Sounds like, finish line joy and recorded strength

I have been in Oaxaca, Mexico to witness and celebrate Day of The Dead, Dia de los Muertos, and while this is not my personal heritage, I have been so taken with this holiday. I love the beauty of the alters created for loved ones whose souls come back to be with their families made with photos, favorite foods and flowers. I love that there is conversation around death that isn't only grief filled but joy filled enough to have city wide parades, a carnival set up at the cemetery and bands playing late into the night. I am not sure my loved ones who have departed were here with me in Oaxaca, but I sure hope they are. 

I will still be away for Strength Training for Runners live class this week, so celebrate without me and see you again on Wednesday, Nov 12. 

STRENGTH
One more week away from the garage gym and live class with you. But please don't skip strength. Here is a body weight workout from the archives you can do anytime. See you live on Wednesday next week. Put it on your calendar. 

NYC
The New York City Marathon was last weekend and had an astounding 59,226 total finishers. It was an awesome photo finish by the first male runners. The female winner was Helen Obiri and the video of her winning is a split screen with her parents cheering her in and it is a JOY!  But the video of the last finisher was incredibly moving and made me realize that they kept the finish line open for many hours past the official cut off and allow runners who want to finish to complete the route on the sidewalk. Amazing. 

CARBS
If you are a pre-race bagel eater, yay, carbs. But if you have coached with me you may know for many of you, I encourage the swap of bagel to Kings Hawaiian bread, the soft fluffy oh so carb filled easy to eat rolls in the orange packaging. AND now the endorsement comes from a nutritionist I trust (and you should follow, let's normalize chowing down a whole bag of rolls carb loading pre-endurance events!) A bagel can be tough to eat and dry where you can smash a piece of Hawaiian bread into the size of a marble and keep going! Try it next race. 

SOUNDS LIKE MORE THAN RUNNING
If you need some content to bring to your runs that is more than running, here is a podcast that I have been enjoying to help me talk about more than just running (but I still come back to a lot of running. Can't stop, won't stop!) Twenty Thousand Hertz is "the stories behind the most iconic and fascinating sounds." Stories like, there is an actual guy who made the sound of the Yahoo yodel, how we got the sound of Jeopardy and how they mix Saturday Night Live on the spot.