Podcasts about olympic distance triathlon

In this episode of Freedom Talks, host, Joe Ogden, speaks with Charlie Coenen. Charlie joined Freedom PT Services a couple of months ago and sits down to talk about how he got into Physical Therapy. They discuss the clinicals Charlie participated in that gave him invaluable experience to help him to be the PT he is today. Joe and Charlie also touch on endurance sport athletes. 

In the height of the NBA playoffs the boys had a major sporting event of their own. This episode also features the third member of the triathlon team Ben Welker, as all three guys discuss their experiences racing in their very first Olympic distance tri. All triathlon talk this episode but it is worth the listen.

This episode is all about triathlons and learning how to get started. Register and find out more at their website https://multisportcanada.com. About MultiSport Canada MultiSport Canada is an event management company that produces Triathlon, Duathlon, Running and Cycling events in Ontario. Since it's inception in 2002, the MultiSport Canada Triathlon Series has been the fastest growing Triathlon Series in North America. In 2010, MultiSport Canada became the largest 100% Canadian owned Triathlon Series in the world. MultiSport Canada also produces over forty (40) events under contract to various profit and not-for-profit corporations with a very simply philosophy; create events with superior race execution and safety standards where the customer's experience is the top priority. About Carolynne Simons Carolynne joins Multisport Canada with a passion for growing the fitness community. Since 2013, you may have seen her on the race course or engaging with participants as a Triathlon Series Ambassador. She believes that customers and communications are key in her role during events and behind the scenes. Carolynne brings 14 years of health and wellness industry experience as director of Stay Fit Plans Inc, where she partnered with reputable organizations such as Curves for Women, The Cleveland Clinic, and Novo Nordisk Canada. Her focus on building organizational wellness strategies and specialized healthcare networks helped develop her ability to connect people. Carolynne was formerly a certified strength and conditioning specialist and NCCP coach. Her background in varsity athletics and combined studies in business operations management and health science from The University of Western Ontario fueled an entrepreneurial mindset. About Jason Vurma Jason combines a unique ability to see the interdependent aspects of an event and how they all need to come together. This ability, combined with his firm commitment to lead by example from the front, truly sets him apart in the world of Event Management. After racing his first Olympic Distance Triathlon at age 16 and his first Half Ironman at age 19, Jason competed as a top age-group racer into his mid-twenties with three Ironman finishes to his credit. Jason then turned to off-road events such as Adventure Racing, 24hr Solo Mountain Biking and long-distance Cross Country Skiing. It was during this time that Jason joined John Salt at MultiSport Canada and jumped head-first into the world of event management. Now, nearly 15 years later, John and Jason have built-up MultiSport Canada into the largest Triathlon Series in the country with a reputation for unmatched logistics while always putting their customer's needs first. Jason has also had the pleasure of working-on some other large-scale events acting as the: Race Director for the Joe's Team Triathlon; Event Director for Tough Mudder (Toronto 2013); Course Director for Centurion Cycling & EGames (2013 & 2014); Course Director for the Sporting Life 10K; Course Director for the RBC Race for the Kids and, most recently, Event Director for the Highway of Heroes Ride supporting Wounded Warriors Canada. Through these experiences, Jason has come to work with some amazing colleagues, staff, suppliers and volunteers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Planning to race an Olympic-distance triathlon? You won't want to miss this episode! Joining us today is TriDot Coach Michellie Jones and the Race Director for one of the most iconic Olympic-distance races in the world (St. Anthony's Triathlon), Patrick McGee. Learn what makes this distance both challenging and so much fun. Michellie and Patrick talk about the different types of Olympic races - from draft legal events to time trials. They also discuss how to best prepare for and race this fast-paced endurance event. From fueling strategies, tricks of the trade for fast transitions, and moving up from the sprint to Olympic, this episode has everything you need to know about racing this distance! We are thrilled to have sailfish as the swim partner of TriDot Training. Head to sailfish.com to scout out your next wetsuit, swimskin, goggles and more! Use code sfc-tridot20 at checkout, for 20 percent off your new wetsuit. A big thanks to UCAN for being a long-time partner of the podcast! At TriDot, we are huge believers in using UCAN to fuel our training and racing. To experience UCAN's LIVSTEADY products for yourself, head to their website UCAN.co! Use the code “TriDot” to save 20 percent on your entire order.

My guest in today's episode is Melissa Hughes from Tasmania. We will talk about her remarkable journey into the world of triathlon. 01:19 I swim like a runner 02:30 Arms are a bit wide 04:17 How many swim sessions a week? 06:08 What is YMCA Drill? 08:43 Building Confidence in the race 11:44 I've got to overtake all the heroes! 13:08 Diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis 17:30 Thinking about doing the triathlon 19:19 Do you think you can continue training without doing any long-term damage? 20:29 What are you working towards or focusing on with your swimming?

The World Champion Olympic distance triathlete of 2022 Leo Bergere joins us to talk about his training, racing and life. Leo tells us exactly what he does in training Monday -> Sunday. Every single session, every detail, in the lead up to winning the World Champs. You can literally copy Leos training after this podcast. We talk about his change from short, fast VO2 max style training to a more volume based aerobic program and how that took his racing to the next level. Everyone expected Alex Yee or Hayden Wilde to win the World Championships & Grand Final this year, but Leo shocked the world and won both. Does this make him the favourite for the next Olympics? Sign up to Patreon to support the show (for only $2 per week it keeps the show alive) -https://www.patreon.com/howtheytrain

From a deserted house in rural Mexico with a junkie smoking crack cocaine for the first time. To the start of an Olympic Distance Triathlon. Costa Carastavrakis shares his incredible journey with heartfelt candour , humour and honesty.   He brings light and humour to the darkness of addiction and shows that true body, mind and spirit recovery is possible for anyone who cares enough to heal themselves.  To purchase the book in South Africa: Exclusive Books Takealot To purchase the book WorldWide: Amazon Website · Instagram · FaceBook · X · BioSite · LinkedIn · YouTube

From a deserted house in rural Mexico with a junkie smoking crack cocaine for the first time. To the start of an Olympic Distance Triathlon. Costa Carastavrakis shares his incredible journey with heartfelt candour , humour and honesty. He brings light and humour to the darkness of addiction and shows that true body, mind and spirit recovery is possible for anyone who cares enough to heal themselves. To purchase the book in South Africa: Exclusive Books Takealot To purchase the book WorldWide: Amazon

6x Ironman World Champion, Gold Medal in Olympic Distance Triathlon, ESPN's Worlds Greatest Endurance Athlete! Mark Allen is the guest on the show today and he has some cool stuff to share. There is a part two with him as well! Mark Allen @thetrilifestyle Raw Multisport Bixby Bicycles USA Triathlon Precision Fuel and Hydration Discount code 20MTS  

In this episode, I answer a question on going from sprint distance triathlon to Olympic distance triathlon and improving times in all swim / bike / run.Send questions to tim@trainsmooth.com  

In this episode, I detail a topic that came to me cycling home after a swim one day and that is intelligence. In the past I thought that I was not intelligent because I wasn't great at school was being refused jobs in various places because I could not pass an aptitude test.  I now realise that intelligence comes in all shapes and sizes like us we are all unique and our intelligence is no different. Someone who is not very academically intelligent but can be extremely creative build things etc they are also intelligent just in a different way. I think that our education system and culture focuses too much on this singular academic and soft skill approach to intelligence, which I discuss further in the podcast. I also outline a challenge that I attempted over the weekend and that was trying to complete an Olympic distance Triathlon. The weather did not work out in my favour at all and it turned into a torturous duathlon in the wind and rain. I outline how we all have days where everything seems to go against us but these matter the most. The key lesson which I try to take from each challenge I do here is that discomfort enables us to enjoy comforts. 

In this episode, I answer a question on how to nail an Olympic distance triathlon.

Hrishi K with Huafrid Billimoria - 1st Indian with Dystonia to complete Olympic Distance Triathlon by Hrishikesh Kannan

How to Make Money with a Lifestyle Brand:  Part I Intro + My Story.   Part II Dives in Deeper see all below!   I give insight into my past, transformation, how I created what I loved, and how I teach others simply.     Highlights   1) Leaving Corporate America in 2011   2) Starting my Own Consulting in 2010  (always side hustle queen had a previous one too with partners still in existence)   3) Starting Herbalife #1 Global Nutrition in 2013 and the Impact on Other's Lives + My first 15 lbs + Olympic Distance Triathlon and doing it in Janelle's honor.   4) My best friend, Janelle being diagnosed with cancer in 2014 and passing away in December of that year.    5) Mortality Motivation - playing full out and pealing the layers.   6) My First Fitness Show with National Physique Committee  losing over 55 lbs between 2013-2014. 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How to Make Money with a Lifestyle Brand:  Part II   Part II Dives in Deeper see all below!   I give insight into my past, transformation, how I created what I loved, and how I teach others simply.     Highlights   1) Leaving Corporate America in 2011   2) Starting my Own Consulting in 2010  (always side hustle queen had a previous one too with partners still in existence)   3) Starting Herbalife #1 Global Nutrition in 2013 and the Impact on Other's Lives + My first 15 lbs + Olympic Distance Triathlon and doing it in Janelle's honor.   4) My best friend, Janelle being diagnosed with cancer in 2014 and passing away in December of that year.    5) Mortality Motivation - playing full out and pealing the layers.   6) My First Fitness Show with National Physique Committee  losing over 55 lbs between 2013-2014. Disclaimer: avg person  that uses Herbalife loses .5 to 1 a week.    7) Power of Social Media + Story Sharing My first year of 25X results. *Disclaimer: Not typical, possible   8) Community Creation and Influencer Marketing The same skills I helped other industries generate 7+ figures scaling, simplicity, and belief in being worthy.   9) Fundraising Platform Possibilities Our First Fundraising Events   10) Brand Integrations + Placements   11) The Transition to Realizing What Else I Could Create   12) Creating Retreats (course coming in March-April) Book now on Amazon!   13) Automation and Scaling and Investments I Made with Chalene Johnson and Brendon Burchard + Intentions   14) Filming my First 7 Day Challenge   15) Transitions to a Monthly Mastermind with Tips, Tools, Tech All Included in Experience   16) Shifts to Influencer Inclusions for Full Lifestyle Platform   17) Retainers for Brands to Create a Lifestyle Brand or Including Our Items e.g. 7 Day, Mastermind, Programs for Employees       Implementation During (and our events) www.fitlifecreation.com/retreats www.fitlifecreation.com/events      Get more insight with our Free Webinar  at www.fitlifecreation.com/programs for more value creation!   How to Create Lifestyle Brand in 90 Days course coming in  April - June 2019.   or Jump Start with Our Creation Club: Mastermind Health, Wealth, Biz in 1 Free 14 Day Challenge   Monthly Transformation Pack + Bonuses when you choose to create with our community after the Free 14 Days like Herbalife Nutrition Packs Monthly, Wealth and Business Bonuses like the course "Exponential Exposure" that gives you exact TIPS + LIST for Press Trips, Speaking Gigs, Affiliates and MORE! Over $1,000 in value easily!     Tips + Tools + Tech mentioned above are   (Included in various aspect in our experiences www.fitlifecreation.com/experiences)   Along with hands on activities + how to's + behind the scenes in online + live experiences with FIT Life Creation: Lifestyle Brand: Health, Wealth, Biz in 1   Think Amazon Meets Airbnb for Transformation with Influencer Marketing (Revolve / Like it to Knowit) and Fundraising Twist.     For upcoming events and workshops, visit www.fitlifecreation.com/events   For retreats nationally and internationally, visit www.fitlifecreation.com/retreats   Influencers www.fitlifecreation.com/ambassadors   Brands to learn more + ways to work together: www.fitlifecreation.com/creator        Let's create, transform, and inspire.     What if…   What if you focused on changing and replacing habits?   What if you celebrated your progress step by step?   What if you used lifestyle tools to help make it easier?   What if you took accountability and action to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL?       Imagine the return… Imagine the results…   It is possible to create it. How do I know?   Because I took ALL the education and experience from industries and brands served, and we did just that.   How did we do it?   I figured it was time to share it to serve others!       Let’s start creating from the beginning!   Let's simplify, simplify, simplify!     Highlights: I am obsessed with simplifying transformation in health, wealth, and business. To learn more about my + our FLC story, explore here.   Whether I am helping others transform mindset, health, wealth, business online, with influencers, with industries, with speaking, with speaking, and with brand integrations, I give my all!    It was quite a journey to get here + what you see in this post   If you are here, you want to simplify too. You are inspired and have been. Yet, you want to take action easily and effortlessly. You want life to be simpler and smoother. I. GET. IT. Reformed #complicatedhuman #selfsabatogeanyone #anyoneelsestrugglewithfear #fearoffailure #fearofsuccess   Completely illogical with the external evidence I had in all the results I created, yet when I became a full-time entrepreneur, I got to face so many fears!! I am eternally grateful because I RELATE on ALL levels!     Remember: Life is a journey!      Let's Talk...   ....... How to Make Money with a Lifestyle Brand     For over 15 years, I struggled with health, wealth, and integrating all the businesses I had served (>7 industries + >15 brands generating up 9 figure results per year. I bounced from role to role searching because my passion and purpose was not fulfilled and I was riddled with fears.   Once I created transformation and unleashed inspiration in how not only may I be the hero in the story, but more importantly serve others, my world and everything around it changed.     Here is to you creating a life and business you love step by step.   Hear all about it!

TalkFEED — On today's episode of TRI with CoachParry Rudolf and Brad dive into everything that is needed nutrition wise for an Olympic Distance Triathlon, both on race day and in training. Rudolf also shares how much nutrition is needed whether you're a recreational triathlete or one aiming for a podium finish If you're looking for guidance with your triathlon training, be sure to check out the CoachParry Online Training Club, where not only do you have access to over 70 programs but also get to be in contact with Rudolf and all our CoachParry Coaches in our members only forum CLICK HERE for more info! Read More

In this episode, I answer a question on what you should have during an Olympic Distance triathlon.

Beginner Tip 32 - 3 Rules For Planning Your Training Week. On this week's episode:   Spread out your rest days Spread out workouts in each discipline Spread out hard days and easy days   LINKS AND RESOURCES: That Triathlon Show website  Beginner Training Plans Coaching Training plan, coaching, and product bundle GIVEAWAY The Beginner's Guide to Training Plans | EP#84 Beginner Tip 7 - Training for a Sprint Distance Triathlon Beginner Tip 8 - Training for an Olympic Distance Triathlon     SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free!    ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Get 20% off your entire order with the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW.      RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing.      CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

Beginner Tip 8 - Training for an Olympic Distance Triathlon. On this week's episode:   Training frequency, volume, distances, and program progression What kind of quality workouts should you be doing in your preparation? Should you add intensity to your brick sessions Examples from Mikael's beginner training plans     LINKS AND RESOURCES: That Triathlon Show website  8-week Olympic triathlon training plan for beginners 8-week sprint triathlon training plan for beginners     RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing.    CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

Angie Delamore is a wife, mom, Registered Nurse and health advocate. She's participated in and finished four marathons and one Olympic Distance Triathlon. On today's show she shares about finding the treasure in each and every day which is something she's while parenting her son 13 year old son JC who's battled leukemia multiple times since he was 2 years old. Angie's heart's desire is to meet people where they're at and love them through their journey.  Testimony (2:28)  Angie shares how being raised both Southern Baptist and Catholic has given her a unique understanding about "church." God's Mercy & Grace (9:00)  Angie answers the question she hears often, "How do you do it?" Her answer is always, "God's mercy and grace in the moment." The wisdom she's learned in life is to focus on the now. When she focuses on the past she starts feeling depressed. When she focuses on the future she's filled with anxiety but when she focuses on the present she's able to open her heart to God's mercy and can find joy in the moment. JC's Story (13:13)  Angie opens up about JC's story of him first being diagnosed with leukemia at the age of two up until now at the age of 13. JC has had 6 relapses and 7 diagnoses.  Comfort In The Now  (21:08) Journaling and writing about JC's story is therapeutic for Angie. She knows God has something for her in the form of writing but she's waiting on him to show her what and when. Other Dynamics (26:41) Over the years the Lord's provision has kept them out of bankruptcy which is all too often the case with medical expenses of this magnitude. Angie talks about some of the ways bills have come in and within hours they'll receive a check or money that's nearly right down to the penny of a medical bill.  The Present (38:45) Angie addresses JC's present and most recent diagnosis and how others can come alongside them.  Unite In Prayer (43:20) Join Angie and I in prayer!  Get In Touch  Want to get in touch with Angie? You can connect with her on Facebook here or here. Also on Instagram. 

Beginner Tip 8 - Training for an Olympic Distance Triathlon. On this week's episode:   Training frequency, volume, distances, and program progression What kind of quality workouts should you be doing in your preparation? Should you add intensity to your brick sessions Examples from Mikael's beginner training plans   LINKS AND RESOURCES: That Triathlon Show website  8-week Olympic triathlon training plan for beginners 8-week sprint triathlon training plan for beginners   RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing.    CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

Subscribe via iTunes Jeff Pack is in his 40s and he just started competing in endurance events three years ago.  He recently completed an Olympic distance triathlon in the Galapagos Islands and he followed it up with a half ironman distance race in Paracas, Peru. Jeff is an American living in Ecuador and he trains at an elevation of 9,000 feet.  He was very well prepared for each of these races and hit his goal for each. Links http://www.runnersworld.com/heart/can-running-kill-you

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-315 – Gary Allen and I talk running   (Audio: link)           garyallenLink epi4315.mp3   Support my Hood-to-Coast Relay for Cancer Research - https://give.everydayhero.com/us/chris-russell-hood-to-coast-for-cancer-research   Intro Bumper:   Hey there! This is Chris your steward for today's ride along the colorful roadway of endurance sport. Practically, this makes for three podcasts in three weeks for you from the RunRunLive headquarters (Located in a dank cave in Western Pennsyvania that at one point in its history housed bandits, velociraptors and coal miners), just kidding, I'm actually in my home office.  I did have a trip to Denver, but it got canceled.   Episodes 4-313, 4-314 & 4-315 should be in your inbox, slightly out of order, due to a disruption in the space-time-chance-&-luck continuum.   mayflower-smallI seem to remember closing Episode 4-315 with the note that I intended to run a ½ marathon in Plymouth.  That would be two weeks ago now, and I did indeed run it.  First actual race for me since the heart procedure so my main goal was, as is my practice now, not to die and have fun.   My top concern was that I might pull something or otherwise hurt myself, given that I have not been doing much road work since Boston.   Coming off of Boston having run 8:30's I figured that something in that range would be easy enough.  On the top end, if I felt good, sub-8's would not displease the running gods.   I told coach to NOT taper me for the race, just treat it like a long tempo run.  I kept a nice training load right up to a bike and hard swim workout the day before.   A bunch of us from my club got up and drove down in the morning.  Brian had looked at the course map and said the first half was flat-to-down-hill, with big, long hill at mile 6 and then rolling hills to the end.   This was a first year race, but there were close to 2,000 runners.  The first mile was a bit jammed up, but I broke free and was feeling good enough spinning out the downs and flats, going a bit too fast, like I am wont to do.   I had my Garmin on but wasn't looking at it, just running, chatting up the pretty girls, thanking the volunteers and having fun.  Looking at the data, those first 5 miles were in the 7:20 range, and that's a bit fast (right now) with no taper, no training and a wonky heart.  I knew it was non-sustainable going into the hills.  My Heart rate was good – nice zone 4-5 effort but no flipping out into the 180-190 Afib range.   There was a water stop at mile 6 with porta-potties, so I stopped to have a rest, and reset my pace a bit.   There was a mile-plus hill from Mile 6, through the 10k and mile 7.  And it turns out this wasn't the only one.  What Brian had called ‘rolling hills' was a set of long steep hills over the last 10k that must have really beat up the back of the packers.   I just geared down and worked the hills, giving back some time but not suffering too much.  My legs weren't all that peppy from the lack of taper.  I came in, according to the timing chip right on 8 minute miles, and looking at the data, my HR stayed in bounds for the most part, so I'm going to call that a win.   I mean, I could worry myself by remembering that I was trying to break a 1:30 ½ and ran a 3:23 at Boston 4 year's ago, but that's another season.  I feel like I' die for a good run now, pun intended.   We're done with the ‘happy-see-the warm-sun' part of summer up here and into the ‘hot-sticky-horsefly-infested' part of summer.  I was down in Atlanta last week when they were having a mini heat wave.  I got up in the morning to run and it was awful.  There was no oxygen in the air and I ended up coming back to the hotel soaked like I had been swimming.   Which is a pain in the butt, because then I had to pack up and get to work.  First, what you have to do is rinse out your wet stuff in the sink to remove some of the toxic man juice.  Then you roll them up in a couple towels and walk on them.  Then you put them in a plastic bag and pack them.   This worked ok except my Hokas were sweat soaked too.  I put them in a plastic bag and packed them but forgot about them until Tuesday this week and that was a horrible thing to have to put on those still-wet-festering shoes to go for a run. Ewwwww.   Then, after that Tuesday run I was soaked again, even though I exercised my rule of thumb that you can run shirtless under two conditions, 1) you have an attractive body or 2) you're over 50.  When I got home I put those clothes directly into the washing machine, as a form of hazmat isolation.  But I didn't run it because I wanted to wait until the morning.   My daughter decides to do some laundry.  She finds the wet clothes in the washing machine and decides that they must have been washed and puts them in the dryer!   Domestic adventures…       Today we have an interview with Gary Allen who we have talked to before in version one or two of the podcast many years ago.  Gary is the race director of the Mount Desert Island Marathon.  But, more relevant is that Gray is a bit of a historian for the local marathon scene having been involved at a near-elite level for many years, and still involved.   I'm hoping it come off as two old guys talking passionately about their sport, not two old guys bitching at the kids to get off their lawn!   In Section one I will continue my series of how to start running from scratch with a piece on how to build your support team that you'll need as you progress.   In section two I'll pull some nuggets from the book I read last week called “Happy is the new Healthy, 31 ways to relax and enjoy life now!”   …   I had a person I was interviewing ask me a question recently.  You know how it goes in an interview, where at the end I smile and say “Do you have any questions for me?”   They asked “Are you happy?”  I think the question was actually are you happy in your choice to work for this company?  Are you happy at the company?   I answered the question the way it was asked.  I said, “Well, first of all, I'm happy because I choose to be happy.  My happiness has nothing to do with where I work or who I work for.:”   Of course your environment does influence your emotions.  I get pissed off at work situations.  I get blind-sided by irrational people.  I have to deal with idiocy on the same scale as everyone else.   But, I try to remember that those are environmental things and really only effect my happiness if I let them.   On with the show!   Section one - Running Tips   newrunnerBuilding a support network - http://runrunlive.com/building-a-support-network-as-a-new-runner   http://runrunlive.com/back-to-basics-how-to-become-a-runner-from-scratch   Voices of reason – the interviews   Gary Allen – Race Director of the Mount Desert Island Marathon   Gary Allen - Team Run MDI founder & race director   gary at runmdi dot org Mount Desert Island Marathon • Half • Relay   "Get Real Maine: Run MDI"   The Mount Desert Island Marathon is the premier event of host running club Crow Athletics   1991 - CROW ATHELTICS IS HATCHED   The exact origins of Crow Athletics are not that difficult to trace. In the early 1990's a group of Mount Desert Island runners were heading to the now extinct Boston Primer, a 15 mile road race held in Readfield, ME. As they were traveling down I-95 heading south (in a Buick station wagon as big as a house) the car full of runners suddenly thought that running as a team might be fun. The various names thrown out for selection (most of which are not fit to print) ranged from the utterly ridiculous to generic and much over used terms such as roadrunners, striders, racing team, track club and so forth. By the time the crew drove through Newport, (which is incidentally 26 miles from Bangor) someone pointed out how knarly the crows are that line the highway eating dead things that we all seem to run over in our big Buicks. After passing another group of blackbirds that literally wouldn't get out of the road (even with a ton of Detroit's best iron heading for them), the team name for our day of racing at Readfield was born. "Road Crows". We won the team division and the team name was used loosely over the next decade.   Moving all the way forward to winter 2001-2002 another group of Mount Desert Island runners decided our island needed an organized running club. Again, many potential names were proposed and thrown out (most again, not fit to print -- why do runners think up such sick stuff?) Gary Allen, who was in attendance on the Readfield trip told the story of the original "Road Crows", and Crow Athletics as we know it today, was formed.   Our club has since slowly and steadily grown into one of the most forward thinking, fun oriented, outrageous running clubs in the universe! We love to point out to anyone who asks, 'Why crow?', that we runners (like crows) won't get out of the road, we're afraid of nothing, we are found in every state and nearly every corner of the world, and we are impervious to the weather.   Our members are of all abilities and hail from all over the US, Canada, and beyond. Some are among the best runners on the roads, while others run purely for fun! Our namesake mascot has even appeared as a tattoo on several Lifetime Members! We are a happy-healthyrecognized not for profit organization and annual membership dues (only $10 bucks) helps us to further our club and mission.   PS - Roadkill is a friendly little term we like to use in describing what we like to do to our race competition! CAW! CAW! CAW!   Section Two – Life Lessons   Book sample – Happy is the new healthy - http://runrunlive.com/happy-is-the-new-healthy   Outro   Ok my friends that's it – the terminus of Episode 4-315of the RunRunLive podcast.  Those who arrive, survive.   One quick technical note:  At one point when I created a new version of RunRunLive a second podcast feed got added to iTunes.  If you search on ITunes for RunRunLive, two shows will pop up.  I'm going to ask Apple to eliminate one of them.  So if you find RRL-Feedthat the podcast disappears or you aren't getting the fortnightly updates, go to iTunes and search again and subscribe to the other feed.   This is the correct iTunes Feed Link2   I bought new mountain bike for my daughter and last Sunday we went out for a ride.  I know all the trails around my house for miles and decided to take one that cuts behind the local ski hill.  It's old farm road in the woods that runs behind one of the tubing hills.   I'm flying down this hill and I look up and there's a rope across the trail about 3 feet of the ground.  I do some split second calculus and decide to lay the bike down and try to slide under it.  My intentions did not translate well and I bounced my noggin off the trail.   IMG_3213I had no idea where I was for a few minutes.  I gave myself a nice concussion.  Turns out I broke my helmet too.  I stopped taking the blood thinners and took it easy but I had a headache for a couple days.   It seems that they are running some sort of trial race over in the trails behind the ski area and had roped off the course.  I started to get a lot of comments on the social media that maybe I should stay out of the trails.  But, you can't run scared.  You can't live scared. You take the precautions you can, you wear a helmet and you don't do anything stupid, but you can't hide under a rock.   Remember, I'm looking for help with my Hood to Coast run the end of August.  I'm running to support Cancer research, because cancer sucks.  I'll tell you what I'll do.  I got a nice Team Hoyt running jacket from the Hoyts.  It's a large.  It's still in the wrapper.  Factory sealed. Pristine.   Biggest donation, let's say $50,  in the next 30 days gets the jacket.   hoytjacketSupport my Hood-to-Coast Relay for Cancer Research - https://give.everydayhero.com/us/chris-russell-hood-to-coast-for-cancer-research   I've got a great trip planned.  I'm going to fly into Rapid City, SD and drive west over the divide to Portland.  I've got the flights and hotels booked.  It's going to be a hoot.  I'm taking my wife with me to give her something to complain about.  Anyone live along that route want to catch a run or have dinner or coffee let me know.   You folks remember Bruce Van Horn from a couple episodes back?  He just launched a new book called ‘Worry no More' that he's offering pre-release on the Kindle for 99ø if you like his stuff. amazon link for Bruce's new book   I'm training away and my next race is the Olympic Distance Triathlon up in Winchendon.  I feel pretty good about it.  I've gotten a couple swims in the open water of over a mile and as long as they let me wear my wetsuit I'll be golden.   I bought this wetsuit a couple years ago when I was entertaining doing an ironman.  I hadn't really used it much because my foot healed and I switched back to marathon racing.  I'm using it now in the open water and oh my goodness it is like having the swim cheat code.  It hold you in a nice balanced position so you can swim straight and easy without any struggle at all.  Wonderful technology.   After that I haven't signed up yet, but I'm leaning towards riding the Hampshire 100 again.  I have to do some work on my 29er and learn how not to crash so much – but It's a good challenge and my bike legs are coming back.   The one race I'm realwapackly looking forward to is the Wapack Trail Race on Sept 6th.  This is one of my favorite races.  It's a hard race.  18 miles of mountain, technical trails.  Not for the 5K crowd.  But if you can run a marathon, you can run the Wapack and you will not find many other races like this one.  Consider it. Try something new.  Have an adventure.  Come run the Mountains with me.   http://wapack.freeservers.com/   I've got two interviews recorded for the next two shows.  One is with Matt, from Manchester England who created a graphic novel around the Steve Prefontaine story and the other is with Tim who used my MarathonBQ plan this spring to qualify for Boston.   …   Buddy-2015Buddy is sitting in the front yard barking at me through the door as I write this.  He wants me to come outside and play.  He's old now and his hips bother him.  I don't take him on long runs or on the road but we still get out in the woods for shorter stuff.   He loves it.  He loves to explore the woods and sniff everything and wallow in the mud holes even if it's only 2-3 miles.  He's been a good running partner and a good friend over the last decade.  I'm going to miss him when he's gone.  It's going to be hard to celebrate the big part he played in my life without feeling the loss, and the empty space he leaves.   I remember the time in he and I and Brian did a practice run of the Wapack. 20+ miles in the mountains and we had so much fun.  I can picture the way he used to fly through the air to catch a Frisbee.   I'm going to go take him for a walk now.  Because he's my brother and he deserves the moment no matter how busy I am.   And as you're walking your dog, I'll see you out there.   Closing comments   Support my Hood-to-Coast Relay for Cancer Research - https://give.everydayhero.com/us/chris-russell-hood-to-coast-for-cancer-research   Http://www.marathonbq.com   http://runrunlive.com/my-books

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-315 – Gary Allen and I talk running   (Audio: link)           garyallenLink epi4315.mp3   Support my Hood-to-Coast Relay for Cancer Research - https://give.everydayhero.com/us/chris-russell-hood-to-coast-for-cancer-research   Intro Bumper:   Hey there! This is Chris your steward for today’s ride along the colorful roadway of endurance sport. Practically, this makes for three podcasts in three weeks for you from the RunRunLive headquarters (Located in a dank cave in Western Pennsyvania that at one point in its history housed bandits, velociraptors and coal miners), just kidding, I’m actually in my home office.  I did have a trip to Denver, but it got canceled.   Episodes 4-313, 4-314 & 4-315 should be in your inbox, slightly out of order, due to a disruption in the space-time-chance-&-luck continuum.   mayflower-smallI seem to remember closing Episode 4-315 with the note that I intended to run a ½ marathon in Plymouth.  That would be two weeks ago now, and I did indeed run it.  First actual race for me since the heart procedure so my main goal was, as is my practice now, not to die and have fun.   My top concern was that I might pull something or otherwise hurt myself, given that I have not been doing much road work since Boston.   Coming off of Boston having run 8:30’s I figured that something in that range would be easy enough.  On the top end, if I felt good, sub-8’s would not displease the running gods.   I told coach to NOT taper me for the race, just treat it like a long tempo run.  I kept a nice training load right up to a bike and hard swim workout the day before.   A bunch of us from my club got up and drove down in the morning.  Brian had looked at the course map and said the first half was flat-to-down-hill, with big, long hill at mile 6 and then rolling hills to the end.   This was a first year race, but there were close to 2,000 runners.  The first mile was a bit jammed up, but I broke free and was feeling good enough spinning out the downs and flats, going a bit too fast, like I am wont to do.   I had my Garmin on but wasn’t looking at it, just running, chatting up the pretty girls, thanking the volunteers and having fun.  Looking at the data, those first 5 miles were in the 7:20 range, and that’s a bit fast (right now) with no taper, no training and a wonky heart.  I knew it was non-sustainable going into the hills.  My Heart rate was good – nice zone 4-5 effort but no flipping out into the 180-190 Afib range.   There was a water stop at mile 6 with porta-potties, so I stopped to have a rest, and reset my pace a bit.   There was a mile-plus hill from Mile 6, through the 10k and mile 7.  And it turns out this wasn’t the only one.  What Brian had called ‘rolling hills’ was a set of long steep hills over the last 10k that must have really beat up the back of the packers.   I just geared down and worked the hills, giving back some time but not suffering too much.  My legs weren’t all that peppy from the lack of taper.  I came in, according to the timing chip right on 8 minute miles, and looking at the data, my HR stayed in bounds for the most part, so I’m going to call that a win.   I mean, I could worry myself by remembering that I was trying to break a 1:30 ½ and ran a 3:23 at Boston 4 year’s ago, but that’s another season.  I feel like I’ die for a good run now, pun intended.   We’re done with the ‘happy-see-the warm-sun’ part of summer up here and into the ‘hot-sticky-horsefly-infested’ part of summer.  I was down in Atlanta last week when they were having a mini heat wave.  I got up in the morning to run and it was awful.  There was no oxygen in the air and I ended up coming back to the hotel soaked like I had been swimming.   Which is a pain in the butt, because then I had to pack up and get to work.  First, what you have to do is rinse out your wet stuff in the sink to remove some of the toxic man juice.  Then you roll them up in a couple towels and walk on them.  Then you put them in a plastic bag and pack them.   This worked ok except my Hokas were sweat soaked too.  I put them in a plastic bag and packed them but forgot about them until Tuesday this week and that was a horrible thing to have to put on those still-wet-festering shoes to go for a run. Ewwwww.   Then, after that Tuesday run I was soaked again, even though I exercised my rule of thumb that you can run shirtless under two conditions, 1) you have an attractive body or 2) you’re over 50.  When I got home I put those clothes directly into the washing machine, as a form of hazmat isolation.  But I didn’t run it because I wanted to wait until the morning.   My daughter decides to do some laundry.  She finds the wet clothes in the washing machine and decides that they must have been washed and puts them in the dryer!   Domestic adventures…       Today we have an interview with Gary Allen who we have talked to before in version one or two of the podcast many years ago.  Gary is the race director of the Mount Desert Island Marathon.  But, more relevant is that Gray is a bit of a historian for the local marathon scene having been involved at a near-elite level for many years, and still involved.   I’m hoping it come off as two old guys talking passionately about their sport, not two old guys bitching at the kids to get off their lawn!   In Section one I will continue my series of how to start running from scratch with a piece on how to build your support team that you’ll need as you progress.   In section two I’ll pull some nuggets from the book I read last week called “Happy is the new Healthy, 31 ways to relax and enjoy life now!”   …   I had a person I was interviewing ask me a question recently.  You know how it goes in an interview, where at the end I smile and say “Do you have any questions for me?”   They asked “Are you happy?”  I think the question was actually are you happy in your choice to work for this company?  Are you happy at the company?   I answered the question the way it was asked.  I said, “Well, first of all, I’m happy because I choose to be happy.  My happiness has nothing to do with where I work or who I work for.:”   Of course your environment does influence your emotions.  I get pissed off at work situations.  I get blind-sided by irrational people.  I have to deal with idiocy on the same scale as everyone else.   But, I try to remember that those are environmental things and really only effect my happiness if I let them.   On with the show!   Section one - Running Tips   newrunnerBuilding a support network - http://runrunlive.com/building-a-support-network-as-a-new-runner   http://runrunlive.com/back-to-basics-how-to-become-a-runner-from-scratch   Voices of reason – the interviews   Gary Allen – Race Director of the Mount Desert Island Marathon   Gary Allen - Team Run MDI founder & race director   gary at runmdi dot org Mount Desert Island Marathon • Half • Relay   "Get Real Maine: Run MDI"   The Mount Desert Island Marathon is the premier event of host running club Crow Athletics   1991 - CROW ATHELTICS IS HATCHED   The exact origins of Crow Athletics are not that difficult to trace. In the early 1990's a group of Mount Desert Island runners were heading to the now extinct Boston Primer, a 15 mile road race held in Readfield, ME. As they were traveling down I-95 heading south (in a Buick station wagon as big as a house) the car full of runners suddenly thought that running as a team might be fun. The various names thrown out for selection (most of which are not fit to print) ranged from the utterly ridiculous to generic and much over used terms such as roadrunners, striders, racing team, track club and so forth. By the time the crew drove through Newport, (which is incidentally 26 miles from Bangor) someone pointed out how knarly the crows are that line the highway eating dead things that we all seem to run over in our big Buicks. After passing another group of blackbirds that literally wouldn't get out of the road (even with a ton of Detroit's best iron heading for them), the team name for our day of racing at Readfield was born. "Road Crows". We won the team division and the team name was used loosely over the next decade.   Moving all the way forward to winter 2001-2002 another group of Mount Desert Island runners decided our island needed an organized running club. Again, many potential names were proposed and thrown out (most again, not fit to print -- why do runners think up such sick stuff?) Gary Allen, who was in attendance on the Readfield trip told the story of the original "Road Crows", and Crow Athletics as we know it today, was formed.   Our club has since slowly and steadily grown into one of the most forward thinking, fun oriented, outrageous running clubs in the universe! We love to point out to anyone who asks, 'Why crow?', that we runners (like crows) won't get out of the road, we're afraid of nothing, we are found in every state and nearly every corner of the world, and we are impervious to the weather.   Our members are of all abilities and hail from all over the US, Canada, and beyond. Some are among the best runners on the roads, while others run purely for fun! Our namesake mascot has even appeared as a tattoo on several Lifetime Members! We are a happy-healthyrecognized not for profit organization and annual membership dues (only $10 bucks) helps us to further our club and mission.   PS - Roadkill is a friendly little term we like to use in describing what we like to do to our race competition! CAW! CAW! CAW!   Section Two – Life Lessons   Book sample – Happy is the new healthy - http://runrunlive.com/happy-is-the-new-healthy   Outro   Ok my friends that’s it – the terminus of Episode 4-315of the RunRunLive podcast.  Those who arrive, survive.   One quick technical note:  At one point when I created a new version of RunRunLive a second podcast feed got added to iTunes.  If you search on ITunes for RunRunLive, two shows will pop up.  I’m going to ask Apple to eliminate one of them.  So if you find RRL-Feedthat the podcast disappears or you aren’t getting the fortnightly updates, go to iTunes and search again and subscribe to the other feed.   This is the correct iTunes Feed Link2   I bought new mountain bike for my daughter and last Sunday we went out for a ride.  I know all the trails around my house for miles and decided to take one that cuts behind the local ski hill.  It’s old farm road in the woods that runs behind one of the tubing hills.   I’m flying down this hill and I look up and there’s a rope across the trail about 3 feet of the ground.  I do some split second calculus and decide to lay the bike down and try to slide under it.  My intentions did not translate well and I bounced my noggin off the trail.   IMG_3213I had no idea where I was for a few minutes.  I gave myself a nice concussion.  Turns out I broke my helmet too.  I stopped taking the blood thinners and took it easy but I had a headache for a couple days.   It seems that they are running some sort of trial race over in the trails behind the ski area and had roped off the course.  I started to get a lot of comments on the social media that maybe I should stay out of the trails.  But, you can’t run scared.  You can’t live scared. You take the precautions you can, you wear a helmet and you don’t do anything stupid, but you can’t hide under a rock.   Remember, I’m looking for help with my Hood to Coast run the end of August.  I’m running to support Cancer research, because cancer sucks.  I’ll tell you what I’ll do.  I got a nice Team Hoyt running jacket from the Hoyts.  It’s a large.  It’s still in the wrapper.  Factory sealed. Pristine.   Biggest donation, let’s say $50,  in the next 30 days gets the jacket.   hoytjacketSupport my Hood-to-Coast Relay for Cancer Research - https://give.everydayhero.com/us/chris-russell-hood-to-coast-for-cancer-research   I’ve got a great trip planned.  I’m going to fly into Rapid City, SD and drive west over the divide to Portland.  I’ve got the flights and hotels booked.  It’s going to be a hoot.  I’m taking my wife with me to give her something to complain about.  Anyone live along that route want to catch a run or have dinner or coffee let me know.   You folks remember Bruce Van Horn from a couple episodes back?  He just launched a new book called ‘Worry no More’ that he’s offering pre-release on the Kindle for 99ø if you like his stuff. amazon link for Bruce's new book   I’m training away and my next race is the Olympic Distance Triathlon up in Winchendon.  I feel pretty good about it.  I’ve gotten a couple swims in the open water of over a mile and as long as they let me wear my wetsuit I’ll be golden.   I bought this wetsuit a couple years ago when I was entertaining doing an ironman.  I hadn’t really used it much because my foot healed and I switched back to marathon racing.  I’m using it now in the open water and oh my goodness it is like having the swim cheat code.  It hold you in a nice balanced position so you can swim straight and easy without any struggle at all.  Wonderful technology.   After that I haven’t signed up yet, but I’m leaning towards riding the Hampshire 100 again.  I have to do some work on my 29er and learn how not to crash so much – but It’s a good challenge and my bike legs are coming back.   The one race I’m realwapackly looking forward to is the Wapack Trail Race on Sept 6th.  This is one of my favorite races.  It’s a hard race.  18 miles of mountain, technical trails.  Not for the 5K crowd.  But if you can run a marathon, you can run the Wapack and you will not find many other races like this one.  Consider it. Try something new.  Have an adventure.  Come run the Mountains with me.   http://wapack.freeservers.com/   I’ve got two interviews recorded for the next two shows.  One is with Matt, from Manchester England who created a graphic novel around the Steve Prefontaine story and the other is with Tim who used my MarathonBQ plan this spring to qualify for Boston.   …   Buddy-2015Buddy is sitting in the front yard barking at me through the door as I write this.  He wants me to come outside and play.  He’s old now and his hips bother him.  I don’t take him on long runs or on the road but we still get out in the woods for shorter stuff.   He loves it.  He loves to explore the woods and sniff everything and wallow in the mud holes even if it’s only 2-3 miles.  He’s been a good running partner and a good friend over the last decade.  I’m going to miss him when he’s gone.  It’s going to be hard to celebrate the big part he played in my life without feeling the loss, and the empty space he leaves.   I remember the time in he and I and Brian did a practice run of the Wapack. 20+ miles in the mountains and we had so much fun.  I can picture the way he used to fly through the air to catch a Frisbee.   I’m going to go take him for a walk now.  Because he’s my brother and he deserves the moment no matter how busy I am.   And as you’re walking your dog, I’ll see you out there.   Closing comments   Support my Hood-to-Coast Relay for Cancer Research - https://give.everydayhero.com/us/chris-russell-hood-to-coast-for-cancer-research   Http://www.marathonbq.com   http://runrunlive.com/my-books