1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,720 Rob Simmelkjaer : New York Roadrunners is a nonprofit organization with a vision 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:07,560 Rob Simmelkjaer : to build healthier lives and stronger communities through the transformative 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:11,010 Rob Simmelkjaer : power of running. The support of members and donors like 4 00:00:11,010 --> 00:00:14,340 Rob Simmelkjaer : you, helps us achieve our mission to transform the health 5 00:00:14,340 --> 00:00:17,880 Rob Simmelkjaer : and well- being of our communities through inclusive and accessible 6 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:22,470 Rob Simmelkjaer : running experiences, empowering all to achieve their potential. Learn more 7 00:00:22,470 --> 00:00:26,010 Rob Simmelkjaer : and contribute at nyrr. org/ donate. 8 00:00:29,910 --> 00:00:34,290 Speaker 7: Thank you, New York. Today we're reminded of the power 9 00:00:34,290 --> 00:00:39,180 Speaker 7: of community and the power of coming together. Athletes, on 10 00:00:39,180 --> 00:00:39,629 Speaker 7: your mark. 11 00:00:39,629 --> 00:00:45,930 Speaker 6: The first woman to finish, for the second straight year, here in 12 00:00:45,930 --> 00:00:49,650 Speaker 6: the New York City Marathon, is Miki Gorman. A smiling Miki Gorman, 13 00:00:49,650 --> 00:00:52,500 Speaker 6: and why not. 2: 29: 30, the time for Grete Waitz. 14 00:00:53,820 --> 00:00:56,460 Speaker 8: Look at the emotion of Shalane Flanagan as she comes 15 00:00:56,460 --> 00:00:57,210 Speaker 8: to the line. 16 00:00:57,390 --> 00:01:02,340 Speaker 9: Pointing to his chest, pointing to the USA he so proudly wears across his 17 00:01:02,340 --> 00:01:04,980 Speaker 9: chest, a great day for Meb Keflezighi. 18 00:01:10,140 --> 00:01:14,220 Rob Simmelkjaer : Hello there, everybody, and welcome to another episode of Set the 19 00:01:14,220 --> 00:01:17,670 Rob Simmelkjaer : Pace presented by Peloton, it's the official podcast of New 20 00:01:17,670 --> 00:01:21,360 Rob Simmelkjaer : York Roadrunners. I am your host, and a very tired 21 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,020 Rob Simmelkjaer : CEO of New York Roadrunners, Rob Simmelkjaer, and with me 22 00:01:25,020 --> 00:01:28,440 Rob Simmelkjaer : as always, my co- host, Becs Gentry. Becs, before we 23 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,949 Rob Simmelkjaer : get into talking about my run in Berlin, which there's 24 00:01:31,950 --> 00:01:34,770 Rob Simmelkjaer : a lot to say, and it was incredible, just want 25 00:01:34,770 --> 00:01:37,950 Rob Simmelkjaer : to tell everybody we've got a great episode today. For 26 00:01:37,950 --> 00:01:42,090 Rob Simmelkjaer : everybody who is getting ready to run the 2024 TCS New 27 00:01:42,090 --> 00:01:46,920 Rob Simmelkjaer : York City Marathon, Ted Metellus, the race director of the 28 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,350 Rob Simmelkjaer : marathon will be with us a little bit later on. 29 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:51,510 Rob Simmelkjaer : Becs, it'll be me with him. You're not going to 30 00:01:51,510 --> 00:01:53,100 Rob Simmelkjaer : be able to make that part, but we'll get your 31 00:01:53,100 --> 00:01:54,990 Rob Simmelkjaer : questions in a minute. So he's going to take us 32 00:01:54,990 --> 00:01:58,410 Rob Simmelkjaer : through all the things you need to know about running 33 00:01:58,410 --> 00:02:02,550 Rob Simmelkjaer : the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon. Can't wait for Ted, 34 00:02:02,970 --> 00:02:06,600 Rob Simmelkjaer : but Becs, I'm back, I'm sore, but I'm happy. 35 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:11,460 Becs Gentry: You did it. You did it, massive congratulations, Rob. We are celebrating 36 00:02:11,730 --> 00:02:15,300 Becs Gentry: all your hard work that paid off in a PR 37 00:02:15,450 --> 00:02:19,858 Becs Gentry: in Berlin Marathon 11 years later. 38 00:02:22,019 --> 00:02:25,770 Rob Simmelkjaer : I think that's the headline for me, is 11 years 39 00:02:25,770 --> 00:02:29,370 Rob Simmelkjaer : after my last marathon. It was a skinny little PR, 40 00:02:29,370 --> 00:02:31,980 Rob Simmelkjaer : one minute or so faster than my last one. 3: 27: 41 00:02:32,850 --> 00:02:37,110 Rob Simmelkjaer : 32 is my final time. But oh, my God, it 42 00:02:37,110 --> 00:02:42,210 Rob Simmelkjaer : was such a rewarding experience, the entire thing, the training, 43 00:02:43,470 --> 00:02:46,080 Rob Simmelkjaer : talking to you about it, and so many friends, and 44 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,560 Rob Simmelkjaer : getting mentally prepared for it, having to overcome some hurdles 45 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,570 Rob Simmelkjaer : along the way, as so many of us do, some 46 00:02:51,570 --> 00:02:56,220 Rob Simmelkjaer : illness and soreness, and then just getting into Berlin, such 47 00:02:56,220 --> 00:03:00,570 Rob Simmelkjaer : a special event, the 50th anniversary of the BMW Berlin Marathon, being 48 00:03:00,570 --> 00:03:03,120 Rob Simmelkjaer : part of such a big event, and the whole race 49 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,820 Rob Simmelkjaer : from start to finish, with my man, and the man 50 00:03:05,820 --> 00:03:08,639 Rob Simmelkjaer : who gets so much of the credit for the race 51 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:13,350 Rob Simmelkjaer : I had on Sunday, Roberto Manje, my partner in crime, 52 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:18,179 Rob Simmelkjaer : my pacer, my coach. He inspired me to keep going 53 00:03:18,180 --> 00:03:21,660 Rob Simmelkjaer : when I had some challenging moments there, Becs, the last seven 54 00:03:21,660 --> 00:03:25,020 Rob Simmelkjaer : K, I had to step off the course three times to stretch my right hamstring. 55 00:03:25,020 --> 00:03:33,810 Becs Gentry: We need to talk this through. We need to talk this through. So you arrive in Berlin, it is huge celebrations. I 56 00:03:33,810 --> 00:03:37,530 Becs Gentry: mean, we spoke about it on the podcast a few 57 00:03:37,530 --> 00:03:40,560 Becs Gentry: weeks ago, about all of the incredible things that the team 58 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,400 Becs Gentry: out there were organizing for the BMW Berlin Marathon. So you 59 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:49,530 Becs Gentry: get there, it is all fun and celebrations, how were 60 00:03:49,530 --> 00:03:51,210 Becs Gentry: you feeling once you picked up your bib and it 61 00:03:51,210 --> 00:03:52,440 Becs Gentry: was real, it was in your hand? 62 00:03:52,740 --> 00:03:56,369 Rob Simmelkjaer : I felt great. I felt really great the entire time 63 00:03:56,370 --> 00:03:58,530 Rob Simmelkjaer : I was there, Becs. I would say from the time I 64 00:03:58,530 --> 00:04:01,350 Rob Simmelkjaer : ran the Bronx 10- miler the week before, and set 65 00:04:01,350 --> 00:04:04,170 Rob Simmelkjaer : a PR by five minutes by the way, I felt 66 00:04:04,170 --> 00:04:07,590 Rob Simmelkjaer : great physically, emotionally. And I was just so excited to be 67 00:04:07,590 --> 00:04:10,560 Rob Simmelkjaer : there because it was such a big event. On the 68 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,310 Rob Simmelkjaer : plane ride in, everybody was wearing their marathon gear from 69 00:04:14,580 --> 00:04:18,210 Rob Simmelkjaer : Boston or New York or Chicago or London. The energy 70 00:04:18,210 --> 00:04:21,450 Rob Simmelkjaer : was so incredible. The pilot was wishing everybody luck as 71 00:04:21,450 --> 00:04:25,800 Rob Simmelkjaer : we landed at the airport, and the energy was just 72 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,430 Rob Simmelkjaer : amazing. At the expo, all around the city, they just 73 00:04:29,430 --> 00:04:31,770 Rob Simmelkjaer : did such a great job, and the City of Berlin 74 00:04:32,070 --> 00:04:35,820 Rob Simmelkjaer : was clearly so into this event, so it felt great. 75 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:40,050 Becs Gentry: There you go for it. Okay, so race morning, Sunday morning, you're up 76 00:04:40,050 --> 00:04:45,150 Becs Gentry: nice and early, with everybody heading to the start line, 77 00:04:45,150 --> 00:04:47,400 Becs Gentry: and what was the atmosphere like at the start line? 78 00:04:48,089 --> 00:04:52,740 Rob Simmelkjaer : It was electric. It was a beautiful morning. Cool, definitely 79 00:04:52,740 --> 00:04:55,140 Rob Simmelkjaer : a chill in the air, but the perfect chill that 80 00:04:55,140 --> 00:04:57,990 Rob Simmelkjaer : you want at 7:00 in the morning on the day 81 00:04:57,990 --> 00:04:59,910 Rob Simmelkjaer : you're about to run 26.2 miles. 82 00:04:59,910 --> 00:05:01,410 Becs Gentry: Like we have at New York normally. 83 00:05:01,650 --> 00:05:01,950 Rob Simmelkjaer : Yes. 84 00:05:01,950 --> 00:05:02,251 Becs Gentry: It's very similar. 85 00:05:02,251 --> 00:05:05,820 Rob Simmelkjaer : Yes. And what we will hopefully have again, that's what we want 86 00:05:06,420 --> 00:05:10,200 Rob Simmelkjaer : in November. So it was a great little chill, tons 87 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:13,650 Rob Simmelkjaer : of excitement. I got a chance to be with the 88 00:05:13,650 --> 00:05:15,570 Rob Simmelkjaer : pro athletes for a good bit of the morning, which 89 00:05:15,570 --> 00:05:19,799 Rob Simmelkjaer : was an incredible treat for me. The people at SEC 90 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,100 Rob Simmelkjaer : Events just were so kind to me, Roberto, and our 91 00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:24,990 Rob Simmelkjaer : other staffers, they let us kind of hang out in 92 00:05:24,990 --> 00:05:27,180 Rob Simmelkjaer : some cool areas. So I got to watch the pro athletes do 93 00:05:27,180 --> 00:05:30,810 Rob Simmelkjaer : their preparation for the race, which was just really cool to 94 00:05:30,810 --> 00:05:34,380 Rob Simmelkjaer : see, and then stepped out into the corral, and the 95 00:05:34,380 --> 00:05:38,310 Rob Simmelkjaer : energy in that corral was just infectious, people were so 96 00:05:38,310 --> 00:05:41,969 Rob Simmelkjaer : excited to get going. And when the gun went off, 97 00:05:41,970 --> 00:05:45,270 Rob Simmelkjaer : one of the pieces of advice I remembered from people, 98 00:05:45,570 --> 00:05:47,490 Rob Simmelkjaer : and I took it, and Roberto was there to make 99 00:05:47,490 --> 00:05:50,430 Rob Simmelkjaer : sure I took it, was not to go too fast 100 00:05:50,430 --> 00:05:53,370 Rob Simmelkjaer : after the start there because it is a fast start. 101 00:05:53,370 --> 00:05:56,849 Rob Simmelkjaer : People are so excited. It is flat, there's so much 102 00:05:56,850 --> 00:05:58,351 Rob Simmelkjaer : energy, that I just saw people flying- 103 00:05:58,351 --> 00:05:59,430 Becs Gentry: Exactly, knowing it's flat all the way. 104 00:06:00,060 --> 00:06:02,490 Rob Simmelkjaer : Exactly. I mean, the pace from so many folks out of 105 00:06:02,550 --> 00:06:04,229 Rob Simmelkjaer : the gate, was really hot. 106 00:06:04,830 --> 00:06:06,779 Becs Gentry: Yeah, I remember that. I remember thinking there's no way, 107 00:06:07,050 --> 00:06:09,930 Becs Gentry: there's no way I can halt this for another 25 miles, but- 108 00:06:10,380 --> 00:06:13,229 Rob Simmelkjaer : Luckily, I had Roberto there to keep me where we 109 00:06:13,230 --> 00:06:16,440 Rob Simmelkjaer : needed to be. He had a plan, his plan was 110 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,480 Rob Simmelkjaer : perfect. We talked about it in our shakeout run the 111 00:06:18,510 --> 00:06:21,180 Rob Simmelkjaer : day before, and I just can't tell you how amazing it 112 00:06:21,180 --> 00:06:23,669 Rob Simmelkjaer : is to have a partner like that, who helps you 113 00:06:23,670 --> 00:06:26,400 Rob Simmelkjaer : make a plan. And even if it's a friend, or 114 00:06:26,670 --> 00:06:28,890 Rob Simmelkjaer : some people from a running group, or even if it's 115 00:06:28,890 --> 00:06:32,610 Rob Simmelkjaer : you on your own, to have a plan, that's huge. 116 00:06:32,610 --> 00:06:33,061 Becs Gentry: Yep, and stick to it. 117 00:06:33,061 --> 00:06:34,919 Rob Simmelkjaer : And then the key then is to stick to the 118 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,410 Rob Simmelkjaer : plan, and that's where having a partner was so great, 119 00:06:37,410 --> 00:06:39,900 Rob Simmelkjaer : because we stuck to that plan. We were like a 120 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:42,630 Rob Simmelkjaer : metronome, if you were tracking us, and a lot of people 121 00:06:42,630 --> 00:06:46,980 Rob Simmelkjaer : commented after the race, we were like a metronome, 5K, 122 00:06:47,220 --> 00:06:53,730 Rob Simmelkjaer : 10K, 15K, 20K, 25K, we were 24 minutes per 5K, 123 00:06:54,029 --> 00:06:58,050 Rob Simmelkjaer : like a clock. It was incredible until we got to 124 00:06:58,050 --> 00:07:00,000 Rob Simmelkjaer : about 35K, and then- 125 00:07:01,980 --> 00:07:01,981 Becs Gentry: Wheels came off a little? 126 00:07:01,981 --> 00:07:07,710 Rob Simmelkjaer : Yeah. My hamstring, first my left, which is the one that 127 00:07:07,710 --> 00:07:12,270 Rob Simmelkjaer : usually speaks to me, started having some conversations with me 128 00:07:12,330 --> 00:07:16,860 Rob Simmelkjaer : at about 23 miles, 22, 23. Because my longest training run had 129 00:07:16,860 --> 00:07:20,730 Rob Simmelkjaer : been 20, and so at 22, it was kind of like, " 130 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,040 Rob Simmelkjaer : Okay, yeah, I understand you're pushing a little bit more 131 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,100 Rob Simmelkjaer : than the last training run, but now we're probably good." 132 00:07:26,100 --> 00:07:28,559 Rob Simmelkjaer : So I started to feel a little at 22, a 133 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,280 Rob Simmelkjaer : little bit more at 23, then at like 24, 24 and 134 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,070 Rob Simmelkjaer : a half miles, my right hamstring, which is not usually 135 00:07:35,070 --> 00:07:37,800 Rob Simmelkjaer : the thing that bothers me, just came out of nowhere, 136 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,380 Rob Simmelkjaer : and was like, " Stop. Time to stop. We're done." 137 00:07:40,950 --> 00:07:41,580 Becs Gentry: Yeah, bye. 138 00:07:41,580 --> 00:07:44,730 Rob Simmelkjaer : And I was like, whoa. And I had to pull over to the 139 00:07:44,730 --> 00:07:47,850 Rob Simmelkjaer : side and start to stretch. And then somebody else I 140 00:07:47,850 --> 00:07:50,970 Rob Simmelkjaer : have to give some love to, a Roadrunner's member who 141 00:07:50,970 --> 00:07:54,480 Rob Simmelkjaer : we just kind of ran into around mile 15, a 142 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:58,380 Rob Simmelkjaer : guy named Asher Chong. He recognized me and Roberto, said 143 00:07:58,380 --> 00:08:00,930 Rob Simmelkjaer : that he'd had a rough time at about the halfway 144 00:08:00,930 --> 00:08:02,730 Rob Simmelkjaer : mark, and he was just going to run it in 145 00:08:02,730 --> 00:08:05,460 Rob Simmelkjaer : with us for the rest of the race. And he 146 00:08:05,460 --> 00:08:07,980 Rob Simmelkjaer : stayed with us, and I had to step off the 147 00:08:07,980 --> 00:08:11,010 Rob Simmelkjaer : course at, I don't know what the point was, but 148 00:08:11,010 --> 00:08:13,140 Rob Simmelkjaer : it was in that last say, 5K, and I stretched that 149 00:08:13,140 --> 00:08:18,240 Rob Simmelkjaer : right hamstring. And Asher and Roberto, they just would not 150 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,340 Rob Simmelkjaer : let me stop. They were like, " Okay, do what you 151 00:08:20,340 --> 00:08:21,810 Rob Simmelkjaer : got to do, but get back in here. We can 152 00:08:21,810 --> 00:08:24,750 Rob Simmelkjaer : do this." And Roberto just kept telling me that the 153 00:08:24,750 --> 00:08:26,550 Rob Simmelkjaer : PR was in sight, and it was still in sight, 154 00:08:26,550 --> 00:08:29,400 Rob Simmelkjaer : because we had put some money in the bank with 155 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:32,790 Rob Simmelkjaer : all those 7: 45 miles, and it was still there, 156 00:08:33,300 --> 00:08:36,390 Rob Simmelkjaer : and Roberto convinced me that it was still there. And 157 00:08:36,390 --> 00:08:38,370 Rob Simmelkjaer : he's taken videos of us on the way, and I'm 158 00:08:39,330 --> 00:08:42,840 Rob Simmelkjaer : sending love to my girls and my mom, and giving 159 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:47,340 Rob Simmelkjaer : the inspiration to myself. And then finally, oh, Becs, you 160 00:08:47,340 --> 00:08:48,330 Rob Simmelkjaer : turn that corner. 161 00:08:48,630 --> 00:08:53,040 Becs Gentry: Yeah. Wait, which corner though? Because you do the square, right? 162 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:56,550 Rob Simmelkjaer : Yeah, that last... It was like a left turn. All I remember is 163 00:08:56,550 --> 00:08:58,830 Rob Simmelkjaer : turning left. You're going into the city, like you're in 164 00:08:58,830 --> 00:08:59,370 Rob Simmelkjaer : the city- 165 00:08:59,550 --> 00:09:00,000 Becs Gentry: Yeah, you're in the city. It's all cobble-y. 166 00:09:02,130 --> 00:09:04,679 Rob Simmelkjaer : Yes. Yes, there's cobblestones. The crowds are big, so you 167 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,710 Rob Simmelkjaer : can feel it, you know it's close, and then you 168 00:09:07,710 --> 00:09:11,700 Rob Simmelkjaer : turn this one corner, and you see the Brandenburg Gate, 169 00:09:12,270 --> 00:09:15,630 Rob Simmelkjaer : and it's just seeing it as like, ah, it's there. 170 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,720 Rob Simmelkjaer : And putting my head down at that point, and just saying, " 171 00:09:18,750 --> 00:09:21,329 Rob Simmelkjaer : I can do this," and just putting everything I had 172 00:09:21,330 --> 00:09:23,970 Rob Simmelkjaer : into it. And luckily, I had so many people also 173 00:09:23,970 --> 00:09:26,520 Rob Simmelkjaer : warn me that that's not the finish line. When you 174 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,740 Rob Simmelkjaer : get to the gate, you got to keep going. And I 175 00:09:28,740 --> 00:09:30,809 Rob Simmelkjaer : got through the gate, and I just gave it everything 176 00:09:30,809 --> 00:09:33,630 Rob Simmelkjaer : I had, got onto that blue carpeting they have there, 177 00:09:33,630 --> 00:09:36,660 Rob Simmelkjaer : and for me, it felt like a dead sprint. On 178 00:09:36,660 --> 00:09:39,480 Rob Simmelkjaer : video, it looked more like a fast walk, but it 179 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,880 Rob Simmelkjaer : was everything I had to get across the finish line. 180 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:46,140 Rob Simmelkjaer : And Roberto's like " You did it. PR, PR," and it 181 00:09:46,140 --> 00:09:51,270 Rob Simmelkjaer : was just bedlam. I mean, I went nuts, and Roberto 182 00:09:51,270 --> 00:09:54,599 Rob Simmelkjaer : and Asher were there. And then Ted Metellus, God bless 183 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,809 Rob Simmelkjaer : him, he was there as well, along with Jack Fleming, 184 00:09:57,809 --> 00:10:01,081 Rob Simmelkjaer : the CEO of the BAA and the Boston Marathon. 185 00:10:01,081 --> 00:10:01,651 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 186 00:10:02,370 --> 00:10:06,929 Rob Simmelkjaer : And they just gave me giant hugs, and giant attaboys, 187 00:10:06,929 --> 00:10:10,890 Rob Simmelkjaer : and we took pictures, and it was so emotional, Becs. 188 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,850 Rob Simmelkjaer : I was more emotional than I had been for either 189 00:10:14,850 --> 00:10:18,630 Rob Simmelkjaer : of my previous two marathons, to be honest. I don't 190 00:10:18,630 --> 00:10:19,470 Rob Simmelkjaer : really know why. 191 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:21,991 Becs Gentry: I was going to say, do you know? 192 00:10:21,991 --> 00:10:28,470 Rob Simmelkjaer : I don't know, other than I really... It was a struggle. 193 00:10:28,890 --> 00:10:32,309 Rob Simmelkjaer : I had tried to run Chicago the year before, and 194 00:10:32,309 --> 00:10:35,280 Rob Simmelkjaer : failed, hadn't been able to get through the injuries. This 195 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,609 Rob Simmelkjaer : year, I was doubting along the way, a lot of 196 00:10:38,610 --> 00:10:40,140 Rob Simmelkjaer : points along the way, whether it was going to really 197 00:10:40,140 --> 00:10:43,770 Rob Simmelkjaer : happen for me, when I got sick in September, or 198 00:10:43,770 --> 00:10:47,610 Rob Simmelkjaer : things, I was doubtful. I just wasn't really sure. And 199 00:10:47,610 --> 00:10:50,130 Rob Simmelkjaer : so I think it was a mix of some of 200 00:10:50,130 --> 00:10:52,979 Rob Simmelkjaer : the doubts I'd had, some of the challenges I'd had 201 00:10:52,980 --> 00:10:54,750 Rob Simmelkjaer : in the race, and I mean, I was honestly worried 202 00:10:54,750 --> 00:10:57,089 Rob Simmelkjaer : my right hamstring was going to lock up and I 203 00:10:57,090 --> 00:10:59,490 Rob Simmelkjaer : was going to have to walk it in. And the fact that I 204 00:10:59,490 --> 00:11:02,250 Rob Simmelkjaer : was able to overcome that, and then also I just 205 00:11:02,250 --> 00:11:06,179 Rob Simmelkjaer : think thinking about my girls, my two daughters, Julia and 206 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:12,449 Rob Simmelkjaer : Annika, my mom, Gloria Simmelkjaer, who's had some health challenges 207 00:11:12,450 --> 00:11:14,490 Rob Simmelkjaer : as well the last year or so, thinking a lot 208 00:11:14,490 --> 00:11:17,220 Rob Simmelkjaer : about her, just thinking about things like that, I think 209 00:11:17,220 --> 00:11:20,850 Rob Simmelkjaer : made it more emotional for me. And so it was 210 00:11:20,850 --> 00:11:23,610 Rob Simmelkjaer : really intense, and it was incredible, and it's a moment 211 00:11:23,610 --> 00:11:24,328 Rob Simmelkjaer : I'll never forget. 212 00:11:24,328 --> 00:11:28,110 Becs Gentry: And I'm sure all those things combined just made having 213 00:11:28,110 --> 00:11:33,000 Becs Gentry: that medal around your neck feel like that training was 214 00:11:33,090 --> 00:11:36,390 Becs Gentry: worth every second, and ready to do it again? 215 00:11:38,309 --> 00:11:40,920 Rob Simmelkjaer : Someone, I had a little group text chain going with 216 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:42,900 Rob Simmelkjaer : a couple of friends who were like, " Okay, we're going to 217 00:11:42,929 --> 00:11:47,490 Rob Simmelkjaer : go to Chicago in two weeks?" And my response was, " Hell 218 00:11:47,970 --> 00:11:54,540 Rob Simmelkjaer : no." Two words. I was like, " Absolutely not." That was 219 00:11:54,540 --> 00:11:56,940 Rob Simmelkjaer : a little too soon for me to get that text message. 220 00:11:57,690 --> 00:12:01,199 Becs Gentry: What about there's another race in a few weeks, in 221 00:12:01,470 --> 00:12:03,179 Becs Gentry: another fantastic city. 222 00:12:03,449 --> 00:12:06,390 Rob Simmelkjaer : Oh, I am so excited for the TCS New York 223 00:12:06,390 --> 00:12:10,050 Rob Simmelkjaer : City Marathon, for every single aspect of it, but I've 224 00:12:10,050 --> 00:12:12,420 Rob Simmelkjaer : told people a million times, I will never run that 225 00:12:12,420 --> 00:12:14,699 Rob Simmelkjaer : race as CEO of New York Roadrunners, there's way too 226 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:17,010 Rob Simmelkjaer : much to do. So you never know, maybe there'll be 227 00:12:17,010 --> 00:12:20,819 Rob Simmelkjaer : another one in my future. My friend Yasu, the race director 228 00:12:20,820 --> 00:12:24,240 Rob Simmelkjaer : of Tokyo Marathon, asked me the next day if I'd 229 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,900 Rob Simmelkjaer : consider running Tokyo, who knows? But right now, I just 230 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:30,390 Rob Simmelkjaer : want to walk down some stairs the right way, that 231 00:12:30,570 --> 00:12:31,319 Rob Simmelkjaer : would be a thrill. 232 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,260 Becs Gentry: That's what I was going to say. Those races are 233 00:12:34,260 --> 00:12:36,870 Becs Gentry: going to be there, they're not going anywhere. Right now, it's 234 00:12:36,870 --> 00:12:41,189 Becs Gentry: about celebrating the pride and the accomplishment that you are feeling. 235 00:12:41,190 --> 00:12:44,010 Becs Gentry: And to all of our listeners out there, who also 236 00:12:44,010 --> 00:12:49,020 Becs Gentry: completed the BMW Berlin Marathon, huge congratulations. Wear that medal 237 00:12:49,050 --> 00:12:51,720 Becs Gentry: with pride for as long as you want to, nobody 238 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:52,410 Becs Gentry: can tell you to take it off, so- 239 00:12:52,410 --> 00:12:52,411 Rob Simmelkjaer : Absolutely. 240 00:12:52,411 --> 00:12:52,502 Becs Gentry: Wallow in it. 241 00:12:56,370 --> 00:13:00,960 Rob Simmelkjaer : It was such an incredible event. World record finisher number, 242 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:06,480 Rob Simmelkjaer : so congratulations to Mark Milda, Juergen Locke, everybody at SEC 243 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:12,210 Rob Simmelkjaer : Events over there, for putting on an incredible event. 54,200 244 00:13:12,210 --> 00:13:15,480 Rob Simmelkjaer : and something finishers a new record. 245 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:19,380 Becs Gentry: Wow. I'd love to know the percentage of PRs, because I 246 00:13:19,380 --> 00:13:22,620 Becs Gentry: feel like everybody who I know who ran the race, 247 00:13:23,220 --> 00:13:27,390 Becs Gentry: I think 90%, let's say, of my friends and acquaintances 248 00:13:27,390 --> 00:13:29,160 Becs Gentry: who ran got PRs this year. 249 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,040 Rob Simmelkjaer : It's the place you go. It's the place you go for 250 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,340 Rob Simmelkjaer : that PR, and they did it, so many people did 251 00:13:35,340 --> 00:13:37,800 Rob Simmelkjaer : it. Berlin did a great job. The exact number 54, 252 00:13:38,190 --> 00:13:39,540 Rob Simmelkjaer : 280, that was the number of finishers. 253 00:13:39,540 --> 00:13:40,050 Becs Gentry: That's huge. 254 00:13:40,050 --> 00:13:44,280 Rob Simmelkjaer : So congratulations to them. Congratulations to so many New Yorkers 255 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,130 Rob Simmelkjaer : who were there as well. I mean, the flights coming in were 256 00:13:47,130 --> 00:13:52,590 Rob Simmelkjaer : just packed with runners. They had almost 10, 000 Americans come 257 00:13:52,590 --> 00:13:55,530 Rob Simmelkjaer : in to Berlin for this race, so it was truly 258 00:13:55,530 --> 00:13:58,770 Rob Simmelkjaer : an international event. We had hundreds of New York Roadrunners 259 00:13:58,770 --> 00:14:01,380 Rob Simmelkjaer : members, saw so many of them out there over the 260 00:14:01,380 --> 00:14:04,800 Rob Simmelkjaer : weekend, on the course, and a number of Roadrunner staffers 261 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,740 Rob Simmelkjaer : who ran with me as well. So congrats to everybody 262 00:14:07,740 --> 00:14:11,130 Rob Simmelkjaer : out there who finished it and enjoyed a great day, and 263 00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:14,069 Rob Simmelkjaer : a record setting day in Berlin. It was really a 264 00:14:14,070 --> 00:14:16,590 Rob Simmelkjaer : special thing to be a part of. Well, you've all 265 00:14:16,590 --> 00:14:19,080 Rob Simmelkjaer : been with me as I trained for the BMW Berlin 266 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:22,650 Rob Simmelkjaer : Marathon, you experienced the highs and the lows and the 267 00:14:22,650 --> 00:14:25,830 Rob Simmelkjaer : flu, the PR, but now for many of you it 268 00:14:25,830 --> 00:14:28,500 Rob Simmelkjaer : is your turn. The TCS New York City Marathon is 269 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,410 Rob Simmelkjaer : a little more than four weeks away, and so our 270 00:14:31,410 --> 00:14:34,350 Rob Simmelkjaer : guest today is New York Roadrunner's Senior Vice President of 271 00:14:34,350 --> 00:14:37,410 Rob Simmelkjaer : Events, and the race director of the TCS New York City 272 00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:40,650 Rob Simmelkjaer : Marathon, to fill us in on everything you need to 273 00:14:40,650 --> 00:14:44,640 Rob Simmelkjaer : know to have your best race possible this November 3rd, 274 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:46,590 Rob Simmelkjaer : can't wait for Ted to join us in just a second. 275 00:14:46,590 --> 00:14:49,800 Rob Simmelkjaer : Then in keeping with our Berlin theme, on today's member 276 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,739 Rob Simmelkjaer : moment, Meb's going to be in conversation with Team for 277 00:14:52,740 --> 00:14:57,060 Rob Simmelkjaer : Kids member Katherine Palomino- Simon, who ran the Berlin Marathon 278 00:14:57,060 --> 00:15:01,230 Rob Simmelkjaer : this past weekend to celebrate her 50th birthday. Happy birthday 279 00:15:01,230 --> 00:15:05,520 Rob Simmelkjaer : Katherine, and congrats on Berlin. Becs, you won't be with 280 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,250 Rob Simmelkjaer : me in my conversation with Ted, but what do you 281 00:15:08,250 --> 00:15:10,950 Rob Simmelkjaer : want to know from Ted about running the TCS New 282 00:15:10,950 --> 00:15:11,730 Rob Simmelkjaer : York City Marathon? 283 00:15:12,540 --> 00:15:19,470 Becs Gentry: I want to know from Ted, his top recommendation of something 284 00:15:20,190 --> 00:15:25,650 Becs Gentry: unusual that runners should take with them to Staten Island 285 00:15:25,710 --> 00:15:30,630 Becs Gentry: to start the race. So what would you put in 286 00:15:30,630 --> 00:15:35,070 Becs Gentry: your bag that wouldn't be expected, that might help you 287 00:15:35,430 --> 00:15:39,510 Becs Gentry: whilst waiting, because it's a big time from when you 288 00:15:39,750 --> 00:15:42,120 Becs Gentry: get on the bus, get on the ferry, and arrive 289 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,570 Becs Gentry: to the start location in Staten Island. And I know 290 00:15:45,570 --> 00:15:51,240 Becs Gentry: there are many different suggestions from people, of their best 291 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,210 Becs Gentry: thing to have, their best unusual thing to have, so 292 00:15:54,210 --> 00:15:55,320 Becs Gentry: that's what I want to ask Ted. 293 00:15:55,860 --> 00:15:57,810 Rob Simmelkjaer : All right, I love that question. It's a good one. 294 00:15:57,810 --> 00:16:00,330 Rob Simmelkjaer : I will make sure that we get that to Ted. 295 00:16:00,330 --> 00:16:04,350 Rob Simmelkjaer : And yes, it's different than Berlin or Chicago, it's that point- to- 296 00:16:04,350 --> 00:16:06,990 Rob Simmelkjaer : point event. You got to get out to Staten Island. 297 00:16:06,990 --> 00:16:09,090 Rob Simmelkjaer : Of course, that's one of the things that makes the 298 00:16:09,090 --> 00:16:12,330 Rob Simmelkjaer : TCS New York City Marathon so special, is going to 299 00:16:12,330 --> 00:16:14,670 Rob Simmelkjaer : all five boroughs of New York, but that means an 300 00:16:14,670 --> 00:16:16,950 Rob Simmelkjaer : early morning and a bus or a ferry ride for 301 00:16:16,950 --> 00:16:19,109 Rob Simmelkjaer : just about everyone, and that means a wait as well. 302 00:16:19,110 --> 00:16:22,380 Rob Simmelkjaer : So we will hear all those things from Ted, as 303 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:26,220 Rob Simmelkjaer : everybody starts to get focused on November 3rd. And with 304 00:16:26,220 --> 00:16:28,320 Rob Simmelkjaer : four weeks to go, you don't want to miss today's 305 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,260 Rob Simmelkjaer : Meb Minute, where Meb is going to talk about the secret 306 00:16:31,260 --> 00:16:34,410 Rob Simmelkjaer : weapon that helps him stay healthy while ensuring he can 307 00:16:34,410 --> 00:16:38,580 Rob Simmelkjaer : always go the distance, the full 26.2 miles. By the 308 00:16:38,580 --> 00:16:41,250 Rob Simmelkjaer : way, Meb sent me some sweet notes over the weekend, 309 00:16:41,250 --> 00:16:44,040 Rob Simmelkjaer : as well, in Berlin, so thanks Meb for the support. 310 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,680 Rob Simmelkjaer : As always, so great to have a legend like Meb 311 00:16:47,010 --> 00:16:50,250 Rob Simmelkjaer : in your corner, and you've all got Meb in your corner 312 00:16:50,250 --> 00:16:53,040 Rob Simmelkjaer : as well, as he gets you ready with the Meb Minute to 313 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:54,480 Rob Simmelkjaer : get ready for November 3rd. 314 00:16:55,020 --> 00:16:57,780 Becs Gentry: Absolutely. I'm going to need to listen to that tip, see if I 315 00:16:57,780 --> 00:16:59,250 Becs Gentry: can replicate it seven times. 316 00:17:00,750 --> 00:17:02,910 Rob Simmelkjaer : That's a whole other story, which we'll be talking about 317 00:17:02,970 --> 00:17:06,119 Rob Simmelkjaer : quite a bit in the weeks to come, but Ted 318 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:07,320 Rob Simmelkjaer : Metellus is coming up. 319 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,170 Becs Gentry: Take your running to the next level with the Peloton 320 00:17:10,170 --> 00:17:14,310 Becs Gentry: Tread Plus. Featuring a rubberized shock- absorbing slap belt, it's 321 00:17:14,310 --> 00:17:17,340 Becs Gentry: designed to optimize your runs and walks to the fullest 322 00:17:17,340 --> 00:17:21,359 Becs Gentry: potential. With classes designed and led by expert level coaches, 323 00:17:21,630 --> 00:17:24,090 Becs Gentry: you'll get the guidance you need to reach your running 324 00:17:24,090 --> 00:17:27,240 Becs Gentry: goals. 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Peloton, the 328 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,840 Becs Gentry: official digital fitness partner for New York Roadrunners. 329 00:17:43,260 --> 00:17:45,510 Rob Simmelkjaer : All right, well it is time for what is now 330 00:17:45,510 --> 00:17:48,420 Rob Simmelkjaer : becoming an annual tradition here on Set the Pace, with 331 00:17:48,660 --> 00:17:52,350 Rob Simmelkjaer : just about 30 days to go before the 2024 TCS New 332 00:17:52,350 --> 00:17:55,950 Rob Simmelkjaer : York City Marathon, New York Roadrunner's own senior vice president 333 00:17:55,950 --> 00:17:59,010 Rob Simmelkjaer : of events, and the race director of the TCS New 334 00:17:59,010 --> 00:18:03,030 Rob Simmelkjaer : York City Marathon, Ted Metellus is here to give us all 335 00:18:03,060 --> 00:18:06,720 Rob Simmelkjaer : the inside information on everything you need to know to 336 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:10,290 Rob Simmelkjaer : get yourself ready to run this year's marathon, from the 337 00:18:10,290 --> 00:18:12,570 Rob Simmelkjaer : minute you get off the plane, to the minute you 338 00:18:12,570 --> 00:18:16,379 Rob Simmelkjaer : cross that finish line, and beyond. Mr. Metellus, great to 339 00:18:16,380 --> 00:18:18,540 Rob Simmelkjaer : have you here again on Set the Pace. Welcome. 340 00:18:18,900 --> 00:18:21,119 Ted Metellus: Welcome, welcome. Thank you so much, Rob, it's good to 341 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,040 Ted Metellus: be back. You said get off the plane, but I'd 342 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,460 Ted Metellus: also say step off the train, get off the bus, 343 00:18:26,460 --> 00:18:30,060 Ted Metellus: walking down, for those locals that are here, this will 344 00:18:30,060 --> 00:18:31,950 Ted Metellus: be a little bit of a preview of what you'll 345 00:18:31,950 --> 00:18:35,220 Ted Metellus: see come race day, 30 days out, November 3rd, and 346 00:18:35,220 --> 00:18:37,410 Ted Metellus: the weekend leading into it, and after. 347 00:18:37,740 --> 00:18:39,719 Rob Simmelkjaer : Absolutely. And yeah, you're right, for a lot of them, 348 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,000 Rob Simmelkjaer : it's just walk out of your building if you live in 349 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,600 Rob Simmelkjaer : Manhattan. So it's all kinds of distances far and near, 350 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,719 Rob Simmelkjaer : of folks getting ready to run this year. So all 351 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,919 Rob Simmelkjaer : right, let's start, Ted, this podcast will drop just about 352 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:56,250 Rob Simmelkjaer : at the 30 day out mark from the marathon. What 353 00:18:56,250 --> 00:18:59,850 Rob Simmelkjaer : should runners, at this point, have already done to get 354 00:18:59,850 --> 00:19:00,450 Rob Simmelkjaer : ready to run? 355 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,270 Ted Metellus: Well, I mean by now, there's a couple of big 356 00:19:03,270 --> 00:19:05,040 Ted Metellus: things that you should have been done by now, 30 357 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:09,600 Ted Metellus: days out. One, Rob, is train. Double down on the 358 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:11,520 Ted Metellus: fact that you put in a tremendous amount of work 359 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:15,000 Ted Metellus: to get to this point, and definitely remember that on 360 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,550 Ted Metellus: race day. But by now there's been a tremendous amount 361 00:19:17,550 --> 00:19:19,800 Ted Metellus: of communication that our teams have sent to you, so 362 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,409 Ted Metellus: huge thank you to many of the behind- the- scenes 363 00:19:22,410 --> 00:19:25,050 Ted Metellus: First Runner services, and the strategy teams that have pumped 364 00:19:25,050 --> 00:19:28,169 Ted Metellus: out information to you around three key things that you 365 00:19:28,170 --> 00:19:32,280 Ted Metellus: need to have set before your race weekend journey begins. 366 00:19:32,580 --> 00:19:37,200 Ted Metellus: First and foremost, you've confirmed and secured your transportation. So 367 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,650 Ted Metellus: it's critical to have this. So just imagine if every 368 00:19:40,650 --> 00:19:43,260 Ted Metellus: single person showed up at the airport at the exact 369 00:19:43,260 --> 00:19:46,080 Ted Metellus: same time for different flights that they have, it'd be 370 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:48,810 Ted Metellus: a little bit of chaos. But you have an allotted 371 00:19:48,810 --> 00:19:53,250 Ted Metellus: time for your departure and your arrival, and it's key 372 00:19:53,250 --> 00:19:56,940 Ted Metellus: for that. That lines up very well with your wave 373 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,850 Ted Metellus: start. Now while it may be a little long, the 374 00:19:59,850 --> 00:20:02,669 Ted Metellus: beautiful thing to this is it will be a stress- free 375 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,929 Ted Metellus: experience if you lock in on the time that you 376 00:20:06,930 --> 00:20:11,730 Ted Metellus: are departing via bus, by a ferry, and getting on 377 00:20:11,730 --> 00:20:14,520 Ted Metellus: site for your on- time start. So transportation has been 378 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,310 Ted Metellus: locked down and set. The second thing too, which is 379 00:20:17,310 --> 00:20:21,810 Ted Metellus: key and critical, is baggage. So for those of us who have been running 380 00:20:21,930 --> 00:20:25,080 Ted Metellus: the marathon since 2021, one component of the marathon that 381 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:29,190 Ted Metellus: has changed post the 2020, 2021 year, is we are not 382 00:20:29,190 --> 00:20:33,030 Ted Metellus: transporting baggage from the start. We are not transporting baggage 383 00:20:33,030 --> 00:20:35,340 Ted Metellus: from the start. For the people in the back, I'll say to 384 00:20:35,340 --> 00:20:38,250 Ted Metellus: you, we are not transporting baggage from the start. All 385 00:20:38,250 --> 00:20:41,310 Ted Metellus: baggage has been pre- dropped Friday and Saturday, at Central 386 00:20:41,310 --> 00:20:44,490 Ted Metellus: Park. You've made those arrangements prior to, and if you 387 00:20:44,490 --> 00:20:47,220 Ted Metellus: need baggage, it will be there waiting for you upon 388 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,430 Ted Metellus: your departure of the event, when you exit out of the 389 00:20:50,460 --> 00:20:53,340 Ted Metellus: finish, post- finish walk- off, but you've made those arrangements 390 00:20:53,340 --> 00:20:53,879 Ted Metellus: prior to. 391 00:20:55,020 --> 00:20:56,970 Rob Simmelkjaer : All right, those are two key ones. And then a 392 00:20:56,970 --> 00:20:59,790 Rob Simmelkjaer : third, of course, is the expo, and that's going to 393 00:20:59,790 --> 00:21:02,369 Rob Simmelkjaer : be the first thing so many runners do, but it's 394 00:21:02,369 --> 00:21:04,169 Rob Simmelkjaer : not just show up anytime you feel like it. 395 00:21:04,530 --> 00:21:07,140 Ted Metellus: Correct, correct. And again, to my earlier statement about all 396 00:21:07,140 --> 00:21:09,419 Ted Metellus: showing up at one time, we want to ensure that 397 00:21:09,420 --> 00:21:13,200 Ted Metellus: people have an incredible experience, and that means time. Time 398 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,050 Ted Metellus: is key to this here. So you've assigned your time, 399 00:21:16,050 --> 00:21:19,230 Ted Metellus: you've made your selection to the expo, we'll be prepped 400 00:21:19,230 --> 00:21:20,940 Ted Metellus: and ready for you when you arrive. There'll be some 401 00:21:20,940 --> 00:21:23,160 Ted Metellus: queues and lineups there for folks that are getting in, 402 00:21:23,340 --> 00:21:26,070 Ted Metellus: so you can ensure you have the best experience when you are making your 403 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,790 Ted Metellus: way through the expo, getting your race bib, getting your T- 404 00:21:29,790 --> 00:21:33,090 Ted Metellus: shirt, getting your official New Balance apparel, and walking around 405 00:21:33,090 --> 00:21:35,280 Ted Metellus: the expo and seeing the New York Roadrunners programming and 406 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,109 Ted Metellus: activities that we have, as well as all of our 407 00:21:37,109 --> 00:21:40,109 Ted Metellus: partners and other major road races and events around the 408 00:21:40,109 --> 00:21:43,230 Ted Metellus: world that would be there to showcase. So having that 409 00:21:43,230 --> 00:21:46,889 Ted Metellus: time slot set will also make your race experience better. 410 00:21:47,130 --> 00:21:50,730 Rob Simmelkjaer : We're doing this for you, runners, because nobody wants to 411 00:21:50,730 --> 00:21:53,730 Rob Simmelkjaer : be there for three or four hours on your feet, 412 00:21:54,510 --> 00:21:57,390 Rob Simmelkjaer : being stressed, waiting on long lines as you're getting ready 413 00:21:57,390 --> 00:22:00,810 Rob Simmelkjaer : to run a marathon, so use those time slots, that 414 00:22:00,810 --> 00:22:04,290 Rob Simmelkjaer : will make sure everybody has a good experience getting in, 415 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,980 Rob Simmelkjaer : getting their bib, getting their shirts, and then getting through 416 00:22:07,980 --> 00:22:11,939 Rob Simmelkjaer : all the amazing shopping and other experiences that we have 417 00:22:11,970 --> 00:22:15,899 Rob Simmelkjaer : at the expo. And Ted, for the expo, how much 418 00:22:15,900 --> 00:22:18,720 Rob Simmelkjaer : time do you think it makes sense for a runner 419 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,149 Rob Simmelkjaer : and their supporters, and by the way, the expo's open 420 00:22:21,150 --> 00:22:23,340 Rob Simmelkjaer : to everyone. So you don't have to be a runner, 421 00:22:23,340 --> 00:22:25,740 Rob Simmelkjaer : you can bring your family, you can bring your friends, 422 00:22:25,740 --> 00:22:27,810 Rob Simmelkjaer : your kids to the expo. What's a good amount of 423 00:22:27,810 --> 00:22:30,810 Rob Simmelkjaer : time, do you think, for people to allot to get 424 00:22:30,869 --> 00:22:32,130 Rob Simmelkjaer : through the expo and have a good time? 425 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,710 Ted Metellus: Well, Rob, it all lines up with what time you're 426 00:22:34,710 --> 00:22:37,650 Ted Metellus: getting there. The expo is Thursday, Friday, and Saturday leading 427 00:22:37,650 --> 00:22:41,310 Ted Metellus: into marathon weekend, at the Jacob Javits Center. So a 428 00:22:41,310 --> 00:22:44,280 Ted Metellus: lot of that area has really been revitalized, if you've 429 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,919 Ted Metellus: seen how beautiful it is in that area, so definitely 430 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:48,660 Ted Metellus: walk around and checking that out, but not walk around 431 00:22:48,660 --> 00:22:51,690 Ted Metellus: too much. But if you're getting your bib on Thursday, 432 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,540 Ted Metellus: it's almost a slide. There will be more people picking 433 00:22:54,540 --> 00:22:56,879 Ted Metellus: up their bibs Friday and Saturday, so earlier is always 434 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,940 Ted Metellus: better than later, but again, staying with your time slot. And 435 00:22:59,940 --> 00:23:01,800 Ted Metellus: as far as the length of time that you have on the ground 436 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,119 Ted Metellus: there, it depends on how much you want to see 437 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:06,090 Ted Metellus: and experience while you're there. Obviously, the priority is your 438 00:23:06,090 --> 00:23:09,000 Ted Metellus: bib, your shirt, and making sure you have all of your 439 00:23:09,030 --> 00:23:13,470 Ted Metellus: key pre- race instructions, race bib, timelines, talking to any of the 440 00:23:13,470 --> 00:23:16,980 Ted Metellus: coaches, making sure that you have everything set for your day, 441 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,050 Ted Metellus: and then yes, take a walk around and see what's 442 00:23:19,050 --> 00:23:21,000 Ted Metellus: going on. So I would say maybe an hour or 443 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,030 Ted Metellus: so, if you really want cruise around quickly and get 444 00:23:24,030 --> 00:23:26,429 Ted Metellus: out, or be there for a little bit longer. You 445 00:23:26,430 --> 00:23:28,830 Ted Metellus: stated it is open to the public. It's a massive 446 00:23:28,830 --> 00:23:31,740 Ted Metellus: venue, there's so much to see and do, great photo ops 447 00:23:31,740 --> 00:23:33,810 Ted Metellus: as well, and great partners that are activating. 448 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:35,850 Rob Simmelkjaer : And I want to say for the second year, Ted, 449 00:23:35,850 --> 00:23:37,949 Rob Simmelkjaer : as you know, we've got some great content at the 450 00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:40,950 Rob Simmelkjaer : expo as well. Of course we've had the long- standing, 451 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:45,300 Rob Simmelkjaer : amazing content of the course preview, and our coaching team 452 00:23:45,300 --> 00:23:48,690 Rob Simmelkjaer : does such an amazing job, along with some really top 453 00:23:48,690 --> 00:23:54,720 Rob Simmelkjaer : notch visual technology that takes runners through the marathon course, 454 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,540 Rob Simmelkjaer : and gives you such a great preview of it that 455 00:23:57,540 --> 00:24:00,540 Rob Simmelkjaer : you're going to feel like you've already run this race 456 00:24:00,690 --> 00:24:03,000 Rob Simmelkjaer : when you get to the starting line. I highly recommend 457 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,419 Rob Simmelkjaer : people budget time for a course preview, especially if it's 458 00:24:06,420 --> 00:24:09,149 Rob Simmelkjaer : your first time running. And then secondly, we've got the 459 00:24:09,150 --> 00:24:12,540 Rob Simmelkjaer : Citizen Stage for the second year, which has great content 460 00:24:12,540 --> 00:24:15,180 Rob Simmelkjaer : as well. We're going to have panel discussions with all 461 00:24:15,180 --> 00:24:21,359 Rob Simmelkjaer : kinds of running royalty, incredible instructors from Peloton. Great information, 462 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,510 Rob Simmelkjaer : you can meet great people, learn about running, and just 463 00:24:24,510 --> 00:24:26,970 Rob Simmelkjaer : enjoy that as well, so budget in time for that. 464 00:24:27,150 --> 00:24:29,189 Rob Simmelkjaer : You can also come back at a second time, if 465 00:24:29,190 --> 00:24:31,109 Rob Simmelkjaer : you want to come back and check out Citizen Stage 466 00:24:31,109 --> 00:24:33,300 Rob Simmelkjaer : as well, so make sure to check all that out. 467 00:24:33,420 --> 00:24:35,970 Rob Simmelkjaer : Information's going to be on our social channels, all the 468 00:24:35,970 --> 00:24:38,879 Rob Simmelkjaer : places, so you can enjoy everything going on at the 469 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:42,690 Rob Simmelkjaer : expo. Now Ted, maybe people went to the expo Thursday, 470 00:24:42,690 --> 00:24:45,119 Rob Simmelkjaer : they can go Friday, they can go Saturday, but Friday 471 00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:47,369 Rob Simmelkjaer : as we get closer to race day, we've got some 472 00:24:47,460 --> 00:24:51,300 Rob Simmelkjaer : amazing stuff happening right near the finish line in Central 473 00:24:51,300 --> 00:24:54,990 Rob Simmelkjaer : Park to really kick off the weekend of the marathon, 474 00:24:55,140 --> 00:24:57,359 Rob Simmelkjaer : and of course it starts with our opening ceremony. 475 00:24:57,540 --> 00:25:00,480 Ted Metellus: Yes, yes. One of my favorite, favorite components to race 476 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:04,800 Ted Metellus: weekend that makes us unique. And when you think about 477 00:25:05,310 --> 00:25:10,440 Ted Metellus: the TCS New York City Marathon and its legacy, this weekend and this kickoff 478 00:25:10,740 --> 00:25:13,379 Ted Metellus: is with the marathon opening ceremony. And I love the marathon 479 00:25:13,380 --> 00:25:17,428 Ted Metellus: opening ceremony because it is a true celebration of all that run. 480 00:25:18,090 --> 00:25:19,560 Ted Metellus: New York City is one of the most diverse cities 481 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:22,170 Ted Metellus: in the world. It is where the world comes to 482 00:25:22,170 --> 00:25:24,510 Ted Metellus: run, and you will see that, where all the nations 483 00:25:24,510 --> 00:25:27,720 Ted Metellus: that are coming out with their flags waving, showing love 484 00:25:27,869 --> 00:25:30,810 Ted Metellus: to where they're from, the different communities that make up 485 00:25:30,810 --> 00:25:33,600 Ted Metellus: the greatest running community in the world will be out 486 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,480 Ted Metellus: there and showcased as well. Local run clubs and crews, 487 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,669 Ted Metellus: many of the programming groups that are part of New 488 00:25:38,670 --> 00:25:41,760 Ted Metellus: York Roadrunners, our striders, our youth from our Rising New 489 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,639 Ted Metellus: York, Roadrunners, our Run for the Future girls, all of 490 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,680 Ted Metellus: those folks that are part of the DNA of our 491 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,700 Ted Metellus: nonprofit organization will be showcased there. I love it. I 492 00:25:50,700 --> 00:25:53,002 Ted Metellus: always jump out and represent for all my (inaudible) 493 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:56,070 Ted Metellus: out there, waving my Haitian flag proudly, so it's one 494 00:25:56,070 --> 00:26:00,180 Ted Metellus: of my favorite features there. Again, talking about prior planning, 495 00:26:00,180 --> 00:26:03,990 Ted Metellus: a lot of those invitations were sent out several weeks 496 00:26:03,990 --> 00:26:06,690 Ted Metellus: ago, so athletes have already made the selection that they 497 00:26:06,690 --> 00:26:10,560 Ted Metellus: want to participate on this, and gotten their instructions. Athletes 498 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:14,520 Ted Metellus: will be arriving at about 4: 00 P.M. on Friday evening. 499 00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:16,619 Ted Metellus: Bleachers will be open for folks to come by, this is a- 500 00:26:16,619 --> 00:26:16,830 Rob Simmelkjaer : Free. 501 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,850 Ted Metellus: Yes, it is a free program at the finish line of the TCS 502 00:26:20,850 --> 00:26:23,399 Ted Metellus: New York City Marathon in Central Park, across from Tavern 503 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:25,590 Ted Metellus: on the Green at 67th Street, make your way over 504 00:26:25,590 --> 00:26:28,650 Ted Metellus: to the bleachers and prepare for an amazing experience. We 505 00:26:28,650 --> 00:26:32,760 Ted Metellus: have performers, we have dancers, we have incredible speeches. We 506 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,850 Ted Metellus: have some moments to remember and celebrate. Things to acknowledge 507 00:26:35,850 --> 00:26:37,290 Ted Metellus: as well, when you think about the land that we're 508 00:26:37,290 --> 00:26:40,050 Ted Metellus: in. Yes, we'll have fireworks as well to close out 509 00:26:40,050 --> 00:26:42,780 Ted Metellus: the program, which is an amazing piece to it there. And 510 00:26:42,780 --> 00:26:46,080 Ted Metellus: one thing that we're adding to this year's event is 511 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,810 Ted Metellus: a Hall of Fame program. So we'll be acknowledging a 512 00:26:48,810 --> 00:26:54,090 Ted Metellus: couple of the great people that help make New York Roadrunners, the 513 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:57,780 Ted Metellus: TCS New York City Marathon, and the running community on a global scale, what 514 00:26:57,780 --> 00:27:01,320 Ted Metellus: it is today. So we'll be showcasing and highlighting those 515 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:02,550 Ted Metellus: individuals there as well. 516 00:27:02,910 --> 00:27:05,910 Rob Simmelkjaer : It's such a special event, my second year going through 517 00:27:05,910 --> 00:27:08,670 Rob Simmelkjaer : this as CEO, and I was just blown away by 518 00:27:08,670 --> 00:27:12,210 Rob Simmelkjaer : opening ceremony last year, so I really encourage everyone to 519 00:27:12,210 --> 00:27:15,119 Rob Simmelkjaer : make it out for that. It will make you feel 520 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,820 Rob Simmelkjaer : like you are part of something really big, will get 521 00:27:17,820 --> 00:27:20,670 Rob Simmelkjaer : you fired up and in the mood for marathon weekend. 522 00:27:20,670 --> 00:27:24,270 Rob Simmelkjaer : So again, that's Friday, kicks off at about 4: 30 P. 523 00:27:24,270 --> 00:27:27,450 Rob Simmelkjaer : M. Eastern Time, right near the finish line in Central 524 00:27:27,450 --> 00:27:30,510 Rob Simmelkjaer : Park at 67th Street. Right after the opening ceremony, by 525 00:27:30,510 --> 00:27:33,780 Rob Simmelkjaer : the way, we've got our annual fundraising gala for New 526 00:27:33,780 --> 00:27:36,959 Rob Simmelkjaer : York Roadrunners. It's called The Night of Champions, it's an 527 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,980 Rob Simmelkjaer : incredible evening. We get dressed up, we get to mingle 528 00:27:40,980 --> 00:27:44,219 Rob Simmelkjaer : and dine, and have great drinks as well, and we'll 529 00:27:44,220 --> 00:27:47,940 Rob Simmelkjaer : have some incredible running royalty there as well. I can't 530 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,790 Rob Simmelkjaer : yet give you the name, but we're going to have 531 00:27:50,790 --> 00:27:55,350 Rob Simmelkjaer : a very special grand marshal for the 2024 TCS New York 532 00:27:55,350 --> 00:27:57,630 Rob Simmelkjaer : City Marathon. You're going to want to be there to 533 00:27:57,630 --> 00:28:02,010 Rob Simmelkjaer : meet this incredible athlete, and all the other amazing folks 534 00:28:02,010 --> 00:28:03,869 Rob Simmelkjaer : who will be there at the Night of Champions. That's 535 00:28:03,869 --> 00:28:06,000 Rob Simmelkjaer : a ticketed event. It's a fundraiser, so if you want 536 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,070 Rob Simmelkjaer : to know how to join that event, you can go 537 00:28:08,070 --> 00:28:11,669 Rob Simmelkjaer : to our website, NYRR. org, look for tickets. We would 538 00:28:11,670 --> 00:28:13,830 Rob Simmelkjaer : love to have you there. And remember, the proceeds of 539 00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:17,910 Rob Simmelkjaer : that event go to help fund all the unbelievable youth 540 00:28:17,910 --> 00:28:21,359 Rob Simmelkjaer : and community programs of this nonprofit, New York Roadrunners, so 541 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:23,220 Rob Simmelkjaer : we would love to see you at the night of 542 00:28:23,220 --> 00:28:27,270 Rob Simmelkjaer : Champions. Okay, Ted, we are on to Saturday now, and 543 00:28:27,270 --> 00:28:31,170 Rob Simmelkjaer : one of the real staples of marathon weekend, the Abbott 544 00:28:31,230 --> 00:28:34,890 Rob Simmelkjaer : Dash to the Finish Line, this incredible 5K that runs 545 00:28:34,890 --> 00:28:38,880 Rob Simmelkjaer : from the United Nations, through the streets of Manhattan, right 546 00:28:39,060 --> 00:28:41,730 Rob Simmelkjaer : to the finish line of the TCS New York City Marathon. 547 00:28:42,390 --> 00:28:45,450 Ted Metellus: Rob, as you know, I'm a legacy guy. I love the 548 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,690 Ted Metellus: legacy of our organization, and those that help make what it 549 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:52,890 Ted Metellus: is today, amazing. The old, the Dash to Finish was once called 550 00:28:52,890 --> 00:28:56,130 Ted Metellus: the International Friendship Run, and it was something that Fred 551 00:28:56,130 --> 00:28:59,160 Ted Metellus: Lebow, and many of the core volunteers that helped make 552 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,920 Ted Metellus: our organization special, said, " Hey, how do we highlight and 553 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,860 Ted Metellus: showcase the international athletes that are coming here?" As stated 554 00:29:04,860 --> 00:29:08,130 Ted Metellus: earlier, this is an international event in the great international 555 00:29:08,130 --> 00:29:10,440 Ted Metellus: city, and folks from all over the world come here 556 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:14,130 Ted Metellus: to really celebrate their culture, their experience, and this was 557 00:29:14,130 --> 00:29:17,340 Ted Metellus: happening prior to us having the marathon opening ceremony. So 558 00:29:17,550 --> 00:29:19,560 Ted Metellus: this plan came together to just have a bunch of 559 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,920 Ted Metellus: people come together and do this little walk, run, jog, 560 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:26,550 Ted Metellus: almost parade, from the UN into Central Park. And at the 561 00:29:26,550 --> 00:29:28,590 Ted Metellus: event continued to grow and grow and grow, and we said, " 562 00:29:28,590 --> 00:29:30,900 Ted Metellus: Hey, let's operationalize this and make this thing a really 563 00:29:30,900 --> 00:29:34,770 Ted Metellus: amazing kickoff shakeout run for the community to come out 564 00:29:34,770 --> 00:29:36,150 Ted Metellus: and do." And this is what we have for the Dash to 565 00:29:36,630 --> 00:29:39,660 Ted Metellus: Finish. There's two really special components that make this year's 566 00:29:39,660 --> 00:29:41,520 Ted Metellus: event great, and has been for the last couple of 567 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,760 Ted Metellus: years, is we have a couple of USATF championships that 568 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,310 Ted Metellus: kick off the event, that will be starting off before 569 00:29:47,310 --> 00:29:51,120 Ted Metellus: the masses. So we have the adult USATF Championship for 570 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,850 Ted Metellus: men's and women's, and we have a very special youth 571 00:29:53,970 --> 00:29:58,080 Ted Metellus: USATF Championship for young men and young women that'll be 572 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,720 Ted Metellus: coming out and running that day. It's really amazing because 573 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,810 Ted Metellus: these are the future of our longer distance running. It really 574 00:30:03,810 --> 00:30:06,930 Ted Metellus: showcases these athletes, both from the junior side and the 575 00:30:06,930 --> 00:30:09,030 Ted Metellus: adult side there, so the Dash to Finish is a 576 00:30:09,030 --> 00:30:11,520 Ted Metellus: great kickoff event and program that folks will be able 577 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:15,479 Ted Metellus: to see early Saturday morning. Again, would've registered already. The 578 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,400 Ted Metellus: event is sold out, so you'll be able to pick 579 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,500 Ted Metellus: up your bibs and everything at the expo if you're 580 00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:21,570 Ted Metellus: doing both, because there are some folks that use that as 581 00:30:21,570 --> 00:30:24,210 Ted Metellus: a shakeout run for themselves and their loved ones, making 582 00:30:24,210 --> 00:30:28,170 Ted Metellus: that prior arrangement, getting there and set prior to. So 583 00:30:28,230 --> 00:30:30,930 Ted Metellus: make sure you're there, come out, have a good time, 584 00:30:30,930 --> 00:30:33,210 Ted Metellus: really soak up the vibes and the energy that's there, 585 00:30:33,630 --> 00:30:35,760 Ted Metellus: really kick off this great weekend of running. 586 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,710 Rob Simmelkjaer : My favorite thing about the dash, well, I got a 587 00:30:37,710 --> 00:30:39,330 Rob Simmelkjaer : lot of things I love about the Dash to the 588 00:30:39,330 --> 00:30:42,270 Rob Simmelkjaer : Finish. It's the 5K that my daughter and I run every 589 00:30:42,270 --> 00:30:43,440 Rob Simmelkjaer : year. I'm going to see if I can get my 590 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:46,320 Rob Simmelkjaer : youngest daughter to join this year as well. So it's 591 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:49,380 Rob Simmelkjaer : just a family event, and I love how so many 592 00:30:49,380 --> 00:30:52,530 Rob Simmelkjaer : people come to the marathon with their friends, their family, 593 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:56,010 Rob Simmelkjaer : and this is the day for those supporters to get out and 594 00:30:56,010 --> 00:30:58,110 Rob Simmelkjaer : get a taste of running New York City as well. 595 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:02,070 Rob Simmelkjaer : So many of the spouses, the boyfriends, girlfriends, best friends, 596 00:31:02,070 --> 00:31:04,920 Rob Simmelkjaer : partners, whatever, get out and make that their day to 597 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,280 Rob Simmelkjaer : run, and so I love that event, and we love greeting 598 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,380 Rob Simmelkjaer : everybody at the finish line. Then of course, the rest 599 00:31:10,380 --> 00:31:12,330 Rob Simmelkjaer : of the day Saturday, there's all kinds of stuff going 600 00:31:12,330 --> 00:31:14,070 Rob Simmelkjaer : on. That's the day where you have a lot of 601 00:31:14,070 --> 00:31:17,040 Rob Simmelkjaer : the clubs getting together to kind of get their people 602 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,800 Rob Simmelkjaer : psyched up. We've got our Team for Kids breakfast that 603 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,710 Rob Simmelkjaer : happens on Saturday morning as well, for the incredible supporters 604 00:31:22,710 --> 00:31:25,890 Rob Simmelkjaer : we've got for TFK. I love that event. It's a 605 00:31:25,890 --> 00:31:28,320 Rob Simmelkjaer : special day. A lot of these Facebook groups that are 606 00:31:28,500 --> 00:31:31,680 Rob Simmelkjaer : in touch all summer long, talking to each other, they'll 607 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,230 Rob Simmelkjaer : get together for their groups on Saturday. So Saturday is 608 00:31:34,230 --> 00:31:38,370 Rob Simmelkjaer : the day to see all the people, get everybody together 609 00:31:38,370 --> 00:31:41,220 Rob Simmelkjaer : as a community, and then of course, get rested up, 610 00:31:41,370 --> 00:31:44,700 Rob Simmelkjaer : start the hydrating, because next thing you know it's going 611 00:31:44,700 --> 00:31:47,580 Rob Simmelkjaer : to be Saturday night. And Ted, the night before a 612 00:31:47,580 --> 00:31:51,690 Rob Simmelkjaer : marathon is such a special time, I think, for every 613 00:31:51,690 --> 00:31:57,090 Rob Simmelkjaer : runner. It's this night of unbelievable anticipation. You're getting your 614 00:31:57,090 --> 00:32:00,870 Rob Simmelkjaer : fuel in, you're doing your carbo- loading, you're hydrating, but 615 00:32:00,870 --> 00:32:03,750 Rob Simmelkjaer : the anticipation, the nervousness, I don't care if it's your 616 00:32:03,750 --> 00:32:07,950 Rob Simmelkjaer : first marathon or your 21st, is starting to set in. 617 00:32:08,250 --> 00:32:11,130 Rob Simmelkjaer : So from the race director of the TCS New York 618 00:32:11,130 --> 00:32:15,360 Rob Simmelkjaer : City Marathon, what should the runner be doing and thinking 619 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,630 Rob Simmelkjaer : about in those last hours before they go to sleep 620 00:32:18,630 --> 00:32:19,440 Rob Simmelkjaer : on Saturday night? 621 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:21,600 Ted Metellus: So not only am I going to share this to 622 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,000 Ted Metellus: you as the race director, but I also share this to you as 623 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,420 Ted Metellus: a two- time TCS New York City Marathon runner myself. I ran 624 00:32:27,420 --> 00:32:30,090 Ted Metellus: in '08 and I ran in '13, don't look up the 625 00:32:30,090 --> 00:32:32,430 Ted Metellus: times. I wasn't there for a fast time, I was 626 00:32:32,430 --> 00:32:36,240 Ted Metellus: just there for a good time, oh, yeah. So what 627 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,760 Ted Metellus: you should be doing race weekend, and I still put this into 628 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:40,800 Ted Metellus: practice with the many half- marathons that I run, so 629 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,710 Ted Metellus: I'm 44 half- marathons in, and there is definitely a 630 00:32:43,710 --> 00:32:47,580 Ted Metellus: sequence, a rhythm, a vibe that you have. So big 631 00:32:47,580 --> 00:32:50,280 Ted Metellus: fan of everything having a rhythm in life, and in 632 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,200 Ted Metellus: the world, and you should have that rhythm leading into 633 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,990 Ted Metellus: what will be your great day on Sunday morning. So 634 00:32:54,990 --> 00:32:57,300 Ted Metellus: what do you want to have done? So you want 635 00:32:57,300 --> 00:33:00,900 Ted Metellus: to be 24 hours ahead, thinking about what Saturday night's 636 00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:04,620 Ted Metellus: going to be. So Friday evening, you're at the marathon 637 00:33:04,620 --> 00:33:07,140 Ted Metellus: opening ceremony. You're sitting there in the bleachers, you're cheering on 638 00:33:07,140 --> 00:33:09,360 Ted Metellus: your nations, you're cheering all the runners and groups on 639 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,450 Ted Metellus: there. Saturday morning, I'm sorry, if you get up and 640 00:33:12,450 --> 00:33:14,160 Ted Metellus: you are participating in Dash to Finish, you're taking a 641 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,220 Ted Metellus: nice easy run that day, shaking it out, and then you are really, 642 00:33:17,220 --> 00:33:19,620 Ted Metellus: really starting to set yourself up for, as you stated, 643 00:33:19,620 --> 00:33:21,900 Ted Metellus: hydration, making sure that you have your pre- race fuel 644 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:24,780 Ted Metellus: inside, what you're eating, getting off your feet, getting those 645 00:33:24,780 --> 00:33:28,260 Ted Metellus: legs up, making sure your gear is set. So your 646 00:33:28,260 --> 00:33:29,969 Ted Metellus: shoes that you need to make sure you have, your 647 00:33:29,970 --> 00:33:32,610 Ted Metellus: socks, your race gear and equipment that you have, make 648 00:33:32,610 --> 00:33:35,280 Ted Metellus: sure your bib, your pins are set, and everything is 649 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,200 Ted Metellus: ready to go there so you have everything ready to 650 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,050 Ted Metellus: go so it's not a scramble come race morning. You've 651 00:33:40,050 --> 00:33:43,860 Ted Metellus: looked at the times that you will be taking for 652 00:33:43,860 --> 00:33:46,410 Ted Metellus: your transport to the start line there, that's already set. 653 00:33:46,410 --> 00:33:49,830 Ted Metellus: Your alarms are set. One thing, Rob, that you have 654 00:33:49,830 --> 00:33:52,890 Ted Metellus: to remember is daylight savings time is on race day. 655 00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:58,170 Ted Metellus: So Saturday night, Sunday morning, November 3rd, it's fall back. So 656 00:33:58,170 --> 00:34:00,390 Ted Metellus: for those that are listening overseas, there will be an 657 00:34:00,390 --> 00:34:05,280 Ted Metellus: adjustment of time going back an hour on race night, 658 00:34:05,430 --> 00:34:07,830 Ted Metellus: going into race morning I should say, the night before. 659 00:34:07,860 --> 00:34:10,170 Rob Simmelkjaer : Which is a beautiful thing. You can get that extra hour 660 00:34:10,170 --> 00:34:13,380 Rob Simmelkjaer : sleep, I think that can calm the nerves and take 661 00:34:13,380 --> 00:34:16,020 Rob Simmelkjaer : some of the pressure off of getting that sleep. This 662 00:34:16,020 --> 00:34:17,880 Rob Simmelkjaer : is one of the reasons I'm a huge believer and 663 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:21,149 Rob Simmelkjaer : love the cell phone alarm clock. I like to set 664 00:34:21,150 --> 00:34:24,090 Rob Simmelkjaer : one at a certain time, then one 15 minutes later, 665 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,989 Rob Simmelkjaer : obviously the phone will make the adjustment for you overnight, 666 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,390 Rob Simmelkjaer : and you alarm will go off at the right time. 667 00:34:30,390 --> 00:34:33,509 Rob Simmelkjaer : So that's something that is a reassuring, I think, for 668 00:34:33,510 --> 00:34:34,620 Rob Simmelkjaer : a lot of us who have to make sure we 669 00:34:34,620 --> 00:34:35,850 Rob Simmelkjaer : get up at the right time. But you do get 670 00:34:35,850 --> 00:34:39,600 Rob Simmelkjaer : that extra hour, and so you get that rest hopefully. 671 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:42,480 Rob Simmelkjaer : I will always tell people " Bank that sleep." You want 672 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,640 Rob Simmelkjaer : to get that sleep. Thursday night and Friday night is 673 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,160 Rob Simmelkjaer : really key because you may be nervous Saturday night, and 674 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,170 Rob Simmelkjaer : you may not get the best night's sleep, but if 675 00:34:49,170 --> 00:34:52,500 Rob Simmelkjaer : you've gotten good sleep going into that night, you'll be 676 00:34:52,500 --> 00:34:55,500 Rob Simmelkjaer : okay on race day. All right, Ted, we have arrived 677 00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:59,280 Rob Simmelkjaer : at the morning of the TCS New York City Marathon. People 678 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,529 Rob Simmelkjaer : have to get themselves up, they got to get themselves 679 00:35:01,530 --> 00:35:03,750 Rob Simmelkjaer : fueled, and they got to get themselves there. 680 00:35:04,020 --> 00:35:07,890 Ted Metellus: Yes, yes. So all of the points you said, up, 681 00:35:08,130 --> 00:35:10,529 Ted Metellus: fueled, and rolling. So all of the things that you 682 00:35:10,530 --> 00:35:14,070 Ted Metellus: did the night before, making sure you have your gear ready, your pre- 683 00:35:14,070 --> 00:35:16,890 Ted Metellus: morning, early morning meal, or anything that you need there, 684 00:35:17,070 --> 00:35:19,350 Ted Metellus: to identify your point of transportation, the time that you 685 00:35:19,350 --> 00:35:22,920 Ted Metellus: have alarms to set, and you are rolling. Make your 686 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,819 Ted Metellus: way over to your assigned transportation timeline, make your way over to 687 00:35:26,820 --> 00:35:30,870 Ted Metellus: the start line. Have some throwaway gear. Again, as stated 688 00:35:30,870 --> 00:35:33,989 Ted Metellus: earlier, we are not transporting gear there. So you'll be 689 00:35:33,989 --> 00:35:36,930 Ted Metellus: given an official pre- race bag, that'll be the bag that you'll 690 00:35:37,230 --> 00:35:40,469 Ted Metellus: be bringing in. All participants coming through security will all 691 00:35:40,469 --> 00:35:43,319 Ted Metellus: be screened and checked. All bibs will be confirmed, there's no 692 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,440 Ted Metellus: counterfeit bibs or anything there, making sure that all athletes are prepped 693 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,050 Ted Metellus: and set. They have the appropriate gear that they're allowed 694 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,989 Ted Metellus: onto the fort at the start line, and then you 695 00:35:51,989 --> 00:35:54,030 Ted Metellus: make your way over to your appropriate village. So you're 696 00:35:54,030 --> 00:35:57,719 Ted Metellus: either a blue, a pink, or a orange. All villages 697 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:00,900 Ted Metellus: will have pre- race food and drinks there for you, 698 00:36:01,530 --> 00:36:06,840 Ted Metellus: tea, coffee, hot chocolate, Gatorade, water, and restrooms that are all 699 00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,210 Ted Metellus: be there for athletes to head over. Make your way 700 00:36:09,210 --> 00:36:12,450 Ted Metellus: over to those appropriate locations. There's landmarks and things there 701 00:36:12,450 --> 00:36:14,790 Ted Metellus: for folks if you're meeting with other teammates and other 702 00:36:14,790 --> 00:36:19,020 Ted Metellus: runners. Get to your post, hang out there and chill. All 703 00:36:19,020 --> 00:36:21,989 Ted Metellus: right, so stretch and get yourself ready to go mentally 704 00:36:21,989 --> 00:36:24,089 Ted Metellus: for what will be a busy day. Lots of folks 705 00:36:24,090 --> 00:36:26,940 Ted Metellus: walking around, chatting. If people like to talk and kick 706 00:36:26,940 --> 00:36:28,920 Ted Metellus: it with folks to kind of ease their nerves, then 707 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:31,049 Ted Metellus: do that. If you like to get yourself centered and 708 00:36:31,050 --> 00:36:33,029 Ted Metellus: kind of get zenned out, you can do that as 709 00:36:33,030 --> 00:36:36,300 Ted Metellus: well. So there'll be services and needs on the ground, 710 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:40,260 Ted Metellus: on site, for everyone. Ample volunteers, ample staff that'll be 711 00:36:40,260 --> 00:36:43,110 Ted Metellus: there to help answer any questions, in multiple languages. If 712 00:36:43,110 --> 00:36:45,750 Ted Metellus: anyone needs any ASL assistance, there'll be staff on site 713 00:36:45,750 --> 00:36:47,670 Ted Metellus: for that as well. So those are some of the 714 00:36:47,670 --> 00:36:49,860 Ted Metellus: things you have to get ready as you're making your way 715 00:36:49,860 --> 00:36:50,910 Ted Metellus: to the start village. 716 00:36:50,969 --> 00:36:53,759 Rob Simmelkjaer : We're going to have some special areas there for people 717 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:57,450 Rob Simmelkjaer : who want that quiet time, a zen zone, a place 718 00:36:57,450 --> 00:37:01,050 Rob Simmelkjaer : where you can meditate and relax and calm yourself, an 719 00:37:01,050 --> 00:37:05,040 Rob Simmelkjaer : area for people who have those needs to be away 720 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:08,160 Rob Simmelkjaer : from noises and sounds as well. So whatever your needs 721 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:11,250 Rob Simmelkjaer : are, they will be there. Ted, Becs had a great 722 00:37:11,250 --> 00:37:13,319 Rob Simmelkjaer : question I wanted to pass along to you, which is 723 00:37:14,190 --> 00:37:16,529 Rob Simmelkjaer : aside from the obvious, you mentioned some extra gear, some 724 00:37:16,530 --> 00:37:20,310 Rob Simmelkjaer : throwaway gear, what's one thing that maybe people wouldn't think 725 00:37:20,310 --> 00:37:24,000 Rob Simmelkjaer : of that you recommend bringing with them to the starting area? 726 00:37:27,180 --> 00:37:30,570 Ted Metellus: I got a list of things that just popped into my head really quickly. Kleenex, paper 727 00:37:30,570 --> 00:37:34,800 Ted Metellus: towels, baby wipes, a little jar of Vaseline, some chewing 728 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:39,810 Ted Metellus: gum, lip balm if that's something you need. Definitely, some 729 00:37:39,810 --> 00:37:41,850 Ted Metellus: throwaway gloves. A lot of these items, you can get 730 00:37:41,850 --> 00:37:44,550 Ted Metellus: at the expo, which is fantastic, or at any of 731 00:37:44,550 --> 00:37:47,640 Ted Metellus: the little neighboring stores in the community there. Those are a couple 732 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:51,060 Ted Metellus: of the key things that I think are helpful. Garbage bag, 733 00:37:51,090 --> 00:37:54,510 Ted Metellus: plastic bag, or a pot, like a heat sheet, if 734 00:37:54,510 --> 00:37:56,880 Ted Metellus: you may, so you can wrap around you or sit 735 00:37:56,940 --> 00:38:00,210 Ted Metellus: on while you're waiting on site, please dispose of all 736 00:38:00,210 --> 00:38:03,360 Ted Metellus: of your appropriate items in the appropriate locations. We'll have 737 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:06,450 Ted Metellus: trash receptacles, a recycling location there for items to get 738 00:38:06,450 --> 00:38:10,290 Ted Metellus: recycled. And any of the clothing will be disposed of 739 00:38:10,290 --> 00:38:14,610 Ted Metellus: in appropriate locations, and all gets reused again. So we'll 740 00:38:14,610 --> 00:38:16,410 Ted Metellus: be able to donate a lot of that clothing there. 741 00:38:16,410 --> 00:38:19,440 Ted Metellus: But I just think immediately upon Becs' question of those 742 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,540 Ted Metellus: little things that you're like, " Oh, shoot, I wish I 743 00:38:21,540 --> 00:38:22,950 Ted Metellus: had a little bit of Vaseline," or " I wish I 744 00:38:22,950 --> 00:38:24,930 Ted Metellus: had a Kleenex or a baby wipe or something like that." " 745 00:38:25,170 --> 00:38:27,000 Ted Metellus: Oh, I wish I had some lip balm," or those 746 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,180 Ted Metellus: little things that you need there, sunscreen and those little itty- 747 00:38:30,180 --> 00:38:32,790 Ted Metellus: bitty things make a big difference there for what your 748 00:38:33,210 --> 00:38:35,219 Ted Metellus: race day will be. You can get those things at 749 00:38:35,219 --> 00:38:38,040 Ted Metellus: the little travel sections in most of the department stores 750 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:41,130 Ted Metellus: or the little bodegas. You can grab a couple of 751 00:38:41,130 --> 00:38:43,170 Ted Metellus: items there, that way you can dispose of them when 752 00:38:43,170 --> 00:38:43,620 Ted Metellus: you're done. 753 00:38:43,860 --> 00:38:45,930 Rob Simmelkjaer : All right, now for everybody out there who is going 754 00:38:45,930 --> 00:38:48,239 Rob Simmelkjaer : to be a spectator at the race, and you can 755 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,700 Rob Simmelkjaer : tell your friends and family this if you're a runner, 756 00:38:51,030 --> 00:38:52,710 Rob Simmelkjaer : one of the key things you want to do is 757 00:38:52,710 --> 00:38:55,529 Rob Simmelkjaer : download the TCS New York City Marathon app. First and 758 00:38:55,530 --> 00:38:57,510 Rob Simmelkjaer : foremost, you're going to be able to use that to 759 00:38:57,510 --> 00:39:00,390 Rob Simmelkjaer : track your runners. You put their name and their bib 760 00:39:00,420 --> 00:39:02,700 Rob Simmelkjaer : number in there, you can track as many folks as 761 00:39:02,700 --> 00:39:04,739 Rob Simmelkjaer : you want. You can also, by the way, if you're 762 00:39:04,739 --> 00:39:06,989 Rob Simmelkjaer : in a club, put in your club's name and track 763 00:39:06,989 --> 00:39:09,569 Rob Simmelkjaer : all the runners in that club. So that's key, you 764 00:39:09,570 --> 00:39:11,310 Rob Simmelkjaer : want to get that done before the race so you 765 00:39:11,310 --> 00:39:14,219 Rob Simmelkjaer : can track all of your runners. That's not all though, 766 00:39:14,219 --> 00:39:17,460 Rob Simmelkjaer : you've also got the ability to follow a livestream of 767 00:39:17,460 --> 00:39:20,460 Rob Simmelkjaer : the race as well. You can see who's winning, whether 768 00:39:20,460 --> 00:39:23,880 Rob Simmelkjaer : it's the wheelchair athletes race or the men's and women's 769 00:39:24,210 --> 00:39:27,330 Rob Simmelkjaer : open fields. So check that out as well, great stuff 770 00:39:27,330 --> 00:39:29,940 Rob Simmelkjaer : on the app. It's the official TCS New York City 771 00:39:29,940 --> 00:39:32,460 Rob Simmelkjaer : Marathon app. There's a lot of other important information on 772 00:39:32,460 --> 00:39:34,380 Rob Simmelkjaer : the app as well, so that's something everybody should be 773 00:39:34,380 --> 00:39:38,040 Rob Simmelkjaer : doing even before you get to the race day, is 774 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:40,440 Rob Simmelkjaer : download that app and get yourself set up to track 775 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:43,770 Rob Simmelkjaer : your runners and follow that livestream. Of course, for everybody 776 00:39:43,770 --> 00:39:46,170 Rob Simmelkjaer : out there, whether you're in New York, along the side 777 00:39:46,170 --> 00:39:48,900 Rob Simmelkjaer : of the course, or just out there at home, around 778 00:39:48,900 --> 00:39:51,630 Rob Simmelkjaer : the country, or the world, wanting to follow this race, 779 00:39:51,870 --> 00:39:54,690 Rob Simmelkjaer : we've got an incredible broadcast. We are so happy to recently 780 00:39:54,690 --> 00:39:58,050 Rob Simmelkjaer : extend our deal with WABC Channel 7 here in New 781 00:39:58,050 --> 00:40:00,960 Rob Simmelkjaer : York, and ESPN 2, yet again, they will be our 782 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:05,010 Rob Simmelkjaer : official broadcast partners. The broadcast kicks off at 7: 00 A. 783 00:40:05,070 --> 00:40:08,610 Rob Simmelkjaer : M. Eastern Time. That's live on Channel 7 in New 784 00:40:08,610 --> 00:40:11,069 Rob Simmelkjaer : York. Nationally, it kicks off at 8: 00 A. M. 785 00:40:11,070 --> 00:40:15,030 Rob Simmelkjaer : on ESPN 2. We've also got international broadcasters all around the 786 00:40:15,030 --> 00:40:17,040 Rob Simmelkjaer : world you can follow as well, so check your local 787 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:19,410 Rob Simmelkjaer : listings if you're outside the United States. And by the 788 00:40:19,410 --> 00:40:21,930 Rob Simmelkjaer : way, not only will that broadcast take us all the 789 00:40:21,930 --> 00:40:24,899 Rob Simmelkjaer : way through the end of the race, but we'll have 790 00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:29,700 Rob Simmelkjaer : a new live race recap show on the ABC television 791 00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:32,130 Rob Simmelkjaer : network from 3: 00 to 5: 00 P. M. that 792 00:40:32,130 --> 00:40:34,530 Rob Simmelkjaer : afternoon. So that's a chance for you to go back, 793 00:40:34,530 --> 00:40:37,469 Rob Simmelkjaer : whether you ran the race or missed the live broadcast, 794 00:40:37,469 --> 00:40:39,600 Rob Simmelkjaer : whatever it might be, you can go back and get 795 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:44,520 Rob Simmelkjaer : that full recap, a live show on ABC, nationally, from 3: 796 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:46,950 Rob Simmelkjaer : 00 to 5:00 P. M. But that app is the place, Ted, 797 00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:50,340 Rob Simmelkjaer : to track, and also a lot of other information in 798 00:40:50,340 --> 00:40:52,469 Rob Simmelkjaer : there for spectators and runners alike. 799 00:40:53,070 --> 00:40:55,380 Ted Metellus: Yeah, it's sharing in the experience of what the runner's 800 00:40:55,380 --> 00:40:57,870 Ted Metellus: race day will be. Whether you're near or afar, when 801 00:40:57,870 --> 00:40:59,759 Ted Metellus: you're a spectator on the ground, being able to bop 802 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,760 Ted Metellus: around and see where Rob will be at this mile 803 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,520 Ted Metellus: market, where the nearest subway station is to catch Rob 804 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:08,730 Ted Metellus: again along his run journey, all of those things contribute 805 00:41:08,940 --> 00:41:10,950 Ted Metellus: to what your race day will be. 806 00:41:11,580 --> 00:41:14,370 Rob Simmelkjaer : All right, we won't get into a course preview here 807 00:41:14,370 --> 00:41:16,800 Rob Simmelkjaer : with you, Ted, but for the runner as they get 808 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:20,759 Rob Simmelkjaer : started over the Verrazzano Bridge, what are a couple things 809 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:24,870 Rob Simmelkjaer : that, as they're going through this 26. 2 mile journey 810 00:41:25,350 --> 00:41:28,259 Rob Simmelkjaer : through New York City, that you would say to these 811 00:41:28,260 --> 00:41:33,150 Rob Simmelkjaer : runners to try to make sure they take in, appreciate? 812 00:41:33,510 --> 00:41:36,000 Rob Simmelkjaer : You've done it, I've done it, what are the things that, 813 00:41:36,390 --> 00:41:38,850 Rob Simmelkjaer : and when you look back, or you think about this 814 00:41:38,850 --> 00:41:41,489 Rob Simmelkjaer : course, and we've got a team, your team does such a 815 00:41:41,489 --> 00:41:44,910 Rob Simmelkjaer : great job preparing this course to be, let's face it, 816 00:41:44,940 --> 00:41:47,400 Rob Simmelkjaer : the best in the world, no offense to any of 817 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,310 Rob Simmelkjaer : our friends at the other ABA world marathon majors, what 818 00:41:50,310 --> 00:41:52,020 Rob Simmelkjaer : are the things that the runners should make sure they 819 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,860 Rob Simmelkjaer : take in and really make sure they get that sense 820 00:41:55,860 --> 00:41:57,060 Rob Simmelkjaer : of as they're going through the course? 821 00:41:57,150 --> 00:42:00,960 Ted Metellus: Well, head up and good energy. So keep your head 822 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:02,700 Ted Metellus: up, have good energy, because the energy you give is 823 00:42:02,700 --> 00:42:05,279 Ted Metellus: the energy receive, something I say so often there. The 824 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,160 Ted Metellus: runners will feel it from one another, and now we'll 825 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:11,489 Ted Metellus: see, hands down, the greatest spectators in the world. Marathon 826 00:42:11,489 --> 00:42:13,350 Ted Metellus: Sunday is what we call it here in New York, 827 00:42:13,350 --> 00:42:15,509 Ted Metellus: it's the greatest day ever, and people show up and 828 00:42:15,510 --> 00:42:18,300 Ted Metellus: show out on that day. So making sure that you 829 00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:20,880 Ted Metellus: have that set. Again, not to be overly technical as 830 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:24,300 Ted Metellus: that guy, but also knowing that there's an aid station 831 00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:27,509 Ted Metellus: at approximately every mile mark, there's restrooms at approximately every 832 00:42:27,510 --> 00:42:30,060 Ted Metellus: mile mark, there's a medical station at approximately every mile 833 00:42:30,060 --> 00:42:32,370 Ted Metellus: mark, so there's aid and support along the route. In 834 00:42:32,370 --> 00:42:34,950 Ted Metellus: many cases, those aid stations are on either side of 835 00:42:34,950 --> 00:42:37,739 Ted Metellus: the road. So as you're making your way through, if 836 00:42:37,739 --> 00:42:39,900 Ted Metellus: you need to get an aid station, hand up to 837 00:42:39,900 --> 00:42:41,879 Ted Metellus: the side that you need to kind of gravitate to, 838 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,040 Ted Metellus: almost treating it like a signal light if you're driving, 839 00:42:44,190 --> 00:42:46,319 Ted Metellus: and then make your way over to those aid stations 840 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:48,450 Ted Metellus: there. There will be services that will be out there, 841 00:42:48,450 --> 00:42:51,150 Ted Metellus: there'll be gel stations that will be out there as well, 842 00:42:51,150 --> 00:42:54,570 Ted Metellus: for folks to keep themselves replenished. There'll be entertainment sections 843 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:56,730 Ted Metellus: along the route that will just rock your socks off, 844 00:42:56,730 --> 00:42:58,739 Ted Metellus: and people will be jamming and having a great time. 845 00:42:58,950 --> 00:43:02,969 Ted Metellus: I highly, highly, highly recommend wear your name on your 846 00:43:02,969 --> 00:43:07,170 Ted Metellus: shirt. For 26.2 miles, people will cheer you on and 847 00:43:07,170 --> 00:43:09,660 Ted Metellus: power you through the finish. So all of those things 848 00:43:09,660 --> 00:43:11,670 Ted Metellus: there, are going to be great. Soak up every moment, 849 00:43:11,730 --> 00:43:16,140 Ted Metellus: head up, smile, have a good time, look around, support 850 00:43:16,140 --> 00:43:18,840 Ted Metellus: your fellow runner to your left and your right, " You look great. 851 00:43:18,900 --> 00:43:21,989 Ted Metellus: Doing great. Thank you for running. You got this. Good 852 00:43:21,989 --> 00:43:26,850 Ted Metellus: job." Fist bump, have a great day, those little things 853 00:43:26,940 --> 00:43:30,540 Ted Metellus: really truly make a difference to the runners. You heard 854 00:43:30,540 --> 00:43:33,330 Ted Metellus: Rob at the Olympics, there was an athlete that saw 855 00:43:33,330 --> 00:43:36,989 Ted Metellus: some small kid that charged them to the finish line, 856 00:43:37,170 --> 00:43:38,700 Ted Metellus: that makes a difference. 857 00:43:38,730 --> 00:43:41,160 Rob Simmelkjaer : That's right, that was Dakota Lindworm who saw somebody that 858 00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:43,440 Rob Simmelkjaer : really inspired her in that race. And I can tell 859 00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:46,080 Rob Simmelkjaer : you, having just run a marathon in Berlin, everything you're 860 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:50,520 Rob Simmelkjaer : saying makes a difference. That encouragement you give really can 861 00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:53,190 Rob Simmelkjaer : make a difference. Another thing I'll say having just come 862 00:43:53,190 --> 00:43:55,260 Rob Simmelkjaer : off a marathon, and this is your phrase, you use it 863 00:43:55,260 --> 00:43:58,649 Rob Simmelkjaer : all the time, Ted, mind your pace and mind your space. 864 00:43:59,100 --> 00:43:59,101 Ted Metellus: 100%. 865 00:43:59,101 --> 00:44:02,640 Rob Simmelkjaer : And the space is important. Folks, I know you want 866 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:04,980 Rob Simmelkjaer : to run your best time, I know you want to 867 00:44:05,250 --> 00:44:09,719 Rob Simmelkjaer : achieve your objective, whatever it is, but don't elbow other 868 00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:13,110 Rob Simmelkjaer : runners in the race, don't cause contact or stress with other 869 00:44:13,110 --> 00:44:16,020 Rob Simmelkjaer : runners. We do our best to make sure that this 870 00:44:16,020 --> 00:44:18,870 Rob Simmelkjaer : course is well spaced, that everybody's got room to run. But 871 00:44:18,870 --> 00:44:21,390 Rob Simmelkjaer : of course, with 50, 000- plus runners, there's going to be 872 00:44:21,390 --> 00:44:24,210 Rob Simmelkjaer : some points where there are some crowds, especially early in 873 00:44:24,210 --> 00:44:28,200 Rob Simmelkjaer : the race. Be patient, let the space come to you. 874 00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:32,489 Rob Simmelkjaer : Don't run people over to get to that space because 875 00:44:32,489 --> 00:44:36,690 Rob Simmelkjaer : you're impacting their race day experience as well. So be 876 00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:40,140 Rob Simmelkjaer : respectful and mindful of the other runners, that's the most 877 00:44:40,140 --> 00:44:42,060 Rob Simmelkjaer : important thing, I think, that each one of you can 878 00:44:42,060 --> 00:44:45,509 Rob Simmelkjaer : do to be a positive part of this day for 879 00:44:45,510 --> 00:44:48,090 Rob Simmelkjaer : everybody else running the race. So that's my little public 880 00:44:48,090 --> 00:44:49,049 Rob Simmelkjaer : service announcement. 881 00:44:50,190 --> 00:44:54,540 Ted Metellus: Rob, I'm smiling because you make this old race director 882 00:44:54,630 --> 00:44:57,210 Ted Metellus: feel so good that what I say doesn't go in 883 00:44:57,210 --> 00:44:59,520 Ted Metellus: one ear and not the other. Yes, mind your space, mind your 884 00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:02,219 Ted Metellus: pace, makes a huge difference out there. Make sure you're 885 00:45:02,219 --> 00:45:04,920 Ted Metellus: lining up to your appropriate pace time, not just at 886 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:08,010 Ted Metellus: the TCS New York City Marathon, but every race you go to, because it 887 00:45:08,010 --> 00:45:11,069 Ted Metellus: really and truly will make for a great experience. And Rob, 888 00:45:11,070 --> 00:45:13,649 Ted Metellus: if I may say super- duper fast, what the timeline 889 00:45:13,650 --> 00:45:14,969 Ted Metellus: will be for race day, I know this is a 890 00:45:14,969 --> 00:45:17,850 Ted Metellus: little bit after race has started, but we don't ever want 891 00:45:17,850 --> 00:45:20,520 Ted Metellus: to lose the energy of that start. I know we're 892 00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:22,410 Ted Metellus: on the course and we're talking about what the course experience 893 00:45:22,410 --> 00:45:25,080 Ted Metellus: will be, but nothing starts without the start. And that's 894 00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:27,120 Ted Metellus: what everyone's going to be lined up, so when the 895 00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:29,250 Ted Metellus: star teams are calling for all the athletes to make their way 896 00:45:29,250 --> 00:45:32,460 Ted Metellus: over to their appropriate corrals for their appropriate waves, make 897 00:45:32,460 --> 00:45:34,589 Ted Metellus: your way over there, and that's it. It's your time. 898 00:45:34,770 --> 00:45:37,710 Ted Metellus: Dispose of your gear in the appropriate location, have what you need that's 899 00:45:37,710 --> 00:45:40,590 Ted Metellus: on there, soak it in, deep breath, fist bump to 900 00:45:40,590 --> 00:45:42,510 Ted Metellus: the people to your left and right, and get ready 901 00:45:42,510 --> 00:45:45,239 Ted Metellus: to go. So our race event programming starts with our 902 00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:49,620 Ted Metellus: professional wheelchairs at 8:00 A. M. men, professional women wheelchairs at 8: 903 00:45:49,620 --> 00:45:53,850 Ted Metellus: 02. Then we roll into some of our programming starts 904 00:45:53,850 --> 00:45:59,730 Ted Metellus: with the MasterCard Priceless Start, our hand cyclists, and AWD athletes, 905 00:45:59,790 --> 00:46:03,810 Ted Metellus: and then it gets into show time, our professional women start there 906 00:46:03,810 --> 00:46:07,020 Ted Metellus: at 8: 35. We have our professional men's that'll be 907 00:46:07,020 --> 00:46:09,900 Ted Metellus: starting, and then wave one at 9: 10. So we'll 908 00:46:09,900 --> 00:46:12,810 Ted Metellus: be following with your waves here, this is your run, 909 00:46:13,050 --> 00:46:16,920 Ted Metellus: wave one at 9: 10, wave two at 9: 45, wave three 910 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:21,810 Ted Metellus: at 10: 20, wave four at 10:55, and wave five 911 00:46:21,810 --> 00:46:23,339 Ted Metellus: at 11:30 A. M. 912 00:46:24,029 --> 00:46:26,760 Rob Simmelkjaer : All right, so we've gotten folks through the start, onto 913 00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:29,340 Rob Simmelkjaer : the course, and one other thing we just want to 914 00:46:29,340 --> 00:46:32,460 Rob Simmelkjaer : talk about of course, is safety. Safety is obviously our 915 00:46:32,460 --> 00:46:35,190 Rob Simmelkjaer : number one priority. Ted, you talked about all the medical 916 00:46:35,190 --> 00:46:38,489 Rob Simmelkjaer : stations, all the resources out there on the course. Of 917 00:46:38,489 --> 00:46:41,610 Rob Simmelkjaer : course, with such a large number of people running, there 918 00:46:41,610 --> 00:46:46,590 Rob Simmelkjaer : are emergencies, people will have issues out there. It happens, 919 00:46:46,590 --> 00:46:49,110 Rob Simmelkjaer : it's always going to happen at a major endurance event. 920 00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:53,520 Rob Simmelkjaer : What should someone do, Ted, if they see someone in 921 00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:56,610 Rob Simmelkjaer : distress, they see a runner who's gone down, who seems 922 00:46:56,610 --> 00:46:59,790 Rob Simmelkjaer : to be having an emergency, what should that runner do? 923 00:47:00,030 --> 00:47:03,780 Ted Metellus: So there's two things that we want to make sure that everybody does leading 924 00:47:03,780 --> 00:47:05,730 Ted Metellus: into race day, and what happens on race day. First 925 00:47:05,730 --> 00:47:08,010 Ted Metellus: and foremost, on the back of your bib, there are 926 00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:09,900 Ted Metellus: some areas there that you need to enter in for 927 00:47:09,900 --> 00:47:12,989 Ted Metellus: emergency contacts and the like. Have that information filled out. 928 00:47:12,989 --> 00:47:15,000 Ted Metellus: Please, take a couple moments, grab a pen and grab 929 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,460 Ted Metellus: a Sharpie, and write that information in there because that's 930 00:47:17,460 --> 00:47:19,980 Ted Metellus: incredibly helpful. We have a lot of that information already 931 00:47:19,980 --> 00:47:23,400 Ted Metellus: in your registration platform, but that's doubly helpful for the 932 00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:25,410 Ted Metellus: people that are on the ground. The second thing that 933 00:47:25,410 --> 00:47:28,830 Ted Metellus: you'll see on your bib is an emergency number for 934 00:47:28,830 --> 00:47:33,540 Ted Metellus: our race command center. Call that number, okay. We have 935 00:47:33,540 --> 00:47:39,300 Ted Metellus: medical professionals are on site, NYPD, FDNY, EMS are all there 936 00:47:39,300 --> 00:47:42,090 Ted Metellus: on the ground, ready to serve and assist, and they 937 00:47:42,090 --> 00:47:44,580 Ted Metellus: will be able to get the necessary resources at one 938 00:47:44,580 --> 00:47:46,800 Ted Metellus: of those many medical stations that I stated on the 939 00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:49,920 Ted Metellus: course there, to you as quickly as possible. In many 940 00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:52,439 Ted Metellus: cases, Rob, and you know this and I know this from running 941 00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:55,739 Ted Metellus: so many of these races on our own, the athletes 942 00:47:55,739 --> 00:47:58,560 Ted Metellus: are usually the first people to get there to an 943 00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:01,649 Ted Metellus: athlete that it's in need. Many of us are running 944 00:48:01,650 --> 00:48:05,430 Ted Metellus: with our phones, take that 866 number that's there for 945 00:48:05,430 --> 00:48:08,700 Ted Metellus: the RCC, call that up immediately. Tell them where you 946 00:48:08,700 --> 00:48:10,890 Ted Metellus: are on the route. The great thing about a major 947 00:48:10,890 --> 00:48:13,500 Ted Metellus: urban marathon is you are on a corner and you're in an 948 00:48:13,500 --> 00:48:16,230 Ted Metellus: intersection, call that corner out, call that intersection out, and 949 00:48:16,230 --> 00:48:18,239 Ted Metellus: we'll be able to get aid to you as quickly as possible. 950 00:48:18,450 --> 00:48:20,850 Rob Simmelkjaer : The reason, Ted, that we tell people to call the 951 00:48:20,850 --> 00:48:24,239 Rob Simmelkjaer : race command center and not 911, is because we've got 952 00:48:24,239 --> 00:48:28,440 Rob Simmelkjaer : the resources there spread across the course, ready to respond 953 00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:30,509 Rob Simmelkjaer : to anything that might happen, and so that's going to 954 00:48:30,510 --> 00:48:34,259 Rob Simmelkjaer : get a faster response than calling 911 would. So again, 955 00:48:34,260 --> 00:48:36,510 Rob Simmelkjaer : make sure you know the number. You've got it because it's 956 00:48:36,510 --> 00:48:38,790 Rob Simmelkjaer : on your bib. It's also on the mobile app as 957 00:48:38,790 --> 00:48:41,580 Rob Simmelkjaer : well, so it's easy for a spectator out there to 958 00:48:41,580 --> 00:48:45,810 Rob Simmelkjaer : call that number also. All right, so we've gotten folks 959 00:48:45,810 --> 00:48:49,560 Rob Simmelkjaer : to the finish line, Ted. Congratulations, you have finished the 960 00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:53,640 Rob Simmelkjaer : TCS New York City Marathon, now it's time for the walk- 961 00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:55,860 Rob Simmelkjaer : off. You're going to get your medal from one of 962 00:48:55,860 --> 00:48:58,920 Rob Simmelkjaer : our hundreds of amazing volunteers, who are right there at 963 00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:01,590 Rob Simmelkjaer : the finish line handing out medals. You'll be taking your 964 00:49:01,590 --> 00:49:04,560 Rob Simmelkjaer : pictures. But of course, Ted, we want to keep people 965 00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:08,850 Rob Simmelkjaer : moving through that walk- off so they can ultimately reunite 966 00:49:08,850 --> 00:49:12,150 Rob Simmelkjaer : with their supporters, their friends, their family, to have that special moment. 967 00:49:12,690 --> 00:49:15,120 Ted Metellus: Yes, yes, yes. And you called out the volunteers, so 968 00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:17,820 Ted Metellus: huge thank you to the thousands and thousands of volunteers 969 00:49:17,820 --> 00:49:20,910 Ted Metellus: that helped make race weekend special. See of volunteer, thank 970 00:49:20,910 --> 00:49:25,109 Ted Metellus: a volunteer, from the expo to transportation and baggage, at 971 00:49:25,110 --> 00:49:27,660 Ted Metellus: the start line, along the course, at the aid stations, 972 00:49:27,660 --> 00:49:30,750 Ted Metellus: that post- finish walk- off, that medal distribution, when you 973 00:49:30,750 --> 00:49:34,290 Ted Metellus: get your poncho, your food bag, thank you, thank you, 974 00:49:34,290 --> 00:49:37,830 Ted Metellus: thank you to all of those volunteers out there. And you 975 00:49:37,830 --> 00:49:40,530 Ted Metellus: said it, you get your goodies, you have that moment, 976 00:49:40,530 --> 00:49:43,169 Ted Metellus: you're making your way up the west drive there, making that 977 00:49:43,530 --> 00:49:46,500 Ted Metellus: last climb to the finish line. You cross that finish 978 00:49:46,500 --> 00:49:48,750 Ted Metellus: line, and that's it, that's your moment there. But don't 979 00:49:48,750 --> 00:49:53,550 Ted Metellus: stop. Do not stop, because you're not the only person that's there moving 980 00:49:53,910 --> 00:49:55,710 Ted Metellus: with you. There's a lot of people that'll be behind 981 00:49:55,710 --> 00:49:58,500 Ted Metellus: you, so cruise on through, and there'll be many, many, 982 00:49:58,500 --> 00:50:00,690 Ted Metellus: many moments to capture. I know you want to capture 983 00:50:00,690 --> 00:50:03,060 Ted Metellus: that immediate moment there, but you have to be mindful 984 00:50:03,060 --> 00:50:06,060 Ted Metellus: of the people around you. Please, please, please, because you 985 00:50:06,060 --> 00:50:08,399 Ted Metellus: would not want your moment to be spoiled, so don't 986 00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:12,299 Ted Metellus: spoil theirs. Cruise through, get your goodies, thank a volunteer, 987 00:50:12,390 --> 00:50:14,370 Ted Metellus: and then make your way out. You'll be exiting out of 988 00:50:14,430 --> 00:50:18,239 Ted Metellus: the park at 77th Street. So little misnomer there, is 989 00:50:18,239 --> 00:50:20,218 Ted Metellus: people saying, " My gosh, the walk- off is so long." 990 00:50:20,219 --> 00:50:23,100 Ted Metellus: It's actually shorter than it's been before, because we used 991 00:50:23,100 --> 00:50:26,190 Ted Metellus: to have folks exit out on 87. So now you're exiting 992 00:50:26,190 --> 00:50:28,230 Ted Metellus: out on 77th Street, and then you're making our way 993 00:50:28,230 --> 00:50:31,530 Ted Metellus: onto Central Park West. If you have gear, there'll be 994 00:50:31,590 --> 00:50:33,510 Ted Metellus: an opportunity for you to pick up your gear there. 995 00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:37,859 Ted Metellus: Every single participant, Rob, is getting a poncho. Everybody gets 996 00:50:37,860 --> 00:50:40,650 Ted Metellus: a poncho. A medal, food bag with all your goodies 997 00:50:40,650 --> 00:50:43,020 Ted Metellus: in there, and a poncho. Once you make your way out, 998 00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:45,900 Ted Metellus: then you can head down onto Central Park West, and 999 00:50:45,900 --> 00:50:48,420 Ted Metellus: there'll be key points that you can exit out immediately, 1000 00:50:48,420 --> 00:50:50,670 Ted Metellus: to make your way off to head home, head to 1001 00:50:50,670 --> 00:50:52,950 Ted Metellus: your hotel, meet your loved ones at a separate location. 1002 00:50:53,070 --> 00:50:55,560 Ted Metellus: But if they are meeting you on Central Park West, 1003 00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:59,070 Ted Metellus: there'll be designated locations for family reunion, broken down by 1004 00:50:59,070 --> 00:51:01,650 Ted Metellus: the first letter of your last name. You'll meet them 1005 00:51:01,650 --> 00:51:03,780 Ted Metellus: there, and then you'll head off to celebrate your day. 1006 00:51:04,830 --> 00:51:07,739 Rob Simmelkjaer : And Ted, of course the finishers will be rolling in 1007 00:51:07,739 --> 00:51:10,259 Rob Simmelkjaer : all through the afternoon, into the evening. One of the 1008 00:51:10,260 --> 00:51:14,190 Rob Simmelkjaer : things that makes New York so special, and the TCS 1009 00:51:14,190 --> 00:51:17,400 Rob Simmelkjaer : New York City Marathon so special, is how long we 1010 00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:21,270 Rob Simmelkjaer : keep that finish line open. Because the final finisher is 1011 00:51:21,270 --> 00:51:24,840 Rob Simmelkjaer : a big, big deal, we celebrate those final finishers like 1012 00:51:25,110 --> 00:51:27,989 Rob Simmelkjaer : pretty much nobody else. And so can you talk a 1013 00:51:27,989 --> 00:51:31,590 Rob Simmelkjaer : little bit about how much time people have to get 1014 00:51:31,590 --> 00:51:34,890 Rob Simmelkjaer : to that finish line, get that medal, and have that moment. 1015 00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:40,590 Ted Metellus: Rob, we have approximately 11 hours. So you have 11 hours 1016 00:51:40,590 --> 00:51:43,529 Ted Metellus: of celebration along the route to make there. Our finish 1017 00:51:43,529 --> 00:51:47,340 Ted Metellus: line will stay open until approximately 10: 00 PM there. so 1018 00:51:47,340 --> 00:51:49,890 Ted Metellus: when you make your way over, this is basically the 1019 00:51:49,890 --> 00:51:53,700 Ted Metellus: finish line after dark. Lights will be on, music will 1020 00:51:53,700 --> 00:51:56,190 Ted Metellus: be playing, glow sticks will be there, and we invite 1021 00:51:56,190 --> 00:51:59,160 Ted Metellus: runners, we invite volunteers, we invite the community at large 1022 00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:01,049 Ted Metellus: to make their way over to the finish line and really, 1023 00:52:01,050 --> 00:52:03,480 Ted Metellus: really cheer these folks on. One of the things that 1024 00:52:03,480 --> 00:52:06,000 Ted Metellus: I thought was really fascinating, I was talking to Karen 1025 00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:09,210 Ted Metellus: Hempel, a former CEO of New York Roadrunners, a great 1026 00:52:09,210 --> 00:52:12,239 Ted Metellus: runner herself, an amazing member of our community. We were 1027 00:52:12,239 --> 00:52:15,989 Ted Metellus: chatting briefly at the Berlin Marathon where she ran, and 1028 00:52:16,290 --> 00:52:19,980 Ted Metellus: it's you celebrate those folks that finish in two hours, 1029 00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:23,130 Ted Metellus: three hours, four hours. And then there's some of us, 1030 00:52:23,130 --> 00:52:25,200 Ted Metellus: and I say us, that are out there for five 1031 00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:27,030 Ted Metellus: and a half, six and a half, seven and a 1032 00:52:27,030 --> 00:52:29,580 Ted Metellus: half, that have run the same course as some of 1033 00:52:29,580 --> 00:52:31,890 Ted Metellus: the fastest runners in the world. It's the same course as 1034 00:52:31,950 --> 00:52:34,020 Ted Metellus: some of our fast local runners that are out there, 1035 00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:37,140 Ted Metellus: those folks need that love. So coming out to the finish 1036 00:52:37,140 --> 00:52:40,560 Ted Metellus: line there, for the final finishers, showing that love, those 1037 00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:43,230 Ted Metellus: runners love it because they feel they're by themselves as 1038 00:52:43,230 --> 00:52:45,420 Ted Metellus: they're cruising along, they see that there's other runners out 1039 00:52:45,420 --> 00:52:47,370 Ted Metellus: there making their way to the finish line, but when they 1040 00:52:47,370 --> 00:52:49,080 Ted Metellus: get to that finish line there, and they see those 1041 00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:51,239 Ted Metellus: lights, hear that music, and see those people out there 1042 00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:55,320 Ted Metellus: dancing, doing the electric slide, they are having a party 1043 00:52:55,350 --> 00:52:55,980 Ted Metellus: for you. 1044 00:52:57,450 --> 00:53:00,989 Rob Simmelkjaer : Something else, speaking of after dark, Ted, that we're adding 1045 00:53:00,989 --> 00:53:05,040 Rob Simmelkjaer : this year, and we're very excited, an official after party 1046 00:53:05,040 --> 00:53:08,610 Rob Simmelkjaer : of the TCS New York City Marathon. It's called Victory Lap, 1047 00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:11,819 Rob Simmelkjaer : appropriately, and it will kick off the evening of the 1048 00:53:11,820 --> 00:53:15,239 Rob Simmelkjaer : marathon, right in Manhattan. It's at a great venue called 1049 00:53:15,239 --> 00:53:18,780 Rob Simmelkjaer : Terminal Five on West 56th Street, all the way over 1050 00:53:18,780 --> 00:53:21,839 Rob Simmelkjaer : on the West Side, near the West Side Highway. And 1051 00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:24,839 Rob Simmelkjaer : Ted, tickets are on sale for that right now. We're 1052 00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:27,930 Rob Simmelkjaer : really excited to add this, because I know from running 1053 00:53:27,930 --> 00:53:30,960 Rob Simmelkjaer : a marathon, you know from running marathons, you want that 1054 00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:34,350 Rob Simmelkjaer : time to celebrate. You want that time to kick it, 1055 00:53:34,380 --> 00:53:36,780 Rob Simmelkjaer : as you would say, with other runners. We're going to 1056 00:53:36,780 --> 00:53:39,900 Rob Simmelkjaer : have some of the pro athletes, the winners on hand. 1057 00:53:39,900 --> 00:53:42,270 Rob Simmelkjaer : We're going to have all kinds of folks there to 1058 00:53:42,300 --> 00:53:45,900 Rob Simmelkjaer : help you celebrate your big night. There will be drinks, 1059 00:53:45,900 --> 00:53:48,719 Rob Simmelkjaer : there'll be light snacks, not dinner, so have dinner somewhere 1060 00:53:48,719 --> 00:53:52,710 Rob Simmelkjaer : else, and then show up to the official after party, 1061 00:53:52,710 --> 00:53:55,739 Rob Simmelkjaer : Victory Lap. Again, you can get tickets. They're on sale now 1062 00:53:56,070 --> 00:54:00,540 Rob Simmelkjaer : at NYRR.org for that party, so check it out. 1063 00:54:00,989 --> 00:54:03,750 Ted Metellus: That's right. And if you stated right, it's from 7: 00 to 11:00, 1064 00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:06,510 Ted Metellus: so you'll have enough time to get some food. You 1065 00:54:06,510 --> 00:54:08,880 Ted Metellus: would've finished, made your way back home to your hotel, 1066 00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:12,090 Ted Metellus: or what have you, shower, change, kick it, stretch out, 1067 00:54:12,270 --> 00:54:15,480 Ted Metellus: make your way over and continue to party. Wear that medal proudly, 1068 00:54:15,660 --> 00:54:17,400 Ted Metellus: and get yourself ready to go, and have a good 1069 00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:18,150 Ted Metellus: time that night. 1070 00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:20,640 Rob Simmelkjaer : We know that you will. And I will be there 1071 00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:23,400 Rob Simmelkjaer : at both the after party, as well as back at 1072 00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:25,770 Rob Simmelkjaer : the finish line for final finishers, so can't wait to 1073 00:54:25,770 --> 00:54:29,100 Rob Simmelkjaer : celebrate with everybody at Victory Lap, the official party of the 1074 00:54:29,219 --> 00:54:33,390 Rob Simmelkjaer : TCS New York City Marathon. Well, Ted, now we've gotten 1075 00:54:33,390 --> 00:54:35,760 Rob Simmelkjaer : people through the finish. We've gotten them to their post- 1076 00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:39,509 Rob Simmelkjaer : race celebration. We've gotten them to bed, now it's Marathon 1077 00:54:39,510 --> 00:54:42,450 Rob Simmelkjaer : Monday, and the party continues, because there is a lot 1078 00:54:42,450 --> 00:54:45,390 Rob Simmelkjaer : of great stuff we've got going on in New York 1079 00:54:45,390 --> 00:54:48,390 Rob Simmelkjaer : on Monday. A lot of people's number one priority when 1080 00:54:48,390 --> 00:54:50,609 Rob Simmelkjaer : they wake up on Monday in New York City, after running 1081 00:54:50,610 --> 00:54:53,730 Rob Simmelkjaer : the marathon, is get that medal engraved so you can 1082 00:54:53,730 --> 00:54:57,120 Rob Simmelkjaer : have that time in there to commemorate how you did 1083 00:54:57,120 --> 00:54:58,320 Rob Simmelkjaer : for the rest of eternity. 1084 00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:01,890 Ted Metellus: Yes, absolutely. There's actually a couple of things. I made a 1085 00:55:01,890 --> 00:55:04,140 Ted Metellus: quick mental checklist on the things that you do Monday 1086 00:55:04,140 --> 00:55:06,900 Ted Metellus: morning. First, that first step out of bed is going 1087 00:55:06,900 --> 00:55:10,230 Ted Metellus: to be, oh, so fun. So how are you feeling after 1088 00:55:10,230 --> 00:55:12,930 Ted Metellus: that? But then once you get yourself going, and you had your 1089 00:55:12,930 --> 00:55:15,420 Ted Metellus: bagel and whatnot, here are the things. Definitely make your 1090 00:55:15,420 --> 00:55:18,029 Ted Metellus: way over to the pavilion at the finish line of the TCS 1091 00:55:18,030 --> 00:55:19,980 Ted Metellus: New York City Marathon, right across from Tavern on the 1092 00:55:19,980 --> 00:55:24,390 Ted Metellus: Green, our tremendous partners there, get your medal engraved, pick 1093 00:55:24,390 --> 00:55:28,140 Ted Metellus: up the official New York Times for some great features 1094 00:55:28,140 --> 00:55:31,260 Ted Metellus: and list of finishers. Our partners from HSS will be 1095 00:55:31,260 --> 00:55:33,870 Ted Metellus: there as well, providing some aid and care on some post- 1096 00:55:33,870 --> 00:55:37,410 Ted Metellus: race recovery and stretching, and whatnot, and New Balance having 1097 00:55:37,410 --> 00:55:40,589 Ted Metellus: some amazing finisher apparel on site there, at the pavilion, 1098 00:55:40,590 --> 00:55:43,020 Ted Metellus: for pickups. So make your way over, drop your medal 1099 00:55:43,020 --> 00:55:45,660 Ted Metellus: off, pick up some goodies, get your medal, get it 1100 00:55:46,050 --> 00:55:48,660 Ted Metellus: engraved, and then you'll make your way out. For friends here 1101 00:55:48,719 --> 00:55:51,150 Ted Metellus: that are local in New York area, we'll also have 1102 00:55:51,150 --> 00:55:55,110 Ted Metellus: that same service at our run center run hub on 1103 00:55:55,110 --> 00:55:58,050 Ted Metellus: Tuesday and Wednesday as well. But Monday, come on over, 1104 00:55:58,050 --> 00:56:00,540 Ted Metellus: take some photos. We have the amazing Fred statue there 1105 00:56:00,540 --> 00:56:03,089 Ted Metellus: for the great Fred Lebow, great medal opportunity to take 1106 00:56:03,090 --> 00:56:04,230 Ted Metellus: some great pictures as well. 1107 00:56:05,070 --> 00:56:08,430 Rob Simmelkjaer : And Ted, we're going to have some more great experiences 1108 00:56:08,430 --> 00:56:12,030 Rob Simmelkjaer : for runners to enjoy the Monday after the marathon and 1109 00:56:12,030 --> 00:56:15,510 Rob Simmelkjaer : beyond. Can't quite announce them yet, but keep an eye 1110 00:56:15,510 --> 00:56:17,819 Rob Simmelkjaer : on our social media channels, keep an eye on your 1111 00:56:17,820 --> 00:56:21,480 Rob Simmelkjaer : email, because we're going to be announcing some other phenomenal 1112 00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:25,770 Rob Simmelkjaer : opportunities for runners who have completed the marathon, to enjoy 1113 00:56:25,770 --> 00:56:29,100 Rob Simmelkjaer : New York at its best. Because this is not just 1114 00:56:29,100 --> 00:56:31,050 Rob Simmelkjaer : the greatest day of the year in New York City, 1115 00:56:31,260 --> 00:56:33,690 Rob Simmelkjaer : but really it is one of the great weekends and 1116 00:56:33,690 --> 00:56:36,000 Rob Simmelkjaer : weeks of the year, and so we want everybody to 1117 00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:40,140 Rob Simmelkjaer : experience everything New York has to offer, both before, during, 1118 00:56:40,140 --> 00:56:42,150 Rob Simmelkjaer : and after the marathon, so just that's a tease. 1119 00:56:42,150 --> 00:56:42,420 Ted Metellus: Absolutely. 1120 00:56:42,540 --> 00:56:45,630 Rob Simmelkjaer : Just keep an eye on things, there is more information to come. 1121 00:56:46,050 --> 00:56:50,520 Rob Simmelkjaer : Ted, my man, this was some seriously information- packed time 1122 00:56:50,520 --> 00:56:53,910 Rob Simmelkjaer : with you on Set the Pace. Anybody who listens to 1123 00:56:53,910 --> 00:56:56,910 Rob Simmelkjaer : this is going to feel ready to go, but let's 1124 00:56:56,910 --> 00:56:58,980 Rob Simmelkjaer : take one last step back before I say goodbye to 1125 00:56:58,980 --> 00:57:02,850 Rob Simmelkjaer : you. What's one thing that you think about as race 1126 00:57:02,850 --> 00:57:06,750 Rob Simmelkjaer : director of this event, one of the greatest mass participation 1127 00:57:06,750 --> 00:57:10,950 Rob Simmelkjaer : events in the world, that you want to make sure everybody 1128 00:57:10,950 --> 00:57:14,790 Rob Simmelkjaer : knows makes this special? What is it that makes this 1129 00:57:14,790 --> 00:57:15,750 Rob Simmelkjaer : event so special? 1130 00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:19,440 Ted Metellus: You know what, Rob, it's the people, that's ultimately what it 1131 00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:21,720 Ted Metellus: is. And now you know that might be like " Oh, come 1132 00:57:21,720 --> 00:57:24,300 Ted Metellus: on, Ted. Really?" Like no, yes, it is the people. 1133 00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:26,190 Ted Metellus: Whether it is the folks that have been part of 1134 00:57:26,190 --> 00:57:29,040 Ted Metellus: your journey over the last six months, the people that will be 1135 00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:31,770 Ted Metellus: part of your journey and experience over the couple of 1136 00:57:31,770 --> 00:57:33,630 Ted Metellus: days that you're on the ground getting ready for race 1137 00:57:33,630 --> 00:57:36,480 Ted Metellus: day, all the people that will be celebrating you along the course, 1138 00:57:36,480 --> 00:57:38,550 Ted Metellus: all the people that are supporting you after you're finished, 1139 00:57:38,760 --> 00:57:41,280 Ted Metellus: it's the people that make this event incredible. And I 1140 00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:44,010 Ted Metellus: want to say a huge thank you to every single 1141 00:57:44,130 --> 00:57:46,710 Ted Metellus: person that has contributed to making this race day and 1142 00:57:46,710 --> 00:57:51,120 Ted Metellus: race weekend incredible. Our city agency partners, parks partners, federal 1143 00:57:51,120 --> 00:57:54,060 Ted Metellus: and state partners, thank you also very much. To the 1144 00:57:54,060 --> 00:57:56,400 Ted Metellus: incredible staff in New York Roadrunners, and all the sponsors, 1145 00:57:56,400 --> 00:57:59,070 Ted Metellus: thank you so very much. To all of the volunteers that 1146 00:57:59,070 --> 00:58:01,260 Ted Metellus: have worked so hard, year round, getting us to this 1147 00:58:01,260 --> 00:58:03,930 Ted Metellus: point, thank you so very much. Thank you, Rob, and 1148 00:58:03,930 --> 00:58:06,300 Ted Metellus: the rest of the team at New York Roadrunners, for everything 1149 00:58:06,300 --> 00:58:08,490 Ted Metellus: that they're doing. It's the people that make this amazing, 1150 00:58:08,490 --> 00:58:10,950 Ted Metellus: and it's the people that have made this event amazing 1151 00:58:10,950 --> 00:58:12,660 Ted Metellus: over the last 54- plus years. 1152 00:58:13,200 --> 00:58:15,840 Rob Simmelkjaer : Ted, I want to thank you, and I want to 1153 00:58:15,930 --> 00:58:21,030 Rob Simmelkjaer : thank your unbelievable team at New York Roadrunners. It's a 1154 00:58:21,030 --> 00:58:24,990 Rob Simmelkjaer : huge group of people, we've got full- time people, we've 1155 00:58:24,990 --> 00:58:28,650 Rob Simmelkjaer : got part- time people. We've got obviously, you mentioned the 1156 00:58:28,650 --> 00:58:33,090 Rob Simmelkjaer : volunteers. It takes not a village, it takes a small 1157 00:58:33,090 --> 00:58:37,290 Rob Simmelkjaer : city to put on this event in the largest city 1158 00:58:37,290 --> 00:58:38,040 Rob Simmelkjaer : in the world. 1159 00:58:38,100 --> 00:58:40,650 Ted Metellus: It's a big city to make big city dreams happen, 1160 00:58:40,650 --> 00:58:42,600 Ted Metellus: and that's how we do here in New York. So 1161 00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:46,110 Ted Metellus: a little line we usually say is TTE, total team effort, and 1162 00:58:46,110 --> 00:58:48,240 Ted Metellus: that's across the board to everyone that's a part of 1163 00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:50,640 Ted Metellus: this thing. That's what makes this event great and prepared. 1164 00:58:50,640 --> 00:58:53,550 Ted Metellus: So listen, we don't control the weather, you know there's 1165 00:58:53,550 --> 00:58:55,410 Ted Metellus: all kinds of things that are going on out there. 1166 00:58:55,560 --> 00:58:57,810 Ted Metellus: You want to sink into everything that you've done to 1167 00:58:57,810 --> 00:59:01,260 Ted Metellus: get yourself to that start line. Remember it. Remember your 1168 00:59:01,260 --> 00:59:05,760 Ted Metellus: why, and have the most amazing experience. Document it, share 1169 00:59:05,760 --> 00:59:07,919 Ted Metellus: it. Talk to other folks that have done this marathon 1170 00:59:07,920 --> 00:59:09,960 Ted Metellus: in the past, hear what their journey is, and their 1171 00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:12,600 Ted Metellus: tips are there, all of that will make for a 1172 00:59:12,600 --> 00:59:17,190 Ted Metellus: great day. Remember, this is your day to celebrate, enjoy 1173 00:59:17,190 --> 00:59:19,080 Ted Metellus: it, head up, and soak it in. 1174 00:59:19,830 --> 00:59:24,090 Rob Simmelkjaer : Well, folks, if you've listened to that incredibly informative interview 1175 00:59:24,090 --> 00:59:26,700 Rob Simmelkjaer : with Ted and you still have questions, good news, you 1176 00:59:26,700 --> 00:59:30,000 Rob Simmelkjaer : can still ask those questions. Just go in the chat on Apple 1177 00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:32,610 Rob Simmelkjaer : Podcast, you can throw your questions right in there as 1178 00:59:32,610 --> 00:59:35,220 Rob Simmelkjaer : part of a review, and we will make sure to 1179 00:59:35,220 --> 00:59:38,910 Rob Simmelkjaer : answer those questions in upcoming episodes of Set the Pace, 1180 00:59:38,910 --> 00:59:44,550 Rob Simmelkjaer : as we roll toward November 3rd, 2024, and the TCS New 1181 00:59:44,550 --> 00:59:47,221 Rob Simmelkjaer : York City Marathon. Ted Metellus, thank you so much. 1182 00:59:47,221 --> 00:59:49,800 Ted Metellus: Thank you, Rob. Thanks everybody, see you in 30 days. 1183 01:00:03,030 --> 01:00:06,390 Rob Simmelkjaer : When Katherine Palomino- Simon moved to New York City, she 1184 01:00:06,390 --> 01:00:08,970 Rob Simmelkjaer : was surprised by how runner- friendly the streets of New 1185 01:00:08,970 --> 01:00:12,510 Rob Simmelkjaer : York were compared to her native Lima, Peru. So she 1186 01:00:12,510 --> 01:00:14,640 Rob Simmelkjaer : grabbed a pair of running shoes, hit the park, and 1187 01:00:14,970 --> 01:00:17,910 Rob Simmelkjaer : quickly fell in love with the community and the energy 1188 01:00:17,910 --> 01:00:21,540 Rob Simmelkjaer : of running in New York. That first run quickly turned 1189 01:00:21,540 --> 01:00:25,380 Rob Simmelkjaer : into nine plus one, and Kathy tackled her very first 1190 01:00:25,380 --> 01:00:29,580 Rob Simmelkjaer : marathon last year with Team for Kids, and the 2023 TCS 1191 01:00:29,580 --> 01:00:32,550 Rob Simmelkjaer : New York City Marathon. A year later, she found herself 1192 01:00:32,550 --> 01:00:35,939 Rob Simmelkjaer : training for a race that was both personal and an 1193 01:00:36,150 --> 01:00:40,950 Rob Simmelkjaer : unforgettable adventure. This past weekend, Kathy celebrated her 50th birthday 1194 01:00:40,950 --> 01:00:44,880 Rob Simmelkjaer : by running the 50th anniversary of the BMW Berlin Marathon, 1195 01:00:45,180 --> 01:00:47,550 Rob Simmelkjaer : just like me. Meb caught up with her a few 1196 01:00:47,550 --> 01:00:50,310 Rob Simmelkjaer : weeks ago just as she was finishing up her training. 1197 01:00:51,030 --> 01:00:55,680 Meb: Thanks, Rob. Welcome Kathy to Set the Pace podcast. How are 1198 01:00:55,680 --> 01:00:56,370 Meb: you doing today? 1199 01:00:56,880 --> 01:00:57,691 Katherine Palomino-Simon: I'm okay. A little nervous, but I'm okay. 1200 01:00:57,691 --> 01:01:02,910 Meb: That's all right. I heard, are you going to turn 50 this fall? 1201 01:01:03,810 --> 01:01:03,900 Katherine Palomino-Simon: Yes. 1202 01:01:05,460 --> 01:01:07,650 Meb: Can you tell us, our audience, what you're celebrating and 1203 01:01:07,650 --> 01:01:08,400 Meb: how you celebrating it? 1204 01:01:09,690 --> 01:01:13,710 Katherine Palomino-Simon: Yes. So this year I'll be turning 50 in early October, and 1205 01:01:13,710 --> 01:01:16,620 Katherine Palomino-Simon: to celebrate I wanted to do something fun, big, and 1206 01:01:16,620 --> 01:01:20,640 Katherine Palomino-Simon: meaningful. So last September, while I was training for the New 1207 01:01:20,640 --> 01:01:23,820 Katherine Palomino-Simon: York City Marathon with Team for Kids, I learned that on 1208 01:01:23,820 --> 01:01:29,910 Katherine Palomino-Simon: September 29th, 2024, the Berlin Marathon will be celebrating its 50th 1209 01:01:29,910 --> 01:01:33,540 Katherine Palomino-Simon: anniversary. So I said to myself, " I have to sign up." 1210 01:01:35,190 --> 01:01:39,210 Katherine Palomino-Simon: So back then I was 49, I was about to 1211 01:01:39,210 --> 01:01:44,520 Katherine Palomino-Simon: turn 49, so I said to myself, I had to sign up. So after the 1212 01:01:44,520 --> 01:01:47,310 Katherine Palomino-Simon: long run, I remember I went home, and with a 1213 01:01:47,310 --> 01:01:51,240 Katherine Palomino-Simon: lot of doubts in my head, and without telling my 1214 01:01:51,240 --> 01:01:55,230 Katherine Palomino-Simon: husband, I signed up with TFK to run the 2024 1215 01:01:55,230 --> 01:01:59,970 Katherine Palomino-Simon: Berlin Marathon. So that's what I want to be doing to celebrate, 1216 01:02:00,150 --> 01:02:05,280 Katherine Palomino-Simon: and also as a bonus, my family and I are going to Greece 1217 01:02:05,730 --> 01:02:10,530 Katherine Palomino-Simon: to rest and relax after the race. I guess running 1218 01:02:10,530 --> 01:02:15,090 Katherine Palomino-Simon: Berlin is the fun part of the plan, right? I 1219 01:02:15,090 --> 01:02:20,610 Katherine Palomino-Simon: guess. But the meaningful part, it will like raising funds for 1220 01:02:20,610 --> 01:02:23,100 Katherine Palomino-Simon: the New York Runners and Team for Kids, so we can 1221 01:02:23,100 --> 01:02:28,620 Katherine Palomino-Simon: make running more accessible and more inclusive. 1222 01:02:29,820 --> 01:02:32,640 Meb: Definitely, the Team for Kids with the New York Runners do a 1223 01:02:32,670 --> 01:02:35,760 Meb: great job. And what a great way to celebrate your 50th 1224 01:02:35,760 --> 01:02:39,780 Meb: birthday, their 50th anniversary, and for a great cause for Team four 1225 01:02:39,780 --> 01:02:44,310 Meb: kids to fundraise, to give kids an opportunities to be 1226 01:02:44,310 --> 01:02:47,520 Meb: inclusive and participate in sport. Are you nervous a little 1227 01:02:47,520 --> 01:02:50,850 Meb: bit, or not? What are you feeling like getting ready for Berlin? 1228 01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:58,650 Katherine Palomino-Simon: I'm a little nervous, but I'm very excited. I'm not 1229 01:02:58,650 --> 01:03:03,990 Katherine Palomino-Simon: very excited. The race is 34 days away, and I'm ready. 1230 01:03:04,020 --> 01:03:06,930 Katherine Palomino-Simon: I'm ready. I think I'm ready. I'm very excited to 1231 01:03:06,930 --> 01:03:13,290 Katherine Palomino-Simon: start my birthday celebrations, to have the opportunity to participate in 1232 01:03:13,290 --> 01:03:17,160 Katherine Palomino-Simon: the race. I mean, I don't take that for granted. To have 1233 01:03:17,160 --> 01:03:22,200 Katherine Palomino-Simon: my family there to cheer me on, to be able 1234 01:03:22,200 --> 01:03:24,420 Katherine Palomino-Simon: to accomplish this new goal. 1235 01:03:25,500 --> 01:03:27,210 Meb: Well, it's going to be a lot of fun. From 1236 01:03:27,210 --> 01:03:29,760 Meb: rumors, I've never done the Berlin Marathon, but I heard 1237 01:03:29,760 --> 01:03:31,471 Meb: it is as flat as it can be. 1238 01:03:31,470 --> 01:03:31,800 Katherine Palomino-Simon: Yes. 1239 01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:36,900 Meb: You began running with the NYRR relatively recently, your first race 1240 01:03:36,900 --> 01:03:39,780 Meb: was in April of 2022. What brought you to the 1241 01:03:39,780 --> 01:03:40,740 Meb: New Yorker Roadrunners? 1242 01:03:42,090 --> 01:03:46,980 Katherine Palomino-Simon: Yeah, so I'm from Lima, Peru, and always liked running. 1243 01:03:47,460 --> 01:03:51,750 Katherine Palomino-Simon: But Lima wasn't the most runner- friendly city, so when 1244 01:03:51,750 --> 01:03:53,820 Katherine Palomino-Simon: I moved to New York City, I was amazed by 1245 01:03:53,820 --> 01:03:57,150 Katherine Palomino-Simon: how easy it was to get your running shoes on 1246 01:03:57,210 --> 01:04:00,630 Katherine Palomino-Simon: and find a running route. So while running in Central 1247 01:04:00,630 --> 01:04:03,570 Katherine Palomino-Simon: Park, I always saw the group training practices and the 1248 01:04:03,570 --> 01:04:07,800 Katherine Palomino-Simon: New York Roadrunners like coaches matching outfits, and that caught my 1249 01:04:07,800 --> 01:04:13,980 Katherine Palomino-Simon: eye. And so in the spring of 2021, yes, spring 2021, I 1250 01:04:13,980 --> 01:04:16,320 Katherine Palomino-Simon: decided to sign up for one of the New York Roadrunners 1251 01:04:16,950 --> 01:04:22,920 Katherine Palomino-Simon: Fun Days class, and that's how I started. So it was a class, then 1252 01:04:22,920 --> 01:04:28,860 Katherine Palomino-Simon: one race, then nine races, and it kept going. The 1253 01:04:28,860 --> 01:04:34,530 Katherine Palomino-Simon: community, atmosphere, and energy around New York Roadrunners is electrifying 1254 01:04:34,530 --> 01:04:35,669 Katherine Palomino-Simon: and very contagious. 1255 01:04:35,910 --> 01:04:38,001 Meb: Wow. If I can try a little bit in Spanish, (foreign language) 1256 01:04:38,001 --> 01:04:50,970 Meb: . You ran the 2023 TCS New York City Marathon with 1257 01:04:50,970 --> 01:04:54,150 Meb: the program of nine plus one program. After running all 1258 01:04:54,150 --> 01:04:58,110 Meb: those races, was there anything about the marathon that totally 1259 01:04:58,110 --> 01:04:58,740 Meb: surprised you? 1260 01:05:00,510 --> 01:05:05,490 Katherine Palomino-Simon: Yeah, totally. You know while training, so I got my bib through the nine plus 1261 01:05:05,490 --> 01:05:09,810 Katherine Palomino-Simon: one, but then at the end, I decided to train 1262 01:05:09,810 --> 01:05:18,330 Katherine Palomino-Simon: with TFK. So I raised money for TFK, so I 1263 01:05:18,330 --> 01:05:22,140 Katherine Palomino-Simon: ran with TFK. So it's like you learn so many 1264 01:05:22,140 --> 01:05:26,610 Katherine Palomino-Simon: things through your fellows, runners and teammates, and they always tell you 1265 01:05:26,610 --> 01:05:32,520 Katherine Palomino-Simon: things, but you hear something. But definitely, running the New 1266 01:05:32,520 --> 01:05:36,570 Katherine Palomino-Simon: York City Marathon, it's an experience on a different level. 1267 01:05:37,920 --> 01:05:42,030 Katherine Palomino-Simon: During training, I had listened to audiobooks about the race, 1268 01:05:42,090 --> 01:05:46,200 Katherine Palomino-Simon: I had watched videos, but nothing really compares to the 1269 01:05:46,200 --> 01:05:51,570 Katherine Palomino-Simon: feeling of being there. Race day is awesome. It amazed 1270 01:05:51,570 --> 01:05:56,250 Katherine Palomino-Simon: me how sections of the city shut down, and how 1271 01:05:56,250 --> 01:06:00,720 Katherine Palomino-Simon: well organized the whole event is. The number of people, 1272 01:06:00,720 --> 01:06:04,200 Katherine Palomino-Simon: that's crazy. The number of people that shows up to 1273 01:06:04,260 --> 01:06:08,580 Katherine Palomino-Simon: cheer the runners, like all my families and friends that 1274 01:06:08,580 --> 01:06:15,360 Katherine Palomino-Simon: showed up, that was amazing. And also, it's crazy, the 1275 01:06:15,360 --> 01:06:21,960 Katherine Palomino-Simon: thousands of people, the runners from all backgrounds and age and 1276 01:06:21,960 --> 01:06:29,460 Katherine Palomino-Simon: fitness level joined me at the start line. It's crazy. You're surrounded 1277 01:06:29,460 --> 01:06:32,640 Katherine Palomino-Simon: by all these people from all over the world, and 1278 01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:35,370 Katherine Palomino-Simon: it's very inspiring. 1279 01:06:35,790 --> 01:06:39,330 Meb: It sure is. Having done the New York City Marathon twelve 1280 01:06:39,330 --> 01:06:42,540 Meb: times, it's the United Nations on the streets of New 1281 01:06:42,540 --> 01:06:45,390 Meb: York, going through all the different boroughs. And the crowd 1282 01:06:45,390 --> 01:06:48,030 Meb: comes to support every runner, whether you're the front of 1283 01:06:48,030 --> 01:06:49,590 Meb: the pack, the middle of the pack, or the back, 1284 01:06:49,590 --> 01:06:53,250 Meb: the pack. It gives you energy. How was your experience 1285 01:06:53,250 --> 01:06:54,960 Meb: going to First Avenue with that crowd? 1286 01:06:57,060 --> 01:07:00,300 Katherine Palomino-Simon: I mean, I think First Avenue, I was getting a 1287 01:07:00,300 --> 01:07:04,590 Katherine Palomino-Simon: little tired, and it was my first time, my first 1288 01:07:04,590 --> 01:07:09,120 Katherine Palomino-Simon: marathon, and I was super nervous. Since the days before, 1289 01:07:09,120 --> 01:07:11,880 Katherine Palomino-Simon: I couldn't sleep well, I couldn't eat well. I was super 1290 01:07:11,880 --> 01:07:15,930 Katherine Palomino-Simon: nervous. And I remember telling my family, I told my 1291 01:07:15,930 --> 01:07:18,210 Katherine Palomino-Simon: husband and my boys, " You want to meet me around 1292 01:07:18,390 --> 01:07:21,510 Katherine Palomino-Simon: Mile 20?" So at the very end of First Avenue, so you 1293 01:07:21,510 --> 01:07:24,510 Katherine Palomino-Simon: know that I had to run First Avenue, just like to see them. 1294 01:07:25,200 --> 01:07:25,201 Meb: Awesome. 1295 01:07:25,201 --> 01:07:31,230 Katherine Palomino-Simon: And that section, before passing 59th Street, same thing. There is 1296 01:07:31,230 --> 01:07:36,090 Katherine Palomino-Simon: another section of Williamsburg, right at the end of Williamsburg, it is crazy. The lane where 1297 01:07:38,430 --> 01:07:41,970 Katherine Palomino-Simon: you run the street becomes just like... Yes, like six- 1298 01:07:41,970 --> 01:07:43,440 Katherine Palomino-Simon: feet wide. It's crazy. 1299 01:07:44,100 --> 01:07:44,370 Meb: Wow. 1300 01:07:44,460 --> 01:07:44,461 Katherine Palomino-Simon: Energizing. 1301 01:07:44,461 --> 01:07:45,180 Meb: Yeah. 1302 01:07:45,480 --> 01:07:48,300 Katherine Palomino-Simon: Yeah, it was definitely, for me, it was the ultimate 1303 01:07:49,080 --> 01:07:50,250 Katherine Palomino-Simon: bucket list, I think. 1304 01:07:51,150 --> 01:07:55,260 Meb: No, New York does a great job, and especially when you're representing Team for Kids 1305 01:07:55,260 --> 01:07:58,620 Meb: with that green jersey and singlet, the cheers will get 1306 01:07:58,620 --> 01:08:01,470 Meb: louder and louder. And we couldn't be happier for you to be 1307 01:08:01,470 --> 01:08:04,230 Meb: able to fundraise for Team for Kids as you celebrate your 1308 01:08:04,230 --> 01:08:07,950 Meb: 50th birthday, and the 50th with the Berlin Marathon, thank you 1309 01:08:07,950 --> 01:08:11,490 Meb: for being a valued member. And wish you all the 1310 01:08:11,490 --> 01:08:13,980 Meb: best, and have fun, most importantly, and enjoy Greece as well. 1311 01:08:14,790 --> 01:08:19,200 Katherine Palomino-Simon: Yeah, thank you very much. Yeah, it was really an honor to be part of this community. 1312 01:08:21,300 --> 01:08:29,938 Katherine Palomino-Simon: I like to be part of this project, and ultimately, 1313 01:08:30,210 --> 01:08:36,300 Katherine Palomino-Simon: helping the community and young kids to change their lives. 1314 01:08:37,380 --> 01:08:41,970 Meb: Absolutely. No, I think what the New York Roadrunners do to be 1315 01:08:41,970 --> 01:08:45,780 Meb: able to help Team for Kids ambassadors, the coaches, and the 1316 01:08:45,780 --> 01:08:48,060 Meb: fundraising they do to help you be the best version 1317 01:08:48,060 --> 01:08:51,120 Meb: of yourself. And sports unites us more than anything else, 1318 01:08:51,270 --> 01:08:55,080 Meb: it's very inclusive, and all walks of life in New 1319 01:08:55,080 --> 01:08:58,589 Meb: York, and in Berlin it's going to be similar, so have a wonderful, 1320 01:08:58,590 --> 01:08:59,460 Meb: wonderful experience. 1321 01:08:59,790 --> 01:09:00,839 Katherine Palomino-Simon: Thank you very much. 1322 01:09:01,229 --> 01:09:03,750 Rob Simmelkjaer : Thanks for joining us Kathy, and for being a member 1323 01:09:03,750 --> 01:09:06,660 Rob Simmelkjaer : of New York Roadrunners. Now it's time for this week's 1324 01:09:06,660 --> 01:09:07,560 Rob Simmelkjaer : Meb Minutes. 1325 01:09:07,979 --> 01:09:11,700 Meb: Week 12, cross- training smartly. Cross- training helped me stay 1326 01:09:11,700 --> 01:09:15,420 Meb: fit while giving my running muscles a break. Activities like 1327 01:09:15,420 --> 01:09:19,620 Meb: swimming and cycling complements my running, and keep me injury- 1328 01:09:19,620 --> 01:09:23,910 Meb: free. Use cross- training to build overall strength and endurance. 1329 01:09:24,780 --> 01:09:27,059 Meb: As most of you know, I always say pre- hab 1330 01:09:27,060 --> 01:09:30,479 Meb: instead of rehab, you have to think about ahead to 1331 01:09:30,479 --> 01:09:35,220 Meb: avoid injuries. For me, going swimming, or elliptical ride, or 1332 01:09:35,220 --> 01:09:38,790 Meb: biking are crucial to supplement my training. Even as I 1333 01:09:38,790 --> 01:09:41,760 Meb: gotten older, I would skip my second run, and just 1334 01:09:41,760 --> 01:09:46,200 Meb: focus on cross- training, because cross- training helps you go 1335 01:09:46,200 --> 01:09:49,800 Meb: the distance in stamina without the pounding on your body. 1336 01:09:49,830 --> 01:09:52,470 Meb: As you get ready for to run half marathon or 1337 01:09:52,470 --> 01:09:57,240 Meb: full marathon, cross- training can be crucial. Don't wait until 1338 01:09:57,510 --> 01:10:01,080 Meb: you hurt something or you feel something, try to avoid that 1339 01:10:01,080 --> 01:10:03,060 Meb: by being cross- training smart. 1340 01:10:03,630 --> 01:10:06,450 Rob Simmelkjaer : And that does it for an action- packed episode of 1341 01:10:06,450 --> 01:10:08,700 Rob Simmelkjaer : Set The Pace. We want to thank our guests today, 1342 01:10:08,700 --> 01:10:12,390 Rob Simmelkjaer : the one and only Ted Metellus, as well as Katherine Palamino- 1343 01:10:12,450 --> 01:10:16,020 Rob Simmelkjaer : Simon. If you liked the episode, please go ahead, subscribe, 1344 01:10:16,020 --> 01:10:19,080 Rob Simmelkjaer : rate, leave a comment wherever you listen to the show, 1345 01:10:19,320 --> 01:10:21,689 Rob Simmelkjaer : this will help us and help others find it as 1346 01:10:21,689 --> 01:10:24,570 Rob Simmelkjaer : well. Have a great week, enjoy the miles.