Episode 5-517 – Tamas Pinta – Living 40fied
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Hello my running friends. And welcome to episode 5-517 of the RunRunLive Podcast.
Today we are continuing on our theme of how to navigate the transitional seasons of our lives. I have a interview with Tamas from Tasmania who compiled a wonderful book of wisdom from famous fitness teachers.
In section one I’m going to give you something short and sweet and in section two I’ll give you some more discourse around the teachings from Tamas’ book.
I know I haven’t been releasing the show with alacrity, but I also know that there is a core crew of you folks out there that are my friends that appreciate it when I do drop a show.
I’m in a transitional season of my own life and the reality of that for me is that I’m half-in and half-out of multiple things and it all stacks up. Creating both mental and physical stress of switching from one thing to another. I’ve come to realize that there is a ‘switching cost’ that no one seems to consider.
But, I figure what I’m learning about this process will be useful for you as well, and will continue to document it.
I have been busy. I have been training and even racing. I’ll talk through that in the outro.
I talk to you today from the depths of the New England winter. It’s cold and dark, but it’s also beautiful. It fills me with gratitude and a peacefulness The natural world is resting, hibernating, breathing deeply and at peace.
I’ll tell you one funny story. Last week was one of the last build weeks for this training cycle. I had two 8 mile tempo runs. Warm up for 20 minutes, hit the middle 40 minutes at tempo then cool down for 10 minutes.
The first day I came back from one of these, quite proud of myself for executing it well. But of course it’s winter so I’m wearing a lot of tight, technical gear. And when I go to pull some of the wet clothes off I somehow pull a muscle in my back. Nothing serious. Just a twinge from the odd angle and the persistence of the wet technical gear.
But I had to laugh at the irony. Here I am in pretty good shape, feeling a certain sense of smugness and my body takes the opportunity to step in and remind me that I am an old guy.
Then, two days later, I do the same workout, and it goes great. I’m in a rush because I have a work call to get to, so I’m trying to jam my foot into my jeans, and my foot cramps hard. I can’t straighten it out.
I had to put on sweatpants. Good thing I work remotely.
On with the show.
Section One – Ice bath Baby.
And books I’ve recently enjoyed – https://runrunlive.com/quick-note-on-books-ive-recently-read
Interview: Tamas Pinta – 40fied Fitness
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Hi Chris
Thank you again for the great chat and for having me on your podcast,
My website: www.40fiedmenshealth.com.au
My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@40FIED
A profile photo is attached.
Bio:
Tamas Finta is a strength and movement coach, lifelong student of health, and founder of 40FIED Men’s Health. Driven by a passion to help men thrive in midlife and beyond, he has studied with leading experts on four continents, diving deep into physical performance, mental resilience, and healthy aging. Tamas is the self-published author of Living 40FIED: Mental and Physical Resilience for Men Over 40 and the creator of the 40FIED online coaching program. He also leads live workshops and actively supports men’s mental health initiatives.
Regards
Tamas
Section Two: Lessons from 40fied
Outro
Ok my friends, you have, with great philosophical resilience, transitioned to the end of, Episode 5-517, Let me get you a kettlebell. I always thought it was a kettleball. I don’t know. A big hunk of heavy metal with a handle.
I just finished, as you heard, my last 20 mile long run for this training cycle and Tim and I will be meeting up in Sin City to drive out to the Sun Marathon in Utah on the 24th.
The cycle has gone well.
After failing to complete my target race in September I went back to the drawing board. I’m still trying to figure out what I am capable of in this new season.
There were really two things I wanted to change in this training cycle The first was to get off the rail trail and get some real road work done with some actual elevation change.
I had been sticking to the rail trail because it was easier on my knee, and logistically easier in general. It has very little elevation gain and loss. Which is fine for what it is and let’s you really focus on paces and workouts without having to worry about too many external influences. But, it gives you a false sense of strength and fitness.
These past few months I have been training almost exclusively on the hilly roads around my house. At first it was hard, but it feels like I’ve adapted well.
The second thing I wanted to accomplish in this cycle was to get at least two runs in close to 20 miles. And I did that successfully. I don’t know how much of that is me not being willing to let go of old beliefs, but I always raced better when I had the volume. Even if those long runs are a struggle they add to that bank of experience you need for the marathon.
The, third, unofficial thing I wanted to do was to race more. Just to feel what it was like to go deep and suffer a bit and see if I could hold it and recover. You can train ll you want, but there is nothing quite as acute as an actual starting line.
And I did all this training and racing without re-injuring anything. My knees and everything else is holding up well and I’m proud of that. I’m proud of doing the work in such a way that it supports not only my race goals but my long-term health.
That being said, I’m still in the learning process and I have no time goals or expectations for this race.
Included in this cycle were a couple of races. I ran a made up half marathon with my club. I ran the Hangover Classic 10K up in Salisbury and jumped in the ocean afterwards. The things we’ll do for a t-shirt!
It went fine. I had a great time, but there was one mile where I was running directly into a stand-me-up wind. That winter wind on the ocean just rips at you.
The weather was awful and the water was indescribably cold. But I was fine.
So, I had process goals in this cycle and I met them.
I don’t know what I’m going to do after this event. But there are a couple things on the early warning RADAR. Dave McGilvray, the race director for Boston is threatening to put on a 776 challenge in May – 7 marathons in 7 days across 6 New England states. I told him I was interested. That would be an enormous stretch for me. I’d really need to learn some new tricks to do that.
And, Eric, (Hi Eric), got into Western States via the lottery. I told him I’m carry his bags if he needed help. I’ve never been to Western States and would love to see it.
I’ll leave you with a story. And I’m going to obfuscate this a bit to protect the innocent.
I’m still working, even though I thought I’d be retired by now. I don’t really know why I’m still working. Kinda like a shark that can’t stop swimming when you remove its brain.
Over the last decade I’ve been phasing myself out. I have been consciously offloading responsibility and accountability.
This morning I had a call with a customer. Somehow, someone had…well…allowed this customer to assume things that were not in line with reality. I had been avoiding this call because, a) I was not responsible for the reality disconnect, and b) I knew it would be a tough interaction.
This morning we had the call. I led it. I explained the ‘facts’. Then the account team had a long, uncomfortable conversation with the customer. I don’t think anything was resolved. Because the reality disconnect still exists.
But – a couple of lessons. One, sins of omission are still sins. Letting people assume is bad for a long term relationship. Two, bad news doesn’t get better with age. I should have taken this call 3 months ago. It may not have been pleasant, but it got them started on a different conversation. Three, there is no good or bad. There is only the emotion or the value you assign to the event. Don’t lose sleep over this shit that you won’t remember in a year. And finally, It’s never as bad as you build it up to be. Never.
Don’t walk past those lions. Take them on. Learn something new.
Tell a better story.
And I’ll see you out there.
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