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If you're running super long distance, that's where you want to look at things like goo, you want to look at chewies, you want to look at things that you can take as you're running. But I don't think we're here yet. You're at the beginning so you don't need to worry about after three miles. I need to take something to replenish. I think for right now we're just focusing on getting you going. So that looks like what happens before and what happens afterwards. Hey guys, I'm Rachel Hollis and this is the show where we talk about life, real life around here. We cover everything from habits and motivation to relationships, parenting and what it looks like to build a life that you love. If you're trying to grow, heal, or just feel a little bit more like yourself. You're in the right place. I am recording today's episode for you before I go on a run. It felt really appropriate because it's Saturday morning and my daughter's in there watching cartoons. The teenagers are still asleep. And I'm preparing for a Saturday morning run, which is typically one of my longer runs of the week. And as I was sipping my coffee this morning, I thought, you know, I have run a lot of miles over the years of sort of thinking about having run three full marathons, at least 16 halves that I can think of. And this isn't counting, like the walks that I've done in Spain or climbing mountains or anything. Just like straight up running. And then I started doing the math. Like if I'm running on average this many miles. And I'm not gonna say I run every single week. Cause I don't. But let's say 40 weeks a year, I'm running at least 10 miles a week. Over the last 12 years, that's over 5,000 miles that I've run. Which feels kind of impossible because I did not start out with any kind of athletic prowess. Okay. I was the girl growing up in high school. Like my family. I do not have any athletes in my family. Nobody did sports. I definitely had lots of opinions about what it was to be a runner or who I needed to be to be a runner. So I just. I didn't grow up doing it. And honestly, the only time I ran was when we had to do the mile in gym in high school. All of that to say, I started my running journey 12 years ago after I had my last pregnancy. Not my last baby, cause my daughter's adopted, but my last pregnancy. I started running for the very first time. And at one point in my life, I was over 50 pounds heavier than I am today. 52 is the number, I always say. But she might have been a little bit more. What changed my life forever and what helped me to maintain a level of health that is so much more aligned with who I feel like I am today. It's not like, oh, I picked up running and that fixed everything. But running became this great habit in my life. It allowed me to have this regular routine where I could several days a week or at the very least on the weekend, I could take some time for myself. I could go push my body. I could go celebrate my body. I love running because you could just walk out your front door and do it. I understand. Not everybody lives in A place that's safe enough to do that. But for the most part, it's easy to find a space in your community where you can run. You don't have to sign up for a gym membership. You can start exactly where you are. When I began my journey with running, I couldn't even jog half a mile. Truly. Like, I thought I was gonna die. I was just. I struggled so much. I love running because it is a really good kind of analogy for life. You try something, anything, and even if it's hard, even if it feels impossible, you do the thing and you don't die. And then you prove to yourself that you can do something you didn't think that you could. And. And the next time you go back and you try and do a little bit more, and you try and do a little bit more and you keep going. And that consistency builds something incredible. Running is that you could literally start from your couch. Having never walked a mile and run a marathon, you truly can. And there are so many stories of people who begin with like couch to 5K, couch to half marathon, and then they eventually build up to a longer race. I love running. Even if you're not interested in the idea of doing some kind of race, though, I would highly recommend it. Today I'm going to share six things that I wish I had known back then. These are the things that I have learned through trial and error of 12 years of real life running, of doing races, of showing up, of maintaining my health, all of that stuff. I'm going to give you all the bits and pieces today in case you are starting from scratch or you dream of starting from scratch. Here is what I wish I knew back then. All right? If I wanted to become a runner from scratch starting today, here's what I'd do. Okay, number one, this is going to sound so stupid, but is actually a phenomenal piece of advice. If you are starting from zero, find a flat path somewhere in your community that is paved, that has no cars, that is safe for you to run, that you can build mileage on. So when I started running for the very first time, I lived in la. And if you live anywhere near the east side of la, I will tell you exactly where I think you should start running. The Rose Bowl. So the Rose bowl is this massive arena in a place called Pasadena. And the outside of the Rose bowl, if you run a full circuit of the Rose bowl is like 3.2 miles. So it is a fantastic place to start to track how far you're getting. What I also love about the Rose bowl is, like, I said, no cars. There's a walking path or a running path. Tons of people go there all the time, every single day to bike or ride or take a stroll with their friends. But it is this awesome place where I never had to worry as a woman running by myself with music in my ears. So I always felt safe there because there was always a ton of people around. Even at, like, 5:00' clock in the morning, there's always people running. At the Rose bowl, you have a safe path. You're not sort of like, running around and then cars are driving by you and you have to stay aware. Like, I'm out in the country right now. I live on a pretty sleepy road, but it's still hilly. And it's not super safe to just run full out around here if you're not aware of your surroundings. Because there are cars and trucks and tractors. All sorts of things are coming down this road. So what I've actually done is found my flat. No cars. Lots of people there, feel safe to run in my community, and it makes such a difference. For those of you who are taking in this episode, and you're super hardcore and you're like, oh, flat ground. Doesn't you need the hills? You need. No, babe, no. We are starting from zero. And if we're starting from zero, we want to set ourselves up for success. Setting yourself up for success when you do not have any running training looks like finding flat ground. Do not force yourself to do some crazy path with, like, hills and steep inclines and downhills and, like, what? We're not trying to trail run, babe. We're trying to get a mile in. Okay? So let's set ourselves up for success. Flat, no cars, safe. People thought I was crazy, but I trained for my first marathon at the Rose Bowl. I never ran anywhere else. And I know, again, hardcore runners are going to be like, oh, you got to train on different surfaces. And what? First race, you're trying not to die. That's literally your only goal. You're like, I want to do a run without peeing my pants, without pooping my pants, without throwing up, without death. That's basically all we're going for here. I don't think anyone is taking in this episode. If you're, like, winning the Boston Marathon, right? We are just trying to get through to the other side. If you're trying to get through to the other side, make it as easy as possible for you to pull this off. So the first thing that you're going to do is find a spot where you can actually get these runs in. And with the Rose Bowl, I loved it because three miles was a great goal. It was a great goal to get to the place where I could run it without stopping. And then after that, it was about, okay, can I run it and get to 4 miles? Can I run it and get to 5? Can I run it and get To 6? That was all I was trying to do back in the day. I had a pedometer, which would tell me my mileage. It was not fancy. I think I had a Garmin back in the day. Now I have an Apple watch where I track my miles. And I really like the Nike Run app. This is not an ad, but I really like that my family's all on it together. I know a lot of people love Strava. There's some great things that you can do to track your mileage, but you do not need fancy equipment. You could literally drive your route in your car and see how many miles it is and then go, okay, I know if I run from here to Becky's house, that's a mile. And I'm going to try and run from here to Becky's house. That's where you're going to start. Okay. The second thing that I would do if I was starting running today is you got to get good shoes. Now, I do not believe that you should go out and buy equipment. In fact, I would like to go on record and say there are two kinds of people who start running. And I don't care which kind you are, because I just want you to get out there and move your body and do something that makes you feel inspired and proud. And there are two types of people when it comes to runners. There are the people who have all the gear, who are so hardcore, who are in their matching set. They look the part, right? They, like, look like the girl who does Influencer running videos on Instagram. We love that for her. That is not who I am. I am the person who shows up to the marathon wearing the same running clothes I've been wearing for five years. So, like, the person who shows up to the marathon, and they're, like, in a whole new outfit. First of all, total rookie mistake. Terrible idea. Never run a race in clothes you did not train in. That is so dangerous. But I just, like, I'm there for the run. I'm not there for, like, the aesthetic of the run. And so I'm never going to be the one that tells you that you need to get fancy equipment, except you Absolutely have to have good running shoes. You do. If you're trying to run a few miles, use whatever you've got. But if you are trying to run a long race, you need to go find a running store in your town. It's different than, like, the Foot Locker, okay? This is not you buying shoes at Target. We love that. But this is not what this is. You need to find a running store. If you don't have one in your town, is there one in a nearby town? If you don't have one in a nearby town, can you find one online where someone will at the very least talk to you? I'm sure there's some kind of AI robot that'll help fit you for running shoes. Different running shoes work in different ways. And if you go to an actual running store, the only people who work at a running store are runners. If you have not experienced this yet, I promise you there are no non runners working at a running store. So you go to a running store, you're going to see all of these people who look like gazelles, 2% body fat, because they're doing like 100 miles a week. They're super hardcore. And they freaking love the fact that you are trying to be a runner, too. And they are so pumped to help you. And they're going to spend an hour, hour and a half measuring your feet, giving you different options, helping you, like, bounce around, looking at your stride. They're going to help you so much to figure out the exact right shoe for you. And running shoes work different for different people. So for the longest time, I loved Adidas Boost. Those are my favorite shoes. I've run, like, every race in them. They have a really wide toe box, which I like. I love an Adidas Boost. But then Adidas Boost changed their shape. So this happened a couple years ago, and I've tried every which way. I even went like. And bought old ones, the old versions that were way better. Now Adidas Boost is like. I don't know how to explain it. It's like almost like a. I don't know. I don't know what it is, but I don't like it. It doesn't work for my foot anymore. But I tried on so many shoes to get to the Adidas Boost. My shoes are literally. If I'm on a trail, this is so sexy, you guys. This is the real life. I love a Solomon. I wear these all the time. If I'm gonna be on, like, country roads or if I'm gonna be hiking or anything like that. So I love a Solomon. And then I also love. I wear New Balance a lot. But you have to try different things. For instance, everybody is so turned on by a hoka. Everyone has a hoka. My husband has, like, five pairs. I can't. They don't work for me. I don't like a hoka. It's kind of like therapy. You gotta test some different things out. Running shoes are like dating. Finding running shoes that work for you is like dating or finding a therapist. Okay? You gotta try different ones. You don't know what's gonna work right for you. And what works for your sister doesn't necessarily work for you. Do you have a high instep? Do you have a wide set foot? You don't know yet. But you need to know in order to find the thing that is gonna help your body to recover quicker. Cause, babe, no way you're watching this if you're 20 years old. All right? I know who this audience is. You're not 20 years old. Neither am I. So if we're gonna go put this strain on our body, and it is strain to run, it is impact, right? It's impact on your body. 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I get so many requests to add video component to the podcast but it is so hard to be able to do all the things that we do in the company and then get in hair and makeup and look really cute and like make a video to go along with the pod. It's just so much and so I'm like, you know what? Y' all don't care. I don't think you care. Will you comment and let me know if you care if some of my videos I look cute? And I promise you I still will. And then some of my just like I'm about to go on a run because the the sun's coming in cause it's the morning. I'm not used to shooting in the morning. If it were me, I'd rather just have the video, even if the video isn't perfect. But we're just doing it, so you and I both know producer Jack's gonna hate this shot. Whatever. We're here to know how to run, so let's keep on going. Okay? So you're gonna get some running shoes that work for you. You're gonna get some shorts. Yep. I don't care what your legs look like, Babe, no one's looking at your legs. You're looking at your legs and you're judging your legs. But we're in springtime. We're going into summer. You're gonna get some freaking shorts. The people who wear pants to go on runs in the summertime because they're worried, oh, I have cellulite. Oh, my legs look fat. Who freaking cares? Who cares? You are working on yourself. You're trying to change your life. You can't change your life and worry about what you changing your life looks like to other people. You really can't. So you're going to get some shorts. Some shorts that work for you, that can hold the key to your car if you're parking somewhere else. Like, if you're driving to your destination and you're okay, we want a little pocket for our keys. We. We want a pocket for our phone. Unless you're the kind of person who likes to run with their phone in their hand. But we want a little pocket for our phone. We want a pocket for our keys. The legs cannot roll up. I don't care how juicy those thighs are. I don't care how much lovin's in your oven. We can't have those legs rolling up if you are running a race. Let me show you an exact version of this. If you're running a race. And then the whole time. Oh, wait, I'm so far from the mic. If you're not watching this on YouTube, you're really missing a. A show. If you're running a race and the whole time these are, like, doing. It's rolling. Literally, you're. The whole time you're messing with your clothes, and you. You can't have that. You're trying to stay alive, remember? So we want some kind of shorts that will, you know. There we go. There's. Look, there's some cellulite. Guys, I got cellulite for days. And I just told you I ran 5,000 miles. I don't know how we escape cellulite. So let' worrying about it and just move on with our lives. Cellulite shot Anyway, okay, so we want some shorts because it's summertime and we're not trying to. We're not trying to die out here in perimenopause. We want some shorts that can hold our stuff. My two favorites are Lululemon, which I've worn for years and have run many races in. And then Cassie Ho, who does blogilates and Pot Flex, has fantastic shorts that have all the pockets that don't have camel toe that stay down on your leg. She's really worked hard to do shorts in different sizes. Clothes in different sizes for working out. That works for, like, every woman's body. So highly recommend those. But you want to get some shorts. You need a sports bra that holds in the girls. You must have this. When I run by other women who are flopping around, okay. They're out there trying to work on themselves and their boobs are, like, hitting them in the face. 0% chance she's coming back in a couple days. 0%. That's going to mess up her back. It is. And she's feeling uncomfortable. You need to be held in. Okay. You need to be like you're in a corset, like that wooden girl on the front of the pirate ship. Okay? You. You need to be in. I don't care if you're buxom. Something's got to hold you in again, I think Lululemon makes a really nice bra here. I also, right now, I'm wearing a Nike sports bra. These girls ain't going nowhere. And be mindful, if you still get a cycle that certain times of the month, you're gonna need a running sports bra that's a little bit tighter than when you're on your period or close to your period and your boobs get bigger. So I have one that's for closer to my period or on my period. And then I have another that's a little bit tighter when the girls are smaller in size and need to be held in in a different way. We want a sports bra that works for us. One more thing. On the shorts that I forgot to say, those shorts need to come down so far on your thighs. No. Chafing is possible if you chafe your inner thighs, which all of us have. If you're so thin, you've never experienced the special kind of torture it is to have blisters and chafing on your inner thighs. I mean, some people just walk in the light. Okay, good for you. But for many of us, we have experienced that deep discomfort. You do not want that on a Run. Listen, guys, the run run is going to be hard enough. The run will be hard. Whatever you're pushing yourself to run, Even if it's 2/10 of a mile, it's going to be difficult for you. So you want everything else to help and support your efforts, not work against you. So we can't have any chafing. One more thought here on what you need. Some kind of music plan. Music is so key. I know that there are people who go on long runs without anything. They don't listen to anything. I think they might be sociopaths. I'm not gonna lie. You're either a sociopath or you're a guru who has ascended to the most upper levels of self actualization. That is not me. I need Beyonce. So whatever kind of music is gonna pump you up, I highly suggest you figure it out in advance. Don't wait until you're out on the run and then go, oh, what am I in the mood for today? I like to make running playlists based on my mood and then I do not allow myself to act ever. Listen to that playlist unless I'm on a run. It feels like a little treat. I also don't get used to the pump up hype up songs in any other part of my life. So when I'm out there, I'm like, let's go, who runs the world, girls? So we've talked about a spot to run, we've talked about the gear to run. Now we're going to talk about what you need before the run. You must eat something before a run. Those of you who are into intermittent fasting, great. I love an intermittent fast. I do not believe that you can run effectively if you don't have a little something in your body. So back in the day, my go to pre run meal was a piece of wheat toast with some nut butter on it. And then for a couple of years I was doing a little bit of oatmeal with some nut butter and now I do half a banana with some nut butter. You see the themes. I'm having a carb and I'm having some healthy fats and a little protein, but I always, always, always have something before I go on a run. I love a protein shake. I do it almost every morning, but on run days I do the protein shake after the run because it just doesn't feel very good in my stomach. I really like the combination of the carbs plus the nut butter experiment. You'll see all kinds of different runners who have different pre games with their food, but I do believe it is essential to support your body. I don't typically have like a banana and nut butter as a snack. That's not very common for me, but it's like the perfect amount of sugar and fat and all the things I need before I head out onto the road. Looking for a gift to make Mom's Day Shop Etsy for all her favorites, like personalized jewelry and accessories or even custom stained glass artwork she'll truly love. 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If you were at least that old, you were too old not to stretch. Sorry. You're too old not to have electrolytes. You're too old, babe. You need a night serum and you need some electrolytes and that's okay. We're loving being in our 40s. These are the best years of our life. We're loving. We're loving being over 40. These are about to be the best decades of our life. And you can absolutely start your running journey right now at whatever age you are. But you have to set your body up for success and you have to take care of it. And after it does the thing that you asked it to, we're going to drink so much water after we run. We're going to make sure we get electrolytes in. My personal favorite is a brand called Element and my favorite flavor is watermelon salt. Not everybody loves that because it's super salty. My kids think it tastes disgusting. I love it. When you're doing endurance races, they always say when salt starts to taste good, it's because you are really needing it. So always, always, always an electrolyte. And I take it afterwards. I know some people take it before. That's my jam. If you're running super long distance, that's where you want to look at things like goo. You want to look at chewies. You want to look at things that you can take as you're running. But I don't think we're here yet. You're at the beginning, so you don't need to worry about after three miles. I need to take something to replenish. I think for right now, we're just focusing on getting you going. So that looks like what happens before and what happens afterwards. The fourth thing that you need to do if you want to start running. Sign up for a race. Sign up for a race. Do it. If you were at the beginning, sign up for a 5k. Somewhere in your community or in a nearby community or where your sister lives or where your parents lives, somewhere there is going to be a 5k raising money for some local charity. It happens everywhere, and because it happens everywhere, you need to sign up. Number one, you're raising money for a local charity. That's amazing. Number two, there is something so magical about running with other people. Most of your runs are going to be done in solo. They're going to be you by yourself. It's you versus you. I love it if you join a running group. I love it if you have an accountability buddy. But running really is a solo sport, and when you get to go to a race, you're surrounded by people and babies and dogs and veterans and flags and posters, and it is so inspiring and so exciting, and all of a sudden you're like, oh, my gosh, I'm a runner, so sign up for a 5K. The really cool thing that happens with races is that you do a 5K and then you want to do a half, and then you want to do a full. You believe that you can do things you never thought you could do because you just do one. My very first 5k, I truly thought I was gonna throw up. I. I could not figure out how to finish the 5K, but I did. And then once that was done, I was like, oh, okay, let's go for the half. So I want you to sign up for one race. Even if you don't think you would want to do more. There's a lot of good benefits. It also gives you a date on the calendar that you need to have the ability to run. Three miles by. So we're gonna sign up for a 5K, make it three months from now if that feels good to you. And why don't you get some other people to do it with you? Why don't you ask your family, friends, or maybe your favorite running friend if they'll do a 5k with you so you have some accountability to show up for the thing you said you would do? Okay, the fifth thing that you need to do is have a plan. You can't just start running. Well, you can, but I don't think that's going to keep you in it consistently. What keeps you in it consistently is something that you are working toward, which is why I love a race. Because if you know that you have to run 13.1 miles six months from now, you can begin to back up and really easily figure out how to get from where you are to where you want to go. So I've been talking about this concept for years of the roadmap. When we're setting a goal, we want to start with the end. So you start with the end in mind. And then you ask yourself, okay, well, what would need to be true in order for me to run 13 miles? What would happen right before I'm able to run 13 miles? Right, you could run 12 miles and then you back up from there and you say, well, what would need to be true in order for me to run 12 miles? I'd have to be able to run 11. And if you keep backing your way up from any goal, you will see the next right step for you. But if you have nothing that you're working for and no reason to try and hit a big mileage number, you're going to go run a few times in your neighborhood and then you're going to give up. So you need some kind of goal to aim at and you need a running plan if you actually want this to be a way of life, not just something that you try for a couple of weeks. The other thing that's really helpful for a lot of people is joining a local running club. Runners are some of the most kind, supportive, helpful community I have ever met in my life. Runners love other runners. We were all in your shoes at one point. Join a local runners club. They're going to be so pumped that you're there. Reach out. Like, you can look on Instagram, you can look on the Internet. Reach out to whoever puts that running group on and just say, I am a total newbie. What advice would you give me? And I would get so Granular where should I park? What should I wear? Do I need, you know, cash to pay for parking? Like, arm yourself with as much info so you're not scared. And then also Sarah, who organizes that running group, she's going to look out for you that day. She's going to take care of you, she's going to introduce you to other people. I cannot overemphasize this enough. Set yourself up for success. This is true in any area of your life. But trying something big like running a race for the first time, you need to make sure that you are making it as easy as possible to pull it off. All right, we've talked about five things. Here is my last one. Follow people on social media who are runners and your age, you, 52 year old mother of two grown children following a 22 year old runner, giving you advice. It is so setting you up to feel like you are not enough. You do not have the body of a 22 year old. Thank God. Thank God we're not 22 anymore. We are wiser, we are stronger, we are more resourced. We've done our therapy, we've done our work. Let's celebrate where we are today and let's get inspiration from other people who are our age too. I love a 22 year old influencer. I'm so grateful they're there. They're doing the Lord's work for other people in their 20s. But that's not you. So you want to make sure when you are being influenced by anybody that there's someone who's doing something that actually could resonate with the work that you're trying to do in your life. So we want to look for other runners who are our age who are maybe in our similar part of the world. If someone lives in LA and is running, they're living a completely different winter than those of us who are in New York State run, right? So if someone's like, oh, just head out and do a run. It's not really helping you when there's snow on the ground. I need to hear from the people who are like, hey, you can do runs until it gets to be about 10 degrees and then you might get frostbite and die. Like, that's who I need advice from. I need advice from. The people are like, here's how to sync your running schedule to your hormones. I need people who are like, here's how you can get your run in while you're on your period. Like, I need advice from people who are living similar lives to me because that is going to be the most resource information I can get to what set me up for success. So these are some of my best ideas that I hope are helpful to you. If you are just starting out on your running journey, the last thing that I would want to say is just do it. I know. What a lame piece of advice. There's a reason that Nike slogan has worked for decades. It's because that's the answer. Just do. It doesn't mean, like, it's gonna feel good. It doesn't mean you won't get blisters. It doesn't mean you might not lose a toenail. That's part of the fun, you know, it doesn't mean that those things won't happen. But you don't have to overthink this. You put on some sneakers and you go see if you can run half a mile. And then if you can do that, then tomorrow or the next day, you go see if you can run a full mile and you keep going. If you want to be a runner, go run. It is truly that simple. It is not. We're not more special. We didn't come out of the womb running. We didn't, like, have some magical ability to run that you don't have. That is a story that you've been telling yourself for far too long. If you feel called. If you think this would be fun, give it a shot. Let's see what happens. And if you hate it, well, come on back. We'll have more information for you later. If you are still with me at this point, I hope you will consider subscribing to the podcast. We will be back soon with more conversations about how to make life just a little bit better. Until then, as always, I love you and I'm rooting for you. The rachel hollis podcast is produced by me, rachel hollis. It's edited by andrew weller and jack noble. 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