The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-408 – Bill Endures
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MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks – http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/
Hello, my friends and welcome to episode 4-408 of the RunRunLive Podcast.
Well, folks it’s been almost a month since Boston, so let’s get back on track, back in the saddle and do some serious podcasting! Grr…
I’m sitting in the Starbucks, one of the two Starbucks that is on my work commute route. My hands are a bit cold. I road my motorcycle this morning. It’s in the low 40’s but sunny. I like to stop and write for small patched of time in the morning at these oases of warmth and humanity.
I’ve got some calls that I’ll take from here and then I’ll wander into my office later.
Today we’ve got a great chat with Bill who is one of those crunchy, old ultra-runners who have done everything. I was interested in how he did his cross country run and he definitely has a view point on it!
In section one we’ll talk about working through a post event funk. In section two I’ll keep pounding away on the big, navel-gazing topics of Eckhart Tolle’s book.
I’m training, actually in my taper for Vermont. I have had some good workouts and some not-so great workouts. In general I’ve kept the weight off and my training paces are good. I’ve got some high-hamstring-attach point challenges that I’m trying to rehab through.
The challenge with extended training cycles on the road is that they tend to get very specific and make you fragile. Somehow this long cycle has made my hips and glutes a bit weak and they go on me in the high miles. It’s the same old story, lower the water level and you find new rocks. Keep training and you’ll find new weak points.
So I’m working through that.
We talked for awhile, but I’ll save the updates for the Outro.
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I will tell one story. It’s a story about a giant, half-eaten catfish. When I was in elementary school, so 8, 9, 10 years old I had a best friend whose name was Dave.
We built a fort in the rafters of my Dad’s garage one summer and decorated it with stickers from Mad Magazine. I can remember listening to “Ricky Don’t Loose That Number” by Steely Dan on the pop station, which would make it 1975ish.
I’d go over to Dave’s house on the weekends and we’d disappear into the woods and roads around his house to go exploring. We would wander over to the train tracks and put pennies on the tracks for the trains to smoosh, things like that.
One time we were out on the power lines behind his house, the same power lines that I ride my mountain bike on and do long trail runs on now. It was this time of year – spring in New England.
What happens in spring is we get the melt and a lot of rain and the ponds, rivers and swamps all fill up with water. For instance, I have a little pond in my back yard, right now that only exists this time of year.
Anyhow we were wandering through this patch of swamp that had recently been a pond and we came across a giant catfish, high a dry, with a bit missing from the scavengers. Too bad we didn’t’ have Instagram back then. Here was this enormous fish, as if dropped form the sky by aliens into the middle of a field. That’s a 50-60 year-old fish that took a wrong turn somewhere.
I’ll always remember that image in my internal Instagram, which is probably much better than the actual picture anyhow.
I tell this story because my Mom called to tell me Dave died this week. I hadn’t spoken to him in decades. BNot to be morbid, but I want you to understand and appreciate today as a gift. We’re all winning. We are all in extra innings and you and I are blessed. Don’t waste it.
On with the show.
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Section one – Warning Lights – https://runrunlive.com/paying-attention-to-your-warning-lights
Voices of reason – the conversation
Bill Schultz
Not sure what you’re looking for as far as links and articles, but I’ve included a few below.
I started running in 1978 and ran my 1st ultra in 1979. Ran my 1st 24Hr around 1982 and my 1st 6 Day race in 1984. My best was in 1989 when I won with 475 miles. The next year, 1990, I took a sabbatical from teaching and ran a US Trascon water to water in 95 days. (Huntington Beach, CA to Atlantic City, NJ. I’ve been Co-RD for the Dawn To Dusk To Dawn Track Ultras (D3) since 1984. This year’s race will be the 24th edition. Along with my own running, I’ve been helping Mike Melton time ultras from 100K to 6 Days around the country (13 last year).
Attached are some Articles that came out back in 1989 and 1990 regarding my Transcon and my best 6 Day race.
Here are a few links.
https://karenputz.growingbolder.com/bill-schultz-ultra-running-is-his-passion/
http://collingdale.blogspot.com/2012/09/profile-bill-schultz-runner-and-educator.html
http://chesterspirit.com/2017/03/ex-southeast-delco-teacher-is-a-record-setting-star-runner/
Section two – No-Mind – https://runrunlive.com/space-and-time-are-an-illusion
Outro
Well, my friends you called ahead, made your plans and safely ran across the nation in record time to the end of the RunRunLive Podcast episode 4-408, nmaybe it’s tome to retire? Don’t get caught in a funk!
Enochs results
Like I said I am in a short training cycle for the Vermont City Marathon. There’s just no way I’m going to walk away without my qualifying time this spring. I’m in too good shape.
If you’re going to be up there let me know and we’ll say high. I’m going to pitch a tent in the park there for a couple nights. It’s something I learned from mountain bike racing. Just pitch a tent you’ll be fine!
I got a new Garmin, a 235. I’ll give you a write up at some point. I’m still figuring it out, but I like it so far.
One quick story / iPhone tip for you to take you out.
I have an iPhone 6s. like it. I listen to podcasts and music on it. When I drive to work I tend to listen to podcasts. Now, for some reason, when I plug in the phone to the radio I put in my truck, it decides to start playing the first song, alphabetically in the song list on my phone.
The first song alphabetically in the song list on my phone was a really aggressive punk rock number called “Already Dead” by Rancid.
The challenge I had was that some of the podcasters I listen to, and I won’t name any names, haven’t figured out how to level their audio. You have to turn them way up to hear them.
The result, as you may have guessed by now, was that I’d get blown out of my seat a couple times a week when I plugged in my phone for the ride to work. It was like having an audio bomb go off in the truck!
Eventually I was moved to engineer a solution. I downloaded a really mild morning meditation and renamed it lower case aaaaaaa-filename…. Now I am greeted by a lovely, low and soothing voice encouraging me to embrace the day. It’s much better. And if someone is in the car with me I get to tell this story.
As a corollary, I also changed the my alarm to wake up in the morning on my iPhone to be an compilation of inspirational “seize the day!” type speeches.
If you want me to walk you through the how to’s just shoot me a note.
And I’ll see you out there.
MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks – http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/
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