WEBVTT - Crowning Miss 26.2 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:08.960 Hello everybody, and welcome to a special episode of Amy 0:00:09.080 --> 0:00:13.320 and TJ. Coming to you from the Habit Held Expo 0:00:13.400 --> 0:00:17.240 at the McCormick Center in downtown Chicago. 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:18.880 Hello everybody, I'm TJ. 0:00:18.960 --> 0:00:22.720 Holmes and I'm Amy Robach and we're very excited to 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:29.320 be here with thousands of runners in this weekend's Chicago Marathon. 0:00:29.400 --> 0:00:32.600 So it's very exciting. I love expo centers. I love 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:37.160 the energy of everyone. All the training is done, Months 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:40.680 and months of preparation has been underway, and now we 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:44.080 are finally here marathon weekend. 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:45.160 And for our. 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:47.199 Listeners, you can hear a lot of background noise. We 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:50.600 are in the expo center where some fifty thousand runners 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:52.800 have to come through to pick up their packets, and 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:54.880 so the main stage we're sitting at to give you 0:00:54.920 --> 0:00:58.400 some perspective, is at the exit, so we're the last 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:02.120 thing people see on their way out of the Expo center. 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:06.759 But we should remind folks, yes, we're a long time journalist. 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:10.600 But how many half marathons do you have under your belt? 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:10.800 Bro? 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:14.200 I tried to do the count official half marathons. 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:17.679 I believe I have six, Okay, marathon. 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:21.319 How many marathons I have five full marathons. 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:21.600 And where were they? 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:26.119 I ran Chicago in twenty twenty two. I ran New 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:32.919 York in twenty nineteen, twenty twenty two and twenty twenty 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:37.199 one and twenty twenty four, and then Berlin twenty twenty one. 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:40.240 Okay, now I will tell folks this is something I 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:45.560 didn't know. But you said it's possible that Chicago twenty 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:48.120 twenty four will be your last marathon. You said that 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:50.640 to me last night, and I was surprised to hear 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:51.240 it myself. 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:51.880 I did. 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:54.200 It's a lot. 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:58.440 All the folks here in this incredible expo center know 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:01.240 how much work it is a second full time job 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:03.720 to train for a marathon. It takes almost half a year, 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:06.440 and it takes a lot out of you, And so 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.440 I don't want to push myself more than my body 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:12.840 is willing to go, but I do. I have always 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:15.720 had this dream to run London, so I'm gonna leave 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:17.920 that open to do a seventh. But I don't know 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:20.680 how many more marathons I have in me. I have 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:23.520 more half marathons in me, but you're just getting started. 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:25.320 How many do you have under your belt? 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:28.560 This will be my third. My fourth is supposed to 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:30.239 be in three weeks. I'm supposed to do New York. 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:33.519 I've only done two New York marathons. I've done five 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:36.840 half marathons and they were all New York and Brooklyn. 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.240 So this will be my first time running outside of 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:40.799 New York. This is a stretch for me. 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:45.160 In Chicago is a beautiful, flat, amazing place to run 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:45.720 a marathon. 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:47.239 And let me ask everybody here. 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:50.760 We know everybody that's running the marathon that can hear 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:51.560 my voice. 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:54.680 We all expect to be in pain at the end 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:57.360 of the race. But can you give me a show 0:02:57.400 --> 0:02:58.480 of hands if you can hear me? 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:01.000 How many folks are I want to be starting the 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:04.840 race in some kind of pain? You have some injury, 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:08.440 you have some nagging something, you got some problem. 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:11.240 You're gonna be hurting when you start. What's your problem? 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:14.680 Oh splints? Oh you right there in the purple shirt? 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:17.600 What's your problem? Oh? Was that he did Berlin? 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:18.000 Oh? 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:18.520 Everybody? 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:19.560 Oh, we just did Berlin. 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:21.000 Okay, that is a problem. 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:23.360 It's your legs are tired. I get it. 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:26.560 I've done a double before, DJ's about to do a double. 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.680 It's real. Your body has already broken and you're starting. 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:30.840 So let me say this. 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:34.680 It sounds I if even ever watched us or me, 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:37.520 I have known I have a decent amount of style. 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:40.200 I think I need to explain this. 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:45.320 I have on a black double breasted jacket, slacks, and 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:46.200 some flip. 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.119 Flops, with some compression socks. 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:48.800 And compression socks. 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:52.440 I have an achilles issue that has been well documented 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:53.480 over the past couple of months. 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:56.040 Have you been listening to us? And I still ain't right? 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:57.920 And as I sit here, I still don't know if 0:03:57.960 --> 0:03:59.920 I'm gonna run the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:00.800 We're going to start it. 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.120 I will start it, but I don't know if anybody 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:04.960 out there has had Achilles to donitis. 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:06.480 I don't care if you. 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:11.160 Have a traditional medical remedy, non traditional, I don't even 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:13.800 care if it's legal. If anything you can recommend that 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:16.320 can help me with this achilles before Sunday, I will 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:16.680 take it. 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:19.000 At this point, And I. 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:22.320 Have to say, I have never seen anyone so devoted 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:28.599 to icing and heating and icing and heating and making 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.440 sure that you're doing everything you can with laser therapy. 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:34.360 And here we are, and we still don't know. It's 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:35.520 a big question mark all. 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:39.080 Right, and everybody who's a first time marathoner, any first 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:42.240 time or a first time or a first timer, well 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:44.000 that's cool, and we know this is special and good 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:45.599 luck and I'm sure what's going through your head, but 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:49.880 we want to welcome out somebody now to the stage 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:53.440 and our guest here who is also a first time marathoner, 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:56.240 not just first time Chicago, but this is her first 0:04:56.279 --> 0:05:00.479 time running a marathon. She also is a distinct inguished 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:05.760 west Point grad graduating the top five percent at west Point. 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:09.839 She is right now a second lieutenant active duty serving 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:12.839 in the military. She is also the win of a 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:18.719 prestigious scholarship to Stanford, where she is right now studying 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:24.080 to get her Masters in Statistics and Data. And also 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:30.000 she just happens to be the current Miss USA. Well 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:32.920 you all please help us all. Welcome to the Amy 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.600 TJ Podcast. Miss Usa, I'm a Cooper. 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:42.320 Yeah, oh my goodness, welcome, Oh my goodness. 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:42.760 Alma. 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:46.280 First of all, thank you, of course, what an unbelievable 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:50.120 resume at the riple age of twenty two, twenty two. 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:53.800 I can't imagine what's left in your resume to fill 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:57.240 out because you've already accomplished more than most, but I'm 0:05:57.320 --> 0:05:59.960 curious with all of that under your belt, I know 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:02.000 you've been a runner for a lot of your life. 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:04.040 You credit that to your mother. We'll get into that, 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:06.960 but how are you feeling? This is your first marathon? 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:09.479 How are you feeling about the race? 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:13.520 I'm so excited. I have been talking to my mom NonStop. 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:15.960 I'm like, Mom, what should I do about this? Like 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.000 how long should I go for my shakeout run? Like 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:18.880 should do I need. 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:20.359 A roll before or after or both. 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:24.719 She's been coaching me through it this whole time, and 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.960 I just feel really grateful to still be able to 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:31.160 pursue this opportunity. I remember when I won, I was like, man, 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:33.359 I don't know, should I still do it? 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:35.360 And I was like I should totally still. 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:39.120 One in August? So yes recently, Yes, very recently. 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:42.360 And so I'm just so thrilled. I'm just so excited. 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:44.920 And I keep telling myself, don't go out too fast 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:48.279 like ten ten ten k, Like I've got my strategy 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:49.000 for my pace. 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:51.000 I've got my Apple Watch, like. 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:54.599 I'm ready, so and we know the strategy is going 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:59.040 to go out for the window. 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:00.000 I'm always curious. 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:03.720 We use a hal Higdon training regimen that only takes 0:07:03.760 --> 0:07:05.960 you up to twenty miles at the longest one you do. 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:08.320 What was your training process? How many months and how 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:08.880 would you way? 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:11.160 I got up to twenty miles and I started So 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:14.480 I signed up for the Chicago Marathon like mid October 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.080 of last year. So I started like kind of just 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:19.920 continuing with running and then going pretty like steady with 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:23.560 it on like increasing my mileage probably. 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:25.120 Like around January. 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:27.720 And that was around the same time that I thought 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:29.640 about getting ready for Miss USA. 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:32.640 So I had been like running to get ready for. 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:34.720 Miss USA, and I had also been doing like some 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:36.760 core and strength training at Core Power. I go to 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:38.720 Core Power Yoga a lot, So I kind of just 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.840 was incorporating that and trying to be consistent that way. 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:44.000 When if I was traveling a lot and I couldn't 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:46.080 be like at Core Power, I couldn't get in the 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:48.560 long run on the roads, I was on the treadmill, 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:50.240 like I could still balance a little bit more. 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:54.880 So we talk about balancing training for a marathon and 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:56.000 working a job. 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:59.480 But you're working the job of Miss USA. 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:02.520 Where you mentioned a little bit of travel, it's a 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:03.280 lot of travel. 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:03.640 Correct. 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:06.240 What is your average week like and how did you 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:08.679 What was the craziest way you fit. 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:09.760 In a long run? 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:13.400 Well, I would say so during Miss USA week when 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:17.880 I was competing, You're going through rehearsals, You're going to fittings. 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:20.080 I mean, you're all all over the place. We were 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:23.640 touring Hollywood, and I didn't. 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:25.760 Really I didn't get a chance to get a run in. 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:29.400 And Saugust is a big training month for this marathon. 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:33.280 So about a week after I won, I was like, okay, 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:34.840 let me just hop on the treadmill. 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:37.559 I was in Washington, DC, and I was like, let's 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:38.800 just see, like how I feel. 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:41.800 And I ran a half marathon at like eight minute 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:43.560 pace and I was like, okay. 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:44.760 Well I didn't think I had that in me. 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:48.000 So I was like, Okay, I really feel like, you know, 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:49.880 not only should I stick with it, but I should 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:53.400 like really trust my training because something is working and I. 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:54.480 Don't know what it is. 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:57.360 So I'm just gonna stay with it and stay confident 0:08:57.440 --> 0:08:58.079 till October. 0:08:58.440 --> 0:08:59.120 I have to ask. 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:02.720 The longest I ever done is a twelve miler on 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.959 a treadmill because I was in quarantine in Tokyo covering 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:08.200 the Olympics, and so it's the only reason why I 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:11.719 did it. How do you stay on the treadmill for 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:13.280 thirteen point one miles? 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:15.079 What's your secret music? 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:18.400 I listened to a lot of Fred again John Summit. 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:23.000 Does any like upbeat music that I can like visualize to, 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:25.680 because that was a lot of my preparation for Miss 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:30.040 USA was like visualization and manifestation and any like upbeat 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:32.199 music that just like gets my mind going. 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:33.719 I see a couple of head nods up there. 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.080 I think some people agree with me, but just the 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.560 idea that, like, whatever it is I'm listening to, like, 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:41.600 I'm focused on that and not like the mirror that's 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:42.520 steering in front of me. 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:48.400 So the hell? Who likes? Who does treadmill training? I hate? 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:50.160 Oh we got one backmill training? 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:53.840 How much treadmill you talked about that run? But how 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:55.880 much treadmill training did you have to do? 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:57.719 I mean recently after I won. 0:09:58.120 --> 0:09:58.720 Majority of it. 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:00.680 When I'm not home has to be on the treadmill. 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:03.240 The twenty miler? Please tell me you. 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:05.040 Did No, I was outside okay side. 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:08.080 Like I said, twelve was my longest and I watched 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:11.160 two full episodes of Stranger Things. I have to watch 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:14.360 something on Netflix. You can't just listen to music when 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:16.520 I'm on the treadmill and you've got about four miles in. 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:18.600 You want a treadmill, I'll tell you. I hate that. 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:19.760 We call it the dread disc. 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:22.720 Oh Meg, okay, I have gone down to do a 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:25.520 two mile run on the treadmill and quit it one mile. 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:27.959 It's trund to help you. Witnessed it not. He doesn't 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:30.120 quit it anything, but he quits on the treadmill. 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:34.280 So you did your twenty mile and by the way, 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:37.960 I looked at your half marathon pace, very impressive. 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:39.040 Was it one forty four? 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:39.520 Yes? 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:40.240 Wow? 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:43.559 Yeah, my best is one fifty three, So my hat's 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:45.240 off to you. But you did one forty five. 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:47.800 Uh? Yes, I did that was Brooklyn. I think it 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:48.440 was already. 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:53.160 Y'all should run together because oh paces closer to hers 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:53.800 than to mine. 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:54.080 Four. 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:55.240 No, I have the. 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:57.600 Woman I'm gonna be running with. I am no, no, no, 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:00.240 you're like that was okay. I need to thank you, 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:00.679 thank you. 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:05.360 I set him up for that. So do you have 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.440 a pace in mind for this marathon? 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:10.000 My goal is to finish under four hours. 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:11.240 That's my goal. 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:15.040 And the other thing is is that I just feel 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:17.880 like I'm so excited to run and to run for 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:19.599 the cause that i'm running with. I'm running with the 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:23.680 charity Appnegar and my life. I didn't know my life 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:26.080 would be what it is when I decided to run, 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.920 and so I've kind of just tried to give myself. 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:32.200 Grace throughout this process and just going. 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:35.000 With no expectations, just to enjoy myself, don't go out 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:37.960 too fast, and really like soak in the moment. Because 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:40.360 I grew up in Michigan, I have friends who ran 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:43.360 the Chicago Marathon, and so my goal is to finish 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:45.280 under four hours, but I also just want to enjoy 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:45.840 the whole. 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:46.480 The whole experience. 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:50.000 Okay, so a few more running questions here. One, what 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:51.800 is your I see what you're wearing here, but what 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:53.520 is your shoe of to what would you be running 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:54.000 in on. 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:57.200 Sunday Brooks Running book? Okay, what do. 0:11:57.080 --> 0:12:01.000 You think is your biggest challenge on Sunday? We all 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:04.040 have ours. She has if it's too hot, she'll get nauseated. 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:06.439 That's her issue. I am an Achilles thing. Yeah, it's 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:06.839 a problem. 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:09.080 So what is the thing that you're worried about on 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:11.679 phone's going to put you in that mindset, no no worries. 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:15.600 I guess I'm a little bit worried I do this. 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:18.280 And I my mom knows this about me because she's 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:20.920 coached me on runs and has done speed workouts with me. 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:24.480 She's like, you're going too fast, Alma, you need to 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:28.120 slow down. And so she's I told her my BIB number, 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:29.400 so she's going to be tracking me. 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:30.079 She's going to be. 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:32.600 Texting me on my watch, she's going to be encouraging me. 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:35.560 And I think I just want to make sure that 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.439 I don't get too confident too early on. 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:42.760 I think that's my biggest thing. That's my biggest worry. 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:45.520 But I think I think I've got a village to 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:47.440 help regulate that so I'll be good. 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:49.960 I love that, and I also love I because that's 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:50.679 always the thing. 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:53.199 To start out slower than you think and you build. 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:55.760 You want your your slowest mile to be your first 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:58.240 and your fastest mile to be your last. That's the dream. 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:01.920 It's rarely worked out for me, but that's always the goal. 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:13.200 And I've always found it fascinating how. 0:13:13.040 --> 0:13:16.120 When you go through is a real struggle like this, 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:18.400 and you've done your twenty miles, so you know what 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:21.680 that is how much. It is a euphemism for life. 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.240 Start out slow, to not go too fast, isn't the phrase. 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:28.679 It's not a sprint, it's a marathon talking about life. 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:32.720 But what have you learned training for this marathon? And 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:34.880 what do you hope, like what you've learned from this 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:38.160 about pushing past pain and all of those things runners 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:40.199 go through, long distance runners go through that you will 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:41.880 apply to your life. 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:46.079 Yes, I would say that one the idea to give 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:49.440 myself grace. I think like when I first signed up 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:51.120 for the race, I was like, oh my gosh, like 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:52.960 this is gonna be my thing for twenty twenty four, 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:54.760 Like this only thing I'll be able to focus on. 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:57.040 I'm like, I got that totally wrong. 0:13:57.760 --> 0:13:58.880 I'm miss the mark on that. 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:00.760 But I think like giving. 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:02.679 Myself grace has been the biggest thing because I do 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:03.800 know I'm a perfectionist. 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:07.400 And also I read a lot of David. 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:09.440 Goggins, and one of the things he talks about in 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:11.320 his book Can't Hurt Me is to prove to be 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:12.880 uncommon amongst the uncommon. 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:14.599 And I think I've always. 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:17.680 Tried to push the boundaries on myself and master my 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:21.960 own mind and how I can craft myself, how I 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:26.480 can just continue to demand excellence of myself. And I 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:28.960 think this has pushed me outside of my comfort zone 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:32.160 and it's made me face things like dang, I didn't 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:34.080 I didn't want to struggle at this. I didn't think 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:35.840 I was going to struggle at this. But I'm struggling 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.040 and that's okay, And so I got to not let 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:40.000 it define me. But what's going to define me is 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.080 how I respond to it. So I definitely think like 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:46.480 those lessons has shaped have shaped how I've approached this year, 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:48.200 I have approached how I'm going to approach the rest 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:48.640 of my life. 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:51.360 I know I'm going to run more marathons, So this 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:52.600 is just the star for me. 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:53.760 And I'm really excited. 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:57.160 Why in the first way. I know you've challenged yourself, 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:59.760 But why Chicago? You could your first one could have 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:01.400 been a lot of places around the world. 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:05.760 Sure, I chose Chicago because I grew up in Michigan 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:09.320 and I started off modeling in Michigan. Like I was 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:11.760 discovered or started off modeling in Chicago. 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:12.880 I was discovered in Chicago. 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:18.160 And I just always remember, like the energy that surrounded 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:21.080 this race and the way people lie in the streets 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:23.840 and just all of the positivity that surrounded it, and 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:26.120 for me like to be close to home. 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:28.040 And I mean I travel a lot, and. 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:31.800 Right now I'm in grad school out in California and Stamford, 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:35.240 and for me coming back to the Midwest in a 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.360 way and like just feeling the energy of. 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:39.440 It all, it just felt like this is the right 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:39.960 place to be. 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:42.880 You're coming home. I'm in Michigan er too, by the way. 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:44.040 By Brett Lansing. 0:15:44.160 --> 0:15:47.600 Yes, I was born in Lansing well Great Sparrow Hospital. 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:50.560 And I've got family here actually in the audience with me. 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:52.960 So yes, I know what it's like to feel like 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:55.680 you're coming home and to see those streets lined with 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:56.880 people cheering for you. 0:15:57.720 --> 0:15:58.760 We've said this before. 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:03.560 There is nothing like working your ass off, struggling and 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:07.760 then being in a place where there is an entire 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:11.760 city cheering for you. There's I don't think there are 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:15.680 many things in life the top a marathon, and it 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:18.120 comes with a price tag, for sure, but it's something 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:20.680 that never leaves you. And that's something I've always have. 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.840 People asked you, are you insane? Why are you running 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:26.560 a marathon? What do you tell them? The answer is why. 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:29.920 I just say, the only limits you face are the 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:32.440 ones you accept. So many people are like that's crazy, 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:35.320 Like you're going to Miss Universe in like two weeks 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:38.280 and you're gonna run this marathon, and I'm like, yeah, 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:40.240 that's the way the book is supposed to be written. 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:43.560 And so I just feel like one like it was 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.080 meant to be because this I've always say, like these 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:48.320 dreams were planted in my heart for a reason. I 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:50.520 felt like that getting ready for Miss USA. I felt 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:52.480 like that getting ready for Chicago. 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:54.240 And the fact that they align, That's just the way 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:56.960 God wrote it. So I'm so excited. I'm like, let's 0:16:57.000 --> 0:16:57.680 just do this thing. 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:01.480 When do you taking up your schedule? When do you 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:04.800 have to Miss Universe's Mexico City this year? 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:05.040 Right? 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:08.080 When will you be in full Miss Universe mode after 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:09.440 the marathon? 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:11.639 Pretty much starting October fourteenth? 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:14.240 That will be the final Those will be like my 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:17.040 final two week push because I leave for Miss Universe 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:18.119 or October twenty ninth. 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:21.359 I mean, it's remarkable, and we are wishing you the 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:24.160 best of luck, and you've created a lot of firsts 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:27.520 with this Miss USA title, and you're also are you 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.800 the third Miss Usa. This year, it's been a crazy 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:32.720 year within the Miss USA PATCHA. 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:36.480 I'm Miss Usa twenty twenty four for sure, So within. 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:39.240 This year you have finally been crowned and you are 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:41.919 the first tell us about what that means to you, 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:45.159 the first Afro Latina Miss Usa. 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:46.480 Well, I think it means a lot. 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:51.320 I'm super grateful for my family and for my family lineage. 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:54.320 My full name is almod Alia Minerva Cooper. Alma means 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:57.520 soul in Spanish, and Odalia is my mom's name. Minerva 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:00.359 is my mom's mom's name, and Alma was name of 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:03.000 my dad's mom. Actually, I have her ashes in my necklace, 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:05.160 and so I have the soul of all the women 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.879 in my family, and I just know that for me 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:11.880 to represent for them at Miss Universe throughout my year 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:14.359 as an Army officer, I mean, all of it comes together. 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:15.400 It makes me who I am. 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:18.280 And I've been really fortunate to have a village around 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:21.720 me who has always uplifted me and encouraged me and 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:24.679 just allowed me to aspire to whatever it is that 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:25.840 my heart desires. 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:31.879 You said, Robox said here, first Afro Latina, first Miss 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:35.919 USA also the first active duty soldier to win, Miss USA, 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:40.439 this is the first active duty soldier to live. That 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:45.160 is amazing. Miss the USA, help us. And how big 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:47.040 of a deal is it for you? Because when people 0:18:47.080 --> 0:18:52.280 think traditionally, historically about beauty pageants and beauty pageant contestants, 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:56.600 that doesn't necessarily mesh with what they think traditionally about 0:18:56.640 --> 0:18:59.720 an army soldier. Those two things are the characteristics of 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:03.399 those too. You are marrying those two in the perfect 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:08.200 way to where us I now look at pageants and go, oh, yeah, 0:19:08.280 --> 0:19:10.879 that's what it should be. That's what they should be. 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:13.720 And I think you represent an opportunity. But how big 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:15.399 of a deal is it for you to try to 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:19.080 knock down almost some preconceived notions of what a pageant 0:19:19.160 --> 0:19:21.320 contestant should be and what a soldier should be. 0:19:21.560 --> 0:19:24.959 I always say that my year is dedicated to serving 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:27.439 and not being served. Is to be of service to 0:19:27.480 --> 0:19:30.240 so many people and to leave an impact wherever I go. 0:19:30.800 --> 0:19:33.040 And for me, I've always found. 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:36.240 That competing in pageants and being in the military are 0:19:36.280 --> 0:19:38.840 not mutually exclusive because there are some things that are 0:19:38.920 --> 0:19:41.280 very synonymous, and one of them is disciplined. I would 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:44.719 say that being able to talk about my story how 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:48.240 I come from humble beginnings and how I've always dreamed 0:19:48.240 --> 0:19:52.680 of making success successible for everyone. My mission in academia 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:56.400 is to study health and nutrition and food insecurity, and 0:19:56.600 --> 0:20:00.199 just continuing to devote myself to organizations and cause that 0:20:00.200 --> 0:20:02.479 are better than who I am as an individual. I 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:05.880 hope that that allows people to know that there's far 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:08.840 more to pageantry than just a gown and a woman 0:20:08.880 --> 0:20:11.760 in makeup. There's so many things that come along with it, 0:20:11.800 --> 0:20:14.200 and I think the most important one is service. 0:20:14.760 --> 0:20:17.720 Alma, it's so cool in hearing you talk full disclosure, 0:20:17.800 --> 0:20:21.639 full transparency. I was in the Miss America program. I 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:23.720 was a runner up to Miss Georgia. I never won 0:20:23.760 --> 0:20:26.119 my state. I never went to Miss America, but I 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:28.240 did participate in the pageant system. 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:31.200 She she's my beauty queen. Though that was so you guys, 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:32.200 that was just for you to. 0:20:34.119 --> 0:20:37.480 But the Miss America pageant system is about service, It 0:20:37.560 --> 0:20:39.960 is about scholarship, It is about a lot of the 0:20:40.000 --> 0:20:43.000 things you're talking about. I read that your mother was 0:20:43.040 --> 0:20:45.440 involved in the Miss America pageant system, and I've always 0:20:45.440 --> 0:20:46.600 been a big advocate for it. 0:20:46.640 --> 0:20:49.200 I know it comes under fire often. 0:20:48.960 --> 0:20:52.119 For the notion that it objectifies women. But if you 0:20:52.240 --> 0:20:54.680 use it for the right way and it's and it's 0:20:54.800 --> 0:20:56.080 evolved in the right. 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:57.720 Way, that it is about empowering women. 0:20:58.119 --> 0:21:00.560 I will say that the Miss USA pageants system has 0:21:00.560 --> 0:21:02.359 not been known for that as much. It's more about 0:21:02.400 --> 0:21:06.480 the models, these supermodels, the gorgeous women, and you are. 0:21:06.840 --> 0:21:10.639 It feels like marrying sort of the mantra of the 0:21:10.680 --> 0:21:13.520 Miss America system and bringing it to the Miss USA 0:21:13.600 --> 0:21:15.080 pageant was that in your head at all? 0:21:15.320 --> 0:21:19.200 I mean, my whole focus was to hopefully just make 0:21:19.240 --> 0:21:21.520 an impact and be a part of an organization that 0:21:21.560 --> 0:21:24.600 was bigger than myself. And I hope that in being 0:21:24.600 --> 0:21:27.080 of service to others that I can inspire other people 0:21:27.080 --> 0:21:29.919 to serve, whether it's to your neighbor, your community, in 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:33.639 a uniform, or in the in corporate America, whatever it 0:21:33.800 --> 0:21:36.880 is that someone is aspiring to do. I remember dreaming 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:39.560 to walk across to Miss USA stage as a young 0:21:39.600 --> 0:21:41.600 girl and not even knowing. 0:21:41.400 --> 0:21:42.480 If that would be possible. 0:21:42.520 --> 0:21:44.439 I just was like, hey, you know, one day, I 0:21:44.480 --> 0:21:46.159 hope I get the opportunity to do this. 0:21:46.560 --> 0:21:48.720 What do you say to people, because I've dealt with 0:21:48.720 --> 0:21:52.920 this in my little small world, who say pageants are antiquated, 0:21:52.960 --> 0:21:57.840 they're outdated, they're actually offensive, and they objectify women. How 0:21:57.840 --> 0:22:00.760 do you respond to those people who feel that about 0:22:01.040 --> 0:22:01.920 beauty pageants? 0:22:02.359 --> 0:22:04.560 I would say that I always say if you. 0:22:04.480 --> 0:22:06.040 Can see me, you can be me, and that the 0:22:06.080 --> 0:22:08.400 only limits you face are the ones you accept. And 0:22:08.800 --> 0:22:10.800 I hope that in the sixty days I've spent as 0:22:10.840 --> 0:22:13.960 Miss USA so far here about to run the Chicago 0:22:14.000 --> 0:22:17.000 Marathon for charity, that people know that there are so 0:22:17.080 --> 0:22:19.639 many ways to use a platform and uplift other people. 0:22:20.040 --> 0:22:21.480 And for me, one of the things that. 0:22:21.520 --> 0:22:23.320 I'm so grateful to have learned in my time at 0:22:23.320 --> 0:22:24.040 West Point. 0:22:23.880 --> 0:22:25.359 Is how I develop my character. 0:22:25.520 --> 0:22:29.280 And again it's that I don't look at oh, this opportunity, 0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:32.159 this adversity, or this challenge is going to define me. No, 0:22:32.280 --> 0:22:35.480 it's how I go through that that my response is 0:22:35.480 --> 0:22:38.320 how it will define me. And there's so many things 0:22:38.320 --> 0:22:40.919 that I've overcome that have led to this moment and 0:22:41.000 --> 0:22:43.560 will continue to lead to even bigger moments in ways 0:22:43.560 --> 0:22:45.879 that I can serve people. So to me, it's just 0:22:45.920 --> 0:22:50.680 about pushing that message and exemplifying what that means. 0:22:50.440 --> 0:22:52.800 When the rubber meets the road, to serve and not be. 0:22:52.800 --> 0:22:56.679 Served you've called yourself a perfectionist. How does that help you? 0:22:56.800 --> 0:23:02.320 And almost how does it hurt you? In running a Marriata, Well. 0:23:02.200 --> 0:23:05.640 I would say, you know, I'm always that person when 0:23:05.680 --> 0:23:07.840 it's like okay, like I went two and a half out, 0:23:08.040 --> 0:23:08.840 but somehow I went. 0:23:08.840 --> 0:23:09.880 Two point four nine back. 0:23:09.920 --> 0:23:12.760 I need to make that, you know, point oh one. 0:23:12.960 --> 0:23:14.720 So I always do those little loops in front of 0:23:14.760 --> 0:23:17.639 my apartment. My boyfriend's like, what are you doing, and 0:23:17.680 --> 0:23:21.200 I'm like, we have not done yet. I would say 0:23:21.200 --> 0:23:25.119 that it's helpful because I think it's that mentality that 0:23:25.200 --> 0:23:27.639 I always want to give my best effort. And if 0:23:27.680 --> 0:23:29.280 I feel like I'm not doing that or i feel 0:23:29.320 --> 0:23:31.400 like I'm not seeing the outcome that I want, then 0:23:31.880 --> 0:23:34.240 that's something that I think is a double edged sword 0:23:34.280 --> 0:23:37.239 because one way it can push me to forge that 0:23:37.320 --> 0:23:40.679 path to hopefully become that best version of myself or 0:23:41.000 --> 0:23:43.239 meet that gold time. But in other ways, it's like 0:23:43.600 --> 0:23:46.439 I got to give myself grace. I can't always expect 0:23:46.480 --> 0:23:47.560 that I'm gonna be perfect. 0:23:47.640 --> 0:23:47.800 You know. 0:23:47.840 --> 0:23:49.359 The first time I go on that long run or 0:23:49.359 --> 0:23:51.639 the first time that I asked this of myself, I 0:23:51.680 --> 0:23:54.840 remember doing when I was home a lot doing double workouts. 0:23:54.840 --> 0:23:56.440 I would go to core power and then I would 0:23:56.520 --> 0:23:59.040 go and do a run, And for me, I. 0:23:59.000 --> 0:24:01.720 Was like, okay, like that, it's great and all, but when. 0:24:01.600 --> 0:24:04.440 You start traveling, you can't really keep up that schedule 0:24:04.480 --> 0:24:04.920 as much. 0:24:05.000 --> 0:24:07.040 And just giving myself. 0:24:06.680 --> 0:24:10.520 That grace and understanding that, you know, again, when I 0:24:10.560 --> 0:24:13.880 decided to run Chicago, my life looked completely different than 0:24:13.880 --> 0:24:17.400 it does now, and understanding that what do you want 0:24:17.440 --> 0:24:18.159 to take away from this? 0:24:18.240 --> 0:24:19.560 And what I want to take away is. 0:24:19.520 --> 0:24:22.320 Hopefully the idea that one I want to run more marathons, 0:24:22.359 --> 0:24:24.040 but I think I'm pretty sold on that idea already, 0:24:24.480 --> 0:24:27.600 but also just ways that I can can you continue. 0:24:27.280 --> 0:24:28.720 To serve and use my platform? 0:24:28.760 --> 0:24:31.040 And I think that it's been really neat to see 0:24:31.080 --> 0:24:34.800 people watch how I've kind of merged both realms of 0:24:34.880 --> 0:24:38.320 my life, which is the physical and athletic piece, but 0:24:38.359 --> 0:24:41.360 then also this platform of being miss Usa. 0:24:41.400 --> 0:24:45.240 I'm curious, she always says. Now, I don't not saying this. 0:24:45.240 --> 0:24:45.760 Is going to be you. 0:24:46.160 --> 0:24:48.840 But when you run your first marathon, she used to 0:24:48.840 --> 0:24:51.159 always say, when you get done, you're either going to 0:24:51.200 --> 0:24:54.800 say I can wait to sign up, when's the next one? 0:24:55.280 --> 0:24:58.520 Or you say I ain't ever doing this shit again 0:24:58.600 --> 0:25:01.960 in my life. You're only one of two people at 0:25:01.960 --> 0:25:04.119 the end of it. We can't wait to talk to 0:25:04.160 --> 0:25:04.399 you all. 0:25:04.440 --> 0:25:06.000 Sunder Oh great, great, great great. 0:25:07.760 --> 0:25:11.400 Have you had a run that ruled you, a run 0:25:11.440 --> 0:25:14.199 that made you think I might not make this, I 0:25:14.320 --> 0:25:15.479 might not be able to do this. 0:25:15.560 --> 0:25:16.760 Have you had one of those. 0:25:16.600 --> 0:25:19.520 Moments, those low moments when you doubt yourself and your 0:25:19.520 --> 0:25:21.240 ability to make this happen. 0:25:21.520 --> 0:25:24.600 I mean, I had a run probably about two months 0:25:24.640 --> 0:25:28.080 ago where I didn't like really stretch as well before 0:25:28.119 --> 0:25:29.480 I started, and I. 0:25:29.359 --> 0:25:31.560 Was like two miles in, I was like, dang, why 0:25:31.640 --> 0:25:32.359 is my knee hurt? 0:25:32.840 --> 0:25:34.680 So I was like, I got off the treadmill and 0:25:34.720 --> 0:25:36.399 I called my mom and she's like, well, did you 0:25:36.480 --> 0:25:38.520 run cold? And I was like yeah. She's like, Okay, 0:25:38.560 --> 0:25:41.280 don't do that again. Things like that, I guess like 0:25:41.400 --> 0:25:43.679 whenever I have like like oh. 0:25:43.640 --> 0:25:46.040 That I made my ankle hurts and maybe my knee hurts, 0:25:46.040 --> 0:25:48.080 and I'm like and then like I could tastrophize. I'm like, 0:25:48.119 --> 0:25:50.160 oh my gosh, I'm not gonna be able to do it. 0:25:50.560 --> 0:25:53.639 But I'm like, okay, calm down, like go back to 0:25:53.680 --> 0:25:54.919 the things that worked. 0:25:55.920 --> 0:25:57.520 So I guess in those moments. 0:25:57.280 --> 0:26:00.399 I really try to be like, Okay, I'm spiraling. This 0:26:00.440 --> 0:26:03.320 is not the truth, and I'm glad that I have 0:26:03.440 --> 0:26:05.760 people around me who bring me back to earth. 0:26:05.880 --> 0:26:09.439 People who don't run long distance might not they it 0:26:09.520 --> 0:26:12.840 is physical, of course, but how much of a long 0:26:12.840 --> 0:26:15.920 distance run would you attribute to it being mental strength 0:26:16.160 --> 0:26:16.879 versus physical? 0:26:16.960 --> 0:26:17.600 So I would. 0:26:17.359 --> 0:26:20.280 Say like at this point, I mean the past month, like, yes, 0:26:20.359 --> 0:26:23.240 I've been running, but I've been reading more David Goggins, 0:26:23.280 --> 0:26:25.119 similar to I mean I read David Goggins before I 0:26:25.119 --> 0:26:27.640 got ready from This USA, but again reading it again 0:26:27.720 --> 0:26:30.359 not only from this universe but for the marathon and 0:26:30.480 --> 0:26:33.560 just strengthening my mind. And I'm currently reading Never Finished, 0:26:33.760 --> 0:26:35.600 but just his second book. I read Can't Hurt Me 0:26:35.640 --> 0:26:39.120 before Miss USA. And for me, it's just about reminding 0:26:39.119 --> 0:26:41.840 myself that I have put in the work that this 0:26:41.920 --> 0:26:44.520 will show when I when I get in those moments, 0:26:44.520 --> 0:26:45.879 and mentally I have to trust that. 0:26:46.560 --> 0:26:48.000 But I would say, like the long. 0:26:47.840 --> 0:26:50.440 Distance piece, when you're getting into those miles, it's like, hey, 0:26:51.200 --> 0:26:53.440 you got to trust your mentality, and your mentality has 0:26:53.480 --> 0:26:56.320 to be fueled by positive affirmations and things that are 0:26:56.320 --> 0:26:57.960 affirming the work that you've already put in. 0:26:58.640 --> 0:27:01.879 We're at cart totally and Michael Singer folks ourselves, so 0:27:01.920 --> 0:27:12.760 we read a whole lot as well. And what is 0:27:12.800 --> 0:27:14.040 in your AirPod? 0:27:14.359 --> 0:27:15.560 What are you listening to when you're up? 0:27:15.640 --> 0:27:16.440 Yes, I'm eating. 0:27:16.480 --> 0:27:19.240 I'm listening to a lot of Fred again, John Summit, 0:27:19.400 --> 0:27:21.200 a lot of stuff I listened to on the treadmill. 0:27:26.040 --> 0:27:26.840 Not like us. 0:27:28.400 --> 0:27:31.320 You just spoke his language, Kendrick Lamar. 0:27:31.560 --> 0:27:35.159 And then I would also say maybe a phone call from. 0:27:35.040 --> 0:27:38.200 My mom too, so you'll talk on the phone. Yes, 0:27:38.400 --> 0:27:39.440 a running time mom. 0:27:39.520 --> 0:27:39.720 Yeah. 0:27:39.760 --> 0:27:42.440 Sometimes if I like, if I'm in a really long run, 0:27:42.680 --> 0:27:45.399 I'm like, hey, I'm at this mile. 0:27:46.000 --> 0:27:46.680 What do you think? 0:27:47.760 --> 0:27:50.000 So it's so funny. It was the New York City 0:27:50.040 --> 0:27:53.679 Marathon last year. My dad was texting me, but you know, 0:27:53.720 --> 0:27:56.160 you have Siri in your here telling you what everyone's 0:27:56.200 --> 0:27:59.439 texting you. And my dad was tracking TJ and me, 0:27:59.600 --> 0:28:01.760 and we were doing really well because I too wanted 0:28:01.760 --> 0:28:03.520 to get a sub for We were right. 0:28:03.359 --> 0:28:04.600 There, okay, we were. 0:28:05.040 --> 0:28:07.200 We were about to crush under four you want to 0:28:07.240 --> 0:28:08.920 say it. And we got up to mount We're past 0:28:08.960 --> 0:28:11.600 twenty miles, kay, And I'm telling you we were going 0:28:11.640 --> 0:28:13.040 to annihilate four hours. 0:28:13.200 --> 0:28:15.320 He was like, games, I'm so proud of you. 0:28:15.320 --> 0:28:18.239 You're killing it. And I was feeling the love. And 0:28:18.280 --> 0:28:20.560 then all of a sudden, it was really hot. Last year, 0:28:20.960 --> 0:28:23.680 I had a lot of water. That water started jiggling 0:28:23.720 --> 0:28:27.440 in my stomach, and about mile twenty two I started vomiting, 0:28:27.600 --> 0:28:29.520 like goodness while I was running, and then I had 0:28:29.520 --> 0:28:30.040 to stop. 0:28:30.080 --> 0:28:32.720 And anyway, bottom line, we ended up at four fourteen. 0:28:33.000 --> 0:28:34.480 Oh that's okay. 0:28:34.760 --> 0:28:36.879 It was about a ten minute stop. You don't understand album. 0:28:37.080 --> 0:28:39.040 It was bad. And my parents started then texting me. 0:28:39.080 --> 0:28:41.560 They thought, like I was in a medical clinic, like 0:28:41.600 --> 0:28:43.120 in a tent with IV fluids. 0:28:43.120 --> 0:28:45.320 I was like, it's not that traumatic, but I went. 0:28:45.640 --> 0:28:47.800 I pushed it a little bit too fast for the 0:28:47.840 --> 0:28:51.200 weather conditions. Weather is everything when you're running, but when 0:28:51.200 --> 0:28:54.440 you're a runner, you have to prepare for everything mentally 0:28:54.480 --> 0:28:56.880 and physically. And that's just one of those things. And 0:28:56.960 --> 0:29:00.760 every marathon's different. That's been my experience. So I can't 0:29:00.760 --> 0:29:03.320 wait to hear how your first is. But my god, 0:29:03.400 --> 0:29:06.800 like you don't even seem slightly nervous. 0:29:07.400 --> 0:29:10.080 You seem like, hell, yeah, let's get this done. Been 0:29:10.160 --> 0:29:11.400 there almost done that. 0:29:11.680 --> 0:29:14.719 Yes, I do have a little bit of nerves, but 0:29:14.960 --> 0:29:17.080 I just feel like I feel very similar to when 0:29:17.080 --> 0:29:18.880 I was competing from this USA, Like you got a 0:29:18.920 --> 0:29:21.000 little bit of nerves, but you're just really really excited 0:29:21.280 --> 0:29:23.520 and you're like, you know, whatever happens, Like I just 0:29:23.520 --> 0:29:24.800 want to go out there and have fun. 0:29:25.200 --> 0:29:27.920 So I think if I just keep them mentality, hopefully. 0:29:27.520 --> 0:29:28.160 All as well. 0:29:28.680 --> 0:29:32.320 We weren't able to get into fully your whole biography here, 0:29:32.360 --> 0:29:35.200 but for folks who are maybe getting exposed to you now, 0:29:35.240 --> 0:29:38.520 clearly your resume speaks for itself, and just we got 0:29:38.520 --> 0:29:39.920 to meet you for the first time back here, and 0:29:39.960 --> 0:29:43.200 you just you just have an aura. You just exude this. 0:29:43.720 --> 0:29:47.680 You come from good folks. Yeah, it's clear. So for 0:29:47.880 --> 0:29:50.640 folks here and folks who are listening, where does that 0:29:50.680 --> 0:29:52.800 come from? Where did it get instilled to you? This 0:29:52.920 --> 0:29:55.520 perfectionist attitude. You were very little when you realize you 0:29:55.560 --> 0:29:57.040 wanted to do this. You want to be in the military, 0:29:57.080 --> 0:29:59.040 you want to do pagets. You're a little girl. Yes, 0:29:59.240 --> 0:30:01.280 what I know your parents have a lot to do 0:30:01.320 --> 0:30:03.080 with it, but get pokes an idea of where this 0:30:03.120 --> 0:30:04.760 comes from, that what they're seeing right. 0:30:04.680 --> 0:30:05.280 Now for sure. 0:30:05.360 --> 0:30:08.560 I would say my grandmother, whose ashes are on my necklace, 0:30:09.040 --> 0:30:13.239 she just exuded this energy from the from you know, 0:30:13.320 --> 0:30:16.200 the drive through at McDonald's to the people she would 0:30:16.200 --> 0:30:19.360 meet at church. I mean every single person she met, 0:30:19.640 --> 0:30:21.960 she just made them feel like they were the only 0:30:22.000 --> 0:30:25.440 person on earth and just lit them up and fed 0:30:25.480 --> 0:30:27.360 them energy and filled their cup. 0:30:27.960 --> 0:30:30.400 And I just love that. I mean, my grandma was 0:30:30.440 --> 0:30:33.400 my best friend. Her name was also Alma. 0:30:33.240 --> 0:30:36.640 And for me, when she had passed away, I just 0:30:36.880 --> 0:30:39.040 told myself, you know, I promised to make you proud, 0:30:39.600 --> 0:30:43.040 and for me, I think from that promise on, I 0:30:43.120 --> 0:30:45.800 decided to go to West Point. I just I feel 0:30:45.840 --> 0:30:48.200 like it really stemmed from all the time I spent 0:30:48.240 --> 0:30:50.600 with her growing up. Because when my dad would be deployed, 0:30:50.720 --> 0:30:52.719 we would go and spend the night at my grandparents' 0:30:52.760 --> 0:30:55.080 house and so I would, you know, help set up 0:30:55.080 --> 0:30:58.719 for church and we would do the offerings ben and 0:30:59.120 --> 0:31:01.480 it was just me and my sister, my grandma, and 0:31:01.520 --> 0:31:04.520 then my mom also, I would say, my mom and 0:31:04.560 --> 0:31:07.240 my dad have been huge support systems throughout my whole life. 0:31:07.280 --> 0:31:11.040 They've always taught me one your tough, Alma, whatever you face, 0:31:11.120 --> 0:31:13.680 you can overcome. And two, whatever it is you want 0:31:13.680 --> 0:31:16.760 to be or become, you can be or become. And 0:31:16.800 --> 0:31:19.760 for me, I mean that's manifested in so many ways, 0:31:19.880 --> 0:31:22.120 but definitely those three people for sure. 0:31:22.560 --> 0:31:25.240 Can I ask how old were you when you lost 0:31:25.240 --> 0:31:25.719 your grandma? 0:31:25.920 --> 0:31:26.720 I was sixteen. 0:31:27.680 --> 0:31:30.520 Wow. I love the she's with you. Yes, she is 0:31:30.560 --> 0:31:33.040 bringing her with you on the run round your neck. 0:31:33.080 --> 0:31:34.520 That is so beautiful. 0:31:34.560 --> 0:31:37.560 And for those folks who don't know who are listening, 0:31:37.960 --> 0:31:41.080 talk about your mom. Your not just as just your 0:31:41.120 --> 0:31:44.440 support SYSM, but as a runner. She was a battie 0:31:44.480 --> 0:31:45.240 in her own house. 0:31:45.600 --> 0:31:48.440 So my mom grew up as a migrant worker. 0:31:48.160 --> 0:31:50.960 In the beafields of Idaho and literally ran her way 0:31:51.040 --> 0:31:53.800 to a Division one track scholarship at Idaho State University. 0:31:54.080 --> 0:31:55.240 She ran the eight hundred. 0:31:55.760 --> 0:31:58.800 And for me, I mean I remember growing up, I'd 0:31:58.800 --> 0:32:00.720 always know my mom went on run, but I didn't 0:32:00.760 --> 0:32:04.280 know like how fast she actually was until we had 0:32:04.280 --> 0:32:07.360 gone to Idaho when I was younger, and when I, 0:32:07.640 --> 0:32:09.480 you know, went to our high school, she still had 0:32:09.480 --> 0:32:11.960 her track records up with her twin sister, and. 0:32:11.920 --> 0:32:15.000 I was like, Mom, what in the I didn't know this. 0:32:15.440 --> 0:32:17.960 So when I got older, I you know, started running track, 0:32:18.040 --> 0:32:19.760 and she was like, okay, like I'm going to coach 0:32:19.760 --> 0:32:21.880 you and I would be getting my butt whooped up 0:32:21.920 --> 0:32:24.440 the track by my mom. But for me, it was 0:32:24.520 --> 0:32:26.920 just like this idea that I remember when I ran 0:32:26.960 --> 0:32:29.520 my first mile my freshman year of high school, and 0:32:29.760 --> 0:32:31.680 it was the freshman mile. It was like a huge, 0:32:31.760 --> 0:32:35.560 huge race, and I she snuck her way onto the 0:32:35.760 --> 0:32:38.560 into the track and called my splits from the two 0:32:38.600 --> 0:32:40.520 hundred to the four hundred, to the two hundred to 0:32:40.520 --> 0:32:45.040 the four hundred, and you know, every race, every endeavor, 0:32:45.080 --> 0:32:48.320 from when I first started doing pageants to winning Miss USA. 0:32:48.480 --> 0:32:50.080 She has been through all of it. 0:32:50.520 --> 0:32:53.200 And so her goal has been to run a marathon, 0:32:53.720 --> 0:32:55.840 and you know, I'm running one before her. 0:32:56.200 --> 0:32:59.120 So now she's like, Okay, I've got to do it. 0:32:59.240 --> 0:33:01.160 So I I just think, you know, this is a 0:33:01.160 --> 0:33:03.960 big feat for both of us, and I'm even more 0:33:04.000 --> 0:33:05.680 excited to come back and. 0:33:05.680 --> 0:33:07.680 Cheer for her when she decides to run, or you 0:33:07.720 --> 0:33:09.560 could run with her. I was gonna say, that's the 0:33:09.600 --> 0:33:10.280 next best thing. 0:33:10.480 --> 0:33:14.040 That would be amazing. Who's going to be along the 0:33:14.480 --> 0:33:15.720 sidelines cheering you on. 0:33:15.880 --> 0:33:19.719 Yes, I've got a couple friends through the military. I 0:33:19.800 --> 0:33:24.000 also have Rebecca Ufford who is from the West Point 0:33:24.040 --> 0:33:28.680 Parents Club of Michigan. She's coming to cheer me on, yes, 0:33:29.960 --> 0:33:32.960 so she will be there. I have a friend from 0:33:33.040 --> 0:33:35.160 Stanford who's also running, so I hope to see her 0:33:35.200 --> 0:33:36.120 at the finish line. 0:33:36.720 --> 0:33:39.240 And yeah, I'm just really really excited. 0:33:39.360 --> 0:33:43.320 Like I know that by posting on like social media 0:33:43.680 --> 0:33:46.520 to share like my journey and my story and hopefully 0:33:46.560 --> 0:33:49.880 like uplift the platform the charity I'm running for, apnegar 0:33:50.360 --> 0:33:53.760 that just I hope that all this is to uplift 0:33:53.800 --> 0:33:57.800 other people, to serve, uplift other people, to understand all 0:33:57.880 --> 0:33:59.920 that comes with being a part of like the mayor 0:34:00.120 --> 0:34:03.160 on and running community, and also just merging the idea 0:34:03.240 --> 0:34:05.760 that the only limits you face are the ones you accept. 0:34:06.200 --> 0:34:10.280 I love that you talk about Miss USA. It's service. 0:34:10.600 --> 0:34:13.879 The military is service. Everything you're doing is service. Can 0:34:13.920 --> 0:34:16.839 I ask does the sash do you wear that during 0:34:16.840 --> 0:34:17.320 the marathon? 0:34:17.480 --> 0:34:17.560 No? 0:34:17.640 --> 0:34:22.560 I will not be wearing this, unfortunately, everybody was hoping 0:34:21.560 --> 0:34:23.319 that I will be. 0:34:23.400 --> 0:34:28.040 I will be flashing my smile at the end though, and. 0:34:28.080 --> 0:34:30.480 Talk about the charity that you're running for, because this 0:34:30.640 --> 0:34:34.320 is so important. This isn't a lot of us runners 0:34:34.320 --> 0:34:37.640 aren't running just for our own personal records or own prs, 0:34:37.760 --> 0:34:41.560 although that would be nice, but so much of a 0:34:41.640 --> 0:34:44.600 runner's journey on a race is about being of service 0:34:44.800 --> 0:34:47.960 and raising money for charities that we love, so tell 0:34:48.040 --> 0:34:48.800 us about yours. 0:34:48.880 --> 0:34:54.040 So Appnagar is not just a shelter, It's a lifeline 0:34:54.080 --> 0:34:56.719 for a lot of people. They're fighting for gender and 0:34:56.880 --> 0:35:00.880 just fighting against gender injustices and domesticolence around the world. 0:35:01.000 --> 0:35:04.160 And October is Gender Violence Awareness Month, and so for me, 0:35:04.320 --> 0:35:08.840 I just think it's an awesome opportunity to give this 0:35:09.040 --> 0:35:13.080 charity and this organization the opportunity to know that I 0:35:13.360 --> 0:35:16.359 support them, and I want to see more people get 0:35:16.400 --> 0:35:19.000 involved and impact their communities in ways they can, whether 0:35:19.040 --> 0:35:22.840 it's donating to a shelter in their hometown or coming 0:35:22.840 --> 0:35:25.239 and running a marathon with Team Apnagar. I just think 0:35:25.280 --> 0:35:28.520 that for me, I'm really about empowering people and giving 0:35:28.560 --> 0:35:31.320 people a voice, and I feel like, you know, Miss 0:35:31.360 --> 0:35:34.319 USA is all about women's empowerment. So it's a really 0:35:34.320 --> 0:35:36.719 neat opportunity to get to run with them and to 0:35:37.239 --> 0:35:39.800 hopefully represent for an organization that's bigger than myself. 0:35:39.960 --> 0:35:42.920 All this you're doing remind me, tell what you're doing 0:35:42.960 --> 0:35:43.560 at Stanford. 0:35:45.520 --> 0:35:47.880 So I'm in a two year master's program at Stanford 0:35:48.000 --> 0:35:51.640 University through the night Hennessy Scholarship. There's nearly ten thousand 0:35:51.680 --> 0:35:54.200 applicants around the world and eighty four recipients in the 0:35:54.200 --> 0:35:57.320 twenty twenty three cohort, and I'm currently earning my masters 0:35:57.320 --> 0:35:59.080 in data science at Stanford. 0:36:00.080 --> 0:36:02.279 Out this eighty four yes? So you blew by that. 0:36:02.400 --> 0:36:03.719 I know you don't want to what do you call it? 0:36:03.760 --> 0:36:05.000 A humble brag? Sometimes? 0:36:05.080 --> 0:36:06.560 Yes, the humble She slid that. 0:36:06.600 --> 0:36:09.560 In there, that she was in competition with ten thousand 0:36:09.600 --> 0:36:13.960 people all over the world, only eighty four yes were selected. 0:36:14.120 --> 0:36:16.160 So I know you don't want toot you all, horror brag. 0:36:16.239 --> 0:36:18.640 That's a big deal, and it's a scholarship. Maybe you 0:36:18.680 --> 0:36:21.839 all haven't necessarily heard of, but it is a prestigious 0:36:21.840 --> 0:36:25.160 and a big deal that she has received that scholarship 0:36:25.280 --> 0:36:26.319 and she's doing what she's doing. 0:36:26.320 --> 0:36:27.600 When do you finish your studies there? 0:36:27.640 --> 0:36:31.640 So I'll finish next next year, next year here? 0:36:31.960 --> 0:36:35.320 And what do you want to do with those prestigious degrees? 0:36:35.480 --> 0:36:35.760 Yeah? 0:36:35.840 --> 0:36:38.440 Well, I am so honored to serve as a second 0:36:38.440 --> 0:36:40.759 lieutenant in the United States Army. I graduated from West 0:36:40.800 --> 0:36:42.840 Point in May of twenty twenty three, and I commissioned 0:36:42.840 --> 0:36:46.080 as a military intelligence officer. So I'm really thrilled to 0:36:46.320 --> 0:36:48.840 go to a basic officer leadership course for. 0:36:48.840 --> 0:36:51.239 My branch and to continue on with my career as 0:36:51.239 --> 0:36:51.960 an Army officer. 0:36:52.400 --> 0:36:55.280 It is it is so incredible to see how many 0:36:55.560 --> 0:37:00.000 young women. I know you're inspiring, and not just young women, 0:37:00.160 --> 0:37:03.000 but for anyone who thinks how many people out there, 0:37:03.080 --> 0:37:06.120 even those who are listening right now and have said 0:37:06.120 --> 0:37:08.800 to me, There's no way I could run a marathon. 0:37:09.160 --> 0:37:12.000 There's no way I could run a half marathon, There's 0:37:12.040 --> 0:37:13.640 no way I could run more than a mile. 0:37:14.040 --> 0:37:17.240 What do you say to people who think they can't 0:37:17.480 --> 0:37:18.120 do something? 0:37:18.400 --> 0:37:20.640 I would say, if you can see me, you can 0:37:20.680 --> 0:37:24.799 be me, and the idea that I you know, I've 0:37:24.840 --> 0:37:26.000 heard a ton of nos. 0:37:26.040 --> 0:37:27.280 I've heard there's no way. 0:37:27.400 --> 0:37:30.640 I've heard oh, you know, you could try, but I 0:37:30.640 --> 0:37:33.960 don't know. And I've also heard you got this, Alma, 0:37:34.000 --> 0:37:34.640 you can do this. 0:37:34.800 --> 0:37:37.239 I believe in you. If everyone says no, I'm the 0:37:37.239 --> 0:37:38.399 person who's gonna say yes. 0:37:38.920 --> 0:37:41.640 And I feel like when you listen to those voices 0:37:41.680 --> 0:37:44.680 and you give those voices, the spotlight. That's what uplifts you, 0:37:44.719 --> 0:37:46.279 and I hope I can be that for people all 0:37:46.320 --> 0:37:47.000 around the world. 0:37:47.400 --> 0:37:50.279 Just let them know that you know dare greatly. Go 0:37:50.400 --> 0:37:52.560 forth with passion, go back, go forth with. 0:37:52.520 --> 0:37:55.680 Purpose, and know that your story is not only deserving 0:37:55.680 --> 0:37:57.480 of being in those places, but belongs there. 0:37:59.480 --> 0:38:01.680 So to close here, to wrap up with you, and 0:38:01.760 --> 0:38:03.520 a lot of people are dealing with this and still 0:38:03.600 --> 0:38:05.759 don't know exactly what they're going to do. I don't 0:38:05.800 --> 0:38:08.879 know either. What is today as we're talking to you here. 0:38:08.920 --> 0:38:13.440 It is Friday until eleventh yea Friday evening, So Friday, 0:38:13.600 --> 0:38:18.000 Saturday and to Sunday. What is your rest routine? What 0:38:18.320 --> 0:38:19.840 is your diet. 0:38:19.760 --> 0:38:22.080 For the next couple of days leading up to the race. 0:38:22.440 --> 0:38:25.759 I'm gonna say bagels, impasta. 0:38:27.880 --> 0:38:28.720 I drink a lot. 0:38:28.840 --> 0:38:32.480 I love coffee, like iced coffee, so I'm gonna have 0:38:32.560 --> 0:38:35.120 one more on Saturday, and then I'm not going to 0:38:35.200 --> 0:38:37.920 have any on Sunday because I don't want to have 0:38:37.960 --> 0:38:42.080 to use the bathroom that much. And then probably just 0:38:42.200 --> 0:38:46.520 getting a good night's rest tonight and tomorrow evening, probably 0:38:46.600 --> 0:38:50.839 reading some David Goggins and making some phone calls home 0:38:50.920 --> 0:38:53.480 for some good wishes before Sunday. 0:38:53.680 --> 0:38:54.240 It's funny. 0:38:54.280 --> 0:38:57.480 Anyone out there who's listening who hasn't run a marathon. Yes, 0:38:57.520 --> 0:39:02.240 the training is key, but what to eat and maybe 0:39:02.320 --> 0:39:03.399 even more importantly, what. 0:39:03.560 --> 0:39:05.800 Not to eat is so important. And it's funny. 0:39:05.800 --> 0:39:08.319 This is my number six and I don't think I've 0:39:08.320 --> 0:39:10.839 figured it out yet because it's like, ooh, that didn't work. 0:39:10.880 --> 0:39:13.319 Oh, let me try this. I mean, it's just do 0:39:13.400 --> 0:39:15.520 you fuel along the way? Do you how much? 0:39:15.840 --> 0:39:17.879 Do you stop at the water stations? Do you take 0:39:17.920 --> 0:39:20.400 the goo? Like I'm curious what your plan is? 0:39:20.560 --> 0:39:24.239 Yes, my goal, based off what I've talked with my 0:39:24.239 --> 0:39:26.759 my friend who's done a lot of marathons, is I'm 0:39:26.800 --> 0:39:30.000 gonna take the bananas when i can water at the 0:39:30.040 --> 0:39:30.840 A stations. 0:39:30.880 --> 0:39:34.040 I've got some noon tablets for my little water bottle. 0:39:34.160 --> 0:39:39.200 I've got honey Stinger choes. Yeah, I've got I've got 0:39:39.239 --> 0:39:41.800 a little I've got I've got a pretty thick flip 0:39:41.840 --> 0:39:44.000 belt on my head my way, so. 0:39:44.920 --> 0:39:47.320 The flip bell is great. Just I hope it doesn't chafe, 0:39:47.360 --> 0:39:48.480 like there's always. 0:39:48.120 --> 0:39:49.399 A I've got chafe butter. 0:39:51.000 --> 0:39:53.600 It's so funny because I've made different choices each time. 0:39:53.640 --> 0:39:57.120 And they've all been good, and then they've some of 0:39:57.160 --> 0:39:57.759 them have been bad. 0:39:57.880 --> 0:39:59.440 Oh it's wild where life takes you. 0:39:59.520 --> 0:40:01.319 I'm a girl, oh man, sitting those stags with my 0:40:01.360 --> 0:40:04.480 girlfriend and Miss USA talking about chafing and bathroom breaks. 0:40:05.040 --> 0:40:08.439 It's awesome. You just never know what life's gonna take you, right, 0:40:08.800 --> 0:40:09.439 you never know. 0:40:09.640 --> 0:40:11.480 Which mile do you prefer? The porta Potti? 0:40:11.600 --> 0:40:11.640 No? 0:40:11.800 --> 0:40:14.160 I mean that's literally you have these conversations that you 0:40:14.200 --> 0:40:16.759 probably should never have with your significant other, and yet 0:40:17.000 --> 0:40:19.400 they're vital. When you're about to run a race together, 0:40:19.480 --> 0:40:21.520 you start talking about things you never thought you would 0:40:21.520 --> 0:40:22.200 talk about. 0:40:22.000 --> 0:40:23.480 With complete strangers. 0:40:23.760 --> 0:40:26.840 But that's what happens. It's a community us runners. What 0:40:26.920 --> 0:40:28.200 are you most looking forward to? 0:40:29.960 --> 0:40:34.000 I guess just the energy of running through the streets. 0:40:34.280 --> 0:40:37.520 I mean, I've run half marathons on Post at West 0:40:37.520 --> 0:40:42.080 Point and there's a there's cheers all over the post. 0:40:42.160 --> 0:40:44.799 But to run it in Chicago, I know that it's 0:40:44.800 --> 0:40:48.760 going to be electric, and I have my headphones. 0:40:48.320 --> 0:40:49.919 But I'm probably gonna keep them off for the first 0:40:49.920 --> 0:40:52.719 little bit, just to hear the audience and to hear everyone, 0:40:53.480 --> 0:40:56.360 because that I think is so uplifting and so positive 0:40:56.800 --> 0:40:59.959 and can be definitely help find another gear. 0:41:00.239 --> 0:41:01.120 I get tired out there. 0:41:01.440 --> 0:41:03.600 It is so funny to hear I have made long 0:41:03.760 --> 0:41:07.040 playlists before, but in New York, I turn the music off. 0:41:07.120 --> 0:41:09.040 Just the energy you want to take in. 0:41:09.760 --> 0:41:12.200 Dear lady, we can't say it enough, and I hope 0:41:12.280 --> 0:41:16.640 everybody here well please help us. And thanking miss USA 0:41:17.000 --> 0:41:20.640 Alma Cooper for being here. Throw a good luck as well. 0:41:20.760 --> 0:41:24.440 She's a first timer on Sunday. A lot of you, 0:41:24.880 --> 0:41:27.359 but we got to read about you, and we were 0:41:27.360 --> 0:41:29.360 so excited for you to be here, but you came 0:41:29.440 --> 0:41:32.319 as advertised. You are just a wonder to behold and 0:41:32.360 --> 0:41:35.200 someone I would absolutely love for my daughter, who's eleven 0:41:35.280 --> 0:41:36.200 years old to look up to. 0:41:36.360 --> 0:41:38.080 So it was just so much TJ. 0:41:38.200 --> 0:41:39.120 I really appreciate that. 0:41:39.200 --> 0:41:41.080 Yeah, TJ's got an eleven year old. I have a 0:41:41.160 --> 0:41:43.520 twenty one year old and an eighteen year old. In fact, 0:41:43.520 --> 0:41:45.279 my twenty one year old thought it was really cool 0:41:45.320 --> 0:41:47.919 to send me a text today saying she ran three 0:41:47.960 --> 0:41:50.720 miles in honor of us running the marathon this weekend. 0:41:51.000 --> 0:41:53.560 But every mile matters and every mile accounts, and. 0:41:53.680 --> 0:41:57.680 You are an inspiration to so many people, but especially 0:41:57.719 --> 0:42:00.680 we appreciate it. As parents of daughters for what you're 0:42:00.719 --> 0:42:03.280 showing the world women can do. So thank you Alma 0:42:03.960 --> 0:42:07.200 for Miss USA. Good luck in Miss World. Thank you 0:42:07.320 --> 0:42:10.280 appreciate at the marathon, and we can't wait to see 0:42:10.960 --> 0:42:13.280 your time which is clearly gonna smoke ours. 0:42:13.320 --> 0:42:16.759 But guys, thank you folks as always for listening to 0:42:16.840 --> 0:42:20.280 us on the Amy and TJ podcast. Before you, folks 0:42:20.280 --> 0:42:22.799 here in the center, thank you for spending some time 0:42:22.840 --> 0:42:23.399 here with us. 0:42:23.560 --> 0:42:24.359 We'll see y'all soon.