Speaker 1: And that folks, it is Sunday, March fifteenth, and Robes
Speaker 1: and I are on our way out the door and
Speaker 1: about to join thirty thousand other people on the streets
Speaker 1: of New York City. And with that, welcome to this
Speaker 1: episode of Amy and TJ. The question this morning, Ben
Speaker 1: Gay or CBD oil, which one do we put on
Speaker 1: our injuries before we head out for what is our
Speaker 1: favorite race of the year.
Speaker 2: This is a blast running through the streets of Manhattan
Speaker 2: in the middle of Times Square over the Brooklyn Bridge.
Speaker 2: You get to see and feel the just the heartbeat
Speaker 2: of New York City and go past all of its
Speaker 2: famous or many of its famous, just iconic spaces in
Speaker 2: areas that people normally only see full of congestion and
Speaker 2: maybe in a cab, but you actually get to run
Speaker 2: in the middle of the street.
Speaker 3: It's so fun.
Speaker 1: What's so fun just being a part. No, we haven't
Speaker 1: even said the name of what we're doing today.
Speaker 3: That's so funny. You're right, yikes.
Speaker 2: Yes, we're doing to you the United halfd here in
Speaker 2: New York City that starts in Brooklyn and ends in
Speaker 2: Central Park.
Speaker 1: This is this is our favorite race because it's I
Speaker 1: don't know that, what's the second time they shut down
Speaker 1: Times Square during the year. What's the other time? There's
Speaker 1: only two times they closed Times Square New.
Speaker 3: Years It was like New Year's Eve, is that you're.
Speaker 1: New Year's Eve and this is the other day? That
Speaker 1: was the one that's obviously everybody sees that worldwide, but
Speaker 1: this is the only other time. It is a special race,
Speaker 1: quite frankly, just because of that alone. Coming around is
Speaker 1: at mile twelve, coming around that corner and you know
Speaker 1: you got a mile left, and you come around and
Speaker 1: New York Times Square is closed, and you're running through
Speaker 1: it and everybody's looking at you.
Speaker 3: And everyone's cheering. It's like your a hero for a moment.
Speaker 2: It's the only time in life where you're doing something
Speaker 2: athletic and people are.
Speaker 3: Cheering and calling your name.
Speaker 2: It almost feels like you're an Olympian and you're in
Speaker 2: the middle of Times Square. It truly is this like
Speaker 2: huge feeling of being a part of something grand.
Speaker 1: It is. This is the funny that the nickname of
Speaker 1: it is the one to Run. That's actually what they
Speaker 1: called and it actually makes sense. This was the first
Speaker 1: race I ever did, I ever entered done many since then,
Speaker 1: but Rose This was the first one I did. This
Speaker 1: was the first one you encouraged me to do, got
Speaker 1: me trained. I did almost every training run for that
Speaker 1: first one with you. And here we are again doing Oh,
Speaker 1: this is our third or fourth one of these together.
Speaker 2: With can This is our third together because your first
Speaker 2: one was yes, four years ago in twenty twenty two,
Speaker 2: and we skipped last year because of injuries and maybe
Speaker 2: just fatigue race fatigue. That is a thing I've actually
Speaker 2: lost count, which is I think is a pretty cool
Speaker 2: thing of how many half marathons I've done.
Speaker 3: So sometimes, yeah, you need to take a beat. So
Speaker 3: we took a beat last.
Speaker 1: Year and we missed it, and we absolutely because this
Speaker 1: is a blast. Look, the New York City Marathon is
Speaker 1: the favorite in terms of the city, how it comes out,
Speaker 1: how it embraces you and the cheers and whatnot. However,
Speaker 1: you're running twenty six point two miles, it's hard to
Speaker 1: enjoy that.
Speaker 2: You know what's there are parts where you truly can
Speaker 2: enjoy it, and the training is a part of enjoying it,
Speaker 2: just making sure that you've done the work so that
Speaker 2: you can actually have fun that day. But I don't
Speaker 2: know past mile twenty I love the Bronx and all,
Speaker 2: but that's where things always turn south for me, and
Speaker 2: that's a little bit, I mean, that's more painful. This Actually,
Speaker 2: if you train and you get your body ready, a
Speaker 2: half marathon doesn't actually do the number on your body
Speaker 2: that a marathon does, and you can actually go from
Speaker 2: start to finish and enjoy the entire thing without feeling pain.
Speaker 1: It's physically manageable and it is mentally manageable. Even this
Speaker 1: morning getting up, you're you think, okay, it's just thirteen
Speaker 1: point one. Now, that sounds crazy. But to folks that
Speaker 1: run a lot and are marathon ors, half marathon can
Speaker 1: feel like a break.
Speaker 2: Almost it does and look like for full perspective, I
Speaker 2: ran my first half marathon. I believe I was forty
Speaker 2: four forty five, So you can start at any point.
Speaker 2: But to me, the first time I did it, it
Speaker 2: was overwhelming. It was I was so nervous. I it
Speaker 2: was the biggest thing I had ever done athletically. So
Speaker 2: look to not minimize this race. But it does fall
Speaker 2: into perspective when you start doing marathons, because all of
Speaker 2: a sudden then you realize, truly, I believe, if with
Speaker 2: the right amount of training. As long as you are uninjured, anybody,
Speaker 2: anybody can do a half marathon.
Speaker 1: And that's the thing that we do this, uh, the
Speaker 1: Runner's Expo where you go pick up your bibs and
Speaker 1: all your t shirts and all this thing. But it's
Speaker 1: a they did it the Javits Center this year, but
Speaker 1: it's always some big convention center type thing where they
Speaker 1: have booths set up and you can go on and
Speaker 1: all go in there and buy stuff by socks, yeah,
Speaker 1: vendors up for runners, all this stuff. But that's the
Speaker 1: place you get to see all these other runners and robes.
Speaker 1: That's the place where we were talking the other day.
Speaker 1: You have to keep it in perspective that there were
Speaker 1: some things in there where you go find your name
Speaker 1: on a wall, you go have your picture taken and
Speaker 1: all this. We were kind of skipping it because we
Speaker 1: had been there, done that, and been through this several times,
Speaker 1: and we stopped and took a moment and go, wait
Speaker 1: a damn minute. A lot of these folks this is
Speaker 1: their first time. This is something they never thought they'd do.
Speaker 1: They have family support and with the signs, we never
Speaker 1: want to lose perspective. This is not easy. This is
Speaker 1: something for us, even robes, to keep in mind. This
Speaker 1: is kind of an accomplishment, kind of cool, and kind
Speaker 1: of bad ass to be able to do oh with doubt.
Speaker 2: This is a bucket list item for a lot of folks,
Speaker 2: and for me, I mean, all through my thirties and
Speaker 2: even early forties, I have watched my father do half
Speaker 2: marathons and marathons, and I always thought that was so unattainable.
Speaker 2: I was a ten k girl, six point one miles
Speaker 2: and I'm done, so that was aspirational for me for
Speaker 2: most of my life. And then to do it the
Speaker 2: first time, I caught the bug. But you saw all
Speaker 2: these folks who seemed like this was their first time,
Speaker 2: this was their first half marathon, and they were so excited.
Speaker 2: They had their family around them supporting them, cheering them on.
Speaker 2: This takes This takes training, This takes discipline, and this
Speaker 2: is a huge accomplishment. And the other cool thing I
Speaker 2: think about this race here in New York City was
Speaker 2: we really didn't hear a lot of English at the expo.
Speaker 2: We heard people speaking all languages from all around the
Speaker 2: world who actually traveled to New York City to run
Speaker 2: this race.
Speaker 3: And I also think that is super cool.
Speaker 2: We've done Last year, we actually did that in Stockholm
Speaker 2: and we had the race.
Speaker 3: Folks say to us, Wow, you're the first Americans we've
Speaker 3: met all day.
Speaker 2: So it's so cool to see people coming into our
Speaker 2: country and taking a part of something so cool. And
Speaker 2: we love doing the same, just traveling around and running.
Speaker 3: It's an awesome thing to do.
Speaker 1: It's fun. They got thirty thousand this year. Is this
Speaker 1: the biggest number they have had? It keeps going up
Speaker 1: every year, but I think it's thousand. Well it's thirty
Speaker 1: thousand this year, but I'm sure not sure if that's
Speaker 1: a record or not. But I didn't realize Robes they
Speaker 1: just added the Brooklyn Bridge to this race, so this
Speaker 1: is only the second time that runners we're going to
Speaker 1: get the run across the Brooklyn Bridge.
Speaker 3: Oh, I'm so excited about that. When you came in,
Speaker 3: I was going to say it, and.
Speaker 2: I thought I'll save it for the podcast because the
Speaker 2: last time we did this, we did not run over
Speaker 2: the Brooklyn Bridge. So the only time I've ever done
Speaker 2: that is just you know, because we're training and we're
Speaker 2: running over. So this is the first time you and
Speaker 2: I will ever run over the Brooklyn Bridge in a race.
Speaker 3: That's really cool.
Speaker 1: It sounds cool, But we used that bridge a lot
Speaker 1: for our running and our training, and the Brooklyn Bridge
Speaker 1: is coming up earlier in our run right. And for
Speaker 1: folks that don't necessarily realize this as you're looking at it,
Speaker 1: I'm afar, or you're traveling across it in a vehicle,
Speaker 1: that thing is a damn mountain.
Speaker 2: It is.
Speaker 1: It can feel like a mountain robes if you're on
Speaker 1: mile nine or ten or whatever else. It is an
Speaker 1: incline and a decline. It's it's a tough thing to
Speaker 1: do if you're in the middle of a race.
Speaker 2: It is people always basically fear and worry about. In
Speaker 2: the full marathon, you go over the Queensboro Bridge and
Speaker 2: it's from mile twelve to mile fourteen, so people talk
Speaker 2: about that's one of those moments where you either are
Speaker 2: you know, fueled by it and realize your training actually
Speaker 2: is working, or you realize, man, I didn't work hard enough.
Speaker 3: Do you're ready for this race?
Speaker 2: Because those bridges are that's a good way to describe it.
Speaker 2: They are like mountains.
Speaker 1: I feel like it.
Speaker 3: It's so true.
Speaker 2: And then, of course, the other big part of this race.
Speaker 2: This is the one where it is a crapshoot weatherwise.
Speaker 2: Look March in New York. We have had an eighty
Speaker 2: degree day and we have had snow falling all within
Speaker 2: you know, hours of each other. Basically, so this is
Speaker 2: always this has had some extremes in the past.
Speaker 1: We'll tell you how it's going this morning, but we
Speaker 1: also want you to stick around and we will let
Speaker 1: you in to exactly what runners have to do the
Speaker 1: day before, and sometimes the day before that, and certainly
Speaker 1: the morning of a race that is going to determine
Speaker 1: just how rough those thirteen miles will be. All right, folks,
Speaker 1: we continue here on Amy and TJ. Wish us luck.
Speaker 1: We're out the door shortly as we record this. It's
Speaker 1: in the four o'clock hour, because you have to get
Speaker 1: out the door very early to get on the train
Speaker 1: and get to where you're going so you can get
Speaker 1: in line, go through security. It's a lot to get
Speaker 1: ready for a race. Our race time, though we take
Speaker 1: off at seven, is our race time. Do we have
Speaker 1: our bib numbers in front of me? Where's Nicky's?
Speaker 3: Yes, I get them.
Speaker 1: We'll give you our bib numbers. You can actually track
Speaker 1: us as we're running. You can just look up the names.
Speaker 1: But we have our bib numbers and all that good stuff.
Speaker 1: But the key the trip. You got it.
Speaker 2: Yes, my bib number is one zero five to one
Speaker 2: and your bib number is one zero five to zero.
Speaker 1: Okay, one zero five two zero one zero five two zero.
Speaker 1: That's me, all right, that's us, track us, follow along
Speaker 1: to see how we're doing.
Speaker 3: Oh, that's intimidating, that's not at all.
Speaker 2: No, no, no, Look, I don't think this is going to
Speaker 2: be our fastest.
Speaker 3: We've had a couple.
Speaker 2: I think my best time is and I guess since
Speaker 2: you've run next to me, it's your best time too.
Speaker 3: But I think an hour fifty three and.
Speaker 1: Our time will be whatever you.
Speaker 3: Say, it is probably going to be two hours. I've
Speaker 3: been running slower these days.
Speaker 1: Fine, we're there to enjoy the experience, but I would
Speaker 1: like to be done before lunch. That'd be great. Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: but what we're doing this morning, I haven't necessarily fully
Speaker 1: checked in with you head to tell how are you
Speaker 1: feeling physically?
Speaker 2: I am feeling much better today. I had a debilitating
Speaker 2: migraine yesterday and I have not had one in a year,
Speaker 2: and I got really nervous because running with the migraine,
Speaker 2: I have not ever done that, and that's a little intimidating.
Speaker 2: But I woke up this morning after we really did.
Speaker 2: We did not leave the apartment yesterday. We rested, we
Speaker 2: watched basketball, we cheered on the Hogs, and.
Speaker 3: We did everything we needed to do to chill and
Speaker 3: get ready.
Speaker 1: For this one. What about the rest of the legs?
Speaker 1: The rest that you check your sleep score?
Speaker 2: My sleep score, I got an eighty three. I actually
Speaker 2: am in good shape. I also have zofrance. So my
Speaker 2: big issue has been nausea, extreme nausea when I get
Speaker 2: into longer runs, and so I have this dissolvable tab
Speaker 2: that combats nausea that I take right before the race.
Speaker 2: Got a little pro tip from a friend, and it's
Speaker 2: been serving me well. So I'm actually feeling really, really,
Speaker 2: really good. How about you and your foot?
Speaker 1: Foot's not good this morning. It's not as bad. I
Speaker 1: can tell. It's gotten some rest and I just haven't
Speaker 1: been running on it, so it's not so bad to walk.
Speaker 1: But the pain is deep, it's sharpened there. I can
Speaker 1: feel it when I do a little extreme been so
Speaker 1: nervous about it. It's a. It's going to be a matter
Speaker 1: of pain management today and I am not in the mood,
Speaker 1: but maybe the I'll be hyped up. But buddy, do
Speaker 1: we're here now. I've decided to do this push through,
Speaker 1: so I go. I'm debating. Really we said it off
Speaker 1: the top. It really is a debate over CBD cream
Speaker 1: or ben gay to put on it before we.
Speaker 3: Get school, or new technology.
Speaker 1: Basically this is I'm not sure what to go with?
Speaker 1: Can you? But you know what? The hell? You know what?
Speaker 1: You should never try anything that's.
Speaker 3: A very good that's a good tip.
Speaker 2: Yes, don't do anything new, don't eat anything different, don't
Speaker 2: wear anything different.
Speaker 3: Do what your body.
Speaker 2: Is used to so that you are prepared for what
Speaker 2: may be unexpected.
Speaker 3: At least you have that in place.
Speaker 1: Don't need any surprises. With a mix of ben gay
Speaker 1: and CBD cream on my foot you go past.
Speaker 3: Also might smell very odd too, But.
Speaker 1: That's what's going on with us today. We are going
Speaker 1: to check in with you later post race and let
Speaker 1: you know how this thing went. But yes, thirteen point
Speaker 1: one miles temperature today is going to be what for us?
Speaker 1: Did you say, Well, it.
Speaker 2: Looks like it'll be thirty nine out the gates, which look,
Speaker 2: we talked about whether I think the first race we
Speaker 2: did together in twenty twenty two, it was actually gorgeous.
Speaker 2: I think we finished the race and it was sixty
Speaker 2: two degrees and sunny. It was almost too warm for me.
Speaker 2: But that's what actually got you into the running bug
Speaker 2: because you just thought, this is the most amazing weather,
Speaker 2: the most amazing day.
Speaker 3: I'm doing this again.
Speaker 1: Got reality check pretty soon.
Speaker 2: But the next year, yes, the next year, I believe
Speaker 2: when we crossed the finish line, that feels like temperature
Speaker 2: was nineteen.
Speaker 3: But that's what happens when it's.
Speaker 2: March in New York. So look, this is somewhere in between,
Speaker 2: and I think, well, and the race will be about
Speaker 2: forty degrees. That's you know what, when you're running thirteen point.
Speaker 3: One miles, that's a really nice temperature.
Speaker 1: All right, folks, wish us luck. We will be out
Speaker 1: there in just a little bit. You can check back
Speaker 1: in here. Of course, on our feed. We gave you
Speaker 1: the first five Best Picture nominees yesterday. We'll giving you
Speaker 1: the cliff notes for the next five today. We're gonna
Speaker 1: slide that into the feed. All of those in the
Speaker 1: middle of the day while we're out running, so you'll
Speaker 1: have those before you watch the oscars, possibly tonight, but
Speaker 1: it'll certainly get you caught up, and then we'll check
Speaker 1: in again after the race and let you know how
Speaker 1: things went. But we always appreciate you, we say on
Speaker 1: our morning run, we say it figuratively, thank you for
Speaker 1: running with us, but some of you literally. We'll be
Speaker 1: out there running with us today.
Speaker 2: In the race, yes, and we appreciate by the way,
Speaker 2: we said, the temperature is pretty good for runners, but wow,
Speaker 2: we really appreciate all the folks who come out and
Speaker 2: stand and wait there on the sidelines and cheer all
Speaker 2: those thirty thousand runners on. The race would not be
Speaker 2: what it is without all of you. So thank you
Speaker 2: truly for cheering for us while we're running. And with
Speaker 2: that everyone, thank you for listening to us.
Speaker 3: I made robock alongside DJ Holmes. We will talk to
Speaker 3: you soon.