All You Need To Do Is Begin Running Or Not Running With Coach Chris Bennett

0:00If you really into the odd sports, you know, the stuff on the sidelines here that aren't connected to the NHL, the NBA NFL or matriolic baseball, we're talking about American Ninja Warrior professional wrestling and so many other things. That's what all level sports are about. You can find it on arrow.net, ARROE.net. Enjoy your love for sports and your exploration. Good morning, coach. How are you doing today? I'm doing great. Thanks for having me, ARROE. Absolutely. And thank you for putting out a book like this in the reason why is because I swear to God there's so many people that are on the edge of going out there and understanding what running is and what it isn't. And I just think that it keeps people away if that mystery just lingers on, but you're giving us that opportunity to have several different looks and options here. Yeah, I think there's a lot of people who have told themselves a story about themselves that includes them not having a place on the starting line and I think there's a place in the starting line for everybody.

1:03I tell you what I did, Giggle, like a child, when I read that about starting on the on this being right up there in the beginning because when I would do my five case and things, I would always kind of hang out in the back and and and I always thought, well, where's your fire, dude? Don't you want to go win this thing? No, I just want to get done with this thing. So I mean, is it how many people are guilty like me and in that thing? Just get it done. Well, I don't think you have to feel guilty about it. I mean, you get to own the type of running that you want to do. Not everybody wants to figure out, you know, what they're fast as 5K is. Some people want to explore their cities. Some people use it as a way to get out and be a part of their community. Some some people run because they just want to be alone after a long day. So I think the best thing you can do is if you want to consistently run is give yourself the the grace and the freedom to own your own running and let it be what you want it to be. If you're forcing you and being like, well, the only way to run is to compete at the 5K or the 10K, you're not going to run for

2:05very, very long. So I love the fact that you know, you went in there like, you know, I want to get 5,000 meters done. Perfect. Open yourself up to the possibility that maybe in two weeks, you want to sign up and see how fast you can go. It's up to you. Well, I love the way that running does affect everything else in your life from business leading to even just being an everyday average dad. Because I mean, everything that you learn out there through perseverance and going through the challenges and facing the mountains, those are skills that you can put into other areas of your life. Yeah, they should be. And I love the fact that you bring that up because sometimes people think running is simply a way to cover ground. And it can be about so much more. And I think anything that challenges you or that you're passionate about or that you're willing to to give the effort and the energy to see how good you can be at offers you opportunities to take advantage of breakthroughs and learnings well beyond the passion. This could be guitar playing. It could be podcasting. It could be writing. It could be singing.

3:08For me, it's running. But there are lessons there to bring, you know, as the book says beyond the run. Yeah. See, and that's the part that really charges me up because as long as we can get out there and begin it, everything is going forward. In fact, that's one of the reasons why I call it a transition because it's like, okay, we're going to transfer now from this studio to the rest of the day. How am I going to get there? We're going for a run. And I need that to be that platform to catapult me into the rest of the day. But not as, oh, Mr. Radio Jock. Yeah, no, I love that. I mean, we have the ability to be, or I should say to play a number of different parts in our life, you know, I mean, you mentioned Radio Jock. Yeah, you're a Radio Jock. But when you're running, you get to be a runner. Yeah. And athlete, you get to challenge yourself. And there's going to be a lot of different, you know, casting parts for you over the course of the day. I think if you're living your life the right way, all of these different things should help you. And they should help you in all of these different ways. I tell runners all the time, if you can let your running be about more than running,

4:11then running can help you with more than just running. And I think that's kind of what you're alluding to with, you know, letting it serve as a bridge into the rest of your day. It helps whatever is on the other side of that bridge. Well, the one thing that I learned in martial arts being a third degree black belt is my master would always say it's the foot fist way. And the running is the way because it puts you into a spiritual area where things come to you, where it's like if you were sitting in a chair, it wouldn't even think about coming to you. But boy, when you're out there with the way or the run, oh my god, dude. Yeah, it's, uh, and a lot of people though, um, it's interesting you bring up martial arts because martial arts is, is one of those disciplines that is very upfront about the rest of your life can't be left behind. Yes. You're bringing your entire body, your entire mind into this discipline. It's the same thing with running. If you have a hard day, you can't leave the hard day behind at the starting line. You can try to, I think a lot of people don't give themselves the license to let things like this, that whatever their passion is, whether it could be running or something else,

5:16to help them with the other parts of their life. So yeah, I think martial arts is a great, great opportunity to kind of, um, you know, mention the fact that there are, there are certain passions you have that should help all of your other passions. Please do not move. There's more with Coach Chris Bennett coming up next. The name of the book, this is about running. This is not about running lessons for between and beyond the start and finish line. We are back with the coach Chris Bennett. I don't know how you deal with everybody's excuses because it seems like everybody has a new one every day. And it's and maybe that's what drove you to bringing this book out here that, you know, don't give me the excuse. Just get out there and get it started. Yeah, well, I think, you know, it's important to distinguish between a reason and an excuse. All right, an excuse. There's, you know, there's no validity to an excuse, you know, but a reason, like that's, that's legit. Like I can't run today because I've stripped throat legitimate. That's not an excuse. That's a reason. So it all though comes back to being honest. Honesty is the foundation of, of, of almost everything great in life.

6:23Um, and just like everything great in life, you have to be consistent. You can't be inconsistently honest. You're just a liar, you know. You can't be inconsistently loved with somebody. You're just a player. Like you have to be consistent. And that honesty, um, starts with the athlete. It's the foundation of a coach athlete relationship. But remember, the athlete is the one that has to be honest first. So if you, if you, you know, could go out and go for a run, well, I'm not in shape to go for a run. Well, maybe you're not in shape to go for a 5K run, but I bet you could go out for a 3 minute run. Yeah. Yeah. And then people will say, well, 3 minutes, that's not a real run. And then I just say, well, let's open up the dictionary and look up the definition of run. You show me where it mentions the duration of distance or a pace. It does not. All it says is a run is the act of a runner. So three minutes sounds legitimate to me. Let's go for three minutes. Let's go nice and easy. So easy that you think I have no idea what I'm talking about. And then we'll call today. And what usually happens is the runner finishes and says, but we can go a little bit further.

7:24Yes. And I'm like, now we're just going three minutes. And I'm like, but it's, we, I feel fine. And I'm like, just think about what happened and transpired in the last three minutes. You didn't think you were a runner because you're not good enough. And now you're begging me to run longer. Like I'm the greatest coach in the world. This is amazing. And all I did was get you to again reframe what you think a run is and who a runner is and also got you to run the right way. That's all it takes. And you're not going to be concerned about starting with a 3 minute run when we're three months down the road. And you're running that 5K you've always wanted to do. I feel like that I'm asked backwards in the way that I go for the run first. And then I do all my stretching exercises because I don't know why that is, but I have to do the run first. That's OK. I mean, as long as you're starting to run easily, you're going to dynamically warm up. Yeah, you're going to dynamically warm up. And I think that's fine. And I think if you're paying attention to yourself and as someone who's in the martial arts, you have to be paying attention to your body.

8:26You'll know if and when you need to change that. If you actually do need to stretch a little bit beforehand. But I would say as just from personal experience, it's always better to spend sometimes stretching with some warmed up muscles. So maybe it ends up being a 5 or 10 minute run. Then you stretch for a little bit and then you do the run. I also love stretching post run because it's just super chill. And you're just hanging out. It just feels good. You know what I mean? And it does. It serves as another bridge into the rest of your day where it's like you went from not running to running. And now you're going from running to whatever comes next. I know we were almost at a time here, but I got to ask this question when you when you do get injured because you will. It's not if you will. The quick walk. Can it replace it until you're back up on your feet again? The quick walk versus the run. Well, I think that the number one thing when you're injured is to focus on getting healthy. And sometimes that sometimes that means there isn't walking. There isn't where I should say there isn't quick walking. There isn't running. The number one thing is to heal. And another thing to remember when you are healing, that's work. Don't diminish the activity of healing or recovery.

9:36Without those things, there isn't any martial arts. There aren't any runs being done. People will people will equate healing and recovery as almost like sloth or lazy. When it is the exact opposite. And again, that that's a verb. Wow. You got to come back to this show anytime in the future. The door is always going to be open for you coach. I love where your heart is. Well, I appreciate you having me on. Thanks for doing what you do. Well, you be brilliant today, okay, sir? You got it. Thanks for having me.