Take Him With You- my new podcast

[billybob476]

Also loved Rick's interview (anyone ever notice how many Ricks there are on these forums?)

[moyer777]

I know!  Thanks guys for the great discussion! And for listening.  It means a lot.

[RickPeete]

GREAT interview with Rick! He really brought a great personal story to the more general overview that Jamie and I provided the week before.

Thanks Bryan!  I told Rick M. that I was taking notes while listening to your podcast. :)  I hope that people find my story helpful in some way.  Hey, any chance you are coming out to Chicago to run the Chicago Marathon this October?  It would be fun if you were there too! Of course, you would finish way before me.... lol

[RickPeete]

Great episode. I love stories like that. Rick P, nice job as well. You really have come so far and I can't wait to see how much farther you will go in this continued fitness journey.

Thanks!  Just gotta keep moving forward.  January was a busy month with my first two Half Marathons now in the books.  Lots of cool potential for 2012 if I can stay motivated. :)

[Bryancd]

Hopefully I will be at the Ironman World Championships in October this year! i think you did a great job touching about various aspects of both nutrition but also training, especially in regards to pace and effort management. By the way, Stevia is awesome. It's from a leaf extract, 100% natural, and very potent sweetener. It can be found in powder form in the supplement section of a store, it's not FDA approved to be sold as a food thatnks to lobbying by the sugar and artificial sweetner companies to keep them off the grocery shelves. I use Stevia in my coffee, to sweeten non-fat plain greek yogurt, really anythwhere you would want to use sugar. I'm not sure if you can bake with it, though.

I'm not a huge fan of programs like Weight Watchers but you clearly had a lot of success with them and I think it's very individual dependent as to how succesful those programs are.

[RickPeete]

Hopefully I will be at the Ironman World Championships in October this year! i think you did a great job touching about various aspects of both nutrition but also training, especially in regards to pace and effort management. By the way, Stevia is awesome. It's from a leaf extract, 100% natural, and very potent sweetener. It can be found in powder form in the supplement section of a store, it's not FDA approved to be sold as a food thatnks to lobbying by the sugar and artificial sweetner companies to keep them off the grocery shelves. I use Stevia in my coffee, to sweeten non-fat plain greek yogurt, really anythwhere you would want to use sugar. I'm not sure if you can bake with it, though.

I'm not a huge fan of programs like Weight Watchers but you clearly had a lot of success with them and I think it's very individual dependent as to how succesful those programs are.

Where is the Ironman World Championship this year?  TSF should follow you if they offer triathlete tracking!  Keep informed about the event.  My trainer/coach did the Madison Ironman last fall in 13 hours.  Just amazing!

Weight Watchers is a good program, especially in its current form.  But I agree that a program is only as good as the person's commitment to following it.  From a health perspective, it teaches the right way to eat, focusing on life changes and not the 'D' word.  I use it mostly for the accountability and support aspects and I think it works well in conjunction with the advice and guidance from my registered dietician.

[Bryancd]

Kona, Hawaii and they do a great coverage online. You can always track me at these races. :)  Oh, instead of Balsamic Vinegrette, always ask if they have just blain balsamic and some olive oil, even better for you.

[ElfManDan]

You guys make me want to try running a marathon myself. How hard could it be for a BodyAttack Instructor? I'm in such better shape than I was when I did cross country in high school. Just didn't have the motivation then, now I've got that motivation and desire to be stronger.

[RickPeete]

Go for it!  You'll need to work out a training plan to build up your endurance and put in the "foot time".  You have plenty of time to prepare for a fall marathon race.  You should sign up for a 5K or 10K race and see how you like it.  Get some good running shoes from a running store where they can do a gait analysis to fit you with the right type of shoes.

[billybob476]

You'll have a much easier time training if you have a good base level of fitness but you definitely still do need to put in some mileage. Like with anything, at first your body won't be used to it. Distance running is much different from the high-intensity stuff you do, if anything your challenge will be to keep your pace down on your training runs so as not to burn yourself out.

Give it a go! I may be signing up for another half myself a bit later on in the year.

[Bryancd]

You guys make me want to try running a marathon myself. How hard could it be for a BodyAttack Instructor? I'm in such better shape than I was when I did cross country in high school. Just didn't have the motivation then, now I've got that motivation and desire to be stronger.

Yeah, but it's a totally different kind of fitness. Run specific fitness has very little to do with say explosive strength fitness. They are in fact complete opposites. A marathon requires building p a base of run fitness which takes time to do safely to avoid injury. But as disciplined as you are I'm sure you could easily do it if you take the time to do it correctly. You certainly have the right kind of bay composition to be a good runner, your small and lean.

[ElfManDan]

I don't spend enough time just running, but when I do I notice it's not that challenging to me. I did 5k in Cross Country races and more then 10k for practices then. But I'm in way better shape now than I was then. I've gone out and run 8 miles easy before, a few months ago it was. Though I don't run a lot anymore I do notice a high fitness level for it when I do get out there. Though I admit I'm sure there is a difference between that and running 26 miles, though I think given a little more actual running and training I think I'd actually be up for it. A lot of me would just like to take on that challenge.

BodyAttack is great, and it does work well for runners, and works explosive and endurance actually because we are on our feet with the pace through most of it, only stopping in track 5 to do upperbody conditioning (AKA our active recovery) and then it's back on the cardio. We work on raising the heart rate from track 1 to 4 and then again from 6 to finish in 9 at the highest peak.

We've got a great store for running shoes around here, and I have a good pair of running shoes, but I don't plan to have them ever touch the outside ground, they are specifically BodyAttack and BodyStep shoes, and occasionally BodyCombat shoes. Running shoes are a bit pricy, I'll say I bought my first real pair of running shoes this year and the most I've ever spent on shoes, and I got them pretty cheap all in all.

[RickPeete]

I have purchased my running shoes from RunningWarehouse.com which has some really good prices for shoes.  So once you know which shoe you wish to purchase, check out that site before buying them at the running store.  (make sure you know the model number!).  That way, you might save yourself some money.

Another big part of the training time is getting your body used to the pounding on your feet and joints.  And, to help you figure out what your 'fueling plan' will be as your run.  What works for you, what doesn't.  And there is the mental aspect of 26.2 which sometimes worries me more than the physical demands.

[Bryancd]

A marathon is a funny race. The first half feels easy as pie. Miles 13-18 begin to be a bit of a struggle. 18-20 suddenly you REALLY start to feel bad. The last 10K is a form of suffering difficult to describe. That's the race, the last 10K, 6.2 lousy miles will never seem so overwhelming. In my experience no race hurts more than running a marathon as fast as you can and I include the Ironman in that. The Ironman marathon just feels very different from a stand alone marathon because the pace is slower. I have never hurt do much in my life as the last 4 miles of the Boston Marathon in 2008 as I held on to finish in 2:58. It was surreal how deep I was in the pain cave trying to hold onto a sub 3 hour pace.

[ElfManDan]

It sounds like an awesome challenge. I do really want to do a marathon. Sounds like my kind of endeavors, pushing me to the limits of my capabilities.

Another thing a bunch of us from the gym have talked about is doing a Warrior Dash or something like it. You ever done something like that Bryan?