Speaker 1: This morning, fifty thousand people hit the streets of the
Speaker 1: five boroughs of New York for the most exciting, the
Speaker 1: most thrilling, the most prestigious marathon in the world, the
Speaker 1: New York City Marathon, And for the first time in years,
Speaker 1: Amy Robot and TJ Holmes were not among the runners,
Speaker 1: and it caused more of a difficult morning than we anticipated.
Speaker 1: And with that, everybody, welcome to this fomo edition of
Speaker 1: Amy and TJ. We joke about it and pomos thrown
Speaker 1: around on social media. I really wasn't okay this morning
Speaker 1: to not be running the New York City Marathon, knowing
Speaker 1: that it was going on, and it actually, as of
Speaker 1: this recording, is still going on.
Speaker 2: Oh it's tough. It's very tough. And look, we are
Speaker 2: so excited for everyone running that race.
Speaker 3: It is magical.
Speaker 2: There is no day quite like it in this city
Speaker 2: for sure, and I would argue around the world this
Speaker 2: is such an incredible race, not just because of the
Speaker 2: phenomenal trek where it takes you over the bridges and
Speaker 2: through all five boroughs, but the people who come out
Speaker 2: to celebrate one another. It's just a beautiful, cohesive, inclusive,
Speaker 2: amazing day that we hope to be a part of
Speaker 2: as often as possible, but this year.
Speaker 3: It was impossible.
Speaker 1: To explaining, and we talked a little bit about why
Speaker 1: we're not running. But the city. It's the It's a
Speaker 1: rare moment in New York City where the entire city
Speaker 1: comes together to route on a diverse group of people,
Speaker 1: like it doesn't matter where you're from, what your background is,
Speaker 1: or people from all over the world obviously all different backgrounds,
Speaker 1: and the entire city it's a million they estimate every year, right,
Speaker 1: they come out in the streets at least, yes, that
Speaker 1: and you know this world. Some neighborhoods you go through
Speaker 1: you can barely even run down the street because it's
Speaker 1: so packed with people cheering you on. Oh I say
Speaker 1: that way. The city gives you a collective hug on
Speaker 1: that day like nothing else I've experienced in this city.
Speaker 1: I love it.
Speaker 2: There are neighborhoods in Brooklyn that I want to move
Speaker 2: to because they have the most fun. These neighborhood parties
Speaker 2: along their brownstones where you're running and people have their
Speaker 2: red solo cups with whatever beverage they want inside and
Speaker 2: they are cheering you on. There's music playing there are
Speaker 2: bands on the corner. It is amazing. And I always
Speaker 2: thought if I didn't run that, somehow I'd end up
Speaker 2: at one of those places.
Speaker 3: But I think it's it feels.
Speaker 2: It feels very sad to not be running it. And
Speaker 2: I'm so just in awe of anyone who takes on
Speaker 2: that challenge and runs twenty six point two miles. It
Speaker 2: is the toughest thing I've ever done, and yet it's
Speaker 2: the most alive I've ever felt.
Speaker 1: And that's why on a day like today, when you
Speaker 1: know this is going on, Look, it's not like any
Speaker 1: other marathon in the world. If something happened and we
Speaker 1: signed up and weren't able to make it, yeah, that's
Speaker 1: a disappointment. But this is a different This is New
Speaker 1: York City. This is our home, this is our hometown,
Speaker 1: this is where we have participated for years and years
Speaker 1: and again. To be sitting here now and not being
Speaker 1: a part of it, and you're able to say it
Speaker 1: like I want to go and root them on and
Speaker 1: cheer them on. I don't know if maybe you noticed
Speaker 1: this morning, I had a brief moment that I put
Speaker 1: on for the local coverage of it before it started
Speaker 1: turned off. We have not had them. I always have
Speaker 1: the TV's on, all of them, got them going. Did
Speaker 1: not have a single bit of coverage that was intentional. Like,
Speaker 1: it sucks that bad. I don't want to hear about it.
Speaker 1: I don't want to see I don't want to know
Speaker 1: who ran. I don't want to see a medal. I
Speaker 1: don't want to see your Instagram posts. Right, that's just me.
Speaker 1: I'm not mad at anybody else, but I am absolutely
Speaker 1: just torn to not be out there this year.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but I and I hear you because I feel
Speaker 2: the same way. But I do think that there are
Speaker 2: lessons to be learned, and listening to your body is
Speaker 2: among them, and we are now getting to ages where look,
Speaker 2: I am grateful to be as healthy as I am
Speaker 2: given all of my challenges throughout the years, but even
Speaker 2: knowing people and loving people who have.
Speaker 4: Back issues, knee issues, hip issues, issues, period where your body, yes,
Speaker 4: starts to break down and running is not a is
Speaker 4: not a sport for an older generation of folks Now
Speaker 4: every marathon I'm always amazed where I see people in
Speaker 4: their seventies, eighties, nineties running marathons.
Speaker 3: Slowly but doing it.
Speaker 2: Have older runner My dad ran Berlin at sixty eight.
Speaker 2: I'm so amazed. And the hope is that we can
Speaker 2: get to that and be able to enjoy our bodies
Speaker 2: and see what they can do for as long as possible.
Speaker 2: But sometimes that means sitting it out a year, and
Speaker 2: that's what this year has become.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I guess two things kept us out. Illness
Speaker 1: and injury. Illness for you, injury for me, voluntary for you,
Speaker 1: maybe not voluntary for me. We will get into and explain.
Speaker 1: But we hopped on and talking here because it goes
Speaker 1: in line with our latest article with Yahoo. It was
Speaker 1: just posted, that was just put up and which we'll
Speaker 1: say it this, We'll put it this way. This is
Speaker 1: what the headline. We didn't know our producer was gonna
Speaker 1: write this headline, no writer, but this is the way
Speaker 1: she put it. And I quote the new headline in
Speaker 1: our latest Yahoo article is this, She's fifty two, he's
Speaker 1: forty eight. They train for marathons through rain, shine and injuries.
Speaker 1: Now these running freaks ask are we doing this right?
Speaker 1: And that's the headline.
Speaker 2: Do they have to reiterate the fact that I'm four
Speaker 2: years older than you?
Speaker 1: Um, you better be glad. This was written after my birthday.
Speaker 1: That could have staid, she's fifty two, he's forty seven, So.
Speaker 2: There's the bright side. But I'm kidding. I don't mind.
Speaker 2: We make jokes about it all the time.
Speaker 1: But still to the point, let's talk about that for
Speaker 1: a second. Fifty two. How many people out there fifty two? Hey,
Speaker 1: start training for a marathon? See if you count, how
Speaker 1: many at fifty two are going to even attempt such
Speaker 1: a thing. Look running as well, But even to think
Speaker 1: that someone at fifty two is physically capable should be applauded.
Speaker 1: And no, it's not a negative thing. You use some
Speaker 1: clue who I know you are, but there was some celebrity,
Speaker 1: it was a woman. It's not a negative thing. It's
Speaker 1: like you should say congratulations that you've made it this
Speaker 1: far and you are this healthy. You should never ever
Speaker 1: look at your age as a negative.
Speaker 2: I look at it that clearly. And look, I ran
Speaker 2: my first marathon at the age of forty six. So
Speaker 2: I always want to tell women and men of any
Speaker 2: age it is never too late. Obviously you have to
Speaker 2: listen to your body when you have injuries. But short
Speaker 2: of that, we limit ourselves. I think we all do it.
Speaker 2: I certainly did I loved running always, had never pushed
Speaker 2: myself past a ten k and hadn't done a ten
Speaker 2: k in a really long time. And it wasn't until
Speaker 2: I had cancer and someone suggested, Hey, would you be
Speaker 2: willing to run a half marathon? And even then I balked.
Speaker 2: Even then I only agreed to do half of the
Speaker 2: half marathon. And it wasn't until I started recognizing, Wait,
Speaker 2: I'm stronger than I think. My body is capable of
Speaker 2: doing things I didn't think it could do, and I
Speaker 2: just would. I would challenge anyone listening who thinks they
Speaker 2: couldn't or can't, because I was one of those people.
Speaker 2: I used to say all the time there's no way
Speaker 2: I could ever And the end of that was run
Speaker 2: a marathon one hundred percent.
Speaker 1: Couldn't or can versus have a desire. That's all the
Speaker 1: two different things. I mean, it's a lot just and mentally,
Speaker 1: I don't want to run a half marathon. Who wants
Speaker 1: to do that? What nut would go through that to
Speaker 1: run a marathon? And god a marathon. So there's a
Speaker 1: certain segment of the population that just this ain't their thing,
Speaker 1: It wasn't mine, got the bug now, can't let it go.
Speaker 1: Now I'm in tears because I'm missing a mark.
Speaker 2: I think the point being is that yes, agreed and
Speaker 2: running like my youngest can hates running, and I get that.
Speaker 3: That is the thing for a lot of folks.
Speaker 2: But whatever it is that you love that physically challenges you,
Speaker 2: take it to the next level.
Speaker 3: And I just like, at any.
Speaker 1: Age, if you're already doing it.
Speaker 2: Correct because I just I didn't think I could and
Speaker 2: I felt safe and I was like, you know what,
Speaker 2: I'm good. And it wasn't until my world got rocked
Speaker 2: with my unsafeness, with feeling unhealthy, that I started saying,
Speaker 2: wait a minute, what could I can see what my
Speaker 2: body failed at. I can see where I went wrong,
Speaker 2: I can see where things unraveled. But what if I
Speaker 2: could put it back together? And what if I could
Speaker 2: make myself stronger and better? And honestly, it was in
Speaker 2: a challenge to myself to be healthier that I thought,
Speaker 2: let's push my body to see what I'm capable of
Speaker 2: and go past those fears.
Speaker 3: Because truly, for me, yes, I.
Speaker 2: Love running, but I didn't want to run a marathon,
Speaker 2: mostly because I was scared to I was scared to try.
Speaker 3: I was scared to fail.
Speaker 2: And I actually made my self believe that I wasn't
Speaker 2: able to run one, that I just wasn't strong enough.
Speaker 1: That's fair. I think everybody who runs a marathon, what
Speaker 1: mile is it that that thing creeps into your mind
Speaker 1: you actually don't think you can finish the damn thing.
Speaker 1: It's usually around mile twenty.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well after mile twenty, that's when that's when things
Speaker 2: start to get a little hairy, right around twenty.
Speaker 1: And that happens for everybody because in most seen but
Speaker 1: in most training runs, this is a mental thing as well.
Speaker 1: You know you have run twenty miles, usually is your
Speaker 1: longest training run. Some people don't even do that. But
Speaker 1: once you start getting into those numbers, like I'm doing
Speaker 1: something I've never done before.
Speaker 3: Carry yes, scary and exciting, it.
Speaker 1: Is my first one. I remember mile twenty. I got
Speaker 1: re energized because wow, I have never run this long before.
Speaker 1: So every step I took after mile twenty was another victory,
Speaker 1: another victory, and that carried me on the first one,
Speaker 1: not the second and third when it was a different situation.
Speaker 1: But that really did carry me thinking I've never done
Speaker 1: this before. So to your point, whether you decide to
Speaker 1: do that today, or you decide to do it at
Speaker 1: mile or what it happens to you at mile twenty.
Speaker 1: It does happen, this moment hits you that Wow, I
Speaker 1: am capable of more than I ever thought I was,
Speaker 1: and that is intoxicateble.
Speaker 2: I remember being with you on the longest run you
Speaker 2: had ever done, which was eight miles and this was
Speaker 2: several years ago, and the joy that you had, the
Speaker 2: pride that you felt that you did something you didn't
Speaker 2: think you either wanted to do or could do.
Speaker 3: I don't know what if it was either or both.
Speaker 1: Oh it was at the end of eight miles. I
Speaker 1: could have run another ten, So to know what I'm
Speaker 1: capable of, like, oh, my body can handle this, Oh
Speaker 1: my mind can handle Oh it was I was done.
Speaker 1: I was hooked. It was over after that. And now
Speaker 1: I'm sitting here with you. I am actually in the
Speaker 1: middle of at least a minimum two week break from running.
Speaker 1: Shit that I haven't mindful done that in five years.
Speaker 1: It's painful, gone on two weeks. I just have not
Speaker 1: and I have to for I don't have to, but
Speaker 1: for injury reasons. And look some of the questions and
Speaker 1: again you all please check out the article. It's on
Speaker 1: Yahoo dot com and the life section. Yes, right now
Speaker 1: and ask game Me and TJ. You can find it
Speaker 1: there now. But we got to bounce some of our routine,
Speaker 1: some of what we do off of a guy who
Speaker 1: is a big time runner, someone we've run with over
Speaker 1: the past several years, Roberto. But we went through several
Speaker 1: things asking him are we doing this right? And we
Speaker 1: went through several questions with him. Is it good to
Speaker 1: have a friend that you run with? Is it good
Speaker 1: to have schedule flexibility, the food, how you fuel and whatnot.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's a surprise that people here that
Speaker 1: running with someone and having that person. Excuse me, you
Speaker 1: always say that being accountable to someone is a big thing.
Speaker 1: It's almost a must when you're starting to run. I
Speaker 1: feel it's just it. It keeps you in the game.
Speaker 2: Otherwise running is tough enough with like, I would just
Speaker 2: say physically and mentally that if you can make an
Speaker 2: excuse you well to void a run. But if you
Speaker 2: make a date with a friend or a partner or whomever,
Speaker 2: and you are held accountable, you will go and you
Speaker 2: will show up.
Speaker 3: And here's the deal, I guarantee you won't regret it.
Speaker 1: Never fails. But to the other point about a buddy
Speaker 1: as well, that buddy doesn't have to live down the
Speaker 1: street in the same town. You can be held accountable
Speaker 1: with all the apps now and whatnot. Strava. Hey, you
Speaker 1: can see somebody across the country if they did their
Speaker 1: run today like they were supposed to me.
Speaker 3: It's so funny.
Speaker 2: So my oldest has just recently gotten into running, despite
Speaker 2: years of me trying to get her too, she finally
Speaker 2: on her own decided to start. She's been sending me
Speaker 2: pictures every day of her runs, but today she was like, hey, mom,
Speaker 2: I got really fun kudos from Pop, my dad and
Speaker 2: my cousin. And she was excited because when she runs,
Speaker 2: she's on the Strava community. Other people, my dad who's
Speaker 2: in Georgia and Tatum, who is in California, were cheering
Speaker 2: her on and it made her feel excited and happy,
Speaker 2: and it fuels your desire to run because you get
Speaker 2: at a boys basically from people who you are in
Speaker 2: little running circles with. And so yes, my dad's usually
Speaker 2: the first person to give me a it's a kudos
Speaker 2: on Strava, where you get literally.
Speaker 3: A thumbs up it's almost like social media for runners.
Speaker 2: Yes, and you basically are just high fiving one another,
Speaker 2: which I think is so cool. And when I see
Speaker 2: on Strava that my cousin Nick has run, or that
Speaker 2: my dad went for a run, or that my cousin tATu,
Speaker 2: it motivates me to run. These are all really fun
Speaker 2: tools to have a community that you don't have to
Speaker 2: live with or nearby.
Speaker 1: Yes, it is social media. It's like likes, but these
Speaker 1: are for different reasons, and these are ones you actually
Speaker 1: want earned. You're getting credit for some you actually did.
Speaker 3: Yes, you're on the record.
Speaker 1: So yes, that seems kind of obvious there something. He
Speaker 1: also got into it with us about schedule flexibility, something
Speaker 1: you're very good about. I'm terrible about. But if you
Speaker 1: are out there, you're running, Yes, you hold yourself accountable,
Speaker 1: but give yourself a break if you need, if it's
Speaker 1: an injury one day. We just stick so strictly to
Speaker 1: these schedules that well, I'm terrible about it, you're a
Speaker 1: better round.
Speaker 2: We print out the schedule and then we try to
Speaker 2: stick to it for the most part. However, there are
Speaker 2: moments where you have a fun night out or you've
Speaker 2: traveled or you just had a shitty night's sleep.
Speaker 1: When you, oh, well, schedule says, we're running.
Speaker 2: I would rather wait a day and be in better form,
Speaker 2: and rather than push myself and be miserable, because you
Speaker 2: know what it is. I don't want to hate running,
Speaker 2: and I don't want it to feel obligatory.
Speaker 3: I want to enjoy it. And yes, some runs are
Speaker 3: more enjoyable than others.
Speaker 2: But if you can just push it a day, it
Speaker 2: can make a difference, or push.
Speaker 1: Your night out by a day. How about that. You
Speaker 1: think about that. It's not making that face. All right, folks,
Speaker 1: stay with us and we come back. As we talked
Speaker 1: about injury and illness. We'll explain exactly what Robot's illness is,
Speaker 1: what the solution she's found, and we'll tell you what
Speaker 1: my injury is. Ain't no solution in sight. Also, fomo
Speaker 1: is real. Doctors say this can have real impacts on
Speaker 1: your health. We are experiencing it today. Stay here, we'll
Speaker 1: tell you just how bad a case we got. All right,
Speaker 1: Welcome back everybody, Amy and TJ. We continue here on
Speaker 1: a pretty brutal day for a couple of runners who
Speaker 1: have gone. It's been several years now and this is
Speaker 1: the first one in a while that we have not
Speaker 1: been in the New York City Marathon, which is continuing
Speaker 1: to go as we speak right now. But you had decided,
Speaker 1: how long ago? Was it even a year earlier? This year?
Speaker 1: You decided You're gonna sit this one out.
Speaker 3: It was this summer.
Speaker 2: I had just had so much terrible nausea hit me
Speaker 2: after any run basically that was more than fifteen miles,
Speaker 2: and certainly during marathons.
Speaker 3: And sometimes during even half marathon training.
Speaker 2: I got a little so I decided, you know what,
Speaker 2: I'm going to give my body a break. My body
Speaker 2: is telling me I have to figure out a solution.
Speaker 2: I have to understand why I'm getting so like and
Speaker 2: I'm not just getting nauseated vomiting to the point where
Speaker 2: it was affecting our finished times. So it was embarrassing
Speaker 2: and I just felt frustrated by it, and I thought,
Speaker 2: you know what, I got to listen to my body.
Speaker 3: However, when we did.
Speaker 2: The Stockholm half marathon in August August thirty first, I
Speaker 2: felt great the entire time, not one hint of nausea,
Speaker 2: and I did think, you know what, maybe I'll run
Speaker 2: New York City because at that point, we were halfway
Speaker 2: through what would have been our training and a half marathon,
Speaker 2: so it timed out perfectly. So I was giving myself
Speaker 2: the option to run New York with the training schedule
Speaker 2: we were on this summer all.
Speaker 1: Right, so we were giving ourselves the option. Look, that's
Speaker 1: well documented at this point. We've talked about it plenty
Speaker 1: of my injuries from last year. Literally, I've had the
Speaker 1: same injury that I got the Chicago Marathon last year.
Speaker 3: And it hasn't really gotten any It's.
Speaker 1: No because I haven't stopped running on it. I've lightened
Speaker 1: the load a little bit over the year. But to
Speaker 1: your point, after I injured in Chicago, I ran the
Speaker 1: New York City Marathon on it and then went to
Speaker 1: a doctor and he told me to stay off of it,
Speaker 1: and then we kept running and then we did. So
Speaker 1: I haven't really stopped. So I was planning to do
Speaker 1: the New York City Marathon, and quite frankly, the only
Speaker 1: reason I'm not is because we kind of got crossed
Speaker 1: with our contact over there at New York road Runners.
Speaker 1: We didn't get entry because we didn't get a response
Speaker 1: in time. And that's just the truth of the matter,
Speaker 1: is that we were going back and forth. It was
Speaker 1: someone that were taking care of us for years. Stewart,
Speaker 1: we love you, but always got us entry to the
Speaker 1: point we didn't have to send a note. He was like, Yo,
Speaker 1: marathon's coming up.
Speaker 2: If Stuart Lieberman hadn't heard from us, he was sending
Speaker 2: like multiple emails a week saying, hey, are you guys
Speaker 2: even thinking about running in New York? And from the
Speaker 2: half marathon to the marathon to all of the races
Speaker 2: he was really really good at even if we were
Speaker 2: dragging our our feet a little bit, kind of motivating
Speaker 2: us to sugg yeh.
Speaker 1: So he was. He's been great for years. Love him.
Speaker 2: Here's the reason why I ran the first one in
Speaker 2: twenty nineteen. If Stuart had not kind of pushed a
Speaker 2: little bit and said, hey, Amy, I think you can
Speaker 2: do this, I would not have run my first marathon.
Speaker 2: So I have to give him full credit for even
Speaker 2: getting into that first marathon.
Speaker 3: He kind of he nudged me.
Speaker 1: So you can tell already, folks, the way we are talking,
Speaker 1: we have a sweet spot and a hard for Stuart.
Speaker 1: Stuart Leeberman has been great, but he unfortunately left New
Speaker 1: York road Runners doing his own thing. With this what
Speaker 1: was it called the Roat Race. It's really cool, cool, yes,
Speaker 1: but he's out of there and we just don't have
Speaker 1: right now the same relationship so far with the pr folks.
Speaker 1: That's our fault, now, whoever's fault. It is not blaming anybody.
Speaker 1: I'm not getting onto New York road runners. We do
Speaker 1: not deserve and expect you have to have a spot
Speaker 1: for us. But quite frankly, something fell through the cracks
Speaker 1: this year, all right, So because it fell through the cracks,
Speaker 1: I'm not running. Had it not, I would have run on.
Speaker 3: I think he would have. I would have and I
Speaker 3: was pure. I was absolutely.
Speaker 2: Planning to cheer you on, and I knew that it
Speaker 2: was going to be difficult not to be running, but
Speaker 2: to also be able to watch you do your thing.
Speaker 2: I was like, that's a win win. So now that
Speaker 2: you're not running and I'm not running, it's a tough day. Sucks,
Speaker 2: it's a really tough day.
Speaker 1: It's and again it's not pour us anything. It's a
Speaker 1: it's a race, it's a run, it's whatever, but it
Speaker 1: is something we are that passionate about that. I didn't
Speaker 1: even think today, Robes, you wanted to go out let's
Speaker 1: go support runners and do these things and be a
Speaker 1: part of this. And no, I didn't want to. I
Speaker 1: pushed back, having turned the TV on at all. Don't
Speaker 1: want to see any of it. And a friend of
Speaker 1: ours who told me he wasn't running actually told me
Speaker 1: I need to take a break, need to get out
Speaker 1: of it. Found out from this dude that he last
Speaker 1: second decides he's going to run it. So even that
Speaker 1: that made me feel worse.
Speaker 2: That was because I was like, maybe we can hang
Speaker 2: out with him him and we could cheer on the
Speaker 2: runners we're normally running with.
Speaker 3: But then to find out he's running too, now it's like.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he kind of screwed. He kind of made it worse.
Speaker 1: Left the longest voice memo ever talking about his day.
Speaker 3: I'm like you, yeah, this is the last thing I
Speaker 3: want to hear right now.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so our friendship is over. But what we're saying
Speaker 1: is it was. And so FOMO, you say this all
Speaker 1: the time, and this is more so a thing for you,
Speaker 1: it's not a thing for me. Sometimes people going out
Speaker 1: places you just have FOMO, They're going to Maurice crisis.
Speaker 3: You got to have all the time, Okay, it always
Speaker 3: have it.
Speaker 1: Is a real thing that therapist doctors do talk about it.
Speaker 1: I was pulling some notes from the Cleveland Clinic their
Speaker 1: website and they had a whole article on fomo basically,
Speaker 1: and I had you define it for mess You're.
Speaker 3: A missing out. But I just think that.
Speaker 2: It's about belonging and about like, if you have something
Speaker 2: you're passionate about or people who you love hanging out with,
Speaker 2: to know that they're all enjoying it and you're not,
Speaker 2: there's like this feeling of emptiness there.
Speaker 1: You get there, it is, you absolutely nailed how they
Speaker 1: it is anxiety. They call it anxiety that an exciting
Speaker 1: or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused
Speaker 1: by posts scene on social media. FOMO. Another definition refers
Speaker 1: to the feeling or perception that other people are having fun,
Speaker 1: experiencing new things, or living a better life than you,
Speaker 1: And right now, fifty thousand people are doing that on
Speaker 1: the streets of New York and that sucks. Now. Doctors
Speaker 1: say this does like heart palpitations, body aches, pains, headaches,
Speaker 1: all the things. Associate it with real anxiety. So this
Speaker 1: is a real thing. How do you help people out
Speaker 1: of that? Like they help people out of any other anxiety. Yes,
Speaker 1: some medication, but also some practices. Don't be jealous, be grateful,
Speaker 1: Be grateful of the life you have, Take stock of
Speaker 1: where you are and what you're doing, and be grateful
Speaker 1: that somebody else, maybe somebody you know, is having a
Speaker 1: good experience. And also the other thing. And this was
Speaker 1: the one for me. Rhobes, identify your triggers. If it
Speaker 1: triggers you to see that in hanging out with that
Speaker 1: ex friend of yours, stop getting on social media and
Speaker 1: looking at their things. So my trigger today was seeing
Speaker 1: anybody in a pair of shoes and a damn metal
Speaker 1: and a bibs on their chest.
Speaker 2: It's funny because knowing that we weren't running this year,
Speaker 2: like I didn't know you weren't runn until the end,
Speaker 2: and I was actually holding on to my mental situation
Speaker 2: by knowing that I could.
Speaker 3: Cheer you on.
Speaker 2: So I was like, that'll be fine, Like to watch
Speaker 2: him do it will be like it'll make it better
Speaker 2: for me. To know that you weren't doing it made
Speaker 2: it so much sadder to me. But then like even
Speaker 2: seeing all the marathons leading up to the New York
Speaker 2: City Marathon that people I know and believe me. We
Speaker 2: run in a running circle, so we know all of
Speaker 2: the usual folks who love to run. Even seeing their
Speaker 2: marathon like finish lines or times or whatever leading up
Speaker 2: to it was actually gutting to me too, because I
Speaker 2: knew we didn't have one, but or like one that
Speaker 2: we were already signed up for. The point being is
Speaker 2: to learn to appreciate, yes, health and just we're putting
Speaker 2: health first right so that we can run later and longer,
Speaker 2: and that can be a lesson for other things in life.
Speaker 2: You can't always have things when you want it, how
Speaker 2: you want it, but you can appreciate what you do have,
Speaker 2: appreciate other people enjoying it, and know that you can
Speaker 2: make plans in the future.
Speaker 1: It never seems like it when you're going through it,
Speaker 1: but things work out and more often than not for
Speaker 1: the best. So this was forced upon us this year,
Speaker 1: and I'm already excited about the possibilities for next year. So, yes,
Speaker 1: it sucks to not be out there. It's not the
Speaker 1: end of the world, but it means a lot to us,
Speaker 1: and this day means a lot to this city, and
Speaker 1: it sucks not to be a part of it today.
Speaker 1: But yes, we are rooting on every body out there
Speaker 1: because we know what it takes to be out there.
Speaker 3: Oh and because this is the day that you celebrate.
Speaker 2: This is the day that you actually get to recognize
Speaker 2: how strong you are, and all the training runs that
Speaker 2: lead up to it. That's the work, right, that's and
Speaker 2: so we know what it takes to be out there
Speaker 2: today running those five burrows. The amount of blood, sweat
Speaker 2: and tears folks have put in to get to this day.
Speaker 2: A lot of people are running their first marathon ever,
Speaker 2: and I'm so excited for them because that is the
Speaker 2: most amazing day ever when you run your first marathon.
Speaker 2: But for anyone listening out there, it doesn't have to
Speaker 2: be running. But if you are a runner, like run
Speaker 2: your first five k, run your first ten k, sign
Speaker 2: up right now. In fact, I have tabs open right
Speaker 2: now for a couple half marathons and even the London
Speaker 2: Marathon twenty twenty six, like looking like wanting to see, Okay,
Speaker 2: what can I put down and sign up for, so
Speaker 2: that there is real excitement about building towards the future.
Speaker 2: But one thing, First of all, I know it's not
Speaker 2: what you wanted, but I'm actually so grateful you're not
Speaker 2: running today because I hope that it means that you
Speaker 2: can actually enjoy your your runs and not be in pain.
Speaker 2: You've been in pain for a year, and I've watched
Speaker 2: you be in pain for a year. So I'm actually
Speaker 2: really excited that you're giving yourself a break. And I
Speaker 2: know it's really hard, but it's going to pay tenfold,
Speaker 2: one hundredfold.
Speaker 3: And I was also going to say this, I was surprised.
Speaker 3: I don't know if you were that.
Speaker 2: Roberto said, most people who have running buddies, it's not
Speaker 2: their partner.
Speaker 3: Were you surprised by that?
Speaker 1: Not really? Quite? Frankly, we're not like the others. I'll
Speaker 1: be honest with you there. I am. You and I
Speaker 1: trained together. We run together. I am a faster runner.
Speaker 1: I have to slow down incredibly to stay with you
Speaker 1: in a training run or a race. I would have
Speaker 1: prs out the wazoo. But it's important to me that
Speaker 1: we stay together. We do this together. We went through
Speaker 1: this training together, and we're gonna cross the finish line together.
Speaker 1: So no, I am that's probably freakistion. People think that's odd,
Speaker 1: and that's okay. If you tell me that our relationship
Speaker 1: isn't going like others and with that, folks, we always
Speaker 1: appreciate you hanging with us. We're fine, We're gonna make
Speaker 1: it through the day, okay, but just want to hop
Speaker 1: off until everybody have a great day, find you some inspiration,
Speaker 1: push yourself a little bit, and by all means continue
Speaker 1: to don't call runners freaks. They are very, very special
Speaker 1: and different people and with that we always appreciate you
Speaker 1: spend as some time with us side DJ Holmes, the
Speaker 1: behalf of my dear running partner, and your robot will
Speaker 1: compie