The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-332 – Tobias Mews – 50 Bucket List Races
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Hello and welcome to episode 4-333 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Hello my friends.  Welcome and thank you for taking the time to download this podcast and listen to it.  You didn’t have to.  There is plenty of content clamoring for your attention and for you to commit an hour of your time to listen to me is a great blessing.  I thank you. 
This podcast has changed over the years.  The current version is the 4th iteration.  Some of you listen for the running tips of a seasoned marathoner.  Others to get some business or life advice from a seasoned, well, guy.  Some may just like the sound and music of my readings.  Whatever camp you fall into I work to create something of value.  My goal is that you can take away one nugget, one thought, one learning or one thing to try.
I know you do your best.  You’re always trying to do what’s right in this world.  This is our time to talk.  You’ve worked hard.  Sit back and let me talk awhile.  Listen to some ideas and I’ll give you the best I can with the time I have and resources at my disposal.  OK?
Today I interview Tobias Mews – Isn’t that a melodic name? – Tobias has written a book about 50 races that you just have to run!  It’s his ‘best of’ list from his years of being an endurance sports journalist.  He’s a fun guy and we have a great talk.  We actually talked for over an hour because he was pumping me with questions about what I do – I don’t think he could wrap his head around the fact that this is all just a hobby for me.
In the first section we’ll talk about some things to consider running when it is super-cold out.  In section two I’m going to wax poetically about a certain local, intellectual vagabond. 
My training, I’m pleased to say is going great.  A little bit more than a month out from Boston and I feel pretty strong.  My heart is right in the groove.  My legs are coming around and my fitness seems to be good.
Coach has transitioned me from base-building to race specific strength and fitness.  I capped off a 50 mile week Sunday Morning with a nice 20 miler with some race pace in it.  It was 2:45 with 1:30 of MP in the middle.  Good run.  Did a long step up run the previous Tuesday where I was in the mid 7’s for most of the tempo part.  Did a set of 10 hill charges on Friday and my form and leg strength was good. 
So – yeah, feeling strong.  Looking forward to Boston.  This time last year I couldn’t even race! 
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One of the things about me, that I’m sure you’ve noticed, is that I have a lot of different interests.  Philosophically I’m ok with this and I call it my portfolio life.  Frankly, those times in my life where I’ve been squeezed into working on one topic make me nervous and sad.  Working on, thinking about and creating different things makes me happy.
The challenge is that you spread yourself too thin.  You never actually get anything done.  You eventually get to the point where you have so many irons in the fire you just sit and shake.  Another thing I find is when things get hard I immediately come up with one or two or three new projects that I want to work on instead of the ones I haven’t finished.
This crops up for me when I’m not traveling.  When I’m on the road and I’m engaged and working I don’t have time to think about what to do next. It’s obvious.  When I’m confronted with too much free time – it ironically becomes a problem because I have to decide what to focus on and you can’t focus on everything. 
To combat this I have adopted a couple of tactical practices that are different sides of the same theory. 
First is the classic Pomodoro techniqu