1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:03,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: This episode contains graphic content that may be disturbing to 2 00:00:03,930 --> 00:00:07,920 Rob Simmelkjaer: some listeners. Today's guest describes a boating accident that resulted 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,039 Rob Simmelkjaer: in the amputation of his left arm. If you want 4 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:14,969 Rob Simmelkjaer: to skip this segment, review the transcript for timestamps. New 5 00:00:14,969 --> 00:00:18,329 Rob Simmelkjaer: York Road Runners is a nonprofit organization with a vision 6 00:00:18,329 --> 00:00:22,140 Rob Simmelkjaer: to build healthier lives and stronger communities through the transformative 7 00:00:22,140 --> 00:00:25,619 Rob Simmelkjaer: power of running. The support of members and donors like 8 00:00:25,620 --> 00:00:28,920 Rob Simmelkjaer: you helps us achieve our mission to transform the health 9 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,729 Rob Simmelkjaer: and wellbeing of our communities through inclusive and accessible running 10 00:00:32,729 --> 00:00:37,168 Rob Simmelkjaer: experiences, empowering all to achieve their potential. Learn more and 11 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:40,559 Rob Simmelkjaer: contribute at nyrr. org/ donate. 12 00:00:44,550 --> 00:00:48,958 Speaker 2: Thank you, New York. Today, we're reminded of the power 13 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:53,819 Speaker 2: of community and the power of coming together. Athletes, on 14 00:00:53,820 --> 00:00:54,420 Speaker 2: your mark. 15 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,090 Speaker 3: The first woman to finish for the second straight year here in 16 00:01:00,510 --> 00:01:03,690 Speaker 3: the New York City Marathon is Miki Gorman, a smiling 17 00:01:03,690 --> 00:01:07,002 Speaker 3: Miki Gorman. And why not? 2: 29:30, the time for (inaudible) . 18 00:01:08,459 --> 00:01:11,129 Speaker 4: Look at the emotion of Shalane Flanagan as she comes 19 00:01:11,129 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 4: to the line. Pointing to his chest, pointing to the 20 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,270 Speaker 4: USA he so proudly wears across his chest. A great 21 00:01:18,270 --> 00:01:19,649 Speaker 4: day for Meb Keflezighi. 22 00:01:24,780 --> 00:01:28,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: Hey, everybody, and welcome to another episode of Set the 23 00:01:28,020 --> 00:01:31,438 Rob Simmelkjaer: Pace presented by Peloton. I'm your host and the CEO 24 00:01:31,438 --> 00:01:34,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: of New York Road Runners, Rob Simmelkjaer. And with me, 25 00:01:35,130 --> 00:01:39,809 Rob Simmelkjaer: my amazing co- host from Peloton, Becs Gentry. Becs, how 26 00:01:39,809 --> 00:01:42,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: you doing? Are you getting ready for Paris? You and 27 00:01:42,900 --> 00:01:45,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: I are both about to make the jump across the 28 00:01:45,660 --> 00:01:48,810 Rob Simmelkjaer: pond for the Olympics. You're doing it in your official 29 00:01:48,810 --> 00:01:51,810 Rob Simmelkjaer: capacity as an NBC commentator. You're ready? 30 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,400 Becs Gentry: I am not ready. I think I won't be ready 31 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,679 Becs Gentry: until I see the opening ceremony. I feel like that's 32 00:01:58,679 --> 00:02:04,409 Becs Gentry: how it is every four years, give or take, Tokyo. I 33 00:02:04,410 --> 00:02:07,800 Becs Gentry: think it's just very much something I look forward to 34 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,760 Becs Gentry: an incredible amount and then it doesn't feel real until ... 35 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,470 Becs Gentry: It's like when you go on vacation. It doesn't feel 36 00:02:13,470 --> 00:02:16,139 Becs Gentry: like it's actually happening till you are off the plane 37 00:02:16,139 --> 00:02:18,210 Becs Gentry: and you have your luggage in your hands that you 38 00:02:18,210 --> 00:02:21,450 Becs Gentry: can be like, " Oh, I'm here. This is real." So, 39 00:02:21,450 --> 00:02:23,879 Becs Gentry: for me, opening ceremony, I want to see those boats 40 00:02:23,879 --> 00:02:26,070 Becs Gentry: coming down the River Seine. I want to see the 41 00:02:26,070 --> 00:02:30,120 Becs Gentry: fireworks. I want to see whoever, whatever is going to 42 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,679 Becs Gentry: be in store for us. And then, yeah, you and I are going to be there in 43 00:02:34,679 --> 00:02:39,450 Becs Gentry: August living it up in the world of the Parisian Olympics. 44 00:02:39,630 --> 00:02:43,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's going to be amazing. I'm so excited. As this podcast drops on 45 00:02:43,590 --> 00:02:47,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: Thursday, the opening ceremony will be the very next day and 46 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: things will kick off. And I think there's just so 47 00:02:50,820 --> 00:02:54,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: much anticipation for these Olympics, Becs. I think for running 48 00:02:54,450 --> 00:02:58,168 Rob Simmelkjaer: fans, there's so much to be excited about. The American 49 00:02:58,169 --> 00:03:01,650 Rob Simmelkjaer: team going over has so much talent, both from the 50 00:03:01,650 --> 00:03:04,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: track to the roads, and so I think there's a lot 51 00:03:04,710 --> 00:03:07,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: of excitement in the US. I also think there's just 52 00:03:07,050 --> 00:03:12,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: a lot of excitement around Paris. Americans love Paris. There's 53 00:03:12,330 --> 00:03:15,630 Rob Simmelkjaer: always kind of a special feeling about things in Paris 54 00:03:15,630 --> 00:03:18,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: and the Eiffel Tower. And I love what they're doing with 55 00:03:18,180 --> 00:03:20,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: the opening ceremony on the Seine. So, I just sense 56 00:03:20,790 --> 00:03:23,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: there's a lot of excitement about these Olympics and I'm 57 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: really excited. I'll also be there the second week, which 58 00:03:26,370 --> 00:03:29,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: is when the track and field all happens, as well 59 00:03:29,910 --> 00:03:32,550 Rob Simmelkjaer: as the marathons of course, the last two days. So, 60 00:03:32,820 --> 00:03:34,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: I think it's going to be an incredible couple of weeks. 61 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,140 Becs Gentry: We are in for a treat. And yeah, as you say, 62 00:03:37,140 --> 00:03:39,330 Becs Gentry: Team USA track and field, we have the biggest and 63 00:03:39,330 --> 00:03:43,140 Becs Gentry: strongest squad heading over there this year. And I would 64 00:03:43,140 --> 00:03:46,950 Becs Gentry: just like to congratulate the women on the team being 65 00:03:46,950 --> 00:03:53,009 Becs Gentry: the fastest, most records broken thus far. So, I am 66 00:03:53,010 --> 00:03:57,360 Becs Gentry: very excited to see what Team USA and I have 67 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,360 Becs Gentry: to stay patriotic. I am still rooting for Team GB 68 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:00,960 Becs Gentry: as well. 69 00:04:01,590 --> 00:04:06,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: Of course, you are. We would fully expect that. And Becs, you know what something else is that people 70 00:04:06,870 --> 00:04:09,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: can use to get even more sight for the Paris 71 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,309 Rob Simmelkjaer: Olympics is you can go back and listen to some 72 00:04:11,309 --> 00:04:14,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: past episodes of Set the Pace, because we've had so 73 00:04:14,250 --> 00:04:18,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: many Olympians and Paraolympians appear on the show in the 74 00:04:18,180 --> 00:04:22,109 Rob Simmelkjaer: last year. People like Susanna Scaroni, the amazing wheelchair athlete 75 00:04:22,110 --> 00:04:24,928 Rob Simmelkjaer: who will be appearing in the Paralympics, Connor Mantz and 76 00:04:24,928 --> 00:04:27,479 Rob Simmelkjaer: Clayton Young, who will be representing the US on the 77 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: men's marathon team, Emily Sisson and Dakotah Lindwurm, who are running 78 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: the marathon on the women's side for Team USA. We've 79 00:04:34,020 --> 00:04:36,479 Rob Simmelkjaer: also got Nikki Hiltz, who's going to be a real 80 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:41,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: medal contender in the women's 1500, Tatyana McFadden, another amazing 81 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,238 Rob Simmelkjaer: Paralympian, along with Catherine Debrunner, Marcel Hug, also a great 82 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:50,099 Rob Simmelkjaer: wheelchair athlete, and of course Helen Obiri. So, really great set 83 00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:52,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: of Olympians we've had a chance to talk to. Folks 84 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: can go back and check out those past episodes as 85 00:04:55,350 --> 00:04:58,558 Rob Simmelkjaer: they start to get themselves pumped up for Paris. 86 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,639 Becs Gentry: Peloton offers a wide variety of running and walking content 87 00:05:02,639 --> 00:05:05,909 Becs Gentry: to spice up your workouts, featuring world- class trainers who 88 00:05:05,910 --> 00:05:09,270 Becs Gentry: inspire and challenge you. Whether you're hitting the pavement with 89 00:05:09,270 --> 00:05:12,120 Becs Gentry: guided workouts on the Peloton app or pushing it on 90 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:16,078 Becs Gentry: the tread, Peloton is your perfect running companion dedicated to 91 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,650 Becs Gentry: enhancing your running routine and helping you achieve your fitness 92 00:05:19,650 --> 00:05:24,179 Becs Gentry: goals. All access membership separate. Learn more about Peloton Tread 93 00:05:24,209 --> 00:05:28,830 Becs Gentry: at onepeloton. com/ running. Find the Peloton app in the 94 00:05:28,830 --> 00:05:31,409 Becs Gentry: Apple, Android and Google app stores today. 95 00:05:31,830 --> 00:05:35,159 Rob Simmelkjaer: By the way, Becs, a quick shoutout to something that's not 96 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,219 Rob Simmelkjaer: a Road Runner's thing at all, but this show on 97 00:05:38,219 --> 00:05:40,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: Netflix called Sprint. I don't know if you've watched it. 98 00:05:40,710 --> 00:05:40,710 Becs Gentry: Oh, my gosh. 99 00:05:40,710 --> 00:05:47,339 Rob Simmelkjaer: But it's a docuseries and I've watched three episodes. My daughter and I are 100 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:48,301 Rob Simmelkjaer: watching them. 101 00:05:48,301 --> 00:05:48,450 Becs Gentry: Only three? 102 00:05:48,450 --> 00:05:50,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: Only three. I'm taking my time. I'm sure I'll binge 103 00:05:50,820 --> 00:05:52,170 Rob Simmelkjaer: the rest of them at some point next time it 104 00:05:52,170 --> 00:05:55,919 Rob Simmelkjaer: rains. It's really good. And I think it's a great way to get 105 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:02,159 Rob Simmelkjaer: really psyched up for the Olympics. Noah Lyles and all 106 00:06:02,159 --> 00:06:04,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: the Jamaican sprinting story. 107 00:06:04,020 --> 00:06:04,021 Becs Gentry: Shericka, yeah. Oh, my goodness. 108 00:06:04,021 --> 00:06:04,771 Rob Simmelkjaer: Absolutely. I think it's really good. 109 00:06:08,099 --> 00:06:12,750 Becs Gentry: It's fantastic. And it gets you actually to understand the other 110 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:16,409 Becs Gentry: competitions that these athletes go through. They are not just 111 00:06:16,410 --> 00:06:19,049 Becs Gentry: training because it feels like. When we get around to 112 00:06:19,050 --> 00:06:21,779 Becs Gentry: the Olympics, it feels like these athletes are only ever 113 00:06:21,779 --> 00:06:25,440 Becs Gentry: training for this huge event, but there are so many 114 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:29,279 Becs Gentry: other events that they put their bodies through and are 115 00:06:29,309 --> 00:06:33,210 Becs Gentry: constantly working to better themselves and gets stronger and stronger. 116 00:06:33,570 --> 00:06:36,419 Becs Gentry: And this documentary goes into the behind the scenes. It 117 00:06:36,450 --> 00:06:39,839 Becs Gentry: goes into some moments that you just don't see because 118 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,380 Becs Gentry: on TV, you see them coming onto the track or 119 00:06:43,410 --> 00:06:46,979 Becs Gentry: heading out to their event, and that's their moment on 120 00:06:46,980 --> 00:06:50,190 Becs Gentry: stage. But you see the behind the scenes, the moments 121 00:06:50,190 --> 00:06:54,359 Becs Gentry: with their coaches, which to me is incredibly emotional. I 122 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,159 Becs Gentry: won't give it away, but the last episode, I was 123 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:00,900 Becs Gentry: crying my eyes out of just the love and the 124 00:07:00,900 --> 00:07:05,219 Becs Gentry: relief that happens when the events are over, but then 125 00:07:05,219 --> 00:07:09,359 Becs Gentry: the speculation to what's next and what's next is Paris. 126 00:07:09,839 --> 00:07:13,950 Becs Gentry: And it's just, oh, I highly recommend everyone to watch 127 00:07:13,950 --> 00:07:16,590 Becs Gentry: it, just to kind of get your head around what 128 00:07:16,590 --> 00:07:20,400 Becs Gentry: these humans have gone through since if they were in 129 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:25,259 Becs Gentry: Tokyo or since their last event of competition. So, oh, 130 00:07:25,259 --> 00:07:28,320 Becs Gentry: my gosh, just knowing the athletes, most of them are 131 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,170 Becs Gentry: there already. You can just see on Instagram, people are 132 00:07:31,170 --> 00:07:34,830 Becs Gentry: showing up in Paris. They're getting their Ralph Lauren fits on, 133 00:07:34,830 --> 00:07:37,620 Becs Gentry: ready to rock. It's so cool. 134 00:07:38,820 --> 00:07:41,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's awesome. So, you can check that out. And obviously, 135 00:07:41,790 --> 00:07:45,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: we'll all be tuning in for the Olympics that gets 136 00:07:45,210 --> 00:07:49,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: started this coming weekend as we drop this podcast this 137 00:07:49,050 --> 00:07:51,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: week. And Becs, I want to remind, of course, all of 138 00:07:51,540 --> 00:07:55,170 Rob Simmelkjaer: our listeners out there, especially those of you who maybe 139 00:07:55,170 --> 00:07:57,330 Rob Simmelkjaer: have a new running challenge in front of you, maybe 140 00:07:57,330 --> 00:07:59,880 Rob Simmelkjaer: you're training for a fall marathon for the first time 141 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:03,809 Rob Simmelkjaer: or whatever the challenge might be. If you've got questions 142 00:08:03,809 --> 00:08:06,150 Rob Simmelkjaer: and people have a lot of questions when it comes 143 00:08:06,150 --> 00:08:09,330 Rob Simmelkjaer: to training for marathons, especially the first timers, send us 144 00:08:09,330 --> 00:08:12,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: a question. You can leave a comment on Apple Podcasts 145 00:08:12,900 --> 00:08:15,239 Rob Simmelkjaer: with your question in it, and we will answer it 146 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:17,070 Rob Simmelkjaer: right here on the show. Becs, we did get a 147 00:08:17,070 --> 00:08:20,759 Rob Simmelkjaer: question from a listener this week. Linda's living it up 148 00:08:20,759 --> 00:08:24,389 Rob Simmelkjaer: was the user, and she said, " Becs has been my 149 00:08:24,389 --> 00:08:27,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: coach through Peloton and inspired me to find the athlete 150 00:08:27,570 --> 00:08:30,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: in me later in life back." Becs, so many of your 151 00:08:30,180 --> 00:08:33,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: students sending out the love to you. She did her 152 00:08:33,750 --> 00:08:38,549 Rob Simmelkjaer: first half marathon in January of 2024, an hour and 36 minutes, by 153 00:08:38,549 --> 00:08:41,279 Rob Simmelkjaer: the way, really good. And she used the Peloton runs 154 00:08:41,279 --> 00:08:44,218 Rob Simmelkjaer: to prepare her for that, which is amazing. So, her 155 00:08:44,220 --> 00:08:48,569 Rob Simmelkjaer: question is she'd love a podcast dedicated to tips for 156 00:08:48,570 --> 00:08:52,469 Rob Simmelkjaer: people training for their first marathon. And yeah, Linda, of 157 00:08:52,469 --> 00:08:55,530 Rob Simmelkjaer: course you want that, and we are totally doing that. 158 00:08:55,530 --> 00:08:57,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: I don't know if we know exactly what date is, 159 00:08:57,690 --> 00:09:00,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: but yes, we will have both with Meb and his 160 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:02,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: tips all the way throughout the shows from now to 161 00:09:02,460 --> 00:09:06,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: the marathon, but we also will have an episode coming 162 00:09:06,450 --> 00:09:08,699 Rob Simmelkjaer: up that it will be focused on training for your 163 00:09:08,700 --> 00:09:13,319 Rob Simmelkjaer: first marathon. So, that is coming and Becs, there's just 164 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:17,009 Rob Simmelkjaer: nothing like your first marathon. And we know that there 165 00:09:17,010 --> 00:09:20,220 Rob Simmelkjaer: are people who need that advice and those questions. I'm 166 00:09:20,220 --> 00:09:22,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: sure you get a lot of those questions on Peloton as well. 167 00:09:23,460 --> 00:09:27,300 Becs Gentry: Absolutely. Linda, thank you for sending that in. And big shout- 168 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:30,630 Becs Gentry: outs to you in Florida. I love that you wrote, 169 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:35,369 Becs Gentry: you consider yourself Bec's most southernmost beast. I adore that. 170 00:09:35,369 --> 00:09:36,779 Becs Gentry: And I will say Key West is one of the 171 00:09:36,779 --> 00:09:38,910 Becs Gentry: most beautiful places I've visited, so you're very lucky to 172 00:09:38,910 --> 00:09:42,088 Becs Gentry: be down there. Tips and tricks for your first marathon, 173 00:09:42,300 --> 00:09:45,780 Becs Gentry: for sure. I can't imagine how many people there are 174 00:09:45,780 --> 00:09:48,179 Becs Gentry: out there contemplating it. So, I would love to think 175 00:09:48,179 --> 00:09:52,139 Becs Gentry: that Set the Pace could be a place that they 176 00:09:52,139 --> 00:09:57,478 Becs Gentry: come to and we help you push the button into signing up 177 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,780 Becs Gentry: for your first marathon, which as an aside, should be 178 00:10:00,780 --> 00:10:02,940 Becs Gentry: the TCS New York City Marathon, because it's the best 179 00:10:02,940 --> 00:10:07,439 Becs Gentry: one in the world. But it's not something to be 180 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,170 Becs Gentry: scared of because if you follow a good training program 181 00:10:10,949 --> 00:10:13,290 Becs Gentry: and listen to tips and tricks from people who've done 182 00:10:13,290 --> 00:10:17,160 Becs Gentry: numerous races, you've got a whole community behind you. So, 183 00:10:17,580 --> 00:10:20,040 Becs Gentry: thanks for that, Linda. We'll get on to that, Rob. 184 00:10:21,150 --> 00:10:25,079 Rob Simmelkjaer: I love it. Absolutely. Becs, we have such a great 185 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:29,039 Rob Simmelkjaer: conversation teed up for today's guest, a good friend of 186 00:10:29,039 --> 00:10:32,848 Rob Simmelkjaer: yours who you'll introduce in a minute, and an incredible 187 00:10:32,850 --> 00:10:38,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: story as well, the adaptive training specialist and Peloton interactive 188 00:10:38,370 --> 00:10:42,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: instructor, Logan Aldridge. I'm meeting Logan for the first time 189 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:48,299 Rob Simmelkjaer: today, and his journey is just incredible. Logan will talk 190 00:10:48,299 --> 00:10:51,809 Rob Simmelkjaer: with us about the tragic accident that he had at 191 00:10:51,809 --> 00:10:54,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: 13 years old, losing his arm in what you can 192 00:10:54,870 --> 00:10:59,280 Rob Simmelkjaer: only call a bizarre accident on a boat as he 193 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:03,989 Rob Simmelkjaer: was wakeboarding with his father and turning that moment into 194 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:09,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: an incredibly impactful life as an adaptive fitness instructor, a 195 00:11:09,900 --> 00:11:15,059 Rob Simmelkjaer: leader in this space, an inspiring story. And our marathon, 196 00:11:15,059 --> 00:11:18,119 Rob Simmelkjaer: Becs, I always say it at the starting line of the 197 00:11:18,150 --> 00:11:23,279 Rob Simmelkjaer: TCS New York City Marathon, there are 50, 000 stories and 198 00:11:23,279 --> 00:11:27,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: so many of them will just blow your mind and 199 00:11:27,750 --> 00:11:30,990 Rob Simmelkjaer: really, they're just life changing when you listen to them. 200 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,349 Rob Simmelkjaer: And Logan is one of those stories that will be 201 00:11:34,349 --> 00:11:37,199 Rob Simmelkjaer: joining us this year at the TCS New York City 202 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,868 Rob Simmelkjaer: Marathon. And you're so lucky to have him as a 203 00:11:39,870 --> 00:11:42,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: colleague, but he's just an incredible person. 204 00:11:43,050 --> 00:11:48,300 Becs Gentry: Yeah, I adore him. He has helped change my world 205 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:52,500 Becs Gentry: for sure when it comes to adaptive training, understanding. He's 206 00:11:52,500 --> 00:11:57,179 Becs Gentry: an educator and he is a very, very fun human to 207 00:11:57,179 --> 00:11:58,140 Becs Gentry: be around as well. 208 00:11:59,429 --> 00:12:02,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: And then before we get to that, Becs, we've got 209 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: a great Member Moment this week. Our friend, Meb Keflezighi will 210 00:12:05,670 --> 00:12:09,239 Rob Simmelkjaer: be here and he'll be joined by Dr. Tamanna Singh. 211 00:12:09,510 --> 00:12:12,420 Rob Simmelkjaer: Dr. Singh is a runner and a sports cardiologist with 212 00:12:12,750 --> 00:12:15,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: a message about running that might surprise you. And then 213 00:12:15,780 --> 00:12:19,140 Rob Simmelkjaer: following that, Meb will continue his countdown to the TCS New 214 00:12:19,140 --> 00:12:23,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: York City Marathon with 16 straight weeks of training tips. 215 00:12:23,730 --> 00:12:26,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: This week, Meb is going to talk about what you need 216 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:30,088 Rob Simmelkjaer: to be planning in terms of gear and nutrition as 217 00:12:30,090 --> 00:12:33,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: we sit here 15 weeks out from the TCS New 218 00:12:33,210 --> 00:12:38,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: York City Marathon. Nutrition, always a hot topic. Becs, I actually 219 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: need to listen to this, this Meb Minute myself because I think 220 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: my nutrition game could definitely be raised a little bit 221 00:12:46,050 --> 00:12:48,240 Rob Simmelkjaer: as I sit here talking to you the day after 222 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,849 Rob Simmelkjaer: I go into a movie with my daughter last night, 223 00:12:50,849 --> 00:12:54,388 Rob Simmelkjaer: eating popcorn and drinking a cherry slushie. I'm pretty sure 224 00:12:54,389 --> 00:12:57,330 Rob Simmelkjaer: that's not on Meb's nutrition tips, but maybe- 225 00:12:57,330 --> 00:12:57,780 Becs Gentry: You never know. 226 00:12:57,781 --> 00:13:02,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: ... maybe that can help me get a little more better about what I put 227 00:13:02,250 --> 00:13:04,529 Rob Simmelkjaer: in my body as I think about running some races 228 00:13:04,530 --> 00:13:06,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: this fall. So, that'll be coming up in just a 229 00:13:06,900 --> 00:13:07,980 Rob Simmelkjaer: moment as well. 230 00:13:08,700 --> 00:13:13,920 Becs Gentry: Today, we are absolutely thrilled to welcome one of my friends 231 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:19,050 Becs Gentry: and one of my Peloton colleagues, Logan Aldridge. Logan is 232 00:13:19,590 --> 00:13:22,859 Becs Gentry: Peloton's adaptive training specialist and one of our most fabulous 233 00:13:22,860 --> 00:13:26,759 Becs Gentry: instructors. His story of resilience began when he lost his 234 00:13:26,759 --> 00:13:30,179 Becs Gentry: left arm at 13. And that was the start of 235 00:13:30,270 --> 00:13:33,570 Becs Gentry: what most of us and Logan himself would say is 236 00:13:33,570 --> 00:13:37,230 Becs Gentry: an incredible journey. From founding a nonprofit as a teenager 237 00:13:37,470 --> 00:13:42,840 Becs Gentry: to deadlifting 500 pounds, Logan has been redefining what is 238 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:46,860 Becs Gentry: possible in adaptive fitness. Logan, hi. 239 00:13:47,700 --> 00:13:51,840 Logan Aldridge: Wow, Becs. Hi. Thank you so much for what a 240 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:55,380 Logan Aldridge: phenomenal intro, makes me sound a lot cooler than I 241 00:13:55,380 --> 00:13:58,738 Logan Aldridge: really am. I love it. I'll take it. I'll take it. 242 00:13:58,889 --> 00:14:00,929 Becs Gentry: Dude, you're one of the coolest people I know. 243 00:14:01,708 --> 00:14:01,800 Logan Aldridge: You're too sweet. 244 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,140 Becs Gentry: Probably the coolest person I know. I'm so good. 245 00:14:04,140 --> 00:14:04,920 Logan Aldridge: The feeling's mutual. 246 00:14:05,700 --> 00:14:08,490 Becs Gentry: We are so happy to have you on here. I am 247 00:14:08,820 --> 00:14:13,800 Becs Gentry: very biased and honored to have you as a teammate, 248 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,650 Becs Gentry: but I'm biased to say that I can learn from 249 00:14:16,650 --> 00:14:20,520 Becs Gentry: you every minute of every day. You are probably one 250 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:25,319 Becs Gentry: of the most humble and easy to talk to people 251 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,380 Becs Gentry: I've ever met, be it like an awkward question about, " 252 00:14:28,770 --> 00:14:32,760 Becs Gentry: Logan, how is your golf swing better than my uncle 253 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,100 Becs Gentry: who's been playing golf for 50 years?" 254 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:43,830 Logan Aldridge: Thanks. You're so sweet. I appreciate you so much. Listen, truly, the 255 00:14:43,830 --> 00:14:48,180 Logan Aldridge: feeling's mutual. Likewise. I think that is the pinch me moment I 256 00:14:48,180 --> 00:14:52,349 Logan Aldridge: have every day. I come into the Peloton and see 257 00:14:52,349 --> 00:14:55,410 Logan Aldridge: our other instructors, my colleagues, and chat with you all 258 00:14:55,620 --> 00:14:57,509 Logan Aldridge: and every word that comes out of your mouth and 259 00:14:57,509 --> 00:14:59,789 Logan Aldridge: every other colleague of mine, I feel the same way. 260 00:14:59,789 --> 00:15:03,090 Logan Aldridge: I'm like, " Wow, what experts, what incredible knowledge and insight." 261 00:15:03,090 --> 00:15:06,660 Logan Aldridge: So, thank you. That's so sweet to say. And listen, if anybody 262 00:15:06,660 --> 00:15:09,389 Logan Aldridge: who knows me, and I hope people who are becoming 263 00:15:09,389 --> 00:15:13,379 Logan Aldridge: to know me through this podcast learned that I try to 264 00:15:13,380 --> 00:15:16,469 Logan Aldridge: be my authentic self any and everywhere I am. What 265 00:15:16,469 --> 00:15:18,929 Logan Aldridge: you see on the screen with me in a Peloton 266 00:15:18,930 --> 00:15:23,040 Logan Aldridge: class, in a conversation, in a dinner, in a side chat, it's the 267 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,170 Logan Aldridge: same. And I'm always the same Logan. So, I always 268 00:15:25,170 --> 00:15:26,700 Logan Aldridge: want to be approachable, relatable. 269 00:15:27,180 --> 00:15:27,931 Becs Gentry: I can attest to that. 270 00:15:27,931 --> 00:15:27,931 Logan Aldridge: A friend to everyone. 271 00:15:27,931 --> 00:15:31,559 Becs Gentry: I can attest to that even when he is wearing his Croc 272 00:15:31,559 --> 00:15:33,510 Becs Gentry: boots with the little spur things. 273 00:15:33,510 --> 00:15:38,310 Logan Aldridge: Yeah, that's me. That's this North Carolina boy figuring out New 274 00:15:38,310 --> 00:15:41,100 Logan Aldridge: York City fashion, figuring out how to do this fashion thing. 275 00:15:41,910 --> 00:15:44,880 Becs Gentry: Unreal. Logan, before we dive in, I think it's really 276 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:48,179 Becs Gentry: important you've touched on it to let the listeners know 277 00:15:48,179 --> 00:15:51,030 Becs Gentry: who may not already know you through Peloton and your 278 00:15:51,030 --> 00:15:56,010 Becs Gentry: personal social platforms. Can you just tell us about your 279 00:15:56,010 --> 00:15:59,550 Becs Gentry: journey from, let's start at 12- year- old Logan and 280 00:15:59,550 --> 00:16:01,770 Becs Gentry: move through to 13- year- old Logan? 281 00:16:01,890 --> 00:16:06,990 Logan Aldridge: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And I appreciate you starting this with 282 00:16:06,990 --> 00:16:11,009 Logan Aldridge: that question because let's face it, from my experience and 283 00:16:11,010 --> 00:16:13,200 Logan Aldridge: my life and looking back and reflecting on who I 284 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,170 Logan Aldridge: was as a kid and who every kid is, which 285 00:16:16,170 --> 00:16:20,790 Logan Aldridge: is curious and also naive and also optimistic and just 286 00:16:21,179 --> 00:16:25,290 Logan Aldridge: open to experience the world, I think more importantly, as 287 00:16:25,290 --> 00:16:29,340 Logan Aldridge: we grow up and go through learning how to be 288 00:16:29,340 --> 00:16:33,870 Logan Aldridge: socially appropriate and ask questions and be curious but respectful 289 00:16:34,230 --> 00:16:39,719 Logan Aldridge: sometimes, when it comes to this discussion of amputation, disability, 290 00:16:39,719 --> 00:16:44,400 Logan Aldridge: impairments and condition, we steer clear of asking the obvious 291 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:48,149 Logan Aldridge: question, the elephant in the room, " Hey, what happened? Hey, 292 00:16:49,230 --> 00:16:52,260 Logan Aldridge: do you feel comfortable talking about this?" Absolutely, I feel 293 00:16:52,260 --> 00:16:55,950 Logan Aldridge: comfortable and I welcome and love the question. It never 294 00:16:55,950 --> 00:16:58,829 Logan Aldridge: gets old because I know the impact it can have 295 00:16:59,130 --> 00:17:00,689 Logan Aldridge: and what it had on me, hearing the story from 296 00:17:00,690 --> 00:17:04,049 Logan Aldridge: others who had the experience of trauma or an injury, 297 00:17:04,049 --> 00:17:06,300 Logan Aldridge: the loss of a limb or the change in their 298 00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:09,448 Logan Aldridge: ability or their physical ability, the way in which those 299 00:17:09,450 --> 00:17:14,369 Logan Aldridge: stories get told can be refreshing and a relief and 300 00:17:14,369 --> 00:17:17,820 Logan Aldridge: sometimes make a bigger impact on someone who feels alone 301 00:17:17,820 --> 00:17:20,879 Logan Aldridge: and like nobody else has been through something similar. So, long- 302 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:22,708 Logan Aldridge: winded way, and I said this before we started this 303 00:17:22,709 --> 00:17:24,840 Logan Aldridge: podcast, y'all, I could answer each one of these questions 304 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:26,490 Logan Aldridge: for an hour, so I'm going to try to make 305 00:17:26,490 --> 00:17:30,900 Logan Aldridge: this brief. But, 12- year- old Logan was a very 306 00:17:30,900 --> 00:17:38,218 Logan Aldridge: competitive wakeboarder, loved playing all sports, lacrosse, football, and really 307 00:17:38,219 --> 00:17:42,148 Logan Aldridge: the main sport I was trying to pursue professionally was 308 00:17:42,210 --> 00:17:45,960 Logan Aldridge: wakeboarding. I grew up in North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, 309 00:17:46,230 --> 00:17:48,480 Logan Aldridge: and our family had a lake house at Lake Gaston, 310 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,690 Logan Aldridge: right on the Virginia- North Carolina border. And I would 311 00:17:51,690 --> 00:17:57,330 Logan Aldridge: spend all of my summers wakeboarding, practicing different runs with a 312 00:17:57,330 --> 00:17:59,430 Logan Aldridge: friend of mine, who lived a few docks down to 313 00:17:59,430 --> 00:18:04,230 Logan Aldridge: try to win competitions and climb this ladder of competitive 314 00:18:04,230 --> 00:18:07,138 Logan Aldridge: wakeboarding. So, this day was just a typical Saturday. I 315 00:18:07,140 --> 00:18:10,290 Logan Aldridge: was 13 years old with my friend and my family, 316 00:18:10,290 --> 00:18:12,928 Logan Aldridge: my mom and dad on the boat finishing up an 317 00:18:12,929 --> 00:18:16,709 Logan Aldridge: evening set. And I was wrapping the rope around my 318 00:18:16,709 --> 00:18:19,198 Logan Aldridge: arm after we'd finished riding. And for those who aren't 319 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:23,609 Logan Aldridge: familiar with wakeboarding and wakeboard ski boats, they're boats with 320 00:18:23,790 --> 00:18:26,968 Logan Aldridge: motors, but the motors are inboard up underneath the boat. 321 00:18:27,030 --> 00:18:30,208 Logan Aldridge: And these wakeboard boats have a tower that you attach 322 00:18:30,210 --> 00:18:33,450 Logan Aldridge: the rope to. So, the anchor point for the skier, 323 00:18:33,450 --> 00:18:36,119 Logan Aldridge: the wakeboarder outback, is at a high point above the middle of 324 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:39,840 Logan Aldridge: the boat just for context. And so, as we finished 325 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:41,790 Logan Aldridge: riding, I stood on the back of the boat and 326 00:18:41,790 --> 00:18:45,150 Logan Aldridge: looped the rope over the thumb under the elbow like 327 00:18:45,150 --> 00:18:49,349 Logan Aldridge: we all may do with an extension cord or a 328 00:18:49,349 --> 00:18:51,900 Logan Aldridge: garden hose or something to create those perfect circle loops. 329 00:18:52,170 --> 00:18:55,138 Logan Aldridge: Had a couple loops around my left arm holding it 330 00:18:55,140 --> 00:18:57,178 Logan Aldridge: up at 90 degrees with my thumb out, over the 331 00:18:57,180 --> 00:19:01,050 Logan Aldridge: thumb under the elbow. And now wakeboard ropes are very 332 00:19:01,050 --> 00:19:04,140 Logan Aldridge: skinny, honestly, kind of look and act like a cable. 333 00:19:04,590 --> 00:19:08,429 Logan Aldridge: This one, very skinny coated in plastic, no elasticity. You 334 00:19:08,429 --> 00:19:10,859 Logan Aldridge: want just the same tension on a wakeboard rope, always. 335 00:19:10,859 --> 00:19:13,680 Logan Aldridge: So, looks and acts like a cable. With a couple 336 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:15,750 Logan Aldridge: loops wrapped around my arm, I looked back and noticed 337 00:19:15,750 --> 00:19:18,900 Logan Aldridge: that the rope, unfortunately, when we dropped my friend off 338 00:19:18,900 --> 00:19:21,570 Logan Aldridge: at his dock and pushed off of his dock just 339 00:19:21,570 --> 00:19:23,849 Logan Aldridge: to put along in our boat with a boat just 340 00:19:23,849 --> 00:19:27,150 Logan Aldridge: in gear, just putting along to go maybe 50 meters 341 00:19:27,540 --> 00:19:30,359 Logan Aldridge: to my dock, that's when I was winding up the 342 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:32,129 Logan Aldridge: rope and I looked back and noticed it had kind of 343 00:19:32,130 --> 00:19:35,520 Logan Aldridge: drifted underneath the back platform of the boat, which is 344 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:37,560 Logan Aldridge: just this place where you put on the wakeboard, not 345 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,300 Logan Aldridge: even where the motor is. The motor's way up underneath. 346 00:19:39,690 --> 00:19:42,719 Logan Aldridge: But in that moment, just kind of being careless, sometimes 347 00:19:42,719 --> 00:19:44,458 Logan Aldridge: it gets caught on a little something back there. So, 348 00:19:44,460 --> 00:19:47,248 Logan Aldridge: I just turned to my dad and said, " Ah, dad, 349 00:19:47,250 --> 00:19:48,990 Logan Aldridge: the rope's underneath the back of the boat, hold on 350 00:19:48,990 --> 00:19:51,178 Logan Aldridge: a second." As soon as I said that, he followed 351 00:19:51,180 --> 00:19:57,330 Logan Aldridge: the safety procedure to then turn to the cockpit area, 352 00:19:57,630 --> 00:19:59,968 Logan Aldridge: which is right next to where I am and go 353 00:19:59,969 --> 00:20:02,070 Logan Aldridge: to turn off the boat. As soon as he did 354 00:20:02,070 --> 00:20:05,039 Logan Aldridge: that, between the moments of me saying, " Oh, dad looks 355 00:20:05,039 --> 00:20:06,780 Logan Aldridge: like it's underneath the back of the boat," and him going, " 356 00:20:06,780 --> 00:20:10,470 Logan Aldridge: Oh, okay," and turning it off, the propeller did catch 357 00:20:10,470 --> 00:20:12,780 Logan Aldridge: the rope, much more of it was underneath the boat. 358 00:20:12,780 --> 00:20:15,090 Logan Aldridge: And in that moment, as you can imagine, then that 359 00:20:15,090 --> 00:20:18,750 Logan Aldridge: rope just coiled around that propeller very quickly. So, it 360 00:20:18,750 --> 00:20:21,149 Logan Aldridge: created a very aggressive pull on the end of that 361 00:20:21,150 --> 00:20:24,238 Logan Aldridge: rope that looked like was going into the water, and 362 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:28,500 Logan Aldridge: that caused that tension to create the rope, to slip 363 00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:31,710 Logan Aldridge: off the thumb and cinch down, if you can imagine 364 00:20:32,070 --> 00:20:34,469 Logan Aldridge: kind of a circle above the elbow right there around 365 00:20:34,469 --> 00:20:37,948 Logan Aldridge: the bicep and tricep and cause a really aggressive, really tight, 366 00:20:37,950 --> 00:20:41,730 Logan Aldridge: immediate kind of pinch moment. And that pinch moment was 367 00:20:41,789 --> 00:20:44,130 Logan Aldridge: far more significant than I realized at the timer than 368 00:20:44,130 --> 00:20:48,390 Logan Aldridge: anyone. And that cut through the muscle and the flesh 369 00:20:48,390 --> 00:20:51,660 Logan Aldridge: and stuff down to the bone. So, in that moment 370 00:20:51,660 --> 00:20:54,480 Logan Aldridge: kind of brief little jolt still standing on the back of 371 00:20:54,570 --> 00:20:57,119 Logan Aldridge: the boat and it looks like the rope is just 372 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,910 Logan Aldridge: going through the inside of my arm, just coming out 373 00:20:59,910 --> 00:21:03,359 Logan Aldridge: the outside, kind of wild looking, not even feeling discomfort 374 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,688 Logan Aldridge: or pain, just going, " Whoa, what was that?" And dad 375 00:21:06,690 --> 00:21:10,230 Logan Aldridge: steps over, unwinds the rope, recognizes this has been a 376 00:21:10,230 --> 00:21:14,879 Logan Aldridge: serious injury, laceration 360 down to the bone, rips his 377 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,879 Logan Aldridge: shirt off, wraps it around the arm, pulls it tight 378 00:21:17,879 --> 00:21:20,850 Logan Aldridge: for a tourniquet. Had he not done that, definitely wouldn't 379 00:21:20,850 --> 00:21:21,301 Logan Aldridge: be here today. 380 00:21:21,301 --> 00:21:21,811 Becs Gentry: Good dad. 381 00:21:22,350 --> 00:21:26,010 Logan Aldridge: So, that moment saved my life. Then we got to 382 00:21:26,010 --> 00:21:28,649 Logan Aldridge: the dock. I thought this was a dream. I said, " 383 00:21:28,650 --> 00:21:31,138 Logan Aldridge: There's no way this is happening. Dad, just take me 384 00:21:31,138 --> 00:21:34,799 Logan Aldridge: to my bedroom. Show me sleeping. I'll wake up from 385 00:21:34,799 --> 00:21:38,790 Logan Aldridge: this very vivid nightmare I'm having right now." And he said, " 386 00:21:38,790 --> 00:21:41,250 Logan Aldridge: Logie, I'm sorry." And he did. He showed me. And then that's 387 00:21:41,250 --> 00:21:44,070 Logan Aldridge: when it kind of hit and took a breath. He's 388 00:21:44,070 --> 00:21:45,809 Logan Aldridge: holding me in his arms. We go sit out on 389 00:21:45,809 --> 00:21:47,938 Logan Aldridge: the front porch. We wait for an ambulance. And I 390 00:21:47,940 --> 00:21:53,070 Logan Aldridge: started to accept the reality of this situation. Thirteen, left 391 00:21:53,070 --> 00:21:57,240 Logan Aldridge: arm, left- handed, can't feel the arm. It feels like 392 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,580 Logan Aldridge: it's laying out by my side, but it's in my 393 00:21:59,580 --> 00:22:02,280 Logan Aldridge: lap. It feels like something just like sandbags in my 394 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,740 Logan Aldridge: lap. And I'm like, " Wow, that's my arm. What? This 395 00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:08,849 Logan Aldridge: is bizarre." Starting to process, takes about an hour for 396 00:22:08,849 --> 00:22:11,488 Logan Aldridge: the ambulance to get there, mom and dad with me 397 00:22:11,490 --> 00:22:14,550 Logan Aldridge: the whole time. Yeah, middle of nowhere where we were. 398 00:22:14,550 --> 00:22:17,910 Logan Aldridge: And it was a summer weekend with some volunteer staff, 399 00:22:17,910 --> 00:22:21,960 Logan Aldridge: EMS. And they get in the ambulance, we start riding 400 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,540 Logan Aldridge: to the local community hospital. And that's the moment, I 401 00:22:24,540 --> 00:22:26,819 Logan Aldridge: think the most important moment of my story. And again, 402 00:22:26,820 --> 00:22:28,918 Logan Aldridge: I'm sorry, I continued. I could tell the story for 403 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,500 Logan Aldridge: an hour and I'll close here in a moment, but 404 00:22:32,490 --> 00:22:36,119 Logan Aldridge: most important here moment that was really impactful and still 405 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:37,619 Logan Aldridge: to this day when I tell the story gives me 406 00:22:37,619 --> 00:22:41,730 Logan Aldridge: goosebumps was in that ambulance ride when I recognized I 407 00:22:41,730 --> 00:22:45,359 Logan Aldridge: can't feel my arm, I'm thinking, we're kind of joking, 408 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,730 Logan Aldridge: my mom and I like, " Lo, this could be a 409 00:22:47,789 --> 00:22:50,850 Logan Aldridge: badass scar around my arm. It could be cool looking." 410 00:22:51,780 --> 00:22:54,900 Logan Aldridge: And then I'm contemplating, I'm like, " But I can't feel 411 00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:57,809 Logan Aldridge: it and it's over here, but it feels like it's 412 00:22:57,809 --> 00:23:00,869 Logan Aldridge: over there. What if?" And I said to my mom, " What 413 00:23:00,869 --> 00:23:03,000 Logan Aldridge: if I lose my arm? What if they have to 414 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,549 Logan Aldridge: amputate this?" And being left- handed, it'd be my left 415 00:23:05,549 --> 00:23:08,369 Logan Aldridge: arm. I'm thinking through that at 13, my mom, without 416 00:23:08,369 --> 00:23:10,620 Logan Aldridge: skipping a beat and who knows what a mother and 417 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:13,859 Logan Aldridge: in that moment is going through and thinking, but sitting 418 00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:16,648 Logan Aldridge: there not crying, not looking panicked or scared, she just 419 00:23:16,859 --> 00:23:18,690 Logan Aldridge: is holding that hand and looks at me and says, " 420 00:23:18,690 --> 00:23:22,919 Logan Aldridge: Logan, it's just an arm." In that statement, that phrase, 421 00:23:23,279 --> 00:23:26,400 Logan Aldridge: I think was many things for many of us in 422 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,428 Logan Aldridge: that moment. It was a way for her to console 423 00:23:29,430 --> 00:23:33,869 Logan Aldridge: herself and her emotions, for me to recognize. Wow. As 424 00:23:33,869 --> 00:23:36,570 Logan Aldridge: soon as the words were said, I thought to myself, " 425 00:23:36,990 --> 00:23:39,749 Logan Aldridge: Well, I am blinking. My eyes are open. I am 426 00:23:39,750 --> 00:23:42,600 Logan Aldridge: alive right now. This is good. This is good. Okay. 427 00:23:42,660 --> 00:23:44,730 Logan Aldridge: It is an arm. All right. It is my dominant 428 00:23:44,730 --> 00:23:46,530 Logan Aldridge: one, but okay, I look at this one. I've got this 429 00:23:46,530 --> 00:23:49,320 Logan Aldridge: right arm that I've never really given much credit to. 430 00:23:49,710 --> 00:23:51,688 Logan Aldridge: So, wow, what an opportunity for me to learn how 431 00:23:51,690 --> 00:23:54,329 Logan Aldridge: to use this." Immediately, that's what my brain thought, immediately. 432 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:56,880 Logan Aldridge: Not knowing what the future might hold or how this 433 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:03,240 Logan Aldridge: outcome might be. And so, that moment triggered everything. It triggered 434 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:09,059 Logan Aldridge: my mindset, my mental health, my perspective, my resilience or 435 00:24:09,059 --> 00:24:13,559 Logan Aldridge: decision to not let this define me in a way 436 00:24:13,559 --> 00:24:17,340 Logan Aldridge: that would be limiting. Things would be challenging. Expectations will be 437 00:24:17,340 --> 00:24:21,629 Logan Aldridge: placed. There will be struggle. But at the end of 438 00:24:21,630 --> 00:24:25,890 Logan Aldridge: the day, that statement allows me to recognize the massive 439 00:24:25,950 --> 00:24:29,609 Logan Aldridge: abundance, which is life that you get to live. So, that 440 00:24:29,609 --> 00:24:34,138 Logan Aldridge: moment changed everything. My mom said that. As we can 441 00:24:34,138 --> 00:24:36,720 Logan Aldridge: probably assume now, we got to the hospital. They couldn't 442 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,390 Logan Aldridge: save the arm. They rushed me to NC Children's Hospital, 443 00:24:39,540 --> 00:24:42,000 Logan Aldridge: had to perform emergency surgery, tried to save the arm, 444 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,610 Logan Aldridge: did limb salvage, everything they could do for limb salvage, 445 00:24:45,540 --> 00:24:47,339 Logan Aldridge: couldn't get blood flow back to the limb. You have 446 00:24:47,340 --> 00:24:51,660 Logan Aldridge: about the six, seven window hour of opportunity to reintroduce 447 00:24:51,660 --> 00:24:54,330 Logan Aldridge: blood flow to muscles. And we were right on the 448 00:24:54,330 --> 00:24:55,859 Logan Aldridge: verge of that. So, we tried to do it, taking an 449 00:24:55,859 --> 00:24:59,490 Logan Aldridge: artery out of a leg, putting it in, monitoring, praying 450 00:24:59,490 --> 00:25:05,729 Logan Aldridge: about it, family rubbing the arm, putting on the sound, 451 00:25:06,599 --> 00:25:10,438 Logan Aldridge: what is it? That you use for pregnant ladies? The ultrasound. 452 00:25:10,439 --> 00:25:11,519 Becs Gentry: Oh, the ultrasound gel. 453 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,149 Logan Aldridge: The ultrasound gel all over the arm, just listening. " Can 454 00:25:15,150 --> 00:25:18,689 Logan Aldridge: we hear a pulse? Hear a pulse?" Couple days, didn't hear it. And 455 00:25:18,690 --> 00:25:21,809 Logan Aldridge: then the decision and the doctors were crying. The doctors 456 00:25:21,809 --> 00:25:25,168 Logan Aldridge: became family. They were family to my family. And when 457 00:25:25,170 --> 00:25:27,238 Logan Aldridge: they told my parents, went into surgery to check and 458 00:25:27,509 --> 00:25:29,339 Logan Aldridge: looked at the muscle, said, " This is all dead." And 459 00:25:29,670 --> 00:25:31,710 Logan Aldridge: they wheeled me out, brought me just back out from 460 00:25:31,710 --> 00:25:34,950 Logan Aldridge: being under with my brother and parents around and doctors 461 00:25:34,950 --> 00:25:38,550 Logan Aldridge: crying saying, " Logan, we got to amputate it. I'm so sorry." 462 00:25:38,820 --> 00:25:42,300 Logan Aldridge: And those words, my first thought, I don't know why, 463 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,490 Logan Aldridge: to be honest, I love lacrosse, but I don't love 464 00:25:44,490 --> 00:25:46,289 Logan Aldridge: it this much. My first thought was, " How am I 465 00:25:46,289 --> 00:25:48,600 Logan Aldridge: going to play lacrosse again?" It was my first thought 466 00:25:48,660 --> 00:25:52,350 Logan Aldridge: was not, " Can I play lacrosse?" I remember this vividly. 467 00:25:52,890 --> 00:25:55,290 Logan Aldridge: It was, " How will I play lacrosse now?" That was 468 00:25:55,290 --> 00:25:55,801 Logan Aldridge: my first thought. 469 00:25:55,801 --> 00:25:55,802 Becs Gentry: Going to do. 470 00:25:55,802 --> 00:26:01,080 Logan Aldridge: And then my parents hugged me. We had some cries. And then I 471 00:26:01,380 --> 00:26:04,770 Logan Aldridge: went back in and went under and came out right- handed. 472 00:26:05,820 --> 00:26:06,330 Rob Simmelkjaer: Wow. 473 00:26:06,930 --> 00:26:09,270 Logan Aldridge: So, yeah. Sorry, that's a long- winded answer, but I 474 00:26:09,270 --> 00:26:11,580 Logan Aldridge: like to give the context and the detail and hope 475 00:26:11,580 --> 00:26:12,721 Logan Aldridge: it wasn't too graphic or too much. 476 00:26:12,721 --> 00:26:12,722 Rob Simmelkjaer: No. 477 00:26:12,722 --> 00:26:15,030 Logan Aldridge: But I think it paints the picture and tells a 478 00:26:15,030 --> 00:26:19,290 Logan Aldridge: story. And I think it really explains who I am and why I am who I am now. 479 00:26:19,888 --> 00:26:23,431 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah. Logan, thank you so much for sharing that. 480 00:26:23,431 --> 00:26:23,791 Logan Aldridge: Of course. 481 00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:28,228 Rob Simmelkjaer: And taking us through that. It's visceral to hear the 482 00:26:28,230 --> 00:26:32,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: story. No question about it. It really takes me and 483 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:38,130 Rob Simmelkjaer: anybody listening to this there to that moment and how 484 00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:41,129 Rob Simmelkjaer: just a moment can change your life out of nowhere. 485 00:26:41,730 --> 00:26:43,888 Rob Simmelkjaer: It can happen to any of us any day of the 486 00:26:43,890 --> 00:26:48,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: week. We can just have something unforeseen that just changes 487 00:26:48,270 --> 00:26:51,869 Rob Simmelkjaer: our lives. And one of the best phrases I've heard 488 00:26:51,869 --> 00:26:54,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: about things like this when it comes to people and 489 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,678 Rob Simmelkjaer: dealing with adversity is we just can't really always control 490 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,638 Rob Simmelkjaer: the things that happen to us, but we can control 491 00:27:02,670 --> 00:27:05,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: how we react to the things that happen to us. 492 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:10,859 Rob Simmelkjaer: And just listening to you right there make up your 493 00:27:10,859 --> 00:27:15,089 Rob Simmelkjaer: mind in that ride to the hospital, that looking at 494 00:27:15,089 --> 00:27:19,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: your right arm and seeing it as an opportunity to 495 00:27:19,350 --> 00:27:22,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: develop a skill that you didn't have. I'm sure that 496 00:27:22,770 --> 00:27:25,708 Rob Simmelkjaer: didn't make it easy. I'm sure all those moments, hoping 497 00:27:25,710 --> 00:27:28,109 Rob Simmelkjaer: the left arm would come back and being with your 498 00:27:28,109 --> 00:27:30,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: family, I mean, I can only imagine the emotional rollercoaster, 499 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: but the fact that you would even think that way, 500 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: even for a moment in the middle of all that 501 00:27:36,900 --> 00:27:41,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: going on says a lot. And so, I want to flash now 502 00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:47,399 Rob Simmelkjaer: to Logan Aldridge, the incredible advocate and instructor with Peloton 503 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:51,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: and someone who is taking what happened to you and 504 00:27:51,660 --> 00:27:56,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: helping others. What is it you take from that? From 505 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,550 Rob Simmelkjaer: what happened, and more importantly, the way you reacted to 506 00:27:59,550 --> 00:28:03,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: what happened and how do you work with others who 507 00:28:03,270 --> 00:28:05,908 Rob Simmelkjaer: are going through similar things, whether they had a disability 508 00:28:05,910 --> 00:28:08,909 Rob Simmelkjaer: at birth or had something happen to them in life 509 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,759 Rob Simmelkjaer: to help them learn how to be the best version 510 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,530 Rob Simmelkjaer: of themselves with the disability? 511 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:20,520 Logan Aldridge: Yes. Thank you for laying up that question and opportunity 512 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:26,969 Logan Aldridge: for me to answer. Because to be frank, I was 513 00:28:26,969 --> 00:28:32,580 Logan Aldridge: such a little rebel, an outlaw kid before this accident, 514 00:28:32,580 --> 00:28:35,668 Logan Aldridge: this injury. I was a punk. I was a punk. 515 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:39,900 Logan Aldridge: I was a little surfer grom, getting into trouble. I've 516 00:28:39,900 --> 00:28:42,450 Logan Aldridge: told this story before and I don't want to digress too much, but 517 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,150 Logan Aldridge: I'd be beer bonging Dr. Peppers with my friend at 518 00:28:45,150 --> 00:28:46,920 Logan Aldridge: 12 years old. When I was in the hospital, I 519 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,400 Logan Aldridge: had a caffeine addiction apparently. The doctors were alarmed. My 520 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,880 Logan Aldridge: parents were incredibly embarrassed because my parents, " I eat very 521 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:55,740 Logan Aldridge: healthy and clean. We don't keep sodas in the house." 522 00:28:55,740 --> 00:28:59,460 Logan Aldridge: But I spent the summer surfing and wakeboarding and beer 523 00:28:59,460 --> 00:29:02,400 Logan Aldridge: bonging Dr. Peppers and had a caffeine addiction in the 524 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:07,350 Logan Aldridge: hospital at 13. But anyways, I digress. I digress. I 525 00:29:07,350 --> 00:29:09,750 Logan Aldridge: spent about two and a half weeks in the hospital 526 00:29:09,750 --> 00:29:13,680 Logan Aldridge: in pediatric ICU monitoring, first of all, the first time 527 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:15,870 Logan Aldridge: trying to save the limb, and then after, just taking 528 00:29:15,870 --> 00:29:19,680 Logan Aldridge: time to observe, making sure there was no gangrene infection, 529 00:29:19,710 --> 00:29:21,659 Logan Aldridge: because we managed to save the limb for a while. 530 00:29:22,859 --> 00:29:29,370 Logan Aldridge: In that time in pediatric ICU, I saw and became 531 00:29:29,370 --> 00:29:32,099 Logan Aldridge: close with a lot of other kids going through a 532 00:29:32,099 --> 00:29:38,039 Logan Aldridge: lot of other traumatic injuries and illnesses. I recognize every 533 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:42,570 Logan Aldridge: day, every night when I would sleep. Again, this mentality 534 00:29:42,570 --> 00:29:45,660 Logan Aldridge: of it's just an arm would reiterate, and maybe not 535 00:29:45,660 --> 00:29:48,330 Logan Aldridge: in that statement, but it would reiterate in my mind 536 00:29:48,330 --> 00:29:49,680 Logan Aldridge: when maybe I would try to get up to go 537 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:54,029 Logan Aldridge: to the bathroom and I would wonder what it would 538 00:29:54,030 --> 00:29:56,520 Logan Aldridge: be like if I had lost an arm and a 539 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,610 Logan Aldridge: leg and I would just put myself in that situation. 540 00:29:59,670 --> 00:30:02,160 Logan Aldridge: I would hop on one foot and trust me, this 541 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:05,070 Logan Aldridge: would make the pediatric nurse and my mom go, " What 542 00:30:05,790 --> 00:30:08,430 Logan Aldridge: are you doing, Logan? What are you doing?" And I say, " 543 00:30:10,679 --> 00:30:13,950 Logan Aldridge: I'm showing myself in my mind that, could have been 544 00:30:13,950 --> 00:30:19,620 Logan Aldridge: worse." And everyone is dealing with something in some way. 545 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,560 Logan Aldridge: Yes, I could say, " Woe is me, god, the arm. 546 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:24,540 Logan Aldridge: I wish I had it." But what if it was an arm and a leg? 547 00:30:25,530 --> 00:30:27,750 Logan Aldridge: What if it was both of my legs? What if 548 00:30:27,750 --> 00:30:29,849 Logan Aldridge: it was both of my arms? There's always a what 549 00:30:29,849 --> 00:30:31,980 Logan Aldridge: if and a different way to view the moment you're 550 00:30:31,980 --> 00:30:33,360 Logan Aldridge: in and how it could have been worse. And yeah, 551 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,339 Logan Aldridge: it could have been better. We always tend to think 552 00:30:35,820 --> 00:30:38,100 Logan Aldridge: how it could have been better and woe is us. 553 00:30:38,730 --> 00:30:41,940 Logan Aldridge: But when you practice how it could have been worse, 554 00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:44,730 Logan Aldridge: and that's not to maintain or develop a pessimistic outlook, 555 00:30:44,730 --> 00:30:48,330 Logan Aldridge: but it's actually meant to reiterate the abundance and the 556 00:30:48,330 --> 00:30:53,039 Logan Aldridge: gratitude for what is, what it is. So, through that 557 00:30:53,070 --> 00:30:55,950 Logan Aldridge: experience, that became the way I started to think about 558 00:30:55,950 --> 00:30:59,340 Logan Aldridge: everything that I experienced as someone learning this new life 559 00:30:59,340 --> 00:31:04,170 Logan Aldridge: with one arm, taking a shower, getting dressed, playing sports, 560 00:31:04,170 --> 00:31:08,580 Logan Aldridge: getting back to lacrosse and football, and just working out 561 00:31:08,580 --> 00:31:12,510 Logan Aldridge: in the gym with my friends. And through this exposure, 562 00:31:12,690 --> 00:31:18,420 Logan Aldridge: first of all, I started to learn that someone that 563 00:31:18,420 --> 00:31:25,979 Logan Aldridge: looks different isn't thick or ill. Or I think as 564 00:31:25,980 --> 00:31:30,840 Logan Aldridge: a young kid, 10, 12- year- old, if I saw someone 565 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,650 Logan Aldridge: with a paralysis and a wheelchair, someone missing a limb, 566 00:31:34,650 --> 00:31:37,650 Logan Aldridge: someone with a brachial plexus injury, a paralysis of an 567 00:31:37,650 --> 00:31:40,889 Logan Aldridge: upper extremity limb or cerebral palsy or any sort of 568 00:31:40,889 --> 00:31:44,580 Logan Aldridge: condition, I just felt really sorry and there was some 569 00:31:44,580 --> 00:31:47,519 Logan Aldridge: sickness, some illness that they were battling or dealing with, 570 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:53,550 Logan Aldridge: very embarrassing and elementary way to view. And immediately, once 571 00:31:53,550 --> 00:31:55,920 Logan Aldridge: I saw my figure in the mirror the first night 572 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,469 Logan Aldridge: after my arm was amputated, still in pediatric ICU, I remember 573 00:31:58,469 --> 00:32:03,509 Logan Aldridge: standing and looking in the mirror and having a lot 574 00:32:03,509 --> 00:32:08,850 Logan Aldridge: of tears. And it wasn't necessarily tears of sadness for 575 00:32:08,850 --> 00:32:14,910 Logan Aldridge: myself, but it was this shocking reality. And I'm kind 576 00:32:14,910 --> 00:32:17,610 Logan Aldridge: of embarrassed to say this, but it was this in 577 00:32:17,610 --> 00:32:20,250 Logan Aldridge: the first moment, it was like, " Oh, my god, I'm 578 00:32:20,250 --> 00:32:26,130 Logan Aldridge: a freak now. I look like a freak now, somebody 579 00:32:26,130 --> 00:32:29,219 Logan Aldridge: who's just so different and people are going to judge and 580 00:32:29,550 --> 00:32:32,610 Logan Aldridge: think differently." And I remember for five minutes, I had 581 00:32:32,610 --> 00:32:36,809 Logan Aldridge: that perspective. And then I remember saying, you're never going 582 00:32:36,809 --> 00:32:39,269 Logan Aldridge: to think like this again. You're never going to allow 583 00:32:39,270 --> 00:32:44,790 Logan Aldridge: yourself to see yourself and definitely others. I think in 584 00:32:44,790 --> 00:32:48,900 Logan Aldridge: that five minutes I learned that lesson. I learned, wow, 585 00:32:50,070 --> 00:32:54,210 Logan Aldridge: wow, the judgment that others place on others because of 586 00:32:54,210 --> 00:32:59,730 Logan Aldridge: their physical appearance or the assumption of ability, wow. And 587 00:32:59,879 --> 00:33:04,800 Logan Aldridge: then thereafter, I promised to myself that I would never 588 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,520 Logan Aldridge: feel sorry for myself, and I would never judge people 589 00:33:08,610 --> 00:33:12,029 Logan Aldridge: based on how they looked. And that I would figure 590 00:33:12,030 --> 00:33:16,500 Logan Aldridge: out a way through my actions and experiences, not to 591 00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:18,720 Logan Aldridge: think I have it all figured out, but to learn 592 00:33:18,780 --> 00:33:22,050 Logan Aldridge: to be a student, to better understand other people going 593 00:33:22,050 --> 00:33:28,200 Logan Aldridge: through different struggles in their life, physical or mental, tangible 594 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,900 Logan Aldridge: or intangible, being able to see them invisible or visible. 595 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,650 Logan Aldridge: I became so much more empathetic to how people may 596 00:33:34,650 --> 00:33:37,620 Logan Aldridge: be experiencing life. And so, every time I tried to 597 00:33:37,620 --> 00:33:39,510 Logan Aldridge: go back to the gym and work out again, I thought, " 598 00:33:39,510 --> 00:33:41,730 Logan Aldridge: Okay, how would I do this if I was missing 599 00:33:41,730 --> 00:33:45,870 Logan Aldridge: a leg? How would someone with a spinal cord injury 600 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,030 Logan Aldridge: do this? How would they approach this?" And really that 601 00:33:48,030 --> 00:33:50,490 Logan Aldridge: started to unfold when I became obsessed with fitness and 602 00:33:50,490 --> 00:33:54,120 Logan Aldridge: workouts and programming and started to think through that lens. 603 00:33:54,150 --> 00:33:57,600 Logan Aldridge: And that really changed my whole outlook. And then it caused 604 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,820 Logan Aldridge: me to look back, and again, I'll shut up here 605 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:01,470 Logan Aldridge: because I can keep talking, but it caused me to 606 00:34:01,470 --> 00:34:05,040 Logan Aldridge: look back and say, and this isn't me trying to 607 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:10,199 Logan Aldridge: be cliche and all, "Hey, it's all good," but this was not a 608 00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:15,839 Logan Aldridge: bad thing. Losing the day I had my accident and 609 00:34:16,980 --> 00:34:21,299 Logan Aldridge: looking back in retrospect is the best day of my life. It was the 610 00:34:21,300 --> 00:34:24,870 Logan Aldridge: most important thing that I needed to experience. And that's 611 00:34:24,870 --> 00:34:28,860 Logan Aldridge: crazy to say, but I don't say that to say 612 00:34:29,489 --> 00:34:32,040 Logan Aldridge: I turned a horrible thing into a great, I truly 613 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:35,730 Logan Aldridge: think it was the ... I'm so glad that happened to 614 00:34:35,730 --> 00:34:38,640 Logan Aldridge: me in every part of the experience. I'm so thankful. 615 00:34:39,330 --> 00:34:41,550 Logan Aldridge: So, there's no regrets. And you know that silly question 616 00:34:41,550 --> 00:34:44,730 Logan Aldridge: that people will add, "If you go back and change something, would you just 617 00:34:44,730 --> 00:34:46,618 Logan Aldridge: not wrap the rope around for it to be?" Of course, 618 00:34:46,619 --> 00:34:48,600 Logan Aldridge: you think about things like that. Of course, you wonder, " 619 00:34:48,989 --> 00:34:50,190 Logan Aldridge: Man, what would it be like to have the two 620 00:34:50,190 --> 00:34:53,520 Logan Aldridge: arms?" But no, no. I love what my life has 621 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,739 Logan Aldridge: become. I love the people I've gotten to meet, the 622 00:34:55,739 --> 00:34:58,859 Logan Aldridge: impact I've been able to have, the experiences that I've 623 00:34:58,860 --> 00:35:02,040 Logan Aldridge: been able to have has just been the most cherished 624 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,940 Logan Aldridge: and important experience of my life and wouldn't change a thing. 625 00:35:06,630 --> 00:35:13,589 Becs Gentry: Logan, you are so positive, and I think the world 626 00:35:13,590 --> 00:35:17,160 Becs Gentry: is a better place from your understanding of yourself and 627 00:35:19,170 --> 00:35:23,819 Becs Gentry: we were all little punks when we were 13. Honestly, I don't 628 00:35:23,820 --> 00:35:25,890 Becs Gentry: believe anyone who says they were an angel when they 629 00:35:25,890 --> 00:35:30,900 Becs Gentry: were 13. Behind closed doors away from your parents and caregivers, 630 00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:33,839 Becs Gentry: you're a little punk in your own brain. So, I 631 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:39,210 Becs Gentry: think there is no judgment over what you thought about 632 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,879 Becs Gentry: when you saw yourself in the mirror that day because 633 00:35:41,879 --> 00:35:48,540 Becs Gentry: you were 13. It's fine. But what strikes me is the 634 00:35:48,540 --> 00:35:55,140 Becs Gentry: growth and the very fast understanding and being a parent, 635 00:35:55,290 --> 00:36:00,239 Becs Gentry: I just can't help but think how beautiful your parents 636 00:36:00,270 --> 00:36:08,129 Becs Gentry: must be to have instilled that way of understanding into 637 00:36:08,130 --> 00:36:10,800 Becs Gentry: this little punk of a 13- year- old, who after five 638 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:16,229 Becs Gentry: minutes did have the love in his life from his 639 00:36:16,230 --> 00:36:22,890 Becs Gentry: family to reframe his thoughts and move forward. And I'm not going 640 00:36:22,890 --> 00:36:25,710 Becs Gentry: to give your age away, but over the past couple 641 00:36:25,710 --> 00:36:31,140 Becs Gentry: of decades, you have gone from strength to strength. And 642 00:36:31,140 --> 00:36:34,619 Becs Gentry: I say that with all the cliches meant because as 643 00:36:34,619 --> 00:36:39,299 Becs Gentry: I said when I introduce you, can deadlift more than 644 00:36:39,540 --> 00:36:44,279 Becs Gentry: most people dream of being able to deadlift. And I 645 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:48,750 Becs Gentry: think you said the word " obsession", obsession with fitness. And 646 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:56,069 Becs Gentry: it has taken you to some of the highest reaching 647 00:36:56,130 --> 00:37:03,300 Becs Gentry: athletic levels. But across the board, from running to weightlifting. 648 00:37:03,630 --> 00:37:07,739 Becs Gentry: You have your weight boarding when you are younger. You 649 00:37:07,739 --> 00:37:12,270 Becs Gentry: are a multi- sport athlete, through and through. As I 650 00:37:13,290 --> 00:37:17,160 Becs Gentry: said, your golf swing is unreal. But what have you 651 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:22,259 Becs Gentry: seen over the past couple of decades of diving deeper 652 00:37:22,260 --> 00:37:26,669 Becs Gentry: and deeper into sport as the most common misconception that 653 00:37:26,670 --> 00:37:30,029 Becs Gentry: people have when they look at you, when they look 654 00:37:30,029 --> 00:37:34,230 Becs Gentry: at other people with disabilities? What comes to your mind 655 00:37:34,230 --> 00:37:36,210 Becs Gentry: as they're like, that happens a lot? 656 00:37:36,870 --> 00:37:42,419 Logan Aldridge: Yeah, great. Again, wow, you are so sweet. I love 657 00:37:42,420 --> 00:37:45,930 Logan Aldridge: you so much. Thank you so much. But great question. 658 00:37:50,100 --> 00:37:54,480 Logan Aldridge: To be frank, it's no different between what I've observed 659 00:37:54,480 --> 00:38:00,480 Logan Aldridge: and seen between the misconception of someone with a disability and 660 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:04,199 Logan Aldridge: the misconception of someone who just doesn't think that they are 661 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:09,600 Logan Aldridge: capable or able as they are in terms of accomplishing 662 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:13,560 Logan Aldridge: a workout. But it all comes down to the misconception 663 00:38:13,650 --> 00:38:20,549 Logan Aldridge: of limitations, perceived limitations. We are told, especially from someone 664 00:38:20,580 --> 00:38:24,690 Logan Aldridge: who has a disability, some sort of medical condition diagnosed 665 00:38:24,690 --> 00:38:31,560 Logan Aldridge: that creates some sort of physical limitation. You get told 666 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:36,599 Logan Aldridge: through your experience with medical professionals and understanding maybe that 667 00:38:36,599 --> 00:38:40,829 Logan Aldridge: condition or through just your experience in the world, you 668 00:38:40,830 --> 00:38:44,190 Logan Aldridge: feel that there are limitations in your environments, things you 669 00:38:44,190 --> 00:38:48,089 Logan Aldridge: can and can't do. What I became obsessed with and 670 00:38:48,090 --> 00:38:55,320 Logan Aldridge: observed was pushing, pushing that sense of limitation, that psychological 671 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,979 Logan Aldridge: sense of where is my potential? Where does it end? 672 00:38:58,980 --> 00:39:02,250 Logan Aldridge: Where can I go? Where can I excel? And through 673 00:39:02,250 --> 00:39:06,060 Logan Aldridge: working with and observing other adaptive athletes and every other 674 00:39:06,060 --> 00:39:11,040 Logan Aldridge: type of discipline from paralympic track and field to cycling 675 00:39:11,099 --> 00:39:16,080 Logan Aldridge: to weightlifting and all the different sports and activities, it's 676 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:22,050 Logan Aldridge: always been being more of a creative solution finder rather 677 00:39:22,050 --> 00:39:26,309 Logan Aldridge: than a problem identifier. We all have different ways we're 678 00:39:26,309 --> 00:39:29,609 Logan Aldridge: going to try to accomplish something. And I think that there's endless opportunity 679 00:39:30,030 --> 00:39:33,059 Logan Aldridge: to be creative in how you want to accomplish or 680 00:39:33,059 --> 00:39:35,969 Logan Aldridge: approach a task. And through the creative approach, we create 681 00:39:35,969 --> 00:39:39,630 Logan Aldridge: adaptation within our bodies. We discover a new way to 682 00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:43,440 Logan Aldridge: lift that weight with one arm or to pedal that 683 00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:49,109 Logan Aldridge: bike with one leg. And so, there becomes this desire 684 00:39:49,110 --> 00:39:51,299 Logan Aldridge: to push. And I think for me, it was just 685 00:39:51,299 --> 00:39:55,140 Logan Aldridge: this massive curiosity to what happens if I keep lifting 686 00:39:55,140 --> 00:39:59,670 Logan Aldridge: heavier, safely, safely, always, always doing things with safety in 687 00:39:59,670 --> 00:40:02,040 Logan Aldridge: mind. I don't want to injure anyone, especially an adaptive 688 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:06,930 Logan Aldridge: athlete, but curiosity and pushing the body to the extreme, 689 00:40:07,049 --> 00:40:10,410 Logan Aldridge: to the limits. And to be honest, the mindset I 690 00:40:10,410 --> 00:40:12,569 Logan Aldridge: have every time I do that is Forrest Gump, just 691 00:40:12,570 --> 00:40:16,259 Logan Aldridge: like running and just knowing what happens when you stop. 692 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:21,239 Logan Aldridge: We all know at whatever rep, whatever weight, whatever distance, 693 00:40:21,300 --> 00:40:25,110 Logan Aldridge: whatever time or speed or pace, you know what happens. 694 00:40:25,139 --> 00:40:27,929 Logan Aldridge: We all know for certain, when you get to that 695 00:40:27,929 --> 00:40:32,310 Logan Aldridge: moment and the brain says, " I can't do this anymore." Okay, if 696 00:40:32,310 --> 00:40:34,919 Logan Aldridge: you stop, we all know what happens. Then you recover, 697 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,190 Logan Aldridge: everything is fine. You don't die. And you get back to 698 00:40:38,250 --> 00:40:40,739 Logan Aldridge: a place. And in an hour or two hours or 699 00:40:40,739 --> 00:40:43,199 Logan Aldridge: a day or a week or a month, you think 700 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:49,109 Logan Aldridge: if you can reflect enough back in that moment, oftentimes 701 00:40:49,109 --> 00:40:51,600 Logan Aldridge: what I've found and the athletes I've worked with, adaptive 702 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,390 Logan Aldridge: athletes especially, we go back there and we really unpack 703 00:40:54,390 --> 00:40:57,090 Logan Aldridge: that moment when you stopped, you didn't have to. You 704 00:40:57,570 --> 00:41:01,469 Logan Aldridge: didn't have to. Just chose to. So, what happens if we 705 00:41:01,469 --> 00:41:06,209 Logan Aldridge: just keep going, just a little bit more, just one more rep, one more step, 706 00:41:06,660 --> 00:41:10,500 Logan Aldridge: one more. And then because of that next one, you 707 00:41:10,500 --> 00:41:14,160 Logan Aldridge: break through and then the breakthrough, all of a sudden you 708 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:18,480 Logan Aldridge: thought you were at 99.9% and then you gave that 0. 709 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:21,179 Logan Aldridge: 1, and then you're like, " Oh, my GOD, that was 710 00:41:21,179 --> 00:41:25,709 Logan Aldridge: 80. Now, I've got 81, 82. I can just keep going." So, that 711 00:41:25,710 --> 00:41:27,780 Logan Aldridge: happens, and that happens over time. And trust me, I'm 712 00:41:27,780 --> 00:41:30,390 Logan Aldridge: not here to say that's always the case. Yeah, there 713 00:41:30,390 --> 00:41:32,820 Logan Aldridge: are times you push and you go, " Today's not the 714 00:41:32,820 --> 00:41:34,860 Logan Aldridge: day," and that's it. And you pull off. But that's what 715 00:41:34,860 --> 00:41:39,869 Logan Aldridge: I mean by the misconception is just not that you have to be a 716 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,299 Logan Aldridge: David Goggins in everything you do, but you just got 717 00:41:42,299 --> 00:41:46,109 Logan Aldridge: to be open to pursuing a little bit more than 718 00:41:46,110 --> 00:41:49,799 Logan Aldridge: what your brain, than what you even subconsciously know or 719 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:53,939 Logan Aldridge: believe you're capable of. And regardless of ability, regardless of 720 00:41:53,940 --> 00:41:57,869 Logan Aldridge: disability, that's the way I think to advance, to pursue, 721 00:41:57,870 --> 00:41:59,249 Logan Aldridge: to improve in everything we do in life. 722 00:41:59,850 --> 00:42:03,719 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, Logan, 100%. And that's something that people can relate 723 00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:07,379 Rob Simmelkjaer: to, whether they have a disability or not. We talk 724 00:42:07,410 --> 00:42:10,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: on this podcast ever since we started it, we talked 725 00:42:10,290 --> 00:42:13,380 Rob Simmelkjaer: so much about the power of that just keep going 726 00:42:13,650 --> 00:42:18,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: mentality and how you have to have that mentality to 727 00:42:18,750 --> 00:42:23,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: do something like run a marathon, even if you're completely able- 728 00:42:23,460 --> 00:42:27,629 Rob Simmelkjaer: bodied with no issues or disabilities. I mean, that's a 729 00:42:27,630 --> 00:42:30,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: mindset of keep going to get you to the finish 730 00:42:30,870 --> 00:42:33,569 Rob Simmelkjaer: line of a marathon. And speaking of marathons, Logan, you 731 00:42:33,570 --> 00:42:37,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: are adding that to your repertoire these days. We know 732 00:42:37,890 --> 00:42:42,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: about your weightlifting and your incredible strength with your right 733 00:42:42,870 --> 00:42:46,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: arm now, but talk about the decision to get into 734 00:42:46,290 --> 00:42:49,230 Rob Simmelkjaer: running and running marathons. You ran your first marathon in 735 00:42:49,230 --> 00:42:52,529 Rob Simmelkjaer: Chicago last year. And we're so thrilled to have you 736 00:42:52,529 --> 00:42:56,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: planning on joining us at the TCS New York City Marathon 737 00:42:56,730 --> 00:42:59,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: this year. That'll be your second marathon ever. I want 738 00:42:59,790 --> 00:43:04,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: to hear about how the training is going and just what was it, Logan, 739 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:08,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: that got you to thinking, " Yeah, marathon, that's something I 740 00:43:08,670 --> 00:43:08,941 Rob Simmelkjaer: need to do"? 741 00:43:08,941 --> 00:43:14,160 Logan Aldridge: Becs, it was Becs. I mean, are you kidding me? Look who I work 742 00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:20,160 Logan Aldridge: with. Are you kidding me? Everyone I'm surrounded by inspires me 743 00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:24,120 Logan Aldridge: to the utmost to run a marathon, to be a marathoner specifically, 744 00:43:24,210 --> 00:43:27,299 Logan Aldridge: but also just to be more fit on a side 745 00:43:27,630 --> 00:43:30,989 Logan Aldridge: that I'm not. Listen, I love variants. As Becs was 746 00:43:30,989 --> 00:43:35,339 Logan Aldridge: mentioning, I have ADHD when it comes to activity. I 747 00:43:35,340 --> 00:43:37,589 Logan Aldridge: have to do this and then go try this and 748 00:43:37,590 --> 00:43:40,649 Logan Aldridge: then try this. And then I'm always bouncing around from 749 00:43:40,650 --> 00:43:44,850 Logan Aldridge: gymnastics to weightlifting to running. But if I'm being honest, 750 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:48,719 Logan Aldridge: I say that and I've always felt like I could stand 751 00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:52,049 Logan Aldridge: tall with my chest out, being proud of how varied 752 00:43:52,050 --> 00:43:54,360 Logan Aldridge: I am, how hybrid I am with my training and my 753 00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:59,579 Logan Aldridge: fitness. But endurance running is not, I am the fast 754 00:43:59,580 --> 00:44:04,289 Logan Aldridge: twitch guy. Quick stop, quick stop. Everything from lifting heavy 755 00:44:04,289 --> 00:44:07,080 Logan Aldridge: to sprinting and track and field stuff. I have experienced 756 00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:11,010 Logan Aldridge: 100 meter, 200 long jump. So, marathon running was a great 757 00:44:11,070 --> 00:44:14,880 Logan Aldridge: opportunity for me to practice what I preach, which is 758 00:44:15,090 --> 00:44:19,498 Logan Aldridge: that idea of variance, that idea of being uncommonly good 759 00:44:19,500 --> 00:44:21,719 Logan Aldridge: at the common things, running, but the way you get, 760 00:44:21,989 --> 00:44:23,849 Logan Aldridge: you do all the spectrums. You got to go run 761 00:44:23,850 --> 00:44:25,950 Logan Aldridge: real short, real fast. You got to run real long, 762 00:44:26,310 --> 00:44:30,750 Logan Aldridge: real steady. And I love being a beginner. I love 763 00:44:31,140 --> 00:44:35,550 Logan Aldridge: being challenged by something that I thought I was going 764 00:44:35,550 --> 00:44:37,199 Logan Aldridge: to be good at or that I thought would be 765 00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:41,850 Logan Aldridge: easy. And I'll tell you what, my first long run 766 00:44:41,850 --> 00:44:44,819 Logan Aldridge: I did training for Chicago last year where it was like, " Hey, 767 00:44:44,820 --> 00:44:48,210 Logan Aldridge: Logan, just go out for 14 miles, but real slow 768 00:44:48,210 --> 00:44:51,150 Logan Aldridge: conversational pace," I couldn't do it. I couldn't do it. 769 00:44:51,210 --> 00:44:53,849 Logan Aldridge: And that's not me trying to sound cool. It was 770 00:44:53,849 --> 00:44:57,299 Logan Aldridge: so hard to run slow, couldn't do it. And then 771 00:44:57,299 --> 00:45:02,969 Logan Aldridge: that kept me up at night. I was like, " Logan, you don't know 772 00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:05,760 Logan Aldridge: how to do this very well. This is all you're 773 00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:07,230 Logan Aldridge: going to do now. This is all you're going to do." And I became obsessed 774 00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:12,659 Logan Aldridge: with it. Chicago, so the training was really fun. It 775 00:45:12,660 --> 00:45:16,440 Logan Aldridge: was really cool. It was way more cathartic than I 776 00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:19,290 Logan Aldridge: thought or than any experience I've had in training for 777 00:45:19,290 --> 00:45:25,050 Logan Aldridge: an event or for fitness. The runs were, I mean 778 00:45:25,050 --> 00:45:27,270 Logan Aldridge: so many people I've talked about this, but the things 779 00:45:27,540 --> 00:45:30,929 Logan Aldridge: you think about and the introspection you do and the 780 00:45:30,929 --> 00:45:35,489 Logan Aldridge: places your mind goes internally and externally was wild. It 781 00:45:35,489 --> 00:45:38,370 Logan Aldridge: was really, really interesting. It was really meditative. And I 782 00:45:38,370 --> 00:45:40,770 Logan Aldridge: don't think I've ever done something like that where I'm in my 783 00:45:40,770 --> 00:45:44,759 Logan Aldridge: own thoughts that long for those long runs. So, I 784 00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:50,879 Logan Aldridge: fell in love with it. Chicago, man. So fun. What 785 00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:52,919 Logan Aldridge: a great first run, too. A good flat one. 786 00:45:54,510 --> 00:45:56,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: Can't promise you that in New York. Sorry, Logan. 787 00:45:56,670 --> 00:45:56,671 Logan Aldridge: No. 788 00:45:56,671 --> 00:45:56,672 Becs Gentry: Yeah, sorry. 789 00:45:56,671 --> 00:45:59,219 Logan Aldridge: No. I know what's up for New York. I had 790 00:45:59,219 --> 00:46:01,589 Logan Aldridge: FOMO though. Cheering for it last year. I said, " I 791 00:46:01,589 --> 00:46:04,290 Logan Aldridge: have to do this." And yeah, I cannot wait for it, but- 792 00:46:04,590 --> 00:46:08,729 Becs Gentry: You literally said that. I saw you on the Monday and you were like, " 793 00:46:09,239 --> 00:46:10,920 Becs Gentry: I'm running New York next year." I was like, "Okay, okay, here we go. Let's go." 794 00:46:12,690 --> 00:46:15,719 Logan Aldridge: As soon as it ended, I said, " Yeah, I have to do this one. I have 795 00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:21,149 Logan Aldridge: to do this one." Chicago was amazing and it was 796 00:46:21,570 --> 00:46:26,009 Logan Aldridge: the adrenaline, the fuel, the power you get from being 797 00:46:26,009 --> 00:46:29,369 Logan Aldridge: around all those folks, it was incredible. I was flying 798 00:46:29,369 --> 00:46:31,800 Logan Aldridge: y'all. I was killing it. And then I got to mile 799 00:46:31,830 --> 00:46:34,890 Logan Aldridge: 20 and I thought, " Oh, yeah, did not do the 800 00:46:34,890 --> 00:46:37,950 Logan Aldridge: electrolytes right in the first 10 miles." My legs locked 801 00:46:37,950 --> 00:46:41,700 Logan Aldridge: up. So, I had a dramatic final six miles like many people have. 802 00:46:41,700 --> 00:46:43,860 Becs Gentry: You had full body crumps, right? 803 00:46:44,430 --> 00:46:46,230 Logan Aldridge: Yeah. You know those fainting goats? You know when the 804 00:46:46,230 --> 00:46:47,941 Logan Aldridge: fainting goats, you scare them and they lock up? 805 00:46:47,940 --> 00:46:48,180 Becs Gentry: My favorite. 806 00:46:48,299 --> 00:46:50,400 Logan Aldridge: And then they fall over, that was me at mile 807 00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:57,000 Logan Aldridge: 20. Exactly 20.0 my legs, both legs went locked up and yeah, that 808 00:46:57,000 --> 00:47:00,420 Logan Aldridge: was crazy. So, this is redemption marathon. This is New 809 00:47:00,420 --> 00:47:04,559 Logan Aldridge: York City, different marathon, but the hometown, we're going to 810 00:47:04,559 --> 00:47:07,739 Logan Aldridge: crush it. All of the fam, all of Pelot, I'm going to do 811 00:47:07,739 --> 00:47:10,920 Logan Aldridge: everything I can to just beat my own race. I'm not 812 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:14,099 Logan Aldridge: racing against anybody else but myself and my own mentality 813 00:47:14,099 --> 00:47:15,659 Logan Aldridge: is just do better than the last one. Don't cramp 814 00:47:15,660 --> 00:47:16,380 Logan Aldridge: up that bad. 815 00:47:19,590 --> 00:47:19,741 Becs Gentry: It is the best. It is the best. 816 00:47:19,740 --> 00:47:22,289 Logan Aldridge: I love it. I love it. I love it. And I see exactly now what 817 00:47:22,289 --> 00:47:24,359 Logan Aldridge: they're talking about. The first one I was training for 818 00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:25,170 Logan Aldridge: it and I was going to go out. I was like, " 819 00:47:25,170 --> 00:47:29,640 Logan Aldridge: You know what? I'm going to do one, say I did it." Good. Done, done, done. Did 820 00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:31,529 Logan Aldridge: it. As soon as I finished, I was like, "No, no, 821 00:47:31,530 --> 00:47:33,599 Logan Aldridge: no. I'm not going out like that. I got to 822 00:47:33,599 --> 00:47:35,250 Logan Aldridge: do it again. I got to do it again." So, yeah, 823 00:47:35,250 --> 00:47:38,248 Logan Aldridge: I've been talking to Becs about it. It's in my head. Starting 824 00:47:38,250 --> 00:47:43,049 Logan Aldridge: now, starting that training, well underway, feeling great, feeling great, 825 00:47:43,050 --> 00:47:46,890 Logan Aldridge: just really, it's all about, and I very much overlooked 826 00:47:46,890 --> 00:47:50,610 Logan Aldridge: this. It's all about knowing how to fuel and hydrate 827 00:47:50,820 --> 00:47:52,321 Logan Aldridge: for me, that's what it is. 828 00:47:52,321 --> 00:47:52,322 Becs Gentry: And rest. 829 00:47:52,321 --> 00:47:56,099 Logan Aldridge: Training the gut, training the body. And yes, taking the 830 00:47:56,099 --> 00:47:59,639 Logan Aldridge: days to let the body fully recover. I struggle with that. 831 00:47:59,639 --> 00:48:02,669 Becs Gentry: Yes, because you do like to do everything, but this 832 00:48:02,910 --> 00:48:06,089 Becs Gentry: marathon training is definitely one of those times where you 833 00:48:06,090 --> 00:48:08,250 Becs Gentry: have to sit back and be like, " I will do 834 00:48:08,250 --> 00:48:12,121 Becs Gentry: it, but maybe in 12 to 16 weeks." 835 00:48:12,121 --> 00:48:19,379 Logan Aldridge: It's incredible. It's incredible. It's, again, such an important, for me in 836 00:48:19,379 --> 00:48:22,650 Logan Aldridge: my background, it's one of those one aspects that I 837 00:48:22,650 --> 00:48:26,429 Logan Aldridge: really did not pursue. I did not do the endurance 838 00:48:26,429 --> 00:48:30,570 Logan Aldridge: stuff. I think the most I'd ran was 13 miles ever 839 00:48:30,660 --> 00:48:31,890 Logan Aldridge: before training for that. 840 00:48:31,890 --> 00:48:36,780 Becs Gentry: Which is amazing in itself. Logan, I want to ask you as 841 00:48:36,780 --> 00:48:41,610 Becs Gentry: somebody, as a leader in the fitness industry and seeing 842 00:48:41,610 --> 00:48:48,450 Becs Gentry: the changes that you have personally experienced, but also huge 843 00:48:48,450 --> 00:48:53,700 Becs Gentry: changes within the fitness world since you had your accident 844 00:48:53,730 --> 00:48:57,839 Becs Gentry: to where you are today as a Peloton instructor, what 845 00:48:58,170 --> 00:49:03,179 Becs Gentry: would you still like to see change to make the 846 00:49:03,179 --> 00:49:06,090 Becs Gentry: fitness industry more inclusive? 847 00:49:07,170 --> 00:49:16,650 Logan Aldridge: Yeah, great question. First of all, let's give some flowers 848 00:49:17,250 --> 00:49:24,779 Logan Aldridge: to how much it has changed. And regardless of anything 849 00:49:25,020 --> 00:49:27,389 Logan Aldridge: of the incredible opportunity I've had to do, what I've 850 00:49:27,389 --> 00:49:29,190 Logan Aldridge: been able to do here at Peloton, regardless of that, 851 00:49:29,850 --> 00:49:34,170 Logan Aldridge: the industry as a whole, I think the efforts, the 852 00:49:34,170 --> 00:49:38,519 Logan Aldridge: acknowledgement, the opportunity is far greater than it was. And 853 00:49:38,610 --> 00:49:44,910 Logan Aldridge: culturally, I think socially, culturally, I think we see in 854 00:49:44,910 --> 00:49:47,850 Logan Aldridge: a very different way, people who are different, people who 855 00:49:47,850 --> 00:49:52,680 Logan Aldridge: look different, have different varying ability in some way. So, 856 00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:55,230 Logan Aldridge: I want to give praise and appreciate how far we've 857 00:49:55,230 --> 00:50:00,389 Logan Aldridge: come. It's amazing. And then I want to be very grateful and express my 858 00:50:00,389 --> 00:50:03,809 Logan Aldridge: incredible gratitude and honor and how I joke a lot 859 00:50:03,809 --> 00:50:06,538 Logan Aldridge: and I try to be lighthearted and funny, but how 860 00:50:06,570 --> 00:50:10,620 Logan Aldridge: serious I take this work that I do in regards 861 00:50:10,620 --> 00:50:15,389 Logan Aldridge: to increasing the inclusion and accessibility for everyone to fitness 862 00:50:15,389 --> 00:50:18,450 Logan Aldridge: offerings and meeting them where they are with fitness and 863 00:50:19,290 --> 00:50:21,599 Logan Aldridge: the opportunity to have a Peloton to do that and the 864 00:50:21,599 --> 00:50:25,050 Logan Aldridge: work we've been doing. I take that work very seriously. 865 00:50:25,770 --> 00:50:28,470 Logan Aldridge: And because I know the impact it can have and what 866 00:50:28,620 --> 00:50:33,119 Logan Aldridge: it can do. And I think we are on the precipice 867 00:50:33,900 --> 00:50:38,130 Logan Aldridge: of doing exactly what the vision, the idea, the mission 868 00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:42,270 Logan Aldridge: has always been, which is to democratize fitness, make it 869 00:50:42,300 --> 00:50:47,879 Logan Aldridge: accessible and approachable and relatable to anyone regardless of background, 870 00:50:47,940 --> 00:50:53,250 Logan Aldridge: ability, location, every type of demographic you would put on 871 00:50:53,250 --> 00:50:57,540 Logan Aldridge: someone, this is the one place where everyone should be united 872 00:50:57,540 --> 00:51:01,620 Logan Aldridge: and welcomed and offered the opportunity to be seen, represented, 873 00:51:01,620 --> 00:51:06,239 Logan Aldridge: and supported. That's the whole reason why I've been on 874 00:51:06,239 --> 00:51:10,679 Logan Aldridge: the mission I've been on before Peloton and educating trainers 875 00:51:10,679 --> 00:51:13,469 Logan Aldridge: to be certified to work with people with disabilities and 876 00:51:13,469 --> 00:51:15,689 Logan Aldridge: then to create the offerings. Because when you look at 877 00:51:15,690 --> 00:51:21,690 Logan Aldridge: it from a 10,000- foot view, why doesn't everyone do 878 00:51:21,690 --> 00:51:23,460 Logan Aldridge: it? We all want everyone to do it. We know 879 00:51:24,060 --> 00:51:28,289 Logan Aldridge: how great it is for everyone. Well, it's access. And 880 00:51:28,290 --> 00:51:31,710 Logan Aldridge: then we think about the ways in which someone with a 881 00:51:31,770 --> 00:51:35,759 Logan Aldridge: disability has access to not only fitness but the world. 882 00:51:36,870 --> 00:51:42,629 Logan Aldridge: Disability was a term and an idea, a concept that 883 00:51:42,630 --> 00:51:46,979 Logan Aldridge: did not use to exist until we started creating environments 884 00:51:47,520 --> 00:51:51,929 Logan Aldridge: that required certain physical abilities to participate or interact or 885 00:51:51,929 --> 00:51:55,469 Logan Aldridge: be involved in. So, there's a great, great, and I 886 00:51:55,469 --> 00:51:58,259 Logan Aldridge: won't go into this, but there's a history of disability 887 00:51:58,320 --> 00:52:00,750 Logan Aldridge: as an incredible book about the background and history of 888 00:52:00,750 --> 00:52:05,190 Logan Aldridge: disability. And it's incredible. Before, a long time ago, there 889 00:52:05,190 --> 00:52:08,189 Logan Aldridge: used to not be this idea of disability. And Native 890 00:52:08,190 --> 00:52:10,229 Logan Aldridge: American tribes, they didn't have it. It was literally like 891 00:52:10,230 --> 00:52:12,510 Logan Aldridge: a superpower. It was like your task then was then 892 00:52:12,510 --> 00:52:14,880 Logan Aldridge: focused on this one specific thing because you'd be way 893 00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:17,280 Logan Aldridge: more better and skilled at this than others. But the 894 00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:20,429 Logan Aldridge: environment is what creates the disability. And I think in fitness, of 895 00:52:20,429 --> 00:52:23,339 Logan Aldridge: course, it's an environment of we want to express your 896 00:52:23,340 --> 00:52:26,400 Logan Aldridge: body constantly, how to express your body and train your 897 00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:29,069 Logan Aldridge: ability to get stronger and better. So, what I recognized 898 00:52:29,070 --> 00:52:33,180 Logan Aldridge: was from a 10, 000- foot view, if gyms don't have 899 00:52:33,420 --> 00:52:36,570 Logan Aldridge: the knowledge, the trainers don't have the knowledge, the equipment 900 00:52:36,570 --> 00:52:40,319 Logan Aldridge: isn't set up, the facility isn't set up for a 901 00:52:40,770 --> 00:52:43,259 Logan Aldridge: seated athlete to be able to roll in and have 902 00:52:43,259 --> 00:52:45,809 Logan Aldridge: access to the right weights, the right equipment, the right 903 00:52:45,809 --> 00:52:49,469 Logan Aldridge: program, and knowledge from the trainers and the coaches in 904 00:52:49,469 --> 00:52:54,000 Logan Aldridge: the gym, that's not abnormal. That's just someone coming to 905 00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:56,730 Logan Aldridge: work out. That isn't the state of the industry or 906 00:52:56,730 --> 00:52:59,969 Logan Aldridge: of the access of the facilities. And so, the opportunity 907 00:52:59,969 --> 00:53:02,940 Logan Aldridge: was to educate trainers. And then once trainers are educated, 908 00:53:02,940 --> 00:53:07,259 Logan Aldridge: they feel empowered and capable to welcome anyone in their 909 00:53:07,260 --> 00:53:11,160 Logan Aldridge: doors. Once that happens, that individual feels confident and not 910 00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:14,040 Logan Aldridge: like a burden, not like a psychological burden on where 911 00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:16,619 Logan Aldridge: they may be going. And then we talk about the 912 00:53:16,620 --> 00:53:18,569 Logan Aldridge: individuals that just want fitness to meet them where they 913 00:53:18,570 --> 00:53:21,209 Logan Aldridge: are. It's incredible. We have these phones that are like 914 00:53:21,210 --> 00:53:23,609 Logan Aldridge: computers and everything can be done on them, and we have these apps. 915 00:53:23,609 --> 00:53:26,489 Logan Aldridge: So, with Peloton and Connected Fitness, no matter what we're 916 00:53:26,489 --> 00:53:29,370 Logan Aldridge: doing, fitness can meet you where you are. And I 917 00:53:29,370 --> 00:53:32,400 Logan Aldridge: think the work that we have been doing at Peloton 918 00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:36,480 Logan Aldridge: and can continue to do is market and show how 919 00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:39,420 Logan Aldridge: wherever you are, no matter what your ability or background, 920 00:53:39,540 --> 00:53:42,330 Logan Aldridge: you can start to move. And that's the message is 921 00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:45,750 Logan Aldridge: just move. Just move. And here at Peloton, we've created 922 00:53:46,380 --> 00:53:50,070 Logan Aldridge: the no intimidation easy way to get started, to learn 923 00:53:50,070 --> 00:53:54,900 Logan Aldridge: about yourself and your ability regardless if you're a standing adaptive 924 00:53:54,900 --> 00:53:58,139 Logan Aldridge: athlete, a seated adaptive athlete, which are just two general 925 00:53:58,139 --> 00:54:01,710 Logan Aldridge: big bucket categories we identify. And then within those, I'm 926 00:54:01,710 --> 00:54:06,090 Logan Aldridge: going to take you through exposing and educating you on 927 00:54:06,270 --> 00:54:08,549 Logan Aldridge: ways to move your body, how to move your body, 928 00:54:08,580 --> 00:54:10,410 Logan Aldridge: how to be confident in moving your body, the safe 929 00:54:10,410 --> 00:54:13,620 Logan Aldridge: and effective way to things to hold yourself accountable to 930 00:54:13,620 --> 00:54:17,370 Logan Aldridge: regardless of your condition or impairment. We still want to 931 00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:20,219 Logan Aldridge: hold ourselves to a certain standard in movement. And then 932 00:54:20,219 --> 00:54:23,370 Logan Aldridge: through that, we get empowered and we get curious about 933 00:54:23,370 --> 00:54:27,270 Logan Aldridge: how to modify or adapt or change movement to meet 934 00:54:27,270 --> 00:54:29,610 Logan Aldridge: us where we are. Because the whole point of inclusive 935 00:54:29,610 --> 00:54:33,299 Logan Aldridge: fitness is not to create a category on Peloton that 936 00:54:33,299 --> 00:54:35,788 Logan Aldridge: has adaptive and all adaptive come there and they take 937 00:54:35,789 --> 00:54:38,100 Logan Aldridge: the workouts there and that's where that category is. That's 938 00:54:38,100 --> 00:54:40,980 Logan Aldridge: exclusive. That's creating a one place where everyone comes to 939 00:54:40,980 --> 00:54:44,218 Logan Aldridge: do one thing for a certain type of person. Instead, it's 940 00:54:44,219 --> 00:54:47,579 Logan Aldridge: educating through that experience, which is phenomenal what we do 941 00:54:47,580 --> 00:54:52,529 Logan Aldridge: at Peloton. Peloton through fun entertainment, we're educating, too. We're 942 00:54:52,529 --> 00:54:55,500 Logan Aldridge: making education fun is really what this version of fitness is. 943 00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:59,880 Logan Aldridge: And so, the adaptive categories are then meant to empower 944 00:54:59,880 --> 00:55:03,239 Logan Aldridge: the individual, build confidence, like a rolling snowball type of 945 00:55:03,239 --> 00:55:05,460 Logan Aldridge: thing. All of a sudden, you got some momentum. All of a 946 00:55:05,460 --> 00:55:11,189 Logan Aldridge: sudden, okay, I'm a seated athlete. When Adrian says burpees 947 00:55:11,190 --> 00:55:14,759 Logan Aldridge: in a class, I know what my burpee is. I 948 00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:17,100 Logan Aldridge: know how to modify the burpee. So, now that athlete 949 00:55:17,100 --> 00:55:19,410 Logan Aldridge: can start to take any strength class. Now, that athlete 950 00:55:19,410 --> 00:55:21,719 Logan Aldridge: can go and take any piece of content from any 951 00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:25,139 Logan Aldridge: instructor, and that's universal design, and that's the approach where 952 00:55:25,139 --> 00:55:28,980 Logan Aldridge: I want fitness to get to with Peloton, with the fitness 953 00:55:28,980 --> 00:55:30,989 Logan Aldridge: industry as a whole, is how do we make it 954 00:55:31,650 --> 00:55:37,380 Logan Aldridge: so that everyone is universally benefiting from increased knowledge and 955 00:55:37,380 --> 00:55:41,609 Logan Aldridge: awareness and access to this type of fitness. Indirectly too, it's 956 00:55:41,610 --> 00:55:44,429 Logan Aldridge: a great solution for those who maybe have a knee injury, 957 00:55:44,460 --> 00:55:47,669 Logan Aldridge: an ankle injury, some temporary impairment. So many times I 958 00:55:47,670 --> 00:55:51,630 Logan Aldridge: see individuals who would just put their membership or put 959 00:55:51,630 --> 00:55:54,210 Logan Aldridge: their fitness approach on pause for a month or two 960 00:55:54,210 --> 00:55:56,880 Logan Aldridge: because they had a little injury, and now they can 961 00:55:56,880 --> 00:55:59,790 Logan Aldridge: continue to move their body. This is meant to welcome 962 00:55:59,849 --> 00:56:02,790 Logan Aldridge: any and everyone. It's not specific to, yes, you have 963 00:56:02,790 --> 00:56:05,969 Logan Aldridge: to have a permanent impairment or condition to do adaptive 964 00:56:05,969 --> 00:56:09,900 Logan Aldridge: training. No, no, no. It's meant for everyone to learn 965 00:56:09,900 --> 00:56:13,169 Logan Aldridge: about an experience and it makes everyone better. Makes everyone better. 966 00:56:14,010 --> 00:56:18,149 Rob Simmelkjaer: Logan, I cannot think of a better conversation for us 967 00:56:18,150 --> 00:56:20,939 Rob Simmelkjaer: to have. July, for those who don't know, is Disability 968 00:56:20,940 --> 00:56:25,259 Rob Simmelkjaer: Pride Month. And you're just showing it. You're showing exactly 969 00:56:25,260 --> 00:56:27,839 Rob Simmelkjaer: what it's all about. Your book, by the way, you 970 00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:31,799 Rob Simmelkjaer: have out is called Beyond Expectations, and that's what it 971 00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:37,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: is. You didn't let yourself become limited by the expectations 972 00:56:37,500 --> 00:56:42,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: of others, even the expectations of your pre- accident self, right? 973 00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:42,989 Logan Aldridge: Yeah. 974 00:56:42,989 --> 00:56:46,859 Rob Simmelkjaer: You decided to discard those, discard the prejudices that you 975 00:56:46,860 --> 00:56:51,480 Rob Simmelkjaer: had about people with disabilities because now you were one 976 00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:53,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: and you've shown it. You've shown what this is all 977 00:56:53,910 --> 00:56:59,039 Rob Simmelkjaer: about. One of my favorite things, Logan, about the TCS 978 00:56:59,039 --> 00:57:02,970 Rob Simmelkjaer: New York City Marathon and most of our races, but 979 00:57:03,270 --> 00:57:06,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: especially the marathon, is just how many different types of 980 00:57:06,900 --> 00:57:10,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: people and abilities we see show up at the starting 981 00:57:10,710 --> 00:57:13,560 Rob Simmelkjaer: line of that race. And you are going to be 982 00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:17,159 Rob Simmelkjaer: among those people. I'm sure you felt this in Chicago, 983 00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:22,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: too, surrounded by so many people who have different types 984 00:57:22,710 --> 00:57:26,639 Rob Simmelkjaer: of bodies and different abilities. And for you to be 985 00:57:26,639 --> 00:57:29,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: up there doing what you've done, leading in this space 986 00:57:30,120 --> 00:57:33,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: and doing it at an incredible level of success, deadlifting 500 987 00:57:33,690 --> 00:57:37,080 Rob Simmelkjaer: pounds, by the way, which I still cannot quite comprehend. 988 00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:41,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: I mean, I cannot do that myself with four limbs. 989 00:57:41,160 --> 00:57:41,521 Logan Aldridge: I can't either. 990 00:57:41,521 --> 00:57:42,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: How? How? 991 00:57:42,750 --> 00:57:45,179 Logan Aldridge: I can't either. Dude, I'm not a big person. I 992 00:57:45,179 --> 00:57:47,520 Logan Aldridge: can't either. I weigh 165 pounds, I don't know how 993 00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:52,590 Logan Aldridge: I deadlifted 500, 502 pounds. It's adrenaline is what it was, I guess. 994 00:57:52,770 --> 00:57:52,830 Becs Gentry: Wow. 995 00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:55,560 Rob Simmelkjaer: They say you can lift a car, I guess if there's enough 996 00:57:55,560 --> 00:57:57,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: adrenaline, something got you fired up. 997 00:57:57,960 --> 00:57:58,470 Logan Aldridge: That's what happened. 998 00:57:59,010 --> 00:57:59,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: Unbelievable. 999 00:58:00,630 --> 00:58:00,631 Logan Aldridge: That's what happened. 1000 00:58:00,631 --> 00:58:03,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: But Logan, amazing having you here on Set the Pace, 1001 00:58:03,870 --> 00:58:07,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: amazing to have your story as part of our marathon 1002 00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:10,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: this year. And I know we're going to be hearing 1003 00:58:10,020 --> 00:58:11,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: a lot more from you. Your Instagram by the way, 1004 00:58:11,850 --> 00:58:14,880 Rob Simmelkjaer: for those who don't follow it is awesome. People need 1005 00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:18,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: to follow you, Logan Aldridge on Instagram and just check 1006 00:58:18,840 --> 00:58:21,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: it out. We can't wait to see how your prep 1007 00:58:21,090 --> 00:58:23,220 Rob Simmelkjaer: goes. Are you feeling good at this point? You think you're going to 1008 00:58:23,639 --> 00:58:25,019 Rob Simmelkjaer: be ready to go in November? 1009 00:58:25,530 --> 00:58:31,410 Logan Aldridge: Yes, I'm feeling great. Yes, I'm fired up. And hold me accountable. 1010 00:58:31,410 --> 00:58:32,040 Logan Aldridge: Keep me to it. I'm going to get my time. I'm going to do well. 1011 00:58:33,420 --> 00:58:34,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: I'm going to be following you on Instagram. I'm going 1012 00:58:34,770 --> 00:58:36,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: to be watching and seeing how you're doing. 1013 00:58:36,780 --> 00:58:37,470 Logan Aldridge: Yes, please. 1014 00:58:37,860 --> 00:58:39,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: Keep it going. We can't wait to see you in 1015 00:58:39,660 --> 00:58:43,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: New York and thank you so much. This is an amazing conversation 1016 00:58:43,410 --> 00:58:45,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: and just an incredibly inspiring one. 1017 00:58:45,900 --> 00:58:49,200 Logan Aldridge: Thank you both. And I just want to say on 1018 00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:53,970 Logan Aldridge: those few things, just mention. This does mean the world 1019 00:58:53,970 --> 00:58:58,530 Logan Aldridge: to me. I'm incredibly passionate about adaptive training, creating access 1020 00:58:58,530 --> 00:59:02,280 Logan Aldridge: for everyone to fitness. I do not think I know it 1021 00:59:02,370 --> 00:59:06,599 Logan Aldridge: all. I do not think I am here and able 1022 00:59:06,660 --> 00:59:11,250 Logan Aldridge: to represent everyone and all of the disability community. And I 1023 00:59:11,250 --> 00:59:17,339 Logan Aldridge: absolutely acknowledge you cannot be everything to everyone. And I 1024 00:59:17,429 --> 00:59:20,730 Logan Aldridge: want people to know it all comes from a place 1025 00:59:20,730 --> 00:59:25,079 Logan Aldridge: of love and positive intention and trying to create solutions 1026 00:59:25,110 --> 00:59:29,820 Logan Aldridge: and understanding when I can, thinking of and trying my 1027 00:59:29,820 --> 00:59:34,529 Logan Aldridge: best to represent every type of disability community. You're exactly 1028 00:59:34,530 --> 00:59:38,400 Logan Aldridge: right. My experience with it at 13 was remarkable. I'm 1029 00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:41,879 Logan Aldridge: so lucky, so, so lucky to have the family and 1030 00:59:41,879 --> 00:59:44,700 Logan Aldridge: the support that I had. It shaped every bit of 1031 00:59:44,700 --> 00:59:49,770 Logan Aldridge: my outlook and perspective. And that self- help book that 1032 00:59:49,770 --> 00:59:51,750 Logan Aldridge: my mom and I co- authored way back in the 1033 00:59:51,750 --> 00:59:56,430 Logan Aldridge: day, Beyond Expectations, was exactly that. My experience with expectations, 1034 00:59:56,730 --> 00:59:58,889 Logan Aldridge: what we came, what I came to define it as 1035 00:59:58,889 --> 01:00:01,410 Logan Aldridge: was prejudgments. We place on ourselves in one another that 1036 01:00:01,410 --> 01:00:05,490 Logan Aldridge: typically limit potential. And being left- handed at 13 and 1037 01:00:05,490 --> 01:00:09,419 Logan Aldridge: having that arm amputated, a lot of teachers and adults 1038 01:00:09,420 --> 01:00:11,280 Logan Aldridge: thought that I wouldn't write again. And that was my 1039 01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:14,100 Logan Aldridge: first experience while in the hospital where I thought, " Wow, 1040 01:00:14,639 --> 01:00:16,949 Logan Aldridge: they're just going to think I just won't write. I'm 1041 01:00:16,949 --> 01:00:19,560 Logan Aldridge: pretty sure I just try for a while and I'll 1042 01:00:19,560 --> 01:00:22,410 Logan Aldridge: figure it out." And I did. So, that was my 1043 01:00:22,410 --> 01:00:25,140 Logan Aldridge: experience there and that's the message I want to tell. 1044 01:00:25,140 --> 01:00:28,110 Logan Aldridge: When I say beyond expectations, it's not about overachieving or 1045 01:00:28,110 --> 01:00:31,200 Logan Aldridge: trying to be perfect, but it's just recognizing that they're 1046 01:00:31,200 --> 01:00:35,639 Logan Aldridge: just preconceived limitations that we typically place on ourselves and 1047 01:00:35,639 --> 01:00:41,370 Logan Aldridge: often placed on others. And let's encourage exceeding. Let's encourage 1048 01:00:41,370 --> 01:00:45,540 Logan Aldridge: pushing past and rather than placing judgment and expectations, let's 1049 01:00:45,540 --> 01:00:50,790 Logan Aldridge: just assume massive potential that we all can pursue. And 1050 01:00:51,570 --> 01:00:54,779 Logan Aldridge: I know that when it comes to adaptive stuff, people 1051 01:00:54,780 --> 01:00:56,880 Logan Aldridge: don't care how much you know until they know how 1052 01:00:56,880 --> 01:00:59,010 Logan Aldridge: much you care. And I just want to continue to 1053 01:00:59,010 --> 01:01:02,429 Logan Aldridge: say, this is my world, this is what I live for and 1054 01:01:02,429 --> 01:01:05,189 Logan Aldridge: I breathe it and love it. And if there's ever 1055 01:01:05,190 --> 01:01:07,799 Logan Aldridge: anything I can improve on, always reach out to me, 1056 01:01:07,799 --> 01:01:11,009 Logan Aldridge: send me a DM on my Instagram. I want to get better and 1057 01:01:11,010 --> 01:01:13,320 Logan Aldridge: better. I'm always a student trying to learn, too. So, 1058 01:01:13,350 --> 01:01:15,059 Logan Aldridge: thank you all so much for having me on here 1059 01:01:15,059 --> 01:01:16,621 Logan Aldridge: and let me ramble and talk way too much. 1060 01:01:16,621 --> 01:01:22,830 Becs Gentry: You are fabulous. You are loved and yeah, so grateful to share this time 1061 01:01:22,830 --> 01:01:27,389 Becs Gentry: with you and our Peloton time. Logan, we wish you so much luck 1062 01:01:27,480 --> 01:01:31,560 Becs Gentry: in the TCS New York City Marathon this year and yeah, 1063 01:01:32,310 --> 01:01:33,271 Becs Gentry: let's go run some miles, baby. 1064 01:01:33,271 --> 01:01:36,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: Let's go. Let's go. Can't wait. Thank you all. Can't wait 1065 01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:38,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: to see you all out there. It's going to be 1066 01:01:38,400 --> 01:01:56,280 Rob Simmelkjaer: awesome. For today's Member Moment, we are thrilled to welcome 1067 01:01:56,280 --> 01:02:00,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: Dr. Tamanna Singh, a board certified adult clinical and sports 1068 01:02:00,570 --> 01:02:05,549 Rob Simmelkjaer: cardiologist and an RRCA certified run coach. Dr. Singh serves 1069 01:02:05,549 --> 01:02:08,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: as the co- director of the Sports Cardiology Center at 1070 01:02:08,430 --> 01:02:12,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: Cleveland Clinic and she's an assistant professor of medicine at 1071 01:02:12,180 --> 01:02:15,749 Rob Simmelkjaer: the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Center College of Medicine. But beyond 1072 01:02:15,750 --> 01:02:19,980 Rob Simmelkjaer: her impressive professional achievements, she's an avid marathon runner, a 1073 01:02:19,980 --> 01:02:24,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: weightlifter, a plant- based cooking enthusiast, and a passionate advocate 1074 01:02:24,870 --> 01:02:29,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: for the benefits of slow running. Here's Meb with Dr. Singh. 1075 01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:34,740 Meb Keflezighi: Thanks, Rob. Welcome, Dr. Singh, to the podcast. Starting with 1076 01:02:34,740 --> 01:02:38,280 Meb Keflezighi: your personal journey, what motivated you to begin running and how 1077 01:02:38,280 --> 01:02:41,669 Meb Keflezighi: has your relationship with running evolved over the years? 1078 01:02:42,989 --> 01:02:47,310 Tamanna Singh: So, I think my role in the medical work has 1079 01:02:47,310 --> 01:02:50,880 Tamanna Singh: actually helped me get into the role of running. So, 1080 01:02:51,150 --> 01:02:53,460 Tamanna Singh: in my sports cardiology training, one of my mentors told 1081 01:02:53,460 --> 01:02:55,139 Tamanna Singh: me to bring a pair of sneakers with me and 1082 01:02:55,139 --> 01:02:57,450 Tamanna Singh: I really wasn't running much at the time. I think 1083 01:02:57,750 --> 01:02:59,729 Tamanna Singh: maybe a couple of miles several times a week. And 1084 01:02:59,730 --> 01:03:01,950 Tamanna Singh: she said, " Well, when you start training, you're going to 1085 01:03:01,950 --> 01:03:05,310 Tamanna Singh: probably be running more." And I think just inherently with the 1086 01:03:05,310 --> 01:03:08,099 Tamanna Singh: athlete patients I was meeting and treating as well as 1087 01:03:08,099 --> 01:03:10,739 Tamanna Singh: being around a lot of sport in Boston, I just 1088 01:03:10,740 --> 01:03:12,839 Tamanna Singh: started to pick it up a little bit and within 1089 01:03:12,840 --> 01:03:15,150 Tamanna Singh: that year, did my first 10 miles and a half 1090 01:03:15,150 --> 01:03:18,299 Tamanna Singh: marathon and then did my first marathon about a year 1091 01:03:18,300 --> 01:03:21,480 Tamanna Singh: after I started to finally do some more long distance running. 1092 01:03:22,890 --> 01:03:26,280 Meb Keflezighi: You're an advocate for slow running. Can you explain how 1093 01:03:26,280 --> 01:03:29,429 Meb Keflezighi: slow running helps your body, especially how it makes your 1094 01:03:29,429 --> 01:03:31,499 Meb Keflezighi: muscles and blood flow work better? 1095 01:03:32,759 --> 01:03:35,430 Tamanna Singh: Yeah, so slow running is really part of the process 1096 01:03:35,430 --> 01:03:38,760 Tamanna Singh: when you're trying to build aerobic efficiency and endurance. So, 1097 01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:42,060 Tamanna Singh: from a cardiovascular perspective, we're thinking about getting the heart 1098 01:03:42,060 --> 01:03:46,229 Tamanna Singh: stronger and more efficient every time it beats. So, that 1099 01:03:46,230 --> 01:03:49,980 Tamanna Singh: translates over to our muscular performance in terms of running at 1100 01:03:50,160 --> 01:03:52,709 Tamanna Singh: a level, at a pace where you're actually able to 1101 01:03:52,709 --> 01:03:57,270 Tamanna Singh: improve the mitochondrial density, improve your capillary network. And in 1102 01:03:57,270 --> 01:04:00,900 Tamanna Singh: layman's terms, that's basically becoming better at utilizing the energy 1103 01:04:00,900 --> 01:04:04,349 Tamanna Singh: you're producing, getting more oxygen to your muscles, getting more 1104 01:04:04,349 --> 01:04:06,840 Tamanna Singh: oxygen and blood flow to your heart muscle. And over 1105 01:04:06,840 --> 01:04:10,649 Tamanna Singh: time running those easy paces is going to help you 1106 01:04:10,650 --> 01:04:11,999 Tamanna Singh: become faster in the long run. 1107 01:04:13,559 --> 01:04:16,380 Meb Keflezighi: When I see people getting from point A to point 1108 01:04:16,380 --> 01:04:19,169 Meb Keflezighi: B, there are runners, but what are some of the 1109 01:04:19,290 --> 01:04:22,949 Meb Keflezighi: common misconception about slow running that you have encountered? 1110 01:04:24,179 --> 01:04:26,400 Tamanna Singh: I think sometimes some people will say, " Hey, I'm running 1111 01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:28,199 Tamanna Singh: too slow. How am I ever going to know how 1112 01:04:28,199 --> 01:04:30,900 Tamanna Singh: to run fast or learn how to run fast?" That's 1113 01:04:30,900 --> 01:04:34,020 Tamanna Singh: a very common myth that I see in my practice. 1114 01:04:34,020 --> 01:04:36,480 Tamanna Singh: Or I'll have individuals say, " Hey, I'm running these fast 1115 01:04:36,480 --> 01:04:41,189 Tamanna Singh: paces and I can sustain them, but I'm not seeing 1116 01:04:41,219 --> 01:04:44,849 Tamanna Singh: any improvement in my pace. I'm not seeing any improvement 1117 01:04:44,849 --> 01:04:48,780 Tamanna Singh: in my endurance and my stamina." And I think that's 1118 01:04:48,780 --> 01:04:51,420 Tamanna Singh: where we have to backtrack and say, " We have to 1119 01:04:51,690 --> 01:04:55,410 Tamanna Singh: develop a process a way to create that metabolic change, 1120 01:04:55,410 --> 01:04:59,129 Tamanna Singh: that change that allows for you to utilize oxygen more 1121 01:04:59,130 --> 01:05:03,150 Tamanna Singh: efficiently, allows for your muscles to utilize oxygen more efficiently." 1122 01:05:03,420 --> 01:05:09,420 Tamanna Singh: Because when you can build those ground tools, build that 1123 01:05:09,420 --> 01:05:13,230 Tamanna Singh: foundation of that aerobic warehouse, that's what's going to translate 1124 01:05:13,230 --> 01:05:16,050 Tamanna Singh: into you being able to sustain a pace. So, I 1125 01:05:16,050 --> 01:05:18,660 Tamanna Singh: think just teaching individuals that just because you're running slow 1126 01:05:18,660 --> 01:05:20,700 Tamanna Singh: on your easy miles doesn't mean that you can't be 1127 01:05:20,700 --> 01:05:23,999 Tamanna Singh: fast. I think that's really important. And people will find 1128 01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:26,400 Tamanna Singh: that they have more energy to do their workouts if 1129 01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:29,460 Tamanna Singh: they run most of their mileage at a slower effort, 1130 01:05:29,460 --> 01:05:32,400 Tamanna Singh: a very sustainable effort. And then I'll tell the people 1131 01:05:32,400 --> 01:05:34,410 Tamanna Singh: who are kind of running in that gray zone, so 1132 01:05:34,410 --> 01:05:36,450 Tamanna Singh: where you're not really getting much bang for your buck, 1133 01:05:36,599 --> 01:05:38,910 Tamanna Singh: you're just not running slow enough to get that bang 1134 01:05:38,910 --> 01:05:43,020 Tamanna Singh: for your buck and you're also not necessarily running quite 1135 01:05:43,020 --> 01:05:48,000 Tamanna Singh: fast to build those paces that you're trying to sustain. 1136 01:05:48,630 --> 01:05:51,000 Tamanna Singh: I'll tell those individuals, " Slow it down, you'll find that 1137 01:05:51,000 --> 01:05:53,339 Tamanna Singh: you're recovering better. You'll find that you might actually be 1138 01:05:53,340 --> 01:05:57,240 Tamanna Singh: able to run faster for longer, again, once you have 1139 01:05:57,240 --> 01:06:00,600 Tamanna Singh: those building blocks established in your foundation of running." 1140 01:06:00,600 --> 01:06:04,620 Meb Keflezighi: That's the same from personal experience. For me was the 1141 01:06:05,490 --> 01:06:07,890 Meb Keflezighi: hard days are hard, but the easy days are also 1142 01:06:07,890 --> 01:06:13,290 Meb Keflezighi: as important. And how can runners determine their ideal slow 1143 01:06:13,320 --> 01:06:16,949 Meb Keflezighi: running pace? What indicators should they look for to ensure 1144 01:06:16,949 --> 01:06:19,650 Meb Keflezighi: they are maintaining the right effort level? 1145 01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:24,090 Tamanna Singh: So, I'm a huge advocate for effort. I know a 1146 01:06:24,090 --> 01:06:27,300 Tamanna Singh: lot of people will use heart rate to do things 1147 01:06:27,300 --> 01:06:30,630 Tamanna Singh: like zone training. So, basically the most common form of 1148 01:06:30,630 --> 01:06:33,660 Tamanna Singh: zone training is looking at zones one through five and 1149 01:06:33,660 --> 01:06:36,960 Tamanna Singh: then figuring out what your peak heart rate is based 1150 01:06:36,960 --> 01:06:40,230 Tamanna Singh: upon maybe a 5K or all out max test and then 1151 01:06:40,230 --> 01:06:43,470 Tamanna Singh: building backwards from there. What I've learned as someone who's 1152 01:06:43,770 --> 01:06:45,750 Tamanna Singh: been around a lot of the gadgets, used a lot 1153 01:06:45,750 --> 01:06:50,490 Tamanna Singh: of gadgets myself and sometimes maybe been a little more, 1154 01:06:50,670 --> 01:06:52,709 Tamanna Singh: I don't want to say obsessed, but maybe looking at 1155 01:06:52,709 --> 01:06:56,340 Tamanna Singh: the numbers more often when I first started running. What 1156 01:06:56,340 --> 01:06:58,950 Tamanna Singh: I've learned over time is that the numbers are not 1157 01:06:58,950 --> 01:07:02,189 Tamanna Singh: always necessarily accurate and on a day- to- day basis, 1158 01:07:02,460 --> 01:07:04,469 Tamanna Singh: they're not going to be as helpful because your heart 1159 01:07:04,469 --> 01:07:07,559 Tamanna Singh: rate changes with whatever you use to hydrate the day 1160 01:07:07,559 --> 01:07:11,880 Tamanna Singh: before, how stressed you are, how well recovered you are, 1161 01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:15,150 Tamanna Singh: whether you're sick. And so, utilizing heart rate on a day- to- 1162 01:07:15,150 --> 01:07:17,760 Tamanna Singh: day basis may just not be as reflective of what 1163 01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:20,610 Tamanna Singh: you need to advance your training. So, I find an effort- 1164 01:07:20,610 --> 01:07:25,590 Tamanna Singh: based strategy being the best to figure out what your 1165 01:07:25,770 --> 01:07:28,289 Tamanna Singh: slow pace can be. And the way I often describe it 1166 01:07:28,289 --> 01:07:31,500 Tamanna Singh: to my athlete patients is think about a pace where 1167 01:07:31,500 --> 01:07:34,020 Tamanna Singh: you can help hold a conversation. You really don't have 1168 01:07:34,020 --> 01:07:37,590 Tamanna Singh: to take many breaths in between. You can actually just 1169 01:07:37,620 --> 01:07:40,170 Tamanna Singh: chat with someone side by side. You might even be 1170 01:07:40,170 --> 01:07:42,480 Tamanna Singh: able to sing along with a song that you're listening 1171 01:07:42,480 --> 01:07:45,749 Tamanna Singh: to. That would be a nice, easy, sustainable, you can 1172 01:07:45,780 --> 01:07:48,660 Tamanna Singh: run that effort forever. And then if you go up 1173 01:07:48,660 --> 01:07:52,440 Tamanna Singh: a notch, if you're thinking about pace work, so maybe 1174 01:07:52,440 --> 01:07:57,030 Tamanna Singh: perhaps tempo or I would say probably tempo training, that 1175 01:07:57,030 --> 01:07:59,219 Tamanna Singh: would be more along the lines of you can maybe 1176 01:07:59,219 --> 01:08:01,740 Tamanna Singh: get a sentence or two out, but you're definitely breathing 1177 01:08:01,740 --> 01:08:04,949 Tamanna Singh: a little more. And that effort is not necessarily sustainable, 1178 01:08:04,949 --> 01:08:06,930 Tamanna Singh: but you could probably do that for about 30 minutes 1179 01:08:06,930 --> 01:08:09,510 Tamanna Singh: to an hour. And then building off of that, if 1180 01:08:09,510 --> 01:08:11,610 Tamanna Singh: you're at an effort where you're huffing and puffing a 1181 01:08:11,610 --> 01:08:14,040 Tamanna Singh: bit more, maybe getting out a couple of words, that's 1182 01:08:14,040 --> 01:08:17,670 Tamanna Singh: going to translate more into something like interval training, fast- 1183 01:08:17,670 --> 01:08:23,010 Tamanna Singh: paced training, so 5K, 10K, maybe even faster. So, effort I 1184 01:08:23,010 --> 01:08:26,610 Tamanna Singh: think is more reliable and it also kind of takes 1185 01:08:26,670 --> 01:08:30,750 Tamanna Singh: a little bit of the type A thought process of 1186 01:08:30,750 --> 01:08:33,840 Tamanna Singh: running out of the equation. And it also I think 1187 01:08:33,840 --> 01:08:37,018 Tamanna Singh: helps you be more positive about your running. Sometimes if 1188 01:08:37,020 --> 01:08:39,269 Tamanna Singh: we see that our heart rate didn't get as high 1189 01:08:39,599 --> 01:08:43,020 Tamanna Singh: or maybe we didn't hit a particular pace numerically, that 1190 01:08:43,020 --> 01:08:45,270 Tamanna Singh: can sometimes get people bogged down. But if you just 1191 01:08:45,270 --> 01:08:47,880 Tamanna Singh: think about, " Hey, did I hit the effort that was 1192 01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:51,090 Tamanna Singh: the intention of this workout?" That's a quick easy yes 1193 01:08:51,090 --> 01:08:53,909 Tamanna Singh: or no, or maybe, that might be a bit more 1194 01:08:53,910 --> 01:08:56,340 Tamanna Singh: positive in your reflection of that run. 1195 01:08:57,059 --> 01:09:00,060 Meb Keflezighi: I completely agree. I think sometimes even when I'm running, 1196 01:09:00,060 --> 01:09:03,180 Meb Keflezighi: I will have my watch on my heart rate and see what 1197 01:09:03,180 --> 01:09:06,900 Meb Keflezighi: my effort's like and then predict the pace or vice 1198 01:09:06,900 --> 01:09:10,290 Meb Keflezighi: versa. I will have on the pace and say, " I think 1199 01:09:10,290 --> 01:09:12,780 Meb Keflezighi: my heart rate should be on this zone," be able 1200 01:09:12,780 --> 01:09:14,849 Meb Keflezighi: to just set effort. I feel like my heart rate 1201 01:09:14,849 --> 01:09:18,210 Meb Keflezighi: should be at 135 or whatever my recovery runs. But 1202 01:09:18,600 --> 01:09:21,870 Meb Keflezighi: you advocate for 80% of the train should be slow 1203 01:09:21,870 --> 01:09:25,469 Meb Keflezighi: running. Is that how accurate or what's your thought on that? 1204 01:09:26,459 --> 01:09:28,860 Tamanna Singh: Yeah, I mean I think the 80- 20 breakdown is quite 1205 01:09:28,860 --> 01:09:31,379 Tamanna Singh: simple to follow. At the end of the day, I 1206 01:09:31,380 --> 01:09:34,559 Tamanna Singh: don't necessarily say one particular percentage is better than the 1207 01:09:34,559 --> 01:09:37,500 Tamanna Singh: other. I think if you're breaking down your training to 1208 01:09:37,500 --> 01:09:41,550 Tamanna Singh: a week- long training week, if you think about maybe 1209 01:09:41,550 --> 01:09:44,070 Tamanna Singh: having the majority of your runs in that easy sustainable 1210 01:09:44,070 --> 01:09:46,740 Tamanna Singh: effort and then perhaps one to two days where you're 1211 01:09:46,740 --> 01:09:50,670 Tamanna Singh: doing speed training or a workout that's meant for whatever 1212 01:09:50,670 --> 01:09:53,129 Tamanna Singh: you are training for, I think that's a healthy way 1213 01:09:53,129 --> 01:09:56,460 Tamanna Singh: to get started and to try to figure out what 1214 01:09:56,460 --> 01:09:59,460 Tamanna Singh: your effort translates to in terms of pace work, whether 1215 01:09:59,460 --> 01:10:02,639 Tamanna Singh: that effort allows for sufficient recovery in the day following, 1216 01:10:02,939 --> 01:10:05,040 Tamanna Singh: and then just build upon that. And if you do 1217 01:10:05,040 --> 01:10:08,189 Tamanna Singh: want to correlate numbers, then the way I kind of 1218 01:10:08,189 --> 01:10:10,438 Tamanna Singh: think about it is just go backwards. Think about how 1219 01:10:10,439 --> 01:10:12,719 Tamanna Singh: you're feeling, maybe take a couple of glances at your 1220 01:10:12,720 --> 01:10:15,240 Tamanna Singh: watch. A chest drop is going to be the most 1221 01:10:15,240 --> 01:10:17,220 Tamanna Singh: reliable way to measure your heart rate. So, if you 1222 01:10:17,220 --> 01:10:19,110 Tamanna Singh: really want to look at numbers, I would say go 1223 01:10:19,110 --> 01:10:22,350 Tamanna Singh: to chest drop. But use the effort as your foundation. 1224 01:10:22,530 --> 01:10:24,689 Tamanna Singh: You can see how it translates to heart rate. But 1225 01:10:24,689 --> 01:10:27,719 Tamanna Singh: again, remember that the data is just data. You got 1226 01:10:27,719 --> 01:10:29,729 Tamanna Singh: to trust your gut, trust how you feel, and I 1227 01:10:29,729 --> 01:10:31,979 Tamanna Singh: think that allows for you to not hold back too 1228 01:10:31,979 --> 01:10:35,040 Tamanna Singh: much. And it also prevents you from pushing too far. 1229 01:10:36,210 --> 01:10:38,939 Meb Keflezighi: Well said, the progress is right in front of you, the 1230 01:10:38,939 --> 01:10:41,099 Meb Keflezighi: next mile, the next week, the next month to be 1231 01:10:41,099 --> 01:10:45,478 Meb Keflezighi: able to elevate your fitness at the highest level. Well, what inspired 1232 01:10:45,870 --> 01:10:48,358 Meb Keflezighi: you to start running marathons and what has been your 1233 01:10:48,360 --> 01:10:50,640 Meb Keflezighi: most memorable marathon experience? 1234 01:10:51,450 --> 01:10:54,660 Tamanna Singh: Yeah, so I think I've run now eight to date. And like I said, 1235 01:10:54,660 --> 01:10:58,830 Tamanna Singh: I started in 2019. It really was just kind of 1236 01:10:58,830 --> 01:11:00,960 Tamanna Singh: being around a lot of positive energy. I mean, I 1237 01:11:00,960 --> 01:11:03,540 Tamanna Singh: did most of my training in Boston and Boston is 1238 01:11:03,540 --> 01:11:07,320 Tamanna Singh: notorious a city for running and for incredible runners. I've 1239 01:11:07,320 --> 01:11:10,469 Tamanna Singh: seen the marathon many, many times. But I think hearing 1240 01:11:10,470 --> 01:11:13,229 Tamanna Singh: about how much people learn about themselves was what kept 1241 01:11:13,229 --> 01:11:15,630 Tamanna Singh: me motivated to see how much more I could do. 1242 01:11:15,960 --> 01:11:18,689 Tamanna Singh: And eventually three miles became five miles became seven and 1243 01:11:18,689 --> 01:11:22,170 Tamanna Singh: 10 and more. And every time I kind of broke 1244 01:11:22,170 --> 01:11:26,040 Tamanna Singh: that barrier, I saw that translate into confidence, not just 1245 01:11:26,040 --> 01:11:30,389 Tamanna Singh: as a runner, but confidence as a professional, as someone 1246 01:11:30,390 --> 01:11:32,579 Tamanna Singh: part of relationships in my personal life. And I think 1247 01:11:33,330 --> 01:11:36,450 Tamanna Singh: that's the best part about running. You're seeing growth not 1248 01:11:36,450 --> 01:11:39,929 Tamanna Singh: just in an athletic perspective, but you're seeing growth personally. 1249 01:11:40,379 --> 01:11:42,840 Tamanna Singh: And so then, I had run a half marathon. One 1250 01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:44,760 Tamanna Singh: of my colleagues came by my office and said, " Hey, 1251 01:11:44,760 --> 01:11:46,979 Tamanna Singh: have you ever run marathons?" And I said, " No, no, 1252 01:11:46,979 --> 01:11:51,270 Tamanna Singh: no, I don't think I can run a marathon." And she basically was like, " 1253 01:11:51,300 --> 01:11:54,120 Tamanna Singh: Well, it's just another half." So, later that day, I 1254 01:11:54,120 --> 01:11:57,330 Tamanna Singh: ended up signing up with TEAM PAWS to run the 1255 01:11:57,330 --> 01:12:01,560 Tamanna Singh: Chicago Marathon. So, it was just very quick trigger type 1256 01:12:01,560 --> 01:12:03,478 Tamanna Singh: of decision for me. And then I ran that in 1257 01:12:03,479 --> 01:12:08,850 Tamanna Singh: 2019. It was tough. It was number one. I definitely 1258 01:12:09,120 --> 01:12:11,489 Tamanna Singh: did not get my nutrition and hydration right, but that 1259 01:12:11,490 --> 01:12:13,860 Tamanna Singh: was enough motivation for me to kind of seek redemption 1260 01:12:13,860 --> 01:12:16,740 Tamanna Singh: for the second. And then after that, it was just, 1261 01:12:16,740 --> 01:12:21,630 Tamanna Singh: again, every marathon is so different in terms of how 1262 01:12:21,630 --> 01:12:25,110 Tamanna Singh: you feel during and after. And I just saw myself 1263 01:12:25,110 --> 01:12:30,390 Tamanna Singh: grow and really take myself out of a box and 1264 01:12:30,599 --> 01:12:32,519 Tamanna Singh: like I said, just push a lot of barriers in 1265 01:12:32,520 --> 01:12:34,830 Tamanna Singh: my personal and professional life because of the confidence I 1266 01:12:34,830 --> 01:12:38,040 Tamanna Singh: was building as a runner. So then in terms of 1267 01:12:38,040 --> 01:12:40,290 Tamanna Singh: my favorite, I mean I ran New York last November 1268 01:12:40,290 --> 01:12:43,650 Tamanna Singh: and London this April. So, those are probably by far 1269 01:12:43,650 --> 01:12:45,899 Tamanna Singh: my two favorites just because of the intensity of the 1270 01:12:45,900 --> 01:12:50,129 Tamanna Singh: crowd. There truly was a spectator at every part of 1271 01:12:50,130 --> 01:12:54,119 Tamanna Singh: the race. And I think London was probably really memorable 1272 01:12:54,119 --> 01:12:57,420 Tamanna Singh: just because both of my parents were there. And so, 1273 01:12:57,420 --> 01:13:00,510 Tamanna Singh: to see my dad there with me, it was wonderful 1274 01:13:00,510 --> 01:13:02,849 Tamanna Singh: to have them by my side holding my hands after 1275 01:13:02,849 --> 01:13:06,059 Tamanna Singh: the race when my feet were hurting. So, it was 1276 01:13:06,059 --> 01:13:10,829 Tamanna Singh: just a great family experience. And then I've got the 1277 01:13:10,859 --> 01:13:14,820 Tamanna Singh: Marathon Porto coming up in August, so that's the race 1278 01:13:14,820 --> 01:13:18,360 Tamanna Singh: that's alongside the Olympics. So, that'll be a really cool 1279 01:13:18,360 --> 01:13:22,710 Tamanna Singh: experience my first night race. And I think just again, 1280 01:13:22,710 --> 01:13:27,749 Tamanna Singh: being around the energy of the Olympics and being able 1281 01:13:27,750 --> 01:13:31,830 Tamanna Singh: to run along a course that the Olympians are going 1282 01:13:31,830 --> 01:13:35,040 Tamanna Singh: to follow us after is pretty cool. It's really exciting. 1283 01:13:35,040 --> 01:13:36,450 Tamanna Singh: So, I'm looking forward to that. 1284 01:13:36,870 --> 01:13:40,320 Meb Keflezighi: That should be very exciting and congratulations on all your running 1285 01:13:40,320 --> 01:13:44,549 Meb Keflezighi: achievements, but also for giving guidance to those, the scientific 1286 01:13:44,549 --> 01:13:46,830 Meb Keflezighi: part of what the body's going through, so you have 1287 01:13:46,830 --> 01:13:49,710 Meb Keflezighi: the both combination to be able to just deliver. So, 1288 01:13:49,800 --> 01:13:51,420 Meb Keflezighi: congratulations and wish you the best. 1289 01:13:52,260 --> 01:13:53,700 Tamanna Singh: Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. 1290 01:13:54,270 --> 01:13:56,490 Rob Simmelkjaer: Thank you, Dr. Singh for joining us today and for 1291 01:13:56,490 --> 01:13:59,219 Rob Simmelkjaer: being a member of New York Road Runners. All right, 1292 01:13:59,219 --> 01:14:01,559 Rob Simmelkjaer: before we get to today's Meb Minute, we are actually 1293 01:14:01,559 --> 01:14:05,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: in the second week of our 2024 TCS New York City 1294 01:14:05,400 --> 01:14:09,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: Marathon complimentary entry giveaway sweepstakes here on Set the Pace. 1295 01:14:09,900 --> 01:14:13,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's right. This is a chance to get a complimentary guaranteed 1296 01:14:13,800 --> 01:14:17,280 Rob Simmelkjaer: spot in this year's TCS New York City Marathon, pretty 1297 01:14:17,280 --> 01:14:20,189 Rob Simmelkjaer: much an impossible thing to get except right here on 1298 01:14:20,189 --> 01:14:23,189 Rob Simmelkjaer: Set the Pace. So, here's the question for this week. 1299 01:14:23,490 --> 01:14:25,829 Rob Simmelkjaer: You might remember a couple of weeks ago, Becs announced 1300 01:14:25,830 --> 01:14:28,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: that she's going to be taking part in the Great 1301 01:14:28,530 --> 01:14:32,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: World Race this November. This is seven marathons on seven 1302 01:14:32,520 --> 01:14:36,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: continents in seven days. It's crazy. In the episode where 1303 01:14:36,540 --> 01:14:39,299 Rob Simmelkjaer: we talked about this where David Kilgore, her friend who's 1304 01:14:39,299 --> 01:14:41,969 Rob Simmelkjaer: doing this with her was a host, we talked about 1305 01:14:41,969 --> 01:14:45,479 Rob Simmelkjaer: the locations where they're going to be doing these marathons. 1306 01:14:45,479 --> 01:14:47,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: And a hint here is they actually only go to 1307 01:14:47,580 --> 01:14:51,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: six locations for these seven marathons. So, the question is, 1308 01:14:51,240 --> 01:14:55,380 Rob Simmelkjaer: what is the one location where they actually run two 1309 01:14:55,410 --> 01:14:58,768 Rob Simmelkjaer: marathons? Where do they go where there's one spot and 1310 01:14:58,770 --> 01:15:02,220 Rob Simmelkjaer: they run two marathons on two different continents in that 1311 01:15:02,220 --> 01:15:04,799 Rob Simmelkjaer: place? The answer to this question is in the July 1312 01:15:04,800 --> 01:15:07,530 Rob Simmelkjaer: 11th episode. So, if you missed our conversation with David 1313 01:15:07,530 --> 01:15:09,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: Kilgore, you can go back and listen. We won't be 1314 01:15:09,870 --> 01:15:14,490 Rob Simmelkjaer: drawing the winners until midnight on July 31st. To enter 1315 01:15:14,490 --> 01:15:16,920 Rob Simmelkjaer: the contest, go ahead and send your answer along with 1316 01:15:16,920 --> 01:15:19,530 Rob Simmelkjaer: a screenshot showing us that you've subscribed to Set the 1317 01:15:19,530 --> 01:15:28,799 Rob Simmelkjaer: Pace and left a rating to nyrrpodcast@ nrr. org. That's nyrrpodcast@ nyrr. 1318 01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:32,009 Rob Simmelkjaer: org. Send us the answer that one location where they're 1319 01:15:32,009 --> 01:15:36,150 Rob Simmelkjaer: running two marathons in this incredible seven marathons on seven 1320 01:15:36,150 --> 01:15:40,229 Rob Simmelkjaer: continents in seven days contest. All rules surrounding the sweepstakes 1321 01:15:40,229 --> 01:15:46,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: are available at nyrr.org/ setthepace. Now, let's check out today's 1322 01:15:46,349 --> 01:15:46,531 Rob Simmelkjaer: Meb Minutes. 1323 01:15:46,531 --> 01:15:52,379 Meb Keflezighi: Yeah, Meb Minutes this week is week 15, getting ready for the TCS 1324 01:15:52,379 --> 01:15:58,380 Meb Keflezighi: New York City Marathon. What you're thinking afterward, two weeks 1325 01:15:58,380 --> 01:16:03,478 Meb Keflezighi: is important. Do I have the right attire? Do I have the 1326 01:16:03,479 --> 01:16:07,680 Meb Keflezighi: right gear? I should try nutrition. What is going to 1327 01:16:07,799 --> 01:16:10,589 Meb Keflezighi: be served at the TCS New York City Marathon course? 1328 01:16:10,830 --> 01:16:13,530 Meb Keflezighi: Time to order some products and be able to just have 1329 01:16:13,530 --> 01:16:16,439 Meb Keflezighi: it at your disposal because you are committed to run 1330 01:16:16,680 --> 01:16:21,300 Meb Keflezighi: the biggest marathon in the world and 15 weeks out, you 1331 01:16:21,300 --> 01:16:24,900 Meb Keflezighi: are thinking, " Hey, I am ready for this." Even though 1332 01:16:24,900 --> 01:16:28,260 Meb Keflezighi: sometimes, how was that last week, week 16. I say I 1333 01:16:28,260 --> 01:16:31,890 Meb Keflezighi: made those great decision. My wife now is like, I 1334 01:16:31,890 --> 01:16:34,469 Meb Keflezighi: have the right things in my hand and be able 1335 01:16:34,470 --> 01:16:38,250 Meb Keflezighi: to just say to work hard, because it's all about 1336 01:16:38,250 --> 01:16:41,400 Meb Keflezighi: the journey. The sooner that you are committed and putting 1337 01:16:41,400 --> 01:16:44,939 Meb Keflezighi: the miles, the better. You're going to be fitter, stronger. 1338 01:16:44,939 --> 01:16:47,910 Meb Keflezighi: And then also getting to the starting line as best 1339 01:16:47,910 --> 01:16:51,808 Meb Keflezighi: as you can. It's all processing, thinking about it, checklist. Week 1340 01:16:51,840 --> 01:16:57,239 Meb Keflezighi: 15, the right gear, the right nutrition, I'm committed. And then you 1341 01:16:57,360 --> 01:17:01,049 Meb Keflezighi: start to see the progress. I really think what you 1342 01:17:01,049 --> 01:17:04,319 Meb Keflezighi: did the last two weeks will make a difference. Not 1343 01:17:04,379 --> 01:17:07,889 Meb Keflezighi: upping the miles, but you can see your cardiovascular making 1344 01:17:07,890 --> 01:17:12,030 Meb Keflezighi: progress. What was hard last week, two weeks is now 1345 01:17:12,030 --> 01:17:14,249 Meb Keflezighi: becoming easier. And that's the video of running. You can 1346 01:17:14,250 --> 01:17:16,050 Meb Keflezighi: slow down a little bit. You can pick up the 1347 01:17:16,050 --> 01:17:20,610 Meb Keflezighi: pace, but you're ready. Two weeks into it, end of 1348 01:17:20,610 --> 01:17:25,348 Meb Keflezighi: July almost, July 25th, you're like, "Okay, I'm ready for this." And November's 1349 01:17:25,350 --> 01:17:28,438 Meb Keflezighi: going to come very soon. So, just keep making progress. 1350 01:17:29,040 --> 01:17:30,990 Rob Simmelkjaer: All right, that does it for another episode of Set 1351 01:17:30,990 --> 01:17:33,179 Rob Simmelkjaer: The Pace. We want to thank our guests today, the 1352 01:17:33,179 --> 01:17:37,319 Rob Simmelkjaer: incredible Logan Aldridge and Dr. Tamanna Singh, our member of 1353 01:17:37,320 --> 01:17:39,929 Rob Simmelkjaer: the week. If you like today's episode, please go ahead, 1354 01:17:39,929 --> 01:17:43,470 Rob Simmelkjaer: subscribe, rate, leave a comment so folks can find us. 1355 01:17:43,530 --> 01:17:45,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: Hope you enjoy the show. We'll see you next week. 1356 01:17:45,870 --> 01:17:46,530 Rob Simmelkjaer: Enjoy the miles.