Episode 5-500 – Examining the balanced life with Lisa
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Hello my running friends. Welcome to episode 5-500 of the RunRunLive podcast.
I have been working my way through ‘frequently asked questions’ and the next two shows will focus on one that is on the top of most runners’ lists.
How do we achieve that ever-elusive balance between our work, our families and our athletic pursuits? And how do we do that in a way that serves us?
This week we’ll chat with Lisa who will walk us through her own story as a mom, a professional and a triathlete.
I had a blast talking to Lisa. She’s very smart and polished and thoughtful.
In section one I’ll talk about road racing and in section two I’ll delve further into the mind space of the artist.
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Well, on paper this would be our 500th episode. But my numbering schema is a bit randomized at this point. The show has gone through multiple iterations and even a few disasters over the years.
When we started in 2007 there were only a couple of running podcasts and we were all friends. It was the ‘good’ days of social media. When we could pull together a virtual community of like-minded people to talk about our shared passions.
Not many people knew what a podcast was. The mechanics of getting one up was technically beyond the general population. The storage and streaming were expensive.
I’ve been through multiple website builders and multiple hosting platforms. It’s really amazing to see where we started and where the industry is now.
Even with all the monetization and manipulative hate streaming, the core premise is still there. It still is a platform that independent voices can use with a fairly low barrier to entry.
It still can be a vehicle for you to find your tribe.
And what is the cost? On the low end you’re going to have out of pocket expenses of a couple thousand dollars a year. And you’ll need to invest time. The time investment for me is somewhere in the order of 5-8 hours per show.
But, that’s a false equivalency. Because that time invested is also benefiting me. Early on I used it to learn new technology. Now I use it as a practice venue.
Practice my writing. My thinking. My speaking. My craft in general.
It makes me happy to serve people. Some of whom I will never meet.
I learn from the people I interview, and it helps me organize my thoughts.
It helps live my life and navigate this weird, weird, wonderful existence.
So here’s to you, my friends!
Enjoy the holiday season.
Live each day with gratitude for what we have accomplished, what we will accomplish, and the privilege of showing up to the fight every day.
On with the show.
Section One – Road Racing
https://runrunlive.com/road-racing-again
Featured Interview:
Lisa Tong, MBA, PCC
Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, Coach
Lisa is an ex-corporate consultant and engineer turned entrepreneur, bestselling author, speaker and professionally trained and certified coach and facilitator. She founded This Project Called Me, a personal development company that supports people in developing stronger self-awareness and helps corporate humans build passion projects. When Lisa is not writing or coaching, you will likely find her cycling or making soups for her other fun persona, The Chinese Soup Lady.
Link to share:
https://thisprojectcalledme.com/
Photo:
I’ve attached my bio photo.
Thank you again and likely in reverse your links and tags and on which platforms.
I will likely also post to Linkedin (my primary network for this) and Instagram (so if you’re on those, I will tag you).
I am a professional trained and ICF certified coach (PCC) who has personally coached hundreds of clients, including senior executives, professionals, and university students. I am an engineer, ex-consultant and corporate executive who is also a coach trainer.
I established the Canadian branch of an award-winning and internationally recognized coaching school that trains thousands of students each year. I deliver workshops, speak at women’s and empowerment events, and deliver corporate team building.
I have been writing and producing content on self-development thought pieces for blogs, enterprises, and academia since 2017. Through these case studies, where I combine a knack of explaining concepts through diagrams and my teaching experience, I’ve developed a self-coaching approach to support you to develop self-awareness, understanding, and growth to create the life you want.
Hello (World) ME is my first book (with more to come!)
| www.ThisProjectCalledMe.com | |
| iamlisa@gmail.com |
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1998754855/ref=nosim?tag=tcsl0a-20
Section Two – The Artist mindset
https://runrunlive.com/detachment-in-art
Outro
Well, with any luck you have balanced your way to the end of episode 5-500 of the Penta-Centennial RunRunLive podcast.
Is your life really that well balanced that you can waste an hour listening to me?
I continue to hold my weight at or under target. My training is going really well. And my apocalypse book will see the light of day any second now.
Couple quick stories.
I had high hopes for the Thanksgiving 5K that I raced. A couple of my workouts had felt very good going into it and I felt like racing.
It went ok. I had a bit of a power failure in the second mile. Didn’t feel as strong as I hoped. But, I wa otherwise thankful to be out there competing. I got 5th in my age group, which tells you less about my ability and more about the runner population where I live!
The second race was the Mill Cities Relay last weekend. They gave me the last leg which is a 5 mile leg with a big hill in the middle. Couple hundred feet up and down.
I managed to get a decent warm up in. I was really hyper at the exchange when my runner came in and I took the handoff. I was yelling and pumping up the crowd.
Based on my Turkey Day 5K, my strategy was to not go out as hard as I could. Try to find a manageable pace and effort. At least until I saw the other side of that hill.
And that’s what I did. Stayed under control, focused on form and let the race come to me. I ended up passing 6-7 other runners and no one passed me, which is always good. I caught one guy right at the top of that hill. I really didn’t try to get him, but he came back to me, so I threw a little surge in to put him in the rearview.
Looking my Garmin data I still have a lot of work to do. I really slowed down on that uphill. I mean, I don’t need to race it, but I can’t lose 30 seconds off my pace and hope to compete.
But I kept a nice, steady pace on the rest of the course and had a strong finish.
It felt like I was actually in control and racing.
That felt good. It felt reaffirming. And I didn’t injure anything.
It’s coming up on 2 years since I started my comeback from the knee injury and I feel like I’m finally getting back on track.
I’m grateful for that.
Time and consistency triumph over frailty and circumstance.
I’ll see you out there.