1 00:00:00,688 --> 00:00:03,150 Liz Cho: There are going to be bumps in the road, but when I 2 00:00:03,150 --> 00:00:05,700 Liz Cho: am running, I will always say to myself when I am 3 00:00:05,700 --> 00:00:08,310 Liz Cho: tired or my mind is trying to play a trick 4 00:00:08,310 --> 00:00:10,200 Liz Cho: on me, I try to breathe for a second and 5 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,800 Liz Cho: just say, " Okay, I will find my way through this 6 00:00:14,010 --> 00:00:15,329 Liz Cho: and I can go the distance." 7 00:00:19,650 --> 00:00:23,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: Hello everybody and welcome to Set the Pace, the official 8 00:00:23,310 --> 00:00:27,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: podcast of New York Road Runners presented by Peloton. I'm 9 00:00:27,180 --> 00:00:29,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: your host, Rob Simmelkjaer, the CEO of New York Road 10 00:00:29,790 --> 00:00:32,970 Rob Simmelkjaer: Runners. And I'm back after couple of weeks away and 11 00:00:32,970 --> 00:00:35,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: so happy to see the lovely face of my co- 12 00:00:35,820 --> 00:00:40,739 Rob Simmelkjaer: host, Peloton instructor, Becs Gentry. What's up girl? Long time 13 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:41,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: no see. 14 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:45,659 Becs Gentry: We've been separated for weeks, yeah. 15 00:00:45,659 --> 00:00:45,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: We really have. 16 00:00:45,660 --> 00:00:45,661 Becs Gentry: I know. 17 00:00:45,661 --> 00:00:45,662 Rob Simmelkjaer: In forever. 18 00:00:45,662 --> 00:00:48,900 Becs Gentry: I'm like, " What happened?" Where did you go? Where did I go? We'd been 19 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:50,880 Becs Gentry: off. We'd be night ships passing in the night, but 20 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:51,001 Becs Gentry: we're back. 21 00:00:51,001 --> 00:00:51,002 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's great to see you. 22 00:00:51,002 --> 00:00:53,791 Becs Gentry: We're back to our regularly scheduled program. You too. 23 00:00:53,791 --> 00:00:57,420 Rob Simmelkjaer: I love listening to the shows when I was gone, especially 24 00:00:57,420 --> 00:00:58,471 Rob Simmelkjaer: you and Ted last week. 25 00:00:58,471 --> 00:00:58,472 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 26 00:00:58,472 --> 00:01:03,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: You were so great together. And Ted, as always, firing 27 00:01:03,090 --> 00:01:04,860 Rob Simmelkjaer: people up for a race week. 28 00:01:06,270 --> 00:01:06,390 Becs Gentry: Yeah, the perfect breakdown. 29 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:08,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: Totally. And if you haven't listened to that already and 30 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:11,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: you're running that United Airlines NYC Half this weekend, go 31 00:01:11,730 --> 00:01:14,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: back and listen to last week's episode because you and 32 00:01:14,190 --> 00:01:17,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: Ted really do a great job of breaking down everything 33 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:19,650 Rob Simmelkjaer: anybody needs to know about running this race. 34 00:01:20,430 --> 00:01:21,720 Becs Gentry: He was about to give me a job. 35 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:24,810 Rob Simmelkjaer: On the events team? 36 00:01:26,250 --> 00:01:29,010 Becs Gentry: He's like, "What? All right, you're getting the stuff before me." 37 00:01:30,540 --> 00:01:32,970 Rob Simmelkjaer: You know your stuff. You know your stuff. But it 38 00:01:32,970 --> 00:01:36,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: was great. And I just want to say to everybody 39 00:01:36,660 --> 00:01:39,060 Rob Simmelkjaer: out there, have a great weekend if you're running this 40 00:01:39,060 --> 00:01:41,970 Rob Simmelkjaer: weekend. We're so excited that, first and foremost, we're sitting 41 00:01:41,970 --> 00:01:44,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: here on Tuesday, so we don't know for sure, but 42 00:01:44,730 --> 00:01:46,621 Rob Simmelkjaer: the weather's looking good for this weekend. 43 00:01:46,621 --> 00:01:47,010 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 44 00:01:47,010 --> 00:01:48,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: And after this winter we've had. 45 00:01:48,540 --> 00:01:49,710 Becs Gentry: I was going to say that, Rob. 46 00:01:49,710 --> 00:01:54,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: Interruption after interruption. I really was thinking in mid- February, 47 00:01:54,270 --> 00:01:56,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: I was like, " Oh my God, it's never going to 48 00:01:56,100 --> 00:01:59,220 Rob Simmelkjaer: stop snowing here. We're going to have snow on the day 49 00:01:59,220 --> 00:01:59,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: of the half." 50 00:01:59,430 --> 00:02:00,780 Becs Gentry: It's never going to be clear road. 51 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:01,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yes. 52 00:02:01,770 --> 00:02:07,680 Becs Gentry: Yep. No, I think, as you said, in comparison to what we've experienced this winter, Sunday 53 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,610 Becs Gentry: may be slightly cool in the morning, but that is 54 00:02:11,610 --> 00:02:16,710 Becs Gentry: nothing unusual for the UA NYC Half and it is 55 00:02:16,710 --> 00:02:19,770 Becs Gentry: going to feel glorious. I mean, we're sitting here in 56 00:02:19,770 --> 00:02:22,200 Becs Gentry: the middle of a miniature heat wave for the past 57 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,930 Becs Gentry: two days, but we don't want it to be like 58 00:02:24,930 --> 00:02:28,860 Becs Gentry: that. We haven't trained in that right now and it's not 59 00:02:28,860 --> 00:02:32,130 Becs Gentry: the nicest of things to run a race in those 60 00:02:32,250 --> 00:02:36,839 Becs Gentry: unexpected and abnormal temperatures for this time of year. So 61 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,410 Becs Gentry: it's going to be so good. I cannot wait to 62 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:45,000 Becs Gentry: be at the finish line with the broadcast team ready 63 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,919 Becs Gentry: to welcome everybody in. 64 00:02:47,580 --> 00:02:50,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, I'm excited for the runners. Things are looking really 65 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:53,669 Rob Simmelkjaer: good. And Becs, this is really, it's the second- biggest 66 00:02:53,669 --> 00:02:56,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: event on our race calendar at New York Road Runners. It's 67 00:02:56,910 --> 00:03:00,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: the largest half marathon in the United States. For the 68 00:03:00,150 --> 00:03:03,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: second year in a row, runners are going to get 69 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: to cross the iconic Brooklyn Bridge. So many folks who 70 00:03:06,570 --> 00:03:09,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: saw that last year and didn't run, because it was a late 71 00:03:09,750 --> 00:03:11,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: breaking development last year. 72 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:12,000 Becs Gentry: It was. Yeah. 73 00:03:12,030 --> 00:03:14,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: We switched to the Brooklyn Bridge and so many people reached out to me 74 00:03:14,610 --> 00:03:16,110 Rob Simmelkjaer: and were like, " Oh, if I'd known it was going 75 00:03:16,110 --> 00:03:18,389 Rob Simmelkjaer: to go over the Brooklyn Bridge, I would have signed 76 00:03:18,389 --> 00:03:21,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: up this year." Well, you had your chance. Now you can 77 00:03:21,750 --> 00:03:23,970 Rob Simmelkjaer: do it. Now you actually get to experience that. So 78 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:25,889 Rob Simmelkjaer: we're excited for folks to experience it. 79 00:03:26,310 --> 00:03:31,139 Becs Gentry: Absolutely. And the field this year is pretty astonishing. We 80 00:03:31,139 --> 00:03:38,250 Becs Gentry: have professional field, including 27 Olympians and Paralympians from 17 81 00:03:38,250 --> 00:03:41,280 Becs Gentry: different countries. I mean, it just goes to show you, 82 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,680 Becs Gentry: and you can hear more about that in the episode 83 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:48,930 Becs Gentry: with Ted about the vast range of runners who are 84 00:03:48,930 --> 00:03:51,720 Becs Gentry: coming through, not just from the different countries, but the 85 00:03:51,750 --> 00:03:57,210 Becs Gentry: diverse abilities of these runners coming through on Sunday. So 86 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:58,860 Becs Gentry: make sure you check it out, make sure you know 87 00:03:58,860 --> 00:04:03,000 Becs Gentry: who to track because there are definitely some underlying names 88 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,430 Becs Gentry: that you may not necessarily have heard of over the 89 00:04:05,430 --> 00:04:07,800 Becs Gentry: half distance who are showing up to toe the line, 90 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:14,370 Becs Gentry: who really do deserve to have their performances watched closely. 91 00:04:15,180 --> 00:04:16,800 Becs Gentry: I'll be in the booth. I'll keep you guys posted. 92 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:17,160 Becs Gentry: I promise. 93 00:04:18,420 --> 00:04:21,240 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's one of the things that I think is so interesting about the half distance is you've got 94 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,620 Rob Simmelkjaer: the established marathoners who are running down to this distance, 95 00:04:25,620 --> 00:04:29,431 Rob Simmelkjaer: maybe because they're getting ready for a marathon, like Sharon Lokedi is. 96 00:04:29,431 --> 00:04:29,670 Becs Gentry: Yep. 97 00:04:29,670 --> 00:04:32,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: She's defending her Boston title in a month and she's 98 00:04:32,670 --> 00:04:35,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: using this as a springboard as she did very successfully 99 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,220 Rob Simmelkjaer: last year, winning this race last year, then going on 100 00:04:38,220 --> 00:04:39,390 Rob Simmelkjaer: to win Boston. 101 00:04:39,690 --> 00:04:40,291 Becs Gentry: Can't wait to see her. 102 00:04:40,291 --> 00:04:42,990 Rob Simmelkjaer: You've got people like Abel Kipchumba, our defending champion on the 103 00:04:42,990 --> 00:04:45,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: men's side, Geert Schipper. And then you've just got this 104 00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:49,470 Rob Simmelkjaer: incredible array of shorter distance runners who are moving up 105 00:04:49,620 --> 00:04:50,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: to the distance, like Grant Fisher- 106 00:04:50,460 --> 00:04:50,880 Becs Gentry: Yeah, Grant Fisher. 107 00:04:50,881 --> 00:04:55,469 Rob Simmelkjaer: ... who created so much excitement running his first ever 108 00:04:55,470 --> 00:04:57,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: half on the road. So can't wait to see how 109 00:04:57,750 --> 00:05:00,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: that plays out for him. We've got other runners on the 110 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:05,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: American and international side, Galen Rupp, Helen O'Beary, Agnes Ngetich, 111 00:05:06,060 --> 00:05:09,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: Emily Sisson. She's still got the American marathon record. And 112 00:05:09,750 --> 00:05:14,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: our friend, Dakotah Popehn. So it's just an awesome, awesome group of athletes. 113 00:05:14,339 --> 00:05:18,900 Becs Gentry: Absolutely. And then for those of you who are out 114 00:05:18,900 --> 00:05:22,800 Becs Gentry: there cheering and along the route in the iconic Times 115 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:27,300 Becs Gentry: Square area this weekend, we have more than 1, 500 116 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,830 Becs Gentry: kids participating in the free Times Square Kids Run as 117 00:05:31,830 --> 00:05:34,320 Becs Gentry: part of the Rising New York Road Runners Youth Program. 118 00:05:34,589 --> 00:05:37,260 Becs Gentry: We all know it's the cutest thing watching these littles 119 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,570 Becs Gentry: run their races. And I mean, not all of them 120 00:05:39,570 --> 00:05:41,789 Becs Gentry: are little. There are littles up to bigger kids as 121 00:05:41,790 --> 00:05:46,140 Becs Gentry: well doing this. And the runners running the half will 122 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,960 Becs Gentry: be running alongside them, coming past them. And I just think 123 00:05:49,380 --> 00:05:51,660 Becs Gentry: for me, I think Brittany was there, Brittany Bell was 124 00:05:51,660 --> 00:05:53,880 Becs Gentry: stationed there last year. And when we cut to it, 125 00:05:54,330 --> 00:05:58,320 Becs Gentry: it was so heartwarming to see these adults running their 126 00:05:58,350 --> 00:06:02,190 Becs Gentry: 13.1. But as they came through Times Square, they were 127 00:06:02,190 --> 00:06:05,730 Becs Gentry: taking a moment to energize the kids, cheer for their 128 00:06:05,730 --> 00:06:10,320 Becs Gentry: kids, and just share with these youth runners the experience 129 00:06:10,380 --> 00:06:14,969 Becs Gentry: and love that comes from running. And it really does 130 00:06:14,970 --> 00:06:17,520 Becs Gentry: just make you think this is what kids need right 131 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:24,450 Becs Gentry: now is that just unrequited support and motivation, especially on 132 00:06:24,450 --> 00:06:26,670 Becs Gentry: Sunday. So make sure you keep your eyes out for 133 00:06:26,670 --> 00:06:29,040 Becs Gentry: that, whether you're in New York or on the broadcast. 134 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,979 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah. It's always a very special event, the Times Square 135 00:06:31,980 --> 00:06:35,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: Kids Run. Other big news this year, Becs, we moved 136 00:06:35,370 --> 00:06:39,810 Rob Simmelkjaer: the expo for this event, the United Airlines NYC Half 137 00:06:39,810 --> 00:06:42,659 Rob Simmelkjaer: Expo will be held for the first time ever at 138 00:06:42,660 --> 00:06:45,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: the same place the Marathon Expo was held, the Javits 139 00:06:45,300 --> 00:06:49,560 Rob Simmelkjaer: Convention Center from March 12th to 14th. So make sure you know 140 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,150 Rob Simmelkjaer: that. Don't go to the old spot. Go to Javits. 141 00:06:51,570 --> 00:06:52,529 Becs Gentry: Go to Javits. 142 00:06:52,529 --> 00:06:54,089 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's where your bib is waiting for you. 143 00:06:54,089 --> 00:06:56,909 Becs Gentry: Pop over to Peloton and say hi to us as well. 144 00:06:56,910 --> 00:06:59,099 Becs Gentry: If you've never checked out the Peloton Studios New York, 145 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:01,919 Becs Gentry: we are literally a five- minute walk, not even, from 146 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,890 Becs Gentry: the Javits Center. So feel free to pop over, grab 147 00:07:04,890 --> 00:07:07,650 Becs Gentry: a coffee, come say hi to us as well. It 148 00:07:07,650 --> 00:07:09,540 Becs Gentry: might give you a little extra motivation to meet your 149 00:07:09,540 --> 00:07:12,030 Becs Gentry: favorite instructors or whatever. 150 00:07:12,030 --> 00:07:14,640 Rob Simmelkjaer: I love that. That's actually great. It is right around 151 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: the corner. You guys should have a little meet the 152 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:21,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: instructor party over there for people going to the half expo. 153 00:07:21,090 --> 00:07:21,511 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's a great idea. 154 00:07:21,511 --> 00:07:23,190 Becs Gentry: I know. I know. 155 00:07:23,340 --> 00:07:25,530 Rob Simmelkjaer: We're also excited that we're going to have our new 156 00:07:25,530 --> 00:07:28,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: logo and our new branding out in force. This will 157 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,630 Rob Simmelkjaer: be the first race we really have that, so we're 158 00:07:30,630 --> 00:07:33,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: excited about that. And you can follow the race on 159 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:38,220 Rob Simmelkjaer: ABC New York Channel 7, ESPN+, New York Road Runner's 160 00:07:38,220 --> 00:07:42,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: own YouTube channel and the NYRR app, which will include 161 00:07:42,180 --> 00:07:46,260 Rob Simmelkjaer: live runner tracking and coverage of the professional race. So 162 00:07:46,650 --> 00:07:48,631 Rob Simmelkjaer: big, big things happening and we're so excited. 163 00:07:48,631 --> 00:07:48,751 Becs Gentry: So many big things. 164 00:07:48,751 --> 00:07:53,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: I can't believe Becs, this is my fourth time overseeing this 165 00:07:53,250 --> 00:07:53,821 Rob Simmelkjaer: event as CEO. 166 00:07:53,821 --> 00:07:54,331 Becs Gentry: Already? How's that happen? 167 00:07:54,390 --> 00:07:59,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: It blows my mind that it's gone this quickly. It 168 00:07:59,700 --> 00:08:03,330 Rob Simmelkjaer: never feels like old hat. This is still a really 169 00:08:03,330 --> 00:08:06,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: big deal, a really big event. And so many people 170 00:08:06,810 --> 00:08:09,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: have had this circled on their calendar looking forward to 171 00:08:09,930 --> 00:08:13,470 Rob Simmelkjaer: this day for months and months. So it's always so special. 172 00:08:13,590 --> 00:08:16,710 Becs Gentry: It really is. And I think one tip I will 173 00:08:16,710 --> 00:08:18,870 Becs Gentry: give people, I think we've said this before, Rob, but 174 00:08:18,870 --> 00:08:21,210 Becs Gentry: maybe more so with the TCS New York City Marathon 175 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,010 Becs Gentry: when the app was regenerated, if you like. But I 176 00:08:26,010 --> 00:08:28,110 Becs Gentry: think Ted and I may have missed this last week, 177 00:08:28,110 --> 00:08:31,170 Becs Gentry: but download the app now. As soon as you're hearing 178 00:08:31,170 --> 00:08:33,300 Becs Gentry: this, download it now if you don't already have it 179 00:08:33,690 --> 00:08:36,030 Becs Gentry: and try and get all of the runners you want 180 00:08:36,030 --> 00:08:40,920 Becs Gentry: to track into your app on Saturday because it's technology 181 00:08:41,100 --> 00:08:44,190 Becs Gentry: and we don't want you to miss your runners on 182 00:08:44,190 --> 00:08:46,709 Becs Gentry: Sunday because there are going to be thousands. I think 183 00:08:46,710 --> 00:08:49,620 Becs Gentry: there's 30,000 people running. That means there's probably going to 184 00:08:49,620 --> 00:08:54,030 Becs Gentry: be at least 30, 000 people tracking. And that's just one 185 00:08:54,030 --> 00:08:57,480 Becs Gentry: person per runner right there. So we want you to 186 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,490 Becs Gentry: make sure that you can have them. So be prepared 187 00:08:59,490 --> 00:09:02,820 Becs Gentry: as a spectator as well as a runner and make 188 00:09:02,820 --> 00:09:04,470 Becs Gentry: sure you're all lined up. So all you have to 189 00:09:04,470 --> 00:09:07,319 Becs Gentry: do on Sunday morning is wake up, open the app, 190 00:09:07,410 --> 00:09:09,900 Becs Gentry: and you will see how your runners are progressing on 191 00:09:09,900 --> 00:09:13,290 Becs Gentry: this awesome new... Well, I guess we can't call it new anymore, 192 00:09:13,290 --> 00:09:15,929 Becs Gentry: but on the awesome app. 193 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:19,530 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yes, absolutely. I've already started to put my people in there. 194 00:09:19,530 --> 00:09:22,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: And speaking of people to track, coming up on Set 195 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:26,010 Rob Simmelkjaer: the Pace, two of New York City's most popular news 196 00:09:26,010 --> 00:09:29,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: anchors. You know them well from Channel 7 Eyewitness News, 197 00:09:29,340 --> 00:09:32,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: our great partners. They cover the races. Well, these two 198 00:09:32,910 --> 00:09:36,030 Rob Simmelkjaer: are stepping out from behind the anchor desk to actually 199 00:09:36,030 --> 00:09:40,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: run the United Airlines NYC Half this coming Sunday. Liz 200 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,140 Rob Simmelkjaer: Cho and Mike Marza will be joining us in just 201 00:09:43,140 --> 00:09:44,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: a minute. So stay tuned for that. 202 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,939 Becs Gentry: Peloton is taking running and race tech to the next 203 00:09:47,940 --> 00:09:52,470 Becs Gentry: level with the new Peloton Cross Training Series Tread+ powered 204 00:09:52,470 --> 00:09:56,370 Becs Gentry: by Peloton IQ. Built for runners who want top tier 205 00:09:56,370 --> 00:10:00,179 Becs Gentry: performance, the Tread+ helps you train smarter and get race 206 00:10:00,179 --> 00:10:05,550 Becs Gentry: ready with precision. Peloton IQ offers personalized insights that evolve 207 00:10:05,550 --> 00:10:08,880 Becs Gentry: as you progress, so you can fine- tune your pacing 208 00:10:09,030 --> 00:10:12,900 Becs Gentry: and peak at the right moment. And with strength workouts, 209 00:10:12,990 --> 00:10:15,570 Becs Gentry: designed to build the muscle you need to support every 210 00:10:15,570 --> 00:10:19,500 Becs Gentry: mile, your training goes beyond the run. Plus, pace target 211 00:10:19,500 --> 00:10:23,189 Becs Gentry: classes designed to build consistency, boost speed, and improve your 212 00:10:23,190 --> 00:10:27,210 Becs Gentry: splits. Every single run supports your full training cycle, from 213 00:10:27,210 --> 00:10:32,100 Becs Gentry: recovery miles to challenging race pace intervals. Experience our most 214 00:10:32,100 --> 00:10:38,010 Becs Gentry: advanced tread yet at onepeloton. com. Peloton, the official digital 215 00:10:38,010 --> 00:10:40,050 Becs Gentry: fitness partner of New York Road Runners. 216 00:10:40,470 --> 00:10:44,189 Rob Simmelkjaer: There will be nearly 30,000 stories at this week's United 217 00:10:44,190 --> 00:10:47,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: Airlines NYC Half, the kinds of stories that today's guests 218 00:10:48,090 --> 00:10:51,030 Rob Simmelkjaer: spend their days telling on television across the New York 219 00:10:51,030 --> 00:10:54,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: area every day. But this weekend, instead of covering the 220 00:10:54,780 --> 00:10:58,740 Rob Simmelkjaer: stories, they'll be a part of the story. Liz Cho 221 00:10:58,740 --> 00:11:03,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: and Mike Marza are anchors for WABC Channel 7 Eyewitness 222 00:11:03,300 --> 00:11:05,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: News, and together they help report on the events that 223 00:11:06,030 --> 00:11:09,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: shape daily life across the five boroughs of our great 224 00:11:09,210 --> 00:11:12,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: city. This Sunday, they're stepping away from the newsroom and 225 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: on to Eastern Parkway as they both toe the line 226 00:11:16,140 --> 00:11:19,949 Rob Simmelkjaer: at the United Airlines NYC Half. Liz was part of 227 00:11:19,950 --> 00:11:25,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: the ABC relay at the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon, which she 228 00:11:25,020 --> 00:11:28,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: followed up with the NYRR Midnight Run. She was just 229 00:11:28,290 --> 00:11:32,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: getting warmed up apparently. Mike ran the TCS New York 230 00:11:32,610 --> 00:11:37,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: City Marathon for the first time in 2025. And today 231 00:11:37,020 --> 00:11:39,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: we're talking with both of them about what it's like 232 00:11:39,210 --> 00:11:42,510 Rob Simmelkjaer: to cover the stories and run in the middle of 233 00:11:42,510 --> 00:11:45,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: them as well. Liz and Mike, we're thrilled you're running 234 00:11:45,780 --> 00:11:48,059 Rob Simmelkjaer: this weekend. Congratulations and welcome. 235 00:11:49,020 --> 00:11:51,990 Liz Cho: I'm so excited. I'm so excited to be here today 236 00:11:51,990 --> 00:11:57,270 Liz Cho: speaking with you guys. It feels surreal, but thrilled about 237 00:11:57,270 --> 00:11:58,470 Liz Cho: today and this weekend. 238 00:11:58,470 --> 00:12:01,080 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's surreal for me to have you on our podcast. 239 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,420 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's incredible, Liz and Mike. 240 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,360 Mike Marza: I'll tell you what, and Liz and I had talked about this. And you 241 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,209 Mike Marza: guys know more than both of us, but just there 242 00:12:12,210 --> 00:12:17,550 Mike Marza: is this fraternity, this sorority, this group that you feel 243 00:12:17,550 --> 00:12:19,949 Mike Marza: now part of because you do take part in it. 244 00:12:19,950 --> 00:12:21,750 Mike Marza: And it's much more than just the running. And I 245 00:12:21,750 --> 00:12:24,839 Mike Marza: know we're going to get into this, but it's much 246 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,360 Mike Marza: more about being part of the city and the city 247 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,480 Mike Marza: aspect because it truly is a day in the city 248 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,809 Mike Marza: and these two days, the half and the full, it's unlike 249 00:12:33,809 --> 00:12:37,890 Mike Marza: anything I've ever experienced. And I'm so excited to replicate 250 00:12:37,890 --> 00:12:40,589 Mike Marza: that with the half coming up, certainly because I live 251 00:12:40,590 --> 00:12:42,988 Mike Marza: in Brooklyn, it's not too far to get to the starting line. 252 00:12:43,199 --> 00:12:44,010 Mike Marza: So that's going to be great. 253 00:12:44,010 --> 00:12:44,429 Becs Gentry: Very, very true. 254 00:12:44,910 --> 00:12:48,720 Mike Marza: Yeah, it's going to be fun. And Liz and I have pushed each other along this 255 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,199 Mike Marza: journey and it's just, I can see where people get 256 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,480 Mike Marza: bitten by the running bug and they want to continue 257 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,480 Mike Marza: to run and run. And it's grueling and it's fun and it's 258 00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:59,520 Mike Marza: challenging, but it's also really, really fun. 259 00:13:00,090 --> 00:13:00,660 Becs Gentry: It sure is. 260 00:13:00,660 --> 00:13:03,599 Liz Cho: Really, really fun. I will say that the folks in 261 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,839 Liz Cho: our newsroom are so sick and tired of hearing Mike 262 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,420 Liz Cho: and I talk every single day saying, " How many miles did you 263 00:13:09,540 --> 00:13:12,540 Liz Cho: do today?" And literally Mike and I trying to one 264 00:13:12,540 --> 00:13:14,550 Liz Cho: up each other on how much we've run. 265 00:13:15,090 --> 00:13:18,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: Just like every workplace in America where there's a marathon runner or a half marathon 266 00:13:20,070 --> 00:13:23,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: runner, there's always that, " Oh, he's talking about the marathon again." 267 00:13:23,550 --> 00:13:27,870 Becs Gentry: Yep. Again, here we go. Guys, let's take it back 268 00:13:27,870 --> 00:13:32,790 Becs Gentry: though, because you both have covered a lot of New 269 00:13:32,790 --> 00:13:37,530 Becs Gentry: York in your day-to-day jobs as news reporters. What made 270 00:13:37,530 --> 00:13:41,190 Becs Gentry: both of you make the decision to be a part 271 00:13:41,340 --> 00:13:45,510 Becs Gentry: of this amazing day in New York instead of reporting 272 00:13:45,510 --> 00:13:45,780 Becs Gentry: on it? 273 00:13:45,929 --> 00:13:46,380 Liz Cho: Mike, you want to go first? 274 00:13:48,540 --> 00:13:51,540 Mike Marza: If you would like. For me, and I think we've 275 00:13:51,540 --> 00:13:54,630 Mike Marza: talked about this a lot, is because it is such 276 00:13:54,630 --> 00:13:56,670 Mike Marza: a part of the fabric of this city and we 277 00:13:56,670 --> 00:14:01,439 Mike Marza: talk about for the full marathon, 50, 000 stories, this weekend, 30, 278 00:14:01,470 --> 00:14:04,950 Mike Marza: 000 stories. It's just incredible when you're a part of 279 00:14:04,950 --> 00:14:08,850 Mike Marza: it. I didn't really fully appreciate it until I was a 280 00:14:08,850 --> 00:14:11,940 Mike Marza: part of it, but just covering it, every single person 281 00:14:11,940 --> 00:14:14,730 Mike Marza: has a journey to get to even the starting line. 282 00:14:14,730 --> 00:14:17,610 Mike Marza: And that's the incredible part is that they've already run 283 00:14:17,610 --> 00:14:22,800 Mike Marza: their own marathon just to prepare for this. And what 284 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:24,915 Mike Marza: was most striking to me is like being a part 285 00:14:24,915 --> 00:14:28,200 Mike Marza: of the group and running and seeing people who were 286 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,860 Mike Marza: afflicted with different things. Whether they had one leg or 287 00:14:32,070 --> 00:14:34,050 Mike Marza: they were being helped by other people or maybe they 288 00:14:34,050 --> 00:14:37,680 Mike Marza: had cramps along the way. And to see this group 289 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:41,520 Mike Marza: of runners be powered by the people on the sidelines, 290 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,800 Mike Marza: I think for me seeing that for so long and 291 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,160 Mike Marza: then becoming part of it, it truly is a special 292 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,100 Mike Marza: group. And then it just makes you feel like you're 293 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:52,110 Mike Marza: part of something bigger than yourself. 294 00:14:53,790 --> 00:14:55,110 Becs Gentry: I love that. I love that. Liz, how about you? 295 00:14:56,250 --> 00:15:00,090 Liz Cho: When I first moved to New York City 25 years 296 00:15:00,090 --> 00:15:04,350 Liz Cho: ago and I was living on the Upper West Side, I 297 00:15:04,350 --> 00:15:06,630 Liz Cho: would go out to the finish line for the New 298 00:15:06,630 --> 00:15:09,270 Liz Cho: York City Marathon and watch the runners finish. And I 299 00:15:09,270 --> 00:15:13,710 Liz Cho: would be blown away by seeing people cross the finish 300 00:15:13,710 --> 00:15:20,430 Liz Cho: line and just the look of being blown away by 301 00:15:20,430 --> 00:15:25,260 Liz Cho: their own accomplishment and the grit. And I always said 302 00:15:25,260 --> 00:15:26,880 Liz Cho: to myself like, " Oh, that'd be so cool if I 303 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,700 Liz Cho: could ever do something like that," but then would totally 304 00:15:29,700 --> 00:15:32,700 Liz Cho: chicken out. And then I was lucky enough to be 305 00:15:32,700 --> 00:15:36,120 Liz Cho: part of the pasta party with you guys and to 306 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,990 Liz Cho: see the community there and the joy. And so this 307 00:15:39,990 --> 00:15:43,410 Liz Cho: summer when I became an empty nester, my daughter went 308 00:15:43,410 --> 00:15:46,350 Liz Cho: off to college and I had all this empty time 309 00:15:46,350 --> 00:15:49,770 Liz Cho: in my hands and I really felt like I have 310 00:15:49,770 --> 00:15:54,330 Liz Cho: to find a hobby. I need to find a new 311 00:15:54,360 --> 00:16:00,150 Liz Cho: identity. And so all of a sudden the GMA 50 relay 312 00:16:00,150 --> 00:16:02,790 Liz Cho: came about and I just, I had not run in 313 00:16:02,790 --> 00:16:05,160 Liz Cho: a very long time and I said, " I'm just going to do it. I'm 314 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:09,720 Liz Cho: just going to do it and start my journey that 315 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:16,770 Liz Cho: way." And then I was so blown away by running 316 00:16:16,770 --> 00:16:19,980 Liz Cho: in the relay and seeing New York City from a 317 00:16:19,980 --> 00:16:24,150 Liz Cho: completely different perspective as a participant and not just an 318 00:16:24,150 --> 00:16:29,220 Liz Cho: observer. It was one of the most exhilarating experiences of 319 00:16:29,220 --> 00:16:33,120 Liz Cho: my life and the moments of pure joy that you 320 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:38,040 Liz Cho: see along the route. And I only ran the 6. 321 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:43,140 Liz Cho: 2 and I was tearing up. And ever since then, 322 00:16:43,140 --> 00:16:46,290 Liz Cho: I was just like, " It is now or never." And 323 00:16:46,290 --> 00:16:48,540 Liz Cho: so I have just been on the journey and I 324 00:16:48,540 --> 00:16:51,000 Liz Cho: have been loving it every step of the way, I have 325 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:51,570 Liz Cho: been loving it. 326 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: This makes me so happy to hear because it means 327 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: our plan worked, right? That the ABC relay gave her 328 00:16:58,770 --> 00:17:01,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: that taste. It gave all the folks who ran with 329 00:17:01,290 --> 00:17:03,630 Rob Simmelkjaer: you that taste. And we're hoping that some of them 330 00:17:03,630 --> 00:17:05,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: would want to step up and run a longer distance. 331 00:17:05,730 --> 00:17:08,369 Rob Simmelkjaer: And so Liz, now it's you stepping up to the 332 00:17:08,369 --> 00:17:11,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: half distance. Now, Mike, you've run the full before. So 333 00:17:11,940 --> 00:17:14,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: talk a bit about how you are going to approach 334 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: running a half in I don't know how many halfs 335 00:17:17,190 --> 00:17:19,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: you've run. Do you have a time goal in mind? 336 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,389 Rob Simmelkjaer: What are you looking to accomplish on Sunday? 337 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,090 Mike Marza: And I should mention that my wife who works at 338 00:17:24,150 --> 00:17:27,750 Mike Marza: ABC News actually ran the relay with Liz as part of the 339 00:17:27,990 --> 00:17:31,080 Mike Marza: GMA relay. And so for both of us to be 340 00:17:31,350 --> 00:17:35,430 Mike Marza: training along the way, we have three young children. And 341 00:17:35,430 --> 00:17:38,040 Mike Marza: so to find the time just to do that has 342 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:42,450 Mike Marza: been really a big challenge to do. But I think for 343 00:17:42,450 --> 00:17:46,980 Mike Marza: me, running the marathon was a much different aspect because 344 00:17:46,980 --> 00:17:49,980 Mike Marza: leading up to the marathon, it's the summer, the weather 345 00:17:49,980 --> 00:17:53,369 Mike Marza: is nicer. I think the struggles that I've had personally 346 00:17:53,369 --> 00:17:56,100 Mike Marza: leading up to this half is, I mean, two weeks 347 00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:59,280 Mike Marza: ago we had a blizzard and we've had snow on 348 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,200 Mike Marza: the ground for like a month. And even though I 349 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,410 Mike Marza: was still running, sucking in all of that cold air 350 00:18:04,470 --> 00:18:08,699 Mike Marza: and just trying to prepare in that mindset and not knowing 351 00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:10,260 Mike Marza: what the weather's going to be, it sounds like it's 352 00:18:10,260 --> 00:18:12,359 Mike Marza: going to be pretty decent weather for the half. But 353 00:18:12,630 --> 00:18:14,399 Mike Marza: not knowing what that was going to be was a 354 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,540 Mike Marza: much different mindset going into it. I was able to finish 355 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,660 Mike Marza: my first marathon in, well, I'll tell you exactly what 356 00:18:21,660 --> 00:18:26,340 Mike Marza: the time is, three hours, 53 minutes and 42 seconds. 357 00:18:26,369 --> 00:18:27,270 Becs Gentry: Wow, congrats. 358 00:18:27,270 --> 00:18:28,800 Liz Cho: That is so impressive. 359 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:33,210 Mike Marza: Thank you. I didn't know that it was a decent 360 00:18:33,210 --> 00:18:36,930 Mike Marza: time when I was running, but I started getting alerts through my AirPods 361 00:18:36,930 --> 00:18:39,300 Mike Marza: from people who would text me and it would read 362 00:18:39,300 --> 00:18:42,030 Mike Marza: the text to me saying, " Oh my gosh, you're doing 363 00:18:42,030 --> 00:18:45,930 Mike Marza: great. Keep going, keep going." And so I think for 364 00:18:45,930 --> 00:18:48,030 Mike Marza: the going into the half, I would like to try 365 00:18:48,030 --> 00:18:51,300 Mike Marza: to hit that mark maybe around a nine- minute mile. I 366 00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:52,889 Mike Marza: got to try to keep up with Liz, which is 367 00:18:52,890 --> 00:18:54,811 Mike Marza: going to be a challenge because she's going to blaze right past me. 368 00:18:54,811 --> 00:18:54,991 Liz Cho: No. No. 369 00:18:55,619 --> 00:18:58,230 Mike Marza: But I think the biggest thing is I always like to say 370 00:18:58,230 --> 00:19:01,859 Mike Marza: is to finish it and to enjoy the day. And 371 00:19:01,859 --> 00:19:04,290 Mike Marza: every time I say that, I know when I get 372 00:19:04,290 --> 00:19:08,100 Mike Marza: onto the starting line, I'm going to try to perform 373 00:19:08,670 --> 00:19:11,490 Mike Marza: well. But I think for me, it's enjoying, much more 374 00:19:11,490 --> 00:19:13,500 Mike Marza: so because I didn't know going into the marathon what 375 00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:15,030 Mike Marza: I was going to feel, how I was going to 376 00:19:15,030 --> 00:19:18,300 Mike Marza: feel. I truly did just want to finish. My biggest 377 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:21,869 Mike Marza: concern was cramping up, maybe getting an injury along the 378 00:19:21,869 --> 00:19:24,179 Mike Marza: way and not finishing. And I think for this one 379 00:19:24,390 --> 00:19:28,590 Mike Marza: is to enjoy the moment and to enjoy just being 380 00:19:28,590 --> 00:19:30,718 Mike Marza: there and being part of something so special. 381 00:19:31,530 --> 00:19:34,951 Becs Gentry: Yeah. Love that. Liz, what is your goal? 382 00:19:34,951 --> 00:19:37,980 Rob Simmelkjaer: How's this step up been for you, Liz, to this 383 00:19:37,980 --> 00:19:40,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: distance? What's this training been like for you? Especially as 384 00:19:40,950 --> 00:19:43,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: Mike mentioned in this brutal winter we've had. 385 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,930 Liz Cho: I have found that I actually don't mind running in 386 00:19:48,930 --> 00:19:55,380 Liz Cho: rain and snow, which I find surprising because I'm not 387 00:19:55,380 --> 00:19:59,280 Liz Cho: a very adventurous or outdoorsy person, but I have learned 388 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:03,090 Liz Cho: that I like running on the treadmill less. It's really 389 00:20:03,090 --> 00:20:07,980 Liz Cho: hard, really hard to get into the groove on a treadmill. 390 00:20:09,210 --> 00:20:11,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: Despite the fact that my co-host makes her living on a treadmill, I completely agree. 391 00:20:15,510 --> 00:20:19,320 Liz Cho: I know, I know, I know, I know. And I think it's because in 392 00:20:19,530 --> 00:20:22,650 Liz Cho: the treadmill in my basement, you're staring at the wall 393 00:20:22,650 --> 00:20:25,740 Liz Cho: because the television doesn't work. We have awful cell service 394 00:20:25,740 --> 00:20:28,170 Liz Cho: down there and I have no wifi. So I'm literally just 395 00:20:28,170 --> 00:20:29,760 Liz Cho: down there staring at a white wall the whole time. 396 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,340 Liz Cho: So it's hard for me to get into my groove. So I 397 00:20:32,340 --> 00:20:37,170 Liz Cho: always try to just say, " Just layer up and go 398 00:20:37,170 --> 00:20:41,369 Liz Cho: outside, you warm up." And somehow I always find a 399 00:20:41,369 --> 00:20:43,770 Liz Cho: groove. There have been some runs that have been much 400 00:20:43,770 --> 00:20:50,700 Liz Cho: harder than others. But my whole approach to all of 401 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:53,520 Liz Cho: this, so when I ran the relay, I had a 402 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,130 Liz Cho: girlfriend send me flowers and it came with this card 403 00:20:56,490 --> 00:21:01,530 Liz Cho: that says grit and hustle equals gristle. And then it 404 00:21:01,740 --> 00:21:05,070 Liz Cho: came with another saying that says, " It's about grit and 405 00:21:05,070 --> 00:21:08,130 Liz Cho: willing to work harder than whatever is working against you 406 00:21:08,130 --> 00:21:11,129 Liz Cho: no matter what." And so I took that very early 407 00:21:11,130 --> 00:21:14,730 Liz Cho: on and I just said, " I have to lean into 408 00:21:14,730 --> 00:21:16,679 Liz Cho: that." I'm just going to lean into it. And there are going 409 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,270 Liz Cho: to be some days that are going to be easier than 410 00:21:18,270 --> 00:21:21,600 Liz Cho: others. And in terms of building the miles, I would 411 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:26,340 Liz Cho: just keep it consistent during the weeks of like five 412 00:21:26,340 --> 00:21:30,030 Liz Cho: and six every few days. And then on a Saturday, 413 00:21:30,030 --> 00:21:31,830 Liz Cho: I would be like, " Okay, let's see if we can 414 00:21:31,830 --> 00:21:34,649 Liz Cho: do eight today. Let's see if we can do nine. 415 00:21:34,650 --> 00:21:36,929 Liz Cho: How did I feel after the nine?" There was a 416 00:21:36,930 --> 00:21:39,330 Liz Cho: while where I would get to 10 and I would 417 00:21:39,630 --> 00:21:43,350 Liz Cho: freak myself out and just think like, " Okay, do I 418 00:21:43,350 --> 00:21:47,490 Liz Cho: have what it takes to go in?" And Janai Norman, 419 00:21:47,490 --> 00:21:50,820 Liz Cho: who is an ABC News correspondent and GMA anchor, she 420 00:21:50,820 --> 00:21:53,400 Liz Cho: ran the marathon. And I remember seeing her the day 421 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,700 Liz Cho: after the marathon and she was talking about it because 422 00:21:56,700 --> 00:21:59,699 Liz Cho: she was standing there looking so spectacular in a suit 423 00:21:59,700 --> 00:22:04,320 Liz Cho: and heels the day after running a marathon. And she 424 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,570 Liz Cho: was just saying, " Sometimes when you're out there running, your 425 00:22:06,570 --> 00:22:10,830 Liz Cho: mind, it plays tricks on you. It tells you you cannot 426 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:13,919 Liz Cho: do it, but it's just a trick." And so I 427 00:22:14,250 --> 00:22:17,580 Liz Cho: took that and I was like, " Okay, in those moments when 428 00:22:17,580 --> 00:22:19,770 Liz Cho: I am running and my body is saying or my 429 00:22:19,770 --> 00:22:22,260 Liz Cho: head's saying to me, " I just want to stop." I'm 430 00:22:22,260 --> 00:22:24,209 Liz Cho: just going to try to like, " No, this is a 431 00:22:24,210 --> 00:22:27,930 Liz Cho: trick. Let's just see if we can keep going."" And 432 00:22:27,930 --> 00:22:32,459 Liz Cho: that carried me through some moments where I was like, " 433 00:22:32,460 --> 00:22:34,500 Liz Cho: I don't know if I can do this." And then 434 00:22:35,190 --> 00:22:38,369 Liz Cho: Mike knows in our building, because we are owned by 435 00:22:38,369 --> 00:22:42,869 Liz Cho: Disney, our newsroom is on the sixth floor and our 436 00:22:42,869 --> 00:22:44,820 Liz Cho: studio is on the fourth floor. So when I go 437 00:22:44,820 --> 00:22:47,010 Liz Cho: down to the studio every day, I take the stairs 438 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:52,709 Liz Cho: and at every landing, there is a Disney movie quote. 439 00:22:52,710 --> 00:22:56,970 Liz Cho: So sometimes it's like, " To infinity and beyond," and whatnot. 440 00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:57,301 Mike Marza: That's the one I was going to say. Yeah. Yeah. 441 00:22:57,301 --> 00:23:02,850 Liz Cho: But on the sixth floor, when I leave the newsroom 442 00:23:03,180 --> 00:23:05,880 Liz Cho: every day to go down to the studio, there's one 443 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,960 Liz Cho: from Hercules, which I had never heard before, which is, " 444 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,619 Liz Cho: I will find my way, I can go the distance." 445 00:23:14,130 --> 00:23:18,179 Liz Cho: And I have taken that now and I have adapted 446 00:23:18,180 --> 00:23:23,100 Liz Cho: it to everything in every day. There are going to 447 00:23:23,100 --> 00:23:25,200 Liz Cho: be bumps on the road. There are going to be moments 448 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:29,760 Liz Cho: where you just want to be like, " Ugh." But when 449 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,280 Liz Cho: I am running, I will always say to myself when I 450 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,740 Liz Cho: am tired or my mind is trying to play a 451 00:23:34,740 --> 00:23:37,200 Liz Cho: trick on me, I try to breathe for a second 452 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:41,340 Liz Cho: and just say, " Okay, I will find my way through 453 00:23:41,340 --> 00:23:44,220 Liz Cho: this and I can go the distance." And so that 454 00:23:44,220 --> 00:23:50,310 Liz Cho: now is my prevailing thought when I am running and 455 00:23:50,310 --> 00:23:53,820 Liz Cho: it helped. It helped. And it's helped me build so I 456 00:23:53,820 --> 00:23:57,030 Liz Cho: can get to the 13.1. I have not gone past 457 00:23:57,030 --> 00:24:03,060 Liz Cho: that yet, but I feel like I think this is 458 00:24:03,060 --> 00:24:05,100 Liz Cho: as good as it's going to get heading into this 459 00:24:05,100 --> 00:24:06,450 Liz Cho: weekend mentally. 460 00:24:06,450 --> 00:24:11,340 Becs Gentry: Amazing. I love that you're utilizing the Disney quotes, the 461 00:24:11,340 --> 00:24:13,859 Becs Gentry: mantras, but making them your own, because I think that's 462 00:24:13,859 --> 00:24:17,159 Becs Gentry: really important in this world because we can open our 463 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,100 Becs Gentry: phones, we can take a Peloton class, whatever, and hear 464 00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:24,149 Becs Gentry: mantras taken from somebody else, but the whole thing may 465 00:24:24,150 --> 00:24:26,820 Becs Gentry: not resonate for you. So I love that advice to 466 00:24:26,820 --> 00:24:29,460 Becs Gentry: people of like, " Mold it into what's going to actually 467 00:24:29,460 --> 00:24:34,680 Becs Gentry: make you motivated in those words." As you mentioned work, 468 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,560 Becs Gentry: Liz, let's talk about the newsroom because I think a 469 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,280 Becs Gentry: lot of our listeners would love to know the vibe 470 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,939 Becs Gentry: in the newsroom when you and Mike told your colleagues 471 00:24:45,270 --> 00:24:48,510 Becs Gentry: that you were going to run this race. What was 472 00:24:48,510 --> 00:24:50,280 Becs Gentry: everyone's reaction? How has it been? 473 00:24:50,910 --> 00:24:54,869 Liz Cho: I think with Mike, they know that Mike is going 474 00:24:54,869 --> 00:24:58,619 Liz Cho: to... He's an accomplished marathoner now. 475 00:24:58,619 --> 00:25:01,080 Mike Marza: Don't know about that. I mean, I finished. 476 00:25:02,189 --> 00:25:05,970 Liz Cho: In this world of us amateur runners. And I will also 477 00:25:05,970 --> 00:25:09,419 Liz Cho: say that Mike and I also very much look up 478 00:25:09,420 --> 00:25:15,210 Liz Cho: to Sam Ryan who has run 13 to 14 marathons, 479 00:25:15,270 --> 00:25:19,320 Liz Cho: and she has been the one who has been our 480 00:25:19,380 --> 00:25:22,710 Liz Cho: coach. And in fact, she gave me my own little 481 00:25:22,710 --> 00:25:25,680 Liz Cho: care package to bring to the starting line. 482 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:27,090 Becs Gentry: Oh my goodness, the sweetest. 483 00:25:27,090 --> 00:25:32,609 Liz Cho: Yes. Yes. No, so she's been our mama bear helping us through this. 484 00:25:32,609 --> 00:25:32,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: Love it. 485 00:25:32,850 --> 00:25:33,300 Becs Gentry: Love Sam. 486 00:25:33,300 --> 00:25:36,390 Liz Cho: And she was like, " Bring a poncho in case it rains." 487 00:25:37,140 --> 00:25:38,550 Becs Gentry: Oh my, stop. She's adorable. 488 00:25:39,510 --> 00:25:43,290 Liz Cho: She's the best. I think the newsroom has been very 489 00:25:43,290 --> 00:25:49,230 Liz Cho: tolerant of us because we work in, all of our 490 00:25:49,230 --> 00:25:53,190 Liz Cho: desks are right next to each other. So we're talking 491 00:25:53,190 --> 00:25:56,010 Liz Cho: about the news and all of the very serious headlines that 492 00:25:56,010 --> 00:25:59,490 Liz Cho: are happening every single day, but then there will be 493 00:25:59,490 --> 00:26:05,280 Liz Cho: some moments where Mike and I will get a little 494 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:06,179 Liz Cho: competitive with one another. 495 00:26:06,898 --> 00:26:09,810 Mike Marza: Well, that's what I was going to say, not to interrupt, but so I'll know when 496 00:26:09,810 --> 00:26:12,330 Mike Marza: Liz, it'll be a Monday, I'll know when Liz had 497 00:26:12,330 --> 00:26:15,720 Mike Marza: a great running weekend because she's over there, she's got 498 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:19,859 Mike Marza: this standing desk, she's working hard preparing for the newscast. 499 00:26:20,369 --> 00:26:22,470 Mike Marza: And she'll look over to me and I happen to 500 00:26:22,470 --> 00:26:25,020 Mike Marza: be right on that same row. And she says, " So did you 501 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:30,419 Mike Marza: run this weekend?" And I'll say, " Yeah, maybe I got 502 00:26:30,420 --> 00:26:34,260 Mike Marza: like four or six in." She's like, "Oh." Waiting for me to say, " Well, 503 00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:36,990 Mike Marza: how many did you do?" " You know, I did like 504 00:26:37,050 --> 00:26:43,590 Mike Marza: 12. I did a little 12, I guess." And so I'll know when 505 00:26:43,590 --> 00:26:47,070 Mike Marza: she's had a successful time because she'll do that. And 506 00:26:47,070 --> 00:26:50,429 Mike Marza: then David Novarro just rolls his eyes. He's like, " The 507 00:26:50,430 --> 00:26:51,750 Mike Marza: runners are at it again." 508 00:26:53,070 --> 00:26:55,860 Liz Cho: He's like, " I think they just tune us out now." 509 00:26:56,490 --> 00:26:57,421 Mike Marza: That's true. That's true. 510 00:26:57,421 --> 00:26:57,422 Rob Simmelkjaer: Liz. 511 00:26:57,422 --> 00:26:57,423 Mike Marza: They put their own AirPods in. Yeah, exactly. 512 00:26:57,423 --> 00:27:02,490 Becs Gentry: Yeah. We can't listen to this anymore. 513 00:27:02,910 --> 00:27:02,911 Mike Marza: Exactly. 514 00:27:02,911 --> 00:27:03,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: Liz is officially a runner. If she's doing that, okay. She's asking that little question. 515 00:27:03,450 --> 00:27:11,340 Becs Gentry: The potential, when can I one up? 516 00:27:11,340 --> 00:27:11,341 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's right. 517 00:27:11,341 --> 00:27:12,149 Becs Gentry: How can I one up? I love it. I love it. 518 00:27:13,740 --> 00:27:15,510 Liz Cho: That's the best thing you could ever say to me 519 00:27:15,510 --> 00:27:17,429 Liz Cho: because it's so funny because Dave Novarro said to me 520 00:27:17,430 --> 00:27:19,649 Liz Cho: yesterday, he was like, " You're really a runner now." And 521 00:27:19,650 --> 00:27:21,510 Liz Cho: I was like, " I don't think I can call myself 522 00:27:21,510 --> 00:27:25,650 Liz Cho: that yet." I haven't run a first real big race. 523 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,190 Liz Cho: I still have imposter syndrome. So the fact that Rob 524 00:27:29,190 --> 00:27:30,120 Liz Cho: Simmelkjaer just said that to me is praise. 525 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:35,940 Rob Simmelkjaer: You're a runner, Liz. You're a runner. At the finish line, when I see you, I'll put that 526 00:27:35,940 --> 00:27:39,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: medal around your neck and it will be even more official at 527 00:27:39,090 --> 00:27:41,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: that point. So we can't wait to see that happen. 528 00:27:42,060 --> 00:27:42,630 Liz Cho: Oh my God. 529 00:27:42,630 --> 00:27:46,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: Mike, I'm thinking about you and the role that you 530 00:27:46,290 --> 00:27:51,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: play in the city. You sit in the chair, the anchor 531 00:27:51,540 --> 00:27:56,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: chair that has been occupied by so many great journalists 532 00:27:56,730 --> 00:27:58,679 Rob Simmelkjaer: in the history of this city. I'm old enough to 533 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:03,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: remember Bill Beutel at Eyewitness News. Obviously, Bill Ritter, who 534 00:28:03,210 --> 00:28:06,119 Rob Simmelkjaer: worked with Liz for so many years, was such a 535 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: staple in our city. You're now in that chair. And 536 00:28:09,930 --> 00:28:13,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: I'm wondering for you, it must have been really cool 537 00:28:13,350 --> 00:28:17,640 Rob Simmelkjaer: to run the marathon because you get to know this 538 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,609 Rob Simmelkjaer: city in a different way when you run the marathon. 539 00:28:20,609 --> 00:28:23,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: I grew up in New York. I was born in 540 00:28:23,700 --> 00:28:27,389 Rob Simmelkjaer: Manhattan and I never really felt I knew New York 541 00:28:27,780 --> 00:28:31,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: until I'd run the marathon. It took me to neighborhoods 542 00:28:31,260 --> 00:28:34,470 Rob Simmelkjaer: I'd never been to. I really understood it in a 543 00:28:34,470 --> 00:28:38,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: different way. As you cover the news, having run the 544 00:28:38,100 --> 00:28:40,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: TCS New York City Marathon, do you sometimes say, " Oh, 545 00:28:40,890 --> 00:28:43,920 Rob Simmelkjaer: let's send it over to Kemberly Richardson and sit this 546 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: spot or somebody else in that spot." I'm like, have 547 00:28:46,950 --> 00:28:48,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: a little moment where you're like, " Oh, I ran through 548 00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:50,280 Rob Simmelkjaer: there. I know where she is." 549 00:28:51,660 --> 00:28:54,300 Mike Marza: Absolutely. It is incredible. I mean, in a lot of 550 00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:59,729 Mike Marza: ways, I think about my journey at Witness News as 551 00:28:59,730 --> 00:29:05,520 Mike Marza: a marathon. I'm only on mile or two. Just to 552 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,010 Mike Marza: have the privilege of being in the race, same thing 553 00:29:08,010 --> 00:29:10,650 Mike Marza: I felt when I actually ran the... I feel the 554 00:29:10,650 --> 00:29:14,340 Mike Marza: same thing about being part of this group. And Liz, 555 00:29:14,430 --> 00:29:18,300 Mike Marza: certainly one of the pillars of that, I think being part of 556 00:29:18,300 --> 00:29:21,540 Mike Marza: the group also, you lean on other people, including Bill, 557 00:29:21,990 --> 00:29:24,780 Mike Marza: who's been an incredible mentor to me and still is, 558 00:29:25,050 --> 00:29:28,620 Mike Marza: great friend and just a truly special person, much like 559 00:29:28,620 --> 00:29:33,030 Mike Marza: Sam Ryan has been in my marathon journey. But whether 560 00:29:33,030 --> 00:29:35,370 Mike Marza: I was covering news out on the streets or now 561 00:29:35,430 --> 00:29:39,120 Mike Marza: running through these neighborhoods, to your point, getting to feel 562 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,120 Mike Marza: the energy of the different boroughs. I mean, there's a 563 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:46,590 Mike Marza: part in the Bronx where you're running and the spectators are 564 00:29:46,590 --> 00:29:49,500 Mike Marza: close in on the course, and it's almost like they 565 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:55,140 Mike Marza: slingshot you in those final back third of the miles, 566 00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:57,989 Mike Marza: which is just incredible. And you feel that energy. And 567 00:29:57,990 --> 00:30:00,930 Mike Marza: I remember covering different things whether it was positive or 568 00:30:00,930 --> 00:30:02,760 Mike Marza: negative in different parts of the city, and to your 569 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,720 Mike Marza: point, whether it's Kemberly Richardson or you have Michelle Charlesworth 570 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,900 Mike Marza: out there. And we would always toss to them and say, " 571 00:30:09,900 --> 00:30:11,550 Mike Marza: Okay, let's go to the people." And you see the 572 00:30:11,550 --> 00:30:14,610 Mike Marza: runners and then to have that reverse angle. And to 573 00:30:14,610 --> 00:30:16,680 Mike Marza: feel the energy, and I think that's really the only 574 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,520 Mike Marza: way to describe it, is that when you're running through 575 00:30:20,850 --> 00:30:24,540 Mike Marza: people who are... Some people are brunching, and I mean, 576 00:30:24,540 --> 00:30:27,990 Mike Marza: the champagne bottles are popping, and it's 9: 00 AM, and they're 577 00:30:27,990 --> 00:30:31,440 Mike Marza: acting like it's maybe 10: 00 PM at the club. They're 578 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,650 Mike Marza: so excited just to be close to the runners. It's 579 00:30:34,650 --> 00:30:36,989 Mike Marza: a wild sight. You have kids who are holding up 580 00:30:36,990 --> 00:30:41,430 Mike Marza: signs, the creativity of New Yorkers and the signs they 581 00:30:41,430 --> 00:30:51,780 Mike Marza: hold up, right? One woman said, " Finish the 26.2 and 582 00:30:51,780 --> 00:30:54,750 Mike Marza: you could take me on a date," or something maybe 583 00:30:54,750 --> 00:30:58,620 Mike Marza: more suggestive than that. And it was a wild scene 584 00:31:00,180 --> 00:31:03,120 Mike Marza: as you're running through it. And that's what's cool about 585 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,610 Mike Marza: the whole experience is that you get to see the 586 00:31:05,610 --> 00:31:08,910 Mike Marza: different characteristics, whether you're running through Williamsburg and there are 587 00:31:09,090 --> 00:31:13,200 Mike Marza: two or three blocks that just in that neighborhood, they 588 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:17,430 Mike Marza: have other obligations that day, there's no one for a 589 00:31:17,430 --> 00:31:20,580 Mike Marza: block or two. And then you come into this explosion 590 00:31:20,580 --> 00:31:24,420 Mike Marza: of energy on Fifth Avenue in that slow climb. And 591 00:31:24,420 --> 00:31:27,570 Mike Marza: Sam Ryan said, " Well, you're going to see the screen 592 00:31:28,290 --> 00:31:31,230 Mike Marza: where it's going to lead the turn into Central Park." 593 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,890 Mike Marza: But it felt like it was 20 miles away because 594 00:31:34,890 --> 00:31:38,820 Mike Marza: of that slow incline. And to feel the people experiencing 595 00:31:38,820 --> 00:31:41,520 Mike Marza: that with me in a different way was really cool. 596 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:43,590 Mike Marza: But to your point, yeah, you just love this city. I 597 00:31:43,590 --> 00:31:45,780 Mike Marza: mean, I'm ready to run right now, to be honest, 598 00:31:45,780 --> 00:31:50,160 Mike Marza: because it gets you so fired up to think about 599 00:31:50,790 --> 00:31:53,010 Mike Marza: because they're going to remember that too from a different 600 00:31:53,010 --> 00:31:55,110 Mike Marza: angle, but they're going to say, like Liz was saying, " 601 00:31:55,140 --> 00:31:57,960 Mike Marza: I remember going to watch the marathon. I remember when 602 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:01,260 Mike Marza: this runner did blank and this." So people taking shots of 603 00:32:01,260 --> 00:32:08,280 Mike Marza: fireball, actually runners, runners take it. And I'm like, "How is this happening? I'm just trying 604 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,650 Mike Marza: to get to my next gel station." You know what I 605 00:32:10,650 --> 00:32:14,700 Mike Marza: mean? But it's fun. It's fun. It's unlike anything I've 606 00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:15,360 Mike Marza: ever experienced. 607 00:32:15,780 --> 00:32:21,330 Liz Cho: Yeah. And to peg off of that, the news is really hard these 608 00:32:21,330 --> 00:32:28,440 Liz Cho: days, internationally, in our country, and in New York City. 609 00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:31,230 Liz Cho: And there are days where I know Mike and I 610 00:32:31,230 --> 00:32:34,770 Liz Cho: leave the newsroom and you just shake your head because 611 00:32:35,370 --> 00:32:39,630 Liz Cho: it can be hard to process. So you cannot underestimate 612 00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:45,000 Liz Cho: the beauty of marathon day because there is such a 613 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:50,970 Liz Cho: collective joy. It is New York City in this most 614 00:32:51,060 --> 00:32:55,350 Liz Cho: beautiful light to see all the different colors, all the 615 00:32:55,350 --> 00:33:01,110 Liz Cho: diversity, everyone coming together towards one thing and everyone working 616 00:33:01,110 --> 00:33:04,830 Liz Cho: so hard, whether it's the NYPD protecting the city, whether 617 00:33:04,830 --> 00:33:09,570 Liz Cho: it's New York Road Runners putting on this massive production, 618 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:14,610 Liz Cho: sanitation helping to clean up afterwards, the runners and all 619 00:33:14,610 --> 00:33:18,690 Liz Cho: their stories, the volunteers who are there helping the runners 620 00:33:18,690 --> 00:33:24,540 Liz Cho: and all of the supporters. To have New York City 621 00:33:24,750 --> 00:33:30,090 Liz Cho: shine in such a beautiful light, you have to recognize 622 00:33:30,090 --> 00:33:32,940 Liz Cho: that. And it is such an awesome experience. 623 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:33,451 Rob Simmelkjaer: Thank you, Liz. 624 00:33:33,451 --> 00:33:38,520 Mike Marza: I will say, well, I was just going to, just real quick to Liz's point, because I think it's 625 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:42,030 Mike Marza: something certainly today to be said. When you're running, everybody 626 00:33:42,030 --> 00:33:44,700 Mike Marza: is a New Yorker. They're not a Democrat, they're not 627 00:33:44,700 --> 00:33:48,000 Mike Marza: a Republican, they're not an independent. It doesn't matter what 628 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,790 Mike Marza: part of the city you're from, everybody unites under that New 629 00:33:50,790 --> 00:33:55,110 Mike Marza: Yorker flag and that marathon or half marathon day, and 630 00:33:55,110 --> 00:33:57,719 Mike Marza: that's just something that we need so much right now. 631 00:33:57,780 --> 00:34:00,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah. That's why we call it the best day of 632 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: the year in New York City. And it truly is. 633 00:34:03,180 --> 00:34:06,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: No one ever debates it. Becs, when I listen to 634 00:34:06,540 --> 00:34:09,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: Liz Cho wax poetic about marathon day in New York 635 00:34:09,750 --> 00:34:12,359 Rob Simmelkjaer: City, and she's completely right. But do you know what I hear 636 00:34:13,020 --> 00:34:15,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: when I hear that? I hear someone who's maybe going 637 00:34:15,930 --> 00:34:18,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: to use this NYC Half as a springboard. 638 00:34:18,839 --> 00:34:19,950 Becs Gentry: I would say so. 639 00:34:20,190 --> 00:34:20,549 Rob Simmelkjaer: Just me. 640 00:34:20,549 --> 00:34:22,620 Liz Cho: I'm hoping. I'm hoping. 641 00:34:22,620 --> 00:34:23,219 Rob Simmelkjaer: Is that your hope? 642 00:34:25,109 --> 00:34:27,030 Liz Cho: That is my hope. I will say this. 643 00:34:27,030 --> 00:34:27,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: Breaking news. 644 00:34:29,430 --> 00:34:32,400 Liz Cho: Crossing a marathon finish line is a bucket list thing. 645 00:34:33,060 --> 00:34:36,719 Liz Cho: And I am of a certain age that I need 646 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:41,400 Liz Cho: to start crossing those bucket list things off. So if 647 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:45,210 Liz Cho: I can get through Sunday and I can cross that 648 00:34:45,210 --> 00:34:49,800 Liz Cho: finish line and feel proud of my performance, I would 649 00:34:50,580 --> 00:34:53,279 Liz Cho: hope that this will springboard me to that next level. 650 00:34:53,820 --> 00:34:54,180 Becs Gentry: We'd love that. 651 00:34:54,180 --> 00:34:54,660 Liz Cho: We'll see. 652 00:34:54,660 --> 00:34:58,080 Becs Gentry: We'll take it. We'll take it. Let's talk about how you 653 00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:02,430 Becs Gentry: train. A lot of our listeners are well- versed marathon 654 00:35:02,460 --> 00:35:07,020 Becs Gentry: racers or brand new. We have a huge, huge variety 655 00:35:07,020 --> 00:35:09,510 Becs Gentry: of people listening to this podcast. And I think from 656 00:35:09,510 --> 00:35:12,989 Becs Gentry: the outset, looking at both of you, it's really hard 657 00:35:12,989 --> 00:35:16,680 Becs Gentry: to comprehend how you train with a job that's quite 658 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,610 Becs Gentry: unpredictable. You don't know, as you said, Liz, the world 659 00:35:20,610 --> 00:35:24,690 Becs Gentry: is heavy. New York is in a rough place right 660 00:35:24,690 --> 00:35:29,040 Becs Gentry: now. And how have both of you incorporated training for 661 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:35,910 Becs Gentry: this race alongside having to deal with potentially terrible breaking 662 00:35:35,910 --> 00:35:39,299 Becs Gentry: news or things that are just playing on your mind 663 00:35:39,300 --> 00:35:40,469 Becs Gentry: over and over again? 664 00:35:42,629 --> 00:35:48,750 Liz Cho: Well, so I am a creature of habit. So I've 665 00:35:48,750 --> 00:35:53,520 Liz Cho: had to build it into my morning routine. I have 666 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:57,210 Liz Cho: a 90- minute commute into the city most days, so 667 00:35:57,210 --> 00:36:00,000 Liz Cho: I make sure that I get up extra early and 668 00:36:00,030 --> 00:36:00,720 Liz Cho: I pound some caffeine. 669 00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:01,440 Becs Gentry: How early? 670 00:36:02,700 --> 00:36:04,080 Liz Cho: I get up around 5: 00 AM. 671 00:36:04,319 --> 00:36:04,650 Becs Gentry: Okay. 672 00:36:05,340 --> 00:36:07,950 Liz Cho: And not that early, because I know that there are 673 00:36:07,950 --> 00:36:12,060 Liz Cho: some runners who are out there like 3: 00 AM. I 674 00:36:12,210 --> 00:36:12,720 Liz Cho: cannot do that. 675 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:14,670 Becs Gentry: 5: 00 is still very early. 676 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:19,830 Liz Cho: And so I get up, I pound some caffeine because 677 00:36:19,830 --> 00:36:22,830 Liz Cho: I need the caffeine. And then I just set out. 678 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,969 Liz Cho: My goal is during the week to do two days 679 00:36:29,969 --> 00:36:33,690 Liz Cho: of strength training because after I ran the midnight run 680 00:36:33,690 --> 00:36:36,030 Liz Cho: and I had not done any strength training before then, 681 00:36:36,030 --> 00:36:39,000 Liz Cho: I realize that I was in a lot of pain. 682 00:36:39,330 --> 00:36:42,060 Liz Cho: So I have tried to work, incorporate two days of 683 00:36:42,060 --> 00:36:49,440 Liz Cho: strength training. And then Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday of running. Early 684 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,950 Liz Cho: morning, Friday, I take my day. I don't run on 685 00:36:52,950 --> 00:36:57,300 Liz Cho: Fridays, and then I do long runs on Saturdays, and 686 00:36:57,300 --> 00:37:01,080 Liz Cho: then a shorter run on Sundays. And then strength train 687 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,320 Liz Cho: on Mondays. But I have to get up. It is 688 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:08,730 Liz Cho: the first thing that I do, caffeinated with a playlist, 689 00:37:08,820 --> 00:37:14,580 Liz Cho: out I go. Because soon as work is done, I don't have 690 00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:15,030 Liz Cho: the energy. 691 00:37:15,030 --> 00:37:16,620 Becs Gentry: Your brain's in a different place, I'm sure. 692 00:37:17,310 --> 00:37:17,549 Liz Cho: Yeah. Yeah. 693 00:37:17,549 --> 00:37:18,299 Rob Simmelkjaer: Mike, how about you? 694 00:37:18,299 --> 00:37:20,940 Liz Cho: Not to mention I have 10 pounds of makeup on my face at 695 00:37:20,940 --> 00:37:21,450 Liz Cho: that point too, so. 696 00:37:22,950 --> 00:37:22,951 Becs Gentry: Tell me about it. 697 00:37:22,950 --> 00:37:27,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: Mike, what about you? Are you in the city? What's your routine? 698 00:37:28,350 --> 00:37:32,790 Mike Marza: Yeah, so I'm at Brooklyn. I'm not far from Disney 699 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:36,510 Mike Marza: and from WABC, but I will say for me, it's 700 00:37:37,290 --> 00:37:40,800 Mike Marza: really juggling the three kids in their obligations. The benefit 701 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,509 Mike Marza: I do have now with running is that because I 702 00:37:42,510 --> 00:37:46,739 Mike Marza: work nights, I do have some time in the morning. 703 00:37:48,690 --> 00:37:51,569 Mike Marza: Leading up to the marathon, I did the Road Runners 704 00:37:51,660 --> 00:37:55,530 Mike Marza: suggested training pallet for the most part. I did develop 705 00:37:55,530 --> 00:37:58,081 Mike Marza: some Achilles tendonitis during the marathon lead up. 706 00:37:58,081 --> 00:37:58,561 Becs Gentry: I'm sorry. 707 00:37:58,890 --> 00:38:02,250 Mike Marza: Which was really... Yeah, it was just... I appreciate that. And for all 708 00:38:02,250 --> 00:38:04,380 Mike Marza: the runners who have dealt with that, it is something 709 00:38:04,380 --> 00:38:06,540 Mike Marza: so nagging. I remember Liz and I talked about it. 710 00:38:06,540 --> 00:38:10,259 Mike Marza: I got the compression sleeves. And to take a break 711 00:38:10,260 --> 00:38:12,930 Mike Marza: for a week and a half or two weeks just 712 00:38:12,930 --> 00:38:17,460 Mike Marza: to rest. That was honestly harder than running was not 713 00:38:17,460 --> 00:38:20,460 Mike Marza: running because I felt like I was falling behind and 714 00:38:20,460 --> 00:38:22,350 Mike Marza: I knew that getting back into it was going to 715 00:38:22,350 --> 00:38:26,100 Mike Marza: be challenging. So that was really tough to deal with 716 00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:27,540 Mike Marza: and a setback that I know a lot of runners 717 00:38:27,540 --> 00:38:29,460 Mike Marza: deal with, which are these injuries that you have to 718 00:38:29,460 --> 00:38:33,989 Mike Marza: fight through. So thankfully this time around, it hasn't been 719 00:38:33,989 --> 00:38:37,290 Mike Marza: that acute, but the weather has been a big deal 720 00:38:37,290 --> 00:38:40,380 Mike Marza: as we talked about. But now, yesterday and today, I 721 00:38:40,380 --> 00:38:42,180 Mike Marza: mean, it is so nice- 722 00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:42,240 Liz Cho: Gorgeous. 723 00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:45,630 Mike Marza: ... to get these final few miles in. I didn't 724 00:38:45,630 --> 00:38:48,900 Mike Marza: follow the same training path for the hassle, see how 725 00:38:48,900 --> 00:38:50,850 Mike Marza: that goes, but I usually try to get at least 726 00:38:50,850 --> 00:38:52,710 Mike Marza: six miles a day. I'll do my long runs as 727 00:38:52,710 --> 00:38:55,830 Mike Marza: well. But I strength train probably four to five times 728 00:38:55,830 --> 00:38:56,970 Mike Marza: a week on top of the running. 729 00:38:56,970 --> 00:38:57,240 Rob Simmelkjaer: Wow. Awesome. 730 00:38:57,780 --> 00:38:59,940 Mike Marza: So I'll run like seven or eight miles and then 731 00:39:00,210 --> 00:39:03,509 Mike Marza: get some strength training in too. But I did not 732 00:39:03,510 --> 00:39:07,230 Mike Marza: do enough squats before the marathon and that elevation killed 733 00:39:07,230 --> 00:39:10,680 Mike Marza: me. So we'll see if I prepared enough for the 734 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:14,160 Mike Marza: half, but it's definitely the time commitment. And for everybody 735 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,080 Mike Marza: who's a runner, and I know we all know this, but 736 00:39:16,710 --> 00:39:18,960 Mike Marza: it's the part that I don't think I fully embrace 737 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:23,730 Mike Marza: because I'll tell Rhiannon here at the house, " If I 738 00:39:23,730 --> 00:39:25,350 Mike Marza: have to do a long run, I'll be back in 739 00:39:25,350 --> 00:39:28,230 Mike Marza: a couple hours." And she's like, " Couple hours?" And I'm saying, " 740 00:39:28,230 --> 00:39:30,330 Mike Marza: Well, you got to do the math." And that's what 741 00:39:30,330 --> 00:39:33,180 Mike Marza: it becomes when you're leading up to it. So definitely 742 00:39:33,180 --> 00:39:35,730 Mike Marza: the time commitment and just trying to battle through some 743 00:39:35,730 --> 00:39:37,950 Mike Marza: of the nicks and stuff you get along the way 744 00:39:37,950 --> 00:39:39,211 Mike Marza: is part of the experience. 745 00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:43,320 Becs Gentry: Yeah. And it's crazy as a parent. I mean, you have 746 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:44,430 Becs Gentry: three kids, correct? 747 00:39:44,610 --> 00:39:45,091 Mike Marza: Three kids. Yeah. 12, 10 and seven. 748 00:39:45,091 --> 00:39:45,092 Becs Gentry: Right. 749 00:39:45,091 --> 00:39:45,093 Mike Marza: Years old young. 750 00:39:45,092 --> 00:39:52,140 Becs Gentry: Yeah. You're juggling their schedules as well as your schedule. 751 00:39:52,140 --> 00:39:54,480 Becs Gentry: They're at that age, I'm sure, where they've got commitments 752 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,870 Becs Gentry: that they've got to fulfill. And as you say to 753 00:39:57,870 --> 00:40:00,870 Becs Gentry: your wife, Rhiannon, " Bye for two hours." And she's like, " 754 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,200 Becs Gentry: Okay, cool. Just the four of us. Just going to 755 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,029 Becs Gentry: stay here then, I guess, and we'll wait for you 756 00:40:06,030 --> 00:40:08,040 Becs Gentry: sweaty thing to come back. Cool." 757 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:08,969 Liz Cho: Right, exactly. 758 00:40:10,259 --> 00:40:12,840 Mike Marza: No, that's what the kids usually say, my daughter, who she actually 759 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:16,140 Mike Marza: plays basketball. She's on three basketball teams. I actually coach 760 00:40:16,140 --> 00:40:17,100 Mike Marza: one of the teams. 761 00:40:17,219 --> 00:40:17,310 Becs Gentry: Oh my gosh. 762 00:40:17,610 --> 00:40:21,570 Mike Marza: Fourth grade. So he always says, " Oh, daddy's been running. 763 00:40:21,570 --> 00:40:24,989 Mike Marza: Look how sweaty he is." But it's also something, and 764 00:40:24,989 --> 00:40:26,520 Mike Marza: I think it's important that we talk about this too, 765 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,190 Mike Marza: because I think for all the moms, the dads out 766 00:40:29,190 --> 00:40:33,330 Mike Marza: there, I just think it's awesome for them to see. That 767 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:35,580 Mike Marza: says too. And I try to run with my son 768 00:40:35,580 --> 00:40:38,160 Mike Marza: who's 12 and he runs a mile or two and 769 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,260 Mike Marza: trying to get him into it. I'm looking forward to 770 00:40:40,260 --> 00:40:42,359 Mike Marza: him getting involved in some of the Road Runners, the 771 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,930 Mike Marza: youth programs. But I think just for saying, " Here's a 772 00:40:45,930 --> 00:40:49,380 Mike Marza: goal. Daddy's not a runner, but I'm going to run 773 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,600 Mike Marza: and I'm going to try to work through these things." 774 00:40:52,110 --> 00:40:55,110 Mike Marza: And they saw me at the finish line at the 775 00:40:55,110 --> 00:40:58,920 Mike Marza: marathon and they still talk about... I think that's honestly 776 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,500 Mike Marza: the most memorable experience of the day, if I'm being 777 00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:05,820 Mike Marza: honest, is that seeing their, I often say joy because 778 00:41:05,820 --> 00:41:07,650 Mike Marza: they're still young, they're like, "All right, what are we going to 779 00:41:07,650 --> 00:41:09,690 Mike Marza: do next? Daddy's done with his thing that he did 780 00:41:09,690 --> 00:41:13,950 Mike Marza: this morning." But I've heard them tell their friends, " Hey, 781 00:41:14,250 --> 00:41:15,509 Mike Marza: my dad did the marathon." 782 00:41:16,050 --> 00:41:16,469 Becs Gentry: Wow. 783 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:21,090 Mike Marza: And that's cool for me, and that honestly helps me go forward too. 784 00:41:21,750 --> 00:41:25,680 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's really cool. It's really cool. And Liz, I love 785 00:41:26,219 --> 00:41:28,680 Rob Simmelkjaer: what you said earlier about the fact that you're an 786 00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:32,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: empty nester now, and this is your time to do 787 00:41:32,730 --> 00:41:36,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: this because I have to say, I've got two kids, 788 00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:39,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: 17 and 12, so I've got a ways to go, but 789 00:41:39,150 --> 00:41:42,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: there is no day I dread more than the day 790 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:46,469 Rob Simmelkjaer: I drop my youngest daughter off to college. It is 791 00:41:47,310 --> 00:41:51,060 Rob Simmelkjaer: so scary to me. And that next day of like, " 792 00:41:51,060 --> 00:41:54,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: Wait, what am I doing? Anyway, who am I? Why 793 00:41:54,540 --> 00:41:55,380 Rob Simmelkjaer: do I exist?" 794 00:41:55,530 --> 00:41:55,739 Liz Cho: Right. 795 00:41:55,739 --> 00:41:59,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, you've got a job, but it's a massive void, 796 00:41:59,070 --> 00:42:03,029 Rob Simmelkjaer: right? So it's so great that you're filling it with 797 00:42:03,029 --> 00:42:05,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: this. And I know there are a lot of people who can relate to that. 798 00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:09,600 Liz Cho: And it was really hard. And my daughter, who is 799 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,480 Liz Cho: now a freshman in college in New York City, thankfully, 800 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:16,980 Liz Cho: so she is close, she's a dancer. She's getting a 801 00:42:16,980 --> 00:42:19,950 Liz Cho: BFA in dance. And so I was always the dance 802 00:42:19,950 --> 00:42:25,920 Liz Cho: mom who was traveling with her, constantly only thinking about 803 00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:30,180 Liz Cho: her needs and what we can do to help her 804 00:42:30,180 --> 00:42:33,450 Liz Cho: out. So then when she left for school, it was 805 00:42:33,450 --> 00:42:36,780 Liz Cho: literally like, " Oh my God, what am I going to 806 00:42:36,780 --> 00:42:41,190 Liz Cho: do? Who am I?" And so the running really helped 807 00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:49,380 Liz Cho: me figure out what are my needs. Is it appropriate 808 00:42:49,380 --> 00:42:52,350 Liz Cho: for me to think about my own needs and wants 809 00:42:52,350 --> 00:42:55,109 Liz Cho: and stuff like that again? And then realizing like, "No, no, no, 810 00:42:55,110 --> 00:42:59,730 Liz Cho: I can do that." And to talk about what Mike 811 00:42:59,730 --> 00:43:02,850 Liz Cho: was saying, when I would say to her, I'm like, " 812 00:43:02,850 --> 00:43:05,040 Liz Cho: Oh, I just finished my first eight miles." And she'd 813 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,440 Liz Cho: be like, " Oh my God, mom, that's really cool." And to 814 00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:11,640 Liz Cho: have your 18- year- old daughter say to me last week, " 815 00:43:12,210 --> 00:43:15,210 Liz Cho: I really respect what you were doing." I was like, " 816 00:43:15,750 --> 00:43:21,600 Liz Cho: Oh my God, that's amazing, amazing." And I was lucky 817 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:24,299 Liz Cho: enough, she was so blown away because she was at 818 00:43:24,300 --> 00:43:27,660 Liz Cho: the finish line at the marathon after I finished my 6. 819 00:43:27,930 --> 00:43:31,680 Liz Cho: 2. And she was really excited about it that she 820 00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:35,489 Liz Cho: ran with me New Year's Eve in the Midnight Run 821 00:43:35,969 --> 00:43:38,580 Liz Cho: because she was so excited about it and wanted to 822 00:43:38,580 --> 00:43:42,239 Liz Cho: feel... She wanted to be a little bit part of 823 00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:44,279 Liz Cho: that community and to see what it was like. And 824 00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:46,739 Liz Cho: it was such an awesome experience. We finished the finish 825 00:43:46,739 --> 00:43:48,960 Liz Cho: line holding hands and stuff like that. It was just 826 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,250 Liz Cho: the greatest thing in the world. 827 00:43:51,630 --> 00:43:54,060 Becs Gentry: I mean, that's what makes all of this so special, 828 00:43:54,090 --> 00:43:57,569 Becs Gentry: not just as parents, obviously that really amplifies it. But 829 00:43:58,290 --> 00:44:01,350 Becs Gentry: the people that you are inspiring on the other side 830 00:44:01,380 --> 00:44:04,890 Becs Gentry: of the screen, whether it is literally the TV screen 831 00:44:04,890 --> 00:44:08,610 Becs Gentry: where you're reporting, or also through Instagram and however you're 832 00:44:08,610 --> 00:44:14,130 Becs Gentry: communicating this. It's just incredible to know that not just your 833 00:44:14,130 --> 00:44:15,840 Becs Gentry: daughter was inspired to go out for a run, there 834 00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,690 Becs Gentry: could be another young girl or young boy looking at 835 00:44:18,690 --> 00:44:21,480 Becs Gentry: you both and being like, " Oh, actually I want to 836 00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:23,730 Becs Gentry: be a news reporter when I grow up. And they're 837 00:44:23,730 --> 00:44:26,940 Becs Gentry: running, so I'm going to try it too because it 838 00:44:26,940 --> 00:44:29,219 Becs Gentry: makes them happy. So maybe it'll make me happy," or these 839 00:44:29,219 --> 00:44:33,000 Becs Gentry: correlations. Yeah, that's another reason why I think it is 840 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:36,030 Becs Gentry: the best day ever because you watch people in real 841 00:44:36,030 --> 00:44:41,640 Becs Gentry: life just fulfilling these goals and that pride just emanates 842 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:46,050 Becs Gentry: from people just... Still, I'm sure a year down the 843 00:44:46,050 --> 00:44:47,910 Becs Gentry: line when you see this race, and Mike, when you 844 00:44:47,910 --> 00:44:50,340 Becs Gentry: next see the TCS New York City Marathon, you're just 845 00:44:50,340 --> 00:44:52,410 Becs Gentry: going to feel that pride bubble up again and be like, " 846 00:44:52,469 --> 00:44:54,149 Becs Gentry: Oh yeah, I did that. I did that. That's really cool." 847 00:44:54,690 --> 00:44:57,450 Liz Cho: And then when things aren't working out well, you can 848 00:44:57,450 --> 00:45:00,779 Liz Cho: say to yourself like, " Okay, so how do I take 849 00:45:00,810 --> 00:45:06,239 Liz Cho: from those hard moments out running and apply it to 850 00:45:06,540 --> 00:45:11,040 Liz Cho: my everyday? How is it that I can carry that 851 00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:14,550 Liz Cho: through and then make these hard moments a little bit 852 00:45:14,550 --> 00:45:19,290 Liz Cho: more tolerable, help me see through it?" And I love 853 00:45:19,290 --> 00:45:22,440 Liz Cho: that aspect of running. I have fallen in love with 854 00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:27,989 Liz Cho: the mental part of running and the discipline and the 855 00:45:28,020 --> 00:45:33,450 Liz Cho: learning how to be flexible with yourself, but also pushing 856 00:45:33,450 --> 00:45:37,290 Liz Cho: yourself through what can be some really hard moments. And 857 00:45:37,290 --> 00:45:41,400 Liz Cho: also whatever you bring with you to the starting line, 858 00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:44,969 Liz Cho: whether it was a bad day or a bad conversation 859 00:45:44,969 --> 00:45:47,760 Liz Cho: to work through it while you're out running to clear 860 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:50,340 Liz Cho: your head and feel lighter at the end of it. 861 00:45:50,550 --> 00:45:50,791 Liz Cho: So much. 862 00:45:50,791 --> 00:45:54,689 Rob Simmelkjaer: All right. So we've got some rapid fire runner questions we like 863 00:45:54,689 --> 00:45:54,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: to throw at people. 864 00:45:54,780 --> 00:45:54,781 Becs Gentry: Because you are both runners. 865 00:45:54,781 --> 00:45:59,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: We already know they're both runners. We've established that and we already 866 00:45:59,790 --> 00:46:02,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: know some of these, but let's do a little rapid 867 00:46:02,190 --> 00:46:05,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: fire. Mike, we'll start with you. Coffee before a run 868 00:46:05,700 --> 00:46:06,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: or after? 869 00:46:07,590 --> 00:46:12,090 Mike Marza: Definitely before. Always before and after. Always coffee. 870 00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:13,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: Both? Before and after. What about during? 871 00:46:16,710 --> 00:46:20,190 Mike Marza: I would take a shot of espresso along the route. Absolutely. Absolutely. 872 00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,330 Becs Gentry: Caffeine in your gels, do you have caffeine in your gels? 873 00:46:25,469 --> 00:46:27,660 Mike Marza: I don't do a lot of the gels, but I'll 874 00:46:27,660 --> 00:46:28,440 Mike Marza: do a couple. 875 00:46:28,860 --> 00:46:29,160 Becs Gentry: Okay. 876 00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:31,260 Mike Marza: And absolutely caffeinated. Yes. 877 00:46:31,500 --> 00:46:32,550 Becs Gentry: Oh, my goodness. 878 00:46:32,550 --> 00:46:34,739 Rob Simmelkjaer: Liz, we know you need your coffee before. What about 879 00:46:34,739 --> 00:46:35,489 Rob Simmelkjaer: during and after? 880 00:46:35,489 --> 00:46:39,150 Liz Cho: A hundred percent. No, I am a coffee before and 881 00:46:39,150 --> 00:46:39,241 Liz Cho: then that is it. 882 00:46:39,241 --> 00:46:39,331 Rob Simmelkjaer: Smart move. 883 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:42,359 Becs Gentry: Very smart move. 884 00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:44,100 Liz Cho: But three shots of espresso. 885 00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:45,120 Becs Gentry: Oh my good Lord. 886 00:46:46,380 --> 00:46:47,220 Liz Cho: And then I'm ready to go. 887 00:46:47,219 --> 00:46:48,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: I don't get to move in whether you're going for a 888 00:46:48,660 --> 00:46:50,791 Rob Simmelkjaer: run or not, you're going to be running around your room. Exactly. 889 00:46:50,791 --> 00:46:50,792 Liz Cho: Yes. 890 00:46:50,792 --> 00:46:55,440 Becs Gentry: I am such a weakly caffeinated person as in I never really 891 00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:58,049 Becs Gentry: drink coffee and I get so worried. 892 00:46:58,650 --> 00:46:58,651 Rob Simmelkjaer: Natural energy. Natural energy. So annoying. 893 00:46:58,651 --> 00:47:04,469 Becs Gentry: With the heart rate. Natural, yeah, whatever. I've just been doing it for too 894 00:47:04,469 --> 00:47:07,920 Becs Gentry: long. Okay. Mike, for you and then we'll come to you 895 00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:10,500 Becs Gentry: Liz. Favorite place in New York to run? 896 00:47:11,310 --> 00:47:12,029 Mike Marza: Prospect Park. 897 00:47:12,690 --> 00:47:14,130 Becs Gentry: Yay, he likes the hills. 898 00:47:17,130 --> 00:47:19,620 Liz Cho: I love Central Park and running around the Jackie Onassis 899 00:47:19,620 --> 00:47:22,350 Liz Cho: Reservoir. That's where I started out 10 years ago running 900 00:47:22,350 --> 00:47:25,260 Liz Cho: and it's just beautiful. Beautiful. 901 00:47:25,380 --> 00:47:25,980 Becs Gentry: Iconic. 902 00:47:26,850 --> 00:47:29,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, it's pretty good. Okay. Favorite borough, especially for you, 903 00:47:29,820 --> 00:47:32,880 Rob Simmelkjaer: Mike, you've run all five. Favorite borough to run in? 904 00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:34,800 Mike Marza: Brooklyn. 905 00:47:34,830 --> 00:47:35,011 Rob Simmelkjaer: Of course. 906 00:47:35,011 --> 00:47:35,012 Becs Gentry: Brooklyn. 907 00:47:35,011 --> 00:47:38,250 Mike Marza: I mean, Brooklyn, that's where I'm at. Yes, no. Yeah. But 908 00:47:38,250 --> 00:47:43,110 Mike Marza: Brooklyn, hands down. The energy that slingshots you right at 909 00:47:43,110 --> 00:47:44,730 Mike Marza: the beginning of the course, no doubt. 910 00:47:44,969 --> 00:47:46,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: What about you, Liz, with the race coming up this 911 00:47:46,890 --> 00:47:49,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: weekend? You'll be doing a lot of Brooklyn miles. Have 912 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:50,489 Rob Simmelkjaer: you run much in Brooklyn before? 913 00:47:51,090 --> 00:47:54,120 Liz Cho: I have not. I have not run in Brooklyn at all. 914 00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:59,640 Liz Cho: So I am really looking forward to every aspect of 915 00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:02,819 Liz Cho: it. I think obviously running across the Brooklyn Bridge is 916 00:48:02,820 --> 00:48:06,810 Liz Cho: going to be a breathtaking moment. I know last year 917 00:48:06,810 --> 00:48:09,810 Liz Cho: it was really foggy, which I don't think weather- wise 918 00:48:09,810 --> 00:48:12,690 Liz Cho: we will have that this year, but I think just... 919 00:48:13,050 --> 00:48:16,170 Liz Cho: I mean, how many people get to say, " I ran 920 00:48:16,170 --> 00:48:17,400 Liz Cho: over the Brooklyn Bridge." 921 00:48:17,969 --> 00:48:18,271 Becs Gentry: That's it. 922 00:48:18,270 --> 00:48:22,020 Liz Cho: And then also running through Times Square has got to be iconic 923 00:48:22,020 --> 00:48:24,691 Liz Cho: as well. So I'm really looking forward to both of those moments. 924 00:48:24,690 --> 00:48:27,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's a really special route. Thank you, Liz. It's a really 925 00:48:27,270 --> 00:48:29,969 Rob Simmelkjaer: special route. The Brooklyn Bridge edition has made it so 926 00:48:29,969 --> 00:48:32,219 Rob Simmelkjaer: fun. A little less elevation too, by the way. Manhattan 927 00:48:32,219 --> 00:48:32,969 Rob Simmelkjaer: Bridge is higher. 928 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,020 Becs Gentry: Manhattan is steeper. 929 00:48:34,020 --> 00:48:34,171 Rob Simmelkjaer: So you're welcome. 930 00:48:34,171 --> 00:48:34,172 Becs Gentry: Brooklyn is longer. 931 00:48:34,172 --> 00:48:34,173 Liz Cho: Thank you. 932 00:48:34,173 --> 00:48:42,270 Becs Gentry: I think. Okay. If you listen to things when you run, what 933 00:48:42,270 --> 00:48:43,230 Becs Gentry: do you listen to? 934 00:48:43,230 --> 00:48:47,700 Mike Marza: I actually listen to the news. 935 00:48:48,270 --> 00:48:48,810 Becs Gentry: No way. 936 00:48:48,810 --> 00:48:53,880 Mike Marza: I do. I listen to the news. 937 00:48:53,940 --> 00:48:54,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's amazing. 938 00:48:55,050 --> 00:48:56,881 Becs Gentry: Current news or do you listen to your shows? 939 00:48:56,881 --> 00:48:56,882 Mike Marza: Live news. 940 00:48:56,882 --> 00:48:56,883 Becs Gentry: Live news. Oh my God. 941 00:48:56,883 --> 00:49:04,770 Mike Marza: I listen to Liz. No, I listen to the news 942 00:49:04,770 --> 00:49:08,280 Mike Marza: because so much is changing. And so there are inevitably news 943 00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:11,880 Mike Marza: conferences happening and I'll be preparing for the job as 944 00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,521 Mike Marza: I'm listening just because I want to feel connected to the current events. 945 00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:18,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: This is a man who was born for his job. Okay? 946 00:49:21,719 --> 00:49:21,720 Liz Cho: Literally. 947 00:49:21,720 --> 00:49:21,721 Rob Simmelkjaer: He is listening to the news. 948 00:49:21,721 --> 00:49:24,061 Becs Gentry: He literally eats, drinks, moves, and sleeps with the news. 949 00:49:24,061 --> 00:49:24,062 Liz Cho: Yes. 950 00:49:24,062 --> 00:49:24,422 Mike Marza: Pretty much. Pretty much. And coffee. Coffee is the news. 951 00:49:29,610 --> 00:49:31,290 Liz Cho: I do not listen to the news. I do not listen to the news. I have 952 00:49:31,290 --> 00:49:36,089 Liz Cho: to listen to music. So my playlist starts off with 953 00:49:36,090 --> 00:49:39,480 Liz Cho: Phil Collins, Take Me Home, that gets me into it. 954 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:39,839 Becs Gentry: What a hit. 955 00:49:40,530 --> 00:49:43,739 Liz Cho: And then I've got the killers. I've got Bruce Springsteen. 956 00:49:43,739 --> 00:49:45,360 Liz Cho: I've got a lot of Taylor Swift. 957 00:49:46,050 --> 00:49:46,290 Becs Gentry: Perfect. 958 00:49:46,290 --> 00:49:48,750 Liz Cho: I will say this. A lot of the times towards 959 00:49:48,750 --> 00:49:51,870 Liz Cho: the end, I am singing out loud. So I've got 960 00:49:51,870 --> 00:49:57,060 Liz Cho: Donna Summer, MacArthur Park. I've got a lot of Pink, 961 00:49:57,060 --> 00:49:58,711 Liz Cho: Kelly Clarkson, anything that I can sing to. 962 00:49:58,711 --> 00:50:02,009 Rob Simmelkjaer: Liz, we got to share playlists. I like what you're doing there. 963 00:50:02,010 --> 00:50:03,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: I like a lot of what you just put out 964 00:50:03,690 --> 00:50:07,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: there. Let's talk offline. We can do some playlists. Okay. Last 965 00:50:07,890 --> 00:50:10,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: question. What's the first meal that you both are going 966 00:50:10,950 --> 00:50:14,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: to want to eat after you finish on Sunday? 967 00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:19,620 Mike Marza: For me, probably chicken parm, something like that. 968 00:50:19,980 --> 00:50:24,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah. That's good caloric intake. Absolutely. You got a place 969 00:50:24,900 --> 00:50:27,480 Rob Simmelkjaer: you like for that, Mike, or you got homemade plans? 970 00:50:28,739 --> 00:50:32,640 Mike Marza: There's Giovanni's, which is around the corner from us here 971 00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:35,040 Mike Marza: in Brooklyn. Michael takes care of us. 972 00:50:35,340 --> 00:50:35,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: Nice. 973 00:50:35,910 --> 00:50:35,970 Mike Marza: Yeah. Giovanni's a good spot. 974 00:50:35,970 --> 00:50:41,521 Becs Gentry: That's a good spot. 975 00:50:41,521 --> 00:50:45,690 Liz Cho: I'm thinking of burger and french fries. Definitely french fries. I'm leaning 976 00:50:45,690 --> 00:50:46,830 Liz Cho: towards a burger right now. 977 00:50:48,989 --> 00:50:52,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: Can't go wrong. It tastes so much better. Guys, I 978 00:50:52,710 --> 00:50:54,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: cannot wait to see you both this week. And I 979 00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:57,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: have officially put you both in my tracker already in 980 00:50:57,900 --> 00:50:59,821 Rob Simmelkjaer: the app. So I'm tracking you. 981 00:50:59,821 --> 00:51:00,751 Becs Gentry: We will be watching you. 982 00:51:00,750 --> 00:51:02,969 Rob Simmelkjaer: There will be many others tracking you. I'm sure in 983 00:51:03,060 --> 00:51:05,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: the newsroom, everyone's going to be tracking the two of you. 984 00:51:05,820 --> 00:51:09,210 Becs Gentry: They're going to be so thrilled for Monday morning when you can't talk 985 00:51:09,210 --> 00:51:10,711 Becs Gentry: about it. Well, maybe Tuesday. 986 00:51:10,711 --> 00:51:10,861 Liz Cho: I know. Right? 987 00:51:11,580 --> 00:51:14,070 Becs Gentry: Maybe Tuesday. They'll give you Monday as the day of 988 00:51:14,070 --> 00:51:16,830 Becs Gentry: honor, the day of parading your medals around, and then 989 00:51:16,830 --> 00:51:18,360 Becs Gentry: Tuesday they're going to be like, no more. 990 00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:19,831 Liz Cho: Yeah, exactly. Exactly. 991 00:51:19,831 --> 00:51:20,489 Mike Marza: Until Liz starts searching the next half. 992 00:51:20,489 --> 00:51:20,700 Liz Cho: Until the next race. 993 00:51:22,350 --> 00:51:23,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: Exactly. The next race. 994 00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:26,969 Liz Cho: I'm already in the Brooklyn half, so I cannot wait. 995 00:51:26,969 --> 00:51:28,620 Liz Cho: So I'm already on to the next one after that. 996 00:51:28,620 --> 00:51:30,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: She's ready. She is coming strong. 997 00:51:30,210 --> 00:51:32,670 Becs Gentry: She's got it all lined up. We just need to add that TCS 998 00:51:32,670 --> 00:51:34,920 Becs Gentry: New York City Marathon onto it for November. 999 00:51:34,980 --> 00:51:37,410 Rob Simmelkjaer: Well, I'm excited for both of you, Mike and Liz, 1000 00:51:37,410 --> 00:51:40,650 Rob Simmelkjaer: especially for you as your first half. It's a special 1001 00:51:40,650 --> 00:51:43,260 Rob Simmelkjaer: thing to cross a finish line like that for the 1002 00:51:43,260 --> 00:51:46,110 Rob Simmelkjaer: first time. So can't wait to see you at the finish line. 1003 00:51:46,170 --> 00:51:48,181 Rob Simmelkjaer: Good luck. Thank you for joining us. 1004 00:51:48,180 --> 00:51:48,300 Liz Cho: Thank you guys. 1005 00:51:48,300 --> 00:51:51,060 Rob Simmelkjaer: Thank you for all the awesome coverage you guys give 1006 00:51:51,060 --> 00:51:53,609 Rob Simmelkjaer: us as well at Channel 7 of the marathons. 1007 00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:54,209 Liz Cho: It's a real honor. 1008 00:51:54,210 --> 00:51:55,980 Rob Simmelkjaer: Of everything we do at Road Runners all year long. 1009 00:51:55,980 --> 00:51:59,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: I really appreciate you guys, your whole team there. My 1010 00:51:59,700 --> 00:52:03,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: friend Marilu Galvez and everybody at Channel 7 WABC. So 1011 00:52:03,180 --> 00:52:05,640 Rob Simmelkjaer: thanks for joining us and we'll see you at the finish line. 1012 00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:05,819 Liz Cho: Thank you. 1013 00:52:06,690 --> 00:52:07,440 Mike Marza: Thank you. 1014 00:52:07,830 --> 00:52:11,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: All right. 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Learn more and contribute at nyrr. org/ donate. 1022 00:52:39,270 --> 00:52:41,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: All right, that does it for another episode of Set 1023 00:52:41,700 --> 00:52:43,860 Rob Simmelkjaer: the Pace. We want to thank our guest today from 1024 00:52:43,860 --> 00:52:47,880 Rob Simmelkjaer: Channel 7, WABC, Liz Cho and Mike Marza. Best of 1025 00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:51,510 Rob Simmelkjaer: luck to them. Best of luck to everyone who is running 1026 00:52:51,810 --> 00:52:55,080 Rob Simmelkjaer: the United Airlines NYC Half this weekend. Can't wait to 1027 00:52:55,080 --> 00:52:59,129 Rob Simmelkjaer: see you all at the finish line. Remember, get yourselves ready, bring 1028 00:52:59,130 --> 00:53:02,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: some extra clothes for the start. Don't get cold. And 1029 00:53:02,100 --> 00:53:06,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: also respect the distance. 13.1 is not a short amount 1030 00:53:06,690 --> 00:53:09,239 Rob Simmelkjaer: of mileage to run, so make sure you listen to 1031 00:53:09,239 --> 00:53:11,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: your body and slow down when you need to. But 1032 00:53:11,910 --> 00:53:14,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: if you're feeling strong, go for it. Hope to see 1033 00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:17,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: you at the finish line. Have a great, great time at the 1034 00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:19,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: expo and thanks for listening. We'll see you then.