1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,560 You're listening to episode 254 of the Marathon Running Podcast. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:08,240 In this episode, we're going to do a recap of the LA Marathon. 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,680 This is the Marathon Running podcast and Letty Runs YouTube 4 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,720 channel with Letty and Ryan. And yes, we're officially now on 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,160 all channels. Join us for weekly content on 6 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,000 all things running and let us take you from the starting line 7 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:33,160 to the finish line and beyond. Hey runners, and welcome to 8 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:36,120 episode 254. My name is Letty. 9 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,920 My name is Ryan. And we're almost at episode 262. 10 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:43,040 And do you know the significance behind that? 11 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,160 It's. The one that comes after 261. 12 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:47,880 Besides. That 26.2. 13 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,360 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. So if you guys that are 14 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,040 listeners, long term listeners have any ideas of what we should 15 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,000 do for that episode, let me know because I'm trying to make it 16 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,640 special. And coincidentally, I think 17 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:05,080 that's also the season finale of season 5 or 4. 18 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:07,880 Whatever season we're in, I'm so bad at counting. 19 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:09,440 These to go through that ordeal again. 20 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,720 Well, we're actually going to go through that ordeal again 21 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,240 because as you guys know, because you clicked on this 22 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:19,320 episode, we're talking about the 40th running of the LA Marathon. 23 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:20,600 What? Anniversary is that. 24 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,600 Exactly right. It's they called it the 40th 25 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:28,760 running and the first inaugural LA Marathon was in March of 26 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,680 1986. So while at the Expo, we had a 27 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:36,560 ton of people approach us and asked us to explain the whole 28 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,480 thing. And literally it was the hardest 29 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,240 thing, right? Because it's not like a 30 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,920 birthday. If you're born in 86, you're 31 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,360 turning 39 this year, but when you're running your first 32 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,200 marathon, you're not starting at 0. 33 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,400 That's how I try to explain it. I don't know how if I succeeded. 34 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,160 It's very confusing. But here we go again and we're 35 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,120 laughing because we had that last year when I was celebrating 36 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,280 hour, whatever anniversary it was for the podcast and I was 37 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,000 off by a year. I had added a year and it was so 38 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,720 confusing. I even got a cake with the wrong 39 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,360 number on it so bad. You're like, this is a third 40 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,520 year podcasting. Happy 4th anniversary. 41 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,280 I'm like, wait, what? I still don't get it quite well, 42 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,880 but I'm gonna let you do the planning and the cake for this 43 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:20,680 year's anniversary anyway. So do you want to hop into this 44 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,640 special recap? Because, you know, I love 45 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:24,640 marathon recaps. What are you holding? 46 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,760 I'm holding my medal. It's a participant medal just 47 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:29,280 like with all the other marathons. 48 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,320 And I'm wearing it because for you listeners that are not 49 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,600 watching, we do now also have the YouTube channel and we're 50 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:38,880 airing all of our podcast episodes on YouTube. 51 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,120 And I know that I already put out a video, a runners weekend 52 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,760 of the LA Marathon. So this is going to be very much 53 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,040 focused on audio and maybe some tips and we're really going to 54 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,560 kind of go through it a little bit better than in the vlog 55 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,600 style video that we've we've done on YouTube. 56 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:59,960 So let's get started. So start off with your trip to 57 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,120 LA. So I left on Thursday because 58 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,120 there was a lot of events surrounding the LA Marathon that 59 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,440 I was part of that I wanted to attend. 60 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,360 So yeah, Thursday early morning, as you know, I left the house. 61 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,240 My flight was at 5:40 AM, so don't even ask me. 62 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,400 I got there really early. I think I got there at 11. 63 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,400 Of course, it took an hour to get a rental car or even more, 64 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,080 but then I was well on my way to my friend Cora's place. 65 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,560 If Cora's listening, she's not a runner, so she's probably not 66 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:28,800 listening. But yeah, shout out anyway. 67 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,600 But thank you so much for letting me crash in your crib in 68 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,440 Burbank, which was awesome. Yeah, Cora's a good friend of 69 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,040 yours for a long time, so it's nice to have a comfort place, 70 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,520 you know, to go to, comfortable place to go to, not staying in a 71 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,400 random hotel or something. So that was neat. 72 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:46,640 And then this time in LA it was different because you were an 73 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:47,960 ambassador. Yes, fine. 74 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,680 I was an ambassador this year for the LA Marathon. 75 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,080 I was selected and I was pretty amazing to get to know the other 76 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:58,240 fellow ambassadors and Lucy, the coordinator, and everything that 77 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,440 they do for the LA Marathon. Unfortunately, since we don't 78 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,520 live in LA right now, I was unable to attend the events that 79 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,520 were happening throughout the year. 80 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,320 Hopefully next year if I get reselected, I will be doing more 81 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,240 of that because it's such a great running community. 82 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,399 LA is yours and my favorite place for running out of all the 83 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:21,399 places we've lived and the running community since we've 84 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:23,600 left. It's only grown with all these 85 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,760 different running groups and it's a very active place in the 86 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,360 world. So really love it. 87 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,600 Really love working with them as an ambassador and hop into that 88 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,200 role. So that was exciting. 89 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,120 So you had a lot of anticipation, a lot of 90 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,200 excitement going to the marathon this year, isn't it? 91 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,520 Like, did you run it last year? I think you skipped a year 92 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,120 before at least, right? I think last year we ran Rome 93 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:46,480 and it was on the same day, yeah. 94 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,920 Yes. So you hadn't run in a while and 95 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,360 you're now you're an ambassador. So I know you were excited to 96 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,320 go, which is kind of neat. I was very excited also because 97 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,720 the finish line had switched when I used to run the LA 98 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:59,640 Marathon. When I ran it for the last time, 99 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,320 it had ended in Santa Monica. And so it's been a minute, and 100 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,720 now it ends in Century City, so the course has changed. 101 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:09,200 I was very excited to see that too. 102 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:10,600 I heard many good things about it. 103 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,840 And yeah, just wanted to check it out and be part of it again 104 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:15,600 because I really miss LA so much. 105 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:20,240 We can get to that during your race recap a little later, but 106 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,640 let's start off with anything you did prior to going to the 107 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,480 Expo, which we all know is your favorite part. 108 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:27,960 Yes. So what did I do prior going to 109 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,400 the Expo? Well, I did go to a physical 110 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:35,520 therapy place that had invited us to visit them because they 111 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:39,320 wanted to show us our podcast what they are all about. 112 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:41,800 So I attended that and was quite interesting. 113 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:45,080 And then after that I just went for a run, went to Trader Joe's 114 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,960 because we love Trader Joe's and stocked up on some groceries 115 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:50,960 that I knew I was going to need to nibble on. 116 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,240 And that was it. That was it for Thursday. 117 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,520 Like I said, I only had 1/2 day and then Expo was going to be on 118 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,200 Friday as well as Saturday. So, Expo Day, where's the Expo? 119 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,920 The Expo is a Dodger Stadium, and it's actually an outside 120 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:05,280 Expo. Which is unusual. 121 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:07,560 It is unusual, but it's not unusual. 122 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,280 For all I hear they've always done it that way. 123 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:11,200 They say it never rains in Southern California. 124 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,040 Unfortunately, on on Friday, it rained. 125 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:18,040 But since I got to go both days, it was kind of nice to see the 126 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:19,960 difference. And, you know, the rain didn't 127 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:23,520 sway people from attending and visiting the tents. 128 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:25,480 It's just, you know, we were runners. 129 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,200 We're tough. We're used to doing that anyway. 130 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:31,360 I went to the Expo. On my way to the Expo, I saw the 131 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:35,560 Kenyan elite runners running and I saw Liam, the elite runner 132 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,760 coordinator, standing there. I'd only met him via e-mail 133 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:42,280 because we got one of our friends that we had met on our 134 00:06:42,280 --> 00:06:45,440 Kenya trip into the LA marathon, into the elite wave. 135 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:50,920 So I pulled over, I said thank you to him and got to meet him 136 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:52,800 in person. And then I headed to the Expo 137 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,040 and it was just kind of funny because I was, as I said, 138 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,680 staying in Burbank and wanted to avoid the traffic on the freeway 139 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,400 and cut by Griffith Park. And it was just a pure 140 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:03,480 coincidence that I ran into them. 141 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:04,600 Yeah. That's cool. 142 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,640 Was it different going to the Expo as an ambassador? 143 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,880 Yes, it was because I got an ambassador batch the LA 144 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,640 Roadrunners had set up in their tent, an area for myself and 145 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:19,040 Rizzo, who's also an ambassador of the LA Marathon, who is also 146 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:23,280 podcast host for us to do live podcasts at the Expo if we 147 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,000 wanted to. So that was really cool. 148 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,880 Rizzo had brought in all of us. Shout out to Rizzo. 149 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,800 Thank you so much. Because I wasn't traveling with 150 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,440 a ton of equipment, so he had set all that up. 151 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:34,680 That was really cool. What is his podcast? 152 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:39,200 His podcast is Rizzo Run Club on YouTube and he did an amazing 153 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,400 job just promoting the LA Marathon on his Instagram. 154 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,240 I mean, there were countdowns, there were tips. 155 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,160 He would run the course and say, OK, this is the hill. 156 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,200 He was really, really helpful and while hanging out with him, 157 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,760 he got approached like a friggin celebrity. 158 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,160 People were taking pictures with him. 159 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,280 I was his own personal videographer too. 160 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,040 It was really, really cool to see. 161 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,080 Go check out his podcast. Yes, yes, yes. 162 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,240 And he made a huge difference. So that was really cool. 163 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:11,080 We also got to go to the media conference, which, you know, I 164 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,720 love that sort of thing. It's my wheelhouse. 165 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,120 We got to see Brian Mccurt speak. 166 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:20,720 Who is Brian Mccurt of the Mccurt Foundation, which puts on 167 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,480 the LA Marathon? He introduced Koi Tito Kadama, 168 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,320 the CEO of ASICS, and then they made the announcement that ASICS 169 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,480 was not just any sponsor anymore, they were the there are 170 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:34,760 going to be the official title sponsor of the LA Marathon next 171 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,000 year. Then they introduced the legacy 172 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,080 runners and Ryan I teared up for that one. 173 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,360 So the legacy runners are the runners that have run every 174 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:48,600 single year since 1986. So there was 83 of them left at 175 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,440 this point. And that was really cool to see 176 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:55,960 because, you know, even if they were 20 years old now, they 177 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,360 would be in their 60s. And while at the Expo, they had 178 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,960 their tent next two hours when we were podcasting. 179 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,320 And I got to speak to a whole bunch of them. 180 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,760 And the joke that I had going was, OK, you're literally 181 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,560 married to this marathon because imagine you're doing something 182 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:15,800 for 39 years this year, the 40th time where literally nothing can 183 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,520 come in between you and your training for this marathon. 184 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:22,760 And a lot of them said, yes. I mean, one of them got married 185 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,160 that same year. And he knows how long he's been 186 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,520 married based on what number of LA marathon he's running. 187 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,440 So that was really cool because it's such a huge commitment. 188 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:36,920 And the point that they made was that it takes not just them, but 189 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:40,240 it's a family thing, right? Because you can't steal yourself 190 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,560 away and be that selfish. You have to have that support. 191 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:47,400 And all of them obviously did. And they were all very happy. 192 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,200 So with that, shout out to you Ryan, because you always put up 193 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,920 with my running and my marathons mostly. 194 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:53,680 You're welcome. Thank you. 195 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:55,080 So what else did you do at the Expo? 196 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,560 So yeah, so after the media conference, we did walk around 197 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:01,400 and we saw tons of the 10s of the vendors. 198 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,280 One of them that stuck out to me, which I've never seen on a 199 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:07,120 marathon Expo, was the Impossible, which impossible if 200 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,240 you don't know it's the plant based meat made out of peat 201 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,560 protein. I've been a vegetarian since age 202 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:14,400 12, so that was really kind of cool to see. 203 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,920 I was kind of confused why they would be at a running Expo, but 204 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:19,560 I don't know. It's LA too, you know. 205 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,200 Yeah. I mean, it's reasonable. 206 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,360 I mean, yeah. And Letty has introduced some 207 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,920 vegetarianism. Vegetarianism. 208 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,160 I can't. Get to that. 209 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,000 For whatever reason, Letty has made the rest of her family 210 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:35,600 vegetarians pretty much and so. But not intentionally. 211 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,360 Intentionally, yes, probably unwillingly, you know, and we 212 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,160 end up eating some of the Impossible and Beyond Meat 213 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:44,040 burgers because it's kind of nice to have a burger once in a 214 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,480 while and so we've been familiar with it and they're not 215 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,960 sponsored by the podcast at all, right No, I. 216 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:51,120 Wish they were right. I wish. 217 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,240 Yeah. Impossible if you're listening. 218 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:56,080 Yeah. But yeah, so this is, we end up 219 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,240 eating a decent amount. So we had some experience with 220 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,760 it already and it was interesting to see it become 221 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:03,440 more mainstream. I wonder what they had there. 222 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:04,600 You said it was like a food cart. 223 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,880 It was a food cart and they would prepare either bowls or 224 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,680 little burritos. Is it just ground meat mostly 225 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:11,480 or? Yeah, made it. 226 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:14,680 Well, no, they had Nuggets too. I think they were trying to have 227 00:11:14,680 --> 00:11:17,400 a little bit of a menu so they could introduce people to the 228 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,720 variety. So if people were into Nuggets, 229 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:23,000 they would give them Nuggets and and bowls and all that stuff. 230 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,640 And you know, Ryan, I was just kind of thinking if they were to 231 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:29,720 sponsor us, I would be wearing a shirt that says impossible 232 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:31,360 athlete so. You just like the name. 233 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,600 I love that name. Again, impossible if you're 234 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,720 listening. Anyway, there were lots of other 235 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,040 cards there. The other funny thing is on 236 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,240 Friday, at least, it was a little bit cold and there was 237 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,600 this one place, I forgot the name of it, and they were 238 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,560 handing out rainbow popsicles and it was just so cool to eat 239 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:49,080 them. They wouldn't. 240 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,520 Get them. I mean, they were pretty much 241 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,960 shopping them into our hands, so I was trying to eat it. 242 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,280 It tasted good too, but it was just really cool. 243 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,040 Then Saturday it was a whole different story, right? 244 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,280 You'd want that. Another vendor was Chiquita 245 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,840 Banana which? That's a pretty common item at 246 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:07,800 marathon. It's a common item at Marathon 247 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:09,160 and especially the brand Chiquita. 248 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:14,120 I ran into so many other Ecuadorian people, and all of us 249 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,160 agreed that when we go to a grocery store and we buy banana, 250 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:20,040 if it has a sticker on it, we all check because we hope that 251 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,480 the bananas come from Ecuador. But that was kind of funny. 252 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,960 They let you go up there and you'd scan their code and you 253 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,440 take a picture with a banana and then you were given the choice 254 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,280 of getting a hat or a Fanny pack and all that stuff. 255 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,280 Twice. I went twice since I have two 256 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:37,240 half Ecuadorian children. I got them Chiquita Venera hats. 257 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:38,520 You were happy for the rest of the. 258 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,320 Day, I was happy with the hats. I don't really. 259 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:44,080 I'm not a big swag person. I don't like to collect swag. 260 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:46,960 So it sounds like you're promoting all the vendors at 261 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,280 Marathon right now, but. I'm just mentioning the ones 262 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,160 that sticking out so. Friday you went to the Expo and 263 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,880 it was raining. You saw some interesting 264 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,880 vendors, but you went back Saturday and it was a better 265 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,840 mood because it was sunnier and it was more in tune to the 266 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,360 typical LA weather. I mean I wouldn't say better 267 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,360 mood. I feel like everyone that was at 268 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,400 the EXO was happy. So it's better weather. 269 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,840 Better weather and a little bit warmer. 270 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:15,080 So on Saturday we had the meet up with the ambassadors where I 271 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,760 literally got to meet all of the other ambassadors. 272 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:19,920 We took a group picture and saying kumbaya. 273 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,640 So that was really, really cool. And for real, no, not in real 274 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,280 life, but we all, you know, hanging out for a minute and 275 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:32,120 then Rizzo and I recorded a live podcast on last minute tips for 276 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,480 the LA Marathon on Saturday. They actually had the five. 277 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,520 Ki wasn't signed up for the 5K, but a lot of them did the 5K. 278 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:40,840 And so that was kind of cool because you'd see all the people 279 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,600 already with one medal walking around. 280 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,680 And then I drove home to get off my feet because I knew I was 281 00:13:48,680 --> 00:13:50,920 going to have a marathon the next day. 282 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,600 And my approach for this marathon was because I am 283 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,160 training for the OR was training for the London Marathon was to 284 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:02,960 run 18 miles at a harder speed. And then the last 8 miles were 285 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,960 going to be where most of the fanfare would happen, you know, 286 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:08,960 the running clubs and all that stuff. 287 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,960 So I was excited for that and I didn't want to just strain it. 288 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,240 I also really wanted to take it in because, you know, I love the 289 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:15,520 city. So that was that. 290 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,720 That was the initial thought on all of this. 291 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,680 Any prior to race preparations? Preparations as in trying to 292 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:25,360 figure out parking? Food, parking, any that stuff? 293 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:28,760 Do you have any special meals? You pasta meal you get carb 294 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,960 loading. I went Trader Joe loading and 295 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,160 just ate some of the ready foods that they had. 296 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,240 I think I bought like two or three things that I was just 297 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:38,720 nibbling on. Spicy Indian. 298 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:41,640 No, no, no, no, no. I actually bought like a pasta 299 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:45,080 salad and some bread and some lemon cookies. 300 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,920 Morning of parking mishap. Morning of parking mishap 301 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,160 because I was coming from Burbank, right? 302 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:56,400 I should have just driven down to Union Station, hopped on a 303 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:00,000 bus and that's it. Instead I decided, oh, I should 304 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,600 park the car in Century City, but since I haven't been there 305 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,360 in a while, I didn't really think about Rd. closures or 306 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:11,680 traffic or anything. So I was driving from Burbank, 307 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:16,600 which is north of the marathon, all the way over to the West 308 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,000 side. But there were some St. closures 309 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,800 so I was almost in Santa Monica and then I had to go drive back 310 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:26,080 east towards Century City and then hop on a bus. 311 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:30,000 So that was kind of my fault. I also didn't sleep well that 312 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,000 night. I think I slept like 2 1/2 hours 313 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,800 and so I was trying to sleep in as much as I could with those 2 314 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,400 1/2 hours. Left the place too late and then 315 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,560 stood in long lines and sat in traffic. 316 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:46,040 Basically I got to Dodger Stadium at 6:30 instead of I 317 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,000 wanted to be there at 5. It was just, you know, 318 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,040 logistics. I'll have to plan that out 319 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:53,600 better next time, but I made it there on time. 320 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,640 I found the VIP tent that the ambassadors were allowed to go 321 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,520 to. Unfortunately, most people were 322 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:02,080 already in the corrals when I got there, so I just checked my 323 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,480 checking bag and then headed towards the corral. 324 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,520 Oh, before I did that, I also stopped by the elite tent 325 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:11,080 because our Kenyan driver that I told you about that I got into 326 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,440 the LA Marathon. He was running as an elite so I 327 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,400 said hi to him real quick because I hadn't seen him yet. 328 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:17,560 Was he excited? He was. 329 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,320 Yeah, he was very excited and grateful because, you know, it's 330 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:22,120 so hard for them to get the visa and it. 331 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,520 Sounded like he was having, like he couldn't really, he couldn't 332 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,440 really reasonably make it here without some help. 333 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:29,080 And so it's nice that you helped him. 334 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,960 It's tough being like in America, which may be changed. 335 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,320 We can travel a lot of places. I think what was it like was one 336 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,160 of the best ones. Oh, Germany has a couple more 337 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,560 countries that we're allowed to travel to without. 338 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,200 Yeah. So we were kind of spoiled that 339 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,240 we can visit so many countries, but a lot of other places you 340 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,040 can't just freely visit other countries. 341 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,800 You can't, especially Kenya. If you're coming from a third 342 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,400 world country, then yeah, it's there's always. 343 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,200 I'm an immigration attorney, so I can say this. 344 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,160 There's always the fear that the person coming to the country 345 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:00,880 will not leave. So that's kind of hard. 346 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:05,319 So for him, it took a letter from the elite coordinator that 347 00:17:05,319 --> 00:17:08,520 then had to be signed off by Athletics Kenya. 348 00:17:08,599 --> 00:17:12,240 And then at the consulate, I had written a letter in support of 349 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,880 him to kind of vouching for him. Is it vouching? 350 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:20,160 Yeah, vouching for him that he will leave the country after his 351 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,560 arrival and not overstay his visa. 352 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:24,240 That that was nice of you that you got. 353 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,040 You gave him the opportunity, or at least you helped him get the 354 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,600 opportunity to come and run it. It was nice to help out, but he 355 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,160 at the same time you know, he did run 1/2 marathon in an hour 356 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,080 and 3 minutes so. Yeah, he's not slow. 357 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:36,480 He's not slow. And then so this guy, you kind 358 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,880 of alluded to your friends when you met in Kenya and stuff, but 359 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:41,160 he was actually the guy that drove you around during your 360 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:43,040 Kenya trip, right? The Adidas Run Club has some of 361 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,560 the best athletes in the world and I don't think he was fast 362 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,280 enough for them with a 103 half marathon. 363 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:50,960 What can you do in Kenya? I mean, that's crazy because 364 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:55,400 it's only like minutes off, but I guess minutes is a lot when 365 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:57,360 you're that best. No, exactly and. 366 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,000 Just what is it like? What's the marathon time, half 367 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,200 marathon time that you'd have to be at? 368 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:04,360 Like just sub sub one hour slightly. 369 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,960 Maybe. Well, I mean at the camp there, 370 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,120 I think there's other reasons also he wasn't in the camp. 371 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:11,200 Yeah. Anyway, it doesn't. 372 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:13,840 Yeah, it doesn't matter. Point being is guy that you met 373 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,320 because you were driving around, he was driving you around 374 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,440 through Kenya through your trip there and you guys got to know 375 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,680 him and you helped him out. And if you want to see some more 376 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,680 of the videos of buddies Kenya trip. 377 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,080 Yeah, you can see them on YouTube. 378 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:30,280 There's a whole playlist of I think I named it the Kenya Vlog. 379 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:32,720 So I really like and then you were talking, we were talking 380 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,680 about this today actually coincidentally is you have a 381 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:39,800 video of all the top runners, just a short clip and you took 382 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:41,880 it when you're driving in the car next time or so. 383 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,320 And it sounds, the sound is really cool because you have all 384 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:50,520 of them running a good pace obviously, and the footsteps, it 385 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,840 just sound very rhythmic together and stuff. 386 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,680 And I was looking here, you showed me and what was it on 387 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,320 YouTube Shorts? It has like half a million. 388 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:00,520 650,000. Views. 389 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,120 Yeah, that's crazy. And it's 10 seconds long. 390 00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:05,600 And I guess it's just like what you said, you know, the rhythm 391 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:09,000 of running, how they make it look easy, and then the sound of 392 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,320 the footsteps. And a lot of people, there was 393 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:15,440 like 400 comments on it and a lot of people accused me of AI 394 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,600 and all that stuff. No, you were actually in Kenya. 395 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,080 I mean. You could make it with AI, but 396 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:21,720 that was actually you were actually in Kenya. 397 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,560 Yeah, yeah. But it was kind of interesting 398 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,520 because now I can create all that stuff, but it's still 399 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,680 better obviously, when you see that in person. 400 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,720 I think it's like, it's harmonics, right? 401 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:35,280 So like if everyone's running a slightly different pace, what'll 402 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,760 happen is it'll sound mismatched, and then eventually 403 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,360 they'll match up again and then they'll start mismatching. 404 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:44,480 And so you kind of capture that. It was kind of interesting and 405 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,040 cool. When I was filming it, it's not 406 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,040 just a 10 second clip. When I filmed it, I did cut out 407 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,600 a little bit in the front and the back where it didn't match 408 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,280 because I like that myself. I think it's called like ASME or 409 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:57,760 something. There's a term for it. 410 00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:00,800 Yeah, I learned that term and I forgot the abbreviation for it, 411 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,280 but yeah, so so. So they get back on track, yes. 412 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:07,040 Race they came, like I said, I raced to the corral because I 413 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:12,040 was running late and I ran into Ezra who was holding the LA 414 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:15,720 letters up. He is the director of Ladybug 415 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,520 and. A cartoon for kids that our kid 416 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:19,480 watches. Yes. 417 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:23,520 And so he was dressed up in the ladybug gear, which was really, 418 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,840 really cool. And then the anthem happened and 419 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:29,160 of course I started tearing up because I live in America now 420 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:33,560 and I don't know why the anthem always makes me tear up, gets me 421 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,680 emotional and then quick. Recap Buddy's from Germany, 422 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,320 she's a German citizen and a. Year Citizen. 423 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,480 She married me and not because of me, but because of, you know, 424 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:47,400 she has her mom is American citizen and just over time, 425 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,040 she's been here for a long time. She did fine and she's an 426 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,480 immigration lawyer. She finally got her American 427 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,120 citizenship within the last few years and so now she is dual 428 00:20:57,120 --> 00:20:58,760 citizen. And now I'm working on getting 429 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:00,600 my Ecuadorian citizenship. Are you really? 430 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,640 No. OK, so then we start running and 431 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,280 for the first couple of miles I was paced by literally the 432 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:08,800 masses of people in front of me because I was the towards the 433 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,800 end of my corral and. Was that because of the parking 434 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:12,760 mishap? All of it. 435 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,920 I just got there a little bit later and so it was a slow pace, 436 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,200 which unfortunately I'm very good at running downhill. 437 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,680 And that would have helped me maybe, but I mean, who cares in 438 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:24,960 the end. It was still fun. 439 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:26,800 It was such a great vibes. Ryan. 440 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:28,800 So first half there were all parts. 441 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:33,600 First half, OK, so first half you go and make a left on Sunset 442 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,680 and you go through Chinatown, all these areas. 443 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:37,320 You go through downtown a little bit. 444 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,440 There's this big hill that I've dreaded ever since I've ran my 445 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:44,080 first LA Marathon in 2009, which kind of comes up by Disney, by 446 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,440 the Disney Hall, and there's always drummers there. 447 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,840 So that was kind of cool to see. So instead of fearing it and 448 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,840 being intimidated by it, I just kind of smiled. 449 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,200 I don't know, I think I smiled a lot. 450 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:00,800 Also, I had brought my Insta 360 Go 3S. 451 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,080 I know you love it when I see the full name of the camera. 452 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:07,120 I had brought my little camera in my pocket and for this 453 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:10,920 marathon, since I wasn't racing it, I decided to just take 454 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,200 videos and talk a little bit on it. 455 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,120 And that really put me in a good mood because I felt like I was 456 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:18,720 not by myself. I was chatting with someone, I 457 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,000 was cracking jokes, I was singing along to music and all 458 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,400 that stuff. It was kind of cool. 459 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,600 You posted the videos. I did post that video too and I 460 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,640 know you've seen it because I know you're subscribed and you 461 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:31,840 religiously watch all my videos. I'm telling everyone else. 462 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:33,080 Yep. Thank you, Ryan. 463 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:36,160 I appreciate that support. I don't support. 464 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:37,640 You're gonna stab me in the back? 465 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,520 So how did you like that video? If I don't like your videos I'd 466 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,600 be like kicked out of bed. Anyway. 467 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:44,880 It was great. I loved it, so I watched it five 468 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,480 times. That's where all the views come 469 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:48,720 from. It's probably just you playing 470 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:49,600 it on repeat. Yep. 471 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:54,280 Anyway, so once you leave the downtown area, there's another 472 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,000 area that I really love, Angelino Heights. 473 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,840 My uncle used to live there. It's basically Douglas and it's 474 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:03,440 those old Victorian houses that are historically protected. 475 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,280 That's where they filmed Scream and everything. 476 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:09,040 And that was, you know, just memory lane I used to visit. 477 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:14,360 The first time I visited the USA was when I went to LA to stay at 478 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:19,800 a family reunion in that house. So it runs close to there and 479 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,520 then down towards Echo Park. And I studied for the bar of 480 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,960 renting a place in Echo Park. So that was really, really cool 481 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,760 because that was my little bit of a old stomping ground. 482 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:34,120 And then you go towards Hollywood, which that was also 483 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:36,760 cool because I used to party and go out in Hollywood. 484 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:38,680 And so that brings back memories too. 485 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,280 And that was, yeah. So I think Hollywood, you asked 486 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:46,760 me about the half mark. That was where that happened 487 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,080 again. I was trying to run an 18 mile 488 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,160 training run. So at mile 13, I was feeling 489 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,160 strong. I think I felt strong in general 490 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,960 just because I knew I was going to let off the pace at mile 18 491 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,040 and I wasn't straining at all. I was just kind of enjoying it. 492 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:04,120 But on the same, at the same time, coming from Florida, I 493 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:08,280 feel like the longer I live in Florida, the more I feel every 494 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:12,880 single foot of elevation. So I started feeling it, yeah, I 495 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,400 start feeling a little bit of it in my hamstrings and my back. 496 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:20,920 And as you know, I've had a little bit of a back problem in 497 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,600 November and December. So I felt that getting a little 498 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,640 bit aggravated. But I figured you're already 499 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,480 running, might as well just continue. 500 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:34,080 Maybe it's your mind, who knows? So 13 1/2 we're at Hollywood and 501 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,080 then second-half, I guess that's what you're going to ask next. 502 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:37,960 Cuz you love. Doing that, I love separating. 503 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,320 It's hard because I think sometimes when you're 504 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,600 remembering it, you jump around a bit, which is OK, you know, 505 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,480 it's natural. But I think if you at least 506 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,040 separate it a little bit, then it kind of gives more 507 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,160 chronologic timeline for the events. 508 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,920 So second-half you went from Hollywood, now you're heading 509 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,040 towards the ocean. It used to end in Santa Monica, 510 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:58,360 which is on the ocean. Now it doesn't quite. 511 00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:01,640 No, you are at the Century City Mall is where it ends. 512 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:04,240 But obviously you need more mileage, right? 513 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,680 So you're basically passing the Century City Mall. 514 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:11,560 I think it's at mile 18, almost no, a little bit more than mile 515 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,400 18, maybe between 18 and 20, something like that. 516 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:19,320 So as soon as I hit 18 miles on my Garmin, I stopped the Garmin 517 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,840 and restarted it because I didn't want to ruin that pace. 518 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,240 Those of you guys that are in Strava, you know you feel my 519 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,440 pain. And I restarted it. 520 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,040 But then something happened. When I was running the slower 521 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:35,240 pace, I could really feel my lower back and that kind of 522 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,800 sucked. I was trying to figure out why 523 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,960 that would happen, right? Because why didn't it hurt more 524 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:43,360 when I was running faster? But I think the slower running 525 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,400 aggravated it more. At the same time, I didn't have 526 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:50,760 the energy to run faster again. So I let the crowds carry me. 527 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:53,840 Ryan And that was that's the thing, Ryan I know you like 528 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:58,800 smaller races better, but the LA Marathon, the vibes that you get 529 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,840 from that race, it literally carries you through that. 530 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:05,360 It's not a second where someone is not looking at you screaming 531 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:07,360 your name if it's printed on your shirt. 532 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,480 I mean, there were those little cannons that have confetti 533 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,480 blowing out. There were people with signs 534 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,880 that say one of the signs was touch if you're horny. 535 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,720 I didn't, I didn't tap that. But there were other ones that 536 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,760 were like Tab for energy. I tapped those. 537 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,840 A high five children. I mean, the crowds were pretty 538 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,440 deep. And so I figured, you know what, 539 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,800 my mantra for that race was lucky to do this. 540 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:35,360 And I'd come up with that mantra when I was running here because 541 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:40,080 I'm so grateful for my health and for not having any kind of 542 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,120 problems. You haven't divorced me yet. 543 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,680 My parents are healthy. Our kids are healthy. 544 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,680 I wake up every morning with barely any pain. 545 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,040 I mean, who cares about the back that'll eventually fade? 546 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:51,880 So it. Has gotten better. 547 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,080 Like, you know, there's so many worse situations for people. 548 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,200 And so that was my mantra, lucky to be here. 549 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,960 And so then while I was running and I was feeling a little bit 550 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:05,000 grumpy, I was like, I'm lucky to be here because you're, you 551 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:09,360 know, you had agreed to watch the kids and I get to do this 552 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:11,480 like, nobody's twisting my arm making me do this, right? 553 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,080 Yeah, I think you've had some cool podcasts in the past too, 554 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,720 where you talk to people that haven't had as much fortune in 555 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,240 life and still have a good outlet. 556 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:25,200 So rather than have to go through pain and agony in order 557 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,800 to have a good outlook, it's good just to go and try to think 558 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,360 of just being grateful and being happy with what you have. 559 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:34,240 It's nice. And I think Ryan, that's the 560 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,240 thing. Who was I talking to yesterday 561 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,400 about that? Somebody had said that I never 562 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:42,600 post anything vulnerable and I was thinking about that and I 563 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:46,480 don't. But at the same time, I, I feel 564 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,840 like being in, in the in the boat that I'm always grateful 565 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:52,480 for everything. It's hard. 566 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,880 Like, I don't really have that, you know what I mean? 567 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,160 Yeah. I mean, I don't think it's 568 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,120 really your personality. I don't think it's that you're 569 00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:02,320 hiding anything or you're not presenting things because, I 570 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:06,240 mean, the way you present the races is basically how you are 571 00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:08,960 during the race. Like you don't sit there and 572 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:12,320 have these moments throughout the race where you're just like 573 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,560 in misery and you're like, why did I do this? 574 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,040 Like when I've run with you in marathons, like you just that's 575 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:19,520 how you want. You're just happy the whole time 576 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,400 mostly. Like, I mean, if you have back 577 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,280 pain, you have back pain, then you might be a little bit 578 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:25,040 complaining about your back pain. 579 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:28,240 But in general, like you, you run around smiling. 580 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,240 I mean, look at the vlogs that you've done. 581 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:32,600 Like if people can go look at them and you can see that's how 582 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,760 she is when she runs like the whole time, it's not like you're 583 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:37,360 happy on the camera. Then you go down. 584 00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:38,720 You're like miserable as you run. 585 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,320 I mean, it's like you're just the same. 586 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,160 I don't think it's a lack of vulnerability. 587 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:43,560 I think it's just your personality. 588 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,480 It's just that's how you are, especially when you're running. 589 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,840 I just have a big mouth so it looks like I'm smiling a lot. 590 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:49,840 My teeth are so big. As breathing, you're like, I 591 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,920 mean, it's just like I said, it's just a personality thing. 592 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,760 I feel like you just are happy to be there and just want to do 593 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,640 it, so it's kind of nice. So anyway, so with that said, we 594 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:01,760 passed the finish line and continued running, which, you 595 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:05,680 know, some people say that's not the best way of having a finish 596 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:07,480 line setup because you're literally passing it. 597 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:11,040 And I'm usually not a big fan of in and out stuff on the course. 598 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,840 So it went out another 4 miles and then came back. 599 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:17,760 But Ryan, they had organized it in the way that all the running 600 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,040 clubs were out there and. During the last four mile 601 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,960 Outback. Yeah, and just all these people. 602 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,000 I mean, I saw people from our running club beforehand. 603 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:31,520 Lucy and John were there. I saw people that it was loud, 604 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:33,960 but so that carries you through again. 605 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,360 So it was very positive. So did that kind of run walked. 606 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:41,360 Hobbled it? So you you got to mile 18, you 607 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,360 switched off your garment, started up again. 608 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,680 Is that when you started having the most back pain and stuff? 609 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:47,160 Yeah. Remember you said you were 610 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:48,480 actually hurting during that one. 611 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,600 Yeah, because I think it felt like after I stopped and walked 612 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,520 a little bit and reset the garment and then I started 613 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:55,800 running again, then there was a lot of. 614 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,720 Pain, tightness. You stopped for a massage. 615 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:00,480 Oh yeah. There was some very nice ladies 616 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:02,960 that had a massage gun and some Icy Hot. 617 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:06,920 And so they put Icy Hot on my back and used that massage gun 618 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,040 on me. And I just, I don't know, it 619 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,920 felt, it felt really nice. So you hobbled into the finish. 620 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,160 I mean, I did give it a kick and I figured I'm just gonna deal 621 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,840 with the pain later because I was still very excited to be 622 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:19,560 there. And again, it was just crowds of 623 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:20,840 people. It was super exciting. 624 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:24,600 The finish line was beautiful under the arch and said 625 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,600 congratulations when I looked up. 626 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:31,160 And then of course you get this beautiful metal that says 40 for 627 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:36,680 the 40th running. And then after that I got myself 628 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:40,920 a nice Mylar blanket, collected my items and went to my car that 629 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,840 was parked close by. My friend Min is a member of 630 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:48,440 Equinox and so he put me on the list so I could take a shower at 631 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,000 Equinox because the mall was right there. 632 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,400 So I did that. I did a shower and then I sat 633 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,960 around the sauna for a while. Sounds nice. 634 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:59,080 That sounds nice, right? And then after that, there's a 635 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:02,000 restaurant called Italy. For those of you that don't live 636 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,080 in the US, it's a chain. And our daughter thinks she's 637 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,160 pronouncing Italy wrong every time she says it. 638 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,720 Yeah, she was like, mom, that's not how you say Italy, But yeah, 639 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:14,680 so we had VIP access there. So then I ate a lot of food and 640 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,960 then I don't know why it took me so long. 641 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:21,440 And then I realized that Italy actually had a terrace that 642 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:25,160 overviewed Finish Line. So that was cool too, because 643 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,120 then I was just kind of sitting out there and that. 644 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:28,600 Sounds awesome. Just sit and watch the rest of 645 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:29,480 the people come in. Watch some. 646 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,320 Food. Yeah, I wish you would have been 647 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:32,640 there. I. 648 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,280 Would have thought it would have been there that sounds. 649 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:35,680 Fun. They had open bars too. 650 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:38,320 But of course I'm not drinking right now. 651 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,400 I mean, I don't know. It's not like I have a reason 652 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,320 not I guess I was training for London and I didn't want to 653 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:44,560 drink because of that. But I'm. 654 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:46,360 Not good for your fitness necessarily. 655 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:48,920 No, it's not. And I don't know, I just didn't 656 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,560 feel like, and plus I'm a lightweight and I had parked my 657 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,240 car down there, so that probably wouldn't be a good idea anyway. 658 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:55,800 And I didn't really feel like drinking anything. 659 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,680 Like I was just so happy already. 660 00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:59,680 I didn't need to be dancing on that table. 661 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,000 I'd escalated quickly. So yeah, so that was basically 662 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,960 it. After that, I said goodbye and 663 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,840 went back to my car and drove, hung out with a friend. 664 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,280 And then my flight out was at 11:00 PM, right? 665 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,680 I So that was basically everything in a big summary all. 666 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,800 Right, so besides the back pain, it was a good experience. 667 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:21,240 Yes, yes, absolutely. And I don't think I've ever had 668 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,280 a bad race in LA or bad experience in LA. 669 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:27,400 You know, it's just a city and reminiscing on memories and 670 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,120 making new memories and just such a vibrant city, such 671 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,680 beautiful people, all of that. It's really, really cool. 672 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:34,200 We got to do it next year. Yeah. 673 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,080 Hopefully we can schedule that and figure that out, yeah. 674 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,160 Well, we almost made it into a spring break trip, but then my 675 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,560 brother had a baby and we chose to take the kids to Wisconsin 676 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:45,560 the day after for that. So. 677 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:50,040 Yeah, so you flew from LA to Wisconsin and we met you there 678 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,040 and hung out with the new cousin. 679 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,480 Yes, yes. Which was great and cold, but 680 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:56,480 awesome. So anything else this week? 681 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,480 So, so that's it for that. Now, looking forward to 682 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:03,680 recovering from this back pain and then doing London Next next 683 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,440 month. So we'll have some more recaps. 684 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:07,840 We'll also do a Boston recap because I'm going to be 685 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,040 attending the Boston Marathon even though I'm not running it, 686 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,800 I'm just going to be attending it as media, which I'm very, 687 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,320 very excited for. So stay tuned for that. 688 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:20,920 If you have not seen the images of LA or Kenya or whatever, go 689 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,880 to our YouTube channel. We are at Running Podcast and 690 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,680 you can find us there. Bear with that. 691 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:31,120 Have a great week of running. Thanks for tuning in. 692 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:36,080 For more information, go to www.marathonrunningpodcast.com 693 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:38,360 or check us out on all channels.