The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-455 – Zach Strolls to a Record in Tenn     (Audio: link) audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4455.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Chris’ other show à Intro: Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-455 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  We’ve got a great chat with Zach today.  He’s a runner from Kentucky and is fresh off breaking the record at the Strolling Jim 40 miler that had stood for 30 or so years.   In section one we’ll talk about socks.  In section two I’m going to talk you through some tips for presenting yourself on video calls.  All in all a compelling and interesting package for you.  This week I go back to the Knee Dr. to have my follow up appointment.  I’m excited.  There is still a little pain in the left knee where the stress fracture is when I put weight on it at certain angles.  I haven’t run for a full 3 months now, really.  I’ve been riding my bike a little but mostly taking it easy.  And I can feel it. I’ve had to go on a diet because I was putting on weight so fast.  Some of my pants just don’t fit anymore.  I’m a good 15 pounds heavier than I want to be and, especially with the weather getting hot, it’s uncomfortable.  I suspect the doctor is going to be overly conservative, like they always are.  And I’m going to be overly aggressive, like I always am.  So maybe we’ll be able to meet in the middle as I start spinning up some running. I sure do miss it.  I heard a great metaphor this week.  The leaky boat metaphor.  I was talking to someone who had spent a lot of time in the navy.  He said he had been on two boats.  The first one was an old boat.  And they spent all their time fixing holes and painting and scraping and all sorts of other maintenance tasks to keep the old boat running.  But he had also served on a new boat and they hadn’t needed o do any of that.  The boat was new and required very little maintenance activity.  So I figure my old body is like the leaky boat.  If I want to keep it operational I’m going to have to keep doing constant maintenance.  What do you think?  Good Metaphor?  I’ve managed to sneak in some yoga but my flexibility is crap right now and my core strength is crap.  So, yeah, I’m in a great spot; fat, weak and out of shape.  Best place to start is at the bottom, right?  As I start to work some running in I’m going to have to ease into it.  I need to balance the running with biking and some strength.  I’ve had good luck with triathlon training in situations like this in the past.  I don’t really want to compete in a triathlon, but it’s a great training methodology to give you fitness and core strength without too much pounding.  I’ll probably have to join a gym now that the apocalypse is winding down in my part of the world.  I just don’t have the set up to do this stuff in my house.  Plus I’d be able to get some swimming in, if I want to work that into my schedule.  I have to decide if I want to do it myself or get coaching.  We’ll see.  I’m ready.  With all this time working from home I did manage to get my garden started.  There’s nothing better than fresh veggies off the vine in the summer.  Ollie is not happy with me.  I still manage to get at least one walk with him in every day.  Usually a mile.  I’m having to keep him on the leash because the horses are out in my woods all the time and I don’t want to have an incident.  Ollie is not trained well and very unpredictable.  I’m sure he misses running.  So what are all of you youngsters up to?  Having plans for the summer?  Getting back to racing?  It’s up to you.  You can write your own story.  On with the show.    About Zero ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer is the leading national nonprofit with the mission to end prostate cancer. ZERO advances research, improves the lives of men and families, and inspires action. Link to my ZERO page: (for Donations) … I’ll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener suppo