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The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-416 – Nate Does Form (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4416.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello and welcome to episode 4-416 of the RunRunLive Podcast. Yes, I did that thing where I published two episodes out of order. Last week was episode 417 and next week will be episode 418. Today we wrap up our series on running form. We talk with Nate who commands the Run Experience in California and is an expert of form. You may hear some odd noises in the background towards the end of the interview. I was trying to do too much and was walking the puppy in the woods behind my house at the same time I was interviewing Nate. We got going a bit later than planned and I realized I had to get back to my house for another call. I went off trail to take a shortcut. Anyhow. How are you folks doing. Got some new members. In the last couple weeks. When I ask them what I can do for them they say ‘just keep doing the podcast’ – I guess I can handle that. Set’s the bar pretty low. I am sitting in my Cape Cod house. In the morning I’m going to get up and drive over to Hyannis, catch the 6:10 highspeed ferry to Nantucket where I will pace the 1:50 pace group at the Nantucket half marathon. They were having trouble finding pacers. 1:50 is a little quicker than I would usually volunteer for, but they needed that more. It shouldn’t be a problem. It’s only a 8:23ish pace, and it’s only a ½ marathon distance. Meh. We’ll see if we have anyone looking for that pace. I’m not feeling great. I took a couple weeks off after Beantown, but it didn’t help my sore butt at all. It really hurts when I sit for a long while, which is basically the definition of my life. I have Baystate next week but at this point I’m thinking about switching to the half because I have serious doubts about my fitness and ability to race. I feel like my body is telling me to stop running for a while. My thinking is to switch to some other fitness routine for the rest of the year and try to get my flexibility and core strength back. I’m also loath to lose the fitness I’ve built up. I’d need to find something aerobic to replace the running. When I took those two weeks off I did do a medium effort bike workout on the Peleton in the gym. That still aggravated the whatever it is. I guess I could swim but logistically that is such a pain. I’d have to join a club, rebuy all the stuff, etc. I’d love to get into some sort of class that could give me the core strength and flexibility but I’m not confident I’d be able to find anything that fit me. Cross fit? Yoga classes? I don’t know but I need to find something different. I’m a bit rudderless. In section one we’ll wrap up our form discussion. In section two I’m going to talk about brown rice. Yeah, why not? Let me share a story I forgot to share last time from the Beantown marathon… Late in the race, after I had crashed and was limping home I had something amusing happen. It was a loop course so later in the race I was lapping the slower runners. I passed a lady pushing a double stroller with two toddlers in it. Good for her pushing two kids, I’m assuming her kids, for a marathon distance. As I pass the stroller and pull ahead one of the kids yells out “Dadda!” That gave me a chuckle. On with the show. … I’ll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported. What does that mean? It means you don’t have to listen to me trying to sound sincere about Stamps.com or Audible.. (although, fyi, my MarathonBQ book is on audible) We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member’s only audio. There are book reviews, odd philosophical thoughts, zombie stories and I curate old episodes for you to listen to. I recently added that guy who cut off is foot so he could keep training and my first call with Geoff Galloway. “Curated” means I add some introductory comments and edit them up a bit. So anyhow – become a member so I can keep paying my bills. … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported. We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … Section one – Finishing up on form - http://runrunlive.com/finishing-up-on-form Voices of reason – the conversation Nate Helming BIO: Co-Founded The Run Experience in 2014 with the goal of reaching a broader audience of runners and outdoor enthusiasts who want to be able to run and enjoy the outdoors and remain injury-free. He has helped athletes finish their first races, conquer new distances, overcome pre-existing injuries, set new PRs, reach the podium, and qualify for national and world level events. New Training App: (just launched this August) https://therunexperience.com/app Youtube Channel: Section two – On Brown Rice– Outro Well, my friends, you have used that perfect form to stroll nonchalantly to the end of the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-416. I read a couple books this week. I finished the It was a decent read. Very inspirational made you feel like you could do anything. I didn’t see him, but he was out at Leadville. He likes the ultra-running. Likes to suffer. One of the things he talked about that I found useful was using your past successes as proof that you can do whatever new thing you’re attempting. You make an invent tory of those times when you broke through and when you succeeded and you pull those out when things get hard. I’m not in a great place in any of the aspects of my journey right now. And it is useful for me to be able to go back through the inventory of all the amazing things I’ve been able to do in my life. It gives me patience, and gratitude and even a bit of courage. We all need courage. The other book I read last week was . I found it in Starbucks. They have a little basket of books that people leave and take. If you’re listening to me you probably already know who is. He was one of the most unique science fiction writers of our time. You’ve seen his stories in the movies. Most famously his story, “Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep” became the cult classic “Blade Runner” with Harrison Ford. But also, “The man in the high castle”, “A Scanner Darkly”, “Minority Report”, “Total Recall” and “The Adjustment Bureau”. It’s hard to describe a PKD book. They are all richly tailored alternate universes. But, close enough to our own reality to make us uncomfortable. I would recommend you read through his notable works. This one won the Campbell award. It was hilariously set in 1988 – which was 15 years in the future from where Dick was writing. The thing with PKD is that the themes are science fiction-y, but it’s more philosophical fiction. It’s not all spaceships, ray guns and beautiful women. The alternate universes are abstractions for him to ask very reasonable questions about unreasonable things and things that matter. Nantucket in the morning. BayState next weekend then slow things down for the winter months and try to get my kinks straightened out. Ollie the border collie is doing great. He’s still a terror. He’s turning into a teenage. He’s learning how to chase the ball and sometimes even bring it back. He loves to run on the trails with me. I run and he zooms around. He’s a good dog but he has way more energy than any of us do. I take him to work with me sometimes and let him bother me there. I have to go up and down 3 flights of stairs to walk through the basement to the loading dock to get him outside. I suppose it’s god for both of us. He’s making friends with the ladies in the smoking area. When I went to the dump this morning the lady there was asking where he was. He’s such a cutie pie and loves everyone so much he draws a crowd wherever he goes. That’s it for me. I’m cooked and have to get up super early. Reach into that cookie jar of past achievements that you are proud of and I will see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Rachel -> Coach Jeff ->