BQ or Bust: Run With Me – Week 6: Struggling in the Heat + Disney Marathon Announcement!

Run, Selfie, Repeat

Kelly Roberts

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Week 6 of my BQ or Bust journey—and buckle up because I am DRIVING the struggle bus straight off a cliff! If you want to run with your friend who is really struggling in the heat and humidity, strap in for this one.

This week's episode is all about the REAL side of marathon training for the Chicago Marathon. We're talking:

🚌 Major struggles with heat and humidity during training
🏰 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm running the Walt Disney World Marathon in January!
🎢 Going for the Ride Challenge (trying to ride as many Disney rides as possible during the marathon—yes, it's as wild as it sounds!)
🤯 Why back-to-back marathons are incredibly foolish... and why I'm doing the foolish thing anyway ⚡️ Fueling and hydration strategies that are keeping me upright (shoutout Fuel Goods!)
🎬 Pop culture catch-up with Scott
📈 Real talk about how marathon training is actually going

Sometimes training isn't pretty, sometimes you're melting in the heat, and sometimes you make questionable race decisions. But that's what makes this journey real—and that's exactly what we're sharing with you.

Whether you're training for Boston, dealing with your own training struggles, or just here for the honest conversation about chasing big dreams, pop your headphones in and let's struggle through this thing together.

Throughout the BQ or Bust series, you'll get:
👉 Weekly "Run With Me" treadmill episodes new every Friday
👉 Weekly roundup vlog + podcast episodes (new every week when these drop)
👉 Real talk about training, the mental game, and the ups and downs of chasing big dreams
👉 BQ or Bust is sponsored by Fuel Goods — a women-run marketplace making sports nutrition simpler and smarter. Get $10 in Fuel Cash and 10% back on every order: https://fuelgoods.com/pages/partners/balg?ref=balg

Take the Fuel Goods quiz to find the right fuel + hydration for your training!

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The only way you fail is if you fail to try. WHY NOT?!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, gang. How is everybody? Welcome to the Run Selfie Repeat podcast where we talk about
0:09.5	live with the side of running. Are you as sweaty as I am? As I record this in real time,
0:16.4	it is July. It's hot and disgusting in New York City. Oh my gosh. Can I tell you what happened to me this week?
0:23.0	I was on my way to dry needling and I was in the subway for maybe 10 seconds and I ran into someone I know and they put their hand on my arm and the look of horror on my face and regret on theirs. I need you to see this face.
0:45.6	It was horror. A look of sheer horror regret discussed appall. And I just looked at this person like, what are you doing,
0:56.7	dummy? I, because your girl is out here, A.B.S. Always be sweating. I am always sweating. It doesn't
1:03.9	matter if it is winter, if it is summer. I'm sweating. I'm always sweating. I have always
1:08.2	sweat. So much so that in elementary elementary school people would always ask me,
1:11.3	are you okay? Ask me if that fucked me up. It did. Yeah, I'm a sweaty girl. I'm a sweaty mess.
1:17.6	And to put your hand on me in the subway in July is, I mean, I think we should do a wellness check.
1:26.7	Someone should check on them. Not going to be me because I don't
1:29.1	think I can ever talk to them again. So that's how I am. But this, this my friends, is a run with me
1:36.2	episode of the Run, Selfie Repeat podcast. It's Bekear-Bust season, which means I'm not only
1:40.7	marathon training, but I'm trying to qualify for the Boston Marathon at the Chicago Marathon.
1:45.8	It's week six.
1:46.9	This good old fun run with me is a new thing we're trying where we give you the opportunity to turn it on.
1:53.3	And if you're looking for someone to, you know, talk your ear off and entertain you, let it be me.
1:58.2	I am here to run with you virtually via the podcast. This is a run with me
2:03.0	episode. Beki Robust is brought to you by Fuel Goods. If you know me, you know that I very
2:08.6	rarely post sponsored content because I hate it. So I never, ever do it. So for me to take on a
2:14.5	sponsor and to work with someone's a big deal, which means I love fuel goods, I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever tell you about something I don't think is like the best ever. And I think that's, that fuel goods is the best ever, which is why I'm telling you about it. It's a marketplace where you can get your hydration and fueling. You can take a quiz
2:34.6	to figure out what might be some great products for you to try if you don't know where to start.
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