WEBVTT - A Marathon Miracle: Holy Hell, He Finished! 0:00:02.190 --> 0:00:05.720 Hey there, folks. It is Monday, November 2nd, and too 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:08.480 many thank yous to go around. Thank you to the 0:00:08.619 --> 0:00:10.820 millions of folks who turned out for the New York 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:14.560 City Marathon to embrace all the runners. Thank you to 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:17.160 the New York Roadrunners Organization for putting on a great 0:00:17.180 --> 0:00:20.439 event and getting me in that event. Thank you so 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:24.090 much to my doctor for all those injections and all 0:00:24.170 --> 0:00:26.410 that therapy to get me out there. But the biggest 0:00:26.450 --> 0:00:29.350 thank you of all has to be reserved for my 0:00:29.510 --> 0:00:33.729 dear Amy Robach. And with that, everybody, welcome to this 0:00:34.610 --> 0:00:39.400 Metal Monday, this post-New York City Marathon edition. Robes, you 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:42.199 showed out. There are some times you just, you turn 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:45.040 up and you show out and you show up in 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:47.300 such a way. And you did that for me on 0:00:47.820 --> 0:00:52.370 Marathon Sunday, the first marathon I've ever done on my own. 0:00:53.110 --> 0:00:53.710 But you were still there. 0:00:54.130 --> 0:00:55.300 You were amazing. 0:00:55.350 --> 0:01:00.380 First of all, the accolades and all of the praise 0:01:00.900 --> 0:01:04.530 should go to you and to all the other 59,000 0:01:04.530 --> 0:01:07.370 plus runners who finished that damn marathon. 0:01:07.950 --> 0:01:11.170 It is so hard and so. 0:01:11.030 --> 0:01:14.030 Many people make it look easy, but we know those 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:15.580 of us who have run those 26.2 miles know that 0:01:17.620 --> 0:01:22.350 That every step, every moment, every marathon has a different story, 0:01:22.390 --> 0:01:25.229 a different arc. And just to have the courage to 0:01:25.310 --> 0:01:28.630 start the first time, the second time, and in this 0:01:28.690 --> 0:01:33.390 case for you, it was your fourth marathon, correct? And 0:01:33.410 --> 0:01:35.950 your fourth New York City marathon that you completed. 0:01:36.130 --> 0:01:39.230 And to that feat, you need to be. 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:44.660 Look, everybody can run a marathon. 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:45.520 No, they cannot. 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:49.120 And you know that is true. I do think some 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:52.170 people get lured into the idea of, and we see 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:55.490 this now with influencers and everyone looking for content, trying 0:01:55.510 --> 0:01:57.450 to say, look what I did. And I think a 0:01:57.490 --> 0:02:01.370 lot of people don't really understand what it takes, yes, 0:02:01.450 --> 0:02:05.350 to start the race, but also to to finish the race. 0:02:05.490 --> 0:02:07.330 And there's a story. Make sure you remind me at 0:02:07.370 --> 0:02:09.260 the end here to tell that story about the women 0:02:09.460 --> 0:02:12.700 that you talked to in the hospitality suite afterwards. I 0:02:12.700 --> 0:02:14.440 want to make sure we get to that. But yes, 0:02:15.330 --> 0:02:19.980 is that... And everybody we talked to on Sunday... For runners, 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:22.860 it was the perfect marathon weather. 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:23.200 It was. 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:24.960 I heard not many arguments about, oh, it could be 0:02:24.980 --> 0:02:26.739 a little cooler. For me, you know I like it warmer. 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:29.740 You can't beat this in running a marathon. It was perfect. 0:02:30.100 --> 0:02:31.220 It was beautiful. 0:02:31.300 --> 0:02:33.660 And for those of us who went out and cheered 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:36.720 on those runners and were the spectators, and it was 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:40.840 cool because I have never, I have never, either we 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.540 weren't in town when the marathon was on or for 0:02:43.590 --> 0:02:45.810 whatever reason, I have never spectated. 0:02:45.889 --> 0:02:46.790 I've only run. 0:02:47.370 --> 0:02:50.790 And so it was really an eye opening and cool 0:02:50.830 --> 0:02:55.980 experience to be able to cheer on my husband in 0:02:56.020 --> 0:03:00.679 the race, along with my friend's boyfriend and I guess 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:02.419 our former producer at ABC. 0:03:02.820 --> 0:03:05.049 It was fun to be able to be the cheerleader, 0:03:05.110 --> 0:03:05.810 to be able to. 0:03:06.540 --> 0:03:09.799 To encourage you and others to keep going because that 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:12.300 encouragement and all those folks who come out to line 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:15.660 the city streets along the five boroughs are the reason 0:03:15.750 --> 0:03:18.889 why that race in particular, the New York City Marathon, 0:03:18.970 --> 0:03:20.410 is the best in the world. 0:03:20.430 --> 0:03:22.150 I think it's the best day in New York every 0:03:22.210 --> 0:03:26.150 single year. Marathon Sunday is the best day in New 0:03:26.190 --> 0:03:30.460 York every single year. And this one did not disappoint. Look, 0:03:30.540 --> 0:03:33.260 running a marathon, I think once you start doing four 0:03:33.300 --> 0:03:36.280 and five and whatever, people don't feel necessarily that impressed. 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:38.260 I've done it before. This is just what you do. 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:42.240 This one was different for me. Yes, Rose, because you 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:45.640 weren't there. And this was the one where I probably 0:03:45.740 --> 0:03:51.330 needed more more eyes on me than any other because 0:03:51.410 --> 0:03:54.410 this we've been following along and some people have been 0:03:54.430 --> 0:03:57.770 following along at my foot and having the issues and 0:03:57.790 --> 0:03:59.520 an injury and blah, blah, blah, blah. this was a 0:03:59.580 --> 0:04:02.660 really serious injury. This was not a little thing and 0:04:02.700 --> 0:04:04.820 maybe a downplayed a little bit, who cares? Everybody has 0:04:04.860 --> 0:04:08.760 a little something, but this was almost something. Um, I 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:11.080 think you did several times question if I should even attempt. 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:11.840 Absolutely. 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:13.860 I can tell you right now, if the shoe was 0:04:13.940 --> 0:04:17.160 on the other foot, but I'll bump like literally and figuratively, 0:04:17.180 --> 0:04:19.720 I would not have done it. There's no way that 0:04:19.820 --> 0:04:23.840 I have, I would have chosen to be in significant 0:04:23.900 --> 0:04:26.320 pain for four hours. I just, I know that you 0:04:26.380 --> 0:04:29.520 did and you made, I reassured everybody who was concerned 0:04:29.540 --> 0:04:31.729 about you that you, I was with you in the 0:04:31.750 --> 0:04:35.990 doctor's office, many of your appointments week on, like every week. 0:04:36.190 --> 0:04:40.440 And you had the x-rays, you weren't doing anything stupid 0:04:40.450 --> 0:04:45.229 to the point where you were risking permanent injury. And 0:04:45.250 --> 0:04:48.289 so that to me was, yeah. And I asked it 0:04:48.310 --> 0:04:50.930 because look, I think it's one thing you were like, well, 0:04:50.950 --> 0:04:54.400 this is just pain management then. And just is a 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:59.659 funny word because that is part of the issue. Most people, 0:04:59.820 --> 0:05:02.479 if they choose to run 26.2 miles would never choose 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:06.779 to start that race in pain and you chose to 0:05:06.820 --> 0:05:08.740 do that and you knew you were going to be 0:05:08.779 --> 0:05:11.760 in pain the entire time and you ran it anyway. 0:05:11.460 --> 0:05:13.460 Well i was hoping i wouldn't we got up that 0:05:13.500 --> 0:05:15.620 morning and look it comes and goes folks don't know 0:05:15.660 --> 0:05:18.320 i have a ligament tendon issue scar tissue with my 0:05:18.370 --> 0:05:20.520 foot they've been trying to you know what imagine it 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:24.710 this way when you stretch and you stretch your leg 0:05:24.730 --> 0:05:26.270 like you don't know getting ready for a run you 0:05:26.310 --> 0:05:28.429 stretch as far as you can go because it starts 0:05:28.510 --> 0:05:31.880 hurting a little bit Right? Just natural stretching. And then 0:05:31.900 --> 0:05:33.400 you loosen up and then you go stretch and see 0:05:33.420 --> 0:05:36.880 if you can go further. That pain you feel when 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.820 you stretch as far as you can go is the 0:05:39.900 --> 0:05:44.490 pain in my foot almost every step. It's a sharp pain. 0:05:44.510 --> 0:05:47.089 That's the ligament issue. The other issue I ended up 0:05:47.130 --> 0:05:49.910 having yesterday, Robes, was the tendon on the outside that 0:05:50.290 --> 0:05:53.350 hangs onto the bone of your foot. They thought it 0:05:53.390 --> 0:05:56.349 might be falling off the bone and I might need surgery. 0:05:56.930 --> 0:05:58.610 Doctors say, hey, it doesn't look like it. So what 0:05:58.650 --> 0:06:01.170 I'm dealing with is just inflammation and getting the thing 0:06:01.230 --> 0:06:04.210 healthy again. Once it starts getting inflamed, it feels like 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:06.160 you're being stabbed in the side of your foot every 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:08.760 step you take. Robes, you know I did even a 0:06:08.779 --> 0:06:10.760 10-mile or not too terribly long ago where I came 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:12.860 back and said, yeah, first seven miles. Didn't feel a thing. 0:06:12.900 --> 0:06:16.960 I was good. Robes, I got and started stretching in 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:20.500 the tent before the race. I said, oh, shit. It 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:21.430 was hurting already. 0:06:21.870 --> 0:06:22.110 Okay. 0:06:22.230 --> 0:06:25.410 I felt that pain before the race, and I knew 0:06:25.510 --> 0:06:28.140 I was in trouble. Now, I was worried. I said, 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:31.320 I've never tried to run this far with it already 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:33.279 in pain. I was a little concerned. 0:06:33.420 --> 0:06:35.380 So I'm going to ask the question that I bet 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:38.130 a lot of listeners are asking or wanting me to 0:06:38.250 --> 0:06:42.870 ask you, why? Why would you run a marathon? Why 0:06:42.950 --> 0:06:45.850 would you attempt this when you knew you were going 0:06:45.890 --> 0:06:47.630 to be in significant pain? 0:06:47.690 --> 0:06:48.770 Why not sit this one out? 0:06:49.050 --> 0:06:52.700 Two things. One, I was there already, and I felt 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:56.020 as prepared as I could be. Two- getting prepared in 0:06:56.050 --> 0:06:58.029 the training, and you remember this, bae, I came back 0:06:58.050 --> 0:07:00.550 and had some bad runs. I say, but I learned 0:07:00.610 --> 0:07:03.049 a lot. I learned that if I get to mile 0:07:03.130 --> 0:07:05.830 five and it hurts me like hell, that wow, I 0:07:05.850 --> 0:07:09.130 could keep running and it lessens a little bit. I 0:07:09.350 --> 0:07:11.910 actually had confidence. Well, whatever happens in the beginning doesn't 0:07:11.950 --> 0:07:13.570 mean that's what's going to happen at the end. So 0:07:14.150 --> 0:07:16.430 I did, for whatever reason, Robes, have a little bit 0:07:16.470 --> 0:07:19.380 of confidence and then the adrenaline I thought might carry 0:07:19.420 --> 0:07:21.480 me through. And the other thing, all right, I'm here. 0:07:21.500 --> 0:07:23.620 If I don't finish, okay, but at least might as 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:24.880 well go out and give it a shot since I'm here. 0:07:34.220 --> 0:07:38.260 But let me ask you the question just in general. 0:07:38.820 --> 0:07:41.380 Why do you want to run a marathon? I mean, 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:44.060 you knew you had an injury and you've had an injury. 0:07:44.110 --> 0:07:47.190 And by the way, just for everyone to understand, the 0:07:47.250 --> 0:07:49.910 injury happened two years ago in the Chicago Marathon. If 0:07:50.010 --> 0:07:54.110 anyone follows us knows, we ended up leaving the marathon 0:07:54.190 --> 0:07:56.750 in an ambulance because basically. 0:07:56.350 --> 0:07:57.810 It was a woman, correct, who was just trying to 0:07:57.830 --> 0:08:00.610 get across. I'm trying to remember. We've run so many races. 0:08:00.650 --> 0:08:04.110 But this one, the one that started this injury- Wasn't 0:08:04.150 --> 0:08:06.770 she just a pedestrian, like a spectator or somebody trying 0:08:06.790 --> 0:08:09.210 to get across the street, and she ran into you? 0:08:09.510 --> 0:08:11.150 You remember the first one was the guy that slowed 0:08:11.170 --> 0:08:13.250 down the curve, who threw everything off, and I had 0:08:13.300 --> 0:08:16.620 to start. Yeah, it was a comedy of errors. Yes, 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:18.480 that was the last thing, and that foot was shot. 0:08:19.460 --> 0:08:19.940 It couldn't run. 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:23.040 And the idea, and look, and I think we've talked 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:25.220 about this before, but it is maddening when people, I 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:27.960 understand your city streets are taken over for a little. 0:08:27.810 --> 0:08:31.110 While, but to take a mad dash out. 0:08:31.670 --> 0:08:35.930 Cutting across like a Frogger game of marathoners who are, 0:08:36.030 --> 0:08:39.790 and this was towards the end where exhausted, your muscles 0:08:39.860 --> 0:08:42.000 are depleted to have someone ram into you. 0:08:42.020 --> 0:08:43.260 You can't break stride. 0:08:43.300 --> 0:08:44.559 You cannot break stride. 0:08:44.580 --> 0:08:48.819 People don't understand unless you've run 21, 22, 23 miles. Anyway, 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:52.939 it was almost marathon ending type of injury. But I 0:08:52.980 --> 0:08:56.100 guess what I'm, a slow buildup to ask, why was 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.280 it important to you to run this year? 0:08:58.530 --> 0:09:00.670 I didn't get a chance to run last year because 0:09:00.710 --> 0:09:05.179 of injury. I have been working towards this for many, many, 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:08.720 I mean, almost all year. I targeted this thing. And 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.690 I thought I would, and I have been improving. Absolutely 0:09:11.730 --> 0:09:16.089 been improving. But then it became a challenge. Then it 0:09:16.130 --> 0:09:20.470 became where it was just a personal endeavor of what 0:09:20.530 --> 0:09:22.850 you can endure. I told you after this one, this 0:09:22.910 --> 0:09:25.510 is the greatest physical and mental feat of my life. 0:09:25.590 --> 0:09:28.840 I am more proud of this, what I did physically 0:09:28.860 --> 0:09:32.780 and mentally, than anything else. Because, babe, step... One of 0:09:32.830 --> 0:09:37.070 the marathon hurt. The first time I put my foot 0:09:37.210 --> 0:09:41.270 on the pavement to run. It hurt. Every step for 0:09:41.309 --> 0:09:47.090 the next four hours hurt. Every single one. I don't know. 0:09:47.410 --> 0:09:50.510 I put every spray and every cream, and you gave 0:09:50.570 --> 0:09:53.830 me Advil, and I took some up. I got lidocaine 0:09:53.870 --> 0:09:58.050 on my foot. Do all you can. And robes, I 0:09:58.090 --> 0:10:02.240 just settled in and made that decision. And I don't know. 0:10:02.750 --> 0:10:03.080 It was. 0:10:03.130 --> 0:10:07.120 Robes, you know this. You could be 100% healthy, the 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:09.550 best you ever felt in your life. And you are 0:10:09.570 --> 0:10:12.050 going to suffer in the marathon. At some point, it's 0:10:12.070 --> 0:10:12.750 going to be a mind game. 0:10:13.030 --> 0:10:14.210 It's absolutely true. 0:10:14.870 --> 0:10:18.839 Mile 20, just from a physiological standpoint, you ain't got 0:10:18.900 --> 0:10:23.360 nothing left. And so how you fuel, when you fuel, 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:26.179 how your body reacts to that, how much sleep you 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:29.380 got the night before, what. Stress levels, mental issues you 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:31.319 got going on in your head, all that plays a 0:10:31.380 --> 0:10:34.620 role in every single marathon. And there's no one marathon 0:10:34.660 --> 0:10:36.609 that is like the one before. 0:10:36.710 --> 0:10:39.230 And you know, something else here, the injury made me 0:10:39.290 --> 0:10:41.270 focus on the things I could control more than I 0:10:41.370 --> 0:10:45.310 usually do. I don't ever start eating correctly a week out. 0:10:45.830 --> 0:10:48.510 And then the focus I had on three days out, 0:10:48.570 --> 0:10:50.630 two days out, the rest I was trying to get, 0:10:50.730 --> 0:10:53.429 the food I was eating, how I, yeah, and stop 0:10:53.450 --> 0:10:55.990 drinking alcohol, right? I had some Michelob Ultras, but I 0:10:56.010 --> 0:11:00.050 wouldn't put anything else in. That stuff, Robes, I felt strong. 0:11:00.470 --> 0:11:04.610 I felt strong. Except for the foot. Except for the foot. Now, Robes, 0:11:05.170 --> 0:11:08.760 it happens. Marathon Sunday happens. But in the weeks really 0:11:08.820 --> 0:11:10.760 leading up to when you go out, we run. We 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:13.280 live on the running path down here. And Robes, it 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:16.570 starts up. big running groups, and bigger running groups, and 0:11:16.690 --> 0:11:18.930 everybody's out there, you can tell they're training for the marathon. 0:11:19.010 --> 0:11:19.630 It's exciting. 0:11:20.210 --> 0:11:23.770 It starts around, the marathon's in November, first weekend in November, 0:11:23.809 --> 0:11:26.729 for Sunday in November here in New York City. So yeah, 0:11:26.770 --> 0:11:29.130 starting in about July, you just start to see the 0:11:29.170 --> 0:11:32.370 run groups, and you know everyone's beginning their training. 0:11:32.429 --> 0:11:34.670 It's five months out, and yes, it is exciting. 0:11:34.950 --> 0:11:36.750 It's always fun to have a goal, and when you 0:11:36.770 --> 0:11:40.130 can collectively have a goal with friends. So I actually 0:11:40.220 --> 0:11:43.540 give you such props because I have never, I've run 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:46.380 a half marathon by myself, but I have never run 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:47.760 a full marathon by myself. 0:11:47.820 --> 0:11:48.580 I've always had. 0:11:48.500 --> 0:11:52.300 Friends with me, you with me. I've never run a 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:53.760 marathon by myself. 0:11:53.780 --> 0:11:56.140 Have you and I on the only race I've ever, wait, 0:11:56.179 --> 0:11:57.840 have I run every race with you? 0:11:58.520 --> 0:11:59.250 Every marathon? 0:11:59.260 --> 0:11:59.490 Yes. 0:11:59.540 --> 0:12:00.210 Except for this one. 0:12:00.230 --> 0:12:02.829 But except, I only remember running a race on my 0:12:03.030 --> 0:12:05.530 own once. And that was a Brooklyn half many years ago. 0:12:05.570 --> 0:12:08.610 Yep. And funny enough, my one race that I've run 0:12:08.650 --> 0:12:09.930 alone was the Brooklyn half. 0:12:10.340 --> 0:12:13.620 Well, you and I weren't running together earlier. You collected 0:12:13.660 --> 0:12:17.340 medals before you and I started running together. Rose, I'm 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:20.160 looking at this. Have I not done a single race 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:21.880 other than that Brooklyn half without you? 0:12:22.020 --> 0:12:25.550 I don't think so because you and I, I mean, 0:12:25.590 --> 0:12:26.850 I'm not trying to say look at what I did, 0:12:26.910 --> 0:12:29.530 but I was the one, and you've talked about this plenty, 0:12:29.570 --> 0:12:32.920 that convinced you to run a half marathon. And once 0:12:32.980 --> 0:12:35.620 you ran your first half marathon, you got the bug. 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:37.880 And you just went from there. And so, yeah, I 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:41.510 ran them with you because half marathons are my jam. 0:12:41.970 --> 0:12:44.410 Think of this moment I haven't thought about until now. 0:12:44.870 --> 0:12:47.510 Every race I've ever run, I got tons of medals 0:12:47.580 --> 0:12:50.530 sitting here. You've been in all of them except one. 0:12:50.590 --> 0:12:52.030 That is really kind of cool. 0:12:52.190 --> 0:12:53.830 It's very cool that you ran it by yourself. 0:12:53.910 --> 0:12:55.880 I can't remember who I ran into, and I said, 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:59.400 if you gave Robes a bib right now, I think 0:12:59.420 --> 0:13:01.760 I was telling Jennifer that. If you gave her a 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:04.719 bib right now, Robes would come try to get into 0:13:04.740 --> 0:13:07.300 this race. She's having a little FOMO. Now, I was 0:13:07.380 --> 0:13:09.380 trying not to rub it in. I wasn't rubbing it in, 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:13.260 but in the morning, New York Roadrunners, again, the organization 0:13:13.300 --> 0:13:15.550 that puts this on, well done as always, but thank 0:13:15.570 --> 0:13:17.560 you as well for what you have You had the 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:20.590 relationship with them first over the years, Robes, and now 0:13:20.610 --> 0:13:22.989 they brought me into the fold. But they take care 0:13:23.010 --> 0:13:25.390 of their celebrity or VIP runners, if you will, and 0:13:25.429 --> 0:13:28.110 they make it so good. They love to have us 0:13:28.330 --> 0:13:31.030 promoting the race. So it's a partnership, you could argue, 0:13:31.050 --> 0:13:33.880 but they're always wonderful. And part of it in the 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:37.240 morning is you have to get to a bus so 0:13:37.260 --> 0:13:40.800 they can take all the celeb VIP runners to the start. 0:13:41.260 --> 0:13:43.720 You have to get on this bus by 5.30. And 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:46.910 usually everybody's quiet. You just... Take a little nap. You 0:13:46.929 --> 0:13:49.670 and I made that ride plenty together. This was a 0:13:49.750 --> 0:13:52.410 party bus this time. All of our peeps were there. 0:13:52.929 --> 0:13:53.450 That's fun. 0:13:53.910 --> 0:13:57.380 And there are certain faces and names and folks that 0:13:57.400 --> 0:13:59.720 we have done every single one with and we expect 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:03.380 to see every time. But then this year, Rogues, one 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:09.790 of our best friends, fellow runner, who for every marathon prior, 0:14:10.230 --> 0:14:12.490 we have never gotten to hang out with him ahead 0:14:12.530 --> 0:14:15.069 of time, Because he's in what he just called some 0:14:15.130 --> 0:14:20.360 janky other tent over the years. This year, Matt was 0:14:20.580 --> 0:14:24.050 on the bus. And I thought, damn, Robes is going 0:14:24.070 --> 0:14:26.050 to hate she's missing this now. 0:14:26.190 --> 0:14:30.050 Yeah, Matt James from The Bachelor. But I think anyone, again, 0:14:30.090 --> 0:14:32.330 who listens to us knows we're friends with him. But yes, 0:14:32.430 --> 0:14:34.910 he's always in a different bus, in a different tent. 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:37.200 We always try to see him. And I always thought 0:14:37.220 --> 0:14:39.080 his tent was better than ours. I had no idea. 0:14:39.100 --> 0:14:41.900 I thought he was in like an Uber celebrity tent. 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.240 He was. Apparently not. I thought so too. 0:14:44.300 --> 0:14:47.340 I was like, obviously he's in the better tent than us. 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:49.680 But this year he got on this. And just seeing 0:14:49.700 --> 0:14:51.600 him come on and we rode the whole way together. 0:14:52.060 --> 0:14:54.350 And then across the aisle from us was Jennifer Connelly. 0:14:54.390 --> 0:14:54.530 Yeah. 0:14:54.770 --> 0:14:56.930 Who is now a part. She's awesome. But, you know, 0:14:56.950 --> 0:15:00.800 we become a little community. And to be in there 0:15:00.820 --> 0:15:02.620 and they're asking about you and I'm sitting there with 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:06.640 her and him. At that point, I was like, damn. 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:07.900 I wish he'd run. 0:15:08.140 --> 0:15:10.320 You know what? When you told me that you had 0:15:10.380 --> 0:15:12.710 those folks around you, you know what I thought? I'm 0:15:12.790 --> 0:15:15.290 so glad he's got people with him because I felt 0:15:15.350 --> 0:15:17.570 like I was letting you down. I made the decision 0:15:17.630 --> 0:15:21.120 not to run because I just wasn't feeling it. 0:15:21.190 --> 0:15:23.750 And I think mentally I had like you. This is 0:15:23.790 --> 0:15:26.820 the truth. You have to want it because this is 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:27.980 a five month journey. 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:32.460 It is that those four hours. It's just it's my 0:15:32.580 --> 0:15:35.080 last marathon I did with you was 2024. And I 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:36.520 just had such a tough time. 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:39.850 Time with it. It was the slowest one we did. 0:15:39.870 --> 0:15:41.810 I couldn't stop vomiting. 0:15:42.050 --> 0:15:44.660 And I just, I needed some mental health recovery from 0:15:44.700 --> 0:15:47.060 that and figuring out how I can better fuel myself. 0:15:47.100 --> 0:15:48.320 Cause I, it's hilarious. 0:15:48.340 --> 0:15:51.530 I've run six successful marathons and I still haven't fully 0:15:51.550 --> 0:15:54.950 figured out how to fuel myself correctly because it. 0:15:54.950 --> 0:15:55.710 Depends on the heat. 0:15:55.930 --> 0:15:57.600 I'm so sensitive to the heat and I've had some 0:15:57.680 --> 0:15:59.460 hot runs and they just messed with me. 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:01.160 So I get a little gun shy and I'm like, 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:03.540 let me just go back to half marathons. 0:16:04.060 --> 0:16:06.730 But I do think after hearing your experience and seeing 0:16:06.790 --> 0:16:08.910 everybody and being there at the finish line and cheering 0:16:08.970 --> 0:16:12.270 everyone on, I am absolutely going to do 2027 New 0:16:12.290 --> 0:16:14.830 York City. And let's do at least three half marathons 0:16:14.870 --> 0:16:15.810 this year leading up to it. 0:16:15.850 --> 0:16:17.890 We already, we have them planned, two of them planned 0:16:17.930 --> 0:16:18.480 at least, right? 0:16:18.620 --> 0:16:19.480 Yes. 0:16:19.530 --> 0:16:22.680 Yes, folks. So we're sitting here with bleeding toenails talking 0:16:22.700 --> 0:16:26.760 about doing another marathon. I said it yesterday. I'm doing 2027. 0:16:26.740 --> 0:16:29.940 And that's pretty remarkable given the shape you ended up in. 0:16:29.980 --> 0:16:31.920 Like you had a very, very. 0:16:32.850 --> 0:16:36.950 respectable, wonderful time, given the pain you were in and 0:16:37.010 --> 0:16:39.400 the fact that you had, like, the condition you were in, 0:16:39.410 --> 0:16:42.650 but then you fell apart afterwards. 0:16:44.230 --> 0:16:47.240 What, I came back, it took me several, excuse me, 0:16:47.490 --> 0:16:50.380 several hours to come back. I had to be nursed 0:16:50.410 --> 0:16:53.460 back to health by Nurse Robach over here, but it was, 0:16:54.320 --> 0:16:55.980 you've been with me on all of them, I've never had, 0:16:56.100 --> 0:16:58.020 you've never seen me have a reaction other than the 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:01.950 time I was in an ambulance to... A run or 0:17:01.970 --> 0:17:02.510 a marathon. 0:17:02.550 --> 0:17:04.750 Yeah, you were in really bad shape. We had a plan. 0:17:04.770 --> 0:17:07.730 We were all going to go out. We had reservations. 0:17:07.790 --> 0:17:09.060 Yeah, they're still looking for us. 0:17:09.170 --> 0:17:10.800 Those fell by the wayside. 0:17:11.780 --> 0:17:15.100 Well, that was the plan afterwards. I thought we had 0:17:15.160 --> 0:17:18.570 a pretty good plan at the time. If folks don't know, 0:17:19.090 --> 0:17:21.170 and Nikki walked you through this because she's done it plenty. 0:17:30.740 --> 0:17:32.199 Yes, my good friend Nikki. 0:17:32.270 --> 0:17:35.230 So she's run two marathons with us as well, actually, 0:17:35.270 --> 0:17:39.210 but she's been spectating. She's actually brought friends along, and 0:17:39.270 --> 0:17:42.550 she knew how to be, where to be to get 0:17:42.810 --> 0:17:45.709 the most out of trying to see your loved one 0:17:45.750 --> 0:17:46.690 in multiple locations. 0:17:46.970 --> 0:17:48.770 It ain't easy getting around the city on marathon. 0:17:49.350 --> 0:17:52.869 Sunday if you are not running because everyone's trying to 0:17:52.950 --> 0:17:56.510 see or catch their runner somewhere. So we ended up 0:17:56.550 --> 0:17:58.750 doing Fort Greene in Brooklyn at mile eight. 0:17:59.170 --> 0:18:00.210 And then we had a plan. 0:18:00.270 --> 0:18:03.689 We ran over to mile 16 right after the Queensborough Bridge. 0:18:04.170 --> 0:18:05.990 And that's when you stopped talking to me. I was 0:18:06.070 --> 0:18:07.879 texting you saying, we're going to be on the left. 0:18:08.300 --> 0:18:11.220 I had your Twizzlers and your five hour energy waiting, 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.399 Advil in my pocket. And I was leaning over and 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:16.600 we saw you were coming, saw you were coming. And 0:18:16.619 --> 0:18:18.480 then we never saw you. 0:18:18.950 --> 0:18:21.129 So here's the thing. Yes, eight and 16. And I 0:18:21.170 --> 0:18:23.310 can't tell you, Robes, how big of a deal that was. 0:18:23.710 --> 0:18:27.409 The first eight miles were a piece of freaking cake. 0:18:27.430 --> 0:18:30.190 But you looked rough after mile eight. I was worried 0:18:30.230 --> 0:18:30.730 about you. 0:18:30.930 --> 0:18:34.440 Oh, at mile eight, I started singing at mile 15. 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:36.220 At mile eight, and I'm telling you, when I got 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:38.720 to six, I was still worried about that foot. I 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:41.859 got to mile six, and I said, oh, I'm going 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:45.660 to see my baby in two miles. Like, I might 0:18:45.820 --> 0:18:49.820 do this strategically next time. Have people at certain mile 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:53.240 markers and things to look forward to. Robes, I saw 0:18:53.340 --> 0:18:56.530 eight coming. I would. That was the easiest two miles, 0:18:56.590 --> 0:18:59.150 six to eight, because I'll see my baby in a minute. 0:18:59.770 --> 0:19:01.550 And I was worried. I was texting at that time 0:19:01.730 --> 0:19:04.650 asking which side and the road is split. You got 0:19:04.690 --> 0:19:06.939 me squared away. And that first stop, how long did 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:07.300 I stop? 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:09.400