1 00:00:00,450 --> 00:00:03,090 Meb Keflezighi: The mission of the New York Runners is to inspire people. And from 2 00:00:03,090 --> 00:00:06,479 Meb Keflezighi: point A to point B, from Staten Island all the 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,869 Meb Keflezighi: way to Central Park. It's not how fast, but whatever 4 00:00:09,869 --> 00:00:15,990 Meb Keflezighi: you are capable of doing, no gender or age or weight or all those things, getting to 5 00:00:15,990 --> 00:00:17,820 Meb Keflezighi: the finish line, and " run to win," that's what it 6 00:00:17,820 --> 00:00:19,950 Meb Keflezighi: is, to get the best out of yourself. 7 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:28,170 Audio: Thank you, New York. Today, we're reminded of the power 8 00:00:28,170 --> 00:00:33,030 Audio: of community and the power of coming together. Athletes, on 9 00:00:33,030 --> 00:00:38,519 Audio: your mark! The first woman to finish for the second 10 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:42,300 Audio: straight year, here in the New York City Marathon is Miki Gorman. 11 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:46,380 Audio: A smiling Miki Gorman, and why not? 2:29: 30, the time for Grete Waitz. 12 00:00:47,700 --> 00:00:50,339 Audio: Look at the emotion of Shalane Flanagan as she comes 13 00:00:50,340 --> 00:00:53,670 Audio: to the line. Pointing to his chest, pointing to the 14 00:00:53,670 --> 00:00:56,191 Audio: USA, he so proudly wears across his chest. A great day for Meb Keflezighi. 15 00:00:56,191 --> 00:01:09,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: Hello everybody, and welcome to a special episode of Set the Pace, 16 00:01:09,180 --> 00:01:12,390 Rob Simmelkjaer: the official podcast of New York Road Runners, presented by 17 00:01:12,420 --> 00:01:15,510 Rob Simmelkjaer: Peloton. I'm your host, Rob Simmelkjaer, the CEO of New 18 00:01:15,510 --> 00:01:18,420 Rob Simmelkjaer: York Road Runners. And with me as always, my co- 19 00:01:18,420 --> 00:01:22,110 Rob Simmelkjaer: host, Peloton instructor, Becs Gentry. We are here with a 20 00:01:22,110 --> 00:01:33,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: live studio audience, because... It's incredible. We're here today with 21 00:01:33,450 --> 00:01:38,130 Rob Simmelkjaer: this great crowd because, Becs, it is the 100th episode of Set the Pace. 22 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:39,090 Becs Gentry: 100. 23 00:01:39,750 --> 00:01:41,131 Rob Simmelkjaer: They keep letting us do it- 24 00:01:41,131 --> 00:01:41,132 Becs Gentry: They do. 25 00:01:41,132 --> 00:01:43,651 Rob Simmelkjaer: Over and over, and over again. 26 00:01:43,651 --> 00:01:44,191 Becs Gentry: And over, and over. 27 00:01:44,910 --> 00:01:47,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: And so I keep showing up to do it again, 28 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:50,071 Rob Simmelkjaer: and now we've got actual live people here with us as well. 29 00:01:50,071 --> 00:01:50,131 Becs Gentry: Actual live people. 30 00:01:50,970 --> 00:01:51,121 Rob Simmelkjaer: How cool is this? 31 00:01:51,121 --> 00:01:54,690 Becs Gentry: It is so cool. As we'd say at Peloton, welcome to your Century 32 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:59,130 Becs Gentry: episode. If you ever had a Century run, walk or 33 00:01:59,130 --> 00:02:01,470 Becs Gentry: a class at Peloton, you know what I'm talking about. 34 00:02:01,890 --> 00:02:05,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: It is so exciting, and I neglect to mention where we are, 35 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: by the way. We're not just live with an amazing 36 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,859 Rob Simmelkjaer: audience, but we are at the New York Public Theater, 37 00:02:11,100 --> 00:02:14,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: which is a legendary space in New York City. New 38 00:02:14,850 --> 00:02:18,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yorkers know it as the place that so many incredible 39 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,080 Rob Simmelkjaer: performances and shows have launched. Most notably, of course, Hamilton, 40 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,560 Rob Simmelkjaer: which started here at the Public Theater. New Yorkers just 41 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: call it the Public, right down here on Astor Place 42 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,740 Rob Simmelkjaer: and Lafayette. So it's a legendary place. We've got this 43 00:02:31,740 --> 00:02:33,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: beautiful theater here that they've given us for the day. 44 00:02:34,020 --> 00:02:36,389 Becs Gentry: Can I add a UK adage here? I just got 45 00:02:36,389 --> 00:02:39,330 Becs Gentry: told that Adele did her first New York appearance in 46 00:02:39,330 --> 00:02:39,870 Becs Gentry: Joe's bar. 47 00:02:39,870 --> 00:02:42,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: Whoa. I did not know that. 48 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,660 Becs Gentry: I love that that got more love than the Hamilton thing. 49 00:02:47,370 --> 00:02:50,280 Rob Simmelkjaer: Everybody knew Hamilton. I did not know that about Adele, 50 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: Joe's Pub, of course, part of this complex, which is 51 00:02:53,310 --> 00:02:55,230 Rob Simmelkjaer: an incredible place to watch live music. 52 00:02:55,290 --> 00:02:57,869 Becs Gentry: Yeah, Adele, I mean, there on the floor. Wow. 53 00:02:58,050 --> 00:03:01,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: So Becs, what I think we can say is this is 54 00:03:01,290 --> 00:03:04,380 Rob Simmelkjaer: as close as you and I are ever getting to Broadway, right here. 55 00:03:04,530 --> 00:03:08,700 Becs Gentry: I would hope. I mean, I don't know about your singing voice, but mine is, my cat 56 00:03:08,700 --> 00:03:09,209 Becs Gentry: can sing better. 57 00:03:09,209 --> 00:03:11,221 Rob Simmelkjaer: I stick to the talking. I stick to the talking, absolutely. 58 00:03:11,221 --> 00:03:14,940 Becs Gentry: Me too. Me too. And my dancing, good Lord. It would all go wrong. 59 00:03:15,090 --> 00:03:17,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: But it's an honor to be here. We want to 60 00:03:17,250 --> 00:03:19,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: thank the folks from the public for having us here. 61 00:03:19,620 --> 00:03:23,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: And Becs, I just think back about when we first 62 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: started this little podcast. You weren't with us yet. Our 63 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: friend, Meb Keflezighi, he's going to be joining us in a little while. 64 00:03:29,340 --> 00:03:35,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: Meb Keflezighi in the audience. Let's hear it for Meb. Meb will be up 65 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:40,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: here talking about life, talking about the podcast, about running. 66 00:03:40,710 --> 00:03:43,260 Rob Simmelkjaer: But when we first started this little podcast, it was 67 00:03:43,260 --> 00:03:45,990 Rob Simmelkjaer: me and Meb, a great team here at New York Road 68 00:03:45,990 --> 00:03:48,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: Runners, and we just figured, you know what? Let's give 69 00:03:48,750 --> 00:03:51,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: people something to listen to while they're putting in all 70 00:03:51,930 --> 00:03:55,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: those miles, training for the TCS New York City Marathon 71 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:55,920 Rob Simmelkjaer: or whatever it is. 72 00:03:56,130 --> 00:03:56,610 Becs Gentry: We need it. 73 00:03:56,610 --> 00:03:58,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: And here we are, a hundred episodes later. 74 00:03:58,410 --> 00:04:01,860 Becs Gentry: A hundred episodes, a year and a half. So many guests, 75 00:04:01,860 --> 00:04:06,060 Becs Gentry: so many member stories, and tons of races. So I 76 00:04:06,060 --> 00:04:08,910 Becs Gentry: can't even think about the miles and the minutes combined. 77 00:04:08,940 --> 00:04:12,809 Becs Gentry: But thank you all for listening, leaving the reviews and 78 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,110 Becs Gentry: keeping us going, because we do it all for you 79 00:04:16,110 --> 00:04:19,320 Becs Gentry: guys, and obviously our love of running, which is huge. 80 00:04:20,430 --> 00:04:22,650 Becs Gentry: But yeah, and here's too many more, we're ready for 81 00:04:22,650 --> 00:04:25,560 Becs Gentry: the Comma Club. We're ready for a thousand episodes, right? 82 00:04:25,740 --> 00:04:26,849 Becs Gentry: He's going to be sick of me. 83 00:04:28,020 --> 00:04:30,390 Rob Simmelkjaer: Let's be happy we made it to a hundred. I'm happy with that. 84 00:04:30,990 --> 00:04:35,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: But I think for me, my favorite part of doing 85 00:04:35,370 --> 00:04:37,589 Rob Simmelkjaer: this is when I'm at races, I was just at 86 00:04:37,589 --> 00:04:40,860 Rob Simmelkjaer: a race this past Sunday. We had the Run as One 87 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: 4M, in Central Park. Who ran that? Anybody run this 88 00:04:43,710 --> 00:04:44,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: past weekend? 89 00:04:44,460 --> 00:04:45,630 Becs Gentry: Yay. Awesome. 90 00:04:45,690 --> 00:04:47,880 Rob Simmelkjaer: It was a good day to run, good running weather, a 91 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,380 Rob Simmelkjaer: little damp, but turned out to be a pretty good 92 00:04:49,380 --> 00:04:52,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: day to run. And I'm at the finish line of 93 00:04:52,290 --> 00:04:55,980 Rob Simmelkjaer: these races, Becs, and I just love how many people 94 00:04:56,130 --> 00:04:57,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: come up to me, give me a high five at 95 00:04:57,690 --> 00:04:59,940 Rob Simmelkjaer: the finish line and say, " Thank you so much for 96 00:04:59,940 --> 00:05:03,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: the podcast. Love listening to it. Where's Becs?" They usually say, " 97 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: Where's Becs?" They want to know where Becs is. They all want me to say hi to 98 00:05:07,020 --> 00:05:07,291 Rob Simmelkjaer: you, so hi. 99 00:05:07,291 --> 00:05:08,490 Becs Gentry: Hi. Thank you. 100 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: But it's just great that people are finding some value 101 00:05:12,180 --> 00:05:15,299 Rob Simmelkjaer: in it,.and I think the value is the conversations and 102 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:18,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: the stories and the incredible people that we've had on the 103 00:05:18,210 --> 00:05:21,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: show, the incredible stories that they have. So many of 104 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:22,471 Rob Simmelkjaer: them, which we'll talk about some a little bit later on today. 105 00:05:22,471 --> 00:05:23,730 Becs Gentry: Surely. Did you run this weekend? 106 00:05:24,180 --> 00:05:25,169 Rob Simmelkjaer: I did run, I did. 107 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:26,311 Becs Gentry: Did you break your four- mile PR? 108 00:05:26,311 --> 00:05:30,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: I did not. I did not break my four- mile PR. That's going 109 00:05:30,750 --> 00:05:32,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: to be a hard PR for me to break. I 110 00:05:32,580 --> 00:05:36,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: was in a really good speed zone about a year 111 00:05:36,210 --> 00:05:38,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: ago, and I ran a great time in that, that exact 112 00:05:38,910 --> 00:05:40,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: same race, the Run as One. 113 00:05:41,220 --> 00:05:42,240 Becs Gentry: You got me to do it too somehow. 114 00:05:42,450 --> 00:05:45,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's a great course. I love that course because you get 115 00:05:45,630 --> 00:05:48,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: Cat Hill out of the way early, and the first 116 00:05:48,570 --> 00:05:51,240 Rob Simmelkjaer: mile you go right up that thing and it's over, 117 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:52,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: and then you can kind of look forward to going 118 00:05:52,890 --> 00:05:55,171 Rob Simmelkjaer: downhill toward the ends. It's a great course. 119 00:05:55,171 --> 00:05:57,660 Becs Gentry: And you don't see the judgy cat, which I like. 120 00:05:58,050 --> 00:05:58,530 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah. 121 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,041 Becs Gentry: Yeah. You won't know, you don't know my feelings about the judgy cat, versus our friend, Abbey Fuller. 122 00:06:02,041 --> 00:06:02,339 Rob Simmelkjaer: That cat does have a judgy look. 123 00:06:02,339 --> 00:06:06,120 Becs Gentry: She loves the cat, I hate the cat. But I 124 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,150 Becs Gentry: love not seeing it. But yes, congratulations to everybody who 125 00:06:09,150 --> 00:06:10,920 Becs Gentry: ran it. It was a bit of a miserable day. 126 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:12,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: It turned out okay. 127 00:06:12,270 --> 00:06:13,380 Becs Gentry: I think for running, it was pretty good. 128 00:06:13,380 --> 00:06:18,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: But it cleared up, and it turned out okay. And Becs, April is a busy month. That was really 129 00:06:18,210 --> 00:06:20,130 Rob Simmelkjaer: just the beginning of things for us in the month 130 00:06:20,130 --> 00:06:22,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: of April, that great race presented of course by J. 131 00:06:22,950 --> 00:06:25,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: P. Morgan Chase. The run is one 4- miler. By 132 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,529 Rob Simmelkjaer: the way, the winners of that race, Roberta Groner won 133 00:06:28,529 --> 00:06:34,830 Rob Simmelkjaer: the women's side, 21 minutes, 27 seconds. She continues to 134 00:06:35,099 --> 00:06:35,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: just amaze. 135 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:36,000 Becs Gentry: But those hills. 136 00:06:38,070 --> 00:06:39,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: She is an incredible athlete. 137 00:06:39,990 --> 00:06:40,140 Becs Gentry: Unreal. 138 00:06:40,140 --> 00:06:42,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: On the non- binary side, it was Elijah Taylor who's 139 00:06:42,450 --> 00:06:44,279 Rob Simmelkjaer: won a lot the last year or so with 22:29. 140 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,020 Becs Gentry: Yikes. 141 00:06:46,110 --> 00:06:49,409 Rob Simmelkjaer: And on the men's side, Devin Hart's clocking in at 142 00:06:49,410 --> 00:06:52,561 Rob Simmelkjaer: 19 minutes and nine seconds for that race. 143 00:06:52,561 --> 00:06:52,830 Becs Gentry: That is so fast. 144 00:06:52,830 --> 00:06:56,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: So that was an incredible day for Devin Hart. So 145 00:06:56,820 --> 00:06:59,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: congrats to the winners. And we're right back out there 146 00:06:59,490 --> 00:07:02,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: this weekend, Becs, with another 4- mile race. This is 147 00:07:02,730 --> 00:07:05,640 Rob Simmelkjaer: the Retro Run, that we go. Who's running the Retro 148 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:06,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: Run? Anybody signed up to run this weekend? 149 00:07:06,961 --> 00:07:07,530 Becs Gentry: Yay. Great. 150 00:07:08,130 --> 00:07:10,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: The Retro Run is, if you don't know, is a 151 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:14,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: run where we invite everybody to show up wearing retro 152 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:19,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: styles, retro clothes, the short shorts, so much the '70s, and the '80s. 153 00:07:19,650 --> 00:07:20,730 Becs Gentry: And the high socks. 154 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: You won't catch me wearing those, but some people wear 155 00:07:23,310 --> 00:07:24,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: those. A lot of tie- dye. 156 00:07:24,540 --> 00:07:26,100 Becs Gentry: You got to ask Quasi, he might tell you to wear those. 157 00:07:26,670 --> 00:07:29,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: Oh, yeah. Our fashion guest, that's right, from a couple 158 00:07:29,580 --> 00:07:31,395 Rob Simmelkjaer: of weeks ago. He could tell me to wear them. 159 00:07:31,395 --> 00:07:34,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's not going to happen. I am not putting those 160 00:07:34,770 --> 00:07:37,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: things on. But somebody can do it, and I'd love 161 00:07:37,020 --> 00:07:37,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: to see a picture of that. 162 00:07:37,950 --> 00:07:40,620 Becs Gentry: We want headbands and all sorts, right? The vibe. 163 00:07:40,620 --> 00:07:42,330 Rob Simmelkjaer: Definitely headbands. We want the headbands, like the tube socks. 164 00:07:42,330 --> 00:07:43,170 Becs Gentry: Tube socks. 165 00:07:43,860 --> 00:07:47,070 Rob Simmelkjaer: Pulled up nice and high. So you got to definitely dust 166 00:07:47,070 --> 00:07:50,490 Rob Simmelkjaer: off your best look. Go to whatever thrift shop you 167 00:07:50,490 --> 00:07:52,680 Rob Simmelkjaer: need to go to to find some old running gear. 168 00:07:52,830 --> 00:07:55,230 Rob Simmelkjaer: So that's the retro 4- miler coming up this weekend. 169 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:59,010 Rob Simmelkjaer: Then on Saturday, April 19th, we'll be out at Icon 170 00:07:59,010 --> 00:08:02,010 Rob Simmelkjaer: Stadium for the kids, the New York Road Runners Spring 171 00:08:02,010 --> 00:08:07,215 Rob Simmelkjaer: Jamboree, presented by TCS, which is a great event. It's 172 00:08:07,215 --> 00:08:09,390 Rob Simmelkjaer: so great to see the kids out there on the 173 00:08:09,390 --> 00:08:12,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: track. And then the month wraps up on April 27th 174 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:17,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: back in Central Park for the Maybelline Women's half, which 175 00:08:19,260 --> 00:08:20,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: is an awesome day. 176 00:08:20,460 --> 00:08:20,670 Becs Gentry: One of my favorites. It's the best. 177 00:08:21,510 --> 00:08:22,560 Rob Simmelkjaer: It is a great race. 178 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:22,621 Becs Gentry: It really is. It really is. 179 00:08:22,621 --> 00:08:26,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: Actually, so many women love the chance to go out, 180 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: run that distance just with other women. I don't know, 181 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:30,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: have you run that race? 182 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,480 Becs Gentry: Yeah, I podiumed in it a couple of years ago. 183 00:08:33,570 --> 00:08:38,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: Well, excuse me. Of course you did. What was special 184 00:08:38,580 --> 00:08:38,941 Rob Simmelkjaer: for you about running that race? 185 00:08:38,941 --> 00:08:42,360 Becs Gentry: It was my first official race after having Tallulah. 186 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:44,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: Wow. 187 00:08:44,610 --> 00:08:49,590 Becs Gentry: Yeah. And I cried hysterically when I ran past her, because 188 00:08:49,590 --> 00:08:53,790 Becs Gentry: she was this tiny little dot strapped onto Austin, and 189 00:08:53,790 --> 00:08:56,880 Becs Gentry: I just broke down. And the girl I was running 190 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,940 Becs Gentry: with, bless her. She, A, at the moment, she was like, " 191 00:08:59,940 --> 00:09:03,150 Becs Gentry: You're a mom?" I was like, " Yeah, that was my 192 00:09:03,150 --> 00:09:06,179 Becs Gentry: baby, that's why I'm crying." And she was ever so 193 00:09:06,179 --> 00:09:07,979 Becs Gentry: sweet. And she's like, " Just imagine what she's going to 194 00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:10,320 Becs Gentry: think of you one day." I was like, " Oh." That 195 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:14,220 Becs Gentry: was women coming together, and it was truly magnificent to 196 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:15,060 Becs Gentry: see her at the finish. 197 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:20,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's really sweet. Becs was just telling me before the show that Tallulah is going to take 198 00:09:20,340 --> 00:09:22,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: on her first New York Road Runners race a little bit 199 00:09:22,890 --> 00:09:24,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: later this year. 200 00:09:24,300 --> 00:09:28,230 Becs Gentry: Yeah. She is. And if she doesn't win, you'll hear her. 201 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:32,821 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's going to be at the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile. 202 00:09:32,821 --> 00:09:32,822 Becs Gentry: Hopefully. 203 00:09:32,822 --> 00:09:34,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: Is that the plan? 204 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:34,740 Becs Gentry: That's the plan. 205 00:09:34,740 --> 00:09:36,211 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's what the coaches have slotted for her. 206 00:09:36,211 --> 00:09:36,541 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 207 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:37,650 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's her big debut. 208 00:09:37,650 --> 00:09:39,180 Becs Gentry: Mom and poppy coach have got it in. 209 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:41,071 Rob Simmelkjaer: I can't wait for that. 210 00:09:41,071 --> 00:09:41,371 Becs Gentry: I know. 211 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:43,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: We start them as young as two, if you don't 212 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,990 Rob Simmelkjaer: know, at New York Road Runners, and those two- year- 213 00:09:45,990 --> 00:09:49,559 Rob Simmelkjaer: old races, I dare you to find something cuter than 214 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:54,510 Rob Simmelkjaer: that thing. These little kids toddling down, some with parents, 215 00:09:54,510 --> 00:09:56,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: some without. You said you were going to let her go 216 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:57,420 Rob Simmelkjaer: on her own, right? No hand- holding. 217 00:09:57,420 --> 00:09:59,640 Becs Gentry: I'm a tough love mom. I'm like, " You can do this 218 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,250 Becs Gentry: by yourself baby girl." She'll be just under three, so 219 00:10:02,250 --> 00:10:03,179 Becs Gentry: I think that's fine. 220 00:10:03,300 --> 00:10:03,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: I love it. 221 00:10:03,660 --> 00:10:07,050 Becs Gentry: Austin might have another idea. He'll probably be, she's a 222 00:10:07,050 --> 00:10:09,870 Becs Gentry: daddy's girl so he might be glued to her. We'll see. 223 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,530 Rob Simmelkjaer: I can't wait, I can't wait to see that. And then also, Becs, another big 224 00:10:13,530 --> 00:10:15,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: thing about April, not just at New York Road Runners, 225 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:20,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: but everywhere. It is Global Volunteer Month, which is huge 226 00:10:20,370 --> 00:10:20,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: for us here. 227 00:10:20,670 --> 00:10:21,059 Becs Gentry: Huge. Yeah. 228 00:10:21,390 --> 00:10:24,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: Because if anyone has ever run any New York Road 229 00:10:24,090 --> 00:10:28,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: Runners race, you know how crucial volunteers are to everything 230 00:10:29,010 --> 00:10:32,280 Rob Simmelkjaer: that we do, and we're really excited to thank them 231 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:36,059 Rob Simmelkjaer: this entire month. Our volunteer team is celebrating all of 232 00:10:36,059 --> 00:10:38,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: you, not only this month but every race throughout the 233 00:10:38,610 --> 00:10:40,559 Rob Simmelkjaer: year. And so to that end, Becs, we're going to 234 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,979 Rob Simmelkjaer: have a very special member moment on today's show. Our 235 00:10:43,980 --> 00:10:46,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: member's going to be a familiar face to New York 236 00:10:46,020 --> 00:10:50,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: Road Runners, longtime volunteer, Janelle Hartman will be here later 237 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:57,089 Rob Simmelkjaer: in the show to talk about her amazing run as one 238 00:10:57,090 --> 00:10:58,829 Rob Simmelkjaer: of our top, top volunteers. 239 00:10:58,890 --> 00:11:01,290 Becs Gentry: Really. And it's also, I know it's not in our 240 00:11:01,290 --> 00:11:04,650 Becs Gentry: show notes, sorry Catherine, but it's Earth Day this month 241 00:11:04,650 --> 00:11:08,220 Becs Gentry: too. And I think that ties in really nicely to 242 00:11:08,220 --> 00:11:10,500 Becs Gentry: our volunteers and all of the great things that New York 243 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:13,620 Becs Gentry: Road Runners are doing to be earth- conscious with our 244 00:11:13,620 --> 00:11:18,840 Becs Gentry: runs, and we're helping encourage people to hold onto their 245 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,809 Becs Gentry: trash while they're running. Shove those gel packets in your 246 00:11:21,809 --> 00:11:23,880 Becs Gentry: shorts. All the tech gear these days has plenty of 247 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,179 Becs Gentry: pockets, so use them. Don't use the ground, okay, spread 248 00:11:27,179 --> 00:11:31,530 Becs Gentry: that word around. It's plenty, New York trash... I hate 249 00:11:31,530 --> 00:11:35,550 Becs Gentry: saying that word, bins are, they're big receptacles. Like you 250 00:11:35,550 --> 00:11:40,199 Becs Gentry: have the space to dodge and pop your plastic bottle 251 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,110 Becs Gentry: if you're using one, in. So let's celebrate Earth Day 252 00:11:43,110 --> 00:11:45,660 Becs Gentry: with Healthy Earth Running as well this month. 253 00:11:45,660 --> 00:11:49,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: We will be celebrating it throughout the month. I know 254 00:11:49,710 --> 00:11:51,959 Rob Simmelkjaer: we're going to have some clogging events where you can 255 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: run and pick up trash and other things to celebrate 256 00:11:54,870 --> 00:11:56,640 Rob Simmelkjaer: that. So April is a great month. We just need to get 257 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,829 Rob Simmelkjaer: a little bit warmer, that will be nice. A little 258 00:11:58,830 --> 00:12:00,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: warmer, 30- something degrees in April. Not what we need? 259 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:02,220 Becs Gentry: There's snow Upstate. 260 00:12:02,910 --> 00:12:02,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah. Yeah. But that'll happen, inevitably that will happen. 261 00:12:02,910 --> 00:12:08,130 Becs Gentry: Yeah. Looking for new ways to keep you moving? 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All access 271 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:44,070 Becs Gentry: membership not included. Peloton, the official digital fitness partner for 272 00:12:44,070 --> 00:12:44,940 Becs Gentry: New York Road Runners. 273 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:49,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: All right, well, Becs, this show started out with me 274 00:12:49,020 --> 00:12:51,150 Rob Simmelkjaer: and one of the legends of running here in New 275 00:12:51,150 --> 00:12:57,150 Rob Simmelkjaer: York, taking on our very first episode, Meb Keflezighi. Meb, I 276 00:12:57,150 --> 00:13:02,010 Rob Simmelkjaer: want to have you come on up here to the stage to 277 00:13:02,010 --> 00:13:02,371 Rob Simmelkjaer: join us. 278 00:13:02,371 --> 00:13:02,910 Becs Gentry: Yay, Meb. 279 00:13:07,410 --> 00:13:11,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: Meb is a man who needs really no introduction around 280 00:13:11,610 --> 00:13:15,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: New York. I love walking around with Meb on marathon 281 00:13:15,540 --> 00:13:19,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: weekends, whether it's in Boston or New York or wherever 282 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: you might be, because it's like walking around with Paul 283 00:13:22,290 --> 00:13:26,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: McCartney. People are grabbing him, they are stopping him. They 284 00:13:26,580 --> 00:13:29,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: are taking pictures with him. You really can't go anywhere 285 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:33,030 Rob Simmelkjaer: with Meb on a big marathon weekend. But for those 286 00:13:33,030 --> 00:13:38,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: who don't know, this man is a 2004 Olympic silver medalist 287 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:43,949 Rob Simmelkjaer: in Athens. In 2009 he became the first American since 288 00:13:43,950 --> 00:13:50,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: 1982 to win the New York City Marathon. Follow that 289 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:54,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: up in 2014 with a win at the Boston Marathon, becoming 290 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:59,819 Rob Simmelkjaer: the first American man to win there since 1983. An 291 00:13:59,820 --> 00:14:05,099 Rob Simmelkjaer: unbelievable career this man has had. I'm just going to 292 00:14:05,100 --> 00:14:07,949 Rob Simmelkjaer: keep embarrassing you, if you don't mind. In 2015, he 293 00:14:07,950 --> 00:14:11,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: set a TCS New York City Marathon Masters event record 294 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:15,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: with a time of 2:13: 32. And he's someone we just 295 00:14:15,540 --> 00:14:18,209 Rob Simmelkjaer: love having around at New York Road Runners, and we 296 00:14:18,210 --> 00:14:21,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: could not have launched this podcast without him. So Meb, 297 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:22,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: welcome back to the show. 298 00:14:23,310 --> 00:14:25,560 Meb Keflezighi: Thank you, Rob, it's great to be here. Thanks Becs. I'm honored 299 00:14:26,070 --> 00:14:29,280 Meb Keflezighi: to be here. And this historic place, what a wonderful 300 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,770 Meb Keflezighi: journey it has been. Thanks for a wonderful introduction. But New York 301 00:14:31,980 --> 00:14:34,170 Meb Keflezighi: Road Runners have been a big journey, part of my life. 302 00:14:34,980 --> 00:14:36,990 Becs Gentry: We are so honored to have you here. I feel 303 00:14:36,990 --> 00:14:40,530 Becs Gentry: like Rob's correct, you can't go anywhere when you are 304 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,980 Becs Gentry: in a city with a major running event, but it 305 00:14:43,980 --> 00:14:47,580 Becs Gentry: is so phenomenal to see, and you're not only known 306 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:51,120 Becs Gentry: for your incredible contributions to the running world as a runner 307 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,000 Becs Gentry: yourself, but also as a philanthropist. You have your MEB 308 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,570 Becs Gentry: Foundation, which has been one of the biggest things for 309 00:14:57,570 --> 00:15:01,560 Becs Gentry: you in your life to help runners continue, and help 310 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,960 Becs Gentry: everybody come into running, right? 311 00:15:04,620 --> 00:15:07,410 Meb Keflezighi: Absolutely. My running started when I was in seventh grade 312 00:15:07,410 --> 00:15:10,380 Meb Keflezighi: to get an A and a T- shirt. And when 313 00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:12,210 Meb Keflezighi: I ran as hard as I could, a PE teacher 314 00:15:12,210 --> 00:15:14,910 Meb Keflezighi: named Duke Lorde says, " You're going to go to the Olympics." 315 00:15:14,910 --> 00:15:18,870 Meb Keflezighi: Because I ran a 5: 20 during physical education class and 316 00:15:18,870 --> 00:15:18,990 Meb Keflezighi: I said- 317 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:23,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: Wait a second, let's just, say that again. In eighth grade- 318 00:15:23,730 --> 00:15:24,330 Meb Keflezighi: Seventh grade. 319 00:15:24,330 --> 00:15:27,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: Seventh grade. Seventh grade you ran a 5: 20 mile. 320 00:15:27,810 --> 00:15:30,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: You had never really run before, they just sent you 321 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: out there and said, " Go run a mile, see what happens." 322 00:15:32,490 --> 00:15:35,670 Meb Keflezighi: Just basically my oldest brothers have a T- shirt that 323 00:15:35,670 --> 00:15:38,760 Meb Keflezighi: says Roosevelt Junior High Mile Club T- shirt. And he 324 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,010 Meb Keflezighi: told the whole class, " If you run hard, I'm going 325 00:15:41,010 --> 00:15:42,810 Meb Keflezighi: to give you A or a B. If I see 326 00:15:42,810 --> 00:15:44,220 Meb Keflezighi: you mess around or go for a run, you're going to 327 00:15:44,220 --> 00:15:47,070 Meb Keflezighi: get a D or a F." I didn't want to disappoint my parents, so 328 00:15:47,070 --> 00:15:49,020 Meb Keflezighi: I ran as hard as I could. I was a soccer 329 00:15:49,020 --> 00:15:51,540 Meb Keflezighi: player before, but I never ran in my entire life. In 330 00:15:51,540 --> 00:15:54,990 Meb Keflezighi: fact, when I saw first people running, I saw, what are 331 00:15:54,990 --> 00:15:58,500 Meb Keflezighi: they doing? They're not chasing anything. So I became one 332 00:15:58,500 --> 00:16:01,200 Meb Keflezighi: of those crazy people because in seventh grade I ran at 333 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:04,200 Meb Keflezighi: a 5: 20 miles. And I grew up in Eritrea 334 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,290 Meb Keflezighi: without electricity, no running water. So he says, " You're going to go to 335 00:16:07,410 --> 00:16:11,850 Meb Keflezighi: the Olympics." I'm like, A, T- shirt." That's all I 336 00:16:11,850 --> 00:16:14,340 Meb Keflezighi: knew. And he called the high school coach and says, 337 00:16:14,340 --> 00:16:15,900 Meb Keflezighi: this little one's going to be a really good one. 338 00:16:15,900 --> 00:16:17,430 Meb Keflezighi: And then the rest is history. 339 00:16:17,850 --> 00:16:19,680 Rob Simmelkjaer: I would love to know the splits in that mile, 340 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: Meb. I really would like to know whether that was 341 00:16:22,350 --> 00:16:24,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: a negative split for you, that mile. I'm going to 342 00:16:24,180 --> 00:16:26,940 Rob Simmelkjaer: guess not, since you probably just took off running as 343 00:16:26,940 --> 00:16:27,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: fast as you could. 344 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:30,840 Meb Keflezighi: Rob, I took off like crazy because it was not 345 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,750 Meb Keflezighi: around the track either, it was more, if you're ever 346 00:16:33,750 --> 00:16:36,990 Meb Keflezighi: in San Diego next to the zoo, there's a middle 347 00:16:36,990 --> 00:16:39,450 Meb Keflezighi: school, you run around the baseball field, go down the 348 00:16:39,450 --> 00:16:42,900 Meb Keflezighi: ramp around the softball field and the finish come up 349 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:45,359 Meb Keflezighi: the ramp. And he has to have a difficult job 350 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,670 Meb Keflezighi: because he has to keep a eye on me, but 351 00:16:47,670 --> 00:16:50,370 Meb Keflezighi: also on the back of the people because they don't 352 00:16:50,370 --> 00:16:53,490 Meb Keflezighi: want them to cut. But to be able to just 353 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,490 Meb Keflezighi: run that fast and for me was eye- opening, and that was 354 00:16:56,820 --> 00:16:59,040 Meb Keflezighi: my God- given talent. And I want to make my 355 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,620 Meb Keflezighi: parents proud to get an A, and then to get 356 00:17:01,620 --> 00:17:03,570 Meb Keflezighi: the T- shirt because I want to be like my brothers. 357 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:12,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: Fred LeBeau had the quote I often use, " Never underestimate 358 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: the power of a free T- shirt." And in this 359 00:17:15,450 --> 00:17:16,981 Rob Simmelkjaer: case it actually ended up minting an Olympian. 360 00:17:16,981 --> 00:17:17,100 Becs Gentry: Testament. 361 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,490 Rob Simmelkjaer: So that's pretty impressive power of the T- shirt right there. 362 00:17:20,700 --> 00:17:23,310 Becs Gentry: Yeah, who knows how many other Olympians have followed that, 363 00:17:23,340 --> 00:17:28,890 Becs Gentry: Fred LeBeau. Talking of quotes, let's talk about Meb's, one 364 00:17:28,890 --> 00:17:31,169 Becs Gentry: of your quotes. Okay. So if you run with me 365 00:17:31,170 --> 00:17:33,149 Becs Gentry: at Peloton, people have heard me say forward is a 366 00:17:33,150 --> 00:17:36,270 Becs Gentry: pace, and that is my mantra because I believe that 367 00:17:36,270 --> 00:17:38,100 Becs Gentry: doesn't matter how fast you're running, as long as you 368 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,980 Becs Gentry: keep moving, that's the most important thing, you're moving forward. 369 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:46,050 Becs Gentry: Yours is, " run to win." Okay. Can you talk to 370 00:17:46,050 --> 00:17:49,560 Becs Gentry: us about what you mean when you say that, and 371 00:17:49,830 --> 00:17:55,050 Becs Gentry: how can we apply that to all aspects of our life? 372 00:17:56,250 --> 00:18:00,660 Meb Keflezighi: The New York Road Runners have a great, it says inspiring to run in 373 00:18:00,780 --> 00:18:03,750 Meb Keflezighi: generation to come. The mission of the New York Runners is to inspire 374 00:18:03,750 --> 00:18:07,260 Meb Keflezighi: people, and from point A to point B, from Staten 375 00:18:07,260 --> 00:18:10,080 Meb Keflezighi: Island all the way to Central Park. It's not how 376 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,890 Meb Keflezighi: fast, but whatever you are capable of doing, no gender 377 00:18:13,890 --> 00:18:18,930 Meb Keflezighi: or age or weight or all those things, getting there to the finish line, and " run to win," 378 00:18:18,930 --> 00:18:21,030 Meb Keflezighi: that's what it is, to get the best out of 379 00:18:21,030 --> 00:18:23,699 Meb Keflezighi: yourself. So when I started that, I was a sophomore 380 00:18:23,700 --> 00:18:26,190 Meb Keflezighi: in high school, if I go to the state meet 381 00:18:26,580 --> 00:18:29,520 Meb Keflezighi: and I finished fifth at the state meet, about four 382 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,679 Meb Keflezighi: people were better than me, that I really have a 383 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,020 Meb Keflezighi: place to complain, because if I run a PR, that's the 384 00:18:34,020 --> 00:18:36,570 Meb Keflezighi: fastest time I ever run. Four people were better than 385 00:18:36,570 --> 00:18:39,960 Meb Keflezighi: me, then that's what " run to win" is, because I 386 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,540 Meb Keflezighi: got the best out of myself. And how you can 387 00:18:42,540 --> 00:18:45,270 Meb Keflezighi: apply that in real life is, we are some of 388 00:18:45,270 --> 00:18:47,670 Meb Keflezighi: our parents, we want to be a good example to 389 00:18:47,940 --> 00:18:50,880 Meb Keflezighi: kids, make sure they eat the right nutrition, make sure 390 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,389 Meb Keflezighi: we introduce them to exercise, because we know like New 391 00:18:54,420 --> 00:18:58,290 Meb Keflezighi: York City marathons, 55,000 people run across the finish line, 392 00:18:58,650 --> 00:19:01,350 Meb Keflezighi: but at the middle school or high school, run is 393 00:19:01,350 --> 00:19:05,430 Meb Keflezighi: not seen as a positivity or it's, " Oh, you're late 394 00:19:05,430 --> 00:19:07,830 Meb Keflezighi: for basketball or you're late for football, give me a 395 00:19:07,830 --> 00:19:10,710 Meb Keflezighi: lap." It's a punishment. But we know that in real 396 00:19:10,710 --> 00:19:14,280 Meb Keflezighi: life, running is a therapy, running is for the head 397 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,980 Meb Keflezighi: and mind and body, is huge. So to be able 398 00:19:16,980 --> 00:19:20,490 Meb Keflezighi: to do that in an example, and I try to be 399 00:19:20,490 --> 00:19:23,100 Meb Keflezighi: a good parent to tell my kids that, " Hey, you 400 00:19:23,100 --> 00:19:25,890 Meb Keflezighi: got to work hard. By working hard, amazing things can 401 00:19:25,890 --> 00:19:28,470 Meb Keflezighi: be achieved." And an example of that is when I 402 00:19:28,470 --> 00:19:32,280 Meb Keflezighi: was in seventh grade, my brother got the most outstanding 403 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,250 Meb Keflezighi: student at Roosevelt Junior High, because my dad woke us 404 00:19:35,250 --> 00:19:38,100 Meb Keflezighi: up at 4: 30 AM to learn English as a 405 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:40,410 Meb Keflezighi: dictionary. And then my oldest brother who had the most 406 00:19:40,410 --> 00:19:42,690 Meb Keflezighi: difficult, imagine yourself going to ninth grade to a different 407 00:19:42,690 --> 00:19:45,450 Meb Keflezighi: country and learning the English, and getting the most outstanding 408 00:19:45,450 --> 00:19:48,750 Meb Keflezighi: student. There's the trophy that they gave us. So even 409 00:19:48,750 --> 00:19:51,750 Meb Keflezighi: though I won nationals and other medals, that was the 410 00:19:51,750 --> 00:19:55,830 Meb Keflezighi: most prominent trophy displayed at our house because hard work 411 00:19:55,830 --> 00:19:58,740 Meb Keflezighi: does pay off. And I think that's what running is. And the 412 00:19:58,740 --> 00:20:01,139 Meb Keflezighi: New Yorker Road Runners has done an amazing, amazing job, 413 00:20:01,350 --> 00:20:03,600 Meb Keflezighi: not only for me but for runners at the elite 414 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,909 Meb Keflezighi: level. In fact, the New Yorker Road Runners used to 415 00:20:05,910 --> 00:20:09,750 Meb Keflezighi: give to the Mammoth Track Club or Running USA, a 416 00:20:09,750 --> 00:20:12,750 Meb Keflezighi: dollar per entry to help us support to make sure 417 00:20:12,750 --> 00:20:15,780 Meb Keflezighi: our dreams become reality. So the silver medal, the winning 418 00:20:15,780 --> 00:20:18,000 Meb Keflezighi: New York City Marathon or Boston Marathon would not have 419 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,930 Meb Keflezighi: been as much if it wasn't for the stepping out 420 00:20:21,930 --> 00:20:24,390 Meb Keflezighi: for the New Yorker runs to help. And I know 421 00:20:24,450 --> 00:20:26,910 Meb Keflezighi: for me they've been a big part of my journey. 422 00:20:27,180 --> 00:20:31,470 Meb Keflezighi: In fact, 2007, when the trials were held here, my 423 00:20:31,470 --> 00:20:33,510 Meb Keflezighi: goal was to win to go to Beijing and win 424 00:20:33,510 --> 00:20:35,550 Meb Keflezighi: a medal for our country, after the silver medal, maybe 425 00:20:35,550 --> 00:20:40,169 Meb Keflezighi: preferably gold, but ran amazing there. 2: 06, it would 426 00:20:40,170 --> 00:20:42,600 Meb Keflezighi: not be possible, but I made it a personal goal 427 00:20:42,630 --> 00:20:45,780 Meb Keflezighi: to represent the United States. When I wear that USA 428 00:20:45,780 --> 00:20:48,990 Meb Keflezighi: jersey here in Central Park, it was my Olympic because I 429 00:20:48,990 --> 00:20:51,810 Meb Keflezighi: said I can't wait four years, New York City Marathon will be 430 00:20:52,020 --> 00:20:54,690 Meb Keflezighi: my Olympic, that's why I brought the medal. 431 00:20:57,570 --> 00:20:59,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: Oh, Meb, I've never seen this before. 432 00:20:59,760 --> 00:20:59,850 Becs Gentry: What? 433 00:20:59,850 --> 00:21:01,140 Rob Simmelkjaer: How cool is that? 434 00:21:01,140 --> 00:21:01,320 Becs Gentry: Wow. 435 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:02,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: There it is. He's holding up his medal from- 436 00:21:02,341 --> 00:21:05,460 Meb Keflezighi: You can read what it says in there. 437 00:21:05,460 --> 00:21:08,670 Becs Gentry: It says, " If you can make it here, you can make 438 00:21:08,670 --> 00:21:11,130 Becs Gentry: it anywhere. New York. New York." 439 00:21:11,550 --> 00:21:12,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: Oh, that's amazing. 440 00:21:12,750 --> 00:21:12,810 Becs Gentry: Wow. 441 00:21:13,619 --> 00:21:14,609 Rob Simmelkjaer: I've never seen it, that this is his medal from his win. 442 00:21:14,609 --> 00:21:17,790 Becs Gentry: Is it me, or are they lighter these days. That's really heavy. 443 00:21:17,790 --> 00:21:21,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: In 2009, we'll make sure folks can see it online. 444 00:21:21,570 --> 00:21:23,609 Rob Simmelkjaer: By the way, it's a beautiful medal. Actually I haven't 445 00:21:23,609 --> 00:21:24,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: seen this medal before. 446 00:21:24,570 --> 00:21:24,900 Becs Gentry: It's stunning. 447 00:21:25,020 --> 00:21:29,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: Gorgeous, (inaudible) ... What's that? 448 00:21:29,670 --> 00:21:32,100 Meb Keflezighi: We are an historic place, so to be able to be a New 449 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:33,991 Meb Keflezighi: York City Marathon champion, to be here, thank you for having me. 450 00:21:33,991 --> 00:21:34,141 Becs Gentry: Wow. 451 00:21:34,770 --> 00:21:36,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: Thank you for bringing that, that's so cool. 452 00:21:36,090 --> 00:21:37,619 Becs Gentry: Thank you, Meb, that's so cool. 453 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:42,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: Meb, we've talked so much over the years, about 2009 454 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:44,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: in the year you won, and of course that was 455 00:21:44,730 --> 00:21:47,070 Rob Simmelkjaer: a year that really puts you so much on the 456 00:21:47,070 --> 00:21:49,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: map here in New York and lots of other places. 457 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,680 Rob Simmelkjaer: But this whole idea of running to win is interesting 458 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,169 Rob Simmelkjaer: because you've had other memorable, he's putting the medal on. 459 00:21:55,470 --> 00:21:56,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: I love it. 460 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:57,061 Becs Gentry: Why not? 461 00:21:57,061 --> 00:21:58,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: Meb's putting the medal on. 462 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,030 Becs Gentry: Wear it with pride. 463 00:22:00,780 --> 00:22:01,680 Meb Keflezighi: It's my tie. 464 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:01,770 Becs Gentry: Yes. 465 00:22:02,670 --> 00:22:03,750 Meb Keflezighi: New York's my tie. 466 00:22:04,859 --> 00:22:07,140 Rob Simmelkjaer: Just like all the folks walking around for a week 467 00:22:07,140 --> 00:22:10,109 Rob Simmelkjaer: after our marathon with their medals on, Meb's wearing his 468 00:22:10,109 --> 00:22:12,119 Rob Simmelkjaer: years later, but he can because he won it. 469 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:13,168 Becs Gentry: Because he won it. Yeah. 470 00:22:13,169 --> 00:22:14,970 Rob Simmelkjaer: So you can wear it for the rest of your life when you 471 00:22:14,970 --> 00:22:20,639 Rob Simmelkjaer: won it. But Meb, in 2013, you had another really memorable New 472 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: York City Marathon experience, which we haven't really talked about 473 00:22:24,540 --> 00:22:28,170 Rob Simmelkjaer: as much, a different kind of idea of winning. You 474 00:22:28,170 --> 00:22:31,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: crossed the finish line that year, hand- in- hand with 475 00:22:31,619 --> 00:22:35,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: a local elite runner named Mike Cassidy. Can you tell 476 00:22:35,820 --> 00:22:36,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: about that story? 477 00:22:37,500 --> 00:22:42,000 Meb Keflezighi: Absolutely. At Staten Island, just as we were boarding the 478 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,540 Meb Keflezighi: bus, I met Mike Cassidy, a doctor introduced us. And 479 00:22:45,540 --> 00:22:48,570 Meb Keflezighi: he's a local guy, and I was silver medal and 480 00:22:48,570 --> 00:22:51,090 Meb Keflezighi: he says, " Hey, nice to meet you. See you at the 481 00:22:51,090 --> 00:22:55,379 Meb Keflezighi: finish line." But I was not training, I had a 482 00:22:55,380 --> 00:22:57,419 Meb Keflezighi: little calf strain, but I was healthy, just not the 483 00:22:57,420 --> 00:22:59,340 Meb Keflezighi: proper training to get me to that finish line the 484 00:22:59,340 --> 00:23:01,560 Meb Keflezighi: best I can. But as most of you know that 485 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,379 Meb Keflezighi: a competitor that I am, once the gun goes off, 486 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,440 Meb Keflezighi: I want to be as competitive as I can, and mind 487 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:11,340 Meb Keflezighi: over body. Right? And then about going five minute pace, 488 00:23:11,340 --> 00:23:14,250 Meb Keflezighi: I know this is for the New York Runner Marathon, 489 00:23:14,490 --> 00:23:19,679 Meb Keflezighi: that's 211 pace and whatnot, it's just we're pushing the 490 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:24,090 Meb Keflezighi: pace pretty hard. At 17, and I have a certain 491 00:23:24,090 --> 00:23:27,720 Meb Keflezighi: struggle, and at 19 miles I remember saying my body lift 492 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,350 Meb Keflezighi: their right leg up, next try, it was not going 493 00:23:31,350 --> 00:23:35,070 Meb Keflezighi: to happen. So I have to stop and think about 494 00:23:35,070 --> 00:23:37,919 Meb Keflezighi: the Hurricane Sandy, in 2012 constellation, and think about the 495 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,159 Meb Keflezighi: Boston Marathon, think about my dad's journey from Eritrea to 496 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,889 Meb Keflezighi: Sudan where he has to walk over 225 miles. I 497 00:23:43,890 --> 00:23:45,869 Meb Keflezighi: know how to feel to win, I know how to 498 00:23:45,869 --> 00:23:48,930 Meb Keflezighi: feel to be up in the front, but I was 499 00:23:48,930 --> 00:23:52,109 Meb Keflezighi: scared that the sweep van or the bus is going to take 500 00:23:52,109 --> 00:23:54,209 Meb Keflezighi: me in, but I'm thinking in my head, how can I 501 00:23:54,210 --> 00:23:55,080 Meb Keflezighi: convince them? 502 00:23:55,109 --> 00:23:56,010 Rob Simmelkjaer: Come on, Meb- 503 00:23:56,100 --> 00:23:56,520 Meb Keflezighi: Absolutely. 504 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:57,001 Rob Simmelkjaer: The sweep van? 505 00:23:57,001 --> 00:24:00,300 Meb Keflezighi: It was, I was thinking, how am I going to tell 506 00:24:00,300 --> 00:24:04,139 Meb Keflezighi: them I'm not going to go in because I am determined to get to that finish line. So 507 00:24:04,140 --> 00:24:06,990 Meb Keflezighi: I bragged about my five- minute pace, but that mile 19 to 508 00:24:06,990 --> 00:24:11,790 Meb Keflezighi: 20 was 9: 58. It took me twice as long 509 00:24:11,790 --> 00:24:14,190 Meb Keflezighi: because my body just shut down. I can't go anymore. 510 00:24:14,190 --> 00:24:16,709 Meb Keflezighi: So people encouraged me to keep going, keep going. I 511 00:24:16,710 --> 00:24:22,230 Meb Keflezighi: tried. But then Mike Cassidy, from Staten Island, came by 512 00:24:22,230 --> 00:24:24,810 Meb Keflezighi: and said, "We have 5k to go, come on, Meb, you can go with me." And 513 00:24:24,810 --> 00:24:27,449 Meb Keflezighi: I'm like, " I've been trying." And let me see, he 514 00:24:27,450 --> 00:24:29,070 Meb Keflezighi: got in front of me, I tried to draft out 515 00:24:29,130 --> 00:24:33,270 Meb Keflezighi: behind him, and then on the downhill I could hold, 516 00:24:33,270 --> 00:24:35,430 Meb Keflezighi: okay, going uphill. You know how Central Park is. It's 517 00:24:35,430 --> 00:24:38,190 Meb Keflezighi: a challenging, but we encouraged each other, we support each 518 00:24:38,190 --> 00:24:41,430 Meb Keflezighi: other, just keep pushing. And if he really wanted, he could 519 00:24:41,430 --> 00:24:44,010 Meb Keflezighi: have finished the race way ahead of me, but he 520 00:24:44,010 --> 00:24:46,320 Meb Keflezighi: helped me get to that finish line, and we came across 521 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:50,100 Meb Keflezighi: holding hand. And that's what " run to win" is to 522 00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:51,840 Meb Keflezighi: be able to meet people and be able to just 523 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,000 Meb Keflezighi: cherish it. And if it wasn't for him, I know 524 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,010 Meb Keflezighi: I wouldn't have finished. In fact, I talked to him 525 00:24:56,010 --> 00:24:59,220 Meb Keflezighi: today, the friendship that he make with is amazing. He was 526 00:24:59,220 --> 00:25:00,840 Meb Keflezighi: going to try to make it, but his daughter had 527 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:02,609 Meb Keflezighi: a fever so he couldn't make it. But I tell 528 00:25:02,609 --> 00:25:04,920 Meb Keflezighi: him I was here, and those are the friendship that 529 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,990 Meb Keflezighi: beyond the finish line that you make and be able 530 00:25:06,990 --> 00:25:10,350 Meb Keflezighi: to just cherish what the camaraderie of sports is. And 531 00:25:10,350 --> 00:25:11,760 Meb Keflezighi: I feel blessed to be able to come across the 532 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,940 Meb Keflezighi: finish line. And he wrote a beautiful blog. If you ever 533 00:25:14,940 --> 00:25:18,090 Meb Keflezighi: get a chance, Google his name, and he's almost running 534 00:25:18,300 --> 00:25:20,129 Meb Keflezighi: in a plane with Michael Jordan is what he says, " 535 00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:21,899 Meb Keflezighi: And he gave me the last shot to make a 536 00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:24,480 Meb Keflezighi: shoot, and I sanked it." And he wrote a beautiful 537 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,760 Meb Keflezighi: blog, it went viral. And that's the other time that I cried 538 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,940 Meb Keflezighi: because I was just running a full on runner, not that it meant so 539 00:25:29,940 --> 00:25:31,949 Meb Keflezighi: much to him, but by saying that it meant a 540 00:25:31,949 --> 00:25:32,340 Meb Keflezighi: lot to me. 541 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:33,541 Rob Simmelkjaer: Wow. That's a great story. 542 00:25:33,541 --> 00:25:37,800 Becs Gentry: That's amazing. Yeah. Big shout out to Mike Cassidy right there. 543 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,659 Becs Gentry: Beautiful. Meb, let's talk about running now. We talk a 544 00:25:42,660 --> 00:25:46,290 Becs Gentry: lot about your... You're giving me a nervous smile. He's like, " 545 00:25:46,290 --> 00:25:47,250 Becs Gentry: Shut up Becs, that's not." 546 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:48,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: Not right now, not right now. Okay. 547 00:25:48,930 --> 00:25:52,050 Becs Gentry: Not right now, we're not going to run right now. Maybe he 548 00:25:52,230 --> 00:25:53,700 Becs Gentry: might be there anytime I could ever beat you though 549 00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:57,540 Becs Gentry: if we ran now. What is running like for you now? 550 00:25:57,540 --> 00:26:01,890 Becs Gentry: How has your friendship with running changed since you have 551 00:26:01,890 --> 00:26:05,340 Becs Gentry: stopped competing and changed your routine? 552 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,060 Meb Keflezighi: I love to run. I love to train. I think 553 00:26:09,060 --> 00:26:11,760 Meb Keflezighi: the key to success is preparation, and I did that 554 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,150 Meb Keflezighi: for as long as I can. And I was 42 555 00:26:15,150 --> 00:26:17,970 Meb Keflezighi: years old when I retired from competitive, doing it here 556 00:26:18,420 --> 00:26:21,660 Meb Keflezighi: in New York City Marathon 2017, that was my last marathon. But 557 00:26:21,660 --> 00:26:24,359 Meb Keflezighi: then you come through the phase a little bit, how much should I 558 00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:27,330 Meb Keflezighi: be running? And should I run eight miles, 10 miles? 559 00:26:27,330 --> 00:26:29,190 Meb Keflezighi: But I'm like, I'm not getting ready for anything, why 560 00:26:29,190 --> 00:26:31,889 Meb Keflezighi: am I running all those mileage? So I almost tweeted even 561 00:26:31,890 --> 00:26:34,530 Meb Keflezighi: to ask people, the everyday athlete, how much is good 562 00:26:34,530 --> 00:26:37,740 Meb Keflezighi: enough? Because I'm on that side now. But for me, 563 00:26:37,740 --> 00:26:41,220 Meb Keflezighi: I run about four, maybe five or six miles a 564 00:26:41,220 --> 00:26:43,649 Meb Keflezighi: day. I run about four, five days a week. If 565 00:26:43,650 --> 00:26:45,480 Meb Keflezighi: I'm healthy, I like to run every day. It's my 566 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,720 Meb Keflezighi: therapy. You enjoy it. But at the same time, I 567 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,139 Meb Keflezighi: love the endorphin it gives you, it doesn't have to go 20 568 00:26:52,140 --> 00:26:54,150 Meb Keflezighi: miles to get that high, but it's a good way 569 00:26:54,150 --> 00:26:56,129 Meb Keflezighi: to have routine. I love to get it done in 570 00:26:56,130 --> 00:26:58,830 Meb Keflezighi: the morning, that's how I love morning workouts, get up the 571 00:26:58,950 --> 00:27:00,869 Meb Keflezighi: day and start that way for me. So it's been 572 00:27:01,109 --> 00:27:03,359 Meb Keflezighi: fun to be able to just, I'm not worried about the long 573 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,750 Meb Keflezighi: runs or intervals. Sometimes you get the itch to do 574 00:27:06,750 --> 00:27:10,530 Meb Keflezighi: it, but just some people say, which I don't agree 575 00:27:10,530 --> 00:27:13,590 Meb Keflezighi: with, people say running is boring and things like that. I said, " 576 00:27:13,590 --> 00:27:16,470 Meb Keflezighi: No, it's not boring, just predict what your heart rate 577 00:27:16,470 --> 00:27:18,960 Meb Keflezighi: is for the next mile. Just predict what your next 578 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,080 Meb Keflezighi: mile split will be. If you are that interactive or 579 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,629 Meb Keflezighi: in tune with your body." So if I run, I'm like eight, 10, 580 00:27:24,630 --> 00:27:27,480 Meb Keflezighi: I'm like, " I'm feeling good." Or if he said, " Next mile 581 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:33,180 Meb Keflezighi: is going to be 7:43, and it's 7:38 or 7: 35," I'm pretty good. And 582 00:27:33,180 --> 00:27:34,890 Meb Keflezighi: so those things are good to be able to just 583 00:27:34,890 --> 00:27:36,810 Meb Keflezighi: enjoy, and I still love the sport, it's done so 584 00:27:36,810 --> 00:27:40,260 Meb Keflezighi: much for me, and I'm grateful to be able to be a ambassador for New Balance as well. 585 00:27:40,350 --> 00:27:44,580 Becs Gentry: Oh, that's so lovely. I think for people, our listeners 586 00:27:44,820 --> 00:27:46,500 Becs Gentry: in here, I'm sure there's people in the room who 587 00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:51,510 Becs Gentry: have had different seasons of running. It's amazing to just 588 00:27:51,510 --> 00:27:54,629 Becs Gentry: hear that you run for joy, and you don't think about 589 00:27:54,690 --> 00:27:56,879 Becs Gentry: the numbers per se, on a daily basis, on a 590 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:00,690 Becs Gentry: cumulative basis. It's just because it makes you feel good 591 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:01,619 Becs Gentry: in Meb. 592 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:06,450 Meb Keflezighi: Absolutely. I think to be able to exercise is a way 593 00:28:06,450 --> 00:28:09,150 Meb Keflezighi: of habit, it's a way of lifestyle. We all know 594 00:28:09,150 --> 00:28:12,179 Meb Keflezighi: that 55,000, whether it is at the New York City Marathon or the 595 00:28:12,180 --> 00:28:14,940 Meb Keflezighi: Half Marathon or many other things, you have to have a 596 00:28:14,940 --> 00:28:16,800 Meb Keflezighi: routine to get out the door. Once you get out 597 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,800 Meb Keflezighi: the door, it might be cold weather or rainy weather 598 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,139 Meb Keflezighi: you haven't been experiencing, but once you get out of 599 00:28:22,140 --> 00:28:24,600 Meb Keflezighi: the door you're going to even run more than you thought because it 600 00:28:24,900 --> 00:28:27,000 Meb Keflezighi: just give you the endorphin and the commodity. You see 601 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,119 Meb Keflezighi: people running, you're like, " Oh, I thought it was the only crazy one that 602 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,820 Meb Keflezighi: running. But there's other people running too." So it gives 603 00:28:32,820 --> 00:28:34,470 Meb Keflezighi: you help to be able to just get the best 604 00:28:34,470 --> 00:28:35,010 Meb Keflezighi: out of yourself. 605 00:28:35,010 --> 00:28:35,820 Becs Gentry: Sure does. 606 00:28:36,210 --> 00:28:38,490 Rob Simmelkjaer: We were talking before we came up, the three of 607 00:28:38,490 --> 00:28:41,880 Rob Simmelkjaer: us, about the fact that between us there are six 608 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:46,980 Rob Simmelkjaer: daughters and no sons. We have six girls between the 609 00:28:46,980 --> 00:28:50,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: three of us, Meb, three, two, for myself, and of 610 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: course Becs has Talullah. And when we talk about running as something 611 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:59,490 Rob Simmelkjaer: that is part of your life, Meb, there's always the 612 00:28:59,820 --> 00:29:02,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: desire I think for a lot of runners, especially somebody 613 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: who ran at your level, to pass that on in 614 00:29:05,580 --> 00:29:10,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: some way, and finding that balance between maybe encouraging, passing 615 00:29:10,590 --> 00:29:15,330 Rob Simmelkjaer: it on, but not pressuring, letting kids find their own 616 00:29:15,330 --> 00:29:19,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: way. You have a daughter who's a soccer player, one 617 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: who at least is a runner, I know. How have 618 00:29:21,930 --> 00:29:26,940 Rob Simmelkjaer: you tried to walk that line between encouraging them, maybe 619 00:29:26,940 --> 00:29:28,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: giving them a little sense of what running did for 620 00:29:28,890 --> 00:29:31,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: you in your life without, I'm sure they don't think 621 00:29:31,590 --> 00:29:33,330 Rob Simmelkjaer: you're a big deal because kids never think their parents 622 00:29:33,330 --> 00:29:35,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: are a big deal, even though you're a pretty big 623 00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:38,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: deal. But how have you managed to try to pass 624 00:29:38,820 --> 00:29:40,080 Rob Simmelkjaer: that along in a healthy way? 625 00:29:40,860 --> 00:29:44,070 Meb Keflezighi: My wife, Yordanos, and she comes from a background in 626 00:29:44,070 --> 00:29:46,620 Meb Keflezighi: sports, so we always encourage them to do sports, but 627 00:29:46,830 --> 00:29:50,070 Meb Keflezighi: running obviously is a special part for our, she ran 628 00:29:50,070 --> 00:29:52,500 Meb Keflezighi: in high school, I ran as a professional. We tried 629 00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:54,840 Meb Keflezighi: to introduce them as much as we can, but at 630 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,330 Meb Keflezighi: the same time you don't want to put pressure on 631 00:29:57,330 --> 00:30:00,390 Meb Keflezighi: them. So when I ran in San Diego, they used 632 00:30:00,390 --> 00:30:02,670 Meb Keflezighi: to come and run with me, " Hey, I want to 633 00:30:02,670 --> 00:30:05,729 Meb Keflezighi: go to this school, which is 0.7 miles, so let's go jog to the 634 00:30:05,730 --> 00:30:07,530 Meb Keflezighi: school and back." So they'd be able to do those 635 00:30:07,530 --> 00:30:10,110 Meb Keflezighi: things, or sometimes they would think on their own. They're like, " 636 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,930 Meb Keflezighi: Dad, is it okay if I go to the school and back?" I'm like, " 637 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,680 Meb Keflezighi: That's good. Yeah, you should do it." But sometimes at 638 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,080 Meb Keflezighi: the same time, I want them to have their own 639 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:23,700 Meb Keflezighi: life, and soccer is interest, a passion of ours, but at 640 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,910 Meb Keflezighi: the same time they love to exercise, which is a 641 00:30:26,910 --> 00:30:30,000 Meb Keflezighi: great thing, but routine is important. It's like, " Hey, you want to do 642 00:30:30,300 --> 00:30:32,730 Meb Keflezighi: sit-ups, you want to do the gym or you want to do push- ups 643 00:30:32,730 --> 00:30:34,950 Meb Keflezighi: and things like that. I had a time when I was, 644 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:37,170 Meb Keflezighi: I used to put them on my back to do 645 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,890 Meb Keflezighi: the push- ups. So as long, the stretching, the nutrition, 646 00:30:41,010 --> 00:30:43,260 Meb Keflezighi: those are good habits to pass on to, and then 647 00:30:43,260 --> 00:30:46,050 Meb Keflezighi: hopefully they can take it up. Yes, sometimes I'm a 648 00:30:46,050 --> 00:30:48,960 Meb Keflezighi: dad and they don't listen to it, but hopefully friends say, " 649 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:49,860 Meb Keflezighi: Oh, it's cool." 650 00:30:51,150 --> 00:30:51,601 Becs Gentry: I think they must. 651 00:30:51,601 --> 00:30:56,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: All right, Meb, can we maybe bring you back to the 652 00:30:56,370 --> 00:30:59,459 Rob Simmelkjaer: interviewing side of this podcast because we thought it'd be 653 00:30:59,460 --> 00:31:00,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: fun to kind of do a little bit of a 654 00:31:00,780 --> 00:31:03,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: trifecta here. So we interviewed you and now Becs, we want 655 00:31:03,540 --> 00:31:06,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: to turn the tables and ask you a few questions 656 00:31:06,330 --> 00:31:08,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: about what's going on with you. Meb, you want to join me? You want to 657 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:09,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: do that? 658 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:10,020 Meb Keflezighi: Yeah, let's do it. 659 00:31:10,590 --> 00:31:12,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: Let's grill her, let's ask us some really hard questions. 660 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: I mean, Becs, obviously you all know what Becs did 661 00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:19,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: last November. You know that she ran seven marathons on 662 00:31:19,770 --> 00:31:27,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: seven continents in seven days, which I will never get 663 00:31:27,660 --> 00:31:33,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: my head around, to be honest. Looking, I mean listen, 664 00:31:33,180 --> 00:31:35,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: it's been what, six months or so since you did that? 665 00:31:35,730 --> 00:31:36,060 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 666 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:41,220 Rob Simmelkjaer: Have you gotten to a point yet where you have 667 00:31:41,220 --> 00:31:46,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: put that in perspective, what you actually did? I would 668 00:31:46,350 --> 00:31:48,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: think at some point it would seem as crazy to 669 00:31:48,300 --> 00:31:50,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: you, as it does to me that you did that 670 00:31:50,370 --> 00:31:54,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: even though you did it. How do you reflect on 671 00:31:54,090 --> 00:31:55,410 Rob Simmelkjaer: that six months later? 672 00:31:55,710 --> 00:31:59,220 Becs Gentry: Honestly, it sounds really bizarre to say I don't think 673 00:31:59,220 --> 00:32:02,520 Becs Gentry: I have still fully processed it, and you're all probably like, " 674 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:06,180 Becs Gentry: Okay, come on woman." But there are days when, yeah, 675 00:32:06,180 --> 00:32:10,020 Becs Gentry: I'm like, " Wow, I did that." Or I see the medal, 676 00:32:10,020 --> 00:32:12,750 Becs Gentry: it's by my Tread, and what medals, many of them. 677 00:32:12,750 --> 00:32:13,830 Becs Gentry: But the big one I'm like, " Wow." 678 00:32:14,130 --> 00:32:15,510 Rob Simmelkjaer: How many medals do you get for that, by the 679 00:32:15,510 --> 00:32:17,969 Rob Simmelkjaer: way? Seven? You got at least one for all of them? 680 00:32:17,970 --> 00:32:21,810 Becs Gentry: One for each race. One big one for completing the 681 00:32:21,810 --> 00:32:24,330 Becs Gentry: race, and then one for the Global Marathon club. So 682 00:32:24,330 --> 00:32:28,110 Becs Gentry: nine in total, which was heavy by the end. I 683 00:32:28,110 --> 00:32:33,420 Becs Gentry: was like... But it was, yeah, it's going to take 684 00:32:33,420 --> 00:32:35,370 Becs Gentry: a while. It really is going to take a while. 685 00:32:35,370 --> 00:32:37,979 Becs Gentry: But I will tell you one thing that actually came 686 00:32:37,980 --> 00:32:42,060 Becs Gentry: out today a little in my mentality, is it's really taught 687 00:32:42,060 --> 00:32:45,060 Becs Gentry: me so much about who I am and how I 688 00:32:45,060 --> 00:32:49,770 Becs Gentry: run. And I got sidetracked this morning. Our studios are 689 00:32:49,770 --> 00:32:52,530 Becs Gentry: closed at Peloton right now for maintenance, so it's fantastic. 690 00:32:52,950 --> 00:32:55,229 Becs Gentry: And I got to go on a field trip with 691 00:32:55,230 --> 00:32:57,840 Becs Gentry: Tallulah, which I've never done, her school. We went to 692 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,960 Becs Gentry: the firehouse, which was so much fun. And I was 693 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,540 Becs Gentry: in my running kit, I looked stupid, I'm in my 694 00:33:04,590 --> 00:33:09,060 Becs Gentry: other brand shoes. And I'm walking along with these tiny 695 00:33:09,060 --> 00:33:11,700 Becs Gentry: toddlers thinking like, " Oh, my gosh, I should be doing 696 00:33:11,700 --> 00:33:15,300 Becs Gentry: my speed workout today for training." But I didn't care 697 00:33:15,450 --> 00:33:18,480 Becs Gentry: because past me would've been so worried about doing the 698 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:22,380 Becs Gentry: morning workout because I know I'm terrible afternoon, I'm terrible 699 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:24,780 Becs Gentry: at training in the afternoon, especially for a speed workout. 700 00:33:25,230 --> 00:33:27,960 Becs Gentry: But then that mentality kicked in of like, " Dude, shut 701 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,810 Becs Gentry: up. You ran around the world, you had no idea 702 00:33:30,810 --> 00:33:33,510 Becs Gentry: what time was for seven days, and you ran some 703 00:33:33,780 --> 00:33:37,260 Becs Gentry: pretty quick marathons, so you can do an hour's speed 704 00:33:37,260 --> 00:33:40,080 Becs Gentry: training whenever you're done with your daughter." So that was 705 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:42,091 Becs Gentry: nice to be like, "Yeah, all right, I'm tougher than I think." 706 00:33:42,091 --> 00:33:45,961 Meb Keflezighi: Enjoying the moment with family is important. 707 00:33:45,961 --> 00:33:46,651 Becs Gentry: Way more important. 708 00:33:47,130 --> 00:33:48,120 Meb Keflezighi: Priceless moments. 709 00:33:48,270 --> 00:33:48,780 Becs Gentry: Yes. 710 00:33:49,230 --> 00:33:52,560 Meb Keflezighi: But talking about hard, when you are not teaching and 711 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,440 Meb Keflezighi: it's hard, how do you keep it fun when the 712 00:33:55,440 --> 00:34:00,421 Meb Keflezighi: miles get monotonous? Like this afternoon. 713 00:34:00,421 --> 00:34:03,330 Becs Gentry: Yeah. I mean, this afternoon. I'm a big proponent of listening to podcasts. I 714 00:34:03,330 --> 00:34:05,910 Becs Gentry: listen to our podcasts. I do listen to it back 715 00:34:05,910 --> 00:34:08,790 Becs Gentry: and check that we're not going off kilter too much. 716 00:34:09,630 --> 00:34:13,320 Becs Gentry: I listen to a lot of other podcasts. Also, if 717 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,330 Becs Gentry: I'm on my Peloton Tread, I do like to take 718 00:34:15,330 --> 00:34:19,529 Becs Gentry: my friends' classes or watch a new TV show, something 719 00:34:19,530 --> 00:34:21,150 Becs Gentry: that Austin doesn't want to sit on the sofa and 720 00:34:21,150 --> 00:34:25,109 Becs Gentry: watch with me. It's my time, but it's also me 721 00:34:25,110 --> 00:34:28,049 Becs Gentry: time. I think especially living in a big city, it's 722 00:34:28,050 --> 00:34:31,860 Becs Gentry: very hard to have personal time by yourself. And as 723 00:34:31,860 --> 00:34:34,260 Becs Gentry: much as I love running with other people in communities and 724 00:34:34,260 --> 00:34:38,100 Becs Gentry: in groups, as somebody who is public- facing all the 725 00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:40,620 Becs Gentry: time, somebody who is a mom, lives in New York 726 00:34:40,620 --> 00:34:44,370 Becs Gentry: City, my runs sometimes even when they're really tough, I'm like, " 727 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,820 Becs Gentry: I'm by myself. This is fantastic. No one can get to me." 728 00:34:49,260 --> 00:34:51,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: Having a little kid will do that to you. Any 729 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:54,149 Rob Simmelkjaer: quiet time is great time. No matter what's going on, 730 00:34:54,150 --> 00:34:57,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: you're alone. No one is crying, no one asks for 731 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,060 Rob Simmelkjaer: their whatever to be changed or something new. So I 732 00:35:00,060 --> 00:35:03,510 Rob Simmelkjaer: get that. I'm curious, when you go around, we all 733 00:35:03,510 --> 00:35:06,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: go around, we have social situations where maybe it comes 734 00:35:06,450 --> 00:35:08,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: up that we're a runner. Maybe it comes up that 735 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: we ran a marathon. You might mention, yeah, I ran 736 00:35:10,890 --> 00:35:14,279 Rob Simmelkjaer: New York, I ran Berlin, whatever. When it just comes 737 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: up in a social setting for you that you ran 738 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:20,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. For someone 739 00:35:20,700 --> 00:35:23,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: who doesn't know that, what kind of reactions do you 740 00:35:23,850 --> 00:35:27,630 Rob Simmelkjaer: get from people? What's the funniest, craziest reaction anyone's given 741 00:35:27,630 --> 00:35:29,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: you when they learn this about you? 742 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,370 Becs Gentry: Why? They're like, " Why would you do that?" 743 00:35:32,940 --> 00:35:34,261 Rob Simmelkjaer: The obvious question is the why? 744 00:35:34,261 --> 00:35:36,540 Becs Gentry: " Would you do that? Why would you want to 745 00:35:36,540 --> 00:35:41,460 Becs Gentry: do that? How?" A lot of people think I jumped on a Delta flight between 746 00:35:41,460 --> 00:35:45,000 Becs Gentry: each, and they're like, " Yeah, that's not possible." I'm like, " That's not 747 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:45,630 Becs Gentry: how we did it." 748 00:35:45,989 --> 00:35:48,661 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, connected in Atlanta. Yeah, that would be hard to do. 749 00:35:48,661 --> 00:35:53,190 Becs Gentry: "I have status, so I got through." No, it's the 750 00:35:53,190 --> 00:35:56,340 Becs Gentry: why? And honestly, I know it may not seem it, 751 00:35:56,340 --> 00:36:00,360 Becs Gentry: but I am a very introverted extrovert. I don't like 752 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,810 Becs Gentry: to talk about my achievements and my accomplishments. I don't 753 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,719 Becs Gentry: walk into the room with that like, " It's me. Look 754 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:10,440 Becs Gentry: what I did. Ha- ha." It's normally Austin who will big 755 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:14,040 Becs Gentry: me up, or other people. Or somebody else will be like, " 756 00:36:14,219 --> 00:36:16,950 Becs Gentry: Aren't you the one who did that really weird race?" And I'm like, " 757 00:36:17,190 --> 00:36:18,510 Becs Gentry: Yeah, that's probably me." 758 00:36:18,540 --> 00:36:21,029 Rob Simmelkjaer: So what do you say? What's your answer to the why, when they 759 00:36:21,030 --> 00:36:21,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: ask you that? 760 00:36:21,540 --> 00:36:22,860 Becs Gentry: Because I needed some downtime. 761 00:36:22,860 --> 00:36:23,070 Meb Keflezighi: What is it? 762 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:28,320 Becs Gentry: I needed some downtime. I needed to fill my cup. 763 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:32,250 Meb Keflezighi: Downtime, seven days, seven marathons and seven continents. 764 00:36:32,250 --> 00:36:36,090 Becs Gentry: I needed to fill my cup. Yeah. I had to do it to rediscover 765 00:36:36,090 --> 00:36:39,000 Becs Gentry: who I was, and it worked very well. 766 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,190 Meb Keflezighi: That's interesting because I've been asked to do it, and 767 00:36:41,190 --> 00:36:43,980 Meb Keflezighi: I'm really trying to find my why, because I love to 768 00:36:43,980 --> 00:36:47,400 Meb Keflezighi: travel, but it's just the seven days kind of threw 769 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:51,360 Meb Keflezighi: me off because I mean the recovery, the soreness and all that stuff. 770 00:36:52,170 --> 00:36:55,140 Becs Gentry: I never got sore, Meb. I never got sore. I know, 771 00:36:55,590 --> 00:36:57,900 Becs Gentry: I think I should get tested for lack of lactic 772 00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:01,410 Becs Gentry: acid or something. Make me do a pushup and I'll 773 00:37:01,410 --> 00:37:04,650 Becs Gentry: be sore for a week. But yeah, that's the why. 774 00:37:04,770 --> 00:37:05,580 Becs Gentry: That's the why. 775 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:09,600 Meb Keflezighi: So we talk about seven continents, seven marathons, seven days. What 776 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:14,250 Meb Keflezighi: about the 26.2? I love that distance personally, but how do 777 00:37:14,250 --> 00:37:18,989 Meb Keflezighi: you convince or tell people that are not marathoners or 26. 778 00:37:18,989 --> 00:37:22,650 Meb Keflezighi: 2 runners to make the magic, the finish line? 779 00:37:24,090 --> 00:37:27,239 Becs Gentry: Honestly, this is going to sound terrible. I don't. I let them 780 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:28,230 Becs Gentry: decide to do it. 781 00:37:28,230 --> 00:37:28,650 Meb Keflezighi: That's good. 782 00:37:29,130 --> 00:37:31,920 Becs Gentry: Because you can't force people to do it. You've got 783 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,350 Becs Gentry: to feel the pull to want to do it for 784 00:37:34,350 --> 00:37:37,830 Becs Gentry: yourself. I will share my stories. I will share my 785 00:37:37,830 --> 00:37:42,540 Becs Gentry: journey, and my adventure on each and every different 26. 786 00:37:42,540 --> 00:37:45,570 Becs Gentry: 2 I've ever embarked on. And if somebody is compelled 787 00:37:45,630 --> 00:37:48,779 Becs Gentry: to sign up and put themselves on that journey, then 788 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:52,020 Becs Gentry: fantastic. But I'm not a pusher. I'll be there to 789 00:37:52,020 --> 00:37:53,969 Becs Gentry: cheer you if you want to do it. If not, 790 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:56,790 Becs Gentry: I don't know, cycling's your thing, great, just move. 791 00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:58,891 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's the way to do it, because nobody has to run a marathon. 792 00:37:58,890 --> 00:38:03,360 Meb Keflezighi: Because, no, when you get on mile 17, they want to 793 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:04,171 Meb Keflezighi: be cursing you. Right? They could be like- 794 00:38:04,171 --> 00:38:08,070 Becs Gentry: Exactly. Karma. I believe in karma. I don't need that. 795 00:38:08,910 --> 00:38:12,690 Meb Keflezighi: Also as a coach. I just tell people, " I can help you 796 00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:14,730 Meb Keflezighi: get the best out of yourself. But it's hard for 797 00:38:14,730 --> 00:38:16,410 Meb Keflezighi: me to see, go down the street, it says, I 798 00:38:16,410 --> 00:38:18,000 Meb Keflezighi: think you should do a marathon." But once they have 799 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,780 Meb Keflezighi: the love for 5k, 10k, half- marathon, then they want to challenge 800 00:38:21,780 --> 00:38:23,580 Meb Keflezighi: themselves to get to that level. 801 00:38:23,700 --> 00:38:24,450 Becs Gentry: Exactly. 802 00:38:26,010 --> 00:38:27,299 Rob Simmelkjaer: It comes from inside. Yep. All right, so apparently- 803 00:38:27,900 --> 00:38:30,480 Becs Gentry: We've talked enough about me. We've talked enough about Meb. 804 00:38:30,540 --> 00:38:33,960 Becs Gentry: Let's talk about getting the best out of yourself, and 805 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,989 Becs Gentry: that is we are now going to ask this guy, 806 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,739 Becs Gentry: the CEO of New York Road Runners a few questions ourselves. 807 00:38:41,489 --> 00:38:41,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: Bring it on, Becs. 808 00:38:41,670 --> 00:38:41,730 Becs Gentry: Yay. 809 00:38:43,530 --> 00:38:46,110 Rob Simmelkjaer: We've done this before. She always asks very difficult questions, but 810 00:38:46,110 --> 00:38:46,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: I'm going to do my best. 811 00:38:46,950 --> 00:38:49,140 Becs Gentry: It's not going to be the interrogation that we started the year with, 812 00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:52,739 Becs Gentry: don't worry. Rob, I want to know, New York Road 813 00:38:52,739 --> 00:38:58,350 Becs Gentry: Runners is a name, a force, a wonderful, wonderful place 814 00:38:58,380 --> 00:39:01,230 Becs Gentry: to be. What are some of the biggest things you 815 00:39:01,230 --> 00:39:03,690 Becs Gentry: have learned about yourself since you've been in the role 816 00:39:03,690 --> 00:39:04,350 Becs Gentry: as CEO? 817 00:39:06,870 --> 00:39:10,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: Thank you. New York Road Runners is an incredible place 818 00:39:10,890 --> 00:39:14,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: to work. All of us who work here are so 819 00:39:14,580 --> 00:39:17,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: fortunate to have this as what we do every day. 820 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: I think I had worked in sports for most of 821 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:26,219 Rob Simmelkjaer: my career, mostly on the corporate side. I'd worked at ESPN and 822 00:39:26,310 --> 00:39:30,030 Rob Simmelkjaer: NBC Sports, and I loved it. I loved working in 823 00:39:30,030 --> 00:39:35,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: those places. I think having a job where you can 824 00:39:35,850 --> 00:39:39,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: honestly get up and realize that you're changing people's lives 825 00:39:39,450 --> 00:39:42,810 Rob Simmelkjaer: every day, I had never really had that before. That 826 00:39:42,989 --> 00:39:46,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: was why I came here, and I thought it would 827 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:48,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: be good and different. It's even better than I thought 828 00:39:48,780 --> 00:39:53,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: it would be. I can't say how great it is 829 00:39:53,190 --> 00:39:55,080 Rob Simmelkjaer: to be able to wake up every day and know 830 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:58,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: that the work you're doing is changing lives. And not 831 00:39:58,500 --> 00:40:02,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: just theoretically, you don't just know you're changing lives out 832 00:40:02,670 --> 00:40:05,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: there somewhere in the world far away or whatever. You 833 00:40:05,730 --> 00:40:08,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: see these people, you see them. I mean some of 834 00:40:08,250 --> 00:40:09,779 Rob Simmelkjaer: them are sitting right in front of me right now. 835 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,480 Rob Simmelkjaer: I know that in this audience right now, there are 836 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:16,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: people whose lives have been changed one way or another, 837 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:18,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: from running. I see them at the finish line of 838 00:40:18,570 --> 00:40:22,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: races. I see them all the time. So that's an 839 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:25,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: incredible gift to be able to have that. I think 840 00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:29,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: what I've learned about myself is how energizing that is 841 00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:33,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: for me to be able to have that as my 842 00:40:33,330 --> 00:40:36,810 Rob Simmelkjaer: GAOB, as they say, every single day. So it's pretty cool. 843 00:40:37,140 --> 00:40:37,620 Becs Gentry: That's really cool. 844 00:40:37,830 --> 00:40:40,590 Meb Keflezighi: It is cool to be able to be interacting with 845 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:44,250 Meb Keflezighi: people as you travel around, but what do you feel 846 00:40:44,250 --> 00:40:46,710 Meb Keflezighi: is the most proudest that you have accomplished in the 847 00:40:46,710 --> 00:40:50,009 Meb Keflezighi: last two years that you've been leading the New York Road Runners? 848 00:40:50,190 --> 00:40:52,140 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, that's a hard one. 849 00:40:52,830 --> 00:40:53,969 Meb Keflezighi: So many, I'm pretty sure. 850 00:40:55,110 --> 00:40:57,149 Rob Simmelkjaer: We've got so many great things going on right now. 851 00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:02,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's really difficult to say one thing. I guess the 852 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:05,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: thing I might point to is what's going on with 853 00:41:05,850 --> 00:41:08,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: our kids right now, and the kids programs that we 854 00:41:08,250 --> 00:41:12,480 Rob Simmelkjaer: have, because I really think that's the heart and soul 855 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: of what our organization is. It's not what gets the 856 00:41:15,090 --> 00:41:19,620 Rob Simmelkjaer: headlines, it's not what people are maybe talking about or 857 00:41:19,620 --> 00:41:22,799 Rob Simmelkjaer: signing up for. All of our races with our adults 858 00:41:22,830 --> 00:41:25,830 Rob Simmelkjaer: right up into the marathon are incredibly special, and frankly, 859 00:41:26,130 --> 00:41:27,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: they would allow us to do what we do with 860 00:41:27,690 --> 00:41:32,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: the kids. But we had over 200, 000 kids in New 861 00:41:32,310 --> 00:41:35,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: York City public schools in our Rising New York Road 862 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:37,739 Rob Simmelkjaer: Runners program this year. That's happening right now. 863 00:41:39,930 --> 00:41:40,350 Becs Gentry: Huge. 864 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,469 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's the biggest number of kids we've had in that 865 00:41:43,469 --> 00:41:47,010 Rob Simmelkjaer: program since the pandemic. We started a new middle school 866 00:41:47,010 --> 00:41:50,550 Rob Simmelkjaer: running program this year, and at our race, actually, I 867 00:41:50,550 --> 00:41:53,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: haven't told this story to anybody yet, at our Run as 868 00:41:53,130 --> 00:41:56,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: One race this past Sunday at the finish line, I 869 00:41:56,610 --> 00:41:58,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: give out the high- fives as I do at all 870 00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:00,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: the finish lines, and a woman fist bumped me and 871 00:42:00,870 --> 00:42:03,719 Rob Simmelkjaer: she was a teacher at one of the middle schools 872 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:06,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: where this program is happening. I haven't had a chance 873 00:42:06,270 --> 00:42:09,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: to really visit any of these schools yet. I know 874 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: that we've got lots of kids doing it, and this 875 00:42:11,310 --> 00:42:12,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: teacher comes up to me and she's like, " I just want 876 00:42:12,870 --> 00:42:16,230 Rob Simmelkjaer: you to know this program is amazing. Our kids love 877 00:42:16,230 --> 00:42:19,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: it. They're getting so much out of it." And so 878 00:42:19,830 --> 00:42:23,130 Rob Simmelkjaer: when I meet people like that, teachers who tell me 879 00:42:23,370 --> 00:42:26,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: that it's helping them do their jobs better, and they've 880 00:42:26,340 --> 00:42:28,980 Rob Simmelkjaer: got really hard jobs to do, and that job's getting 881 00:42:28,980 --> 00:42:32,640 Rob Simmelkjaer: harder and harder these days with budget cuts and the 882 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,489 Rob Simmelkjaer: challenges of being a teacher with young people, that is 883 00:42:35,489 --> 00:42:38,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: incredible. So I think, for me, that would be the 884 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:39,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: thing I'm most proud of. And I think we're really 885 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:43,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: just getting started with a lot of these programs that 886 00:42:43,770 --> 00:42:46,799 Rob Simmelkjaer: we're building and looking for new areas to go into. 887 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:50,191 Rob Simmelkjaer: But I think that's what I feel best about right now. 888 00:42:50,190 --> 00:42:50,192 Becs Gentry: Yes. 889 00:42:50,191 --> 00:42:53,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: All right, so we're going to do a little lightning round here, and 890 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:55,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: to wrap up before we bring out our member. 891 00:42:55,770 --> 00:42:55,771 Becs Gentry: We love this. 892 00:42:55,771 --> 00:42:58,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: To talk about, each of us is going to give 893 00:42:58,020 --> 00:43:00,480 Rob Simmelkjaer: a quick answer to this question. Okay. So the first 894 00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:02,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: one is, what's the best running advice you'd give to 895 00:43:02,790 --> 00:43:04,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: your daughter, Becs? 896 00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:05,520 Becs Gentry: Slow down. 897 00:43:07,530 --> 00:43:09,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: She goes a little too fast out of the gate? 898 00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:10,080 Becs Gentry: A little too fast. 899 00:43:10,140 --> 00:43:10,739 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, they do that. 900 00:43:10,739 --> 00:43:11,670 Becs Gentry: Covered in cuts and bruises. 901 00:43:11,670 --> 00:43:14,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: They do that at two. That's what they do. Yeah. 902 00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:15,359 Rob Simmelkjaer: Becs, sorry, Med. 903 00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:19,860 Meb Keflezighi: Discipline. Be able to just tie your shoes and plan 904 00:43:19,860 --> 00:43:20,940 Meb Keflezighi: for when are you going to run. 905 00:43:20,940 --> 00:43:22,470 Becs Gentry: Love that. 906 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:27,330 Rob Simmelkjaer: I love it. Mine would be, just start. Just got 907 00:43:27,330 --> 00:43:30,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: to start. I mean, my oldest daughter runs cross country. 908 00:43:30,989 --> 00:43:33,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: She started, my little one runs a little bit, but 909 00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:36,629 Rob Simmelkjaer: the hardest part about any run is the start, always. 910 00:43:36,630 --> 00:43:38,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: So you just got to get going. Just take a 911 00:43:38,310 --> 00:43:41,940 Rob Simmelkjaer: first step. Okay. What's the best life advice that you would give to 912 00:43:41,940 --> 00:43:44,011 Rob Simmelkjaer: your daughters, Meb? 913 00:43:44,011 --> 00:43:49,440 Meb Keflezighi: I tell them it is progress. There's no shortcuts in life, and one 914 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:53,250 Meb Keflezighi: mile becomes 5k, 5k becomes a marathon or a half- marathon. 915 00:43:53,370 --> 00:43:56,759 Meb Keflezighi: And in life you got to go through elementary, junior high, middle school. 916 00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,700 Meb Keflezighi: So we'll make mistakes, but just make progress in the 917 00:43:59,700 --> 00:44:00,239 Meb Keflezighi: right direction. 918 00:44:04,140 --> 00:44:07,020 Becs Gentry: Believe you can. Believe you can and try. That's for sure. 919 00:44:07,140 --> 00:44:10,109 Rob Simmelkjaer: A hundred percent. I always say in our family there's 920 00:44:10,110 --> 00:44:14,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: one rule which is, don't give up. You've got to 921 00:44:14,310 --> 00:44:17,760 Rob Simmelkjaer: keep going. You've got to keep trying. Just don't give 922 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:21,299 Rob Simmelkjaer: up until whatever you've done is done, but you've got 923 00:44:21,300 --> 00:44:22,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: to keep going. 924 00:44:22,260 --> 00:44:23,250 Meb Keflezighi: Got to finish the project. 925 00:44:23,489 --> 00:44:25,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's one of the great things about running. The metaphors 926 00:44:25,890 --> 00:44:30,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: are endless. The life metaphors are literally endless. Okay. What 927 00:44:30,270 --> 00:44:32,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: is your favorite distance to run, Becs? 928 00:44:33,930 --> 00:44:35,549 Becs Gentry: I mean, really? 929 00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:37,620 Rob Simmelkjaer: Is it obvious? Is it 26.2? 930 00:44:38,190 --> 00:44:41,550 Becs Gentry: 26. 2. I mean, I don't actually enjoy doing it that 931 00:44:41,550 --> 00:44:43,230 Becs Gentry: much. It's painful. 932 00:44:43,230 --> 00:44:45,030 Rob Simmelkjaer: So, what do you like to run? What's your favorite distance? 933 00:44:45,210 --> 00:44:48,210 Becs Gentry: Literally, if I could just run eight miles. 934 00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:50,010 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, I love that kind of distance. 935 00:44:50,009 --> 00:44:50,011 Becs Gentry: Joyful 936 00:44:50,010 --> 00:44:50,101 Rob Simmelkjaer: Meb? 937 00:44:51,780 --> 00:44:53,850 Meb Keflezighi: It all depends on the shape you're in, but if 938 00:44:53,850 --> 00:44:55,620 Meb Keflezighi: I have to choose, it's probably 10 miles. 939 00:44:56,070 --> 00:44:58,469 Rob Simmelkjaer: 10 miles, it's a nice distance actually. 940 00:44:58,469 --> 00:44:58,681 Becs Gentry: It is, yeah. 941 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:01,531 Meb Keflezighi: Because it's double digits. 942 00:45:01,531 --> 00:45:02,069 Becs Gentry: Yeah, double digits. 943 00:45:02,069 --> 00:45:03,989 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's a distance, we don't run it that often. We 944 00:45:03,989 --> 00:45:06,150 Rob Simmelkjaer: have of course the New Balance Bronx 10- miler, which 945 00:45:06,150 --> 00:45:08,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: is by the way, I always say probably my favorite 946 00:45:08,790 --> 00:45:11,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: race of the year in terms of the experience of 947 00:45:11,340 --> 00:45:14,339 Rob Simmelkjaer: running it. And you got the Cherry Blossom 10- miler down in D. 948 00:45:14,340 --> 00:45:16,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: C. that just happened. It is a great distance. 949 00:45:18,300 --> 00:45:18,301 Becs Gentry: It is. 950 00:45:18,301 --> 00:45:20,219 Meb Keflezighi: I never competed at the high, when I was an elite at the 951 00:45:20,219 --> 00:45:23,009 Meb Keflezighi: distance, but down at the Cherry Blossom, the distance is 952 00:45:23,190 --> 00:45:25,681 Meb Keflezighi: 10 miles is respectable and it's a great distance. 953 00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:25,681 Becs Gentry: Gritty. 954 00:45:25,681 --> 00:45:27,900 Meb Keflezighi: And you can walk normal the next day. 955 00:45:27,900 --> 00:45:28,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: Hundred percent. 956 00:45:28,620 --> 00:45:28,981 Becs Gentry: He's probably running at 4:30, casual. 957 00:45:28,981 --> 00:45:35,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: For me, it's 10k, to be honest. It sounds crazy. When I talk about what I 958 00:45:35,340 --> 00:45:36,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: do for a living, everyone thinks it's got to be 959 00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: the marathon. It is not the marathon. I have run 960 00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:43,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: four marathons now. I have done it, I've gone through 961 00:45:43,020 --> 00:45:47,189 Rob Simmelkjaer: it. It's a great experience. But I love 10 kilometers, because 962 00:45:47,190 --> 00:45:49,739 Rob Simmelkjaer: you just get a little bit of speed in there. 963 00:45:49,739 --> 00:45:52,830 Rob Simmelkjaer: You get a chance to try to run fast. Feel 964 00:45:52,830 --> 00:45:56,370 Rob Simmelkjaer: the air blowing through my locks. I love that. I 965 00:45:56,370 --> 00:46:00,420 Rob Simmelkjaer: love that feeling of running fast. So 10k. Okay. What is your 966 00:46:00,420 --> 00:46:03,961 Rob Simmelkjaer: favorite exercise besides running, Meb? 967 00:46:03,961 --> 00:46:07,770 Meb Keflezighi: My favorite exercise is to play soccer, but I've been 968 00:46:07,770 --> 00:46:12,404 Meb Keflezighi: moving so much forward in the last 20, 30 years, 120, 969 00:46:12,405 --> 00:46:15,090 Meb Keflezighi: 000 miles, and this body can't go laterally anymore, so 970 00:46:15,180 --> 00:46:16,170 Meb Keflezighi: I'm sticking to running. 971 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:18,569 Rob Simmelkjaer: Lateral is dangerous. A lot of bad things can happen 972 00:46:18,570 --> 00:46:18,751 Rob Simmelkjaer: when you run laterally. 973 00:46:18,751 --> 00:46:25,051 Meb Keflezighi: Yeah, a lot of injuries happen, so I finally hanged it up. 974 00:46:25,051 --> 00:46:25,052 Rob Simmelkjaer: What about you? 975 00:46:25,051 --> 00:46:29,250 Becs Gentry: Oh, I don't really do much else other than running. I mean 976 00:46:29,250 --> 00:46:30,750 Becs Gentry: I row at Peloton, sorry. 977 00:46:33,239 --> 00:46:33,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: Rowing's good. 978 00:46:33,810 --> 00:46:34,410 Becs Gentry: Rowing's good. 979 00:46:34,410 --> 00:46:34,471 Rob Simmelkjaer: Low impact. 980 00:46:34,470 --> 00:46:38,790 Becs Gentry: Again, it's fun. Honestly, tennis probably. 981 00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:43,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's mine. Tennis, a hundred percent. Tennis was always my 982 00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:46,560 Rob Simmelkjaer: second love. I played baseball, but I always loved tennis. 983 00:46:46,739 --> 00:46:48,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: Hard to play baseball as a 50- something- year- old 984 00:46:48,780 --> 00:46:50,940 Rob Simmelkjaer: guy. But tennis is always there. 985 00:46:50,940 --> 00:46:51,091 Becs Gentry: Yeah, it is. 986 00:46:51,091 --> 00:46:55,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: Which I haven't yet taken the bait to start pickleball 987 00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:58,109 Rob Simmelkjaer: yet. I'm still trying to play tennis, but I know 988 00:46:58,109 --> 00:46:59,161 Rob Simmelkjaer: it's somewhat I'm going to have to become a pickleball guy. 989 00:46:59,161 --> 00:46:59,460 Becs Gentry: Pickleball is aggressive. 990 00:47:00,390 --> 00:47:04,170 Rob Simmelkjaer: All right, what is your favorite post- race meal? We 991 00:47:04,170 --> 00:47:05,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: talk about this a lot at Road Runner's. Favorite thing 992 00:47:05,910 --> 00:47:10,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: to eat after a race. I'll start with this. After 993 00:47:10,890 --> 00:47:13,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: the 4- miler the other day, I had a bacon, 994 00:47:13,980 --> 00:47:18,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: egg and cheese sandwich. It was fantastic. At a great 995 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:21,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: deli in the Upper East Side. Not healthy at all, 996 00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:23,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: but just tasted so good with a latte. 997 00:47:24,090 --> 00:47:24,091 Becs Gentry: Yeah. I'm sure. 998 00:47:24,091 --> 00:47:25,650 Rob Simmelkjaer: So it's usually a morning race. I usually go for 999 00:47:25,650 --> 00:47:27,359 Rob Simmelkjaer: a morning meal. What about you, Meb? 1000 00:47:28,140 --> 00:47:30,719 Meb Keflezighi: I'm a breakfast kind of guy, so I like to have a omelet or 1001 00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:33,870 Meb Keflezighi: eggs scrambled, is my go- to. And in the evening I 1002 00:47:33,870 --> 00:47:34,830 Meb Keflezighi: like to have steak. 1003 00:47:36,150 --> 00:47:39,060 Becs Gentry: That's Tallulah's favorite meal right now. No wonder she's fast. 1004 00:47:40,380 --> 00:47:46,860 Becs Gentry: Okay. I hate eating after a race. I literally can't 1005 00:47:47,250 --> 00:47:49,350 Becs Gentry: eat when I finish running, because I feel like I 1006 00:47:49,350 --> 00:47:52,800 Becs Gentry: eat so much when I run. But I make a 1007 00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:57,840 Becs Gentry: really mean, big shake, and I think about that for the 1008 00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:01,620 Becs Gentry: last few miles of my run, and it's got everything 1009 00:48:01,620 --> 00:48:06,390 Becs Gentry: in it. And it's calorific and chocolatey and peanut buttery, and some 1010 00:48:06,390 --> 00:48:08,130 Becs Gentry: spinach. I know it sounds gross and weird. 1011 00:48:08,130 --> 00:48:12,718 Rob Simmelkjaer: You're so healthy. A protein shake. Okay, last one before 1012 00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:14,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: we move on to our member moment interview. And I'm 1013 00:48:14,790 --> 00:48:19,830 Rob Simmelkjaer: curious, for Meb especially, what race in your life that 1014 00:48:19,830 --> 00:48:21,719 Rob Simmelkjaer: you've run are you most proud of? 1015 00:48:22,950 --> 00:48:23,969 Meb Keflezighi: That's a tough question. 1016 00:48:24,510 --> 00:48:26,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: Because you've got a few to choose from. You've got 1017 00:48:26,250 --> 00:48:28,589 Rob Simmelkjaer: quite a few, how would you pick one? 1018 00:48:28,590 --> 00:48:29,220 Becs Gentry: How long have we got? 1019 00:48:29,670 --> 00:48:33,390 Meb Keflezighi: New York City Marathon is my favorite, favorite marathon. The 1020 00:48:33,390 --> 00:48:37,259 Meb Keflezighi: most meaningful victory was what happened in 2014, the year after 1021 00:48:37,260 --> 00:48:40,200 Meb Keflezighi: the bombing. And you visualize it, you dream it and 1022 00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:42,810 Meb Keflezighi: whatnot. But I mean for me to be able to 1023 00:48:42,810 --> 00:48:46,200 Meb Keflezighi: come across in terms of proud moment is to be 1024 00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:48,030 Meb Keflezighi: able to say when the weight of the nation was 1025 00:48:48,030 --> 00:48:50,549 Meb Keflezighi: on your back and to persevere through that and not 1026 00:48:50,550 --> 00:48:52,920 Meb Keflezighi: be able to be caught, and you were the underdog. 1027 00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:55,500 Meb Keflezighi: And to come on top in front of the 36, 000 people 1028 00:48:55,500 --> 00:48:58,259 Meb Keflezighi: was pretty special. But New York had give me all 1029 00:48:58,260 --> 00:49:01,500 Meb Keflezighi: the opportunities, taught me a lot of lessons, what to 1030 00:49:01,500 --> 00:49:03,989 Meb Keflezighi: do, what not to do, and it was the day 1031 00:49:03,989 --> 00:49:05,879 Meb Keflezighi: that all came together for me, even though I was 1032 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:08,730 Meb Keflezighi: two weeks shy on my 39th birthday. So proudest moment, 1033 00:49:08,730 --> 00:49:09,750 Meb Keflezighi: it was the Boston Marathon. 1034 00:49:09,989 --> 00:49:10,921 Becs Gentry: Yeah. Wow. 1035 00:49:10,921 --> 00:49:10,922 Rob Simmelkjaer: Absolutely. 1036 00:49:10,922 --> 00:49:20,670 Becs Gentry: What a day. Tough one for me as well. I think the 2019 1037 00:49:20,670 --> 00:49:24,870 Becs Gentry: TCS New York City Marathon, for me, I'd gone through 1038 00:49:24,870 --> 00:49:27,330 Becs Gentry: a really tough year, gone through a divorce, I'd gone 1039 00:49:27,330 --> 00:49:30,960 Becs Gentry: through a lot of stress. I had no idea I 1040 00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:35,910 Becs Gentry: had that pace in me at all. And I finished 1041 00:49:35,910 --> 00:49:38,819 Becs Gentry: first non- elite female at the New York City Marathon, and 1042 00:49:38,820 --> 00:49:43,410 Becs Gentry: I never expected that ever. Yeah. 1043 00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:46,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's a pretty big deal. 1044 00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:47,489 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 1045 00:49:47,489 --> 00:49:49,680 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, that's amazing. I don't know, for me, I don't 1046 00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:51,989 Rob Simmelkjaer: have anything that's going to compare to your races. I 1047 00:49:51,989 --> 00:49:54,299 Rob Simmelkjaer: mean, I think it's probably my first marathon, to be 1048 00:49:54,300 --> 00:49:57,810 Rob Simmelkjaer: honest. I ran it 25 years old. I just had 1049 00:49:57,810 --> 00:50:00,450 Rob Simmelkjaer: the bright idea to run a marathon. When I saw 1050 00:50:00,450 --> 00:50:02,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: the end of the Boston Marathon my last year in 1051 00:50:02,790 --> 00:50:05,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: law school up there. And I said, " God, that'd be 1052 00:50:05,310 --> 00:50:07,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: cool to run a marathon." So I just mailed in 1053 00:50:07,950 --> 00:50:10,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: back then you mailed in, that's right, with a actual 1054 00:50:10,350 --> 00:50:14,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: paper. Mailed in for an application, got it back, sent 1055 00:50:14,190 --> 00:50:15,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: it back to East 89th Street. 1056 00:50:15,750 --> 00:50:16,110 Becs Gentry: Wow. 1057 00:50:16,140 --> 00:50:18,480 Rob Simmelkjaer: And I got in my first try in the drawing, 1058 00:50:18,780 --> 00:50:21,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: and I trained on my own. I had no idea 1059 00:50:21,090 --> 00:50:23,279 Rob Simmelkjaer: what I was doing. I got a magazine with a 1060 00:50:23,489 --> 00:50:27,299 Rob Simmelkjaer: training chart on it, and I did what the magazine said, and I 1061 00:50:27,300 --> 00:50:30,239 Rob Simmelkjaer: showed up in Staten Island all by myself. And it 1062 00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:33,150 Rob Simmelkjaer: was the rainiest marathon in the history of the New York 1063 00:50:33,150 --> 00:50:36,060 Rob Simmelkjaer: City Marathon. I think it rained two inches that day. 1064 00:50:36,060 --> 00:50:40,051 Rob Simmelkjaer: It absolutely poured rain. But I got to the finish line. 1065 00:50:40,051 --> 00:50:40,351 Becs Gentry: You did it. 1066 00:50:40,710 --> 00:50:44,489 Rob Simmelkjaer: I think what I remember most about that is that my 1067 00:50:44,489 --> 00:50:47,969 Rob Simmelkjaer: parents came out for that. And my parents caught me 1068 00:50:48,270 --> 00:50:51,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: on the way up 1st Avenue, and then they doubled 1069 00:50:51,540 --> 00:50:55,140 Rob Simmelkjaer: back into Harlem, caught me coming down 5th Avenue in 1070 00:50:55,140 --> 00:50:57,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: Harlem. And the fact that they came out along with the way 1071 00:50:58,469 --> 00:51:00,810 Rob Simmelkjaer: a bunch of my friends who waited for me on 1072 00:51:00,810 --> 00:51:04,380 Rob Simmelkjaer: Central Park South in an absolutely driving rainstorm. I think 1073 00:51:04,380 --> 00:51:06,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: that's what I remember the most, is the people who 1074 00:51:06,780 --> 00:51:11,220 Rob Simmelkjaer: came out to see me that day. But it was a good one. 1075 00:51:14,010 --> 00:51:17,070 Rob Simmelkjaer: New York Road Runners is a nonprofit organization with a 1076 00:51:17,070 --> 00:51:20,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: vision to build healthier lives and stronger communities through the 1077 00:51:20,460 --> 00:51:24,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: transformative power of running. The support of members and donors 1078 00:51:24,570 --> 00:51:27,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: like you helps us achieve our mission to transform the 1079 00:51:27,750 --> 00:51:31,650 Rob Simmelkjaer: health and wellbeing of our communities through inclusive and accessible 1080 00:51:31,650 --> 00:51:36,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: running experiences, empowering all to achieve their potential. Learn more 1081 00:51:36,270 --> 00:51:41,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: and contribute at nyrr. org/ donate. All right, so we're 1082 00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:43,259 Rob Simmelkjaer: going to stop talking about our stories and we're going 1083 00:51:43,260 --> 00:51:46,201 Rob Simmelkjaer: to shine a spotlight on one of our members right now. 1084 00:51:46,201 --> 00:51:46,351 Becs Gentry: Yes, let's do it. 1085 00:51:46,410 --> 00:51:50,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: Our member moment this week is someone who loves running 1086 00:51:50,940 --> 00:51:53,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: and loves volunteering, and she has helped to shape the 1087 00:51:53,910 --> 00:51:57,810 Rob Simmelkjaer: New York City running community. Janelle Hartman was the recipient 1088 00:51:57,810 --> 00:52:03,239 Rob Simmelkjaer: of the 2018 Joe Kleinerman Award. She's an open run 1089 00:52:03,239 --> 00:52:07,410 Rob Simmelkjaer: captain who's been volunteering since the first Astoria Park Open 1090 00:52:07,410 --> 00:52:13,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: Run back in 2015. She's a runner herself. That's right. 1091 00:52:16,050 --> 00:52:19,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: She's a runner herself, and in 2018 at the age 1092 00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:23,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: of 55, Janelle proudly crossed the finish line as the 1093 00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:30,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: official final finisher of the 2018 TCS New York City 1094 00:52:30,300 --> 00:52:35,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: Marathon. Janelle, welcome to the show. Nice to have you. 1095 00:52:35,219 --> 00:52:37,529 Janelle Hartman: Thank you so much. Thank you, Rob. Thank you, Becs. 1096 00:52:37,529 --> 00:52:41,640 Janelle Hartman: Thank you, Meb, for having me today. And yeah, I did 1097 00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:41,851 Janelle Hartman: those things. 1098 00:52:41,850 --> 00:52:47,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: You did all that. Janelle, we were talking earlier, it's volunteer appreciation 1099 00:52:47,670 --> 00:52:52,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: month, and we so much appreciate everything you've done for 1100 00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:54,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: New York Road Runners for the running community. That open and 1101 00:52:54,870 --> 00:52:57,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: run location you have out there in Astoria is really 1102 00:52:57,870 --> 00:53:00,420 Rob Simmelkjaer: special. I went out there, it was the first open run 1103 00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:03,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: I'd ever gone to in Astoria Park. And the community 1104 00:53:03,930 --> 00:53:06,989 Rob Simmelkjaer: you guys have there is so great. People come in 1105 00:53:06,989 --> 00:53:08,940 Rob Simmelkjaer: week in and week out. They know they're going to 1106 00:53:08,940 --> 00:53:13,440 Rob Simmelkjaer: see your face, your fellow volunteers' faces out there. What 1107 00:53:13,469 --> 00:53:17,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: is it that motivates you to keep showing up week 1108 00:53:17,100 --> 00:53:20,130 Rob Simmelkjaer: after week after week to help put that run together? 1109 00:53:20,310 --> 00:53:24,629 Janelle Hartman: Well, that park is amazing. And if anyone hears from 1110 00:53:24,630 --> 00:53:27,270 Janelle Hartman: Astoria, don't know if I have any Queens people in the house. 1111 00:53:27,660 --> 00:53:28,201 Rob Simmelkjaer: Oh, yeah. 1112 00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:29,219 Becs Gentry: Yeah. 1113 00:53:29,219 --> 00:53:29,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: We've got a couple. 1114 00:53:29,400 --> 00:53:34,860 Janelle Hartman: We're such a diverse neighborhood and it really is amazing 1115 00:53:34,860 --> 00:53:36,210 Janelle Hartman: to see. Every week you don't know who's going to 1116 00:53:36,210 --> 00:53:41,820 Janelle Hartman: show up, and you get to see mothers, fathers, kids, 1117 00:53:42,030 --> 00:53:47,670 Janelle Hartman: scooters, dogs, people from all ages who come out. And 1118 00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:51,150 Janelle Hartman: what's been growing is this amazing amount of people started an 1119 00:53:51,150 --> 00:53:55,140 Janelle Hartman: open run, started doing their first 5k, moved up, and 1120 00:53:55,140 --> 00:54:00,180 Janelle Hartman: we have so many marathoners now that literally after every 1121 00:54:00,270 --> 00:54:02,460 Janelle Hartman: race, pretty much we take pictures of anyone who's gotten 1122 00:54:02,460 --> 00:54:05,880 Janelle Hartman: a medal. It's kind of my thing. But particularly the 1123 00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:11,040 Janelle Hartman: amount of people who have completed marathons, RTCS, New York City 1124 00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:15,150 Janelle Hartman: Marathon and other marathons, is amazing. And they started with 1125 00:54:15,150 --> 00:54:19,260 Janelle Hartman: Open Run, or they've used Open Run as an anchor, 1126 00:54:19,290 --> 00:54:21,870 Janelle Hartman: because that's also a place that you know every week 1127 00:54:21,870 --> 00:54:25,529 Janelle Hartman: on a Saturday you can show up, see people from the 1128 00:54:25,530 --> 00:54:28,980 Janelle Hartman: running community. You don't have to go in a corral, 1129 00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:31,860 Janelle Hartman: you just show up. We send you on your way, 1130 00:54:31,860 --> 00:54:34,170 Janelle Hartman: and you'll run through the park, and it's a gorgeous 1131 00:54:34,170 --> 00:54:37,230 Janelle Hartman: park. So it's a fun time. You should come out, 1132 00:54:37,230 --> 00:54:38,489 Janelle Hartman: Meb, I'd love to have you. 1133 00:54:38,820 --> 00:54:42,810 Meb Keflezighi: That'd be great. That'll be fun sometime. You've been volunteering 1134 00:54:42,810 --> 00:54:45,660 Meb Keflezighi: for over a decade for the New York Road Runners, can 1135 00:54:45,660 --> 00:54:47,790 Meb Keflezighi: you tell us the first time you volunteered for the 1136 00:54:47,790 --> 00:54:50,730 Meb Keflezighi: New York Half, and then how you're still involved now? 1137 00:54:51,060 --> 00:54:55,020 Janelle Hartman: So I decided I wanted to become a runner. I 1138 00:54:55,020 --> 00:54:57,509 Janelle Hartman: had a trainer who is one of your mentors for 1139 00:54:58,680 --> 00:55:02,640 Janelle Hartman: Team for Kids. And she said, " Well, let's get you 1140 00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:04,620 Janelle Hartman: through a 5k." Which she did. And then she put 1141 00:55:04,620 --> 00:55:07,890 Janelle Hartman: me through a 10k. And then we looked at the half 1142 00:55:07,890 --> 00:55:10,680 Janelle Hartman: and the Maybelline, which was another name at the time, 1143 00:55:11,310 --> 00:55:14,010 Janelle Hartman: was my first half. So I said, you know what? 1144 00:55:14,010 --> 00:55:15,810 Janelle Hartman: I got to see if people are going to stick 1145 00:55:15,810 --> 00:55:19,080 Janelle Hartman: around for my pace. What is it going to be 1146 00:55:19,080 --> 00:55:21,330 Janelle Hartman: like? So I'm a prepper, I'm going to go to 1147 00:55:21,330 --> 00:55:22,830 Janelle Hartman: dinner later. I already know what I'm going to get 1148 00:55:22,830 --> 00:55:26,010 Janelle Hartman: on the menu. I get ready. I prep for whatever 1149 00:55:26,010 --> 00:55:27,989 Janelle Hartman: I'm getting ahead. So I wanted to see what it 1150 00:55:27,989 --> 00:55:30,900 Janelle Hartman: was like, and I got a spot at the finish 1151 00:55:30,900 --> 00:55:35,820 Janelle Hartman: as a volunteer, and I cheered on those final finishers. 1152 00:55:35,820 --> 00:55:37,529 Janelle Hartman: I was not going to leave until I made sure 1153 00:55:37,530 --> 00:55:40,469 Janelle Hartman: everybody got through because I said, " Well, hope somebody's going 1154 00:55:40,469 --> 00:55:43,950 Janelle Hartman: to stick around for me at my half, so I'm going to at 1155 00:55:43,950 --> 00:55:46,170 Janelle Hartman: least do it for these." And I remember the volunteer 1156 00:55:46,170 --> 00:55:48,450 Janelle Hartman: leader at the time came over and said, " Hey, you 1157 00:55:48,450 --> 00:55:50,370 Janelle Hartman: can come back anytime. You have a lot of good 1158 00:55:50,370 --> 00:55:54,600 Janelle Hartman: energy." And just that one encouragement got me hooked. So 1159 00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:57,060 Janelle Hartman: now I'm like, " Okay, now I got to do both. I got to run." 1160 00:55:57,300 --> 00:56:00,030 Janelle Hartman: So I used to run short and volunteer long, as 1161 00:56:00,030 --> 00:56:02,040 Janelle Hartman: I called it. So I would do all the halves 1162 00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:04,320 Janelle Hartman: and different things, and then I would start and I 1163 00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:06,660 Janelle Hartman: would run the shorter races, until 2018. 1164 00:56:07,170 --> 00:56:07,171 Becs Gentry: Wow. 1165 00:56:07,171 --> 00:56:07,651 Meb Keflezighi: Awesome. 1166 00:56:08,340 --> 00:56:12,660 Becs Gentry: That's amazing. Okay, let's talk about 2018. 55 years old. 1167 00:56:12,870 --> 00:56:16,109 Becs Gentry: You ran the TCS New York City Marathon. You were 1168 00:56:16,170 --> 00:56:20,310 Becs Gentry: a final finisher that day. Talk about those last few 1169 00:56:20,310 --> 00:56:22,920 Becs Gentry: miles. What was going through your mind? I mean, that's 1170 00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:24,450 Becs Gentry: a long race. 1171 00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:28,050 Janelle Hartman: Yeah, it's a long time out there, but I have 1172 00:56:28,050 --> 00:56:31,140 Janelle Hartman: an amazing support group of people who really have loved 1173 00:56:31,140 --> 00:56:34,020 Janelle Hartman: me through. And I also knew that a lot of 1174 00:56:34,020 --> 00:56:35,730 Janelle Hartman: people said to me like, this guy at works said, " 1175 00:56:36,030 --> 00:56:38,670 Janelle Hartman: Don't you dare come back to work unless you finish." 1176 00:56:38,880 --> 00:56:39,120 Becs Gentry: Wow. 1177 00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:42,870 Janelle Hartman: There's something about somebody saying, " Don't you..." Because you can't shut up 1178 00:56:42,870 --> 00:56:45,930 Janelle Hartman: about this running business. You better show up, and you 1179 00:56:45,930 --> 00:56:49,290 Janelle Hartman: better finish. That carried me through a lot of miles. 1180 00:56:49,350 --> 00:56:50,191 Becs Gentry: Wow, the tough love. Yeah. 1181 00:56:50,190 --> 00:56:57,900 Janelle Hartman: But when I got to Engineers Gate, I had a group 1182 00:56:58,260 --> 00:57:01,620 Janelle Hartman: of supporters that came from my running group. One of 1183 00:57:01,620 --> 00:57:05,160 Janelle Hartman: them is here tonight with me, Maggie, and they cheered 1184 00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:08,160 Janelle Hartman: me on. And somebody pulled out a video and showed 1185 00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:11,280 Janelle Hartman: me a lot of finishers sitting at a bar enjoying 1186 00:57:11,280 --> 00:57:15,150 Janelle Hartman: their post- run marathon, and they were all cheering. And 1187 00:57:15,390 --> 00:57:19,200 Janelle Hartman: there was my name. The tears ran. I really have 1188 00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:22,770 Janelle Hartman: to finish. So I just said, " All right." And I 1189 00:57:22,770 --> 00:57:24,720 Janelle Hartman: kind of took over, because I kind of do that 1190 00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:30,990 Janelle Hartman: sometimes. And I took over, I said, "All right, these are the songs I want." So we literally, 1191 00:57:30,990 --> 00:57:34,350 Janelle Hartman: the last few miles, songs and every once in a 1192 00:57:34,350 --> 00:57:37,080 Janelle Hartman: while, Road Runner guide come and say, " Who's Janelle?" And 1193 00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:39,630 Janelle Hartman: I'd be like, " I'm Janelle. I'm going to make it. 1194 00:57:39,630 --> 00:57:44,130 Janelle Hartman: Tell Peter I'm coming." Because that was Peter Ciaccia's last race. So 1195 00:57:44,520 --> 00:57:46,710 Janelle Hartman: I needed Peter to retire. I mean, he would've been 1196 00:57:46,710 --> 00:57:50,640 Janelle Hartman: mad. He wouldn't have gotten his 401k, well, in those 1197 00:57:50,640 --> 00:57:54,750 Janelle Hartman: days. So I needed to finish for Peter to get 1198 00:57:54,750 --> 00:58:03,090 Janelle Hartman: on with his life. So I needed to get there. 1199 00:58:03,090 --> 00:58:03,091 Rob Simmelkjaer: Peter Ciaccia's. 1200 00:58:03,091 --> 00:58:03,092 Janelle Hartman: And I did. 1201 00:58:03,092 --> 00:58:03,093 Becs Gentry: You did. 1202 00:58:03,093 --> 00:58:03,094 Meb Keflezighi: You did. 1203 00:58:03,094 --> 00:58:03,095 Becs Gentry: Beautifully. 1204 00:58:03,095 --> 00:58:06,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: The former race director of the New York City Marathon. I love 1205 00:58:06,780 --> 00:58:11,550 Rob Simmelkjaer: that. Peer pressure can really do a lot, right? 1206 00:58:11,550 --> 00:58:16,740 Janelle Hartman: It sure does. As long as it's in the right way, because sometimes it can be a little, as long as it stays on the side 1207 00:58:16,740 --> 00:58:20,130 Janelle Hartman: of encouragement with a slight feeling that there may be 1208 00:58:20,130 --> 00:58:23,400 Janelle Hartman: a little shame if you don't. But also, I knew 1209 00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:27,600 Janelle Hartman: people believed in me, and I think that sometimes all that 1210 00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:29,370 Janelle Hartman: we need to do in this community is say, " I 1211 00:58:29,370 --> 00:58:32,100 Janelle Hartman: really do believe you can do this." And so I 1212 00:58:32,100 --> 00:58:35,310 Janelle Hartman: think that that's what, if we can say, " I know 1213 00:58:35,310 --> 00:58:37,770 Janelle Hartman: you can do it." So somebody looks at me today, 1214 00:58:37,770 --> 00:58:42,420 Janelle Hartman: or here's me, actually I was 56 when I did it. This old 1215 00:58:42,420 --> 00:58:46,200 Janelle Hartman: lady did this race, and she's not that small and 1216 00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:49,140 Janelle Hartman: she's pretty slow, it's like paint drying when I run. 1217 00:58:50,550 --> 00:58:52,860 Janelle Hartman: That person said, " You know what? She did it." " Maybe 1218 00:58:52,860 --> 00:58:55,650 Janelle Hartman: I can do that." And I really hope that that makes 1219 00:58:55,650 --> 00:59:00,300 Janelle Hartman: people say, " Try it." Do what you need to do. 1220 00:59:00,300 --> 00:59:02,190 Janelle Hartman: Do it the way you need to do it, not the 1221 00:59:02,190 --> 00:59:02,730 Janelle Hartman: way you think you have to do it. 1222 00:59:02,730 --> 00:59:02,731 Becs Gentry: That part, that part. 1223 00:59:02,731 --> 00:59:02,732 Rob Simmelkjaer: I love it. You're a social worker in your non-running career. 1224 00:59:02,732 --> 00:59:02,733 Janelle Hartman: I am. I am. 1225 00:59:02,733 --> 00:59:20,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: And just listening to you, I can feel it, I can feel the encouragement. What's 1226 00:59:20,190 --> 00:59:22,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: the tie- in you think, between your work as a 1227 00:59:22,350 --> 00:59:25,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: social worker, and what you do as a runner, as a 1228 00:59:25,500 --> 00:59:27,630 Rob Simmelkjaer: volunteer, encouraging people to get into running? 1229 00:59:27,840 --> 00:59:30,480 Janelle Hartman: Well, I work in one of the largest nursing homes 1230 00:59:31,350 --> 00:59:35,490 Janelle Hartman: in the city, and people there are at every level 1231 00:59:35,490 --> 00:59:40,200 Janelle Hartman: of ability. And one thing I knew is that both 1232 00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:43,410 Janelle Hartman: my legs worked. And so I said, " You know what? Both 1233 00:59:43,440 --> 00:59:46,650 Janelle Hartman: my legs work, and they may not be the fastest, 1234 00:59:46,650 --> 00:59:49,770 Janelle Hartman: but let me use them. Let me do movement. Let 1235 00:59:49,770 --> 00:59:52,320 Janelle Hartman: me keep going as far as I can." And I 1236 00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:56,490 Janelle Hartman: have to say that it's just amazing to see you're 1237 00:59:56,490 --> 01:00:00,240 Janelle Hartman: encouraging people that have to relearn to walk. You say 1238 01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:05,280 Janelle Hartman: to yourself every day, it's a gift to have legs, 1239 01:00:05,340 --> 01:00:08,160 Janelle Hartman: or to have a chance, maybe even if you're using 1240 01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:13,890 Janelle Hartman: a wheelchair or have the arm strength to move a power chair, to move a chair 1241 01:00:13,890 --> 01:00:17,310 Janelle Hartman: or to move, I'm thinking of the name of that 1242 01:00:17,310 --> 01:00:18,210 Janelle Hartman: wheelchair, see- 1243 01:00:18,630 --> 01:00:20,971 Rob Simmelkjaer: Or one of the bikes. Yeah, that little hand cycles. 1244 01:00:20,971 --> 01:00:29,250 Janelle Hartman: I mean it's amazing to see that. So I know that it just ties in. So every day when 1245 01:00:29,250 --> 01:00:32,910 Janelle Hartman: I'm encouraging people, I also know that I have to encourage myself to listen. Every day you got to 1246 01:00:35,520 --> 01:00:37,980 Janelle Hartman: practice what you preach. You got to get out there 1247 01:00:38,280 --> 01:00:41,280 Janelle Hartman: and move yourself and do things and encourage people to 1248 01:00:41,280 --> 01:00:47,010 Janelle Hartman: get their goals. It may not look very Instagrammable, but 1249 01:00:47,010 --> 01:00:50,370 Janelle Hartman: it may look the way it is for you, and 1250 01:00:50,370 --> 01:00:52,110 Janelle Hartman: people will be behind you. 1251 01:00:52,590 --> 01:00:55,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: Amazing. Janelle, thank you. Thanks for coming. 1252 01:01:00,660 --> 01:01:01,351 Becs Gentry: Janelle, thank you so much. 1253 01:01:01,351 --> 01:01:01,410 Janelle Hartman: Thank you. 1254 01:01:01,680 --> 01:01:03,959 Rob Simmelkjaer: This is what we talk about. This is what we talk about 1255 01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:05,341 Rob Simmelkjaer: on Set the Pace. This is what it's all about. 1256 01:01:05,341 --> 01:01:05,461 Becs Gentry: This is it. 1257 01:01:06,420 --> 01:01:08,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: So love your story and it's been great having you. 1258 01:01:08,340 --> 01:01:08,941 Janelle Hartman: Thank you so much for having me. 1259 01:01:08,941 --> 01:01:08,942 Becs Gentry: Thank you, Janelle. Thank you for what you do. 1260 01:01:08,941 --> 01:01:09,060 Janelle Hartman: Thank you. 1261 01:01:09,060 --> 01:01:17,970 Rob Simmelkjaer: Thanks for you volunteering and all the difference you've made. I love 1262 01:01:17,970 --> 01:01:22,230 Rob Simmelkjaer: those stories. And Open Run is something not everybody knows about, 1263 01:01:22,230 --> 01:01:25,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: but free running in every borough of New York City 1264 01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:26,220 Rob Simmelkjaer: every single weekend. 1265 01:01:26,220 --> 01:01:26,221 Becs Gentry: You can do it. 1266 01:01:26,220 --> 01:01:28,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: So if you want to give it a try, you 1267 01:01:28,050 --> 01:01:30,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: haven't gotten into running, you don't want to or don't 1268 01:01:30,900 --> 01:01:33,150 Rob Simmelkjaer: know how to sign up for a race yet, it's easy. 1269 01:01:33,150 --> 01:01:36,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: You go on nyrr. org, find Open Run, and you can sign 1270 01:01:36,540 --> 01:01:38,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: up and be running within a week for free. 1271 01:01:38,640 --> 01:01:39,181 Becs Gentry: Never know who you're going to meet. 1272 01:01:39,181 --> 01:01:42,810 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's pretty cool program. All right, now every week we wrap up 1273 01:01:42,810 --> 01:01:46,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: the show with something we like to call the Meb minute. 1274 01:01:47,520 --> 01:01:47,521 Becs Gentry: Is he... 1275 01:01:47,521 --> 01:01:49,680 Rob Simmelkjaer: And Meb, what's your minute today? What are you going to 1276 01:01:49,680 --> 01:01:51,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: talk about today with your Meb minute? 1277 01:01:52,350 --> 01:01:55,530 Meb Keflezighi: Rob and Becs, today, as Janelle said this, consistency is the 1278 01:01:55,530 --> 01:02:00,420 Meb Keflezighi: name of the game. Routine is important, but progress, whether 1279 01:02:00,420 --> 01:02:03,000 Meb Keflezighi: you're from the pack, middle of the pack or the back of the 1280 01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:05,730 Meb Keflezighi: pack, getting to that finish line, it means so much. 1281 01:02:05,730 --> 01:02:08,760 Meb Keflezighi: But the discipline, the dedication, and the hours that you 1282 01:02:08,760 --> 01:02:11,400 Meb Keflezighi: put in, will get you to that finish line. And I 1283 01:02:11,400 --> 01:02:16,650 Meb Keflezighi: always said the key to success is preparation. Janelle just 1284 01:02:16,650 --> 01:02:19,440 Meb Keflezighi: discussed about getting to that finish line, that's what " run 1285 01:02:19,440 --> 01:02:21,510 Meb Keflezighi: to win" is, it means to get the best out of 1286 01:02:21,510 --> 01:02:26,520 Meb Keflezighi: yourself. We all have gender, age, weight, or whatever issue 1287 01:02:26,520 --> 01:02:29,040 Meb Keflezighi: that we have or that we are given God- given 1288 01:02:29,040 --> 01:02:31,919 Meb Keflezighi: talent or when you discover running late, but you have 1289 01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:34,920 Meb Keflezighi: to have the routine and the discipline, and be able 1290 01:02:34,920 --> 01:02:36,480 Meb Keflezighi: to get to that finish line. And I think that's 1291 01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:38,070 Meb Keflezighi: what it is, today's Med minute. 1292 01:02:38,730 --> 01:02:40,860 Rob Simmelkjaer: There's no way to get to the finish line of 1293 01:02:40,860 --> 01:02:44,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: a marathon without discipline. That is one hundred percent required. Right? 1294 01:02:44,670 --> 01:02:46,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: You don't have to have speed, you don't have to 1295 01:02:46,500 --> 01:02:48,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: have agility, you don't have to have strength. But discipline 1296 01:02:48,780 --> 01:02:50,940 Rob Simmelkjaer: is a must- have for everybody. 1297 01:02:51,210 --> 01:02:52,680 Becs Gentry: Absolutely. Thank you, Meb. 1298 01:02:53,100 --> 01:02:56,550 Rob Simmelkjaer: Discipline is important. Well, that's a good way to end 1299 01:02:56,550 --> 01:03:00,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: this conversation on a Meb piece of wisdom, which is how 1300 01:03:00,120 --> 01:03:03,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: this podcast started, with a little Meb wisdom. We're going 1301 01:03:03,300 --> 01:03:05,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: to wrap it up with that as well. Everybody, thank 1302 01:03:05,910 --> 01:03:09,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: you so much for joining us for this 100th episode of Set 1303 01:03:09,900 --> 01:03:15,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: the Pace. Thanks to this incredible live audience. We've got 1304 01:03:16,560 --> 01:03:20,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: Meb Keflezighi. I want to thank you for coming up here, 1305 01:03:20,820 --> 01:03:23,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: joining us in person for this. It's so great to 1306 01:03:23,250 --> 01:03:23,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: see you. 1307 01:03:23,430 --> 01:03:23,550 Becs Gentry: Thank you, Meb. 1308 01:03:24,330 --> 01:03:26,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: And hey, this podcast would not be a thing if 1309 01:03:26,310 --> 01:03:28,380 Rob Simmelkjaer: it hadn't been for you, helping us get it off 1310 01:03:28,380 --> 01:03:29,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: the ground. So thank you, Meb. 1311 01:03:29,970 --> 01:03:31,650 Meb Keflezighi: Thank you, Rob. Thank you, Becs. It's great to be 1312 01:03:31,650 --> 01:03:31,801 Meb Keflezighi: with you guys. 1313 01:03:31,801 --> 01:03:35,371 Rob Simmelkjaer: Absolutely. Becs, as always, phenomenal. Great to see you. 1314 01:03:35,371 --> 01:03:35,641 Becs Gentry: You too. 1315 01:03:36,120 --> 01:03:39,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: If you liked the episode out there, please make sure 1316 01:03:39,180 --> 01:03:42,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: you subscribe, give it a rating. Everybody in this audience, 1317 01:03:42,210 --> 01:03:45,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: rate the podcast right now. Give it five stars. Make 1318 01:03:45,900 --> 01:03:48,060 Rob Simmelkjaer: sure you follow us at all the places, and we 1319 01:03:48,060 --> 01:03:51,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: look forward to having this group grow and grow every 1320 01:03:51,960 --> 01:03:54,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: single week. It's been a pleasure. Thanks everybody. We will 1321 01:03:54,690 --> 01:03:57,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: see you next week. Enjoy the miles.