1 00:00:00,540 --> 00:00:02,759 Carl Radke: I've realized more and more the more we share out 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,870 Carl Radke: loud, it helps those who suffer in silence. The more 3 00:00:06,870 --> 00:00:11,580 Carl Radke: we share open and honestly, I think it encourages that 4 00:00:11,580 --> 00:00:13,980 Carl Radke: authenticity of people to really be open about what they're 5 00:00:13,980 --> 00:00:18,239 Carl Radke: struggling with. So yeah, I feel very grateful that I've 6 00:00:18,300 --> 00:00:20,970 Carl Radke: impacted, I still can't believe I have, but I'm hoping 7 00:00:20,970 --> 00:00:23,610 Carl Radke: with the New York City Marathon to even do more. 8 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,410 Rob Simmelkjaer: Hey everybody, and welcome to Set the Pace, the official 9 00:00:31,410 --> 00:00:35,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: podcast of New York Road Runners, presented by Peloton. I 10 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: am your host, Rob Simmelkjaer, the CEO of New York 11 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,880 Rob Simmelkjaer: Road Runners. And I am sadly flying solo today. My co- 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,630 Rob Simmelkjaer: host, Becs Gentry, she's got to take a little time 13 00:00:45,630 --> 00:00:48,360 Rob Simmelkjaer: off. Becs is dealing with a little injury as one 14 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,940 Rob Simmelkjaer: can imagine with her line of work. She does from 15 00:00:50,940 --> 00:00:53,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: time to time get a little bit hurt with all 16 00:00:53,730 --> 00:00:56,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: the miles she's put on. So she's home resting her 17 00:00:56,820 --> 00:00:59,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: ankle and we will miss her today. But the good 18 00:00:59,310 --> 00:01:02,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: news is we've got Peloton covered. One of our guests 19 00:01:02,670 --> 00:01:05,220 Rob Simmelkjaer: in a great panel today is going to be from 20 00:01:05,220 --> 00:01:07,619 Rob Simmelkjaer: Peloton, so stay tuned for that. This is not just 21 00:01:07,620 --> 00:01:10,709 Rob Simmelkjaer: any podcast, folks. We are live at the New York 22 00:01:11,069 --> 00:01:17,069 Rob Simmelkjaer: Road Runners RUNCENTER, that's right, featuring the New Balance Run 23 00:01:17,069 --> 00:01:21,089 Rob Simmelkjaer: Hub for a special members- only live broadcast of Set 24 00:01:21,090 --> 00:01:24,480 Rob Simmelkjaer: the Pace because this is member week at New York 25 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:29,399 Rob Simmelkjaer: Road Runners. And we love Member Week. I think this 26 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,670 Rob Simmelkjaer: is the third year or so. Second year, thank you. 27 00:01:32,670 --> 00:01:35,280 Rob Simmelkjaer: Second year we have done member week at New York 28 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:37,650 Rob Simmelkjaer: Road Runners. And we love doing this because it's a 29 00:01:37,650 --> 00:01:41,429 Rob Simmelkjaer: chance for us to recognize our members. You all, all of you, 85, 30 00:01:41,790 --> 00:01:46,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: 000 plus of you are really the driving force behind 31 00:01:46,050 --> 00:01:49,230 Rob Simmelkjaer: New York Road Runners, our mission, everything we do at 32 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:51,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: Road Runners. And so we got a lot of special 33 00:01:51,300 --> 00:01:54,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: events planned this week. We've got a special wellness event 34 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,810 Rob Simmelkjaer: hosted by the Hospital for Special Surgery. We've got of 35 00:01:57,810 --> 00:02:02,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: course New York Road Runners, Greta's Great Gallop, 10K, coming 36 00:02:02,190 --> 00:02:05,130 Rob Simmelkjaer: up this weekend. Who's running? Anybody here running Greta's? All 37 00:02:05,130 --> 00:02:08,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: right. We got a few folks. That is a members- 38 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:10,740 Rob Simmelkjaer: only race for the second year. And so we love 39 00:02:10,740 --> 00:02:14,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: that for our members. We also have a jam- packed post- 40 00:02:14,340 --> 00:02:17,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: race festival for the members there as well. And we 41 00:02:17,730 --> 00:02:21,060 Rob Simmelkjaer: are proud and excited to celebrate all of you because with 42 00:02:21,060 --> 00:02:24,060 Rob Simmelkjaer: every single race entry, with every training session, with every 43 00:02:24,060 --> 00:02:27,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: volunteer role that you guys fill, you help New York 44 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: Road Runners build healthier lives and stronger communities through the 45 00:02:31,710 --> 00:02:34,680 Rob Simmelkjaer: transformative power of running. So thank you all. And we 46 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: are thrilled to celebrate you all week long. All right. 47 00:02:37,950 --> 00:02:40,889 Rob Simmelkjaer: We are now just a little bit more than 10 48 00:02:40,889 --> 00:02:45,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: weeks out from the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon. And so 49 00:02:46,110 --> 00:02:49,230 Rob Simmelkjaer: this past weekend we had the TCS New York City 50 00:02:49,230 --> 00:02:53,490 Rob Simmelkjaer: Marathon training series 12- mile run. Anybody here run that this 51 00:02:53,490 --> 00:02:57,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: past weekend, the 12- miler? That's a challenge. Two times 52 00:02:58,169 --> 00:03:01,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: up Harlem Hill is no joke. And we had 4, 53 00:03:01,050 --> 00:03:05,579 Rob Simmelkjaer: 800 finishers cross the finish line as they all prepare 54 00:03:05,580 --> 00:03:09,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: to go 26.2 miles on the first Sunday in November. 55 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:13,680 Rob Simmelkjaer: For the second week in a row, Khia Kurtenbach was our 56 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:18,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: women's winner. Her time was 1: 22: 49. And Khia also won 57 00:03:18,570 --> 00:03:20,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: the Percy Sutton Harlem 5K a week ago as well. 58 00:03:21,090 --> 00:03:24,990 Rob Simmelkjaer: The non- binary winner was Jose Arriaga at 1: 27:47. 59 00:03:25,620 --> 00:03:29,250 Rob Simmelkjaer: And the men's winner was Harbert Okuti with a time 60 00:03:29,250 --> 00:03:33,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: of 1: 04: 06, that is blazing fast, for Westchester 61 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: Track Club. So congrats to everybody who ran that. I 62 00:03:36,930 --> 00:03:39,360 Rob Simmelkjaer: missed it. I will be out there for the 18 63 00:03:39,630 --> 00:03:42,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: miler because I am doing my own work getting ready 64 00:03:42,690 --> 00:03:45,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, which I'll be 65 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,170 Rob Simmelkjaer: running on October 12th. Unfortunately, Becs is not here to 66 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: talk about my training this week. But I will say 67 00:03:52,290 --> 00:03:55,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: Becs's plan is great. I actually was down in Washington 68 00:03:55,770 --> 00:04:00,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: DC this past weekend visiting family. And my daughter, Julia, 69 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: really helped me out by helping me find a local half- 70 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,390 Rob Simmelkjaer: marathon. It was a trail half- marathon right on the 71 00:04:06,390 --> 00:04:09,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: banks of the Potomac River in Washington DC, in the 72 00:04:09,750 --> 00:04:13,080 Rob Simmelkjaer: Georgetown area. So I signed up last minute and ran 73 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:15,240 Rob Simmelkjaer: a half. And it was meant to be an out 74 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: and back, but it turned out, because it was so hot, they 75 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,279 Rob Simmelkjaer: turned it into a double out and back, so out 76 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,339 Rob Simmelkjaer: back, out back, which is mentally exhausting, I must tell 77 00:04:23,339 --> 00:04:25,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: you. That was a lot of seeing the same stuff 78 00:04:25,890 --> 00:04:28,650 Rob Simmelkjaer: and the same people. But I got through it, I had 79 00:04:28,650 --> 00:04:30,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: a good time. And I want to thank the folks 80 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:33,479 Rob Simmelkjaer: down there at Bishop's Events, that's the name of the 81 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:37,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: organizer of the DC Summer Racing Series. So it was 82 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:40,110 Rob Simmelkjaer: a lot of fun. And training's going well. So thanks 83 00:04:40,110 --> 00:04:42,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: to Becs for all the great plans she's given me. 84 00:04:42,870 --> 00:04:44,550 Rob Simmelkjaer: And thanks to the folks in DC for helping me 85 00:04:44,550 --> 00:04:46,830 Rob Simmelkjaer: get some miles in. All right. So coming up on 86 00:04:46,830 --> 00:04:50,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: today's show, we are celebrating Member Week with a three 87 00:04:50,550 --> 00:04:54,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: member panel. Carl Radke will be here in just a 88 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,240 Rob Simmelkjaer: moment. And joining Carl on the panel will be the 89 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:00,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: founder of the run club called No More Lonely Runs, 90 00:05:00,570 --> 00:05:03,299 Rob Simmelkjaer: Mallory Kilmer. And for the second time on Set the 91 00:05:03,300 --> 00:05:08,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: Pace, my friend, Peloton's Mariana Fernandez, more than just New 92 00:05:08,430 --> 00:05:11,909 Rob Simmelkjaer: York Road Runners membership in common, Carl, Mallory and Mariana 93 00:05:11,910 --> 00:05:15,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: are all training for the 2025 TCS New York City 94 00:05:15,540 --> 00:05:18,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: Marathon. So can't wait for that conversation. And then a 95 00:05:18,270 --> 00:05:20,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: little bit later in the show, our mile by mile 96 00:05:20,730 --> 00:05:24,990 Rob Simmelkjaer: countdown to the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon. We'll continue 97 00:05:24,990 --> 00:05:27,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: with our man, Meb Keflezighi, he'll be here with his 98 00:05:27,750 --> 00:05:32,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: best advice for tackling miles eight and nine this November 99 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,039 Rob Simmelkjaer: 2nd. So stay tuned for that. Guess what, guys? For 100 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,529 Rob Simmelkjaer: the second year in a row, your TCS New York 101 00:05:37,529 --> 00:05:40,620 Rob Simmelkjaer: City Marathon bib will get you a free Shack Burger 102 00:05:40,620 --> 00:05:43,650 Rob Simmelkjaer: at Shake Shack after the TCS New York City Marathon. 103 00:05:43,860 --> 00:05:48,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: Terms apply. Shake Shack also offers special ongoing perks for 104 00:05:48,210 --> 00:05:51,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: New York Road Runners members. All members get a 10% 105 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: discount at all Shake Shack locations in New York City 106 00:05:54,900 --> 00:05:58,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: across all five boroughs and Long Island. So make Shake 107 00:05:58,020 --> 00:06:01,140 Rob Simmelkjaer: Shack your post- run stop any day and reward yourself 108 00:06:01,140 --> 00:06:03,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: with a Shack Burger and fries as the perfect way 109 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,680 Rob Simmelkjaer: to celebrate all those miles. Head over to Rewards in 110 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:12,060 Rob Simmelkjaer: your runner dashboard to view the offer code. All right. 111 00:06:12,060 --> 00:06:14,099 Rob Simmelkjaer: As I mentioned earlier, in honor of Member Week, we 112 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:16,589 Rob Simmelkjaer: are mixing it up today with a live panel that 113 00:06:16,589 --> 00:06:20,880 Rob Simmelkjaer: spans the worlds of television, social media, and Peloton's global 114 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: stage. First, it's Mariana Fernandez, my friend who grew up 115 00:06:24,750 --> 00:06:27,659 Rob Simmelkjaer: running with her mom in San Diego, and now she's 116 00:06:27,660 --> 00:06:33,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: Peloton's first ever bilingual instructor, leading treadmill classes, yoga and 117 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,420 Rob Simmelkjaer: meditation for a worldwide audience. Let's give it up for 118 00:06:36,450 --> 00:06:42,811 Rob Simmelkjaer: Mariana. Hello. Great to see you. 119 00:06:42,811 --> 00:06:44,460 Mariana Fernandez: Good to see you. 120 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:49,170 Rob Simmelkjaer: Carl Radke is known to many as a Bravo TV 121 00:06:49,170 --> 00:06:53,490 Rob Simmelkjaer: personality, but these days he is four years sober, and 122 00:06:53,490 --> 00:06:57,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: training for his first ever New York City Marathon. And 123 00:06:57,270 --> 00:07:00,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: at the same time launching a sober bar, a social 124 00:07:00,540 --> 00:07:03,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: lounge in Brooklyn. I can't wait to hear about that. So 125 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:10,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: let's give it up for Carl Radke. Welcome to Set 126 00:07:10,770 --> 00:07:11,940 Rob Simmelkjaer: the Pace, great to see you. 127 00:07:11,940 --> 00:07:12,060 Carl Radke: Thank you, thank you. 128 00:07:13,110 --> 00:07:17,070 Rob Simmelkjaer: And last but not least, Mallory Kilmer, better known as 129 00:07:17,070 --> 00:07:20,550 Rob Simmelkjaer: Runs with Mal, has built one of New York's biggest free- 130 00:07:20,550 --> 00:07:24,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: running communities while sharing her own journey, from marathons to 131 00:07:24,210 --> 00:07:28,740 Rob Simmelkjaer: triathlons and now to ultra- marathons. Another one of these 132 00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:31,980 Rob Simmelkjaer: people for whom the marathon is just not enough. Let's 133 00:07:31,980 --> 00:07:40,140 Rob Simmelkjaer: hear it for Mallory Kilmer. Mallory. Welcome to Set the Pace. 134 00:07:40,140 --> 00:07:41,340 Mallory Kilmer: Thank you for having me. 135 00:07:41,340 --> 00:07:45,060 Rob Simmelkjaer: Great to have all of you here. So I will start, Carl, 136 00:07:45,210 --> 00:07:48,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: with you and your story, which is, it's a very 137 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:53,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: inspiring story. You have talked about the fact that running 138 00:07:54,060 --> 00:07:57,060 Rob Simmelkjaer: has really become your new high. And we talk about the 139 00:07:57,060 --> 00:08:00,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: runner's high a lot around here. But someone like you 140 00:08:00,450 --> 00:08:02,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: can really relate to that in a different way because 141 00:08:02,580 --> 00:08:06,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: you had a problem, a struggle with addiction. How has 142 00:08:06,660 --> 00:08:10,980 Rob Simmelkjaer: running played a part in your recovery and your ongoing 143 00:08:10,980 --> 00:08:13,740 Rob Simmelkjaer: recovery, and successful one so far, four years in? 144 00:08:14,610 --> 00:08:17,280 Carl Radke: Thank you, Rob. Great question. I mean, running for me 145 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,730 Carl Radke: and finding community has been a big part of staying 146 00:08:20,730 --> 00:08:24,750 Carl Radke: sober. Obviously my story, I started going to AA back 147 00:08:24,750 --> 00:08:28,020 Carl Radke: in January of 2021, which is another form of community. 148 00:08:28,710 --> 00:08:31,080 Carl Radke: But as I got sober and as I got healthier, 149 00:08:31,140 --> 00:08:34,590 Carl Radke: I still was looking for things that kept my mind 150 00:08:34,650 --> 00:08:38,429 Carl Radke: a little less racing. I had some friends that were 151 00:08:38,429 --> 00:08:42,059 Carl Radke: running a lot, and just started slowly getting into it 152 00:08:42,059 --> 00:08:45,120 Carl Radke: and realizing the feeling I would get at the end 153 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,429 Carl Radke: of a run was honestly better than some of the 154 00:08:47,429 --> 00:08:49,949 Carl Radke: highs I used to get when I was using drugs 155 00:08:49,950 --> 00:08:53,460 Carl Radke: and drinking. So it was a kind of an epiphany 156 00:08:53,460 --> 00:08:55,410 Carl Radke: I had. I never thought in a million years I'd 157 00:08:55,410 --> 00:08:57,809 Carl Radke: be running as much as I am. But now that 158 00:08:57,809 --> 00:08:59,760 Carl Radke: I've gotten more into it, I've actually met a lot 159 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:03,300 Carl Radke: of sober people who are in running. And that also has 160 00:09:03,630 --> 00:09:07,829 Carl Radke: been confirming of I'm in the right place. But yeah, 161 00:09:07,830 --> 00:09:09,840 Carl Radke: I mean, the mental health side of running for me 162 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,360 Carl Radke: has been one of the most pivotal pieces. I say 163 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:13,530 Carl Radke: this to a lot of friends, they're like, " How do 164 00:09:13,530 --> 00:09:17,219 Carl Radke: you run 15 miles?" And I say, " Well, I use the 165 00:09:17,220 --> 00:09:20,640 Carl Radke: right electrolytes, I take gels, I got good shoes. But 166 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,400 Carl Radke: also while I'm running, I can't think of anything else 167 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:27,390 Carl Radke: other than breathing, not getting hit by a car. Where 168 00:09:27,390 --> 00:09:30,030 Carl Radke: am I running to? How many steps I'm making? I'm 169 00:09:30,030 --> 00:09:32,400 Carl Radke: not thinking about my business, I'm not thinking about reality 170 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,010 Carl Radke: TV or any stresses." I mean, sure a little bit. 171 00:09:35,010 --> 00:09:38,070 Carl Radke: But yeah, it's just been a way to free my brain and 172 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:43,110 Carl Radke: relax my mind. Which I didn't expect, but it's been life- 173 00:09:43,110 --> 00:09:47,819 Carl Radke: changing honestly. The running has I think been another amazing resource 174 00:09:47,820 --> 00:09:49,050 Carl Radke: for my sobriety and recovery. 175 00:09:49,290 --> 00:09:52,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: We talk about the mental health impact of running all 176 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,510 Rob Simmelkjaer: the time, you're a great example of it. We'll get 177 00:09:54,510 --> 00:09:57,030 Rob Simmelkjaer: back to that. I want your business more, I want to hear about 178 00:09:57,030 --> 00:10:00,329 Rob Simmelkjaer: that. Mallory, you have been a runner most of your 179 00:10:00,330 --> 00:10:03,360 Rob Simmelkjaer: life, so this is not new to you. How did 180 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:07,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: you go from being a runner to a running influencer? 181 00:10:07,590 --> 00:10:11,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: And now also the leader of a really successful and 182 00:10:11,190 --> 00:10:14,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: popular running group, No More Lonely Runs, which I want 183 00:10:14,460 --> 00:10:17,550 Rob Simmelkjaer: to hear about that as well? Talk about this transition 184 00:10:17,550 --> 00:10:21,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: and how running has really come to really define a huge part of 185 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:21,480 Rob Simmelkjaer: your life. 186 00:10:23,610 --> 00:10:26,880 Mallory Kilmer: I started running basically because my parents forced me into 187 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:28,200 Mallory Kilmer: sports as a young kid. 188 00:10:28,890 --> 00:10:31,230 Rob Simmelkjaer: I don't know anything about that. As a father of 189 00:10:31,230 --> 00:10:33,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: two daughters, I've never done anything like that. 190 00:10:33,150 --> 00:10:35,309 Mallory Kilmer: And listen, I didn't love it when I was a 191 00:10:35,309 --> 00:10:38,190 Mallory Kilmer: young kid, but I'm so grateful that my dad really 192 00:10:38,190 --> 00:10:41,309 Mallory Kilmer: pushed for me to stay into sports, because now it 193 00:10:41,309 --> 00:10:44,400 Mallory Kilmer: is my identity. Running is truly my identity. And I 194 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,640 Mallory Kilmer: love it so much. And how I became a running 195 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:52,559 Mallory Kilmer: influencer. I was training for my second full marathon, alone 196 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:55,319 Mallory Kilmer: in Florida. It was miserable, it was hot. I was 197 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:56,699 Mallory Kilmer: running at 4: 00 AM to try to beat the 198 00:10:56,700 --> 00:11:00,540 Mallory Kilmer: heat. Didn't help. I started listening to podcasts to try 199 00:11:00,540 --> 00:11:03,450 Mallory Kilmer: to make it, simulate like I was running with people. 200 00:11:04,020 --> 00:11:07,559 Mallory Kilmer: So when I moved to New York, I just created 201 00:11:07,590 --> 00:11:10,470 Mallory Kilmer: a blank canvas of an Instagram with my Runs With 202 00:11:10,470 --> 00:11:12,449 Mallory Kilmer: Mal handle. I don't know where it came from to 203 00:11:12,450 --> 00:11:14,370 Mallory Kilmer: be honest. I think I was plugging in and seeing 204 00:11:14,370 --> 00:11:19,020 Mallory Kilmer: what was available, honestly. And that was the only thing that was available. And so I just 205 00:11:19,020 --> 00:11:22,890 Mallory Kilmer: started documenting my journey. Again, I had no followers, I 206 00:11:22,890 --> 00:11:25,559 Mallory Kilmer: had no pressures. I was just being me. And I 207 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,050 Mallory Kilmer: am still the same person on and off social media. 208 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,770 Mallory Kilmer: And it really is just documenting my journey. And because I 209 00:11:31,770 --> 00:11:34,890 Mallory Kilmer: was just documenting it, I wasn't trying to curate anything, 210 00:11:35,220 --> 00:11:39,390 Mallory Kilmer: it grew, my page grew. And people were relating to 211 00:11:39,390 --> 00:11:42,390 Mallory Kilmer: it and they were inspired by that page. And so 212 00:11:42,540 --> 00:11:46,080 Mallory Kilmer: it really kept me motivated and disciplined to continue to 213 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,260 Mallory Kilmer: keep going because I'm seeing all of these people that are 214 00:11:49,260 --> 00:11:51,840 Mallory Kilmer: also inspired and it's just keeping me going. And then 215 00:11:52,740 --> 00:11:54,900 Mallory Kilmer: a couple of months into living here, I was still 216 00:11:54,900 --> 00:11:58,350 Mallory Kilmer: running alone, and I hated it. And a city like 217 00:11:58,350 --> 00:12:01,020 Mallory Kilmer: New York City, that shouldn't be the case. It shouldn't 218 00:12:01,020 --> 00:12:02,850 Mallory Kilmer: be that hard to meet people. But it really is 219 00:12:02,850 --> 00:12:06,240 Mallory Kilmer: because everyone just keeps to themselves here. And I, again, 220 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,700 Mallory Kilmer: did not have a big following. And I just posted 221 00:12:08,700 --> 00:12:10,650 Mallory Kilmer: on my story, " If anyone wants to meet me in 222 00:12:10,650 --> 00:12:13,650 Mallory Kilmer: Central Park this Saturday, I'll be there." And six girls 223 00:12:13,650 --> 00:12:15,809 Mallory Kilmer: showed up. And it was the best, still I get 224 00:12:15,809 --> 00:12:19,380 Mallory Kilmer: chills, the best Saturday morning of my entire life. We 225 00:12:19,380 --> 00:12:21,570 Mallory Kilmer: went to a bagel shop right around the corner and 226 00:12:21,570 --> 00:12:23,130 Mallory Kilmer: we sat there for an hour and a half. And 227 00:12:23,130 --> 00:12:25,829 Mallory Kilmer: I am so grateful for these three girls because if 228 00:12:25,830 --> 00:12:27,179 Mallory Kilmer: I had shown up and no one showed up, it 229 00:12:27,179 --> 00:12:29,550 Mallory Kilmer: would've been awful and I wouldn't be sitting here today. 230 00:12:30,420 --> 00:12:32,520 Mallory Kilmer: And then we were like, " Same time next week." And 231 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,500 Mallory Kilmer: we met the next week and there was 35 girls. 232 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:36,376 Mallory Kilmer: And then week three we had a hundred people. 233 00:12:36,376 --> 00:12:37,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: Wow. Wow. 234 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:39,900 Mallory Kilmer: It grew so fast. And it just truly just showed 235 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:41,850 Mallory Kilmer: that I was not alone in how I felt. I 236 00:12:42,059 --> 00:12:45,900 Mallory Kilmer: was sick of running alone. And still to this day, 237 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:48,990 Mallory Kilmer: it just has that same footprint, is that we are 238 00:12:48,990 --> 00:12:51,540 Mallory Kilmer: just a community of people just wanting to meet new 239 00:12:51,540 --> 00:12:54,030 Mallory Kilmer: people and have an opportunity to run with like- minded people. 240 00:12:54,510 --> 00:12:58,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: That is a great, great story. And Mariana, you have 241 00:12:58,350 --> 00:13:00,870 Rob Simmelkjaer: a huge community. But it's funny in a way, right, 242 00:13:00,870 --> 00:13:04,260 Rob Simmelkjaer: because so many of your community of runners on that 243 00:13:04,260 --> 00:13:08,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: treadmill, they're running alone in a way, they're on a treadmill in 244 00:13:08,850 --> 00:13:11,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: their house or wherever they may be, but they're running 245 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:13,470 Rob Simmelkjaer: with you. And they're running with a community online that 246 00:13:13,470 --> 00:13:14,640 Rob Simmelkjaer: you've created at Peloton. 247 00:13:15,150 --> 00:13:19,800 Mariana Fernandez: Which is extraordinary because as you're training, as you're trying 248 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:24,360 Mariana Fernandez: to build towards something, there's this part of accountability, and you 249 00:13:24,690 --> 00:13:27,870 Mariana Fernandez: also want to create a community. So on the Peloton 250 00:13:27,870 --> 00:13:30,000 Mariana Fernandez: platform, we have the ability to send a high five 251 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,660 Mariana Fernandez: or you schedule, because classes drop on demand, you can 252 00:13:33,660 --> 00:13:36,150 Mariana Fernandez: schedule it outdoors, you can schedule it, let's meet up 253 00:13:36,150 --> 00:13:38,490 Mariana Fernandez: at this time and take the same class together. And 254 00:13:38,490 --> 00:13:42,330 Mariana Fernandez: you know that you're signing up for a similar thing 255 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:45,300 Mariana Fernandez: to get the time on feet, to get a workout 256 00:13:45,300 --> 00:13:49,260 Mariana Fernandez: done. But it is, even in a much more virtual 257 00:13:49,260 --> 00:13:52,590 Mariana Fernandez: world that we are now in, there's still the ability 258 00:13:52,590 --> 00:13:55,080 Mariana Fernandez: to create that sense of community throughout. 259 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:57,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: Mariana, I know you well, a lot of folks here 260 00:13:57,900 --> 00:13:59,640 Rob Simmelkjaer: at New York Road Runners know you well, but a 261 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:03,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: lot of our listeners may not know your running origin story. 262 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:07,439 Rob Simmelkjaer: You grew up in San Diego, in a bilingual home 263 00:14:07,470 --> 00:14:10,230 Rob Simmelkjaer: speaking English and Spanish, and it was also a parent, 264 00:14:10,230 --> 00:14:13,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: your mom, who got you running races. How did this 265 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:14,699 Rob Simmelkjaer: all turn into a career for you? 266 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:20,610 Mariana Fernandez: I feel like an anomaly because, especially in the Latina community, fitness 267 00:14:20,610 --> 00:14:23,730 Mariana Fernandez: and physical fitness was not at the forefront of how 268 00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:27,750 Mariana Fernandez: we were raised. But I have an extraordinary mother, that 269 00:14:27,750 --> 00:14:31,500 Mariana Fernandez: I talk about all the time, she's truly my North 270 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:36,720 Mariana Fernandez: Star. And after she raised four kids and we moved 271 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,080 Mariana Fernandez: to California, she said, " Life's not over." And she put 272 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,690 Mariana Fernandez: on a pair of tennies and started running while we 273 00:14:42,690 --> 00:14:46,350 Mariana Fernandez: were at swim practice. Because she knew the benefits of 274 00:14:46,470 --> 00:14:49,110 Mariana Fernandez: having physical fitness for us, so we all grew up 275 00:14:49,110 --> 00:14:51,810 Mariana Fernandez: swimmers, she would go out for a run and she 276 00:14:51,810 --> 00:14:57,180 Mariana Fernandez: started racing, podiuming. I mean, this woman in her forties 277 00:14:57,210 --> 00:15:00,690 Mariana Fernandez: discovered running and said, " It's not too late to start 278 00:15:00,690 --> 00:15:03,780 Mariana Fernandez: something." So I grew up watching her and going to 279 00:15:03,780 --> 00:15:07,530 Mariana Fernandez: the kids races and signing up. And then even starting 280 00:15:07,530 --> 00:15:10,500 Mariana Fernandez: to sign up by myself later on because I saw 281 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:14,310 Mariana Fernandez: the benefits. I saw how it created community. I felt 282 00:15:14,730 --> 00:15:17,400 Mariana Fernandez: that runners high and what it did, even as I 283 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,070 Mariana Fernandez: pursued theater later on, as I moved to New York, 284 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,860 Mariana Fernandez: whatever it is that I was doing, I would always 285 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,910 Mariana Fernandez: come back to running. And so even, she's 72 right now, 286 00:15:26,910 --> 00:15:31,170 Mariana Fernandez: runs a marathon every year, she's still doing it. But 287 00:15:31,170 --> 00:15:35,340 Mariana Fernandez: it was truly having that example and that reminder that 288 00:15:35,340 --> 00:15:39,090 Mariana Fernandez: whether we started as kids or whether you're in your 289 00:15:39,090 --> 00:15:42,090 Mariana Fernandez: forties, fifties, sixties, it is never too late to start 290 00:15:42,090 --> 00:15:42,600 Mariana Fernandez: something new. 291 00:15:42,780 --> 00:15:46,530 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yes, it is not indeed. And I think that you 292 00:15:46,530 --> 00:15:49,920 Rob Simmelkjaer: can relate to that, Carl, now 40 years old, just 293 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:50,550 Rob Simmelkjaer: turning 40. 294 00:15:50,550 --> 00:15:51,930 Carl Radke: Yeah, I just turned 40. 295 00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:54,240 Rob Simmelkjaer: Just turned 40 years old. Give it up for the 296 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:55,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: newly 40 Carl. 297 00:15:55,050 --> 00:15:58,290 Carl Radke: Yes, thank you. I shocked her in the backstage when 298 00:15:58,290 --> 00:15:59,610 Carl Radke: I said it. She's like, " Oh my god, you don't 299 00:15:59,610 --> 00:16:01,530 Carl Radke: look 40." Which is a compliment. Thank you. 300 00:16:01,740 --> 00:16:02,941 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's what running does for us. 301 00:16:02,941 --> 00:16:03,151 Carl Radke: Exactly. 302 00:16:03,660 --> 00:16:08,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: So what prompted you to tackle the marathon distance for 303 00:16:08,700 --> 00:16:11,070 Rob Simmelkjaer: the first time at 40 years old? 304 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:12,720 Carl Radke: Yeah, this is my first marathon. 305 00:16:12,810 --> 00:16:14,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: By the way, this is not old for your first 306 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:18,030 Rob Simmelkjaer: marathon. I've met first time marathoners in their fifties, sixties, 307 00:16:18,210 --> 00:16:20,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: even seventies. So you're getting to it right on time. 308 00:16:20,580 --> 00:16:23,400 Carl Radke: I feel like I'm at the right time. But no, 309 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,130 Carl Radke: I have a colleague of mine in my new business, 310 00:16:26,190 --> 00:16:29,220 Carl Radke: Soft Bar, which I'm opening in Greenpoint, Brooklyn very soon, 311 00:16:29,910 --> 00:16:33,420 Carl Radke: my colleague's a bartender at Eleven Madison Park. He's a 312 00:16:33,420 --> 00:16:36,510 Carl Radke: great guy. Him and his bartending team at Eleven Madison 313 00:16:36,510 --> 00:16:39,450 Carl Radke: Park signed up for the marathon last year. So of 314 00:16:39,450 --> 00:16:41,250 Carl Radke: course I was rooting him on. But I saw him 315 00:16:41,250 --> 00:16:43,260 Carl Radke: training on social media and I saw he was getting 316 00:16:43,380 --> 00:16:46,350 Carl Radke: 10 miles, 15 miles. And I'm like, no offense to 317 00:16:46,350 --> 00:16:49,050 Carl Radke: this guy, I'm like, " How are you doing that?" And 318 00:16:49,050 --> 00:16:50,880 Carl Radke: I got talking to him more and he was telling 319 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,090 Carl Radke: me about his training. But that Sunday morning for the 320 00:16:54,090 --> 00:16:56,489 Carl Radke: marathon, I went out, I live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, I 321 00:16:56,490 --> 00:16:59,370 Carl Radke: went out to the base of Pulaski Bridge, that's where 322 00:16:59,370 --> 00:17:02,100 Carl Radke: they cross over into Long Island City. So I was 323 00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:06,030 Carl Radke: there on the race path tracking my bartender. He didn't 324 00:17:06,030 --> 00:17:08,010 Carl Radke: know I was going to be there. But I was 325 00:17:08,010 --> 00:17:09,900 Carl Radke: watching him come. And I literally stood in the middle 326 00:17:09,900 --> 00:17:11,580 Carl Radke: of the road and got his attention, gave him a 327 00:17:11,580 --> 00:17:15,690 Carl Radke: big hug. But the energy of that morning, the diversity, 328 00:17:15,690 --> 00:17:18,750 Carl Radke: the community of New York coming together, all walks of 329 00:17:18,750 --> 00:17:24,420 Carl Radke: life, all ages, people that are ... amazing stories. I just 330 00:17:24,450 --> 00:17:26,190 Carl Radke: walked away from that day and I said, " I got to be a 331 00:17:26,190 --> 00:17:28,590 Carl Radke: part of this somehow." But I knew I couldn't just 332 00:17:28,590 --> 00:17:30,840 Carl Radke: sign up for the marathon right away. So I said, " 333 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,000 Carl Radke: I'm going to sign up for the half marathon." So 334 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,449 Carl Radke: I did the half marathon in April. I swear around 335 00:17:36,450 --> 00:17:39,899 Carl Radke: mile nine, in my body I felt pretty good, I 336 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:42,540 Carl Radke: was doing well, and I said to myself as I'm 337 00:17:42,540 --> 00:17:44,369 Carl Radke: at mile nine, " I got to do the New York 338 00:17:44,369 --> 00:17:47,280 Carl Radke: City Marathon." So I finished the race, I texted a 339 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:48,840 Carl Radke: friend of mine, I said, " I got to do this, 340 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,109 Carl Radke: hold me accountable." So it was just the series of 341 00:17:52,109 --> 00:17:53,520 Carl Radke: events. But a big part of why I wanted to 342 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,580 Carl Radke: run is I want to align myself with the right 343 00:17:56,580 --> 00:17:59,430 Carl Radke: communities. I think not only for my own self, it's 344 00:17:59,430 --> 00:18:04,500 Carl Radke: a goal, and a tough goal to accomplish, but just 345 00:18:04,710 --> 00:18:07,500 Carl Radke: inspiring other people. I don't think a lot of people 346 00:18:07,500 --> 00:18:10,109 Carl Radke: think they can run a marathon. I don't know if 347 00:18:10,109 --> 00:18:12,209 Carl Radke: I can just yet. I think I can. But I 348 00:18:12,210 --> 00:18:14,340 Carl Radke: think I can show others that with a little bit 349 00:18:14,340 --> 00:18:16,109 Carl Radke: of training, a little bit of practice, you can accomplish 350 00:18:16,109 --> 00:18:18,570 Carl Radke: something. So that was a bigger purpose for why I 351 00:18:18,570 --> 00:18:19,020 Carl Radke: wanted to do it. 352 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,679 Rob Simmelkjaer: And really, Carl, your story ties together so beautifully as 353 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,810 Rob Simmelkjaer: you run this marathon because you're running for the Release 354 00:18:24,810 --> 00:18:29,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: Recovery Foundation, which is a phenomenal organization. Our friend, Zac- 355 00:18:29,820 --> 00:18:30,421 Carl Radke: Zac, shout out to Luis. 356 00:18:30,421 --> 00:18:35,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: ... who puts this together, he's a tremendous member of 357 00:18:35,340 --> 00:18:38,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: the running community. He does an amazing job. And as 358 00:18:38,190 --> 00:18:40,619 Rob Simmelkjaer: you're doing this, you're also opening this business, Soft Bar, 359 00:18:40,619 --> 00:18:44,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: which is fascinating to me. This is a non- alcoholic 360 00:18:44,369 --> 00:18:45,840 Rob Simmelkjaer: lounge essentially, right? 361 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,060 Carl Radke: Yeah, you nailed it. So I got sober in January of 362 00:18:48,060 --> 00:18:52,919 Carl Radke: 2021, all while being ... I started an alcohol company with 363 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,950 Carl Radke: my two best friends called Loverboy. And you might see 364 00:18:55,950 --> 00:18:58,740 Carl Radke: Loverboy here in New York. We now have non- alcoholic 365 00:18:58,740 --> 00:19:01,500 Carl Radke: versions of Loverboy. But it was through that I just 366 00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:04,290 Carl Radke: realized we need more spaces that don't have alcohol. And 367 00:19:04,290 --> 00:19:07,649 Carl Radke: we need places that are more welcoming to however you 368 00:19:07,650 --> 00:19:11,340 Carl Radke: describe your relationship with alcohol. And I looked at coffee 369 00:19:11,340 --> 00:19:13,094 Carl Radke: shops, a lot of coffee shops in New York, close 370 00:19:13,095 --> 00:19:15,960 Carl Radke: at four or five o'clock, and those are great spaces 371 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,750 Carl Radke: for people that don't drink alcohol to hang out. And 372 00:19:18,750 --> 00:19:21,300 Carl Radke: then I also saw the non- alcoholic beverage world, which, 373 00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:23,550 Carl Radke: yes, there's mocktails, yes, there might be a non- alcoholic 374 00:19:23,550 --> 00:19:25,109 Carl Radke: beer, but I wanted to take it a step up. 375 00:19:25,650 --> 00:19:29,280 Carl Radke: So I brought together experts in hospitality, coffee and bartending. 376 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,070 Carl Radke: And I've created Soft Bar, which is really a third 377 00:19:32,070 --> 00:19:35,159 Carl Radke: space. It's a community, it's a meeting place. But we 378 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:39,179 Carl Radke: serve non- alcoholic beverages and coffee and premium alternative drinks. 379 00:19:39,180 --> 00:19:42,150 Carl Radke: So I don't drink coffee or alcohol, so I kind 380 00:19:42,150 --> 00:19:45,030 Carl Radke: of don't exist. And that's why I built Soft Bar. 381 00:19:45,030 --> 00:19:48,510 Carl Radke: But yeah, Release Recovery is another organization that's affiliated with 382 00:19:48,510 --> 00:19:51,390 Carl Radke: Soft Bar. I'm a friend with Zac. But release Recovery 383 00:19:51,390 --> 00:19:53,760 Carl Radke: actually has facilities here in New York City. If you 384 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,890 Carl Radke: have a loved one who struggles with alcohol or drug 385 00:19:55,890 --> 00:20:01,859 Carl Radke: addiction, mental health, there's resources, counseling, there's sober living. Zac 386 00:20:01,859 --> 00:20:04,710 Carl Radke: and his team do an amazing job. I'm not a 387 00:20:04,710 --> 00:20:07,800 Carl Radke: doctor or a therapist, so it's been important for me 388 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,640 Carl Radke: to align myself with the right organizations to help direct 389 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,790 Carl Radke: people, because I'm kind of a starting point for some 390 00:20:14,790 --> 00:20:16,919 Carl Radke: people in their journeys. They'll reach out to me on 391 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,980 Carl Radke: social media. And I always will share what's worked for 392 00:20:19,980 --> 00:20:23,460 Carl Radke: me, but I try to guide them and share Release Recovery 393 00:20:23,460 --> 00:20:25,889 Carl Radke: or another organization. So they've been amazing. They do a 394 00:20:25,890 --> 00:20:28,890 Carl Radke: ton of stuff with runners for the marathon. But we 395 00:20:28,890 --> 00:20:31,320 Carl Radke: are going to have, a little shameless plug, we're going 396 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:35,609 Carl Radke: to probably have some marathon events at Soft Bar before 397 00:20:35,609 --> 00:20:39,150 Carl Radke: and after the marathon. Just, again, it's another great meeting 398 00:20:39,150 --> 00:20:41,701 Carl Radke: place and post- run non- alcoholic beer too. 399 00:20:41,701 --> 00:20:44,399 Rob Simmelkjaer: Love it. I hope you'll invite me because I think it's a 400 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:44,970 Rob Simmelkjaer: great idea. 401 00:20:44,970 --> 00:20:45,540 Carl Radke: You're invited. 402 00:20:45,540 --> 00:20:45,631 Rob Simmelkjaer: I think it's a great idea. 403 00:20:45,631 --> 00:20:46,980 Carl Radke: I'm going to get you there actually. 404 00:20:47,010 --> 00:20:49,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: I will happily come. I love the idea of what 405 00:20:49,350 --> 00:20:52,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: you're doing, so congratulations, good luck, it's great. 406 00:20:52,140 --> 00:20:52,320 Carl Radke: Thank you. I appreciate that. 407 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: So as Carl is training for his first marathon, Mallory, 408 00:20:56,130 --> 00:20:59,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: you've run seven, which is amazing. 409 00:20:59,850 --> 00:21:00,480 Carl Radke: That's incredible. 410 00:21:00,690 --> 00:21:04,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: But the marathon distance just wasn't enough for you. You 411 00:21:04,710 --> 00:21:08,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: are now on that path to your first ultra. You're 412 00:21:08,190 --> 00:21:08,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: going, is it a 100K? 413 00:21:08,850 --> 00:21:11,460 Mallory Kilmer: A 100K, yes. 414 00:21:11,460 --> 00:21:12,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: A hundred kilometer race. 415 00:21:12,900 --> 00:21:14,850 Mallory Kilmer: And it's also a trail race, so it's not even 416 00:21:14,850 --> 00:21:17,700 Mallory Kilmer: just road race, it's a trail. Yeah. I mean- 417 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:19,169 Rob Simmelkjaer: Where's that race going to be? What is that race? 418 00:21:19,170 --> 00:21:24,750 Mallory Kilmer: Virginia. It's the Grindstone UTMB Series. I don't know a 419 00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:27,840 Mallory Kilmer: whole lot about it to be honest. And I'm keeping 420 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,270 Mallory Kilmer: it that way because I think the more you research 421 00:21:30,270 --> 00:21:32,369 Mallory Kilmer: things, the scarier it's going to get. And I just 422 00:21:32,369 --> 00:21:34,740 Mallory Kilmer: don't want to be freaked out. But it's in five 423 00:21:34,740 --> 00:21:39,300 Mallory Kilmer: weeks and, yeah, I mean, doing seven marathons, I love 424 00:21:39,300 --> 00:21:42,000 Mallory Kilmer: the distance, actually, half marathons are my favorite distance. 425 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:42,899 Rob Simmelkjaer: Mine too, by the way. 426 00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:46,170 Mallory Kilmer: Yes, they're the best. I truly think they're the best. But 427 00:21:46,170 --> 00:21:49,320 Mallory Kilmer: I think just as you continue to grow as a 428 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:53,880 Mallory Kilmer: person, fitness, mentally, emotionally, whatever, you keep trying to find 429 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,060 Mallory Kilmer: challenges for yourself. And I love the marathon, it is 430 00:21:57,060 --> 00:22:00,150 Mallory Kilmer: such a challenge. But then I got into half Ironmans. 431 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:04,500 Mallory Kilmer: And I've done four of those. And again, I love 432 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:07,410 Mallory Kilmer: them, I love them. But I'm not quite ready for 433 00:22:07,410 --> 00:22:10,710 Mallory Kilmer: a full yet. So I'm like, " Okay, what's in between?" And I 434 00:22:10,740 --> 00:22:14,670 Mallory Kilmer: stumbled upon a 100K trail race. And it has 11, 000 435 00:22:14,670 --> 00:22:17,520 Mallory Kilmer: feet of elevation gain. And to put that in perspective, 436 00:22:17,820 --> 00:22:21,119 Mallory Kilmer: Harlem Hill is 80 feet of elevation. So I'll be covering 11, 437 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:27,240 Mallory Kilmer: 000 somehow, some way. Over around 67 miles. I'm excited 438 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,940 Mallory Kilmer: for it. You know what I mean? It's so crazy 439 00:22:30,060 --> 00:22:32,850 Mallory Kilmer: because I was thinking about this, okay, how am I 440 00:22:32,850 --> 00:22:35,100 Mallory Kilmer: going to get through this? When you train for a 441 00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:37,800 Mallory Kilmer: marathon, you usually get to about 20 to 22 miles 442 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,400 Mallory Kilmer: is usually where your peak distance is. Well, this Saturday 443 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,490 Mallory Kilmer: I did 31 miles. And the last two weekends before that, 444 00:22:44,490 --> 00:22:46,409 Mallory Kilmer: I did a marathon, I did the full marathon distance 445 00:22:46,410 --> 00:22:50,310 Mallory Kilmer: twice, mostly solo. But a lot of it was also 446 00:22:50,310 --> 00:22:54,030 Mallory Kilmer: with my run club. And the true lesson, and no 447 00:22:54,030 --> 00:22:57,119 Mallory Kilmer: matter what distance you're doing is the exact same, is 448 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:00,330 Mallory Kilmer: that your mind will quit before your body will, no 449 00:23:00,330 --> 00:23:03,300 Mallory Kilmer: matter what the distance is, three miles, 10 miles, 20 450 00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:06,869 Mallory Kilmer: miles, now 31. Your mind will play so many tricks 451 00:23:06,869 --> 00:23:10,109 Mallory Kilmer: on you that I can't do this, this hurts, why 452 00:23:10,109 --> 00:23:13,710 Mallory Kilmer: am I doing this? But once you push through, eventually 453 00:23:13,710 --> 00:23:15,960 Mallory Kilmer: you'll get that second wind. And I'm learning there's a 454 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:19,920 Mallory Kilmer: third wind. Because once you get past 26 miles, you 455 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:21,929 Mallory Kilmer: don't think you can go any farther, it does kick in. 456 00:23:21,930 --> 00:23:23,609 Mallory Kilmer: So I'm really hoping that there's about a sixth and 457 00:23:23,609 --> 00:23:27,869 Mallory Kilmer: a seventh wind in this ultra marathon, I'm hoping it 458 00:23:27,869 --> 00:23:30,390 Mallory Kilmer: comes through. But that's what's happening. 459 00:23:30,390 --> 00:23:34,830 Rob Simmelkjaer: Oh my, oh my. Amazing, phenomenal. I wish you all the luck 460 00:23:35,340 --> 00:23:38,910 Rob Simmelkjaer: and the strength that that will require, it's phenomenal. Marianna, 461 00:23:38,910 --> 00:23:40,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: does that interest you? 462 00:23:40,260 --> 00:23:41,040 Mariana Fernandez: Not at all. 463 00:23:42,450 --> 00:23:44,189 Mallory Kilmer: You don't want to do it with me? Come on. 464 00:23:44,670 --> 00:23:46,290 Carl Radke: It doesn't interest me either I'm not going to lie. 465 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,859 Mariana Fernandez: I think that the TCS New York City Marathon is 466 00:23:49,859 --> 00:23:51,869 Mariana Fernandez: an ultra marathon in its own right because of the 467 00:23:51,869 --> 00:23:54,300 Mariana Fernandez: one mile that you have to walk out after the 468 00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:56,251 Mariana Fernandez: race. So I feel like I'm already done. 469 00:23:56,251 --> 00:23:56,671 Mallory Kilmer: Don't tell him about that. 470 00:23:57,210 --> 00:23:58,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: That does count as an ultra. Yeah. 471 00:23:59,190 --> 00:24:00,810 Carl Radke: What is this extra mile? I don't know. 472 00:24:00,869 --> 00:24:01,201 Mariana Fernandez: Don't worry about it, don't worry about it. 473 00:24:01,201 --> 00:24:04,439 Rob Simmelkjaer: We'll talk about that after you finished. Yeah. You don't need to 474 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:09,150 Rob Simmelkjaer: know about that. Mariana, you have had some challenges yourself 475 00:24:09,150 --> 00:24:11,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: this year. You struggled with your health a little bit 476 00:24:11,820 --> 00:24:14,939 Rob Simmelkjaer: earlier this year. You're now ramping back up to the 477 00:24:14,940 --> 00:24:17,310 Rob Simmelkjaer: marathon distance. How is that going for you? What's been the 478 00:24:17,310 --> 00:24:19,139 Rob Simmelkjaer: hardest part of marathon training for you? 479 00:24:19,859 --> 00:24:26,129 Mariana Fernandez: I think, as both Carl and Mallory have expressed, even 480 00:24:26,130 --> 00:24:28,380 Mariana Fernandez: if you're not a runner, because I know that I've 481 00:24:28,380 --> 00:24:30,960 Mariana Fernandez: had a passion for it my entire life from watching 482 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:35,369 Mariana Fernandez: my mother do it to my siblings, but there's something, 483 00:24:35,369 --> 00:24:39,030 Mariana Fernandez: there's this contagious bug about it. So when you go 484 00:24:39,030 --> 00:24:42,959 Mariana Fernandez: cheer, and I've witnessed so many either visitors who are 485 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:46,409 Mariana Fernandez: coming to New York or folks that live here that 486 00:24:46,590 --> 00:24:48,869 Mariana Fernandez: see that and they're like, " I want to do that next 487 00:24:48,869 --> 00:24:53,460 Mariana Fernandez: year." It's this palpable energy that you feel that makes 488 00:24:53,460 --> 00:24:56,010 Mariana Fernandez: you want to be a part of it. And so 489 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,580 Mariana Fernandez: New York City Marathon, this is my fifth one that 490 00:24:59,580 --> 00:25:03,869 Mariana Fernandez: I've signed up for, and last year I PRed in 491 00:25:03,869 --> 00:25:06,720 Mariana Fernandez: it. I just was riding this wave. I had a 492 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,409 Mariana Fernandez: great training year. But like in everything, there are cycles, 493 00:25:10,410 --> 00:25:13,950 Mariana Fernandez: there are eras, there are chapters as part of your 494 00:25:13,950 --> 00:25:17,460 Mariana Fernandez: training plan. And this year I had some health issues 495 00:25:17,460 --> 00:25:21,750 Mariana Fernandez: early on that made me take a break, not just 496 00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:25,170 Mariana Fernandez: from marathon training, but from running in general. That's what 497 00:25:25,170 --> 00:25:29,040 Mariana Fernandez: happens, whether it's something going on at home, relationships, health. 498 00:25:29,910 --> 00:25:32,100 Mariana Fernandez: And so it gave me a lot of perspective and 499 00:25:32,190 --> 00:25:34,949 Mariana Fernandez: a lot of gratitude, a lot. Especially because I had 500 00:25:34,950 --> 00:25:38,580 Mariana Fernandez: had many years of solid training, of getting better, of 501 00:25:38,700 --> 00:25:41,520 Mariana Fernandez: getting faster to all of a sudden just be like, " All 502 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,129 Mariana Fernandez: right, take a moment, we'll come back to it." You 503 00:25:44,130 --> 00:25:46,770 Mariana Fernandez: can always come back, it's a revolving door. You can 504 00:25:46,770 --> 00:25:49,530 Mariana Fernandez: always, always come back and find a new distance, find 505 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,500 Mariana Fernandez: a new race that you want to work towards. But 506 00:25:52,830 --> 00:25:54,600 Mariana Fernandez: you just have to train for it in a different 507 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,389 Mariana Fernandez: way. So this year I'm doing a party pace, I'm 508 00:25:57,390 --> 00:25:58,771 Mariana Fernandez: calling it the party pace run. 509 00:25:58,771 --> 00:26:02,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: And that's so important as you get to the point 510 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: of running multiple, I'm going to run my fifth in 511 00:26:04,770 --> 00:26:11,550 Rob Simmelkjaer: Chicago this fall, and it's ... Thank you, thank you for that. But having 512 00:26:11,550 --> 00:26:14,460 Rob Simmelkjaer: in your mind, what are you trying to accomplish with 513 00:26:14,460 --> 00:26:18,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: this marathon? If it's your first marathon? Well, the goal 514 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: there is always finishing. Maybe you have- 515 00:26:21,510 --> 00:26:21,690 Carl Radke: Just finish. 516 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:23,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, maybe you have a time in mind, you want 517 00:26:23,790 --> 00:26:27,990 Rob Simmelkjaer: to break four hours, whatever. That's fine. But that's a 518 00:26:27,990 --> 00:26:31,530 Rob Simmelkjaer: distant, distant goal. Finishing is always the goal. When you've 519 00:26:31,530 --> 00:26:34,680 Rob Simmelkjaer: run a few, you might be tempted to sometimes have 520 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,290 Rob Simmelkjaer: a real- time goal, as I do in Chicago. Or 521 00:26:37,290 --> 00:26:40,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: you might decide it's a year where I'm just going 522 00:26:40,590 --> 00:26:42,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: to have an experience. And that's the year you're having. 523 00:26:42,780 --> 00:26:44,909 Rob Simmelkjaer: And by the way, those can be the most fun. 524 00:26:45,690 --> 00:26:48,510 Mariana Fernandez: It is the best day in New York City. It 525 00:26:48,510 --> 00:26:52,140 Mariana Fernandez: is my favorite day whether I'm running it or cheering 526 00:26:52,140 --> 00:26:54,150 Mariana Fernandez: for it. So I just want to be a part 527 00:26:54,150 --> 00:26:57,720 Mariana Fernandez: of it regardless. And I think to also mentally prepare, 528 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,090 Mariana Fernandez: to take the pressure off because a lot of times 529 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,429 Mariana Fernandez: once you do get the bug and you're going to 530 00:27:02,430 --> 00:27:04,440 Mariana Fernandez: do another one, Carl, I'm just letting you know, that 531 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:05,521 Mariana Fernandez: this is the first of many to come. 532 00:27:05,521 --> 00:27:06,630 Carl Radke: I'm ready for the next one. 533 00:27:06,990 --> 00:27:10,770 Mariana Fernandez: Yes. That it's going to shift. And I think to 534 00:27:10,770 --> 00:27:15,990 Mariana Fernandez: release yourself of the pressure. Having teammates like Becs or 535 00:27:15,990 --> 00:27:18,600 Mariana Fernandez: my own mother that I see who are crushing these 536 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,660 Mariana Fernandez: times and doing these extraordinary feats, you do what you 537 00:27:21,660 --> 00:27:25,709 Mariana Fernandez: got that day. And any race, that's the mentality that 538 00:27:25,710 --> 00:27:27,390 Mariana Fernandez: you have to go and start to take the pressure 539 00:27:27,390 --> 00:27:31,230 Mariana Fernandez: off to just let yourself enjoy the journey a little 540 00:27:31,230 --> 00:27:32,820 Mariana Fernandez: bit. So that's what I'm reminding myself. 541 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,409 Rob Simmelkjaer: Carl, what has so far been hard for you, the 542 00:27:37,410 --> 00:27:41,100 Rob Simmelkjaer: hardest thing for you in the marathon training process? You 543 00:27:41,100 --> 00:27:44,490 Rob Simmelkjaer: told me you just did 15 miles this past weekend, 544 00:27:44,490 --> 00:27:47,040 Rob Simmelkjaer: which is a perfect spot to be in at this 545 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,830 Rob Simmelkjaer: point as far out as we are, about 75 days 546 00:27:49,830 --> 00:27:52,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: out from the marathon. So what's been the biggest challenge for you? 547 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,920 Carl Radke: I think the biggest challenge, I came from a background 548 00:27:55,920 --> 00:28:01,619 Carl Radke: of basketball, volleyball, soccer, and you're sprinting, and I've had 549 00:28:01,619 --> 00:28:04,560 Carl Radke: my coach, Kara Dudley, shout out to her, she's a 550 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,900 Carl Radke: big New York Road Runner, she was like, " You got 551 00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:11,070 Carl Radke: to slow down." And that's been something I still work 552 00:28:11,070 --> 00:28:13,830 Carl Radke: on because I'm just so used to sprinting as fast 553 00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:16,800 Carl Radke: as you can until you're exhausted. And she's been really 554 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,920 Carl Radke: coaching me on pacing myself. And actually it's been really 555 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:23,280 Carl Radke: helpful to get those long distances that I never could 556 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,590 Carl Radke: have dreamed of. I mean, three miles was the max 557 00:28:25,590 --> 00:28:28,080 Carl Radke: I used to do, but I was going as fast 558 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,060 Carl Radke: as I could for those three miles and of course 559 00:28:30,060 --> 00:28:32,640 Carl Radke: burning out. So I think the hardest thing for me is 560 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,060 Carl Radke: slowing down, being a little more patient and also getting 561 00:28:36,060 --> 00:28:38,850 Carl Radke: rest. I will say after the Brooklyn half marathon that 562 00:28:38,850 --> 00:28:41,040 Carl Radke: I ran, the next day I was like, " I can 563 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:44,130 Carl Radke: run again." And I didn't go for a run, but 564 00:28:44,130 --> 00:28:46,710 Carl Radke: the following day I was so sore, I could barely 565 00:28:46,710 --> 00:28:49,800 Carl Radke: walk. So listen to your body, make sure you're taking 566 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:54,570 Carl Radke: rest. But that's something for me, slow down and also 567 00:28:54,570 --> 00:28:55,230 Carl Radke: take a day off. 568 00:28:56,370 --> 00:28:59,550 Rob Simmelkjaer: And as you push past 26. 2, Mal, what's the 569 00:28:59,550 --> 00:29:03,720 Rob Simmelkjaer: biggest challenge there? I mean, running marathons as training runs, 570 00:29:04,050 --> 00:29:07,650 Rob Simmelkjaer: that's something I can't even get my head around. Recovery 571 00:29:07,650 --> 00:29:09,691 Rob Simmelkjaer: must be a huge, huge part of what you have to do? 572 00:29:09,691 --> 00:29:14,760 Mallory Kilmer: You know what's crazy is I haven't done anything different recovery 573 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:18,120 Mallory Kilmer: wise from the marathon to the ultra. And I think 574 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,670 Mallory Kilmer: it's just a true testament of how long I've been 575 00:29:20,670 --> 00:29:23,730 Mallory Kilmer: doing this. So I also want to make that abundantly 576 00:29:23,730 --> 00:29:26,940 Mallory Kilmer: clear, I didn't jump into this, this didn't just happen 577 00:29:26,940 --> 00:29:29,610 Mallory Kilmer: overnight. I had been running for decades. I've been racing 578 00:29:29,610 --> 00:29:32,160 Mallory Kilmer: for almost 12 years, or when I say racing, I'm 579 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,220 Mallory Kilmer: not always racing, I think there's also a clear difference 580 00:29:35,220 --> 00:29:38,250 Mallory Kilmer: between running a race and racing a race. And both 581 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:42,990 Mallory Kilmer: equally as important, both equally amazing. And so my recoveries 582 00:29:42,990 --> 00:29:47,490 Mallory Kilmer: are very basic. I have my compression boots that I 583 00:29:47,490 --> 00:29:51,120 Mallory Kilmer: love and I do them numerous times a week. But 584 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,310 Mallory Kilmer: other than that, I don't do anything really crazy. I 585 00:29:53,310 --> 00:29:55,890 Mallory Kilmer: stretch here and there and that's really it. I don't 586 00:29:55,890 --> 00:29:59,100 Mallory Kilmer: do anything crazy. I strength train often, which is super 587 00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:02,220 Mallory Kilmer: important, everybody should be doing that, whether you're running or 588 00:30:02,220 --> 00:30:04,860 Mallory Kilmer: not running. But I strength train a couple of times 589 00:30:04,860 --> 00:30:07,560 Mallory Kilmer: a week. Off season I do more. But other than 590 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,480 Mallory Kilmer: that, I'm not doing anything too crazy for recovery. 591 00:30:10,260 --> 00:30:13,260 Rob Simmelkjaer: The three of you have something in common, which is 592 00:30:13,260 --> 00:30:17,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: that you all have these communities that you have created, 593 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,490 Rob Simmelkjaer: that follow you. Maybe it's because of the show you're 594 00:30:20,490 --> 00:30:23,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: in or the platform you're on or what you've done 595 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:27,210 Rob Simmelkjaer: and the following you've built on social media. And I 596 00:30:27,540 --> 00:30:31,680 Rob Simmelkjaer: have to imagine that there are people you encounter who 597 00:30:32,100 --> 00:30:35,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: have really been inspired by what you're doing. And I'd 598 00:30:35,430 --> 00:30:37,410 Rob Simmelkjaer: love to hear, I'll start with you Mariana, because I 599 00:30:37,410 --> 00:30:40,020 Rob Simmelkjaer: know in the way you guys operate at Peloton, you do 600 00:30:40,020 --> 00:30:42,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: have a chance to interact a lot with some of 601 00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:46,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: the people who follow you and who train with you. 602 00:30:46,530 --> 00:30:49,800 Rob Simmelkjaer: Can you talk about someone out there who you've met, 603 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,709 Rob Simmelkjaer: a story, or someone that you realize the impact you're 604 00:30:52,710 --> 00:30:55,740 Rob Simmelkjaer: having when you actually have a chance to talk one- on- 605 00:30:55,740 --> 00:30:58,530 Rob Simmelkjaer: one with someone and see what you're doing and how it's 606 00:30:58,530 --> 00:30:59,730 Rob Simmelkjaer: affecting their life? 607 00:31:00,180 --> 00:31:03,000 Mariana Fernandez: I get to share what I'm really passionate about, not 608 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,580 Mariana Fernandez: just in running, but in yoga and mobility and how 609 00:31:05,580 --> 00:31:08,700 Mariana Fernandez: they work hand in hand together, especially as we start 610 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:13,800 Mariana Fernandez: to get older. But truly, especially once we opened up 611 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,130 Mariana Fernandez: to be able to have members, or through messages, the 612 00:31:17,130 --> 00:31:20,400 Mariana Fernandez: best part is getting to hear ... You hear us yap 613 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,760 Mariana Fernandez: in your ear all the time through different classes, especially 614 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,910 Mariana Fernandez: I do long form classes, so 60 minutes, 90 minutes. 615 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,820 Mariana Fernandez: But to get to hear your story, what brought you 616 00:31:29,820 --> 00:31:33,570 Mariana Fernandez: to running, what inspired you, what class you found, when 617 00:31:33,570 --> 00:31:35,790 Mariana Fernandez: you thought you couldn't run a mile and then you 618 00:31:35,790 --> 00:31:37,560 Mariana Fernandez: were running three and then you were running a half 619 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,500 Mariana Fernandez: marathon and now you signed up for a marathon. One 620 00:31:40,500 --> 00:31:44,040 Mariana Fernandez: of my favorite stories is my own best friend here 621 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:47,460 Mariana Fernandez: in the city, Marisol, she's Mexican like I am, we 622 00:31:47,460 --> 00:31:51,660 Mariana Fernandez: grew up in the same part of Baja, Baja California. 623 00:31:53,190 --> 00:31:55,290 Mariana Fernandez: She was a big yogi, she is a big yogi, 624 00:31:55,290 --> 00:31:57,840 Mariana Fernandez: but she saw that I was running and she would 625 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,239 Mariana Fernandez: go cheer. And she lives right on First Avenue. So 626 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,270 Mariana Fernandez: she would cheer for the marathon every year. And when 627 00:32:03,270 --> 00:32:06,240 Mariana Fernandez: I started running at Peloton, she was like, " I'll never 628 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:09,390 Mariana Fernandez: do your running classes." And I was like, " Okay, hold 629 00:32:09,390 --> 00:32:13,230 Mariana Fernandez: please." And so I invited her to a hike that 630 00:32:13,230 --> 00:32:15,930 Mariana Fernandez: I was teaching. And then she did a walk plus 631 00:32:15,930 --> 00:32:18,900 Mariana Fernandez: run. And I call those the gateway to running because so 632 00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:20,760 Mariana Fernandez: many people will be like, " I'm not a runner, I'm 633 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:22,680 Mariana Fernandez: not a runner." And they're running and they're like, " I'm 634 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:26,400 Mariana Fernandez: not a runner." You are a runner. So to continue 635 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,940 Mariana Fernandez: to surprise yourself. And those are the stories, anytime that 636 00:32:29,940 --> 00:32:33,120 Mariana Fernandez: someone messages like, " I finished my first 45- minute class," " 637 00:32:33,420 --> 00:32:36,540 Mariana Fernandez: I did this," " I signed up for this." That element 638 00:32:36,540 --> 00:32:40,260 Mariana Fernandez: of surprise, I know that, as a coach, I believe 639 00:32:40,260 --> 00:32:43,650 Mariana Fernandez: that, but to watch someone believe it themselves is the 640 00:32:43,650 --> 00:32:46,980 Mariana Fernandez: biggest gift. And now Marisol is running the TCS New 641 00:32:46,980 --> 00:32:49,710 Mariana Fernandez: York City Marathon this year after her nine plus one. 642 00:32:49,710 --> 00:32:54,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's beautiful. I love it. That's fantastic. Carl, you have 643 00:32:54,090 --> 00:32:58,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: this following obviously from the show. And you've gone through 644 00:32:58,770 --> 00:33:01,920 Rob Simmelkjaer: this personal journey as well in front of that audience. 645 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: And now you're going through this journey also. Have you 646 00:33:04,590 --> 00:33:09,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: had any interactions or anybody say, " Wow, I can't believe 647 00:33:09,180 --> 00:33:12,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: you're doing this," and how it's maybe impacting them as well? 648 00:33:12,180 --> 00:33:15,660 Carl Radke: Yeah, I'm very fortunate, I've been doing a reality show 649 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:18,750 Carl Radke: for now 10 seasons. And I've shared a lot about 650 00:33:18,750 --> 00:33:21,480 Carl Radke: my ups and downs, especially over the last five years. 651 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:25,020 Carl Radke: And I've been stopped in the street here in New 652 00:33:25,020 --> 00:33:27,750 Carl Radke: York actually by people that have been inspired by what 653 00:33:27,750 --> 00:33:30,570 Carl Radke: I've shared. As an example, it actually wasn't far from 654 00:33:30,570 --> 00:33:33,630 Carl Radke: here, I was getting off of the subway down by 655 00:33:33,630 --> 00:33:37,170 Carl Radke: Rockefeller Center, and a girl saw me walking up the 656 00:33:37,170 --> 00:33:39,120 Carl Radke: steps and she said, " Hey, Carl." And I turned, and 657 00:33:39,900 --> 00:33:42,240 Carl Radke: I do get stopped in New York City occasionally, people 658 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,940 Carl Radke: are familiar with Bravo, but she was like, " Hey, I 659 00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:46,590 Carl Radke: just want you to know you're the reason I got 660 00:33:46,590 --> 00:33:49,770 Carl Radke: sober." And I was really caught off guard because I 661 00:33:49,770 --> 00:33:52,290 Carl Radke: don't know this person, she just knows me from TV. 662 00:33:52,290 --> 00:33:56,130 Carl Radke: But she basically was like, " You're just a relatable person 663 00:33:56,130 --> 00:33:58,110 Carl Radke: and you were someone that was really open and honest 664 00:33:58,110 --> 00:34:00,030 Carl Radke: about what you've been through and it really inspired me 665 00:34:00,030 --> 00:34:03,090 Carl Radke: to get help and take an action." And what I 666 00:34:03,090 --> 00:34:04,380 Carl Radke: said to her, and I say this to a lot 667 00:34:04,380 --> 00:34:07,440 Carl Radke: of people, is it's kind of like she's going to 668 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:11,040 Carl Radke: impact someone in her life without realizing it. And I told 669 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:12,870 Carl Radke: her this, I was like, " Listen, keep going, keep doing 670 00:34:12,900 --> 00:34:16,950 Carl Radke: what you're doing." But how I impacted you without realizing 671 00:34:16,950 --> 00:34:19,200 Carl Radke: it, you're going to impact someone else in your life, 672 00:34:19,350 --> 00:34:21,330 Carl Radke: whether it's a co- worker or a friend or a 673 00:34:21,540 --> 00:34:25,770 Carl Radke: family member because you're improving your life, your demeanor and 674 00:34:25,770 --> 00:34:28,859 Carl Radke: just everything is going to hopefully become better and people 675 00:34:28,860 --> 00:34:31,109 Carl Radke: will recognize that. You're going to help someone get sober. 676 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:35,070 Carl Radke: So I feel very lucky that I've helped. It blows 677 00:34:35,070 --> 00:34:38,640 Carl Radke: me away truthfully. But I've realized more and more the 678 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:41,790 Carl Radke: more we share out loud, it helps those who suffer 679 00:34:41,790 --> 00:34:46,049 Carl Radke: in silence. The more we share open and honestly, I 680 00:34:46,050 --> 00:34:49,650 Carl Radke: think it encourages that authenticity of people to really be 681 00:34:49,650 --> 00:34:53,070 Carl Radke: open about what they're struggling with. So yeah, I feel 682 00:34:53,070 --> 00:34:56,610 Carl Radke: very grateful that I've impacted. I still can't believe I 683 00:34:56,610 --> 00:34:59,430 Carl Radke: have. But I'm hoping with the New York City Marathon 684 00:34:59,430 --> 00:35:01,950 Carl Radke: to even do more. People that are sober but never 685 00:35:01,950 --> 00:35:04,620 Carl Radke: have run a marathon, maybe this will be something that 686 00:35:04,620 --> 00:35:06,270 Carl Radke: will jumpstart their journey. 687 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:10,890 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's fantastic, it really is. And doing it is one thing, but telling the story, 688 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: that's where you get the real impact. 689 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:13,859 Carl Radke: A hundred percent. 690 00:35:14,370 --> 00:35:15,719 Rob Simmelkjaer: Well done and congratulations. 691 00:35:15,900 --> 00:35:19,020 Carl Radke: Very lucky to have people in New York that are supportive 692 00:35:19,020 --> 00:35:22,290 Carl Radke: of the show. And I, again, just can't believe that 693 00:35:22,290 --> 00:35:24,465 Carl Radke: I've made an impact like that. But it just goes 694 00:35:24,465 --> 00:35:26,190 Carl Radke: to show, when you take better care of yourself and 695 00:35:26,190 --> 00:35:30,660 Carl Radke: you really prioritize your mental health and your wellbeing that 696 00:35:30,930 --> 00:35:33,540 Carl Radke: people recognize and notice that. I didn't get sober for 697 00:35:33,540 --> 00:35:35,700 Carl Radke: anyone else, I got sober to stay alive and for 698 00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:39,390 Carl Radke: my own story. But I didn't realize that that behavior 699 00:35:39,390 --> 00:35:42,420 Carl Radke: and that action would actually carry outside of my body 700 00:35:42,420 --> 00:35:44,460 Carl Radke: and people would pick up on that. So I feel 701 00:35:44,460 --> 00:35:45,000 Carl Radke: really lucky. 702 00:35:45,090 --> 00:35:48,270 Rob Simmelkjaer: It's like the butterfly effect, it ripples in the universe. 703 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: Mal, you certainly have had a huge impact on obviously 704 00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:55,320 Rob Simmelkjaer: the whole community following you. What have you been able 705 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:58,830 Rob Simmelkjaer: to see from people that you've impacted out there and 706 00:35:58,830 --> 00:35:59,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: everything you've done? 707 00:36:00,210 --> 00:36:03,629 Mallory Kilmer: Yeah, I mean, I get messages daily, weekly from people 708 00:36:03,630 --> 00:36:06,960 Mallory Kilmer: that have either never run and started running. I think 709 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:08,940 Mallory Kilmer: something that was really important in my story is the 710 00:36:08,940 --> 00:36:12,540 Mallory Kilmer: first marathon I did, I used the Jeff Galloway method, if 711 00:36:12,540 --> 00:36:14,160 Mallory Kilmer: you're not sure what that is, it's a run- walk 712 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:17,880 Mallory Kilmer: method. And you can really tailor it to whatever you 713 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,219 Mallory Kilmer: need. And so I did the four- one where you 714 00:36:20,219 --> 00:36:23,820 Mallory Kilmer: run for four minutes, walk for one, which is what your run- 715 00:36:23,820 --> 00:36:26,130 Mallory Kilmer: walks there is like you're still a runner. If you 716 00:36:26,130 --> 00:36:28,530 Mallory Kilmer: walk, you're still a runner. If you stop, you're still 717 00:36:28,530 --> 00:36:32,130 Mallory Kilmer: a runner. But in my community, in the run club 718 00:36:32,130 --> 00:36:35,069 Mallory Kilmer: that we have here, there was a girl who had 719 00:36:35,070 --> 00:36:38,339 Mallory Kilmer: never run before and she wanted to meet friends. And 720 00:36:38,340 --> 00:36:42,150 Mallory Kilmer: so she showed up. And she was terrified. She was 721 00:36:42,150 --> 00:36:44,430 Mallory Kilmer: so scared that she wasn't going to be able to 722 00:36:44,430 --> 00:36:47,310 Mallory Kilmer: keep up. And I had to keep reminding her that 723 00:36:47,460 --> 00:36:50,250 Mallory Kilmer: forward is a pace, that's number one. You show up, 724 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,060 Mallory Kilmer: you get out there. One in itself that is so 725 00:36:54,090 --> 00:36:57,120 Mallory Kilmer: successful. You're doing it for yourself, you're showing up for 726 00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,570 Mallory Kilmer: other people. And that was two years ago. And she's 727 00:37:00,570 --> 00:37:03,750 Mallory Kilmer: training for New York City this year. So super exciting 728 00:37:03,750 --> 00:37:07,379 Mallory Kilmer: how she never ran before and now she has a 729 00:37:07,380 --> 00:37:09,569 Mallory Kilmer: lot of friends in the run club now and she 730 00:37:09,570 --> 00:37:12,930 Mallory Kilmer: comes to meet them. And she's also inspired her friends 731 00:37:12,930 --> 00:37:14,969 Mallory Kilmer: and people in the community as well. It really is 732 00:37:14,969 --> 00:37:17,430 Mallory Kilmer: a chain reaction. And it's just such a positive one. 733 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,759 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah, we see these stories all the time at Road 734 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:24,900 Rob Simmelkjaer: Runners among our members. I have people grab me at 735 00:37:24,900 --> 00:37:27,480 Rob Simmelkjaer: the finish line of our races all the time and 736 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:31,710 Rob Simmelkjaer: they want to tell me their story. I've heard stories 737 00:37:31,710 --> 00:37:34,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: about people who have overcome addiction, I've heard stories of 738 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,230 Rob Simmelkjaer: people who never thought they'd run down the block and 739 00:37:37,230 --> 00:37:39,930 Rob Simmelkjaer: then someone got them to run a half a mile 740 00:37:39,930 --> 00:37:41,759 Rob Simmelkjaer: and next thing you know they're training for a marathon. 741 00:37:41,969 --> 00:37:44,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: I've heard them all. And it's because of people like 742 00:37:44,430 --> 00:37:47,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: you that it all happens. Okay. We're going to go 743 00:37:47,460 --> 00:37:50,279 Rob Simmelkjaer: lightning round. That's right. We're going to go, I'm going 744 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:53,549 Rob Simmelkjaer: to ask each of you some quick questions and I 745 00:37:53,550 --> 00:37:56,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: want a quick answer so we can learn a little 746 00:37:56,580 --> 00:37:58,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: bit about you, some things maybe you're not quite ready 747 00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:00,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: to talk about. Here we go. We're going to start 748 00:38:00,540 --> 00:38:03,719 Rob Simmelkjaer: with Confession Booth. I'm going to start with you, Mariana. 749 00:38:04,020 --> 00:38:07,529 Rob Simmelkjaer: What is your most embarrassing running or workout fail? 750 00:38:09,060 --> 00:38:11,100 Mariana Fernandez: To this day I will still walk out the door 751 00:38:11,100 --> 00:38:13,620 Mariana Fernandez: without my bib on and get halfway to the park 752 00:38:13,620 --> 00:38:16,680 Mariana Fernandez: and then realize that I don't have my bib for that 753 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,951 Mariana Fernandez: race. After 30 years of running I still forget. 754 00:38:19,950 --> 00:38:21,000 Mallory Kilmer: That's a nightmare. 755 00:38:21,060 --> 00:38:24,000 Rob Simmelkjaer: We are ready for people like you. We have folks 756 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,129 Rob Simmelkjaer: ready to give you a new bib as I'm sure 757 00:38:26,130 --> 00:38:29,340 Rob Simmelkjaer: you've had given to you many times. So it happens. 758 00:38:29,430 --> 00:38:30,989 Rob Simmelkjaer: Carl, any fails so far? 759 00:38:34,110 --> 00:38:37,020 Carl Radke: I'll give you two. One, one of the run clubs 760 00:38:37,020 --> 00:38:41,160 Carl Radke: I went to, I put my shorts on backwards. But 761 00:38:41,430 --> 00:38:44,850 Carl Radke: when you wear backwards shorts, it actually doesn't work as well. 762 00:38:44,940 --> 00:38:45,750 Rob Simmelkjaer: It feels bad. 763 00:38:45,750 --> 00:38:49,590 Carl Radke: Yeah, I was chafing myself. And number two- 764 00:38:49,830 --> 00:38:51,510 Rob Simmelkjaer: You don't do that for long, let's put it that way. 765 00:38:51,510 --> 00:38:54,960 Carl Radke: No. I figured it out. But number two, when I 766 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,560 Carl Radke: did run the Brooklyn half marathon, I didn't realize that, 767 00:38:58,710 --> 00:39:01,020 Carl Radke: be careful with how much water you are drinking. Obviously 768 00:39:01,020 --> 00:39:03,840 Carl Radke: you need to be hydrated, but I was crushing water all the 769 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:06,718 Carl Radke: way up until we started. I stopped I think four 770 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,660 Carl Radke: times for the bathroom on the Brooklyn half. So my 771 00:39:09,660 --> 00:39:12,480 Carl Radke: time reflected a little, I finished under two hours, but 772 00:39:13,110 --> 00:39:15,718 Carl Radke: I think that was my just first half marathon, learned 773 00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:18,270 Carl Radke: my lesson. But you don't have to stop at every 774 00:39:18,270 --> 00:39:20,430 Carl Radke: bathroom, I tried to. 775 00:39:20,489 --> 00:39:24,090 Rob Simmelkjaer: Bathroom timing and strategy is a huge part of a 776 00:39:24,090 --> 00:39:25,469 Rob Simmelkjaer: successful marathon day. 777 00:39:25,469 --> 00:39:27,930 Carl Radke: Yes. My coach is actually giving me good bathroom tips. 778 00:39:27,989 --> 00:39:30,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yes. When you stop drinking and when you go to 779 00:39:30,780 --> 00:39:33,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: the bathroom, it's big. So hopefully you're ready for that. 780 00:39:33,540 --> 00:39:36,180 Carl Radke: She said don't drink at least an hour before you run. 781 00:39:36,210 --> 00:39:38,279 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's the play, that's the play, exactly. 782 00:39:38,310 --> 00:39:38,910 Carl Radke: I learned my lesson. 783 00:39:38,910 --> 00:39:39,120 Rob Simmelkjaer: Stop with the drinking. Mal? 784 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,200 Mallory Kilmer: I wouldn't say fail, and I'm not even embarrassed to 785 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,150 Mallory Kilmer: say this anymore because I've said this on my social 786 00:39:45,150 --> 00:39:47,880 Mallory Kilmer: media so many times, but before I got into triathlons, 787 00:39:48,150 --> 00:39:51,690 Mallory Kilmer: I had wet my pants a few times. But now 788 00:39:51,690 --> 00:39:55,290 Mallory Kilmer: once you get into triathlon world, nothing matters. It is 789 00:39:55,290 --> 00:39:57,390 Mallory Kilmer: actually the number one rule is you never touch anything 790 00:39:57,390 --> 00:40:01,320 Mallory Kilmer: from the waist down on a triathlete's anything, bike seat, shoes, 791 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:05,250 Mallory Kilmer: socks. You don't know what happened during training, during a 792 00:40:05,250 --> 00:40:09,239 Mallory Kilmer: race. So it happens. Honestly, if I'm going for a 793 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:10,620 Mallory Kilmer: PR, I'm not stopping. 794 00:40:11,790 --> 00:40:12,359 Mariana Fernandez: Facts. 795 00:40:12,870 --> 00:40:15,300 Carl Radke: Now that I know, you can just relieve yourself as you go. 796 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:19,260 Rob Simmelkjaer: It happens, it definitely happens. 797 00:40:19,260 --> 00:40:19,831 Mallory Kilmer: Happens more than you think. 798 00:40:19,831 --> 00:40:22,291 Rob Simmelkjaer: And in ultras too, I can't imagine what's going on there. 799 00:40:22,291 --> 00:40:26,009 Mallory Kilmer: I will be going to the bathroom in the woods. I've read a book 800 00:40:26,010 --> 00:40:28,020 Mallory Kilmer: of things that you're supposed to know. What to do 801 00:40:28,020 --> 00:40:29,910 Mallory Kilmer: if you see a bear, how to splint an injury 802 00:40:30,150 --> 00:40:35,069 Mallory Kilmer: and how to go to the bathroom. You dig a hole. So you'll hear 803 00:40:35,070 --> 00:40:37,650 Mallory Kilmer: all about it after this race, I will literally do 804 00:40:37,650 --> 00:40:39,090 Mallory Kilmer: a tell- all of what happens. 805 00:40:39,210 --> 00:40:40,770 Rob Simmelkjaer: All right, here's our next question. I'm going to start 806 00:40:40,770 --> 00:40:44,790 Rob Simmelkjaer: with you on this one, Carl. If running gave you a Bravo- 807 00:40:44,790 --> 00:40:49,469 Rob Simmelkjaer: style tagline, okay, for this marathon, what's a Bravo- style 808 00:40:49,469 --> 00:40:51,689 Rob Simmelkjaer: tagline for your marathon this year? 809 00:40:52,890 --> 00:40:55,620 Carl Radke: Oh man, you got to be witty and smart on these. 810 00:40:57,630 --> 00:40:58,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: The fight to survive. 811 00:40:58,980 --> 00:41:02,520 Carl Radke: Yeah, it'd be like, I mean, you can run but you 812 00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:07,860 Carl Radke: can't hide or something like that. I don't know. I had another quip 813 00:41:07,860 --> 00:41:10,080 Carl Radke: that I told her before we came out here, but 814 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,600 Carl Radke: this is before I got sober, but my tagline would've 815 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,000 Carl Radke: been, I don't get hangovers because I never stop drinking. 816 00:41:16,830 --> 00:41:18,751 Rob Simmelkjaer: And now you don't get hangovers because you never start drinking. 817 00:41:18,751 --> 00:41:19,110 Carl Radke: Exactly, exactly. 818 00:41:19,110 --> 00:41:22,620 Rob Simmelkjaer: So even better, I love it. You got to tagline, Mariana, 819 00:41:22,620 --> 00:41:23,610 Rob Simmelkjaer: for your race this year? 820 00:41:24,090 --> 00:41:29,129 Mariana Fernandez: Oh yes. Okay. Because I'm about to enter my forties, 821 00:41:29,340 --> 00:41:31,950 Mariana Fernandez: I feel better than ever after health issues and everything 822 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:36,000 Mariana Fernandez: so my tagline be, let this sexy Mexie be your 823 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:36,391 Mariana Fernandez: running bestie. 824 00:41:36,391 --> 00:41:36,392 Carl Radke: I like it. That was good, that was good. 825 00:41:36,392 --> 00:41:43,680 Rob Simmelkjaer: I love it, I love it. That's good. I feel like you've 826 00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:46,950 Rob Simmelkjaer: used that before, I don't know. Right on the spot, 827 00:41:46,950 --> 00:41:50,700 Rob Simmelkjaer: that's really good. She's good, she's really good. Mal, what's 828 00:41:50,700 --> 00:41:52,050 Rob Simmelkjaer: your tagline for your ultra? 829 00:41:53,700 --> 00:41:56,670 Mallory Kilmer: Just like Dory says in Finding Nemo, but instead of 830 00:41:56,670 --> 00:41:58,920 Mallory Kilmer: just keep swimming, it's going to be just keep moving. 831 00:41:59,370 --> 00:41:59,730 Mallory Kilmer: That's it. 832 00:41:59,730 --> 00:42:00,391 Rob Simmelkjaer: I love it, I love it. 833 00:42:00,391 --> 00:42:00,691 Carl Radke: Love that. 834 00:42:00,691 --> 00:42:04,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: Just keep swimming is one of my favorite lines. And 835 00:42:04,350 --> 00:42:08,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: it really does carry over. Just keep going. I say 836 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:10,920 Rob Simmelkjaer: it all the time to runners, to people in life, 837 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:15,060 Rob Simmelkjaer: whatever they're doing, just keep going, that's the key. That 838 00:42:15,060 --> 00:42:18,960 Rob Simmelkjaer: really is the key. Okay. Are you more focused, I'm going 839 00:42:18,989 --> 00:42:21,660 Rob Simmelkjaer: to start with you, Mariana, on race day morning, are 840 00:42:21,660 --> 00:42:27,300 Rob Simmelkjaer: you more focused on your playlist, your outfit or your 841 00:42:27,300 --> 00:42:29,759 Rob Simmelkjaer: fuel? What are you most focused on in the morning? 842 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:30,180 Mariana Fernandez: Playlist. 843 00:42:30,510 --> 00:42:31,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: Your playlist? 844 00:42:31,350 --> 00:42:31,620 Mariana Fernandez: Yes. 845 00:42:31,620 --> 00:42:33,330 Rob Simmelkjaer: Do you run your races with music? 846 00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:38,610 Mariana Fernandez: Yes. That's probably why I forget my bib because I am so 847 00:42:38,610 --> 00:42:41,760 Mariana Fernandez: focused. I curate music for classes all the time and 848 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,270 Mariana Fernandez: music is one of my love languages. So it is 849 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:49,799 Mariana Fernandez: ultimately, along with my breath, the biggest support system throughout, 850 00:42:49,980 --> 00:42:53,430 Mariana Fernandez: whether it's a 10K, half marathon or full marathon. 851 00:42:53,910 --> 00:42:56,820 Rob Simmelkjaer: I have chosen not to run days because I couldn't find 852 00:42:56,820 --> 00:42:59,280 Rob Simmelkjaer: my AirPods or whatever. I mean, I don't always do 853 00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:01,350 Rob Simmelkjaer: it, today I actually went out for a run in 854 00:43:01,350 --> 00:43:03,570 Rob Simmelkjaer: the park with nothing and it was lovely. I actually 855 00:43:03,570 --> 00:43:06,509 Rob Simmelkjaer: had a really nice meditative experience, but that's rare. There 856 00:43:06,510 --> 00:43:09,180 Rob Simmelkjaer: are days I will just not run because I cannot 857 00:43:09,180 --> 00:43:11,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: find my music devices. Which I'm not proud of, but 858 00:43:11,580 --> 00:43:14,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: it's just part of the experience sometimes for me. Carl, 859 00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:16,200 Rob Simmelkjaer: what are you going to be most focused on? 860 00:43:16,770 --> 00:43:19,650 Carl Radke: I mean, I actually don't really use headphones when I 861 00:43:19,650 --> 00:43:23,700 Carl Radke: run. My head bartender from Eleven Madison, he told me 862 00:43:23,700 --> 00:43:26,580 Carl Radke: last year when he ran the New York City Marathon, 863 00:43:27,030 --> 00:43:30,089 Carl Radke: he said the crowd and the supporters and the people 864 00:43:30,090 --> 00:43:32,790 Carl Radke: cheering you on, you're going to want to listen to 865 00:43:32,790 --> 00:43:35,310 Carl Radke: that. And he told me don't wear headphones for the half. 866 00:43:35,550 --> 00:43:36,600 Rob Simmelkjaer: A hundred percent. 867 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,900 Carl Radke: So I've been, as my friends call it, raw dogging. 868 00:43:40,410 --> 00:43:43,620 Carl Radke: You raw dog a run without headphones. But to your 869 00:43:43,620 --> 00:43:46,799 Carl Radke: point about enjoying the, if you're running in Central Park, 870 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:49,680 Carl Radke: the trees, the birds, the other people walking and running, 871 00:43:50,130 --> 00:43:53,009 Carl Radke: just the energy of the park. I actually like the 872 00:43:53,010 --> 00:43:56,370 Carl Radke: no music, but I am a big music person, so 873 00:43:56,580 --> 00:43:58,800 Carl Radke: I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do for this 874 00:43:58,800 --> 00:43:59,910 Carl Radke: New York City Marathon. I think I'm going to run 875 00:43:59,910 --> 00:44:00,181 Carl Radke: without headphones. 876 00:44:00,181 --> 00:44:04,109 Rob Simmelkjaer: I think your friend has it right, I would strongly recommend 877 00:44:04,110 --> 00:44:06,509 Rob Simmelkjaer: that you not wear headphones. You're not going to need 878 00:44:06,510 --> 00:44:07,410 Rob Simmelkjaer: them, you're really not. 879 00:44:07,410 --> 00:44:10,560 Carl Radke: Yeah, I don't need it. But race day, the thing I'm more focused on, 880 00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:14,580 Carl Radke: number one, is I'm like Deion Sanders in this, look 881 00:44:14,580 --> 00:44:18,690 Carl Radke: good, feel good, play good, get paid good. I want 882 00:44:18,690 --> 00:44:20,250 Carl Radke: to have the right shoes, want to have the right 883 00:44:20,250 --> 00:44:22,620 Carl Radke: socks, I have to have the right feeling of the 884 00:44:22,620 --> 00:44:25,230 Carl Radke: clothing I'm wearing. And I think that if I've got 885 00:44:25,230 --> 00:44:27,300 Carl Radke: that dialed in, we'll have a good day. 886 00:44:28,290 --> 00:44:30,780 Rob Simmelkjaer: What's your focus, is it the fit, is it the 887 00:44:30,780 --> 00:44:34,620 Rob Simmelkjaer: music, is it fuel? For an ultra, I would imagine 888 00:44:34,620 --> 00:44:35,520 Rob Simmelkjaer: the fuel is pretty key? 889 00:44:35,910 --> 00:44:40,799 Mallory Kilmer: Yeah, fuel is huge. But race morning, I would say 890 00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:42,330 Mallory Kilmer: I'm type A when it comes to races where I 891 00:44:42,330 --> 00:44:45,180 Mallory Kilmer: have everything laid out the night before. So race morning, 892 00:44:45,180 --> 00:44:48,810 Mallory Kilmer: it's just get dressed and go. I'm not forgetting anything, 893 00:44:48,810 --> 00:44:51,480 Mallory Kilmer: bag is packed. But when it comes to outfit, I'm 894 00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:55,259 Mallory Kilmer: definitely not the fashionista, I do like things to match, 895 00:44:55,260 --> 00:44:58,290 Mallory Kilmer: but I'm more about functionality. I want my clothes to 896 00:44:58,290 --> 00:45:02,040 Mallory Kilmer: be quality, I don't want to chafe, so I'm more 897 00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:04,830 Mallory Kilmer: focused on what's going to last, whatever the distance is, 898 00:45:05,310 --> 00:45:07,710 Mallory Kilmer: not ride up, I don't want to be touching anything, 899 00:45:07,710 --> 00:45:10,140 Mallory Kilmer: I just want to be focused. And I think running 900 00:45:10,140 --> 00:45:14,400 Mallory Kilmer: without headphones is key. There are some open- ear headphones, 901 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,860 Mallory Kilmer: which I absolutely love. So you can have the balance 902 00:45:16,860 --> 00:45:20,190 Mallory Kilmer: of hearing music, but also hearing. But it is definitely 903 00:45:20,190 --> 00:45:24,090 Mallory Kilmer: a strength to run without music, it really is. I 904 00:45:24,090 --> 00:45:27,810 Mallory Kilmer: love David Goggins, big fan, and he always says it's 905 00:45:27,810 --> 00:45:30,540 Mallory Kilmer: just like you versus you out there and you got to be able to 906 00:45:30,540 --> 00:45:31,529 Mallory Kilmer: be alone with your thoughts. 907 00:45:33,660 --> 00:45:33,661 Carl Radke: I love Goggins. 908 00:45:33,660 --> 00:45:37,500 Rob Simmelkjaer: I'm a huge believer in visualization. So I want to 909 00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:39,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: know for each of you, I'll start with you, Mariana, 910 00:45:39,690 --> 00:45:44,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: on this one, what are you visualizing when you cross 911 00:45:44,430 --> 00:45:47,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: the finish line of the TCS New York City Marathon this 912 00:45:47,430 --> 00:45:51,540 Rob Simmelkjaer: year? What is the thought that you think will enter 913 00:45:51,540 --> 00:45:54,779 Rob Simmelkjaer: your mind? What is it that you see and think you'll 914 00:45:54,780 --> 00:45:56,430 Rob Simmelkjaer: feel at that moment this year? 915 00:45:57,330 --> 00:46:00,690 Mariana Fernandez: This specific marathon has always been really special to me 916 00:46:00,690 --> 00:46:04,500 Mariana Fernandez: because even when I had already done marathons, I thought 917 00:46:04,500 --> 00:46:07,920 Mariana Fernandez: I was in marathon retirement, and then I was living 918 00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:10,860 Mariana Fernandez: in New York City in 2017, because I was going 919 00:46:10,860 --> 00:46:13,770 Mariana Fernandez: through a really challenging point in my life, I signed 920 00:46:13,770 --> 00:46:16,140 Mariana Fernandez: up for it. And I ran it with my mother 921 00:46:16,860 --> 00:46:19,530 Mariana Fernandez: and we crossed the finish line together. And then I 922 00:46:19,530 --> 00:46:22,290 Mariana Fernandez: came out of marathon retirement and then started doing more. 923 00:46:22,770 --> 00:46:26,730 Mariana Fernandez: And as I mentioned before, I just think that life 924 00:46:26,730 --> 00:46:30,960 Mariana Fernandez: sometimes throws you curve balls. And this year on multiple 925 00:46:30,989 --> 00:46:34,080 Mariana Fernandez: fronts, life has thrown me a few, that have been 926 00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:39,450 Mariana Fernandez: tough. And this marathon for me is always a reminder 927 00:46:39,510 --> 00:46:43,080 Mariana Fernandez: of my resiliency, as I embark on a new decade, 928 00:46:43,380 --> 00:46:49,350 Mariana Fernandez: how I've gotten stronger. And so especially this one will 929 00:46:49,350 --> 00:46:51,660 Mariana Fernandez: always remind me of that. So that's what I'm going 930 00:46:51,660 --> 00:46:55,290 Mariana Fernandez: to be visualizing, everything I've overcome as I just turned 931 00:46:55,290 --> 00:46:56,100 Mariana Fernandez: 40 this year. 932 00:46:56,370 --> 00:46:59,160 Rob Simmelkjaer: Amen to that, I love that. See, I think I 933 00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:03,029 Rob Simmelkjaer: have another tagline for you in your race, Mariana, she can 934 00:47:03,030 --> 00:47:05,400 Rob Simmelkjaer: hit the curve ball, she can hit the curve ball. 935 00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:07,590 Rob Simmelkjaer: Yeah. You got some curve balls thrown, you're going to 936 00:47:07,590 --> 00:47:09,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: knock them out of the park on November 7th. 937 00:47:09,690 --> 00:47:11,280 Mariana Fernandez: Yes, home run, home run. 938 00:47:11,340 --> 00:47:15,630 Rob Simmelkjaer: I love it. Mal, what are you, and this is your first ultra, so a first 939 00:47:15,630 --> 00:47:19,260 Rob Simmelkjaer: distance finish for you, what are you visualizing? 940 00:47:19,860 --> 00:47:22,500 Mallory Kilmer: I'm actually not even focused on the finish line because 941 00:47:22,500 --> 00:47:26,730 Mallory Kilmer: I'm thinking logically that it is a possibility that I might not 942 00:47:26,730 --> 00:47:29,790 Mallory Kilmer: cross it. This is something completely out of my territory. 943 00:47:30,030 --> 00:47:33,330 Mallory Kilmer: And I don't even care. I just want to focus 944 00:47:33,330 --> 00:47:35,580 Mallory Kilmer: on the mile that I'm in. I want to enjoy 945 00:47:35,580 --> 00:47:38,400 Mallory Kilmer: it. I'm doing it with my boyfriend and my stepmom, 946 00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:41,190 Mallory Kilmer: which is really exciting. My stepmom is also a big 947 00:47:41,190 --> 00:47:43,439 Mallory Kilmer: part of my fitness life. But this is going to 948 00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:45,900 Mallory Kilmer: be her first and his first as well. And so I 949 00:47:45,900 --> 00:47:48,450 Mallory Kilmer: really just want to focus on the experience and enjoying 950 00:47:48,450 --> 00:47:51,239 Mallory Kilmer: it and staying so present. If I cross that finish 951 00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:53,010 Mallory Kilmer: line, there better be an ice- cold Diet Coke for 952 00:47:53,010 --> 00:47:53,850 Mallory Kilmer: me, that's all I ask. 953 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:55,170 Carl Radke: When you cross that finish line. 954 00:47:55,590 --> 00:47:56,760 Mallory Kilmer: Yes, when I cross. 955 00:47:57,420 --> 00:47:59,881 Rob Simmelkjaer: That's a good way to test a relationship there, an ultra marathon. 956 00:47:59,881 --> 00:48:03,839 Mallory Kilmer: The training has been a test already, but we're still 957 00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:05,580 Mallory Kilmer: together, we've made it this far. We have five more 958 00:48:05,580 --> 00:48:08,070 Mallory Kilmer: weeks, so send out some good vibes please. 959 00:48:08,070 --> 00:48:11,070 Rob Simmelkjaer: Fingers crossed for you on that. And I really want 960 00:48:11,070 --> 00:48:15,810 Rob Simmelkjaer: to hear from you what you, Carl, are visualizing to 961 00:48:15,810 --> 00:48:18,779 Rob Simmelkjaer: finish that marathon finish line for the first time? 962 00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:22,620 Carl Radke: I'm thinking of a couple of things. I mean, one 963 00:48:22,620 --> 00:48:26,850 Carl Radke: is just I'm hoping some sort of euphoria or just 964 00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:29,640 Carl Radke: true accomplishment. I mean, I have a lot of excitement 965 00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:32,610 Carl Radke: in my life, but I've never really done something like 966 00:48:32,610 --> 00:48:37,530 Carl Radke: this, not only physically challenging, but mentally challenging. So I 967 00:48:37,530 --> 00:48:39,870 Carl Radke: also think about all the people that aren't able to 968 00:48:39,870 --> 00:48:45,390 Carl Radke: run, the folks that struggle currently with addiction or alcoholism. 969 00:48:45,660 --> 00:48:49,200 Carl Radke: I lost my brother in 2020 to a drug overdose. So 970 00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:52,080 Carl Radke: part of why I'm running is to raise awareness for 971 00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:54,840 Carl Radke: folks that struggle. And I'm going to be thinking about 972 00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:57,000 Carl Radke: the people that aren't in a position to run. And 973 00:48:57,180 --> 00:48:59,520 Carl Radke: how lucky I am that my legs still are working. 974 00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:01,350 Carl Radke: And that's what I hope is going to push me 975 00:49:01,350 --> 00:49:03,930 Carl Radke: through is how fortunate I am that I even get 976 00:49:03,930 --> 00:49:06,660 Carl Radke: to do something like this. And I'm hoping to see 977 00:49:06,660 --> 00:49:10,350 Carl Radke: all the other smiles and just euphoria from the other 978 00:49:10,350 --> 00:49:15,150 Carl Radke: runners too. And hopefully just one big party of smiling 979 00:49:15,150 --> 00:49:17,969 Carl Radke: and accomplishment. But yeah, that's probably what I'll be thinking about. 980 00:49:18,510 --> 00:49:20,880 Rob Simmelkjaer: Well, can we get a big, big hand for our 981 00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:27,029 Rob Simmelkjaer: three guests today, Carl Radke, Mariana Fernandez, and Mallory Kilmer. 982 00:49:27,660 --> 00:49:30,240 Rob Simmelkjaer: Thank you all so much for coming, for sharing. 983 00:49:30,240 --> 00:49:30,241 Carl Radke: Thanks. 984 00:49:30,241 --> 00:49:30,902 Mallory Kilmer: Thank you. 985 00:49:31,260 --> 00:49:34,200 Carl Radke: And I cannot wait to see what happens to each 986 00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:36,360 Carl Radke: and every one of you on your big race days. 987 00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:39,330 Carl Radke: Carl, Mariana, of course November 2nd here in New York, 988 00:49:39,630 --> 00:49:41,549 Carl Radke: and Mallory, what's the date again? 989 00:49:41,790 --> 00:49:42,750 Mallory Kilmer: September 20th. 990 00:49:42,750 --> 00:49:45,001 Rob Simmelkjaer: September 20th, down in Maryland for your ultra. 991 00:49:45,001 --> 00:49:45,480 Carl Radke: Good luck. 992 00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:47,850 Rob Simmelkjaer: So best of luck to all of you, good luck with 993 00:49:47,850 --> 00:49:51,690 Rob Simmelkjaer: the training. 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Fourth Avenue 1012 00:50:54,570 --> 00:50:57,719 Meb Keflezighi: through the MasterCard cheer zone, and then make a right 1013 00:50:57,719 --> 00:51:02,340 Meb Keflezighi: on Lafayette. It's a little bit slight uphill, mile nine, 1014 00:51:02,370 --> 00:51:07,469 Meb Keflezighi: but the energy here, this is where you meet people 1015 00:51:07,469 --> 00:51:12,150 Meb Keflezighi: from the different starts. It is electrifying, the crowd, the 1016 00:51:12,150 --> 00:51:15,180 Meb Keflezighi: people, they're in their apartment, they're cheering you on, 10 1017 00:51:15,180 --> 00:51:18,570 Meb Keflezighi: deep, eight deep, it's amazing. So I always soak it 1018 00:51:18,570 --> 00:51:20,580 Meb Keflezighi: in, but at the same time, you want to hold 1019 00:51:20,580 --> 00:51:24,600 Meb Keflezighi: onto your horses, hydrate properly, keep the rhythm smooth and strong. 1020 00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:27,360 Rob Simmelkjaer: That does it for another episode of Set the Pace. 1021 00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:30,030 Rob Simmelkjaer: If you liked the episode, make sure you subscribe. Give 1022 00:51:30,030 --> 00:51:32,969 Rob Simmelkjaer: us a thumbs up on YouTube. Share it, tell your 1023 00:51:32,969 --> 00:51:35,190 Rob Simmelkjaer: friends, we'd love to have more folks join us here 1024 00:51:35,430 --> 00:51:38,219 Rob Simmelkjaer: weekend and week out as well. And hopefully we will 1025 00:51:38,219 --> 00:51:41,580 Rob Simmelkjaer: see you all again out there soon. Enjoy the miles, 1026 00:51:41,580 --> 00:51:42,390 Rob Simmelkjaer: we'll see you next week.