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The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-350 – Marathon Training Strategies with CoachPRS  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4350.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends from Portland Oregon where I just ran the marathon.  Portland – home of the weird.  Welcome my friends and family to episode 4-350 of the RunRunLive podcast.  Another week another adventure, eh? This week’s adventure was flying to Portland to run the marathon.  It was weird and wonderful and I did well – but you can hear all about it in the race report in this episode.  I also sit down with Coach and we talk about some marathon strategies on the futon in his running store in Woodstock Oregon – Pace Setter Athletics. That’s probably enough for one episode.  Thank you all for showing up every other week and listening to my stories.  I appreciate it.  I truly live a charmed life.  I ran into a couple folks this week who were podcast listeners and it’s super weird

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-349 – Chrissy Runs a BQ  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4349.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-349 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Today we chat with Chrissy Simmons who made the grave mistake of tell me on facebook that she ran a qualifying marathon using my MarathonBQ training plan.  Of course I coerced her into an interview.  The audio quality is a bit off because we were using the telephone to record.  Most of the time I can use a skype plugin to record digital audio but we couldn’t swing it this time.  Think of it as quaint trip down technology memory lane when we used to pick up the phone and call each other over twisted pair, copper wire, plain old telephones.  I like to talk to folks who have used the plan successfully because when I was writing it down I never really knew if it would work for other people or if it was just some strange manifestation

Spartan up! A first timer takes on the Beast.  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/SpartanUp.mp3] Link The funniest line of the day was when I was flying down an open field descent passing people in big clumps.  I yelled “Come on people you’re being passed by a 54 year old guy!” A lady looks at me sideways and responds “Yeah, but not a normal one.” I took that as a compliment.  The great herds of hikers I passed were mostly pretty cranky about it.  I don’t get it.  If you’re out there you might as well enjoy yourself.  I suppose if you’re at the end of your rope and some hairy, half-naked old guy flies by yelling “Weeeeeee!” it might piss you off.  … It wasn’t easy, but it wasn’t the hardest thing I’ve ever done.  I was a bit out of my element but I raced the Spartan Beast as best I could and did relatively well.  I met my primary goal of not dying and my secondary goal of not injuring myself.  I did get nicked up and was a bit sore.  It will be a couple weeks before all the bruis

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-348 – Kristy Jo and Power Foods!  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4348.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-348 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  I ran a bit long last episode with Mike.  I was up against a deadline so I just let it slide.  I’ll try to better this time. You may have noticed I started slipping cookies into the end of the show after the outro.  A ‘cookie’ in the lingo of the podcasting ‘biz’ is a blooper that I find particularly engaging.  Like last week when I either wrote into my script or spell checked in that Australopithecines had ‘disposable’ thumbs! That’s just too funny not to share.  Today we speak with Kristy Jo.  I love that name.  It’s like something from a TV show. Kristy shares some very good tips and tricks around her Power Foods nutrition plan. I read through her book and it’s quite sensible. I know this whole weight loss nutrition t

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-347 – Mike Croy and the One Breath  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4347.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-347 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Today we are going to reconnect with our old friend Mike the DirtDawg who has been doing a lot of useful work around mindfulness in his life, with his students and in his community.  I chat with him about some practical ways we can use mindfulness in our lives and some basic, easy ways to implement it.  In section one I’m going to zoom in on how meditation or mindfulness can help amateur athletes.  In section two I’m going to do a quick summary of how a 30 day project works and how you can use it to get some traction in your life.  Because, as I write this I’m wrapping up my latest 30 day plan.  I tend to try to do a bunch of things in parallel when I do 30 day projects.  This one I was trying to get up early, clean up

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-346 – Joe De Sena on the Spartan Movement  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4346.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-346 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Thank you for listening.  Sometimes I don’t hear from you for a while and I get lonely.  I wonder if anyone is listening.  I thought it might due to a lack of positive feedback.  I grew up in the 70’s and we were all about positive feedback.  That’s why baby boomers are so needy.  The topic of today’s show is Spartan.  I interview Joe De Sena the owner of Spartan Races.  He’s a tightly wrapped dude with one of those clear, focused minds and the work ethic to support it.  In the first section I’m going to talk through my initial impressions of the Spartan race and its training.  I have one coming up in September and I’m starting to worry about my fitness level.  I expressed my concerns about things like not being

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-345 – Wilson Horrell – Lift Heavy Run Long  (Audio: link)       Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-345 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  We’ve got a full agenda for today – so I won’t babble on too much.  I’ve got an interview for you with Wilson Horrell from lift heavy-run-long who has a fascinating and educational back story. I had done an interview with Josh LaJunie who is an ultra running vegan from New Orleans – but I messed up the recording and I figured we just had a vegan last episode.  The eat vegan on $4 a day got a lot of feedback.  Some folks were very enthusiastic about Ellen’s message, some were less enthusiastic and wanted me to balance that out with some fat-adaptive athletes.  Which I will at some point. My personal opinion is that nutrition is quite specific to the individual and you need to find what works for you.  That process may involve some coaching but keep an open mind

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-344 – Ellen Jaffe Jones – Eat Vegan on $4 a Day!  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4344.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-344 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Today we talk with a fascinating and successful woman – Ellen Jaffe Jones – about how to eat healthy on the cheap!  .  I connected to Ellen because my daughter brought home Ellen’s book . I started looking at it and saw that Ellen had a cool back story and was now a practicing endurance sports addict as well as a vegan and an author.  She has escaped from being a broadcast news personality on a fast track to an unhealthy and early demise by eating better and living a healthier life.  Whether you are vegan or not you can pick up some tips on how to shoehorn some healthier food into your busy life. She’s also one of those people that we talk to a lot who take control of their story and change directions mid

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-343 – Susie Chan – Endurance Runner  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4343.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-343 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Today we talk with author UK Ultra-runner Susie Chan, and by ‘we’ I mean Alex.  Alex caught up with her and I did the editing.  Susie’s story has all the elements that we see when we talk about the transformational power of endurance sports.  She was living her life,not in a good place physically or mentally.  She ran a race, caught the bug and then dove quickly into the deep end with ultras and stage races – reporting it all on social media (as is often the case these days).  I love the story she tells about not having even run a marathon yet and signing up for the Marathon de Sables – Which is a 7-day ultra stage race across the Sahara.  We’ve talked to people who have run this on the show – like Ray Zahab – it’s de

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-342 – Matt Fitzgerald – How bad do you want it?  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4343.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-342 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Today we talk with author Matt Fitzgerald, mostly about his new book   You may know Matt’s name from Runner’s World, Competitor and Men’s Fitness among other publications.  His 2014 book “80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster By Training Slower” made a big splash.  Matt and I geek out about the mental aspects of racing to your limits, both physical and psychological. In section one I’m going to report on my lessons learned from the Boston marathon this year.  (I must be a slow learner because I keep having to learn some lessons over and over!) In Section two I’m going to give you my takeaways from a book I read on conversation tactics. … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We d

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-341 – John “The Hammer” Young  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4341.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-341 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Today we have a great chat with John “The Hammer” Young.  John is a proud father, husband, teacher triathlete and marathoner.  I hunted John down to get an interview when I passed him in the Boston Marathon this year.  It was one of those flashes in time during the marathon.  One of those ‘moments’ in the disjointed flow of images as you fade in and out of race consciousness. I remember looking at John, seeing his kit and thinking, “Jeez, that guy’s a stud.  I bet he has a great story.” Then I saw him hamming for a picture with Bryan Lyons who pushes Rick Hoyt in the marathon now. I enquired.  We connected and today you and I get to share the fruit of that conversation. As you listen to our conversation you’ll hear me circl

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-340 – Becca Pizzi – 7 marathons, 7 continents, 7 days  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4340.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-340 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  It’s Memorial Day Weekend this weekend in the States! It’s officially summer!  Wow! I had a May to remember! I’m telling you, you will never hear me say “I’m overwhelmed” but these past weeks came close!  I was back down in Atlanta this week and I caught some sort of stomach bug for a few days that sapped my energy – but this morning – Friday – I feel great!  Let me summarize my May adventures for you… Came in Friday night from Atlanta.  Was the second trip of the week having been in New Orleans earlier.  Rented a car and drove up to Teresa’s graduation Saturday night for all day Sunday.  Packed her up and drove back Sunday night.  About 500 miles each way.  Repacked and headed out to Phoenix Monday,

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-339 – The World Walk – Tony Mangan  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4339.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello and welcome to episode 4-339 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  It’s been an interesting week but we managed to rise above and pull off an interesting and compelling show for you.  This week I’ve got an interview with Tony Mangan who, last time I checked facebook,.was in Russia some 2000 odd kilometers into his walk around the world.  Tony is/was an accomplished ultra runner and then decided to run around the world.  He did.  It took him 4 years.  But when he got home he was still restless so he has set off again, this time at a slower pace and on an alternate route.  This is basically his life now.  Perambulation of the globe. I was asked last week what I’d do if I didn’t have to work.  My answer was probably just start running.  Run across the US or something.  There’s something about it th

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-338 – Sandra the OrganicRunner Mom (Audio: link)[audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4338.mp3]Link epi4338.mp3MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks- http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/Hello and welcome to episode 4-338 of the RunRunLivePodcast.  In today’s episode we are going to have a chat withSandra the Organic Runner Mom.  I met her up at the ES20 anddecided to have her on the talk about some of the goings on in theorganic farming space she habituates.  It’s a goodchat. In section one talk about how to roll your fitness into a B racewhen you’re a race goes sideways. In section two I have anotherpiece I wrote for one of my work related blogs when they asked mewhat my advice to my 22 year old self would be. Ironically I saw her at the Boston marathon.  She tapped meon the shoulder and said ‘hi’ as she was cruising past me late inthe race.  That wasn’t hard to do at the pace I was going atthat poi

iTunes upload issues 4-15-2016(Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/upload-problems.mp3] Link  Apologies folks – I did manage to drop Episode 4-337 on Friday but for some reason it’s not making it to iTunes.  We’ll keep working on it.  Until then you can download the show mp3 or listen directly on my website Cheers,Chris,Music by Tim Timebomb and Friends - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-337 – Addiction Counseling with Greg Milbourne (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4337.mp3] Link Team Hoyt Boston 2016 Campaign -> MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello and welcome to episode 4-337 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Today we are going to continue our exploration of the relationship between addiction and endurance sports with longtime friend of the show Greg.  I recorded this interview a few weeks ago the same week I spoke with Nate so I was using that discussion as a starting point with Greg to till new ground.In section one I’ll give you my Boston Marathon 2016 walk through.  In section two I’ll give you a post I wrote on innovation that has a business slant but you folks are smart enough to tease out how it all applies to your personal lives as well. Remember no Harry’s razors ads here, because then my kids don’t get to go to school. That’s right.  One of the companies I was on the leadership t

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-336 – Varsity Punk Director Anthony Solorzano (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4336.mp3] Link Team Hoyt Boston 2016 Campaign -> MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello and welcome to episode 4-336 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  I’m squeezing this one in on an off week to help out my interviewee today, Anthony Solorzano, (sounds like a character from a Quintin Tarantino film), but he’s a lifelong runner, with a passion, who is making, or has actually made a movie called Varsity Punks.  His Kickstarter campaign to put the finishing touches on this new cross country team themed movie ends on April 13th. I figured with a little extra midnight oil I could get this episode up in time before that kickstarter closes. If you want some good swag and want to help Anthony bring a running-themed feature length film to market go now and kick some cash his way. I’m not getting any kickbacks, I just like the idea of bringing

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode - Tease(Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/Tease1.mp3] Link  Hey folks, I was listening to Episode 4335 after I had dropped it today and realized that I had not inserted the Stu’s 30K race report sample that I put in the members’ feed.  My production process with my new virtual assistant team still has some kinks! Just to be clear those are production kinks, not the kind of kinks you folks have out in San Francisco…Anyhow – I’m going to put the tease in here.  In addition this give me a chance to drop another tease for a zombie story that I created an audio for the members.  I was doing some virtual cleaning this week and I found this zombie story I had written last year in November for NanoWrimo.  I read it and it was super cool so I recorded it for you.Sorry for all the RunRunLive noise, but I’m also going to drop another episode this coming Friday because I interviewed a movie maker who is trying to make a deadline and I figured I’d expedite an

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-335 – Neely Spence Gracey Breaks out at Boston! (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4335.mp3] Link Team Hoyt Boston 2016 Campaign -> MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello and welcome to episode 4-335 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Bear with me, we are going to get to the great show including a piece on the re-emergence of effort based training in the poplar zeitgeist and a really good interview with Neely Spence Gracey who is making her professional marathon debut at Boston this year.  And I’m capping it off with a super-thoughtful post on mistakes not to make in life that is just in time for graduation season.But – before that -This week I’ve got another milestone announcement for you.  I’ve been toying with this idea for years and I finally got the breathing room to put it into action. When I looked at the value of this podcast to you over the last 8 years and 300+ episodes it is in the content, meaning the

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-334 – Nate and the Relationship between Alcohol and Running (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4334.mp3] Link Team Hoyt Boston 2016 Campaign -> MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello and welcome to episode 4-334 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  This is a milestone podcast.  With this episode I have caught up to Steve who is currently on episode 334 of Pheddipidations!  See? Consistency! Tourtoise and the hare and all that. Great to have you along with me today on this sweet, sweet spring adventure up here in New England.  Welcome and thank you for taking the time to download this podcast and listen to it.  Maybe you’re out on your run and you can feel your heart beating, breath in your lungs and your feet hitting the ground.  Maybe you’re in your car with the slow thrum of the road vibrating through your body.  Maybe you’re at work pretending to be interested in that thing that you to keep the bailiff away from