and I'm going in blind. I have a character that a name. I've got a little bit of, uh, what we call a calling card like. It's just like little bits about myself as my character, but I don't know anything else and we're just gonna go in, we're gonna rehearse together and hopefully create organically some things. But but your question is do I like one or the other? I like a combo of both. I love both separately, but I like the combo.
Speaker 9:And as a follow-up question do you do any shows or anything outside of Disney for fun, Because I know Pelkey has talked about being in shows?
Speaker 10:John Pelkey is a fast fan.
Speaker 4:He is a thespian thespian extraordinary.
Speaker 10:Um, he me too. Yeah, oh, I love theater. I don't, you know, that's how. I was a theater major. I went to college in new hampshire and I was a theater major there and I minored in business.
Speaker 9:So to answer my degrees in accounting and I my minor's in theater and do you just act or do you do your accounting stuff? I, I do, I do accounting and then, um, in my spare time, I do theater. I've directed a little bit at a children's theater, so a little bit of both, and that's how I started.
Speaker 10:I started out in children's theater, um. I worked with an actor named Chris Parnell. I don't know if you know Chris.
Speaker 9:He was on.
Speaker 4:Five Night Live. Yeah.
Speaker 10:I know the name 30 Rock and Anchorman, anyway, I don't remember. I don't know. There's some animated stuff that he does too, but anyway I did an improv group with him doing children's theater, and that was my first really introduction to improv and it was with him, children's theater, and that's, that was my first, uh, really introduction to improv and it was with him, you know, and he's pretty good, he's pretty good Cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, um yeah, and I can't remember what your question was. I apologize.
Speaker 9:Do you have a favorite or do you do um shows outside of I do.
Speaker 10:I have done a bunch of theater when I moved here. But I how do I say this without sounding like a jerk, I'm just gonna say it. I like making money, sure, yeah, and there's no, you don't in theater, you really don't. And but I but I get my fill creating characters and, um, like I did commercial work and I did some film work, I find my artistic necessity to do the art, if you will, I find it in other things like voiceovers and things like that, but to do theater I've kind of just fallen out of it because I've made a career of what I get paid to do and I don't feel I'm not really proud of that. But I've done enough theater. I feel pretty good about it.
Speaker 3:I feel, okay, you're happy, that's the big deal, yeah yeah, and some people love doing theater, so why would I good about?
Speaker 10:it. You know, I feel okay, you're happy, that's the big deal. Yeah, yeah, and and and people, some people love doing theater. So why would I? You know, if people have asked me, why don't you do theater? And even directors in town they're like why have you not auditioned for me? So I'm like probably should not, that I'm like this commodity that someone wants to cast. But, um, yeah, I fringe festival. You know the fringe festival there's orlando fringe festival. I've done a bunch of shows there. I've directed, I have directed shows, um, and I enjoy all of it. Uh, but I I'm at an age where I'm like I really want to retire at a reasonable, you know age.
Speaker 10:So yeah yeah, so that I know I don't know if that's lame or not yeah, john's the theater. John's a thespian. If he could just do theater. Honestly, sports and theater, that's it.
Speaker 9:That's what he would like.
Speaker 3:Good combo.
Speaker 9:Yeah, I relate so much because I mean, it's one of those things I love theater. It's in my blood. But I have to pay bills.
Speaker 10:Yeah, and fortunately, I wish the arts were more supported.
Speaker 9:So we could go on a tangent about.
Speaker 10:Oh yeah.
Speaker 4:Anyway you've been on the course a lot, but have you ever run a run Disney event and is that something you plan on doing in the future?
Speaker 10:I actually this is one of my favorite memories with my mom I have run a 5K. I ran a 5K with my mom and I can't remember the year I think it was 2014, I want to say and I ran a nonprofit pet rescue for many years and we dressed up. I still have the costumes. We dressed up with tutus and my mom had them made and we have the name of my rescue on it a Better Life Pet Rescue, and on the back it was like adopt a pet or something like that. And we dressed up in like little kind of Tinkerbelly looking costumes and we walked in.
Speaker 10:Now, mind you, my mom is a very, very funny woman. She's very gregarious, she's not shy, she'll talk to anybody and she loves her son-in-law. But she didn't really know what he did. She's like, oh, he announces a race. That's nice. And I said, mom, we're going to do the 5K. She's like great, we walk in and of course you know what it's. We're gonna do the 5k. She's like great, we walk in and of course you know what it's like, especially at the 5k, there's thousands and thousands of people and John's on the stage, like my mother-in-law's here, and he goes. She's like, oh, my goodness, she's like center of attention.
Speaker 10:She loved it. It was so great and we ran the 5k together and I think she was 72 at the time and she's in great shape. She teaches water aerobics at her 55 plus community, so she's in better shape than I am. So we ran the 5k together and, no, do I plan on running another one? Probably not. It was a lot of fun. I really loved it. Um, I don't know. I can't say no. I can't say not, that I'll never do it, but I might. John's training now, yeah we know.
Speaker 3:Yeah, say to you half.
Speaker 10:And it's kind of inspiring me to get in better shape and start to focus on so maybe I will, maybe it'll push me to do that, but right now it's about him.
Speaker 3:I was going to say that, uh, we know somebody else who said never say never Good point.
Speaker 10:No, I probably will. I probably will. I don't, um, I don't always feel like, okay, here's something that might, uh, help you understand. When I performed on the streets, uh, outside in the sun, for 25 years, the shoes that I wore were not always great on concrete and they have affected my knees. Not that that's an excuse, but they have made an impact on my knees. Um, so I'm, I think I'm anxious to be honest with you about running, because I'm afraid that it might hurt my knees more.
Speaker 3:Um, yeah, I don't know there's a thing called run, walk, run. I know the Galloway method you should look into it.
Speaker 10:I have done that, I have done it and it really absolutely works. It helps me a lot and you're right, you're right, you're right, I should, I should do that.
Speaker 3:You don't? Yeah, you know we're mostly teasing.
Speaker 10:Oh, I don't care, no, no, you're motivating me. I really should do it. I really should. I don't know, I don't think about it. I like swimming. I have a pool and I swim.
Speaker 3:That's awesome.
Speaker 10:Low impact on my knees.
Speaker 3:Oh, that's great, that's great exercise.
Speaker 10:Absolutely. I love it so much.
Speaker 9:So you just mentioned it. There's a side of you that some of the friends might not know much about, but you have a pet rescue or you own a pet rescue.
Speaker 10:Okay, so, yeah, so back in 2004, thank you for asking me, because it is a passion. So back in 2004, I kept finding dogs and cats and I was like, what am I going to do about this? So I started a nonprofit pet rescue called A Better Life Pet Rescue. And that was hard back then because we had no social media. All we had was emailing to try to find homes for dogs and cats. And I'm really big on spaying and neutering and saving from shelters. And we were pulling animals from shelters that were going to be euthanized and then a lot of these animals needed some rehabilitation. So I would work with trainers and things like that. And it just started to.
Speaker 10:And Disney has a great program called the Ears to you program. It's a volunteers, volunteers with E-A-R-S. It's a really wonderful program that cast members can donate their time and they sponsor, and they sponsor um. Oh, not sponsors, not the word, but um. They can donate money through Disney to whatever nonprofit that they decide. That's on their list and our ours was on their list. Uh, we registered and so we would get thousands of dollars every year to um to save lives. And we were a foster. We are a foster based rescue, so that means that we don't have a shelter or anywhere to keep the animals other than people that foster.
Speaker 10:So I did that for about 20 years and I was so, and then I started my real estate business. So I'm a realtor now and so during that time you know that was a lot of work and I was trying to focus on that. It was that my pet rescue work was kind of being neglected, and I don't when I do something, I like to do it full, you know, and I'll, uh, you know, full steam ahead. So, uh, I handed it over to three very capable women and they have been running it, uh, for the last uh, about three years. So now, so it's still going. They always say your legacy lived on, you handed the torch to us and it really truly is a passion of mine. I still help them, I still am involved and I'm helping two other rescues as well. It's just something that's in my heart that I can't stop and it's such a need for it. Yeah.
Speaker 9:So Scooby was from a foster-based rescue, yay.
Speaker 3:I love you. I think that's wonderful. There's a website friends can check out, isn't there, jodi?
Speaker 10:Yes, it's betterlifepetscom but the name of the rescue is A Better Life Pet Rescue, but betterlifepetscom. And they do great work in Central Florida and beyond really, because they've helped animals from other places as well. So really proud of them, really proud of them. It's a lot of work and it can be very discouraging and I just got so burnt out doing it because it's so emotionally involved.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I can understand that completely.
Speaker 10:But it's.
Speaker 3:But then on the other side it's like it's so rewarding it's rewarding, it's the most beautiful thing when an animal goes to a home and you're like, yes, I did that.
Speaker 10:Yes, absolutely. I wish I didn't have to put me out of business.
Speaker 3:I get it. I get it, but thank you for asking. It's a wonderful thing Friends. Yeah, betterlifepetscom. If you want to learn more about it or maybe even support the cause a little bit, I'm sure there's a spot there where you can do that and we'll put that information in our show notes. All right, jodi, thank you, let's see before we let you go let's tackle a couple of rapid fire questions, okay pew pew pew all right jody, are you ready for the rapid fire?
Speaker 6:I'm ready here we go. Yeah, all right, we're gonna start you off with an easy one here. Favorite disney snack snack.
Speaker 10:Oh um, I don't know if it's a snack, but I love that orange drink in France. Oh yeah.
Speaker 6:Grand Marnier, is that a snack? Oh yeah, listen. Liquids and slushies count. All right, perfect.
Speaker 10:The slushie. That's it. I love that one. Oh yeah, that gets me in trouble, so I can't.
Speaker 6:I can only have like one they do, they can anyway even though they put you on the hill for every race weekend. Which one is your favorite race weekend?
Speaker 10:which, which race? Oh, um, I do love. Um, well, I love the marathon, I love the whole, the whole marathon. Well, because, john's, you know, I get the house to myself, so that's fun for longer um yeah, I like the princess personally, because I like the weather's usually good, um, and I love all the people. I love all the dresses and all the people dressing up. I don't know, I can't choose. I love them all. I love springtime surprise and I love, um, what's someone?
Speaker 4:the food wine and dine okay I'm like that, Okay.
Speaker 10:I'm like that's not. I don't like that question. Bye, Okay.
Speaker 3:Don't ask that one, greg.
Speaker 6:All right, all right, sounds good All right, this one's maybe a little bit easier. Favorite Walt Disney World park.
Speaker 10:Oh, that one is definitely Epcot. Yeah, because that's where I started.
Speaker 5:Good answer.
Speaker 10:It's nostalgic for me. I just love it.
Speaker 6:And you can get your slushie there.
Speaker 10:I can get my slushie, I like the food and wine festival and I like the comforts they bring in. I don't know Epcot's, just that's where I started. So I always say Epcot and I love the feel and the slow pace of it, but I like the shade in animal kingdom. I I'm not gonna say that I love magic kingdom, but I love magic kingdom for the nostalgia um, and I love hollywood studios so very, very, very much that hollywood studios was my second favorite.
Speaker 9:But I'm hearing a trend of not being able to make a decision.
Speaker 6:Well, well, lexi, it's funny you say that because I think our next question is gonna put us down the same path. Jodi, your favorite race announcer not named John Pelkey.
Speaker 10:Oh, that is so I'll get it Carissa.
Speaker 9:Okay, oh, no, tracy Wu.
Speaker 10:She'll kill me if I don't say Tracy Wu, oh she.
Speaker 3:Tracy listens too.
Speaker 10:Jodiacy listens tracy woo is my favorite person. Just I love her. No, I yeah, and I love riley too. He was one of my groomsmen. He's his child is my godchild. What am I doing? I love them all. Stop it. I don't like these questions. Don't ask me if I like dogs or cats more. Don't even do it.
Speaker 6:Don't even look, I won't, I promise. I promise, since you know central florida so well. What is a hidden gem outside of the og gideons?
Speaker 10:uh, that everyone should check out okay, there is a uh, a boat tour called the winter park boat tour.
Speaker 10:Tour I highly, highly recommend it. It's like $15 and you get on a boat and you go through like old, old Orlando and there's no tourism, it's just Rollins College, and you go through it. Then you go to lunch in Winter Park on Park Avenue. That's a fun little thing to do. I also love going to Blue Springs and go kayaking Wekiva Springs. Those are some of my favorite natural things to do, which I'm really more into than I mean. I love the theme parks don't get me wrong, but that's where I work, so I like to get away from it and I think Orlando offers a lot more than just theme parks. And those are the two things that I would recommend. Anyone who comes here just to do theme parks, I'd say break away and see. You know the springs, the natural springs that we have, and the manatee, and you know nature. Yeah, that was easy that I got.
Speaker 6:Well now, going back to the theme parks you've at Disney, you said for over 30 years what is one thing that you wish would come back to? Walt Disney World?
Speaker 3:that is now gone the citizens of Hollywood yeah, I think that's a good answer, very good answer hashtag free Betty Shambles and.
Speaker 10:Paige Turner and. Star Cruiser. I love it, and page turter and Star Cruiser I love Galactic Star Cruiser. It was the best.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 10:Yeah, it was amazing.
Speaker 6:But if I had to, All right, and then last, and maybe this might provide the same answer, but I think this is the perfect last rapid fire question the favorite character you have ever played.
Speaker 10:Oh, hmm, I would say, well, paige Turner, yeah, because I played her for so long and I love doing Captain Keevan on Galactic Star Cruiser. But not everybody got to enjoy it. So it was an incredible, incredible experience, an immersive experience like no other, and I will defend it till the cows come home.
Speaker 4:I bet it was neat, it was incredible.
Speaker 10:It was a really, really amazing experience. That's a whole other show because there's so many great things about it. But Paige Turner for sure, because she was just. You know, she was me. I just get to be silly. You know she was me. I just get to be silly, you know, for a living.
Speaker 3:I'm crazy, Jodi. This was fun. I knew it would be, and we're so glad that you joined us. All right, friends. Now you've got a friend on the side of the hill, so visit Mary and Kay, Tell them you heard them on the podcast. They'll give you the business. They'll probably they'll. They'll have something. They'll have something ready for you, oh.
Speaker 10:I yes. We please say hi, mary and Kay. We love to support everybody and encourage you to get up that hill and if we're annoying you, we're doing our job.
Speaker 3:We're doing our job. It was great, Jodi. Thanks so much for joining us. We appreciate it. We'll see you in October. Caution runners. The topic is about to change right now.
Speaker 3:Well, that was fun. Jodi's a delightful person, as you have learned. If you didn't know her before, you know her now. Say hi on the side of the hill, say hi to Jody. Hey, friends, if you're going to Disneyland for the Halloween race, don't forget that there's a meetup on Saturday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. It'll be at the picnic area which is just in front of. I always want to call it Magic Kingdom, but it's Disneyland. You got two parks Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. So if you're looking at the Disneyland Park, turn to your left to about the 10 o'clock position and there's a large hedge area over there. That's marked as the picnic area. It's near the Lost and Found hedge area over there. That's marked as the picnic area. It's near the lost and found, near the restrooms there, near the rental lockers. Great place for a meetup. You usually have a pretty good turnout there and I hear the cookies are pretty good.
Speaker 6:I was like do we have confirmation? Didn't Kelly make some? Cookies that everyone was raving about.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yep, and uh, um, he said he's going to do it already, so we're good to go there. I'll have to. Yeah, January is when I'll be out there. In fact, I think none of us are out there until January and we'll have to check them out when we get there. But I know, alan, it will be. A lot of our friends will be there. Alan and Grace look forward to that. I'm sure Russ will be. That a lot of our friends will be there. Alan and Grace look forward to that. I'm sure Russ will be out there, and I'm going to stop naming names, because I'm sure a lot of our friends are going to be out there and are going to enjoy it.
Speaker 6:Well, yeah, Bob, because the reason why none of us are going to be there is because at least half of us are going to be taking selfies with camels in Burgenhand.
Speaker 3:Well, that's a fact. Yeah, we'll be in Pennsylvania, so that'll be. Yeah, I'm looking forward to that. That'd be a lot of fun. That is the same weekend, though.
Speaker 6:Since we're doing announcements here, one quick thing that we just wanted to remind our listeners of. I know it doesn't give you much time, but day of release here. July 31st is your last day to pre-order the new version of the rise and run race shirt. Uh, uh, designed for the last couple of weeks, the uh, the rock concert, or race schedule theme shirt.
Speaker 6:So if that is something that you are interested in purchasing, be sure to visit riseandruncom slash shop. You'll be able to put in your pre-order there. And again, the 31st is the last day that you to put in your pre-order there. And again, the 31st is the last day that you can put in that pre-order, and then we are going to do our darndest to get those shirts out to you. Um, especially if you are planning on running Disneyland in just a couple of weeks there likely will be shirts available if you don't pre-order.
Speaker 3:But if you want to be sure of getting one, be sure to pre-order. Remember our friend Pamela from Fluffy Fizzy's fame.
Speaker 6:I miss Pam.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I do too. I've been chatting with her. We've been friends for a while now. Fluffy Fizzy's is still around. Their website's still available, but Pam is working on a new project and that's all I have right now, and I'm not being real secretive. I don't know a whole lot. I know a little bit more than I'm letting on, but it's a new project and we will have details to follow, so look forward to that.
Speaker 5:We had Brittany Charbonneau on a few weeks ago and we talked about her blog Own your Weird, and she has now brought it back. So if you'd like to check that out, it's thefunnyrunnersubstackcom and you can sign up. It's free, but yeah, it's a fun little blog. I love seeing what she comes up with for that.
Speaker 3:It's Brittany through and through.
Speaker 5:Oh, absolutely.
Speaker 3:The last one tied into Shark Week. She is what she calls herself the mountain shark. When she runs or something, she's fun. She's just a fun and funny person, hence the funny runner. So own your weirdness. Back On our Facebook page, there is now a Google form asking you, my friends, if you would be interested in playing fantasy football with your Rise and Run friends this year. This is entirely up to you. Just an idea. I thought. I realize we've got a lot of people out there. Perhaps we got some friends who might be interested in playing. We can run a league that there's a buy-in. We can run leagues that are free just for bragging rights. But here's the one thing I'm going to ask you have to draft a kicker in the first round.
Speaker 6:No Okay, never mind in the first round. No Okay, never mind.
Speaker 3:So look, if you're interested, fill that out. The only thing I'm asking is I do not want to be the commissioner. I will not be a commissioner. I don't know if any of my friends here want to be a commissioner, that's up to you. But we're going to need commissioners for as many leagues as we get, and we'll see how we do. We get 10. To me, 10 team leagues are optimal, uh, but we'll see how it goes. Okay. So that form is out there. We've got a couple weeks. The season actually starts on september 4th. So, with your national championship, philadelphia eagles, right, yep, the eagles and the cowboys from philadelphia on thursday night, sept. September 4th. So we would want to have our draft, probably in the last week of August. So let us know if you're interested. And now Please stand clear of the door. It's time for a race report.
Speaker 9:Por favor, manténganse alejado de las puertas.
Speaker 3:A race report sponsored by our friend Thomas Stokes. Stokes Metabolic Training, stokesfit slash rise and run coaching. In the middle of Tom's eight week challenge, I've been on some of his Zoom calls. He's got a very active group working on that. Of course, he still has his other training programs available. Information's pinned to the top of our Facebook group page. So let's start out on Saturday and head to Boston, Massachusetts, where they had the Run to home base at Fenway Park. It's a 9K and our friends Jake and Teddy were there to run it and they join us for the Race Report Spotlight. Hiya guys, it's good to see you. Hey Bob, hey John, yeah, it's great to see you. Well, thanks, Thanks for joining us. You know I always appreciate it when our friends take time and come join us here and we have a lot of fun with that. So, thank you. So I'm excited. I want to hear about this race.
Speaker 8:So I'll tell you one thing first.
Speaker 3:Yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 8:There was a choice between a 5K and a 9K. Okay, and we chose the 5K. There was a choice between a 5K and a 9K and he chose the 5K.
Speaker 3:Oh, okay, gotcha, okay, I gotcha. I thought so.
Speaker 8:But I think I probably had it in as the 9K you did in the race report yeah, and that's fine.
Speaker 3:So we ran the 5K and that makes sense. I know Teddy's new to 5Ks, so that makes sense. I know Teddy's new to 5Ks, so that's cool. But I'm going to ask each of you if you can tell me and I don't care who starts, dad, maybe you should kick it off. How did you get started with?
Speaker 8:running. Well, it's been a long. It had been a long time, a long time 20 years plus until about a year and a half ago, my last birthday. So it's been about 14 months now and I just decided I was losing some weight and I decided that I was doing it with the help of medication and I decided that I didn't want to do that passively. I wanted to do something more active and really take advantage of the weight loss and the new health. And so I started running and it wasn't long after just doing a kind of couch to 5K and finding Galloway and signing up. Then for what? My first big race was the half marathon, the wine and dine half last year, and that brought me to Rise and Run, it brought me to Customized and, man, it's been a heck of a run. No pun intended.
Speaker 3:Since I've done a bunch of halves, you snuck it past us anyway, it's okay.
Speaker 8:Yeah, no, I've done a bunch of halves. I did the full marathon in January, I'm getting ready for Chicago in October and it's just it's. I thought when I started it was going to be you know, one and done, kind of let's see if I can accomplish this kind of thing. And it's, it's not, it's it's, it's a way of life now.
Speaker 8:There's a lot of that going around, jake, a lot of that going around, it seems like it, and it's such a great community of a lot of people in that boat, which has been great.
Speaker 3:All right Now, teddy. What made you decide to start running with Dad?
Speaker 11:Well, so Dad was running a lot, and then before that I was doing a little running.
Speaker 3:By yourself.
Speaker 11:Um, I was doing like a race, like every week.
Speaker 3:Oh, that's good, I was like three then, so you were doing races when you were three. Wow, wow, that's pretty cool man.
Speaker 11:And then I just saw dad running more when I was four or something. I just thought, if he's running, maybe I can try to get better at running. I was already running, so I didn't want to just like stop doing something.
Speaker 3:Oh, that's great, Teddy, you're, you're seven now, is that right?
Speaker 11:I'm eight and a half.
Speaker 3:Eight and a half.
Speaker 4:I'm sorry I missed that you got to get that half in there, Bob.
Speaker 3:Well, I get that, but it's my mistake. I read a lot of reports and I promise you somebody out there is seven, but it's not you. You're eight and a half. Well, that's cool. And now you're running 5K races. Huh yeah, is that the longest race you've run? A 5K? Yeah, yeah I don't mind telling you when I was your age, I wouldn't have done that.
Speaker 11:So that's really good. So do you train for the 5Ks, Teddy?
Speaker 3:Yes, you run with Dad in training or you do it by yourself.
Speaker 11:I run with Dad, I do this running group thing. Oh, I was doing sprints before, but now I'm doing like distance stuff.
Speaker 3:That is outstanding, my friend. Really really good. Well listen, why don't you tell us about the race on Saturday? How did it go? What were some of the exciting parts? How much fun did you have? I'd like to hear about it.
Speaker 11:The most exciting part was just Fenway.
Speaker 3:Yeah, Fenway's pretty cool. I got to agree with that.
Speaker 8:Yeah, it's a great setup, so it started at 8 am with this really nice ceremony, just to start. It's a fundraiser and they raised almost $4 million this year for the Run to Home Base organization.
Speaker 3:Just from this race.
Speaker 8:Just from this race, yeah.
Speaker 8:And so there were about 3,000 participants in person and I think more virtually, and a bunch of local organizations and corporations who had teams, and they had this great ceremony Iraq, afghanistan, anywhere overseas a place to go to deal with PTSD and other problems.
Speaker 8:I think the most poignant thing I heard during the ceremony was this idea that it shouldn't be harder to come home from war than it is to go to war. And yet I think a lot of people feel like it is and are reluctant to reach out for help, and so they're really trying to solve that problem, and we heard from some incredible speakers who were talking about all the work they did. So it was really a great event and a really kind of motivational ceremony for about an hour, from eight to nine right, and then you line up right outside Fenway Park and take off, and they sent the 9Kers off first and then the 5Kers. The Red Sox manager, alex Cora, ran the 9K. There were a bunch of other Red Sox family people and wives and some of the TV's personalities who all participated, so it was pretty well attended. Yeah, I liked how they could just bring the person that invented it who all participated.
Speaker 11:So it was pretty well attended. Yeah, I liked how they could just bring the person that invented it to run.
Speaker 8:Oh, the person who invented Run to Home Base.
Speaker 11:Yeah, if they were doing that for 16 years, I would probably get tired.
Speaker 3:They were doing it before you were even around, Teddy.
Speaker 11:I'd be like one race, two race, three race. I don't really want to do any other races, You'll see, we'll see about that.
Speaker 3:We'll see about that. But yeah, that's pretty neat. Did you see any of the Red Sox family members? Because the ballplayers weren't there. They had a game that day.
Speaker 11:Yeah, I saw Red Sox-related people that I totally didn't know.
Speaker 3:No, you wouldn't, no, I wouldn't expect you to know. I'll tell you a Red Sox legend Johnny Gomes ran the race. Oh, okay.
Speaker 8:World. Series champion, johnny Gomes was there and running Alex Cora like I said, the manager ran and a couple other TV people.
Speaker 11:Yeah, I was pretty excited that Johnny Gomes, or whoever that guy was, had the exact same glasses as me. Oh neat, different colors but, not a lot of people have those glasses.
Speaker 3:Do you think he copied from you or did you copy from him?
Speaker 11:He probably had them for a while he probably had them first. Yeah, I just got them recently, just to copy my favorite baseball player.
Speaker 3:Who's your favorite baseball player now?
Speaker 11:Ryan Cox.
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 8:And he plays for who?
Speaker 11:The Savannah Bananas.
Speaker 3:Oh golly. No, that's cool, and listen, our friends can't see this, but what are you wearing right now, Teddy?
Speaker 11:I'm wearing a Savannah Bananas jersey signed by Ryan Cox.
Speaker 3:Oh, that's cool. That's cool. They were just there in Boston a couple weeks ago, weren't they the Bananas? Yeah, and you went right. Mm-hmm had a good time. Yeah, I loved it. All right, I'm glad to hear it. I love baseball. I haven't seen the Bananas. They were here in Tampa, oh in the fall, but I didn't win the lottery or whatever. You got to get up. Well, you know it's a tough ticket. It's a tough ticket.
Speaker 8:We've been very lucky, but it's a great show. Anyway, the back to the race. The. So the 5K goes, goes out out Fenway Park and you basically run down Mass Ave over the bridge into Cambridge and so it's beautiful views out to the Statehouse. And then as you turn around, back out to the Sitco sign and really a gorgeous, you know quick 5K. You come back up Mass Ave, make the right and you turn on to Lansdowne Street and run right from the street right into the center field, essentially onto the warning track.
Speaker 8:Yeah, onto the track. Yeah, and we thought that you'd finish at home base, which is sort of the way they sell it, but it would be impossible with all the congestion. So you actually finish in the outfield on the warning track and then kind of get snaked around in a line and they take your picture right at home plate and a couple of days later we got our picture back.
Speaker 4:Because if they finished at home plate they would need space and they're playing, so they need to feel, to be good, and then all the footsteps would be there, so they just need to squeeze people in and end it.
Speaker 8:A different part they would have been careful about keeping us on the on the morning track and not on the field oh yeah, I can imagine, maybe they're, maybe they're just like, that's what they do every day.
Speaker 3:Oh, it is.
Speaker 11:They just don't let anyone.
Speaker 3:They do not, I promise you, they do not.
Speaker 11:Major League Baseball groundskeepers that's like holy land out there, you do not touch that they sometimes do things where some special occasion you get to go onto the fields, but not every game.
Speaker 3:Uh-uh. No, it's very, very unusual, because they take such good care of that.
Speaker 8:You know what, bob? Even at 8 am they were out working the field for the 7 o'clock game that night. Oh, I'll bet While the event was going on.
Speaker 4:I'll bet. Oh, I didn't know there was a game that night. Yeah, there was.
Speaker 8:That's even more interesting that they actually yeah, I think it wasn't us, but I think people who raised enough money got tickets to the. It was a Dodgers game that night and they honored they honored the top fundraisers that night as well.
Speaker 11:Dad, if I were you, I would pay a lot of money just to play, just to see Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 3:He's a ball player, all right, we don't want to see Freddie Freeman. How about Shohei Otani?
Speaker 11:Yeah, he's cool. He's pretty good my mom says that when he's batting he's calm, and I don't like when people are calm.
Speaker 3:Hey, let me ask you guys do you have any races coming up?
Speaker 8:Yeah, we both do so. I'm getting ready for the full marathon in Chicago in October on Sunday. But what are we doing on this Saturday, right beforehand?
Speaker 11:I think we're like grabbing a few of my friends from school and we're all going to go to Chicago, because our parents are all running the marathon, I think, and we're going to run the 5K together.
Speaker 8:There's a 5K on Saturday before, so a shakeout run for me and a nice run for Teddy and maybe some of his friends. We've got actually a few of his classmates' parents are running Chicago as well, so we're going to have a great group.
Speaker 11:Actually two, and it doesn't have any more syllables, just to say two.
Speaker 4:And it's more convenient.
Speaker 3:You nailed it, buddy Nailed it. You're right. I think it's fantastic, and I see a lot of young people I'm not joking when I was, I remember, in the sixth grade. So what are you in the sixth grade?
Speaker 8:10, 11, 12, something like that You're going into third, right yeah?
Speaker 3:We had to run, I think, 600 yards. We had to run the 600. Oh, my goodness, we thought we were going to die. And you guys are running three miles, teddy, that's great. Hey, teddy, you pr'd this race, didn't? This was your fastest 5k, wasn't it yeah?
Speaker 11:according to what my dad sometimes says, that'd be good, but he never really said that it was good. Like I said, I think I like beat it by 40 seconds or something yeah and usually when he's doing something and he beats it by 40 seconds, he's like, oh, that's so good he did not do anything for me, so I don't know what to. Oh, I was super excited for you he congratulated me with the whole race, but he didn't say that was a great pr well let me say it now that was a great pr the rise and run crowd's gonna cheer for you.
Speaker 3:okay, how's that that feel better? Yeah, guys, are you running at Disney?
Speaker 8:So I am hoping to have a very quick trip down for the Wine and Dine half again and I'm going to do Dopey this year and we're working on whether Teddy is going to make it down early enough or just come to support.
Speaker 3:We'll see Wait, so you're saying there's a 5K to run. There are. Yes, there is Teddy, there's 5K.
Speaker 11:I'm going to run it.
Speaker 8:We're working on it.
Speaker 3:I understand.
Speaker 8:Thursday is tough. I've run two 5Ks.
Speaker 11:I think I'm fine.
Speaker 3:I don't think you can do it bud, yeah you got to get all the way to Florida and you got to get registered.
Speaker 4:That's a long run to Florida. It's a long run to.
Speaker 8:Florida and it's the first week back from school after vacation.
Speaker 3:So we're working on it. Yeah, I understand that completely.
Speaker 4:It's a tough week, so, Teddy. So what's your favorite part of Fenway?
Speaker 11:Related to the race or just Fenway? Fenway in general Cause um, I like the green monster, and that's the only answer. I just like that. It's just like one of the best fields, Like I know, like I know I'm not saying I'm not saying that it's actually bad, but I just want to say it's good. It's actually good, Like it's like the second best field. What's the best? Wrigley Field.
Speaker 4:Okay, Okay Well those are the two oldest. I mean, I really enjoy that they still have the old placard standings on the the old scoreboard manually operated.
Speaker 8:Yeah, I'll tell you what we got to. As part of the warning track, we were right up against the green monster, got to touch it, got to look in and see where the guy who runs the scoreboard sits.
Speaker 11:Yeah, I got to like take a cool picture and I just literally just jumped onto the green monster and stuck my hand out, so it looked like I was touching the ball Like and stuck my hand out so it looked like I was catching a ball Like. The green monster is just good. It's like it's so special. If you do get a chance to touch it or do anything with it, it's great, so it's the best to have it around.
Speaker 3:It is a part of baseball history and baseball lore. It really is. Well, look guys. Thank you for taking time to join us and tell us all about this. It was exciting, it was fun.
Speaker 8:I hope you had a good time and absolutely Great race and if you, if you register early enough, the fundraising commitments are really not that difficult. So for people in Boston or people who want to just take the trip for the weekend, it's a really great race but also just a great cause. I was really happy to support it. We're going to do it again next year, for sure.
Speaker 8:And we mentioned the cause, right the cause is the run to home base, so it's home base is the organization. This is the cause that supports veterans who are coming home from war, essentially, and helping them get the help they need to get back home.
Speaker 3:Guys, thank you so much. We appreciate you joining us and we will talk with you later, okay.
Speaker 8:Thank you, guys, and, by the way, let me be the first to say congratulations on your 201st episode.
Speaker 3:You stuck it in there, good job, good job, you are the first Moving on. In Indianapolis, indiana, raleigh and her husband ran the half marathon at the Christmas in July half marathon in Indianapolis, indiana. In Adrian, michigan, christy ran the Flying Otter Winery 5K, 7 pm. Start for this hot, humid and hilly race. Okay, I'm going to stop saying hot and humid on the races, I'm going to assume that every one of them is hot and humid. So, on this hilly race and it had lots of mud also not a good PR course this isn't PR time, my friends, this is summer training equals fall PR time.
Speaker 3:Anyway, christy and her friend Elise both placed sixth in their age group, which is cool. Christy used a Disney trick to help her with the heat. She put an icy sponge under her rise and run hat, under her Rise and Run hat, and we'll hear more from Christy when we get to Sunday. In Jacksonville, florida, megan did the Kilwins Ice Cream 5K. Megan and her friend came, saw and danced the Macarena for an entire 5K. It was a fundraiser, friends, and it was pretty cool.
Speaker 5:That's impressive.
Speaker 3:It was cool. They had ice cream when they finished. They had a good time. Everybody had a good time, even the people who were around them and heard the Macarena playing over and over and over again for the entire 5K. Hey, Megan thinks, and I think she's right, this is her fastest 5K Macarena ever. That's a PR.
Speaker 6:Eh, Macarena.
Speaker 3:In a weekend event, the Jack and Jill Downhill Marathon and Half Marathon at Snoqualmie Falls in Washington. Sarah and Vanessa ran On Saturday. Vanessa crushed the full and then Vanessa ran the half on Sunday. Now Sarah ended up with a new half marathon PR on Saturday and Vanessa ended up with a marathon PR on Saturday also. Awesome, that's a lot of running in one weekend. This is a scenic and gorgeous event.
Speaker 3:A two-mile trek through what used to be a train tunnel. Gorgeous event. A two mile trek through what used to be a train tunnel. You have to walk about a mile up a steep hill to start the half, but then it's downhill after that. Gorgeous views from the train trestles, view from the train tunnel. Not so much. The downhill was deceptive. I've never run an entirely downhill race like this, but I hear this from people who do it that it's deceiving. You have no idea how your quads will feel the next day. I've also heard folks say that you get so used to running downhill that when it just levels off, it feels difficult. It feels difficult. Anyway, at the end of all this, sarah looks like she got on the wrong bus and well, she got to spend an extra hour enjoying the beautiful mountain views.
Speaker 5:I just want to say congratulations again to Sarah. She's been working really, really hard to come back from injury and illness and to get a PR, for this one was really special, so congratulations, sarah.
Speaker 3:It was a good one. Good job by both Sarah and Vanessa. They both PR'd. Yeah, congratulations. Yeah, all right, let's go to Sunday for the Kona Aloha Run 5K, which of course was in Michigan, milford, michigan. Christy's back Weather a little better for this run than it was the one she finished just the evening before. So she pushed a little harder for this one, a little more elevation gain than on Saturday, but it was a long downhill towards the finish. That was nice, much bigger run this time and she ran it with her friend again. They figured there would be no way with the extra runners that they would match their age group six place finishes from Saturday. And they were right. Elise finished third and Christy finished first in her age group. How's that? Aloha Pretty dag gum rootin' tootin' rotten stinkin' bird turnin'. Good ladies, way to go.
Speaker 3:In California the Wharf to Wharf race went from Santa Cruz to Capitola and Bethany was there for the fourth time for this event but because of road closures it wasn't exactly the wharf at Santa Cruz. It was more like the proper name would be the random street somewhere in Santa Cruz to the wharf race. It nonetheless was an excellent event. New Course was just a little shy of the normal six mile distance, 5.9 to be exact. Bethany had never run a 5.9 mile race before. So before we leave the race report, one more thing Our friend Mark Burgett, who has been with us a couple of times and Mark is a Galloway Pacer at Disney World and a darn good one he participated in the Trident Immolation Challenge at Jupiter Ridge Natural Sand Spur in Jupiter, florida.
Speaker 3:It was bloody hot, as you might imagine for a 24-hour event 3.3-mile loop, a lot of it actually on the sand. So what does Mark do with his run-walk-run pacing? And Mark is a run-walk-run guy. He sets a new course record Awesome 79.2 miles using Run Walk Run. So if you think that Run Walk Run is just for folks who can't hack it and can't keep up, mark is living proof that that's not true. And this is not the first time Mark set a course record or won an event.
Speaker 6:Bob, did I read it correctly, that he broke in terms of the course record? He shattered it by like an hour and 45 minutes, or something like that.
Speaker 3:Greg, I don't have that in front of me, but I would not be surprised at all he does. I mean, that's spectacular, and I did see somewhere where the temperature of the sand was like 112 or something. Gosh, this is not the time to be running. See what did I just say? You can't set PRs this time of year. Mark goes ahead and proves me wrong. But it's all good. At least it is Great job, mark, and congratulations. Okay, my friends, and if you run, you know you are our friend. It's a Zoom. Thursday Information is on the Facebook page. Please join us. We've got stuff to talk about. You can tell us all about how you did at Springtime Surprise Reservation, reservation, registration. You can tell us about what Disney races you'll be running this year, since all the signups are done now. So we look forward to that. I know it's hot, I know it's tough. Be smart, but keep going. Happy running.
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