Lift Heavy Run Long Podcast - Inspire. Be Inspired.

https://youtu.be/JQ0-eYBVMMY This week on the Lift Heavy Run Long® Podcast we had the pleasure of sitting down with Peter Mellen. Peter is an avid st. Jude supporter, passionate runner, aspiring running coach and race director for the fortitude trail race 50k/25k event. He is taking over the Stanky Creek Race in September which was formerly directed by Mike Samuelson. Peter's daughter, Olivia, is a patient at St. Jude and the treatment that Peter and his family have received has inspired him to set a goal of raising $100,000 for the organization in 2020. Peter is a great guy who places emphasis on community and the friendship which comes about through running and trail events. We hope you tune-in and enjoy the show!

https://youtu.be/7Plx-5DVQ6w This week on the Lift Heavy Run Long® Podcast. Big Thirsty takes his seat on the couch. Amanda refocuses on getting fit. Von is cold. Wilson is grumpy. We also discuss television packages and Disney+  because these are important things if you want to be fit.

https://youtu.be/4a9KCJIjOnc Man, oh man, what a weekend. Tunnel Hill 50/100 Mile Race. There is always a big LHRL presence but this year was extra special. There was so much support, so many first-timers and so many incredible stories of guts and toughness. I am very tired and my brain doesn't work so that is all that I am going to say about that. I hope you enjoy the episode.

https://youtu.be/LX8ZW1JQPD0 Von says that the first day after daylight savings time is cursed and Thirsty gets the chaff. What do these things have in common? Probably nothing, which coincidentally is the same as most of our topics. FB live was not working and Brian wanted to stream it from his computer. Wilson resists because he hates crappy audio. Von argues on behalf of Brian and ultimately wins....thereby single-handedly ruining the future of LHRL. Von ditches FB app BUT...he is willing to give you a live webinar where he will share his secrets to becoming a millionaire, if you provide an email address and a credit card number. Amanda and Brian run the Big River Half. Everyone is geared up for Tunnel Hill. Wilson still claims to enjoy the treadmill. Google buys Fitbit even though Fitbit is burning folks' arms up. It is another great episode and we hope you enjoy it.    

https://youtu.be/VBOzxy16pGU We got the band back together. It seems like it has been forever since the four of us have been on the same podcast together. Life has been hectic, so we have been adjusting schedules to make sure that we can all be together. On Lift Heavy Run Long #166 we talk about Walking Tall 50k and The World's Greatest Aid Station. It seems that Amanda and Von get just as much out of helping people to finish a race than they do running the race itself. We have Tunnel Hill coming up next week and there is always a wonderful turnout of LHRL people. So excited for that! Wilson has been waddling around on the treadmill and has rediscovered how much listening to music affects his enjoyment of running. He has also realized that he is very old and that running fast is a bad idea. Wade's Big Adventure was literally underwater. People had to swim parts of the trail race with portions that had water over 2' over their heads. Vicki Thunstrom has harnessed the power of a McDonald's cheeseburger a

https://youtu.be/4fRRKndwG-w The Tour De Sprit 24 Hour Race is upon us....and Thirsty is bringing McDonald's. The 2020 CrossFit Open is here and we are all excited about the workout....except we botched it and read out the 2019 workout and discussed it for like 10 minutes. Wilson was accosted by the other hosts because they are envious of his fashionable Crocs. Von believes that Crocs are a gateway drug to Nickelback. Haters gonna hate.

https://youtu.be/dZ79svwqEBE Lift Heavy Run Long® #164- Ultra season is fast approaching. In the mid-south, it appears that summer is going to last forever. Wilson thinks it ends next week; Thirtsy thinks we have one more heat wave coming at us. The 24-hour race is coming up. Last year Wilson had a wardrobe malfunction, as his nipple covers kept falling off. Von doesn't need nipple covers because his are so powerful. It's like he has titanium tits. Von gets reprimanded by his neighborhood association for using dirty words. He also tells me my favorite story of the time when Old Man Larry's son got pissed because Von called his dad, Old Man Larry. Is it important that members do good reps in a CrossFit gym or just mind your own business? Should coaches coach when members don't want to be told what to do? We had two reviews so my life is pretty much complete. Tune in next week and we will see what other sort of ridiculousness is in store. Thanks for listening and being a part of Lift Heavy Run Long!

https://youtu.be/UQQQcd3XL4A Von was out because he lost his voice, which is kinda needed for a podcast. We had Slammin Sammy Renfrow work the camera and act as a host. Sam is one of the LHRL community's favorite people and I hope to have him fill in more often. Amanda is out of her boot and ready to get back in the swing of things. Thirsty sold his downtown condo, leaving hundreds of friends and family members with no place to pee or shower when attending downtown events. Wilson has a new lemonade habit but he has fought worse demons.   The CrossFit Open is coming up...and no one gives a shit. We reached deep and brought out a hypothetical: "Would you rather be 65 years old and have $50million in the bank or be 10 years old and know everything that you do right now?" We all chose to go back to 10, except for Sammy. Sammy was all about the rich geezer jam. Thanks for listening. Tune in next week. Same bat time, same bat place.    

https://youtu.be/A6xDjVXJFG0   Ok, if you never read another bio, please read this one. Janice Marie is out of her mind with awesomeness. She was on episode number #14 of the podcast way back in the day and I honestly hope that she is on about a dozen more. I had a work commitment which caused me to cut the podcast short, otherwise, we would still be talking. This is really a great episode. Below is Janice Marie Ferguson: Hi! Here are some things about me: Janice Marie Ferguson, you can call me Janice. I like Janice Marie, that's what my family calls me, as I'm named after an aunt. I really didn't like to be called just Janice after she died, because that's what a lot of my family called her, and it felt weird for people to call me that, but Janice Marie is a lot to say for regular people, and she passed in 2004. So, I'm better about it now, and I've all but given up on the whole Janice Marie thing for regular people who don't know my family.-Born and raised in Biloxi, Mississippi, but lived in Texas, my

https://youtu.be/uM23ne3owfA There have been some conflicting stories regarding Big Thirsty's trip to Area 51 so we will just have to take his word for it. Von's father-in-law, Denis passed away this week. He was a financial backer in Olive Branch CrossFit. It probably just seemed like another check or a typical loan to Denis but without that, LHRL® does not exist, our CF community does not exist, my relationship with these people does not exist and my marriage does not exist. Every action has significance. Wilson snuck off and participate in A Race for the Ages which is a race put on by Lazarus Lakes which gives you as many hours as you have years of life to finish as many one mile loops on a paved road as possible. He was hoping for 100.....he finished with 54. It was a great experience but left him wanting more and wishing he had done better. Some of the things to take note of include: Chris Hope 5k Sat. Oct 5, 2019 https://runsignup.com/Race/TN/Memphis/CHFRaceForHope Big Hill Pond Walking Tall 25k/50k

https://youtu.be/zN9TvHA7DWA I'm gonna be honest, Big Thirsty did not really find the Ark of the Covenant but he did eat a Popeye's Chicken sandwich which is pretty close in terms of value and availability. Amanda got the boot. For real, she got a boot on her foot after suffering an apparent stress fracture which has been bothering her for weeks now. Von was not in attendance because he thinks that family obligations and kids celebrating 13th birthdays is more important than our fried chicken before fitness podcast. Swanson brought us some NOCCO, no-carb, no-calorie drinks. Give them a shot and see what you think. https://nocco.com/us/ We are all excited about Ultra Season and fall is around the corner. There are lots of good races in the Memphis area and hope that everyone will come and join along. Also, one of LHRL's most notorious gangsters, Crystal "Pistol" Landers is playing host to a 24-hour event in Springfield, MO on November 23-24. Join the group and check it out! https://www.facebook.com/group

https://youtu.be/8H-kEgO75m8 Lift Heavy Run Long® Podcast #159 is in the books. This week Amanda is out of town on vacation. Wilson has the house all to himself but no trouble to get into. The Popeyes vs Chick-fil-et debate rages one. Wilson bitches about his first-world problems like having to sift through Facebook to find replies to his posts. Thirsty interrupts and contradicts all the things. Re-starts work on the LHRL App after a temporary "App Ghosting". Von decides to take all of his wardrobes to glamour shots for a one day shoot where he will accrue a social media bank of pictures. CrossFit CEO resigns and what this means for CrossFit...if anything. https://morningchalkup.com/2019/08/22/crossfit-ceo-resigns/ Check it out! Thanks for listening.

https://youtu.be/RWYnCi7UCIU Lots of exciting stuff to be talked about on the Lift Heavy Run Long® Podcast #158 almost none of which will make you a better person but it will make you more funny at parties and likely a better dancer. Wilson got one of those traffic tickets that is taken by a camera and sent in the mail. Do you really have to pay those things? Watch the Westside Barbell story on Netflix. It will change your life. After you do, join Olive Branch Crossfit and come workout with Earnest and Wilson. Drinking from a gallon jug turns out to be an extremely efficient way to take down a lot of water really quickly. It will probably give you hyponatremia or whatever but it's probably worth it. Wanna know how much the top athletes made at the 2019 CrossFit Games? http://boxlifemagazine.com/how-much-did-the-top-athletes-make-at-the-2019-crossfit-games/ Reebok is out of CrossFit Games. Good for the athletes and the sport or no? https://www.boxrox.com/crossfit-to-eliminate-games-title-sponsor-after-2020/ Y

https://youtu.be/yKPu0rMT9_Y Saddle up! Here we go. Episode #159: Amanda starts a training plan on top of her training plan. Von steals the janitor's keys in high school so he could roam the halls and lower the basketball goals. Thirsty has his mom correct him on Twitter. We discuss the new Mr. Rogers movie and whether or not he would be a Twitter-rager if he were alive today. Fall weather and fall running plans. The kind of people who don't make more coffee after drinking the last cup and the importance of refilling the ice trays in case of hangovers. It's all quality material. I really don't see how anyone could get through life without the knowledge that we impart upon you at absolutely no charge.  

https://youtu.be/z0HU-hHBF0E Raised on a farm in a small town of a little over 200 people Ron Bogart met a city girl and moved to the city. He had some kids, got fat, got skinny, got fat again and then got healthy. Played a bunch of Racquetball, Joined  Crossfit Springfield in 2010 and got back into running and cycling. By 2015 he had completed the Pikes Peak Marathon which sounds as scary as it is. In 2016 qualified for the USA Triathlon Duathlon National Championships which he didn’t attend. The summer of 2017 came across the LHRL podcast, bought the deadlift program and went from a 340# DL to 400 by 2018. Since I was turning 50 in 2018 decided to run 50 miles to make my entrance into the 400/50 club. In 2019 launched the Legion of Longevity page to help ageing athletes and regular people expand the health span of their life span. Their mission is to help those who care about a long and full health span learn some of the best and most sustainable nutrition and training practices for people at all levels. T

This week on the LHRL® Podcast: The air conditioning is not working in the LHRL studio and it's a bit warm. Nothing is as good as it can be without enough sleep. T his week's victories. Beefcake gets publicly humiliated as he takes a thumping at the hands of Gavin May during the 1st annual Hangry for Hope eating competition. Area 51- Do you believe in aliens? If you are going to murder someone, it doesn't have to be on Strava. GPS watch tied Mark Fellows to a murder. https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a25...

https://youtu.be/PdQn4nbUjoA This week on the Lift Heavy Run Long® Podcast: Amanda has to put Von in a sleeper hold just moments before going live because he insists on talking politics. Each of us shares a victory that we had in our lives as well as things we are working on to be better humans. Jennifer Smith becomes the heaviest female to finish a marathon at 346lbs. https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Quad-Cities-woman-sets-world-record-for-heaviest-woman-to-complete-a-marathon-512631071.html Mom Runs 3:11 Marathon With a Triple Stroller While Pushing 185 Pounds 7:20 pace https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a28335288/marathon-with-triple-stroller-record-cynthia-arnold/ Hunter McIntyre gets wildcarded into Crossfit Games. Many differing opinions on this but he is certainly not phased by it, saying“I don’t mind getting my ass beat. I love challenges. I think this is a great opportunity for myself to reassess who I am as a person, define myself as a person and reinvigorate my career,” he said. “I have a list o

https://youtu.be/41DyzgPvV6A Here we go! Lift Heavy Run Long #153. Big Thirsty is back from his suspension. Amanda is down ten pounds and doing it Naked. Von is on the path to enlightenment. And Wilson is wearing socks with Amanda's face on them. On this episode we discuss: The importance of training mental health. The use of Shoe Goo for slippery running shoe soles. The fact that the CrossFit Games are in a few days and virtually no one is talking about it. Heat acclimated running. Do tattoos affect sweat rate? https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a28277172/can-tattoos-affect-sweat-gland-function/ Roman Khrennikov denied a visa to CrossFit Games for the second year in a row. https://www.boxrox.com/breaking-news-roman-khrennikov-denied-visa-for-crossfit-games-again/ Dr Meza, the man accused of cheating in several marathons found dead! https://www.foxnews.com/sports/marathoner-dead-in-river-disqualification-cheating Trail etiquette for dog owners https://trailrunner.com/trail-news/trail-etiquette-for-dog

https://youtu.be/3NQbQNonkDs On this week's podcast, we touched on all kinds of stuff. Amanda baked Wilson a cake (because he needs more cake in his life),  Wilson admits to being a hypochondriac of injuries after pulling calf muscle, and Von did a push-up. We talked about the importance of sleep: https://pdfs.journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/9000/00000/Extended_Sleep_Maintains_Endurance_Performance.96572.pdf We discussed hydration but more importantly, we talked about Joey Chestnut eating 71 dogs to win 12 title. http://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/27119847 Thank you for tuning in, the Lift Heavy Run Long Podcast is an important part of my life and I am glad to have you be a part of it.      

https://youtu.be/lO5RZZhkg64 Debbie is the Pied Piper of fitness- everywhere she goes there are people following her contagious spirit. She makes people believe in themselves simply by briging a smile and a positive attitude. Debbie is everyone's favorite. It's is possible that you might remember her from Episode #21 way WAY back. We have all come a long way since then. In her sixties, Debbie is in the best shape of her life. She is an example to all of us and I hope to be half as strong, fit, capable and happy as her when I get to be her age. I think that you will enjoy this episode as any chance I get to converse with Debbie is a treat in and of itself. Enjoy!