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Hello my friends , and welcome to another episode of the Rise and Run podcast , episode number 173 . A very special episode this week . We're real excited to hear how this one comes out Because we are at the inaugural Run Fit Fab pop-up meeting at the Dolphin Hotel at Walt Disney World Recording live . I'm Bob , I'm here with John . Hey , how you doing With Lexi ?
Hello With Alicia .
Hello .
With Jack , hiya , with Devin and Kristen . Hi Hi , and with several hundred special guests , I love it . Thank you , hey . Anybody here from out of town who brought this cold weather with them ? Dag nabbit , all right , you , you , you are out . It's been chilly but we're putting up . We'll talk a little bit more about this .
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Hope you enjoy it . Once Jack gets done , throwing things around , that's the beauty of doing live . So , look , please check us out on Facebook Rise and Run Podcast , instagram Rise and Run Pod and we have a YouTube channel . Anything new , jack ?
Yeah , we were actually recording today's events so that , if they do again , a lot of other friends will get to know what it's like to be here as well , and we're so excited to share in this journey with them and it's an honor .
We also do have another video coming out , if you know that , the Cruella to Dopey challenge that I myself has been creating myself . Thank , you .
I saw that clap yay .
That journey will also be put onto the YouTube channel and I'm gonna combine both races and it should be a journey and I can't wait to share it with you guys .
That's great , exciting . So normally we open with a listener intro . They're pre-recorded . If you would like to give us one first of all , you can do one live here . You just need to find John after the podcast . It's fun , it's easy . All you got to do is Hi , I'm Bob , I'm from Florida and this is you know . That's all , that's all .
But if you've heard it , you know we have friends doing that . The race report , which we typically have at the end . We won't have it this episode . We'll catch up on the races that we missed , but the reason I can't do a race report this week is because it's Friday and , except for our friends who are here with us , nobody else has done their races yet .
So we'll have to catch up later on that , which we will . Regardless , you can call us . If you call 727-266-2344 , what happens ? It goes automatically to voicemail . You don't have to worry about somebody picking up the phone on you and getting all nervous and all that . So just leave us a recorded message . We'd like to do that .
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They've been with us for over a year . We have exciting news . When I first started talking with Maggie and Brad about sponsoring the podcast , I said I would love to have a Rise and Run cruise and it's in the works . It is in the works . It is scheduled for the Monday following Springtime Surprise 2026 .
Not this one , but about 15 months out , but we'll have a link . John , do we have a link on our Facebook page yet ? For that ?
We do have a we have the link for the initial request but once we get back , I'll put that up on our pages .
Or hit up magicboundtravelcom . Check that out and I know they have a link for the cruise there . I'm Check that out and I know they have a link for the cruise there . I'm excited about it .
And it's like officially official , you guys , yeah , it's happening .
It's happening . Imagine if we got as many people on that cruise as we had , dressed as puppies yesterday .
Yeah , that would be so cool .
We'll talk more . Let's talk more about that in a minute . But yeah , magicboundtravelcom , check them out . We always talk training . I'm just going to go over it real fast . Disneyland Half Marathon , week 16 . Disneyland Half Marathon is what ? Three weeks away now ? Yeah , let me look here , I've got it over here .
Disneyland Half Gosh yeah , two and a half weeks away . Oh , three weeks away . Three weeks away . If you're training for that one , you've got oh , it's a big weekend . Five and 14 . It's a double up . Princess . You know Princess is going to be upon us real quick . Princess is six weeks away . I know it's fun . We'll be right back .
Well , maybe not here in the Dolphin , but we'll be right back here . Hopefully it'll be a little warmer . Princess weekend .
Is there anybody here that will be here for Princess Yay ?
Wonderful .
Can I just say it's so cool to watch reactions while we're speaking and guys this week's training for Disneyland is 5 and 14, .
like Bob said , Don't stop at 5 and 14 miles in the half and the full . Guys keep going .
You need to keep going to get your medal , okay .
Yeah , one of the hard parts of finishing up this weekend , especially if you're doing the long races , is going home and going . I've got a training schedule to get back on on Tuesday . Do your best . Do your best If you take a couple days , especially if you've done the big one , the 48.6 miles . If you take a couple days , we won't tell anybody .
We'll look the big one , the 48.6 miles . If you take a couple days , we won't tell anybody . We'll look the other way . Okay , but yeah , got to get back on it pretty quick . What else have we got in the training schedule ? See , springtime surprise . We said Princess was six weeks away .
Springtime surprise is 12 weeks away and I hate talking about springtime surprise this early because it's the end of the race season . But anyway , if you're doing that when you've got , ah , it's easy . You've only got three miles this week . So let's see , gang Dopey is halfway done . You buying that ? No , bob , in terms of wake-ups , it's halfway done .
That's true .
Do you know where the halfway point in mileage for Dopey is ? That Mile 2.1 , I believe , of the marathon . So let's talk about this for a minute . Have we all done D dopey up here ? Yeah , yeah , okay . I get to the who's doing their first dopey . Woo-hoo , yeah , congratulations . I think it was Alicia who said last week she envies .
Weren't you saying that you envy the people who are doing their first dopey ? Because you get that first dopey feeling .
Yeah , absolutely . You only get to experience the first time once , and so really take that in and experience all the things , take the pictures , do all of the things and make sure to remember every moment of it .
Those who have done dopey before your first one . You remember it . You remember it . How many said never again .
Okay .
How many said never again and stuck with it and still haven't done it ? Not a single one it and still haven't done it . I don't see any hands up . It's that addictive . I will tell you candidly and honestly that I finished my first one back in 2019 and my wife was there and I greeted her and said that was awesome . I can't wait to do it again .
And now I'm on number five and and I'm getting towards the end the training gets harder every year . We'll see .
We'll see , yeah he's right , we'll see . They all say that , bob .
We'll see . I wasn't supposed to do this one . I wasn't planning to do this one . How are we handling the wake-ups , Guys ? How are we handling the wake-ups ?
Lots of Tylenol PM .
And then I'm tired in the corral .
Tired , yeah , lots of coffee . Yes that too , guys , how are we doing ? Let's see , jack , you're doing dopey . How are you handling the wake-ups ?
Very hard . I felt like I was almost falling asleep in the corral today , and I think I fell asleep with my eyes open , but then fireworks started going off , so it was good .
All right . Who wakes up about an hour before you need to and then you can't get back to sleep ? Oh gosh , yeah , that's awful . I have another question .
That's awful . Oh , I have another question . That's awful . Who wakes up wide awake at midnight , thinking that it's 2.30 in the morning ? Like oh my gosh , I missed the bus Because .
I definitely did that this morning . A lot of reaction to that .
Who's not doing doping and woke up at 3 o'clock this morning .
Yeah , but you get to go back to sleep .
I by 3 o'clock this morning , yeah , but you get to go back to sleep . I was thinking about going out .
I saw the weatherman say it's like 30-something .
I said yeah , I know you better .
John . 39 degrees . Well , of course that's warm coming from New York or New Jersey , new Jersey , jersey . Come on Jersey . I'm sorry I do that to John all the time .
This is when we would edit it out , so that no one knows .
Oh , it's okay , it's okay . But look , it's been fun . 5k's done , 10k's done . They were cold , but it's been fun . What are some highlights ? Let's start . What are some highlights ? It wasn't that tough . We're looking for highlights of the 5K and 10K so far .
Oh , the weather was frightful .
That's a notable highlight .
It was fun though . It went really fast , right , guys ? I felt obviously 5Ks go faster than the others , but still it was a good time Good characters , good crowd , good vibes . I would do it again . 10 out of 10 .
It seemed to me the crowd for the 5K was huge .
Yeah , yeah .
I know I got to the corrals about the same time this morning and it was like where is everybody ?
Yeah , yeah .
Do we know ?
how many runners are doing this ? I ?
haven't seen any numbers yet . We'll get them , but I haven't seen them yet . How about going down this way ? Highlights so far .
Had to be the 5K for me . That's all I did so far was the 5K Going up to the DJ , say can you please take a picture of our group photo ? And then he saw like 200 puppies walking toward him and it was in major shock .
How many puppies out here , oh yeah .
Yay for the puppies . Good job guys . Woof , woof .
That was awesome . We're trying to find a place for a photo and we go to the stage area , which is big , and I look around and I go .
we're not all going to fit .
That was amazing . Let's see , Lexi , you did the 10K this morning .
Yes , I am only in for the 10K this weekend and I think my highlight has been the characters like the . They had the three fairies out , they had captain hook and mistress me , which you know me villains . I was fantastic . Um , that was the only character that I actually stopped for , because I can't pass by villains . I I have to go .
It's in my DNA and then Peter Pan and Wendy , so I think that's been the highlight for me so far .
Oh me , oh yeah Hi .
Yeah , because Alicia's doing just the marathon . I think one of my favorite things coming here is meeting everybody and hearing everybody's stories .
And coming into this , one got really , really nervous because coming off of the 100 miler and having the 5k just three and a half weeks after finishing it my body still hasn't fully recovered and um , there was this one guy in like in particular right , the 5K , obviously all the nerves going into it .
He came up to me and said you know , you're the reason why I'm here . And I'm like no , are you really ? And he's like I watched all your videos . I just want to say thank you and I feel really bad . There were so many people I met that day so I have a hard time remembering everybody's names sometimes , but he was wearing a puppy shirt .
So if he hears this and he hears the puppy shirt named lunchbox , no , I just want to let you know that . Thank you so much for that moment . It was a great start to the race weekend and I hope to see you again out there and it feels such an honor to help you start this journey . I hope you're having an epic time . He he chose dopey man .
So yeah , I think that's amazing .
I was going to ask you . Kind of answered , but are you feeling good ?
No , I would say the 5K . I tried to see where my legs were at and it was so cold I didn't know how fast I was going .
Didn't know if you had legs , it was so cold , I didn't know how fast I was going , didn't know if you had legs it was so cold .
No , but it felt so great being out there and being with all the other runners . It was so much energy and electricity in the air . So of course I went out fast , not knowing that I was . And then , once I saw the first mile marker , I was like Jack , don't you dare . So I slowed down and saw some characters . It was fine .
And then to the 10K , the last two miles . Today my right knee started acting up . So we're going to be slowing down , seeing characters and you know what I am going to PR this weekend , but it's just going to be in fun .
There you go so yeah , there you go .
Well , I had a heck of a good time yesterday . I had a good time today too . I finished behind the balloon , ladies . Second time I've done this . What happens is I just ease off and ease off . I know I'm good . I was with my buddy , stephanie . She's over there . Well , we were with some other friends too , but we were with some other friends .
I can't remember .
I'm sorry , but did you forget about me , bob like yeah , lexi was there , but lexi he did . He forgot about me .
Y'all are witnesses but I think you finished in front of the balloon , ladies I .
I did finish in front because you . I think you stopped to talk to the announcers . I do , and then I tried to stop and then I just got swept .
And I was like okay .
I guess I'm finishing now .
But that's kind of a . I do that all the time . I stop . Jeff is there and Jeff will be there . I think Jeff will be there for the half , but I know he'll be there for the marathon . If you haven't said hi to Jeff Galloway , whether it's at the Expo or on the course this weekend , do it , Do it . You won't meet a nicer person .
Maybe John , but Jeff Galloway he's really . Say hi to Jeff , Tell him you heard him on the podcast . If you don't know Jeff very well and you're looking for an icebreaker , tell him you heard him on the podcast . Even if you didn't , he won't know . Okay , and no , he's a wonderful human being , but I always stop there and then I stop and talk with Carissa .
John , Don't forget Riley yeah .
And I did it today . And then we crossed the finish line and I went oh look , there are balloons up ahead . So I've done that before Now . Yesterday was epic , the puppies and the Cruella outfit . I had a blast with that . I had more fun with the Cruella outfit than I did with the Tinker Bobs or any of the other outfits I've done so far .
So thank you all for helping with that . I had a lot of fun interactions , that I had a lot of fun interactions . We joke about being halfway done but really we're just warming up . We got the half and the full coming up . Any tips , gang ? I'll throw it open to you . Any tips for the next two races ? Apparently not .
Biggest tip I have is , tomorrow , walk as much as you can Run when those PhotoPass guys are around so you actually look like you're doing something Okay . And on Sunday go out there , have fun and enjoy every minute of it .
On that note , especially if it's your first half or your first full , really take in every moment . Like I said before , take pictures , because you don't get a first time again and no matter what it's a PR , and even if it's not your first time , this is an amazing experience and be grateful for what your body can do .
You've put in the work , you've got this , you're going to finish . And be grateful for what your body can do . You've put in the work , you've got this , you're going to finish .
I would even say she's great , well said . I would even say don't forget to rest tomorrow after you finish your races . Rest your feet , do the recovery things . You can go back to the expo and do those leg compression thingies if you don't have one in your hotel room I did that Lifesaver and also come to the meetup .
I planned to rest today , but I couldn't . I'm sorry you guys made me come .
I was going to say , basically all those lovely things that you guys said . But just listen to your body and have fun and just know that you can do this and have a positive mindset , no matter what .
Yeah .
I have a random one and I know no one else will ever think of it , but it's out of experience , so I'm just going to let you know . There are reflectors on the ground , okay , so don't trip on them .
I have experience and I have a scar on my left knee because of it and it covered up my favorite scar from falling down at SeaWorld in Ohio when it was there . So I was very disappointed , so I don't want that to happen to you , okay .
I hit the deck one time . Yeah , it's not fun . I really don't have anything to add beyond what's been said , except to enjoy it . Enjoy the feeling . It's hard , it's hard , it's hard , but you've done all this difficult training and this is what the reward is to be able to finish this .
And it's a moment , whether you've done it one time , 10 times , 15 times I'm about to do five and I feel pretty much the same every time I finish .
I'm proud of it and Bob Tinker , bob , you look great , but it's an exciting and emotional finish even after the fifth time and just take in every moment , truly .
Yeah , have fun . All right , I would like to try something now and see if we can get our friends here . We want to open it up to questions . They can be questions about the podcast , questions about running at Disney , questions about John's shoe size , whatever . But if we've got a microphone and think I think that , I think yours will work .
Yeah , I think so , because I have no wait a minute . Yes , young lady , we have a question . I hope I can hear them hi , I'm laura from winter garden good , thank you's good .
Or aka Sam's mom .
Okay , yeah , sam's mom .
Sam's mom on the .
Zoom calls . So my question is for either the half marathon or the marathon ? I know , Lexi , yours is villains . What is your one character ? You will not pass by .
Oh , can I go ? Yeah , oh , my God , okay , so this time around it's mandatory and I'm praying that they're out there . I really want . I know Dopey's going to be out there for Marathon , but I really want to see if Cruella's out there , and I would love to get a picture of them .
Of who .
Cruella and Dopey .
Cruella and Dopey .
Cruella was out yesterday , wasn't she ?
Well , I got a picture with you already . Yeah , mine is usually out only for the full . It's Kevin . He's usually in Animal Kingdom and that's my favorite , one that I won't miss .
Mine is Jimmy the Cricket .
Yeah , Jimmy the Cricket , right , john ? It's not Jimmy the Cricket . Yeah , jimmy the Cricket , right , john ? It's not Jimmy the Cricket , that's not right .
It's his Jersey cousin .
It does sound like a mafia name , doesn't it ? It's Jimmy the Cricket . I kind of . If I'm going to be completely honest , I don't have one that I have to stop for , but if there was one goofy , yeah , goofy , look , I walk down Main Street and people look and go , look that guy's goofy . So I mean I have to .
Linda , Hi Linda from .
LB in New York . A question for any of you up there what is your favorite part about doing the podcast ?
Oh , that's a good question . Favorite part about doing the podcast .
My favorite part is getting to meet all of you and hear your stories and now get to see all your beautiful faces . It's amazing .
Yeah , that's a good answer . That's a great . I like that because of actually doing the podcast . I don't know . I like to do the race report because I love the input we get from everybody and I love acknowledging it and maybe sharing that information . We're three-plus years into this now and closing in on 200 episodes .
I had no idea it would be this much work . Really , I didn't .
Wait it's been three years .
I love your shirt . I spend a lot of hours every week on this thing , but I'm retired so I have the time to do it , so I'm glad . So , as far as actually doing the podcast , I guess that's it . But what I love more than anything and the reason I keep doing it is right here Is you . I mean , that's absolutely it .
What I love is the reaction that has built around the podcast family , how you all are here . It's great that you're here around the podcast , but if we weren't here , you would be with one another and I think that's fantastic . So that's not what I like about doing it , but that's what I like about having it done is the wonderful camaraderie .
Thank you , I saw the mic go somewhere .
What Bob said . By the way , mic drop , there you go .
Yeah , how do you ?
top Bob .
Come on , I make him angry when I do that . Well , I can't say nothing now .
But wait , actually I really like this live crowd because right now we would still be deciding on who's our intro is going to be , what's going on , and we haven't even started yet .
Yeah , it usually takes us about an hour before we press the record button and well , no , like I don't know , 30 minutes before we do the interview and then another 30 minutes because we get sidetracked about something and then we start talking about , I don't know , the rise and run cruise or um .
But no , I mean I'll echo what all of these guys have said Meeting everybody , meeting people who I normally wouldn't have a relationship with , or , you know , going through the races and having someone say , oh my gosh , I recognize your laugh . That was the first thing that someone said to me Like when we first started the podcast during the first year .
It's like , I think , marathon weekend weekend , I said something in the corral and they were like oh my gosh , are you Lexi , I recognize your laugh . So you know , I don't know , um , but just having those interactions with you guys and I mean I'll repeat what all of these guys have said multiple times anytime you see us , please come say hello .
We love hearing from you , we love hearing your stories , because your stories are what have made the podcast what it is .
I think we've got time for maybe two more , and then we have other things planned for the day . Yes , please .
Hi , I'm Kim . I know Bob says not to be afraid and not to be scared , but what are your all's best tips for managing nerves , especially when things are not going to plan ?
Well , expect to be nervous . I've done this five times . There's no guarantee I'm going to finish . You line up for a 26-mile event . You're trained . That's wonderful . You've done everything . You'm going to finish . You line up for a 26-mile event . You're trained . That's wonderful . You've done everything you can do to finish .
But there can be things out of your control . I look over here at Alan , who's done 31 . This is cut . 32 coming up right , this is 33 . And Grace , you've up right , this is 33 . And Grace , you've done like 28 ? 28 , yeah , but I think if you were to ask them they'd agree .
There's no guarantee when you line up to do 26 miles that you're going to finish . So have confidence in your training . Expect to be nervous and you hear me use this phrase . Don't be scared . There's nothing to be afraid of , Because the worst thing that can happen to you well , no , let me stop .
I mean , you know the worst thing that's got a high chance is that you don't finish and we'll still love you anyway , you know . So that's not all that bad . Try to just know there are a whole bunch of other folks out here in the same boat that you are that they're thinking the same thing that you are . I'm not sure I can do this .
There have been plenty I've lined up for and not been sure I could do it . Keep putting one foot in front of the other and if you need help , look around . You got help all over . All right , Come see us before the race . You want to walk or run with one of us or with any of the family that's there ? Be happy , Happy to do that . We'd love it .
I think , just to go off of what Bob said , is it's normal to be nervous , but have an A , b , c goal and be willing to adjust because , like he said , you never know what's going to happen on the race course .
Things do happen and being able and willing to pivot is going to be beneficial because there's going to be something somewhere that you need to maneuver around . But keep an open mind and keep moving forward .
You got this and I would also I mean echoing everybody , all of those things , but I usually have one or two people that I know I can call this girl right here , oh , hi , yeah , I know you , this girl right here , that's one of the people on my to-call list that I know . If I'm struggling , I can be like , hey , I need you to distract me right now .
Or , you know , talk me off the cliff looking at you , um , and you know , just have a couple of people that are , or message the chat that we have . Um , you know , message our instagram , because one of us is always looking at the instagram at some point of the day .
You know , like , one of the great things about this community is that , even though , yes , running the race is your own , but you're never by yourself , you have so many people I'm going to start crying . Oh , my gosh . Oh , you have so many people that are there rooting for you and cheering for you .
And , yeah , just keep that in your head , that little nugget and , like I was saying before , you're out there , you're running , you're struggling , you're nervous . Look to your left , look to your right , find somebody . Talk to them , say , hey , how you doing , I'm going crazy over here . No , can you , I don't think I can do it .
Somebody's going to be helping you out there and pretty soon you're going . I'm at mile eight . Well , it's mile 12 already . We just it was like 15 minutes . It just goes by so quick .
And if it wasn't for you I would have never gotten into running . So I appreciate that because , bestie , right here , man . But I will say from the stuff that I've done in the past , one of the biggest things I will always echo is something that deals , like , with mindset . You've done the training so you know you can do it .
Sometimes it's easier to go into those negative thoughts than to go into the happy ones when you're in such a pain cave . So find those ways out is usually by talking to your friends , messaging them .
I mean , when I was doing the Daytona 100 , adam , because my phone was glitching so I couldn't see any of the messages he would actually tell me all the messages that were being sent and I got to see videos and it's like it makes you cry because you have such a community and it's beautiful knowing that everybody's there for you , seeing Kay screaming her head
off with a community , and it's beautiful knowing that everybody's there for you , seeing Kay screaming her head off with a sign while it's raining , with 25 mile per hour winds , cheering because she's amazing . Or is Stephanie making the Vandalorian where you at ? Yeah , you are , um , love you . I'm wearing her shirt like I probably . It's great .
It says Jack to the future on it , but like having that family there and knowing that they're going to be with you along the way , whether it's virtually or right next to you or one call away . We're here all to support you . You can do anything , you just got to do it .
Dee , I see the microphone here . Time for one more I got something to say .
So I'm glad y'all got to see us live , because usually we look like Brady Bunch on the TV and you get to see what we see , with Jack coming out and going look , sorry .
I promise I wasn't naked . Oh no , don't say that .
See , this is what we get every week . He took that off .
It was a shirt . It was a shirt . I had a hoodie on and I just was showing them the awesome shirt . I just want to clarify .
Never a dull moment , friends , and if you run , you know you are our friend . We love you . We thank Devin and Kristen and the Run Fit Fab community for inviting us . She's not paying attention .
She doesn't care .
But hey , look , best of luck . The rest of this weekend We'll be out there . You know where to meet us , I hope by the bleachers on the line . I've said it enough . You know where to meet us . I do hope you get a chance to come by the food truck area at Disney Springs tomorrow at 3 pm . That's our Rise and Run meetup , but it's a wonderful time .
We would love to see you there and until then , happy running .
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