Ep-62: The Marathon Episode | 20 Topics in 20 Minutes

Welcome back, Demon Babies! This week your hosts are lacing up and talking everything marathon. Training highs, training lows, race-day delusion, fueling mistakes, runner personalities, and the emotional rollercoaster of voluntarily running 26.2 miles. Why do we do it? Who convinced us this was fun? And yes… all in 20 topics in 20 minutes.

Expect hot takes, running confessions, fueling debates, injury talk, and a full breakdown of why marathoners are either deeply disciplined or slightly unwell. Hopefully your hosts don’t die delivering you this message like the first guy who ran the marathon.

If you’re new here, Demon Babie is your weekly comedy podcast where we rapid-fire 20 bite-sized topics in just 20 minutes: pop culture, relationships, life spirals, and whatever else we can cram into a caffeine-fueled countdown.

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🏃‍♀️ Marathon training chaos and long run delusion
🏃‍♀️ Race day rituals and superstitions
🏃‍♀️ Fueling, hydration, and what not to eat before 13 miles
🏃‍♀️ Injury fears and recovery reality
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Welcome to another episode of the Demon Babie Podcast. I'm Joey Lombardo, Demon of Hollywood, sitting here with the baddie Blond Babie, Emma Nilsson, and I have one thing to say. What's that? Welcome to the episode of the Demon Babie Podcast. We take one topic, break it up into 20 topics, and today's episode is Marathon. Woo! Let's go. And before we get into our topics, How are you? I'm confused. Okay, tell me. I'm confused. You basically copied my outfit. Um, no, I was dressed before and I, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I thought I was going to put this jacket on. And then after I finished my hair, I went to the closet and saw you put that jacket on. So you copied my outfit. Okay. One. These are both my jackets. So technically you're in my clothes. Mine is yours. We're engaged. It'll be yours in November. So that's my jacket. And that was what I was going to wear. You don't, you didn't call dibs on it at all. I didn't know I needed to. You were just as a nineties dad and you saw how great I looked. No, no, no. It's freezing cold. And I don't like doing my makeup with my jackets on. It's not freezing cold. I'm sweating in here. Well, you have a hoodie on and a jacket. Cozy. You're bundled up like you're in Because I dressed properly for the program. Okay, so let's not sit here and say I copied your outfit, because we are in totally different outfits. You have two jackets on, I have one jacket on, one of your jackets is my jacket. Never seen you button that all the way up like that. It's been my new thing, I've been doing this all week. You could just say you're a huge fan of the No, you could say you're a huge fan of the program. You could say the same. I am a huge fan. I am too. I'm not enough to copy your outfit, but But enough to wear mine. So I think I wear it well. I would say so. You look cute. You could say I look cute and not just scream at me. I'm gonna scream at you. Alright, well do you like how it looks or do you think it looks terrible? I think you look good. Rate it. Rate it. Rate it? Rate it. No. It's not one of your best looks. That's it! She's off the show. You're off the show! That's one of your best looks. Yeah. No, it's not. I look like a dad from the 90s and I look hot. I don't like dad from the 90s. I look sexy. I don't think that's sexy for me. That's it. You're off the pod. I'm off the pod. It's just Pack your bags. It's just the Babie Babie program. It's the Babie Babie podcast. Babie Babie podcast. Welcome back to another episode. Alright. That's my theme song! That's my theme song! Don't worry Now that we're done fighting first topic how long is the marathon 26 miles 26. 2 miles. Yeah, I saw you written down so I figured I should give the wrong answer. Okay Well, there's more questions than just that great how many kilometers? No, you have to guess. It's 26. 2 miles. Let's show the Europeans how little you know about kilometers. Okay, 10K is about 5 miles. So, 5 times 5 is 25. So it's 5 10Ks. So that's 50 kilometers. So I'm going to say it's about 52 or 53, 55. Final answer, 55. Final answer, 55. Cause I'm doing it. I don't want to go over. It's well, you overshot it. Ah, 42. 195 kilometers. Okay. How many laps around a track is it? A 10 K is six miles. Moving forward. How many laps around a track? Normal standard is a normal standard track. One mile is four laps. So four times 26 is 64 laps. 105. 5. I'm doing really bad math here. That's all we got for the pop quiz episode. I am not an athlete. Hit me. Next topic. The first marathon. Do you know what it was? Nope. Oh, the first marathon was in Greece. Where in Greece? Athens. Close. Okay. Halfway right. Halfway. Halfway. Okay, tell me. It was in a marathon. Ah. To Athens. To Okay. Fee, Fee to, Fee to Bees, Fee to Beedees, Fee to Beedees, ran to announce victory and I think marathons are bad for you. You know why? He died the second he crossed the line and said They are bad for you. I And they He crossed the line and he said, We won the battle! And died. Well, at least he died on a high note and he went down in history forever. True. I won't go down in history if I ever do a full marathon. It will do nothing for the books. It will not move the needle for marathons. We shouldn't say you're training for a half marathon. But I am training for a half marathon. That's what I'm saying. We didn't even mention that. We forgot. Oh. Oh. So it's a half marathon you're doing. Yes. Next topic. I'm doing a half marathon. And my waggies hurt. Uh, also marathons are very anti Persian. I've decided. Next topic, why are marathons anti Persian? Because the Greek were fighting the Persians, won, and then ran, so far, to be like, we won. Oh, we won! Yeah. So it's anti Middle East. It's kind of anti Persian, it's anti Persian empire. Ooh. The P. E. Okay. Well, how do you feel about that? Are you anti Persian or pro Greek? Am I anti Persian or pro Greek? I have to choose one? I hate to say it, I'm pro Greek. That doesn't mean I'm anti Persian. I was gonna say it doesn't mean you're anti Persian. But if I'm choosing one, I'm very pro Greek. Okay. I'm Italian. Yeah. We share a seat. But don't you guys hate each other, the Greeks and Italians? Aren't you guys like really racist against each other? I would imagine Italians and Greeks are even more racist to Persians. Oh, okay. If I had to guess. I would like to I'm no expert. I think you should go on Stavi's pod and debate this. I'd love to hear Stavi's take on this. I'm pretty sure You They hate Italians. I'm pretty sure he hates everyone. Well, he's Greek. Yeah, that's damn great. He's pro Greek for sure. For sure. Alright, next topic. The Athens Marathon is still a thing. That'd be a cool one to ride. That's what I'm saying. Fuck the LA Marathon, only running the Athens Marathon. Do you run from Athens to Marathon? Yes. That's sick! You do the exact historical route. Demon Babie Tries, we go run the Athens Marathon. You're going to make me do it? Yeah, I'll do it. That's supposed to be a hard one. That's worth the bid. It's one of the harder ones. Yeah, because it's mountainous. Yeah. Would you run it at your own pace or would you run it with me? I would run it at my own pace, which might be slower than you at this point. No, I'm still really slow. But my endurance is up. OK, wait, Demon Babie Tries 2027. We do it. 2027? You want to do it this year? You want You don't even know what it is. This year. This year is 2026. I understand that. 2027. Yeah. We'll do it next year. Push it back. I got a honeymoon to go on. Yeah. It's like for two weeks in November. Yeah. It's still expensive. No, we'll be fine. You don't pay for these things. Hello. Must be nice. Making you pay for your own adventure. Yeah. Hit me. Next topic. Gross thing that happens to runners. Oh, they shit themselves. Or pee themselves. Yeah, that happens a lot too. Also losing toenails. That's like the least gross thing of all the gross things though. Yeah, true. But all the gross things. But I would hate to lose a toenail because I like my toes to look pretty. So that would be a bummer for me. I don't know why they, I mean I do know why the elite ones pee themselves. Because they're going for record times. They're not going to stop. You're so, I'm surprised. They're not like bladder trained enough. That's what I'm surprised about. I'm surprised they're not like, Alright, I'm not gonna drink the morning of. Like I gotta have my bladder as empty as possible. Yeah. But I think it's cause they drink during it. I'm not really sure what it is. I'm not sure what it is. Or don't eat if you're gonna shit yourself, like what the fuck? There, I don't, I don't get it. I don't think the elite ones really shit themselves that often. No, I don't think so either. I think it's more of a rookie mistake. I think it's a rookie mistake. You ate some weird shit in the morning. I think the elites don't piss themselves that often. I think some do here and there, but I think in general they're not really good pissers. Yeah, something I'm nervous about. I hope that doesn't happen near me. Good luck. I heard uh, cyclists do that too. Yes. Like long distance cyclists don't do that. Yeah. It's a common thing. So you uh, fit people are fucking disgusting. So endurance people are gross. Yeah. Don't do that. Next topic? Yes. Alright. Much more fun. Yay! Beer marathons. Beer marathons look fun. There's two real main beer marathons that are beer based. There's some wine ones in France and things like that. The wine ones in France look fun. Those ones look fun. I didn't get any info on those. Flying pig marathon in Ohio. Okay. Or the beer lover marathon in Belgium. How much cooler? Oh my god, the Belgium one. Way cooler. Ohio's not pretty enough. They need the beer marathon. I get why, that's why they do it there. I get it. They need it. They need it. They need some sort of attraction for that goddamn city. Yeah, what city is it in? I don't know. You don't even know. They need it for the state. They need it for the state. The state needs it. Belgium? Beer marathon? They love beer. Oh my god, bucket list. And it's called the beer lover marathon. I don't even love beer and I want to do it. Right? Yeah, that sounds fun. Uh huh. Uh huh. Maybe? So I'm gonna do the half marathon in a couple weeks and then I only do drunk marathons, like full marathons. I like that. Yeah, I could do, I'd sign up for that. Will you win it with me now? I would, yeah. I don't think I'd train. We go to Europe and we do drunk. Well, it's gonna take us six hours pretty much regardless. Yeah, seven hours. I don't think I need to train. No, you'll be fine. Yeah, you'll be drunk. I'll be drunk. Who cares? Get me home from the bar. Just make my, yeah. Yeah. Nice! Fun. Fun. Fun. I like it. Yeah, you do. Next topic. The beer, the beer mile. The beer mile, the sprint? Yes, just one mile. I feel like you're going to partake in this. I would try it. I think you would do good. I would do a demon Babie tries try it. If you want to make a hard I'll film it. Poor bet. On my time. Okay, Demon Babie Tries, we're getting it ready. We're getting, we'll get juicy on this one. We're filming this. I, so it's drink one beer, one run, one, Every lap. Run one lap, repeat four times. Yeah. What are you betting I can't do? The world record, which is better than any mile I've ever ran, is four minutes, 30 seconds. You can't do that. Thank you. You're welcome. What do you think, what would you like to bet, and what is the time? Oh, you're going to be offended now that I know what the world record is. I think your time would be like, Like six minutes. Six? You're out. Six? You think I can do four beers and four laps in six minutes? I think it'd take you seven. I can't do that. I think it'd take you seven. With the chugging? I don't think I could. How fast do you think you could do it? I think I could. Eight? I could sub eight. Is it worth doing? It's a close call. Aren't all those guys like closer to the four minute mark? You gotta train for this one. Sub eight? Yeah. Come on. You got No, you gotta show up. If you're gonna do this. I'm showing up. You gotta train. Okay. What's your fastest mile? Like barely nine. I'm not the one saying I want to go do the beer mile. I'm not saying I'm going there. I'm saying this is me and you a bet. Oh, we're doing it? Yeah. Oh, I thought you meant you are gonna go and do the thing. I'm betting just you right now. Demon Babie tribes. We can go a weekend. I'll go do this. Oh, I thought we were going to the event. No, this isn't like, oh, God knows where. Okay. Um, yeah. Well, I, I still think you could do it in seven. What do I get if I sub seven? What do you want? What do I get? What do you want? I want a lot. Yeah. So what do you want? Sub seven. What about the usual? No,. All right. What do you want then? The usual times two. All right. It's on sub seven. Okay. Next topic. Carbon plated shoes. They are not my friend. Go ahead. Who just bought some carbon plated shoes, even though they were told not to? I don't know. Not me. I wouldn't do that. That'd be dumb. You only need those if you're running fast. Yeah, like sprinting. Yeah, and you're used to sprinting that fast. Yeah, and you're supposed to really wean on to them. Yeah. Mm hmm What happened? Fucked my leg up. Mm hmm. My leg really hurts. Yeah, still. Still. You're like a week out. Yeah, since you just tried running the carbons. Hey, I will say I did run really fast in them. Would you recommend them? No. I hate that I got them. I regret it. It was the worst decision I've made in my whole training block. I'm very bummed on myself. I was feeling so good. I was running so much, so consistent. My leg hurts so bad. It's so fucked up. I'm so pissed off. I wanted an exciting shoe. And I got hurt. Yeah, you're an idiot. Dumbest thing I did. You're a dumb dumb. Dumb dumb. Don't buy Carbon Plate. Dumb dumb. Carbon Plate, really bad. Hater. Hater. Unless you're ready for it. I was not. If you're ready, you might get a Sub 7 if you wear a pair. Oh, there might be a purchase for me. If I got a Sub 7. Sub 7's a fuck. I've only ran a few miles faster than that. You're an asshole for making it that. All right. Hit me. Next topic. Physical heart changes that happen to the heart. Did you know this? No. When you run a marathon and train for it, your heart changes in many ways. Okay, tell me. Educational. I like it. Yes. Uh, your left ventricle enlarges. Ventricle? Yeah, your left ventricle enlarges. Cool. Is that good? Super good. It's really good. It's great. You sure? Uh huh. Not bad. I like a nice enlarged left ventricle, don't you? I don't know. Maybe that's a bad thing. And uh, your stroke volume increases, which I've always been asking you for. So I've really been working on my stroke volume. Yeah, your stroke volume is super up. What does that mean? Stroke volume. What does that mean? Your volume of strokes is way up. What does that mean? Your strokes were not as high as they used to be. Oh my god. Okay, so we don't know what this means. No, and it lowers your resting heart rate. I knew that. Yes. That's great. It definitely does. Yeah, so great for your heart. Cool. I love it. We love that. We love a good heart. Healthy heart. Next topic. Some people do these Marathons that we talked about in costume. What would your costume be if you had to do one? Sailor Moon. That's a great pick. Thank you. Wow. Yeah, it'd be a fun one. Sailor Moon. And I would get to run around with like a wand thing. Yeah, Sailor Moon Marathon. Sailor Moon Marathon. That's huge. Yeah. Oh, I love that one. Yeah, what would you do? I don't have any answer nearly. I would do a tuxedo. You would get tuxedo mask for lover. Boom. Nailed it. Nailed it. Is there an anime marathon we could run? Because we have the perfect costumes. Anime Tokyo. Tokyo is the easiest marathon. Run it in anime costumes. That would be fun. Literally be so fun. Love it. Love it. Bucket list. Next topic. How many calories do you think you burn on a marathon? Oh, it has to be psychotic. 2000. Oh, so close. 2, 500 to 3, 500, which is about 12 tequila sodas. So I could run a marathon every Friday and my tequila sodas would be like a net zero. A net zero, easy. That'd be great. You'd probably even have a deficit still. That'd be awesome. Yeah. I'd love that for me. I know, I'd love that for you too. Well, we ran home from the bar. Not a marathon. Not a marathon, but we didn't have top two keywords either. True. That's so true. I'm so up. Next topic. Ultra marathons. I don't understand. That's like 50 miles, right? 100. 100? I think. 100. I think it's 100. I've met people die on those. Yeah, dehydration has to get pretty gnarly. I think they keep a pretty close track of those people. I don't think they do. They're running through like the middle of desert. Let them die. I think they let them die. Let them die. Like on the course. Let them die. Dead on the course. Dead guy on the course. Let them die. I think they have a lot of food and they take breaks and like they overnight it almost. I think they run overnight. They don't sleep? That's psycho. It's truly psychotic. Yeah, that's some fucking psycho. Yeah. Yeah, I mean disgusting I'm not participating in that. That's some real psycho. Yeah, do you think you'd ever do one? No. Yeah What why? Clout. Oh, clout. I don't get it. I'm thrill the challenge the challenge the thrill that you're trying Why are you doing a half marathon the challenge? Yeah Well, there you go. There you go. They have more challenge throwing clout than you. They do, because they're going way farther. Now you understand. I guess I'll be doing it in like a couple years. Chasing clout. Yeah. Gotta keep upping the ante. Mm hmm. Next topic. Nope. Last topic. Yes, since you're running the half marathon, I will be there in support. Thank you. As I am a supportive partner, sometimes. What should my sign say? I can't tell you that. Shall I have a sign? If you want one. I absolutely need a sign. I need you to see me. Pretty cute. Yeah, I won't see you otherwise. I'm very spatially unaware. I need a fun sign. You're gonna have to scream at me too. I'm not gonna see you. No, last time you ran four kilometers. You fucking Ran away from me. Oh, I almost threw up. You almost threw up, yeah. So I can't imagine what this is gonna be like. I'm really excited. I'm gonna try and film you. Rude. Chase you, body cam style. Oh, yeah, you can't go into the exit area. Yeah. So you have to find me after. It's gonna be hard. After you yak city. Yeah, I'll be able to run away from you because it's a big long exit thing Actually, we're gonna do a new last topic last topic. What meal do you want after your half marathon? Bulga cheeseburger. Yeah. All right 100 percent They have a beer garden at the end. Oh, so maybe we'll go there and eat. Am I allowed to have a concert? Yeah, it's just in the mall. Oh century city mall. So cool. So cool Uh burger probably burger burger and fries. Yeah, nice probably That's awesome. That's gonna be great. I'm gonna love that too. Yeah, it's gonna be delicious. I can't wait. I want a burger right now. God, that sounds good. Well, that's all. In N Out, please sponsor me. I would love to, where am I going after this? I'm going in N Out. I'm going in N Out. Thanks for watching another episode of the Demon Babie podcast. I'm Demon of Hollywood, Joe Lombardo. I'm Blond Babie. Soon to be Emma Lombardo. Woah! Woah! No, no, no. I'm Emma Nilsson. What? Sorry. Dick. It's my name. Love you, thanks for the episode. Bye! Bye! Mwah!