RED Episode 303 When Running Connects Us: A Tribute to a Fallen Friend

We flash back to Episode 157 when the Will Run For Podcast Crew appeared on our show for the first time. We hope, in a small way, we honor the memory of our fellow podcaster, Erin, whom we lost all too soon. We will miss you, Erin.

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Transcript

Intro and Remembering Erin

Speaker 1 1:05

Hello, this is Tom from the Will Run For podcast, and with me, as always, are Aaron, michael and Diana.

Speaker 2 1:11

Hello.

Speaker 1 1:14

And you are listening to the Run Eat Drink podcast.

Speaker 3 1:19

And we got the dog.

Speaker 2 1:20

And I was like did you get the dog.

Speaker 4 1:47

Welcome to the Run Eat Drink podcast. We feature destination races from across the country and after the race, we take you on a tour of the best local food and beverage to celebrate. So, whether you are an elite runner or a back of the packer like us, you'll know the best places to accomplish. Explore and indulge on your next runcation. Explore and indulge on your next Runcation. Hey, welcome to episode 303 of the Run Eat Drink podcast. I'm your host, amy, and this episode. This was initially going to be a Runcation recap, but today we want to flash back to episode 157 and replay that for you.

Speaker 4 2:41

This last week we lost a wonderful friend of the show, aaron, from the We'll Run For podcast, the humorous heart and the one who always kept them organized and on track, according to Diana and Tom and Michael. We lost Aaron, tom and Michael. We lost Aaron, her kindness, her humor, her unwavering support for runners everywhere. It will never be forgotten. We remember so fondly the first time that we met Michael and Darren. They were in Florida and they were on a vacation and they messaged us and said hey, we'll come meet you halfway, just tell us where. And so we love Big Top Brewing in Sarasota and they were still in their original location. They've since moved to a location that we have yet to visit. We really need to go there. So we're like, yes, big Top Brewing is great, let's go there. It's unique, they'll like it. We can introduce them to some great brews. We can just have nice conversation.

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Speaker 4 4:08

And little did we know until Aaron messaged us listen, there's no place to park and there's some big, crazy concert going on and we're thinking we may not be able to get in here. And it was a Grateful Dead tribute concert. Who knew? We learned to check all social media, which everybody should do, and Erin was right on it and she's like, okay, we'll find somewhere else to go. And she found another brewery with great food. We had burgers, we had beer and we had hours of amazing conversation with Erin and Michael and she just made us smile. They made us laugh. We took a photo outside the brewery with a sign that said I love beer and I love our running community and the ability to find other podcasters, like Aaron and everybody from the Will Run For Crew. I just the being able to do this podcast has brought us so many people in our lives that are loving, inspiring, just incredibly motivating people, and we're so lucky to have met her and to have gotten to know her. We're so glad they invited us on their Inside the Runners studio and we thought we would take this week to pay tribute to the connections that running and podcasting have brought us to this amazing person, this amazing human being. Please do keep Aaron's family and the We'll Run For podcast family in your thoughts, in your hearts in this difficult time and, in Erin's honor, as we've seen the Rise and Run podcast folks do, as we've seen the We'll Run For feed do, we encourage everyone to consider donating to two causes that were close to her heart Unite For Her and AWA underscore NJ, which is an animal rescue, and Unite For Her supports those with breast and ovarian cancer. And what can we say except we're so happy to have these recordings from times when Aaron came on our show with the We'll Run For podcast crew and created memories that we can look back at and laugh and that comfort us in this difficult time. And she will always be a part of our Runcation Nation family and we are supporting the We'll Run For family from here Now, before we talk, running with the We'll Run For crew, it takes a lot to get back out there.

Speaker 4 7:34

After having major stress like the loss of a loved one, and sometimes after my dad died and now after hearing the news that Aaron had passed away, I just wanted to stay in bed all day. But instead of relying on quick fixes, I reached for Magic Mind. Magic Mind has been so nice to send us not only their mental performance shots but also their gummies, which are green apple delicious, and whether I took the gummies or I drank the little green shot with some matcha, with some ashwagandha, I love that. It's a product that they created that takes natural ingredients to help with stress, that stress hormone, that cortisol that can have such negative impact on life. And after three or four days of getting back into that routine of taking that mental performance shot, I felt more able to get back into at work throughout the day, despite the high emotional and mental stress. So, magic Mind, you've been supporting me since the beginning of January and I cannot say enough about how I appreciate your product, that it can accompany my coffee and I don't have to give up my coffee. It can help sustain the effect of my coffee and you're helping me get through some of the more difficult times that I've ever had in my life, and you've passed it along to the Runcation Nation as well.

Flashback to Episode 157

Speaker 4 9:26

So if anybody needs that boost in your daily life, go to magicmindcom. Slash redpod20 for 20% off a one-time purchase or 48% off your first subscription. You can also go to magicmindcom and enter redpod R-E-D-P-O-D at checkout, and thank you to everybody at Magic Mind for your support. Hey, welcome to episode 157 of the Run Eat Drink podcast. I'm your host, amy, and I'm your co-host, dana. We are so happy to bring this virtually live episode to you.

Speaker 3 10:11

I see what you did there, and in just a few minutes our listeners are going to see what you did there as well.

Speaker 4 10:17

I know.

Speaker 3 10:17

Dropping the hints already.

Speaker 4 10:19

Yeah, yeah, and I'm still coming off of that, those wonderful three episodes with Bart Yasso.

Speaker 3 10:28

It was so much fun talking with him and we've been really fortunate. And I want to say if there has been any silver lining to this global pandemic, it has been that it's forced us to get creative and to reach out to other talent. Yeah, to get them on the show and expose the Runcation Nation to those people, maybe introduce them for the first time, maybe bring them an interview that they've always wanted to hear, and this week is no different.

Speaker 4 11:05

Or a different angle, and I love the chat we had this week because we when you think about the beginning of the pandemic and April and Mike Rollman, fellow podcaster, coming onto the show we have been so lucky through the world of podcasting to meet totally great people who are such supporters of fellow runners that they haven't even met.

Speaker 3 11:37

And not to mention person. Yeah, and not to mention incredibly talented podcasters as well.

Speaker 4 11:42

Oh my gosh, and it's really great. It's podcasts. They connect us all in such a way. It's like I said during the interview, it's six degrees of separation, six degrees of Kevin Bacon or I don't know, I don't know.

Speaker 3 11:58

If you haven't figured it out by now. Like I said during the interview, it's six degrees of separation, six degrees of Kevin Bacon, I don't know. I don't know If you haven't figured it out by now. We have guests on this week's show. We do. They're podcasters.

Speaker 4 12:07

And they were so kind to be with us for not only the run segment but for the eating and drinking portions of our show. Yes, they brought us running content. They brought us favorite places to eat and drink. So, aaron, michael, tom and Diana from the Will Run For podcast, we were featured on their show inside the runner's studio at the beginning of mid-January, at the very beginning of February. Maybe these few weeks have been a blur.

Speaker 3 12:45

Indeed.

Speaker 4 12:45

But we enjoyed every minute of that. We had such a great laugh that we wanted to have them on and we wanted to bring the Runcation Nation something special that they're doing to connect the running community while we all can't be together.

Speaker 3 13:00

Yeah, now, this show is one of my favorites because it's like just a bunch of friends hanging out and talking. And when we got our opportunity to be on their show it felt very much like that we had known them forever. We were just hanging out with them. Then we got the opportunity a few weeks ago to meet up with a couple of them. Half of them when they were down here in Florida.

Speaker 4 13:24

Yeah, we were lucky.

Speaker 3 13:25

And it was an instant connection, and even Dani, as you can hear, in the background she also had that instant connection, even though she was nowhere to be seen.

Speaker 4 13:35

They're dog and cat people too.

Speaker 3 13:37

They do. They understand the struggle is real. So we had the opportunity to have this interview and we connected again and I think that, as you guys are listening, you're going to hear why we have so much fun listening to this group. We're out on our runs, yeah, and this week's episode, they cover the gamut, they cover running. They cover, like Amy said, the eating and drinking portions, telling us about some spots that we have now added to our future, places that we must visit and review on the show.

Speaker 4 14:13

Yes, runcations, if you will.

Speaker 3 14:15

And I know you've been hard at work today doing show notes and putting everything together. So you're looking at these places online going, oh yes, Looking at the menus, looking at the photos.

Speaker 4 14:26

You have to just stay tuned for their recommendations.

Speaker 3 14:30

Yes, so we're going to have the run segment, we're going to have the eat segment, we're going to have the drink segment and Amy's got a. We got a bonus.

Speaker 4 14:38

Yeah, we sprung it on them.

Speaker 3 14:41

We flipped the script.

Speaker 4 14:42

We turned the tables. Yeah.

Speaker 3 14:44

And we gave them a little bit of their own medicine.

Speaker 4 14:47

Yes, and they said this was the first time that they were on another podcast, and so we thought what better way to celebrate than to give them the Inside the Runner Studio questions that they always give runners that they feature on their show?

Speaker 3 15:08

So we had a lot of fun springing that on them and getting their answers. So this is going to be a packed episode today. Oh yeah, this is about an hour total, just over an hour total with them. So this is going to be a great episode for your medium to long run back of the Packers. So grab your headphones, strap on your shoes and get ready.

Speaker 4 15:30

It's the We'll Run For podcast. The will run for podcast. Dana, we have been talking about the whole theme starting in 2021, for our show has been keeping you motivated to achieve your goals, like healthy recipes with little indulgences sprinkled in here and there, and resources to help you stay running and stay with your fitness goals.

Speaker 3 15:53

Yeah, our number one goal for everybody out there is to provide you what you need to stay motivated, and part of that is having great content to listen to on those long runs.

Speaker 4 16:05

That is for sure.

Speaker 3 16:06

And in order to do that, we have and are joined today by our friends from the We'll Run For podcast today by our friends from the Will Run For podcast.

Speaker 4 16:19

You might remember that we were on their show and we did a special episode, the Inside the Runner Studio, which I absolutely adore. And so today we are so lucky to be joined by Tom, Diana, Michael and Aaron from the Will Run For podcast. Listen, they have their podcast because they were listening to another podcast. It's like Inception, or Six Degrees of Separation.

Speaker 3 16:43

It's very meta.

Speaker 4 16:44

They were all listening to the same running podcast and then that podcast organized a meetup that brought them together and then they started their own podcast to stay motivated in the pandemic. And I can tell you their podcast appeals to everybody front of the pack, middle of the pack, back of the pack, people who love the beer, people who love to eat, people who want to talk about horrific chafing stories. Let me just say so we are so happy to welcome the four hosts from the We'll Run For podcast to our show. How are you all doing today?

Speaker 2 17:19

Hello, we're doing great. Yay, we're so happy to have you all. Yeah, we're so happy to be here. I think this is the first time we've been on someone else's podcast. Yeah, yeah, first for us.

Speaker 4 17:31

Yay, this is the first time we've had four hosts the same time.

Speaker 3 17:35

We weren't even sure we could technically do it. This is amazing.

Speaker 4 17:39

And everything seems to be working out. We all have something to drink, so that's good we do Cheers, everybody Cheers.

Speaker 3 17:46

Welcome to the show, welcome to the show we'll run for Thank you, thank you.

Speaker 4 17:51

So we break it down. If you've listened to our show, we have a running eating and drinking portion of our show. We would like to move into the running portion of our show, if that is all right with the four of you.

Speaker 2 18:02

Yeah, absolutely, I think. Of those three things though running's my least favorite so you have to do it in that order, right, Don't you? Yeah, you do. You have to do it in that order.

Speaker 3 18:12

To be fair. We have tried it in some other variants and it really doesn't work very well it does not work.

Speaker 5 18:20

No, in your racing sometimes it does. If you are running, and there's some drinks, on course, sure, drink the drinks. During is good. During is good In order to continue moving forward. I don't know if I'd call it running at that point, though, oh yeah.

Speaker 3 18:33

I don't know if I'd call it running at that point, though it's funny you say that Around this time last year we were doing the last Was it the last in-person race that we did in the A1A?

Speaker 4 18:46

No, we did the Donna. The Donna, are you kidding?

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Speaker 3 18:47

It's been so long that you can't even remember we did the Publix A1A over on the east coast of Florida and at mile nine these ladies set up a table and they saw me cause I run in a kilt and they they come here and they poured me shots of Tullamore do at mile nine and that was a morning I decided I'm going to, I'm going to have breakfast after I run.

Speaker 3 19:09

So I was nine miles into a half marathon having my first shot of whiskey on an empty stomach. No, that's an amazing story that made miles 10, 11 a half marathon, having my first shot of whiskey on an empty stomach.

Speaker 5 19:15

No.

Speaker 3 19:15

Oh goodness, that's an amazing story that made miles 10, 11, 12 and 13 way more fun.

Speaker 4 19:22

Well, what you did?

Speaker 3 19:23

is interesting.

Speaker 4 19:24

Yeah. So what I really want to know from the four of them is how did you all, why did you get into running, Since you mentioned that it's the least favorite of the three running, eating and drinking? How did you mentioned that it's the least favorite of the three running, eating and drinking? How did you get into?

Speaker 2 19:38

it. I'll start because I said that I hated running and I do and I still do. But I started running I think five years ago now, and I started running just to lose weight. Initially, I started going to the gym and running on the treadmill and was doing Zumba and a few other things, and then I got invited to my first in-person race with some girlfriends and now I can't stop. So, even though I say I hate it, I actually love it and I look forward to it, but I'm miserable while I'm doing it.

Speaker 3 20:14

Me too yeah.

Speaker 1 20:15

This is I'll piggyback off of that. I my running journey started with my introduction to Diana because when I met her and we first started dating, she had committed to running at least a 5k every month. And when you get with somebody and you start to enjoy what they enjoy, I just wanted to try it out. I had no idea that I would still like it the way I do now. And I always say I started off false pretenses because I had a Garmin and I started my watch and I went out for a 5k and I guess the GPS didn't pick it up until I don't know halfway through, because my first 5k ever was 25 minutes. And I get home and I'm like that wasn't that bad, how fast am I stupid? So then I immediately registered for a race and we're driving to the race and she's like what time do you want today? I'm like I guess 30 minutes. And she's like all right, good luck with that. Five years later still running.

Speaker 4 21:22

Diana 5k, 5k a month, did he say.

Speaker 2 21:26

Yeah. So I don't know what I was doing your mic's off. What happened? Yeah, sorry, the dog was squeaking so I muted myself. Dog was squeaking, so I muted myself. She's fancy. So yeah, I did a 5k every month for a year. I don't know what I was thinking. I just needed something to motivate me and keep me going. And I just gotten into running and it was around that time where there were a thousand races happening all the time. So there was, remember, there was like color run and the electric run and this run and that run every month Like I was doing something.

Speaker 2 22:01

I don't think there's that even many races now, but I started doing at least a 5k every month and Tom always says that I got him into running. But I never once and I stand by this I never once invited him to run with me. I never said sign up for this race. I never said come along and do this. He did that all on his own. So he always tries to blame me for running and I say you can't blame me.

Speaker 1 22:23

I don't think I'm laying blame as much as thanking you.

Speaker 4 22:26

Ah, there you go oh way to turn it around man.

Speaker 1 22:31

It's not my first rodeo. You know what to do.

Speaker 4 22:34

Yeah, sounds so familiar yeah.

Speaker 3 22:36

I don't know where you might've heard something very similar to that before.

Speaker 4 22:40

Yes, what? What about the other half of this, this crazy podcasting host crew?

Speaker 5 22:47

I was a dabbler in running in my twenties and into my thirties, but it was like that kind of thing where you go out too fast and then you hate it. Yeah, I would run for a month and then quit probably a good 10 years of my 20s and 30s. And then about seven years ago I was just super stressed about life, so I was going for evening walks and I started doing walk run where I was like, oh, I could probably run to the end of that street. That's how I got into it. I don't know, it was just a stress relief, it was just being out there.

Speaker 4 23:22

I love that.

Speaker 5 23:24

The nature and the world and on the road and being like the day behind on the pavement. So I started slowly doing that, where I walked and ran to the light pole and then to the mailbox and then to. Eventually I got to the point where I could run a mile. That's how I started. And then, once I did my first race, you know how that goes you cross the finish line and then you're like oh.

Speaker 5 23:49

I can do that. I'm just going to train for this one race. And then you cross the finish line and you're like what's next? You forget the pain.

Speaker 6 23:57

so seven years exactly, still doing it yeah, it's never just one race yeah, yeah, he says that with disdain I guess we started around the same time. Not, we didn't know each other at the point, but I started december 2nd 2015 he knows the yeah.

Speaker 2 24:16

My favorite thing is that he knows the exact date it's amazing.

Speaker 6 24:19

I was in terrible shape. I was like 42 at the time and just in terrible shape and I was like I just need to be in good enough physical condition so that I can actually enjoy doing things with my son, because he's going to be able to do things. I just I have a track at work so I just started walking around it basically 25 to 30 minutes a day, seeing what I could do, and thankfully I had a lot of good friends who had really good advice, who are runners One karate last name, Chop. You'll hear about on the show a lot.

Speaker 4 24:47

Do you hear about that on the show? That's great.

Speaker 6 24:50

The long time, like running his whole life. So really great advice from them to just go slow and take it slow. So I really did that from the beginning and never burned out, and I think the first race I ran was a half marathon. Like nine months later, wow. And I skipped the marathon and never looked back and I think I've only run two halves in that time. I liked really long stuff. I found out and found trails and just enjoy being lost in the woods, he is the crazy one on the podcast.

Speaker 2 25:20

Yeah, we have a wide range. I complain when I have to go out and do a 5K and then they run like 30 miles every weekend. So there's just a breadth of experience.

Speaker 4 25:31

And different reasons and different motivations for running. But what motivated you all? We talked about it a little bit in the intro, so we don't know how you all came to start the podcast. We see a little bit of the journey, but how did you start the We'll Run For podcast. Really, I think it really came out of.

Speaker 5 25:50

We were doing Zoom happy hours at the beginning of the pandemic with like groups of friends from the team shenanigans, which is the old podcast that we met through doing these Zoom happy hours with some friends, and eventually, along the way they dwindled because people get Zoom fatigue, but every so often the four of us would still hop onto one and we're chatting. And Tom's always wanted to do a podcast, yeah, so he just started tossing around the idea and he just one day proposed it to me and I was like I don't know. And Michael's been in podcasting for a long time what 10 years?

Speaker 6 26:24

Yeah.

Speaker 5 26:25

About, so he had some experience. So that's how I dragged him in, and if we were going to drag Michael in, we were definitely dragging Diana in.

Speaker 6 26:34

So yeah, unwittingly.

Speaker 4 26:40

So all this? What other podcasts is he on?

Speaker 6 26:42

I have a small like gaming podcast network and then I have a one that I do with just friends where we just talk I'm just called Chatterbox, but nobody really listens. But we enjoy it because we get together.

Speaker 4 26:53

No one listens to that. There's someone out there who listens, I guarantee it.

Speaker 2 26:57

You have a fan somewhere.

Speaker 6 26:59

Yes, I've done all kinds of you did a Deadliest. Catchphrase for a while.

Speaker 5 27:04

Yeah, he's done all kinds of podcasts.

Speaker 6 27:07

Yeah, it's amazing. Yeah, the one gaming one I focus on. There's five other shows on the network. It's just basically a collective of friends.

Speaker 5 27:13

He is on the network. It's basically a collective of friends. He has a podcast network guys A network.

Speaker 2 27:18

He's professional.

Speaker 3 27:21

You're profesh I was sending you my resume.

Speaker 4 27:22

So, profesh, we got to clean that up, send that out over there. Professionals do get paid.

Speaker 1 27:30

I also think part of it was we didn't really know what was going to happen within the last year. We needed something to structure our time, so this has been a great distraction. And also there's no races, so there's nothing really to train for. But if you have a running podcast, you should be running.

Speaker 4 27:53

Otherwise, what do you have to talk about Exactly?

Speaker 1 27:55

This is part of our motivation. It's really helped pass the time and we've already said it If you look at Aaron, michael, diana and me, we there's a lot of different ability in there. So, like we, we can resonate with a lot of different kinds of runners. And it's all about motivation, because Michael will talk about doing an ultra, we'll talk about doing a half and there's no, you're not a real runner, you're not. I mean, we're like intervalers.

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Speaker 5 28:19

We are not like. I feel like we resonate with all kinds of like Galloway methods. Sure, yeah, like any anything. There's just a wide range between us and I think that's the biggest thing is that we want a podcast for the everyday person, because there's not a lot out of that out there. It's hard to find it. A lot of running podcasts are professional runners who interview other professional runners, and we just wanted something light and casual and something that people could relate to, and we love it, because a lot of the feedback that we have gotten is that it's like chatting with your friends and that's exactly the community we wanted to build.

Speaker 4 28:55

I was in the. I was in the car. I didn't mean to cut you off, I know I keep doing that, but I was in the car going to physical therapy, listening to your inside the runner studio and like I'm talking to you all through the car, I'm like people probably think I'm crazy, but I just it's just like, for I think everybody would say your show, it's just, you're the extra person in the room when you're listening.

Speaker 3 29:22

Yeah, yeah, that's how I feel when I'm listening to you guys. I do the same thing, but I'm not nearly as self-conscious about talking to myself when I'm listening to spoken word podcasts, especially when I'm running. And I love listening to podcasts when running because that it's that getting my left brain engaged takes me out of the absolute dread I feel for the distance I'm doing that day. If it's a long run, it's usually eight miles or more, so I'm like I hate life. I just want to think about something else, and if I can talk to you guys while I'm running, that works. It gets me out of my head.

Speaker 5 30:00

We love hearing that and we feel the same way when we listen to you guys. That's why we love we've when we. When I first started the Instagram, I just started looking for hashtags for running podcasts, and I'm saying that's how I happened upon you guys, and so we just started listening to a bunch of them, and your podcast is definitely one that we latched on to, just because I feel you guys have that same feeling where when you have an interview even if when you have an interview it's a very conversational interview it doesn't feel like over your head. So we really enjoyed that about you guys, thank you.

Speaker 4 30:30

The feeling is mutual, so mutual. It's mutual, so mutual. Aaron, I know Diana has talked about not dreading the run, but I would like to know from the three remaining co-hosts Is there a least favorite thing you have about running or a least favorite experience that you're like yeah, I did it, I'm not going to repeat it. It's a horror story. I'm just learned from my experience.

Speaker 6 30:59

I've worked outside my entire life and that will lead into what I hate about running now. I've been doing snow removal for 30 years as part of my job, so I now hate winter.

Speaker 5 31:10

Like, with a passion, with a passion.

Speaker 6 31:12

Like cold weather does not bother me at all, like I can go outside in the cold, it does not bother me in the least. I despise running in the dark and in the cold. Now I am so over it. Okay, I think I've hit the point in my life where I'm old enough to realize this is nonsense. I can go do something else and be more comfortable. I don't need to do this.

Speaker 5 31:30

We had a vacation for two weeks to Florida and then the first week back we didn't run at all. So we had three weeks off from like cold weather and or dark running. We go out for our first run in the dark and it was a little chill. It wasn't even that cold cold out. Yeah, yeah. And he, like the second we started, was like I'm done with this, I hate this. I was like oh, this.

Speaker 6 31:55

I was mad because I had to use a light. I think yes, because I had to throw my light on. I was like I'm so tired of this. I was like, can we just change the clock?

Speaker 5 32:02

So I can tell you that was his least favorite thing about running.

Speaker 4 32:10

Now, is there anybody else that has a least favorite thing, or are you just all shiny happy running yeah?

Speaker 1 32:17

I'll say I guess it's just the constant pressure to run which is counterintuitive to this whole thing. But if you don't run you lose the ability to run and then when you try to start up again, have you ever ran like a half and then say and then you're going into the holidays and you're like I could take a month off, sure, and then jump right back on the horse? Absolutely yeah, it's not that easy. No. So one of the worst things about running is you have to keep running if you want to.

Speaker 3 32:47

I feel that in my soul.

Speaker 1 32:49

Yeah, I'm being honest.

Speaker 4 32:50

Yes, Like.

Speaker 1 32:51

I know I have to run tomorrow. I know I have to run tomorrow. I know I have to run Friday. I know I have to run this weekend. That's those are just things I've accepted.

Speaker 4 32:59

I can attest to this, because starting back to running, or like you remember it and you remember oh, I went so far, I went that half marathon, I could totally do this, and then you have surgery and then you stop, and then starting back up, man, that's a beast, oh my God.

Speaker 1 33:18

And I'll say all of that. But I've never regretted a run. I do not want to do it the minute I'm done. Thank God I did that.

Speaker 4 33:25

Exactly, exactly, and I think that's what it is about running. There we were interviewing Bart Yasso and he talked about when adults are out there and they are running, you can see like the pain in your face and I know that we can all relate to that. But when you cross the finish line and you have made it through or you made it through a particularly tough run like a least favorite experience of mine was when I rolled my ankle during mile number one of a half marathon and then you have to keep on going to get to the end.

Speaker 2 33:57

It becomes a worse fear Nope.

Speaker 1 33:58

It's a worse fear. I'd be like take the leg, take the leg.

Speaker 3 34:03

Yeah, they almost did with her. I watched her ankle gradually swell over the first half of that and I'm like, oh, this isn't going to end well.

Speaker 4 34:12

No, we're going to be in hospital later tonight, I think. No, it's just a flesh wound. No, okay.

Speaker 1 34:18

No, I got you.

Speaker 4 34:19

Okay, it's good, it's good.

Speaker 1 34:22

Do you?

Speaker 4 34:22

have a favorite running moment, Anybody in particular. We could start wherever. Tom Diane, do you have a favorite memory? And then we can go to around the horn.

Speaker 2 34:37

I think for me my favorite running moment is probably Tom's least favorite running moment and one that Aaron enjoys was probably when I finished my first dopey, I don't know. It was super challenging for me. I had one of those races where I don't know if anyone else experiences this, but where you have to be around people and then you want no one around you and then you have to be around people, so I kept sending people away and then wanting them immediately back. So at one point during the race I was completely alone by myself. I think it was mile, I don't know 21, maybe, yeah, 2021 might have even been like 23.

Speaker 2 35:09

Honestly, I don't even know, but I was basically on the verge of tears. 20s, like the finish line was there, basically, and I was on the verge of tears. I was miserable. I was actually getting my phone out so I could call Tom and say I didn't want to do it anymore. And actually Aaron found me on the race course and she said there is beer a quarter mile away and I was like beer, I can go to beer.

Speaker 3 35:39

So then I love it.

Speaker 5 35:40

So we were like oh yeah.

Speaker 2 35:42

So I was like walking into Hollywood studios and like having a breakdown and then so finally I had people back after sending my friends away and then wanting them back, and that going back and forth. But then I overindulged a little bit, and by overindulged I had three drinks. But just like you, I was on mile 23 of a marathon, so I was dehydrated and hungry. There you go. So I think I had two beers and a margarita and I don't know. Just crossing that finish line was such an accomplishment, I was so excited about it, but I was also pretty, pretty tipsy. Tom was really annoyed with me because he thought it was going to be this magical moment. And then I was like, while in across the finish line, like a crazy person.

Speaker 1 36:25

I romanticize everything. And leading up to dopey, she put so much training in. It was like she was so dedicated and in my head it was like this Olympic moment where she's going to come across the finish line and it's this huge physical feat and mental challenge that she got over.

Speaker 2 36:46

And then she comes across the finish line, dancing and tipsy, and I'm like all right, and yelling at him that I wanted him to go get me another beer I'm like congratulations.

Speaker 1 36:55

That's so awesome him to go get me another beer. Congratulations, that's so awesome. She's give me a beer.

Speaker 5 37:00

Wrong word. I'm pretty sure we got Diana drunk.

Speaker 6 37:03

Yeah.

Speaker 5 37:04

Did you Drunk?

Speaker 2 37:06

Yes, oh, yep, but that was my favorite moment because it was an accomplishment, but it was also. It was really fun.

Speaker 3 37:13

We have talked up the fact that those races are of a party environment.

Speaker 4 37:18

So they just lend themselves to that 100 yeah yeah, totally too funny yeah and that's one thing we have not been able to do to.

Speaker 3 37:27

Disney is, or we haven't thought to, is to grab a adult beverage, on course I'm too afraid of turning around and finding the balloon.

Speaker 4 37:36

ladies, once you're in Epcot, you're fine.

Speaker 5 37:40

true, that's what people say. Once you're in Epcot, you're fine.

Speaker 1 37:43

I don't believe any of that.

Speaker 5 37:46

You're never safe, I'm with you In my head.

Speaker 3 37:47

You're never safe.

Speaker 1 37:49

You're never safe.

Speaker 3 37:50

She's not, she is not content. Like I can show up and I'll tell her okay, you're like two miles ahead of them, three miles ahead of them. No, I'm not, they're right behind me and I'm like, literally, you're in a different park than they are. You're good. Oh yeah, she's very intense at the Disney race.

Speaker 4 38:07

I have nightmares. I have nightmares. So they we were talking about how you started the podcast to stay motivated and running and to there really are no live races around us anywhere.

Speaker 3 38:22

Very few small ones in the community. No large organized events yet.

Speaker 4 38:27

Yeah, but we hear that you all are organizing a virtual event. We are, we are, yeah. Who is going to talk about?

Speaker 1 38:35

that A virtual event? We are, we are yeah.

Speaker 4 38:36

Who is going to talk about that? Because we want to know and we're going to click the sign-out button. We just saw come out what yesterday.

Speaker 5 38:45

Yes, we launched it yesterday. Yeah, talk about it. Talk about it with us. This is mostly Tom's brainchild, so we'll let him start with it, okay.

The Virtually Live Race 2021

Speaker 1 38:54

So we wanted to have an event. I'm looking back on the past year. There's been a lot of virtuals and I've ran a bunch of them and they've definitely kept me motivated, but I'm a little burned out on virtuals. But the one thing that I really did enjoy is the sense of community and seeing other people achieving goals and sharing on social media and looking at the community that's been built around the various podcasts and the friends that we have in the running community. We wanted to have something to look forward to, something to train for in the spring.

Speaker 1 39:28

So we are calling it the Virtually Live Race 2021, virtually Live. So it's essentially it's a choose your own adventure where folks can run any distance that they want, anywhere that they want, with anyone that they want. Like, you pick your running crew, you pick your distance, but we want to know why. We want to know where you're running, why you picked what you picked, and we really want to blow it out on social media. We want a lot of pictures, videos. We want to cheer each other on, to unify everything. We're going to have a shared start on Instagram. We, through friends of Michael and Aaron's Beast Pacing, we have somebody that can or has made us a custom medallion we have seen photos of this and it seems like

Speaker 5 40:18

very large. It's a four inch medallion and if you listen to our podcast, you'll know why we'll never call it a medal. Which medal medallion, okay. Which michael had an epiphany about while we were recording on our podcast. That medal is short for medallion.

Speaker 4 40:39

So we're going to call it a medallion.

Speaker 5 40:41

For the rest of eternity. It is a medallion, but, yes, peace Pacing. Vanessa is one of my good friends. We do a lot of her races in this area. We've done a ton of her rituals to help support her. She's a very small business, so she does these wood cut medallions that we are in love with. They're very lightweight, they're great, and so I used her and I said, hey, do you want to make something for us? And she said, since you're friends, absolutely, we're so lucky so we posted that the other day, yeah.

Speaker 1 41:15

Yeah, so we posted that the other day. Yeah, yeah, and we have on the Facebook event. We have over 40 people that are either going or interested and we posted it yesterday.

Speaker 4 41:24

How's Vanessa feeling about all those medals? Then it's good.

Speaker 5 41:28

She's good. I texted her. I'm like so what's the cap? I said I don't know, maybe we'll get 30 people, and the response has been way better than I expected. We really had no idea what to expect from this, but we've had some good, loyal listeners and we're very excited that people are excited about it. So maybe we can get some of your listeners involved too. It'd be great.

Speaker 3 41:48

That's the plan. We've been huge proponents of virtuals, of course, over the last year. You're looking for that external motivator and I'm I shamelessly run for bling. Oh, yes, I I that is, I run for beer. Yes, at the end, if you have drinks on the course, I might run for those too. But I am signing up for your race, for your medallion.

Speaker 4 42:10

Medallion. Yes, I now feel I've classed it up a little bit. You have classed us up. Stay classy podcasters.

Speaker 3 42:19

So I think that we should be able to expand some of our listeners' horizons with this race and give them another opportunity for that external, extrinsic motivator to keep moving. And I love that choose own adventure take on things. I think that is so cool. Number one I'm a huge Dungeons and Dragons nerd, so the idea of choose your own adventure is where I started when I was a kid.

Speaker 4 42:43

I like those books.

Speaker 3 42:44

Yeah, and being able to apply that to running, I think is super cool.

Speaker 1 42:48

Yeah yeah, it's open to walkers, run walkers, runners, like anybody. It's really just about all doing something at the same time and cheering each other on.

Speaker 2 43:01

That's why it's virtually live.

Speaker 1 43:03

It's virtually live.

Speaker 5 43:04

Virtually live. I actually think Tom said it's the virtually live part of it is going to take place on April 10th. We have a 10 am start time.

Speaker 6 43:12

That we're planning Eastern.

Speaker 5 43:14

Eastern daylight time. April 10th a 10 am start time that we're planning.

Speaker 6 43:15

Eastern Eastern daylight time.

Speaker 4 43:16

April 10th, 10 am Eastern daylight time.

Speaker 5 43:21

Yes.

Speaker 6 43:21

But you can do it whenever you can do it whenever you want.

Speaker 5 43:24

We are encouraging you. If you cannot make that start time, just message us, let us know. Tom and I will be around a lot that month and our plan is to hop on live on instagram or facebook or wherever you feel like us being and carry on. Yay, we'll message with you, we'll live video with you. Okay, we'll encourage you the whole way. But on april 10th, at 10 am Eastern Daylight Time, tom and I will be on live on Instagram and Facebook to start the race.

Speaker 3 43:59

I love that. Now, if somebody wants to sign up for the race to get that medallion, where do they need to go?

Speaker 5 44:07

We have a run sign up page that we created. We have a link to that If you go to our Instagram. In our bio we have a link tree. Okay, that has the link right on the top there, or you can go to our Facebook page. We'll run for a podcast for both of them and we have an event for the virtually live race. The link for the run sign up is right there as well. Fantastic.

Speaker 3 44:29

And I think we're going to link to all of that. We're going to link to your Instagram the run sign up page, the event, the whole nine yards, so that everybody can go there and sign up and be a part of this. I think this is a super cool way to keep people running and motivated and supporting each other, and that is just awesome.

Speaker 4 44:47

Yeah, is there a deadline to sign up?

Speaker 5 44:50

Yes.

Speaker 4 44:51

April 3rd, just wanted to throw that out there. Yes, yes, april 3rd, just wanted to throw that out there. Yes, just in case people, because sometimes people get excited and they just they click that interested or going, or you know what I'm saying, and then they're like our goal is to have all of our medallions.

Speaker 5 45:03

Oh, and you also get a custom buff. Yes, custom will run for buff, gator, gator gator, it's a neck gator.

Speaker 4 45:11

Whatever we know, we got it. We all know it. We're runners, we're walkers, we got it.

Speaker 5 45:17

We designed and our goal is to have everything out to in the mail by the 5th so that hopefully everyone has their bling before the race. Before the 10th Before the 10th Yep Nice.

Speaker 3 45:32

That is super smart.

Speaker 5 45:33

That is our goal. Yeah, so we set that cutoff, okay.

Speaker 3 45:37

So we're going to have those details in the show notes as well.

Speaker 4 45:39

Yeah, we're just going to link to it all.

Post-Run Food Recommendations

Speaker 3 45:41

So I have a question now. Let's say, we've done our virtual and we're virtually live and we've completed our distance and you guys are, I assume, also going to be running we will be Running and hosting Busy Busy. After you get done running, what is your go-to and this is for all of you your go-to post-run meal to celebrate. And if there's a place that you think is a must go for us or other members of the run nation who get up your way, where are you going?

Speaker 6 46:20

I was thinking about this. We were talking about this actually right before recording, though we're in. I grew, I was born in philly, grew up in this area, so I would say if I had run a race in philly I I would go to probably Varga Bar, which is a great beer bar there with all kinds of craft brews from everywhere. It's like super specialty in that. Or I would go to Yards Brewing, which is a great Philadelphia brewery that you don't really get around a lot of places.

Speaker 5 46:52

Or Glory Beer Bar. Maybe, yeah, glory Beer Bar, glory.

Speaker 6 46:54

Yeah, glory Beer Bar, glory Beer Bar.

Speaker 5 46:56

Glory Beer Bar is another one that we really like. Fantastic, they have this pork cheddar. Is it the pork cheddar sandwich? That is just amazing.

Speaker 3 47:04

I love pork cheddar.

Speaker 5 47:05

It's like a twist on the Philly roasted pork sandwich, only it uses a giant piece of pork cheddar and then they put the broccoli rabe and the sharp provolone on it, the way they would with a roasted pork sandwich. And if you guys are ever up in this area in Philly, just let us know because we will take you there for that sandwich.

Speaker 3 47:25

Oh, yeah, okay, yes, I love porchetta.

Speaker 4 47:28

Immediately.

Speaker 3 47:29

That sounds incredible.

Speaker 4 47:30

We must do it, yes.

Speaker 3 47:35

What about?

Speaker 4 47:35

you guys? Who's going next?

Speaker 2 47:36

I don't know no pressure.

Speaker 3 47:38

You got to top the pork head of sandwich.

Speaker 2 47:40

I don't know if we can. We're in Baltimore. Where do we typically go after a run?

Speaker 1 47:45

I know you like burgers and I was thinking about this. There's a place called Abby Burger Bistro. That's a burger place 's several locations, but one's in downtown baltimore. That is really good and we've gone there after a few races. I personally this weird, but I like the peanut butter burger the peanut butter burger yeah, so it's a burger, but it's got a thin layer of creamy peanut butter on it.

Speaker 3 48:13

An actual beef burger.

Speaker 1 48:15

Yep and bacon, okay, and you'd be surprised at how well that works together. And then just like a monstrous pile of tater tots.

Speaker 4 48:25

Is there like a jelly component or some kind of sweet?

Speaker 1 48:28

component. No, okay, it's something about the saltiness of the bacon. I don't know it. Just for me it works. I'm telling you it works.

Speaker 5 48:38

Salty and sweet together yeah.

Speaker 3 48:40

Yeah, I can see that we have a local pizzeria here that does pizza that is bacon and peanut butter and they do a berry reduction on it.

Speaker 4 48:49

This is why I asked that.

Speaker 3 48:51

But yeah, the cheese and the bacon and the peanut butter totally works, so I could see that on a burger.

Speaker 5 48:57

Baltimore Marathon. I actually that was one of the places I ate was Abby.

Speaker 6 49:01

Really.

Speaker 5 49:02

Yeah, it's fantastic. I was down there. I remember seeing the peanut butter burger and thinking how weird it sounded and I did not get it. But now I'm interested in coming back down your way and getting that myself.

Speaker 2 49:14

Yeah, they have a bunch of, like, unique meats and things like that to choose from, so you can even do a, create your own where you pick. Do I want a buffalo burger, or they'll even I think I did a lamb burger, I don't know. Yeah, like lamb, or they'll even do some exotic stuff.

Speaker 2 49:29

I feel like they have they a kangaroo, that kind of stuff that you can pick from and then they have, like, their specialty burgers and they have a really great beer selection. They're local to Baltimore. I think there's two different locations in two of the little neighborhoods so we do that a lot after races. We do Iron Rooster a lot, which is a local Maryland place and that's more of a breakfast place but they have burgers and things like that, but they're famous for their homemade Pop tarts. Oh my, oh yeah, that's always fantastic.

Speaker 1 49:53

They're so good, yep.

Speaker 2 49:55

Yeah, that's always fantastic after a run, and then we have tons of beer here, so we usually will get food and then go to a brewery.

Speaker 5 50:01

Yeah, both of us live near big cities.

Speaker 2 50:03

Yeah.

Speaker 5 50:04

Being in the Baltimore and Philly area. So if you guys want to come up and do some races, we got you.

Speaker 6 50:10

I, we got you I love this.

Speaker 4 50:11

I love that. Yes, you have.

Speaker 3 50:13

Yeah, so you guys are skipping to the good part. We've talked about accomplishing. Talked about exploring the food scene. Let's talk a little bit about the indulgence here.

Speaker 4 50:22

Yeah.

Speaker 3 50:25

So they've talked about going to breweries. Do you have a favorite beer or cocktail or wine that you toast with or that you'd like to have after completing a race or a big, long training run?

Speaker 1 50:37

how much time you got where do we start?

Speaker 5 50:43

it depends on where we are, too.

Speaker 6 50:45

I think that I would say locally, there's what's the flying fish? One with the sea salt. No, that, that's not funny. Dogfish, that's dogfish.

Speaker 5 50:52

Dogfish, yeah, crunch. We've been into the sours and the hazy IPAs that have that citrus-ness to it. Love that.

Speaker 3 51:02

Absolutely yeah.

Speaker 5 51:03

That's been our favorite go-to's for after, but he's talking specifically about the dogfish head sea crunch ale.

Speaker 6 51:19

That's like a limey tasting and then it's got like a little salt in it, which is amazing, I think that would be great.

Speaker 5 51:22

That would be great after a run. Dogfish is a great one in delaware. If you're going to do a delaware race, like rehoboth, which is one of their largest ones in delaware, that's right there in that rehoboth area, so I highly recommend it. They actually even have their own race of the dogfish. Is it an 8K? I?

Speaker 1 51:37

believe it's the dogfish dash. It's a 5-miler.

Speaker 5 51:41

Yeah, it's an 8K. Yeah, we can do it, it's like 4.97.

Speaker 6 51:48

Yes, Yards Brewing in Philly has a 5,000 yards dash that.

Speaker 2 51:53

I've done once yeah 5,000 yards.

Speaker 4 51:59

I can't do math.

Speaker 5 52:02

It's a 5K, yeah, but you just have to say it to me like that it's an automatic PR, because technically it's not a 5K yeah. It's like when you do an 8K even though it's really five miles, it's technically a PR if you've done a five-miler and not an 8K.

Speaker 3 52:23

I have no problem using technicalities to get a PR. I'm fine with that.

Speaker 4 52:27

Go 26.3. Is that an ultra Is?

Speaker 5 52:31

that an ultra Considering.

Speaker 4 52:33

In Disney, you don't have a choice but to go that is true to get to the parking lot, to get to your car or to get to the bus back to your hotel 100 stops by itself, going on and off course regularly.

Speaker 5 52:48

Then you're all your beer stops and all your around the world stops and your margarita at the end. I always end up at 27 something. So really you've done an ultra.

Speaker 3 52:58

There you go oh it counts.

Speaker 4 53:01

It's perfect, it counts. See, fellow runners, that it's not a technicality.

Speaker 3 53:06

That's very supportive. We appreciate that.

Speaker 4 53:08

Yep, yes, I all I can think about is that burger that he talked about now.

Speaker 2 53:14

It is good.

Speaker 4 53:15

What's this place where it was now?

Speaker 1 53:18

It's called Abby Burger Bistro.

Speaker 4 53:20

Abby Burger Bistro in Baltimore Abby Burger Bistro in Baltimore. That's going on the list. Okay, yeah, it's got to go on the list. We have a humongous list from these people here now, these podcasters. They came prepared tonight.

Speaker 5 53:36

They came from North, so list from these people here now, these podcasters.

Speaker 3 53:38

They came prepared tonight. They came north so prepared we can't wait to get, especially as the weather gets warmer and warmer here.

Speaker 4 53:41

Yes, the humidity, you've experienced that at disney. Sometimes I'm sure, 100, 100 I'm sure now is there, tell you have throughout the whole entire interview, talked about where our runcation nation can find you. But if you just want to review one more time how people sign up for the race, how people can find your podcast, find you, connect to you, so they can have just some more conversations over a beer with some great folks, we are are Will Run for a podcast on Instagram and on Facebook.

Speaker 5 54:18

It's easy to find us there. You can sign up for the race, like I said, using the run sign up link that is in our link in our bio in Instagram and on our Facebook page. It is a post and is also on an event page. Nice, those are two places to go for that. We are hosted on anchor, but we you can find us pretty much anywhere you find your podcasts Apple podcast addict, spotify, amazon, all the things all the things all the things.

Speaker 5 54:50

We'll run for podcast or we'll run for dot, dot, dot or we'll run for podcast, or we'll run for dot dot dot or we'll run for dot dot dot.

Speaker 1 54:56

You can find it's nice and easy to find I love it yeah, and if you like what you hear and you leave us a five-star review, shameless plug. I've committed to running five miles for every five star review that we get yes and I will do some ridiculous task.

Speaker 4 55:14

That whatever you want what's been the most ridiculous so far we actually haven't really gotten any.

Speaker 5 55:20

Really, this is the first week that we've started getting some. We have a re-reviewer who loves to refresh her reviews pretty regularly to run, which is hilarious. So this time she's told him that she, he, she would like him to pet all the dogs.

Speaker 6 55:38

Yep.

Speaker 5 55:38

Every dog he sees, he has to stop and take a selfie and pet him. Oh, I really liked that one.

Speaker 3 55:45

That is a good one.

Speaker 5 55:46

Yeah.

Speaker 1 55:47

Yeah.

Speaker 5 55:48

A dress as the beach boys with a grass skirt from Jamie today, yeah, Jamie, yes, actually he didn't leave it in his review, but he texted us and said that he would like tom and michael. He's trying to add michael into this michael, how are you doing with that? Uh, yeah, jamie, a long time so with a beach boys shirt and like a tropical shirt and a grass skirt is how he would oh, that's too funny.

Speaker 3 56:17

I think that members of the runcation nation check you guys out and go over to apple podcasts and leave that five-star review and some suggested zany antics yeah there needs to be more of that we have a listener who's getting married and we're invited.

Speaker 5 56:33

All four of us are invited to the wedding. We knew her before we started podcasting. She just didn't invite some random podcasters. She has decided on the morning of her wedding she would like Tom to dress in a tutu and a veil and run for her wedding Did she specify how far Run away bride.

Speaker 3 56:53

Oh, that's great.

Speaker 5 56:55

I believe she's going.

Speaker 1 56:56

It's a 5K.

Speaker 2 56:57

The morning of her wedding.

Speaker 4 57:00

She could be on the horse like the Julia Roberts runaway bride thing.

Speaker 3 57:04

Oh boy, chase him. Amy's got plans for you.

Speaker 4 57:07

Listen on our behalf, I submitted a review. On our behalf, I submitted a review, but I didn't get a chance to tell him to do some kind of quirky thing.

Speaker 5 57:20

Just re-review.

Speaker 4 57:21

Just re-review, so it's brilliant. I'm going to do it.

Speaker 1 57:25

Yeah, you don't even have to re-review, I will give you five miles, whatever you want me to do. It's got to be legal, though it's got to be legal, though it's got to be legal.

Speaker 3 57:38

We would only suggest legal things. We'll come up with something legal.

Speaker 4 57:39

Yes, we'll come up with something legal.

Speaker 3 57:41

Yes, but here's what we're going to do right now.

Speaker 4 57:43

Yeah.

Speaker 3 57:44

We are going to turn the tables on you guys.

Speaker 4 57:46

We've done the Accomplish Explore and Indulge. We have plugged a fabulous show that you do.

Speaker 3 57:52

We're turning the tables, though.

Speaker 4 57:53

Yes, we are, because you guys Dana, go ahead.

Speaker 3 57:58

Here I hit the mic again. Amy's going to sit here and hit the microphone for a minute and we are going to turn the tables because you guys are known for the inside the podcast studio.

Speaker 4 58:08

The runners Get it Get it Seriously.

Speaker 3 58:11

I'm trying to, I'm reading and scrolling. I got three screens going on here. I am a rank amateur.

Speaker 4 58:16

we've established this I know, so am I.

Speaker 3 58:18

It's okay, keep hitting the microphone inside the runner's studio is based on the questions from james lipton's famous show we are.

Speaker 4 58:28

We love that show and we're so obsessed with that show.

Speaker 3 58:31

Actor's Studio.

Speaker 4 58:32

I love that show, so when we heard it for the first time that you all do that, we were so excited. I'm just saying so. We would like to turn the tables. If you will give us permission, if you'll indulge us.

Speaker 3 58:44

We've never heard you answer these questions, so we'll rapid fire these and you guys give us your answers. What is your favorite word?

Speaker 1 58:59

Icebox.

Speaker 4 59:04

Tom said icebox, are we editing? Yes, we can edit.

Speaker 3 59:08

We can edit.

Speaker 4 59:09

We should have prefaced that before the whole thing, before we asked.

Inside the Runner's Studio

Speaker 5 59:12

But yeah, whatever you say, we can bleep whatever. I probably use word all the time. Yeah, probably the word I use the most, especially being in the construction industry and a woman who has to keep some men in line.

Speaker 1 59:32

Wait, did you say favorite curse word or favorite word?

Speaker 6 59:34

no, we're on favorite word, we're just on favorite word sorry I can't wait till we get curse word oh my god, this is where she starts wow, also being from jersey and working as a heavy equipment operator for a long time, I would say the f word definitely is the word I use the most.

Speaker 4 59:53

I would say but see, he said so I know that's hysterical, I think my favorite word is yes.

Speaker 3 1:00:09

What is your least favorite word?

Speaker 5 1:00:14

Irregardless.

Speaker 4 1:00:16

I knew that was coming, I knew it, I knew it.

Speaker 6 1:00:19

Irregardless Mine is meeting Right there with you.

Speaker 1 1:00:27

Mine is a phrase and it's you're on mute Because after a year of this, that's still happening and it's embarrassing.

Speaker 4 1:00:36

So, tom, it's like because of the pandemic and all the Zoom, it's still happening.

Speaker 2 1:00:42

Oh, my God, Okay, okay, okay, oh goodness, it's so bad that we ask these questions to everyone, and I don't think I've ever thought about it for myself.

Speaker 4 1:00:50

To be fair, we sprung it on you.

Speaker 2 1:00:52

No, I think, thought about it for myself and, to be fair, we sprung it on you. No, I think. I don't know. I think my least favorite word Okay, this is also part, this is a Tom thing, not to put him on blast but he says the word barf, but he does it when he's burping. So sometimes when he burps he just says barf as the burp, and it's the most disgusting thing I've ever heard and it's my least favorite thing on the planet see that would rapidly become someone's ringtone if it were me it could be.

Speaker 2 1:01:26

I hate it so much. I'm sorry no one expected that. No one expected we're getting real To recover.

Speaker 4 1:01:39

Are we on number three? Yes, okay, good, sorry, I just got so I'm sorry. What turned you on?

Speaker 6 1:01:52

Confidence.

Speaker 2 1:01:55

Celebrities. What am I supposed to? Do with that Avengers movies.

Speaker 5 1:02:07

Kind of cliche, but a sense of humor, someone who makes me laugh.

Speaker 1 1:02:12

Kindness. That was nice, I know You're welcome. Welcome.

Speaker 4 1:02:17

that's quality content right there look at the warm and fuzzies we're getting and the juxtaposition to barf it's so gross you gotta go I gotta read it what turns you off?

Speaker 5 1:02:38

Poop. I love that. Someone who thinks too highly of themselves.

Speaker 4 1:02:47

Oh, that's a good one. Good, good, I'll get there.

Speaker 2 1:02:52

I'll get there, go ahead, go ahead.

Speaker 1 1:02:56

I'll get there, I'll get there. It's something like it's like nepotism or like an undeserved sense of self-accomplishment.

Speaker 4 1:03:07

Like that answer. They're connected. Those two answers.

Speaker 2 1:03:11

Yeah, I think, because I like confident people but I don't like cocky people, so I'll say that, like when they've taken that confidence to an unhealthy level, yeah, it's too much.

Speaker 4 1:03:23

What sound or noise do you love?

Speaker 6 1:03:28

I love the sound of the wind, like blowing through the woods, when I'm out running.

Speaker 2 1:03:35

I love this. Oh, go ahead.

Speaker 5 1:03:36

Erin, the ocean Running at the beach was always my favorite thing in the world, and I used to just sit on the beach afterwards and just listen to the waves in the ocean.

Speaker 4 1:03:45

That's so good answer good answer beautiful yeah, you guys are so relaxing.

Speaker 1 1:03:50

I feel like my favorite noise is like laughter, like I just love it, that's a good noise, yeah, that's a great noise like yeah mine's weird, but like you ever been at like the dinner table and you hear like the, you like the silverware, like clinking off of the China, like the sound of a meal. Are you hungry? Do you know what I'm saying? Take all of the actual conversation out of it and think about like Thanksgiving dinner and just the sounds of the meal. That's the weirdest thing I've ever said. Out of it. And think about like thanksgiving dinner and just the sounds of the meal.

Speaker 3 1:04:25

That's the weirdest thing I've ever said spoken like someone who's survived the 21st century pandemic yes, I just love the sound of eating meals, but meals with family there.

Speaker 2 1:04:42

There you go.

Speaker 3 1:04:43

Love it.

Speaker 4 1:04:44

Yeah, oh, this is okay. You're keeping me on track and I appreciate that about you. What sound or noise do you hate?

Speaker 5 1:04:54

My cat yowling at 3 am in the morning.

Speaker 4 1:04:59

Yeah, oh yeah, when they're hungry and they're just insistent, that's a meow and a howl that is like no other. I'm just saying Good.

Speaker 6 1:05:09

For me it's work related. I work at an airport, so there's a certain time they run up jets in a certain area where it echoes through my building for 15 minutes straight while I'm trying to do things, through my building for 15 minutes straight, while I'm trying to do things, and it is like being and I'm literally within 100 feet of it, or, no, 500 feet of it, oh God Going through my building, which is extremely old and porous, and the sound is not kept out. It's really loud.

Speaker 2 1:05:42

And that's my least favorite sound every single other week. I think my least favorite sound is people chewing or slurping, like it drives me up a freaking wall. I hate it. I hate it If it's even if there's, you know how like commercials will have us. Yes, commercials will have a slurp. I literally have to change the radio station if I hear it. It bothers me so much I can't even listen, like as soon as I hear it.

Speaker 3 1:06:09

I radio station if I hear it bothers me so much I can't even listen. Like as soon as I hear it I'm like nope, it's a source of contention in our household. So what you're saying is sounds of meals is not your favorite.

Speaker 1 1:06:13

No, it's not my favorite I guess mine would be like if you accidentally step on your dog's foot and like it yelps you know what I'm saying? Because they're just sad and they don't understand why you would be attacking them and then you feel terrible because you just made a mistake. I don't like when animals are hurt, that's it.

Speaker 3 1:06:36

I understand this completely, because I apologize profusely to the dog. Like they can understand me.

Speaker 5 1:06:42

Exactly, and they don't, they don't. It happens to the cats too.

Speaker 2 1:06:49

They're always under your feet.

Speaker 3 1:06:50

And then they hold it against you.

Speaker 4 1:06:52

Yeah, and I feel like cats are worse.

Speaker 3 1:06:57

No, about holding things against you yeah.

Speaker 4 1:06:59

No, like they're always under your foot. They're always under foot and you're more likely to step on them. No because when it happens to our dog, he does that initial like little yelp thing.

Speaker 2 1:07:08

But then he thinks you want to play. So then his tail starts wagging. He's oh, are we up now this?

Speaker 4 1:07:12

is what we're doing. Let's go. I know you get to.

Speaker 3 1:07:15

I get it, I got it. Yeah, what is your favorite curse word?

Speaker 5 1:07:19

It's all tied up into the what's my favorite word and what's my favorite curse word are all the same beautiful f word that I dropped earlier probably.

Speaker 2 1:07:28

I probably use mother for a lot a lot oh, a lot, yeah, especially at work, a lot I think my favorite is the c word because it gets the most shock value like people are always really shocked when you say it, so I like the impact that it has.

Speaker 1 1:07:49

God, I just I want to default to the F word because it's so versatile. Yes, it is Something like something creative. Yeah, especially when British people swear.

Speaker 4 1:08:02

Oh I know I love it.

Speaker 2 1:08:04

It's the best, the best, it's the best, it's the best, it's the best it really is.

Speaker 4 1:08:08

They should have classed it up, yeah, and like Anna who, when she was on the inside the runner studio, that is so right. The F word is so very versatile, yeah, yeah, it can be a noun, it can be a verb All the things, absolutely, all the things, absolutely all the things. So what?

Speaker 2 1:08:32

profession other than your own? Would you like to attempt one? Oh, I know exactly what I want to be a jungle cruise skipper they have so much fun.

Speaker 1 1:08:40

I love it you'd be so good love it. Then if you're a Jungle Cruise skipper, I'm going to be a bartender at Trader Sam's.

Speaker 2 1:08:49

Ooh, that's a good one, that's a great one.

Speaker 3 1:08:54

That is a great one, I think.

Speaker 6 1:08:56

I'd like to be one of those people who grooms the ski slopes in one of those track machines at night. So random, I know, but it's so peaceful.

Speaker 4 1:09:06

You don't like being out at night for a run, though.

Speaker 3 1:09:09

In the cold. It's different. It's different.

Speaker 6 1:09:11

But imagine the solitude. You're out there on the ski slope all alone, no people.

Speaker 2 1:09:16

That's my living nightmare.

Speaker 5 1:09:18

I was going to say you and I are very different of our people meeting.

Speaker 6 1:09:23

Yeah, you like to be alone.

Speaker 5 1:09:25

I'm actually wondering how he's going to do this 40th birthday party that I'm putting together with 800,000 people that I'm hoping will be all vaccinated and able to make this happen. But I think that I would want to do something with running. I've always wanted to get into the running coach thing. I'm super into the science-y stuff. Running I've always wanted to get into the running coach thing. I'm super into the science-y stuff. We listen to Megan Roach and David Roach and Ian Sharman and this guy, Sean Brennan how do you say his last name?

Speaker 6 1:09:53

I'm going to say it wrong.

Speaker 5 1:09:53

Brennan, brennan, brennan, I don't know. They talk a lot about the fast twitch muscles, the slow twitch. I'm super nerdy into like how your muscular system works, the mechanics of your body and everything. I think that I would nerd out on running.

Speaker 4 1:10:07

I think he would too, yeah.

Speaker 5 1:10:09

I'm the science nerd of the pair.

Speaker 2 1:10:10

Uh-huh.

Speaker 3 1:10:13

What profession would you not like to do?

Speaker 5 1:10:19

Someone on our podcast used this and I would agree anything having to do with poop.

Speaker 4 1:10:24

Yeah, I'm with you for sure. I've done that it's not that bad.

Speaker 5 1:10:29

Like cleaning porta potties or septic tank, or like I've done a lot, or like cleaning a puke. Yeah, anything to do with.

Speaker 3 1:10:39

Don't you mean barf?

Speaker 4 1:10:41

Oh, I'm sorry, I was trying not to do that.

Speaker 6 1:10:46

It's amazing, I would say at least, I would not like to do anything retail whatsoever ever in my life.

Speaker 2 1:10:59

I did retail for a long time.

Speaker 6 1:11:02

I did it for a week. It was hell. I was like 17 or 18. I was like a long time, a long time too.

Speaker 4 1:11:09

I did it for a week. It was hell. I was like 17 or 18. I was like that's enough.

Speaker 2 1:11:12

That's enough. That's enough, I think, I think, for me, and I was trying to think of just something that was just like outdoorsy and alone and I was like, does that job exist? But I'm like a park ranger. A park ranger would be my living nightmare, like I don't want to be outside. It's amazing that I run and I don't want to be alone, so I can't have any of that.

Speaker 4 1:11:32

I would be afraid you would get stranded somewhere in the park. Yeah, I can't as a park ranger at night and who knows what's out there. Yeah, if I'm alone, cold can't handle it. No, that's a tough one. I know that is a tough one, isn't it? Because there are so many jobs that I would not like to there are so many jobs that I'm very envious of that.

Speaker 1 1:12:11

I don't think I the overall pressure would. I don't know, I don't think I would be good at that.

Speaker 4 1:12:19

I understand that I'm right there, man, I don't want that kind of pressure.

Speaker 6 1:12:22

Yeah.

Speaker 4 1:12:22

I don't want to be outside at night. I don't want to have that kind of pressure. I don't want to be outside at night. I don't want to have that kind of pressure. I don't want to clean up any bodily fluids at all. I'm with these people. These are my people. Okay.

Speaker 1 1:12:33

That being said, I'm very thankful for the people that do those jobs.

Speaker 4 1:12:36

Exactly Because someone's got to do it and thank goodness it's not me.

Speaker 2 1:12:52

And last but, certainly, not least, if heaven exists. What would you like?

Speaker 4 1:12:55

to hear God say, when you arrive at the pearly gates, the bar's open. Yeah, I love that.

Speaker 5 1:12:58

Yes, I was going to say the all you can eat buffet. Is that way? Ah, there you go.

Speaker 6 1:13:06

It's all so good. I would say welcome home oh.

Speaker 1 1:13:10

Wow, how do I follow that?

Speaker 2 1:13:12

Good luck.

Speaker 6 1:13:16

Now you can't be funny after that one.

Speaker 5 1:13:18

Yeah, I know. Some people go funny on this and some people go super serious. You never know what you're going to get on this one.

Speaker 1 1:13:28

I think one of your answers was you drove it like you stole it. Indeed, and I'm going to steal that one because I loved that answer.

Speaker 4 1:13:38

It implies so much.

Speaker 1 1:13:39

It does.

Speaker 4 1:13:40

Love it, yeah, aww.

Final Thoughts and Tribute

Speaker 3 1:13:42

That's fantastic and we were so thankful that you guys were willing to indulge us and let us turn the tables on you a little bit for that exercise.

Speaker 4 1:13:50

We just surprised them.

Speaker 2 1:13:52

We should have expected it. I don't know why, although I don't know why, of the dozens of time we've done it, I've never thought about it for myself.

Speaker 4 1:14:00

I think it's because you're just like focused too much on the asking the question.

Speaker 5 1:14:03

Okay, this is my question and that's like we've done it so many times and sent out the question so many times that you just don't think about it the other way.

Speaker 2 1:14:11

Yeah, I guess my whole MO is that I don't do the reading or any preparation at all before we record. So doesn't do that, it's just. I just don't do the homework.

Speaker 4 1:14:20

Sounds like me.

Speaker 4 1:14:32

Sounds like to help. Mark, sounds like me, sounds like somebody else I know that's sitting right next to me. I'm craft services, really craft services, really. We are like running woefully low on beer, indeed, and I imagine that they are as well needing beverages. And so I would just like to say to the entire cast and crew and hosts of the will'll Run For podcast Tom and Diana, michael and Aaron, thank you so much for accomplishing, exploring and indulging with us. We look forward to running that virtual race that you are hosting. We can't wait to run virtually live, and we want the entirety of our Runcation Nation to know. You should really check out the We'll Run For podcast If you're not listening already. It's one that you need on any kind of run, in any kind of car ride, anywhere you are. It is a fantastic show and we're so happy to know you and we cannot wait to run with you we cannot wait for that ourselves yeah, yeah, thank you guys so much for having us.

Speaker 2 1:15:32

We can't wait to run and cheers you guys in person.

Speaker 3 1:15:35

Yeah, cheers guys, thank you so much for joining us, thank.

Speaker 1 1:15:39

Thanks for having us.

Speaker 4 1:15:44

They're so fun.

Speaker 3 1:15:45

They really are I love them so much.

Speaker 4 1:15:48

I cannot wait until we can be with all four of them. Oh, I know.

Speaker 3 1:15:52

I really want to do a big meetup. We can do like a six-way recording. I'd love to do that like a big podcast extravaganza and then-.

Speaker 4 1:16:02

It has to be over food and beverage Absolutely, and then I can. Has to be over food and beverage.

Speaker 3 1:16:04

Absolutely. And then I can't wait for the part that's not going to make the show.

Speaker 4 1:16:09

Oh, the part that's not going to make the show.

Speaker 3 1:16:13

The part that would lose us our clean tag in iTunes.

Speaker 4 1:16:15

Oh, come on, I think I bleeped everything from this episode I hope so.

Speaker 3 1:16:20

Well, if I didn't, I'm sorry. Info at runnydrinknet letting me know.

Speaker 4 1:16:24

I think I got it all. I hope I did.

Speaker 3 1:16:27

Okay, we hope that you guys enjoyed that interview as much as we enjoyed doing it.

Speaker 4 1:16:33

That's a wrap and we really thank you for taking a look back in the archives of the Runny Drink podcast to an episode that we really we laughed a lot. The Runny Drink podcast to an episode that we really we laughed a lot. We bonded with fellow runners and just had a great time recording with Aaron, michael, tom and Diana, and we can't wait to put our arms around the three of them and hug them tight, just like we wish we could do with Erin right now, and we will miss her very much. So don't forget that next week we will start a Runcation Recap with Michael Leslie. He returns to the show and he's going to tell us about how it felt to run two full marathons in the span of two months in 2024, the Chicago marathon and the New York City marathon. So don't miss that. Lots and lots of great little tips if you plan to run either one or both of these races Maybe not back to back, but nonetheless great tips for whenever you want to run them. We thank him for that and stay tuned for that.

Speaker 4 1:17:54

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