The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-338 – Sandra the OrganicRunner Mom (Audio: link)[audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4338.mp3]Link epi4338.mp3MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks- http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/Hello and welcome to episode 4-338 of the RunRunLivePodcast. In today’s episode we are going to have a chat withSandra the Organic Runner Mom. I met her up at the ES20 anddecided to have her on the talk about some of the goings on in theorganic farming space she habituates. It’s a goodchat. In section one talk about how to roll your fitness into a B racewhen you’re a race goes sideways. In section two I have anotherpiece I wrote for one of my work related blogs when they asked mewhat my advice to my 22 year old self would be. Ironically I saw her at the Boston marathon. She tapped meon the shoulder and said ‘hi’ as she was cruising past me late inthe race. That wasn’t hard to do at the pace I was going atthat point!I’m tired. This time of year is super busy for me – as I’msure it is for you as well. I have just rolled out of a 7–day stretch that include getting my ass kicked at the BostonMarathon, a quick trip to Atlanta on business then pulling off the25th annual Groton Road Race over the weekend. I had to drop my little one off at the airport at the crack ofdawn Monday morning and get back to my home office for a 3 hours ofconference calls starting at 7:00 AM with Europe. My wifepulled a bit of a fast one on me by announcing Sunday night, afterI was already well into my celebratory cups at the race wrap-upcookout, that I’d be taking my daughter to the airport in themorning. I’ve got this week to catch up on some things and then I’m into6 weeks of travel and it won’t let up until the middle of June, ifever. It’s good to be needed. Yes, as you have guessed, we had a tough day at Boston. Itwas a little warm for me, there was a bit of a head wind, but Iwent for it anyhow and ended up sprinting right into the wall witha classic, textbook, Boston-bonk. I couldn’t recover andended up doing the death shuffle in for a 20 minute positivesplit. But, as painful as it was I was not terribly disappointed. I trained very well. I respected the race. It just won thistime, as it has done many times before. It’s a tough,unforgiving race. I’ll try to write up a full race reportthis week.We had awesome weather for Groton. We had a good yearwhich no major crises. Great for me to ‘go out on top’. It really is something when you see how organized we are and howwell we pull off an event of that size with a dozen or so volunteerdirectors. We got some new members this week for our RunRunLive membersonly feed where I produce some extra audio content. Last week, based on member feedback I started working on aseries about the podcasts that I listen to. I don’t know whyanyone would want to listen to that, but since they are membersthey get to tell me what to do!I also worked with one of my virtual assistants to add an annualmembership option and that should be working now. You askedfor an annual option, so I got it added.I’m doing this membership option so I don’t have to bug you withcommercials, sponsors and ads.Access To Exclusive Members OnlyaudioMember only race reports, essays and other bits justfor you!Exclusive Access to Individual Audio Segments from allShowsIntro’s, Outro’s, Section One running tips, Section Twolife hacks and Featured Interviews – all available as stand-aloneMP3’s you can download and listen to at any time.(I’ve got episodes 4329 – 4335 up – in pieces -already)We will consider other benefits as they are requestedby you, because when you’re a member it’s all aboutyou!Becomea memberI’d like to welcome new members Duane, Cheryl andBill. …For the Groton Road Race we set up on Saturday. We havethe party rental stuff delivered and we set up the field withfencing and such. We pick up the water and the ice. Wedo a lot of miscellaneous running around. We set up the gym and sort through the shirts forregistration. Sunday morning is race day. I host a 6:00AM run of thecourse. This I can keep my streak going. A trick Ilearned from Dave McGillivray. I actual register andpay. Sometimes I’ll wear my number. Usually it’s a halfdozen or so of the race directors who show up. We walk overto the starting line say a few words and go run thecourse. This weekend it was beautiful. With the sun just coming upover the hills and meadows of spring time Groton it wasstunning. My friend Brian and I led the pack and just had aneasy run of the course. It’s so peaceful and serene in thecrisp morning air. Then we get changed up and go to work to pull of the race. I keep my time so I can be entered into the official results. I stopped my watch at 49:36 for the 10K run. One of our RunRunLive members Duane came up from PA to run therace and say ‘hi’. I was checking the results online thismorning and his time is posted as… you guessed it… 49:36! Howabout that? Karma. I am blessed and lucky.On with the Show!Section one - Running TipsRolling your Fitness Forward to your B race - http://runrunlive.com/rolling-your-fitness-forward-to-your-b-raceVoices of reason – the conversationSandra LaFlamme – http://organicrunnermom.com/Meet Organic Runner MomHi! I’m Organic Runner Mom!I found running back in high school when I used to run beforecrew practice. It was common for us to have to run from boathouserow in Philadelphia to “The Three Angels” and back as a warm-upbefore getting into our shells for the real workout. Someone oncecalled me “gazelle” during one of these runs perhaps because of myridiculously awkward, skinny long legs but perhaps more so becausethey could see how freeing running could be for me. I rowed allthrough high school and college at Colby College in Maine and thenmet my husband, a rower too at Bates College! I used to be a rowerbut when my husband and I moved back to New Hampshire so he couldjoin the family business, Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs in 2000running became my new passion!Being a runner has taken me on a journey of self-discovery andmade me a stronger individual both inside and out. As a runner I aminspired and motivated by all of the amazing endurance athletesthat I meet. Since I discovered my love for running I have met manynew friends and have continued to set new goals for myself. Ialways have big dreams and love a new challenge. I am now a halfmarathon runner, marathon runner (2 time Boston Marathon Finisher,soon to be 3 time finisher!), trail runner, and mountain runner.Several injuries (tendonitis and a back injury) have led me todiscover triathlons. Most recently I completed my first HalfIronman and the Timberman Ironman 70.3.I love sharing my athletic pursuits with you as well as trainingtips, nutrition tips, recipes, and lots of motivation. I hope youwill join me often on my blog here and that you will share yourstories and inspirations too.Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves ofstrength that will endure as long as life lasts. –Rachel CarsonSection twoAdvice to my 22-year-old self - http://runrunlive.com/address-to-my-22-year-old-selfOutroThat’s it friends, members, we have made it to the end of yetanother fully certified organic RunRunLive Podcast. Thanksfor being along for the ride. Thanks for being afriend. Next week we’ll chat with John Mangan the Irish ultra runner whoran around the world and he’s now walking around the world. Interesting dude.I had issued a public service announcement about the RunRunLivepodcast feed. I wasn’t getting updates on my podcruncherapp. I called Libsyn and they said everything was cool but“did you know you have two instances of RunRunLive on iTunes?” Yes,I know – the second one is an older feed that goes throughFeedburner that I’ve been telling people to switch off of for ayear now. I could tell you again, but if you’re hearing myvoice you figured it out. I went in and deleted that feed andpermanently redirected it – (That sounds painful). The Duh!Moment for me was when I realized that I was pointing to the wrongfeed in iTunes with my PodCruncher app! Doh!You can get the show from iTunes, from the Libsyn feed directlyor just download the files from my website. All roads lead toRunRunLive. Except Feedburner. That turns in on itself like a snakeeating its tail. With the marathon over and the road race done - what now? What am I going to focus on? I’m thinking about running theVermont City Marathon on Memorial Day – May 30th. I hate tolet my fitness go to waste. I felt really strong going intoBoston and I think I have a decent performance in me, I just needthe right venue. I’ve been at this for a long time. I think I’ve found somebalance but the tradeoff is that I’m not as manically focused on myrunning goals anymore. I just want to feel that joy that weget on those crisp mornings with the sun peaking over the hills andbirds chirping. You know, the peaceful epiphany stuff that Ilove, out on the trails thinking about stuff and thangs.Closing commentsThat’s 10 years, or maybe 11 that I was the race director of theGroton road races. That’s close to 20,000 runners of all agesI helped give an opportunity to get over our courses and across ourfinish line. To put that in perspective, that’s about how many menHannibal crossed the Alps with to conquer Rome. But he alsohad 40 war elephants. We don’t have any elephants. But, still, that’s a generation of runners I had some smallimpact on. That’s pretty cool. I’m a gratefulguy. We had all 25 T-shirts strung up across registration. Thatis impressive. Now you’re talking 2-3 generations of localrunners we’ve touched. We are all very fortunate.Many times we look at these things and we fret over what wecould have done. We wring our hands over the opportunitieslost. We beat ourselves up because we didn’t make some goalor achieve some thing to make our mark higher. We are achronically unsatisfied bunch. It’s really all in the value of the action taken, whatever thataction was, the movement that starts a person. Because eachmovement has the opportunity to take hold and create compoundmovement both physical and metaphysical. That snowball effectis how our small actions can win the world in thebalance. It’s the butterfly’s wingbeat each time we move.So keep moving my friends, and I’ll see you out there.MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks- http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/Http://www.marathonbq.comhttp://runrunlive.com/my-books
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