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208: 2025 Bird In Hand Half Marathon Recap
Episode 208 transports us to the heart of Amish country as we dive deep into the Bird in Hand Half Marathon weekend. "It's like running through a postcard," our friend, Ryan, commented. From camel selfies to cornfield runs, our special guests Ellie, Carrie, Tracy, and Kim capture the pastoral magic that makes this event unlike any other running experience. You'll feel like you're right alongside them as they describe the horse-drawn buggy pacers, the challenge of the rolling hills, and the remarkable community spirit that draws runners from across the country. And the legendary post-race chicken dinner? Our guests can't stop raving about it—a culinary highlight that rivals the scenic course itself.
Before our main feature, we introduce an exciting new collaboration with Hannah from The Start Line Co, who's created a collection of running-themed temporary tattoos specifically for the Rise and Run community. These sweat-resistant designs—including "fueled by plastic cheese" and the Rise and Run logo—add a fun dimension to race day preparation.
We also check in on training schedules as Wine and Dine Weekend approaches in just five weeks, with Marathon Weekend following 16 weeks later. The hosts acknowledge this challenging middle point of training where motivation wanes but dedication becomes crucial. As Alysha beautifully expresses in her moving piece "I Am a Runner," this sport connects us through shared experiences and determination despite the challenges.
This episode delivers equal parts practical insights and heartwarming community connection. Come for the race tips, stay for the stories of friendship formed through miles shared together.
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Speaker 2:Hi Rise and Run family. This is Mara from Wellington, florida. I'm giving you a call after my first mile run post-baby. Feels so good to be back out there and hitting the road. Can't wait to see everyone soon. I'll be there for Marathon Weekend. You're listening to the Rise and Run podcast.
Speaker 3:Mara with the intro. First post-baby mile Pretty cool, mara, thanks. Welcome back. Welcome back to the running world. We'll see you in January and welcome to you my friends.
Speaker 3:Welcome to episode 208 of the Rise and Run podcast. As always, we are delighted to be sharing some time with you this week. I'm Bob and I'm here this week with Jack Hiya, with Alicia Hello. With Greg hey, hey, hey. And with John hey, how you doing? Great, john. John, thanks for asking. I appreciate it. It's just random whether you're at the end or not. You know that, john. Thanks for asking. I appreciate it. It's just random whether you're at the end or not. You know that, john, I can't ignore the question if you're at the end. The answer is pretty much always going to be the same. But hey, fun episode this week. Friends, we put it off for a week. The bird in hand half marathon weekend. We got some friends in to help us on the recap. Hope you enjoy listening to it. Maybe, just maybe, it'll entice you to join us next year. Wonderful race weekend. In the race report spotlight, our friend Lauren did a nighttime run in Vancouver, canada. You can find out how she did.
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Speaker 6:slash rise and run podcast all right, you guys, there is a massive. I'm calling it massive because anytime a theme park in general does a race, I get super excited about it. And no, we are not talking about disney world, but a massive announcement still, at least I think so but it is the inaugural run at dollywood. It's the run at Dollywood weekend, which is going to be from April 24th through the 26th of 2026. So if you guys are like huh man, springtime that's not. I don't want to end my season now. Wait two more weeks. You get to run at Dollywood. How epic would that be to run through the entire park? And you know who can help you book this trip magic bound travel for pigeon forge, severeville and gatlinburg so they will be able to help and help you hook you up with whatever you need for this race weekend. I don't know about you guys, but I I am stoked. I am so excited and if you're going on the cruise, you could technically be like you know what? I have another weekend available and go straight to Dollywood.
Speaker 4:How epic is that. I can't wait to see the number of friends that do springtime, do the cruise and then immediately get off the ship and make their way to Tennessee. Talk about a triple dipper. If someone pulls that off, I think that person should be a future interview guest. I don't know.
Speaker 3:Oh golly, I think they should have their own episode, greg. Anyway, magicboundtravelcom, sponsor of the Rise and Run podcast, magicboundtravelcom is their website. Check them out. Before we get into the training schedule, I want to acknowledge I did this a couple of weeks ago with one of our friends. I want to acknowledge our friend, lola, who has also registered for the National Marrow Donor Program and plans to be an AWD, an Athlete with Disabilities guide through Achilles International. Lola, very cool, we're really impressed. Good for you.
Speaker 3:All right, let's take a look at the training schedule. Wine and Dine Race Weekend five weeks away. My friends, five weeks, just 35 days till the expo day. We are in training week number 13, and this week's long run is four miles with a magic mile Magic miles included in your. Four. Marathon weekend is now 16 weeks away. We're in training week 12.
Speaker 3:Gang, I changed something. We were using the experienced runner schedule for the marathon. I've gone back to the beginner schedule for the weekend because last week, if you recall, they had speed work four times one mile intervals most of our friends use, which is the beginner schedule. This weekend for the marathon, your long run is 13 miles. Those numbers are starting to get up there and get significant, although we got a ways to go. If you're doing the dopey or the goofy challenge, this weekend you have a four mile walk and a 13 mile run walk. This is where and I probably say this every week here, in the middle of it this is where you have to stick with it. This is where you need to be dedicated. This is where motivation starts to wane and dedication takes over. This is the hard part. We are getting into some long miles. The end is really not in sight yet. It's still 111 days away. But this is the hard work, but doing this work will pay off for you, we promise.
Speaker 4:You know, bob, you make a really good point there and you could almost make the argument that this part of the training cycle could be the most difficult for some because, like you just said, the mileage is up there. But you still got a lot to go, and you know.
Speaker 4:So, you know, even though the numbers are going to get even higher as we get you, you know, into November and December at least, then you know well, you know, goofy and dopey, or or, or the marathon, or right around the corner, where now it's you know, we're still over a hundred days out, you know, and but at least the one benefit that you do have going for you is that in most parts of the country, temps for you is that in most parts of the country temps are starting to come down, so it should make those long runs, you know, just a tad bit easier for you. But again, just, it's all about the time on your feet.
Speaker 3:Helps a little bit, uh, the temperatures helps a little bit, uh, and, and yeah, you're right, when you get to the 20 mile long runs, then you get to look at the training schedule and go, okay, I've only got three long weekends left, or two long weekends left, it does. The end starts to coming into view. I want to remind friends of something else we always tell you and this is just the Jeff Galloway way is that you have a speed limit on these long runs. This is not the time to go out and run hard. You do your.
Speaker 3:If you're going to do speed training, you do it during the week, but these are for endurance. Remember, you're going to run 13 miles this weekend. You're going to do four and 13 if you're doing a challenge, and then Tuesday you're back at training. So you don't want to go too hard on your weekend run. You've got more work to do, but you can do it. Friends, if this is your first time through, I know it's hard but you can do it. And since we're on the training topic, friends, what kind of training updates do we have to share?
Speaker 8:My training had been going really well, and I hope that it still goes really well, but unfortunately today I fell down the stairs and so I really honestly don't know what happened. All of a sudden my foot went out from under me and I tried to stop myself, but that almost made it worse and I kind of gave myself whiplash. I'm hoping, after a little bit of yoga and a good night's rest, that things will be okay, but otherwise things were going really well.
Speaker 4:Alicia, you are too young to get life alert.
Speaker 8:Right, my mom was in the other room and she was like, what did you just do? That sounded horrible and I'm like like, well, it's not as bad as it could have been.
Speaker 3:But yeah yeah, pretty sore today oh well, I mean, I'm sorry, that happened I am, and, and I hope, yes. So with these you know this as well as I do sometimes with these you wake up the next morning. You feel a little worse, but hopefully that's the end of it.
Speaker 8:Yes, keep going.
Speaker 3:Yeah, all right, all right, jack, go ahead.
Speaker 6:So I know we're talking about bird in hand this week, but I also ran during that weekend. It wasn't bird in hand, but I ran the Great Smoky Mountains Half Marathon.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah.
Speaker 6:And I was really, really, really looking forward to this course. Um, I really do like vacation races. I think they are a wonderful company to go and run with. Uh, go ahead and check them out, highly recommend, um.
Speaker 6:But I really wanted to PR so bad during this race but leading up to it became almost unrealistic. I probably should get my hip checked out. But I literally, like I was doing great the first mile. I think my first mile was like an 839. I was just so excited to be there and then, like by like two and a half miles in, I felt a sharp pain in my right hip and I said, oh, come on, man. And uh, it went away and I was like, okay, well, cool, and I thought that I might attempt to catch up to another pacer up ahead. Um, but no, no, the two hour and 10 pacer has passed me around five and a half miles in and I realized, I mean, I kind of knew coming in because I was having hip issues anyways, it was probably unrealistic, but I was like you know, I'd be happy with about a 215, um, but yeah, around mile nine, uh, the hips became a problem again and I just said you know what?
Speaker 6:I'm just going to enjoy this race for what it is. It's got beautiful views. Enjoy it, and instead of getting disappointed with myself. It's like sometimes with races not every race is going to be your best race and if you have issues going on, don't agitate it. So I try not to. If you have issues going on, don't agitate it, so I try not to. And yeah, so I'm still happy with accomplishing it. But I also realized I don't know if I'm the runner I used to be, because I ran this race like four years ago and I was so much faster. I don't know if I'm that kind of runner anymore.
Speaker 3:Well, you are getting old, Chick.
Speaker 6:I am, I don't know if I'm that kind of runner anymore. Well, you are getting old, Jack. I am.
Speaker 10:I can't Like injuries take a lot longer to get over. Oh gosh, Wait to hit 45.
Speaker 3:Well, yeah, I know what you're saying, jack, believe it or not, I do. I was fairly athletic as a young man and I do recall about in my mid-30s, that's. The one thing I remember is that little owies took longer to get better.
Speaker 6:Yeah, and I'm just I'm so mad because if I would have ran a half like at loopy looper, I felt so good.
Speaker 6:And when I went to go and do that second loop and I was like I'm just going to do a time loop, let's see what happens. I to go and do that second loop and I was like I'm just gonna do a time loop, let's see what happens. I ran that thing so fast and it felt so comfortable and then, like literally a week later, it just went downhill. And well also let me put this this way it had poured down raining that morning before the race started and you think it would cool down the race, but it was like 68 70 degrees at race start. It was 80 humidity and I also had a lot of hard time breathing because of it because of well are you?
Speaker 3:were you at out, were you at altitude there? I mean, I don't know I'll bet you were, I'll bet you I mean you weren't hard altitude, but I'll bet you were higher than what you're used to where you live.
Speaker 8:Yeah.
Speaker 3:And that'll make a difference too.
Speaker 6:Yeah, and it's not quite fall yet. It's summertime, so fall PRs could still happen, that's right, that's right. Yeah, that's kind of my training, as I'm trying to get my hip to be better And've got my biofreeze spray. Can it's become my best friend?
Speaker 3:take care of yourself, jay I'll try.
Speaker 6:I mean, you got at least a falling downstairs. I've got hip problems. Who's next?
Speaker 4:who is next?
Speaker 6:don't grace that evil on me, ricky bobby geez yeah, I'll knock out some wood, did you hear that? Oh wait, babe, is this wood okay? Dave is like right, all right, moving right along there you go.
Speaker 4:I don't know if you heard that there's a phrase we haven't said in a while greg any uh any training updates uh, nothing of major significance.
Speaker 4:The one thing I'm proud of is that I know, when I chatted with everyone a couple of weeks ago after doing the Magic Mile and it really increased the paces, that I was a little apprehensive about those new paces and I still feel like I'm finding the groove of them. I mean, in terms of bird in hand, sure, I was nowhere close to race pace and even that loopy looper that's not even really an event where I should be aiming for for race pace, just because of of how it's. You know the event is constructed and such. But today on my uh tempo run, the one thing that I have been working with Coach Twiggs with is, you know, if you read those run plans, even on the ones that are on rundisneycom, you know they talk about. You know the Tuesday, thursday run how you should do. You know roughly 10 minutes of warmup, 10 minutes at race pace and then you know 10 minute cool down.
Speaker 4:I had been subscribing to that for the longest time. So in theory I was only ever practicing race pace for 10 minutes and I feel like I'm at the point now where, if I want to make that race pace a more realistic thing over the course of a longer amount of time. I need to start extending that time on my Tuesday run. So I've been starting to do that and instead of doing 10 minutes then I was doing okay, do at least a mile at that pace. I've gotten comfortable with that. So now I'm starting to extend that. So, like today, I did like a mile and a third at race pace and I was able to maintain a sub 10. Good for that whole distance, and that's something that I have either I haven't done in a really really long time or I've never done before.
Speaker 4:So just in terms of that I'm I'm very happy with where I'm at, and especially since I don't have a race on the calendar now until marathon weekend I think, this might give me an opportunity to either go out and find something locally that I can, you know, really give it a go and, you know, maybe find a 10 K and and go for a POT for the future, or, if not, just continue working on speed, you know, leading up to marathon weekend. So maybe if I get a good corral, I can finally achieve a long time goal that I've had of being able to run down main street, uh, in the dark, which is something I've never been able to do so.
Speaker 4:we'll have to wait and see.
Speaker 3:It's fun, John. How's it going for you?
Speaker 10:It's going pretty good. I got out to get my run on Sunday. I just got to work on trying to get my pre-hydration better before I run, because on the shorter runs it used to be anything under a 10K never carried water, but I felt it this weekend. Toward the end I'm like, yep, I can just feel myself getting dehydrated and I'm like I got to try to pre-hydrate a little better on those days, cause it's still the weather's still wacky over here. You know 80, 81 degrees on last Sunday. You know dew points still in the sixties, so it's still a little hot and sticky out there. So, and you know the sweat, sweated it all out Okay.
Speaker 3:Okay, yeah, and I'll go back to. I haven't used it for a while if it's hot. Where you are, it's hot. Uh, we were celebrating the weatherman was celebrating this morning that the dew point was under 70.
Speaker 10:It had dropped down to 69 for the first time since probably april it's those weird mornings where you're, you're waking up and it's like look like high 50s and then all of a sudden it shoots up to 80 yeah for us. So it's like you're yeah, yeah, I get it. Yeah, you don't realize it, you go back, you go out. You're like oh, I didn't realize. It's that hot out till you're done, uh let me share an update.
Speaker 3:I went out a six mile walk on saturday. I upped the pace a little bit faster than I've gone for a while. Greg, you're right, tony's moving out man. Yeah, we were, we were, we were pace a little bit faster than I've gone for a while. Greg, you're right, tony's moving out man. Yeah, we were chatting a little bit. Yeah, he's getting down sub 13 on his walks, which is excellent. I averaged 14.17 on my six-mile walk. I pushed the pace from mile four to five, but everything's going good, everything's going well. I want to. I'm excited I get to see the surgeon tomorrow, which is yesterday, so I get an update on what I can and cannot do. But I'm hoping to get green lighted, for I don't think. I still think I'm three weeks at least away from running. I think the bones need time to heal in the spine, but he has given me the green light from day one to walk, so I'm excited about that For our friends who are recovering from injury.
Speaker 3:Let me share some things I learned. Remember rule number one. Rule number one, the prime directive do what your medical team tells you to do. So, at least until tomorrow. I'm wearing this stupid brace, which I don't like and I don't have to wear it all the time, but I do wear it when I'm out on my walks. I'm going to throw out here be patient in your recovery. You're not going to get things back all at once. You've just got to be patient.
Speaker 3:Recognize that recovery from injury is not linear. Some days are going to be better than others. You're going to get better and then regress a little bit over the long haul, you'll get better. And then, when things do get a little bit better, the long haul, you'll get better. And then, when things do get a little bit better, celebrate those victories, and I had a little one this weekend, because there's a six mile loop around a lake here. It's a nice, a very nice course, but in order to make it six miles, I drive to it. It's only two miles away. Two miles away. Well, three weeks ago, or whatever it was, I could not walk from the car to the start of the trail, and so knocking out this trail at a 14 minute pace was a victory and it made me feel good. And so there you go, my friends, if you're recovering from something, just like everything else we talk about, it's a process. Stick with it and you can do it. Caution runners. Change of topic ahead.
Speaker 3:With that, I turn to my friends and I ask the question what would Alicia do? What would Alicia do?
Speaker 8:So this week I wrote something that hopefully will help motivate some of our listeners. I am a runner. I laugh when someone asks how my marathon went when I ran a 5k. I smile when I see mileage on a highway sign and think I can run, that I learn to, but not maybe willingly go to the bathroom in a port-a-potty because, well, I'm a runner.
Speaker 8:I search for races, looking forward to medals and swag, and long for the friendships made by the miles between our feet, May it be a mile or a hundred, Through black toenails, injuries, new shoes, fuel, hydration and more. I long for the pavement beneath my feet, Constantly reading, talking and listening about running, In good times and bad, with holler, hypes and more. I cross those miles off the calendar with one more step toward the goal To the next mailbox, to the next street lamp. Step toward the goal To the next mailbox, to the next street lamp. One more mile to go Through rain, snow and fall leaves galore. I keep moving forward Because with determination, grit, blood, sweat and tears, I know deep down I can. I can finish this run, I can get to that goal, I can cross that finish line Because I am a runner.
Speaker 3:And that my friends is what.
Speaker 3:Alicia would do Caution runners, the topic is about to change right now. Hey friends, you know we got a bunch of merch on our site. One of the things I thought about doing, golly, a couple of years ago I think, I liked the idea of temporary tattoos. So I did a little research and thought how can I do this? And I came to the conclusion that I was way too lazy to make that work. So I didn't do anything with it for a while. I still like the idea. And then very recently, our friend, hannah from the Stride Sisters podcast, sends me a note and says hey, rise and Run gang, I'm starting a new company and we do temporary tattoos. I said great, come on the podcast and tell us about it. Hannah, tell us all about it. Good to see you, hannah.
Speaker 9:How are you? I'm good, Hi guys.
Speaker 3:It's good to see you.
Speaker 9:It's good to see you too.
Speaker 3:Now, none of that. I mean, I'm always joking around, but every last word of that was serious. I thought, hey, this would be something that'd be pretty neat. We could have him for our races at Disney, or if we wanted to wear him at other races. But I did legitimately just go no, this isn't for me, and I just put it aside. And when you approached me I thought this is awesome. So how about telling us a little bit? You started a company. You didn't start it just for us. You started it.
Speaker 3:You've got other selections of temporary tattoos on there, but now you've got a bunch that work with Rise and Run and instead of me continuing to talk, why don't you tell us about it?
Speaker 9:Yeah, like Bob said, I'm Hannah. I'm the founder of the Start Line Co. Like Bob said, I'm Hannah. I'm the founder of the Start Line Co. It's a brand celebrating every runner's journey, from training runs to finish lines and everything in between. I create the temporary tattoos for runners so we can add a little fun, motivation and personality to our journey. And today I'm really excited to share our brand new collaboration with Rising Run, the first one ever.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so we're teaming up on this, but the merchandise is going to stay on your website, so we'll direct our friends to the Startline company and you can tell them how to get there yeah, you can find us on instagram at the start line co.
Speaker 9:We've got our link tree so you can find everywhere that we exist. That way, it also has a link to the website, or you can go directly to the startlinecocom and this is all very, very exciting.
Speaker 4:Now, I have not ventured into the idea of temporary tattoos during the race. I'm not like Bob. I've never worn body glitter or glitter lips or anything like that.
Speaker 6:Come on bro.
Speaker 4:So this is all brand new to me. Now, I'm a heavy sweater when I run. And obviously with something that's temporary. Is there going to be any effects in terms of like? Will this be gone by the time the race is over? What should I expect when I apply one of these tattoos? How long is it going to last and how easy is it to apply?
Speaker 9:All of the things, let's get it out there. So, uh no, you don't need to worry if you are a super sweater or a salty sweater. I've had myself, I've tested them, I've sent them to my friends, I've sent them to a couple of you guys yep and they stick around. So well, they obviously do better if you're minimally hairy, but they're gonna stick around either way, um, and they will last anywhere from.
Speaker 9:If you just want to have it for the one race, you can wear it and take it off, or you can have them for probably like up to three or four days, and they're still gonna look really, really good okay, so the true test is dopey, if it lasts for dopey, then you know it's a great product.
Speaker 9:I really think it would. I wore two of the rise and run tattoos this weekend for my 12 mile run this weekend in georgia in the summer heat, sweating plenty, and you guys can't see them because I have sleeves on, but they still look exactly like they did when I put them on excellent, I saw the pictures and I've show and I've done all the things.
Speaker 3:Oh, you showered with them on, okay.
Speaker 9:Yes, you can. I mean, as long as you're not like scrubbing it with like something abrasive, like normal showering, you're going to be fine. And they're super easy If you ever did a temporary tattoo as a kid. You just peel off the clear plastic layer and then you stick it down. They're very sticky, so it'll stay wherever you put it. And then you take a napkin, a washcloth, whatever and saturate it and then peel away the backing and there you go, easy peasy.
Speaker 10:There we go, there we go, and I didn't follow those directions.
Speaker 3:I didn't think so, John.
Speaker 10:You didn't take the backing off, john. No, I did. What I did is I took it off, I put it on and then I put my hand under the sink.
Speaker 9:That would probably be fine too. I did for a friend. We put on a tattoo in our race corral and we literally just sort of threw water from a waterfall. I want to know this. And that worked too.
Speaker 10:And I'm a water bottle and that works too, and I'm a heavy sweater and I do have hair on my body and it did stay on my whole run and when I got done and I took my shower, that's when I rubbed it off and took it off and it was fine. It didn't really bother me throughout the thing and it stayed on fine and didn't peel, didn't crack. Everything seemed good with it.
Speaker 8:So, hannah, for our listeners who are like me that have sensitive skin, are these hypoallergenic or is there anything in them that people might have concerns about?
Speaker 9:You shouldn't have any problem. The papers have been tested by the FDA and they are good for sensitive skin.
Speaker 3:Nice. Tell us about some of the designs you've got, Hannah.
Speaker 9:We have lots of them. We have the core collection, which is more of your motivational or funny items. So I have like a whole section of mantras. Our top seller is a sword that says you do not yield. Um, we have a race you to the castle. We have some punny ones like poor unfortunate souls with the bottom of a shoe, and we're constantly coming out with more. We do race weekend collections, so currently we have our wine and dine collection. I do if you've ever, if you're a fan of the shoe ornaments at Disney I do shoe designs for every race of every race weekend. So we just had Halloween. Wine and Dine is currently on the website and Marathon Weekend will be coming soon.
Speaker 4:I'm looking through all the designs now and they look fantastic. And they look fantastic, but say I wanted a custom one, like a cup of plastic cheese or Tinkerbob. So if I wanted a custom design such as those, what is the process in terms of talking to you and to potentially get that created?
Speaker 9:Yes. So if you go to the website, there is a create your own option where you can submit an idea, or you can send us an email at thestartlineco at gmailcom and, depending on how many you want and how complex the design is, we will work out the cost. It shouldn't be anything outrageous and we offer a lot lower minimum orders than a lot of other companies because we print in-house. I can make as few as like one sheet of tattoos, which is anywhere from six to 12. Or we could make 500, like whatever your heart desires is possible.
Speaker 3:Neato. Well, since you brought up the topic of cost, what do these typically cost?
Speaker 9:Yeah, so we offer them. Each design is offered in a three pack for $15. So that's five a piece, and if you want to mix and match, we also have a create your own bundle option so you're not stuck with getting three of the same design. If you don't want it, you can pick whatever three designs and do that, and then we offer slight discounts when you go up in the bundles of five and 10.
Speaker 10:The tattoos that you've designed for our collaboration. Do you want to tell everybody what we have going on?
Speaker 9:Sure. So we of course have both of the rise and run logos, the stacked one with rise and run and then there's also the alarm clock one with mickey shoes.
Speaker 9:We have that as well, and then we have a few custom designs that are a little add-on. So we have a running shoe that is rise and run themed, has little mini clocks all over it, and then we also have a phrase that says happy running with mickey ears, and again the mickey mouse hand clock design sort of added in, and, as mentioned earlier, we have fueled by plastic cheese, by plastic cheese.
Speaker 3:Yeah, baby, and you got one more, a john inspired yes, we do.
Speaker 9:I can't let you forget about that one.
Speaker 3:We have a hey how you doing oh, hey, friends, I I haven't worn them yet. I will wear one this weekend. I've got a 15k event this weekend. I I'll wear one or two, but John's worn them. Hannah sent us pictures wearing them. My first reaction when I got them was these look great. The colors are nice and vibrant and they look terrific. So so check out Hannah's Startline, so check out Hannah's Startline Company, startline Co. And we'll make sure that our friends know how to get there. And I think this has a lot of potential. I think it's a lot of fun.
Speaker 9:I hope it brings everyone a little bit of joy and courage on their way.
Speaker 3:Oh heck, I'm smiling right now Just thinking about it. Good stuff, hannah. Hey, we'll be in touch. Uh, thanks for joining us this evening, and when are we going to see you down at disney world wine and dine?
Speaker 9:okay, yep, I'm running the half, but I'll be there on wednesday and the website again, is the startline cocom right?
Speaker 10:yes, that is correct.
Speaker 3:Okay, good stuff, all right, We'll see you in a couple of weeks five weeks now if we don't talk to you between now and then, thanks, hannah, thanks, happy running. Caution runners. Change of topic ahead.
Speaker 3:That'll be fun. I look forward. I've got a couple of these tattoos. I look forward to trying them out. If only we'd had them. The great time we had at the Bird in Hand Half Marathon weekend and while Greg and John ran the half and I was there, we've invited other friends to join us and share their weekend highlights with us, and I want to say hi to Ellie, hello To Carrie, hello To Tracy, hey guys and to Kim.
Speaker 11:Hey everyone.
Speaker 3:That was good. See, nobody did how you're doing John. They knew that that was trademarked and they couldn't do how you're doing that's good, I'm going like Michael Buffer here.
Speaker 3:Well, ladies, thanks for joining us. We're glad you're here. As I mentioned, Greg and John did the half I did well, I'll tell you what I did in a little bit, but let's kick it off. Great weekend, one of the better race weekends that the Rise and Run family goes to. We had a wonderful turnout. I haven't asked yet Was this anybody's first bird in hand experience?
Speaker 7:My first.
Speaker 3:Tracy and Kim. Just overall, what did you think, Tracy?
Speaker 7:I loved being immersed in the mixed culture. I thought it was really cool that you had the locals in their traditional attire and then you had all of us coming in and they were so excited to be a part of it with us. It was really cool to see them in their traditional garb and then wearing like Brooks or running barefoot at times. Yeah that was, you know, a neat thing right off the bat.
Speaker 11:It was a really special weekend for me. It was, dare I say, as much fun, or more fun than a Disney race weekend, because we didn't have the early wake up calls race weekend because we didn't have the early wake-up calls and not quite as much stress, and getting to be around the whole Rise and Run family was an absolute blast.
Speaker 11:And the farmer's markets I may or may not have driven back to Georgia with tomatoes the size of my face, some fresh corn, pumpkin, everything. So I really enjoyed being in the environment and it was just a really special weekend and one I really enjoyed being in the environment and it was just a really special weekend and when I really needed so you drove up. That's two days or one day um, I did it, one shot did one shot pretty long. How many hours?
Speaker 6:it was about 13 hours yeah that's not the worst thing in the world.
Speaker 3:No, yeah, that's one of those deals where you go all right, well, you know, okay, I've driven 10 hours, am I going to stop? And yeah, no, yeah, that's one of those deals where you go all right, well, you know, okay, I've driven 10 hours, am I going to stop? And yeah, I know that's yeah, right on the cusp um and I.
Speaker 11:I got lucky. One of my good friends is in um harrisburg or near harrisburg I drove up and spent some time with her, and then we drove over to the race yeah, that's not terribly far away at all you know, that was one thing that I was thinking about the entire weekend is how much of the united states that collectively we had covered in terms of this race.
Speaker 4:Plenty of people from georgia, you know, I think kim, you were, I think, one of three or four people that Georgia, ellie, tracy, bob, representing Florida More than northeastern states as well Pennsylvania, new Jersey, delaware, maryland. We also had Texas, maine, ohio. I can't even remember some of the others, but it was. It was a bunch it was West Virginia.
Speaker 3:West Virginia, yes, yep and that's just amongst the uh rise and runners, correct? Yeah, I'm sure, and we didn't ask, but I'm sure the uh bird in hand organizers know how many states were represented so what convinced you, or who convinced you, to run these races?
Speaker 7:Listening to the Rise and Run podcast. It sounded so good I needed to. I'm trying to run all the states, so as much as I wanted to go back to Disneyland for the third time, I had to like put myself back, and so I'm going to go to Honolulu. I'm doing Chicago. I only have so much time off, so I'm like this is the perfect weekend to be with a lot of people that I care about and still get in a really fun challenge weekend and a long run as I prepare for Chicago, but on a better price point.
Speaker 6:You're going to love Chicago. Oh my gosh.
Speaker 12:So this was actually my third year at Bird in Hand. I've done both the 5K and the half all three years. And you know I fly into Harrisburg and drive over and it's one of those things that you know. Last year I thought, no, I'm not going to do it again. Well, there I was, and I've actually already booked a hotel for next year because I have the four horseshoes Got to have the whole horse Got to get a horse.
Speaker 12:Got to get a horse because I have the whole four horseshoes, got to have the whole. But really you know just the camaraderie and all the people was just amazing. And and I've seen the you know the Saturday night group dinner get bigger over each three years. It's just unbelievable. I mean the last couple of years was like 25 people and then this year it was insane and it was wonderful. Thanks again, greg, for all that work.
Speaker 3:You bet A lot of work on that.
Speaker 11:So of course, I heard about the race through Rise and Run, but this race was really unique and special for me because, aside from running, I'm also an equestrian, so I show horses competitively. Um, I think a funny story from this weekend I heard over overheard somebody say like I have two horses and I was like, oh, I also have two horses. And they were like we thought you said this was your first time here and I'm like it is, but I have two horses.
Speaker 3:So there was some confusion around.
Speaker 11:They had run the race eight times, eight times, you don't have two horses. So that was that was kind of entertaining. That's funny yeah uh, but the medal in the, the road apple award, is super special for me, um and and really sentimental so.
Speaker 8:So I know that it sounds like the four of you ladies did the 5K. We're going to get into the half marathon, but how does the 5K work? Is it a straightaway down the road? Where do you start and what does that look like? Let's start with Tracy.
Speaker 7:I guess it was kind of like a rectangle, it was like a loop thing, and most of it was part of the the half marathon the next day. Um, it was nice to not just be like a traditional out and back, and I feel like there were parts of it that we did on the 5k that we didn't do on the half too. So it was kind of nice. Um, it was really nice to just watch it, like you know, sunset and all that. I, I I just wish I hadn't eaten right before. I kind of got the time mixed up, which I shouldn't have because of Frank's awesome email I don't know I read something wrong. I was like, oh, I need to eat, but should I do it before or after? So I still had a good race, but that was bad on my part.
Speaker 4:In fairness, in that email I always make sure that if you're interested in eating before, after or both yeah right before, after or both.
Speaker 3:Yeah right, well, actually, and Alicia, you don't realize that the weekend well, the weekend starts with the expo, which is not much, but the weekend starts with the pasta dinner.
Speaker 11:Oh yes.
Speaker 3:It's available before the 5K.
Speaker 13:I think, another really nice thing about the 5K this was my first time at the event event and the start and finish are the same as the half, so you really get a preview and you know what to expect in that last mile or so of the half. So it was really nice to be ready for what that finish would look like and help to visualize for the next day too.
Speaker 12:Another thing about the 5k well, for me anyway, is it's that's one thing that I always walk to start with. Um, but even after a pasta dinner walking is still miserable, like I had a rock in my stomach but I wouldn't trade it. I mean, I would do it again next year and I plan to do it again next year, but I don't know. I keep thinking maybe I'll try the pasta after the race.
Speaker 7:That might not be a bad idea I will do that next year too, but then you have s'mores too later on yeah, I wanted.
Speaker 11:To do that next year, next year, yeah, definitely I was gonna say I got very excited to see the camels during the 5k because I had fully, like, planned to see them during the half. And so we come around the corner and there's the camels during the five. It was very exciting. I got a double camel sighting.
Speaker 3:It was awesome you get to ride a camel no sadly no riding the camels.
Speaker 10:You just get to see them and take selfies, if you try hard enough, jack, you can hop the fence and ride the camel oh, it's behind a fence.
Speaker 4:I thought there was like somebody out there like yay I was gonna save this for a conversation down the road, but since we're already bringing up the camels I know she's not part of this recap tonight, but I need to get this file from her Our friend Caroline from the Customized Training Group. She was going to get her camel selfie during the 5K no joke, and I'm so glad that her phone did one of those animated photos where it does several frames before and after you hit the shutter button. She literally got headbutted from behind by a camel.
Speaker 4:And the fact it is captured. So I told her that she needs to send it to me because I want to create a gif of it, or jif, however you want to say it and then get that posted up on the Facebook page, because I was just rolling when she showed this to me after the 5K.
Speaker 6:Is she okay?
Speaker 4:Oh yeah, she's totally fine.
Speaker 6:Okay.
Speaker 3:Yes, it startled her. Yes, that's all.
Speaker 8:So food is a big part of this race. Yeah. And we'll talk more about the chicken dinner and then the second dinner that you all had with the big group, but let's talk about this pasta dinner. So it sounds like it's a decent amount of time where you could go before or after the race. Is it literally just pasta or what else is there available or?
Speaker 4:what else is there available? So the pizza and pasta dinner runs from 4 until 8 on Friday night, so hence giving you plenty of options to eat before, after, in between or both. But they do offer spaghetti with a red sauce, a red sauce that has a little bit of meat in it meatballs pizza, I think there's a salad.
Speaker 4:There's a salad, yeah, they definitely have breadsticks and then where I would say, even though the food on friday night doesn't pale in comparison to the half marathon picnic. The advantage, though, is the dessert menu, because they have the traditional I would just call it like your standardized birthday cake there, and they have the soft serve ice cream, but then there's other types of pies that are there. So there's I saw apple, and then the Pennsylvania Dutch shoofly pie is also there. I saw apple, and then the Pennsylvania Dutch shoofly pie is also there, and a lot of those desserts are not part of the Saturday picnic, so if you needed some motivation, I guess, to get a pit in your stomach, like Ellie was saying, and also do the pasta party.
Speaker 4:Maybe come for the desserts, not necessarily the pasta.
Speaker 8:If you want to experience all the delicacies of the oven Exactly.
Speaker 10:And also, if you did not do the pasta dinner, they do have a stand out there that you can get pretzel calzones, where I got a pretzel wrapped with a ham and cheese inside of a pretzel, with a ham and cheese inside of a pretzel, which was like phenomenal, and I think they also do a egg and sausage one also too.
Speaker 4:So if you don't want the pasta, there's always that other option out there although this year I did have to laugh because when I got there for the expo which again I know we really didn't talk about it because literally it's just going to the pick up your shirt, your, your bib and they have a couple of vendors.
Speaker 3:A couple of vendors, yeah.
Speaker 4:But I had to laugh because one of the food vendors next to the pretzel truck and I think this was brand new for this year is they were offering it was a food truck of that great Amish delicacy of Jamaican food.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yamaha, great Amish delicacy of. Jamaican food.
Speaker 4:So if you were, interested in having Jamaican food in Amish country that was also available for you for purchase, but also the one thing you do get in your race.
Speaker 10:Packet pickup is one whoopie pie.
Speaker 3:Yeah, which is still. I didn't open the bag. It's still in my suitcase. It's right there next to my plastic cheese out. Open the bag. It's still in my suitcase. It's right there next to my plastic cheese out in the garage.
Speaker 11:It was a fun start to the weekend. Everything was pretty good. It was solid. I definitely enjoyed the ice cream. I can't say no to soft serve ice cream. It was a good kickoff to the weekend just to get to know some people, have conversation and meet. Some folks put faces with names of people you've seen before, maybe on Zoom calls or you've seen posts on the Facebook page. So it was just a good start.
Speaker 12:I go with Kim. You know it's a really great start to the weekend and like getting to know people that you've seen on Facebook. That, to me, was like invaluable, just knowing you know and putting a name and a face and an actual person there together.
Speaker 3:That's where I fall in. On it too, I mean, it's not. The problem with the pasta dinner is that the pasta sits in that steam table all night and it gets really overcooked. And it's soft, it's okay, but it's not great. As Greg mentioned, though, the desserts are good. You've got the soft drinks there and, heck, you can make a nice salad, and it was, I think, $16. But it was $16 to sit around with our friends and kick off this terrific weekend.
Speaker 6:So I'm like a huge sweet person. What is this thing about s'mores after the 5K?
Speaker 3:You are a sweet person, Jack.
Speaker 7:Oh really Thank you. Next year let's do it. I really wanted to. I kept mentioning it, but nobody wanted to go over there, so I didn't get my s'more. I love a toasted marshmallow. I'll go with you, Tracy.
Speaker 3:Have great desserts, but you had a s'mores.
Speaker 10:It's a free s'mores pick. You can make your own s'mores.
Speaker 7:I didn't eat the dessert, because I certainly didn't want to run with dessert in my stomach.
Speaker 14:I was like I'll get a s'more after, but then nobody wanted to do the s'mores.
Speaker 3:All right. All right, we have to have a. We have to have a s'more. Get together next year. Yeah, let's do it. I think you know I've only had s'mores once in my life.
Speaker 7:I think that's the most jack thing you have ever said bob, peanut butter and jelly, but it's still something most people have done I don't.
Speaker 3:I don't know if it's because I'm too old, I don't know. I mean, I was a scout, I was a scout and all that stuff. We never did s'mores, and they just never did them you know if you don't have a fire.
Speaker 7:I've used a microwave before, not quite the same but you don't put peeps in the microwave, they blow up don't right I don't think I have no, oh, peeps.
Speaker 3:Okay, yeah, they do you're, you're right.
Speaker 6:I love a good peep though. Okay so I've like never run this race before, but I know we talk about it, so so much, and it's definitely on my list of races to do and accomplish someday. But how was your guys' race? What was it like starting out for the race? Were you guys excited? Do you have like any kind of rituals that you do? I?
Speaker 7:ran with Ryan Sharp and Jenny Oreo. We had planned to do that together and I think Ryan said it best. He described it as it was like running through a postcard. It was just picture-esque, beautiful landscape. I've just that I've ever run. I think of any race I've ever run, it was the most picturesque of any any terrain I've ever run on, for sure.
Speaker 6:That's a beautiful way of saying it. I don't think I've ever heard anybody say running through a postcard, I want to run through a postcard.
Speaker 3:Yeah, he and I were talking, we weren't, we weren't sure whether a postcard or, like you know, like a calendar.
Speaker 6:Yeah, the months, but without like the firefighter. Cool picture people. No.
Speaker 3:No puppies, although the Bird and Hand Fire Department is very active and involved in this race. Yes, that's true, but that's another story.
Speaker 11:Yeah, I'm with Tracy. It probably is the most beautiful race I have ever ran in my life. It is hilly, but the scenery, the farms, the homes are absolutely the most stunning picture, almost a little bit Norman Rockwell esque.
Speaker 4:It's a great analogy.
Speaker 11:Truly, truly stunning. I always wear glitter pre-race, so I came in on Friday night with all my glitter on and several people had forgotten their glitter. So I had a small glitter bar with all my glitter on and several people had forgotten their glitter, so I had a small glitter bar set up.
Speaker 3:Yes, you did.
Speaker 11:Before the start Thank you for that To share, of course, anytime Glad to share. I turned my finger down he did. I had glitter that perfectly matched his shirt too. She did. That's true, it was depressing, but I mean literally perfect match. But um, glitter is scientifically proven to make you run faster and, honestly, who am I to debate?
Speaker 6:So it just makes you fly.
Speaker 11:But truly, you know. Back to the start of the race. Everything about that race is just picture perfect. Yeah, and one of the race. Everything about that race is just picture perfect.
Speaker 12:Yeah, and one of the things that really gets me every year is, you know, the picture. It is gorgeous, it's gorgeous. You know, you can't, you can't even really imagine it in real life from a picture. I mean, you have to be there. But one thing that I absolutely adore is seeing all of the Amish families out there. They're out there cheering and you've got little three and four-year-old kids handing you water. I mean, I don't drink Gatorade but I took Gatorade from a little kid because he was so cute, but that and they're all along the course, it's just the neatest thing. And then, you know, even during the 5K, you see the little guys out there and their little toy bicycles and they're running around with all the, all the runners and it's. You know, you don't, you don't see that anywhere else, you know that's no, it's unique, very unique.
Speaker 3:No, it's unique, very unique.
Speaker 13:I was really excited to get to the lineup. There was a lot of navigating to try to get through some fences to get onto the road where everyone was starting. I was also a little nervous, honestly. Where I live in Maryland I'm right beside the Chesapeake Bay and it is as flat as it can be where I train. So I'd been working with Coach Twiggs and doing lots of Hills and speed work um to to get ready for the race. But because it wasn't the first time on the course, I didn't really know what to expect. But it was good knowing I had a big community of people around me that I knew were cheering me on.
Speaker 4:There's one aspect of the start of the race that we kind of glossed over that I think is extremely, extremely important. Now, obviously, this race doesn't pale in comparison to the size of a run Disney race, but the corral P situation is is top notch. I mean obviously not hundreds of porta potties, but enough to handle the size of this race, and I think there was about I want to say just shy of 2 000 runners okay for for the half marathon. But shout out to the race volunteer who had a whistle, uh-huh so they kept.
Speaker 4:I mean it. It looks like a very long line, you know, like the, the size of a line of, like an anaconda or something.
Speaker 3:it is a very long line, but it is, but it's always moving.
Speaker 4:Yeah, and this year they had this guy no filter in the me filter. You know, the one volunteer was pushing us into the U of Port-A-Potties and then every time someone came out of one, this guy was blowing his whistle and just pointing you to which one was the next available one. And my God, if that didn't make it efficient, I don't know what did, but it was awesome.
Speaker 3:It's remarkable, it truly is remarkable, and that wasn't. It's been like that for a while. He was there a couple years ago and same thing.
Speaker 4:But the whistle was new. I think you're right. I had to mention that.
Speaker 7:I got a little video. I put it in the comments on one of the Facebook posts on there.
Speaker 11:There were people trying to sneak in the gaps or whatever, and he would catch them and blow his whistle and make them leave, escort them out. People were trying to sneak in the corners when I was going to Corral P and he would literally blow his whistle and chase them out. I could have stood there all day, honestly.
Speaker 3:It was the Amish version of the soup Nazi. No port-a-potty for you, back of the line. It's just another thing. I've not been to another place that does that and it's so daggum efficient. It really is the best way to do it, but it's fun.
Speaker 12:In fact I was in. When I got in that Corral P line myself on Saturday morning, there was a lady in the line and I feel like, kim, you might have been in the line at the same time I was and this girl was going. Oh my God, I'm not going to get into the race and it's never going to happen.
Speaker 12:It's going to be fine, I promise you, they will get us through this line and when we got up to the guy with the whistle, she says I shouldn't have doubted you, you know, but she just could not believe that it went so quick.
Speaker 6:So, kim, you kind of just briefly mentioned the hills and whatnot. Now I guess this is twofold On a scale of 1 to 10, like how difficult are the hills here? Are they like rolling hills? Is my well really the next question? Or are they like steep? Because I'm imagining things. I'm like thinking not quite a mountain, but definitely mountain, but definitely big hill, like what are we looking at?
Speaker 11:yeah, so there's. There's two that I would probably classify as, in my opinion, eights. That are pretty steep climbs, like they're not trail trail race worthy. But there's a couple of pretty steep climbs I think it was mile six and a half ish and maybe between eight and nine that those, those really tough hills come in. Everything else is kind of rolling. Um, I was joking, my, I made a friend, uh, jess, during the race and at one point in the race I felt like every time we turned a corner it was another climb and I'm like what did I sign up for? What is going on here? Uh, but everything other than those two, the, the two big hills at six and a half and nine-ish, were pretty manageable.
Speaker 6:Like so okay, do you guys know what the total elevation is? I'm trying to Google it right now. I was just looking it up 475, max 475?.
Speaker 7:I was looking at my Garmin.
Speaker 6:I like how I'm trying to squint so I can see it from where it is. It's more climbing.
Speaker 14:That's the max my Garmin I like how I'm trying to squint so I can see it from where it's.
Speaker 4:That's the max elevation 475 is the max elevation. The total gain is 581 feet of climb.
Speaker 6:That's not bad, because the Great Smoky Mountains was over 700.
Speaker 10:Mine was 568. That's about the same thing I got Greg.
Speaker 6:You know what the great thing about hills? Yeah, you go up, but you always get to enjoy the descent down yeah there are a couple of good down I will say the.
Speaker 11:The uh eight ranking for me is relative, because I live in deep south georgia and there are no hills here. Um, very similar to carrie's experience. It's very flat here, so take do with that what you will.
Speaker 6:You know what the I would still probably for that kind of race. I would still try, like without the hills I would probably have to train on a stair master for that Cause, like honestly anything, what would you say Anything over like two to 300 feet of elevation game for a race? I think would be good to practice on hills, or a stair climber.
Speaker 3:If any of our friends can remember running Jeff Galloway's run when it was in Atlanta very similar.
Speaker 7:Oh okay Okay, flying pig had way more hills. That was like a two or three mile uphill climb at one point, so this didn't feel bad for me. I do a lot of Peloton hike classes or like the walking classes with Maddie. He does a lot of higher elevation on those and I find that that really helps prepare me for the races outside of Florida. I love that. Wait, do you live in Florida?
Speaker 6:Yes, yep.
Speaker 7:I live like 30 minutes from Disney.
Speaker 6:Oh, okay, Okay. I used to live right outside Disney and I remember trying to train for the black Canyon 100 K and I'm like I, there's no Hills here, man, what am I supposed to do?
Speaker 7:Peloton saves me.
Speaker 4:No, I remember on on Friday night and even Saturday morning, talking to some friends who were doing this for the first time and you know, similar to what you and I just did, tracy, in terms of pulling up, you know our stats on our phone from that particular race is showing them the elevation map. And when you look at it it actually the most daunting part of it actually feels like the first third of the race because that's where you actually get to the highest elevation point and where you actually do the most climb. But it doesn't seem as bad to start because, number one, you have fresh legs, so that's very helpful. But then the second part about is is that it's much more gradual and you know you're getting, you know you're hitting that max elevation over the span of, I would say, two to three miles.
Speaker 4:Kim, the hills that you mentioned, that you know you classified as the eights yes, that one just after the 10K mark. Sure, it's not very high, but it's very steep. And then, john, I know the one you and I kept talking about after this year's race that probably takes us mostly by surprise is probably towards the end of the race, maybe around like mile 11 or so, where not only are you going uphill, but you're also running on crushed gravel.
Speaker 4:So, that, also with your footing, makes things a little bit more difficult there too.
Speaker 6:I mean that makes sense, because Tracy's graph had like two good steep bits in it like you said, that graph looks more intimidating than I think the course actually is I would agree with that, yep you.
Speaker 7:You talked about the gravel that. That reminds me we were talking about the camels before and seeing it twice. I missed the camels the first time on the 5k because I was so worried about the gravel and the grass and, like the roots from the trees and the dirt, I wasn't sure what to expect because people had said, oh, it's very, you know, muddy and dirt and stuff. So I was concerned about that. So I was looking down and I missed the camel the first time.
Speaker 7:So I was surprised about that video coming from the 5k. I was like where was the camel? I totally missed it and that's because I was worried about the my footing around that part. So I definitely got it on the half, though.
Speaker 3:Another unique and, I think, fun part of this course are the cornfields, because they're there. The corn stalks are taller than me, so you go by the cornfields. It's like running by a wall. Were the signs still out there, guys? They used to have signs by the cornfield. It's like running by a wall. Were the signs still out there, guys? They used to have signs by the cornfields. I forget what. Yes, they do.
Speaker 4:Yep, yeah yeah, but usually the one thing that I remember one of the race directors talked about in one of the emails is and actually this is on the uh, the gravel path you know you're going through, you know you have corn on each side of you and then you pop out onto a road. So that's why they're always saying you know, please be careful once you get to the cornfield because it does, you know, block the sound. But the the race support that they offer in terms of ems and you know course, marshals and stuff. They do such a fantastic job to make sure that everyone stays safe, and what's great about the course, too, is that there's only at one point during the entire race where you do have to cross over traffic, and they do a great job of making sure that they have everything stopped for the runners.
Speaker 3:Tracy, what movie did you watch after? The race the Children of the Corn.
Speaker 7:We were talking about that as we were running, so yeah, you did it after the race, though not before. Well, I've seen it before, but that's all we could think of as we were running.
Speaker 8:So with all those cornfields, that's what it reminded us of. So I do know that you talked about different terrains that you have to go through, but one thing you guys haven't mentioned is going around the road apples which are all over um, it sounds like as you're running. But a feature with this race is if you do one of the earlier races in the season, you get a road apple award. Did any of you here get a road apple award?
Speaker 3:no, don't think so how?
Speaker 7:do you win it. However, that is the only challenge. Medal, ish, whatever you want to call it. That I do not want. It's pretty cool, but I'm okay with not owning that, yeah. Jack is looking confused up there.
Speaker 4:Okay. All right. Jack. So they gave you the story of the Road Apple Award. Story of the road apple award. There is a second race that occurs earlier in the year called the garden spot half marathon. That also takes place just outside of burden hand. It's actually not in burden hand proper it's I forgot the official name of the town. But if you run the garden spot half marathon and burden hand half marathon, then you get essentially a plaque with bronze poop on it Horse poop.
Speaker 6:Wait, it's actual poo.
Speaker 4:Yes, it's actual bronze poop.
Speaker 7:yes, the real thing is holding it there. It's like it's hard to roll it out it's actually neat it is. It's incredibly neat we'd have to watch this picture.
Speaker 10:I don't need to own it actually, if you go on their website, they show you how they talk about how they sterilize it and they shellac it. It's like it's like hanging. It's like where they handed the poo at Discovery. What's that? An animal?
Speaker 4:kingdom. Oh, rafiki's Planet Watch.
Speaker 10:Rafiki's Planet Watch. Rafiki's Planet Watch.
Speaker 4:Yeah, jack is mortified. That's why she's so silent, folks, sorry. Although, shout out to our buddy, steve, though, who I believe this was his second year in a row getting the Road Apple Award, getting the road apple award, and I do have a photo, um, on my camera roll or maybe I took it with his phone of him essentially, uh, pretending to kiss his road apple award, which was quite comical well, and something else about this race with the start.
Speaker 10:The start of this race has a horse buggy lead out.
Speaker 3:As the pacer, yeah.
Speaker 10:As the pacer, so you have to watch that because there could be a road apple Fresh road apple Very fresh.
Speaker 7:That was another interesting thing about the terrain. I didn't really think about how the horse and buggies would affect the road. Sure, you're avoiding the road apples in the middle, but not only. You know when you have a car you have the lines from the two tires, but you have the law. You know you have another groove in the middle from from the horse hoofs. So there's like it's like almost like a rolling hill in the middle of the lane, which I didn't even think about until we were doing it. So when you weren't avoiding the road apples and you could run in that little part, it was like a divot that you had to kind of watch your footing as well.
Speaker 13:It's one of my favorite parts and a great surprise, it was quite warm for this race. Um, race organizers did a really good job of getting chests of ice out for runners to be able to grab and go along the way, in addition to the, the water and the Gatorade. But at the top of the second big hill between nine and ten, they had a stand that was giving out Rita's ice and that was the best ice I have ever, ever had at that point in the race Rita's flavored water ice or Italian ice, depending on what part of country you're from.
Speaker 3:By the way, there's a Rita's like two miles from here. I don't go there. I had a experience different than the rest of you and I want to share one part of it that I thought was just really, really neat. I was eight days, eight or nine days out of that back surgery, so I was feeling just great, but I knew that I couldn't do the half marathon. But I had walked three miles on Thursday and I I said, all right, I'm going to start with some of my friends here and I'm going to go to the two mile marker and turn around. And that's what they did. And thank you friends. Ellie, you were amongst them, I think right.
Speaker 12:Yes.
Speaker 3:Thank you for going slowly for me. I appreciate that. In fact I'll get to it at the end here, but so then I turned around the crowd support. The folks do come out from the neighborhood. Now they don't line the road for 13 miles, but the folks are there, they're there at the start and they're there in front of their homes and they really the people of the uh, burden Hand area, both the Amish and it's not a hot, it's not all Amish there, they're the Amish and the non-Amish. They come out and they enjoy it. So I we were almost at the very back by the time I hit the two mile mark. There were a couple of people behind me and I turned around and headed back same direction.
Speaker 3:To the start Some of the folks were still out, so I got a chance to chat with them just a little bit, and that's the first thing. There was three different groups of people. That's the first thing. They all said you know I'm. I'm going to approach them and say, hey, thanks so much. Oh, we love having you, we love having you, and I stopped.
Speaker 3:There were a group of four or five women in lawn chairs at the end of a driveway and I stopped in front of them and I said now I'm going to make the bold assumption, ladies, that you either live here or live close by. And the woman said now, I'm going to make the bold assumption, ladies, that you either live here or live close by. And the woman said well, yeah, this is my house, right here. And I looked away from her house in one of these pastoral scenes we've been describing and I said to her does this ever get old, looking out here? And she, right away went no, I wake up every morning. Right away went, no, I wake up every morning. I look at that and I just think I am blessed. This is wonderful.
Speaker 3:So I did get, I did get a chance to interact a little more than most of the runners did, and I thought that was really neat. The other interesting thing I was not walking especially fast and I ended up walking like 4.4 miles or something. And I got back to the start finish area and remember I've gone about 4.7 miles the winning runner had already crossed the finish line. I took about an hour and 15 minutes total. The winning runner was like an hour 14 something, and by the time I got to the finish line there had been five finishers, wow. And then I transferred over and I watched all of you finish, and that was a real treat too.
Speaker 4:Talking about speedy people. In terms of this race, it was a lot warmer than we were expecting and I know it was the running joke all weekend. But it's Roxanne's fault, because Roxanne, on our Facebook page, about a week to week and a half out of the race, posted a screenshot of her phone, of the extended forecast and how the high for that day was only going to be in the low 70s and we were all just it was going to be glorious.
Speaker 4:And then it wasn't a heat wave but, it got a lot warmer and a lot more humid, so that really affected things. But I wanted to say, going back to the 5K, though the weather did cool off by the time the sun started to set, though the weather did cool off by the time the sun started to set and our buddy, uh lad lull, the race director, who we had on a couple of months ago on the podcast, uh, he announced, as they were uh doing the awards for the 5k, that several course records went down for the 5k oh, they did, and so oh, and for that too yeah okay awesome.
Speaker 4:Yeah, so that just goes to show that even with the heat and humidity, there were some really really speedy people out there.
Speaker 8:So we've talked about this half marathon. Was there any special moments that you guys experienced during the half that you wanted to talk about?
Speaker 11:Yeah, so I ended up meeting up with a friend, jess, and we finished the race together. But for me the most special part of this race um was the out and back between five and six and I think I saw everybody on this call except Greg and Bob at the out and back and got to give high fives and cheers. And just seeing all of the rise and run, family cheering for each other, swapping high fives, giving words of encouragement, that was the best part of my race, like that was the absolute highlight of the entire race for me was just seeing so many of us and again hearing the cheers and, you know, seeing people at different paces. It was so special and I really, really enjoyed that part of the race.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it was cool. Well, I wasn't there, but I mean the race overall. Yeah.
Speaker 11:Yeah, and most people hate out and backs and I'll be the first to tell you that most of the time it's like they're already over. You know they're a mile in front of me, but that for this particular race it was so special.
Speaker 10:It's not that really bad of an out and back. Like I said. It's not not really bad of it out and back, like I said it's only, it's not that long it's not that long, so it's. You know. You make that turn, you go up, go back, and then everything's totally different again more cornfields and, uh, road apples and just a quick word of explanation.
Speaker 3:I have run this course. I just didn't do it this year you Speaking of that out and back.
Speaker 4:Ellie, I want to go to you real quick because, as I was waiting for everyone to finish, I received a message with a photo of a woman the aforementioned Roxanne that we talked about that you were running with who might have been trying to pull a cheating stunt for the second year in a row no way. You want to talk about that?
Speaker 12:No way, no way, were we going to let her do that? We were actually joking about that. We said no, Roxanne, no cheating, no cheating.
Speaker 4:As I then get a photo of Roxanne giving this goofy look on her face, standing in front of the cone with the U-turn sign, so that that gave me quite a giggle.
Speaker 12:That's right. That's right. She did do that, but then we did make her go around the cone.
Speaker 4:Good, I'm glad you made her do that.
Speaker 10:I finished later on. I finished behind a bunch of you guys, so you guys were already at the finish line when I got there. But that cheer coming down, uh that that that shoot from everybody there was was amazing. It was one of the best, best uh cheers, cheer squads we had out there at any race that we've been to lately. So that really made the uh the finish really special.
Speaker 8:I do want to throw it out there that there is video footage of the finish line. So if you want to see people finish and see the atmosphere that is at this race, if you're deciding to go to it, you can see that.
Speaker 10:Yeah, the race announcers have a YouTube video up of everyone finishing the race, so they do have a camera and a video of everyone finishing the race.
Speaker 4:Yeah. So for me, this was, I will classify as my second best timing-wise bird in hand. I had joked to a lot of friends that they were asking me what my game plan was gonna be, and I said, well, it's a unique one because, believe it or not, this course is my half marathon PR. Asking me what my game plan was going to be, and I said, well, it it's a unique one because, believe it or not, this course is my half marathon pr. Uh, when I ran it the the first year, I ran it in 232 all thanks to my buddy nate from customized training who paced me the entire time and I was gunning for a pot at this one. And then, after learning what you know the terrain was at, you know, being a newbie at the time, I was like boy, this is not the race to go for a pr or try to get a pot with.
Speaker 4:But at the same time, though, the three following years though, I had always been three plus hours so. So I had joked with everyone. I said, well, I wanted a time that was slower than 2.32, but faster than three hours. So I started with a bunch of rise and run friends and I was having the blast, but probably like around mile four or so, for the first time in a really long time, I got squirrely and I I saw some people falling back and then I was playing that mental game with myself of should I stay with my friends or should I see what my new paces can do?
Speaker 4:And, um, carrie, similar to you you know you had talked about coach twigs putting you through the ringer in terms of hills and drills he did the exact same thing for me and I this was your, even outside of the pr that I felt most prepared for the hills and I was like you know what I, I just I need to do this and I need to go, and, and everyone was so understanding and I'm so appreciative of my friends, so I, I got to 249 and, uh, you know, again, even though it was a large group, I ended up made a new friend, matt, from Delaware.
Speaker 4:Him and I ran the entire race together, crossed the finish line together and we just had a blast talking with one another and just again taking, you know, because, even though this was my fifth year in a row of running this race, I just, you know, similar to what everyone's talked about, you know, running through a postcard and such. You know, you just I love taking in the sights and the sounds of this race and I just I was so happy with my time. Sure, would I love to be even faster in the future? Yeah, I would. But even even now I think this was the easiest time that I had with those hills and I think that was the biggest win for me this weekend is that I crushed the hills and then even walking around the post-race area and at the picnic my legs didn't feel like lead and I was so happy with my training and then how that translated into the race as well.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it was fun for me being back early and getting to see everyone finish. That was great Cause I think, uh, I'm looking around here. Uh, jennifer, not Jennifer Tracy, you ran with Jennifer and Ryan and y'all finished together, right.
Speaker 7:Yep, yep, we had planned it. We, we, dls did. We were pretty much the last across the start line and, uh, yeah, we ran the whole race together. We had planned it. We, we, dls did. We were pretty much the last across the start line and, yeah, we ran the whole race together. We had a blast talking and laughing, kind of like Greg was saying with with Matt, like it was just we were all doing it just to have a good time together and and we did. And yeah, the best part was when we were coming in and hearing all the crew cheering. It was like being at. It felt like being at a run Disney race, but it was all our people cheering us and it was so cool. Same thing I forgot to mention that when we were talking about the 5k, like I I don't know why I wasn't even thinking about that. I was just running hard and just wanting to be done and my stomach was weird and and then all of a sudden, I heard everybody, it was fun, it was fun.
Speaker 3:And then let's see, carrie, you came in next. Same kind of reaction for you.
Speaker 13:Oh, yes, yeah, so I'm coming in. I had slowed down compared to where I wanted to be, but I said it's a warm day, I'm just going to do what I can do today. So I knew my sister Catherine was already at the finish line. I'm like I'm going to get there as quickly as I can after her so that we can celebrate. And coming in, I could see the huge group of the Rise and Run family and I wasn't wearing anything that was Rise and Run. So she after the fact told me she was like my sister's coming.
Speaker 11:And I heard everyone cheering me on as I got through that finish line. It was great. Yay, kim, you finished with Jessica. Did you run most of the race together? Yeah, so we actually found each other between mile four and five.
Speaker 11:I actually was coming off of illness. So my plan was to run my normal intervals to the 10K mark and then kind of take a step back and do what my body would let me do. So she was running the intervals that I was going to be running post 10 K mark. So we picked up together and ran the race in from there and finished together. And it was really awesome to make a new friend who I really cherish now and we still communicate, of course, but to finish with her was really special. I actually started with Carrie and Catherine and we like we frogged each other until about the 10K mark. So it was really fun and really exciting to have somebody like cheering you. You were going to like pass them or they were going to pass you. So it was almost like a little inner cheer squad between the two of us.
Speaker 3:It was like a little inner cheer squad between the two.
Speaker 11:It was like a big frogging, which was really encouraging. But, just like everybody said, turning that corner into the finish was so incredibly special, especially not knowing if I was going to run the half coming into the weekend. But having so many of the Rise and Run family just encouraged me to go out there, do what my body can do, stick to the plan and really finding Jessica and having somebody to talk to and encourage me that was kind of in the same place was really important. Honestly, I think that's why I finished.
Speaker 3:It really helps. It really really does. Now, Ellie, I heard Tracy say she was a DLS, but we didn't even. We didn't even line up until everybody was gone. We stayed over by the side of the road, let everybody go. And then we, we went in there and, uh, I remember I was at the finish line and I know what the pace was. At the two mile mark you guys were just holding back for me. I appreciate that, Uh, but I do remember saying to everybody well, I think the last group is going to be a while yet, because I know what the pace was and I think they're going to be a good four hours plus, and I think I got those words out of my mouth and somebody said, no, they're coming around the corner now and I, Ellie, I daggum near lost it. You guys picked it up and that was awesome. Tell us about your finish.
Speaker 12:Well it was. I just have to share a little bit about the whole race. You know, like we've said've said, we started with Bob, went into this race with absolutely no plan at all. I generally run with my friend Robin We've been running buddies for years and then we hooked up with Jen Hudson, and then Sonia and Lizzie and Roxanne Roxanne knew she was going to run with us.
Speaker 12:We really didn't have a big plan, so we walked with Bob, you know, for the two miles, and then we started using a slow interval and we just really kind of took our time. And I'm not sure we all expected to stay together for the entire race, but it just turned out that way and we, you know, if somebody needed to walk for a while, we would all walk for a while, you know, and then we would pick it back up again and we had some slow miles, we had some fast miles and then, when we were still all together, you know, coming down the road before we made that turn, we just decided that we were going to grab hands and run down that finish, shoot together, and that's exactly what we did and it was probably one of my favorite race finishes ever, you know, because definitely one of my slowest, but it was worth every single minute.
Speaker 3:Ellie, it was one of my favorite race finishes ever too. Just watching you come by.
Speaker 12:I've seen that picture out a lot.
Speaker 7:I would be surprised if the person used it next year for their marketing. I would not be surprised at all. I hope they do. That would be kind of cool.
Speaker 4:They better because and I also want to give a shout out to our friend Lizzie that you just mentioned Ellie, because she went the extra mile this year she dressed as a camel. She did With humps and it was quite impressive.
Speaker 12:Yeah probably wasn't a great idea and she wore it the entire race. She never, took it off.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it was a little warm for that.
Speaker 7:You can take your girl out of Run Disney, but you can't take the Run Disney out of the show right and talk about the finish line.
Speaker 10:at this race, the last person that comes through gets just the biggest ovation as the first person that comes through this race.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yep. Now the ovation mostly comes from the people who are in the tent eating. Yeah, but that's okay.
Speaker 8:You just mentioned this, Bob, so now you've all finished. Which congratulations to all of you. Next comes this coveted chicken that we all hear about. How was the first dinner you all had?
Speaker 3:Yeah, you're right.
Speaker 11:I did look at my friend who came to support me. She didn't run and I said, is this chicken this good because I just ran 13 miles, or is this chicken that just that good? She was like, no, this chicken's just that good. I really didn't believe how good it was until I had it. And, man, I will be thinking about that chicken for the next year.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it's been good every year. Now, if this is me picking, if there's a downside to the post-race meals, that it's so crowded we can't all sit together, although groups of us managed to find tables five or you know, five to 10 at a table but we had to split up a little bit, but that was okay. Uh, and yeah, the chicken was just as good two years ago. So they, they do.
Speaker 4:They've got it down I will say this year now I I know we went in later than we usually do. I did not see ribs this year, so maybe they were all. Either they didn't have them or they were all gone by the time we went in there, because I think bob's learning to what you were saying about, uh, the story of the epic finish by ellie and the gang. I think there were some of us that we were actually gonna go into the tent, eat and then come back out to cheer everyone on, thinking that it was gonna be a little bit of time, but then again, serendipitously, you know, you all came around the corner. I'm like, okay, no, we're gonna stay here, we're gonna share and then we're gonna go eat.
Speaker 4:So, but no, chicken was phenomenal, as usual, and and I think maybe we need to send lola an email and maybe he can connect us with, like you know, the, the sponsor of, you know the, the, the chicken, and you just get the recipe of the brine and the seasoning because, um, my mouth is watering just talking about it.
Speaker 10:It's weird. You walk up, there's this like Rubbermaid container on the ground with tongs and chicken. Okay, but I think which I thought was really good I got the bottom of the barrel, so that thing was sitting in all the brine and the juices on the bottom. So I think it tasted a little bit better, maybe.
Speaker 3:And it's not the only thing they have. They have burgers.
Speaker 4:They have sausages.
Speaker 3:Sausages hot dogs. Potato salad. Potato salad, yeah.
Speaker 4:I think a regular salad and potato chips.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, yeah, potato chips. Soft serve, soft serve. Yeah, yeah, yeah, potato chips.
Speaker 10:Soft serve, soft serve, yeah, soft serve. And then they had the assortment of desserts.
Speaker 3:Yeah, they had the assortment of desserts, right? I don't think the Jamaican food truck was there. I don't think.
Speaker 10:It was outside on the fire truck.
Speaker 4:Yeah, could have been so for our friends who did this for the first time. Speaking of crossing the finish line, what was your impression of your special race medal that you received?
Speaker 13:It was heavy, Very heavy. After I came through, I went over to the recovery tent and of course you're trying to carry all of the things and get to a point where you can sit down and cool off for a minute, and so I put it around my neck and it was there for a couple of minutes and when I stood up I like lean forward it's very heavy.
Speaker 11:It's really special to me to see all the different shoes. So my shoe is a special one that has borium on the bottom of it for traction, so for like snow or ice, it's got the borium for that. Then there were draft horse size shoes. There were all different kinds so it was really cool to see the and unique to see the different assortment that everybody had. Nobody had the same one. I thought that was awesome.
Speaker 3:See, you're a horse person, Kim. I don't think most people recognize that.
Speaker 11:Most people wouldn't, but I think that made it that much more special, I think for me just to to see everybody's uh and my friend that was with me also ride.
Speaker 12:So we were kind of like, oh, look at that, look at that one, look everybody's horseshoes one thing about the horseshoes is if you're flying you have to make sure you let them know in security that you've got a horseshoe. I have literally gotten stopped three years in a row at security at the airlines because I've got this thing and, you know, one girl said is that a horseshoe? It's happened three years in a row. So, Tracy, you may have run into the same thing.
Speaker 7:I kept mine in the front pocket and they didn't give me a hard time. They didn't even say anything, it just went through. I was prepared to say something. It's good. At least it's not just a horseshoe. It does have a plaque with the name of the race and everything on it.
Speaker 7:So you know you can show it and be like, hey, this is a medal that I won here. But yeah, I thought that was such a cool medal. It's so big. It kind of rivals my Space Coast medals. It's a good size medal so I have to put it on the shelf, that I have all my Space Coast ones. I don't know what to do with it. It is heavy and yeah, when I was waiting and cheering with everybody after I finished I had to take it off and hold it because I didn't want to keep it on my neck Right right, but the difference of them all is really cool.
Speaker 7:It's cool how unique they are. Ryan and Jen and I went to a brewery afterwards and we took pictures with our medals and our beers and it was really cool to see next to each other three different ones. That was really neat.
Speaker 8:So all of you did both the 5K and the half marathon of our guests that are here. Did you get anything special for doing both of the races? We did.
Speaker 12:What'd you get?
Speaker 13:All together now. So it was a wooden craft object you could pick from a couple. I chose a charcuterie board, so it has the emblem of the race on it on Hanhuen wood, and then it has rope handles Very cool.
Speaker 8:Did anybody get anything different?
Speaker 12:They had some different boards over the years, like I've gotten three different ones over three years now, so they do change them up up somewhat. They had some really pretty big boards this year that they hadn't had before, and the ones with the rope handles. Those were also new, but it um, you know, like a small cutting board or a breadboard charcuterie. They're really pretty cool looking too they're quite nice, that's fun.
Speaker 8:It adds to the atmosphere and the uniqueness of this race weekend so cool so I love me some good food.
Speaker 6:What about the buffet?
Speaker 3:this is the place to go jack is it all you can eat? Wait, it is, but the buffet all you can eat if you, yeah, if you didn't get enough if you didn't get enough at the community picnic, which, by the way, is a community picnic.
Speaker 4:Absolutely.
Speaker 3:You do not have to run the race to go to this picnic and you don't have to pay.
Speaker 6:I was about to ask is everything included?
Speaker 3:Well, it's free. I mean, they have a jar at the front where you can make a donation to the fire department, but it's free. And if you happen to live in the community head over there, it's their. It's their community picnic for the year. But you, jack, you were asking about the buffet at Shady Maples, I think, and I'll let our friends go on that one and tell you all about it.
Speaker 7:I'm not usually a big buffet person, but that was really, really awesome and, of course, the best part was with all the pre-planning. Thank you, greg. We were able to get in there and we all got to sit together. I think we had three or four tables of just all our people and we just got to sit there and talk and mingle and recap the weekend and the food was excellent and they had a really fun dessert bar and it was just really, really awesome.
Speaker 3:Tracey, we had three or four rows of tables.
Speaker 7:Oh yeah, there were like 20 people at a table.
Speaker 3:We had 65 people. Yeah, it was huge.
Speaker 8:When I saw the picture I was like that can't just be our group. And then I started looking closer at the picture and I went that is all of our Rise and Run family. And how cool that you guys got to do that together.
Speaker 11:It was really cool and special to sit down and talk to everybody and, as much as we've been together all weekend, there were still people that we hadn't got to meet because there were so many of us. Um, so dinner kind of gave an opportunity to even meet some more people or, you know, strengthen friendships or communication. I got very excited to see that there was plastic cheese on the buffet and instead of baked Tostitos we got to have waffle fries with our plastic cheese. So honestly, it was really just like being at a Disney race.
Speaker 3:How in the world did you let me miss that, Kim? I didn't see that.
Speaker 11:I'm so sorry. Yes, it was. I forget which part of the buffet it was on, but there was cheese sauce. There was also Dole Whip, apparently Orange Dole Whip.
Speaker 10:Delicious yeah, and let's see you had to go into the other room for that Dole Whip. It was the other buffet room.
Speaker 11:Yes. So I still crack up thinking about the mainland, because we were in a large group. We kind of had a semi-private area with its own buffet and they told us that we would have all the same food. But I think I don't remember who went to the mainland. But somebody went to the mainland and came back with a milkshake and we were all looking at each other.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, right.
Speaker 11:And we had all the same things right. We had all the same things. We did not have all the same things. It was close, it was very close, but then, the trip over to the main dining room started happening and people came back for Dole Whip and milkshakes and lasagna and all kinds of different things coming back, but really what stood out was the milkshake I missed that too, dag nabbit.
Speaker 3:We got to go back.
Speaker 11:Round two. I think we need a party bus next time.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I mean, that was one of the questions when I was working with Shady Maple to get the reservation secured. They were asking how many people and what time were you looking for? And the last question was, will you be bringing a bus? And I was like, well, no, we're not, but maybe for organizational purposes, maybe that's something we could look into for the future. But no, kim, I was going to bring up the exact same thing.
Speaker 4:I think my favorite moment was just seeing the pure shock and awe on people's faces of the establishment that is Shady Maple. I, I had been there once before, probably like seven years ago, and we, when I went, we were sat in the main area, or you know, as you said, the the mainland, so you got the full buffet. But so, because we were such a large group, we were on the other side in what they were calling like the banquet area. So you know, even though it, I would say it had about 80% of the same food that was on the mainland, just to be able to see everyone's reactions to the buffet that we experienced. And then, when people were discovering the mainland and the fact that there was even more, I, I, just, I loved just seeing that jubilation in people's eyes and you know people were just going up multiple trips and you know not getting the same thing twice and you know again.
Speaker 4:but I, I, just, I love the community aspect that you know, even though all 60 of us couldn't be at, you know, one large round, large round table, I was just so glad that there was these little subsect of communities spread throughout the entire restaurant, yearly basis that, even though it was large and at times overwhelming in terms of getting organized and getting into the banquet area, um, the fact that that idea of community just continued throughout that meal as well, not only just with the race itself, but also rise and run as well too so did any of the rest of you go down to the gift shop and that restroom I I mean restroom restaurant, I'm losing it.
Speaker 12:I walked down there and like my eyes glazed over. This is way too big. So we went down like right before they took us into the dining room and it was absolutely monstrous. There was so much stuff there you really would need at least an hour or better to get through it, so it was pretty amazing.
Speaker 7:Yeah, it was really cool. I was I hadn't gotten a souvenir or anything yet One of the cool parts of this, with all the meals and stuff we didn't have to go out and get meals besides the pretzels that I bought the first day so we could have, you know, something to eat for breakfast. Uh, before the half, you know every all the meals we just talked about. So I didn't really go anywhere to get any souvenirs. And I always like to get an ornament when I travel to new places. So down there they had a lot of generic type stuff but they had this little quilt shop that was run by a couple of Amish people in the right corner when you first walked down and I had looked for an ornament everywhere and I didn't see anything that said like bird in hand or anything like that. But in there I found one. It was like a handmade ornament. It had like a little map thing and it says bird in hand. So it's my Disney shoe ornament from this race weekend.
Speaker 13:So I was very excited about that we went down right after dinner. We were just going to pop in same thing. Look for a souvenir to take home with us.
Speaker 13:So there's furniture there's lots of Disney items. Probably half the store was some sort of Disney product, which was surprising. I was not expecting that on this race weekend. But my favorite was they did have a section specifically branded to Shady Maple and some of it was your typical t-shirts, sweatshirts, but they had pajama pants that have like scrambled eggs and bacon and pancakes on them. So we didn't pick some up but seriously considered it's a very, very, very unique item, but it's the whole ground floor of the restaurant it was. It was a lot and we were down there for um, I would say 30, 45 minutes an hour wouldn't be enough.
Speaker 4:you need more to see everything carrie, I want to follow up on what you were talking about a lot of the disney stuff that is down there. One of the things that my family and I did in between the race and then Shady Maple is there is a large outlet mall in Lancaster, pennsylvania, and if the race isn't enough to get you out there and if the food's not enough to get you out there, there's one other X factor that I think should draw even more people to this race next year and that is there is one of the very few remaining disney store outlets at this outlet mall and we went over there and I dropped way too much money because I heard someone had mentioned on the course that they had gone the day before and there was a happily ever after spirit jersey that apparently was really difficult to get in the parks and they had them there.
Speaker 4:So of course, I told my wife about this, and that was one of the things that she walked away with. Uh, um, and I was even so shocked that they had stuff from the disneyland 70th anniversary merch out in this outlet store. That was really impressive. Now, if you're a local, I think there's also a benefit to going to the Disney store as well too. Bob, I don't know if you went, but the Eagles Pro Shop is right next door, so you could get all your birds merchandise as well, too. Nice.
Speaker 3:I missed it.
Speaker 3:I'm so jealous hey quick question just to wrap up the buffet. Did anybody get chicken off the buffet line? No, I wouldn't think so. Well, look, classic weekend Lots and lots of fun. I do hope friends who are listening who have a chance no Disneyland race competing with it next year, bird in hands on its own weekend. If you have a chance, I hope, listening to all of us talk about it, you understand this is a great destination race. Get in there on Thursday, leave on Sunday or Monday. It's a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing your time with us. Before you leave, I'm going to go ahead and ask where are we going to see you next, or what's your next?
Speaker 12:big running event. Ellie, kick us off. Well, I will see you all at Wine and Dine Weekend. I'm doing all three races for the first time.
Speaker 3:Well, good for you. Good for you Sounds like fun.
Speaker 12:Several others but, that's too many.
Speaker 3:I think you mentioned it, Tracy. What's up for you?
Speaker 7:First I've got Chicago.
Speaker 3:I know there's two lines of runners for that.
Speaker 7:Actually, I've got a race almost every weekend for the rest of the year, but I will also be at Wine and Dine for all three races.
Speaker 3:Oh, that's super. How about?
Speaker 7:you Kim.
Speaker 3:And Honolulu. Yeah, yep, yep Kim.
Speaker 11:I am doing. Next big race is the rocket city marathon weekend in Huntsville, alabama. Yeah, hat trick challenge there. So five 10 and a half. And then my next Disney weekend will be marathon weekend to do the five 10 and a half there.
Speaker 3:All right, we'll see you there.
Speaker 11:That's a hilly race it uh, huntsville. Oh, it's not awful, it's not terrible, um, and you get to go through the space and rocket center, which is pretty pretty cool, pretty cool.
Speaker 3:Yeah, and carrie, how about you?
Speaker 13:yep, so I will be at the disneyland half marathon weekend in january and then princess weekend at dis Disney World will be on my birthday, so I would say it's good to celebrate with all of you.
Speaker 3:Neato. Well, we look forward to seeing all of you at those events and we had a wonderful time seeing you a couple weeks ago in Pennsylvania and thanks again for sharing your time with us.
Speaker 7:Thank you so much, thank you. Caution Runners. The topic is about to change right now.
Speaker 4:Well, thank you everyone for participating in a recap of such a lovely weekend that you know, I think year after year after year is just becoming a more and more special event in my heart, and I think that is extended over into the community as well too.
Speaker 4:And if you folks are interested I know Bob said it right there at the end of the interview there's no Disneyland next year, so there's nothing competing up against it. And, folks, if you are interested in participating in our packet pickup that we got with our whoopie pie, I'll uh remind you of that. Uh, there was a little business card in there that actually gave the dates of the events for next year. So if you are interested in participating in either the 5k and or challenge at bird in hand in 2026, that race weekend begins on friday, september 11th. Uh, that is the date of the 5k, and then the half marathon is on september 12th. They also had the date of the garden spot, uh, so if you want to go for the road apple, but that I do not have that date off the top of my head- I think it's the weekend before springtime.
Speaker 4:Yes, yeah, they're usually in april yeah, yeah, now that you say that, john, that does make a ton of sense, so yeah. So if you're interested in april, yeah, yeah, now that you say that, john, that does make a ton of sense, so, yeah. So if you're interested in garden spot, that's the weekend before springtime, so that would be, I believe, the 11th of april.
Speaker 4:I don't have a calendar in front of me, but but you all can figure it out. So again, if it's, if you're interested in joining us in burden hand next year. Those are the dates. Mark your calendars now. Registration. Registration is not open yet, but I would imagine it would be opening soon.
Speaker 10:And Greg, like you said, there's no Disneyland race, but more and more this race seems like it's the start of a run Disney race season for us now.
Speaker 4:I agree with you a thousand percent.
Speaker 3:Before we leave the topic, I want to recognize two of our friends. I hope I'm not missing anybody here, but our buddy David set a half marathon PR by two seconds. Hey friends, a PR is a PR.
Speaker 8:Two second, one second doesn't matter, that's a PR, that was a tough course to PR and a tough day, and our buddy, rob, who I think finished with David, if I'm not mistaken, set a course PR there in Burden Hand, pennsylvania. So a few weeks ago we had on our friend Mona from Mona Moon Naturals and she spoke about her products and I had a chance to try a few of the items and I just want to say that I absolutely love her lip balm and her deodorant. I've tried a lot of different natural deodorants and this one goes on seamlessly and so if you haven't had a chance to check out her website, go to monamoonnaturalscom and reminder that we have a code to use on there, for I believe it's 10% off.
Speaker 8:And that code is RUNFAM all capital letters and that will get you 10% off.
Speaker 3:Yeah, and all together, no spaces in there. R-run fam. Thanks, alicia. I haven't used any of her products yet, but it looks great and I think it's good to hear about that. Terrific, thank you very much.
Speaker 3:Hey, I haven't mentioned this one in a little while, though I know a lot of our friends are already doing it. We're doing the aliens for the 5k marathon weekend. So those shirts are available from our friend Alec at Hawaiian Pizza, apparel. The alien shirt. It's a flat rate, $35, I believe, which is a good price for the shirts that Alec has available. So head on over there, see if you can get yours for the weekend. I hope to see a bunch of little aliens running around Disney World. Uh, back in January, that was so much fun last year when we had all the topic of costumes for upcoming races. Next week the Council of Costumes returns that's always fun Some of our friends who've been with us for a while now and you know you've seen them with their awesome costumes at Disney World and Disneyland why they'll be with us next week. And now, please stand clear of the doors.
Speaker 3:It's time for a race report. Por favor, manténganse alejados de las puertas. The race report is sponsored by Thomas Stokes Toot toot. Tom of Stoked Metabolic Training, stokesfit slash. Rise and Run Coaching is the website, if you can get to the featured section where we have posts pinned in our Facebook group, our Rise and Run Facebook group page. Tom has a post there about his free webinars his free monthly webinars that are coming up, friends, in the Race Report.
Speaker 3:I've got a request for you, please the report is starting to get longer because the weather is starting to get cooler. Please, if you don't mind, somewhere in your report indicate where the race took place and what day it was Saturday, sunday, tuesday, whatever. I can look them up, but it's getting to be more and more of them. The other thing I'd like to ask you to do, and this is, if you want to, if you ran with somebody, like a child, a husband, and you want us to recognize them in the race report, please let me know their names. Sometimes with children, you don't want that. That's okay, that's understandable. You can just say I ran with my son or daughter. That's okay, but that's on you, that's understandable. You can just say I ran with my son or daughter. That's okay, but that's on you, that's your decision. But if you want to get them a shout out. Please give me their names. And with that let's go to this week's race report.
Speaker 3:We start on Thursday, september 11th, the first ever Brooklyn Running Company Hot Dog Run. Doug was there. This race goes from a running store in his neighborhood to a Costco and then back. It's not quite a 10K, more like 5.7 miles. So Doug's thinking maybe he needs a PR bell for this one. What do you think Works for me? All right.
Speaker 4:Here you go. Maybe he needs a PR bell for this one.
Speaker 3:What do you think Works for me? All right here you go.
Speaker 4:I did have to ask Doug a very important question, though, and I believe he did answer it. But I've been very excited because my Costco finally switched over to Coke products, as we discussed a few weeks ago. Coke is far superior than Pepsi, so I'm very excited. So I think his switch too. So if you folks are still holding out on your local costco, just know better soft drinks are on the way well funny.
Speaker 3:You would say that, greg, because in this race, at the turnaround point which was the costco, you get one of those famous cost Costco hot dogs and a fountain beverage. And apparently it was kind of fun because the patrons weren't quite sure what was going on. There were a couple hundred people coming in the middle of the race. Did they check their card? I don't know? I don't know, I didn't ask Good question. Question though John Doug participates in the hot dog run, but Doug's a vegetarian, so he goes ahead and he borrows a friend hot friends hot dog to pose for photos at the Costco.
Speaker 3:He did refill his bottle, though, with Powerade for the run home. Beautiful night in the city and, quoting Doug, a ridiculously silly event. Sounds like fun. Let's go to Friday. On Friday, amy ran the Buffalo Bills 50 yard finish 5k in Orchard Park, new York, and Chad ultra marathon. Man Chad did the Pain in Moraine 24-hour trail challenge in Pottersville, pennsylvania. The loops on this event were 10 kilometers and had just over 700 feet of elevation gain in each 10k. I think that's a lot. He did it 10 times to finish 100k in 24 hours.
Speaker 3:Chad loves these fixed time events and we've talked to Chad before he does across the years and neat stuff anyway, first time on a trail for Chad. Let's turn now to Saturday and go out west to Vancouver, british Columbia, in Canada. The Brita Night Run 10k. And Lauren did I pronounce that right? Is it the Brita Night Run 10k? And lauren, did I pronounce that right? Is it the brita night run 10k? It sure is. Yeah, I knew I got the night in the run part right. I wasn't sure about brita. Well, friends, if you haven't figured it out by now, this is our race report spotlight and our friend lauren is here with us. Lauren, thanks for doing a big time zone difference. Thanks for making the time for us. We're glad you're here.
Speaker 14:Thank you, so happy to be here.
Speaker 3:All right, I'm kicking it off. Standard Rise and Run. Spotlight question number one Are you ready? I'm ready. How'd you get started running, nice, nice, did you see that gang? You see how ready lauren was? She knew what praise free sport. Spotlight question number one was gonna be so nicely done. Well, that's cool. So you started running with dad. That's I like, that, that's that's neat. Does dad still run?
Speaker 14:So actually he passed away 15 years ago today. Oh golly. So it's 15 years today, my goodness, yeah, it's. It's kind of nice to you know celebrate running today.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it is. I mean, I know 15 years is a long time, but I'm sure it still hurts when you think about it and I'm sorry to hear that. But I'm glad you at least you know you had some of those experiences and running brings back good memories, so I think that's a wonderful thing. So I'll tell you what my friend tell us about the Brita Night Run, the 10K.
Speaker 14:So it was a fantastic night run in Vancouver. So Vancouver has this giant park called Stanley Park, and around the outside is the seawall which is just along the ocean there, as is the name, and so the night run started in the park. It did a little bit of a loop and went out and back all along the seawall and it started right at dusk. So it was gorgeous views Running right along the water, all the lights, the bridges ran past, a lot of restaurants with patios outside, so lots of fun with cheering from those people too.
Speaker 3:I can imagine.
Speaker 14:Nobody threw any food at you did they Thankfully not.
Speaker 3:That's a good thing. I'm glad to hear that.
Speaker 10:Okay, so I'm looking at your medal and the bib. It's the Brita Night Run. Is that after the Brita water filtration systems?
Speaker 14:It is. Is it really? Yep, they had some great water stations and the metal is a shape after a drop of water I'll be darned are they headquartered out there?
Speaker 10:I don't I don't know coincidence.
Speaker 3:How about, yeah, I?
Speaker 14:think they were just a sponsor I'll be darned I.
Speaker 3:I thought john was messing with you, but no, I'm looking to go because, wait, I have the bread, of water felt okay and I'm going.
Speaker 8:I know that name and logo that was gonna be my question too, so all right, I noticed it as well, yeah, that's, yes, okay, cool now at said water stations.
Speaker 4:Did you have to like, grab a bread of pitcher? And fill up your own cup, or was the water already provided for you?
Speaker 14:So I'll be honest. I was going for time. I didn't stop at any water station.
Speaker 3:Okay, I get that, I do, and you killed it. I think you did absolutely great on this one. You want to tell everybody what your time was.
Speaker 14:So it was 50 minutes and eight seconds and I was really happy with that. I've been training hard for a marathon and I oftentimes get kind of mentally in my own way, so I was really happy that I was able to kind of shut off my brain and just run.
Speaker 3:That's outstanding. I think anything under an hour in a 10K is great, but you're down there at 50 minutes. That, by the way, is a PR, correct it is yeah.
Speaker 10:And it was in the dark.
Speaker 14:It was, and we had headlamps. So, yeah, I managed to not trip and fall either. That's great.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I reckon that would have that. I don't know that that would have been more impressive. Trip and fall and still do 50 minutes. That's pretty cool. No, I didn't want you to do that.
Speaker 4:I didn't want you to do that all right, I know we've made plenty of jokes about britta water filters and in the pictures and everything like that, but what type of swag outside of the the metal did you get with this race?
Speaker 14:uh, so they had a shirt, um, and then also they had a like headlight, uh, headlamp that they gave oh nice required to wear during the race. Um, so that that was pretty good. And then they had beer tickets and stuff and um, protein bars and all that good stuff afterwards more, more or less standard stuff.
Speaker 3:But yeah, the headlamp, that's a nice little gift.
Speaker 8:Yeah, I used it this morning so, lauren, when can we expect to see you next? Are you going to be at any of the Disney races or any um thing that we might be at?
Speaker 14:so I don't have any plans to go back to Disney right now. I'm hoping, hoping to soon in the future, but no concrete plans. Pretty soon I will be doing the Royal Victoria Marathon, which is in Victoria, bc, canada, so maybe some Canadian friends will be at that one, and that's local to me and actually the first local marathon that I'll be doing.
Speaker 8:That would be a beautiful one.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I just want to say that, alicia, I have never been out there. I've been to Alaska, but that's kind of a little bit further north. But I understand the British Columbia area is gorgeous, so that sounds terrific.
Speaker 14:It is. And a plug if you ever go on an Alaskan cruise. We are typically a port.
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 8:I've been there. It's great. Did you do that, Alicia?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I did yes, I need that. That needs to be on my list. I think that's something we could do in the future. Well, lauren, great run, really super. Congrats on the PR, congrats on that great finishing time and thank you very much for joining us. I'm going to say this evening, but it's this afternoon where you are, so we appreciate you, lauren, thanks.
Speaker 14:Great. Thank you so much.
Speaker 3:We moved from Canada to Utah for the big Cottonwood Marathon in Salt Lake City. Troy and Christina were there. Troy ran the marathon, christina ran the half, christina ran the half. They are Florida folks, so they headed out west for this event. Beautiful place for a race. Now Christina did the half. She dedicated it to her mom, who passed away unexpectedly just four days before the race. Who passed away unexpectedly just four days before the race, said a new half marathon PR by more than 10 minutes Christina did. I know mom's proud of you, christina, we're all we're sorry for your loss.
Speaker 3:Now Troy ran the marathon. He managed a PR for the 30K distance but he'd been fighting an injury and this injury caused him some discomfort. So he had to back it way down for the last four miles. But Troy finished marathon number six In Nashville, tennessee. Amy was fixing to run a 10K at the Hendersonville Triple Classic but they up and canceled it on her Kind of quietly too. She was surprised. So no race that weekend. David, however, he raced. He ran the Special Olympics Pepsi 10K in Charlottesville, virginia, and David ran a sub 40 10K for a PR. I wish, oh, my God.
Speaker 3:That's smoking, huh Jack, yeah, that's outstanding.
Speaker 6:What is that? Race per mile.
Speaker 3:It's under seven, it's six something.
Speaker 6:Wow.
Speaker 3:Yeah, just using six miles, so a flat out six will be 36 minutes. So yeah, it's just a little over six, just like just using six miles, so a flat-out six will be 36 minutes. That's wild.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it's just a little over six, just like 610 or something like that. Lots of runners, lots of friendly faces from the local running groups and a big confidence boost for David, I would say so he's getting ready for Richmond. In November Trish participated in a Ragnar the Reach the Beach Ragnar, specifically in Lancaster, new Hampshire Another great Ragnar run in the books with her team Run faster. I hear banjos. I don't know what Lancaster, new Hampshire is like, but that's a great team name, trish.
Speaker 3:Over in Winter Park. The lady Track Shack 5K Tracy, who we were just talking with, came back from Pennsylvania and ran this race. She's a Track Shack ambassador working in that position pre-race and seeing all the tutus and the flamingos on the heads of the remarkable women involved in this women's only event. A lot of breast cancer survivors present at this one, running with pride. Uh, tracy ran a really solid 2804 with her run Disney girl or actually I'm going to say our run Disney girl. Tracy Wu calling racers to the finish. Our friend Heather was there at this race also. Heather, our wheelchair athlete, says the wheeled contingent is growing. She had a great time at this event. Contingent is growing. She had a great time at this event In Toronto, ontario, canada.
Speaker 3:The Oasis Zoo Run. Rachel did the 10k and the 5k. Her amazing niece, tiffany was there to cheer her for the 10k and then join her for the 5k. Then they were able to visit some of their favorite zoo animals. They had to visit maybel and rj, the river otters, who are featured on the medal, and they found them curled up, cozy and having a nap in their habitat. It was a neat looking medal. I saw that it was cool.
Speaker 3:In Canton, ohio, laurie was on a team to run the Cheeky Monkey 24-hour relay an eight-person team, the Flying Monkeys from the Wizard of Oz, appropriate for the Cheeky Monkey Relay. They were entered in the senior women's division and this team won first place. 105 miles in 24 hours. So much fun, adam. Of course, more fun at the camp area with the team, which is the way it is with these kind of events. They're really great is the way it is with these kind of events. They're really great. This was a loop, a one-mile loop, with what they call Gorilla Hill near the beginning of each loop. Lori ran multiple laps each time, did very well, averaging under 12 minutes a mile on her last leg. Lori, of course, is building back up from her knee replacement surgery of a year ago. Out in Redondo Beach, california, mark did the LA Kings 5K. Lots of fun. Wore his gritty 5K shirt.
Speaker 4:Thanks, mark, that's a heck of a move.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it is.
Speaker 4:Wearing flyer stuff at the Kings 5K Good on you.
Speaker 3:Yeah, props for that, mark, and props for his short and sweet report. I love it. In the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania, christiana. The Wicked Fast Marathon, formerly a Jack and Jill race, says Christiana this is probably the most stunningly beautiful race she's ever run. Now, the Poconos and Bird in Hand are not exactly side by side, but it's the same kind of terrain. Very, very pretty area. Small race this was the expo's. In a parking lot they had one vendor. It's a point-to-point downhill race. She used it as a training run. Really fun event. At the finish she grabbed their medal off a table, a couple of granola bars from the post-race snack table and that was that. It's a day later. She's making the report still full of gratitude on the way everything aligned to make such a wonderful event. The way everything aligned to make such a wonderful event.
Speaker 3:In Middletown, new Jersey, kelly ran the 9-11 Memorial 5k and I do believe I've heard we've had race reports on this race before. This is a race to honor the 37 residents of Middletown that went to work on 9-11 and never came home. Most of them left from the train station where the race started and finished. Race course was almost all hills but they knew that going in. This was Kelly's first hilly course. Weather was good, though she did much better than expected, finishing in just a little over 36 minutes. Great support from the Middletown Police Benevolent Association and from the fire companies in the area.
Speaker 3:In Townsend, tennessee, jimmy ran a 7K with the Knoxville Track Club. A lot different from last week. The weather this week was amazing. Folks were even talking about how chilly it was in Tennessee Track Club. A lot different from last week. The weather this week was amazing. Folks were even talking about how chilly it was in Tennessee. Jimmy says he hasn't felt so good around a race in a long time. Glad he did it Also first 7K. So somebody's looking for a PR bell In the town of Crescent Springs, kentucky, which is just a little bit south of Cincinnati. Carol ran the Tunnel to Towers, northern Kentucky 5K. The Steven Siller Foundation puts on these races. It's an amazing organization that supports the families of fallen first responders or military wherever it's needed. Families of fallen first responders or military wherever it's needed, carol says. I encourage everyone to see if they can get there next year or maybe see if there's a local T2T race near you On the last Sunday in September. That's the actual, or let's say the big Tunnel to Towers race which occurs in New York City.
Speaker 10:Yeah, that's the one where they actually do the same path as the firefighters that ran through the tunnel to the World Trade Center.
Speaker 3:Okay, okay, thanks, john, let's see. In Florida, michael did the Run. Daytona Double Dare, that's a 10K in the morning and a 5K in the evening. Michael's best attempt to rival Monica and the Chaos Crew. He brought his wife, two daughters, a son, three grandbabies all to the 5K. They all had a blast, especially climbing the 31-degree bank on the Daytona Speedway. All of the grandchildren all three of them now completed their first 5K, so we got three PRs there.
Speaker 3:Let's wrap up Saturday in Smyrna, tennessee, with the Top Gun 6K night race. Kylie and her husband did that one, kylie's first race since the marathon and post knee surgery. I'm not sure what Kylie had done. I'm going to guess maybe a scope. I hope it was something like. That. Race was warm and humid, unlike earlier in the week when it was a bit cooler. Could have used some more lighting on this nice night race in some parts of the course, but they had a great finish line area. They ended the night with a special fireworks show. They ended the night with a special fireworks show, fun race and Kylie set a 12-minute course PR. Let's move to Sunday.
Speaker 3:Kate was in Washington DC for the DC half In Claremont, florida, for the fourth and final time this year I get to say the cool Summer Mornings Series. Summer races are now done and it's really not cool, but it's getting a tiny bit cooler. Kayla was there, tracy's back, tracy's there for the 5K the 40th anniversary of this race series. We've talked about this one before. We always talk about the cool summer mornings S-O-M-M-E-R, but they typically have a different theme for each of the four races. Here We've got these four race medals. It's the 40th anniversary of the race series. We've got a cake with swim bike and running on it. We've got a rock and roll mouth. Now I'm picturing the cover of a Rolling Stones album. Got a casino slot machine and a bright 90s style tiki head for the fourth today. Okay.
Speaker 4:Makes sense to me, okay.
Speaker 3:This is Tracy's second race of the weekend. Took it whatever pace Felt good, pushed yesterday's a little bit Weather was great. Mary Jo was there Echoes that the weather was great but no PR Did have negative splits and she felt really good throughout. Hopefully Mary Jo gets to do all four events next year because she really does enjoy the series. It sounds like a fun series In the Bronx, the Bronx, new York, the New Balance, bronx. 10-miler. Grace was there. Doug is back. Always one of Doug's favorite races of the year in the new york area. Incredible energy. Love seeing how the community comes out to support the runners. There's a downhill finish near yankee stadium. Downhill finishes are great and I think running into the stadium was cool for Doug Felt great. Beat his goal pace by 10 seconds a mile. Jen was there. Barely made it to the corral because of the lines for corral P were so long. You know what you need there, jen the guy with the whistle. That's what you need.
Speaker 3:Yeah Now. Jen's goal was to do the first half conservatively and then pick it up on the mostly downhill second half. However, she underestimated the hills in the first few miles, probably took them a little faster than she should have. On the plus side, now she's got a guaranteed entry into the New York City half and had a successful test run of at least part of her wine and dine costume. That's wise. Special shout out to Sister Emily for cheering her on with encouraging texts even when Jen wanted to quit, even when Jen wanted to quit.
Speaker 3:In Hamilton, new Jersey, pete did the Run, the Vineyards White Horse 10K or 5K. In Ontario, rachel and her husband Chris did the Windsor Waterfront Half Marathon, getting back into the swing of racing after some injuries, of course using the Galloway method. That really helped Rachel get better. One lady said on the course that she was trying to catch up to the two of them, but she gave up near the end. So Chris explained the Galloway method to her. I've had opportunity to do that before. People don't understand why you're running and walking and then you wait for them at the finish and explain what happened. So maybe another convert guys, who knows?
Speaker 3:On the banks of the River Seine, la Parisienne 10K Jennifer an amazing experience that coincided with a trip to Paris with her mother. Large crowd of at least 90% women, fantastic looking course, passed a lot of Parisian landmarks, finished in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. If you remember, the Olympics set open area in front of the Eiffel Tower. If you remember, the Olympics at open area in front of the Eiffel Tower is where this race finished. The team was Super LN or Super Heroine, with many runners in costume, including Jennifer's. Wonder Woman just missed her 10K PR. Now I kick this off by saying that I don't always know where the races are. I'm proud of this one.
Speaker 3:If I got it right, chris and his wife, I think, did the Elk River Trail 5K in Gassaway, west Virginia, and the way I figured it out was they had a picture of them finishing and I could see the bib and the bib had a QR code on it. So I blew it up, scanned the QR code and this is what I got. Anyway, they went out for a plan. This is neat. They went out for a planned five mile training run. Went out for a plan. This is neat. They went out for a planned five mile training run. They added a little distance on their training and turned into seven. And then they found out there was a 5k setting up, as they were about a mile from their car, so they finished up their training run, went to an atm and then signed up for this race. That's awesome, yeah, isn't it? They added the race, so there was going to be a five mile walk with some running breaks, turned into 10.3 miles, and this is cool. Chris ends up winning the 51 to 60 age group.
Speaker 4:Wow, that's great.
Speaker 3:That's cool.
Speaker 4:Now I will say, bob, if you are correct in your sleututhing, I think, if this whole podcasting thing doesn't work out for you, I I think marathon investigations would oh gosh, I'm probably gonna get a note from chris or his wife saying not even close, bob.
Speaker 3:We were in. We were in, uh, holland, michigan, or something I don. All right, let's wrap it up. The Turtle Crawl 5K in Indie Atlantic. Indie Atlantic I am not familiar with that city. It's on Florida's space coast. It is in support of the Sea Turtle Preservation Society. Valerie was there, her first 5K in a very long time. That wasn't either a run disney event or a 5k that involved beer. What's wrong with 5ks and beer, valerie? Anyway, uh, her first live race too, after dealing with back-to-back cancer diagnoses and treatment, and she felt strong and that's outstanding. Valerie may have even been a little emotional after finishing. You earned it. The road to recovery and to Wine and Dine weekend continues for Valerie, and we are all cheering for you. Valerie, great report. That's a great way to wrap up the race report for episode 208. Well, friends, and if you run, you know you are our friend. It's been fun. Training moves on. Weather cools off a little bit. Five weeks from now we'll be together at Disney World.
Speaker 4:Until then then, happy running the rise and run podcast discusses general information about run disney and is in no way affiliated with run dis, disney or the Walt Disney Company. Any information or advice discussed on this podcast should not be considered medical advice and should always consult with your health care provider or event organizer.
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