1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to another episode of Eating While Broke. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Colleen Went, and today we have a 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: very special guest. We have Butter from Keep It Run hundred, 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: not one hundred, but run hundred. What do you have 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: us eating today? Today? We're having good old hit pockets. 6 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: You know it can't go wrong with them, just kick 7 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 1: grabb and go. You know everybody loves a good hit pocket. 8 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: A little backstory. I was like, what do you want 9 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: to eat? What do you want to cook for us? 10 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: And you were just like, I don't cook. This is 11 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: the second guest in a row that just has no 12 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: idea how to cook um. And we went back and forth. 13 00:00:58,280 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: Of course, you know you did give me the option 14 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: for ramen. But we hear at Eating Wall Broke. We 15 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: know ramen is a very popular dish. So unless you 16 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: have a special twist to your ramen, do not get 17 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: to cook it. You know, I could have made you 18 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: what's called spread, but that's a whole We actually had 19 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: the spread. It was like a jail experience in a 20 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: garbage bag. I will never forget that episode. Shout outs 21 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 1: to Ajah from Compton. Right, she's she's Compton. Now you're 22 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: you do, we keep it run hundred and your focus 23 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: is south Central. My focus is just activity period. It's 24 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,919 Speaker 1: not really a certain area. I'm from South Central. Um 25 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: are do runs in Inglewood, Culver City and just all 26 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 1: different parts of l A. But um I am from 27 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: south central underserved community, and running is something that's just 28 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: not the norm where I'm from. So for me to 29 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: find a passionateness and be able to give it back 30 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: to my people and get people going has been one 31 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: of the most amazing journeys I've ever been on. Okay, well, 32 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: we don't take a bite of these hot pockets, bring 33 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: you back to nostalgia lane. This was nice and warm. Yeah, 34 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: hopefully you're gonna bit it into your order. You're gonna 35 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: tear yours, all right, just for your listeners. He actually 36 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: asked for like a fork and knife, and I said, 37 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,239 Speaker 1: is that how you ate him a gentleman? And I said, 38 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: if that's not how you ate it, that's not how 39 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:28,839 Speaker 1: we're eating. You enjoy It's great. Mine is cold. Mine 40 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: is still warm, Pepperoni. I don't want to see this 41 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: cheese stretch mine as a warm listen. Okay, how better, 42 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: way better? So take me back to the hot pocket dames. 43 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: I mean, the hot pockets are still very present, you know. 44 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: I'm not I don't I don't forget where I came from. 45 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: But no, I don't know if anyone ever graduates past 46 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: the hot pocket base. As long as they're in your freezer, 47 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,399 Speaker 1: that is a smooth day when you're walking in out 48 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: microwave real fast. But take me, take me back before 49 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: the casual pot pockets. Um No, Um, just growing up 50 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: as a as a as a as a kid in 51 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: in South central you know. Uh, I did a bunch 52 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,119 Speaker 1: of different things. I played sports my whole life. Um, 53 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: and just growing up trying to maneuver through my community 54 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: isn't the easiest thing to do. But um, you know, 55 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: as we grow, as we go through our I'm thirty 56 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: nine now, so trying to figure out the way things 57 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: get tough sometimes, you know, and sometimes you may not 58 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: have or you're working towards that that life that you wants. 59 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: So there is some struggle in that. So and that 60 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: I was, you know, enjoying hot pockets. Men. You know, 61 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: in your twenties, what did you what were you striving for? 62 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: What was your ultimate goal? Um? In my twenties, I 63 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: was working production so I wanted to do something in 64 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: like television production that I did it for some years, 65 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: Uh kind of got tired of it, transitioned into a 66 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: multiple jobs after that. Uh I had I had my 67 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 1: daughter at thirty, which kind of forced me to grow 68 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 1: up and really become a man, That's what. And then 69 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: running started around that time as well. And you know, 70 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: with with time and with age and maturity, things just 71 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: getting better, you know, because you're you're in a different 72 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: headspace and you're able to you know, and and then 73 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: and in having a chad, you have to figure it out. So, 74 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: so what happened at twenty nine where you twenty nine 75 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: you're working television production? Did you end up quitting television 76 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 1: production to provide better for your daughter or like what 77 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: was that transitional point when she came? Um so and 78 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: that I left production. I started driving buses. Gave me 79 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: more security, Uh you know, the health benefits. Think you 80 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying things like that, and um, so 81 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: many things that happened at that time too. When you 82 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 1: say buses, like, uh, public trans you don't have to 83 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: get a special license for that yet. One so you 84 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: just you were like, you know what, forget this television 85 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: production because I need more stability. I needed more stability, 86 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: so because television was more freelance, you know. And then uh, 87 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: I went into the driving the bus situation, which lasted 88 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: some years. Um. But then at that ranis course as well. Um. 89 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: And then where did your running into the picture. I 90 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:46,559 Speaker 1: was doing it as a hobby and then um, uh 91 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: running with just something I did just to just just 92 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: to be active. It wasn't something that I planned on 93 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 1: doing like for the rest of my life. And when 94 00:05:55,080 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: did other people start getting involved in your running? At nineteen? 95 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: So this is right before the pandemic. Ah yeah, so um, 96 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: let's say so I started my run club eighteen. We 97 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: picked up a lot of bus throughout the you know, 98 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: the remainder. I started April, So from April to like November, 99 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: the numbers are rowing. I started with eight people, were 100 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: eventually getting a hundred people out at you know, by 101 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 1: the by the fall. And this is all in South 102 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: central or I was actually doing it in Manhattan Beach 103 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 1: and Culver City at the time, so expanding in those 104 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: areas because in South central running isn't the easiest thing 105 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 1: to do, especially in a group setting, you know, because 106 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:40,359 Speaker 1: it's not like you could just pull up to some 107 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: random park which with a bunch of people, and because 108 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: that's just not how the area works because of gang 109 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: activity and things like that, you know, because every everybody 110 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: seems to thinks they owned in certain areas, so you 111 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: just can't pull up to So you were telling people 112 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: that lived in South Central pull up to Manhattan and 113 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: they were doing it. Okay, okay, now you just you 114 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 1: were enjoying running and you said, you know what, I'm 115 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 1: going to do a run club or and then the 116 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: eight people joined or were you slowly? I mean I 117 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: was just running with like and me and a buddy 118 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: of mine. Me and a buddy of mine. We actually 119 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: trained for my first marathon the fall of seventeen, so 120 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: I ran in March. So that's when I fell in 121 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: love and running. It was like I wanted everyone to 122 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: experience the feelings that I have from it. So I 123 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: started my run club two weeks after that marathon. And 124 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: when you first started running, you were in love with it. 125 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: You kind of morphed into love. It was just like 126 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: it was a hobby at first. And then I said, 127 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: pushing my body but my mind past barriers I had 128 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: on myself, thinking I couldn't do ten miles or twelve 129 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: miles or fifteen miles. And when you're when you're knocking 130 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: down those walls, you feel like you can continue to 131 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: go forever because it's more mental than anything. So the 132 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: you know, the mental toughness afforded to did you get 133 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: from that? You know, I can't even explained, you know, people, 134 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: you have to kind of do it to really understand, 135 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: you know what I'm what I'm saying because a lot 136 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 1: of people put like limits on themselves, like I can't. 137 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: I would never run a marathon. I would. I used 138 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: to think the same way, but now it's what's the 139 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: biggest marathon you ran? I originally ran last month. I 140 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: ran in New York Marathon. That's the absolute biggest marathon 141 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: in the world. Six point two. So a full marathon 142 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: tween six point two I've done it ten times, okay. 143 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: And then how long does it take you to do that? 144 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: What average? Like three and a half hours? Three and 145 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: a half hours? Are you? What? What pace are you at? 146 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: That a pretty good place? You know. It's it's like 147 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,599 Speaker 1: a fast jog, No, it's a it's a run. So 148 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 1: it's about you run for six miles straight, no breaks? 149 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: Do you carry a water pack? No? I mean like 150 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: alone the route there's like yeah, like there's there's water 151 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: stations if people giving you stuff. It's a in New 152 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: York the greatest marathon I've ever ran in my life. 153 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: But um, the energy was crazy. People are there's people 154 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: everywhere like this. They shut down the entire city. You 155 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: run through all five boroughs. Wow, wow, I didn't you 156 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: run through all five boroughs? So there's people lining the 157 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: street the entire way. And then what barrow do they 158 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: end in? Uh? You inno central Park? So um you're starting, 159 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: you're starting Staten Island. Yeah, and in central parks? Do 160 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 1: they actually have a winner in the marriage, like a 161 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: first Yeah, they get they make a lot of money. Oh, 162 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: I don't even know there's money. Like how much does 163 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 1: a New York matter, say six miles three or four 164 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 1: hours out of your day? You know? Yeah, but you 165 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: gotta like thanks. So is there a marathon winner that 166 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,839 Speaker 1: is like notorious? Who h elliot keep chokie. He's the 167 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: he's the goat. He's uh he's actually ran the fastest 168 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: marathon ever. It was under two hours, so he's the 169 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: first one one fifty nine He's the first one to 170 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: running under two hours six miles, so it's like a 171 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,599 Speaker 1: four minute pace or like four so minute paced the 172 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: entire way. He don't take no breaks. You don't take 173 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,199 Speaker 1: no breaks. Have you met him? I met him last 174 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,559 Speaker 1: month in New York for real. Do you think you 175 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: would ever come and like check out what you're doing? 176 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: I think he would. We we are aligned in some 177 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:30,679 Speaker 1: way with the with the Nike connection. Something he ever, 178 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:32,959 Speaker 1: if he's ever in tail, you know, maybe he'll pull 179 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:35,959 Speaker 1: up all my run club someday. So you decided to 180 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: build this run club, eight people show up? What are 181 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,719 Speaker 1: your parents saying at the time when I'm running my 182 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,839 Speaker 1: run club? I got eight? No, I don't even It 183 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: wasn't even a run club. It was just me gathering 184 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: my friends, you know, like let's let's let's get you healthy, 185 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 1: let's just get active. So we were doing like two 186 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: miles one mile out back, and you know, it was 187 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 1: cool because like people were seeing what I was doing, 188 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: and you know, because I would know documented on Instagram 189 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: and things like that, and you know, people would just 190 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,199 Speaker 1: want to get active with me and get healthy. So, um, 191 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: my friends just started growing organically. Like if I told 192 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,719 Speaker 1: you you tell somebody else. You know, next we went 193 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: from eight, you know, to twelve, and twelve to fift 194 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 1: you know, like social just a gradual growth and then 195 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: people start seeing it, you know, and it's it's a community. 196 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,439 Speaker 1: I always I'm big on AP preaching community because especially 197 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 1: with my group and runners of color have the most 198 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 1: reluctant group of people to want to run because of whatever. 199 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: Like we feel as though running agast punishment because growing 200 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: up playing sports, basketball, football and things like that, when 201 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 1: you get in trouble, you're told to run. So like 202 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: when you get older, you're like, I'm not gonna run 203 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: because it's kind of like some trauma in a way. 204 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: So um exactly exactly. So now you have to do 205 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: things like this, like just to just once they're healthy. 206 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: We're combating COVID, high blood press, your heart, you know, 207 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: so many these different things. So an active lifestyle helps 208 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: with that, and with community it helps even more because 209 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 1: black people don't get together in large numbers unless we're 210 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: consuming alcohol. So to get together weakly to do something 211 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: positive and you know, impact each other and motivate support 212 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: each other. I think it's important to work out in groups. 213 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 1: I one of my close friends is day storm Power. 214 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if you know about him, and he's 215 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: an influencer on social media, but he does these brutal 216 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: ass workouts. They're absolutely ridiculous. They're a hundred percent free. 217 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: It's just I want to join and it's absolute hell 218 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,719 Speaker 1: on wheels. But he'll to a hole like in his 219 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: brain he has a plan, you know, and there are 220 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: moments where you say, I don't necessarily agree with this plan, 221 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: but then it's like he has a plan to prepare 222 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: you for the nightmare that he has planned for you. 223 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: So like there was a yeah, it was a set up. 224 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: So like all year you're like, you know, first of all, 225 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,079 Speaker 1: the amount of weight you lose running is it's it's 226 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: highly not spool. And then um so he trained us, 227 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:04,199 Speaker 1: trained us, trained us, and then one day he was like, 228 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: you're gonna run these three hills, and we're like three hills. Anyways, 229 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 1: you run and you're able to because he's gonna train you. 230 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: But then one day randomly, I was like, you know what, 231 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 1: I haven't ran these hills in so long, and I 232 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: just pulled up on them hills and I tried to 233 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:19,439 Speaker 1: run it, and I said he was fucking nuts. He 234 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: was nuts because you did have to train to prepare 235 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: to run those and these weren't little hills. These were 236 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:30,719 Speaker 1: like nightmares. Everything in life is about preparation and it 237 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: took a long time for that. So how consistent are 238 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: your meetups? We meet weekly, so three times a week, Tuesdays, Tuesday, 239 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: Thursday nights and Sunday mornings. So and then where is 240 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: it at Tuesday night? We meet in Inglewood? I mean 241 00:13:56,280 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 1: we meet in Culver City at Veterans Park. It's seven 242 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: pm Thursday night. Simpen signed the coffee shop in Inglewood 243 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: seven pm and six thirty am on Sunday mornings at 244 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: del Ray Lago. Apply apply that. Now does someone have 245 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,719 Speaker 1: to start at the same start date to join your group? 246 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: Because no? I mean because you can come any times. 247 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: It's it's it's you can come whatever you like. It's 248 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 1: free charge. Um it says it's more community than than 249 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: the post like a training program to where you if 250 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: you don't make it here by this day that you 251 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: can't run with us. No, like, it's come whenever you 252 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: feel like it. But how long are the runs? Three miles? 253 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: So what if someone comes it's their first day and 254 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: they can only run a mile, so we have I 255 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: have a walking component as well, so uh to walk. 256 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: My mom's out there every week leading the walk. Um 257 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: so it's like I said, just getting your body moving. 258 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: It's like you gotta tell people to bring kids, bring 259 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: their parents. And my next question what do you do 260 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: if you have a I have a toiler that just 261 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: started walking, So what do you do? I meaning bringing 262 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: with a stroller, running stroller prefervably. You could do like 263 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: a backpack or no, that doesn't work. I probably hurt 264 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 1: the kid, you know, like with the kid bouncing all 265 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: over the lake. I wouldn't if I was that, but 266 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: um no, I have a stroller. I mean, if you 267 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: have a strollder, bring it and then if you want 268 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: to walk, go ahead, Like if you're up for it, 269 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: I'd have one of my one of my guys on 270 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: my team pushed the stroller for you, so you could, 271 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: you know, do you know put your working and kids 272 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: actually sitting the stroller. My daughter treats her stroller like 273 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: a surfboard. Like the second I put her in it, 274 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: she's like, sir, I have to like tire down in 275 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: that thing, not the kids. The kids love it because 276 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: you know they're they're seeing all these people moving and 277 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: you know they're they're just they're just being pushed up, 278 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 1: pushed along for the ride. So and they're going at 279 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: a fast speed for sure, for sure. So okay, I'm 280 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna remember this. Yeah. So you if they're 281 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: doing six thirty in the morning, I'm guessing they're done 282 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: before church. Yeah, like nine, but we're done my So, 283 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: so Sundays more for our longer runs. That's more of 284 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: our training day for marathons. Are just people to get 285 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:00,080 Speaker 1: have to help people get better with distance. Because if 286 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: I told you go run six miles, they're not gonna 287 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: do it by yourself. So I created this base to 288 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: where it will help you reach whatever goal you're trying 289 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: to get to. So okay, now your daughter is involved 290 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: in your she comes out from time to time. It's 291 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: it's a for me, it's a tough balance to be 292 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: to be the leader of the run club and be 293 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: a dad at the same time because I have so 294 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: many people I have to kind of keep an eye on, 295 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 1: so trying to keep it. You know, we're just you know, 296 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: run to the streets and have a team that helps 297 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 1: guy indirected you know, have like team leads and things 298 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: like that. But um, to try to keep an eye 299 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: on a hundred people as well as my kid is 300 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: not the easiest thing to do. So, um, now, when 301 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: didn't Nike get involved twenty eighteen A really good friend 302 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: of mine a comedy to that are former olympian, uh, 303 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 1: fastest woman in the world. She connected me with them, 304 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: so I always want to show her her love and 305 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: give her shout out. She connected me with them. It's 306 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: just the way to get free products, shoes, gear, whatever. 307 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 1: And then they've seen what I had going on with 308 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: the community, got behind it and it's been a great 309 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 1: relationship ever since. Now was your run club a nonprofit 310 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: or was it? No, it's not. It's not a nonprofit. 311 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 1: So Nike was just like, I'm going to sponsor that. 312 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 1: There's in a very supportive role. So we do events 313 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 1: throughout the year. Um, we do, we do. We've done 314 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: huge events. They've shut down Crunshaw Boulevard for us, and 315 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 1: they've shut down the whole city in Inglewood for us 316 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: to do just different runs and things like that. Nike 317 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,439 Speaker 1: will go ahead and Nike in my relationships with other 318 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 1: people as well, who might think is just putting together community, 319 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 1: giving people that space to just run in the communities 320 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: that they think that they can't. So so in South 321 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 1: Central they're now running, Yes, South Central, Igglewood, Compton, all, 322 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: you know, all the all the a lot a lot 323 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: of inner city neighborhoods. So we got a lot of 324 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: people active in moving now. But are they running in 325 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: that community? Yes, yes, yes, And so you were like 326 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: pivotal in that because originally you started Manhattan Beach. Yes, 327 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: I started Manhattan Beach because, um, yeah, like gathering in 328 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: the inner city like parks and things like that isn't 329 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: the easiest because you know, the gangs and you know, 330 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: so pulling up not even if I if I went 331 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: to a park and told you meet me at a 332 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: park and you're from the other side of town, You're like, 333 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: I'm not coming over there. That's not you know, my 334 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: you know, that's not my negative was and they don't 335 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 1: get along with the side of town that I'm from, 336 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: So I'm not going to that park. So I had 337 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: to take it to an area where everyone felt very 338 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,399 Speaker 1: safe and willing to want to come out. So I 339 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: started Manhattan Beach and went to Coover City. Now our 340 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 1: biggest runners in Englewood, which is an underserving community as well. So, 341 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,639 Speaker 1: um so when Nike gets involved with your organization, I 342 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: want to kind of get into the meat of you 343 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:04,159 Speaker 1: going from I'm creating this group too, Now I have 344 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: to transform it into like an organization slash business. Did 345 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: you have a business background? No? No, So that's the 346 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 1: that's the funny part. Um I started this. It's just 347 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: like I said, just get to my friends moving. So 348 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: when it started growing and people are like you need 349 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: to you need to come up with a name, or 350 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: you need to get it, you know, your trademark and 351 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:25,119 Speaker 1: things like that, I'm like, I'm not expecting any of this, 352 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: Like I didn't have a blueprint of like how any 353 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 1: of this worked. Um So, eventually I did get my 354 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: company trademarked, and you know it's that's my stamp. Now 355 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: you know, nobody could take it from me, but trademarking it. 356 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: When Nike comes along, trademark and it doesn't necessarily make 357 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: it where you and Nike could do business. At some 358 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: point you had to do like a corporation. No we 359 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:54,360 Speaker 1: we uh so Nike. So that's always like the big 360 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: question like interviews, but like we have the understanding that 361 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: we have U there, I myself am an athlete in 362 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:08,199 Speaker 1: their supportive role to keep a one hundred. So it's 363 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: not like Nike is like we're under the umbrella and 364 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: they're like there who like cashes me out monthly for whatever. 365 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 1: So that's not that's not how it works when we 366 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: do events. We have our understanding and how that works. 367 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:26,159 Speaker 1: But um, I make my own money. However, you have 368 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 1: to have other jobs while you're doing keep keep, Um 369 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 1: you're not. Are you still doing bussing or not? No? No, 370 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:35,880 Speaker 1: I'm full full run like everything and running like that's 371 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 1: that's everything for me. So um, but making that transition, 372 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: can it happen that smooth? It wasn't, but everything uh 373 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 1: moment where you quit bussing. So so I left bussing. 374 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: And actually when it's funny because I was working at 375 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: the left bussing to work at the Anheuser bush right here, 376 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: So I was there for some time and what were 377 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 1: you doing? I was fermenting beer. Fermentation is a very 378 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 1: important process of beer making. Um, great job, great money, 379 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: but like all I want to do is run, so 380 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:12,479 Speaker 1: uh you know, I was one for the and one 381 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: foot out like I was going to work making the 382 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: money but not seeing my kid or being able to 383 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: spend money on my kids. So what's the money gonna do? 384 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 1: You know? So I really decided I had to bet 385 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: on myself and just trust and follow my passion, which 386 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: was running. And in that space, I gave it two 387 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: years just to see where it could take me. And 388 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: where are you living on savings at the time, savings hustling? 389 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 1: Just you know, was your child's mother like supporting? Yeah, 390 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:40,159 Speaker 1: I mean like we I mean we we Yeah, we 391 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: worked well together in the space. Um, you know, like 392 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: I was always able, like I'm always able to make 393 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 1: some money, but in the process of like trying to 394 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 1: get your own things started to require sacrifice and you 395 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 1: have to you know, uh, trying to figure it out. 396 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 1: So I gave myself two years. My mentality was always 397 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: I can always get a job. If this doesn't work out, 398 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 1: I can go back to work. But um, I never 399 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: wanted to sit with the sugar. Could have would have 400 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 1: was like, I could have stayed at the job. And 401 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: now it's five years later and be like, damn, if 402 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 1: I had started my run club, what did that two 403 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 1: years look like? It was actually a good like it 404 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: was a it was a it was a growing time. 405 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: It was very It wasn't like there was some struggle 406 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: there of course it would be. Um, but um, because 407 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: it seems like a year into your business the pandemic 408 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: or two years hit. So I'm I'm just trying to 409 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: figure out, like you start the business, pandemic hits. I 410 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: just want so I started pandemic, so you know I 411 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 1: was able to really stay afloat just with like different 412 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: connections and you know, relationships I've had with different brands, uh, 413 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: selling merch doing you know, like fighting other ways to 414 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 1: just make make money happen. But in that too, like 415 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: money isn't a big issue for me, Um, being genuine 416 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: field happiness. Success to me is in service. So me 417 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,439 Speaker 1: being able to help my community, help hundreds and thousands 418 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:11,120 Speaker 1: of people through running like pays me aways that people 419 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: never understand. So like money isn't like isn't my driving 420 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: force at all. No, that's that's good. I'm just trying 421 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: to figure out how you survived. Um, oh yeah we survived. Yeah, 422 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 1: we survived like we made it, like we made it 423 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: make it. I was never broke, Like I was never 424 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 1: in a position to be like damn, like this doesn't 425 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: work out, I'm gonna be on the street. You know, 426 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: very have a very strong support system. Like I said, 427 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 1: we had tough times. We you know, we had to 428 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 1: do the hot pockets and the noodles, you know, but um, 429 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: it's it's it's now that I want to you know, 430 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: in a in a better space. And like I still 431 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 1: I still dabble, you know, with with with with with 432 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 1: the with the broke food. But um, what did you 433 00:23:54,800 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: do to survive the pandemic with Ron Club? How did 434 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: you keep the brand? Alt um? The first like two months, 435 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 1: people were still meeting up, which I was like totally against, 436 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: but were you there when they were meeting him? But 437 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 1: people are still like people needed that community. So a 438 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:28,199 Speaker 1: lot of people, Um, a lot of people who were 439 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 1: with me aren't from l A, you know, so like 440 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 1: they're you know, they're here with no family or no 441 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 1: support system, so like they needed that space to where 442 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: they primarily black or where they yeah, majority of black. 443 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: But you know, like depression is real and you know, 444 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 1: uh all types of things, you know, and this like 445 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 1: people were telling me how they were on the verge 446 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 1: of when they were when we couldn't meet they you know, 447 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 1: thought about suicide and things like that. So they needed 448 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,880 Speaker 1: that space to be able to come together with other 449 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 1: people and make them feel better there. So like, uh, 450 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,439 Speaker 1: after about two or three let's say three let's say 451 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 1: three or four months, we got back out there together 452 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: and it was you know, it was like clockwork. We 453 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 1: got back to the way you know what what what 454 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,679 Speaker 1: we had been doing, where they running with masks. Everybody 455 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: was running with masks and things like that. Um, you know, 456 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 1: if you know, they were still hesitation and it was 457 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 1: like meeting up and like gathering and things like that. 458 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:26,640 Speaker 1: But um, we weathered the storm. Now at your meetups, 459 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 1: do you guys do any type of talking? Yeah, so 460 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: I I speak, I make announcements. We Uh, I created 461 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 1: space at the end of the run where people are. 462 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: It's like a networking space. So there's eighty people here, 463 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: so everybody in here does something. If you're a mechanic 464 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:43,959 Speaker 1: or a barber or you know what I'm saying, you're 465 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,880 Speaker 1: able to just put your business on display and share 466 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: with the group because you never know who may need it, 467 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: you know, or who can help you you can help them, 468 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 1: or things like that. So uh, that's probably one of 469 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,479 Speaker 1: the best parts of the run okay. So at the end, 470 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 1: everybody's like, this is what I did. If you needs 471 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: that's great, that's a great. That's a free marketing and 472 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 1: healthy marketing experience. Like people have like written books and 473 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: that the group has bought their books. People bring like 474 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: you know, people are make healthy juices, people bring you know, 475 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: and so it's a very supportive community. I like that. 476 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: I like that. So you're embracing other entrepreneurs to do 477 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 1: you guys. Um you also in addition to keep it 478 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: run hundred, you also have Rock Can you talk about that? 479 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 1: So Rock w R okay, we raise our kids. It's 480 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 1: a nonprofit me and a buddy of mine started in 481 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: twenties seventeen um. Just to show it and then in 482 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,879 Speaker 1: highlight you know, positive fathers, positive black fathers, and in 483 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,479 Speaker 1: just those spaces like we're doing picnics, father daughter dances, 484 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: father's son brunches, just to show that, you know, there 485 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: are dope dads out here, despite you know some of 486 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: the you know, negative things that you may see or 487 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 1: hear about about dads. We love our kids, so we 488 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 1: uh are very present and try to you know, create 489 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: the best lives for him. And we want that on display. 490 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 1: Do you feel like that a lot of the mission 491 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: was because black dads tend to be targeted as or 492 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 1: painted as the non present dad's. Yeah, because me, me 493 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: and my boy were like a lot of people and 494 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: a lot of people who were a part of who 495 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: are partners uh of of Rock, they were fatherless, they 496 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 1: grew up fatherless, so they're striving to just change the narrative. 497 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: And um, you know, like we as as dads, we 498 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 1: will go out together and just try to build as men, 499 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: you know, like so that space was it was that 500 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: still is a very important part of my life. Okay, okay, perfect. 501 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 1: How's your daughter now? She's eight eight eight going on 502 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 1: twenty eight. What how often are you meeting up with Rock? Uh? 503 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: We haven't. We haven't done much since the pandemic, just 504 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: because I think, you know, every his life just shifted 505 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: a little bit. But we will be back. Okay. And 506 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 1: then for men that aren't present in their child's life, 507 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,359 Speaker 1: is there anything you feel like you can do to 508 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 1: bring that presents back? And we tried. I tried to 509 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 1: highlight it with my actions with my kids, you know, 510 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:22,440 Speaker 1: just to kind of show that this is fun, Like 511 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 1: I love, I love being a dad. So like, you know, 512 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: I post her every day and you know, show us 513 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: hanging out and things like that just show people like 514 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,120 Speaker 1: having a kid and being a part of your kid's 515 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,399 Speaker 1: life is a very exciting situation. Like I get, you know, 516 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: everybody's circumstances situation is different because whatever reason they may be. 517 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 1: But I just try to, you know, have and show 518 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: men that, like if you haven't picked up your kid, 519 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: go go get it and go get him or her 520 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 1: this weekend, because like watching them grow and become their 521 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: own person is a dope thing to see. But why 522 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: do you think that those males are not present? I 523 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: mean that's the that's our own situations, you know what 524 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 1: I'm saying, Like what example, like what have the reason 525 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: has been that you're aware of, uh, you know, issues 526 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: with the mom or you know some in parenting, sometimes 527 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: I feel like some people just are meant to be parents, 528 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: you know, like that's just not that doesn't mean that 529 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 1: you don't show up for your kids, but some people 530 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 1: just don't have what don't have what it takes. So 531 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: some men kind of just straight away because you know, 532 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: they feel as though they are already or they you know, 533 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: which is a sucky or do you think it's like 534 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: the evils? Like I try to understand the whole dad 535 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: not present thing, and you got to you have to 536 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,040 Speaker 1: acknowledge statistics. A guy that grows up in a home 537 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 1: without his dad has a higher higher chance of not 538 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 1: raising his kids as much as he hates it. So 539 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: you have to acknowledge statistics. And then you also have 540 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: to acknowledge, you know, systematically. Obviously, our culture has painted 541 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: this image of you know, sex, drugs and alcohol is 542 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: the ultimate king. You know, there's nothing more fun than sex, 543 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: drugs and alcohol. Like who wants to change a diaper? 544 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: When you know this vixing is over here and you're 545 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 1: dealing with the fund is over here and your kids 546 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: starts to feel more like an obligation. So it's like, 547 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 1: I just wonder when I see organizations like like, how 548 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: do you not just change the narrative of oh I'm 549 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 1: a great dad on because there's there's great dads that 550 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 1: post their kids. When I say great dad's, I say 551 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: in quotations like I love nothing more than hair and 552 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: a girl say, oh, look he posted his kid that 553 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: he hasn't seen in a week, or you know, he 554 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:43,200 Speaker 1: returned the kid and the rash was like literally outrageously 555 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 1: over the top, But hey, guess what, he's got two 556 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 1: thousand likes for posting his kids. So it's it's that 557 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: I just asked that question because it's great that you 558 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: represent like the great dads, but at the end of 559 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: the day, like, what are we doing to get to 560 00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,640 Speaker 1: the root of the problem if we don't even understand 561 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: for sure? You know, good point, because for every angry 562 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 1: baby mama I've ever seen, she's always had a valid 563 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 1: point or valid like her validity and her complaints is 564 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: like so real. It's like, what's she really difficult? Or 565 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 1: was it like there's a lot of valid validity all 566 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 1: all the things that you didn't did you take yourself 567 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 1: with I mean, did you hold yourself accountable a lot? Exactly? 568 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 1: I think that men? I think men. Uh. There's a 569 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 1: book I keep shouting it out, hopefully we'll have them 570 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: on the show. There's this book, Mail Versus Men. I 571 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 1: talked about it a lot on the show. I read 572 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: it by Dondre Whitfield, Um, and it kind of talks 573 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 1: about like men just need accountability systems, They need mentors, 574 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: and I I think more so than like Instagram posts 575 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: or or like, you know, dates, they just like, if 576 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 1: you see a guy that is not headed down that path, 577 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 1: maybe taking time to say I choose you to be 578 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 1: friends you because for whatever reason, and kind of be 579 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,920 Speaker 1: that mentor that gutting point, because at the end of 580 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 1: the day, my mom used always say, like, if you 581 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 1: show me your friends, I'll tell you who you are. 582 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 1: Not a at ten times a guy that's not there 583 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 1: for his family, all his friends aren't there for his family. 584 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: So you could be that one person that's like, you 585 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 1: know what, I choose you, you know, And I think 586 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,959 Speaker 1: that's something that people in general like, you don't need 587 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: an organization and you can just say, you know what, 588 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:29,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna choose this random guy in the block and 589 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: that's gonna be my homie and we're not alike, but 590 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be friends and you know, to learn one 591 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,720 Speaker 1: another and becomes who knows you. You never know that 592 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 1: that initial conversation could take you with somebody. Yeah, I don't. 593 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 1: I don't see a lot of people be like, oh, 594 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,120 Speaker 1: you want to be my friend. I don't want to 595 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 1: be your friends. Get out of my what you hang 596 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: out with your kid on the weekends. I want to 597 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 1: be your friend, like I also have a beautiful girl 598 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: and or a beautiful girlfriend or a great relationship with 599 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,440 Speaker 1: my baby mama. You know what I think. You know, 600 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 1: I would like to see where Rock goes. You know, 601 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 1: I hope that baby seed was planted you like that? Yeah, yeah, 602 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: because it's it's a it's a deep it's a deep issue. 603 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:18,240 Speaker 1: It goes a lot deeper than just I think the 604 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 1: external of spending time with your kids. Sure, for sure, 605 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:24,200 Speaker 1: Like it's a full time job, it's a full time Yeah. 606 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,000 Speaker 1: I think it's you picked up one of the hardest. 607 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:29,440 Speaker 1: Like when I hear Rock, I'm like, yo, that's a 608 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,120 Speaker 1: hard one. That's a hard one. So do I think 609 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 1: as creating a run club is hard? So where do 610 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: you see the run club going from here? Um? So 611 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 1: we spoke earlier, we spoke a little bit about nonprofit. 612 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: Three I will be you know, I will be going 613 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 1: on the non profit route. So that would create just 614 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 1: different avenues me and the club. But I want to 615 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:57,479 Speaker 1: make just running an activity, you know, a huge thing 616 00:33:57,560 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 1: across the world like it is now. But like I 617 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:04,440 Speaker 1: would keep a hundred in every major city across the globe. So, um, 618 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: you know, growth and expansion is what I'm working on. 619 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,279 Speaker 1: And you guys create your own marathons, right, no, are 620 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 1: you going to um dyeah? So, like that's that's definitely 621 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:16,800 Speaker 1: a plan in the future to create one for l A, 622 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 1: South central l A. You know, like run one through 623 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,839 Speaker 1: the area where I grew up. How how does someone 624 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 1: go about creating a you know who talks with the city, 625 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,239 Speaker 1: you know, mapping it out and funding, you know, so 626 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,759 Speaker 1: many things involved. So I have relationship. I have a 627 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 1: really good relationship with some of the city councilmen. So 628 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:38,600 Speaker 1: and I was actually just speaking with is that current 629 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:42,800 Speaker 1: price in your city? Or is that city Harris Dawson? Okay, okay, 630 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 1: we I've done events with him authorout this year, So 631 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,640 Speaker 1: I actually just spoke about you know, and I'm not 632 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 1: putting out there too soon, but we talked about we 633 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:55,800 Speaker 1: talked about the possibility of trying to make a marathon 634 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,880 Speaker 1: route through the inner city. That would be great, that 635 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,879 Speaker 1: would be that would be a yeah. And then does 636 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 1: the city pick up the bill on that or what 637 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,279 Speaker 1: you guys have to um or is that something we 638 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 1: got to figure out in time? Like it's like it's 639 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,480 Speaker 1: very it's it's still in the in it it's in 640 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,799 Speaker 1: the very very beginning of the talking stages. We haven't 641 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:19,640 Speaker 1: really you know, we met, we saw I saw him 642 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:22,400 Speaker 1: last weekend, so I said, were just something anesting in 643 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,320 Speaker 1: conversation and we can see where we can take it 644 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 1: from here. Okay, okay, So moving forward, how would people join? Um? 645 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:33,839 Speaker 1: You know, I foll on Instagram first off at Keep 646 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:37,319 Speaker 1: and Run hundred, following me at Barrock Underscore. Oh butta 647 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 1: um and everything that we do is posted on the 648 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 1: Instagram's very active on the pages. Our schedule was there 649 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:48,960 Speaker 1: Tuesday nights, Thursday nights and Sunday mornings. But it's it's 650 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,120 Speaker 1: very it's free charge to show up, you know, come 651 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 1: with a willingness to work and a good attitude and 652 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,840 Speaker 1: we're gonna get you across that three miles. Okay, and 653 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,920 Speaker 1: then I do I know this is kind of backtracking 654 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,759 Speaker 1: a little bit, but was there ever point in you 655 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:08,799 Speaker 1: creating the run club that you wanted to quit? No? Never, Um, 656 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 1: this is my thing. Was it because it's not a 657 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:18,200 Speaker 1: top heavy business or no? This is just it's it's 658 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,120 Speaker 1: really what I was put here to do, like put 659 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,520 Speaker 1: on this earth to do. Like I spoke about impacting 660 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:28,480 Speaker 1: other people it it, it's amazing. So like every time, 661 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:33,480 Speaker 1: you know, people hit me telling me they've gotten healthier 662 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 1: and they don't have to take their meds anymore, that 663 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:37,759 Speaker 1: they don't have to see the doctor as much. Like 664 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,840 Speaker 1: those are the winds for me, you know. So, like 665 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,440 Speaker 1: I said, do you have a story of someone losing 666 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:47,920 Speaker 1: like astronomical amount of way, like someone that showed up 667 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,319 Speaker 1: where you're like, man, man, No, people will lose weight. 668 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:52,560 Speaker 1: Like I had a girl she was three hundred plus pounds, 669 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:57,239 Speaker 1: she's probably about one sixty now she's running marathons and 670 00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:59,560 Speaker 1: just you know, a mother of four that runs will 671 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,400 Speaker 1: be you know, she's seen a multiple time marathon runner 672 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:06,040 Speaker 1: um and she started in your club and people from 673 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,520 Speaker 1: all walks of life, you know, didn't you tell them 674 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,080 Speaker 1: how to eat? Because there was a point when I 675 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:11,680 Speaker 1: was working out with day Storm, and they will tell 676 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,160 Speaker 1: you this. I would eat like a whole sub and 677 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:17,400 Speaker 1: then I'd have like some serious heartburn and like serious 678 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,360 Speaker 1: struggle throughout the whole workout. Now now eat like a 679 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,920 Speaker 1: salad or banana and then I work out. Yeah, I mean, 680 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,440 Speaker 1: so I'm not giving nutritional plans and things like that, 681 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:30,440 Speaker 1: but I got there, like you know, and and then 682 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,320 Speaker 1: but then life too, there's a balance as well, you know, 683 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:35,359 Speaker 1: so if you're gonna put whatever into your body, make 684 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:39,160 Speaker 1: sure you work it off. So um, yeah, like you 685 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,000 Speaker 1: can still have fun and go out and eat to 686 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:45,640 Speaker 1: eat whatever and you know, partaking some libations, but you 687 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:47,640 Speaker 1: know you gotta do the other work on the back end. 688 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:53,320 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, okay, cool. So thank you so much for 689 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,399 Speaker 1: coming to the show and not cooking for us. That's 690 00:37:56,480 --> 00:38:00,239 Speaker 1: less dishes for me. But definitely tell our list is 691 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,520 Speaker 1: how they can catch you where they can catch you 692 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:05,160 Speaker 1: and keep up and let us know you're scheduling. Oh man, 693 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,600 Speaker 1: thank you so much for having me. Um, I really 694 00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:11,240 Speaker 1: appreciate that. This was fun. Um. Keeping on a hundred 695 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,239 Speaker 1: meets Thursday night, Well Tuesday night seven pm, Veterans Park 696 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:17,800 Speaker 1: in Cobra City, Thursday night seven pm sipping Sounder Coffee, 697 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:21,239 Speaker 1: shopping Inglewood and Sunday morning six thirty am at del 698 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:25,200 Speaker 1: Ray Lagoon and Amply del Rey. So follow us on 699 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,239 Speaker 1: Instagram at Keeping Run hundred. Following me on Instagram at 700 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:32,680 Speaker 1: Barack Underscore. Oh butta as Barack like the President underscore 701 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,440 Speaker 1: O b U T T A hope to hear from 702 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,320 Speaker 1: you all soon. Yes, and there's no feast to join you. 703 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:42,640 Speaker 1: Just they don't have to pre register either, right, just 704 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 1: come in your running gear and they have to bring 705 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:46,960 Speaker 1: their own water, right, bring water, bring whatever you like. 706 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 1: Just just bring your willingness to work and you know, 707 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,040 Speaker 1: get attitude. And kids are welcome. Kids are welcome. You know, 708 00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:57,799 Speaker 1: elders are welcome, Walkers, walkers are welcome. I just want 709 00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,680 Speaker 1: you to get your body moving. Okay, Well, we appreciate 710 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:14,960 Speaker 1: having you. Um piece out everybody for more eating while 711 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,719 Speaker 1: broke from I Heart Radio and The Black Effect, visit 712 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,719 Speaker 1: the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you 713 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:22,160 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite shows