Your special thing, rescue ready and that kick

Hi all,

I got an email newsletter that asked, "Whose Goals Are you Setting?" It asked the question, are you setting goals that are familiar and tried and true, like a marathon PR, a race you have done before or are you really digging in to find YOUR VERY SPECIAL thing? I love the idea of your own special thing rather than the expected thing! 

There is a guy who just swam around Iceland until parts of his tongue feel off. That really is finding his own unique thing (OUCH!). This dude did over 200,000 bounces on a pogo stick (that takes 20 hours in case you are interested and then a lifetime of explaining it at dinner parties). This woman deadlifts over 600 pounds and isn't done getting stronger. (My brain is broken thinking about that)

It doesn't need to be the Boston Marathon or an ultra or something that may burn your tongue off, but I hope you are working on finding our very own special thing. 

STRENGTH TRAINING 
If your big goal requires you to have core strength or durability you should be joining us for Strength Training for Runners this and every Wednesday. Always free. Live to your screen, see you there! 

BE RESCUE READY
If you fell on a training run and stabbed yourself in an artery with your trekking pole, would you know where to start to keep yourself alive and get a rescue? This really happened to a runner in Wyoming. You can listen to the story and then pack yourself a jacket, safety blanket and know who to call when the pole hits the leg. 

CLUSTER DEXTRIN?
Confused about carbohydrate intake decisions like fructose vs. glucose. And what exactly is a highly branched cluster dextrin and is it good? This article is a good place to start for the basics of how much and which formulations. 

NOW THAT'S A KICK
Check out the finish of the World Athletics Championships men's marathon in Tokyo. Apparently, there has never been a closer marathon finish. Looking at the footage for the first time I thought they were mistakenly replaying a 5k, that kick! Watching the women's marathon finish, I realize THIS would normally be the nail biter but there was air between the final two making it no biggie in comparison. 

DON'T BRING YOUR LADDER TO BERLIN
I have an athlete racing the Berlin Marathon which has some amazing rules for the start line. No bulky objects such as ladders, stools, (folding) chairs, or crates. No smoke powder, bombs or other pyrotechnic objects. No laser pointers. No large quantities of paper and paper rolls or bicycles or animals or luggage. I am guessing this means once, someone brought a giant paper roll, some luggage and a laser pointer to the race start, got real annoying and now this is the world.