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#1: “Running Became a NonNegotiable” Jorge on Mindset, Non-Negotiables & Balancing Work · The People Run Podcast

0:00
SPEAKER_01: Incorporating running in my life has become something that it's a non-negotiable.
0:09
SPEAKER_00: Hello and uh welcome to the People Run Podcast.
0:12
SPEAKER_00: This is your host, Fitz, and this is the place where we talk about everyday runners, the runs behind runners.
0:17
SPEAKER_00: And today's guest is a good friend of mine by the name of Jorge.
0:20
SPEAKER_00: We call him George.
0:21
SPEAKER_00: Uh, wanted to invite him on.
0:23
SPEAKER_00: He's a runner like every one of you, works in tech and also still gets it done.
0:26
SPEAKER_00: Most recent, he's done a half and he's got some big races coming up throughout the year.
0:31
SPEAKER_00: He's been training pretty consistently.
0:32
SPEAKER_00: Uh, a good friend of mine wanted to bring him on and uh talk about all his running and share with you guys the runs behind the runs.
0:39
SPEAKER_00: Uh, this is uh my good friend Jorge.
0:41
SPEAKER_00: Uh what's up, man?
0:43
SPEAKER_01: How you doing, brother?
0:44
SPEAKER_01: Good man.
0:45
SPEAKER_01: First and foremost, appreciate you having me here.
0:48
SPEAKER_01: Glad to have this conversation with you.
0:50
SPEAKER_01: So far, so good, man.
0:52
SPEAKER_01: Sunday, getting to relax today.
0:54
SPEAKER_01: I didn't run.
0:55
SPEAKER_01: Most of you hit the gym, but just pretty much been chilling out all day.
0:58
SPEAKER_01: But so far, so good.
0:59
SPEAKER_01: How about you, man?
1:00
SPEAKER_01: How's everything on your end?
1:01
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, man.
1:02
SPEAKER_00: Thanks, man.
1:02
SPEAKER_00: I appreciate you hopping on.
1:04
SPEAKER_00: Uh, thanks to the listeners for listening.
1:05
SPEAKER_00: Uh, the people run podcasts.
1:07
SPEAKER_00: And uh, I'm good, man.
1:08
SPEAKER_00: Uh, weather sun's coming out now, which is good.
1:11
SPEAKER_00: Um, as you know, like I said for the viewers here, for Gore's a good friend of mine mess dealing with a little bit of posttibility ankle issues, so not running as much, but I'd say about 85-90%.
1:22
SPEAKER_00: So we'll get back to it uh a couple races, pulled out of one right now, but um, we'll get to some races later in the year, which should be fun, man.
1:29
SPEAKER_00: Um, for the pod, man, um, you know, share a little bit by yourself, man, like uh where you live by, how you got into running, um, you know, where do you work?
1:39
SPEAKER_00: You don't have to say where, but like your industry, you know, I kind of alluded to tech.
1:43
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, sounds good.
1:44
SPEAKER_01: So uh yeah, first and foremost, man, I'm here located in Dallas, Texas.
1:48
SPEAKER_01: I just moved from Florida about close to a year ago.
1:52
SPEAKER_01: So just to give you a little bit of background, I've lived my almost my entire life in Florida, particularly in Miami.
1:58
SPEAKER_01: Then I moved to West Palm Beach, but also I lived outside of the U.S.
2:02
SPEAKER_01: I lived in Colombia for about eight years.
2:04
SPEAKER_01: So uh it was pretty good to live outside of the U.S., get to know different cultures.
2:09
SPEAKER_01: My family is from Colombia, so you know, I went to school over there, got to play soccer with the kids over there and all that stuff, came back in the US about 25 years ago or so.
2:20
SPEAKER_01: So been back here, you know, a little bit about myself professional-wise.
2:25
SPEAKER_01: I work in tech, been working in tech, man, for close to 14, 15 years or so.
2:31
SPEAKER_01: Currently working too in one of the big threes of tech.
2:35
SPEAKER_01: It's been about three years or so that I've been working for this company.
2:39
SPEAKER_01: So a lot of exciting stuff with technology.
2:41
SPEAKER_01: I'm sure there's gonna be a lot of new things coming up in the next five years with AI and all that stuff.
2:46
SPEAKER_01: But, you know, other than that, you know, uh had my family here not too long ago from Columbia visiting.
2:52
SPEAKER_01: So I enjoy being at home, working out, running, playing guitar, going to concerts and all that.
2:58
SPEAKER_01: So hopefully I've given you a little bit of background here of what I do and what I enjoy doing.
3:03
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, man, awesome.
3:04
SPEAKER_00: Appreciate that.
3:05
SPEAKER_00: How many uh like what's your work like?
3:06
SPEAKER_00: You know, do you work pretty much every day?
3:08
SPEAKER_00: Do you work from home?
3:10
SPEAKER_01: Good question, man.
3:11
SPEAKER_01: So I work five days out of the week.
3:13
SPEAKER_01: Right now, I'm going to the office once a week, which is not too bad.
3:17
SPEAKER_01: You know, change the routine a little bit, you know, even though working from home is great because you're saving money and gas and all that stuff, but it could be it could become a little bit repetitive, a bit boring.
3:28
SPEAKER_01: So just going out there for one for one day, spending time with people, with my co-workers and everything, it's fun, you know, just have some coffee and all that stuff.
3:36
SPEAKER_01: But uh, yeah, man.
3:37
SPEAKER_01: I mean, it's I'm not gonna say it's uh it's a difficult schedule.
3:41
SPEAKER_01: It's pretty easy going.
3:42
SPEAKER_01: I get to do schedule my my work around set a certain time, so it's not that bad.
3:47
SPEAKER_01: I can't complain.
3:48
SPEAKER_00: Awesome, man.
3:49
SPEAKER_00: Nah, sounds like a sweet gig.
3:50
SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, especially with only having to go in the office once, uh, once a week.
3:54
SPEAKER_00: I'm I'm sure the health way running.
3:55
SPEAKER_00: I mean, when do you fit in your runs?
3:57
SPEAKER_00: I mean, given the schedule then.
3:59
SPEAKER_01: Man, I think most of the times it's usually in the morning.
4:02
SPEAKER_01: I'm a morning person.
4:03
SPEAKER_01: I'm not gonna say that I enjoy waking up super early because I don't.
4:06
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
4:07
SPEAKER_01: Usually nowadays I keep it pretty straightforward.
4:10
SPEAKER_01: I wake up without an alarm.
4:12
SPEAKER_01: So I think that's been very helpful in in regards to getting some good night rest.
4:17
SPEAKER_01: But usually around 7:30 or so, 8 a.m., I start my runs.
4:21
SPEAKER_01: So right before work, I have enough time to uh take a shower, have breakfast, and get into it.
4:27
SPEAKER_00: Man, that's wow without no alarm.
4:29
SPEAKER_00: You and I didn't know that.
4:30
SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, that speaks to I guess going right into it, you know, how's your rest and recovery since you're able to wake up with no alarm?
4:36
SPEAKER_00: You know, like how are you doing taking care of that?
4:39
SPEAKER_01: Good, man.
4:40
SPEAKER_01: I think ever since that I stopped, you know, going into the office, this has been for a while, right?
4:46
SPEAKER_01: Like about five four years or so when when COVID hit, you know, everybody moved remote.
4:51
SPEAKER_01: And, you know, before that, I was just pretty much putting my alarm all the time, waking up around five o'clock to be able to get my workouts in and all that stuff, and then go to work without being stuck in traffic.
5:03
SPEAKER_01: But yeah, nowadays, recovery, I get at least seven to eight hours and a half of sleep every night.
5:09
SPEAKER_01: Oh man, the dream.
5:10
SPEAKER_01: It's very good for sure.
5:11
SPEAKER_00: The dream for sure.
5:12
SPEAKER_00: I mean, that's what it's all about, man, trying to squeeze in those hours.
5:15
SPEAKER_00: Um, a little context for everyone listening on the pod, man.
5:17
SPEAKER_00: Like um, like I said, Jorge's a good friend of mine, and he he ran uh the Dallas Half.
5:21
SPEAKER_00: Correct me if I'm wrong, Jorge, the Dallas Half in December.
5:24
SPEAKER_00: And uh so I'm pretty to like a lot of his training and and how he's running.
5:28
SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, I like kind of coach him on the side, and we talk almost daily, everything running, you know, like most of you guys is shoes running, what run, what workouts should I do this week, that kind of stuff.
5:38
SPEAKER_00: But uh the reason I bring that up, I wanted to share like, you know, I know you're currently running a more fork right now.
5:43
SPEAKER_00: You're able to run four times a week, you know.
5:45
SPEAKER_00: I guess share a little bit about those runs, what kind of runs are you doing?
5:48
SPEAKER_00: Granted, I know, but kind of share out there what kind of runs are you doing to squeeze and make it happen within fours of the week.
5:53
SPEAKER_00: And if you can tell us a little bit about, you know, Dallas, what was your goal for the Dallas half marathon?
5:57
SPEAKER_00: What roughly what time did you hit?
5:59
SPEAKER_00: And uh, I guess right into what goals you have in the future.
6:02
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it sounds good, man.
6:03
SPEAKER_01: Just to answer your first question regarding how many times what my runs look like.
6:08
SPEAKER_01: So I have four runs.
6:09
SPEAKER_01: I usually begin my week with an easy run.
6:12
SPEAKER_01: Currently, at this point in time, I'm doing it based out of time, not as mileage.
6:17
SPEAKER_01: So usually I'm able to fit in five miles if I'm rested, and depending how fatigue is kicking in for that week, but usually five miles or a little bit short of five miles for that first easy run.
6:28
SPEAKER_01: Then the next day, I usually the way that I structured is Tuesdays, Wednesdays, I take Thursday off.
6:35
SPEAKER_01: Then I have either Friday to do another run, and then Saturday and Sunday to play around with.
6:40
SPEAKER_01: So my second run consists of making doing a speed run.
6:44
SPEAKER_01: It depends right now.
6:46
SPEAKER_01: Currently, if it's we are in a plan where I'm incorporating a little bit of a 400-mile re 400-meter repeats, not 400 mile, so 400 meter repeats.
6:55
SPEAKER_01: So that's been that's been interesting because uh yeah, it breaks off from the routine.
7:00
SPEAKER_01: You know, the last couple weeks, I'd say 10 to 11 weeks, it's been a lot of easy running and all that, but now kicking it up a notch, it's becoming very interesting.
7:10
SPEAKER_01: So speed run, give or take, I fit in probably you know, five miles, five miles and a half.
7:16
SPEAKER_01: Again, this is space out of time, so that's approximately where I'm at right now.
7:21
SPEAKER_01: Then I have my third run, usually it's the long run.
7:24
SPEAKER_01: It's about an hour and a half, so usually somewhere along six miles, close to seven miles, or sometimes a little bit even more, depending on how I feel.
7:33
SPEAKER_01: And last but not least, the last run of the week.
7:36
SPEAKER_01: It's usually a recovery run, same thing, one hour uh run, so usually close to five miles.
7:41
SPEAKER_01: So, yeah, that's pretty much how how it's looking like right now.
7:45
SPEAKER_01: To your second question, can you repeat that again, Chris?
7:48
SPEAKER_00: Before we get into that, so and in between those runs, you also squeeze in lifts, right?
7:53
SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah, definitely, man.
7:54
SPEAKER_01: I think so.
7:55
SPEAKER_01: Just to give a little bit of background, I've always been into weightlifting.
7:58
SPEAKER_01: That is something that I got into before running.
8:01
SPEAKER_01: So I like to keep that in my in my schedule in my life.
8:05
SPEAKER_01: So, like I said, usually let's say if I run Monday and Tuesday or something like that in between, I like to do something along the lines of uh, you know, the back and biceps or chest and triceps, core.
8:16
SPEAKER_01: And towards the end of the week, I like to focus on on the lower half of my body.
8:21
SPEAKER_01: So pretty much doing legs, some mobility work and all that stuff.
8:25
SPEAKER_01: And at the end of the day, I think this is what keeps me in good shape and uh injury free, right?
8:30
SPEAKER_01: Not just running, but getting some rest and focusing on strength as well.
8:34
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, for sure, man.
8:35
SPEAKER_00: I mean, you're running four times a week, man.
8:37
SPEAKER_00: You're getting the lift sessions in sounds like about three, maybe even sometimes four a week, man.
8:40
SPEAKER_00: And from what I know of you, you're hitting the legs heavy too, which is obviously important.
8:44
SPEAKER_00: You know, many people tend to skip that.
8:46
SPEAKER_00: Similar to Jorge, my background is also a little bit more lifting and got into running um kind of around 2020.
8:51
SPEAKER_00: Um, George, when did you get into running?
8:53
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, man, 2028.
8:55
SPEAKER_01: Right?
8:55
SPEAKER_01: It's funny, you know.
8:56
SPEAKER_01: I remember all of us.
8:57
SPEAKER_01: Most of most of the people that we know, our circle of friends are runners, got into it in back in 2020 when COVID hit.
9:04
SPEAKER_01: So uh just for me, it was so just to give a little bit of background, I always did running and all that stuff, but never with some with an emphasis of you know doing it the right way, right?
9:16
SPEAKER_01: It was mostly just running as hard as you can and you know, as for as long as you could and everything.
9:21
SPEAKER_01: So this point in time, it was just more about finding the right way of doing things for you know, to be able to do it at for longer periods of time and for more often a week.
9:33
SPEAKER_01: So that's where I started 2020 when COVID hit and when the when the gyms closed and all that stuff, and I didn't have anything else to do outside of running.
9:41
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, man.
9:41
SPEAKER_00: I don't know what happened.
9:42
SPEAKER_00: I mean, obviously we know COVID happened, but like a lot of the runners, even like a lot of the faster ones or the ones that started for some reason, all of us just I don't know, when the doors closed and the gyms weren't open, we all just started getting into marathon and this big boom of running now, it's like all over the place.
9:57
SPEAKER_00: Yep.
9:57
SPEAKER_00: Uh which is why it's hard to get into some of these races now as well.
10:00
SPEAKER_00: But um dope, dope, man.
10:03
SPEAKER_00: What uh well, before I get into running and what races you've done, I wanted to ask you what's because I know you know to share with the listener, what kind of sports did you play growing up?
10:12
SPEAKER_01: So when I was when I was younger, since I lived in Columbia, since I was raised in Colombia, soccer is huge over there.
10:18
SPEAKER_01: That is something that a lot of running there, yeah.
10:20
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so we did it during school, outside of school.
10:24
SPEAKER_01: I remember my parents getting me into uh soccer academies during the summer when school was out.
10:30
SPEAKER_01: Uh, you know, my parents would always put me in something physical, whether it was, you know, uh martial arts or something like that.
10:36
SPEAKER_01: But I always I got into playing soccer, not competitive, you know, wise, but mostly just to have fun at school and everything.
10:44
SPEAKER_01: But uh yeah, just so because of that, I've been used to running.
10:48
SPEAKER_01: Of course, not with the direction of that you have to perform at a certain pace or anything like that, but just being active in general.
10:56
SPEAKER_00: Do you feel that helps now, like now that you're getting into running?
11:00
SPEAKER_01: I think so, man.
11:01
SPEAKER_01: I think to be honest, it's like it's like uh muscle memory, right?
11:05
SPEAKER_01: When you're doing activities such as soccer, you're sprinting back and forth for a long time.
11:11
SPEAKER_01: You do it for so many years, and even if it's if you're not playing for tournaments or anything like that, your body gets exposed to that.
11:18
SPEAKER_01: And once you take into running by how I've been doing it for the last five years, I think it helps a lot because I've been active, so it's nothing new to me.
11:28
SPEAKER_01: I think it's makes more sense when I'm doing the sprinting.
11:31
SPEAKER_01: I remember doing those hard paces and all that stuff, even if it was for a brief period of time, you know, that helps a lot.
11:37
SPEAKER_00: Nice man.
11:38
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, uh for sure.
11:39
SPEAKER_00: I I can only imagine all the drills up and down a soccer field, man, going crazy is pretty much like high intensity all day.
11:44
SPEAKER_00: Uh you know, so there there's gotta be some help, man.
11:48
SPEAKER_00: And even seeing some of you running, you know, like even though we run a lot slower, and I guess we share with the listener a little bit what kind of paces we run in, but like when you when you pick up the pace, you you pick up the pace.
11:58
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, definitely.
12:00
SPEAKER_00: You know, to share some insight for the listener.
12:02
SPEAKER_00: Horace's disparity between easy pace and like speed pace is like sometimes three, four minutes, which is kind of wild, you know.
12:08
SPEAKER_00: And some of that's you know, beginner runner and stuff, but like, yeah, he he does have an intent to do a big pickup, and you know, I guess that's a nice segue to talk about like you know, what's what's some of your paces, and then right after you talk about paces, just so everyone knows.
12:19
SPEAKER_00: Like, uh, tell us about Dallas, man, your your Dallas half marathon, how that went for you, and you know what times you hit.
12:25
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so let's begin with the paces.
12:27
SPEAKER_01: So I'm not afraid to admit I'm a slow runner.
12:30
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, let's say I'm getting better at it.
12:32
SPEAKER_01: So right now my easy runs consist of paces somewhere along 12, 1230.
12:38
SPEAKER_01: I feel comfortable there.
12:39
SPEAKER_01: Usually my my heart rate is at a really good zone right there, pretty much zone too.
12:45
SPEAKER_01: Very comfortable, very easy.
12:46
SPEAKER_01: And you know, whenever there's a need to pick up the paces for these speed runs that we've been doing, I'm hitting probably eight and a half, eight, or even less than that.
12:57
SPEAKER_01: So it's a very big difference of paces, a lot of challenge right there.
13:01
SPEAKER_01: But I think slowly but surely every single week I'm able to decrease that window of the easy runs instead of being 1230 at times.
13:09
SPEAKER_01: I get even lower than 12.
13:11
SPEAKER_01: So it depends on the level of you know fatigue and all that stuff.
13:15
SPEAKER_01: But yeah, for sure it's been helping a lot, right?
13:17
SPEAKER_01: So there's that wiggle room that you have between paces that you're able to do sprints and feel and get those benefits for sure.
13:24
SPEAKER_00: Dope, man.
13:25
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, for sure.
13:26
SPEAKER_00: I mean, um, you know, sell yourself short, man.
13:28
SPEAKER_00: Uh you you say slow running and say 13s, but I haven't seen the 13 in a couple weeks.
13:31
SPEAKER_00: I mean, Hori's been working on, you know, Lauren is easy pace, and you know, we're we're both big on easy days easy, hard days hard.
13:37
SPEAKER_00: So, you know, he's making some progress and uh he had a he had a nice race in Dallas and more to come in the future.
13:43
SPEAKER_00: Like, I mean, Dallas he did the half marathon B and W half, right?
13:47
SPEAKER_01: That's right, yeah.
13:47
SPEAKER_01: And to expand to that, yeah, it was we prepared pretty much, I think it was we did a 16-week uh training plan, if I'm not mistaken, Fitz, it was a 16 or 18 week.
13:59
SPEAKER_01: It doesn't matter.
14:00
SPEAKER_01: But you know, my goal for that race was to be sub two.
14:04
SPEAKER_01: So most of my races it have been around two hours and 30 minutes for the half marathon, and then every single year I've been getting better at it.
14:14
SPEAKER_01: Of course, terrain plays a big role in it, but here in Dallas, uh I was surprised thinking that Dallas is flat, but it isn't.
14:22
SPEAKER_01: There's a lot of rolling hills, and you and I did an analysis of the course beforehand, and uh yeah, there was uh some rolling hills there, but needless to say, I think I I hit the my time was two hours and five minutes, if I'm not mistaken.
14:38
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, which was I think two minutes better than my previous one, which was a race in down in in Florida and in West Palm Beach.
14:46
SPEAKER_01: So I'm not mad at it considering the fact that there were different factors involved.
14:50
SPEAKER_01: There's gonna be a lot of room for improvement.
14:52
SPEAKER_01: And yeah, you know, I I thought the the training plan that we did, that the one that you that you gave me was pretty good in the sense that it allowed me to prepare beforehand, considering different paces, different straties for fueling rests and all that.
15:07
SPEAKER_01: And I think at the end of the day, that's what made the difference.
15:10
SPEAKER_01: I probably started a bit too fast and got carried away with you know everything that happens at the race, the the adrenaline is kicking in, you see people all over you, different ages, and you get pretty excited about it.
15:22
SPEAKER_01: So, but at the end of the day, you know, I was a little bit burnt out the last couple miles, but hey, you know, that's where the race starts, where you're getting fatigued, you keep going, you s you you know, you just push through and you make it happen.
15:35
SPEAKER_01: So was very happy about that result for sure.
15:38
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I remember uh on my phone tracking the race, and I'm like, oh man, he he's feeling good, he's starting hot.
15:43
SPEAKER_00: Yep.
15:44
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, that's right.
15:45
SPEAKER_00: But remembering the end of the course, so for everyone listening, the end of the course had some hills, and and correct me if I'm wrong, George, I think they reversed courses here or something like that.
15:53
SPEAKER_00: So like the hills came sooner.
15:55
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it was it was strange.
15:57
SPEAKER_01: So I remember through I think mile five, it was pretty easy, and then from there on it just it started getting we started getting rolling hills here and there.
16:06
SPEAKER_01: You know, I just try to keep the same pace throughout the same the same pace that I had for the first five miles, and I think that's what uh fatigued me really quick.
16:14
SPEAKER_01: There were a few downhills where I kept pushing through just to see if I could make up some time, but you know, again, coming back from Florida where everything is flat, I've I was never under that type of challenges when it comes to course.
16:27
SPEAKER_01: So I think that was the first thing that I learned that hey, you know, you have to prepare for these courses ahead of time.
16:33
SPEAKER_01: You gotta be really analyze what's going on there and incorporate that type of differences in into your training.
16:40
SPEAKER_01: So yeah, I thought it was a great race, and I'm looking forward to crushing that time later on, maybe next year or something like that.
16:49
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, man.
16:49
SPEAKER_00: Uh now kudos to you, man, doing a few months after a move and Hilly races are are no joke, man.
16:55
SPEAKER_00: This is why I like a lot of the raids, obviously, are on Vlad, and you know, the ones everyone kind of signs up for.
17:00
SPEAKER_00: What kind of races have you done other than the half so far?
17:03
SPEAKER_00: Like um, what are some of like to be honest?
17:06
SPEAKER_01: I've only done uh half marathon marathons fits.
17:10
SPEAKER_01: So my first half marathon, I think it was in 2021.
17:14
SPEAKER_01: Uh it was in uh Kiwi Skin down in in Miami.
17:17
SPEAKER_01: Yep.
17:18
SPEAKER_01: It was it was I forgot what was it during the summer or right before the summer, I don't remember.
17:23
SPEAKER_01: But either way, Miami being Miami, it's summer weather all year round.
17:27
SPEAKER_00: Yep.
17:29
SPEAKER_01: I think it was the first time that I had put myself into a situation that was very difficult.
17:34
SPEAKER_01: Throughout the race, there were times that I felt like stopping, and I did walk a little bit, but you know, I just kept pushing through and all that stuff.
17:43
SPEAKER_01: And man, when when I just finished, it was something, you know, it was a big accomplishment, right?
17:48
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it was something that I had never done and never thought that I was gonna be able to do.
17:52
SPEAKER_01: Granted, I never did any type of preparation for this race.
17:55
SPEAKER_01: Probably did some Nike runs, the ones that you get on that you get on the Nike app and all that stuff.
18:01
SPEAKER_01: But never yeah, exactly, Coach Bennett, guy is awesome by the way, but never kept track about the heart rates and all the other metrics that make sense for you to get better at running and everything.
18:13
SPEAKER_01: So, either way, when I finished, I felt like passing out, but it was a great accomplishment, and I think it's one of those things that you do once and you want to continue doing just to you know create that habit of challenging yourself on a yearly basis.
18:26
SPEAKER_01: So, yeah, definitely that was that was life-changing for sure.
18:30
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, for sure, man.
18:31
SPEAKER_00: Take me a little bit back on that, man.
18:33
SPEAKER_00: Like, what made you like, you know, you got into running, I'm sure you you got you you're hyped to get into running.
18:37
SPEAKER_00: What made you sign up for that race?
18:39
SPEAKER_00: And what was that like being on the starting line the first time?
18:41
SPEAKER_00: Like, snap, I'm gonna do a half here.
18:44
SPEAKER_01: Well, man, so that's a funny thing.
18:47
SPEAKER_01: So you were talking about earlier how everybody uh, you know, in 2020 started running.
18:51
SPEAKER_01: So yeah, my friends in Miami, and you know a few, uh Milo, Ozzy, and other friends that we have, we started running almost at the same time, and we created a group in WhatsApp, yeah.
19:02
SPEAKER_01: And slowly but surely we would just start tracking, hey, you know, I did three miles, four miles, five miles, and then you start seeing the progression, right?
19:11
SPEAKER_01: More mileage, and you know, just trying to see who's able to tally up more miles on a weekly basis, and then it got to a point where it was like, okay, we are doing the this mileage right now, let's do something about it, let's just race, let's see what happens.
19:27
SPEAKER_01: I mean, we didn't even have a point like a like a time set or anything like that.
19:31
SPEAKER_01: It was just like, let's do it, let's see what happens.
19:34
SPEAKER_01: And we got a group of, I think it was about five of us or six of us that we pretty much started training, not with with the types of training plans that we do nowadays, but you know, just started running and then we we signed up and we made it happen.
19:49
SPEAKER_01: And all of us, I think we got the running bug, and since then it's been non-stop.
19:54
SPEAKER_00: Man, that's crazy.
19:55
SPEAKER_00: You just take a half right at the jump, no 5k, no 10k, you know, let's just go straight to a half.
19:59
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
20:00
SPEAKER_01: That's right.
20:01
SPEAKER_01: And you know, I think that helped a lot mentally because you know, I mean, 5k, I'm not saying that you know it's it's not a a challenging, you know, distance.
20:10
SPEAKER_01: Of course it is, and you're at that distance, you're gonna run faster.
20:13
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's just putting that in the back of your mind doing a half marathon.
20:18
SPEAKER_01: Once I completed that, I was like, hey, if I'm able to do this, I could probably prepare for a full marathon or work speed efforts for shorter distances and all that.
20:29
SPEAKER_00: Nice, yeah, for sure.
20:30
SPEAKER_00: That's wild, man.
20:31
SPEAKER_00: But hey, kudos to you guys.
20:32
SPEAKER_00: And and yeah, like Corey said, I know some of these friends I've I've helped and ran some races with some of them as well.
20:37
SPEAKER_00: Um, George, what are some uh would you say like, you know, other than get into running and starting the NRT Nike app and all that, what are some of your uh let's say current motivations for running?
20:46
SPEAKER_00: Like what keeps you in the sport and wanting to do it more?
20:49
SPEAKER_01: I think so.
20:50
SPEAKER_01: My current motivation is just staying active, to be honest.
20:53
SPEAKER_01: I'm right now close to being close to being 40.
20:56
SPEAKER_01: I'm about to turn 39.
20:58
SPEAKER_01: And you with running, I think I've seen I feel better than I did in my 20s or even in my teens, right?
21:05
SPEAKER_01: Incorporating running in my life has become something that it's a non-negotiable.
21:09
SPEAKER_01: I could, you know, think about excuses to do not to do certain things, whether it is, I don't know, trying to fix my room or something like that, one particular day or in the morning or something like that.
21:20
SPEAKER_01: I could probably take it, take care of that in the afternoon or something.
21:24
SPEAKER_01: But when it comes to running, it's something that it's already been ingrained in my lifestyle and in my, I'd say close to even my personality, right?
21:32
SPEAKER_01: Everybody that knows me knows that I'm always running.
21:34
SPEAKER_01: So that is something that I've been doing for some time already.
21:38
SPEAKER_01: It's I find it that it's a good discipline.
21:41
SPEAKER_01: It brings a lot of positive things to my life when it comes to not just physically, right?
21:46
SPEAKER_01: But also that mindset of you accomplish something hard early in the morning, it sets the tone for the rest of the day.
21:54
SPEAKER_01: I could get to work and think about a meeting that I have to prepare for or something like that, or complete or Certain task by a certain time for a for a customer or something like that.
22:04
SPEAKER_01: Just knowing that I did something extremely hard in the morning that a lot of people won't do because you know they're trapped doing their routine or whatever.
22:13
SPEAKER_01: It sets a stage for me to, hey, you know, I've already accomplished this.
22:17
SPEAKER_01: I'm sure I'm gonna be able to accomplish everything else throughout the day.
22:20
SPEAKER_00: That's awesome, man.
22:21
SPEAKER_00: Sounds like uh a lot of discipline and and just getting after it like right away is is what running is actually I'm getting there right.
22:28
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, man.
22:29
SPEAKER_00: Any uh would you say there's any hard lessons you've learned through running, whether either injury or like you had a scare or like maybe lessons you're still learning now?
22:37
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I man, so many lessons.
22:39
SPEAKER_01: I I think I'd say being patient, right?
22:42
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
22:43
SPEAKER_01: We live I myself, I've always been the type of guy that I want things to happen immediately, whether it is you know doing a career move or trying to get whatever, you know, I don't know, more money or whatever.
22:55
SPEAKER_01: Uh, it's something that you always want there now.
22:57
SPEAKER_01: With running, it's taught me to be patient.
23:00
SPEAKER_01: If I want to get better at running, I need to really take my time and be present, right?
23:05
SPEAKER_01: Enjoy the moment, work on whatever a specific part of training that I have to do to be able to prepare for a race or whatever.
23:13
SPEAKER_01: So, in that if I take it into my personal life, it's you know, being more patient with everything that I do, being more patient in my relationship with my fiance, being more patient at work.
23:23
SPEAKER_01: I currently need a group of co-workers and being more patient, understanding and seeing things from a different lens, running has taught me.
23:30
SPEAKER_01: So I think that's the biggest lesson.
23:32
SPEAKER_00: Dope, dope, man.
23:34
SPEAKER_00: Is there any um I mean I'm sure we all have some, and obviously me and you have spoken about it a few, but like any you'd like to share here for the pod, any like people you look up to, like influencers or key runners in the pro world that you look up to with running and kind of try to emulate or take lessons from?
23:50
SPEAKER_01: So to be honest, I I don't see um I don't look up to like many social media uh you know people out there and everything.
23:58
SPEAKER_01: I started following a few here and there when I started uh running, but you know, I've noticed that it this it's uh it has a different audience, right?
24:07
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
24:08
SPEAKER_01: You and I know that social media it most of the time is for clicks here and there, and at times it may not be something positive for your training for what you're trying to accomplish.
24:17
SPEAKER_01: So usually stay away from that.
24:19
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, for sure.
24:20
SPEAKER_01: I like to I look up to uh just regular day people out there who are doing hard things, who are challenging themselves.
24:27
SPEAKER_01: But just to give you an example, when every time that I do a race or whenever I'm preparing for a race, I see people older than me just getting after it.
24:36
SPEAKER_01: You know, there you'll see someone, a couple uh that they're in their 60s or so, and you see that discipline, and I think that's something that you know it relates to me that I want to do something like that uh, you know, for the rest of my life.
24:49
SPEAKER_01: I I could bring an example.
24:51
SPEAKER_01: I look up to my dad a lot.
24:52
SPEAKER_01: He is yeah, close to being 80, and he's he's been always pretty much fit his entire life.
24:59
SPEAKER_01: Guy never drank, never did any partying or none of that stuff.
25:03
SPEAKER_01: Uh so getting that following that example, you know, it's I want to get to that point where it's just something second nature that you that I'm always working towards getting better and being disciplined and all that.
25:14
SPEAKER_01: So that's pretty much it, the people that I look up to.
25:18
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, man, that's dope, man.
25:19
SPEAKER_00: And you just reminded me, touching on dad, man, if you don't mind me sharing.
25:22
SPEAKER_00: Uh worst case, we can edit this out later.
25:24
SPEAKER_00: But like there was this one time for the audience here, like we were in a group chat and we're seeing running, and and George Loki put his dad in the like Strava group, and we're like, Who's this guy running all these miles?
25:34
SPEAKER_00: The man's 80 and getting more miles and running, you know, which is pretty awesome to see, man.
25:39
SPEAKER_00: That's gotta be hella inspiring for you.
25:40
SPEAKER_00: Like seeing that growing up.
25:41
SPEAKER_00: Did your dad work out a lot growing up?
25:43
SPEAKER_00: I know you mentioned it a little bit, but what was his like thing?
25:45
SPEAKER_00: Like gym, running, soccer.
25:47
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, man.
25:47
SPEAKER_01: So my dad uh he grew up in Colombia, so he almost played soccer at a professional level.
25:54
SPEAKER_01: He was really good.
25:54
SPEAKER_01: He was actually, we used to play, you know, uh together when we were younger with my twin brother as well.
26:00
SPEAKER_01: But he always also did some cycling, you know, through the mountains in Colombia and everything.
26:04
SPEAKER_01: He did that when he got here to the US back in the late 70s.
26:09
SPEAKER_01: He pretty much started running, uh participating in 5Ks, 10ks, and all that.
26:14
SPEAKER_01: You know, with the same type of training that we do nowadays, he pretty much tells me that back then you would just run without any knowledge of what you were doing.
26:24
SPEAKER_01: Uh, you were prone to injuries and all that stuff, but luckily he never got injured or anything.
26:28
SPEAKER_01: But uh he keeps that type of you know, that training, even though today I was talking to him, he's a little bit uh injured when it comes, he has like some nerve damage on his left leg, so he's been doing some therapy, but he's doing like some power walking and all that stuff, doing it 5K's here and there.
26:45
SPEAKER_01: So yeah, man, I I guess just seeing that is something that if I don't meet those expectations, at least to myself, I'm failing, right?
26:53
SPEAKER_01: So that's that's the way I see it.
26:55
SPEAKER_00: Man, shout out to dad, man, AD, and getting it out there.
26:58
SPEAKER_00: And uh you know, George, correct me if I'm wrong, but the mountains in in Colombia they they're at altitude, yeah.
27:04
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, man, and they're no joke.
27:06
SPEAKER_01: Uh I if I'm not mistaken, uh what what uh how many feet I can't tell you right now, but uh no worries.
27:14
SPEAKER_01: Every time that I every time that I go there, I decide to go for a run, and man, it's just I end up feeling sick because of the altitude, right?
27:22
SPEAKER_01: But I I I think it's cool just to try to run in different places, right?
27:27
SPEAKER_01: It just you challenge yourself.
27:28
SPEAKER_01: It's not the same thing as running here in Dallas or or in Miami or anything like that.
27:33
SPEAKER_01: You have different different factors that you're it's gonna make your run a little bit more difficult.
27:37
SPEAKER_01: But yeah, it's cool to do those runs over there as well.
27:40
SPEAKER_00: Have you ever thought of doing a race out there in Colombia, like a half or 5k tank game?
27:46
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, definitely, man.
27:47
SPEAKER_01: There's actually this race that I've been pretty much looking into for the last two years.
27:52
SPEAKER_01: It's just a matter of making the decision.
27:54
SPEAKER_01: It's called uh it's a half marathon, it's uh half marathon of Armenia.
27:59
SPEAKER_01: Uh it's close, it's it's a town close to where my dad lives.
28:02
SPEAKER_01: Nice, about an hour or so.
28:04
SPEAKER_01: And yeah, I'm thinking to do it.
28:06
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think it just happened right now, a few weeks back, if I'm not mistaken.
28:11
SPEAKER_01: But it's a big event over there.
28:13
SPEAKER_01: A lot of people from Colombia, all the runners usually go to that one.
28:16
SPEAKER_01: There's several others in the country, the one from Meijin, the one from Bogota.
28:21
SPEAKER_01: But yeah, definitely I think that's my next step to do races outside of the US, you know, become uncomfortable, do things out there that I wouldn't do just one day, you know.
28:31
SPEAKER_01: So we'll see how that goes.
28:33
SPEAKER_00: Man, touching about races um outside the US, like um, you know, let's just get right into it.
28:38
SPEAKER_00: Like, what kind of races do you have coming up?
28:40
SPEAKER_00: And also, like, where would you like to race it, you know, US or outside US?
28:44
SPEAKER_01: All right, man.
28:44
SPEAKER_01: So for the first, the first your to answer your first question.
28:47
SPEAKER_01: Well, we have the indie marathon coming up in in November.
28:51
SPEAKER_00: Yep.
28:52
SPEAKER_01: I'm stoked about it.
28:53
SPEAKER_01: Uh it's gonna be yeah, yeah, it's gonna be, it's uh right now I'm still, you know, we I still have a lot of time to prepare for it.
29:02
SPEAKER_01: But you know, just mentally preparing myself, doing the training uh week by week.
29:07
SPEAKER_01: So I'm sure I'm gonna be able to get there.
29:09
SPEAKER_01: Uh, you know, it's just a matter of batting some rest and all that, trying to stay injury free.
29:15
SPEAKER_01: But yeah, I'm looking forward to our race.
29:17
SPEAKER_01: I know it's gonna be a hell of a time for sure.
29:20
SPEAKER_01: I and I know that once I'm completely I'm done with that one, I'm gonna start looking for others outside of the US.
29:25
SPEAKER_01: So to answer your second question, I just got back from Japan not too long ago, and the same week, the same weekend that I was there, the Tokyo Marathon was taking place.
29:37
SPEAKER_01: So did see a lot of runners.
29:39
SPEAKER_01: It looked like a great time.
29:41
SPEAKER_01: So most likely, if not Tokyo, but definitely we'll try to do other races outside of the US for sure.
29:48
SPEAKER_01: That's my next goal.
29:49
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, Tokyo is uh quite hard to get into because major, you know, but um there's also Osaka and uh Fukuoka, I believe it's pronounced.
29:57
SPEAKER_00: But yeah, uh George here is jumping into his first full, man.
30:00
SPEAKER_00: I'm happy for him, I'm excited.
30:01
SPEAKER_00: I'm running as well with him here.
30:04
SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, obviously we're gonna have some fun out there, and um, you know, you touched on it.
30:08
SPEAKER_00: Like, I mean, I guess I'll ask you, you know, it's also insight for me while we're listening.
30:12
SPEAKER_00: What kind of mental things are you like juggling with or thinking about for this uh full?
30:16
SPEAKER_00: You know, we're going up to the to the big boy.
30:19
SPEAKER_01: Man, I think first and foremost, I think it's the question, am I gonna complete it?
30:24
SPEAKER_01: Right?
30:24
SPEAKER_01: That's I think something that we all go through.
30:27
SPEAKER_01: And you know, it's just I think the training helps to pretty much correct that thought, uh, you know, just getting it in every single week, you know, following a structure plan, getting enough rest, eating well and everything.
30:40
SPEAKER_01: Like the same preparation that we did for the half marathon, it's gonna be the same thing, but of course, higher volume of mileages and everything.
30:47
SPEAKER_01: But I'm confident that you know I'm gonna be able to get through that, get through it.
30:52
SPEAKER_01: It's just a matter of putting it into work.
30:54
SPEAKER_01: Um, and I think, you know, just to expand a little bit more, once I'm there doing the race, it's a matter of, you know, just continue being positive.
31:03
SPEAKER_01: You know, there's gonna be times where you're gonna hit that pain cave.
31:07
SPEAKER_01: You know, you and I know that that pain cave hits you out of nowhere, and it's a matter of how are you gonna respond to that.
31:14
SPEAKER_01: That's where all the training kicks in, right?
31:16
SPEAKER_01: Mental and physical.
31:17
SPEAKER_01: It's just a matter of to sticking to the pan to the plan and just continuing until you finish.
31:23
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we'll do good.
31:24
SPEAKER_00: Like I kind of say, we're both doing it here for the listener, but yeah, I think you'll do great George.
31:28
SPEAKER_00: So, you know, the plan for both of us right now is just a lot of bass training, you know, as much as we can, and then we'll get into a cycle.
31:34
SPEAKER_00: But like he is, you know, having that base before you even train, you know, and we'll be fine, and it should be a fun, nice, and not hot weather.
31:41
SPEAKER_01: Yep.
31:42
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, definitely.
31:43
SPEAKER_01: That's that's gonna be a big a big plus for sure.
31:45
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, for sure.
31:46
SPEAKER_00: And we'll have a great time out there, man.
31:48
SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, talking about marathon and races, man.
31:51
SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, you kind of touched on it earlier, like with your dad back in the day using basically no equipment and running on mountains, but like, you know, in today's age, we all use all the fitness tools.
32:00
SPEAKER_00: Like, tell me about like uh what what do you use?
32:03
SPEAKER_00: Like um, you know, what kind of watch you use in what what kind of sneakers you like, what are some of your favorites?
32:08
SPEAKER_00: You know, me and George talk sneakers almost all the time, probably a little bit too much.
32:11
SPEAKER_00: We should probably do more training.
32:13
SPEAKER_00: But um, you know, tell us some about your favorite tools that you use, you know, whether it be watch, phone, app for running a sneaker, that kind of stuff.
32:21
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, man.
32:21
SPEAKER_01: So uh for what for fitness tracking, I use the Garmin Phoenix 8.
32:26
SPEAKER_01: It's a pretty good tool.
32:28
SPEAKER_01: To be honest, you could get the same type of result with other different watches.
32:31
SPEAKER_01: You don't have to get this one precisely, but uh, I've been using Garmin ever since I started running.
32:36
SPEAKER_01: I like the interface, I like the metrics that it tracks.
32:40
SPEAKER_01: Most important it for me is uh the heart rate.
32:42
SPEAKER_01: I think that's something that I've I've liked about this device using uh the HR strap for the chest.
32:48
SPEAKER_01: I think it's very, I'm not gonna say 100% accurate because we you and I know that there's a margin of error when it comes to these devices.
32:55
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
32:56
SPEAKER_01: But compared to others, I've tried the Apple Watch.
32:59
SPEAKER_01: I've seen a slight difference in that.
33:01
SPEAKER_01: So I like Garmin.
33:03
SPEAKER_01: But the most important metric for me is right now the HR and the sleep tracking.
33:07
SPEAKER_01: You know, I like to, I'm very data-driven when it comes to things like that.
33:11
SPEAKER_01: So just knowing that I got some good rest, it makes a difference throughout my fitness journey and throughout whatever I do throughout the day, right?
33:19
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, for sure.
33:20
SPEAKER_01: Now, to answer your second question, uh for shoes, man, there's so many brands nowadays that it's very complicated to give you a straight answer.
33:28
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
33:28
SPEAKER_01: So currently, right now in my rotation, I've been using a lot of ASICs.
33:32
SPEAKER_01: So just right now in Japan, I was able to pretty much get three different pairs of shoes.
33:37
SPEAKER_01: So I got the the ASIC Super Blast 2.
33:41
SPEAKER_01: Awesome long distance shoes.
33:42
SPEAKER_01: That's a favorite.
33:43
SPEAKER_01: Been used, been using that one.
33:45
SPEAKER_01: I used the previous version and I loved it.
33:48
SPEAKER_01: I got my second pair of Super Blast 2 over there in Japan.
33:52
SPEAKER_01: Very good prices as well.
33:53
SPEAKER_01: What else did I get?
33:54
SPEAKER_01: I got the um which ones was were man, I forgot.
33:58
SPEAKER_01: Well, I don't remember.
34:00
SPEAKER_01: So, but before the trip, I also got the the Mizuno's Mio Zen.
34:05
SPEAKER_01: Great uh easy, easy run shoe.
34:08
SPEAKER_01: Never heard of that that brand before until you got me into it.
34:11
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
34:12
SPEAKER_01: Tested them out, and man, they are so they're good for easy runs, they're good for pickups too.
34:17
SPEAKER_01: I guess they have the right level of cushion uh for for anything that you decide to do, whether it's you know the easy run or speed runs too.
34:24
SPEAKER_01: I've even done speed runs in those, and and they respond very well.
34:29
SPEAKER_01: Also, I'm using the A6 Nimbus 27.
34:31
SPEAKER_01: That's the other pair that I got in Japan, by the way.
34:34
SPEAKER_01: Great recovery shoe.
34:36
SPEAKER_01: It has the perfect amount of cushion, you know, when your legs are sore, when you're tired.
34:40
SPEAKER_01: I feel that even for some speed runs, they would be good.
34:44
SPEAKER_01: So, all in all, I think right now at this point in time, ASICs are my go-to shoes.
34:49
SPEAKER_01: I've tried Nike in the past as well.
34:51
SPEAKER_01: You know, I remember back in my first race, I used the Alpha Flies of version one, and by no means I should have used those because they were brutal on my feet.
35:01
SPEAKER_01: They really hurt.
35:02
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it's pretty wild, man.
35:03
SPEAKER_00: Uh newbie runner, uh, you know, Alpha Fly straight off the gate for a half.
35:07
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, man.
35:08
SPEAKER_01: And and lesson learned, you know, after that one, you know, I pretty much started, you know, trying to understand exactly what type of shoe I'd have to use first and foremost for my level of fitness and the times that are that I'm running and all that stuff.
35:21
SPEAKER_01: But uh yeah, you know, ASICs for me it's the way to go right now, man.
35:24
SPEAKER_00: No, man, and and you know, not to like everyone running whatever you want to run, but you know, there there's a certain shoe for everyone out there, you know, and shout out to Nike's marketing.
35:33
SPEAKER_00: But uh, we didn't touch on this earlier, but you know, just share a little bit about your running environment.
35:37
SPEAKER_00: Do you do you run outdoors, indoor, do you use treadmill a lot?
35:40
SPEAKER_00: You know, share that.
35:42
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, man.
35:42
SPEAKER_01: So lately, since uh we have already good weather, it's right now, it's in the in the mid-70s.
35:49
SPEAKER_01: I've been running outside, but I do a mix of treadmill and and outdoors.
35:53
SPEAKER_01: Uh a couple months back, and and it snowed over here in Dallas.
35:57
SPEAKER_01: I didn't know that it'd snow in Dallas.
35:58
SPEAKER_01: That was the first for me.
35:59
SPEAKER_01: So it was the first time that I had to get like a beanie and a running sweater and all that stuff, because man, being a Florida guy, you're not ready for that weather as soon as you get here.
36:10
SPEAKER_01: So did a little bit of outdoor running, but it did also a mix of indoors, and I think that's been beneficial for me in whenever I have to do, let's say, uh speed runs, right?
36:21
SPEAKER_01: If I want to lock into a particular pace, the indoor runs have helped a lot.
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SPEAKER_01: Also, when it comes to recovery, running indoors in a treadmill at times, it's easier than running outside.
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SPEAKER_01: You and I know that different motion, but at the same time, you're still getting the benefit of running, whether it is indoors or outdoors, it doesn't matter.
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SPEAKER_01: As long as you get the mileage in, put the time in, that's all that matters.
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SPEAKER_01: But I enjoy doing both.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay, dope.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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SPEAKER_00: Well, what uh let me ask you this here.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, what's you know, like in closing, like uh or close to closing, what what uh are you looking forward to next in running?
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SPEAKER_00: I know we got the indie full, but like um, other than the indie full, what do you what would you like to get from running in the future?
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SPEAKER_00: Um, and what's next for you between this year and you know, moving on into the future.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, man, I think after that one, I like to spend some time running shorter distances.
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SPEAKER_01: I know it's gonna have more of an like an emphasis in effort, faster paces, I know the training is gonna change quite a bit, and because of that, I see it as a great challenge.
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SPEAKER_01: I want to go for sure.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I want to sign up for a 10k or even a 5k.
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SPEAKER_01: But you know, just play around with different distances.
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SPEAKER_01: I know that once I'm done with uh with the marathon, it's gonna be something I'm gonna want to be doing on a yearly basis.
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SPEAKER_01: But gearing towards the preparation for those runs and everything, I want to do, I do want to include a shorter distances for sure.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, that's smart, man.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh sounds like a great plan.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh we'll we'll definitely get on that.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, for sure, man.
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SPEAKER_01: I'll be bothering you with the training plans for sure.
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SPEAKER_00: For sure.
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SPEAKER_00: What would you say if you give some advice to like say a new runner or just like an everyday runner, someone who has a job or you know, family and stuff to take care of?
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SPEAKER_00: Like what's some advice you give to the listener to get it done, basically.
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SPEAKER_01: Yeah, first and foremost, I'd say, you know, take it easy.
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SPEAKER_01: Take those runs, those first runs easy.
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SPEAKER_01: Don't pay attention to your pace or anything like that.
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SPEAKER_01: Just focus on, you know, the moment that you're having right there.
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SPEAKER_01: It's something that you never know.
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SPEAKER_01: It's gonna be, it's gonna change your life like it's done for me.
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SPEAKER_01: So, you know, just dedicate the time, uh, you know, do it if you can uh three times a week or four times a week.
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SPEAKER_01: You're gonna be getting uh the benefits from it, and you're gonna see how that discipline bleeds into other aspects of your life.
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SPEAKER_01: So I think that's the number one thing that I would recommend everybody out there that has considered running, you know, get into it, take your time, be present in your runs, and enjoy it.
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SPEAKER_01: Just have fun.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, man.
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SPEAKER_00: That's great advice, man.
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SPEAKER_00: Dope to hear.
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SPEAKER_00: Well, George, thank you, man.
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SPEAKER_00: I appreciate you for joining everyone.
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SPEAKER_00: This has been episode one.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, thanks everyone for checking in.
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SPEAKER_00: I want to thank George for uh being on here with me and answering these questions and sharing a logo with y'all.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, this is the People Run podcast, uh, your host Fitz.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, thanks for joining.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, please share, listen, share with your friends, subscribe, and um these are the runs behind the runs.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, let's just keep running and getting it done.
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SPEAKER_00: Thank you all.
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SPEAKER_00: Thank you for George.