The RunRunLive 3.0 Podcast Episode 3-290 – Ken Lubin and the Executive Athlete(Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi3290.mp3] Link Support RunRunLive; Purchase an audio book of running stories. Written and performed with love by Chris Russell -------------à>>>>>>>Introductory Comments:Hello my friends – How are we doing? Enjoying your spring? I certainly am enjoying mine. I got my garden in this weekend. It’s always a good time to turn over the black soil and get the little plants plugged in. Remember we talked about deer ticks last time. Well I picked up a couple more before my trip to Phoenix a couple weeks ago. The nurse keeps giving the same answer: watch for symptoms.The problem is that all these parasitic diseases have the same symptoms, right? Fatigue and achiness? I can’t actually recall a time when I WASN’T fatigued and achy. I’m coming towards the end of my month off. I saw my Ortho, Dr. Hester, and we had a kinda funny conversation. He said, “What happened to the plantar fasciitis?”, and I was like “Nah, I fixed that now it’s something else...”He says I have . Not Perennial tendonitis, which comes once a year, or periodontal tendonitis, which gives you a sore jaw, or prefrontal tendonitis which gives you a headache... No Peroneal Tendonitis which runs up the outside of your leg and attaches to you ankle. Nothing serious. Just need a little rest and ice and anti-inflammatory.I’ve been working on biking and stretching and core. Bit of a vacation for me. I’m looking forward to getting back into some good hearty training this summer – something I can sink my teeth into. Maybe even spend a little time in the dark place JI was down in Phoenix for the week and it was pretty much all out with breakfast starting at 7:00 AM and dinner till 9:00. Not a bunch of room for training or practicing my miracle morning routine. Today we have a chat with Ken Lubin who manages a group on LinkedIn called “Executive Athletes” that has 15,000 members and lots of interesting interaction to see if we can learn something about the role of the amateur athlete in today’s company culture.Now, I don’t have a linkedIn group for RunRunLive, but I do have a facebook group and you should go join and say hi. Or join my email list so I know where to find you when the authorities question me.In section one I’m going to give you some tips on how to act in small talk situations and in section two I’m trying an experiment in combining running with guided meditation. You should really listen to that bit while you’re out on a long run. It’s interesting because the universe has been pointing out meditation to me recently. As part of my miracle morning routine the first thing I do is 5ish minutes of guided breathing meditation. I don’t know what it is doing but that simple 5 minutes kicks my ass and changes my frame and puts me into a flow state for a couple hours. It’s really amazing. Then a bunch of the podcasts that I have been listening to all seem to be talking about meditation. From Rich Roll to Tim Ferris – it just seems to be coming up all the time into my radar field. Then last week ZenRunner put out an instructional podcast on meditation. I figured I’d stop fighting the universe and see if I could create a running meditation for you to use. Tell me how it works out. Let me know if I hit the mark or missed. I love this time of year. I have so much energy and everything seems to have so much potential. Now all we need to do is take some action!On with the show!...You should really sign on to my email list. Rather than basking in safe obscurity you can declare your allegiance to RunRunLive and get my drivel directly in your inbox. I mean, really, you’ve made it to 289 episodes and sucked the vital life force out of my narrative for 5+ years you should subscribe or at least join the RunRunLive Facebook group. or just search FaceBook for “RunRunLive”.On with the show!Section one:Mastering Small talk - Featured Interview:Ken Lubin – Executive AthletesChris,Good Morning and once again, thanks for taking the time to chatThe links arePlease let me know if you need anything else.CheersKenSection two:Running Meditation - Outro:Did a great interval workout on Fuji-san on the Rail trail Memorial Day weekend. I took the speedplay peddles off and put some old flat, teethy metal platform peddles on because the clip-ins tweaked my ankle when I pulled up on them. Picture me puffing away on the rail trail spinning as hard as I can. A blur of rusted true-temper terrifying the walkers and children. I’ve been putting on weight so I’ve got a nice, great belly swinging away under my bike shirt bumping into my knees on the upstroke. And somehow my iPhone decided to shuffle into 100% live Grateful Dead music and it seems strangely fitting in this weird alternate universe of non-running exercise among the frightened populace.Buddy is doing fine. I had to get up in the middle of the night last night. Ther...

Unicorns-1.4Introductory Comments:http://go.liverfoundation.org/goto/cyktrussell[audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/unicorns14.mp3]Unicorns14.mp3Hello and welcome my friends. This is Chris and this is the fourth in my series of personal podcasts that I am doing, to air out my brain and deal with my father’s cancer and gear up to run for the Liver Foundation at the Boston Marathon this year. Note: Even though this is on the RunRunLive Podcast feed, this is NOT the RunRunLive podcast. You have fair warning to skip now because I’m not talking about running. Standard RunRunLive episodes will be labeled as such. As part of this project, whatever this project is, I’m collecting donations for the American Liver Foundation for my running of the Boston Marathon this year. I wanted to layer on some purpose for the event and make it more personal. The donation links are in the show notes and at http://go.liverfoundation.org/goto/cyktrussellMy story is that I already had a number for this year’s race. I Didn’t need to fundraise, but with my Dad’s health declining I thought it would be a decent thing to do to dedicate this to him and my family. ...Today I’m going to read you a couple short pieces to mark my Dad’s passing this week. Our extended family got together to celebrate my Dad’s life. http://www.dolanfuneralhome.com/node/854Earl D. Russell - “Russ”, Husband, Father, Grandfather, WR1YEarl David Russell passed away on March 24, 2014 in Groton, MA. Russ was the beloved husband of Margaret (Peggy Connors) Russell, to whom he was married for over 58 years. He was the son of David C. Russell and Corrine Russell and grew up in Chelmsford, MA, graduating from CHS with the Class of 1946.Following service in the Air Force during the Korean War, he completed his Electrical Engineering degree at UNH, Class of 1957 and was President of Tau Beta Phi, the Engineering Honor Society.Professionally, he was employed by Adams Russell Corp, Sanders Associates, MA/COM and was President and Founder of Russell Engineering Services (Lowell and Waltham, MA) for 25 years.In retirement, Russ was actively involved with the CHS Alumni organization, aviation, antique cars, Town of Groton audio/communications events, the Groton Emergency Management Team and the Groton Senior Center. He founded the Nashoba Valley Amateur Radio Club.The Russells enjoyed many years of Square and Round dancing. Ballroom dancing was their special “sport,” Big Band was their era, and they shared their love of dance with many wonderful friends and fellow dancing enthusiasts.Russ is survived by two sons; David and Jill Russell, Christopher and Yvonne Russell, and two daughters; Mary Lou and Doug Martin, Joanne “Jody” and Dan Dobson of Indiana, and ten grandchildren. He was predeceased by his sister, Phyllis (Russell) Quintin of Groton.I’m going to include an interview I did with my Dad on his 80th birthday back in 2008 as episode 25 of the original RunRunLive podcast. We are a close family. My Dad’s death leaves a big hole in our lives, in the lives of our friends and in the community. I learned a lot from my Father. Much of who I am today I owe to him. He will live on in me and all of us. We are here today; this week, to mourn a passing but also to celebrate a life well lived. ...Featured Interview:Earl D. “Russ” RussellSummary Article: Thank you for joining me in my Journey. This week I surpassed my $2,000 fundraising goal and I’m grateful for the friends that have supported me. The Prayer of St. Francis.Go to: http://go.liverfoundation.org/goto/cyktrussellThank you for joining me on my journey with purpose. Chris,Music by Bridge Underwater - “sad song”

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Unicorns-1.3Me-and-DadIntroductory Comments:http://go.liverfoundation.org/goto/cyktrussell[audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/unicorns13.mp3]unicorns13.mp3Hello and welcome my friends. This is Chris and this is the third in my series of personal podcasts that I am doing, to air out my brain and deal with my father’s cancer and gear up to run for the Liver Foundation at the Boston Marathon this year.Note: Even though this is on the RunRunLive Podcast feed, this is NOT the RunRunLive podcast. You have fair warning to skip now because I’m not talking about running. Standard RunRunLive episodes will be labeled as such.As part of this project, whatever this project is, I’m collecting donations for the American Liver Foundation for my running of the Boston Marathon this year. I wanted to layer on some purpose for the event and make it more personal.The donation links are in the show notes and at http://go.liverfoundation.org/goto/cyktrussellMy story is that I already had a number for this year’s race. I Didn’t need to fundraise, but with my Dad’s health declining I thought it would be a decent thing to do to dedicate this to him and my family....I’m the youngest of 4. I have two older sisters and an older brother. We didn’t always get along with each other as siblings do but we are close and working through my Dad’s cancer has given us the opportunity to spend more time together. It’s been fun to talk through shared family experiences and memories.As the youngest I don’t have the depth of memories as my brother and sisters, but they are there and as we spend time together they are unearthed like the quite turnings of some dusty album. There’s nothing bad there. There is some funny stuff. Mostly it is bits and pieces and vignettes that we can compare notes on.I remember my Dad coming home from work one day with a full size electric organ for the living room. My sisters were both taking piano lessons and I guess he thought this would give them some additional enablement.At some point we acquired a full size piano as well at some point. My Mom taught my girls how to play songs on it when they went for visits.My Dad designed a built a giant two story car garage out of pre-stressed concrete beams and I can remember helping shingle the roof with cedar shakes. Snapping the chalk lines, as a kid, and knocking the shingle nails true, row by row, all day long.He and my brother would work on cars together in that garage. They had every tool and machine needed to do anything. I remember one time in the 80’s I dropped my car off at the house. It needed a universal joint in the front end. I was going to help them replace it (which for me meant handing them tools). I went for an errand and by the time I came back they had it done already.My Dad and I would go for walks in the woods in New England. I don’t remember the walks so much as the trees. I still can identify every tree in New England by its leaves and bark. If pressed I could make a serviceable whistle from a young willow sapling with a jackknife – which was one of our spring rituals.The red oak, the white pine, the ash – used for axe handles and hockey sticks – the poplar, the white and grey birch, the pignuts and shagbark hickories – whose bounty we would collect in the fall for fireside cracking and snacking – the hawthorn and elderberry. My connection to the natural world that I treasure so dearly was born in those New England summers.My Dad loved to chop wood to feed the wood stove all winter long. He taught me how to swing an axe. His favorite axe was a light, thin-bladed axe for limbing the felled trees, and he would grind the cheeks of splitting axes to create the perfect tool.He taught me how to swing a maul to split the green hard wood and how to stack the split logs so that they would dry. He showed me that you could split any log with a sledge hammer and wedges.The wedges in my garage came from his collection. I use them every year as I relive the pure visceral joy of bringing the heavy maul down on the yielding log in the sultry autumn afternoons. There is nothing I enjoy more than becoming lost in a large woodpile with my axe, maul, hammer and wedges.And that’s the lesson here. There is peace and honor in a job well done. It doesn’t matter that you can pay someone $100 bucks to mow your lawn or drop a cord of presplit wood in your driveway. That takes the honor out of it. The pride and honor of reducing a pile of logs to a neatly stacked and tarped pile of BTU’s for the coming winter is a feeling of intellectual freedom that I am thankful for.Today I’m going to share with you a chat I had with a friend of mine and fellow Goon Squad runner Michael Robertson about running for charity.After that I’m going to read a story my brother wrote recently about something funny from our childhood. I never realized how good a writer my brother was until he began to comment on the Caringbridge site my sister set up for my Dad’s friends to check in. He w...

Unicorns-1.0Introductory Comments:[audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/Unicorns10.mp3]Unicorns10.mp3Hello and welcome my friends. This is Chris and this a new series of podcasts that I’m doing that I’m going to call ‘Unicorns’. Let me explain. Be warned this is a bit of departure from what I’ve done in the past. I’ will try to give you enough information so that you can decide whether you want to get on this particular bus and share this personal journey with me.This series is going to be about my current life events and journey. It involves running and the Boston Marathon, but only tangentially. If you’re looking for marathon tips you should stop now and switch to one of the main RunRunLive episodes or any of the other fine marathon podcasts out there.If you have been listening to my show for any of the last 5 years and 282 episodes you know that I have chosen not to share much about my personal life. You could if you listened carefully tease out some of the background noise from my sanitized avatar but for the most part I’ve isolated you from my job and my family. I did this for two reasons. First I didn’t want the show to be about me – I wanted it to be about you and your journey with running and endurance sports. Second, I suppose I was afraid to trust the internet with too much personal information. That’s the way we were raised. It’s part of our culture in New England. We keep the shades drawn and we give our neighbors their peace and privacy.Well, my friends, today, and in the unicorn series I’m going to throw open the curtains of my personal life a bit. I’m going to do so to bring purpose to this year’s running and to let you help me in my journey.First we’ll have a 15-20 minute interview with Nick from the American Liver Foundation and then I’ll share with you what I’m doing and invite you to get on my bus as things get weird over the next 9 weeks or so.Cheers,Chris,Featured Interview:Nick Giordano is a 13 time marathoner. He has been the chair of the American Liver Foundation's Run for Research Marathon on two occasions. Nick serves on the Board of Directors for the American Liver Foundation's New England Chapter. ALF- The American Liver Foundation's Run for Research® program is the oldest and one of the largest marathon teams in the Boston Athletic Association's official charity program. For over two decades we have helped thousands of runners compete in the historic Boston Marathon while raising funds for the fight against liver disease. The organization's mission is this one of advocacy and education while raising important funds for research. Myfinishline link: Summary Article:I said I’d get personal and here we go...A year ago during the holidays my Dad wasn’t feeling well. He began to look Jaundiced. After a few visits and trips to Boston we discovered that he had an inoperable tumor on a bile duct in his liver. They were able to put a stent in to relieve the bile duct and he went through a round of chemo to keep the cancer at bay. Over the last year he has had a series of setbacks and infections and now is ready to leave us in the near future. My Dad was a runner. My dad introduced me to the concept of running to get in shape when I was quite young. He never ran a marathon or any of that he just set the example of running to stay in shape. My Dad was and is a strong man. My parents have been very active in their social circle and teaching dance lessons and being an inspiration into their 80’s. I’m the youngest of 4 children who all turned out well, thanks in no small part to the direction our parents set us on. Their belief in education, in learning, in being a better person and making the difference you can have been lessons that have guided us well.My parents supported me and encouraged me when I started racing marathons. They came to my races and passed me bottles and cheered me on in my success. My parents were always there for me. In a short while my father won’t be there for me anymore. To honor my family, my parents and my family I have decided to run this year’s Boston Marathon for the American Liver Foundation. I am going to track my journey through this Unicorn series and I need your help. Please go to my page at the American Liver Foundation and Donate.As an extra incentive, if you donate $50 or more I will write and record a personalized inspirational audio message for your next event. This is not some throw away kindness. I will write you something powerful and poetic that you can carry with you forever my friends.Go to:Thank you for joining me on my journey with purpose.Chris, - “sad song”

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