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Welcome to episode 225 of The Extra Mile Podcast Race reports, Injury updates, Gwinning updates, and a LURKER shows himself!Check out some very cool stuff mentioned in this episode:Chris Twiggs Customized Training ProgramJust Plain Dave's PodcastThe Bird-in-Hand Half MarathonJeff Galloway R/W/R Training GroupsJD's “I Was just Thinking” PodcastRun Run Live PodcastAfter The Apocalypse by Chris RussellAnd don't forget to get your NEW EXTRA MILE SWAG!!! Quality running apparel! Show your support!!   EXTRA MILE PODCAST APPAREL STOREPlease don't forget to support our amazing sponsorsQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband!Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time. We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in iTunes using the link to the right or download the show by clicking HERE.Until our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.

 Welcome to episode 224 of The Extra Mile Podcast!Here's your Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Seasons Greetings, Merry Festivus Episode!! Check out some very cool stuff mentioned in this episode:Just Plain Dave's PodcastThe Bird-in-Hand Half MarathonJeff Galloway R/W/R Training GroupsJD's “I Was just Thinking” PodcastRun Run Live PodcastCoach AdamPlease don't forget to support our amazing sponsorsQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband!Check out the Extra Mile SWAG PAGE HERE TOO!   Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time. We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in Apple Podcasts and everywhere else podcasts are available, or download the show by clicking HERE.Until our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.

Welcome to episode 218  of The Extra Mile Podcast!Happy Holidays from The Extra Mile and "Merry Christmas ya filthy animal."Check out some very cool stuff mentioned in this episode:Just Plain Dave's PodcastCarlos the Running JackalRun Run Live PodcastJD's I Was Just Thinking PodcastPhidippidationsPlease don't forget to support our amazing sponsorsQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband!Check out the Extra Mile SWAG PAGE HERE TOO!   Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time. We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in Apple Podcasts and everywhere else podcasts are available, or download the show by clicking HEREUntil our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.

Welcome to episode 217  of The Extra Mile Podcast!No matter how bad things get, runners ALWAYS have SO much to be thankful for! As Thanksgiving Day approaches, remember that and know that we are so thankful to have YOU in our lives.Lots of great content in this episode you just might want to take along on your Turkey Trot this year!Check out some very cool stuff mentioned in this episode:Just Plain Dave's PodcastCarlos the Running JackalThe Run Run Live PodcastJD's “I was Just Thinking Podcast”Please don't forget to support our amazing sponsorsQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband!Check out the Extra Mile SWAG PAGE HERE TOO!   Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time. We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in Apple Podcasts and everywhere else podcasts are available, or download the show by clicking HERE.Until our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.

Welcome to episode 206 of The Extra Mile Podcast! We're BBBAAACCCKKK along with some race/training/life updates from our Lovable Extra Milers! Check out some very cool stuff mentioned in this episode: ●     TheRUN/TALK/RUN PODCAST ●     Just Plain Dave's Podcast ●     Carlos the Running Jackal ●     JD's Big Fat Running Journey Podcast ●     Chris Twiggs Customized Training Program ●     The RUN RUN LIVE Podcast Please don't forget to support our amazing sponsor ●     sQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband! Check out the Extra Mile SWAG PAGE HERE TOO! Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time. We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in Apple Podcasts and everywhere else podcasts are available, or download the show by clicking HERE. Until our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.    

 Welcome to episode 205 of The Extra Mile Podcast!“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog”Mark TwainCheck out some very cool stuff mentioned in this episode:JP Dave's PodcastChris and The Run Run Live PodcastJD's Big Fat Running Journal PodcastChris Twiggs Customized Training ProgramPlease don't forget to support our amazing sponsorsQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband!Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time. We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in iTunes using the link to the right or download the show by clicking HERE.Until our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.

Welcome to episode 204 of The Extra Mile Podcast! Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly meltingLittle darling, it seems like years since it's been clear The Beatles  It's not spring yet but I think I can see it from where I'm running today!!  Warming temps on the way, in-person races back, and before you know it, we will all be breaking out the sQoosh Bands! And this episode proves it with all the great submissions!  Check out some very cool stuff mentioned in this episode: ●      Just Plain Dave's Podcast ●      Carlos the Running Jackal ●      JD's Big Fat Running Adventure Podcast ●      The Run Run Live Podcast ●      Bird-In-Hand Race Weekend ●      Jeff Galloway and Dean Karnazes Present The Phidippides Challenge!    Please don't forget to support our amazing sponsor ●      sQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband!  Check out the Extra Mile SWAG PAGE HERE TOO!  Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time. We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in Apple Podcasts using the link to the right or download the show by clicking HERE. Until our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.    

Welcome to episode 200 of The Extra Mile Podcast!More great stuff from your friends! Suitable for your next long run!Check out some very cool stuff mentioned in this episode:●     The RUN/TALK/RUN PODCAST●     Just Plain Dave's Podcast●     Carlos the Running Jackal●     Bird-In-Hand Half Marathon●     After The Apocalypse Podcast●     Run Run Live PodcastIf you are joining us for The Bird-In-Hand Half Marathon on September 11, 2021, PLEASE email your contact information to J.D at:cus766@hotmail.comPlease don't forget to support our amazing sponsor●     sQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband!Check out the Extra Mile SWAG PAGE HERE TOO!Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time.We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in Apple Podcasts using the link to the right or download the show by clicking HERE. Until our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.

Welcome to Episode of 196 of The Extra Mile Podcast It may be winter and cold where you are, but time is passing, and it won't last!! And besides, you can STILL get your running and workouts in! Just listen to your fellow Extra Milers in this episode if you don't' believe me.Check out all the stuff and folks we mention in this episode: ·       A Mile an Hour: Running a different kind of Marathon video ·       Run Talk Run Podcast ·       Just Plain Dave ·       Carlos the Running Jackal ·       The Run Run Live Podcast ·       sQoosh Bands ·       Check out The Extra Mile Podcast SWAG pagePlease don't forget to support our amazing sponsor ●     sQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband!  Enjoy!!!   Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time. We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com.We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in iTunes using the link to the right or download the show by clicking HERE.   Until our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.

 Welcome to episode 194 of The Extra Mile Podcast!Been a while! So glad to be back with my Lovables! Lets go for a run. My pace!!Check out some very cool stuff mentioned in this episode:JP Dave's PodcastChris and The Run Run Live PodcastJeff Galloway's Christmas ideas shoppingChris Twiggs Customized Training ProgramPlease don't forget to support our amazing sponsorsQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband!Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time. We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in iTunes using the link to the right or download the show by clicking HERE.Until our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.

Welcome to episode 192 of The Extra Mile Podcast!It's been a long time, now I'm coming back homeI've been away now, oh, how I've been aloneThe BeatlesWhat pandemic/lockdown/heat wave? Nothing will stop this community! Check out some very cool stuff mentioned in this episode:The Seeker PodcastCarlos The Running JackalJP Dave's PodcastChris and The Run Run Live PodcastThe Run/Talk/Run podcastPlease don't forget to support our amazing sponsorsQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband!Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time. We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in iTunes using the link to the right or download the show by clicking HERE.Until our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.

Welcome to Episode 191 of the Extra Mile PodcastWell hello there! Long time me no podcast! But enough about me!Thank GOD we can still run and walk during this craziness! And if you don't believe me, just download this episode and take us for a run!Check out all the good stuff mentioned in this episode!·         The NEW Galloway Retro Run Series!·         The Run Run Live Podcast·         Just Plain Dave's Podcast·         The Run/Talk/Run PodcastPlease don't forget to support our amazing sponsor●     sQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband!Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time. We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in iTunes using the link to the right or download the show by clicking HERE.Until our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.

Welcome to Episode 190 of The Extra Mile Podcast!Crazy times! So glad I have so many crazy friends to help me through them!CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!!Check out some very cool stuff mentioned in this episode:●     The RUN/TALK/RUN PODCAST●     The Run Run Live Podcast●     Just Plain Dave's Podcast     And PLEASE consider helping our friend and fellow Lovable Extra Miler, John Henry, as he runs in support of “Team For Kids”. Please click HERE for details.If you are interested, you're welcome to subscribe to my new (and maybe ONLY episode of The Extra Pounds Podcast by clicking HERE!Please don't forget to support our amazing sponsor●     sQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband!Check out the Extra Mile SWAG PAGE HERE TOO!Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time. We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in iTunes using the link to the right or download the show by clicking HERE.Until our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.

Welcome to episode 189 of The Extra Mile Podcast!Thought it would be a good idea to catch back up with everyone not too long since episode 188 to discuss some very important topics, including The Extra Mile Podcast Virtual on The Extra Day! Thanks again to everyone who entered!LOTS of great topics in this episodes as usual, including our talk with Steven Sashen, CEO of Xero Shoes at the very end of this episode, if the topic of natural and barefoot running interests you. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!!Check out some very cool stuff mentioned in this episode:●     The RUN/TALK/RUN PODCAST●     The Run Run Live Podcast●     Just Plain Dave's Podcast     ●     Xero ShoesAnd PLEASE consider helping our friend and fellow Lovable Extra Miler, John Henry, as he runs in support of “Team For Kids”. Please click HERE for details.If you are interested, you're welcome to subscribe to my new (and maybe ONLY episode of The Extra Pounds Podcast by clicking HERE!Please don't forget to support our amazing sponsor●     sQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband!Check out the Extra Mile SWAG PAGE HERE TOO!Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time. We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in iTunes using the link to the right or download the show by clicking HERE.Until our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.

Welcome to episode 188 of The Extra Mile Podcast!Welcome to 2020 and our first episode of a new decade! This one is more “size appropriate” but still GREAT company for your runs! So lac'em up and let's do this!And don't forget!! On February 29, 2020 we are holding our first ever Extra Mile Podcast Virtual! It's our way of showing how giving this community really is as you pick whatever distance you want and then DO THE EXTRA MILE ON THE EXTRA DAY! ALL proceeds will be donated to The Donna Foundation to help put an end to breast cancer!CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!!Check out some very cool stuff mentioned in this episode:●     The RUN/TALK/RUN PODCAST●     The Run Run Live Podcast●     Support John Henry and his GREAT Charity HERE●     Just Plain Dave's Podcast     If you are interested, you're welcome to subscribe to my new (and maybe ONLY episode of The Extra Pounds Podcast by clicking HERE!Please don't forget to support our amazing sponsor●     sQoosh Bands.. MORE than a sweatband!Check out the Extra Mile SWAG PAGE HERE TOO!Thanks again for downloading the show and giving us an hour or so of your time. We invite your comments, questions, and training updates either in a 1-2 minute audio submission to theextramilepodcast@gmail.com. We would love to add your voice to the next episode!Please subscribe in iTunes using the link to the right or download the show by clicking HERE.Until our next episode, you all enjoy your Extra Mile.

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-418 – Matt's Long Ride (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4418.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello and welcome to episode 4-418 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  It's been a busy couple of weeks since we last talked.  I did jump on the Ferry out of Hyannis to Nantucket for that half marathon.  It was kind of fun but also a bit of a struggle.  When I first signed up for it, I thought it would be a fun outing.  Maybe take my wife along or some of my running buddies.  In the end it was just me.  I met up with the other pacers on the ferry and met some nice people in the race.  It was a nice sunny day.  It was a pretty big race considering it was out on an island.  This race fell a week before my target race, the BayState Marathon, and I planned to use it just as a final easy run.  That was the plan.  With how inconsistent my training has been this summer I wasn't feeling very excited about it.  I offered to run the 2:00 pace group, but they had a greater need for the 1:50 and I acquiesced.  I don't run a lot of ½ marathons, and my math gets fuzzy.  A 1:50 half is the equivalent of a 3:40ish full marathon, and while not super challenging for where I am right now, it wouldn't be the lark that a 2:00 would.  It works out to a 8:23 ish pace versus a 9:09 pace.  I went in tired.  My week was weird and my tempo run slipped to Friday, which was probably too close to the race.  My whatever-it-is pain in my butt wasn't helped by the long ride down to the Cape.  I made the morning ferry with no issues and had no issues finding the pace team at the start. I lost my pace group early.  The first part of the course is a lot of sand roads.  They had had a storm for the previous couple days before the race that dumped a lot of rain and left numerous large puddles straddling the road side-to-side.  It turned those early sections into a bit of a steeplechase.  As a pacer I'm supposed to maintain pace no matter what – so I did and lost everyone who was trying to keep up with me.  I was trying to run by the overall average pace on my watch.  Which was a mistake.  I figured if my overall average was an 8:22 – 8:23 I'd be right on that 1:50 finishing time.  I ended up right on an 8:23.  I slowed down a little at the end because I was all alone and thought I might be a bit too fast.  That turned out to be the mistake and I crossed about 30 seconds too slow – which is a cardinal sin in the pacing biz.  I'll probably get excommunicated.  Pacing isn't as easy as it sounds.  Even though my average pace was exactly where it needed to be based on my watch, I missed the clock time.  It's a bit befuddling.  My watch is always off a little on the distance and I guess that could be worth 30 seconds.  It looks like the only strategy that works is to have your mile splits written out, hard copy and check every mile – old school pacing.  And then plan to be a minute early on top of that to make up for variability.  I got it done, but I didn't feel great.  Another small racing failure in what has been several months of disconsolate results and discontent.  My whatever-it-is pain in my butt was screaming in the car-ride home.  I was in a bit of a blue mood rolling into the last week of taper for BayState.  And that, my friends is what we will talk about in section one!  In our interview today we talk with Matt about his recent experience of riding his bike unsupported across the TransAm route and then writing about it.  In section two I'm going to rant a little on the current ‘hustle' culture.  As I was lined up in the starting corral in Lowell, the city of my birth, a city that I have some history with.  I had one of those pure moments that I love about racing.  When you are there, on race morning, all the waiting is over.  The decisions have all been made.  It's a pure moment.  The expectations and worrying are washed away by the rising sun.  The volunteer singing the national anthem fills your soul and dampens your eyes.  It is a pure place without affectation, without choice and filled with the energy of being set free onto the course.   How many pure moments like that are left in our world? 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 – BayState 2019 - Voices of reason – the conversation Matt Hi Chris,  I've been a listener to your podcast for years now. You've been a constant source of entertainment and motivation in my life. I really enjoyed your Marathon BQ book, and used it for my marathon. Though most of my training has been more in the ultra-cycling world, geared towards 24 hour cycling events, and last year I raced Trans AM, a 4200 mile ride from Astoria Oregon to Yorktown Virginia. One of the things that saw me through those 16 hours of riding every day was listening to your podcasts.  Riding across country was a profound enough experience that I wrote a book about my journey “As Fast As You Can: How I Biked Across The U.S. In Duct-Taped Shoes” and there's a quote from you in there from the podcast when you were talking about your 100 mile race “Here's the uncomfortable truth.  There is no strategy that is going to allow you to stretch the effort over the distance to make things sunshine rainbows and unicorns.  You are going to be uncomfortable.  At some point, things are going to suck.  And not just for a few minutes like a 5K or 10K.  It's going to suck for hours on end.  Your goal is to acclimate to the suck.  You can keep going with raw bleeding patches of skin.  It just sucks.” ~ Chris, from the “Run Run Live” Podcast. That was one of my favorite things that you've said, and it helped keep me going. If you're interested, I'd love to work with you, maybe talk with you on your podcast. I have a modest facebook following and would do everything in my power to help promote your show, to add what support I can. Let me know if you're interested. And thank you for being an inspiration. Regards, Matt Kovacic   Section two – Hustle– Outro Well, my friends, you have peddled non-stop across the country to the end of the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-418.  Time to put some nut-butter on those saddle sores.  I was flying back from Miami this week and looking out the window when the following words bubbled to the top of my brain: “Clouds boil up out of the southeast humidity escaping from the cauldron of the world.” That's how my brain works sometimes.  It paints pictures with words.  But, let's talk about something important.  Ollie the Collie.  Last week we started puppy class.  Which is a very good thing because he is a wild man.  Technically I could just train him myself without class but this, as in all things, is better with a coach.  Going in I was pretty sure Ollie would be the crazy, uncontrollable puppy in puppy class.  He's got so much energy and he's really busy.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that Ollie was the smartest, calmest puppy in class.  It's a border collie thing.  When it's time to work they fall in line.  He picked up the commands right away and he didn't cause any trouble.  He's going to be a good dog. I forgot to mention last show that I met up with Tim when I was in Chattanooga a couple weeks ago and we went for a trail run up on Signal Mountain.  It was good to see him.  He's retired now and is planning to through-hike the Appalachian Trail next summer.  These long endurance events like the AT and Matt's Trans AM can be game changers.  Matt's a great example of just deciding to do something and doing it in a way that changes your life.  It's one of those things that will become a fulcrum for his life journey.  If you think about your life's trajectory, we tend to fall into a path and either consciously or unconsciously build the conditions that keep us on that path.  One of these big events is a great lever, to pry yourself out of that rut.  I've got a funny story about Matt's interview.  As you may or may not know I have an editor for these interviews.  One of the most time-consuming and hard to automate parts of the podcasting process is the audio editing of the interviews.  The process is that you have to play the interview and cut out the bad bits.  By definition it's a hard thing.  You have to understand what is being said to know whether it is pertinent or not.  I do my best to be consistent, but some interviewees are harder than others.  Sometimes we go down non-value-added (re: boring) rat holes that need to be ferreted out.  Sometimes I get a real talker or I lose track of time and the interview has to be significantly shortened.  I have had many good interview editors over the last many years that we've been in business.  Currently I work with Dimitry who live in Moscow.  He does a good job and seems to have learned my method well enough to make these tricky edits.  I pay him for each show – and that is one of the things I use subscription money for.  It doesn't seem to bore him too badly.  I have had other editors quit on me, basically saying “I can't take any more of this!”  Sometimes he'll comment on what he thought was an interesting topic or person.  With Matt's interview, Dimitry was very enthusiastic.  He said that he, himself, was a “Bike-Packer” as well and wondered how he could get a copy of Matt's book.  So here's a guy I work with every week.  That knows a shitload about my life.  That I've never met.  In Moscow.  That's the world we live in today!  And as weird as that sounds, this conversation with Matt resonated and made a connection.  Think about that.  You never know which conversation or which thing you do is going to make a connection. So keep doing epic stuff and keep having conversations and I will see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->  

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-418 – Matt’s Long Ride (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4418.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello and welcome to episode 4-418 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  It’s been a busy couple of weeks since we last talked.  I did jump on the Ferry out of Hyannis to Nantucket for that half marathon.  It was kind of fun but also a bit of a struggle.  When I first signed up for it, I thought it would be a fun outing.  Maybe take my wife along or some of my running buddies.  In the end it was just me.  I met up with the other pacers on the ferry and met some nice people in the race.  It was a nice sunny day.  It was a pretty big race considering it was out on an island.  This race fell a week before my target race, the BayState Marathon, and I planned to use it just as a final easy run.  That was the plan.  With how inconsistent my training has been this summer I wasn’t feeling very excited about it.  I offered to run the 2:00 pace group, but they had a greater need for the 1:50 and I acquiesced.  I don’t run a lot of ½ marathons, and my math gets fuzzy.  A 1:50 half is the equivalent of a 3:40ish full marathon, and while not super challenging for where I am right now, it wouldn’t be the lark that a 2:00 would.  It works out to a 8:23 ish pace versus a 9:09 pace.  I went in tired.  My week was weird and my tempo run slipped to Friday, which was probably too close to the race.  My whatever-it-is pain in my butt wasn’t helped by the long ride down to the Cape.  I made the morning ferry with no issues and had no issues finding the pace team at the start. I lost my pace group early.  The first part of the course is a lot of sand roads.  They had had a storm for the previous couple days before the race that dumped a lot of rain and left numerous large puddles straddling the road side-to-side.  It turned those early sections into a bit of a steeplechase.  As a pacer I’m supposed to maintain pace no matter what – so I did and lost everyone who was trying to keep up with me.  I was trying to run by the overall average pace on my watch.  Which was a mistake.  I figured if my overall average was an 8:22 – 8:23 I’d be right on that 1:50 finishing time.  I ended up right on an 8:23.  I slowed down a little at the end because I was all alone and thought I might be a bit too fast.  That turned out to be the mistake and I crossed about 30 seconds too slow – which is a cardinal sin in the pacing biz.  I’ll probably get excommunicated.  Pacing isn’t as easy as it sounds.  Even though my average pace was exactly where it needed to be based on my watch, I missed the clock time.  It’s a bit befuddling.  My watch is always off a little on the distance and I guess that could be worth 30 seconds.  It looks like the only strategy that works is to have your mile splits written out, hard copy and check every mile – old school pacing.  And then plan to be a minute early on top of that to make up for variability.  I got it done, but I didn’t feel great.  Another small racing failure in what has been several months of disconsolate results and discontent.  My whatever-it-is pain in my butt was screaming in the car-ride home.  I was in a bit of a blue mood rolling into the last week of taper for BayState.  And that, my friends is what we will talk about in section one!  In our interview today we talk with Matt about his recent experience of riding his bike unsupported across the TransAm route and then writing about it.  In section two I’m going to rant a little on the current ‘hustle’ culture.  As I was lined up in the starting corral in Lowell, the city of my birth, a city that I have some history with.  I had one of those pure moments that I love about racing.  When you are there, on race morning, all the waiting is over.  The decisions have all been made.  It’s a pure moment.  The expectations and worrying are washed away by the rising sun.  The volunteer singing the national anthem fills your soul and dampens your eyes.  It is a pure place without affectation, without choice and filled with the energy of being set free onto the course.   How many pure moments like that are left in our world? 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 – BayState 2019 - Voices of reason – the conversation Matt Hi Chris,  I’ve been a listener to your podcast for years now. You’ve been a constant source of entertainment and motivation in my life. I really enjoyed your Marathon BQ book, and used it for my marathon. Though most of my training has been more in the ultra-cycling world, geared towards 24 hour cycling events, and last year I raced Trans AM, a 4200 mile ride from Astoria Oregon to Yorktown Virginia. One of the things that saw me through those 16 hours of riding every day was listening to your podcasts.  Riding across country was a profound enough experience that I wrote a book about my journey “As Fast As You Can: How I Biked Across The U.S. In Duct-Taped Shoes” and there’s a quote from you in there from the podcast when you were talking about your 100 mile race “Here’s the uncomfortable truth.  There is no strategy that is going to allow you to stretch the effort over the distance to make things sunshine rainbows and unicorns.  You are going to be uncomfortable.  At some point, things are going to suck.  And not just for a few minutes like a 5K or 10K.  It’s going to suck for hours on end.  Your goal is to acclimate to the suck.  You can keep going with raw bleeding patches of skin.  It just sucks.” ~ Chris, from the “Run Run Live” Podcast. That was one of my favorite things that you’ve said, and it helped keep me going. If you’re interested, I’d love to work with you, maybe talk with you on your podcast. I have a modest facebook following and would do everything in my power to help promote your show, to add what support I can. Let me know if you’re interested. And thank you for being an inspiration. Regards, Matt Kovacic   Section two – Hustle– Outro Well, my friends, you have peddled non-stop across the country to the end of the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-418.  Time to put some nut-butter on those saddle sores.  I was flying back from Miami this week and looking out the window when the following words bubbled to the top of my brain: “Clouds boil up out of the southeast humidity escaping from the cauldron of the world.” That’s how my brain works sometimes.  It paints pictures with words.  But, let’s talk about something important.  Ollie the Collie.  Last week we started puppy class.  Which is a very good thing because he is a wild man.  Technically I could just train him myself without class but this, as in all things, is better with a coach.  Going in I was pretty sure Ollie would be the crazy, uncontrollable puppy in puppy class.  He’s got so much energy and he’s really busy.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that Ollie was the smartest, calmest puppy in class.  It’s a border collie thing.  When it’s time to work they fall in line.  He picked up the commands right away and he didn’t cause any trouble.  He’s going to be a good dog. I forgot to mention last show that I met up with Tim when I was in Chattanooga a couple weeks ago and we went for a trail run up on Signal Mountain.  It was good to see him.  He’s retired now and is planning to through-hike the Appalachian Trail next summer.  These long endurance events like the AT and Matt’s Trans AM can be game changers.  Matt’s a great example of just deciding to do something and doing it in a way that changes your life.  It’s one of those things that will become a fulcrum for his life journey.  If you think about your life’s trajectory, we tend to fall into a path and either consciously or unconsciously build the conditions that keep us on that path.  One of these big events is a great lever, to pry yourself out of that rut.  I’ve got a funny story about Matt’s interview.  As you may or may not know I have an editor for these interviews.  One of the most time-consuming and hard to automate parts of the podcasting process is the audio editing of the interviews.  The process is that you have to play the interview and cut out the bad bits.  By definition it’s a hard thing.  You have to understand what is being said to know whether it is pertinent or not.  I do my best to be consistent, but some interviewees are harder than others.  Sometimes we go down non-value-added (re: boring) rat holes that need to be ferreted out.  Sometimes I get a real talker or I lose track of time and the interview has to be significantly shortened.  I have had many good interview editors over the last many years that we’ve been in business.  Currently I work with Dimitry who live in Moscow.  He does a good job and seems to have learned my method well enough to make these tricky edits.  I pay him for each show – and that is one of the things I use subscription money for.  It doesn’t seem to bore him too badly.  I have had other editors quit on me, basically saying “I can’t take any more of this!”  Sometimes he’ll comment on what he thought was an interesting topic or person.  With Matt’s interview, Dimitry was very enthusiastic.  He said that he, himself, was a “Bike-Packer” as well and wondered how he could get a copy of Matt’s book.  So here’s a guy I work with every week.  That knows a shitload about my life.  That I’ve never met.  In Moscow.  That’s the world we live in today!  And as weird as that sounds, this conversation with Matt resonated and made a connection.  Think about that.  You never know which conversation or which thing you do is going to make a connection. So keep doing epic stuff and keep having conversations and I will see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->  

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-324 – Josh – Overcoming Challenge to Qualify (Audio: link)       Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Good morning, afternoon and evening my friends.  This is Chris your co-pilot on this particular audio escapade.  This is the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-324 and today we’ve got an interview today with Josh who has gone through a bit of a hero’s journey.  He has had personal challenges and come back with the help of some friends to qualify for Boston recently. The other interesting thing is that I don’t do the interview.  We got one of our friends of the show, Alex, to do the interviewing.  Alex is one of the folks who edits interviews for me, just because he is a friend of the show.  Today the tables are turned and I have to edit his interview! In section one I am going to give you a piece on how to come back from a big injury.  In section 2 I’m going to talk about trying to fix my obsession with the scarcity of time. My training is going well.  I got through the first 3-week cycle of my MarathonBQ plan.  I’m finding I don’t have the willpower or fitness yet to do the speedwork at a full 1600 meters and I’ve been doing 800’s instead.  My speed and strength are coming back nicely.  I did a long run of 15 last weekend and felt fine the whole way through.  I even felt strong enough to kick at the end. I’ve been doing my speedwork on the treadmill at work, which has its pro’s and con’s.  It’s convenient and you can make the workout very structured.  On the other hand I’m always concerned about the real-to-life equivalency.  And I don’t just mean the effort levels are different. I mean there is a certain specificity to being outside in the elements that is beneficial. I’ve got a long way to go, but I’m not struggling like I was when my heart was all wonky last year.  Very hopeful.  I haven’t scheduled any goal races yet but I have my eye on a few. My next scheduled race is the Ayer Fire Dept. 5K on American Thanksgiving morning.  This will be a good test of how much I’ve managed to move my race pace set point.  I’ll treat it as a tempo workout.  I’ll go over and run the course before the race to warm up, then I’ll race it hard to see what pace I can hold.  It will be a good indicator. I’m eyeballing a ½ in Atlanta on Dec 13th which would work well as a marathon pace run. You have to trust your training plan but it can be useful to pick up some directional data points along the way.  I have the Groton Marathon on December 27th – which is a self-supported 26.2 mile run that me and some buddies from my running club put on each year.   If I treat that as a last long run that points to a qualifying try somewhere around January 10th. If I screw the pooch on that one I could regroup and try again in February.  I don’t have a number for Boston, but these things have a way of working out for me. … In the spring my company upgraded me to the iPhone 6, which was nice.  But I kept dropping it and breaking it.  They made me buy a better case and I bought the LifeLock case. It’s quite bulky. It reminds me of something that the Soviets would have designed.  But, supposedly it is 100% waterproof and it has kept me from breaking the phone again. One challenge is that the hole for the headphones is now rather deep and has a screw-in feature that makes it impossible to use most headphones – especially the Bose headphones I run with and the big noise canceling headphone I use mowing the lawn and using the chainsaw etc. As a result I had to either not listen to my phone when I was doing stuff, which kills me because I love to double task, or take it out of the case, which totally defeats the purpose of having a case in the first place. But, fear not, there is a cable adapter that is about 4 inches of cable with the screw-in tip that you can theoretically buy.  Except you can’t buy it in any of the stores I went to.  They’d all say the same thing to me “you can buy that on line for a dollar”.  Which is not so helpful. I went on-line to buy it from Amazon and was a bit flummoxed that the .97$ adapter was going to cost me $10 in shipping.  I ordered it anyhow.  This was in the beginning of August.  After a few weeks it hadn’t shown up.  I checked the order status and it appeared to make it as far as a distribution center in Worcester and then disappeared. I sent an email to the company to tell them I never got it and they agreed with me.  But nothing else happened.  It’s nice to be agreed with, but I still needed a cable adapter and we’re going on more than a month. I ordered another one.  Just this past week I got it.  It’s quite useful.  Because not only can I listen to punk rock while I’m doing speedwork, which is quite helpful, but I can run in the pouring rain with it.  It’s waterproof.  Seriously, like, throw in the toilet and let it sink to the bottom, waterproof. There’s no moral or life lesson here.  I’m just happy that it appears I’ve finally found a piece of audio technology that I can’t kill with toxic Chris juice. On with the show! Section one - Running Tips Conming back from a big injury - Voices of reason – the conversation Josh – The hero’s journey from challenge through resolution to BQ Josh Butler - @Butler_Live2Run Hi Chris, I've been meaning to send you an email for some time, but felt like I needed to accomplish something of merit before I did (mid-packer merit anyway). Here is a much too long summary of my journey to qualify for Boston this past weekend. I know you are very busy and If you want to skip all my drivel, I have contact info at the end and we can discuss this in a call. A bit of backstory... I ran cross country and track in high school and ran a bit in the army after high school. When started college, along with my studies, I found other more "interesting" things to occupy time. Youth allowed me to still look fit regardless of my lifestyle. It all caught up with me when I injured my back in graduate school. In a research lab of all places. It turned out to be a herniated disc. I went with a conservative approach for treatment for several years until it became debilitating. During this period, I was unable to do anything active and gained 40 pounds. Ultimately, I ended up having a surgery in 2005 to replace the degenerated disc with an artificial disc (titanium hardware). The surgery went well and I started running again after a few months. I dropped a bit of the weight but began to have problems again after a year. All this time, my activity was non-existent and a gained the original 40 lbs back, plus another 20. I was a fat, pitiful slug. I went through several cycles of trying to reduce the medications and get more exercise (they recommend walking, "...running is bad for your knees"). I would get a little better, but would always get a flare up from pushing a little too much. In 2012, I started a new job and was referred to a physical therapist by a coworker that had suffer with back pain but had recovered. I never had luck with any physical therapist in the past, but was willing to try anything. On our first meeting, she asked what my goals were. I told her that I wanted to be able to exercise, specifically run. To my surprise, and unlike all the other medical professionals in the past, she told me she could get me there. It was nearly a 2 year process, but through a multifaceted approach including strengthening, dry needling, and yoga. I was given the green light for running. My first run was a bit of a disappointment; I struggled to maintain a jog for the 0.8 mile jog around our block. I kept at it for several months until I was able to run up to 6 miles at a 8:00 to 8:30 pace. I did a few 5k's and started to look for a new goal. I signed up for a half-marathon in November 2014 and found a training plan online. While all of this was happening, I found I needed less and less pain medication to function and I could mentally manage the pain I was having. I'm not sure if this was a result of relearning natural pain management through running, getting in better overall condition, dropping 50 lbs, or a combination of all three. My first half was a success and I came in with a respectable 1:29:22. In less than a year, I went from a overweight, pain med slug, to a half-marathoner. I heard you mention "keystone habits" on several occasions in your podcasts, and I would animatedly agree the endurance running is a great one. Things started to fall in to place in my life. I felt better physically and mentally, and as an added bonus, all of my interpersonally relationships improved as a result. I was accomplishing things I thought I could never do as a runner, which in turn carried over to my career. Nothing seemed impossible anymore. With a successful half under my belt, I began the search for the next BHAG. THE BOSTON MARATHON!!! I did some research and found out what the qualification standards were, signed up for a race, and began my next training cycle. As a side note, I have 3 daughters (ages 1,2, and 9), a wife that works full-time, and I have a job that requires long hours and fairly frequent domestic/international travel (80-125 days/year). I really struggled with the training plan. The plan was so complex that I had a very hard time doing the workouts during my travels. Another complication was that I did all of my workouts at home after 9:30pm when we got the kids to bed. Complex track workouts are made even more complex by headlamp (as you know, not being a stranger to night runs). Coming face-to-face with a badger at night also adds complexity. I did my best to stick to the training plan and ran my first marathon in May  2015. The first 16 miles felt great, so great that I decided to increase my pace to 7:05 miles. I slowed down to goal pace for miles 16-21, but it was already to late. I seized up in my arms and legs and did the Robocop death shuffle to finish at 3:44. I was crushed. In the week following, I started doing some more research on marathon training. This is when I found this "new thing" called a podcast (I used to be an early adopter of tech and social media...not sure what happened the past few years). I promptly subscribed to every running podcast I could find and listened to them at every available moment. After the first week of this, yours was a clear winner. It was like having Master Yoda in my ear. I listened to every episode on iTunes, and then went back to listen to all of the episodes in the archives. Not only were you informative and motivational for running, but also in you segments on life, change, and dealing with people. You really do a great job of illustrating the interconnection of all things in life. When you mentioned your books, I quickly purchased every one for my Kindle an read them whenever I had a free moment. I enjoyed every one of your books, and MarathonBQ was a great fit for what I wanted to accomplish. The plan was tough, an at 40 I thought I may be too old for such an aggressive approach, but in the final month of my preparation for The Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon I knew I had made a ton of progress since my last marathon campaign. I loved the simplicity of the speed/tempo work, but hated doing the workouts in the beginning. I definitely ended up in the dark place during the training period. Your writings and your spoken words helped me through it all. You gave me the insight to stay positive and motivated through the training cycle. Now I have more of a love/hate relationship with the track work. Come race day, I was ready. The BQ time for 40-44 is 3:15. I trained and did all of my speed work to qualify with 3:12:30. After qualifying, I didn't want the disappointment of qualifying and not making the cut to register. I traveled from home in Fort Collins, CO to Milwaukee last Friday, along with my 2 year old daughter, and stayed with my parents in a nearby town. We had a family gathering on Saturday and I worried that I jeopardized my race by being on my feet all day, but race morning I was ready to give all I had. I stuck with the 3:15 pace group for the first few miles to keep my adrenaline in check. I bumped it up a bit to come in at a 7:20 avg pace at the half. I continued to mile 16 and felt the race unfolding in my favor and clocked a 7:18 avg pace for miles 13.1-20. Then the race was on, I dug deep. It was my day to get it done. I finished the final 6.2 miles with a 7:13 avg pace. My final time was 3:11:07; BQ with 3:53 to spare. It was amazing how much you were in my head during the race. "Let the race come to you...", "spin up the hills...", "keep it under control until mile 20, then the race begins...". Most of all, it is painful in the later miles. You have talked about this in your podcast and how to embrace the pain. Your words were most important at this point in the race. They helped keep me positive and prevented me from giving up. I think this is a function of your plan as well. In the other plans I have tried, I didn't get to practice "pain and fatigue" as much as I did with yours. Furthermore, I thought about that last cycle of training tempo runs in the final 6 miles of the race. I remembered how I thought I could never get through that many mile repeats, but in the end I did. I also feel very strongly that the speed/tempo work has greatly improved my form and running economy. I don't see wear marks on my heels anymore. All in all, it was a great journey, and a great beginning to the next chapter in my life. What have I learned from all of this? 1) Anything is possible. There is nothing that cannot be accomplished with the right resources allocated to it. It's really about prioritization and how badly you want it. I have a demanding full-time job that requires travel, young children, and a multitude of other things that demand my time. Not to mention a bunch of hardware in my lower back. If I can do it, anyone can. 2) Pain is manageable/controllable without medication. You just need to teach your brain how to manage it. This, like all crafts that you attempt to master, requires training. I believe this is a big component of the transformational power of endurance sports. This was a big part of my journey and I largely credit running with getting completely off of pain medication for the past 18 months. This is the skill that also allowed me to ride the knife edge to run a BQ. 3) You never know where you may find knowledge to help you on your journey. In the past, I never understood the appeal of podcasts. I never imagined I would find one that felt like it was made just for me. When you find inspiration and sage advice, grab hold and use it to its' full advantage. 4) Most importantly, positivity is always the answer, regardless of the question or challenge. Thanks Chris. You have been like a life coach. I know this podcast endeavor requires a lot of your time and I really appreciate that there are people like you in the world that share their knowledge and inspiration. I would still love to have a chat with you about all of this. I know you have a busy schedule, but if you give me a couple of available time slots, I would be happy to call. Sincerely, Joshua Butler Fort Collins, CO 80524 Section two – On the abundance of time - Outro - Closing comments MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Ok Folks, that was episode 4-324.  Hope you enjoyed it.  Hope everyone is having a wonderful Halloween.  At our house we practice Satanic rituals year round – so there’s really no novelty to Halloween. Hey, so, Buddy the old Wonder Dog is doing awesome.  These new supplements we’ve got him on called GlycoFlex from VetriScience really help him from getting sore.  He’s doing 2-3 runs a week with me out in the woods and he’s doing well.  The combination of the cold weather and the supplements have made a new man out of him. Running in the trails makes my ankles stronger which is the key to surviving the zombie apocalypse.  I mean seriously, doesn’t someone always sprain their ankle when they are getting chased by the undead?  Weak ankles are the number one cause of being eaten by zombies. … A little house keeping:  There are two feeds in Itunes for the RunRunLive Podcast.  I’m going to kill off the old feed at the end of the year.  I’m going to repeat this message every episode until then. If you subscribe through FeedBurner, that is going away.  Go to Libsyn.com and search for RunRunLive and subscribe to that RSS or go to my website RunRunLive.com and subscribe to that RSS feed.  Either way you’ll have a direct pipe to everything I publish and you can still avoid iTunes. If you subscribe through Libsyn or my site already then you’re all set, nothing will happen. Now, the majority of you subscribe through iTunes.  If you go into the iTunes store, type RunRunLive into the search box in the upper right and hit enter.  You will see two shows. You can tell the old one two ways.  One is by the picture.  It is fatter.  The other is by the description.  The old one will say “Welcome to the Run-Run-Live Podcast…”  The new feed will say “Welcome to the RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast…” If you are subscribed to the old one it is going away eventually.  Subscribe to the new one. And when, two months from now, you have totally ignored this message, well I guess we can’t be friends any more.  Seriously – I’m going to put all this into a post with pictures for you just go to my website and search on “I’m a lazy dumb-ass who doesn’t take direction well”.  Just kidding.  There’s a search box on my blog just search of ‘Feed’ and you should find it.  I’ll put it up tonight when I post the show and drop a link in the show notes ->  Update! I’m going to kill this feed -> This is the new one -> https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/runrunlive-4.0-running-podcast/id582662361?mt=2 … Now that I’ve insulted you thoroughly…the other thing I’m going to do is to convert my main site to a membership site at the end of the year.  I don’t know what form that will take, I’m still working on it and I’m open to suggestions. Reading through the comments in iTunes I get the impression that some of you are more invested in the show than I am!  Don’t worry, it’s all good.  We’ll figure it out.  I’m not in this as a career, more as a way to sweep the cobwebs around in my head with the added benefit of helping someone find something interesting by the side of their path once in a while. .. I’ll let you off easy this week.  Even though our time together is abundant I find that the things I want to do are more abundant! I’ll leave you with a funny story.  Not the one that I told my sister Jody last night about wandering into the woman’s room in the mall after my eye appointment – that’s a funny story, but I may have to wait for the statute of limitations before I can tell it. The funny story is how I found another year I didn’t know I had. Here’s what happened.  I went in to get my colonoscopy that they could give me last year because of the heart, you may remember that episode, but anyhow… The nurse was checking me in.  She said ‘look over these forms and make sure all the information is right’.  And, me, being literal, looked over the forms for mistakes. I said, “The age is wrong, it says here I’m 52. I was born in ’62 and it’s 2015. Five minus 2 is 3, I’m 53 going on 54. “  She looks at the form and gives me that ‘you’re a dumbass’ look that nurses are particularly good at and says, “Your birthday in is November.” So, yeah I had convinced myself that I was going to be 54 this year.  Somehow I feel much younger now! But, as you know, I have an abundance of time. I’ll see you out there – and for another 12 months evidently... MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks -

Welcome to Episode #6 of the Run Tri Chat Podcast where your favourite podcasters get together for a virtual chat about issues in running, triathlon, and the endurance sport lifestyle! Sit back and enjoy!Download an mp3 of the show here.Your hosts for this episode:Barb: Kelownagurl Tris PodcastChris: Run Run Live PodcastJake: Run Like Health PodcastMike: Dirt Dawg's Running DiatribeTopic of this episode:In this episode, Chris, Jake, Mike, and Barb talk about ways in which to help promote the endurance sport lifestyle.Music"Own True Way" and "Company of Fools" by Great Big SeaThanks for listening!Download an mp3 of the show here.Click below to join the Run Tri Chat Facebook page.http://facebook.com/runtrichatLeave a comment with your suggestions for show hosts and topics.You can email Barb at runtrichat@gmail.comYou can follow the show on twitter here.

Welcome to Episode #64 of the Kelownagurl Tris Podcast!In this episode, I take you along on my early morning run and give you the full blown race report for the Oliver Sprint Tri.Click here to download an mp3 of this episode.Links for this episode:Race ReportShort Post Race Video of me tweeting my resultsJoin the Run Run Live Podcast on Buckeye Outdoors before May 30th!Email, Voice Mail, and Comments from:None - next week I promise!Workout Song Clips of the Week:"The Middle" by Jimmy Eat WorldPlease feel free to leave me a comment, send me an email, call my voicemail line, or leave me a review on itunes!Remember:It's never too late to be what you might have been! ~ George EliotEmail me: kelownagurl@gmail.comWebsite: http://kelownagurltris.blogspot.comThanks for listening!