The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-311 – Boston Marathon 2015 Wrap-up
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Intro Bumper:
Hello, Hello and Hello, my friends.  Wow! A busy couple weeks since we last spoke.  This time of year always makes me think about whether or not we have too many balls in the air.  I’m really torn between whether having so many project going on at the same time is a bad thing or a good thing.  I think it’s a little bit of both. 
Having a lot going on forces you to focus on those things that are really important.  But, when you do that you let other things slide and someone in your universe is bound to suffer.  The other thing that I don’t like is when my life gets so full of activity that all the slack time is taken away.  It means that any new or cool opportunity that floats by necessarily has to be neglected in the wash.
Since we last talked I ran the Boston marathon.  I had a good day and I’ll give you the brief version of the race report in the first section today.  I also got coach on the phone to talk about the race and my training because I think there’s a bunch of take-aways and learning form this one. 
I managed to fundraise successfully for Team Hoyt.  I did not catch Bryan and Rick.  Even though it looks like Bryan had your typical first Boston experience he had too much of a head start on me.  I made up 45 minutes on him but that wasn’t enough!
In the second section I answer a question about how to stay in a healthy lifestyle when you travel for business.  Someone had asked the question in one of the LinkedIn groups I’m a member of – so I thought I’d give it some inspection. 
The other major event I was involved in was the Groton Road Race.  We pulled it off with no casualties and had another good day.  We had a big change this year where we ran the 10K and the 5K simultaneously on the same course.  It seemed to work out, we’ll see what the feedback is. 
I ran the course in the morning and it really is a beautiful course on a spring morning with the sun coming up over the hills. The cows and barns throwing long shadows in the pastures.  The old farm tractors resting in agricultural repose on the big hill up Common Street.  The quiet punctuated by spring-busy birds and the occasional wild turkey call.
It’s close to a spiritual experience for me.
In the intervening week between Boston and Groton I did a couple bike rides and some yoga work.  I took Fuji-san my old road bike out on Wednesday and felt pretty strong.  I was able to get down into areo and feel comfortable. 
On Friday I had a blast when I took my 29er out into the woods for the first time in a long time.  I thought that I might not be able to ride the technical trails after so much time away from it.  I had alswo forgotten how much fun it is hopping rocks and climbing and ripping though the mud-holes with my mountain-bike.  I had a blast!
This time of year is busy.  Busy for me.  Busy for you.  But that busyness can also be a time of joy and creativeness.  Instead of lying around waiting for inspiration (literally ‘to be injected with spirits’) you are forced to do the job.  And when you are forced to do the work the inspiration appears.  The creativity appears.
Don’t be afraid of doing the work.  Don’t be afraid of having too many things to do because as you start to execute on them the inspiration will come to you and the creative will find you when you embrace the work.
On with the show.
Section one - Running Tips
Boston Marathon 2015
http://runrunlive.com/race-report-boston-2015  
Voices of reason – the interviews
Coach Jeff Kline from PRSFit
Home page
www.prsfit.com
Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/prsfit
Patagonia Expedition link
https://www.facebook.com/PatagoniaExpeditionRace2016?fref=ts
Podcast on aerobic base
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-9-aerobic-base-aerobic/id577332876?i=340139363&mt=2
Section Two – Life Lessons
Following a healthy lifestyle on t