WEBVTT - Exciting Changes Are Coming for Set the Pace 0:00:00.510 --> 0:00:04.860 Everything must change. I always say change is the only 0:00:04.860 --> 0:00:07.080 constant. We've been thinking a little bit about how we 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:11.400 can optimize this platform that we have to do what 0:00:11.400 --> 0:00:14.370 we always have wanted to do most, which is tell 0:00:14.370 --> 0:00:22.050 great stories about the transformative power of running. Hey everybody, 0:00:22.050 --> 0:00:24.900 and welcome to Set the Pace, the official podcast of 0:00:24.900 --> 0:00:28.319 New York Road Runners presented by Peloton. I'm your host, 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:30.930 the CEO of New York Road Runners, Rob Simmelkjaer, and 0:00:30.930 --> 0:00:36.029 with me, the birthday girl and Peloton instructor, Becs Gentry, 0:00:36.030 --> 0:00:40.920 who had a milestone birthday this past weekend. Happy birthday, Becs. 0:00:42.750 --> 0:00:43.050 Thank you. Thank you. 0:00:43.680 --> 0:00:44.790 Can we share? Can we share the milestone? 0:00:46.140 --> 0:00:49.050 Of course. Of course. It was the big four- oh. 0:00:49.050 --> 0:00:52.290 The big four- oh club. That's right. It's hard to believe looking 0:00:52.290 --> 0:00:55.530 at you that you're anything above 29 years old, but 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:56.730 the birth certificate- 0:00:56.730 --> 0:00:56.940 I'll take it. 0:00:56.940 --> 0:00:57.781 Says what it says. So happy birthday. 0:00:57.781 --> 0:01:03.330 Yeah, 1986, baby. Thank you so much. It was a truly 0:01:03.390 --> 0:01:07.110 wonderful celebration. I feel like I didn't stop celebrating from 0:01:07.110 --> 0:01:10.830 Thursday night where a bunch of my friends, I love 0:01:10.830 --> 0:01:15.840 going to the Othership, which is in Williamsburg. It's a contrast 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:19.410 therapy place. It's amazing. And Austin and I go quite 0:01:19.410 --> 0:01:21.660 often on a Thursday before we pick up Tallulah from 0:01:21.660 --> 0:01:25.290 school. And we went and we're really good friends with 0:01:25.290 --> 0:01:28.140 a lot of our neighbors. They all showed up. Quite 0:01:28.140 --> 0:01:30.899 a few Peloton instructors were there and other friends. It 0:01:30.900 --> 0:01:34.140 was amazing. Just to be surprised by my friends in 0:01:34.140 --> 0:01:37.950 a boiling hot sauna was brilliant. And then Austin whisked 0:01:37.950 --> 0:01:41.100 me away for the weekend to the Cayman Islands for 0:01:41.100 --> 0:01:41.610 a surprise. 0:01:41.700 --> 0:01:42.630 Oh, that's amazing. 0:01:42.630 --> 0:01:43.381 It was unreal. Yeah. 0:01:43.381 --> 0:01:48.330 That's fantastic. What a great way. I always like to ask people this when they 0:01:48.330 --> 0:01:53.309 get to milestone birthdays, which is this, how does your 0:01:53.310 --> 0:01:56.160 life at 40 compare to what you thought it would 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:58.410 be at 40 when you were say, 20? 0:01:58.410 --> 0:02:03.960 Oh, God. I thought I'd be so old. I thought 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:06.960 I'd be so old, so serious. I thought I'd have 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:08.520 everything figured out. 0:02:09.930 --> 0:02:10.981 You're none of those things. 0:02:10.980 --> 0:02:16.138 None of those things. I thought I'd have literally the cookie cutter idea 0:02:16.139 --> 0:02:18.120 of what a grownup is. I thought that would be 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.940 me, have a house with a driveway, which I do 0:02:20.940 --> 0:02:22.620 have, but I don't live in it all the time. 0:02:22.620 --> 0:02:22.890 Even better. 0:02:25.470 --> 0:02:29.370 Even better. And yeah, I definitely don't feel like I've 0:02:29.370 --> 0:02:32.700 got really anything sorted out. I still feel like I'm 0:02:32.700 --> 0:02:35.580 flying by the seat of my pants for most of 0:02:35.580 --> 0:02:41.639 life. But it's not going wrong, so maybe I do 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:42.181 know what I'm doing a bit more than I give myself credit for. 0:02:42.181 --> 0:02:42.182 Give yourself a little more credit, maybe. Exactly. You've done a couple things alright. 0:02:42.182 --> 0:02:42.183 Couple of cool things alright. 0:02:42.183 --> 0:02:53.340 You're doing pretty well. Absolutely. 0:02:53.340 --> 0:02:59.070 Yeah. But I definitely don't feel old, too old. There 0:02:59.070 --> 0:03:02.970 was a lot more of like, " Oh, sensible celebrations." Instead 0:03:02.970 --> 0:03:05.970 of staying out partying all night, it was like, " Oh 0:03:06.030 --> 0:03:07.860 yeah, but we do want to get up and use 0:03:07.860 --> 0:03:09.480 the gym in the morning before we go to the 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:13.470 beach." That sort of life when you realize, " Oh yeah, 0:03:14.220 --> 0:03:18.990 I am on a different level now." But it's fantastic. 0:03:18.990 --> 0:03:23.160 And everybody who was in 40s or gone through their 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:26.430 40s has said it is by far the most fun decade. 0:03:27.389 --> 0:03:32.459 The 40s are amazing. I miss them. I'm on the 0:03:32.459 --> 0:03:35.790 other side of them, but it's a great time. There's a lot going on though. You've 0:03:35.790 --> 0:03:39.900 got young kids. You've got one. There's a lot happening 0:03:39.900 --> 0:03:43.830 in your 40s, especially if you have kids. And a 0:03:43.830 --> 0:03:46.860 lot of folks in their 40s, and then definitely by 0:03:46.860 --> 0:03:49.200 the time you get to your, say, early 50s, you're 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:52.620 in that sandwich generation. You've had some of that. Your 0:03:52.620 --> 0:03:56.640 parents who are going through life transitions perhaps or whatever's 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:59.790 going on on one hand and then kids that you're 0:03:59.790 --> 0:04:02.340 dealing with on the other. So there can be a lot of 0:04:02.340 --> 0:04:05.670 stress in this part of life, but it's also when 0:04:05.970 --> 0:04:08.790 I think we're at our best, we've got that combination 0:04:08.790 --> 0:04:13.290 of stuff we've learned, but still young enough to do 0:04:13.290 --> 0:04:16.589 a lot with it. I think that's what's great about 0:04:16.589 --> 0:04:19.350 this kind of period of middle- aged- dome or whatever 0:04:19.350 --> 0:04:22.830 we call it. But a question for you that's running 0:04:22.830 --> 0:04:26.339 related, how do you think running has impacted where you 0:04:26.339 --> 0:04:28.200 are? You say you don't feel too old 'cause you're 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:30.810 not. Do you think running has played a big role 0:04:30.810 --> 0:04:34.351 in your youthfulness at this tender age of 40? 0:04:34.351 --> 0:04:37.950 Yeah. I think fitness in general, keeping yourself moving, keeping 0:04:37.950 --> 0:04:43.800 yourself healthy and active is a key, a huge key 0:04:43.830 --> 0:04:47.430 to not feeling like you're aging at the speed of 0:04:47.430 --> 0:04:52.620 light. When you're active, you're keeping your brain active too. 0:04:52.620 --> 0:04:56.820 You're more likely to be social if you're out exercising 0:04:56.820 --> 0:05:00.210 and meeting people and going to events. And they're all 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:05.460 proven things that keep you youthful. So yeah, for running, 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:09.420 for sure. That's keeping me active and feeling good. I'm 0:05:09.420 --> 0:05:11.370 excited that I'm in a whole new running category. I'm 0:05:11.370 --> 0:05:15.570 now in the Masters category of life, which sounds really cool. 0:05:15.990 --> 0:05:19.860 Sounds really cool. But I will say, probably one of 0:05:19.860 --> 0:05:23.969 the most competitive that I've been in, because for women 0:05:24.029 --> 0:05:30.450 especially, the Masters category is full of kick ass, strong 0:05:30.540 --> 0:05:36.810 women. So yeah, I don't know how it's going to affect my competitiveness. 0:05:36.810 --> 0:05:39.419 It might edge it up a little bit, but we'll 0:05:39.420 --> 0:05:41.250 see 'cause I've got to race in like three weeks, so. 0:05:41.310 --> 0:05:45.479 I love it. I expect you to dominate, dominate the 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.870 Masters races that you're in. So no pressure, but I'm 0:05:48.870 --> 0:05:49.200 sure you'll- 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:49.260 No pressure- 0:05:49.260 --> 0:05:51.330 ... do really, really well at that. 0:05:52.830 --> 0:05:52.830 Yeah. Kicking it off soon. 0:05:52.830 --> 0:05:52.831 Well, happy birthday. 0:05:52.831 --> 0:05:52.981 Thank you. 0:05:53.820 --> 0:05:56.339 That's right. That's right. Make it happen. Can't wait to 0:05:56.339 --> 0:06:00.420 see it. My weekend was chill. One of my daughters 0:06:00.450 --> 0:06:04.289 was in a musical, so I was watching lots of Newsies, 0:06:04.290 --> 0:06:06.839 which was fun. And I started to edge my way 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:08.790 back toward running a little bit, Becs. It's been such 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:12.960 a long layoff for me as folks know since Chicago 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:16.110 when I started to really develop some knee issues, but 0:06:16.290 --> 0:06:19.589 it's getting better slowly. A lot of PT. The time 0:06:19.589 --> 0:06:23.100 off, so I'm edging my way back. I think I'll make an appearance at a 0:06:23.100 --> 0:06:25.620 race in April most likely, not to race, but at 0:06:25.620 --> 0:06:28.980 least to run. I love the four milers in Central 0:06:28.980 --> 0:06:31.710 Park. I love that course we have, starting over on 0:06:31.710 --> 0:06:35.190 the East Side and finishing on the 72nd Street Transverse. 0:06:35.550 --> 0:06:38.909 The run is one, is always one of my absolute 0:06:38.910 --> 0:06:43.380 favorites. It's been my best pace for years. And so 0:06:43.380 --> 0:06:45.270 I'd love to go out and at least run that. 0:06:45.270 --> 0:06:47.099 Luckily, the best pace is good for another year or 0:06:47.100 --> 0:06:49.080 so 'cause I'm not going to be running at best 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:51.990 pace anytime soon, but I'll keep my corral assignment for 0:06:51.990 --> 0:06:54.060 at least a while as I continue to rehab on 0:06:54.060 --> 0:06:57.570 the knee front. But looking forward to some warm weather, 0:06:57.570 --> 0:06:59.909 which we're getting right now. It's been beautiful. And I'm 0:06:59.910 --> 0:07:01.830 sure that's firing a lot of people up to get 0:07:01.830 --> 0:07:03.121 back out and run this spring. 0:07:03.121 --> 0:07:03.122 It sure is. 0:07:03.122 --> 0:07:05.730 So I can't wait to see folks out there as we 0:07:05.730 --> 0:07:08.849 begin the spring season very, very soon. 0:07:08.850 --> 0:07:10.920 Yeah. Oh my gosh. So good. 0:07:11.370 --> 0:07:13.590 Yeah, it is so good. I feel like a new person. 0:07:13.590 --> 0:07:15.989 So Becs, we are having an episode that's a little 0:07:15.990 --> 0:07:16.950 bit different today. 0:07:16.950 --> 0:07:17.370 It is, yeah. 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:20.220 You and I are going to chat throughout the episode. No 0:07:20.220 --> 0:07:22.860 big guest today, although we do have somebody coming on 0:07:22.860 --> 0:07:25.350 at the end, a little surprise, but we're going to 0:07:25.350 --> 0:07:27.810 talk a little bit about the podcast, about Set the 0:07:27.810 --> 0:07:31.470 Pace and kind of where we're going with the podcast. 0:07:31.650 --> 0:07:35.820 We've been at this now for a shockingly long time, 0:07:35.820 --> 0:07:39.570 first me and Meb, and now the two of us. We've passed 0:07:39.930 --> 0:07:44.130 150 episodes, I believe, where we'll be coming up on 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:48.240 three years, I believe, this summer. So- 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:48.241 How? How did that happen? 0:07:48.241 --> 0:07:51.630 We've been doing this for a while and it's been an awesome, 0:07:52.050 --> 0:07:56.130 awesome experience. It's really helped us create even more community 0:07:56.130 --> 0:07:59.190 for folks here. And I love how many people come 0:07:59.190 --> 0:08:01.350 up to me at the finish line talking about how 0:08:01.350 --> 0:08:03.240 much they love the podcast that listen every week. So 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:03.630 we appreciate that. 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:05.700 And a lot of them listen to it whilst they're actually running the 0:08:06.420 --> 0:08:09.060 races, which is really, really fun. 0:08:09.180 --> 0:08:11.460 Yeah. And that was the original idea, is to give 0:08:11.460 --> 0:08:15.060 folks something to engage with while they run, especially while 0:08:15.060 --> 0:08:18.150 they train for long races. So it's worked according to 0:08:18.150 --> 0:08:22.020 plan in so many ways. But everything must change. I 0:08:22.020 --> 0:08:26.220 always say change is the only constant in life. And so 0:08:26.220 --> 0:08:26.850 we're always looking for ways- 0:08:27.450 --> 0:08:27.510 Yeah, it keeps on our toes. 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:30.360 Yeah. We're always looking for ways to change things up 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:33.569 and figure out how to make everything better. And so 0:08:33.780 --> 0:08:35.969 we're going to start thinking a little bit. We've been 0:08:35.970 --> 0:08:39.179 thinking a little bit about how we can optimize this 0:08:39.330 --> 0:08:42.209 platform that we have to do what we always have 0:08:42.210 --> 0:08:46.530 wanted to do most, which is tell great stories about 0:08:46.710 --> 0:08:49.740 the transformative power of running. And you know that's our 0:08:49.740 --> 0:08:52.260 mission statement. We redid our mission statement a couple of 0:08:52.260 --> 0:08:56.819 years ago and we focus on creating healthier lives and 0:08:56.820 --> 0:09:00.480 stronger communities through the transformative power of running. And so 0:09:00.690 --> 0:09:03.209 we keep coming back to that and we want to 0:09:03.210 --> 0:09:06.480 make sure that we are telling those stories with the 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:11.400 kind of depth detail that they deserve. We know that 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:14.460 people are really affected by some of those stories. Speaking 0:09:14.460 --> 0:09:16.500 of which, by the way, we didn't talk in the 0:09:16.500 --> 0:09:21.570 preamble about one story related thing, which was Final Finishers, 0:09:21.570 --> 0:09:24.750 our first documentary ever at New York Road Runners, getting 0:09:24.750 --> 0:09:28.349 an Emmy nomination. So that was exciting news. We got 0:09:28.350 --> 0:09:34.170 a national sports Emmy nomination for Final Finishers. Congratulations to the 0:09:34.230 --> 0:09:36.780 whole team that worked on that film, East 89th Street 0:09:36.780 --> 0:09:39.990 Productions and everybody. That was an incredible day for us 0:09:39.990 --> 0:09:43.020 here last week when that nomination came through. I'm sorry, 0:09:43.020 --> 0:09:43.770 I digress. 0:09:44.100 --> 0:09:46.620 No, because people should be watching it as well. That's 0:09:46.620 --> 0:09:49.500 just another reminder to all of our listeners. If you didn't 0:09:49.500 --> 0:09:51.059 get to watching it when it was released the first 0:09:51.059 --> 0:09:52.980 time round and you don't know what Rob's talking about, 0:09:53.340 --> 0:09:56.160 believe us when we say it is something you need 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:58.980 to watch because it will inspire you. Especially if you 0:09:58.980 --> 0:10:01.589 are about to kick off your spring training into maybe 0:10:01.590 --> 0:10:04.949 a late summer or fall marathon, this is going to 0:10:04.949 --> 0:10:05.458 help you go. 0:10:05.819 --> 0:10:09.300 Yes. Thank you so much. Go find it. It is streaming on 0:10:09.300 --> 0:10:13.860 Disney+, on ESPN+, on Hulu. It's only about a 25- 0:10:13.860 --> 0:10:16.200 minute watch, so it's a great way to get fired 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:17.880 up for your next race. Thank you for that Becs, 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:20.280 Final Finishers. All right, back to what we're talking about 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:22.199 with the podcast. So we want to do more of 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:26.069 that kind of depth of storytelling. We want to go 0:10:26.070 --> 0:10:29.100 deeper with people who we know have had their lives 0:10:29.100 --> 0:10:33.990 changed by running and talk with more depth with some 0:10:33.990 --> 0:10:36.270 of those folks. So what we're going to change up 0:10:36.270 --> 0:10:38.910 is a few things. First of all, the frequency of 0:10:38.910 --> 0:10:42.210 the podcast will change. We're not going to go every 0:10:42.210 --> 0:10:45.179 single week, week in and week out anymore. It's going 0:10:45.179 --> 0:10:48.059 to be more like three to maybe four episodes a 0:10:48.059 --> 0:10:51.090 month, which isn't much different than weekly, but it gives 0:10:51.090 --> 0:10:54.329 us a little extra breathing room to go deep on 0:10:54.330 --> 0:10:57.120 some of the subjects that we talk to here. It 0:10:57.120 --> 0:11:00.780 takes a lot of work to research, to book, to 0:11:01.140 --> 0:11:04.260 really go in depth on some of these interviews. And 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:07.500 you have a full- time job. I have this full- 0:11:07.500 --> 0:11:09.240 time job. They pay me to do it New York 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:12.210 Road Runners called run the place. And we've got our 0:11:12.210 --> 0:11:14.160 production team that needs that time as well. So we're 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.380 going to go a little bit less frequency, but a 0:11:16.380 --> 0:11:20.040 little bit deeper in every episode that we do. And 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:22.440 this is a reminder to folks, if you don't already, 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:27.000 make sure you are subscribing to the podcast. That way, whenever 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.160 we do drop an episode, you're going to get it. 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:32.160 It's going to be right there on your podcast homepage, 0:11:32.309 --> 0:11:34.439 so you don't miss it. You don't have to go looking for it. 0:11:34.620 --> 0:11:37.110 It'll be there for you. So that's one thing that 0:11:37.110 --> 0:11:38.940 we're going to change up, Becs. And I'm looking forward to 0:11:39.300 --> 0:11:41.730 doing that 'cause I love it when we're able to really 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:45.719 have real deep conversations with people whose lives have been changed 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:46.079 by running. 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:49.530 Yeah. And also it's a little bit, and I always like to 0:11:49.860 --> 0:11:53.099 talk about this at Peloton is you and I are the people that 0:11:53.100 --> 0:11:57.390 people and they may see or think of first when 0:11:57.390 --> 0:12:00.360 they think of the podcast, but we are just part of 0:12:00.450 --> 0:12:05.100 a huge team that the listeners don't see. And behind 0:12:05.100 --> 0:12:07.890 the scenes are the team that makes this happen. Robert 0:12:07.890 --> 0:12:09.840 and I do the talking, but behind the scenes, the 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:13.710 people who are not facing you are how this comes 0:12:13.710 --> 0:12:19.710 about. And for our team to find really, really great 0:12:19.710 --> 0:12:21.990 guests as well, it does take time because a lot 0:12:21.990 --> 0:12:24.720 of these other people, there's a lot of conversations to 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:27.540 be had with people's teams, with people's schedules. And so 0:12:27.540 --> 0:12:31.020 it gives the rest of the team that work on 0:12:31.110 --> 0:12:35.280 the episodes, the breathing space to really find guests that 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:39.929 are going to resonate with our listeners. And I think 0:12:40.230 --> 0:12:42.090 as we are part of a team, it's nice to 0:12:42.090 --> 0:12:45.870 just explain that we all are working on it to 0:12:45.870 --> 0:12:49.410 make the best for everybody. So it gives our producers 0:12:49.410 --> 0:12:53.069 and everybody else good breathing time too. So when we 0:12:53.100 --> 0:12:55.800 deliver everything to you as a team, it is the 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:57.540 absolute best we can give you. 0:12:57.541 --> 0:13:02.040 100%. Yeah. So the kinds of stories that you'll see 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:04.290 or the kinds of episodes that you'll see going forward, 0:13:04.620 --> 0:13:08.579 definitely some deep story interviews with subjects that we think 0:13:09.090 --> 0:13:12.270 have amazing stories that we want to tell. We'll also 0:13:12.300 --> 0:13:16.770 have more multi- episode series about maybe one topic. So 0:13:16.770 --> 0:13:20.040 we might spend a few episodes talking about a specific 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:23.429 topic. It could be how to stay healthy or the mental 0:13:23.429 --> 0:13:26.640 health aspect of running or different topics that we know 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:29.819 folks care about. So you'll see us maybe spend two 0:13:29.820 --> 0:13:33.120 or three episodes talking about that. One of the types 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:36.300 of episodes that we know people love, and you'll continue 0:13:36.300 --> 0:13:38.790 to see these are the kind of behind the scenes 0:13:38.790 --> 0:13:41.670 episodes about our races and our events. So Becs, when 0:13:41.670 --> 0:13:44.699 we do the town halls, for instance, where we talk 0:13:44.700 --> 0:13:47.580 about what's happening at New York Road Runners and changes 0:13:47.580 --> 0:13:51.000 that we're making, we'll definitely continue to do those. We'll 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:54.870 continue to bring on Ted to preview big races and 0:13:54.870 --> 0:13:57.570 things like that because we know people love that stuff and we want 0:13:57.570 --> 0:14:01.530 to make sure folks in our community understand the inner 0:14:01.530 --> 0:14:03.929 workings of New York Road Runners. If you're a member, 0:14:03.929 --> 0:14:06.540 if you're spending a lot of your time and frankly, 0:14:06.540 --> 0:14:08.760 your money with us, we want to make sure you 0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:10.859 understand the way things really work here. So we'll be 0:14:10.860 --> 0:14:12.929 doing more of those. So that's some of this stuff 0:14:12.929 --> 0:14:14.699 that I think we'll be doing more of going forward. 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:16.230 Amazing. 0:14:16.860 --> 0:14:17.190 Yeah. 0:14:17.190 --> 0:14:23.790 Well, we are very excited to bring all of the 0:14:23.790 --> 0:14:28.140 new ideas to everybody. I think I'm going to ask 0:14:28.140 --> 0:14:30.480 Rob a question. Here we go. We're going to go straight 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:32.760 in with the grilling, not the town hall, but the 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:39.090 grilling from Becs. When it comes to these changes, Rob, why do 0:14:39.090 --> 0:14:41.520 we like change? Why is change going to bring about 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:45.360 to us, to our listeners? What is it about us 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:49.170 as runners that is going to give us the change 0:14:49.170 --> 0:14:50.850 for growth, let's say? 0:14:51.270 --> 0:14:54.570 Yeah. I think that it's always good to change things 0:14:54.570 --> 0:14:57.720 up a little bit because it gives you a chance 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:01.230 to kind of experience whatever the thing is differently. And 0:15:01.230 --> 0:15:05.610 I kind of joke around when I'm running, you typically have your 0:15:05.610 --> 0:15:08.040 typical running route and maybe you always take the same 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:10.410 direction and then every once in a while you kind 0:15:10.410 --> 0:15:12.660 of switch the direction of that route. It could be 0:15:12.660 --> 0:15:15.750 Central Park, it could be anywhere you typically run, you 0:15:15.750 --> 0:15:18.090 change the direction. I don't know about you, but when 0:15:18.090 --> 0:15:20.970 I do that, it's like a totally different run for 0:15:20.970 --> 0:15:23.310 me. I see things I never saw before. 0:15:23.310 --> 0:15:23.670 Agreed. 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:27.990 I notice features that I never noticed on the run. 0:15:28.500 --> 0:15:32.040 And that to me is kind of an example of 0:15:32.250 --> 0:15:35.370 the value of changing things is you do get a 0:15:35.370 --> 0:15:38.550 sense of things that are just different. So I think it'll be 0:15:38.820 --> 0:15:41.850 good for folks to, and good for us to challenge 0:15:41.850 --> 0:15:45.330 ourselves to tell stories a little bit differently. One of the 0:15:45.330 --> 0:15:47.700 things I was going to say, Becs, what would really 0:15:47.700 --> 0:15:49.860 also help is we'd love to hear more from the 0:15:49.860 --> 0:15:53.670 listeners themselves about ideas they have, stories they think we 0:15:53.670 --> 0:15:56.040 should tell. And that's one thing. If you're listening to this podcast, 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:59.520 you have the opportunity to give us that feedback. And 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:02.880 you can leave comments in the notes on the whatever 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:05.460 podcast app you listen to. Apple iTunes is the best 0:16:05.460 --> 0:16:08.340 one for reviews. You can put in there, " Hey, would 0:16:08.340 --> 0:16:11.160 love you guys to do a story about this or 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:14.280 about this person." Or, " I really could use help in 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:17.310 my running if you would talk about this aspect of 0:16:17.310 --> 0:16:21.600 running." So I think there's a lot of feedback potential for listeners out 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:25.110 there and I encourage all of them to, obviously you 0:16:25.110 --> 0:16:27.120 always say at the end of the show, subscribe, rate, 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:30.780 blah, blah, blah, but go in those comments and share 0:16:30.780 --> 0:16:34.109 with us what would be helpful to you because that's 0:16:34.110 --> 0:16:36.030 better than anything we can come up with is if 0:16:36.030 --> 0:16:38.880 we hear directly from the listeners of what they'd like to hear about. 0:16:39.870 --> 0:16:42.390 I agree. I agree. And taking it back to what 0:16:42.390 --> 0:16:45.090 you said, Rob, the mission, the transformative power of running, 0:16:45.090 --> 0:16:47.400 which is what, as Rob said, New York Road Runners 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:51.150 changed their mission to state that. And from my perspective 0:16:51.150 --> 0:16:53.280 as a Peloton instructor, that's what we do on a 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:57.090 daily basis. We try and bring transformation to people's lives 0:16:57.090 --> 0:17:01.050 in whatever way they want to take it, and running 0:17:01.050 --> 0:17:04.859 for so many people changes their lives and it brings 0:17:04.859 --> 0:17:09.149 about a whole new realization of the person that you 0:17:09.150 --> 0:17:11.820 wanted to be as the person you can be and 0:17:11.850 --> 0:17:15.720 it gives people space and time to not do that 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:19.530 overnight. Running is a process, but it kind of gives 0:17:19.530 --> 0:17:23.400 you that unlock to find out about this different side 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:28.320 of you and transform into that person. So tell us 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:31.950 your stories. Tell us how running has helped your lives 0:17:31.950 --> 0:17:36.359 change and how maybe it's not your life so much, 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:39.570 maybe there's somebody you run with who would never put 0:17:39.570 --> 0:17:42.750 themselves forward for something like this, but you know that 0:17:42.750 --> 0:17:46.139 their story would be really, really, really inspiring to a lot of people 0:17:46.140 --> 0:17:49.710 out there. Yeah, we want to know about it because 0:17:49.710 --> 0:17:54.119 these communities that are out there in the running world, there's 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:56.760 so many of them. And between Rob and I, we 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:59.940 are involved in a lot of them, New York Road 0:17:59.940 --> 0:18:03.179 Runners and Peloton being two very big ones. And from 0:18:03.180 --> 0:18:07.320 those, we're both individually involved in others as well. But 0:18:07.740 --> 0:18:09.990 that is just a teeny tiny slice of the pie 0:18:09.990 --> 0:18:14.159 of this global community. And I'd love to know about ... 0:18:14.310 --> 0:18:16.320 It doesn't just have to be people in the USA. 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:19.139 If you know people in any other country in the 0:18:19.140 --> 0:18:21.000 world who you think would be interesting for us to 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:25.109 talk to and hear their stories, tell us and bring 0:18:25.109 --> 0:18:26.700 them to New York. If they're in New York, tell 0:18:26.700 --> 0:18:29.070 us because we would love to meet people and bring 0:18:29.070 --> 0:18:34.859 you some more live shows as and where we can. But it's 0:18:34.859 --> 0:18:38.730 definitely going to be a bit more focused on the 0:18:38.730 --> 0:18:41.730 joys of running and keeping it in the running world. 0:18:41.730 --> 0:18:44.190 I think that's one nice change here. 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:48.330 100%. Absolutely. So that's the latest on what's going on 0:18:48.330 --> 0:18:51.660 with Set the Pace. And we're going to have, by 0:18:51.660 --> 0:18:55.919 the way, I mentioned obviously my first co- host on 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.139 the show, Meb Keflezighi. He's going to join us in 0:18:58.140 --> 0:19:00.540 just a minute to have a little catch- up to 0:19:00.540 --> 0:19:03.359 see what's going on with Meb. Always love to connect 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:05.340 with our old friend. So Meb's going to join us in just 0:19:05.340 --> 0:19:08.070 a second. One thing I wanted to talk about before 0:19:08.070 --> 0:19:09.930 we go to a break Becs, you don't know about 0:19:09.930 --> 0:19:13.830 this, but so we're going to be dropping this podcast 0:19:13.830 --> 0:19:18.840 on April the 2nd. And by then, folks will have already 0:19:19.410 --> 0:19:23.310 probably seen and then realized that we played a little 0:19:23.310 --> 0:19:27.540 April Fool's joke on folks. So this is something that 0:19:27.540 --> 0:19:29.760 I wouldn't talk about if this wasn't on a two- 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:33.390 day delay, but we had the fun idea to have 0:19:33.390 --> 0:19:37.920 a little April Fool's fun with our membership and everybody 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:39.450 in our world. I've wanted to do this for a 0:19:39.450 --> 0:19:43.740 couple of years. Late on the 31st of March into 0:19:43.740 --> 0:19:46.439 the early morning of April 1st, we put out a 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:52.080 press release that said that to celebrate the 50th anniversary 0:19:52.080 --> 0:19:55.800 of the Five Borough New York City Marathon, we decided 0:19:55.800 --> 0:20:00.840 to bring it back to the OG course of the marathon and 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:05.910 have everyone just run laps of Central Park. And so 0:20:06.180 --> 0:20:07.740 we put out a press release. 0:20:07.920 --> 0:20:08.251 I can't wait to see how many people drop out. 0:20:08.251 --> 0:20:13.800 There's quotes from me. All of that is going out on the 31st 0:20:13.800 --> 0:20:14.460 going into the 1st. 0:20:14.790 --> 0:20:14.821 Oh, my gosh. 0:20:14.821 --> 0:20:16.859 ... as an April Fool's joke. 0:20:17.850 --> 0:20:19.050 I hope nobody drops out. 0:20:19.500 --> 0:20:21.090 And then we'll ... Yeah, hopefully we don't get a lot 0:20:21.090 --> 0:20:24.149 of dropouts. And then we will quickly follow up with a, " 0:20:24.240 --> 0:20:26.790 Just kidding. This is just a joke for April Fool's Day." 0:20:26.790 --> 0:20:31.590 I think people will see through it immediately, but that is a very good 0:20:31.590 --> 0:20:31.891 one. Bravo. 0:20:31.891 --> 0:20:35.520 Yeah. Yeah. We're going to have a little fun with folks. So that's going to be a 0:20:35.520 --> 0:20:39.180 good time. My original plan for an April Fool's joke 0:20:39.180 --> 0:20:40.859 was a little bit different than that, but this will be a 0:20:41.190 --> 0:20:44.459 fun one. And yeah, we love April Fool's. So it's 0:20:44.460 --> 0:20:44.639