1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,760 In the beginning runs the Gold Coast Marathon. 2 00:00:02,760 --> 00:00:06,160 The full crew back on deck here, lace up running Supercoach, 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:10,520 Benita, Willis, Bronte, our actually one feet capable horse 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:12,640 for this race, Courtney and myself. 5 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:16,120 Let's go straight to the runner. Let's go straight to the actual 6 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:17,680 athlete. What's been happening, Bronte? 7 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,120 Can't believe it. At time of recording less than 8 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:27,920 two weeks and as I mentioned when I first saw you both boys, 9 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,400 I said yeah, I'm I'm done. I'm I'm ready, I'm ready for 10 00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:36,200 this thing to be here. It has been a long time coming. 11 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,040 I don't know what in the last maybe week has changed my body's 12 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:41,840 starting to feel it a little bit more. 13 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,320 Had a moment of panic the other morning in bed when I was like 14 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,160 stretching and did like a big stretch and felt my hamstring 15 00:00:49,160 --> 00:00:53,120 like I was like this is not how I go down This is not how I go 16 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:54,240 down. I don't know this. 17 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,960 I don't know if it's hormonal. My body is feeling the effects 18 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:02,080 of, you know, six to six months, 12 weeks of intense. 19 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,640 Is that normal beneath? Oh, look, I I say that in, 20 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,320 within the last few weeks, you always feel stuff that you don't 21 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:09,120 think's there. Yeah. 22 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:13,280 And I, I reckon it's more phantom than than actual, but 23 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,040 yeah, because you sort of want everything to be perfect and, 24 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:17,480 you know, nothing's gonna be perfect. 25 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,560 But it's just one of those things that. 26 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,680 Yeah, yeah, that's very common. OK, good. 27 00:01:21,960 --> 00:01:23,400 Yeah. Even for people to think they're 28 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,320 injured in the last week, they go for a a 15 minute jog when 29 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:28,920 they normally do a 2 hour run. And they're like, oh, my leg. 30 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:30,600 Yes. And it's impossible to be 31 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:32,320 injured, but that's that's a thing. 32 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,120 So. OK, this is really interesting 33 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:35,680 there 'cause there will be people out there going through 34 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,760 this exact thing. So how I'm, is there any way, is 35 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,240 this purely just a mental game? Is there any way to kind of 36 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,560 safeguard against that thing or, or or is there something you'd 37 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,560 advise that they do particularly in that to overcome that idea of 38 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,440 a of a false injury? Yeah, look, I think just the 39 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,200 main thing is not stress about it and try to keep doing what 40 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,280 you normally do. So I think the biggest thing is 41 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,520 thinking about the race as if it's just this big thing that 42 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,960 I'll never, ever do again. And think of it more like a long 43 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,000 training run that there's obviously going to be like a lot 44 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,280 more people and, and more fun. But, yeah, but I, I, it's a 45 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,440 thing that I think when you overthink things and, and you 46 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,000 don't, don't worry about everything being perfect because 47 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,080 you'll be fine. And it's just, you know, you 48 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,080 know, that there's two weeks, a less than two weeks to go. 49 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:21,120 And you just like, oh, is this sore? 50 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,000 Is, you know, have I eaten enough? 51 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,680 Yes. And you just, yeah, you keep 52 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,960 questioning yourself, but you're fine and you've done all the 53 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,120 work and yeah, just be confident. 54 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,520 Yeah. But that happened to me too, 55 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:35,040 when like when I was doing big tapers even before, you know, 56 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:36,960 world championship races and things like that. 57 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,000 Like within the last week you're running, you know, way less 58 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,240 like, you know, maybe 3020% of what you normally do. 59 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,640 And you feel more, you think you feel more tired. 60 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,360 So it's it's just, it's just one of those things that mentally, I 61 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,480 think with the taper you can feel a bit like that. 62 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,960 Do you think as because as you get more information and get 63 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,600 educated on running, do you think that's more prevalent then 64 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,040 because now you start to know what's going on, you hear all 65 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,240 the. Things I'm like, I'm sorry, I've 66 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:08,800 got gum. I think what I think I'm at the 67 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:13,360 point of, I'm just scared that I'm going to do something that's 68 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,200 going to undo everything that we've been working on and what 69 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:17,800 we've been talking about and what I've been working with 70 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:19,920 Bonita. So I think it's probably a bit 71 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:22,120 of pressure. I'm putting pressure on myself. 72 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:27,960 And then obviously having had people kind of coming on this 73 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,440 journey with us. Yeah, I think it's probably a 74 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,480 little bit of pressure. And then obviously this being my 75 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:37,120 first big marathon and then it being a marathon, like it's a 76 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,080 big deal. So I think it's just me probably 77 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:44,080 getting a little overwhelmed and just, yeah, trying to strip it 78 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,080 back. No pressure, no pressure, no 79 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,240 pressure, I mean. But some pressure, no? 80 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:51,640 Pressure. That's the damn thing. 81 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:56,080 So yeah, pressure. I read you got to go back to why 82 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,080 you did it in the first place and what was driving it, because 83 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:00,680 that's what I mean. You've got all this new 84 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,120 information, you've gone through the whole process, so that 85 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,120 changes things in, you know, you think that changes things, but 86 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,640 go back to what you were thinking before we even 87 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:09,280 contacted. You. 88 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:10,960 I think that's it. I think that's what I've got to 89 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:12,560 remember. And then you've got Benita in 90 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,000 your corner to stop you doing all those mistakes. 91 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:17,600 If anything, yeah, those two together, you should come. 92 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:19,079 Out with a massive positive I think. 93 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:23,360 So, and that idea of well, let's, that's a nice circle 94 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:24,400 moment here. Let's go back. 95 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:29,400 Why did you sign up originally? I signed up because I felt like 96 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,880 my final half marathon that I did is in a race. 97 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,520 I felt so good at the end of it that I needed the next challenge 98 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,680 and the next challenge. Unfortunately, there's nothing 99 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:47,160 between 21 and 40. 2. So it has to be 42 and that's 100 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,800 why I signed up because I am a competitive person, mostly with 101 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,200 myself, and it felt like the next step. 102 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,640 So with that in mind, you can't fail because the only person 103 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:59,160 you're competing against is yourself. 104 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,440 True, and you've never done this before, so whatever you do on 105 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:03,800 race day is going to be a pee pee. 106 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:05,160 That's very. True. 107 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,760 And then when you add to that, you've got 12 weeks behind you 108 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:12,800 now with the great lace up running Benita Willis in your 109 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,000 corner. It's funny, I someone told me to 110 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,200 do this once. I think it was around my first 111 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,880 or second Noosa triathlon because I was not a great 112 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,600 swimmer and get anxious when I'm out there in the water. 113 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:28,400 And I'd done a training. I'd signed up with Spot Anderson 114 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,720 down in Sydney and I'd gone through his triathlon coaching 115 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,840 series and it might have been even been spotty or someone in 116 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:36,080 the group said because it was getting to race down. 117 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,840 I was still nervous about the swim and they, he said, look in 118 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:43,080 your straw or your watch and look at how much swimming you've 119 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:44,720 been doing. Because I'd gone through the 120 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,000 training and he said, and I'd look back and seeing the 121 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,960 kilometres, like seeing the data that I'd gone through over the 122 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:55,000 last three months or whatever it was, was such a soothing thing 123 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,760 to go. You're not going to drown. 124 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,680 You've swum however many kilometres in training over the 125 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,800 last 1 1/2 K, you're going to be fine. 126 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,000 And it was a nice, reassuring thing to look at. 127 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,880 So imagine if you look back at the last 12 weeks and the 128 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,200 running you've done. That's true. 129 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,000 It's also breaking it down because as soon as you get 130 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,960 stressed in anything about the larger picture, you then just 131 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,600 gotta go and then focus on what task can I just accomplish and 132 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,080 know that I can get through. And all of those then add up to 133 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,880 the end, you know, result. And the end result is still just 134 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,560 trying to finish it as best you can. 135 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,480 You know, here's, you know, Benita's got the process to go 136 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:36,000 through that to get you there. If the goal is change, which I'm 137 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,640 sure it has to now, I've actually probably got, oh, I 138 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,760 think I can run this time. It's still the same process of 139 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,440 hey, I won't stuff that up if I do this, this and this, Yeah. 140 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:46,240 All right. Yeah. 141 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,120 And look, I think you showed in that Gold Coast 30 race, like 142 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,400 when you get in a race, you perform, you know, so I wouldn't 143 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:53,720 be. There's a lot of people out 144 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,040 there that get in races and they can't actually run better in a 145 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,120 race and they can do in training and that's really hard to coach. 146 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,080 So you know, you perform at races, you know, you perform 147 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:05,320 when if we say it's a little bit of pressure, but in bigger, 148 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,560 bigger events. So that's something to have 149 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,040 confidence in as well. Thanks guys. 150 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,920 Well, OK, now, now that we've mayor, we give you the pump up, 151 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:14,560 let's apply some pressure. Oh God. 152 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:20,080 I I know you've been very cautious on this the whole way 153 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,720 through, Bonita. What time do you think Bronte 154 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:25,800 can run? Will run? 155 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,280 Should aim to be running. Yeah. 156 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,680 Look, I think going going back on from our last episode, I 157 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:32,560 think we're gonna look at the 430 pace group. 158 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,480 So that's, you know, around 624 pace. 159 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,280 And look, I think you're gonna find that really slow. 160 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:40,560 Like that's gonna feel so easy at the start. 161 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,240 But I think the risk is for us to move up to a pace group and 162 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:49,880 then change up into a a, like a, a faster yeah, and into a 163 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:52,440 different way too. So I think you know if we're. 164 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,680 Max agree. That's not Bronte responding to 165 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,560 the idea of running faster. That's that's Benita's young 166 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,440 fella, Max. Make me run any faster, I'll be 167 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,240 making those noises. He's just making a demonstration 168 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:09,440 of what I feel feels like at the end if you have gone out on the 169 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:09,880 wrong. Group. 170 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,240 If you go out too fast, you'll sound like Max at K-24. 171 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,800 I think that's true. I think you're right. 172 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:17,280 I think that's where I feel comfortable. 173 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,800 I know it'll feel slow, but like you mentioned Liam in the last 174 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,960 episode, I'd probably rather for the first one finish with gas in 175 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:26,040 the tank. Something to give. 176 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,240 Yeah, yeah, yeah. And look, you'll feel you run at 177 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,800 the front of that pace group. I reckon the paces always start 178 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,200 a little bit fast. So they might be going 620 maybe 179 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,559 or a little bit faster. Whereas if you go with the 6:15 180 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,480 group, they're gonna be faster again. 181 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:40,280 Yeah. You know, it's, it's one of 182 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,480 those things that, sorry, the 4:15 group, I mean, yeah, it's 183 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,680 one of those things that I think, you know, we take more 184 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:48,080 risk if you did another marathon. 185 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:50,600 But yeah. But look, you're gonna be you're 186 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,960 gonna be feeling good. And and then after, you know, 187 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:54,800 2530 K, you just do what you want. 188 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:56,560 You don't have to stay with the group you see. 189 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,560 See how you go. RIP. 190 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:00,960 Taper time? Yeah. 191 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:01,560 What? What? 192 00:09:01,560 --> 00:09:03,520 What do we got? So Ronnie said that she's not 193 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,520 feeling, you know, things aren't, you're feeling a bit 194 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:07,800 tired. Today, a little tired. 195 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,880 What do we got planned? What do we got planned? 196 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,680 Yeah, look, we've just got a few strides, a few things to get the 197 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,920 legs moving. So just, I think it's like 20 or 198 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:20,800 32nd efforts and then a few KS at race pace on Saturday within 199 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,840 the long run. And yeah, only three runs, but 200 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,480 that's pretty much what you've been doing most weeks anyway. 201 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:27,760 Yeah. So we're dropping the volume a 202 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:31,320 lot, but it's important within a taper, I think, to get your legs 203 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,960 moving faster than race pace. So that's why I put some strides 204 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:36,960 in there for you and. Strides were fun. 205 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:37,480 Yeah. Yeah. 206 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,240 Hard but fun, yeah. Yeah. 207 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,720 And look, strides, when I say that that's it's like 5K sort of 208 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,440 pace, like it's not flat out. It's 20 seconds or 30 seconds 209 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:48,440 and it might be like 6-6 or eight with like 30 seconds or a 210 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,920 minute jog between. Do you do then at the end of the 211 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,840 session or was it a session in between or not warm down? 212 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,280 Yeah, no, we're just gonna do a jog and then the strides. 213 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,000 So it's not it's not actually like some people like Coach will 214 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,960 might might be doing a bigger session. 215 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,640 But for you Bronte, we're gonna do a couple of things this week. 216 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,640 So we don't wanna do anything too, too much. 217 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,920 So that's gonna be the actual session is strides. 218 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,080 Mm hmm. Now this is someone who early in 219 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,400 the block when I think was the tempo runs. 220 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:15,520 Yeah. Was that the one that you first 221 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:17,520 time you did mine, you said I hate intervals. 222 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:19,320 Intervals, sorry, not tempos intervals. 223 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,960 So you didn't like intervals, but you're enjoying strides? 224 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:22,760 I do. Well. 225 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,480 I actually I like the programme that Bonita has created for me. 226 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,640 They seem achievable. I think with my intervals 227 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,800 previously I was just going flat out for too long, whereas 228 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:37,760 Bonita's times and how long I should be going for a lot more 229 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,680 achievable. And you feel so good when you do 230 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:42,480 them. I never understood Harry, who we 231 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,840 work with, He kept saying how great intervals are and yeah, 232 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:47,880 strides and things. I was like, I don't get it. 233 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,440 And then when I used Benita's programme, I understood. 234 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,800 It yeah, look, you're now getting all that OK, so some 235 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,520 some strides, yeah. And then just basically the 236 00:10:57,680 --> 00:11:00,360 keeping the legs moving. Yeah, Thursday, yeah. 237 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,280 And then yeah. And then on Saturday it's just 238 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:07,960 like AI think it's like maybe 65 to 80 minute run with maybe 2 to 239 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,120 4K at race pace. So that's still going to be feel 240 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,280 slow too. But it's just one of those 241 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:17,000 things just to practise the race pace running and and not running 242 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,360 too far as well. Yeah, yeah, it's probably what I 243 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,040 need to practise to be honest, is the race pace. 244 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:23,560 Yeah. And then that. 245 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:26,640 Feeling, yeah. The final week, like if I mean, 246 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,840 this is obviously Bronte, but for anyone who's thinking I 247 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,880 don't know what to do, Do I keep running? 248 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,040 Like, what's a general? Well, Bronte's plan, but then a 249 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,600 general plan anyone can take. Yeah, look, I think within the 250 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,800 last week it's good to do a little session. 251 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:44,480 So maybe on say the Tuesday, Wednesday before a Sunday race. 252 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,080 So for Bronte's, Bronte's got like a little tempo run. 253 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,520 So you've got like an 8 minute tempo run at marathon pace with 254 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,040 two minutes jog and then some 20 seconds strides. 255 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,400 So the strides are like, you know, like what you're going to 256 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,120 do this week, so a little bit faster. 257 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:01,640 And then two other runs that are like one run about 30 and one 258 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,120 run about no, actually you only have one ranch. 259 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,120 Oh, OK, I was gonna say yeah. OK, one other run. 260 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,800 Yeah, yeah, so very. And then, you know, you do PT 261 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:11,640 sessions and all sorts of things like that too. 262 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:14,440 So you know, maybe you could do one at the start of the week and 263 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,200 then take the other ones off? Yeah, I was thinking about 264 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:18,760 actually. Yeah, I'm not too. 265 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:20,680 Like if you don't normally do Pilates, you could do a little 266 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:22,800 bit of it. Don't feel like you have to go 267 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,640 to all the sessions in the last week too. 268 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,680 I was gonna ask about a massage as well, if you reckon. 269 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,400 Yep, the week of or the week before. 270 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,560 Is it worth it or is it? If you're gonna get a remedial 271 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:35,280 massage, it'd probably be this week. 272 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,840 Yeah, look, if you're not, you usually get them, don't you? 273 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,520 Yeah, every once in a while. Yeah, I can probably go late 274 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:43,480 this week or early next week. That's. 275 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:44,160 Good to me? Yep. 276 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,760 And someone that you're familiar with, that's not gonna surprise 277 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:47,520 you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 278 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,920 I'll go to do. Not want to stick a needle. 279 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,320 In here, Yeah, first time surprise. 280 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:53,720 Yeah, they're dry needling before. 281 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,360 I'll give it a crack. Just throw them in. 282 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:58,520 This sounds like a running programme. 283 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,360 I mean, when you start talking about like from where, where we 284 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:04,600 started, because I want to ask you later before you get the end 285 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:08,160 result, what you've thought of the whole process, having a 286 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:09,880 coach for the first time like giving you that. 287 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:13,160 But like you're talking 8 minute, like we're in the taper 288 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,440 and we're still doing an 8 minute effort. 289 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,800 I mean this is running. You're like, you are, you are 290 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,120 doing like a, like you know, this is running programme talk. 291 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,000 Is it too early to ask that? Question no go for an. 292 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:27,240 So like, I mean before, because like in the end, you'll get the 293 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,320 result you want, you'll be unhappy, you'll be maybe super 294 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,920 happy or you'll just be like, that's what I expected, you 295 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,640 know, and we hope, we hope for the the better side of it. 296 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:39,960 But before you have that in your mind, like what do you think 297 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:41,640 about the whole process of getting a catch? 298 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,640 Like if you were chatting to someone else in in your similar 299 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,120 situation and been kind of like we've gone into running, we've 300 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,040 been doing for a year, I'm like a couple of halves, but I'm now 301 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:51,480 going to go and approach my marathon. 302 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:57,640 What's the whole process being? It I felt very lucky to have 303 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,640 Benita helping me through it. And probably in the beginning I 304 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:05,520 was maybe a bit hesitant, and I don't know if I had voiced that, 305 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,800 but we could tell. Yeah, thank you Enough. 306 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,400 I think I probably was. I was like, well, you know, like 307 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,640 it's running. Like surely I can figure this 308 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,040 out on my own. I think it was you, Courtney, 309 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,760 who it was before we had started one of the podcasts. 310 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,000 And I think maybe I had said something about that or we're 311 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,480 still using another programme or whatever. 312 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,840 And you're like, you shouldn't really use Benita. 313 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:29,600 Like it's. Yeah. 314 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,960 I could tell early on you hadn't given up on your app and you 315 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,680 were kind of like coming in and doing it. 316 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,840 And I'm like, you've got to have one captain in this ship. 317 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,680 Yeah, you got to choose AI or Benita. 318 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,800 Yeah, exactly. But that was probably the tough 319 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,920 love that I needed to hear to be like, yeah, why, of course, why 320 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,960 am I not using this incredible opportunity? 321 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:54,200 And I feel like once I was both feet in, it was it has changed 322 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:57,400 my attitude towards running. I feel really accountable to 323 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,040 somebody who's giving up their time and creating something for 324 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,200 me. And now, you know, it's not a 325 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,880 pressure thing. I just want to do Anita and you 326 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,160 guys proud on the day because, like I said, it's been a lot of 327 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:13,560 people and even the community people messaging and things like 328 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:16,440 it was just me 12 weeks ago running and now I've. 329 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:20,280 Got a family? Oh, we're all behind you. 330 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:24,040 Don't worry, We'll be watching and cheering and cheering. 331 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:30,040 Just on that, I think going back to that point you made about the 332 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:35,160 coach and the hesitancy towards the coaching thing for me as 333 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:36,840 well. And I've obviously I've had a 334 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,600 different experience, not because of Bonita, but because 335 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:44,240 of the injury stuff, but that idea of the coach. 336 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:48,040 And I think for people running because the boom we're seeing 337 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,120 and at the interest we're seeing, the participation in 338 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,040 marathons and all the rest of it's going sky high. 339 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:57,920 But to running is free, right? And then when you sign up for a 340 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:01,160 race, you invest however much it costs you do invest in the race. 341 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:05,240 And I think for some people as well, the idea of going, well, 342 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,160 I'm not a professional runner or I'm not a necessarily maybe a 343 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:12,320 good runner. The idea of investing money into 344 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:16,080 a coach, I think is, is, is a hurdle that presents itself for 345 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,560 people because they're like, well, this is a free bit of 346 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:22,760 exercise that I do. Why do I, why would I spend 347 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,720 money on something that I can just do for free? 348 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:26,640 And there are all these resources that do give you 349 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:28,840 things for free and you can do it. 350 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:32,720 You can do it free. But I think you're an example 351 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:37,080 and your experience and mine as well to a lesser extent, is 352 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,120 proof of why. If you are, if you want to get 353 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:43,840 the best out of it and you achieve, investing money into 354 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,000 your health is never a bad thing. 355 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,640 You think like, you know, you think my wife's always preaching 356 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:51,120 this to me when, you know, if I'm signing up for a gym or 357 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:54,160 whatever, she's like, great. You're investing in staying fit 358 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:55,760 and healthy. Of course. 359 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:57,800 Yeah, that's worth spending the money on. 360 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:59,160 That's worth. And I think from a running 361 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,560 perspective, if you do have ambitions and you do have goals, 362 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:06,400 investing in a coach is a really easy step to make. 363 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,240 I think the bit I reckon I mean, the biggest thing too, when you 364 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,000 compare it to like digital or something you find online and 365 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:17,400 having a real person, it is that accountability like, and I don't 366 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,560 think that you ever want to make it feel like pressure because 367 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,520 you're there in support. But at the same time, 368 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:25,760 accountability is a beautiful thing too, right? 369 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,200 Like you, you know, it's a lot easier to just, you know, turn 370 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,560 the phone onto the next screen and go, I'm not getting up 371 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,080 versus someone's actually taking the time to put, you know, this 372 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,240 session and I've got to be accountable to tell them how I'm 373 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:40,760 going. And to me, if that alone is part 374 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:42,480 of the process that I think it's worthwhile doing. 375 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:47,800 And if I was to go and run like I don't get coached, but if I 376 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,440 was to go and run a marathon, I'd be reaching out to Bonita 377 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:52,320 myself now because I've seen the process. 378 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:53,800 I want the. Accountability as well. 379 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:57,640 You mean when? When you mean when? 380 00:17:58,320 --> 00:17:59,600 We gotta stop talking about this. 381 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:00,840 There's too many people are. Running. 382 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:04,520 You mean when we actually, I've had a lot of people reach out 383 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,120 after last week's episode with Michael Shelley saying, oh, I 384 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:10,880 think In the Beginnings found its runner for 2026 because he's 385 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:12,200 never run the Gold Coast Marathon. 386 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:14,880 Yeah, yeah, no, yeah, he goes. Alright, but he's never. 387 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:17,560 Yeah, and he's always pretty fit. 388 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:18,320 Michael Shelley. Oh. 389 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,160 He's super fit at the moment. He didn't tell us in that 390 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,760 episode, but I can tell you now he the day before because he 391 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,080 came in saying, oh, you know, I run about 10 KA day. 392 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:30,600 The day before, he'd gone out with a mate of mine and ran 39 K 393 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,480 to help help him get ready for the marathon. 394 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,160 Lee And I'm like, mate, you're still running. 395 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,360 He's still. Yeah, yeah. 396 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,600 Well, one year he jumped in and paced Lisa Wightman for a fair 397 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:44,040 while and I didn't even, yeah, I didn't even think he was running 398 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,960 that much. He's just just one of those 399 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:48,880 freaks. Yeah, it's just an incredible. 400 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,360 Way better than I've ever kept. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 401 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:53,880 Thank. You also with Benita, one of the 402 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,880 things when I really was like, God, I'm so glad I have a coach 403 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,000 and people would feel it in that moment. 404 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,960 If you get injured or you get sick, I remember when I got sick 405 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,520 and if I was still following some AI programme, that's not 406 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,240 really something you can communicate in order to adjust 407 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,120 it. But Benita was so great when I 408 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:12,920 was like, I'm still sick now I'm on antibiotics. 409 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,520 How it was just the reassurance that someone was taking those 410 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,320 things into account and adjusting the plan accordingly, 411 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,520 because I wouldn't have known how to do that and came back 412 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,880 feeling even better. So I think that's definitely a 413 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:28,680 testament to having a coach as well. 414 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,600 How many athletes have you got in your in in lace up running 415 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,560 running the Gold Coast Marathon? Oh yeah, Running Gold Coast 416 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,600 Marathon. I think we have about 20, maybe 417 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:39,520 25. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 418 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:40,360 So fair few. Yeah. 419 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:42,160 And they're from everywhere. Like, I've got a couple from 420 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,720 America coming out to Brisbane on Friday, and so they're 421 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:47,720 checking out Brisbane and Noosa, and then they're coming into the 422 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:48,960 Gold Coast and they're going to Sydney. 423 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:54,760 And I've coached one of them since probably 2010, just on and 424 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,520 off, but yeah. And his wife's running, yeah. 425 00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:59,960 So it's just one of those things that there's people from 426 00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:02,240 everywhere, yeah. Like Blue Mountains, We've got 427 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,440 people from Adelaide, you know, obviously people around 428 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,240 Queensland, but the majority of people are coming in from 429 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,080 outside the Gold Coast. And how's? 430 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,120 Like we've, we've been focused on Bronte and what all the 431 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,000 trials and tribulations she's going through. 432 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:19,440 Like as a whole, would you say? Like as a percentage, how many 433 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,040 of them have gone through some type of mishap in that marathon 434 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:23,520 you've had to deal with as well? Oh, yeah. 435 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,360 Because when you were talking about getting sick, Bronte. 436 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:29,080 Yeah, like pretty much. I can't think of anyone that I 437 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,440 haven't had to adjust some part of their programme. 438 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,200 Yeah, Yep. So it's, it's one of those 439 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,760 things that things always happen, whether it's, you know, 440 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,960 you, you fall on a run and you've got to have a week off 441 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,880 because you're hurt your ankle or something in the snow in 442 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:47,480 Colorado to, you know, getting sick or, or even, you know, your 443 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:48,920 kids. I've got a lot of, I coach a lot 444 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,640 of people with little kids and keep getting sick at daycare and 445 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,960 then, you know. Speaking of little Max is like, 446 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:59,040 that's me, but neither just on that. 447 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:03,360 As a coach, you talk about the 20 to 25 athletes you've got 448 00:21:03,360 --> 00:21:07,600 running in this race. Do you sit down? 449 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,800 And because if football coaches, they have wins and losses, 450 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:10,880 right? They can measure. 451 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,960 They can measure how you went. We, we either won the game or we 452 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,640 didn't. Will you sit down as a coach 453 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:21,440 after the race and go through athlete by athlete and not call 454 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,520 it a win or a loss, but also almost evaluate how you went as 455 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:28,120 a coach for this race? Oh, look, yeah, to an extent. 456 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,840 So I think with running, you know, it, it depends on so many 457 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,080 factors, even even the weather, you know, So it's one of those 458 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,440 things that you can have a look and see how they go compared to 459 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,240 their PB and compared to their training. 460 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,400 But yeah, I definitely assess how they go. 461 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,080 But there's so many variables, like some people may not have 462 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:49,000 had the prep that like they might have had a very shortened 463 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,160 prep for some reason. So they're not going to be 464 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,520 anywhere near their best. So you evaluate how they ran, 465 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,840 given what you know, what they could do in the prep. 466 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,520 And you know, I always think one of my best ever races was was 467 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:02,840 not a win in a race. It was probably one of my worst 468 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,840 results at the world Cross. But but given the amount of 469 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,000 training I could do and and get done leading into it, it's 470 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:10,400 probably one of my best performances. 471 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,800 So with running, it's quite hard to look at stats and yeah, yeah, 472 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,000 yeah, it's very hard to analyse completely like that. 473 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,280 But I definitely will and certainly I don't coach everyone 474 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:21,960 that's coming here within lace up running. 475 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,400 So we have four other coaches that that work with us. 476 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:29,160 So I, I personally probably have about 10, yeah, maybe 10 people 477 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,000 maybe. And then my other coaches have a 478 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:31,920 few people. As well. 479 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:33,920 Fantastic. But we don't coach hundreds 480 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,720 because I don't think you can coach properly. 481 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:39,400 You know, if you're one person and you're coaching 50 people, I 482 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,440 don't think you can. You can have the amount of 483 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,520 emotional energy for people and feedback. 484 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,560 So I only coach 20 people at the moment. 485 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:49,520 That's another great lesson for people out there who might be 486 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:53,040 jumping in on online programmes, thinking the point Bonita's made 487 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,880 there about the emotional energy that you coach should be giving 488 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:57,800 you. Yeah, if you're investing your 489 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,640 time and money into having one. I was even just thinking when 490 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,000 you said 25, how do you go the night before whenever I'm 491 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,800 drinking you? Yeah, yeah. 492 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:07,440 And look, most people are fine. Yeah. 493 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:08,760 So some people are ring something. 494 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,200 A lot of people know what they need to do and yeah, they're 495 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:12,800 pretty good. I'll I'll be catching up with 496 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:17,320 people anytime from, you know, now to the race, but a lot of 497 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,080 like we have, we have group catch UPS after the race too. 498 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:21,680 I think I'll put you guys on our email about. 499 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,000 Yeah, I got the email the other day. 500 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:24,320 About where the 10 two, Yeah, yeah. 501 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,080 This is you'll. Be down the finish line 502 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:27,600 straight. Right. 503 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,200 Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's a good. 504 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,960 Place up running 10 Yeah, cheering. 505 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,200 Bronte, can I ask you because you've heard the the bus 506 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,120 analogy, jumping on the bus, going for a ride. 507 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,280 Mm Hmm. Last week after Michael Shelley 508 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,200 episode we got a message on the pod from Brett Donaghy who 509 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,760 really enjoyed the chat and he said he's using memories while 510 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,160 he runs the marathon to keep himself motivated. 511 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,320 He said when he gets to SeaWorld, the memories of trips 512 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,840 with his kids there, when he gets to Main Beach, the annual 513 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:58,200 trip to the Gold Coast 600, the V8 Supercar race, Cavill is 514 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,560 where he's going. His wife is going to be at that 515 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,880 point and he's locked into something to think about every 5 516 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,960 to 8 KS. He used to live in Labrador as a 517 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,320 kid, so when he gets to that north part of the course, he's 518 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,240 got the childhood memories he's going to be using. 519 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,120 Wow. Now you are GC born and bred. 520 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,680 Yeah. Have you thought about this 521 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,160 through the stages of the race? Have you started to give some 522 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,160 consideration into how you might break it up like that or will 523 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:19,840 you? You don't have. 524 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,440 To no, I think. Interestingly for me, thought 525 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:30,200 and where my mind goes on a run has never impacted performance. 526 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,200 I I like running because it allows me to think. 527 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,400 I am a really big, like, visualisation person, so when 528 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,320 I'm running I'm actually already thinking about the future 529 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:46,040 Bronte, 510K's ahead and by the end of the 30 I'm thinking about 530 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,120 the Bronte who's finished the marathon. 531 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,040 Really. Yeah, I don't. 532 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:51,560 That's cool. Why? 533 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,520 But that's what works for me. So I'm always the brunt. 534 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:58,560 I'm always a couple of K's ahead in my mind and that's what works 535 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:01,160 for me. I like seeing people I know on 536 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:02,920 the side. Now obviously you've got your 537 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,200 friend coming down as well from Townsville. 538 00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:06,560 Yep, she's coming from Townsville. 539 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:08,600 She'll arrive Friday night next week. 540 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,920 And have you, do you have any a mum and dad gonna come out and 541 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,280 cheer? What's the are there any other 542 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:14,760 people that have said, oh, we'll be there? 543 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,760 We've got some signs being made up I. 544 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,280 Don't know if my parents are coming down. 545 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:22,720 I don't think they realise how big a deal this is, so they're 546 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:26,440 still tentative. My partner and his mum are going 547 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:30,200 to be somewhere stationed along. In laws understand how important 548 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:33,960 Yeah, she. Does they'll be there somewhere, 549 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:38,480 people from work, if they're going to come down, yeah, No, I 550 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:42,480 don't know who's going to be where, but they'll be around. 551 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,480 Because, well, because this is what I would say for you and to 552 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,040 anyone else who is running in this marathon for the first 553 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,720 time. If people are organising to, to 554 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:58,000 be somewhere on the course, you think because it's a run and not 555 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,040 a race car, a car race, like it's really, it's really quite 556 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:03,920 difficult to spot people in a marathon. 557 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,720 It's a lot harder than you think. 558 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,600 And the idea of, oh, we'll wait here and we'll see them. 559 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,720 There are so many people running past and there's so many people 560 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,880 lined up on the side. It's actually a lot more 561 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,800 difficult than you'd think to spot your loved ones and your 562 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:21,080 friends. So if possible for your partner 563 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:25,240 and his mum and and friends, either have a really defined 564 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:30,320 spot that's easy for you to recognise or have a big sign, 565 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,400 say we'll be the ones with the sign with your, your face on it. 566 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,520 We'll have an oversized Bronte head, yes, and that'll be us. 567 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,280 Perfect, I did. This is probably my ignorance. 568 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,160 Also in the court, the marathon course, which I still haven't 569 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:46,120 looked at. Probably worth my time but my 570 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:49,280 partners mum was like yeah no we'll probably like be around 571 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:55,000 that like Miami Broadbeach area. That's that's not that's that's 572 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,280 nothing that is meaningless for you on the course. 573 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,120 But also, I was like, we run down to Broadbeach Miami. 574 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,280 Have we, have we not spoke about this in the 12 weeks? 575 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,160 I. Don't know what the course is. 576 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,240 I was like, oh OK, I guess I'll see you then. 577 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:10,480 We. Were doing them in every second 578 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,920 episode This. Is this is great, This is great. 579 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:14,360 Let's do it live with Bronte now. 580 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:16,280 Where am I running? So you, you know where you 581 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,720 start? Right at the Broadway Southport. 582 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,200 Yeah, yeah, OK. That's where you start. 583 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,240 And then you're gonna run down, but then you're gonna turn back 584 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,680 up towards SeaWorld. Oh, OK, it's. 585 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,480 A little little change. Little detour. 586 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,520 So you go up towards SeaWorld and then you turn around there 587 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,160 and you head South. Oh, and you basically head South 588 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:38,400 all the way until Miami. Oh, I see. 589 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,920 And this is where that turn around comes again, right? 590 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,880 And then you head all the way back up north to Labrador. 591 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,760 Bay in that area, yeah. And then you turn around there 592 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,280 and you come back and you finish where you started. 593 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,800 Easy. Easy. 594 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,320 But you do go a long way South. I'm glad that, yeah, as I'm 595 00:27:56,320 --> 00:28:00,800 learning, I'm glad it's just one lap, not repeating anything too 596 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,520 much, right. I'm I would find lap races hard 597 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,240 like the cans Iron Man that happened the other day. 598 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,120 Their run is was like 4 laps of this course or something. 599 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,000 I was just triple checking we haven't got the wrong 600 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,440 information like usually, Liam, actually when you go down, I 601 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,200 didn't realise how far down SeaWorld Drive. 602 00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:21,640 So where the turn was at the Gold Coast 30, you run past that 603 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,000 turn and keep going towards it. Nearly. 604 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,880 It nearly looks like you get down towards the dolphin. 605 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:28,400 Yeah, right. Oh my goodness. 606 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,360 That that end, yeah. So the northern end of SeaWorld, 607 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,480 but not quite to the SeaWorld Resort. 608 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,720 Drive of it. But so for everybody out there, 609 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:38,120 if you are running it for the first time, if you're coming 610 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,480 from Interstate particularly although I feel like the 611 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,720 Interstate is a probably better at deciding and having a defined 612 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,120 spot to see their friends because they don't know the 613 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:47,800 area. I think it's probably the locals 614 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,760 that are guilty of just saying, and I will see you somewhere 615 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:55,080 around Brody guilty. And then ultimately, even at, 616 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:59,440 you know, 530 pace, 6 minute pace, you go, you go past people 617 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,440 like that, Yeah. And then suddenly you hear them 618 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,520 go, Brody, and you're turning around. 619 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,200 You've got headphones on your focus. 620 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:06,680 So also I'm like, what do you like? 621 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,280 I'm I'll be excited to see you, whoever it is that I'm seeing. 622 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,360 But I'm also like is the expectation. 623 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,960 It's just like a quick finger guns and like out of there. 624 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,760 I, I reckon you'll be challenged to see someone on the course 625 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,600 like that unless you've really, really knuckled down because I 626 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,520 think how hard it was me, I was literally standing a foot from 627 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,960 you at the Gold Coast 30. I know. 628 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:31,680 And it took like, I just saw you run by and I said, I've got it. 629 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,360 It's really, it is really difficult. 630 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:35,600 I agree. And if you don't have it, like I 631 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,240 think the other communication that we didn't say is make sure 632 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,040 everyone around you send that photo this time of what you 633 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:41,760 wear. You wear it. 634 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,520 I'm wearing bright orange. What you're wearing, it'll be 635 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:45,840 no. I want the photo this time are. 636 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:47,680 You are you sending bright orange? 637 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,240 Bright orange because it matches my shoes. 638 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,120 Yeah, I wore my kit yesterday on my run to see if it all fit and 639 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:53,240 felt right. And what? 640 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:53,640 What? Yeah. 641 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:58,480 Good running bear top. Do you even shorts sockney? 642 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,640 Do you even shorts do? You even good brand. 643 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:02,360 I like them. I've. 644 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:03,400 Never heard. Yeah. 645 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,440 Where are there though? They're Australian. 646 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:10,280 She said she said with. Zero confidence, do you even 647 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:11,240 okay? Do you even? 648 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,880 So, so orange. French because my shoes are 649 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:15,360 orange. Yeah. 650 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,200 I wanted to find a top that match that's. 651 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,760 Now here's what we'll say to the In the Beginning family, because 652 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,120 no doubt there'll be a lot of listeners lining the course if 653 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:26,600 you see a young woman with dark hair running in a full orange 654 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,320 outfit just shouted it like it's Bronte. 655 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:29,840 Yeah, exactly. Even if it's not I'll. 656 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,080 Catch it, it'll be. It'll find me somewhere. 657 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,640 This is exciting, all right. Now I've got to get on to you. 658 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:37,160 Me. What's Liam? 659 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:41,160 I'm with you, Liam Flanagan. Before we get any further and 660 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,200 when we got brownie in the room for a brownie, we got Bonita 661 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,040 here for the last time. Ohh no. 662 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:47,040 Are we gonna do a post show? Ohh. 663 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,880 There's there's people asking about wrap up and results and 664 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,400 all the rest they would. Probably wanna know what 665 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,360 happened after all of this. Actually, if we never told them. 666 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:02,440 But we did get because on when myself and Liam were talking 667 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,240 last week, Liam started to talk to me that he's thinking of 668 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,040 running at the Gold Coast Marathon. 669 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:11,000 I feel like I thought we'd put this to bed 110%. 670 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,080 I knew we hadn't. But I got a message from Melanie 671 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:18,480 Bark and she said Liam from a, from a sincere, genuine, genuine 672 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,920 place. Don't do the Golden Marathon. 673 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:26,080 Oh my God, go support Brody for her a race and just enjoy the 674 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,760 vibes. Volunteer at an aid station. 675 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:32,160 You'll be the life of the party. Or better still, get amongst the 676 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,920 finish line with interviews from people for the potty. 677 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:35,880 Maybe that's your wrap? Up. 678 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,640 That's not a bad idea. Actually, stick with the coach, 679 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,440 stick with Benita and listen. The whole point of exercise is 680 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:46,040 not worth it and it won't pay the dividends if you just go and 681 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:50,600 and force force it. I think she's right. 682 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,960 I, I think there's, there's it's it's head V heart right now. 683 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,080 Like it's that whole thing of my heart wants to run this. 684 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:57,920 What? Would you do? 685 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,200 I don't. I just I'd run and if I what if 686 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:02,640 I got tired, I'd. Stop the marathon. 687 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:06,720 Yeah, but I think I know it's head V heart at the moment. 688 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:08,360 My head knows I shouldn't be running it. 689 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,920 My ears heard you say the other week that it's not worth running 690 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,080 it. But my heart is, do you know 691 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,600 what didn't help actually, is that I made the mistake of 692 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:20,720 speaking to Reedy, friend of the podcast AG1 Bondo Rescue. 693 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,080 Oh, yeah. And Reedy is an animal. 694 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:27,000 He just, he he's like the answer to everything is more running. 695 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,440 And I bumped into him at the Mick Fanning Charity golf day 696 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,200 the other morning and we were having a chat and he said, are 697 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,280 you going to run? And I literally verbatim told 698 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,200 him what you told me in that. Yeah. 699 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,200 You you don't need to run for a finish line anymore. 700 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,040 You're running for a time. You're not going to get that 701 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,520 time in this, so all you're going to do is increase your 702 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:47,480 chance of injuring yourself again and read his responses 703 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:51,680 now, I reckon run it. And that's been ringing in my 704 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,760 head for the last week. So I Melanie's right. 705 00:32:56,400 --> 00:33:01,800 I will be there on the day. It'll just it'll kill me. 706 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:05,520 It's going to. Do we just flip you again, Mel? 707 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:07,840 Mel from Wellington and New Zealand just flipped Liam. 708 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,920 I, I think, but I've been because I've got other friends 709 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,080 coming up to run it as well and there's been a part of me going, 710 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:16,440 Well, if I go and get my band, if I go and get my bib, maybe 711 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,840 I'll just jump in with my mates for a bit and run like 10 KS and 712 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:23,080 then pull out and just go find somewhere to sit and cheer. 713 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,920 But then I'll, I don't know. I don't sound like an addict. 714 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,840 Yeah, I know, right. Maybe I am a little bit. 715 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,320 I can't figure out quite how I'm going to approach the day. 716 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:34,640 Talk me out of it. But yeah, talk me out of it. 717 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:38,440 Oh, look, you know, it's one of those things that I can see what 718 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,920 really where really is coming from in the sense that, you 719 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,360 know, it's just for fun getting there. 720 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,960 Yeah, all that kind of stuff. But you know, if you're even 721 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,400 thinking about ever, like even if you're thinking about doing 722 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:52,400 Melbourne or you're thinking about doing something like for a 723 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,840 time, I don't think it'll give you any satisfaction just to do 724 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,040 10K and sit on the sideline and cheer people. 725 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,360 Like I think it'll be, I mean, but this is what I think. 726 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,720 I mean, personally, I reckon it'll be cool to ride around 727 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,080 and, and look for people, you know, on the course. 728 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:10,000 And maybe that's, you know, more so than like you just wouldn't 729 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,840 want to be hobbling. Like I know you've done a few 730 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,920 runs and I think because you've done a few runs, you know, like 731 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,440 10K or that sort of distance, you know, you're probably 732 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,560 feeling OK, but it's a very different to just getting out 733 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:25,040 there and running a little bit harder than even your 10K runs 734 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,719 and then trying to trying to front up for a marathon. 735 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:29,800 Yeah, stop nodding your head so much, Courtney. 736 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:30,320 It's a long. Way. 737 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:34,080 Courtney's sitting there just. Mum and Dad said no. 738 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:34,719 You're not. Yeah. 739 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:36,719 Mum and Dad. That is exactly what's happening 740 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:37,560 right now. Mum and Dad. 741 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:39,800 Hey. Interestingly, from my running 742 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:41,480 perspective, I am back running, which is. 743 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:45,199 I'm really enjoying. Yeah, I the legends of Pola 744 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,080 sorted me out with one of the chest straps. 745 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:50,560 The heart rate monsters you've brought. 746 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,880 You've heard all the noise about Zone 2 running, no doubt. 747 00:34:53,199 --> 00:34:55,440 Yep. According we talked about this 748 00:34:55,440 --> 00:35:01,120 on an episode I ran for eight KS the other day and tried to keep 749 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:04,560 it in zone 2 based on the chest strap, not my wrist which I've 750 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:07,760 previously done. My zone 2 is so slow. 751 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,440 My zone 2 is like 6 minutes. Like that's where and previously 752 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,800 I'd thought oh if I'm running 5:15 I'm running easy. 753 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,880 See, it's like to keep it in zone 2 is 6 minutes for me. 754 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,600 I was. It was like, I kind of knew that 755 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,240 it was probably slower than I thought, but that's like slow. 756 00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:24,680 But is that the watch telling you that? 757 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,320 No, when the chest strap. But how did you work out the 758 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,760 zone 2? Oh yeah, the watch is dictating 759 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,720 the zone. Is that not right? 760 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:36,840 And you've just put in like a. Yeah, based on my my data, yeah. 761 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:39,680 But it's worked it out from runs and runs, or you've put in. 762 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:41,600 No, it's worked out from runs and runs. 763 00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:43,400 OK. Yeah, OK. 764 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,680 But basically I've I now know that my heart, my zone 2 isn't 765 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,920 as fast as I think it is. Yeah, which a lot of people 766 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:51,160 would make that mistake. Yeah. 767 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:55,560 But having said that, I reckon in summer, you know, your heart 768 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,440 rate's going beating a bit higher as well, a bit faster 769 00:35:58,440 --> 00:35:59,880 because it's hotter and more humid. 770 00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:02,920 So maybe even run slower in summer, but it seems seems 771 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,760 really slow if, you know, compare that to your marathon 772 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:08,440 pace. But but, you know, maybe you're 773 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:09,720 always running a little bit fast. 774 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,440 Yeah, anyway. So yeah, no, I'm not running 775 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:13,160 Courtney. Thanks mate. 776 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:15,000 We nailed that down. Is that? 777 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,040 Official because I feel like you're still. 778 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:19,760 Well, I don't know above him to read again. 779 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,720 Let's. Hold him to this. 780 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:23,480 I don't. I don't think you should be 781 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:25,200 going out there to hurt. I don't think you should be 782 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:26,600 going running a marathon. Put it up. 783 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:27,880 No, I agree. Yeah. 784 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,680 I mean, what do you get out of running a team? 785 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,040 Jumping in for a team? If you want to go in and be the 786 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:34,240 cheerleader for the 10K, go. For it. 787 00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:37,280 No, no, I, I, I genuinely, I think you're right. 788 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:38,560 I did this a couple of years ago. 789 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:42,080 I rode down to the start line from my place and ended up 790 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,120 spending the day riding around and by the end of the day I was 791 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,320 knackered actually. But I think I'll probably do 792 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:48,480 that again. I'll probably bring the bike 793 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,680 down and and ride around so I can get involved with some 794 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:52,560 stuff. Yeah, and if, and look if the 795 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,960 people, if the great people at EMQ Events Management Queensland 796 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,280 who run the Gold Coast Marathon want to give me some tickets 797 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,560 into the VIP section at the end where all the food and drinks 798 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,520 are. Yeah, we've got them all. 799 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:04,680 Great, then I'll. Definitely. 800 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:06,960 Then I'll definitely be there. Must be. 801 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:11,120 And I won't be racing. Sorry, sorry Liam, the good 802 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:14,920 people have they? They heard you weren't running 803 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,600 and they've sorted it. They have sorted you out. 804 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,280 So maybe a change of plan and a good brekkie. 805 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:23,800 Well, in that case, I'm gonna take my phone and I'm gonna 806 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,800 record some vox pops and some videos with people. 807 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:30,120 You can do it for Origin, you can at least do it for the Gold 808 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:31,240 Coast Marathon. Absolutely. 809 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:33,240 Yeah, He's Benita. While we got you here, I'm 810 00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:34,560 interested. We've talked about that. 811 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,160 Have you been following along this breaking fall? 812 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:41,720 Yeah, a little bit, yeah, yeah. Have you the lady who's trying 813 00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:44,840 to run up the form myself? Yeah, there's some 4 minute 814 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:46,320 bomb, Yeah. What do you reckon? 815 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,880 Like she's the best in the world, obviously, but she's been 816 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:52,960 injured. She hasn't been racing as much, 817 00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:57,360 but unless she's just been focusing all her training onto 818 00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:59,880 this particular race. So I'm not I'm not sure of that 819 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:01,480 background. Like obviously she won the 820 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:05,480 Olympics last year and she won everything last year, but she 821 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,520 hasn't, I haven't seen her race much this year, right. 822 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:11,320 So sometimes I think to run your best over a mile or 1500, you've 823 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:15,040 got to have been running 8 hundreds or or, you know, you've 824 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:17,760 got to be racing a lot, I think to to run that fast. 825 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,360 But I mean, maybe she has and she just hasn't been running in 826 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,000 the races that, you know, diamond leagues or anything like 827 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:23,960 that. Yeah, yeah. 828 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,480 Does this because you just, I saw you light up and have you 829 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:29,120 been following along and does this excite you now as a runner? 830 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:32,640 Yeah, it does actually, more than all the trending things I 831 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,200 talked about on the radio. Yeah, I found it really 832 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,520 interesting. I think I saw a TikTok about it 833 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,240 that yeah. So she's trying to run a mile in 834 00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:42,240 under 4 minutes, which no woman has ever done. 835 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,040 Yeah. Yeah, I think it's it's 836 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:47,400 happening this week, isn't it? The 26th of June. 837 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:51,840 So I'll definitely be I'll watch and see what happens, but I 838 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:53,320 probably haven't followed the whole we have. 839 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,560 Ruined Bronte. Now she's a, she's a running 840 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,640 nerd Now quickly, because this is the last episode before the 841 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:03,080 race itself, can we do coach? Can you take us through sort of 842 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,560 last minute checklist stuff with obviously the tapering? 843 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,120 You've given us an insight into what that looks like for Bronte 844 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,440 as well As for for people that might be running there. 845 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,440 First, let's let's go into the night before. 846 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,200 Let's go into that. Or even if it's 48 hours that 847 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:17,800 you think the checklist should be applied. 848 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:21,080 Let's assume everybody's gone to the Expo and got their bib and 849 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,400 done that side of the admin for the marathon. 850 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:27,400 What as though, can you take us in those last 4824 hours in 851 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,200 terms of prep just to make sure Bronte can run through her head 852 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:31,640 and any questions she might have as well? 853 00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:34,600 Yeah, look, I think within the last two days, just make sure 854 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:36,800 first of all, you're eating carbs with every meal. 855 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,880 So OK, you know, if you normally eat a salad for lunch, just make 856 00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:42,520 sure you're having like a sandwich instead or adding some 857 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:45,240 pasta to a salad. It's just making sure that 858 00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:47,480 you're getting enough carbohydrates in there and 859 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:50,120 making sure you're drinking enough to, to help absorb the 860 00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:53,960 carbohydrate as well. So the drinking's even if you 861 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:57,040 don't feel that thirsty, just not, not excessive, but just 862 00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,120 making sure that that's. So that's probably the number 863 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:02,040 one thing with nutrition. Mm hmm, just making sure that 864 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:05,080 you keep doing what you normally do, but within the last 48 865 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:07,560 hours. So don't go walking around all 866 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:11,880 day unnecessarily, but also don't stress if you've got to do 867 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,000 something. And you know, because it's one 868 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:18,080 of those things that I think a big problem is people just like 869 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,240 2 days before just doing absolutely nothing. 870 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,040 Mm hmm. And lying in a hotel room. 871 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:24,520 All day or lying on your bed all day and just going, I need to 872 00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:27,080 rest because you don't, you don't that, you know, you just 873 00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:31,000 need to be relaxed. And so yeah, I think that's like 874 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,720 making sure you've got everything ready to go for race 875 00:40:33,720 --> 00:40:36,040 day. So I think some mistakes people 876 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:39,520 make is they they sort of, they don't have everything ready to 877 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:40,760 go. So then on the Saturday 878 00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:43,320 afternoon, they're going, oh, I need to go and get this, I need 879 00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,440 to go and get that. And they're running around 880 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,520 everywhere because they're sort of really stressed that they 881 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:48,880 haven't got it. So get everything ready to go. 882 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:51,640 So you don't have to worry about doing that on Saturday because 883 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:53,760 you want to be like, just having fun on Saturday. 884 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:57,040 Have a few coffees with friends. Like, I think friends keep you 885 00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,680 relaxed or family or people that you normally hang out with. 886 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:02,600 So don't isolate yourself from people, which is a mistake a lot 887 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:04,760 of people make as well. Yeah. 888 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,760 They sort of isolate themselves. And then all you do is think 889 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,920 about the race. And so, you know, within the 890 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:11,880 last 48 hours, don't think about the race. 891 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,520 I don't think about the race until when you're just about to 892 00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:16,760 warm up and, you know, and think about what you're gonna do. 893 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:19,920 But the more times, and I heard Grant Hackett say this about 894 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,600 swimming, but it's always stuck with me, even when I was an 895 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,840 elite athlete, is the more times you think about a race over and 896 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:27,480 over your head, it just makes you tired. 897 00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:32,080 And so if you if you think about the marathon constantly, it'll 898 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:33,560 just make you tired. So you don't need to keep 899 00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:36,360 thinking about it. Just sort of switch off, talk 900 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:37,360 about other things. Don't. 901 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:38,720 Yeah. Don't worry about. 902 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:40,800 You know, and which I'm sure you're fine because you've got a 903 00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:42,040 lot going on anyway. Yeah. 904 00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:45,720 But for people out there that are quite intensely. 905 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,000 I'm trying to get this pace some don't, don't stress. 906 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,760 Everything will come together on, on the morning of the, the 907 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:55,200 race and, and on race day. But, and I think, look, if 908 00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:58,200 you've got a coach and you're sort of in two minds about 909 00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:00,440 anything, email them, call them, text them. 910 00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:02,280 Just make sure that you know what you're doing. 911 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:05,520 So it doesn't get to be sort of that Saturday afternoon or 912 00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:08,400 Saturday night or Sunday morning and you're sort of still 913 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,280 thinking, oh, should I do this? Should I do that? 914 00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,320 And that's, that creates like energy as well. 915 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,840 And it just drains you when you're constantly thinking in 916 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:20,680 two minds about something. So if you like that, definitely 917 00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:23,400 yeah, reach out and just make sure you've made some decisive 918 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:26,280 decisions. And then I think the night 919 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:30,080 before have dinner like your night maybe about 5 or 6 at 920 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:31,960 night. So not really late. 921 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:35,640 And I just say that this so the morning of a race, you wanna 922 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:38,640 make sure your bows move properly if you can. 923 00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:42,320 And if you have a really big meal, like 10 or 11:00 at night, 924 00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:44,960 the night before a marathon, I think that's a bit too late. 925 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:49,400 So just make sure you know, it's not not too late, but but then 926 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,800 have some snacks too. I always find having a few 927 00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:54,360 snacks throughout the night. If you wake up, have like half a 928 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:57,240 sandwich or you know, or get eat, wait what? 929 00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,520 Get what you're ready to eat before the marathon. 930 00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:01,560 You know what you're going to eat and and that kind of stuff 931 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,080 ready. But don't stress the night 932 00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:06,160 before sleep. It doesn't really matter. 933 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,960 So if you don't sleep properly the night before, don't worry. 934 00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:11,520 I think it's always like 2 nights before and you know, the 935 00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:14,120 week before. So you know, don't like if you 936 00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:15,960 go to bed the night before the race and you're thinking about 937 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,640 the race a bit or you're a bit anxious and you wake up the next 938 00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:20,680 morning, you're like, I really didn't think I slept that well. 939 00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:24,080 Don't think I'm going to run bad because that, that's nothing. 940 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:26,600 And I've had so many races I've done, I've had terrible sleep 941 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,120 the night before race and ran really well. 942 00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:29,960 So that's nothing to stress about. 943 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:34,200 But I think the main thing is keeping relaxed, you know, don't 944 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:37,920 isolate yourself and make sure you have your food organised and 945 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,240 you know, and don't have any last minute questions 946 00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:41,840 unanswered. I think they're probably the big 947 00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:43,640 tips. Good tips. 948 00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:47,720 Did you write all that down? Yeah, that's all. 949 00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:52,400 Yeah, I am what, the day of? So I've woken up. 950 00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:55,640 We'll have to get there early. So brekkie, like you said, about 951 00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:59,800 an hour, an hour and a half, two hours before the race. 952 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:01,440 It's going to be an early brekkie. 953 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:07,440 What? How many gels am I then expected 954 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:10,680 to have across the marathon? Yeah, look. 955 00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:13,640 And that's that's hard because I feel like every marathon you do, 956 00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:18,080 you're gonna feel differently. I would probably carry 6 to 8 957 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:21,760 and look, you, you might be just having a mouthful and then you 958 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:23,400 might throw it away if it's annoying you. 959 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,720 Like sometimes, you know, you feel that they're like sticky 960 00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:29,040 and you're like, I just don't wanna hold this or whatever. 961 00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:32,800 So, you know, but I used to even put them in my top, in my bra 962 00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:34,480 top. Or, you know, carry them some 963 00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:36,640 way. Or if if you know someone on the 964 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:39,880 course that's in a fairly isolated area, they could just 965 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:41,560 give some to you as you run past. 966 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:42,960 Too. It could be you. 967 00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:45,280 I'm, hey, Oh, no, no, no, I I don't know if I'm actually 968 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:48,280 technically allowed to do it under the rules of the marathon. 969 00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:51,000 I think we, we, yeah, we. Discussed it but but but I am 970 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,320 more if you. If you want me to be your bike 971 00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:56,240 boy and carry extra gels, I'm there for officially you. 972 00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:58,680 Shouldn't. Officially you shouldn't, but I 973 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:01,760 will do it in a manner by which it seems official is. 974 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:03,880 It as in it's not allowed for anyone to do it, no. 975 00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:08,560 Basically the the we when we had what's his name from the Goldie 976 00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:13,240 marathon join us Ryan Ryan he explained that the elites have 977 00:45:13,240 --> 00:45:16,360 their aid stations which yeah and and as well as you're 978 00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:20,400 running yes I don't know if we can justify A personalised aid 979 00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:22,840 station. Wow for the Gold Coast Marathon 980 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:24,160 news for. Me. 981 00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:27,640 Yeah, definitely say, not for the elite, but yeah. 982 00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:29,760 And well, you know, if you can carry them, they always think if 983 00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,480 you carry them, they're gels. It may makes the gels warm and 984 00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:35,440 then they're easier to get down anyways, so you know if you can 985 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:38,200 carry them it's it's always a bit easier. 986 00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:39,680 I can see your brain ticking over. 987 00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:43,600 How am I gonna carry 6 days? I already have 4 like I've done 988 00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:46,960 runs with four and by the end I'm just a sticky mess and it's 989 00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:48,560 like all over. Me. 990 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:50,640 Well, the good thing is you can throw them out because you're on 991 00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:53,080 the course at, at the, at the aid station, at the aid 992 00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:53,960 stations. Yeah, yeah. 993 00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:56,560 Where there's bins. So anything else left in you, 994 00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:58,520 Brian? So much. 995 00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:00,960 Well, and the great thing is if there is, you can text. 996 00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:02,320 Yeah. Well, that was that was the 997 00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:04,480 great tip you just had there from Bonita, which is that don't 998 00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:06,840 have unanswered questions going into the race. 999 00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:08,560 Yet another advantage of having a coach. 1000 00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:09,840 Yeah. It's exciting times for 1001 00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:11,400 everyone. I mean, I know that everyone I 1002 00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:13,880 know running the marathon at the moment is getting to that time 1003 00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:16,080 where you're like, all the work's done. 1004 00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:19,600 Yeah, the, the tape is starting and the excitement of, you know, 1005 00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:22,680 next week, the Expo, you gotta go and get your key and all that 1006 00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:25,520 builds up to the big day and. It's happening. 1007 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:29,400 The the advice I, I can't remember where I heard it, but 1008 00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:32,280 about these races is that the race is the victory of that the 1009 00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:35,160 all the, the training, the block, whatever you've done. 1010 00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:36,600 That could have been Benita. That's that. 1011 00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:39,200 Well, you're a reward for all your hard work. 1012 00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:39,880 Yeah. Yeah. 1013 00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:41,000 For sure, Yeah. Yeah. 1014 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:42,800 And think of it like that. Like, exactly. 1015 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:46,040 Like, don't think of it like it's, you know, you know, I'm 1016 00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:47,520 just running down the road like it. 1017 00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:49,840 It is. It's something to enjoy and and 1018 00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:51,320 use the energy of the crowd, too. 1019 00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:52,880 Yeah. There's a lot of people that 1020 00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:54,160 watch this race. It's gonna be great. 1021 00:46:54,240 --> 00:46:57,600 Yeah, and then go celebrate. And then go celebrate the music 1022 00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:00,200 at the Broadbeach Surf Club's. Always great. 1023 00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:02,560 There's always a fellow playing music out there. 1024 00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:04,760 That's always a great spot. The turn around point down in 1025 00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:06,480 Miami is always a highlight as well. 1026 00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:10,080 Whether or not they take up my halfway house grandstand idea. 1027 00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:13,960 That's for next year maybe. But and then the energy as well 1028 00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:16,600 as you run through, obviously the finish line's incredible, 1029 00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:20,960 but the energies you run back through this bit, the 1030 00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:23,280 Broadwater, sorry, past Australia Fair and everything 1031 00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:26,720 that's kind of a really dense place for for spectators. 1032 00:47:26,720 --> 00:47:29,120 So that's great energy through there as well. 1033 00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:30,960 I've got. I've got three things that I'm 1034 00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:32,400 looking. We'll ask everyone, what are you 1035 00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:34,240 looking to forward to at the marathon? 1036 00:47:34,240 --> 00:47:36,160 Sure, I've got three things. Oh, here we go. 1037 00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:39,720 I'm looking forward to seeing like a bit of a mental shoe 1038 00:47:39,720 --> 00:47:41,080 count in my head. Of what? 1039 00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:42,080 What everyone? 'S wearing. 1040 00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:44,560 You know, because has it have has it started? 1041 00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:47,840 Because I would say five years ago it would have been probably 1042 00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:51,080 50% Alpha flies 50% probably ASICS at this race. 1043 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:52,960 Yep. Maybe not exactly half, half, 1044 00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:54,240 but you, you know where I'm going. 1045 00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:56,080 I think that will skew this year. 1046 00:47:56,240 --> 00:47:59,240 I think you're gonna see a lot more of those new brands. 1047 00:47:59,240 --> 00:48:00,240 Yep. Humans. 1048 00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:04,200 Yep, On, yeah, all these different brands. 1049 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:06,800 I think there's going to be a lot a wider ratios. 1050 00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:10,560 Second thing I'm looking forward to seeing is I love watching the 1051 00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:13,280 finish, like you said, and seeing the celebration of people 1052 00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:17,280 like, if you're not, I've, I've spent a lot of years racing at, 1053 00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:19,720 you know, different levels of racing, different places around 1054 00:48:19,720 --> 00:48:22,120 the world. And nothing in, in like both 1055 00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:25,440 Iron Man triathlon and marathon still equates to seeing the 1056 00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:28,960 excitement of your everyday runner coming across the line to 1057 00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:31,640 see, you know, their girlfriend, their family, whoever it is and, 1058 00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:34,000 and, and the emotion of that. So this is the third. 1059 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,840 And then the third thing is I'm looking forward to seeing 1060 00:48:36,840 --> 00:48:39,120 Brodie, how our star, our star athlete goes. 1061 00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:42,120 Yeah, goodness, yeah. Me. 1062 00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:43,200 Yeah, what are you looking for? What? 1063 00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:45,960 Are you looking for to? Something that made me very 1064 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:50,000 emotional that I didn't realise is the signs that people make 1065 00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:52,680 all the like, real. Like there's the funny ones and 1066 00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:55,080 the hit here for an energy boost, but there's ones that 1067 00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:59,760 like really tap into the reason you start running and you know, 1068 00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:01,520 they're just words of motivation. 1069 00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:04,960 So I actually am looking forward to seeing the signs. 1070 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:09,400 Are you a crier generally? I think I I get a bit like a 1071 00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:10,640 bit. But you don't know. 1072 00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:15,160 Yeah, but if you are like that, I'll put your over under it. 2 1073 00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:18,080 1/2 cries for the entire race. I've already It'll come. 1074 00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:21,280 Visualise myself crying as I cross the line, no matter how it 1075 00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:23,560 goes, that's what I'm looking forward to. 1076 00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:28,600 That, that last stretch when you come onto the grass area and no 1077 00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:31,040 matter what you're doing, the five, the 10, the half, that 1078 00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:33,560 feeling when the crowd is just like, yeah, that's exciting. 1079 00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:37,080 And then, yeah, it's seeing the people that I know and love 1080 00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:39,880 across the course, and that's, yeah, what I'm excited. 1081 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:41,760 For what about you Benita? You got a lot. 1082 00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:44,560 As you mentioned, there's 20 to 25 odd athletes from laser 1083 00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:48,320 running running in the race. Yeah, look, I, I love seeing 1084 00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:52,120 people not only before they run, 'cause like I feel like, you 1085 00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:54,240 know, when they're coming to the tent just before the race, if 1086 00:49:54,240 --> 00:49:56,800 they're coming to the tent, there's this nervous energy 1087 00:49:56,800 --> 00:50:00,600 that's like really hard to, it's something that's hard to 1088 00:50:00,680 --> 00:50:04,320 describe until you actually see the people with it before they 1089 00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:06,520 race. So it's, it's that anticipation 1090 00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:10,760 of what's gonna happen. Like that's, that's like, and it 1091 00:50:10,760 --> 00:50:12,880 makes me really nervous. Like it makes me more nervous 1092 00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:16,200 for people that I have running than when I was running myself. 1093 00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:19,800 So I can see, yeah, I can see where, you know, I and I never 1094 00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:20,920 thought, thought that would happen. 1095 00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:23,080 Like when I was competing as an athlete, you don't think about, 1096 00:50:23,240 --> 00:50:25,560 you know, your support crew and how nervous they might be for 1097 00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:27,720 you. So that's one thing that that, 1098 00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:29,760 you know, I love seeing. But obviously when people 1099 00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:32,400 finish, like I love seeing people cross the line and yeah, 1100 00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:35,120 that finishing shoot, it's fantastic. 1101 00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:38,320 And, and it's one of those things that, you know, their 1102 00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:41,760 journey to, and a lot of people don't know any particular 1103 00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:43,920 person's journey. And as a coach, you know, what 1104 00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:45,720 they've been through, what they've overcome. 1105 00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:49,640 And, you know, just to, to get the training done for a lot of 1106 00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:52,280 people is just absolutely phenomenal, you know, true. 1107 00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:55,160 So that's one thing to be celebrated regardless of the 1108 00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:56,880 times and, and that kind of thing. 1109 00:50:56,880 --> 00:51:00,280 But yeah, probably the third thing is at Gold Coast Marathon, 1110 00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:02,160 you know, that the energy that you get. 1111 00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:05,000 So when you're walking around, chatting to people, catching up 1112 00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:08,080 with people I haven't seen for a long time, you know, they all 1113 00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:12,000 come to these big events and, and it's the energy that, you 1114 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:14,920 know, everyone's there for the same reason. 1115 00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:16,760 But loads of other stuff going on. 1116 00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:18,920 Yeah. So and, and, and bringing my 1117 00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:22,320 kids to, you know, Max's, Max's first time and Poppy's. 1118 00:51:22,360 --> 00:51:24,080 Poppy's. I'd love she's too young for the 1119 00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:26,240 kids race. But but yeah, but it's nice to 1120 00:51:26,240 --> 00:51:29,440 have them and that's cool. Yeah, I, yeah, Everything we 1121 00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:32,400 just touched on I'm. I can't wait to see how you go, 1122 00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:34,160 Bronte. I'm really genuinely excited. 1123 00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:37,320 I can't wait to see you after the race just to just gauge how 1124 00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:40,080 you feeling about it all. And I look forward to hearing 1125 00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:44,480 about it. From a personal perspective, I'm 1126 00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:47,760 really looking forward to. I love the sub three Sprint. 1127 00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:50,440 I love the people that are chasing that sub three time, 1128 00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:54,000 which is what I was gunning for. I love watching that finish line 1129 00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:57,520 Sprint for the P athletes that are like, I've got 10 seconds to 1130 00:51:57,520 --> 00:52:00,800 get there and and achieve this goal that I've just been 1131 00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:05,320 searching for the last 12 weeks and the last 42.0 KS and now 1132 00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:08,880 I've got to Sprint this last to try and achieve that. 1133 00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:10,720 So that's always a fun one to watch. 1134 00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:13,080 The other thing I love when you talk about the finishing shoot, 1135 00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:17,800 the the finish line is a very individual moment for the 1136 00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:20,600 athlete. I love the the athletes that 1137 00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:24,200 that find their friends and family in that finishing shoot 1138 00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:26,920 and wander over them for the hug and the photo and all that sort 1139 00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:28,240 of stuff. And then you see some people 1140 00:52:28,240 --> 00:52:32,080 grab their kids and all that sort of, it's a really like for 1141 00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:34,160 all. It's a very individualistic 1142 00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:35,640 sport. It's a very selfish sport. 1143 00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:38,120 It's all about you and your training and all the rest of it. 1144 00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:41,280 But when you get those moments to share with your, your friends 1145 00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:43,920 and your family in that finishing shoot, it is, it's so 1146 00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:46,000 cool. So, so I'll be perched up in the 1147 00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:49,280 VIP section looking at all that. What a beer, man. 1148 00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:53,760 That's my plan anyway. Good plan. 1149 00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:55,560 All right, flip flop. Yeah, I've. 1150 00:52:56,880 --> 00:52:57,960 Changed by the way, I'm not running. 1151 00:52:59,200 --> 00:53:02,200 So I here's what I would say to everybody out there who is 1152 00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:04,160 running this weekend. Do that exercise. 1153 00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:06,600 Think about the things you're looking forward to yeah, break 1154 00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:09,400 up the race however you want to. If you've got friends and family 1155 00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:12,800 that are coming out to sport, make sure you it's very clear on 1156 00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:16,600 where you're gonna be and where for the athlete as well As for 1157 00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:19,320 yourself because I guarantee they'll run past and you won't 1158 00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:21,320 see them. But this is it. 1159 00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:22,760 Enjoy, enjoy. It. 1160 00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:23,840 Enjoy it. Thank. 1161 00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:25,720 Everyone out there, Roddy, every, everyone. 1162 00:53:25,720 --> 00:53:27,480 This is huge. Luck everyone. 1163 00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:30,240 Full Report Mm hmm. And well done to you Coach. 1164 00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:31,360 Thank. You coach. 1165 00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:33,560 You've been fantastic. You got handed. 1166 00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:38,000 You got handed 3 lemons, 2 lemons and A and a pineapple. 1167 00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:40,640 And you're the pineapple. And if you enjoyed listening, 1168 00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:42,640 lace up running. Lace up running. 1169 00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:43,880 Absolutely. Yep. 1170 00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:45,880 And if you. Yeah, well, wait to see how 1171 00:53:45,880 --> 00:53:48,840 Brody goes before Oh. My God, the press is back. 1172 00:53:50,320 --> 00:53:50,600 All right.