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Hi there! Feel free to drop us a text if you enjoy the episode.In this episode of the New England Endurance Podcast, we sit down with Amber Ferreira—professional triathlete, mom, coach, and founder of the Granite State Endurance Project. Amber shares how she transformed her personal passion for endurance sports into a thriving community of athletes in New Hampshire. We explore what sets her coaching apart and why Granite State Endurance is about more than just training—it's about connection, grit, and joy in the process. We also chat about the Granite State Running Club and her involvement with that organization. Based in New Hampshire, Amber and GSEP cultivate a close-knit community of runners, triathletes, and adventurers.  This is our 6th episode with an endurance group based out of NH and, have to say, NH is making a strong case for most bad-ass endurance state in the country!Before we dive in, it's worth noting—we don't often get to interview someone with their own Wikipedia page! Amber is a two-time U.S. Snowshoe Champion, the 2012 World Snowshoe Championship runner-up, and a Lake Placid Ironman champion. Needless to say, she brings the kind of grit and experience that's hard to match. Amber's story and philosophy will leave you inspired to chase your goals a little harder—and strive for the balance of work, family, and fitness.Art & Eric embark on a journey to showcase and celebrate the endurance sports community in New England.

Episode Title: 2025 and the Battle of ApathyEpisode Summary:In this reflective final episode of 2024, Jim dives into an unexpected theme: apathy. As we transition into 2025, Jim opens up about his personal struggles with motivation, emotional detachment, and the overwhelming noise of modern life. He reframes the new year not as a time for hollow resolutions but as an opportunity to confront apathy with intentional engagement, presence, and personal meaning.What You'll Learn:Defining Apathy: Understand apathy as more than just lack of interest — it's a response to overwhelm, burnout, and disconnection.Root Causes: Explore how social, professional, and personal pressures contribute to emotional disengagement and what drives feelings of “not caring.”Intentional Disengagement: Learn how to identify and ignore external chaos while focusing on what truly matters.The Power of Presence: Discover why presence is essential to finding meaning and how intentional focus can help combat apathy.Actionable Steps for 2025: Jim shares his personal strategy for confronting apathy through meaningful goals, mindful activities, and redefining personal priorities.Memorable Insights:"External chaos drives internal chaos — but you can choose what to engage with.""The future is a hoax if you can't be present.""Life has no inherent meaning — our purpose is to give it meaning.""The antidote to apathy is intentional confrontation — with ourselves, our routines, and our values."Key Takeaways for Your 2025 Reset:Define what you truly care about — and why.Prioritize presence over perfection.Engage meaningfully with people, passions, and personal goals.Disengage from external pressures that drain your energy.Looking Ahead:Jim shares his ambitious goals for 2025, including writing new books, competing in the Lake Placid Ironman, and running the New York City Marathon — all fueled by a deeper connection to purpose and meaning.Challenge for the New Year:What do you care about — and why? Take time to reflect, define, and act with intention.Final Thoughts:Thank you for joining Jim's Take in 2024. Here's to a meaningful, intentional, and connected 2025. See you next year!

Send us a textWe chat with Brandon Gibson to discuss his challenging year, including multiple surgeries. Despite setbacks, he still participated in the RiverBluff sprint race before undergoing a seven-hour hernia surgery! After a long recovery period, Brandon is back training and plans to focus on running, aiming for a 50k at Bell Ringer and a 70.3 in Michigan or North Carolina in 2025. His long-term goal is to compete in the Lake Placid Ironman in 2026. He emphasizes the importance of mental resilience and setting realistic training goals to maintain motivation and balance family life.Make sure to Subscribe!On the Web:www.athletesinmotionpodcast.comOn YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@AthletesinMotionPodcastEpisodes Sponsored by:TriTomR Endurance LLC www.tritomrendurance.com

Cole Heilborn (@portsideproductions) is a filmmaker and found of Port Side Productions, a film company focusing on outdoor storytelling. His film, Inches to Miles, made in partnership with Athletic Brewing, follows three remarkable people as they train up to and compete in the Lake Placid Ironman.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

(Jul 18, 2024) Cleanup continues in Glens Falls after a line of severe thunderstorms moved through the region Tuesday night; we speak with the manager of a Queensbury car dealership where multiple vehicles caught fire due to a downed power line; a group of academics is looking to change the name of a hill in the Tri-Lakes region that currently uses a racial epithet; and a conversation with Jeff Gura, who raced in the first Lake Placid Ironman 25 years ago and has competed every year since.

Shoot us a text message! In episode 23 of the Tri Hard Podcast, hosts Parker, Mike, and Seid welcome a very special guest, Luke Hopkins. Parker and Luke recently competed in the Musselman 70.3, and they dive into an in-depth race recap, sharing their experiences, performance insights, and key takeaways from the event.Following the recap, Mike takes the spotlight to discuss his final week of preparation before tackling his first Ironman at Lake Placid. Hear about his training regimen, mental strategies, and goals for this monumental race.Join us for an episode filled with race reflections, training advice, and the excitement of an upcoming Ironman on the Tri Hard Podcast – your go-to source for triathlon training, racing, and inspiration!Raw (Code NVDM)https://raw.rfrl.co/vrox8Revive:https://revivesups.com/?r=nllk8&utm_campaign=bc&utm_source=nllk8Website: www.parkerkerthtriathlonnvdm.com My Email: parker@nvdmcoaching.com Seid Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xlseidlx/ Mike Instagram https://www.instagram.com/michaeldmayjr/ Parker Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ Youtube Channels: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8AySUd_LUSiT3nX8XlDFlQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtFVpHhoCOvUkoTvNIa4xrg Nerdy Nuts:https://nerdynuts.com?sca_ref=2280300.5hSTcFZlsbCode FASTFOODIES10The Feed:http://thefeed.cc/parkerkerthForm Goggles:www.formswim.com/discount/ParkerNVDM?utm_source=partnership&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=partner_ParkerNVDMCode: ParkerNVDMFuller Oats:https://eatfullerfood.com/?ref=pqxvptb8Code:PARKERKERTHMobo Board:https://www.moboboard.com/shop/mobo-boardCode:NVDM10Support the Show.

In this episode, we have the privilege of interviewing Top Gunz Tri Team athlete, Matt Nussbaum. Matt is a mechanical engineer who began triathlon in 2015, currently in the M30-34 age group. Enjoy the latest podcast as we discuss how he became a standout triathlon swimmer (with no competitive swim background), upcoming races, key training philosophies, and much more! Thanks for joining us Matt and have a great season of racing! --- Show Notes: Matt's swimming background and technique @ 0:00 Matt developed an innate comfort in water from childhood play rather than formal lessons, allowing him to rapidly improve technique and surpass peers. Though lacking swim team experience, his natural abilities and dedication to drills enabled setting age group records in his first Ironman. Matt's racing goals and schedule for 2022 @ 18:02 Matt aims to podium at Patriot Half, better his time at Lake Placid Ironman, and compete at Ironman 70.3 New York. He targets internal goals over age group wins but retains competitive spirit from engineering background. Comparing Matt and Colin's race performances @ 19:28 Matt and Colin often compete together, with Matt using his swim strength to gain early leads lost to Colin on the run due to running weaknesses. Matt finished his first Ironman in a blazing 9:32 but sees room for marathon improvement with experience. Matt and Colin's coaching relationship and communication @ 24:02 Open communication of limitations and needs facilitates individualized programming. Matt's consistent feedback seeking and application of marginal gains helped overcome challenges to achieve All-American status under Colin's guidance planning. Injury prevention strategies in Matt's training @ 30:40 Injury proneness led to lever use, mobility work, and strength training incorporation on Colin's advice. Dynamic drills, stretching, and workload reductions successfully maintained training continuity while preventing overuse issues hampering previous seasons. Matt's training approach and workouts @ 40:40 Matt thrives on prolonged efforts near threshold in all disciplines, able to steadily produce for extended durations. He favors challenging high-volume swim intervals and uses entertainment to tolerate long indoor bike/run sessions. Testing guides progressive overload through monitoring consistent 107 100m pace. Matt's strengths in long duration threshold efforts @ 45:11 Physiology favors sustained high workloads, shown in half-full Ironman parity. Two-hour treadmill runs and 6+ hour trainer rides evidence stamina. 200m tests underestimate potential as sprints don't leverage strengths in prolonged efforts where experience advantages emerge in races.

In this episode, we have the pleasure of interviewing David Morris! David is an Every Man Jack triathlon member in the 40-44 age group. We take a deep dive into his self-coached training style that has landed him atop many overall amateur podiums while balancing a career in healthcare/data. He's also a father of two and married to a former D1 swimmer! Enjoy David's calm and consistent approach to “the puzzle of Ironman.” Elliot will definitely has his popcorn ready when David and Colin duke it out in the 40-44 age group at Ironman Lake Placid later in the year! Thanks for joining us David and see you at EMJ camp soon! --- Show Notes: Interview David Morris to gain insights into their training, racing, and balancing triathlon with family life. Key Takeaways: • Consistency in training is key - David prioritizes doing the same volume week after week rather than increasing/decreasing dramatically • Long rides should incorporate some intensity (zone 3) when fatigued to prepare for race pace • Running focus is on hill repeats and strides for intensity to reduce injury risk • Self-coached but reads books and learns from experience over many years • Supportive spouse and involving kids helps balance family and triathlon • Morning workouts allow them to train consistently and have family time • Enjoys puzzles of Ironman training and racing Topics: Getting into Triathlon • Began with running in college to cross-train for squash • Cycled for cross-training and with family growing up • Brother's Ironman participation motivated them to do first Ironman Lake Placid in 2005 Training Approach • Very consistent week to week around 40 mile weeks for run, 2-3 swims around 2500m, rides include long ride • Swim workouts: threshold, shorter intervals, endurance/distance • Running: hills and strides provide intensity, avoid track intervals • Cycling: long rides include some zone 3 intensity late when fatigued • Minimal strength training - some plyometrics and higher cadence intervals • Lower volume around 12-14 hours but very consistent from week to week • Self-coached mostly but had a coach for a year recently • Test sets but mostly trusts preparation from consistent schedule Racing • Prefers Ironman distance, motivated for Lake Placid 25th anniversary • Uses power, HR, feel for pacing, perceived exertion key • Kona splits were 63 min swim, 4:38 bike, 3:26 marathon Balancing Family and Triathlon • Supportive spouse understands training/racing • Involving kids helps them understand triathlon lifestyle • Morning workouts allow consistency in training • Doesn't increase volume much from pre-kid training • Works from home provides flexibility Every Man Jack • Inspiring to see teammates balance intense jobs, families, and triathlon • Enjoys connecting with great people at camps/races • Privilege to be part of an amazing group Next Steps: • Prepare for EMJ camp in California in a couple weeks • Continue training for Lake Placid Ironman

This episode previews the Lake Placid Ironman venue and course. Lake Placid is one of the most iconic Ironman venues, and is the longest running North American Ironman, besides Kona.  People sign up year after year to do this special race and this year, both Amy and Angela will be lining up to race.  Angela has done this race a few times and has trained up in Placid many more times, so she is well versed on the course.  So, as a newbie to Ironman Lake Placid, Amy takes this opportunity to interview Angela about the course, including the climbs on the bike course and that infamous Keene descent.  Have a listen!

Nik Hase is a distance athlete, general connoisseur of outdoor adventures, and third year medical student at Tufts University. Nik and I know each other going way back to middle school, and I credit Nik and his dad Eric for much of my current love for the outdoors. Nik has completed athletic events such as the Lake Placid Ironman and a run of the 100 Mile Wilderness (with me and Xander Keiter, see episode 1). Today, we talk about the basics of metabolism and nutrition for outdoor athletics and how you can use your body's incredible metabolic system to your advantage. ***This is not medical advice. We're glorified college students at this stage in our education.***Follow the podcast on Instagram @fromthebackcountry

Marni Sumbal, CSSD, MS, RD, LD/NOwner of Trimarni Coaching and NutritionAuthor of Athlete to Triathlete,Essential Sports Nutrition, The 365-day Running Journal.Website: Trimarnicoach.comFollow Trimarni:@TrimarniFacebook Trimarni blog   ***************For further information: www.susannemueller.bizTEDx Talk, May 12, 2022:Running and Life: 5K Formula for your Success | Susanne Mueller  Monday: Podcast “Take it from the Ironwoman” more than 300+ episodesWednesday: Facebook live with "From the Lipstick Leadership Living Room” 1 pm ET (this started in March 2020)Friday: weekly blog 600+Instagram: susanne_mueller_nyc / take_it_from_the_ironwomanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanne-mueller-ma/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHuxdEscM0y0IQIFsRhVqDA Both Take it from the Ironwoman and Lipstick Leadership are also books, order them or buy them in your local bookstore. Shop local!Book a time with me for your 1:1 coaching session or group session. Now is the time to elevate your profile, if not now, then when?  

We are so happy to welcome Jamal Davis to the Suite Run Podcast! Jamal is a former Division three collegiate basketball athlete, who is now a triathlete! Jamal recently completed every distance of triathlon in one year, including the Lake Placid Ironman in July 2021. In this conversation we have a great time chatting with Jamal about how he got into triathlon, what training and racing an Ironman was like (while balancing life with his wife and their baby) and the races he has coming up in 2022 (spoiler alert - there will be a mix of road races as well!). We also talk about Jamal's popular weekly Friday Instagram "Coffee Posse" conversations where he features a mix of passionate athletes, which you should definitely check out! In the second half of the chat, Jamal shares the best of Brooklyn from his perspective including the best places to run, dine out, grab dessert and more in Brooklyn. Enjoy our conversation!Click HERE for the complete show notes.Click HERE to grab a Suite Run mug!This episode is sponsored by:InsideTrackerInsideTracker is a personalized health and wellness platform like no other.What's their secret? First, InsideTracker uses its patented algorithm to analyze your body's data and offer you a clearer picture than you've ever had before of what's going on inside you. Then, InsideTracker provides you with a concrete, science-backed, trackable action plan for reaching your performance goals and being your healthy best.  InsideTracker is offering 25% off its store for our listeners and let us recommend the Essentials Package for just $189! It's perfect for runners to elevate their training. Just visit insidetracker dot com slash SUITE RUN.Where to find Jamal Davis:Jamal on InstagramWhere to find Natalie and Jerold:Natalie's InstagramSuite Run InstagramNatalie's TwitterSuite Run TwitterNatalie's FacebookSuite Run WebsiteSuite Run Facebook

Welcome to Foot Stuff Podcast episode 118!'Local News & Catch Up'In todays episode we catch up on some Foot Stuff, adventures from the past month we've been away. We then discuss some local Adirondack related news including recent rescues, and a discussion on the Lake Placid Ironman race. Link to the 46 Climbs organization:https://46climbs.com/Matt's Fundraising Page:supporting.afsp.org/participant/MattBaerAlison's Fundraising Page:supporting.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=2420983&fbclid=IwAR1wGF2sWgudUpt6Q44S5e6_I-Xq6nD6HedbPQgfxUlTcrJv0BGHP28tZzYLink to the National Foundation for Suicide Prevention:https://afsp.org/Pisgah Pedal Fest:https://www.bikeadirondacks.com/events/pisgah-pedalfestWe hope you enjoy, thanks for listening.www.footstuffpodcast.com

Braelin Thornton is originally from the Upper Valley in New Hampshire. Braelin now resides in Saratoga with her son, Reed, and Doberman, Lark. She has a passion for staying extremely active and engaged in life. She runs in 8th gear whether that is in her business, her family, training for the next Ironman event she is competing in, skiing on the weekends, or spending time on the lake boating and water skiing. Both Braelin and the team enjoy staying active in the community. Braelin has been an active member of Elevate Cycles since 2007. Thornton Wealth Management sponsors events and charities, close to their hearts like the Wrenagade Foundation and Farm to Fork Fondo events to the American Breast Cancer Society. Most recently, Braelin competed in the Long Course World Championship in Spain last year. She is currently training for the Lake Placid Ironman in July of 2021 and racing for charity. Her competitive, energetic, and genuine personality lends itself well to her leadership role as a business owner. She is known for her motivation, caring immensely, going all out no matter what task is at hand, and unwavering commitment to her family, friends, business, and clients. http://thorntonwealthmanagement.nm.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/braelin-g-thornton-76979b19/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

On this episode of the pod, Brian sits down with endurance athlete Andrew Koffsky. Andrew is currently training for the Lake Placid Ironman and is welcoming the uphill battle he is about to face. Tune in to learn more! 

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Joseph De Sena, 44, has been an entrepreneur since his pre-teens. From selling fireworks at age eight, to starting a t-shirt business in high school, to building a multimillion-dollar pool business in college, to creating a Wall Street trading firm, De Sena is a living definition of the word "entrepreneur." Currently he is a managing director for ICAP, a brokerage agency.De Sena knows what it feels like to succeed outside the office, too - and that's the feeling he seeks to bring to the world's athletes with the Spartan Race series. Throughout his lifetime, he's competed in any extreme sports adventure he could find, testing his mental and physical endurance against nature.Growing up in Queens, Joe's mother valued healthy eating and living and passed along that value system. It's been well-documented that he worked hard growing up and ultimately got to Wall Street, where he made his mark and made himself a small fortune. He moved his family to Pittsfield, Vermont, and quickly entrenched himself and his family in the local landscape. Joe moved to Vermont in an attempt to get back to the way things used to be.It's also well documented that Joe turned an interest in endurance racing into a passion. His racing resume is the stuff of legends - over 50 ultra-events overall and 14 Ironman events in one year alone. Most of his races are 100 miles or more with a few traditional marathons in the mix. (He once said that running a 26.2 marathon distance was "adorable.")To put it in perspective, he did the Vermont 100, the Lake Placid Ironman and the Badwater Ultra... in one week. The elevation climb for the 135-mile Badwater race, which starts hundreds of feet below sea level in Death Valley, is over 8,500 feet up to Mt. Whitney and temperatures soar into the 120's. Joe also biked cross-country in the Furnace Creek 508 which has been coined "The Toughest 48 Hours in Sport." It's no wonder his favorite quote is, "Death is the price we pay for life, so make it worth it."Joe's other athletic achievements:- Raid International Ukatak: Canada, January 2001- IditaSport: Alaska February, 2001 (1st place)- Odyssey Adventure Race: Big Island, Va., March 2001- OAR Beast of the East: Clayton Lakes, Va., April 2001 (1st place)- Raid The North Extreme: Newfoundland, June 2001 (13th place out of 42)- Adrenaline Rush: Dublin, Ireland, July 2001- Discovery World Championships: St. Moritz, Switzerland August, 2001In 2005, Joe decided that the world needed a new race, something that had never been done. And so, together with Peak Races, he created The Death Race, a 24-hour mental and physical test filled with unknown obstacles (www.youmaydie.com). Racers couldn't and wouldn't know what to expect. The fear of the unknown would either break or motivate, and all they could do was try to survive. The race waiver includes three words: "I may die." It doesn't get any more real than that. No way to train, no way to prepare, just show up and make it to the end. And don't expect any love from Joe or the volunteers. They want to break these people, make them quit. Joe's been quoted as saying, "There's no light at the end of the tunnel. We're basically holding your hand to help you quit. The same way life does, right?"Joe, and other racers who came to be called the "Founding Few" wanted to create another event, something that captured the extreme spirit of the legendary Death Race, but was modified and accessible to a much wider racing audience. And so the Spartan Race (www.spartanrace.com) was born in 2010.Spartan Race has grown dramatically in 2013 over just the year before. The number of competitors now stands at approximately 350,000 racers in 60 races in 2013 in the U.S., Canada and the UK. Over 3 million "likes" are on Facebook, a new e-book is available at spartanrace.com, and an NBC Sports TV Special airs on Dec. 7, 2013. Participation in 2014 is expected to grow to 650,000 at events in 22-plus countries.Spartan intends to wake up the world up and save humanity, one racer at a time if need be. It's a race meant to challenge, to push, to intimidate, to test and even to break those brave enough to try, and it was designed by seven people who know what that feels like. "Fun run" doesn't apply here. It's about being uncomfortable, overcoming obstacles and finding out what's possible when what you expect of yourself is everything. In the words of Joe himself: "The phrase 'I can't' doesn't mean anything to me anymore, not because of my ego but because I know anything is possible."About Spartan RaceSpartan Race, voted Outside Magazine's Best Obstacle Race in 2012, is the world's leading obstacle racing series and the first of its kind to have global rankings. With 350,000 participants in 2013 at 60 events, Spartan Race is making this one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Spartan Race is a timed event series featuring races at four escalating distances in locations worldwide that culminate in a World Championship Finale with cash and prizes for the champions - with $300,000 in cash and prizes awarded in 2013 alone. While featuring competitive elite heats, Spartan Races are for athletes of all levels and abilities and are geared toward ripping people off their couches and into the outdoors.- www.spartan.com- https://joedesena.com/Catch my book - Screw Being Shy, on my website markmetry.comPlease do NOT hesitate to reach out to me for any reason on LinkedIn, Instagram, via email mark@vudream.com, text me 508-925-0261!LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/Twitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/Humans.2.0.PodcastMark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/Humans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast

Joseph De Sena, 44, has been an entrepreneur since his pre-teens. From selling fireworks at age eight, to starting a t-shirt business in high school, to building a multimillion-dollar pool business in college, to creating a Wall Street trading firm, De Sena is a living definition of the word "entrepreneur." Currently he is a managing director for ICAP, a brokerage agency.De Sena knows what it feels like to succeed outside the office, too - and that's the feeling he seeks to bring to the world's athletes with the Spartan Race series. Throughout his lifetime, he's competed in any extreme sports adventure he could find, testing his mental and physical endurance against nature.Growing up in Queens, Joe's mother valued healthy eating and living and passed along that value system. It's been well-documented that he worked hard growing up and ultimately got to Wall Street, where he made his mark and made himself a small fortune. He moved his family to Pittsfield, Vermont, and quickly entrenched himself and his family in the local landscape. Joe moved to Vermont in an attempt to get back to the way things used to be.It's also well documented that Joe turned an interest in endurance racing into a passion. His racing resume is the stuff of legends - over 50 ultra-events overall and 14 Ironman events in one year alone. Most of his races are 100 miles or more with a few traditional marathons in the mix. (He once said that running a 26.2 marathon distance was "adorable.")To put it in perspective, he did the Vermont 100, the Lake Placid Ironman and the Badwater Ultra... in one week. The elevation climb for the 135-mile Badwater race, which starts hundreds of feet below sea level in Death Valley, is over 8,500 feet up to Mt. Whitney and temperatures soar into the 120's. Joe also biked cross-country in the Furnace Creek 508 which has been coined "The Toughest 48 Hours in Sport." It's no wonder his favorite quote is, "Death is the price we pay for life, so make it worth it."Joe's other athletic achievements:- Raid International Ukatak: Canada, January 2001- IditaSport: Alaska February, 2001 (1st place)- Odyssey Adventure Race: Big Island, Va., March 2001- OAR Beast of the East: Clayton Lakes, Va., April 2001 (1st place)- Raid The North Extreme: Newfoundland, June 2001 (13th place out of 42)- Adrenaline Rush: Dublin, Ireland, July 2001- Discovery World Championships: St. Moritz, Switzerland August, 2001In 2005, Joe decided that the world needed a new race, something that had never been done. And so, together with Peak Races, he created The Death Race, a 24-hour mental and physical test filled with unknown obstacles (www.youmaydie.com). Racers couldn't and wouldn't know what to expect. The fear of the unknown would either break or motivate, and all they could do was try to survive. The race waiver includes three words: "I may die." It doesn't get any more real than that. No way to train, no way to prepare, just show up and make it to the end. And don't expect any love from Joe or the volunteers. They want to break these people, make them quit. Joe's been quoted as saying, "There's no light at the end of the tunnel. We're basically holding your hand to help you quit. The same way life does, right?"Joe, and other racers who came to be called the "Founding Few" wanted to create another event, something that captured the extreme spirit of the legendary Death Race, but was modified and accessible to a much wider racing audience. And so the Spartan Race (www.spartanrace.com) was born in 2010.Spartan Race has grown dramatically in 2013 over just the year before. The number of competitors now stands at approximately 350,000 racers in 60 races in 2013 in the U.S., Canada and the UK. Over 3 million "likes" are on Facebook, a new e-book is available at spartanrace.com, and an NBC Sports TV Special airs on Dec. 7, 2013. Participation in 2014 is expected to grow to 650,000 at events in 22-plus countries.Spartan intends to wake up the world up and save humanity, one racer at a time if need be. It's a race meant to challenge, to push, to intimidate, to test and even to break those brave enough to try, and it was designed by seven people who know what that feels like. "Fun run" doesn't apply here. It's about being uncomfortable, overcoming obstacles and finding out what's possible when what you expect of yourself is everything. In the words of Joe himself: "The phrase 'I can't' doesn't mean anything to me anymore, not because of my ego but because I know anything is possible."About Spartan RaceSpartan Race, voted Outside Magazine's Best Obstacle Race in 2012, is the world's leading obstacle racing series and the first of its kind to have global rankings. With 350,000 participants in 2013 at 60 events, Spartan Race is making this one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Spartan Race is a timed event series featuring races at four escalating distances in locations worldwide that culminate in a World Championship Finale with cash and prizes for the champions - with $300,000 in cash and prizes awarded in 2013 alone. While featuring competitive elite heats, Spartan Races are for athletes of all levels and abilities and are geared toward ripping people off their couches and into the outdoors.- www.spartan.com- https://joedesena.com/Catch my book - Screw Being Shy, on my website markmetry.comPlease do NOT hesitate to reach out to me for any reason on LinkedIn, Instagram, via email mark@vudream.com, text me 508-925-0261!LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/Twitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/Humans.2.0.PodcastMark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/Humans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast

Joseph De Sena, 44, has been an entrepreneur since his pre-teens. From selling fireworks at age eight, to starting a t-shirt business in high school, to building a multimillion-dollar pool business in college, to creating a Wall Street trading firm, De Sena is a living definition of the word "entrepreneur." Currently he is a managing director for ICAP, a brokerage agency.De Sena knows what it feels like to succeed outside the office, too - and that's the feeling he seeks to bring to the world's athletes with the Spartan Race series. Throughout his lifetime, he's competed in any extreme sports adventure he could find, testing his mental and physical endurance against nature.Growing up in Queens, Joe's mother valued healthy eating and living and passed along that value system. It's been well-documented that he worked hard growing up and ultimately got to Wall Street, where he made his mark and made himself a small fortune. He moved his family to Pittsfield, Vermont, and quickly entrenched himself and his family in the local landscape. Joe moved to Vermont in an attempt to get back to the way things used to be.It's also well documented that Joe turned an interest in endurance racing into a passion. His racing resume is the stuff of legends - over 50 ultra-events overall and 14 Ironman events in one year alone. Most of his races are 100 miles or more with a few traditional marathons in the mix. (He once said that running a 26.2 marathon distance was "adorable.")To put it in perspective, he did the Vermont 100, the Lake Placid Ironman and the Badwater Ultra... in one week. The elevation climb for the 135-mile Badwater race, which starts hundreds of feet below sea level in Death Valley, is over 8,500 feet up to Mt. Whitney and temperatures soar into the 120's. Joe also biked cross-country in the Furnace Creek 508 which has been coined "The Toughest 48 Hours in Sport." It's no wonder his favorite quote is, "Death is the price we pay for life, so make it worth it."Joe's other athletic achievements:- Raid International Ukatak: Canada, January 2001- IditaSport: Alaska February, 2001 (1st place)- Odyssey Adventure Race: Big Island, Va., March 2001- OAR Beast of the East: Clayton Lakes, Va., April 2001 (1st place)- Raid The North Extreme: Newfoundland, June 2001 (13th place out of 42)- Adrenaline Rush: Dublin, Ireland, July 2001- Discovery World Championships: St. Moritz, Switzerland August, 2001In 2005, Joe decided that the world needed a new race, something that had never been done. And so, together with Peak Races, he created The Death Race, a 24-hour mental and physical test filled with unknown obstacles (www.youmaydie.com). Racers couldn't and wouldn't know what to expect. The fear of the unknown would either break or motivate, and all they could do was try to survive. The race waiver includes three words: "I may die." It doesn't get any more real than that. No way to train, no way to prepare, just show up and make it to the end. And don't expect any love from Joe or the volunteers. They want to break these people, make them quit. Joe's been quoted as saying, "There's no light at the end of the tunnel. We're basically holding your hand to help you quit. The same way life does, right?"Joe, and other racers who came to be called the "Founding Few" wanted to create another event, something that captured the extreme spirit of the legendary Death Race, but was modified and accessible to a much wider racing audience. And so the Spartan Race (www.spartanrace.com) was born in 2010.Spartan Race has grown dramatically in 2013 over just the year before. The number of competitors now stands at approximately 350,000 racers in 60 races in 2013 in the U.S., Canada and the UK. Over 3 million "likes" are on Facebook, a new e-book is available at spartanrace.com, and an NBC Sports TV Special airs on Dec. 7, 2013. Participation in 2014 is expected to grow to 650,000 at events in 22-plus countries.Spartan intends to wake up the world up and save humanity, one racer at a time if need be. It's a race meant to challenge, to push, to intimidate, to test and even to break those brave enough to try, and it was designed by seven people who know what that feels like. "Fun run" doesn't apply here. It's about being uncomfortable, overcoming obstacles and finding out what's possible when what you expect of yourself is everything. In the words of Joe himself: "The phrase 'I can't' doesn't mean anything to me anymore, not because of my ego but because I know anything is possible."About Spartan RaceSpartan Race, voted Outside Magazine's Best Obstacle Race in 2012, is the world's leading obstacle racing series and the first of its kind to have global rankings. With 350,000 participants in 2013 at 60 events, Spartan Race is making this one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Spartan Race is a timed event series featuring races at four escalating distances in locations worldwide that culminate in a World Championship Finale with cash and prizes for the champions - with $300,000 in cash and prizes awarded in 2013 alone. While featuring competitive elite heats, Spartan Races are for athletes of all levels and abilities and are geared toward ripping people off their couches and into the outdoors.- www.spartan.com- https://joedesena.com/Catch my book - Screw Being Shy, on my website markmetry.comPlease do NOT hesitate to reach out to me for any reason on LinkedIn, Instagram, via email mark@vudream.com, text me 508-925-0261!LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/Twitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/Humans.2.0.PodcastMark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/Humans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast

Joseph De Sena, 44, has been an entrepreneur since his pre-teens. From selling fireworks at age eight, to starting a t-shirt business in high school, to building a multimillion-dollar pool business in college, to creating a Wall Street trading firm, De Sena is a living definition of the word "entrepreneur." Currently he is a managing director for ICAP, a brokerage agency.De Sena knows what it feels like to succeed outside the office, too - and that's the feeling he seeks to bring to the world's athletes with the Spartan Race series. Throughout his lifetime, he's competed in any extreme sports adventure he could find, testing his mental and physical endurance against nature.Growing up in Queens, Joe's mother valued healthy eating and living and passed along that value system. It's been well-documented that he worked hard growing up and ultimately got to Wall Street, where he made his mark and made himself a small fortune. He moved his family to Pittsfield, Vermont, and quickly entrenched himself and his family in the local landscape. Joe moved to Vermont in an attempt to get back to the way things used to be.It's also well documented that Joe turned an interest in endurance racing into a passion. His racing resume is the stuff of legends - over 50 ultra-events overall and 14 Ironman events in one year alone. Most of his races are 100 miles or more with a few traditional marathons in the mix. (He once said that running a 26.2 marathon distance was "adorable.")To put it in perspective, he did the Vermont 100, the Lake Placid Ironman and the Badwater Ultra... in one week. The elevation climb for the 135-mile Badwater race, which starts hundreds of feet below sea level in Death Valley, is over 8,500 feet up to Mt. Whitney and temperatures soar into the 120's. Joe also biked cross-country in the Furnace Creek 508 which has been coined "The Toughest 48 Hours in Sport." It's no wonder his favorite quote is, "Death is the price we pay for life, so make it worth it."Joe's other athletic achievements:- Raid International Ukatak: Canada, January 2001- IditaSport: Alaska February, 2001 (1st place)- Odyssey Adventure Race: Big Island, Va., March 2001- OAR Beast of the East: Clayton Lakes, Va., April 2001 (1st place)- Raid The North Extreme: Newfoundland, June 2001 (13th place out of 42)- Adrenaline Rush: Dublin, Ireland, July 2001- Discovery World Championships: St. Moritz, Switzerland August, 2001In 2005, Joe decided that the world needed a new race, something that had never been done. And so, together with Peak Races, he created The Death Race, a 24-hour mental and physical test filled with unknown obstacles (www.youmaydie.com). Racers couldn't and wouldn't know what to expect. The fear of the unknown would either break or motivate, and all they could do was try to survive. The race waiver includes three words: "I may die." It doesn't get any more real than that. No way to train, no way to prepare, just show up and make it to the end. And don't expect any love from Joe or the volunteers. They want to break these people, make them quit. Joe's been quoted as saying, "There's no light at the end of the tunnel. We're basically holding your hand to help you quit. The same way life does, right?"Joe, and other racers who came to be called the "Founding Few" wanted to create another event, something that captured the extreme spirit of the legendary Death Race, but was modified and accessible to a much wider racing audience. And so the Spartan Race (www.spartanrace.com) was born in 2010.Spartan Race has grown dramatically in 2013 over just the year before. The number of competitors now stands at approximately 350,000 racers in 60 races in 2013 in the U.S., Canada and the UK. Over 3 million "likes" are on Facebook, a new e-book is available at spartanrace.com, and an NBC Sports TV Special airs on Dec. 7, 2013. Participation in 2014 is expected to grow to 650,000 at events in 22-plus countries.Spartan intends to wake up the world up and save humanity, one racer at a time if need be. It's a race meant to challenge, to push, to intimidate, to test and even to break those brave enough to try, and it was designed by seven people who know what that feels like. "Fun run" doesn't apply here. It's about being uncomfortable, overcoming obstacles and finding out what's possible when what you expect of yourself is everything. In the words of Joe himself: "The phrase 'I can't' doesn't mean anything to me anymore, not because of my ego but because I know anything is possible."About Spartan RaceSpartan Race, voted Outside Magazine's Best Obstacle Race in 2012, is the world's leading obstacle racing series and the first of its kind to have global rankings. With 350,000 participants in 2013 at 60 events, Spartan Race is making this one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Spartan Race is a timed event series featuring races at four escalating distances in locations worldwide that culminate in a World Championship Finale with cash and prizes for the champions - with $300,000 in cash and prizes awarded in 2013 alone. While featuring competitive elite heats, Spartan Races are for athletes of all levels and abilities and are geared toward ripping people off their couches and into the outdoors.- www.spartan.com- https://joedesena.com/Catch my book - Screw Being Shy, on my website markmetry.comPlease do NOT hesitate to reach out to me for any reason on LinkedIn, Instagram, via email mark@vudream.com, text me 508-925-0261!LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/Twitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/Humans.2.0.PodcastMark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/Humans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast

Grace Lindell raced Ironman Lake Placid. Her Ironman story is a little different from many that I've gotten to share. She was the youngest participant overall the year she did the race. This is a super fun story and I'm excited to share it with you. Triathlon, Ironman and even the Lake Placid Ironman is a family affair for her. We chat about how she decided to train for Ironman Lake Placid. We talk about how she managed her training and her college life. Grace shares her race day story including some about her amazing support network during the race. If as an adult you ever wished that you might have found this sport a little earlier or if you are a parent who has ever hoped that you might race with one of your kids - I think you will definitely enjoy this story. This story came to me from a friend and listener of the Mile after Mile Podcast and if you have a story that would be great for the podcast please let me know. You can submit a message from the Podcast website or through a direct message on Facebook. Find all the episodes at www.mileaftermilepodcast.com Follow the Mile after Mile Podcast on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mileaftermilepodcast/ Follow Amy's adventures at www.amysaysso.com

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-414 – Matt Part 2 – The Ironman (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4414.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello and welcome to episode 4-414 of the RunRunLive Podcast.   I’m trying to get this one out early this week because this weekend is the Leadville 100 Trial race – “The race across the sky”.  I’ll be flying out Thursday night to pace Eric over the weekend.  Truly, this has all the earmarks of an adventure (with a capital A).  This is the thing I really dig about longer endurance events.  Whether a marathon, multi-day relay or and ultra, you really have no idea what’s going to happen when you toe the line.  There os that middle road, the one you are planning for, or more appropriately guessing at, that travels a clean but relatively uninteresting path, where everything stays within expectations.  That middle road where nothing weird or memorable happens.   You just run your miles and bask in the warm glow of an expected job well done.  You trained.  You showed up.  You ran.  You finished.  You wipe your hands, note the effort in your log, check the box and move on.  That is the less interesting path without much adventure.  But there is always a chance, I’d say better than 50/50 that something goes sideways.  There are those glowing, multi-colored traces that arc off of the main path at crazy angles into the unknown.  This is where the good stuff happens. Adventure is when you show up for a 12-person relay and there are only 8 runners.  Adventure is when you start throwing up 75 miles in.  Adventure is when you roll that ankle or crash your bike in the early miles.  Adventure is when that storm blows in with its driving wind and hail.  Adventure steps in and tears up your well-made plans. Adventure wipes the slate and resets the score. It strips you of your smug comfort and your middle of the road expectations.  But, my friends, adventure is not catastrophe.  Adventure is not some evil, beady-eyed thug stepping out of a side alley to blacken your eyes and steal your money. No, my friends, adventure is an opportunity.  Adventure strips away our silly human thoughts of predetermination and let’s us draw on deeper pools of resource and strength that we didn’t know we had.  Adventure, you see, leads to fulfillment.  Adventure is where the “Epic” lies.  Adventure to the shores of new worlds, and to the walls of Troy. Adventure is a tool to flush out the human spirit.  We, endurance athletes, we hardy few, we celebrate Adventure. “You are better than you think you are, and can do more than you think you can.” – Ken Chlouber On with the show! … I’ll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don’t have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member’s only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to.  I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway.   “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit.  So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills.   … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … Section one – Form series Chapter Three -   Voices of reason – the conversation Matt Schorer Matt is father, husband and triathlete from upstate NY who recently made the successful move to reclaim his health.  Matt is currently training for the Lake Placid IronMan in Late June of this year.     Section two – Thoughts on Seneca’s Letters– Outro Well, my friends, you fixed your form and fixed your sites on the new horizon, which, by the way, was the name of a NASA probe that made a flyby of poor old demoted king of the kuiper belt but no longer a planet Pluto, and then, even more astoundingly cool, Ultima Thule which turned out to be two big chunks of accreted dust bunnies from the birth of the solar system 4 billion years ago, to the end of the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-414, which is in some small way astounding in itself. For me the weirdness that is my life continues.  I try to not struggle against the current so much.  I try the choose, as much as I cah the rocks to bump against on the way.  I will be pacing Eric this weekend at Leadville.  And, don’t anyone tell him, but I’m terrified.  My training has been shyte (it’s not really bad language if I use a non-U.S. dialect).  I’ve still got that damn rattle in my lungs from whatever that airplane cold was, I’m thinking consumption, or maybe grippe, or apoplexy – but I’m no doctor.  And I have the great personal responsibility to guide a dear friend through 38 miles of dusty Colorado trail, at night, over a pass that tops out at 12,600 feet.  I may die.  I would rather die than not support a friend who needs me.  People often over estimate my ability, but, thankfully they also underestimate my insanity – so it balances out.  Assuming I survive this adventure I am actually registered for a series of hard races, that I’m also not prepared for.  Screw it. Why change my approach now and do the smart thing?  That might work but it’s a boring narrative.  I’m going to call this a training run.  A nice long hike in the woods.  Good for building strength and base aerobic fitness, right?  Then in a couple weeks I’ll run the Wapack trail race and that’s another nice strength builder.   Which is stupid because a week after that I’m signed up for a marathon to see if I can’t get a qualification time before the Boston registration window closes.  Ya never know.  It’s happened before.  Remember when I rolled out of that 6-hour Spartan race in 2017 and requalified at Portland?  Or when I turned my training for an Olympic tri into a qualifier at Baystate in 2018?  It happens.  I have a history of doing better when I’m not focused. I’m also signed up for the Baystate Marathon in October which would give me 6-7 weeks of training to make another good show.  I still have some tendonitis in my ass.  My knee is still crunchy from crashing in June.  The machete injury healed fully, so at least I have that going for me.  Maybe the $1,000 emergency room visit was worth it.  Although my wife is of the opinion that I should have gone to the Redi-clinic or stitched it up myself.  And I may be patient zero for some new form of zombie plague that starts as a juicy night cough you can’t shake.  So – everything is status quo over here at the RunRunLive HQ.  And honestly I’m happy to be alive.  But, I can hear you scream, “Chris, no one cares a wit about your constant stream of whinging about running.  What about the puppy?” As we speak Ollie the border collie is what? 10-11 weeks old?  He’s growing like a weed.  He bites everything and everybody.  If it exists it goes in the mouth.  He’s sleeping through the night mostly in his crate, but usually sleep in the couch in the vicinity and that calms him down.  He’s a random poop and pee machine, but we’re working on it.  He is teaching us patience.  I’ve realized how much older I am since I last had a puppy or a baby in the house.  They have two speeds – all ahead full and sleep.  He likes to destroy Yvonne’s perennials. He like to chew on rocks.  He likes to steal my socks.  The other day I walked out to my garden with him.  I picked a pile of produce.  Tomatoes, peppers, squash and cucumbers.  He stole one of my cucumbers and gleefully kept it away from me as I grumbled and fumed and chased.  He capered away with a sparkle in his eye. I ended up freezing that cucumber so he could use it as a chew toy.  He’s probably a month ahead of where Buddy was at this age.  Buddy was the runt of the litter, a sad little dog that grew into his wonder.  Ollie is the class clown, full of energy, bravado and clever impishness. Does he run? Yes, he does.  He’s traversed the mile-ish trail with me at a trot a couple times now.  He’s not quite sure what we’re doing but he hangs with me and has plenty of juice left over at the end.  At the end of the day I’m happy to have this little, warm ball of fur weaving around my legs and trying to knock me down so he can bite my face.  I need that.  I miss that. And I’ll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->  

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-414 – Matt Part 2 – The Ironman (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4414.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello and welcome to episode 4-414 of the RunRunLive Podcast.   I'm trying to get this one out early this week because this weekend is the Leadville 100 Trial race – “The race across the sky”.  I'll be flying out Thursday night to pace Eric over the weekend.  Truly, this has all the earmarks of an adventure (with a capital A).  This is the thing I really dig about longer endurance events.  Whether a marathon, multi-day relay or and ultra, you really have no idea what's going to happen when you toe the line.  There os that middle road, the one you are planning for, or more appropriately guessing at, that travels a clean but relatively uninteresting path, where everything stays within expectations.  That middle road where nothing weird or memorable happens.   You just run your miles and bask in the warm glow of an expected job well done.  You trained.  You showed up.  You ran.  You finished.  You wipe your hands, note the effort in your log, check the box and move on.  That is the less interesting path without much adventure.  But there is always a chance, I'd say better than 50/50 that something goes sideways.  There are those glowing, multi-colored traces that arc off of the main path at crazy angles into the unknown.  This is where the good stuff happens. Adventure is when you show up for a 12-person relay and there are only 8 runners.  Adventure is when you start throwing up 75 miles in.  Adventure is when you roll that ankle or crash your bike in the early miles.  Adventure is when that storm blows in with its driving wind and hail.  Adventure steps in and tears up your well-made plans. Adventure wipes the slate and resets the score. It strips you of your smug comfort and your middle of the road expectations.  But, my friends, adventure is not catastrophe.  Adventure is not some evil, beady-eyed thug stepping out of a side alley to blacken your eyes and steal your money. No, my friends, adventure is an opportunity.  Adventure strips away our silly human thoughts of predetermination and let's us draw on deeper pools of resource and strength that we didn't know we had.  Adventure, you see, leads to fulfillment.  Adventure is where the “Epic” lies.  Adventure to the shores of new worlds, and to the walls of Troy. Adventure is a tool to flush out the human spirit.  We, endurance athletes, we hardy few, we celebrate Adventure. “You are better than you think you are, and can do more than you think you can.” – Ken Chlouber On with the show! … I'll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don't have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member's only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to.  I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway.   “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit.  So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills.   … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … Section one – Form series Chapter Three -   Voices of reason – the conversation Matt Schorer Matt is father, husband and triathlete from upstate NY who recently made the successful move to reclaim his health.  Matt is currently training for the Lake Placid IronMan in Late June of this year.     Section two – Thoughts on Seneca's Letters– Outro Well, my friends, you fixed your form and fixed your sites on the new horizon, which, by the way, was the name of a NASA probe that made a flyby of poor old demoted king of the kuiper belt but no longer a planet Pluto, and then, even more astoundingly cool, Ultima Thule which turned out to be two big chunks of accreted dust bunnies from the birth of the solar system 4 billion years ago, to the end of the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-414, which is in some small way astounding in itself. For me the weirdness that is my life continues.  I try to not struggle against the current so much.  I try the choose, as much as I cah the rocks to bump against on the way.  I will be pacing Eric this weekend at Leadville.  And, don't anyone tell him, but I'm terrified.  My training has been shyte (it's not really bad language if I use a non-U.S. dialect).  I've still got that damn rattle in my lungs from whatever that airplane cold was, I'm thinking consumption, or maybe grippe, or apoplexy – but I'm no doctor.  And I have the great personal responsibility to guide a dear friend through 38 miles of dusty Colorado trail, at night, over a pass that tops out at 12,600 feet.  I may die.  I would rather die than not support a friend who needs me.  People often over estimate my ability, but, thankfully they also underestimate my insanity – so it balances out.  Assuming I survive this adventure I am actually registered for a series of hard races, that I'm also not prepared for.  Screw it. Why change my approach now and do the smart thing?  That might work but it's a boring narrative.  I'm going to call this a training run.  A nice long hike in the woods.  Good for building strength and base aerobic fitness, right?  Then in a couple weeks I'll run the Wapack trail race and that's another nice strength builder.   Which is stupid because a week after that I'm signed up for a marathon to see if I can't get a qualification time before the Boston registration window closes.  Ya never know.  It's happened before.  Remember when I rolled out of that 6-hour Spartan race in 2017 and requalified at Portland?  Or when I turned my training for an Olympic tri into a qualifier at Baystate in 2018?  It happens.  I have a history of doing better when I'm not focused. I'm also signed up for the Baystate Marathon in October which would give me 6-7 weeks of training to make another good show.  I still have some tendonitis in my ass.  My knee is still crunchy from crashing in June.  The machete injury healed fully, so at least I have that going for me.  Maybe the $1,000 emergency room visit was worth it.  Although my wife is of the opinion that I should have gone to the Redi-clinic or stitched it up myself.  And I may be patient zero for some new form of zombie plague that starts as a juicy night cough you can't shake.  So – everything is status quo over here at the RunRunLive HQ.  And honestly I'm happy to be alive.  But, I can hear you scream, “Chris, no one cares a wit about your constant stream of whinging about running.  What about the puppy?” As we speak Ollie the border collie is what? 10-11 weeks old?  He's growing like a weed.  He bites everything and everybody.  If it exists it goes in the mouth.  He's sleeping through the night mostly in his crate, but usually sleep in the couch in the vicinity and that calms him down.  He's a random poop and pee machine, but we're working on it.  He is teaching us patience.  I've realized how much older I am since I last had a puppy or a baby in the house.  They have two speeds – all ahead full and sleep.  He likes to destroy Yvonne's perennials. He like to chew on rocks.  He likes to steal my socks.  The other day I walked out to my garden with him.  I picked a pile of produce.  Tomatoes, peppers, squash and cucumbers.  He stole one of my cucumbers and gleefully kept it away from me as I grumbled and fumed and chased.  He capered away with a sparkle in his eye. I ended up freezing that cucumber so he could use it as a chew toy.  He's probably a month ahead of where Buddy was at this age.  Buddy was the runt of the litter, a sad little dog that grew into his wonder.  Ollie is the class clown, full of energy, bravado and clever impishness. Does he run? Yes, he does.  He's traversed the mile-ish trail with me at a trot a couple times now.  He's not quite sure what we're doing but he hangs with me and has plenty of juice left over at the end.  At the end of the day I'm happy to have this little, warm ball of fur weaving around my legs and trying to knock me down so he can bite my face.  I need that.  I miss that. And I'll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->  

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-400 – Matt makes it stick (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4401.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello, my friends and welcome to the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-401.  Nice to be back in the saddle from the holidays.  I feel like I've had a good couple months.  I took an extra week on my cadence for this one because It was the holidays and, frankly, I had a lot going on.  Plus I was sick.  I got whatever cold is going around.  Not the flu.  Not pneumonia. Just a cough that hung around for the better part of 2 weeks.  I managed to hold the line on my diet through the holidays.  I did not lose a bunch of weight, but I did eat relatively cleanly and avoided most of the sweets and adult beverages of the season.  This was my plan, so well done me.  This puts me in a healthy spot to hit my Boston training hard and lose 10-15 pounds. Because I think that's what I'm going to need to do to have any shot of requalifying.  People think ‘Hey, Boston is in the spring! You've got plenty of time!” But that's not really true.  When you turn the corner to a new year on January 1st you are only 3 and ½ months away, which in broad strokes means 14 weeks.  A typical hard training cycle for me is 12 weeks with a 2 week taper, so it's game on.  I'm not starting from scratch and I'm healthy and I'm mentally enthusiastic.  The dark times will come, but as of now I'm in a good spot.  Today we chat with Matt who is a team mate of mine.  He's got a great story.  And it's a timely story as we ease into the ‘resolution season'.  Listen to what it took for Matt to find the courage to switch the momentum and begin his transformation.  In section 1 I'll give you a wrap up on the Groton Marathon, which, against the odds we managed to pull off successfully last Sunday.  Thinking about it, if I include that in my week, I'm over 50 miles for week one of my training!  Feel pretty good for that. In section 2 I'll perambulate about goals and stuff, because, hey, it's that time of year. … When I was out running the Groton Marathon with my buddies I told them I had two topics that I wanted to discuss.  The first was the ending of the movie Road House and the second was the Boston Marathon of Sex.   Now, this being a family friendly show I'll reserve the latter explanation for my members feed. I'm writing that as we speak and I crack myself up. But, I was watching, or more to the point being forced to watch the movie Road House with Patrick Swazey, may he rest in piece, and like so many of the movies from that era, the ending didn't make any sense.  So he rips the one bad guy's throat out.  Then he goes after the big bad guy.  Kills 4 of his henchmen and then has the final fight with the big bad guy.  In the end he decides not to rip that guy's throat out but the friendly villagers kill the bad guy with shotguns.  Shortly after the police show up.  Now we have been told that the police are in the back pocket of the bad guy.  The police ask, ‘What happened?' and everyone says “We didn't see anything…”  And that's it.  Cut to the final seen of Swazey skinny dipping with the love interest.  So, let me get this straight… There's 6 dead bodies, one of which has Patrick Swazey's knife sticking out of his chest, and the police just shrug their shoulders and say, ‘Well, I guess since no one saw anything…it's all good… nothin to see here…”? I've seen enough episodes of Law and Order to know they're not getting off that easy! It's ok, I ripped his throat out in self-defense… Plus, they shot this guy with old shotguns.  He probably wouldn't be dead yet when the police come in.  If it was bird shot he'd just be uncomfortable.   Maybe he had a heart attack from the shock.  But think about all the movies you've seen where the end is a big pile of dead guys and it's ok.  That will give you something to talk about on your next long run. On with the show. … I'll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don't have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member's only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to.  I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway.   “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit.  So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills. M … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … Section one – 2018 Groton Marathon- Voices of reason – the conversation Matt Schorer Matt is father, husband and triathlete from upstate NY who recently made the successful move to reclaim his health.  He trains with Jeff Kline at DailyFitBook.net Matt is currently training for the Lake Placid IronMan in Late June of this year.   Section two – Your Best Self - http://runrunlive.com/your-best-self Outro Well, my friends kicked off your new year with a thorough listening to of  the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-401.  Check that off your list.   Next up for me is a whole lot of training.  I'm going deep.  I can't control the weather but I can control whether or not I show up and whether or not I consistently do the work.   I've got a good jump start on this cycle.  I've been working on my core a stretching daily.  I skipped the Hangover Classic this year. I was still fighting a cold and didn't think jumping in the Atlantic Ocean was such a good idea.  I did finally start working on the startup sales book.  I pushed the introduction out to LinkedIn.  If anyone is interested in being a proof reader or a friendly critical eye I welcome the help.  One of the things I'm trying to do better is to ask for help.  I tend to want to do everything myself and that has a built in ceiling to it. … I see the people in my community starting to complain about all the people showing up at the gym this week.  My experience is that they tend to peter out after 10 days or so.  I've got a couple suggestions for this first of the year gym bottleneck.  First, if it really bugs you go early or late.  I don't care what time of year it is, you'll have plenty of elbow room at 5:30 or 6:00 in the morning.  Second, as we heard from Matt today, some of those out of breath people ARE going to stick it out.  Let's try to lean in and encourage them.  Be that person that is the tipping point in that emerging healthy person's life.  Take this as an opportunity to spread the good news and set a good example.  This is a good way for you to practice abundance in the new year. And, if you see Patrick Swazey, run because he's been dead for a decade so the zombie apocalypse will be under way.  And I'll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-400 – Matt makes it stick (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4401.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello, my friends and welcome to the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-401.  Nice to be back in the saddle from the holidays.  I feel like I’ve had a good couple months.  I took an extra week on my cadence for this one because It was the holidays and, frankly, I had a lot going on.  Plus I was sick.  I got whatever cold is going around.  Not the flu.  Not pneumonia. Just a cough that hung around for the better part of 2 weeks.  I managed to hold the line on my diet through the holidays.  I did not lose a bunch of weight, but I did eat relatively cleanly and avoided most of the sweets and adult beverages of the season.  This was my plan, so well done me.  This puts me in a healthy spot to hit my Boston training hard and lose 10-15 pounds. Because I think that’s what I’m going to need to do to have any shot of requalifying.  People think ‘Hey, Boston is in the spring! You’ve got plenty of time!” But that’s not really true.  When you turn the corner to a new year on January 1st you are only 3 and ½ months away, which in broad strokes means 14 weeks.  A typical hard training cycle for me is 12 weeks with a 2 week taper, so it’s game on.  I’m not starting from scratch and I’m healthy and I’m mentally enthusiastic.  The dark times will come, but as of now I’m in a good spot.  Today we chat with Matt who is a team mate of mine.  He’s got a great story.  And it’s a timely story as we ease into the ‘resolution season’.  Listen to what it took for Matt to find the courage to switch the momentum and begin his transformation.  In section 1 I’ll give you a wrap up on the Groton Marathon, which, against the odds we managed to pull off successfully last Sunday.  Thinking about it, if I include that in my week, I’m over 50 miles for week one of my training!  Feel pretty good for that. In section 2 I’ll perambulate about goals and stuff, because, hey, it’s that time of year. … When I was out running the Groton Marathon with my buddies I told them I had two topics that I wanted to discuss.  The first was the ending of the movie Road House and the second was the Boston Marathon of Sex.   Now, this being a family friendly show I’ll reserve the latter explanation for my members feed. I’m writing that as we speak and I crack myself up. But, I was watching, or more to the point being forced to watch the movie Road House with Patrick Swazey, may he rest in piece, and like so many of the movies from that era, the ending didn’t make any sense.  So he rips the one bad guy’s throat out.  Then he goes after the big bad guy.  Kills 4 of his henchmen and then has the final fight with the big bad guy.  In the end he decides not to rip that guy’s throat out but the friendly villagers kill the bad guy with shotguns.  Shortly after the police show up.  Now we have been told that the police are in the back pocket of the bad guy.  The police ask, ‘What happened?’ and everyone says “We didn’t see anything…”  And that’s it.  Cut to the final seen of Swazey skinny dipping with the love interest.  So, let me get this straight… There’s 6 dead bodies, one of which has Patrick Swazey’s knife sticking out of his chest, and the police just shrug their shoulders and say, ‘Well, I guess since no one saw anything…it’s all good… nothin to see here…”? I’ve seen enough episodes of Law and Order to know they’re not getting off that easy! It’s ok, I ripped his throat out in self-defense… Plus, they shot this guy with old shotguns.  He probably wouldn’t be dead yet when the police come in.  If it was bird shot he’d just be uncomfortable.   Maybe he had a heart attack from the shock.  But think about all the movies you’ve seen where the end is a big pile of dead guys and it’s ok.  That will give you something to talk about on your next long run. On with the show. … I’ll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don’t have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member’s only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to.  I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway.   “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit.  So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills. M … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … Section one – 2018 Groton Marathon- Voices of reason – the conversation Matt Schorer Matt is father, husband and triathlete from upstate NY who recently made the successful move to reclaim his health.  He trains with Jeff Kline at DailyFitBook.net Matt is currently training for the Lake Placid IronMan in Late June of this year.   Section two – Your Best Self - http://runrunlive.com/your-best-self Outro Well, my friends kicked off your new year with a thorough listening to of  the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-401.  Check that off your list.   Next up for me is a whole lot of training.  I’m going deep.  I can’t control the weather but I can control whether or not I show up and whether or not I consistently do the work.   I’ve got a good jump start on this cycle.  I’ve been working on my core a stretching daily.  I skipped the Hangover Classic this year. I was still fighting a cold and didn’t think jumping in the Atlantic Ocean was such a good idea.  I did finally start working on the startup sales book.  I pushed the introduction out to LinkedIn.  If anyone is interested in being a proof reader or a friendly critical eye I welcome the help.  One of the things I’m trying to do better is to ask for help.  I tend to want to do everything myself and that has a built in ceiling to it. … I see the people in my community starting to complain about all the people showing up at the gym this week.  My experience is that they tend to peter out after 10 days or so.  I’ve got a couple suggestions for this first of the year gym bottleneck.  First, if it really bugs you go early or late.  I don’t care what time of year it is, you’ll have plenty of elbow room at 5:30 or 6:00 in the morning.  Second, as we heard from Matt today, some of those out of breath people ARE going to stick it out.  Let’s try to lean in and encourage them.  Be that person that is the tipping point in that emerging healthy person’s life.  Take this as an opportunity to spread the good news and set a good example.  This is a good way for you to practice abundance in the new year. And, if you see Patrick Swazey, run because he’s been dead for a decade so the zombie apocalypse will be under way.  And I’ll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->

Are you looking for inspiration?  Matt Long has a story you need to hear.  This Brooklyn native and NYC Fire Fighter overcame all odds to complete the NYC Marathon and Lake Placid Ironman after recovering from a horrific bus accident.  Matt's doctors gave him a 1% chance of living, but he battled back in one of the most amazing tales of strength and resilience. "The Long Run" By Matt Long & Charles Butler Check out Matt on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Train with Matt at Orangetheory Fitness in Danbury, Ct. You can also donate to the I Will Foundation. Triplex Training

"So after September 11th happened, I had every accessibility to the bottle and... life just got really tough, Matt, it really did." In November of 2005, having become an Ironman just months before, Matt Long finished the New York City Marathon with the 4th fastest time among all NYC Firefighters, qualifying for Boston the following Spring. A month later, he was impaled on his bicycle in Manhattan when he was run over by a bus while forced to ride to work during the New York City Transit Strike. World-renowned surgeons almost pronounced him dead, but Matt was far from done. Confined to a wheelchair for nearly a year, Matt almost gave up. But he not only learned to walk again... he completed the 2008 NYC Marathon and the 2009 Lake Placid Ironman. His comeback story is the quintessential 10,000 "No"s legend, documented by the likes of HBO Real Sports and Runner's World Magazine, among others. Matt received the CBS Arete Award for Courage in Sports and was named one of the World's 25 Fittest Athletes in 2010, 5 years AFTER his accident. He also met his wife and finally has the family he always dreamed of... he is the modern day Rocky Balboa, who has gone the distance. If you like what you hear, please Subscribe, leave an iTunes review and spread the word. You can also listen to all episodes at www.10000nos.com  

This Episode is brought to you by KINETICOACH. Custom Workout, Zero Excuses.Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or StitcherAK ATHLETE welcomes our first Olympian to the show - 2006 Bronze Medalist Pam Dreyer. Pam grew up a hockey player, and from 10 years old knew she would go to the Olympics. Similar to last weeks guest she has fallen prey to the triathlon addiction. Listen in as we discuss her Olympic and IronMan experience. If you ever struggle with your mental game, Pam is a must listen - she is a tough cookie!If you are in need of a Health Coach, or want more information on her company Epic Evolution contact her at 907-230-8388We just got new equipment! Bear with us until Episode 5, then we will surely be music to your ears.[0:00] Intros/AK ATHLETE Programming and[5:30] AK Athlete’s first Olympian. Recovery from Lake Placid IronMan[9:30] A big 2017 race season for Pam![13:20] Where it all started. Hockey talk.[15:00] Mental toughness and Pam’s routine[18:30] College Hockey at Brown[25:30] Transition into the Olympics[33:00] Blowing out her shoulder and the comeback[47:00] The emotions behind wining an Olympic Medal[49:15] What do you do after the Olympics[51:40] Transition into endurance activities[1:00:00] Learning to swim for a Triathlon[1:09:00] Challenges of training in the Arctic - in a 12meter pool![1:14:00] What is on the Horizon in 2018[1:18:50] Nutrition during the long races[1:31:00] EPIC EVOLUTION - Pam’s health coaching company, inspiring people to health.Don’t forget to check out our website, www.akathlete.com for more information on programming, upcoming community workouts and resources to improve your performance. This is Phase 2 of our Prep cycle for our endurance programming - come get strong and go long! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit akathlete.substack.com

Joe De Sena, 44, has been an entrepreneur since his pre-teens. From selling fireworks at age eight, to starting a t-shirt business in high school, to building a multimillion-dollar pool business in college, to creating a Wall Street trading firm, De Sena is a living definition of the word “entrepreneur.” Currently he is a managing director for ICAP, a brokerage agency. It's also well documented that Joe turned an interest in endurance racing into a passion. His racing resume is the stuff of legends – over 50 ultra-events overall and 14 Ironman events in one year alone. Most of his races are 100 miles or more with a few traditional marathons in the mix. (He once said that running a 26.2 marathon distance was “adorable.” To put it in perspective, he did the Vermont 100, the Lake Placid Ironman and the Badwater Ultra… in one week. The elevation climb for the 135-mile Badwater race, which starts hundreds of feet below sea level in Death Valley, is over 8,500 feet up to Mt. Whitney and temperatures soar into the 120's. Joe also biked cross-country in the Furnace Creek 508 which has been coined “The Toughest 48 Hours in Sport.” It's no wonder his favorite quote is, “Death is the price we pay for life, so make it worth it.” Joe, and other racers who came to be called the “Founding Few” wanted to create another event, something that captured the extreme spirit of the legendary Death Race, but was modified and accessible to a much wider racing audience. And so the Spartan Race was born in 2010. Spartan Race has grown dramatically in 2013 over just the year before. The number of competitors now stands at approximately 350,000 racers in 60 races in 2013 in the U.S., Canada and the UK. Over 3 million “likes” are on Facebook, a new e-book is available at spartanrace.com, and an NBC Sports TV Special airs on Dec. 7, 2013. Participation in 2014 is expected to grow to 650,000 at events in 22-plus countries.

Brain Cancer. Wow. BethAnn Telford, in 2004, while running the Marine Corps Marathon, she felt a “pop” in her head around mile marker nineteen and over the next couple of months started to experience problems with her balance and unclear thoughts. After several weeks of tests in the early winter of 2005, she learned she had a brain tumor and that her life would forever be changed. In April of 2005, she had her first brain surgery and had to learn to walk, talk, and move all over again. As her rehabilitation began, she was determined to run again. Six weeks later she ran her first 5K race and trained throughout the summer to run and finish the Marine Corps Marathon. Stopping at mile marker nineteen to say reflect on her journey and to silently thank her doctors, family and friends that have supported her during her struggles. Since then, BethAnn has undergone a second brain surgery, a nuerostimulator implant and bladder augmentation surgery for issues related to her brain cancer. Through it all, Beth has competed and finished Boston Marathons (six (6) times), Marine Corp Marathons (thirteen (13) times), the Lake Placid Ironman (twice (2)), the Kona Ironman World Championships (in 2012), and Crossing the Canyon (a 9 hour rim-to-rim trek of the Grand Canyon). She has currently completed an epic adventure in January 2017, the World Marathon Challenge, which consists of running 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days. In addition to her pushing her physical boundaries, BethAnn has dedicated herself to helping raise awareness of brain cancer and toward finding a cure. BethAnn founded Team BT as part of the Race for Hope - DC 5K Run/Walk and has helped raise more than $800,000 for brain cancer research. She has participated in countless charity and fund raising events, including rappelling down the side of a skyscraper as part of an ABC2 event to help raise awareness and funds for brain cancer research. In addition to fund raising, BethAnn has testified before an FDA committee on the benefits of advance drug therapies, advocated through lobbying Congress, and advocated as part of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and White House briefing since the fall of 2014. She has also had two (2) NBTS grants awarded to the Cleveland Clinic and the University of Florida in her name and been awarded the Triumph of Spirit award. She has also been featured in countless articles, news stories including the front page of the Washington Post, and has been featured in a Discovery Program documentary. Get Involved http://abc2.org/ ABC2 breaks through the boundaries of academia, nonprofits, industries and other research fields to find the cure. To reach new treatments faster, we're helping our partners connect, learning from our failures and sharing one another's successes. As venture philanthropists, we “buy down the risk” for researchers to connect with the companies that can develop new patient treatments. We have to push more research through that drug development “Valley of Death” before we can start learning from results — from successes and failures. By challenging long-held attitudes about brain cancer research, we’re charting a more direct course towards the cure. Follow BethAnn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamBethAnnTelford/  ======================  Request to Join the FREE Meredith Atwood Community & Coaching https://meredith-atwood-coaching.mn.co/ ======================  Buy Meredith’s Books: The Year of No Nonsense https://amzn.to/3su5qWp Triathlon for the Every Woman: https://amzn.to/3nOkjiH =======================   Follow Meredith Atwood & The Podcast on Social: Web: http://www.swimbikemom.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/swimbikemom   =======================  Want to Connect?  Email: same24hourspodcast@gmail.com =======================  Credits: Host & Production: Meredith Atwood Intro: Carl Stover Music Copyright 2017-2020, 2021 All Rights Reserved, Meredith Atwood, LLC

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-346 – Joe De Sena on the Spartan Movement  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4346.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-346 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Thank you for listening.  Sometimes I don't hear from you for a while and I get lonely.  I wonder if anyone is listening.  I thought it might due to a lack of positive feedback.  I grew up in the 70's and we were all about positive feedback.  That's why baby boomers are so needy.  The topic of today's show is Spartan.  I interview Joe De Sena the owner of Spartan Races.  He's a tightly wrapped dude with one of those clear, focused minds and the work ethic to support it.  In the first section I'm going to talk through my initial impressions of the Spartan race and its training.  I have one coming up in September and I'm starting to worry about my fitness level.  I expressed my concerns about things like not being able to do more than 2 pullups to coach.  He says I'm taking it too seriously and, I quote, “A Kardashian could do that race.”  Except he's not the one running it! In the second section I'll think a bit on our fascination with Sparta and what it says about us.  My training is focused on strength and biking right now.  I gave my Achilles a week off after the trail marathon but not really because I was down on the Cape over the next weekend walking the beach and riding for hours.  It was great to spend some time with myself but I think I may have overdone it.  I tried to do a 1:30 run on the roads when I got back and I ended up walking back the last mile.  It was the heat and my Achilles.  Now I'm giving some more time to heal.  I'm stretching and massaging and rehabbing.  I'm spending time on the bike and working on my core.  It is a good time of year to be taking a break from running.  It's still super hot and humid.   Speaking of hot and humid I watched the Women's Olympic Marathon and I though Amy, Shalane and Desi did a really good job of running their plans.  They hung with the best runners in the world and all finished in the top 10.  They inspired me and I'm sure they'll inspire the next generation of American women.  Buddy the old wonder dog is doing well.  He's almost all recovered from his lump surgery.  That should make him more comfortable in the short run.  It's too hot for him.  He hasn't been running except for what he normally does when we go for walks off-leash in the woods.  This time of year we get a lot of thunderstorms rolling through at nighttime with all the energy in the atmosphere.  Katie brought his crate up to the living room and when it gets really bad we can put him in there so he doesn't hurt himself.  Thunderstorms make him mental.  He'll go into the tub in the girl's bathroom or into one of the closets and start digging.  We cage him up for his own protection. By the way, I went for the follow up visit with my heart doctor and there's nothing wrong with me that they can see.  Which is good.  That leads me to conclude that my issues earlier in the summer were due to the heat, jet lag and the case of pneumonia with the course of antibiotics.  Basically my body, mind and soul were out of synch! Which is why I'm focusing on doing a bit of foundational bio-reengineering this month. … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio Last week I uploaded an essay on why vacationing is so hard. Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Exclusive Access to Individual Audio Segments from all Shows Intro's, Outro's, Section One running tips, Section Two life hacks and Featured Interviews – all available as stand-alone MP3's you can download and listen to at any time. For the cost of a pack of Clean and Clear , to, you know, remove that extra shine off your brow, you can be a member of the runrunlive support crew.  There is no shipping charge for membership and I just today fixed the bug in the annual membership signup process! Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … My reengineering project is a 30 day 5AM project.  The anchor of this project is that I'm getting up early every day, as close to 5 AM as I can manage.  The other attributes of it are: No alcohol Work on my nutrition plan to get stronger, rebuild my healthy biome and get leaner. Work on my next book Post a daily accountability video to YouTube to keep the project going. It's been going well.  I haven't hit the 5 AM every day but I've been close enough to be within the spirit of the exercise.  I have eliminated alcohol and have been eating clean and focusing on foods that will have a positive impact on my insides.  This weekend I made Kvass, which is a fermented beet juice and pickles using the cucumbers from my garden.  I'm such a home body.  The work on the book has been doing a lot of circling the work and not actually doing the work, but I'm positive.  My creativity tends to come in bursts.  I've gotten the videos up each day consistently and you can see them if you're interested in that sort of thing at my YouTube channel which is Cyktrussell. (Chris yellow king tom – Russell with two esses and two ells…) I've really learned or relearned some valuable lessons from this project.  First thing is that when you're dealing with a stable system, like your body, even if it is stable in a place you don't like, you have to be careful with the quantity and magnitude of changes.  Any change you make is going to cause the system to oscillate.  A stable system is stable because it has inertia.  It doesn't want to change.  A stable system resists change and it has memory.  It's like a rubber band.  The more you pull the more it resists and it always pulls in an effort to return to the stable state. Biological/mental systems are not digital. You can't just expect to insert a stimulus and to leap to a different state.  When you insert a stimuli the system won't change digitally or even linearly.  It will wobble as the opposing forces push and pull.  The more things you try to change the more random the wobbling feels. In my project I was trying to change sleep patterns and nutrition and my coffee intake and my alcohol consumption all at the same time.  In the first 10 days my system wobbled.  There were days that I was starving.  There were days where I was so tired I couldn't think or function.  There were days when I felt depressed and defeated.  When you want to make changes in anything.  When you want to innovate in your life.  You have to be prepared to suffer through an adjustment period.  I have shared with you before the metaphor that says all projects follow a U-shaped curve.  When you first start the project it's all unicorns and rainbows and enthusiasm.  When you get to the middle of the project it turns into an endless-seeming, hopeless, slog of work.  As you get closer to the finish it becomes hopeful again. Another useful metaphor I heard recently is to picture yourself standing on a mountain top.  You have climbed successfully to the top of this mountain but now you want to innovate or improve to a new state.  Picture that new state as another, higher mountain top that you can see across the valley.  You know how to get there.  You have to go down into the valley and work your way to climb up the other side to get to this new peak.  That's what innovation is like.  Identify that next peak.  Keep the vision of that new and next peak in your mind's eye, even as, especially when, you lose sight of it in the tangled underbrush of the valley.  … On with the show. Section one – The Spartan Race and Training for it -  Voices of reason – the conversation Joe De Sena Joe De Sena, founder and CEO of Spartan Race, is also a living legend in endurance and adventure racing circles — he completed the 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon, raced the 140.6 miles of Lake Placid Ironman, and finished a 100-mile trail run in Vermont, all within one week. In 2014, De Sena authored , that changed countless lives and revealed the secrets to developing the resourcefulness and mental determination needed to become a true Spartan. Section two About Spartans and Stoics -  Outro Well my friends you have carried, climbed and crawled through a mud pit to the end of Episode 4-346 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  I have a knock knock joke you can tell your kids.  Ready?  Knock knock… Who'd there? Old Lady Old Lady who? Hey, I didn't know you could yodel! One of the great cultural advantages to being at my stage of life is that I can tell Dad jokes.  Next up for me is the Wapack trail race.  Have you signed up yet?  Even though I'm rehabbing my Achilles right now I am looking forward to Wapack. It's my favorite kind of trail race.  It's long enough to be interesting at 18 miles but not long enough to worry about.  It's technical enough to be interesting with lots of single path and roots and rocks and mountains but that same technical nature keeps you from getting too serious.  And, it's nice and small with good people.  I'll just try to get in under 4 hours and use the Spartan core strength I'm developing to manage it.  The weekend after is the Spartan race.  I haven't figured out the logistics for that yet.  Then in October I signed up for the Portland Marathon.  And in December the 4th Annual Groton Marathon if we can pull it off.   I'm staying busy.  Life has its seasons.  One thing I'm wondering about is the Boston Marathon.  After training well and not getting my time last year I honestly don't know if I want to or deserve to run it in 2017.  I do still believe I can run a qualifying time.  It's a question of when to fit that into my life.  I'm certainly not going to run a qualifying time before September when the times are due.  I jump an age group in 2018.  I'd like to have at least 20 Bostons but I'd like to earn them.  I don't know.  I truly do not know.  It's probably time for a change.  A bit of learning I can give you kids, and I'll write more on this at some point is about how you age athletically.  When you look at the literature you see the ability of an athlete tailing off in a nice shallow straight curve.  It shows athletes slowly losing their abilities, measured in finishing times, as they age. The curve drops a couple percentage points at a time. In my experience that is not how it works.  Like everything else in the human experience this process is non-linear, it is unpredictable and it is specific to the individual.  What I've found is that I have lost my speed in chunks, mostly as the result of injuries.  The line is more like a series of waves.  Where after 50 or so each subsequent wave crests a bit lower than the last one. The real question is not the performance line.  The real question is the fulfillment line, the challenge line and the happiness line.  The tricky task at hand is how to continue to, as our friend Peter says, “Run with joy” as the performance line trends down and the waves of aging break relentlessly against the breakwaters of youth.  The answer I think is to remember to be grateful.  Grateful for the victories, grateful for challenges and grateful for the chance to get up today and breathe the deep humid air of this good earth.  Take a deep breath right now, my friends. That is life in your lungs.  Celebrate. And I'll see you out there.   MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks -

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-346 – Joe De Sena on the Spartan Movement  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4346.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-346 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Thank you for listening.  Sometimes I don’t hear from you for a while and I get lonely.  I wonder if anyone is listening.  I thought it might due to a lack of positive feedback.  I grew up in the 70’s and we were all about positive feedback.  That’s why baby boomers are so needy.  The topic of today’s show is Spartan.  I interview Joe De Sena the owner of Spartan Races.  He’s a tightly wrapped dude with one of those clear, focused minds and the work ethic to support it.  In the first section I’m going to talk through my initial impressions of the Spartan race and its training.  I have one coming up in September and I’m starting to worry about my fitness level.  I expressed my concerns about things like not being able to do more than 2 pullups to coach.  He says I’m taking it too seriously and, I quote, “A Kardashian could do that race.”  Except he’s not the one running it! In the second section I’ll think a bit on our fascination with Sparta and what it says about us.  My training is focused on strength and biking right now.  I gave my Achilles a week off after the trail marathon but not really because I was down on the Cape over the next weekend walking the beach and riding for hours.  It was great to spend some time with myself but I think I may have overdone it.  I tried to do a 1:30 run on the roads when I got back and I ended up walking back the last mile.  It was the heat and my Achilles.  Now I’m giving some more time to heal.  I’m stretching and massaging and rehabbing.  I’m spending time on the bike and working on my core.  It is a good time of year to be taking a break from running.  It’s still super hot and humid.   Speaking of hot and humid I watched the Women’s Olympic Marathon and I though Amy, Shalane and Desi did a really good job of running their plans.  They hung with the best runners in the world and all finished in the top 10.  They inspired me and I’m sure they’ll inspire the next generation of American women.  Buddy the old wonder dog is doing well.  He’s almost all recovered from his lump surgery.  That should make him more comfortable in the short run.  It’s too hot for him.  He hasn’t been running except for what he normally does when we go for walks off-leash in the woods.  This time of year we get a lot of thunderstorms rolling through at nighttime with all the energy in the atmosphere.  Katie brought his crate up to the living room and when it gets really bad we can put him in there so he doesn’t hurt himself.  Thunderstorms make him mental.  He’ll go into the tub in the girl’s bathroom or into one of the closets and start digging.  We cage him up for his own protection. By the way, I went for the follow up visit with my heart doctor and there’s nothing wrong with me that they can see.  Which is good.  That leads me to conclude that my issues earlier in the summer were due to the heat, jet lag and the case of pneumonia with the course of antibiotics.  Basically my body, mind and soul were out of synch! Which is why I’m focusing on doing a bit of foundational bio-reengineering this month. … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio Last week I uploaded an essay on why vacationing is so hard. Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Exclusive Access to Individual Audio Segments from all Shows Intro’s, Outro’s, Section One running tips, Section Two life hacks and Featured Interviews – all available as stand-alone MP3’s you can download and listen to at any time. For the cost of a pack of Clean and Clear , to, you know, remove that extra shine off your brow, you can be a member of the runrunlive support crew.  There is no shipping charge for membership and I just today fixed the bug in the annual membership signup process! Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … My reengineering project is a 30 day 5AM project.  The anchor of this project is that I’m getting up early every day, as close to 5 AM as I can manage.  The other attributes of it are: No alcohol Work on my nutrition plan to get stronger, rebuild my healthy biome and get leaner. Work on my next book Post a daily accountability video to YouTube to keep the project going. It’s been going well.  I haven’t hit the 5 AM every day but I’ve been close enough to be within the spirit of the exercise.  I have eliminated alcohol and have been eating clean and focusing on foods that will have a positive impact on my insides.  This weekend I made Kvass, which is a fermented beet juice and pickles using the cucumbers from my garden.  I’m such a home body.  The work on the book has been doing a lot of circling the work and not actually doing the work, but I’m positive.  My creativity tends to come in bursts.  I’ve gotten the videos up each day consistently and you can see them if you’re interested in that sort of thing at my YouTube channel which is Cyktrussell. (Chris yellow king tom – Russell with two esses and two ells…) I’ve really learned or relearned some valuable lessons from this project.  First thing is that when you’re dealing with a stable system, like your body, even if it is stable in a place you don’t like, you have to be careful with the quantity and magnitude of changes.  Any change you make is going to cause the system to oscillate.  A stable system is stable because it has inertia.  It doesn’t want to change.  A stable system resists change and it has memory.  It’s like a rubber band.  The more you pull the more it resists and it always pulls in an effort to return to the stable state. Biological/mental systems are not digital. You can’t just expect to insert a stimulus and to leap to a different state.  When you insert a stimuli the system won’t change digitally or even linearly.  It will wobble as the opposing forces push and pull.  The more things you try to change the more random the wobbling feels. In my project I was trying to change sleep patterns and nutrition and my coffee intake and my alcohol consumption all at the same time.  In the first 10 days my system wobbled.  There were days that I was starving.  There were days where I was so tired I couldn’t think or function.  There were days when I felt depressed and defeated.  When you want to make changes in anything.  When you want to innovate in your life.  You have to be prepared to suffer through an adjustment period.  I have shared with you before the metaphor that says all projects follow a U-shaped curve.  When you first start the project it’s all unicorns and rainbows and enthusiasm.  When you get to the middle of the project it turns into an endless-seeming, hopeless, slog of work.  As you get closer to the finish it becomes hopeful again. Another useful metaphor I heard recently is to picture yourself standing on a mountain top.  You have climbed successfully to the top of this mountain but now you want to innovate or improve to a new state.  Picture that new state as another, higher mountain top that you can see across the valley.  You know how to get there.  You have to go down into the valley and work your way to climb up the other side to get to this new peak.  That’s what innovation is like.  Identify that next peak.  Keep the vision of that new and next peak in your mind’s eye, even as, especially when, you lose sight of it in the tangled underbrush of the valley.  … On with the show. Section one – The Spartan Race and Training for it -  Voices of reason – the conversation Joe De Sena Joe De Sena, founder and CEO of Spartan Race, is also a living legend in endurance and adventure racing circles — he completed the 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon, raced the 140.6 miles of Lake Placid Ironman, and finished a 100-mile trail run in Vermont, all within one week. In 2014, De Sena authored , that changed countless lives and revealed the secrets to developing the resourcefulness and mental determination needed to become a true Spartan. Section two About Spartans and Stoics -  Outro Well my friends you have carried, climbed and crawled through a mud pit to the end of Episode 4-346 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  I have a knock knock joke you can tell your kids.  Ready?  Knock knock… Who’d there? Old Lady Old Lady who? Hey, I didn’t know you could yodel! One of the great cultural advantages to being at my stage of life is that I can tell Dad jokes.  Next up for me is the Wapack trail race.  Have you signed up yet?  Even though I’m rehabbing my Achilles right now I am looking forward to Wapack. It’s my favorite kind of trail race.  It’s long enough to be interesting at 18 miles but not long enough to worry about.  It’s technical enough to be interesting with lots of single path and roots and rocks and mountains but that same technical nature keeps you from getting too serious.  And, it’s nice and small with good people.  I’ll just try to get in under 4 hours and use the Spartan core strength I’m developing to manage it.  The weekend after is the Spartan race.  I haven’t figured out the logistics for that yet.  Then in October I signed up for the Portland Marathon.  And in December the 4th Annual Groton Marathon if we can pull it off.   I’m staying busy.  Life has its seasons.  One thing I’m wondering about is the Boston Marathon.  After training well and not getting my time last year I honestly don’t know if I want to or deserve to run it in 2017.  I do still believe I can run a qualifying time.  It’s a question of when to fit that into my life.  I’m certainly not going to run a qualifying time before September when the times are due.  I jump an age group in 2018.  I’d like to have at least 20 Bostons but I’d like to earn them.  I don’t know.  I truly do not know.  It’s probably time for a change.  A bit of learning I can give you kids, and I’ll write more on this at some point is about how you age athletically.  When you look at the literature you see the ability of an athlete tailing off in a nice shallow straight curve.  It shows athletes slowly losing their abilities, measured in finishing times, as they age. The curve drops a couple percentage points at a time. In my experience that is not how it works.  Like everything else in the human experience this process is non-linear, it is unpredictable and it is specific to the individual.  What I’ve found is that I have lost my speed in chunks, mostly as the result of injuries.  The line is more like a series of waves.  Where after 50 or so each subsequent wave crests a bit lower than the last one. The real question is not the performance line.  The real question is the fulfillment line, the challenge line and the happiness line.  The tricky task at hand is how to continue to, as our friend Peter says, “Run with joy” as the performance line trends down and the waves of aging break relentlessly against the breakwaters of youth.  The answer I think is to remember to be grateful.  Grateful for the victories, grateful for challenges and grateful for the chance to get up today and breathe the deep humid air of this good earth.  Take a deep breath right now, my friends. That is life in your lungs.  Celebrate. And I’ll see you out there.   MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks -

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FULL EPISODE: http://londonrealacademy.com/full-episodes/joe-de-sena-spartan-race/  Joe De Sena turned an interest in endurance racing into a passion. His racing resume is the stuff of legends – over 50 ultra-events overall and 12 Ironman Events in one year alone. Most of his races are 100 miles or more with a few traditional marathons in the mix. To put it in perspective, he did the Vermont 100, the Lake Placid Ironman and the Badwater Ultra in ONE week. For those that don’t know or just don’t want to hear the gory details, the elevation climb for Badwater is over 8,500 feet up to Mt. Whitney and temperatures soar into the 120’s. Joe also rode cross-country to the Furnace Creek 508 which has been coined “The Toughest 48 hours in sport.” It’s no wonder his favorite quote is, “Death is the price we pay for life, so make it worth it.”

Joe De Sena - CEO and co-founder of the Spartan Race and author of Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life. Joe is a legend in endurance and adventure racing.  He completed the 135-mile Badwater Ultra-marathon, raced the 140.6 miles of Lake Placid Ironman, and finished a 100-mile trail run in Vermont....all within one week! This week we learn about grit, determination, and the absolute need to live life to the fullest. "The thing that frustrates me the most is the fact that 99% of people are just sleepwalking through life. They are living in a bubble wrapped existence." - Joe De Sena Quotes from Joe: What we learn in this episode: What's it like to grow up in the organized crime capital of the world? Is it possible to learn to be more resilient? How do you get out of your comfort zone? What are some things you could do today to truly experience life? How to build obstacle immunity. Resources: Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life http://spartanupthebook.com/ http://www.spartanrace.com/ Twitter: @spartanrace This episode is brought to you by: Opportuniteas: Opportuniteas evolved with the mission to be better. They only use ingredients with proven benefits. They show you the research and list the exact dose of everything because you deserve to know! For 10% off your first purchase, go to opportuniteas.com and use promo code smartpeople.

Joseph De Sena (pictured) is 44 years old. His racing resume is the stuff of legends - over 50 ultra-endurance events overall and 14 Ironman events (in one year alone). Most of his races are 100 miles or more with a few traditional marathons in the mix. (He once said that running a 26.2 marathon distance was “adorable.”) To put things in perspective, Joe raced the Vermont 100, the Lake Placid Ironman and the Badwater Ultra… all in one week. The elevation climb for the 135-mile Badwater race, which starts hundreds of feet below sea level in Death Valley, is over 8,500 feet up to Mt. Whitney and temperatures soar into the 120’s. Joe also biked cross-country in the Furnace Creek 508 which has been coined “The Toughest 48 Hours in Sport.” Joe’s other athletic achievements include: - Raid International Ukatak: Canada, January 2001 - IditaSport: Alaska February, 2001 (1st place) - Odyssey Adventure Race: Big Island, Va., March 2001 - OAR Beast of the East: Clayton Lakes, Va., April 2001 (1st place) - Raid The North Extreme: Newfoundland, June 2001 (13th place out of 42) - Adrenaline Rush: Dublin, Ireland, July 2001 - Discovery World Championships: St. Moritz, Switzerland August, 2001 And Joe is CEO and Co-founder of the With over 80 events planned for 2014, Reebok Spartan Race is making obstacle racing one of the fastest growing sports in the world. This international, timed event series features races at three distances (Sprint, Super and Beast), culminating each year in World Championship finals – $300,000 in cash and prizes were awarded in 2013 alone. While featuring competitive elite heats, Reebok Spartan Races are for athletes of all levels and abilities and are geared toward ripping people off their couches and getting them into the outdoors, living a fitter life.  Joe just wrote a new book entitled " and in this audio episode, we're going to delve into Joe's book, and how you can live a Spartan lifestyle while achieving peak performance in your own life. This is just Part 1. Part 2 is going to be YOUR questions for Joe. So leave your questions in the comments section under this show, and we'll get to them in Part 2! If you enjoyed this episode, you should also check out: - - - Questions, comments or feedback about Joe DeSana and the Spartan lifestyle? Do you like Joe's take-no-prisoners approach or do you think he's too extreme? Do you have questions for Joe or Ben? Leave your thoughts at , along with your questions for Joe!

Join Coach Patrick from Endurance Nation (www.endurancenation.us) for this interview with TeamEN athlete Kori Martini about her super solid race in the 2013 Lake Placid Ironman. Kori put up the fastest bike split in her age group and came oh-so-close to a Kona slot...next year!!!

There is a dead sound spot at the beginning - lost the internet! Hang in there, Karl will be right back with Keni Thomas' "Send Me".   GallantFew, Inc is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to reducing Veteran unemployment, homelessness and suicide. Today's scheduled guest is Rob Kulessa, a veteran with service in the venerable 3/187 "Rakkasans", 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).  Rob has always held veterans issues close to his heart.  He gained entry into the 2013 Ironman Lake Placid race and decided to a "Your Journey, Your Cause" to support GallantFew.   For those unaware, the Ironman is a 2.4 mile swim followed by a 112 mile bike and ended with with a 26.2 mile marathon run for a total of 140.6 miles.  This must be completed in under 17 hours for the athlete to earn the title "Ironman". Rob probably doesn't want me adding this, but I am anyway. Rob lost his entire home in Hurricane Sandy yet still has put his effort into supporting other veterans - even over his own needs. Rob has some really awesome plans to include some Rangers and awesome physical conditioning training into his final preparations for the Ironman - learn about this, see if you can also get involved. Rob's company is the RWK Agency, specializing in employee benefits.