Athletics Check with Johnny Stanton IV

Beth May is a Boxer & Marathon Runner - Athletics Check Episode 7

• Johnny Stanton IV • Season 1 • Episode 7

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Join Johnny Stanton IV on the Athletics Check Podcast as he chats with voice actress of Dungeons and Daddies, Beth May.  Beth shares her athletic experiences rooting for women's national soccer, why she decided to try boxing, and the obstacles that almost prevented her from running a marathon.  But make sure you stick around as Beth recounts a hilarious Keanu Reeves encounter.  As always, we hope you enjoy!

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Producer: Johnny Stanton IV & Anand Shah
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Johnny Stanton IV:

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Beth May:

And so I like get the bottle of water and I'm like, well, I'm going to have to ask this guy's name is like, I just got to do this. And so I do the walk of shame across the lobby, back to this guy and I hand him the water and I'm like, And, um, could I get your name, please? And he's like, yeah, it's Keanu. That's K E A N U. And I'm like, He's probably

Johnny Stanton IV:

so gracious about it. He is, and I

Beth May:

want to be dead then.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Welcome back to this weird energy of Athletics Check Podcast. Uh, my name's Johnny Stanton the fourth. Um, and to my left, the camera's right. I'm is, uh, my co host, Travis Reeves. Say hi, Travis.

Travis Reeves:

Hi, Travis.

Johnny Stanton IV:

We are here to talk about your, uh, former roommate, and I think still friend, um, I think, uh, Beth May. Yeah! Yeah. Beth May. Beth, uh, known for her, uh, appearance. Uh, I guess more, more voice, vocal appearance in, uh, the Dungeons and Daddies, uh, podcast. Uh, very popular D& D podcast. I'm a big fan of. Before we, uh, got into the recording, I said I was going to put you on the spot a little bit. Okay. And, uh, might as well just come out with it right now. What is your favorite experience Experiencing sports as like a spectator with Beth there. We, we've in the, during the interview, we talked about a couple of things. We, she's a big fan of, um, women's national team soccer. She is a, uh, she's a boxer. She's a marathon runner. Yes. Um, we even had a little flag football, little event that we did. Um, I think we got into that in the episode, um, that we got to pull a little football camp for about an hour. Yeah. We're in Irvine, California. Yeah. Uh, that is some good footage. What is your favorite experience with Beth as like, uh, as a fan of you, you being a fan of the Warriors or Sure. You know Sure. The Raiders or something like that.

Travis Reeves:

Well, the first time we shot this intro, I stumbled around . I stumbled around a bit, people behind the curtain, uh, and I referenced the Dodger game that we had gone to. Yeah. Um, and then we talked about how boring that is. I'm supposed to putting

Johnny Stanton IV:

you on the spot traffic. Well, and now you realize I'm not putting you on the spot anymore. Look,

Travis Reeves:

that's okay. I'm a paragon of honesty. Um, nothing happened. Same answer, same answer, which I found after a second, which, cause I'm a good friend and definitely remembered it, which was, uh, we were all here as a household, uh, and this isn't, this wasn't a leading question. Johnny didn't know I was going to say this, but, uh, it was the Thursday night football game, 2021 Broncos Browns, where Johnny Stanton scored his first NFL end zone touchdown. I know that's not the way you say it. I know that I just want to keep, it was a flat. Yeah. To the fullback. I, I know what things are. No, it was spider three white corner. Okay. Now, okay. This is something.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Why? Why? Okay. So you ever watched the Gruden Quarterback Academy show like that was on ESPN? Yeah, he said Spider a lot. He said Spider a lot. It was like his favorite. Spider 2Y Banana. Exactly. It was always his favorite play. He said a lot of things. We didn't get into this in the first intro, so I'm glad we're getting to be excited and explain stuff. Okay. Frank's off camera right now talking about this. So let's, so

Travis Reeves:

take

Johnny Stanton IV:

us into the mind of Stefanski. Sure. Okay. So Spider,

Travis Reeves:

is that, is that a Gruden

Johnny Stanton IV:

concept? No, it's not a Gruden concept. It's just a long time football concept. It's a very simple play spider. So a spider is shorthand for a play action. Um, like mesh, basically. So, uh, we were in, I think 22 personnel. Uh, I believe it was 22 personnel, which means two running backs and, um, me being one of them at fullback and then two tight ends. Got it. So. David and Joker was on, on the play. Um, Nick, no, not Nick, Nick was sick. That game. So it was Dearness Johnson was behind me. That's

Travis Reeves:

right. Cause that was the no, everybody was hurt. Everybody was sick. Uh, Baker

Johnny Stanton IV:

was sick or hurt. Baker was sick. Uh, Nick was sick. And then Andy Janovich was hurt. Who is the starter in front of me. So we were not favored to win this game. I don't believe, um, the Broncos were definitely having an off year and have been on off years since then. Um, but it was, uh, Yeah. So one of our goal line package plays was spider three Y corner. There was a couple of spider three plays. I think there were two that season or that, that, that game, we ran it earlier in the game on a third or fourth and short, I forget exactly what it was. Harrison Bryant caught it. It was, but it was spider two. So two even numbers go to the right. Sure. If you, if it's a 12, um, If it's an 18, those, those means the run is happening to the right. If it's 17, um, you know, 17 is usually a counter. Uh, 11. Other odd numbers. Exactly, other odd numbers. That usually is happening, um, to the left.

Travis Reeves:

Sure.

Johnny Stanton IV:

So spider two means the fake is happening to the right. And then, um, normally on a fake, you'd either bootleg or open up. Are you with us? Are you with us? I'm sorry. I'm, I'm, I'm kind of rambling here and I'll get this going. Blink twice if you're still with us. I am sorry. I'm being a bad host right now. Um, so it happened earlier in the game. I did not get the pass thrown at me because I was covered. Yeah. We threw it. We, we played, we run it again on first and goal from the one. Um, case Keenum had just scrambled to the one yard line and they call me out there and they call a spider three wide corner.

Travis Reeves:

And at this point, you know,

Johnny Stanton IV:

I'm the number one option for this. You're the first read. Yes. Um, so that means case Keenum is faking to the Ernest Johnson, to the left. I'm supposed to be running at the either outside linebacker defensive end. Um, pretending like I'm about to like run through them, try to block them. I give a little jab to the right, go outside of them to the flat, right in front of Patrick certain, who's an owl pro bowler, but it was his rookie year. Um, and I. Immediately know that I'm wide open because I I feel myself run wide. It wasn't by any help I did nothing of this This was all from the the play action the fake Uh, and I caught the caught the ball in the the left half left part of the end zone Uh spiked the ball through the crest of the earth in front of the dog bound and then um, literally had nightmares for weeks Still figuring out how that happened. Yeah, I literally had nightmares for weeks thinking about the possibility of what if I dropped it? Oh my god, isn't that crazy? Athletes are sick in the fucking head. I had nightmares, not like, it didn't like keep me up at night. You know who else has nightmares

Travis Reeves:

like

Johnny Stanton IV:

this? Who's that? Beth May. Um, that's a little dead. Yeah. Uh, the, but yeah, no joke. I had. I had a weird like panic moments where I'm like, what if Things went horribly wrong on that one play. And like, I just got excited and took my eye off of it or my hands just weren't working or whatever. And I just dropped the ball on the one yard line. It probably wouldn't have affected the game. We, it was first and goal on the one or maybe second goal on the one. And, but it was my only NFL touchdown. And if that didn't work out, I would have a lot less pride than I do now. Let's get off of that topic. But the good news is we live

Travis Reeves:

in reality where it did happen and the call

Johnny Stanton IV:

was. The call was cool. The call was definitely cool. Um, but yeah, I think that's, that's very kind of you to say that your favorite moment of Oh, we were losing our minds. We were yelling.

Beth May:

I know him! I know him! I know him! Woo!

Johnny Stanton IV:

That warms my heart. Um, I've never known anybody scoring NFL Touchdown . I was like, holy shit. I got to watch it as it happened. Yeah. That's pretty cool. I appreciate that, Frank. Yeah. Let's get to the, uh, incredible Beth May interview. Hey, Beth, thanks for joining us on Athletics Check, uh, the new show that I am doing. Wow. That you're listening to right now.

Beth May:

Okay, thank you so much for having me. Sorry I interrupted you right off the gate. No,

Johnny Stanton IV:

no, no, this is a conversation and we're going to interrupt each other a lot. That's great. Um, because I'm, I'm a man and you're a woman on the internet. Yeah, interrupt me,

Beth May:

interrupt me as much as you see fit. And that happens all the time. Of course. Um,

Johnny Stanton IV:

no, I mean, this is, uh, this is Athletic Strike where I talk to nerds and athletes about being an athlete or a nerd. You're a nerd who's an athlete. Is that correct? Would you consider yourself a nerd? I think

Beth May:

that's pretty mean.

Johnny Stanton IV:

I think, I think nerd is absolutely like a, I think it's been co opted by nerd culture. Like as a positive. But I don't think it's necessarily like a insult anymore like it was in 1980s, like, you know, high school movies. I think

Beth May:

that's super fair. I, and, and, you know, because it's got a positive connotation now, I actually still wouldn't consider myself like, I don't know enough to be a nerd. Um, but, um, I, yeah, I guess

Johnny Stanton IV:

your job is playing Dungeons and Dragons. I'll get that to you. So sure.

Beth May:

I, yeah, I'm a nerd. Yeah.

Johnny Stanton IV:

But you're an athlete as well.

Beth May:

Um,

Johnny Stanton IV:

you're an athlete. I'm telling you, you are an athlete. I wouldn't have you on the show if you weren't.

Beth May:

I know, but I'm, I'm sitting next to a professional football player. And so in that context, when I think about my little games that I play, it's

Johnny Stanton IV:

all relative, it's okay.

Beth May:

Yeah. Okay.

Johnny Stanton IV:

So you look, you, you're known for dungeon daddies. You're known for being an actor, a poet. Uh, you had your own, uh, one woman show that just recently did amazing. Um, Beth, Beth Mae Wants the D, is what it's called, right?

Beth May:

Yeah, Beth Wants the D. Beth Wants the

Johnny Stanton IV:

D. Um, and, but you're, you're also, like, I think people know of you as an athlete, at least within that, like, Dungeons and Daddies crew, I think people probably talk about you being athletic more than anybody else, as far as I am concerned, because, like, you're a boxer. You ran a marathon. Like, let's, let's, let's talk about a little bit of this because I want to hear about your, your boxing background.

Beth May:

Okay, um, so I, I boxed in college, not for the school, but just like, um, like, yeah, with the little, like, amateur league, like, um, gym was,

Johnny Stanton IV:

It's okay if you can't remember right now. College, you know, that's how I get it. College is a time.

Beth May:

Oh, what was it called? Cause I, I boxed briefly here in Hawthorne and um, and I went to Sweet Science and that was a great gym. And this other gym was great too. And I can't remember. I'm sorry to

Johnny Stanton IV:

put you on the spot. The

Beth May:

name of it. I, I, man, I feel so bad cause it was owned by this husband and wife and they were delightful and just so friendly and accepting. What got you

Johnny Stanton IV:

into it in the first place?

Beth May:

Um, I wanted to learn some element of self defense and, um, I, uh, I was living alone at the time and, um, I, Like, I, I've always been somebody who, who's like, you know, move it or lose it, as they say, so I, I was, uh, I wanted to stay in shape, and, um, it just seemed like something that was really fun and empowering, and it was, it was, yeah, it was like, the first time I, I sparred and got hit in the face, I hate to sound so positive about it, but it was like, it was like one of the, like, Coolest moments ever because I in that moment. I kind of just realized that I could take it You know like that like, you know, the the worst had happened and I was still okay And so and then you know, I proceeded to get like completely pummeled and they had to like stop the spar after but um you know, it was just like the idea of that like I don't know that I could kind of face a fear like that and still be chill. Um, I felt like a badass more than I deserved to um, but

Johnny Stanton IV:

anybody who who tries something like that like they're 99 of the world has not tried that which is it's impressive to even start it, but I'm surprised like You know, I think a lot of people have to go through certain iterations. Like, I've talked to people who, you know, they started with one, you know, uh, martial art and then had to, like, switch into another one because, like, it wasn't my thing or try to change gyms. Like, it wasn't, like, best boxing for me, for you from the start.

Beth May:

Yeah, I did try Krav Maga once. Okay. Did

Johnny Stanton IV:

you want to kill people? I tried it with my friend

Beth May:

Ashley and we got, like, a free, like, Groupon to go to this. Nice. And the guy was that I was, I almost cried, like, from the emotional pain rather than the physical pain, um, and I was like, yeah, that's not for me. That's not

Johnny Stanton IV:

the way to get people to come to your gym and go past the free membership. Yeah, he was just like,

Beth May:

he told me, like, you suck. And I'm like, well, I've never done this before. Yeah, doesn't seem

Johnny Stanton IV:

like a very good coach. But like you were saying with, like, having, getting hit and it not feeling bad, like obviously you don't want to be hit too many times as a football player. I am well aware of that, but there is a certain kind of hit that you might take on the football field that feels not good, but kind of feels right. Kind of feels like, okay, I took that and I, and I took it correctly. And I took it to a point where I'm not feeling any kind of repercussions or like I didn't have my bell rung or anything like that. It was just a good solid hit. It's the kind of hit that you kind of like say like, hey, nice hit to the other guy for. I don't know if that's any kind of anything like what you felt.

Beth May:

Well, yeah, it's like, and I grew up playing sports playing. Um, and But I, I always kind of was a little bit of a quitter when things got tough, I guess. And so I, I think you, you know, like my, I've never been in good cardio shape because of that, because that last 50 meters is like too much for me and stuff like that. So I, I think it was more of a, like a, symbol of like, okay, things got tough just now and I still kind of was able to survive it. So, um, that said the cardio and boxing was a little too much for me as well. It'd be

Johnny Stanton IV:

way too much for me. Like there's, there's such a, I think boxing is a really good example of a, aerobic and an anaerobic sport, um, because, you know, you have these like three minute rounds, right? And you just going for three minutes straight, something athletic, like that as a football player, somebody who goes like at most 10 seconds at a time before you need to get ready for the next, you know, exertion. That's a lot. That's way more than what I'm used to. And that's so much more aerobic than what I'm used to, which is anaerobic, like workouts. And, but, At the same time in boxing, you're going to go through periods where you're just trying to explode into and like, take advantage of the opportunity that you saw in opening. And it's just, it's a great example of like, just like the combination of having two different types of cardio, like fitness. That's not something that I'm used to.

Beth May:

Yeah, it also seemed like the right sport for like my mind because it's kind of like a, uh, I wouldn't call it chess, but definitely like there's a checkers element to at least the way I box Maybe you you watch some other more beautiful boxers They have a chest like element to the way they approach things the way they finish around and stuff like that But for me, you know, it was it it was just like thing that exercised my body and my brain at the same time. It didn't get too, um, mathy as I call it. I, you know, so I, like when I was in middle school, you know, they had like four quarters and I would try a different sport every quarter. And I'd be like, you know, okay, all of them except for softball because softball was a little too mathy for me or something. There was just something about knowing where to

Johnny Stanton IV:

How many strikes and how many balls do you need to have?

Beth May:

You know, counting just isn't my thing. Um, yeah, well, I just never knew who to throw it to. Okay. Once I got the ball, I was like, I don't know.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Yeah.

Beth May:

So, um. It sounds

Johnny Stanton IV:

like you just had bad coaches.

Beth May:

Nah, I had, I had some good coaches. Yeah, I mean, um, but I, there's just some things that I just wasn't meant to do. Yeah. Good to know that.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Yeah, but I mean, The first time I tried ice skating, I got a concussion and had short term memory loss. So it's like, okay, maybe I'm not meant to be on ice.

Beth May:

And were you, were you like,

Johnny Stanton IV:

I was like six years old or seven years old or something. Is it a friend's birthday party? Do you remember Pickwick? It is a very LA thing. Like Pickwick Ice Center. No, I'm a trans. It's right. You are a transplant. It's right. You're from Phoenix. Yeah. From what I hear. Yeah. Yeah. Tucson. I apologize. From what I hear, you're a big, um, Tucson Roadrunners fan.

Beth May:

I do love the Tucson Roadrunners. Um, Tucson Roadrunners is the minor league hockey, uh, team, uh, if you don't know, in Tucson. I think everybody, everybody knows that, obviously. Yeah, of course. Um, they feed into the Coyotes, um, and, um, they have this, uh,

Johnny Stanton IV:

I think I've heard a little bit of the story and I'm really excited to hear it

Beth May:

from you. Uh, the Roadrunners have this, um, theme song that plays at the beginning, or it used to play at the beginning of all their games, and I tried to find it on YouTube last night, actually, and I couldn't find it. They took it down because it was a little too racist. Um, but this, this, the theme song It's a little too racist for

Johnny Stanton IV:

YouTube, which is a high bar.

Beth May:

Truly, truly. Or a low bar. Like, the theme song was like, and they had a music video to this and everything, and some local band was playing it, but it was like, get on the bus! Go back to where you came from and it was just like, in Tucson especially, that's so bad to say. I mean,

Johnny Stanton IV:

it is Arizona, so like, you know, you'd have to expect a little bit of that, but it's Yeah,

Beth May:

but, you know, I guess the meaning is telling the other two to go home. Yes, no, obviously

Johnny Stanton IV:

outside of the current political context, it's like, it's very much like, hey, you know, Get hit the road Jack kind of feeling, you know,

Beth May:

but, you know, so, so now every time I'm back in town, my best friend from high school, their parents have season tickets and they'll just send me a text. That's like, do you want to get on the bus and I'll be like, yeah, I mean,

Johnny Stanton IV:

I love how you guys have a little inside joke for like you've been to that many games.

Beth May:

Yeah, yeah. I've got, I've got roadrunners, mugs, roadrunners, headbands, the whole, yeah.

Johnny Stanton IV:

What other, like, teams are you a fan of? I know that you're a big women's national team fan.

Beth May:

Yeah, I love women's national team. Um, and then Angel City, um, and then, um, I, uh, I was also rooting a little bit for O. L. Reign, um, cause Rose Lavelle is my favorite, uh, uh, soccer player. And, um, but she just transferred to Gotham, yeah, so good for her. Um, what other teams? I, I, like, I'm so somebody who's like, you know, a trader and I just get caught up in the moment. If I see like an underdog or something that I want to root for, I'm like, hell yeah, I'll root for this team. Um, you can't be a little team called the L. A. Laker, you know,

Johnny Stanton IV:

those underdogs, those underdogs. I mean, you have to, it's, it's very easy to, to root for like the local team first off, but it's also like, if you're going to watch a game, you're going to find yourself pulling for one team or another. And I think I'm probably right there with you. If, if I see one team is an underdog, I'll probably start leaning towards them.

Beth May:

Yeah. And, and what was so cool about, if you don't know, we're recording in the house that I used to live in. And so, um, I, what was so cool about living here was that, um, everybody had their teams that they rooted for. And so it was cool to be like brought in on, on like the warriors when they were at their peak and stuff like that or

Johnny Stanton IV:

the bears when they were at their peak, at their peak. 30 years ago.

Beth May:

Yeah. Cause, and, and I moved around a lot, um, as a kid, cause my dad was in the Navy. So, you know, we always had like a, a team that I could say that I've lived there briefly or something, except I was born in Jacksonville. It's been a while since they've been,

Johnny Stanton IV:

they are on a little bit of an upswing, especially with Trevor Lawrence as their quarterback. So if you need a team right now is the good time to get on Jaguars.

Beth May:

Place of my, my home, my birth place. So it's been

Johnny Stanton IV:

Florida, Arizona and California.

Beth May:

Um, Florida, Virginia, Alabama, California and Arizona. Yeah.

Johnny Stanton IV:

So moving around just for family.

Beth May:

Yeah.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Yeah. Very cool. Um, well you also ran a marathon

Beth May:

in the middle

Johnny Stanton IV:

of COVID or like the beginning of COVID.

Beth May:

Yeah. It was, uh, it was, it was December, 2020. I ran that marathon.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Yeah. So did you, did you plan to do it? Like, was it, was it going to happen? And when did you sign up for it? Was it, was it going to happen in person? And they're like, COVID just like too much right now. We just got to shut it down.

Beth May:

What happened was, um, I decided to run it in like, May, June, it's like summer of, um, 2020, I had been like, I need to do something with my life. Um, and a lot of us were feeling that exact

Johnny Stanton IV:

moment.

Beth May:

Exactly. Yeah. And I was, um, I was really enjoying running, even though I, I pretty much, I really suck at it. I don't have good form and I, I, uh, not a big cardio person, but, um, it was such a cool, um, experience. Way to so yeah, like I have some ADHD like, you know, everybody does apparently now, but um, I I am Running was a cool way. I often feel like I'm standing still waiting in a river of thoughts, right? And so running was a way to make those thoughts seem like kind of linear for the first time. So it was just a really like calming thing for me during a really uncertain time and I was like, well, if I have a goal with this, then I think I could just really push myself and, and, uh, and get through this year. And so I was like, what if I fricking run a marathon? Were you a runner

Johnny Stanton IV:

before you signed up for this? No, I,

Beth May:

I mean, I would do like the, the turkey trot 5k or something like that. And I, yeah, I would do occasional 5ks. But you

Johnny Stanton IV:

wouldn't like wake up in the morning and say, okay, my workout today is going to be running I would,

Beth May:

yeah, I would probably run, before I decided to do the marathon, I would probably run like twice a week at three miles. Okay. Yeah. Um, and, uh,

Johnny Stanton IV:

See, I can't even imagine doing that because I'm so, like, I don't know if or when I do end up, like, actually getting into running, like long distance running to stay in shape because it's a very efficient way of, like, staying in shape and stuff. And, but, for now, while I'm still training at football, it's such a different form of exercise that I just do not enjoy. Experience at all. It's all it's very much like fast exertion rest fast exertion rest as opposed to like Uh long periods of like low exertion.

Beth May:

That's cool That's that's like fascinating to me because I like literally have no idea what the practice lifestyle of a football player is I just assume that you're just like running laps It's even weirder

Johnny Stanton IV:

when you don't have a job in football because it's like nobody's telling you to do this Nobody's like account. I'm accountable myself Uh, to continue training without any kind of end in sight or goal in sight until you're

Beth May:

until you're just like, okay, maybe

Johnny Stanton IV:

it's just time that I'm done. And you know, I'm still kind of bordering on that, like, okay, I kind of have an end in sight of like, okay, if I don't have a job by this point, I'm probably done. But you know, who knows? Like I, I, I don't want to lose out on an opportunity. Everybody I talked to says, yeah, continue as long as you can because once it's done, it's done. You know? So, um, It's such

Beth May:

a wild place to be in, but I, I think you've like, really, um, I don't know, I'm kind of in awe of the way you've taken this in stride and just like, persevered. Yeah.

Johnny Stanton IV:

I mean, I've been trying, but, um, yeah, it's, it's, it's an interesting way of like, continuing to, you know, be, have this be part of like what I love, which is sports, but also bringing in the other side of what I love, which is like the whole nerdy side of dragons. And I don't know all the other nerdy stuff. I like Pokemon and all that stuff. But like actually something I completely forgot to do at the very beginning, which was ask you a very specific question. I'll give you a little bit of a lead up to it, which is this show is. Trying to merge the, the worlds of, of nerdy, of nerddom and athletics and working out, uh, sports. And it's so much more similar than a little, what a lot of people think, but it's, there's been this, this barrier that is like separated the two. Like ever since, you know, the last hundred years, it's like jocks versus nerds or whatever. And it's like this false binary. Where so many more of these people, especially the people that I know and I kind of magnetize myself towards, are people who are way more, um, multi faceted people than that. And I think that there's a good mixture that you can have, whether it's 50 whatever. But what would you say your ratio from jock to nerd is? And obviously there's, it's an oversimplification of it, but what would you say jock to nerd is your, you know. Percentage.

Beth May:

With the caveat that I'm not very good at either thing, I would say it's probably 60 percent nerd, 40 percent athletic person.

Johnny Stanton IV:

You don't consider yourself a jock at all?

Beth May:

Well, no, I'm a, I'm mean like a jock. I'm a bully. So there's that. I

Johnny Stanton IV:

think it's the whole term jock. I think like, I'm probably the person who's used the word jock More than anybody in the past, like, three months or whatever, just because it's, like, not a word that people really use to describe themselves or, like, a whole lot of other people, it's kind of like, like, a negative connotation a little bit. Yeah, you

Beth May:

got strap, itch, like, all kinds of job things, yeah.

Johnny Stanton IV:

It's uh, yeah, it's, I think that Jock can at some point get co opted like Nerd has by the people who are it. But it kind of encapsulates, at least in my mind, um, athletes, like sports personalities, people who just enjoy sports in general.

Beth May:

Yeah, I mean, I love sports. Like, I, I, yeah, I, I, um, and I, and I love like nerding out about movies and stuff like that. So, it's just like, yeah, I think 60 40 sounds a little fair. Yeah. Absolutely. Um, back to the marathon, um, Yes. So, I, um, yeah, so I, I had signed up originally for, I think it was a Seattle marathon because that, so I was, I, um, I hopped back on Facebook, even though I hadn't had like an active Facebook account in years, and there was this group that was dedicated to finding marathons that had not been canceled by COVID. Oh, wow. And so, in, in, in hindsight, a little bit of a, like, You know, maybe not my kind of crowd of people. Maybe I should have been more cautious. Um, there was a reason after all these marathons were canceled. Um, and, um, so the first marathon I signed up for was in Seattle on November something. And then, um, I was training, I was training for the marathon and I got an email that that marathon had been canceled. And so I, um, signed up for. The Tucson Marathon actually, which was wild, it was like the one of the only marathons still happening and it was December 3rd and um, I remember waking up, I think it was um, about a week, exactly a week before and that marathon had been cancelled as well.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Was there any marathons that happened that year, or at least that part of the year?

Beth May:

I don't know. I don't think you probably would have

Johnny Stanton IV:

found it.

Beth May:

I probably would have found it because yeah, this whole group was, it was like, like tracking down these marathons and these runs that were still happening. Um, and I, uh, during the pandemic, I was playing a lot of golf with my friends, Freddie and Matt. Um, and, um, Uh, we were, uh, we were like golfing that day and I just start crying because I'm like, I've been training for this marathon and it got canceled and now, you know, I don't know what to do. I think I'm just going to like run it myself and like, um, uh, I hope I don't get choked up talking about this, but like Freddie was like, um, Well, you know what? We'll film it and we'll make it its own thing. And it'll be just like you doing the marathon by yourself. And you'll have proof of that, even though nobody else will be running it. And, and so that's when I came up with I think

Johnny Stanton IV:

it meant a lot to people, like, who are fans of the show, and be able to see you work for this.

Beth May:

Well, I, I kind of like pivoted to like, okay, I'll make it a charity event too. And so I started raising money, um, And I was like, I'm just going to run it myself. And, and, and so, um, like that day it was like December 3rd, I think, um, 2020. Uh, I, you know, got up and, and like a lot of my friends were out supporting me. And, you know, I had some friends at the starting line and then I had some friends I finished on the beach and, uh, you know, Freddie and Matt made a little documentary about it and stuff like that. And it just meant like the world to me because, you know, it was still at a time where we were all wearing masks outside and stuff. And it was just like, it was a very uncertain time. Time and I'm sure the

Johnny Stanton IV:

only thing you wanted to do is kind of like just run into the arms of everybody around you. But it was probably like, you know, wasn't, wasn't necessarily something you can do either.

Beth May:

Even in the video I, I saw, cause I can't even remember like the very end of it. But um, even the video, it's just me like lowering my mask. Thank you. Thank you. And then putting my mask back up and not hugging anybody. But, um, yeah, I felt very hugged and held in that moment with, with everybody coming out to support me and stuff like that. I remember like, uh, Uh, my friend Romy drove me home with a bunch of everybody who lived in the house and we ate like Mediterranean food and I fell asleep at like 7 p. m. It was a great, yeah, I'll remember that forever. It was just like, um, cause for the whole thing to feel like such a solo journey and then to realize that it was just like, it was about everybody else too, it meant a lot to me.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Yeah, I bet it did. Do you still run now?

Beth May:

Yeah, I'm, I'm actually signed up for a half marathon, um, in, uh, in March and the, the other part of the marathon wrecked my body. Like my, my knees were fucked. Um, and how long

Johnny Stanton IV:

did it take you to start running again after that?

Beth May:

Um, I, I started up the next week. I didn't want to lose like, and yeah, but it was like, I did like four miles, like a couple of days after my marathon. And it was easy. Oh, it was

Johnny Stanton IV:

hard. Yeah.

Beth May:

Um, But, um, now

Johnny Stanton IV:

you can officially, after you're done with this half marathon, you've earned the 13. 1 sticker as well as the 26. 2 sticker that you can put on the back of your car. Classic. Everybody wants it. Everybody

Beth May:

wants the stickers on the back of their car. The one

Johnny Stanton IV:

thing I've noticed even more so than the sticker is, and I have no interest, no, no idea if you are interested in getting in this world, but in case you want to even go past the sticker, um, Ironman, uh, like the people who do Ironman like challenges, the triathlon where it's ends up doing like finishing off with a marathon, which is. Absolutely insane to me. But I remember I went to a wedding in summer of 2021 up in Idaho, and it turned out to be the same weekend that the Coeur d'Alene Ironman was happening. And there were so many triathletes there and triathletes. love calf tattoos. Okay. They love putting the Ironman logo or like the triathlon, like, you know, swimming, biking, uh, running like logos on their calves. And like, I guess that's, that's, that's what they're most proud of. I mean, if you're, if you're a runner, you gotta have good calves. That's why

Beth May:

I'm always a little bit, not to be a complete hater, but I am a little confused 1 tattoos or the stickers, I'm like, I'm

Johnny Stanton IV:

like, is that better or worse than the 0. 0 stickers that you see people making fun of? I like

Beth May:

that. I'm all about the 0. 0 sticker. Um, I live my life at 0. 0 so, um, yeah, but when I just like, if I see multiple stickers and I see the 26. 2 and the 13. 1, I'm also like, why is the 13. 1 there? Yeah. But when I see the only the 13. 1, I'm just like. Uh, well you could, you know.

Johnny Stanton IV:

I mean, you've earned the 26. 2 if you want to throw that on your car, but, uh, might as well get the 13. 1 at some point.

Beth May:

I should. Yeah. I'll just, I'll just get the 13. 1 tattooed. Yeah.

Johnny Stanton IV:

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Beth May:

really was. And yeah. Um, I made Flaco my personal enemy it felt like. Yeah. But a lot of us did. I felt , I felt like. So, um, yeah, I, I'm excited with Emma, um, to see how she does.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Yeah.

Beth May:

Um, yeah.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Yeah, and there was a lot that happened with that, with that world cup, especially the stuff that happened after with the, with the Spanish, like, uh, you know, full on

Beth May:

reckoning. Yeah.

Johnny Stanton IV:

And there's a Netflix like documentary. I

Beth May:

haven't watched it. I've

Johnny Stanton IV:

heard good things. I've heard. Yeah.

Beth May:

Especially

Johnny Stanton IV:

with how many women's soccer plays. I just texted you last week that I worked out very like nearby Alex Morgan, which was cool for us. It's like, you know, just the specialists who are working out on the field and just see like, you know, one of the greatest athletes of all time just like on the same field as us was wild.

Beth May:

Um, and then for Pino to Terry Achilles, like going out the last game, that was like so rough and, uh, she seemed to take it in stride if she could, but I, I can't imagine what that must be like. That's rough.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Um, You mentioned, uh, at some point, or maybe, maybe you didn't, but I think before the show, we were talking about rec league volleyball and pickleball and soccer are the things that you said you've been kind of diving into. Can you tell me a little bit about like, just working out and having fun with that? Cause that's, that's something that I'm really, really excited to do once I'm like completely done with football, because I don't want to risk like injury or anything, but recently I did fill in as a sub for my sister's rec league softball game and I had the best time ever. And I'm just, I asked my wife last night, like what rec league sports do you think I would do? Cause she said soccer, not soccer, softball. Uh, I'm a horrible soccer player. Uh, softball. And, uh, she said she couldn't see me playing basketball because she didn't, she couldn't find it. I don't know. Maybe this will like get some listeners mad, but she, she didn't find it possible to take adult basketball rec league seriously, which is like,

Beth May:

which is

Johnny Stanton IV:

why I feel like. You know, that's like the most popular rec league sport, but my pickleball is probably getting up there now. Pickleball

Beth May:

is like, everybody says the fastest growing sport in America, man. Pickleball people are so serious. My favorite thing

Johnny Stanton IV:

about pickleball is that there's a rule based on where Seattle is in relation to what What direction the court is.

Beth May:

Yeah. You gotta start on the north side. Yeah. Yeah. You gotta start where,

Johnny Stanton IV:

like the closest side of the court. That's to Seattle because that's where the sport originated.

Beth May:

Um, and um, so I, I'd gone through my period of like working out by myself and, um, and, uh, doing all the right things to avoid injury. I'm a pretty injury prone body person right there with you. Um, and so, uh. I feel like I was doing more workouts to prevent injury, which was really good for me, but, you know, it kind of got me a little lonely looking for some team sports. And so, um, My, uh, my friend Grant started this volleyball league, um, where we play right next to the Santa Monica Pier, and it's like, it is a blast. And I, I, I played volleyball for like one week in middle school. And, um, yeah. And I sucked at it, but I was able to, you know, and I'm not, I'm not good at it, but I, it's just, it's just a blast.

Johnny Stanton IV:

The point isn't to be good, it's to have a great time with your friends.

Beth May:

Yeah. And it's, it is so much fun. And yeah, we play a few times a week and it's just, it's great. And then I, I recently picked up pickleball as well. Um, and I, uh, I love it. It is addictive. And it really is. Um, again, yeah, it's just like the, the community aspect of these sports. And then I, I, I'm technically on a rec league soccer team that I have to very sparingly go to because it wrecks me every time I try to keep up with a 20 year old. We almost didn't play

Johnny Stanton IV:

football league and then none of us did. It

Beth May:

was my

Johnny Stanton IV:

birthday. My 30th birthday was when we did that thing. Came all the way out to Irvine, which is like an hour, an hour and a half drive for you guys to come out. And we just worked out on Great Park and just threw the ball around and I, we played a little bit of 5 foot ball. I cherish that memory. It's so great. That was so much fun. Yeah. That's when we learned that you have great hands to catch the ball. Yeah. Classic. And I'm really disappointed to hear that you guys didn't end up playing 5 foot ball.

Beth May:

If one of us I bought cones

Johnny Stanton IV:

for that. I

Beth May:

know. If one of us had, the rest would follow, I think. What?

Travis Reeves:

Not the shout over into the microphones. What did happen was Frank accidentally signed up for the wrong And then you two took it as a sign to oh we're not doing Yeah, and I also Threw like tried to Frank and I were playing catch because we're like we're gonna get good at football My other sign was I threw a dark but veered left and cracked my driver's side rearview mirror. Oh, that's right

Johnny Stanton IV:

But I, I did get, um,

Beth May:

I, I did get those sticky gloves though. You did? I had no idea about the sticky gloves. Did I

Johnny Stanton IV:

gave you gloves, didn't I? Was that me? Did you? I forget. I, I feel like I, I must have given a pair of gloves or something. Maybe I didn't, maybe I'm making, trying to make myself look good.

Beth May:

I kind of bought them. But like, we'll say you probably did. You probably did. But like, 'cause I got tiny little hands, but, and then I was. Oh man, I can catch anything. I was just walking around wearing those gloves for a while. I remember picking up the mug in the morning. Like, ah, yes.

Johnny Stanton IV:

I mean, it's, it's such a huge advantage to have something that like just grips so well. Yeah. Yeah. Um, I do remember, uh, setting up like the flag tackling drill with you guys and just trying to see you guys like juke out. And then I decided, you know what, I need to make myself feel good. And I'm trying to juke out Frank.

Travis Reeves:

Yeah. Insane. Yeah. I will

Johnny Stanton IV:

say the last time that I actually played. It's really, really, really sad to say. But the last time I played football competitively was playing in a like, adult, like, just, not even rec league. It was just like a pick up game that my cousin invited me to in this like, suburb area. It was all dads, it was in the fall, it was on like a, It was on, it was on a Sunday morning and he just like, Hey, do you want to come play flag football with us? And I'm like, okay, as long as I'm playing all time quarterback, cause I don't want to get hurt. And of course I ended up taking it way too seriously and try to like start scrambling and juking people out. And I woke up the next morning. So goddamn sore. Just like my face. My calves, my hips were just all ruined. It was so good

Beth May:

that you took us to play football that night. Because like, I think like many people, I have watched TV and seen somebody maybe drop a pass or something and be like, I could do that. I could have gotten that. It's your job.

Johnny Stanton IV:

You have one job.

Beth May:

And then to realize that maybe. Maybe I couldn't. It's a little tough.

Johnny Stanton IV:

It is tough.

Beth May:

So that was a nice eye opener for me.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Well, I had a great time. If you ever want to get back on the field, just let me know. Nice, okay. I will toss the ball around whenever you like. I was. Toss the

Beth May:

old pigskin around. Hell yeah.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Um, I was, I was asked to bring up the Keanu Reeves popcorn story.

Beth May:

Ohhhh. And I don't even know if this has

Johnny Stanton IV:

anything to do with nerddom or But I just want to hear you tell a story.

Beth May:

Okay, yeah, yeah. I've told this story a few times, so I apologize if you're listening to this and you've already heard it and you're like, shut the fuck up with the popcorn story. But, um, uh, so I was working, um, at a development company, and, um, a lot of, you know, Several celebs coming in, you know, for general meetings and stuff like that, and so, um, I was just an assistant, and, um, I was actually covering the front desk that day. Um, front, uh, real front desk lady had to do something else, I guess, um, so I was, uh, on the front desk, and, um, I, important context for the story is that I was a little younger, maybe a little less wise. And, um, so I'm sitting at the front desk and Keanu Reeves comes in and he's wearing a beanie and he's got a motorcycle helmet and motorcycle jacket. Like, it looks cool as hell. And, um, he says, uh, hi, I have a meeting with, uh, Let's say John. Um, and, um, and, um, and I was like, uh, cool, cool, cool. I'll, uh, I'll call his assistant and let him know that you're here. And so are you

Johnny Stanton IV:

dying inside at this point? Are you like, I'm starstruck.

Beth May:

I'm definitely starstruck. I, I get, I still get starstruck really easily. I think

Johnny Stanton IV:

it's Keanu Reeves. I feel like,

Beth May:

um, and, um, so I call up to, um, let's say.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Barbara,

Beth May:

Barbara, you know, it was a man. So

Johnny Stanton IV:

I just learned, I'm learning something about myself. I'm sorry.

Beth May:

I call up to a man named Barbara. He was, um, he was John's assistant.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Didn't know that I met a man.

Beth May:

Um, yeah, my problem. But, um, uh, I call up to John's assistant and I'm like, Hey, John's three o'clock is here. And then, uh, his assistant is like. And I'm like, so right then red flags are going off because it's like, if you have a celebrity coming in, your assistant normally knows that it's like a VIP coming in and like is well aware of the meeting and waiting for the call from the front desk. Yes. And so, um, I'm like, in my head, I'm like,

Johnny Stanton IV:

Mr. Reeves or something like that. Or no,

Beth May:

I just like realize with horror. I'm like, this isn't Keanu Reeves. This is somebody who looks like Keanu. And so I was like, fuck, but I didn't ask the guy's name when he came in because I thought it was Keanu Reeves and I didn't want to disrespect him by asking his name. Okay. So I'm like, Barbara, I'm going to call you back. And so I hang up the phone and I'm like, what is my move? I'm like, okay, I'm going to go to the kitchen and use the phone there where Keanu Reeves lookalike can't hear me to tell Barbara the situation that it looks like Keanu Reeves, but I don't think it is because I clearly, this isn't a meeting with somebody else. And so, um, I asked the Keanu lookalike, like, Hey, can I get you a water? And he's like, thank God. He's like, sure. Because otherwise I would have been like, well, I'm going to go get one. Um, so he's like, sure. I'll take a bottle of water. And I'm like, I go to the kitchen, pick up the kitchen phone, call, uh, Barbara right back. No answer. Oh my god. I'm fucked. And so I like get the bottle of water and I'm like, well I'm gonna have to ask this guy's name. It's like, fuck it, I just gotta do this. And so I do the walk of shame across the lobby back to this guy and I hand him the water and I'm like, And, um, could I get your name please? And he's like, yeah, it's Keanu. That's K E A N U. And I'm like, he's probably

Johnny Stanton IV:

so gracious about it and I

Beth May:

want to be dead then. And so then I go behind the desk. Pick up the phone one more time, call Barbara, she answers this time, and I'm like, um, yeah, it's, uh, Keanu Reeves. And she's like, oh, yeah, yeah, John's gotta meet, yeah, yeah, of course.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Barbara's the villain of the story.

Beth May:

And so, um, John, the exec that Keanu is meeting with, takes forever to come down and meet Keanu. And so Keanu and I are just standing, or like, he was sitting there. I was

Johnny Stanton IV:

gonna say, did he get to take a seat or anything like that? He was sitting down, yeah, he

Beth May:

was sitting down. And, um, and, uh, And we're just, like, sitting there in silence, and my, like, I feel like my lungs are crushed. I'm so embarrassed. I just can't even breathe. And I'm finally, I'm like, I'm kind of realizing how funny this is. I need to salvage this in some capacity. And so I, like, kind of, like, meekly, I'm like, So, do you, um, you read me? Uh, books lately.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Just obviously trying to dig yourself out of this hole.

Beth May:

Or no, I said, I said any big weekend plans is what I said.

Johnny Stanton IV:

That's great. Because it was a Friday. That's so good. That's so good. Who doesn't want to talk about their weekend plans?

Beth May:

And, um, he was like, um, I'm just going to be reading. And I'm like, oh, that's awesome. And he's like, you read? And I'm like, I, I'm like, yeah, I mean, mostly I watch Netflix. And then he's like, uh, do Netflix? Oh my god. And I'm like, yeah. Sometimes. It's not as good as movie theater popcorn, though, or something. I said, he's like, I've got a great popcorn recipe. Oh, nice. And then he like. tells it to me, his popcorn recipe, but I'm just staring at him. I'm just like, Keanu Reeves is giving me his popcorn recipe, and I'm like, not consuming any of the information. And so,

Johnny Stanton IV:

do you want, you should write this down.

Beth May:

So, After he's finished, um, he, uh, well he finishes with this, this, he's like the most important part is you gotta listen for the pop, pop, pop, pop. It's gotta sound just like that and when it goes any slower, like it's too late or it's like too much or something. And so, um, I, he finishes and I'm like, oh, I should have written that down and then he gives me this kind of like genuinely hurt look and he's like you didn't And so then I grab a pen And he repeats it And

Johnny Stanton IV:

how long of a description was that? It's

Beth May:

a pretty long description like three

Johnny Stanton IV:

minutes.

Beth May:

It felt pretty long. It's probably like 30 seconds Um, he repeats it And I pretend to write something down, but I can't actually make my brain work to, like, remember what he's saying. And so I'm like, yep, got it. And he's like, just listen for that pop, pop. Finally, John comes down and gets Keanu and takes him to his meeting and they're gone for about an hour. I'm like closing up shop in the lobby and everything, getting ready to go home for the weekend and stuff like that. And then Keanu finally comes down. And I'm like, have a good weekend. And he puts the hand on the, on the desk. And he's like, remember, you got to listen for that.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Oh, I love him so much more now. Yeah.

Beth May:

I mean, class act of a dude. Yeah.

Johnny Stanton IV:

I appreciate that story very much. Now that's all I'm going to think about when I think about Keanu. Um, the last thing I'm, before we wrap up, uh, and I want to say, thank you. Um, So I'll play a little bit of a game of it's gonna be limited, but I do like to ask my, uh, my, my friends who are in TTRPGs D and D known for playing D and D and have iconic characters. What do you think? What, what do you, what's. Sports position. Do you feel like your characters would play if they were an athlete in Dungeons and Daddies? You haven't had a couple opportunities to be able to translate Your characters into the sports like Anthony's done a great job of like kind of translating the sport into the game But it's it's very hard Thing that people have tried to actually translate actual football or actual soccer into sports, but you know, scary is known for playing soccer. And I just wanted to know, maybe outside of soccer, scary Marlowe wouldn't be one of your iconic characters along with Ron Stampler. Uh, if, if you were to pull, if scary was a two sport athlete outside of soccer forward, I think left striker or something is what you said in the past. What, what position would scary play? And then if, you know, whether, whether it's soccer or something else, what position would Ron Stampler be if, if he was a professional athlete?

Beth May:

Okay. Um, I think the other sport that scary would play would be like bowling.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Okay.

Beth May:

Um, just cause of the violence of it. Just a little bit

Johnny Stanton IV:

of like, you know, put it, taking out your anger on the pins down the alley.

Beth May:

Yeah, and I think Ron would, um, I think Ron would be like a baseball pitcher, but like, would have like communication issues with the catcher, like, you know, like, they're like, fastball, fastball, and Ron would just be like,

Johnny Stanton IV:

Okay, shaking, just like turning down every, every call. Okay. I can see Ron for sure being a relief pitcher because they put the relief pitchers out in the dugout and the dugout, it's not the dugout, but the bullpen and the bullpen is, I've never been a pitcher when I played baseball. I grew up playing baseball. And from what I understand, pitchers are The offensive line of the baseball world in which there are the weirdos, because anybody who has been played football or baseball knows that like, there's just a position group. That's just a bunch of weirdos. And that's what offensive line really is in football. And I think the, the bullpen, the relief pitchers are a bunch of weirdos. And I think Ron's a lovable weirdo.

Beth May:

Yeah, that makes sense. Yeah. Yeah. I can

Johnny Stanton IV:

totally see him as a, as a closer or mid mid inning relief pitcher for sure. Um, But thank you so much for being on the show. Thank

Beth May:

you for having me. Uh,

Johnny Stanton IV:

there's a couple things before we wrap up is first off, I would love for you to, to tell us anything you'd like to plug. What are you working on right now?

Beth May:

Um, I'm working on, yeah, I'm not really working on anything right now. You got Dungeons and Daddies. Yeah. Anybody who listens to this and not Dungeons

Johnny Stanton IV:

and Daddies is, Yes. Um,

Beth May:

yeah, I, I, I'm on Dungeons and Daddies, which is a show. I'm, I'm super proud to be a part of. And, um, uh, I love it. And I think it's funny. So check it out if you want to. Um, I, uh, I'm on Instagram and Twitter. Um, still, um, uh, my handle is HeyBethMay. That's like, Hey, like you're saying hi Beth, like my first name May, like the month. Um, I, um, I just released the, my, my one woman show that I did. I just released on video on demand. Um, And so if you check out my socials, you'll find a link to, to rent or buy that if you so desire. I'm, I was super, um, happy with how it all came together. Super proud of it. It's, it's, um, I, I have no words to say. The people involved were just, um, amazing. And so, um, I know it sounds like it's like a one woman show, so I'm the one involved, but, um, it, it was, it took a team. You needed a big support group. Yeah, yeah. It definitely took a team. So, um, that's out. And, um, ooh, um. This is kind of niche, but so if you do listen to Dungeons and Daddies and you like it, maybe Consider supporting on our patreon because we just did a an album like a rock album as my character Scary Marlow, and it's like I like Freddy and Maxton our composer Did such baller work on this, like it came together. So it's like something I would just listen to. Yeah. It's like, it's so killer. Um, so yeah, that's on our Patreon and, um, yeah, I thought I was so scared. I thought you were gonna ask me like, like quiz questions about, that's about

Johnny Stanton IV:

what this now the show is about, about football. I'm not trying to gate keep sports or gate keep nerdom. That's the whole, an antithesis of this show is to it, it's, is to keep it separate. I wanna bring people together and I'm, I don't think. Like, if you want to voluntarily go into a quiz show, I'm like trying to watch the Johnny

Beth May:

Manziel documentary last night. I'm like,

Johnny Stanton IV:

Oh, we'll talk about that after. Don't worry. We'll talk about that after. Um, we're gonna have you do a couple roles as we finish this up. Again, thank you so much for being on the show. First off, um, As, uh, one of my first guests, which I thank you very much for taking the chance on being on this show for, I want to put your, your number into the rafters and, uh, retire your number. So if you could, I'm going to, I have a set of dice here and I'm going to ask you to roll a D 100 and that's going to be your Jersey number that no one else can, can take part in.

Beth May:

So,

Johnny Stanton IV:

uh, we're going to have you, uh, have your name and number etched into the annals of history here. Um, so if you could roll this D100, 2D10 for me. All

Beth May:

right.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Uh, we can lean forward a little bit towards this table. Don't knock over that lamp.

Beth May:

I'll try not to.

Johnny Stanton IV:

44.

Beth May:

44. That's a

Johnny Stanton IV:

good number right there. Four is my favorite number. I'm the fourth and I wore number four in high school, college. 44. I love it. Uh, so, your number's retired. Nobody can ever touch 44 again in terms of the Athletics Check world. And the last thing I'd like to do is, the show is called Athletics Check. I'm going to ask you to roll me an Athletics Check as we wrap up.

Beth May:

Okay.

Johnny Stanton IV:

So, I'll give you a d20. Um, what do you think your modifier is? What would you say? I think

Beth May:

my modifier is plus two.

Johnny Stanton IV:

I'll take it. Yeah, absolutely. All right. Let's see, uh, Beth May. What's your athletics check? 13, 11 plus two, 13. Yeah, absolutely. I love it. That's it. That's a good role right there. I think that's a success

Beth May:

role.

Johnny Stanton IV:

Um, Beth, you've been awesome. I really appreciate you. If you are a Patreon subscriber, please make sure that you continue listening because we're going to run Beth through a little bit of a D and D adventure. It's going to 15 minutes. Won't be too much. Don't be too stressed out. You're a professional. So I should be the stressed out one. All right. Um, and, uh, if you're not a patron subscriber, please consider subscribing. Um, but for all of you listening at home, thank you so much for listening. Uh, and don't forget, roll me an athletics check. All right. Thanks for listening everyone. If you enjoyed the show, please take a moment to rate it and leave us a review. You can find us on YouTube, apple Podcast, Spotify, and everywhere else podcasts can be found. Don't forget, we do have a Patreon in which we talk to each of our guests about playing Dungeons and Dragons, and I run them a little adventure. I hope you guys do enjoy that. If you are a Patreon subscriber, audio editing and music by the incredible co-host, Travis Reeves, video production and editing by Frank Janice, and I'm your host, Johnny Sand iv. To find out more about what I do, check out my website, stanton ivy.com. This has been an effin funny production. We'll catch you next time. But until then, can you owe me an athletics check?

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