Daily Breakfast 544 – Going the Distance
In this show: Fr. Leo; Family Day: a day to eat dinner with your children; The Office; Survivorman; Half Marathon stories; Podcastawards 2008.
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Fr. Roderick
Fr. Roderick, a priest from the Netherlands, is the founder and CEO of the Star Quest Production Network and the host and producer of The Daily Breakfast, Catholic Insider and many other shows on www.sqpn.com.6 Responses to “Daily Breakfast 544 – Going the Distance”
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Father Roderick,
If you were able to run a time two minutes faster than last year after ALL THAT, well, you are a rock star! I can’t imagine trying to PR (set a personal record) in any race that starts in the afternoon, for one thing… and after biking everywhere that morning, saying two Masses, being up the entire night before (pre-race jitters, maybe?)… not feeling well in the days before…
I am really impressed with your performance.
If the race has any participant feedback, you really should let them know that it would be helpful to have more/better stocked aid stations for runners. Did they not have any Gatorade or similar electrolyte-replacement drink? That might have helped keep the cramps away.
Another trick I learned for cramps… A guy went down with severe legs cramps in the middle of the Mountain Masochist 50-miler and a friend of mine who is a nursing student basically saved his race. Here’s what she wrote about it in a report…
“His legs were cramping violently. He said he thought he was out of the race because of it. I stopped to check him out and saw there was nothing to be done by massage, so I encouraged him to take some electrolyte capsules and then, when he could make it to the aid station, to eat anything he could that contained calcium, because the calcium would release the cramps.
While waiting for [me] at the 37-mile aid station, I saw Cramp Guy come out of the loop! He was STILL in the race!! He saw me and thanked me profusely for the calcium tip. He said he’d limped to the next aid station and gobbled some calcium-rich TUMS. A few minutes later, the cramps went away completely and he said he felt fine. At the end of the day, I watched him cross the finish line.”
I never knew that about calcium and cramps, so I thought I’d pass it on after hearing your story.
Congratulations again on your super half-marathon. If you can ever run one that starts in the early morning so you can run when you’re rested, I bet you will take a LOT of time off your PR!
by the way, Fr. Leo is coming to Roanoke, Virginia in a couple of weeks… October 4 & 5. We are hoping to go see him speak!
Father,
We saw the photo and assume you completed your marathon. I admit we are sending a premature congratulations. We will be listening in a few hours, but may not get back to the computer and wanted to be sure to let you know how proud we are of you.
God Bless You for all you do.
Bud, Ruth and Kaitlin from Orlando
I too took part in a race on Sunday morning, and listened to Friday’s edtion of Daily Breakfast for inspiration as I ran. Not so ambitions as you though, Only a 10km race, which I completed in just over my target of 60 minutes.
So I am in awe of you completing a 1/2 marathon, particularly in view of the problems you had just getting there. Well Done
Mary Jane
Father, Ill be there at the marathon of Amersfoort next year! I can’t run a marathon, but i’m hoping to the 10 k…
But I’ll be there! 
I do have an injurie now, so if it doesn’t clear up, i’m gonna run a 5K
congrats on your race.. awesome time….You Rock , can’t wait to meet you one day…