1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: I'm just so proud of myself that I had the 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: courage to find out what if and to go down 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: that road and not knowing where it would lead and 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: if it would turn into something beautiful like it did, 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: or if it just kind of, you know, one of 6 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: those enjoy the journey kind of things. 7 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 2: Hey, everybody, Emily A body here coming to you from 8 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 2: the Age Studio. You are listening to episode one ninety 9 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 2: six of Hurdle, a wellness focused podcast. Reconnect with everyone 10 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 2: from your favorite athletes to top experts and industry CEOs 11 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 2: about their highest hies, toughest moments, and everything in between. 12 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 3: We all go through hurdles in life. 13 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 2: And my goal through these discussions is to empower you 14 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 2: to better navigate yours and move with intentions so that 15 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 2: you can stride towards your own big potential and of 16 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 2: course have some fun a lot the way. Let me 17 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 2: tell you today's episode, there is a lot. There's a 18 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 2: lot of fun. Kira Dematto the newly minted, newly minted 19 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 2: American record holder in the Woman's Marathon. She is a 20 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 2: professional runner and my new bff. Don't just take it 21 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 2: from me, Kira says so. In our convote I absolutely 22 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 2: loved the opportunity to chat with Kia Dematta today, not 23 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 2: far removed from her shiny new American record of two hours, 24 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 2: nineteen minutes and twelve seconds, breaking Dina Caster's previous record 25 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 2: from London in two thousand and six. I adore Kira. 26 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 2: I adore her energy, I adore her spirit. It didn't 27 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 2: hurt that we started today's conversation with her complimenting me. 28 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: But there are so many sentiments, takeaways, and awesome nuggets 29 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 2: of wisdom in our conversation today that I am excited 30 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 2: to bring to you, regardless of whether or not you 31 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 2: are a runner, that are helpful and useful and wonderful. 32 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 2: Kira's journey is one of perseverance and grint. In today's episode, 33 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 2: she talks about her brief stint as a professional athlete 34 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 2: after college, stepping away from the sport ultimately because of 35 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 2: an injury, and pursuing other things in life that made 36 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 2: her happy during that time, including getting married, becoming a 37 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 2: mother of two, also a full time realtor, only to 38 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 2: find her way back to running after dabbling in a 39 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 2: bunch of other sports and modalities, knowing that this was 40 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 2: a at the time hobby, that brought her so much joy, 41 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 2: and soon enough that hobby would become a fiery, very 42 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 2: very real commitment to self and going after her big 43 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 2: crazy goals. For episode one ninety six, Kira talks about 44 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 2: what it's been like for her to juggle so many hats, 45 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 2: what it was like to have a breakout year during 46 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 2: twenty twenty and the prep and the build up that 47 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 2: came to that record breaking Houston Marathon at the beginning 48 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 2: of twenty twenty two. 49 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 3: Plus what's on tab next? 50 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 2: And if you are not inspired to eat at least 51 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 2: a full sleeve? 52 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 3: Is it a sleeve? 53 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 2: There's three sleeves in one pack, a half pack, a 54 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 2: single sleeve? 55 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 3: You go what I'm saying of oreos? 56 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 2: By the times conversation is over, well, then you weren't 57 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 2: listening appropriately. 58 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 3: Kira, again, a huge thank you for your time. 59 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 2: I can't wait for you to get your cuteness over 60 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 2: to New York so that we can go on a 61 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 2: custom cookie tour and planning it right now as I 62 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 2: record this, huge thank you, huge thank you to all 63 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 2: the Baltimore hurdlers that came out to hang out last week. 64 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 3: It was so great to meet you, irl. 65 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 2: And if you're listening to this and I met you 66 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 2: at the BBYO International Convention. I am better for having 67 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 2: the opportunity to speak to goodness so many teens. 68 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 3: You all inspire me to want to be a better me. 69 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 2: Make sure you're following along with Hurdle over at Hurdle 70 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 2: podcast on social I'm over at Emily a Body. 71 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 3: And also, if you do. 72 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 2: Not yet subscribe to the Weekly Hurdle, I would love. 73 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 3: For you to do so. The link to do that 74 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 3: is in the show notes. 75 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 2: The Weekly Hurdle our newsletter that comes out every single 76 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 2: Friday morning, bringing a lot the same inspiration, a motivation, 77 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 2: and things that you love about the show directly into 78 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 2: your inbox, likely before you even get out of bed 79 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 2: in the morning. Last little bit of housekeeping here. I 80 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 2: mentioned this on Friday's episode, but if you are a 81 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 2: DC hurdler, save the date from March sixteenth. 82 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 3: I'm coming your way. We're gonna have some fun. 83 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 2: More info and details to come soon, but I want 84 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 2: you to save it because I want to see you 85 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 2: with that. 86 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 3: Let's gets hurdling today. 87 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 2: I am sitting down with Kira Dematto. She is a 88 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 2: pro runner. I feel as though she needs no introduction. 89 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 2: But how you doing, Kia. 90 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: I am doing wonderful and I'm so thrilled to be 91 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: on your podcast. Your voice is the best voice in 92 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: the world. I started listening to your podcast and I'm like, 93 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: h I'm a dick, Like, you have the most amazing voice, 94 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: and I am so excited to be able to talk 95 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: to you in your voice. 96 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 3: I'm sitting here. If you could see me, maybe I'll 97 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 3: post this clip. 98 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 2: But I feel like, just now, I was that emoji 99 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 2: with like the big open watery eyes when it's just like, 100 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 2: that's so kind, you know what I feel as though 101 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 2: when you have a voice that is like not typical, 102 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 2: Like I know, I'm very aware that I have a 103 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 2: different voice. So you people either love my voice or 104 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 2: they're like, I am all set with that. 105 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:27,119 Speaker 1: Oh it is. It is beautiful. I have serious voice envy. 106 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 3: Oh you're very kind to me. You're very kind to me. 107 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,039 Speaker 3: This is about you. It's not necessarily about me. 108 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 2: So I'm gonna turn this around for you while bringing 109 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 2: my own experience into this moment. This is a fun 110 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 2: full circle moment for me because in the first six 111 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 2: months of the show, I was really excited because I 112 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 2: had Dina Castor on the show, and we actually recorded 113 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 2: in a London hotel room, and I remember thinking to 114 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 2: myself like, this is such a great get for the podcast, 115 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 2: like it's so crazy, and also simultaneously thinking to myself 116 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 2: like how much longer is this woman gonna hold this 117 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 2: rected four? And now fast forward four years later, I'm 118 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 2: sitting here with you, the person that broke that record. 119 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 2: The show is in a completely different place, and I 120 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 2: am just so excited to learn more about you than 121 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 2: what I have completely consumed on every other podcast I've 122 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 2: listened to, but also just like hear about your journey 123 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 2: because it is it's such a big moment, not just 124 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 2: for you and your family and your career, but women's 125 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:26,119 Speaker 2: running as a whole. 126 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I absolutely agree. And I think on that day 127 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: that I broke Dina Castor's record, Sarah Hall also broke 128 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: the American record for the half marathon, and I thought 129 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: it was just such a powerful day for American distance 130 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 1: women running, for two women in their late thirties to 131 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: be crushing it. I think it is just so exciting 132 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 1: just to open up. I feel like the floodgates have 133 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: just opened and we're about to see a lot more 134 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: records go down, and it's just really exciting to see 135 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 1: where that is now going to propel our country. 136 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't want to get us too far ahead here, 137 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 2: but I do think that the sentiment of you getting 138 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 2: back into running because it was something that brought you 139 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 2: joy again later in life after having previous experience as 140 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 2: a runner, that is something that a lot of women 141 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 2: and men too may think about, but they're like, eh. 142 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 3: You know, maybe not, maybe I shouldn't. 143 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 2: I don't know, but like seeing that behavior modeled and 144 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 2: for you for it to pay off in such a 145 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 2: big way, for sure, I do believe it's just the 146 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 2: tip of the iceberg. 147 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 3: It's crazy. 148 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: For like a decade before, I guess it was. You know, 149 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: I took about seven years off between round one of 150 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: my competitive running in round two, and I call it 151 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: like my elaborate halftime show. But for like seven years 152 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: while I wasn't running competitively, like, I was thinking like 153 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: what if, you know, and what would have? Could have? 154 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: Should have? You know? And so I sat with those 155 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: feelings and I learned to kind of accept that, you know, 156 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: I wouldn't reach those dreams and I didn't have those 157 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: like goals anymore. But then just coming back, I'm just 158 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: so proud of myself. I had the courage to like 159 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: find out what if and to go down that road 160 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: and not knowing where it would lead and if it 161 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: would turn into something beautiful like it did, or if 162 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: it just kind of, you know, one of those enjoy 163 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: the journey kind of things. But I think that that's 164 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: something that like a lot of people can relate to, 165 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: is they have that thing that maybe they aren't pursuing 166 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: because of life or parents or just a crazy work schedule, 167 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: you know. And I think it's just important to be 168 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: able to carve out a little bit of time for 169 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: the you know, those little passions. 170 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, and you said the word courage and it is courageous, right, 171 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 2: because you have to go into this being entirely open 172 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 2: to whatever may happen as a result of kind of 173 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 2: getting vulnerable with yourself again. Right, So for you to 174 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 2: be like, all right, I'm gonna try this thing, you 175 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 2: had to go into it with a certain amount of 176 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 2: grace knowing that it could go really well, it could 177 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 2: not go really well, and that that definition of the 178 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 2: word well was going to evolve over. 179 00:08:55,480 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: Time, absolutely absolutely. And I think from my I like 180 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: previous running and then I you know, took some time back. 181 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: I learned a lot about failure. You know. I had 182 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: those dreams that I didn't hit and I was so 183 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: scared of failure, and then I experienced it, and I'm like, 184 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,719 Speaker 1: this isn't that bad. I'm still happy, you know, I'm 185 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: still Kira. Like I found other things that I really 186 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: like too, and so coming into this round not being 187 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,079 Speaker 1: afraid of the failure so I can line up and 188 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: like I remember thinking the morning I'm on the starting line, 189 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: you know, and two hours and nineteen minutes later, I 190 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: set the American record. But my thought was, maybe it's 191 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: gonna happen today, maybe it's not. If it does, great, 192 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: if it doesn't, I'm still I'm gonna be exactly where 193 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: I am right now, and that's okay too. So I 194 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: think that being able just to accept that risk and 195 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: not being afraid of what happens if I fail, has 196 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: really allowed me to like, you know, accomplish these things. 197 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I was listening to one of the 198 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 2: conversations that you had with Chris Chavez on the City 199 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 2: of mag podcast, and you were talking about the time 200 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 2: that you decided to set up a one hundred meter 201 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 2: race with your husband after seeing that runoff for was 202 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 2: it at the Olympics. 203 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:10,199 Speaker 3: I'm forgetting the details now. 204 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: So it was the Olympic trials in twenty twelve, and 205 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 1: there was that there's two women that tied for third 206 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,679 Speaker 1: place and the uf pits the top three, so two 207 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: women tied and then there was going to be a 208 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: race off. So my husband and I like we should 209 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: do a race off, and so like we literally went 210 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: into our street and like marked off what we thought 211 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 1: was close to one hundred meters and like race and 212 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: one of us took one of the women. One of 213 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: us pretended to be the other one, and I remember 214 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: when name he remembers that he won. So I think 215 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: there's clearly two sides that story. But it was just 216 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: so fun and that's where I was at that point. 217 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 1: It's just kind of watching track as a spectator and 218 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: just enjoying it as a fan. 219 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, totally. 220 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 2: And it was funny because I listened to you say that, 221 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 2: and I texted a dear friend of mine, Kara, and 222 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 2: I was like, you and your husband are Kira and 223 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 2: her husband like you two both runners would do the 224 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 2: exact same thing. 225 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 3: And she said to me that she had heard or 226 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 3: read ones that you said. 227 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 2: Every race that you start, you think this could be 228 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 2: the last race I'll ever have to run, and if 229 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 2: I don't like it, I don't have to do it again. 230 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 2: And she was like that has become my one hundred 231 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 2: percent attitude for every single race I show up too. 232 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: At some point in a race, I call it the 233 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:22,719 Speaker 1: embrace the suck, where just like everything hurts, like your 234 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: body's tired, it's trying to convince your mind to stop. 235 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 1: And in that like more times than not, I convinced 236 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: myself during that time, like okay, body, don't give up 237 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: on me this time. Just push through, and then we 238 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: never have to do this again, like this will be 239 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: our last run. We just never have to run again 240 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 1: if we won't want to. So it's like I don't 241 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: know if that's good or bad. And you know, and 242 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: I think partly with running, like it's just so mental 243 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: that you have to say whatever it is to like 244 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: get yourself through and then afterwards like you're so proud 245 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: that you pushed through that, right, and then you figured 246 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: out what to say, like trick your mind and body 247 00:11:55,920 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: to like discover like your new limits. But it is. 248 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I've thought that my whole life. I remember 249 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 1: my first race I ever did. I thought that in 250 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: this last marathon, I thought that same thought. You know, 251 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: so it's just it's just pretty funny. 252 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:13,319 Speaker 2: Are you not concerned at this point with what I mean? 253 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 2: You're obviously you have a large platform. You're very well 254 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:18,839 Speaker 2: known in the sport now, I would hope so being 255 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 2: the American woman's record holder in the marathon, do are 256 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 2: you not concerned with what other people think about what 257 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 2: you do? I hope. 258 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: As far as like my technique and my style, I'm 259 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 1: okay that I'm doing everything differently. Like that's totally fine 260 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,199 Speaker 1: because I feel like with anything in life, like it's 261 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: you can take a very individual path and get there. 262 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: I always say there's more than one way up the mountain. 263 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: But as far as like caring what people think like 264 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: I do, like, I hope they As far as my character, right, 265 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: I hope they think I'm a kind person, a supportive 266 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: person like I. You know, so I do that really 267 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: means a lot to me that like just to empower 268 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: other women and to support other women, like I would 269 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: feel terrible if people didn't think that about me. But 270 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: as far as like my technique and the way that 271 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: I do it, I'm okay taking the you know, pathless taken. 272 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I mean I ask you that because I 273 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:17,199 Speaker 2: think that that fear or like concern over the opinions 274 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 2: of others can be something that unfortunately does hold some 275 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 2: people back when it comes to maybe putting themselves out 276 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,559 Speaker 2: there to get back into something or looking foolish. 277 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:29,719 Speaker 3: So for you, I mean it. 278 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 2: Is impressive and also just really admirable that even if 279 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 2: that was a factor in how you went upon your execution, 280 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 2: like it wasn't the thing that held you back from 281 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 2: going after the thing that you wanted, right, And I think. 282 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: Like I have different like constraints and strengths, I guess 283 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: for training, so I have to fill that all in. 284 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 1: Like I am a mother of two and I'm also 285 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: a full time realtor, so I have to work around 286 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 1: and find a new way to fit everything into my life. 287 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 1: So whereas you know, some people may look at that 288 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 1: as like a weakness that I have other things for me, 289 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: I see that as a strength that I don't obsess 290 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,319 Speaker 1: over running, Like when I take off my running shoes, 291 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 1: it's on to real estate or being mom or being 292 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: a wife, and I think for me that helps me. 293 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: I can be an anxious person, So for me, it's 294 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: a gift to be able to distract my mind and 295 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: to work towards other things. So I'm just not thinking 296 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: and obsessing overrunning. So, you know, I think just everyone 297 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: has their own way and their own I don't know 298 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: what I'm even trying to say, but I think everyone 299 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: needs to do it a little bit differently. 300 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, I hear that. Well. 301 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 2: I feel as though we owe it to some of 302 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 2: the hurdlers to definitely do a little bit of a 303 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 2: dial back now so that they can get a better 304 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 2: understanding of what's going on here. I mean, I'm not 305 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 2: surprised we hit the ground running. And yeah, I know you, 306 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 2: of all people appreciate a good pun, a good joke. 307 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 3: Where do those Strava puns come from? 308 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: So they originate from popsicle sticks, you know, those like 309 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: I'd give my kids those popsicle sticks where you get 310 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: like a joke on the end and then you have 311 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: to eat the popsicle to find out what like the 312 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: riddle or the joke answer is. So that's where it 313 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: started coming from. Because we were like really crushing a 314 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: lot of popsicles in my house. I would just kind 315 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: of save the sticks and put them up on Strava 316 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: because Strava is awesome. But when you scroll through, like 317 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: if you don't change, the automatic run title is just 318 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: morning run, afternoon run, night run, and that's kind of like, 319 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: that's kind of boring, you know. So I wanted to 320 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: like spice it up and maybe make people smile. And 321 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: then like I stopped doing it for a little bit 322 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: and I'd get like, morning runs not a joke, Hira, 323 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 1: like come on, you know, let's you know, and so 324 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: then I was like, I guess I gotta keep this going. 325 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: So then it's just like a combination of jokes I've 326 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: heard throughout my life and I have like the worst memory, 327 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: but somehow jokes like find a way that implants there 328 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: like in my brain. So I just don't forget them. 329 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: Like I wish I could like remove part of that 330 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: and like hold on to like a little bit, you know, 331 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: I don't know, just more important stuff. But yeah, I 332 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 1: just have part of my brain carved out for jokes. 333 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 3: I guess part of my brain carved out for jokes. 334 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 2: So for those of you that don't follow Kira on 335 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 2: Strava or use Strava. When you go for a run, 336 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 2: it automatically uploads to this app, and as we're saying, 337 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 2: it automatically uploads and just usually says like time of 338 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 2: day run, so morning run, afternoon run, evening run, and 339 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 2: instead you can edit that. So Kira edits them and 340 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 2: puts in lots of funny jokes and it's always you 341 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 2: know what, it is a nice break in my feed 342 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 2: of like what's going on. It's like all this seriousness 343 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 2: and then it's like insert like the funniest dad joke 344 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 2: you've ever heard here. 345 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: Well, the best part of that now that people know 346 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: I like jokes so much, is people, even people I 347 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: don't know, will hear a joke and they'll send it 348 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: to me and be like, oh, I just saw this 349 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: joke on a billboard or someone just told me this 350 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: joke and I thought you like it. And every time 351 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: I receive a joke, I just think like I'm doing 352 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: something right, like something makes someone else laugh. I think 353 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: kured like this, like I am doing something right. This 354 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:04,159 Speaker 1: is awesome. 355 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 3: It's the best feeling. 356 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 2: It's the best feeling to get that kind of interaction, and. 357 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 3: It's like it's not like You're awesome. 358 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 2: It's just like I love what you do and I 359 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 2: just want to support that thing that you do that 360 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 2: brings so many other people so much joy, right right, 361 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 2: what I was getting to And then we got punny, 362 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 2: and then I talked about us hitting the ground running. 363 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 2: I want to bring it back. I want to bring 364 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 2: us back at least to college. So talk to me 365 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 2: about you know, coming of age and what your relationship 366 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 2: was with running from a young age. 367 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, So this, I think how I'm about to describe, 368 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: like my journey with running is why I love running 369 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,360 Speaker 1: so much, is that it can evolve and it can 370 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: be different things to you and like in a different 371 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: part of your life, in different phases, and you just 372 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 1: need it in different ways. So I started in high 373 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: school just to be part of a team and I 374 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 1: liked running, and I thought I was fast, but like 375 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: I think running at that point was a way that 376 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: I built my confidence and had like a friend group 377 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: and then just a way to like participate in sport. 378 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: I've always been a fan of sports, and that went well, 379 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 1: and I got the opportunity to run for American University 380 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: in college, and then I started seeing like the competitive 381 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,360 Speaker 1: aspect and I had like bigger goals and bigger dreams, 382 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,640 Speaker 1: and I started taking it more seriously. And that's when 383 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: I started seeing like running could be something that I 384 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: do after college too, and so that kind of opened 385 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 1: my eyes that this could be a career also. So 386 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: it's now just something you know, for friends to competitive 387 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: to something that you could, you know, turn your life 388 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 1: around for. So after college, I ran post collegiately for 389 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 1: a couple of years for a professional running team in 390 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: the DC area called DC Elite. And after about two 391 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: years I had I started getting these like perpetual injuries 392 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: and my ankle and we found out later it was 393 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: because it's something called Tarsel coalition where I had two 394 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: bones in my foot that were connected, so I needed 395 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 1: to have surgery, but surgery wasn't covered. They said it 396 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: was the pre existing condition, so I wasn't able to 397 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 1: do that. So that's when I kind of retired from 398 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: like my first round of running. But you know, and 399 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,360 Speaker 1: it was hard because I felt like I was kind 400 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: of pushed out, not on my terms, like I felt 401 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 1: like it was kind of taken from me, and all 402 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: those dreams that I fell short of, I just felt 403 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 1: like those were kind of like stolen from me in 404 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,360 Speaker 1: a way, and then I felt like I was quitting too, 405 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 1: Like I was down on myself at first, and now 406 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: you know, got into I originally got into like it work, 407 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: and my identity had always been so wrapped up in running. 408 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: I was cure of the runner, but I'm now cure 409 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: the runner who doesn't run. So that was just like 410 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: a strange time figuring out, Okay, then what does Kira do? 411 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 1: And so I got involved with a lot of different 412 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 1: things and I figured out that cure is more than 413 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 1: just a runner. And I think that was such an 414 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,400 Speaker 1: important lesson to learn. And I know a lot of 415 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: like athletes struggle with that that have played in high 416 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 1: school and college even professionally, just trying to figure out 417 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: like all the parts that make them who they are. 418 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: So that was I think a really important phase of 419 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 1: my life. 420 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 2: For you, when you were in those really challenging times 421 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 2: trying to figure out who it was that you were 422 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 2: when you weren't running, how did you find these strength 423 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,640 Speaker 2: to kind of pick yourself up from that low place. 424 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess I felt like I just didn't have 425 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: another option, right, I can I can figure this out 426 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: and figure out a new way to be happy. I 427 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: can figure out new passions and new things to pursue, 428 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,159 Speaker 1: or it can be sad, and that option kind of sucks, 429 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 1: you know. So I just I tried to focus on 430 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: the things that were in my control, and it was 431 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,400 Speaker 1: exciting to now have like a nine to five career 432 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 1: and build new friendships. And I got into cycling for 433 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 1: like a few years, and I did CrossFit. I got 434 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: real into CrossFit for a time. So it was fun 435 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: to then take in just my athleticness and put it 436 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: into other realms. And I never felt like I found 437 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 1: like that love with running, but I really enjoyed it, 438 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,360 Speaker 1: and I really loved being you know. If a girlfriend 439 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: was like, Hey, I'm going to go for a walk, 440 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 1: I'm like walking, I love walking, Let's walk. Hey I'm 441 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 1: going to go to spin class, I'm like, I love spin, 442 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 1: Let's go spin. 443 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 2: You know. 444 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: So it was just it was so fun just to 445 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: be able to do whatever I felt like and not 446 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: have any goals, not have any pressure. Eventually I got 447 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: that ankle surgery, and then I was able to put 448 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: running back in my life, and I wasn't quite ready 449 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: to dedicate my whole life around it, like I associated 450 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:37,360 Speaker 1: running with taking it super seriously and just my whole 451 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 1: world was eat, sleep, run, and I wasn't ready for that, 452 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: and I didn't think I ever really wanted that, because 453 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: now it was this more dynamic version of Kira. I 454 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 1: got married, we were moving it around, we had two kids. 455 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 1: I became a real estate agent. I work for my 456 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 1: mom's brokerage in Virginia, and I didn't want to. I thought, 457 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: if to compete at that level, I had to like 458 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: that all up or just limit that. So I'm like, 459 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: you know what, I love running for fun. Let's just 460 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 1: keep running for fun. And that's when it just started 461 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 1: kind of snowballing. 462 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,159 Speaker 2: What was the catalyst for you to decide that you 463 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 2: wanted to go through with the foot surgery? 464 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 3: Later on, it was. 465 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: Once my insurance permitted it. So when I started working it, 466 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: I had really great insurance and then it was available, 467 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:22,919 Speaker 1: so I'm like, well, I might as well do this, 468 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: you know, I think for the rest of my life 469 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 1: like I'm gonna need to do it, get it done, 470 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,439 Speaker 1: so I might as well just do it now. So 471 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 1: it was kind of just like I guess I should. 472 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 2: You and me both had a CrossFit phase. Did you 473 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 2: get injured, so you stopped doing CrossFit? 474 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: No, but I was like I was good at when 475 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: they're like, okay this you need to do this, I'm like, yeah, 476 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: not doing that one. You know, I was able to 477 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: like turn it down. But and then that, you know, 478 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 1: I was okay like doing like using a band to 479 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: do push ups or something like. I was okay like supplementing, 480 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: you know. So yeah, I never got injured. 481 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 2: But I feel like the legacy like good thing that 482 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 2: I have from my crossbit days and like I'm gonna 483 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 2: compliment you, like I still have some pretty great arms 484 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 2: from doing CrossFit like five years ago. 485 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 3: I know you have great arms. 486 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,439 Speaker 2: I've seen these finish line photos and there's always like 487 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 2: a great pump in there. 488 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:19,639 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. I also got like my squat got so 489 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: great from doing crossfits, so I was able to max 490 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: squat like really good. I had really good, like good 491 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: glutes at that time, let's put it that way. 492 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,400 Speaker 3: At that time, I had great glutes. 493 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, this is my good glutes, good glut phase 494 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: of my life. 495 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh my goodness. So did let's touch on real 496 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 2: estate for a moment. So did you always want to 497 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 2: were you always like interested in going into that field 498 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:43,679 Speaker 2: of work or did that kind of happen just on 499 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 2: a whim. 500 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I wasn't always interested in it. I mean, I 501 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: grew up. I'm now a third generation realtor, so my 502 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 1: grandmother was a realtor, my mom was a realtor, so 503 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: in a way, I felt like I was kind of 504 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: destined to be a realtor. So I resisted that, you know, like, 505 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,439 Speaker 1: you know, no one's gonna tell me to do I 506 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: can do whatever I want. But you know, but I 507 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 1: grew up watching my mom and going with her to 508 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 1: open houses or you know, doing X y Z and 509 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: just seeing her life as a realder. So eventually, when 510 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,439 Speaker 1: we got to that point with my husband and I 511 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: and we weren't moving around with military anymore, it kind 512 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 1: of just fit then. So yeah, I came over and 513 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: I'm like, I don't know how I waited so long 514 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: to do this, because I do feel like it's just 515 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,120 Speaker 1: in my blood. Like I love real estate. I love 516 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: helping people with most of the time the most exciting, 517 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: you know, purchase of their life. So yeah, it's been 518 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 1: a great career. 519 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 2: And then another meaningful title that you have here is 520 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 2: also mom talk to us about you and your husband, 521 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 2: having your kids, and what it was like to charge 522 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 2: on working full time while also having this new title. 523 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: We had our son, Tommy in twenty fourteen, and actually, 524 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: this is a pretty funny story. So we were living 525 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: in Tampa, Florida at the time and we had signed 526 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 1: up they have a Gasparilla festival where they have four 527 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 1: races in one weekend and we were running kind of 528 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: for fun, not super seriously, and my husband were like, yeah, 529 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,439 Speaker 1: let's do all four races. This would be great. So 530 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,119 Speaker 1: we signed up for all four and like, after the 531 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 1: first day, like it just did not go well. I 532 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: was feeling like really terrible. And then so I told 533 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: my husband, I'm like, what if, Like I'm pregnant. What 534 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 1: if maybe that's why this didn't go well today? And 535 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 1: then he's like, Kira, like, you know, we just didn't 536 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,199 Speaker 1: really think we were ready for that, but we just 537 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: didn't know if it would I don't know if that 538 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: was the time. So I was like, Hey, if I'm pregnant, 539 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna do the racist tomorrow, Okay, I'm gonna 540 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: take a pregnancy real quick test, real quick. And I 541 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 1: was like, please be positive, because one we really want 542 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 1: a child, but also I don't want to race tomorrow. 543 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: So I did the test and it was positive, and 544 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: I was like, hey, I'm gonna bail out on the 545 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: races tomorrow because I just found out we're pregnant. So 546 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: that was really that was really, uh, that was really 547 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,640 Speaker 1: but yeah, he got me out of doing those two 548 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: races the next day. That was I've been off a 549 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: little more. I could chew for that weekend. 550 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 3: Tommy going in with a splash. 551 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:12,159 Speaker 1: Thank you, Tommy. 552 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,199 Speaker 3: Perfect timing, perfect timing. So that's baby number one and 553 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 3: baby number two. 554 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: Baby number two came about two years later. We moved 555 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: from Tampa to Virginia to be close to family, and 556 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: my husband, who was in the active duty he's an 557 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,160 Speaker 1: officer for the Air Force, got out of active duty 558 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: and now as part of the Virginia Air National Guard. 559 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: And we did that because we then we could pick 560 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,120 Speaker 1: where we wanted to live. We wouldn't be moving every 561 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 1: couple of years, and we could just kind of stay 562 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 1: put next to family. And you know, having like young 563 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 1: kids is tough, you know, we wanted help with that, 564 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: and we also wanted them to be around their cousins 565 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: and be around family. So that's when we moved to Richmond, Virginia. 566 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 2: I was in your in your neck of the woods 567 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 2: a couple of weeks ago. I actually my I call 568 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 2: her my final roommate, the last roommate I lived with 569 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 2: before I started living on my own. She lives she 570 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 2: lives in the Richmond area, and we met in Fredericksburg. 571 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 2: And when I met with her, I said, is this 572 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 2: where they do like Civil war reenactments? 573 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 3: Like it just feels like that here. Yeah. 574 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, we got a lot of yeah civil war stuff 575 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: here in like the Virginia area for sure. 576 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 3: Yeah. 577 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 2: But for you then talk to us about your relationship 578 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 2: with fitness after you had your kids. 579 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 1: Yeah. So after I had Quinn, we knew we were 580 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 1: done with two, and we're like, boy, girl, perfect, We're done. 581 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:33,919 Speaker 1: And then I kind of felt like I had my 582 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: body back, because for years it felt like it wasn't mine, 583 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 1: like I was pregnant or I was nursing. And right 584 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 1: the day after I stopped nursing, I found out I 585 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: was pregnant again. So it just I felt like, for 586 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: that almost I don't know, three years or so, it 587 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,160 Speaker 1: just didn't feel like my body. So it was exciting 588 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: to think Okay, this now it's mine again. I can 589 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: control this. I have complete control. And I was like, 590 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna get back into shape, Like I 591 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 1: gained a lot of pregnancy weight, like I was setting 592 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: records like doctors like you probably want to like cool 593 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 1: it with and so I had to try to be 594 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: a little more careful. But so I was like ready 595 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: to get it back. So I started trying to run again, 596 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 1: and you know, coming in from like like heavier than 597 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 1: my like pre pregnancy weight, running was really tough. Like 598 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: the first day I went out and I like, I 599 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: remember this so clearly. I felt like I was running 600 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: on another planet with the gravity like twenty times Earth 601 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: like it just like everything was so hard. Just moving 602 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,119 Speaker 1: each leg was hard. And I set out that day 603 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,439 Speaker 1: and I'm like, I'm going to run three minutes, just 604 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 1: three full minutes. And I made it to like one 605 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 1: and a half minutes, and I just stopped, and I'm like, well, 606 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: this is as far as I can run today. I 607 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: walked home and like kind of I guess a walk 608 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: of shame there, but I walk home and I'm like, well, 609 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: we'll try again tomorrow. 610 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 3: You know. 611 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 1: That's that's as far as I could run today, and 612 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 1: I did. I tried again the next day, and I 613 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 1: think I made it the three minutes the next day. 614 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: So then it just the goals from there just kept 615 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: like snowballing. And and you know, at the beginning of this, 616 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,239 Speaker 1: I wasn't looking like I never thought I was going 617 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: to come back and be a professional runner. I didn't 618 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 1: think I would be able to compete at this level 619 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 1: ever again. But I just kept setting these goals that 620 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 1: were just you know, just progress, you know, and every 621 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 1: time I'd make a little progress that was just so 622 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 1: exciting that I got so addicted to that little progress, 623 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 1: whether it was running like more minutes next day or 624 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: more miles in the week, or I don't know, having 625 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 1: like consistent weeks adding those together. I would just got 626 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 1: so obsessed with progress. 627 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 2: It probably also paid off in other areas of your life. 628 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 2: At least that's what I see for me. When I'm 629 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 2: working out and being diligent and consistent with it, I 630 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 2: feel more motivated to go after the other things that 631 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 2: I'm after. 632 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think starting your day with like some form 633 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: of exercise is so healthy. I think immediately, like I'm 634 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 1: not a morning person, so it kind of like just 635 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: gets me up and gets me going, and then you 636 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 1: just feel so productive, you know, and all those endorphins 637 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 1: are like going through and then I feel like I 638 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: can eat a little bit like whatever more whatever I want. 639 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: Like if I run later in the day, I feel 640 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: like always have to like have it buckled down so 641 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 1: I don't feel it while I'm running. But like so 642 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 1: you just feel a little like you can have a 643 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 1: little more fun with food and uh. And then I 644 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 1: just like, I don't know, when you're feeling good about 645 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,960 Speaker 1: yourself too. Just all that like just that positive energy 646 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 1: too that you got up and you felt like you 647 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 1: crushed it, you know, just you got to win right 648 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: off the bat. 649 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 2: On the day is just a powerful thing and it 650 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 2: says a lot about you and your personality to have 651 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 2: the mindset after you know, those first few runs that 652 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 2: weren't going as well as you'd hope that they'd go, 653 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 2: for you to keep showing up and to keep trying, 654 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 2: knowing that having this you know, relationship with running in 655 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 2: your past, that like eventually you're going to get to 656 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 2: a place where you enjoyed what you were doing a 657 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 2: little bit more with each day, right And I think. 658 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: Like during the time like that break period. I at 659 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 1: some points I would try running more than others, and 660 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: I kind of knew that, Like it takes like if 661 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: you were really committed for like two to four weeks 662 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 1: of running, you you feel some relief. You start understanding, Okay, 663 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: this is why people like to do this. But when 664 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: you're getting into shape with running, it sucks. You feel 665 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 1: like all runners are crazy, Like why would people like 666 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: to do this? It's just it's really tough to get 667 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 1: into shape. But once you start getting that feedback of 668 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,000 Speaker 1: improvement or like losing weight or just feeling, you know, 669 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 1: feeling better and more confident about yourself, like then it 670 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 1: just kind of snowballs and it's so much easier to 671 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 1: keep to keep going. But yeah, at the beginning of 672 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: getting into shape, but when people tell me like no, no, no, 673 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 1: they're not a runner. I can't do that, And I'm like, 674 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 1: just make it past. Like if you commit and just 675 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 1: make it past like two to four weeks, like you're 676 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,040 Speaker 1: really going to find like some enjoyment out of this. 677 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel that deep in my bones. 678 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 2: When I started running, I ran a half mile every 679 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 2: day for a summer and that was it. I never 680 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 2: tried for more. I never tried for less. I didn't 681 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 2: care how long it took me to run the half mile. 682 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:58,120 Speaker 2: I was like, this is what I'm gonna do. 683 00:31:58,240 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 3: This is it? 684 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 2: Like it was a non option, and that half mile 685 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 2: encouraged me. That confidence that I gained from running that 686 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 2: half mile was the thing that was like, Okay, now 687 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 2: you've done this, You've accomplished this goal. 688 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 3: Let's think about the next one. And let's think about 689 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 3: the next one and the next one and the next one. 690 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 2: And now I'm sitting here talking to the American world 691 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 2: record holder for the marathon. 692 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: But I think what you just said is so powerful 693 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 1: that it's like you finished that, and then your mind 694 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: starts to dream a little bit, right, and you don't 695 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 1: immediately go for like the big wild dream, but you're like, 696 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 1: if I can do a half mile, could. 697 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 3: I do a whole mile? 698 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: You know? And that like little like what if, and 699 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 1: that hope and that kind of excitement like I might 700 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: be over extending myself, but maybe I could do it. 701 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 1: Like that little like hope and dream I think is 702 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 1: just so exciting. 703 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 2: So when does the hobby jogging turn into a am 704 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 2: I actually dipping. 705 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:53,320 Speaker 3: My foot in this pool? Again, or like I did. 706 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 1: A couple of marathons and my times were like coming down, 707 00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,160 Speaker 1: and I think. 708 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 2: It was let's like shed some more light on, like 709 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 2: my times were coming down. You ran a three seventeen 710 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 2: your debut in twenty seventeen, Then the next year you 711 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 2: ran a two forty four, So that's like casual, no 712 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 2: time at all between three seventeen and two forty four 713 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,120 Speaker 2: at Grandma's in twenty eighteen, and then a two thirty 714 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 2: four fifty five at the twenty nineteen Berlin Marathon. So 715 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 2: to elaborate on my times were coming down a little bit, 716 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 2: I mean, that's a lot of bit. 717 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:30,400 Speaker 1: They were really progressing. I will say, though, like a 718 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: marathon that doesn't come up in my bio very often 719 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,720 Speaker 1: is I did In twenty thirteen, I did the Montana 720 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 1: the Missoula Montana Marathon. I ran three forty nine forty nine. 721 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 1: I was so proud to finish that day. I got 722 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: to like maybe eighteen miles or twenty miles and I'm like, 723 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 1: I'm not a marathoner. I am not a marathoner. And 724 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: I walked, you know, walked ran it into the line. 725 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 1: I was so proud to finish and that was another 726 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: one that was like one and done, never doing that again. 727 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 1: So then coming back and like giving myself another chance, 728 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:04,840 Speaker 1: and like it took me a while to heal mentally 729 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: and physically from that marathon, but coming back and then 730 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,000 Speaker 1: running and I was like, wow, that was great. I 731 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 1: actually ran the whole way. And I was like, well, 732 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: maybe if my training gets a little more intentional, could 733 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 1: I break three hours. So I got you know, I 734 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 1: did a little bit more distance and start doing more 735 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 1: workouts and then I ran. Yeah. The two forty seven 736 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: was the next one, and that's when I pulled a 737 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:27,400 Speaker 1: coach in and was like, I think I can make 738 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 1: the trials. I really think I can do that, but 739 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,720 Speaker 1: I just I need to get intentional. Like up until 740 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,400 Speaker 1: that point, I was just running whatever I felt like running. 741 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,400 Speaker 1: Like I tell people, I was on the Rooftier float 742 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,839 Speaker 1: training plan because if I ran ten miles in a day, 743 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 1: I'd get a Rootier float at night. And that was 744 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,319 Speaker 1: like my whole training plan, which but if you do, 745 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:46,319 Speaker 1: I was getting them every night because I wanted to 746 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,120 Speaker 1: run ten miles every day so I could get a 747 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 1: roop Your float every night. And so when you look 748 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:52,720 Speaker 1: at that, that's like seventy miles a week. That's pretty 749 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,120 Speaker 1: intense training. That's a lot. But I was so obsessed 750 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,680 Speaker 1: with Rootier floats. That was like the carrot I needed then, 751 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 1: So yeah, so I I need a carrot. Yeah, figure 752 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,719 Speaker 1: out what that Rootier float is for you. And yeah, 753 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:08,440 Speaker 1: I don't recommend that training in ten miles. That's probably 754 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,759 Speaker 1: a little excessive, but coming from like kind of a 755 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,479 Speaker 1: background and running, but you know, it's like the point 756 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,440 Speaker 1: of that is just it was fun and it was 757 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,759 Speaker 1: like what I needed, and it was my motivation and 758 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:21,080 Speaker 1: I was rewarding myself for like daily little goals, you know, 759 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,120 Speaker 1: and I was like being a cheerleader and I felt 760 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,640 Speaker 1: so good every night getting my little Rootier float. And 761 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,319 Speaker 1: but yeah, so I got I got more intentional, and 762 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,239 Speaker 1: with every marathon, I did, like we started adding more 763 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:34,200 Speaker 1: into the training, and you know, like at first it 764 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,200 Speaker 1: was just running, and then I was adding some more 765 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,359 Speaker 1: speed work, and then I was adding some more long 766 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,400 Speaker 1: tempo runs, and then I started adding you know, strength 767 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 1: and pilates and my hurdle drills and foot exercises and 768 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,560 Speaker 1: pet and so it's like it just all snowballed. And 769 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,640 Speaker 1: every time I'd be like, Okay, what else can we 770 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,000 Speaker 1: do and what else can we add to keep like 771 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,239 Speaker 1: just me stimulated and to make sure that I can 772 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:00,800 Speaker 1: keep improving and just I don't know, wake up the body, 773 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:01,560 Speaker 1: I guess, but. 774 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,920 Speaker 2: I mean, hearing you talk about it, the question starts 775 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,000 Speaker 2: to beckon, like how did you fit it all in? 776 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:10,279 Speaker 2: You're getting so intentional with your training and now like 777 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,759 Speaker 2: you're probably going from one to two sessions a day, 778 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:15,919 Speaker 2: and then you're also finding time to see your PT 779 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 2: and you're also momming and you're also a realtor. Like 780 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:22,120 Speaker 2: that schedule becomes like super hectic. I would have to 781 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,439 Speaker 2: imagine that despite wanting to be very present in each 782 00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:29,320 Speaker 2: of those individual things at times, that probably proved challenging. 783 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's tough, and I think, like the best way 784 00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: I can answer, like I wish I had more advice 785 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,239 Speaker 1: around this because this is I feel like the age 786 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: old question, like we all need to find like more 787 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 1: time in our day and that. But like for me, 788 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,520 Speaker 1: like I just asked for help and like that's hard 789 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:48,880 Speaker 1: for me to do, like a type a person, like 790 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:51,719 Speaker 1: I really like I feel like I can do it all, 791 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:55,799 Speaker 1: but like I prioritize what's most important and put those 792 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 1: into my So first it's family, and then it was 793 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,759 Speaker 1: real estate and then running, and so I kind of 794 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,600 Speaker 1: put things into my day in that order to make 795 00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:07,279 Speaker 1: sure that I'm accomplishing my most important goals first and 796 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:10,319 Speaker 1: then like stuff that was like double dipping, or when 797 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,720 Speaker 1: I just didn't have enough space, like I just asked 798 00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:16,200 Speaker 1: for help from my family, from extended family, from I'd 799 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:18,879 Speaker 1: hire like a babysitter up the street to come watch 800 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:20,319 Speaker 1: my kids so I could get in a little bit 801 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,920 Speaker 1: of run if my husband was gone. So off the street, 802 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 1: just up the street. Hey you up the street, Yeah, 803 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,200 Speaker 1: come on in. How are you like babysitting? All right, 804 00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:31,040 Speaker 1: I got a job for you. But yeah, So I 805 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:33,600 Speaker 1: think just learning to ask for help and not feeling 806 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,879 Speaker 1: guilty about asking for help. I think we all want 807 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,279 Speaker 1: to do it all, and I just learned like I 808 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,279 Speaker 1: can't do it all, you know, And like I'm never 809 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,440 Speaker 1: going to be the mom that bakes like the awesome 810 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:46,919 Speaker 1: cupcakes and sends them in on the birthday. I'm going 811 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:48,960 Speaker 1: in and buying store bought, you know. But that's something 812 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,839 Speaker 1: that's like I'm okay, I'm not going to be that 813 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,000 Speaker 1: like baking mom. You know that's okay. So I think 814 00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:57,480 Speaker 1: just like I don't know, And I think also I've said, 815 00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:00,400 Speaker 1: like to be good at like a couple of things, 816 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:02,520 Speaker 1: I suck at a lot of other things, you know, 817 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:05,439 Speaker 1: So there's definitely like the things that we're talking about, 818 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,640 Speaker 1: I feel like I found how to manage, but there's 819 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,399 Speaker 1: a lot of things in my life that I'm not 820 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,799 Speaker 1: good at and like I need even more help at. 821 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 1: I don't know. So it's just being okay to suck 822 00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:14,480 Speaker 1: at some things too. 823 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:18,200 Speaker 2: I mean, you were talking about that progress with the 824 00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:22,160 Speaker 2: marathons and then being more intentional with your training. I 825 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:25,480 Speaker 2: don't want to like diss the root beer float mentality, 826 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:27,319 Speaker 2: but I would also have to think that you had 827 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,200 Speaker 2: to get a little bit more intentional about what you 828 00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,040 Speaker 2: were putting into your body as well. 829 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 1: Absolutely, And you know, it took me a little bit 830 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,080 Speaker 1: to figure that part out, And it took me like 831 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,080 Speaker 1: a lot of like failures to figure out that I 832 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,520 Speaker 1: needed like help with that. Like I remember at first, 833 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,359 Speaker 1: I would get a little lightheaded while running, and I'd 834 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,800 Speaker 1: come back and do some research and it was probably 835 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,360 Speaker 1: because I wasn't need enough protein. And then sometimes I 836 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,800 Speaker 1: would just run out of energy and feel so flat, 837 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:55,839 Speaker 1: and I'd do more research and it was like low, 838 00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:59,600 Speaker 1: like carbs I didn't have, wasn't getting enough before I ran. 839 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:01,680 Speaker 1: And that's when like I reached out. I was like, 840 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:03,560 Speaker 1: I need help with this, and so I did some 841 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:05,880 Speaker 1: research and that's when I reached out to Insight Tracker, 842 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:10,480 Speaker 1: who I've done. They do like quarterly analysis for me, 843 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,440 Speaker 1: like a blood analysis and track all my biomarkers. So 844 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:17,640 Speaker 1: that actually is how nutrition wise I've been able to 845 00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,839 Speaker 1: balance it because they've been able to point out like 846 00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:24,719 Speaker 1: my iron was really low, my vitamin D was really low, 847 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,680 Speaker 1: my vitamin B and so, and they were able to 848 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,200 Speaker 1: point me in you know, just give me helps with 849 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:33,920 Speaker 1: nutrition suggestions and how to get that in meal form. 850 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,319 Speaker 1: So that was that really really helped. But that was 851 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:39,000 Speaker 1: something to learn because training for a marathon takes a 852 00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,000 Speaker 1: lot out of you and it depletes you a lot. 853 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:44,160 Speaker 1: So like I had never trained at that level, so 854 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,440 Speaker 1: that was important for me to get help again in 855 00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,440 Speaker 1: other places to figure out how to how to maximize that. 856 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, and on the note of asking for help, I 857 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:54,480 Speaker 2: mean especially when it comes to your nutrition. So often 858 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:56,799 Speaker 2: we're just thinking about the training plan and the doing 859 00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:58,439 Speaker 2: and the doing and the doing. But if you don't 860 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:01,560 Speaker 2: take in that nutrition. Also mentioned that buzzword recovery and 861 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,920 Speaker 2: do account, then all that training could be for nothing 862 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,160 Speaker 2: if you're not giving your body what it needs in 863 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,440 Speaker 2: all that other time in your day when you're not 864 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:13,520 Speaker 2: actually on the run. I mean full disclosure. Inside Tracker 865 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,080 Speaker 2: is a sponsor on the show, so I hear your 866 00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,640 Speaker 2: sentiments and echo them completely when it comes to just 867 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,640 Speaker 2: acting yourself, the little questions like you don't need to 868 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,120 Speaker 2: be tired to that extent when you finish a run, 869 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:26,719 Speaker 2: and like maybe asking yourself like why is that happening? 870 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:30,280 Speaker 2: I too struggled with low Farredin levels and so getting 871 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:33,799 Speaker 2: those like customized personalized recommendations so that it wasn't just 872 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:36,040 Speaker 2: like okay, you have low faridin. It was like, okay, 873 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,480 Speaker 2: you have low Faridin and this is exactly what you 874 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:41,560 Speaker 2: can do so that you can do something about that 875 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:43,960 Speaker 2: and then you will have a payoff in how you 876 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,920 Speaker 2: feel like. It was a very like this is A, 877 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,560 Speaker 2: this is B, this is C. Now you can move 878 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:50,520 Speaker 2: forward with your life right. 879 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,840 Speaker 1: Right, And it just made it so easy seeing it. 880 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:56,120 Speaker 1: And I've had problems with iron in my past. So 881 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,680 Speaker 1: every year when I go to my regular checkup, I 882 00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,520 Speaker 1: have them check all my level and for the last 883 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:04,640 Speaker 1: like before inside Tracker, they were saying like, yep, you're 884 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,200 Speaker 1: good to go, and then when I get to inside Tracker, 885 00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:10,040 Speaker 1: they look on it. They compare me to endurance athletes 886 00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:13,479 Speaker 1: because you can sort like like what your goals are? 887 00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:17,280 Speaker 1: You do want to just overall wellness. Are you having 888 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:20,440 Speaker 1: trouble sleeping? Are you endurance athlete? Are you like weight 889 00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:22,879 Speaker 1: lost your goals? So depending on what those goals are, 890 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:26,360 Speaker 1: they like set those those levels for your biomarkers. So 891 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,600 Speaker 1: when I came back, like I thought, my iron was fine, 892 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,120 Speaker 1: and they're like, you, for an endurance athlete, you need 893 00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:32,840 Speaker 1: a lot of work on this, So you need to 894 00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,000 Speaker 1: start adding to more beans and red meats and you know, 895 00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,319 Speaker 1: just starting making sure that you're focusing on all that. 896 00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:40,719 Speaker 1: But that really changed how I looked at how I 897 00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:44,040 Speaker 1: was fueling, which really now like my energy levels are 898 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:47,200 Speaker 1: so much higher, like I'm able to perform, and when 899 00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,680 Speaker 1: stuff like that comes up, like if I'm feeling lightheaded 900 00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:52,239 Speaker 1: or if I'm feeling really hungry, I think I'm not 901 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:57,719 Speaker 1: fueling myself in the right way. 902 00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:02,680 Speaker 2: Taking break from today's episode to give some love to 903 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:03,560 Speaker 2: my sponsors. 904 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:06,400 Speaker 3: First up, my friends at inside Tracker. 905 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:09,560 Speaker 2: Kira and I talked about inside Tracker in today's episode, 906 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:11,560 Speaker 2: and that's because we both work with the brand and 907 00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:16,400 Speaker 2: we are both obsessed. 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Let's keep 963 00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,920 Speaker 2: talking here through your breakout year, because you hit an 964 00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:23,760 Speaker 2: unexpected hurdle after doing so much of this good work 965 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:26,680 Speaker 2: in that you were dealing at one point with a 966 00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:28,240 Speaker 2: little bit of an injury. 967 00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:30,680 Speaker 3: Talk to us about that injury and what it meant 968 00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:31,520 Speaker 3: for your running. 969 00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:34,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, so I came off like in twenty twenty. It 970 00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:37,520 Speaker 1: was like a really magical year for me and in 971 00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,440 Speaker 1: a year that really the world shut down and we 972 00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:43,120 Speaker 1: were all going through a lot with COVID. I just 973 00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:46,600 Speaker 1: that was what I clung to during that chaos, and 974 00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:49,279 Speaker 1: I was like, well, you know, everything else is a 975 00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:51,640 Speaker 1: little chaotic, but I still can run, you know, running 976 00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:54,399 Speaker 1: it's not canceled. So I really really clung to that 977 00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:58,239 Speaker 1: for just physical and mental sanity, I guess. And it 978 00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:01,399 Speaker 1: went really well for me, and you know, I broke 979 00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:03,960 Speaker 1: the American record in the ten miles that year and 980 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:05,920 Speaker 1: I had a really great marathon. So I was expecting 981 00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:08,040 Speaker 1: all these big things in twenty twenty one and just 982 00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:10,880 Speaker 1: to keep building on that. And then I got injured 983 00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:14,960 Speaker 1: and it took me a few months to identify I 984 00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:18,840 Speaker 1: was treating the pain and not figuring out the cause. 985 00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:20,839 Speaker 1: So it took me a little bit to figure out 986 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:23,799 Speaker 1: what the route was. And once I did, you know, 987 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:26,440 Speaker 1: it was a big strength imbalance which was leading my 988 00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:28,040 Speaker 1: hips to get a little out of line, which was 989 00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:31,080 Speaker 1: putting stress on my hamstring and then straining my hamstring. 990 00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:34,600 Speaker 1: So I've now like getting even more intentional with my 991 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:39,080 Speaker 1: strength and recovery exercises in all my prehab. And it definitely, 992 00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:42,240 Speaker 1: I mean that really sucked because it was a month 993 00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:46,760 Speaker 1: before the Olympic track trials and I thought that I had, 994 00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:48,520 Speaker 1: you know, like I had, I thought I had a 995 00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:51,719 Speaker 1: shot at possibly making that Olympic team. So having to 996 00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:56,000 Speaker 1: pull out of the Olympic trials that was hard. That like, 997 00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:59,360 Speaker 1: really that really sucked. But I gave myself kind of 998 00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:02,040 Speaker 1: similar to we talked about before, is like I gave 999 00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:04,239 Speaker 1: myself time to be sad, and then I was like, well, 1000 00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:06,120 Speaker 1: I can either be sad about this or I can 1001 00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:08,439 Speaker 1: start working towards new goals. Okay, what are these new goals. 1002 00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:11,200 Speaker 1: Let's figure out. Let's keep moving forward. So I quickly 1003 00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:15,200 Speaker 1: just shifted that focus, like even though it's still hurt 1004 00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:17,839 Speaker 1: and it's stung, and I definitely had FOMO watching it 1005 00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:21,360 Speaker 1: the trials and the Olympics, but I just shifted the 1006 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:23,840 Speaker 1: focus and I'm like, Okay, well that's not that's not 1007 00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:26,120 Speaker 1: a dream anymore. Let's figure out what is. So I 1008 00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:29,160 Speaker 1: just kind of shifted to thinking about Fall marathon at 1009 00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:29,520 Speaker 1: that time. 1010 00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:35,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that perspective shift is so difficult for you, 1011 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:40,040 Speaker 2: having to be a mom to your kids and to 1012 00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:42,719 Speaker 2: keep going to work and you know, keep doing what 1013 00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:45,920 Speaker 2: you were doing despite the fact that inside you were. 1014 00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:48,560 Speaker 3: Really going through it. I mean I would be too. 1015 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:54,080 Speaker 2: How what was the thing that helped you shift your perspective? 1016 00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,480 Speaker 1: Well, And I think it's just that balance of the 1017 00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:00,319 Speaker 1: different priorities in my life. Like, so I wasn't running 1018 00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:03,000 Speaker 1: as much, and I wasn't competing, so I wasn't traveling, 1019 00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:06,040 Speaker 1: but I was able to like wake up and make 1020 00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:09,120 Speaker 1: breakfast and just have a relaxing morning with the kids, 1021 00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:11,880 Speaker 1: you know, like on Sundays, usually I'd be out running 1022 00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:14,239 Speaker 1: for two or three hours, but now we are going 1023 00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:18,120 Speaker 1: strawberry picking, you know. So I filled that void with 1024 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,480 Speaker 1: just things that I also really love. So it made 1025 00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:23,799 Speaker 1: it easier, right, It didn't fix the problem, but I 1026 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:26,839 Speaker 1: just put all my energy into two other things. And 1027 00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:29,720 Speaker 1: at the time then with real estate, I was studying, 1028 00:48:29,719 --> 00:48:31,880 Speaker 1: I got my broker's license and I opened up a 1029 00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:35,880 Speaker 1: property management company and that was really time consuming. I 1030 00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:38,760 Speaker 1: would have never had that time if I was running 1031 00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:41,719 Speaker 1: and competing and traveling at that level. So I just 1032 00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:44,440 Speaker 1: figure out, like you know, just to move on and 1033 00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:47,160 Speaker 1: just you know, just throw myself in into other areas 1034 00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:48,440 Speaker 1: of my life. 1035 00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:52,279 Speaker 2: How do you give back to you, like outside of 1036 00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:53,680 Speaker 2: spending the time with your family. 1037 00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,520 Speaker 3: What are you doing to take care of Kira. 1038 00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:01,680 Speaker 1: You know, that's such a thoughtful question, and I still 1039 00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:05,080 Speaker 1: try to answer that with running, like that's that's my 1040 00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:07,840 Speaker 1: me time, Like that's what I carve out in my 1041 00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:11,040 Speaker 1: day to take care of myself. And for the most part, 1042 00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:14,200 Speaker 1: like I run by myself and I listen to whatever 1043 00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:17,160 Speaker 1: music or whatever podcasts and I'm just kind of alone 1044 00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:19,040 Speaker 1: with my thoughts and i just have a little bit 1045 00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:22,120 Speaker 1: of space in my day. So I still look at 1046 00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:26,759 Speaker 1: running as just I don't know, I'm just grateful for 1047 00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:29,520 Speaker 1: that space in my life. And I think also that's 1048 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:32,640 Speaker 1: why I'm able to put so much into it. It 1049 00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:35,120 Speaker 1: is because it's such a source, like we talked about 1050 00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:38,160 Speaker 1: too of joy for me. So yeah, that's that's the 1051 00:49:38,239 --> 00:49:39,760 Speaker 1: thing that I do for myself. 1052 00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:43,080 Speaker 2: So when does the hamstring start to feel better with 1053 00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:45,960 Speaker 2: all of this prehab and rehab in all the things. 1054 00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:53,160 Speaker 1: Probably in June July, I like build up enough strength 1055 00:49:53,239 --> 00:49:56,080 Speaker 1: to start being able to build on that workload again. 1056 00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:59,680 Speaker 1: So I think training resumes like back to almost normal, 1057 00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:03,200 Speaker 1: and like July August time frame, I think. 1058 00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:07,359 Speaker 2: How did you feel about the idea of losing your 1059 00:50:07,360 --> 00:50:08,799 Speaker 2: fitness during that time. 1060 00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:12,160 Speaker 1: You know, like it's definitely on my mind, and I 1061 00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:16,040 Speaker 1: cross trained. I did like you know, the indoor the 1062 00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:19,919 Speaker 1: swimming and like the running the pool running, and man, 1063 00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:21,880 Speaker 1: it's just I don't like doing that stuff, you know. 1064 00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:24,319 Speaker 1: So that kind of that kind of stunk. But it 1065 00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:26,560 Speaker 1: also was just like every day I did that was 1066 00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:29,280 Speaker 1: just such a reminder to like take care of myself, 1067 00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:32,200 Speaker 1: Like I don't ever want to be here again. Like 1068 00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:36,080 Speaker 1: getting in a cold pool is the worst. Sorry to 1069 00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:38,440 Speaker 1: only swimmers out there. I don't know how you do it, 1070 00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:41,799 Speaker 1: it's so cold. But so it just was like a 1071 00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:43,400 Speaker 1: reminder like I don't ever want to be on the 1072 00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:45,600 Speaker 1: bench again. Like I need to make sure I'm doing 1073 00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:48,360 Speaker 1: everything in my power to stay healthy so I don't 1074 00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:49,479 Speaker 1: have to get back here. 1075 00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:53,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I got a DM from someone maybe yesterday the 1076 00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:56,840 Speaker 2: day before, and they were asking me what they should 1077 00:50:56,880 --> 00:51:00,160 Speaker 2: do because they got COVID and they're supposed to on 1078 00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:02,200 Speaker 2: a half marathon in three weeks. Like I'm so worried 1079 00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:04,959 Speaker 2: about losing my fitness, and I said times. She asked 1080 00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:08,000 Speaker 2: me what should I do, and I said nothing. You 1081 00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:12,279 Speaker 2: need to give your body rest and you need to 1082 00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:14,680 Speaker 2: chill because the last thing you need to go doing 1083 00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:19,080 Speaker 2: is stressing your immune system even more than it already 1084 00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:23,120 Speaker 2: is trying to navigate COVID, so that by the time 1085 00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:26,319 Speaker 2: COVID's done, you're exhausted because you've completely beat yourself down. 1086 00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:28,440 Speaker 2: And she was like, I really needed to hear that. 1087 00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:32,160 Speaker 2: I understand the stress that not being able to get 1088 00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:33,959 Speaker 2: what we were talking about before and not being able 1089 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:35,440 Speaker 2: to do the thing that you want to do it 1090 00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:37,560 Speaker 2: puts on you emotionally and physically. 1091 00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:40,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that was such great advice. And I'm glad 1092 00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:43,279 Speaker 1: that that's what you told her, because no, but like 1093 00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:46,640 Speaker 1: in coming back, like you know, I lost some fitness, 1094 00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:49,480 Speaker 1: but I also trusted that, like it's going to take 1095 00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:51,560 Speaker 1: a little bit to like dust off the cobwebs, but 1096 00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:53,959 Speaker 1: it's still there. You know, I've been working my tail 1097 00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:56,239 Speaker 1: off for years. It's not going to go away in 1098 00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:58,719 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks, right or a couple months or 1099 00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:01,279 Speaker 1: whatever it was. So, you know, I just trusted, like 1100 00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:03,040 Speaker 1: in my fitness, and I knew it was going to 1101 00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:05,120 Speaker 1: take a little bit to like stop being like when 1102 00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:06,920 Speaker 1: I get back, it just feel awkward, like I just 1103 00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:09,799 Speaker 1: feel like not everything's like my joints aren't tight enough. 1104 00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:11,719 Speaker 1: I just feel all noutile. I don't know how to say, 1105 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,200 Speaker 1: but I just trust that, like it's going to get 1106 00:52:14,239 --> 00:52:16,960 Speaker 1: back and I need to be patient. Is like my 1107 00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:19,279 Speaker 1: biggest advice I give is just patience, And it's like 1108 00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:21,480 Speaker 1: the least sexy advice in the world because we all 1109 00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:23,560 Speaker 1: want it now. But I was patient, and when I 1110 00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:26,120 Speaker 1: came back, I didn't try to push my timeline. We 1111 00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:29,200 Speaker 1: slowly built up and we let things come and you know, 1112 00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:32,200 Speaker 1: after you know, building up again, we got we I mean, 1113 00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:34,440 Speaker 1: look where I ended up after like a pretty like 1114 00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:38,160 Speaker 1: crappy twenty twenty one, Like two twenty twenty two started. 1115 00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:39,960 Speaker 3: Off all right that first race back. 1116 00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:43,880 Speaker 2: Let's talk about the Chicago Marathon, because it was really 1117 00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:47,000 Speaker 2: like us shaking the cobwebs off moment for you. But 1118 00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:50,520 Speaker 2: from the outside looking in, for individuals who maybe didn't 1119 00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:53,920 Speaker 2: know your struggle, didn't know that you had really suffered 1120 00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:56,920 Speaker 2: through the previous months leading up to this build up, 1121 00:52:57,160 --> 00:52:59,440 Speaker 2: you know, they see what happened there and they were like, oh, 1122 00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:02,600 Speaker 2: like she really wanted that record, talk me through that 1123 00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:02,920 Speaker 2: for you. 1124 00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:07,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, like we knew that build up was shorter. I 1125 00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:10,960 Speaker 1: knew for my workouts, I wasn't in my best shape ever, 1126 00:53:11,520 --> 00:53:14,120 Speaker 1: but I knew standing on the start start line it 1127 00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:15,959 Speaker 1: was gonna be the best I could do that day. 1128 00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:18,200 Speaker 1: So I was going to fight every mile and just 1129 00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:21,239 Speaker 1: do the best with what I had. And that's what 1130 00:53:21,320 --> 00:53:25,440 Speaker 1: I did, and you know, I didn't PR. I finished 1131 00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:28,319 Speaker 1: fourth overall, which which was awesome. You know, I had 1132 00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:32,439 Speaker 1: bigger goals initially, but I think just figuring out where 1133 00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:34,319 Speaker 1: you are and doing the best with that, I mean, 1134 00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:37,200 Speaker 1: that's really all I could do. But Chicago was really 1135 00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:40,200 Speaker 1: great for me because I recovered pretty quickly since I 1136 00:53:40,239 --> 00:53:42,719 Speaker 1: was so early on in that marathon training, I wasn't 1137 00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:45,680 Speaker 1: physically or mentally fatigue from all the training. So I 1138 00:53:45,719 --> 00:53:48,239 Speaker 1: feel like that really like springboarded me into like a 1139 00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:51,920 Speaker 1: really great Yeah, like training training went awesome. After that, 1140 00:53:52,040 --> 00:53:55,080 Speaker 1: I did the Richmond eight k and ran a course record, 1141 00:53:55,120 --> 00:53:56,840 Speaker 1: and then I went up to Manchester and did that 1142 00:53:56,960 --> 00:54:00,160 Speaker 1: road race and that one went really well and my 1143 00:54:00,239 --> 00:54:04,359 Speaker 1: speed was coming back. I won my first national championship 1144 00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:08,040 Speaker 1: in the half marathon, which like at thirty seven years old, 1145 00:54:08,120 --> 00:54:10,520 Speaker 1: like I didn't think I'd ever win a national title, 1146 00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:13,480 Speaker 1: and at thirty seven winning it, it was so emotional 1147 00:54:13,560 --> 00:54:16,080 Speaker 1: for me because I just dreamed of being a national 1148 00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:20,239 Speaker 1: champion and anything since I was like really young, and 1149 00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:23,680 Speaker 1: to finally get thirty seven, it's just like I'm just 1150 00:54:23,719 --> 00:54:25,920 Speaker 1: so happy I didn't give up, you know, and to 1151 00:54:26,040 --> 00:54:28,440 Speaker 1: have like such a beautiful moment. And that's when we 1152 00:54:28,480 --> 00:54:31,720 Speaker 1: started thinking, like, you know, the marathon fitness is still there, 1153 00:54:31,880 --> 00:54:34,319 Speaker 1: so maybe if like we put in one more like 1154 00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:36,680 Speaker 1: month or so of training, like what do you think 1155 00:54:36,719 --> 00:54:38,480 Speaker 1: we can do in a marathon? So that's when that 1156 00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:41,760 Speaker 1: whole like I you know, that's when the Houston Marathon 1157 00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:43,799 Speaker 1: popped up there, like that's the perfect time. We can 1158 00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:46,359 Speaker 1: get one more like solid month in and then let's 1159 00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:47,240 Speaker 1: see what happens. 1160 00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:49,720 Speaker 3: We'll just see what happens. 1161 00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:50,760 Speaker 1: Let's see what happens. 1162 00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:53,720 Speaker 3: How is this build up for you? When it comes 1163 00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:54,280 Speaker 3: to being. 1164 00:54:54,120 --> 00:54:56,920 Speaker 1: A mom, it's you know, it's a lot of like 1165 00:54:57,120 --> 00:54:59,560 Speaker 1: mornings and a lot of adjusting, a lot of asking 1166 00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:02,720 Speaker 1: for how and it's a lot of time away from 1167 00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:05,360 Speaker 1: like the kids, especially like long runs on Saturday or 1168 00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:07,760 Speaker 1: Sundays usually kind of like we kind of all relax 1169 00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:10,920 Speaker 1: and spend time as a family. So it definitely everyone 1170 00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:15,080 Speaker 1: in my family has It's like we all make sacrifices. 1171 00:55:15,160 --> 00:55:17,279 Speaker 1: But I give my husband a lot of credit too, 1172 00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:19,799 Speaker 1: because some days he'll just put everyone in the car 1173 00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:21,680 Speaker 1: and come try to see if they can find me 1174 00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:25,000 Speaker 1: while I'm out running and blast Miley Cyrus party in 1175 00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:28,319 Speaker 1: the USA. Why they drive by and they all have lollipops. 1176 00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:29,560 Speaker 1: I'm like, why do you got? How are you getting 1177 00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:30,280 Speaker 1: all that candy? 1178 00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:30,560 Speaker 3: Man? 1179 00:55:30,719 --> 00:55:33,560 Speaker 1: But or like they've come to the track and like 1180 00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:35,880 Speaker 1: root me on. So I'm like, you know, like my 1181 00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:38,960 Speaker 1: family's been like a really big part of this journey, 1182 00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:41,200 Speaker 1: and it's been even more fun that we've all been 1183 00:55:41,239 --> 00:55:42,120 Speaker 1: on the journey together. 1184 00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:45,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, And like to think about that in like ten 1185 00:55:45,920 --> 00:55:49,520 Speaker 2: twenty years from now when you all are reflecting on 1186 00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:52,480 Speaker 2: this time period that your kids are going to be like, 1187 00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:55,319 Speaker 2: my mom is such a badass and she made so 1188 00:55:55,400 --> 00:56:00,319 Speaker 2: many beautiful, wonderful sacrifices for our family. It was And 1189 00:56:00,360 --> 00:56:02,280 Speaker 2: I think that there are probably a couple of different 1190 00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:06,040 Speaker 2: schools of thought here, but from my POV, it's like, wow, 1191 00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:09,239 Speaker 2: Like what an awesome opportunity to show your children the 1192 00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:12,080 Speaker 2: power and beauty of hard work and dedication and going 1193 00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:15,439 Speaker 2: after what it is. It's truly just a lifelong goal 1194 00:56:15,480 --> 00:56:17,520 Speaker 2: for you I think that that's what I hope my 1195 00:56:17,600 --> 00:56:18,480 Speaker 2: kids take from this. 1196 00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:20,840 Speaker 1: Like I don't if they get into running, great, I 1197 00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:24,440 Speaker 1: kind of assume they'll find other interests and passions. But 1198 00:56:24,520 --> 00:56:28,040 Speaker 1: I hope they just see me set a crazy dream 1199 00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:30,840 Speaker 1: and then work really hard for it, you know, and 1200 00:56:31,680 --> 00:56:35,600 Speaker 1: to find something they love and carve out that time 1201 00:56:35,719 --> 00:56:38,840 Speaker 1: in their day to pursue it. And it's just the 1202 00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:42,320 Speaker 1: fact that I have, Like I love running so much 1203 00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:44,719 Speaker 1: down to my core. It's just like part of who 1204 00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:47,719 Speaker 1: I am. I love to run, And like my biggest 1205 00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:51,960 Speaker 1: wish for my kids is they find their own running 1206 00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:55,640 Speaker 1: or whatever that is that fulfills them and makes them 1207 00:56:55,640 --> 00:56:57,600 Speaker 1: happy and gives them a reason to get excited, to 1208 00:56:57,600 --> 00:57:01,120 Speaker 1: wake up early or just it just yeah, I hope 1209 00:57:01,120 --> 00:57:04,000 Speaker 1: that they find that, but hopefully just kind of watching me. 1210 00:57:04,440 --> 00:57:06,160 Speaker 1: You know, if they do find that, they'll know what 1211 00:57:06,239 --> 00:57:06,759 Speaker 1: to do with it. 1212 00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:09,359 Speaker 2: What did it mean for you or what did it 1213 00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:13,960 Speaker 2: feel like to see them on the course sidelines as 1214 00:57:14,080 --> 00:57:16,240 Speaker 2: you were setting history. 1215 00:57:17,120 --> 00:57:21,480 Speaker 1: That meant the world to me. And before races, like 1216 00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:24,280 Speaker 1: I usually travel out on my own and we kind 1217 00:57:24,280 --> 00:57:27,680 Speaker 1: of isolate in those days leading into the race, and 1218 00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:30,360 Speaker 1: like we do that because I need to relax. I 1219 00:57:30,360 --> 00:57:32,480 Speaker 1: need to get into the right mindset. And just like 1220 00:57:33,120 --> 00:57:35,560 Speaker 1: being being a parent is just like you know, there's 1221 00:57:35,600 --> 00:57:38,400 Speaker 1: just a mental burden, you know, and I don't I 1222 00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:41,120 Speaker 1: shouldn't use burden, but it's just mentally it's taxing, right, 1223 00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:44,680 Speaker 1: Like you're always thinking about have they ate, are they dressed? 1224 00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:46,320 Speaker 1: You know, do they need to go to the bathroom, 1225 00:57:46,360 --> 00:57:48,800 Speaker 1: what's next? Are they doing something they shouldn't? Should we 1226 00:57:48,920 --> 00:57:51,400 Speaker 1: be reading more? You know, it's like you're just constantly 1227 00:57:51,480 --> 00:57:54,200 Speaker 1: your mind's just always on. So for those couple of 1228 00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:56,800 Speaker 1: days leading into the race, like I was isolated and 1229 00:57:56,840 --> 00:57:59,680 Speaker 1: I was relaxed, and I was focusing on just you know, 1230 00:57:59,800 --> 00:58:02,360 Speaker 1: just trying to stay chill and not like freak out, 1231 00:58:02,360 --> 00:58:06,000 Speaker 1: I guess. So seeing them after the race, like I 1232 00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:08,240 Speaker 1: hadn't seen them in a couple of days too, you know, 1233 00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:10,800 Speaker 1: so it was so special to see them. And like 1234 00:58:10,920 --> 00:58:13,520 Speaker 1: whenever I'm away for them, like there's a huge amount 1235 00:58:13,560 --> 00:58:16,120 Speaker 1: of guilt, but it always like fuels me like if 1236 00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:19,320 Speaker 1: I'm taking this time away from my family, I'm going 1237 00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:21,520 Speaker 1: to show up. I'm going to work my butt off, 1238 00:58:21,560 --> 00:58:23,760 Speaker 1: and I'm going to make the most of every single 1239 00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:27,760 Speaker 1: opportunity Because like time away from my family is a 1240 00:58:27,760 --> 00:58:31,080 Speaker 1: big sacrifice for me, and I don't really like doing it. 1241 00:58:31,480 --> 00:58:34,720 Speaker 1: So just kind of even like during the race, thinking 1242 00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:37,919 Speaker 1: about them, just thinking like we've all worked hard, we've 1243 00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:41,840 Speaker 1: all sacrificed, Like I'm the one out here running right now, 1244 00:58:41,880 --> 00:58:44,160 Speaker 1: but this is like a family goal and something that 1245 00:58:44,200 --> 00:58:46,800 Speaker 1: we've all been working towards, so like I don't want 1246 00:58:46,800 --> 00:58:50,520 Speaker 1: to let them down, you know. So just finishing and 1247 00:58:50,600 --> 00:58:52,640 Speaker 1: seeing them was just so great to see them, and 1248 00:58:52,680 --> 00:58:55,320 Speaker 1: then it just all like just the gravity and the 1249 00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:58,880 Speaker 1: magnitude of everything. Because for me going into that race, 1250 00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:02,000 Speaker 1: like my goal was to run five eighteen. It wasn't 1251 00:59:02,040 --> 00:59:04,360 Speaker 1: to set the American record. Like I couldn't wrap my 1252 00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:07,280 Speaker 1: head around a goal of that size. Like there's just 1253 00:59:07,680 --> 00:59:10,400 Speaker 1: no way I could imagine that I could be the 1254 00:59:10,680 --> 00:59:13,320 Speaker 1: American woman to run the fastest ever. That just makes 1255 00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:15,360 Speaker 1: zero sense to me. So I was like, Okay, let's 1256 00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:17,120 Speaker 1: not think about it that way. Just think about you 1257 00:59:17,160 --> 00:59:20,200 Speaker 1: can run five eighteen. So like after the race, I 1258 00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:22,400 Speaker 1: was like, good, I met my goal five eighteen, and 1259 00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:25,160 Speaker 1: then the magnitude of what I just did was coming back. 1260 00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:27,200 Speaker 1: At the same time, It's like seeing my kids. It 1261 00:59:27,240 --> 00:59:31,120 Speaker 1: was just a really emotional uh, really emotional the signs. 1262 00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:32,880 Speaker 3: Can we talk about the signs? 1263 00:59:33,440 --> 00:59:36,080 Speaker 2: Oh, you just made You just made the face that 1264 00:59:36,120 --> 00:59:37,480 Speaker 2: I made at the beginning when you told me that 1265 00:59:37,520 --> 00:59:38,600 Speaker 2: you liked my voice. 1266 00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:41,440 Speaker 3: You just made like the big like watery lice. 1267 00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:44,560 Speaker 1: The signs are the best thing in the world. So 1268 00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:48,080 Speaker 1: my mom had brought just like paper and markers is 1269 00:59:48,120 --> 00:59:50,600 Speaker 1: a way to just like a fun activity and just said, 1270 00:59:50,640 --> 00:59:52,960 Speaker 1: you guys can make whatever you want. And so they 1271 00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:55,160 Speaker 1: both made their own signs. Like she didn't tell them 1272 00:59:55,160 --> 00:59:57,480 Speaker 1: what to write at all. They both just got creative. 1273 00:59:57,880 --> 01:00:00,760 Speaker 1: And then like right before like America a long time. 1274 01:00:00,840 --> 01:00:02,920 Speaker 1: So they're standing there with their signs, and so she 1275 01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:05,600 Speaker 1: brought the markers so they could like draw more and 1276 01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:08,560 Speaker 1: just have something to do. And then they started like 1277 01:00:08,640 --> 01:00:11,080 Speaker 1: fighting with each other and drawing on each other signs. 1278 01:00:11,120 --> 01:00:12,840 Speaker 1: So I was like, no, no, no, like don't do that. 1279 01:00:12,920 --> 01:00:14,480 Speaker 1: So they had to like flip mom over and make 1280 01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:17,040 Speaker 1: new signs. But I think like my son's sign it 1281 01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:20,000 Speaker 1: said you're number one in my heart, and that is 1282 01:00:20,120 --> 01:00:23,120 Speaker 1: just so powerful that like he didn't care if I 1283 01:00:23,160 --> 01:00:26,760 Speaker 1: won or lost, like and that is so freeing, you know, 1284 01:00:26,960 --> 01:00:29,400 Speaker 1: like this doesn't like the running doesn't matter to my 1285 01:00:29,520 --> 01:00:32,400 Speaker 1: family and to like he just I'm number one to him. 1286 01:00:32,480 --> 01:00:32,680 Speaker 2: You know. 1287 01:00:32,760 --> 01:00:34,600 Speaker 1: I didn't even have to finish the race and I'd 1288 01:00:34,640 --> 01:00:36,520 Speaker 1: still be number one to him. And I think just 1289 01:00:36,640 --> 01:00:40,480 Speaker 1: like that support and like unconditional love just really like 1290 01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:42,960 Speaker 1: allows me to take a risk and you know, shoot 1291 01:00:42,960 --> 01:00:44,160 Speaker 1: for the stars and everything. 1292 01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:47,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, and especially when they're young, Like the most important 1293 01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:49,680 Speaker 2: thing is that they want you to be happy. So 1294 01:00:49,800 --> 01:00:53,760 Speaker 2: to see you happy, and your perspective like aids in that, 1295 01:00:53,960 --> 01:00:56,680 Speaker 2: right because knowing that I get to do this, this 1296 01:00:56,720 --> 01:00:57,880 Speaker 2: is the thing that I'm going to show up to 1297 01:00:57,880 --> 01:00:59,360 Speaker 2: do today, and it could go really well or it 1298 01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:01,520 Speaker 2: could not go well, but at the end, I'm still 1299 01:01:01,560 --> 01:01:04,840 Speaker 2: me and that's what's important. That perspective is what keeps 1300 01:01:04,840 --> 01:01:07,400 Speaker 2: you happy and what keeps your runs like and this 1301 01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:09,520 Speaker 2: career for you so joyous. 1302 01:01:10,120 --> 01:01:13,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, and it keeps me grounded, right because when things 1303 01:01:13,320 --> 01:01:15,720 Speaker 1: don't go well, like, I still love my family, you know, 1304 01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:17,880 Speaker 1: and as long as my family's like happy and healthy, 1305 01:01:18,080 --> 01:01:21,040 Speaker 1: like that's like the top priority. So I just I 1306 01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:23,200 Speaker 1: think it just I don't know, it's just again that 1307 01:01:23,240 --> 01:01:26,959 Speaker 1: whole big balance thing that just kind of just keeps 1308 01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:27,960 Speaker 1: everything together. 1309 01:01:28,360 --> 01:01:32,600 Speaker 2: A whole big balance thing. Okay, Kira, question for you now. 1310 01:01:32,720 --> 01:01:35,880 Speaker 2: Right now, someone comes to your Instagram page and they 1311 01:01:35,960 --> 01:01:40,200 Speaker 2: see pro Runner for Nike and Flint Sports Marathon American 1312 01:01:40,440 --> 01:01:43,000 Speaker 2: Record two nineteen twelve. 1313 01:01:42,480 --> 01:01:46,240 Speaker 3: A pro woman's temile world record. I love the words 1314 01:01:46,320 --> 01:01:47,040 Speaker 3: world record. 1315 01:01:47,080 --> 01:01:48,120 Speaker 1: It's just like awesome. 1316 01:01:48,880 --> 01:01:50,600 Speaker 2: When you look in the mirror, What is it that 1317 01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:52,680 Speaker 2: you see looking back at you. 1318 01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:55,960 Speaker 1: I don't know, like I see me, like all of me, 1319 01:01:56,320 --> 01:02:00,160 Speaker 1: you know, I like separate me from running a lot 1320 01:02:00,200 --> 01:02:02,680 Speaker 1: of time. So even on my run today, I was thinking, 1321 01:02:02,800 --> 01:02:05,080 Speaker 1: like I started thinking about that race and it just 1322 01:02:05,120 --> 01:02:08,280 Speaker 1: makes me laugh a little bit because it feels I 1323 01:02:08,280 --> 01:02:09,960 Speaker 1: don't know, like I know it's part of me, but 1324 01:02:10,040 --> 01:02:12,840 Speaker 1: it's not. I can't even describe it. But it's just 1325 01:02:12,960 --> 01:02:16,680 Speaker 1: like I don't know it just I still it hasn't 1326 01:02:16,720 --> 01:02:18,240 Speaker 1: sunk in. I guess that's what I'm trying to say. 1327 01:02:18,280 --> 01:02:20,880 Speaker 1: I still can't wrap my head around it. Like I've 1328 01:02:21,320 --> 01:02:23,480 Speaker 1: put in the work and I knew I was fit 1329 01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:26,840 Speaker 1: to run that time, but just like just everything other 1330 01:02:26,920 --> 01:02:29,040 Speaker 1: than that, I just I don't know. It doesn't it 1331 01:02:29,080 --> 01:02:31,440 Speaker 1: hasn't sunk in. But yeah, I don't know. I just 1332 01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:36,360 Speaker 1: see Kira like the just kind of goofy, silly, like 1333 01:02:36,440 --> 01:02:38,600 Speaker 1: fun loving Kira, I guess. 1334 01:02:39,120 --> 01:02:41,160 Speaker 3: And also to provide some contexts. 1335 01:02:41,160 --> 01:02:43,160 Speaker 2: I didn't mean to like skip past some of the 1336 01:02:43,240 --> 01:02:45,880 Speaker 2: highlights of this effort for you, but it did truly 1337 01:02:45,920 --> 01:02:48,400 Speaker 2: feel like an effort for you. Like it wasn't just 1338 01:02:48,440 --> 01:02:50,360 Speaker 2: one of those days where everything clicked and you were 1339 01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:52,840 Speaker 2: in flow state and it was like a magical two 1340 01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:54,840 Speaker 2: hours and nineteen minutes like that. 1341 01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:56,120 Speaker 3: It was a battle. 1342 01:02:57,000 --> 01:02:58,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was really hoping it was going to be 1343 01:02:58,720 --> 01:03:02,200 Speaker 1: that magical flow state, but it wasn't. But it made 1344 01:03:02,200 --> 01:03:05,320 Speaker 1: me even more proud when I was done, because there's 1345 01:03:05,360 --> 01:03:08,960 Speaker 1: so many times during the race where I thought maybe 1346 01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:11,200 Speaker 1: this wouldn't happen, or maybe I can't go any further. 1347 01:03:11,280 --> 01:03:15,200 Speaker 1: There was just doubts, right, and I like insecurities popped up, 1348 01:03:15,240 --> 01:03:17,080 Speaker 1: and it's like, I don't know if I can do this. 1349 01:03:17,240 --> 01:03:19,400 Speaker 1: So to be able to figure out how to work 1350 01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:23,080 Speaker 1: through all that and just I mean everything hurt my 1351 01:03:23,320 --> 01:03:25,959 Speaker 1: like my body hurt like and so to be able 1352 01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:30,160 Speaker 1: to push through that like made it even more special 1353 01:03:30,280 --> 01:03:32,920 Speaker 1: because it wasn't easy. And I think that also represents 1354 01:03:32,920 --> 01:03:35,640 Speaker 1: like my whole path with running, like it was never 1355 01:03:35,720 --> 01:03:37,440 Speaker 1: really easy. You know, It's been a whole lot of 1356 01:03:37,520 --> 01:03:40,680 Speaker 1: fun and I've enjoyed just the hell out of the ride. 1357 01:03:41,040 --> 01:03:43,320 Speaker 1: But it's been you know, it's taken me thirty seven 1358 01:03:43,400 --> 01:03:46,080 Speaker 1: years to have a moment like that, which which I 1359 01:03:46,120 --> 01:03:48,400 Speaker 1: wouldn't do it any differently because I just, you know, 1360 01:03:48,480 --> 01:03:51,240 Speaker 1: appreciate my journey and how hard I've worked, and it's yeah, 1361 01:03:51,240 --> 01:03:52,040 Speaker 1: I've been one heck of. 1362 01:03:51,960 --> 01:03:54,200 Speaker 2: A ride, one hell of a ride. So when you 1363 01:03:54,280 --> 01:03:57,360 Speaker 2: think about what's next, I mean, what comes next after 1364 01:03:57,400 --> 01:03:58,720 Speaker 2: that kind of accomplishment. 1365 01:03:59,080 --> 01:04:02,240 Speaker 1: I think for me to take the pressure off of 1366 01:04:02,680 --> 01:04:06,440 Speaker 1: that singular day, I've been thinking about what's next, you know. 1367 01:04:06,480 --> 01:04:10,120 Speaker 1: So I knew for these goals to compete on a 1368 01:04:10,200 --> 01:04:14,680 Speaker 1: world stage or to compete like and do great against 1369 01:04:14,680 --> 01:04:17,720 Speaker 1: international women like this was a stepping stone to get there. 1370 01:04:17,800 --> 01:04:21,080 Speaker 1: So for me, like I'd like to represent the US 1371 01:04:21,160 --> 01:04:24,400 Speaker 1: this summer in the World Championships. They're in US for 1372 01:04:24,480 --> 01:04:26,800 Speaker 1: the first time ever. So I'll be switching over and 1373 01:04:26,960 --> 01:04:29,200 Speaker 1: just trying to find some speed and training for the 1374 01:04:29,240 --> 01:04:32,560 Speaker 1: ten k on the track, and then next fall I'll 1375 01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:35,880 Speaker 1: find another marathon and I'm going to try to Yeah, 1376 01:04:35,920 --> 01:04:39,680 Speaker 1: we'll see, I haven't picked that marathon yet. But I 1377 01:04:39,680 --> 01:04:42,040 Speaker 1: have a feeling if I don't break that record again, 1378 01:04:42,160 --> 01:04:43,840 Speaker 1: some other women are going to break it before me. 1379 01:04:43,960 --> 01:04:45,760 Speaker 1: So I gotta I gotta lower that if I want 1380 01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:47,000 Speaker 1: to hold on to it any longer. 1381 01:04:47,560 --> 01:04:49,880 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, other women are going to break it. 1382 01:04:49,960 --> 01:04:51,880 Speaker 2: I mean, it took so long for this to happen 1383 01:04:51,920 --> 01:04:52,560 Speaker 2: the first time. 1384 01:04:52,600 --> 01:04:53,320 Speaker 3: I'm not ready. 1385 01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:56,880 Speaker 2: You serve to hold on to it for longer than 1386 01:04:57,040 --> 01:04:58,040 Speaker 2: just a short time. 1387 01:04:58,160 --> 01:05:00,240 Speaker 1: But here's the thing. Even when it's broken, I'll be 1388 01:05:00,240 --> 01:05:03,880 Speaker 1: the former American record holder. And that's pretty awesome too. 1389 01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:05,640 Speaker 1: I'm okay with that, so that's fine. 1390 01:05:06,400 --> 01:05:08,720 Speaker 3: Perspective is just mind blowing. 1391 01:05:09,640 --> 01:05:12,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, and my Instagram bio is not going to change 1392 01:05:12,120 --> 01:05:15,200 Speaker 1: instead of American record I'll just put former American record holders. 1393 01:05:15,240 --> 01:05:17,400 Speaker 1: That'll be fine. So whenever that day happens, I'll be 1394 01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:18,080 Speaker 1: rooting form. 1395 01:05:19,520 --> 01:05:20,640 Speaker 3: Oh my god, I love it. 1396 01:05:20,720 --> 01:05:24,160 Speaker 2: I love just like your entire energy, and I'm so 1397 01:05:24,360 --> 01:05:27,680 Speaker 2: happy for you. It's you know, it's it's always no 1398 01:05:27,760 --> 01:05:30,280 Speaker 2: matter who does it. Like, feats like this are truly 1399 01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:33,840 Speaker 2: just superhuman. But to talk to someone who just has 1400 01:05:33,920 --> 01:05:36,960 Speaker 2: such like a beautiful perspective about her sport and her 1401 01:05:37,040 --> 01:05:42,240 Speaker 2: journey and your passion just literally radiates through the microphone. 1402 01:05:42,320 --> 01:05:44,480 Speaker 2: So I'm just I'm I'm truly amp for you, and 1403 01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:48,000 Speaker 2: I'm so excited that we had this opportunity to kind 1404 01:05:48,040 --> 01:05:50,320 Speaker 2: of rap about all of this awesomeness. 1405 01:05:50,960 --> 01:05:53,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is really fun. Thanks for having me on 1406 01:05:53,160 --> 01:05:56,280 Speaker 1: and just giving me like a space to share my story. 1407 01:05:56,320 --> 01:05:59,680 Speaker 1: And yeah, are we best friends now? I think just 1408 01:05:59,720 --> 01:06:00,640 Speaker 1: became best friends. 1409 01:06:01,080 --> 01:06:02,480 Speaker 3: We just speaking best friends. 1410 01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:05,400 Speaker 2: You're not done yet, you need to you need to 1411 01:06:05,400 --> 01:06:10,560 Speaker 2: give us one more little nugget of wisdom. Okay, wait, no, no, 1412 01:06:10,600 --> 01:06:11,800 Speaker 2: I'm going to ask you a question. 1413 01:06:12,200 --> 01:06:15,760 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, that's the only thing that's pretty broad. Okay, wisdom, 1414 01:06:15,840 --> 01:06:17,800 Speaker 1: all right, here we go. Let's take a wisdom. Here 1415 01:06:17,840 --> 01:06:18,120 Speaker 1: we go. 1416 01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:23,640 Speaker 2: Okay, okay, final question, Kira. Right now you have an opportunity. Wow, 1417 01:06:23,680 --> 01:06:26,520 Speaker 2: you had two pretty distinct hurdle moments, I would say, 1418 01:06:26,560 --> 01:06:27,840 Speaker 2: but let's bring it back. 1419 01:06:27,880 --> 01:06:29,560 Speaker 3: I want to bring it back to the more recent one. 1420 01:06:29,640 --> 01:06:33,080 Speaker 2: Right now, you have an opportunity to offer the Kira 1421 01:06:33,360 --> 01:06:38,520 Speaker 2: who has to uh take a back seat during the 1422 01:06:38,720 --> 01:06:42,600 Speaker 2: US Olympic trials and put off her dream and and 1423 01:06:42,680 --> 01:06:44,480 Speaker 2: kind of question like, what happens now? 1424 01:06:44,520 --> 01:06:45,440 Speaker 3: What happens next? 1425 01:06:45,480 --> 01:06:48,000 Speaker 2: Do you have an opportunity to offer that woman a 1426 01:06:48,080 --> 01:06:51,880 Speaker 2: piece of advice. Looking back on that, now, what do 1427 01:06:52,160 --> 01:06:52,920 Speaker 2: you tell her. 1428 01:06:54,040 --> 01:06:56,560 Speaker 1: Like, don't give up, Like, don't let this rock you. 1429 01:06:56,920 --> 01:07:00,200 Speaker 1: This is just like a minor blip. This is going 1430 01:07:00,280 --> 01:07:03,800 Speaker 1: to be such a small thing when you look at 1431 01:07:04,000 --> 01:07:06,960 Speaker 1: like just the whole big picture, right, so just like 1432 01:07:07,320 --> 01:07:10,200 Speaker 1: keep your head up, it's gonna be okay, Like, hang 1433 01:07:10,240 --> 01:07:12,040 Speaker 1: in there, you still got this. But I think with 1434 01:07:12,160 --> 01:07:15,880 Speaker 1: any like failure or injury, you just it's so scary 1435 01:07:15,880 --> 01:07:18,240 Speaker 1: because you're wondering if that's you, Like is this over? 1436 01:07:18,480 --> 01:07:19,520 Speaker 1: Is this dream over? 1437 01:07:19,720 --> 01:07:19,840 Speaker 2: Like? 1438 01:07:20,120 --> 01:07:22,800 Speaker 1: Do I need to mourn these goals again? Like a 1439 01:07:22,840 --> 01:07:26,200 Speaker 1: coming up short? So I think just believing that like 1440 01:07:26,320 --> 01:07:29,560 Speaker 1: this too will pass, Like if I'm just patient, it's 1441 01:07:29,640 --> 01:07:32,320 Speaker 1: like the dreams aren't over, they're just deferred. So hang 1442 01:07:32,360 --> 01:07:35,920 Speaker 1: in there, you got this. Do you know your Oreo challenges? 1443 01:07:36,040 --> 01:07:38,720 Speaker 1: Fill your life with other fun things right now? Distract 1444 01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:41,959 Speaker 1: and uh, you're gonna get back and be better than ever. 1445 01:07:42,480 --> 01:07:44,840 Speaker 2: What Oreo challenge do I need to be doing once 1446 01:07:44,880 --> 01:07:46,320 Speaker 2: I get off this podcast? 1447 01:07:46,520 --> 01:07:46,600 Speaker 3: So? 1448 01:07:47,040 --> 01:07:49,840 Speaker 1: What is your favorite Oreo flavor? Have you ever thought 1449 01:07:49,880 --> 01:07:54,000 Speaker 1: to think they have like dozens and dozens of Oreo flavors. 1450 01:07:54,280 --> 01:07:56,320 Speaker 1: So what my family did one time is we bought 1451 01:07:56,360 --> 01:07:59,080 Speaker 1: like all the flavors and did like a big Oreo 1452 01:07:59,120 --> 01:08:01,600 Speaker 1: Madness challenge to figure out what in fact is the 1453 01:08:01,600 --> 01:08:03,560 Speaker 1: best Oreo flavor. So I have the answer. I have 1454 01:08:03,640 --> 01:08:06,520 Speaker 1: the Demato answer at least, but I encourage everyone to 1455 01:08:06,560 --> 01:08:09,760 Speaker 1: buy all the oreos and figure out what is their 1456 01:08:09,760 --> 01:08:10,480 Speaker 1: favorite flavor. 1457 01:08:10,840 --> 01:08:13,120 Speaker 3: Can you adopt me? Yeah? 1458 01:08:13,160 --> 01:08:17,000 Speaker 1: We actually we are accepting applications into our family. It's 1459 01:08:17,479 --> 01:08:20,000 Speaker 1: very inclusive pretty much. If you're a kind person, you're in. 1460 01:08:20,200 --> 01:08:22,439 Speaker 1: So yeah, I'll put I'll send you. I'll send you 1461 01:08:22,479 --> 01:08:23,120 Speaker 1: an application. 1462 01:08:23,800 --> 01:08:26,559 Speaker 3: Uh wait, so what's your what's the dematto Oreo flavor? 1463 01:08:27,080 --> 01:08:31,799 Speaker 1: So it came down to mint versus golden, which is crazy. 1464 01:08:31,840 --> 01:08:33,880 Speaker 1: I really thought double stuffed was going to be up there. 1465 01:08:33,960 --> 01:08:37,840 Speaker 1: Meant versus gold Golden is delicious. I like, I thought 1466 01:08:37,880 --> 01:08:39,639 Speaker 1: they weren't even gonna make it out of the first round. 1467 01:08:40,040 --> 01:08:44,200 Speaker 1: It was really good, but we did rounds. We put 1468 01:08:44,240 --> 01:08:47,280 Speaker 1: it in. It's like an NCAA Matt Mars Madness bracket. 1469 01:08:47,640 --> 01:08:50,000 Speaker 1: We were talking, we took this really really. I put 1470 01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:51,960 Speaker 1: them all up. You'll have to go on my Instagram 1471 01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:53,840 Speaker 1: and my stories, and I think you're gonna have the 1472 01:08:53,840 --> 01:08:56,240 Speaker 1: school back because now we've done all their things and we. 1473 01:08:56,280 --> 01:08:58,000 Speaker 2: Know it now that you're telling me about this, I 1474 01:08:58,080 --> 01:09:01,840 Speaker 2: definitely remember the brackets. But this is did they sell 1475 01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:03,920 Speaker 2: all the varieties at your local grocery store? 1476 01:09:04,160 --> 01:09:06,599 Speaker 1: They did? Yeah, they had, well they had most of them, 1477 01:09:06,680 --> 01:09:08,639 Speaker 1: so I picked. I think at the time we only 1478 01:09:08,680 --> 01:09:10,880 Speaker 1: did eight, which I got a lot of feedback later 1479 01:09:10,960 --> 01:09:14,320 Speaker 1: that we didn't include like lemon and some other things. 1480 01:09:14,400 --> 01:09:15,920 Speaker 1: So I think we're gonna have to do like a 1481 01:09:15,920 --> 01:09:18,880 Speaker 1: whole new racket challenge and we'll put even more in there. 1482 01:09:19,240 --> 01:09:22,400 Speaker 1: But yeah, Mitt ended up taking the w home. So 1483 01:09:22,520 --> 01:09:26,240 Speaker 1: mint in the Dematto household is the best OREO. 1484 01:09:26,640 --> 01:09:28,479 Speaker 2: Oh my god, the next time you were in New York, 1485 01:09:28,520 --> 01:09:30,840 Speaker 2: I'm about to take you to some places to have 1486 01:09:31,080 --> 01:09:32,720 Speaker 2: your mind blown. 1487 01:09:32,479 --> 01:09:35,920 Speaker 3: Cookie Challenge twenty twenty two on DAK I promise you. 1488 01:09:36,120 --> 01:09:38,719 Speaker 1: Yes, hashtag best friends take New York. 1489 01:09:39,200 --> 01:09:39,679 Speaker 3: Let's go. 1490 01:09:40,760 --> 01:09:43,719 Speaker 2: Kira, so grateful for you. How do the hurdlers follow 1491 01:09:43,720 --> 01:09:45,400 Speaker 2: along with you? How do they keep up with you? 1492 01:09:45,640 --> 01:09:47,120 Speaker 2: Give us all your details? 1493 01:09:47,680 --> 01:09:50,879 Speaker 1: So I'm on Instagram is probably where I'm most active 1494 01:09:51,080 --> 01:09:54,920 Speaker 1: at Kira Dematto and Kira's k E I R I 1495 01:09:54,920 --> 01:09:58,120 Speaker 1: think you'll find me either way, but I break that 1496 01:09:58,200 --> 01:10:00,080 Speaker 1: spelling rule, so I think it's a little confusing the 1497 01:10:00,160 --> 01:10:02,559 Speaker 1: eye before you accept after see. Yeah, So I'm on 1498 01:10:02,640 --> 01:10:05,960 Speaker 1: Instagram a month Strava. I love Strava, and it's so 1499 01:10:06,200 --> 01:10:08,840 Speaker 1: like I started getting in to Distrava before I started 1500 01:10:08,880 --> 01:10:12,439 Speaker 1: running competitively, so like my whole journey is up there 1501 01:10:12,479 --> 01:10:15,280 Speaker 1: so you can see the progress. And I love Strava 1502 01:10:15,360 --> 01:10:19,439 Speaker 1: for me because I was getting like kudos and I 1503 01:10:19,479 --> 01:10:21,360 Speaker 1: was connected to a running community even though I was 1504 01:10:21,400 --> 01:10:23,479 Speaker 1: running totally alone. So all of a sudden, I felt 1505 01:10:23,479 --> 01:10:25,120 Speaker 1: like I felt kind of like a lone wolf, and 1506 01:10:25,200 --> 01:10:27,559 Speaker 1: now I just have this whole running community of people 1507 01:10:27,880 --> 01:10:30,360 Speaker 1: give me kudos or holding me accountable. So I really 1508 01:10:30,400 --> 01:10:34,720 Speaker 1: love Strava as just like a social media But I'm 1509 01:10:34,720 --> 01:10:38,840 Speaker 1: on Twitter, Cure Tomato. I run around a lot, so 1510 01:10:39,040 --> 01:10:42,000 Speaker 1: you've probably seen me running through your neighborhoods. It just 1511 01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:44,000 Speaker 1: just you can just wave to me too or honk. 1512 01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:46,840 Speaker 1: I'm cool with that. So uh yeah, I think that's it. 1513 01:10:46,920 --> 01:10:49,240 Speaker 1: I think those are all the ways Strava's people. 1514 01:10:49,320 --> 01:10:51,519 Speaker 2: You can feel free to email Hello at hurdle dot 1515 01:10:51,600 --> 01:10:54,840 Speaker 2: us to license that clip for your next marketing campaign. 1516 01:10:55,040 --> 01:10:59,280 Speaker 2: I am over at Hurdle podcast and at Emily Abadi 1517 01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:00,959 Speaker 2: another heard, well conquered. 1518 01:11:01,240 --> 01:11:02,320 Speaker 3: Catch you guys next time.