1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,600 This episode has been sponsored by a generation. 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,640 You can more about our sponsor later on in the show. 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:09,400 You're listening to episode 199 of the Marathon Running Podcast. 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,560 In this episode, we're going to do our Tokyo Race recap. 5 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,640 This is the Marathon Running podcast by Letty and Ryan from 6 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,080 We Got The Runs. Join. 7 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:27,760 Us in our running community for weekly content that is 8 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,600 motivational, educational and inspirational and let the 9 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,440 Marathon Running podcast take you from the starting line to 10 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:41,920 the finish line and beyond. Hey, runners, and welcome to 11 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,680 episode 199. My name is Letty. 12 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,720 My name is Ryan. And we are here to tell a story 13 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:52,400 about the Tokyo Marathon 2024. Race recaps your favorite? 14 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,720 Yes, I love race recaps. I love listening to them. 15 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,480 And I guess I love doing them too, just because it's such a 16 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,720 great experience and you're so amped up to go. 17 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,760 And here we are back and got to share the story, right? 18 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:09,360 Life is all about stories. So in traditional form, we can 19 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,840 talk about your journey there first. 20 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,080 Yes. Well, first of all, thank you, 21 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:16,880 Ryan, for holding up the Fort at home. 22 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,760 As you guys know, we have two small children, so it makes 23 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:21,640 traveling a little bit more difficult. 24 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,000 When you're single, you just kind of go or you probably would 25 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,720 have gone with me hopefully, but it's not the case if if 26 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,320 traveling happens like that. So I'm really grateful to you. 27 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,160 You're welcome. So you had to go to Tokyo, which 28 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:36,880 is quite a ways away. It is. 29 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,680 It's a 14 hour flight plus a four hour flight. 30 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,080 You're going, you know. Yeah, 14 hour flight. 31 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:45,960 I don't know if you've ever been on a flight that long before. 32 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:50,160 I have but then the fact that. OK, so back up. 33 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,200 I flew from here to Texas, which is Florida to Texas. 34 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,720 And then? To Tokyo from there. 35 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,960 Which way around did you go? Going West. 36 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,200 Oh, so it wasn't backwards? No, it wasn't backwards, yeah. 37 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,840 That makes sense actually. And you know, having that added 38 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:13,360 extra flight from Tokyo, I mean from, my gosh, from Florida to 39 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,800 Texas, that extra 4 hours made this the longest flight I've 40 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,000 ever been on. Yeah. 41 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,240 So I guess it probably is we we could look it up. 42 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,760 It's probably quicker to go around that the West as opposed 43 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,040 to east. But I remember when we went to 44 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,280 Thailand, there was flights that went either direction. 45 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,040 So you can either go One Direction around the earth or 46 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,280 the other direction because it's basically on the other side of 47 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,920 the on the other side of the world. 48 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,840 Yeah, yeah, it's. So it's a long flight. 49 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,360 Are you jet lagged? I wasn't Jet Well, I mean, I 50 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:48,680 guess I was jet lagged eventually because of that 14 51 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,280 hour difference. But you know, I arrived in the 52 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,400 evening time, so I just tried to stay awake all the way up until 53 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,920 9:00 PM and then went to sleep and woke up at 5:00. 54 00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:00,640 So it wasn't really that bad. But you know, it's not like I 55 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:03,720 had the best sleep. I kept waking up kind of as if I 56 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,280 had kids with me, but I didn't so. 57 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:07,120 All right. So before we get ahead of 58 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,200 ourselves, I know that you had tried to go to the Tokyo 59 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,840 Marathon in the past. Can you describe a little bit 60 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,280 about, like your journey, but also the entry into the Tokyo 61 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:18,400 Marathon? Yeah. 62 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,720 So getting into Tokyo seems to be one of the hardest things, 63 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,840 right? I had never tried to enter a 64 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,000 lottery because there's a lottery way and then there's 65 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,040 charities, and we'll talk about that in a little bit. 66 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:33,000 But I entered the the lottery trying to make a point that it 67 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,520 would be easier to get into that as than New York. 68 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,680 And it was kind of a joke. And then I got selected, but 69 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:44,120 this was in 2022 and I wasn't prepared to go, but I also 70 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,280 didn't want to just let it go and they give you a deferral 71 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,480 option for one day because of COVID back then. 72 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:53,080 And so I, you know, a year later it was either take it or leave 73 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,960 it. I know a lot of people are 74 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,600 trying to get into Tokyo. They have a charity program 75 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,920 where you it's different than the other charities. 76 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,600 You kind of just place a bid online. 77 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,560 You don't have to fundraise for an organization or anything like 78 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,760 that. I know my friend Colin, he got 79 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:11,760 in with a bid and I think he spent 800 or $900 or something 80 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,480 like that to to be selected from the bidders for the charity. 81 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,399 So he did charity, but it didn't really seem like charity. 82 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:20,920 Was his bid used for charity? Is that how that works? 83 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:26,160 And I don't know of any other ways of getting in except for if 84 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,080 you're a Japanese, I think you have a different path too, but I 85 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,640 couldn't really understand the website, nor did I really try 86 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:34,680 to. Because you're not Japanese. 87 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:36,840 Yes, it didn't didn't. It didn't apply. 88 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,320 But you're not helping our Japanese listeners. 89 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,040 I'm not, I'm sorry about that, but go to your website. 90 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,680 And search for yourself. Yes, because you can't read 91 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:46,960 Japanese. Yes. 92 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,520 So you kind of alluded to it, but so then who'd you go with? 93 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,800 Well, kind of by myself, but then another two local runners 94 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,640 from here were going, my friend Sandrine and my friend James, 95 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,160 and they had two more people, their support system going as 96 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,680 well, Patty and Michael. So we kind of had a bigger 97 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,280 group. And then my friend Maria from 98 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:11,640 Naples too. So it was a bigger group all on 99 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:13,760 the same flight, although we weren't sitting in the same 100 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:19,400 class in the airplane. But yeah, so we all, we all went 101 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,800 together. And to be clear, we were in. 102 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,480 You were in coach? I was in coach, yes. 103 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,160 I was kind of almost, you know, on the tail of the plane. 104 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,680 Maybe in 10 years, when the Marathon running podcast becomes 105 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,640 huge, you'll fly first class. Yeah, we'll see about that. 106 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,320 So it's the first time you've been in Tokyo and Japan? 107 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:39,600 Right. First time in Japan. 108 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,560 Yes. And there are some things that I 109 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,920 wish I could have. I mean, I should have researched 110 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,040 better. I didn't realize that, you know, 111 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,520 not having currency would be an issue. 112 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,720 I usually get by with just using a credit card, but they're 113 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,680 coupled out with a language barrier. 114 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,240 I had a couple instances where, you know, I learned very 115 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,000 quickly. My first dinner there, I went to 116 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,680 a restaurant with my friend Min and it was very computerized. 117 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,800 You could order on the iPad and everything else, but then it was 118 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,680 time to pay and they said cash only and that was it. 119 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,680 Really threw me for a loop and that was a little bit of an 120 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,960 issue. Luckily, the Japanese restaurant 121 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:20,160 people let us come back the next day with cash. 122 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:22,000 Didn't have to work in the kitchen. 123 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,160 Didn't have to work on the kitchen, and Min, who always 124 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,360 likes to flash his Rolex, didn't have to turn it in. 125 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,240 It's collateral. Yep, That's good trusting. 126 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,840 It's actually really rare for, say, in the United States. 127 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:34,040 They probably wouldn't let you left. 128 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,000 Well, I don't know what else they could do, right? 129 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,080 Because he tried to use his ATM card. 130 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,080 It didn't work. I didn't even have mine with me. 131 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:45,440 So live and learn. So if you go to Tokyo, bring 132 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,200 yen. There's also another way that 133 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:53,320 you can use currency, and I just learned about that pretty much 134 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,760 in the middle of a trip. You use your Apple Wallet if you 135 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,320 have an iPhone and you add a Suika card. 136 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:05,000 So you can add cards and if you select Japan you there's a call 137 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,680 a card called Suika card and you can upload money onto that which 138 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:10,680 is really kind of cool as. A cash card. 139 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,040 As a cash card and they can and then you can use your phone for 140 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,320 the train system and everything. So I thought it was for the 141 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,680 train system only, but then sundrine later on said hey you 142 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:20,480 could use that too as a cash card. 143 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,600 However, my credit card, you know, while I was there, it 144 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,920 didn't let me load money up to it and I didn't want to keep 145 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,440 trying it because I was afraid it was just going to stop 146 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,080 working completely and then I would have been all the way 147 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,760 screwed. Any other tips for Japan? 148 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,040 Transportation is easy. Take public transportation. 149 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,040 It's very. It's funny because you can't 150 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,440 read any of it, but then you can see the letters and it's very, 151 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,280 very logical. If you're going from South to 152 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,720 north you know numbers go up and and it says what direction on 153 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:57,000 what city it's going to not shitty city it's going to and 154 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,760 and you just follow that and it's you know arguably easier 155 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,560 than using public transportation in New York and definitely 156 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:04,520 cleaner. Yeah. 157 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,080 New York's not very clean, though, so I have to see Tokyo. 158 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,360 I've never been. It's very clean, but they do 159 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,880 make you carry your own trash, which I think is also one of the 160 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,960 reasons why it is so clean. You have no place to dump the 161 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,880 trash, but you know, I think it's culturally just very, very 162 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,200 clean. Speaking of which, their 163 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,720 personal care too. If you go even in the airport, 164 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,800 sit down on the toilet and it's like a bidet style toilet with 165 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,840 all the functions. Some of them play music as you 166 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:30,840 go to the bathroom. They. 167 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,679 The seats I've heard of the Tokyo or the Japan toilets. 168 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:35,640 Seats are heated. They're. 169 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:37,120 Famous for the toilets. Oh. 170 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:38,840 Beautiful Ryan. I'm going to order one of those 171 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,200 seats. Among other things, yes. 172 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:45,080 But OK, so let's move on to your favorite part of every marathon. 173 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:50,560 The Expo, so a little highlight for the Expo. 174 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:56,240 I had a pass which allowed me to access the Expo earlier and I've 175 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:00,600 heard traumatizing things about the Thursday Expo opening day of 176 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,800 people having to stand in line for hours and hours. 177 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:08,040 So we were able to go there and kind of view the Expo prior to 178 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:12,000 its opening and then also go in, you know there was a little 179 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:16,040 ceremony and then we were also allowed to go in it and have our 180 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:18,240 Expo. You know, it's kind of like a 181 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:24,200 fast pass where we could just go into the different brands and 182 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,360 and I heard, you know, I, you know, I don't really buy much 183 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,720 race merch or I never get the shirts with anything on it. 184 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,520 But that's always a huge deal with Tokyo because they only 185 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,240 have so many of them and people were going crazy. 186 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,920 It was like Black Friday once they opened where, you know, 187 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,480 there were bins on the ground and people were grabbing stuff 188 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,960 out of them, it was a really crazy. 189 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,800 Yeah, teach their own. I'm not a big memorabilia fan 190 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,720 either, but so, but you still like going, You still like 191 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:54,360 seeing the Expos and seeing what's going on. 192 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,440 Is there anything different or new at that one compared to 193 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:02,960 other ones? It was bigger and I I, you know, 194 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:07,480 I don't know it, it just had certain brands on the top floor 195 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:09,000 and then other ones on the bottom. 196 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,120 It was fun. It was a fun experience. 197 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:14,640 There wasn't as many things to try and nibble on, which I 198 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:18,200 usually kind of like, but it was, it was still a lot of fun. 199 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,080 It was a little bit away from everything else. 200 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:23,200 So you have the point to point course in Tokyo. 201 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,840 You have the start at Shinjuku and it ends kind of close to the 202 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,840 train station and then the Expo was all the way South by the 203 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,240 harbour. So it was it was a trip, but we 204 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:36,320 walked a lot and did sightseeing with with my group of friends, 205 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,760 which was amazing. So we'll go through Expos before 206 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:41,320 the race. Anything else you do after the 207 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:45,160 Expo or up to race day? So that was on Thursday. 208 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,320 Friday was a press conference, which was great. 209 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:53,120 I was able to go to that as well and you know, see the invited 210 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,320 athletes and the Japanese athletes for all the categories, 211 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:00,920 wheelchair men, women and the elite field, which was great. 212 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:05,080 My favorite runner though, Benson Kipruto, he wasn't at the 213 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:09,760 press conference, which he was one of the five invited Kenyan 214 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:11,760 runners. He wasn't invited to the press 215 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:13,720 conference. So for the press conference, 216 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,080 well, they only invited three of the top Kenyan runners and then 217 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,480 they had three Japanese guys there. 218 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,560 And it was kind of a bummer because he's, he's not an 219 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:26,840 underdog, He's one one of the Chicago or Chicago twice and 220 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,520 he's one of Boston, but he always comes in second. 221 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,760 So he never really gets to be highlighted as much because then 222 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:36,200 you had kiptam and you know you have kiptjogi. 223 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,840 And so those are the two Kenyans everyone talks about, but nobody 224 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,040 talked about him. And then he wasn't at the Expo 225 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:44,160 and I was like, you know, I mean at the at the press conference 226 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,360 and I was at the press conference and prior to that I 227 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,320 was reviewing the medal. I was. 228 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:51,640 They gave me gloves to put on and hold. 229 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,640 Yeah, I saw the. Picture the gold, silver and 230 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:55,080 bronze. And they're actually made out of 231 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,280 gold, silver and bronze. And it was beautiful. 232 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:02,640 And I texted Benson Kupruto and I said I was holding your medal 233 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:04,520 today. And he said, oh, thank you. 234 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,080 And then it actually ended up being his medal. 235 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,240 You should post the text. Did you post the text? 236 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,320 No, I have not. I felt like, you know, that's 237 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:17,520 kind of, I don't know, would you want your texts to be posted out 238 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:18,720 there? But maybe I should, right? 239 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:22,720 Because it's kind of like I feel like I I contributed to this win 240 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,520 because it's all about visualization. 241 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,640 And you can start your second career as a psychic. 242 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:32,680 But So what else? So after that we did a tiny bit 243 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:35,400 of sightseeing. We went to one of the stand up, 244 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,680 not stand up comedies. Why am I saying that? 245 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:41,280 I don't know. I went to a lookout point, which 246 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:42,800 has nothing to do with stand up comedy. 247 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:47,160 So we went to, so we went to, We went to a platform close by 248 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:51,160 where you could see the city of Tokyo like 360°, which was 249 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:56,040 really, really great. And then I think I, this is 250 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:59,440 Thursday, just headed home and got warm. 251 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:05,360 You know, Tokyo was pretty cold. It was in the 30s and, you know, 252 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,480 I don't do well in cold weather, but I was wearing fleece slide 253 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,360 leggings and a fleece slide shirt I got on Amazon. 254 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:15,000 So it's nice and toasty. Yeah, So. 255 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:19,840 So that was that for Friday. And then Saturday I hung out. 256 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:24,480 I went to a meet up with the my favorite podcast, the Marathon 257 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:28,520 Training Academy, and I saw Trevor and Angie and talked with 258 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,840 them for a little bit and they had their listeners there and 259 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,280 you know, they stood in a circle and talked a little about the, 260 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,520 you know, 'cause their coaches, talked a little bit about the 261 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,240 course and that kind of stuff. So that was super fun. 262 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:46,080 And then Saturday I went back to my hotel room and shortly after 263 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,160 it realized that I've forgotten all my gels. 264 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:53,600 And you guys know we've had, you can as our sponsor and have been 265 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,200 training on you can gels and actually really like them. 266 00:13:56,680 --> 00:14:03,040 And so I had no gels. So this is like 8:00 PM. 267 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,280 So I went to a grocery store and got some recommendations of 268 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:08,920 things. I don't want to call them gels 269 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,720 items that could be a gel. I was trying to describe it as 270 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:17,520 well as possible and yeah, that was that. 271 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,160 So a little fiasco with the nutrition. 272 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,720 Little bit, yeah. I was trying to not you know I I 273 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,120 feel like obviously you like certain girls that you're used 274 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,640 to, but I was trying to mentally not use that as a crutch too 275 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,040 much right? Because in the end it's a race 276 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:35,080 and you're trying to I I just didn't want to get the runs to 277 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,880 be honest. Right after you had talked about 278 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,000 trying to use nutrition more consistently. 279 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,560 When you're running, you forget it the last minute, but you want 280 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,160 to get on to the race itself. Wait, what about pre race? 281 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:48,960 What about race morning? That was pre race. 282 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,560 OK, fine race morning. So start off with race. 283 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,080 Morning. So race morning. 284 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,600 I got up way too early, like probably 4:00. 285 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,000 The race didn't start till 9:00, but you know, you're kind of in 286 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:02,480 this weird twilight jet lag zone where you just can't sleep any 287 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,840 longer. And the whole reason I had 288 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,320 stayed in Shinjuku was because I wanted to be close to the start 289 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,200 in line, which, you know, was when it really, it was really a 290 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,840 great place to stay, 'cause you'd have all the people shake 291 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:16,560 out running and all that stuff. But I was up at 4:00, so I could 292 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,920 have easily stayed somewhere else and just traveled. 293 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,760 So keep that in mind when you book your accommodations, you're 294 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,000 going to be jet lagged and you're going to, you know, wake 295 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,960 up early anyway. So I went to my friend Min's 296 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,880 hotel who had a breakfast, and he was very generous by letting 297 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,680 me attend that too. I actually got there so late 298 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,920 that he had already left, but I did the breakfast anyway. 299 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:40,920 OK. Interesting. 300 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,000 Yeah. So I didn't want to eat too much 301 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:44,560 either. So I just had a little bit of 302 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:46,000 coffee and you know, yada, yada yada. 303 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,680 Then I went to my friend Maria's hotel. 304 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,280 She was staying at the Hilton and she. 305 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,520 Were hotel shopping. I was hotel shopping and also 306 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:57,880 collecting gel donations from friends, so she gave me some goo 307 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,080 donations and so I. Still woken up really early? 308 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,880 This is a long morning before your race, so you've already 309 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,640 been to two hotels. I had two breakfasts. 310 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:10,920 No, I didn't have breakfast with Maria, but then I made it to the 311 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,400 gate check and went through that. 312 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:19,240 It was very smooth and then I ended up finding Colin in our 313 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:24,080 starting area. We had texted in the morning to 314 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,440 try to find each other we were planning on running together, 315 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,600 and he had just gotten there the day before at like 3:00 PM, so 316 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:32,240 it's kind of a crazy story. So he was well rested. 317 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:36,760 He was very not rested. And yeah, so from there we moved 318 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,480 into our corrals after standing in line for the bathroom for 319 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:41,280 about 30 minutes and chatting with people. 320 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,120 And now we can talk about the race views. 321 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,520 Now, you know, OK, 50 minutes into the race starts. 322 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:48,920 Yeah. Start of the race Go. 323 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,400 All right, so I start running. OK, that is quick. 324 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:57,000 So next first half of the race, Any memorable experiences? 325 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:01,680 Yeah. So the best part about it was as 326 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:03,520 soon as the starting gun went out. 327 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,680 And there was what do you call those little things that flap 328 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:08,920 around paper? Yeah, confetti. 329 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,680 Confetti. Confetti was blowing all over 330 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,599 the place all of a sudden, Ryan, the sun came out and had been 331 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:18,440 cold all the way before. I had, you know, throwaway 332 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,400 clothes. It was like a puffy jacket from 333 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,119 Goodwill that I had purchased and like some really warm pants 334 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:27,440 and I could just take it off. And then we went first half of 335 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,200 the race. I realized pretty quickly, 336 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:34,720 pretty early on, maybe the first mile, even, that it felt more 337 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,760 strenuous than I wanted to. Like my training. 338 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:41,640 I'd done a lot of miles a lot faster, and having that same 339 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,480 pace was a little bit harder. So I decided, you know what? 340 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,440 I'm in Tokyo. If I keep this pace up, it's 341 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:49,320 going to suck. I'm going to just give it, you 342 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,680 know, extra 5 to 7 seconds and just kind of cruise it. 343 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:57,400 So that decision was made and I looked around and, you know, was 344 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:03,560 able to see this amazing race. So you're asking about memorable 345 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,760 things that I saw. I I saw unfortunately quite a 346 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,720 few people fall within the first couple of miles. 347 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:12,640 Any reason you think? Very crowded. 348 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,840 It was very, very crowded. Even though I was in Coral Sea. 349 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,120 And you know, people we're trying to get faster. 350 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,240 I think I was running an 8 minute mile, even though I had 351 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,400 wanted to run a 730 miles. But there there were no, there 352 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,840 was no option to even speed up. It was that crowded. 353 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:32,440 And so people would get caught in each other's feet or they 354 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:36,920 would, you know, make a turn and just fall. 355 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,520 So that's kind of sad. Hopefully anyone got hurt Too 356 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:46,840 bad, but what about like did you notice bathrooms or like 357 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,520 nutrition stations or things like that? 358 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:54,000 Oh yeah. So the official sponsor or, you 359 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:58,480 know, donator of the drinks was a brand called Pokhari Sweat. 360 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,240 Yeah, I've told you about that. And it's kind of like, it sounds 361 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,200 kind of gross. It's like a sports drink, but 362 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,920 it's not as sweet as Gatorade. But then it kind of is. 363 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,680 I feel like it's almost like that stuff that you drink when 364 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,920 you're pregnant and they're doing your blood sugar test, but 365 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,920 not as sweet. Like, it's subtle, but it's 366 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:19,400 definitely sweet. And unfortunately, no one can 367 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,360 read the label. I have no idea how many carbs or 368 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:26,640 what's in that stuff. I like the taste. 369 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:31,600 But after I think 15 miles or so, I was, you know, I didn't 370 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:33,600 love it anymore. But I mean, then again, what do 371 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,840 you love after 15 miles? So they had that. 372 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,320 And then when you did have the nutrition tables, there were all 373 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:42,400 kinds of things lined up. They were, I mean food and and a 374 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,760 lot of different things. I didn't try any of it because 375 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,440 you know, I was already mixing. Worried about the runs? 376 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:53,040 Worried about the runs? Yes, but yeah, so So nutrition 377 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,240 stands were great. I ran into a couple of friends 378 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,680 and chatted a little bit and then also some local runners. 379 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,440 I was telling one Japanese lady about my lack of gels and she 380 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:11,160 gave me something and I I want to say it was spam, but I'm not 381 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,480 sure. And for those of you guys that 382 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,920 don't know me, I'm a vegetarian. So that was it was interesting, 383 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,440 and I'd already, you know, halfway swallowed it. 384 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,920 So you enjoy your spam it? Was my meat day after 30 years. 385 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,920 And I I was like, oh, thank you, is it? 386 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,280 People were really nice, right? So I didn't want to be rude and 387 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:31,760 not eat it, but then it was kind of weird. 388 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,720 So what else? Awkward interaction. 389 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:37,720 So awkward. Yeah. 390 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:39,720 So that was the first part. Awkward interaction. 391 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:44,120 Awkward interactions, yeah. And organized nutrition stands. 392 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:48,240 Organized nutrition stands and Ryan, a ton of spectators. 393 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:51,600 I mean I would put that up there with like New York and and they 394 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,240 are loud. I mean I've I think I've told 395 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,960 you before about like sometimes when I run a marathon I want to 396 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:02,680 take in the sights, sights, but sometimes you can't because it 397 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:07,880 feels almost like there's 5-10 people deep of spectators. 398 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,520 You can't even see beyond the spectators if you're shorter. 399 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,680 And I feel like Tokyo was one of those. 400 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:16,480 I was trying to take it all in, but I feel like I took in the 401 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,520 spectating a lot, which was great. 402 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,480 Another great thing that happened during this race was, 403 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:25,080 you know, there's a lot of out and backs, which normally I 404 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,600 don't like, but in this case there was the elite runners. 405 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,320 And that was kind of cool because there was one instance 406 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,520 where I could see, you know, Kipchogi had already dropped 407 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,520 back and it was that other lead pack with the other three 408 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:40,080 Kenyans in there and and that was really cool. 409 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:43,400 I don't like that because I'm like I'm always thinking they're 410 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,520 probably almost done with the race and I feel like I'm and I'm 411 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,800 just starting. I didn't think that until when I 412 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:50,360 saw everything was in kilometers. 413 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,240 I didn't feel that way until I saw somebody coming back from 414 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,360 kilometer 38. And so, you know, there's only 415 00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:59,280 four kilometers left and I was barely getting to 35. 416 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,720 So you start doing the math in your head of like, OK, I'm going 417 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,400 to have to go 2 more miles out and then turn around and then 418 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:05,840 you're just kind of waiting for that. 419 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,640 So yeah. OK, so how are you feeling? 420 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:11,640 I was feeling good the whole time. 421 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:14,240 I was pretty consistent with the pace, I think. 422 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,040 I mean, I always slow down a little bit, but it was very 423 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:17,560 consistent. I felt consistent. 424 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,360 I did want to go to the bathroom. 425 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,320 I didn't see porta potties, but I'm told there were pot porta 426 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,040 potties. Obviously I'm not the most 427 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:29,400 observant, but I did see quite a few signs that said, you know, 428 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:33,000 there was an an arrow pointing to to the left or to the right 429 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,840 or whatever. And it said bathroom 500 meters, 430 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:37,720 so you have to. Run out there. 431 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,080 Yeah. And 500 meters is, you know, 432 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,080 it's like, so 400 meters is a lap on the track. 433 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,040 Yeah. So that's a good quarter mile. 434 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:46,880 Yeah. So it's more than 1/4 mile to 435 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,040 the bathroom. And then you go and then you 436 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:51,880 come back. And so I didn't, I didn't want 437 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,000 to do that. So I just, I didn't have to go 438 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:58,040 bad enough. But I did see a lot of people 439 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:02,320 with pants that were moist between their legs, and I did 440 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:06,000 see a couple of actively peeing people running. 441 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,960 Not just sweating. I mean, maybe sweating, but you 442 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,640 know why? Why are you sweating? 443 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,040 From there, you probably had to go bathrooms that you were 444 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,880 thinking everyone had was going to the bathroom the time when 445 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,960 you were looking at it? I don't know about that, but 446 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:20,120 yeah, I'm. Just kidding. 447 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,840 So anything else for the second-half? 448 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:29,040 That was, you know, there were some iconic landmarks. 449 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:33,640 I can't remember the names of them, but that was cool to see. 450 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:36,720 I mean, it's it's a great course. 451 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,720 It's a flat course, It's a fast course. 452 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,000 The weather is perfect. It's kind of like the Chicago 453 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,880 race or the Berlin race, just really flat courses that are 454 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:47,680 fast. What? 455 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,120 Was the winning time. So the winning time was a new 456 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:54,440 course record by Benson Kipruto, AT2O2 and some seconds. 457 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:55,320 That's. Pretty. 458 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,560 That's pretty close to the world record. 459 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,600 Yeah, it's like a minute and a half away, but it's also like a 460 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,640 minute and a half PR for Benson Kipruto. 461 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:07,680 He had run his his, his, his best time just last year in 462 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,320 Chicago, so he did really well. That's awesome. 463 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:14,360 So before we get into more of that, how about the finish? 464 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:18,400 Do you want to talk about that? Yeah, the finish was great. 465 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,720 It was. There were a couple turns and 466 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,000 you're close to the Tokyo station where you finish. 467 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,040 There was a little bit of cobblestone and unfortunately I 468 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,560 saw like two more people tripping and falling and you 469 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,240 know you can, you know it feels bad when you hear that slam to 470 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,800 the ground hard. I wanted to help the guy, but 471 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,480 there was already, you know, spectators around helping him up 472 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,240 and it was like slow motion watching them trip. 473 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:45,080 But besides that cobblestones, which, you know, they're pretty, 474 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,480 pretty well down on the ground, so it's not really where you 475 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,040 trip. And then you run and there it 476 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,480 is. You see it, you can give it a 477 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:57,160 last Sprint and then you finish the finish was awesome. 478 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:02,040 I ran into a friend from LA who was a German friend in LA, which 479 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,880 was really cool to, you know, know, a person at the finish. 480 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:10,880 And then you kind of get herded along and you collect a medal, 481 00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:15,000 and then you also get a towel that's kind of like a kimono, 482 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:19,360 like a, you know, pull over, which is my favorite item ever 483 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,880 for something at the finish line besides obviously the metal. 484 00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:27,360 And yeah, then you're supposed to return your chip, apparently. 485 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,880 Return your chip like your number chip. 486 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,240 So you have a bib, and at the back of the bib is a little 487 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,160 plastic thingy that you have to detach. 488 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,360 And apparently there was a lot of people collecting them. 489 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:45,880 And you forgot to observe that. Yes, I'm not observant. 490 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:51,480 And then I tossed my chip and my whole bib in the trash, so there 491 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,560 was no way of retrieving it. So you get in trouble, OK? 492 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:56,960 No, I don't. I mean, I don't think so. 493 00:25:57,360 --> 00:26:01,920 I just learned that I have to, you know, read the race handbook 494 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,800 a little bit better and pay attention to that stuff and not 495 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:08,680 try to wing everything in life. But yeah, I don't. 496 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:09,960 I don't think anything will happen. 497 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:11,800 You know, with the Berlin Marathon, they had the same 498 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,840 thing, to have a chip that you actually, you know, put it onto 499 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,920 your shoe. But that's obvious. 500 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,320 And they also say at the end, you know, if you don't return 501 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:23,160 your chip, you're going to be charged €5 or so. 502 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,720 But with this one it it wasn't very, I don't know even just not 503 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,440 observant. Yeah, that that is true. 504 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,360 But any final thoughts? Final thoughts? 505 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,040 Well, Tokyo Marathon highly recommended. 506 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,800 I loved it. And your skill bloody scale of 507 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,120 one to 10. It was definitely A10 as as are 508 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:43,200 all the races. It was absolutely amazing. 509 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,520 When I go back next year I'd probably not get a bib and I 510 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,960 also think it's really far away to travel there. 511 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:54,080 It's expensive to to do this, so I'd be OK with it being a one 512 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:59,000 and done unless you know it was overlapping a family trip from 513 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:03,080 us. And yeah, so we will have some 514 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:07,840 tips that we're going to record with Tommy Runz who was also in 515 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,000 Tokyo. And but you know, we're going to 516 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:16,120 bring that out closer I guess to next Tokyo 2025, because what 517 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:17,560 are you going to do with the tips now, right? 518 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Might forget him. Yes, exactly. 519 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:24,360 So now I guess this is the end of our race recap. 520 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:27,920 I hope you guys liked it and we'll have another one soon, 521 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:29,400 right Ryan? Rome. 522 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:34,800 Yes, so we're leaving for Rome. It'll be the marathon is in 10 523 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,440 days or actually like 7-8 days, something like that. 524 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:41,840 It's not this weekend, it's next weekend. 525 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,960 So another trip. Not that we're not sick of 526 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,640 flying yet, but. This one we're going to go run 527 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:48,760 with your brother who's never run a marathon before. 528 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,360 We're going to be sightseeing a bit it. 529 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,880 It it's definitely going to be interesting. 530 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,120 We'll see. There'll be another race recap. 531 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,080 There'll be another race recap and another Expo recap and all 532 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:03,160 that stuff, but rest assured we'll have an episode for you 533 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:07,320 next week as well. Obviously we've recorded one and 534 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,760 this one is going to try to hype you up for the Boston Marathon. 535 00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:15,520 The Boston Marathon will be exactly in four weeks from next 536 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,400 week's episode, so we're going to try to help you hype you up. 537 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,000 And we're also going to have a conversation with a running 538 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:26,040 coach, Ron Tap, who won second in Boston and has podiumed a 539 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,320 bunch. At that race. 540 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:31,320 He still trains elite runners and regular runners as well, so 541 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,720 he's going to have a a whole bunch of informations on how you 542 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:38,800 can navigate through Boston and do the best you can. 543 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,920 So that's it. Have a great week of running. 544 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,440 Thanks for tuning in. For more information Ant 545 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:53,400 marathon running news, please head to WWW dot marathon 546 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:54,880 running. Podcast.com. 547 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:56,680 And we'll be back next. Week. 548 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,880 Are you looking for the perfect apparel that mirrors your love 549 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,760 for running? 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