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Ep 11 - You know you're a runner, when...
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Think you’re not a runner? Think again. In this episode, we mix things up with a lighthearted game of runner’s bingo—sharing all the quirky and surprising ways running sneaks into everyday life. From knowing exactly where every public restroom is in town to going to bed before the sun goes down—we cover it all.
Along the way, we share personal stories, talk training updates (including a tough but rewarding 11-miler), and even dive into new fueling experiments. Whether you’re chasing a PR or just trying to get through the miles, this episode will remind you that running is more than workouts—it’s a lifestyle full of little victories, funny habits, and lessons that stick with you both on and off the course.
As always, feel free to reach out via instagram @ajanderika or email hello@ajanderika.com
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Transcript
Introduction and Game Announcement
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Think you're not a runner?
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If you do any of the things we talk about in this episode, you most certainly are.
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Hey everyone, welcome to the podcast.
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I'm Erica and this is AJ and today we are playing a game.
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Yes, we are.
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We are going to talk about all the things we've learned because of running.
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And some of these things are maybe things you wouldn't have expected, like skill sets or like mindset things you wouldn't have
Upcoming Episodes Preview
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expected.
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So that's today's topic.
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We've got a lineup of awesome episodes coming up.
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We've got a review to read.
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So let's get some of these housekeeping things out of the way.
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Okay.
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And then we're going to play our fun game, which I kind of designed and you don't really even kind of know what's coming.
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I don't know what we're doing.
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Yeah.
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And so I'll explain in just a second.
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Um, so what should we hit first?
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Upcoming episodes.
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Okay.
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Upcoming episodes are next week.
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We're going to do all those, um, like race terms.
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We're going to kind of explain what those are.
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Some are very obvious.
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Some are not so obvious.
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Some of them are very run Disney
Podcast Reviews and Sticker Giveaway
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specific.
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So like, um, give me an example of some stuff we might talk about.
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Um, expo, corral, balloon ladies.
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Yeah.
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These are all just phrases you might hear.
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What is the digital event guide?
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You know, snack box.
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Like some of them seem obvious, but they actually have just some nuances to them.
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And so we're just going to explain it.
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Next week's going to be very practical,
Game Part 1: Runner Experiences
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different than today.
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Today is a little bit of a departure off of our normal format of like, do this, don't do that, you know, whatever.
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This one is just, hey, we're going to cover some fun stuff.
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Yeah.
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So that's next week.
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And then the week after that is your big moment, Erica.
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My big moment.
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Yes.
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I'm sitting back and letting you have that complete episode because I'm not an expert in the topic of costumes.
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That's not true.
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I find them and you pay for them.
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But paying for them and knowing where to find them and knowing all the things is different.
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Right, right, right.
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You and I are not, I think we've said this before, we don't run in like full costume.
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We run in more like themed outfits.
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So we're just going to talk about what has worked for us, why we do what we do, how we carry our stuff when dealing with a costume, how we match together, you know.
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Things we've learned.
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Awesome.
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So that'll be, that'd be your episode, by the way.
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You're in charge.
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You write the show notes.
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I'm just, I'm just there for.
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Glad we have a few weeks to work on that.
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You want to talk about reviews?
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Yeah, we actually got a couple, but we're going to just read one.
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Five stars.
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This one comes from DisRunner83.
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Perfect.
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It says, one more run is an absolute delight to listen to.
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The host's relaxed conversational style makes each episode feel effortless and engaging, while the topics remain consistently insightful and thought-provoking.
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I'm very much looking forward to future episodes.
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Ah, I like that.
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That was very sweet.
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Do you think people know we're married based off of comments like that?
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I think they know we're married, yeah.
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Yeah.
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There are relaxed format.
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I think what should I read between the lines on that?
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Like
Game Part 2: Runner Quirks
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how you tease me a little bit and I tease you a little bit.
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Is that what relaxed means?
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Probably.
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Good.
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I'm glad they think that is a good thing on the podcast.
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Yes.
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Thanks for leaving that review.
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If you leave a review and send us an email at hello at AJ and Erica dot com, we will send you some stickers.
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We got podcast stickers.
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Also, if you just want a sticker and no obligation, no anything, just tell me where to mail it and it's yours.
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I'll send it to you.
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So
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Email us at hello at AJ and Erica.com.
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Erica, you spell it with a K. Yep.
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E-R-I-K-A.
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I'll send you some stickers.
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Those of you that already asked for yours, there you go.
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You probably have it.
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Yeah.
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Actually, I'd love to know where you put your stickers.
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So send me a picture or something.
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That'd be cool to know where you end up sticking your sticker.
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Yeah.
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What other comments do you have before we play this game?
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Because I'm about to explain it.
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We've got our iPads here, which is unusual if you're watching the video.
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We don't normally hold our iPads, but it's because our game cards are on here.
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So do you have any of the other comments about anything before we dive into this game and see if this game is a good idea?
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Nope.
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OK, so, Erica, I've got a game I've designed.
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Basically, bingo.
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So
Game Conclusion and Prize Discussion
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here's what I had you do.
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And I did it as well in this bucket.
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This is the 25th anniversary cruise line popcorn bucket, by the way.
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It's one of my favorite popcorn buckets.
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There are 50 things we've learned or maybe things that are true of you because you're a runner.
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So there's 25 of yours, 25 of mine.
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We'll just draw out of here.
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Okay.
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And if you have it on your bingo card,
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Because your thing, your bingo card has been randomized.
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I didn't make, I sent this through chat GPT.
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It made your card.
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So I don't know all your stuff.
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Okay.
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And you don't know mine.
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I'm guessing we're going to have some overlap.
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Probably.
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Is what I'm guessing.
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I really don't know though.
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Addie, our youngest child, my artistic child who loves to draw and whatever.
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I said, Hey, can you make all these little bingo, uh, you know, uh, what do you call it?
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Um, when you, you know, in bingo, when you pull the ping pong ball, what do you call that?
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I don't know.
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I don't know either.
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All the things are in this bucket.
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If you're listening, there's a bucket here with all 50 of the options in there.
Erica's Training Update
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I'm guessing there's some overlap.
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If as soon as you get five in a row, you win bingo.
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Okay, perfect.
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I'm calling this, you know, you're a runner if, or you know, you're a runner when.
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So when you get a card, if you draw it, just say, you know, you're a runner when, or if you either do this or think this.
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Okay.
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Let me shake up the bucket.
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about there's not popcorn in there there's not popcorn i'm so sorry that would have been awesome uh there's a card in here okay this is this is the prize oh this voucher is good for one free back rub are you planning on winning yeah yeah i'm just kidding that's a um that's a dodgeball reference remember when peter lefleur gives her the uh voucher for one free back rub he says if you play your cards right that could be a that could turn into a full body right
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I'm
AJ's Training Challenges
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kidding.
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I'll give you a back rub anytime.
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In case I didn't mention earlier, Erica and I are married, so that's appropriate.
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You said that the loser should live stream their run or something like that.
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Do you remember when we were talking about it the other day?
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Oh, yeah.
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Yeah.
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Like talk along the run.
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We'll see.
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It depends on who wins if we decide to do that or not.
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All right.
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Do you want me to draw the first one?
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Sure.
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Go ahead.
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All right.
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I will draw the first one.
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Okay.
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You know, you're a runner when, uh, you understand that a personal best is usually measured in seconds, not minutes.
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That's not mine.
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That's yours.
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That's mine.
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All right.
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You want to do, okay.
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So I do, I clearly am not going to have that on my board.
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You want to explain that?
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What does that mean?
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Your, your PR is usually measured in seconds, not minutes.
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Yeah.
Episode Conclusion and Listener Engagement
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So as you continue to run as many races as we have done, depending on the distance of the race, usually your mile time is going to be improving by seconds, which is what I said, rather than minutes per mile.
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huge, huge difference, right?
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So like my first half marathon was over two hours.
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And then when I got it under two hours, it was by like 12 minutes and it felt like a big accomplishment.
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But next time I went after it, I mean, I barely got any faster, even though it was faster.
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Yes.
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But the stronger you get, whenever like all of a sudden your PRs, you're thrilled with a 20, 30, 40 second improvement of time.
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Is that what you're saying?
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That's what I mean.
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Whereas it used to be 20, 30 minutes.
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Right, right, right, right.
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Okay, got it.
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Cool.
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All right.
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So you are in the lead with one marked off your board.
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Okay.
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Let's see.
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What do we got here?
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You know, you're a runner when you say things like, I want to die.
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I never want to do this again.
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When do we sign up for the next one?
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That's a totally true statement, but I don't think I wrote that.
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I did.
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Yeah.
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These are like the thought process, especially when you're running a marathon.
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This is kind of rough.
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And then it just goes downhill from there.
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And at the very end, you're like, let's do it again.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Yeah, that's totally true.
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Okay.
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I've drawn one.
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You know, you're a runner when you can open wrappers on the go.
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Wrappers meaning, I know I wrote this one.
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Wrappers meaning like your fuel and your food and stuff like that.
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Ziploc baggies.
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Right.
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I know I have that somewhere on mine.
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Do you have that on yours?
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I had how to eat while running.
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I don't think I had anything.
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Nah, that's not the same thing.
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Yeah, although she didn't, that's not on here.
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You must not have used that one.
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Well, you gave me more than 25.
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I know.
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Actually, ChatGPT generated your card for you.
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Okay, well, it failed me.
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You know you're a runner when you need more than one pair of running shoes when training as much as we do.
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Oh, yeah.
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Yeah.
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And not even just when you're training as much as we are, but if you do a run Disney race in the spring, let's say, there's a very good chance that it's going to rain on you while you're running.
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Oh, sure.
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And so if you're running multiple races on one weekend, it's always a good idea to have more than one pairs of shoes.
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That way, if you race on a Saturday and your shoes are soaking, you have a dry pair for Sunday.
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Yep, I got it.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Okay, what are the odds of this?
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All three of those that I got were in a row.
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Well, you're about to win and this is about to be the shortest game of all time.
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All right.
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Let's see what we got here.
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You know, you're a runner when the cadence of your music matters.
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Oh my gosh.
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Yes.
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I cannot run like off the beat and I like to run at a certain cadence.
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So I have to find music that goes to the cadence that I'm running.
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I would say I feel like that used to be true for me.
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And then, um, I think I had to learn and force myself to not, to not, you didn't get four in a row.
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Did you?
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No, no, I did not.
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Okay.
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I was going to say that if I know that I'm going to try to run slower than I normally do, I need to listen to a podcast or an audio book.
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I see when you're trying to keep it in zone two or something like that.
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Correct.
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Yes.
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Okay.
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All right.
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Oh, it's my turn.
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I only have one marked off on my board.
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Well, it looks like I'm getting a back rub.
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Okay.
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Oh, this is also mine.
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Goodness gracious.
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Except I don't think I phrased it this way, but Addy wrote it.
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How stubborn I can be running through an injury.
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Oh, yeah.
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This is definitely mine.
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She probably paraphrased because it.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So when she knows you're stubborn, when you're a runner, you know, your doctor would be like, you probably need a rest.
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And you're like, so basically what you're saying is I can do an easy run.
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Yeah.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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Uh, which the bummer there is then you just keep injuring yourself over and over and over again.
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And exhibit a, all right.
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Um, this says you've gotten all of them.
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I wonder if we put any of mine in the board because this is not mine.
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You know, you're a runner when you bike after a long run that yeah.
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When biking after a wrong run, long run helps with recovery.
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Sorry.
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I botched the reading of that.
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It's okay.
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Yeah.
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You bike after a long run.
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Yeah.
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We've talked about this.
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I do too.
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Yeah.
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So after the marathon, especially any long run, jump on the bike, zero resistance or light resistance, just a pedal helps with recovery.
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Yeah, it does.
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That's also mine.
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How about we just like, I'm going to, I'm going to shake it up.
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I'm going to reshuffle these for you so that maybe we get one of yours.
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I know I'm losing.
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This could be both of ours, potentially.
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You know your runner when you say things like, just a half marathon.
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Just a half marathon?
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That does sound like something I would say.
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Oh, yeah, I have things.
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I have one that says, say things like, just a half marathon.
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Yeah, that's mine.
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Yeah, this one's actually yours because I wrote, we're only running the marathon.
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That's something you hear at Disney World.
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So should I, I'm not counting this one?
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I think that, well, I mean, those are pretty similar.
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Those are similar.
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Okay.
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I'm crossing that.
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Unless you win off that one, then it was not similar.
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Then forget it.
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Then it was not similar.
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Then I take it back.
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Then I take it back.
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All right.
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All right.
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You know you're a runner when you rotate through your shoes.
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This is mine.
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I literally will, um, I have several pairs of training shoes or whatever, so I don't wear them down too fast or I don't get too comfortable is not the right word, but like, uh, even though I have several pairs of the same types of shoes, I rotate through them so that I'm like wearing them down all evenly or whatever, without wearing one down completely, then wearing another one down completely.
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Does that make any sense?
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Yeah, totally.
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Totally.
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That was mine.
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Okay.
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Uh, but I have to find it on my board.
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I know I wrote it.
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Okay.
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Not all three of mine are not near each other.
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Perfect.
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This is definitely yours.
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Okay.
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You know, you're a runner or actually, you know, you're AJ when you see another runner and think lucky.
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Oh my gosh.
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That's a hundred percent.
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Yeah.
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Anytime we're in the car on the golf cart, if we pass a runner, AJ is always like lucky.
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I don't think I've ever seen a runner and thought, ah, that poor person.
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No, I have heat of the summer, three in the afternoon.
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People that do that, I don't know why they do that.
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Because it's the best time for us to run.
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That's awful.
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So whenever it's like super blazing hot, I don't think lucky.
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But if I see a runner, I could be coming home from a run.
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Oh, yeah.
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And be like, oh, lucky?
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Yep.
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Yeah, that's me.
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Okay.
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Wow.
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I cannot read this.
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It's like clear ink.
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Look at it.
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Can you read that?
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That's okay.
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Not from there, no.
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I'm having a hard time reading this.
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I'm going to cut it out of the podcast.
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You know, you're a runner when I'm just going to read it.
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How hungry I am after running more than seven miles.
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Yeah.
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Like we come home from a long run and we're just starving and it's like, you cannot take in enough calories.
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You're just so hungry.
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Oh yeah.
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Oh yeah.
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I a hundred percent get this.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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How hungry you are after a long run.
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Yeah, for sure.
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Yesterday was 11 miles and we'll talk about it in our training update or whatever.
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Yesterday was 11 miles.
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And we say this all the time too.
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How do we run 26 miles in January?
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But then I go out for 11 yesterday.
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I could not get enough food in my system yesterday afternoon after that run.
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I couldn't get enough sleep.
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I couldn't get enough food.
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I was dying.
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So yes, I do know what you're talking about.
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Okay, good.
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Are you, oh my gosh, this game's going to be over soon.
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Don't get that bottom corner.
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Okay.
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Oh, this is one of mine.
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Oh, great.
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No, no, no.
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Fate of the game.
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No, but play.
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No, no.
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It's okay.
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I'll pick a different one.
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Play it.
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Well, this one's mine too, so it's fine.
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Oh my gosh.
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It better not be that bottom quarter.
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When you are a runner, you learn that you're capable of more than you think you are.
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Yes.
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Running is a mental game and you learn that you can do hard things and you're stronger than you thought you were.
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Yeah.
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Yep.
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I agree with that.
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Oh, I thought it was the one that I was going to win.
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Oh, good.
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I'm so glad it's not.
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I had a heart attack when you were reaching for it.
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All right.
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Speaker
Let's see here.
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You know you're a runner when you go to bed early.
00:14:06
Speaker
That should have been on mine.
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I have that on my board right here.
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Perfect.
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I am guilty of like 8.30 at night being like, is it too early to go to bed?
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No.
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Is this before a long run or after a long run or both?
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Both.
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Yeah.
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Like when I know that there's a long run, well, race, races, I feel like you have full permission to go to bed as early as you want before a race.
00:14:27
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Yeah.
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But even just on a normal weekend, Friday night, people are like, hey, you guys want to go out?
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No, I got to run tomorrow.
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Right.
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I got to go to bed.
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I am guilty also to like, hey, kids, you guys want to watch a movie?
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And then.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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Like they know what that means.
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Right.
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They know that 30 minutes into that movie, dad's going to take a little pre pre bed nap.
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pretty bad.
00:14:50
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Yeah.
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That's funny.
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Okay.
00:14:53
Speaker
Oh, on that note, you know, you're a runner when your entire Saturday is dedicated to preparing to run, then run, and then recovering from the run.
00:15:01
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This is mine.
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Yeah.
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Sometimes I get to the end of it, like a Saturday or if it's a Sunday, you know, but like if it was a long run day, yesterday is a great example of I got to the end of the day and thought all I did was run related stuff.
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Right.
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All day long.
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I was only running for two hours.
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Right, yeah.
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But it took my whole day.
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Speaker
How did that happen?
00:15:22
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Yep.
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All right.
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You know, the good news about you getting so many of yours out of the way early is that I should be getting to some of mine.
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All right, here we go.
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You know you're a, oh yeah, this is mine.
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You know you're a runner when you wake up before your alarm clock.
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Oh my gosh.
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Yes, sir.
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Sometimes I'm so excited to go for a run that literally like it's dark out.
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I know.
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My eyes pop open and I think,
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I know.
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It's a run day.
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Speaker
That doesn't happen to you?
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Speaker
No, it does.
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And then I just go back to sleep.
00:15:54
Speaker
I'd like to show you that the tides are a turn in here.
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Speaker
Oh, okay.
00:15:59
Speaker
See this?
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Three in a row right here.
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Yeah.
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I'm still going to win.
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We'll see.
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We'll see.
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Underdog story.
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Speaker
Okay.
00:16:08
Speaker
You know you're a runner when you can drink and run at the same time.
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Speaker
I'm pretty sure.
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Speaker
We both have that.
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Speaker
I have eat and run at the same time.
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Speaker
Oh, no.
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Speaker
I have drink and run at the same time.
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Speaker
Yeah.
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Speaker
You have that on your board?
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Speaker
That is correct.
00:16:20
Speaker
Okay.
00:16:21
Speaker
So is that our first, what do you call it?
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Mutual.
00:16:24
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Yeah.
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Is that our first overlapping one?
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I guess.
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We've related to all of them.
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Speaker
Oh, yeah.
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Speaker
But same.
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Okay.
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Speaker
All right.
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Speaker
This says, you know you're a runner when you hydrate like crazy.
00:16:37
Speaker
I didn't phrase it that way.
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Speaker
So that must be yours.
00:16:41
Speaker
I have that, but do you have one that's similar then?
00:16:43
Speaker
Oh yeah.
00:16:44
Speaker
Okay.
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Yours is about hydrating.
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Yes.
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That counts then.
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Okay.
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Speaker
Perfect.
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Speaker
What's yours?
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Speaker
What's that fun phrase that we heard our friend say in Seattle?
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Hydrate or hydrate?
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Speaker
Hydrate or hydrate, which we heard in Seattle.
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And then like a week later, it was on the Rise and Run podcast and we were laughing hysterically.
00:17:01
Speaker
Oh, it's not my turn.
00:17:02
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Yeah.
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It's a young person term apparently.
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Apparently.
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Speaker
All right.
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Speaker
You are in... It better not be your winning title.
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I put, you know you're a runner when you know how to properly stretch before a run.
00:17:13
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
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Speaker
So you do not want to do like static, slow stretches before a run.
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You want to do dynamic stretches.
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You want to get your muscles fired up.
00:17:23
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Yeah.
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You want to talk about this.
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When I first started running, like I would go stand behind the treadmill and I would like raise my –
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calf up to my butt for 10 seconds.
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Do the same thing on the other side.
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I'd reach down and touch my toes.
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And these long standing still stretches are actually not what you need before the run.
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Those are for after the run.
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Speaker
Then I learned, oh, squats and lunges and calf raises that are always moving.
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Speaker
You know, that's what you do before the run.
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You're trying to wake them up.
00:17:49
Speaker
That's right.
00:17:49
Speaker
Okay.
00:17:50
Speaker
You didn't just win off of that.
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I did just win, but I say we keep going.
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Congratulations.
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Thanks.
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Free back rub.
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Speaker
Okay, but let's keep going.
00:17:57
Speaker
Oh, okay.
00:17:58
Speaker
Some honorable mentions, I guess.
00:18:00
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Sure, yeah.
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Speaker
All right.
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Speaker
Honorable mentions.
00:18:02
Speaker
Let's see if I can get to five.
00:18:03
Speaker
Okay.
00:18:04
Speaker
You know you're a runner when you schedule regular massage appointments.
00:18:07
Speaker
Ooh, that's a good one.
00:18:09
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That wasn't mine, but that's a good one.
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But I do do that.
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Like once a month, I got to go see Sarah.
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That didn't get me close to winning, unfortunately.
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Sarah's the best.
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I mean, not that I'm going to win because you already won.
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Congratulations, by the way.
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Thanks.
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Speaker
Okay.
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Speaker
Okay.
00:18:25
Speaker
You want to do what?
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Speaker
Two or three more?
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Speaker
Sure.
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Speaker
You know you're a runner when you will only work out in moisture-wicking clothing.
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Speaker
That's for sure.
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Cotton's out.
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Speaker
Cotton is out.
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Speaker
Let's see what's up next.
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Speaker
You know you're a runner when you know where all the bathrooms are.
00:18:41
Speaker
I'm pretty sure that's a you thing.
00:18:44
Speaker
Yeah.
00:18:44
Speaker
I didn't phrase it that way, but yeah.
00:18:46
Speaker
Oh.
00:18:47
Speaker
Oh, I know where all the bathrooms are.
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Speaker
Perfect.
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Speaker
Perfect.
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Speaker
I put where every public restroom is in your hometown.
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Okay.
00:18:53
Speaker
That's exactly the same thing.
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Speaker
Okay, perfect.
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When I go out for a run, I may not be like headed towards that bathroom, but I know that I'm going to be within a mile of it or something like that.
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So I can get to it if I need to.
00:19:05
Speaker
Okay.
00:19:07
Speaker
We talked about this one too.
00:19:08
Speaker
You know you're a runner at Disney when you say things like, we're only running the marathon instead of dopey, which is...
00:19:15
Speaker
Yeah.
00:19:15
Speaker
When you have a bunch of races in one weekend, people will say, Oh, I'm only doing the marathon or I'm only doing the half.
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And it's like, what a ridiculous phrase to say.
00:19:26
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I actually, I mean, I understand why we say that because it's like in comparison to all the races, it does seem small, but it's such a big accomplishment.
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Speaker
I hate when we say that.
00:19:34
Speaker
Yeah.
00:19:35
Speaker
Um, this might be you, uh, you know, you're a runner when you count the miles you put on your shoes.
00:19:41
Speaker
Is that you?
00:19:42
Speaker
Oh, like when I keep track of them?
00:19:43
Speaker
Yeah.
00:19:44
Speaker
Yeah.
00:19:45
Speaker
Yeah.
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So on my shoe boxes, I keep little tele marks.
00:19:48
Speaker
Yeah.
00:19:49
Speaker
How many miles till you retire a pair of shoes?
00:19:51
Speaker
Right.
00:19:52
Speaker
No, I'm asking you.
00:19:53
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Oh, me?
00:19:54
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Yeah.
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I don't know the official answer.
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I think it's like 300.
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Speaker
300?
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That's what I was going to say, but I wasn't sure.
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I think averagely.
00:20:01
Speaker
Yeah.
00:20:02
Speaker
Is that a word?
00:20:02
Speaker
On average.
00:20:03
Speaker
All right.
00:20:03
Speaker
You done or do you want to keep going?
00:20:05
Speaker
Oh, I don't care.
00:20:08
Speaker
This is you.
00:20:09
Speaker
Okay.
00:20:09
Speaker
But also me.
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Speaker
But you wrote it.
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You know you're a runner when you pay to run in your own city where you can run for free.
00:20:15
Speaker
Yeah.
00:20:17
Speaker
That's legit.
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Speaker
Like I'll pay for a race that costs 95 bucks and I'm running the race in my hometown thinking I ran this path yesterday.
00:20:27
Speaker
Right.
00:20:28
Speaker
Yes.
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Or two days ago.
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Yes.
00:20:30
Speaker
Yes.
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Speaker
Yes.
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Speaker
All right.
00:20:32
Speaker
I have a couple here I'm hoping to get on the board even though you've already won.
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Speaker
Have you won twice now?
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Speaker
Almost?
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Speaker
Almost.
00:20:39
Speaker
Okay.
00:20:40
Speaker
Okay.
00:20:40
Speaker
You know you're a runner when you say things like that's only two 10Ks and a warmup.
00:20:46
Speaker
Yes, that's mine.
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Speaker
What does that mean?
00:20:50
Speaker
I don't know.
00:20:50
Speaker
Just like when you're out on the course and you have like a little bit left, you're like telling yourself like, that's just like a 5K and a warmup to finish.
00:20:58
Speaker
Oh, I understand.
00:20:59
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Yeah.
00:21:00
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Yeah.
00:21:01
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When you have a half marathon distance left and you're like, oh, it's only four or five Ks.
00:21:04
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Right.
00:21:04
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Yeah.
00:21:05
Speaker
I can do four or five Ks.
00:21:06
Speaker
Yeah.
00:21:06
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Totally.
00:21:07
Speaker
Totally.
00:21:08
Speaker
I'm not sure how to read that.
00:21:09
Speaker
That is yours, but I'm not sure how to read that.
00:21:11
Speaker
So you're just going to put it back in the bucket?
00:21:12
Speaker
Yeah.
00:21:13
Speaker
Hopefully you'll draw it and you can...
00:21:15
Speaker
Well, I just picked it again.
00:21:16
Speaker
Here, you read it.
00:21:17
Speaker
Okay.
00:21:18
Speaker
You know you're a runner when you don't... Yeah, I didn't write it very well, did I?
00:21:25
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Well, I know what I meant to say is that I've learned not to judge other runners based on their speed.
00:21:30
Speaker
Right.
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Speaker
So how do I put that in the right phrase?
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You know you're a runner when you don't judge other runners via crap.
00:21:37
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Yeah.
00:21:38
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Anyway, bottom line there is I don't, and I mean this genuinely.
00:21:42
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When I see someone who's slower than me, I used to think, well, guess I'm more in shape than they are or whatever, or vice versa.
00:21:50
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When someone would run past me or whatever, or someone was way faster than me, I'd think like, oh, wow, they must be so amazing.
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You know what I mean?
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And now I realize that
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Even just on that run alone might have a different objective than my objective for that day.
00:22:06
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Right, totally.
00:22:07
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So I might be instructed to do zone two, chill, easy, do not, take it hard.
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I might be coming off of injury.
00:22:15
Speaker
Right.
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Speaker
Or I might have done speed drills yesterday.
00:22:17
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You don't know anybody's circumstance.
00:22:19
Speaker
Right.
00:22:19
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You also might not know someone just lost...
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150 pounds, and now they've decided to get into running to get fit, you just don't know.
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And I have learned, and I will just be honest and transparent and say I wasn't good in this in the beginning, and I've learned, hey, you can't judge anybody's run journey based off what you see.
00:22:38
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I mean, you shouldn't anyway, but just seeing them out on the road, on a sidewalk, on the track, anything like that, no.
00:22:44
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They're on their journey, you're on your journey.
00:22:46
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That's right.
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Don't judge it.
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Two more, two more.
00:22:49
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You do one, I'll do one, and we'll call it quits.
00:22:51
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Okay.
00:22:53
Speaker
You know, you're a runner when you run on vacation.
00:22:57
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Oh, that's mine.
00:22:57
Speaker
A hundred percent.
00:22:59
Speaker
I love running on vacation.
00:23:00
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It's probably my favorite place to run actually.
00:23:02
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Yeah.
00:23:03
Speaker
I like exploring new cities.
00:23:04
Speaker
I was just had a flashback to the day that we ran.
00:23:08
Speaker
Um, so on the last cruise that we went on with our small group, we ran, um, castaway key and then we ran the 5k, which wasn't even like a real thing yet at lighthouse.
00:23:19
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Lookout key at lighthouse point.
00:23:20
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Yep.
00:23:21
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And I heard these people on the tram like, oh, we saw her running yesterday at Castaway.
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And I want to be like, how do we how do you think we keep eating these Mickey Churro waffles?
00:23:31
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Like I have to run, people.
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Anyway, we do love to run on vacation.
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All right.
00:23:37
Speaker
I need I need one more.
00:23:39
Speaker
OK.
00:23:40
Speaker
Oh, I didn't.
00:23:41
Speaker
Did you say don't judge other runners based off their speed?
00:23:44
Speaker
No, you said that.
00:23:46
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Oh, I didn't mark it.
00:23:47
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I won.
00:23:48
Speaker
You won for the second time?
00:23:49
Speaker
Yes.
00:23:49
Speaker
I just won.
00:23:50
Speaker
The backup one?
00:23:52
Speaker
The backup one?
00:23:55
Speaker
You won like 20 minutes ago.
00:23:56
Speaker
All right.
00:23:57
Speaker
Let's see if I can get another row.
00:23:59
Speaker
Oh, no, I can't.
00:23:59
Speaker
Okay.
00:24:00
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This is the last one.
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I promise.
00:24:01
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Knowing the difference between 50.
00:24:03
Speaker
Oh, you know you're a runner when you know the difference between 50 degrees and 55 degrees.
00:24:08
Speaker
When dressing to go out for a red?
00:24:10
Speaker
Yeah, that's mine.
00:24:10
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Yeah, you know that one.
00:24:11
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Yeah.
00:24:12
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Yeah, it's funny how you can, and it matters.
00:24:15
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Oh, yeah.
00:24:15
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That a few degrees you wouldn't think matters.
00:24:17
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Right.
00:24:17
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Okay, cool.
00:24:18
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This was a fun game.
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It was fun.
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You can choose your prize.
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I give you either, you can have free back rub or something real.
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Take you to dinner.
00:24:25
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Okay.
00:24:26
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Oh, by the way, I saw something today.
00:24:28
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Yeah.
00:24:29
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I saw, I'm going to show this to you.
00:24:31
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This was at a Mexican restaurant and I saw the sign and I thought, this is Erica's, Erica's place.
00:24:36
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By the way, the name has your, the name of the restaurant had your name in it.
00:24:40
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Oh yeah.
00:24:41
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Yeah.
00:24:41
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It's Suprica, but it had Erica in the name.
00:24:45
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Anyway, look at, I saw this, I thought that's Erica's perfect Mexican restaurant.
00:24:50
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It's all it says on the side of the restaurant.
00:24:52
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Tacos, margaritas, cheese.
00:24:54
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Yes.
00:24:56
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Anyway, we could go to Suprika, which I said looks like, sup, Erica?
00:25:02
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It does.
00:25:03
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Okay.
00:25:05
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All right.
00:25:05
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That was a fun game.
00:25:05
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Thanks for playing.
00:25:07
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I thought it'd be more fun to do that than... Do you want my app?
00:25:09
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No, I don't know why I was doing that.
00:25:10
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Okay.
00:25:10
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I thought it'd be more fun to at least just kind of, you know, instead of just listing one, two, three, four, five, six, you know, whatever, that it'd be fun just to do it in a different format.
00:25:18
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So hopefully that was tolerable for our friends and friends listening.
00:25:23
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Yep.
00:25:24
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Any training update or anything?
00:25:25
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We're totally off our normal format, so we can just wrap this episode up.
00:25:29
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It's going to be, I think, shorter than normal, which is good.
00:25:32
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Any training updates or anything?
00:25:34
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I mentioned that we did 11 miles yesterday.
00:25:36
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Do you want to talk about your experience with that or is there nothing noteworthy?
00:25:39
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No, it was extremely noteworthy.
00:25:40
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Oh, okay.
00:25:41
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Yes.
00:25:41
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So like two weeks ago, we had done nine miles and that was terrible.
00:25:45
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Yeah.
00:25:46
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And so I really, like, really wanted to make sure that I had enough carbs and enough electrolytes the day before.
00:25:54
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Because we always talk about, you know, like, leading up to the race, blah, blah, blah.
00:25:58
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And I thought, well, we're doing 11.
00:25:59
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That's close to a half.
00:26:00
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So, like, I should probably put a little effort into this.
00:26:02
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And so we had gone out to dinner.
00:26:04
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I had, like, so much food I told you I was going to barf.
00:26:07
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Like, I had beans and rice and tacos and chips.
00:26:10
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Yeah.
00:26:10
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but it totally helped.
00:26:12
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Like I was not hungry on the, on, I almost said the course.
00:26:16
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I was not, I was not hungry on the run.
00:26:18
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Um, I felt good.
00:26:19
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I felt strong.
00:26:20
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And so I was really glad that I, that I did that.
00:26:22
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I did, uh, I was craving like some real food by the end.
00:26:26
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Um, so actually when I stopped at the office to use the bathroom, I actually grabbed some of my cashews that I ate for lunch and ate some of those.
00:26:33
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Yeah.
00:26:34
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Your office.
00:26:35
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Yeah.
00:26:35
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You can literally, it's,
00:26:36
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Close enough slash far enough away that you can use it as a rest stop.
00:26:39
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Yeah.
00:26:41
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If ever I'm doing a long run, that's one of the stops that I plan.
00:26:43
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So, yeah.
00:26:44
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So I was happy that it went well.
00:26:46
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You tried a new fuel yesterday.
00:26:47
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I noticed you- I did, yeah.
00:26:49
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Two things, actually.
00:26:49
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Okay.
00:26:50
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You can.
00:26:51
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I think that's what they're called.
00:26:52
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Okay.
00:26:52
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And what's the verdict?
00:26:53
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Does that sound right?
00:26:54
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I don't know.
00:26:54
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I didn't see them.
00:26:55
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Okay.
00:26:55
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What's the verdict?
00:26:57
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It was good.
00:26:58
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I said in my little training video that-
00:27:01
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I didn't notice like a surge of energy, but I also wasn't tired.
00:27:04
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And then I got home and I was looking at the package and it says right on there, like their big thing is that it doesn't give you like a, like a hit and then a fall, basically like a crash.
00:27:14
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Um, it's just like a steady stream of energy.
00:27:17
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Right.
00:27:17
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And so that, that's what it did for me.
00:27:20
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So that was good.
00:27:20
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It did not mess with my stomach.
00:27:21
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So that was good.
00:27:22
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Um, and then I also tried scratch chews.
00:27:25
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I've heard of scratch.
00:27:26
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Yeah.
00:27:27
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And they tasted good.
00:27:28
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They're supposed to be like all, you know, like just food basically.
00:27:33
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Like not, you know, I don't know what the right word is that I'm trying to say here.
00:27:35
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You're going to keep trying them on other runs?
00:27:38
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Yeah.
00:27:38
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Yeah, I think so.
00:27:39
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Yeah.
00:27:40
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See if they see if they help.
00:27:41
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But but the bottom line was that they didn't mess with my stomach, either one of them.
00:27:44
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So that was good.
00:27:45
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Awesome.
00:27:45
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Yep.
00:27:46
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Okay.
00:27:46
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Anything else about your training?
00:27:48
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Nope.
00:27:48
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Okay.
00:27:48
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I had 11 miles as well.
00:27:50
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You know, it's amazing that you, our last half marathon was in February.
00:27:55
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So that was a while back, but I have maintained my ability to run long distance since then.
00:28:00
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Right.
00:28:01
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Yeah.
00:28:01
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But I haven't actually run 13 miles.
00:28:04
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or even 11.
00:28:04
Speaker
Like my longest run since February and it's September now has been 10 miles, right?
00:28:12
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That extra mile kicked my butt and I have no idea why.
00:28:15
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I don't think it was a hunger thing or whatever.
00:28:16
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Like my legs were actually tired.
00:28:18
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I think it's because you run more miles per week than I do.
00:28:22
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So like even though you hadn't reached 11 necessarily.
00:28:25
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In one hit, yeah.
00:28:25
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In one hit, yeah.
00:28:27
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Like I run like, I don't know, last week I ran like three, six, seven,
00:28:33
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I don't know, 18 miles, but you probably ran like 25 or something combined.
00:28:39
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It was just amazing to me that on that run, everything felt fine.
00:28:42
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Yeah.
00:28:43
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You know what I mean?
00:28:43
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And it wasn't that I wasn't going to be able to finish the run.
00:28:46
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It was just that it just felt all of a sudden in that last mile, maybe it was mental.
00:28:50
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I don't know.
00:28:50
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I just felt all of a sudden just tired.
00:28:52
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Yeah.
00:28:53
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And I had fueled enough and all that stuff.
00:28:55
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It just, I don't know.
00:28:56
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Well, you know, when you get into the really long runs, 18 miles or whatever, and you jump from 18 to 20 or whatever that, whatever the increment jump is.
00:29:04
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Yeah.
00:29:05
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It's not the 18 that's hard when you go to do 20.
00:29:08
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Right.
00:29:09
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It's the last mile or two.
00:29:11
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Right.
00:29:12
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That you had not done before.
00:29:13
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Yes.
00:29:14
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It's, I mean, it's almost like you wish, like, can I just skip the 18 part?
00:29:17
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Right.
00:29:17
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You know what I mean?
00:29:18
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And just do the, you know, but obviously, you know, you
00:29:20
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can't yeah but yeah everything went fine this was um this weekend was the disneyland halloween half yes which we didn't obviously aren't there we're at home right and um man the fomo hit me so hard this weekend just seeing all the seeing all the stuff online and
00:29:36
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I like villains and all that more than you do, I think.
00:29:38
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And I don't like Halloween the holiday, but I like the villains theme and all that stuff.
00:29:43
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Anyway, now I'm all nervous about, we haven't, we didn't sign up for wine and dine either, you know, and that's coming up and man, the FOMO just got me bad this weekend.
00:29:52
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I do miss Disney.
00:29:53
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I feel like we haven't been in such a long time because we were going pretty consistently like for all the other races.
00:29:59
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Yeah.
00:29:59
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So the race season, we didn't do springtime surprise.
00:30:02
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So our race season ended in February.
00:30:04
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Yeah.
00:30:04
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And so normally we would have done spring or we have at least in the past done springtime, which would have been April.
00:30:10
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And then we would have immediately been back in, in October.
00:30:13
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Well, we're not doing either of the January.
00:30:15
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We were not doing either of the shoulder.
00:30:17
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quote unquote ones you know we're not doing the spring or the fall right we're doing three winter runs right in a row right yeah and so it does feel like a long time yeah the fomo the fomo got me okay anything else on your training update next week will be lower miles but then you know 13 is right around the corner so uh anything else nope
00:30:36
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00:30:36
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00:30:38
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00:30:43
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00:30:46
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00:30:47
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00:30:48
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00:30:51
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00:30:55
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00:30:58
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00:31:05
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00:31:09
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00:31:13
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