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So THIS Is Fitness | Health, Fitness, Running & Weight Loss#101 - MDI Marathon, And The Final Days Before Your Race [et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.17.2"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.17.2"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.17.2" parallax="off" parallax_method="on"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.17.2"] It's called a "destination race" for a reason. Some races are so special, and their course so beautiful, it's WORTH a long trip. MDI Marathon & Half is one of them. (Disclosure – this post may contain affiliate links. Price is the same, & a portion of the sale supports this site & podcast. Yay!) Wow. Just... wow. That...2018-10-2546 min
So THIS Is Fitness | Health, Fitness, Running & Weight Loss#77 - How To Become A World Class AthleteI keep tellin ya: it IS possible! I feel like a broken record sometimes but really, we all have it in us to do the “impossible”. Each and every one us has that potential in us. We just need to figure out how to become the best in the world. Simple, right? Well… my guest on podcast #55 is here to share how SHE did it. Caroline Boller started like so many of us. She got into running as a casual recreational activity. An escape… a release from the stresses, pressures, and demands of “real life”...2018-02-1554 min
So THIS Is Fitness | Health, Fitness, Running & Weight Loss#61 - The True Gift The Ultramarathon Gives To The WorthyWe must keep moving forward. There are so many contexts in which that statement is relevant. I've been saying it a lot lately in the gym, too - If you're not moving forward, you're going backward. This past weekend I learned, definitively, that despite what I thought... I was not moving forward. Despite running, jogging, walking and physically moving forward for 60 miles over the course of 18 hours... I was not moving forward. And in that... I learned something. It took me a few days to get it... but it did hit me. I learned the true gift th...2017-10-2859 min
So THIS Is Fitness | Health, Fitness, Running & Weight Loss#60 - How To Smash Limits And Become The ImpossibleThe "impossible" is done all the time. People say a thing is "impossible" for many reasons. Often it's because they simply don't fully understand it, can't fathom it, and thus dismiss it. Little do they know... the "impossible" is accomplished all the time. This weekend, I and many like me will go out to do exactly that - the "impossible". To finish a marathon is an incredible thing. For most people out there, a marathon represents a feat of incredible athletic ability. Many people set it as a goal event for themselves, and typically, their friends call t...2017-10-191h 14
So THIS Is Fitness | Health, Fitness, Running & Weight Loss#52 - How to define success and failure - Anchor Down RecapI talk a big game sometimes... Going into Anchor Down 24 Hour Ultramarathon... I made a bold statement. I said, just like I did before Ghost Train Rail Trail Race last year, that I was coming for a belt buckle. The only acceptable outcome of the race was a 100 mile finish. I did not finish 100 miles at Anchor Down... and I had to figure something out - how to define success and failure. In recapping the event... I'm pretty sure, at least in this instance, I've managed to map out the gray area and do just that. 2017-08-2457 min
So THIS Is Fitness | Health, Fitness, Running & Weight Loss#51- Why Do We Run... And What Does It Take?There's more to a race than you think. There's so much that goes into a race, yes, of course, from the participant's side... but from the Race Director, too. I was fortunate enough to have a chat with a buddy of mine, Jay, who is both a runner AND a race director (I find the best ones are) about exactly what's involved. Jay joined us in the studio to chat about runners, both "normal distance" and ultra distance... the differences between the two, and what makes us tick. He also talks about what it takes to be...2017-08-171h 09
So THIS Is Fitness | Health, Fitness, Running & Weight Loss#39 - On The Eve Of Battle(See www.SoTHISIsFitness.com/podcast39 for extended show notes/blog) On the eve of a great battle, there is much to do. There are plans to be finalized, preparations to be made. Warriors have to gear up and mentally prepare for what they're about to do. When we're about to take on a new phase of our journey... well... we're no different. Instead of swords and shields, we're donning running shoes and a water bottle, or cross-trainers and a sweat towel. And yes, we ARE about to do battle... just in a different way. It's w...2017-05-2551 min
So THIS Is Fitness | Health, Fitness, Running & Weight Loss#32 - John Kelly and The Barkley Marathons(See www.SoTHISIsFitness.com/podcast32 for extended show notes/blog) Maybe the impossible... is really just improbable... Something major happened in a relatively small and obscure part of the athletic world this past weekend. It's the sort of thing that makes you stop and think. This thing... if you look at it in a big picture sort of way... kind of makes you realize (as if you needed another clue)... that maybe there is no limit to what we are capable of. It's all relative. Put this in perspective. An event ca...2017-04-061h 19So THIS Is Fitness | Health, Fitness, Running & Weight Loss#11 - The Best Is Yet To ComeIt is absolutely stunning what the human body is capable of. At a certain point, though, the body will go...the body can do it...and it's up to the mind to complete the task. This is the battle ultramarathon runners endure as they push the limits of human capability. Darrell has just discovered exactly what that battle is like. Completing a 100 mile ultramarathon changes your perspective on things. Join Darrell as he delves into how it went, what it all means, and what happens next. Find Darrell online at: www.SoTHISIsFitness.com...2016-12-131h 03So THIS Is Fitness | Health, Fitness, Running & Weight Loss#10 - Countdown To OblivionIt's funny to think how one decision, one feeling, can change the course of your life. When you're staring down your first 100 mile ultramarathon, and it's less than 48 hours away...you tend to reflect on what you're about to do and, really...how you got here in the first place. Join Darrell as he look at exactly what he's about to do, how he got here, and what exactly he's thinking going into this thing. Darrell also recaps this past weekend, his Mom's latest triumph, and does a fun new thing wi...2016-12-1356 minSo THIS Is Fitness | Health, Fitness, Running & Weight Loss#4 - FUNMegan & Darrell recap the mid-August race weekend of Anchor Down Ultramarathon and the Falmouth Road Race. They talk about each race, the experience they each had therein, and the big differences between the two. There was one BIG difference...and its what everything circles back around to...fun. You can learn more about Anchor Down Ultramarathon at www.AnchorDownUltra.com Check out www.RunTrueNorth.com to learn about their company and other events (including my favorite - Narragansett Summer Running Festival!). And check out www.FalmouthRoadRace.com for more on THAT race.2016-12-1348 minSo THIS Is Fitness | Health, Fitness, Running & Weight Loss#1 - FailureI'm Darrell McTague, and THIS is "So THIS Is Fitness". Join me as I share a little bit about myself, where So THIS Is Fitness came from (it's been around for a while, actually), and what its really all about. And, in the wake of my most recent ultramarathon experience...let's talk a little bit about failure. This episode backlogged - originally published on the Athlete On Fire feed.2016-12-1321 min