Episode 92 | Peter Bromka

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Coaching, Marathons, Sports, Olympics, Running, Ultrarunning

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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“I am camped out in that third category of the emotions of the experience. I get a lot of messages from other dads who have jobs and have kids and have families—I sense in their writing to me that they’re almost saying, ‘Thank you for giving me permission to care about something that is totally superfluous but matters to me and that fuels my passion for the rest of life.' Because I just get the sense that when they lay it out—they have jobs, they have kids, they have a lot of constraints and responsibilities—but maybe they were searching for something to keep them fired up and just keep them happy about the day and they read my writing and they’re like, ‘Wait, this guy is not talking about splits, and he’s not talking about workouts too much, but he seems to be saying that it’s OK to really really really care about something that doesn’t matter.’ But it matters because life is just a journey.” I really enjoyed this week's conversation with my friend Peter Bromka.Bromka, who I’ve known since our college days competing against one another in New England, just ran 2:19:02 at CIM a couple weeks back to miss the Olympic Trials qualifying mark by an agonizing two seconds.We talked about that race in this conversation, amongst a whole host of other pertinent topics, and I think you’ll find this one to be equal parts inspiring, insightful, and emotional. Bromka is a 38-year-old dad and husband who lives in Portland, Oregon, he works full-time, and he has come a long way in the past 5 years to get where he is today.This episode is brought to you by Tracksmith. Looking for a (very) last minute gift for the runner in your life? Why not give a Tracksmith gift card? They’ve got digital ones available for purchase at Tracksmith.com. Just click on “accessories” in the menu bar and it’s the first item that comes up on the page. Follow them on Instagram @tracksmithrunning and do your shopping at tracksmith.com.Complete show notes: https://themorningshakeout.com/podcast-episode-92-with-peter-bromka/Sign up here to get the morning shakeout email newsletter delivered to your inbox every Tuesday morning: www.themorningshakeout.com/subscribe/Support the morning shakeout on Patreon: www.patreon.com/themorningshakeout

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0:26.6	I am camped out in that third category of the emotions of the experience. I get a lot of messages from other dads who have jobs and have kids and have families. I sense in their writing to me that they're almost saying like thank you for like giving me permission to care about something that is totally superfluous but matters to me and that fuels my passion for the rest of life because I just get the sense and they lay it out like they have jobs they have kids they have
0:30.6	a lot of constraints and responsibilities.
0:33.2	Maybe they were searching for something to like keep them fired up and just keep them happy
0:38.0	about the day.
0:39.0	And they read my writing and they're like, wait, like this guy's not talking about splits and he's not talking about
0:44.2	workouts too much, but he seems to be saying that it's okay to really, really care about
0:49.4	something that doesn't matter. But it matters because life is just a journey.
0:57.1	That's Peter Bromka and this is episode 92 of the Morning Shake Out Podcast.
1:04.0	Hey what's going on everybody. I'm your host Mario Freoli, and this week's
1:17.2	guest is Peter Bromka. Bromka, who I've known since our college days competing
1:21.8	against one another in New England just ran
1:23.9	219.02 at CIM a couple weeks back to miss the Olympic Trials qualifying mark by an agonizing
1:31.1	two seconds.
1:32.8	We talked about that race in this conversation
1:34.7	amongst a whole host of other topics,
1:36.6	and I think you'll find this one to be equal parts
1:38.6	inspiring, insightful, and at times emotional. He's a 38- old dad and husband who lives in Portland, Oregon.
1:45.6	He works full time and he has come a long way in the past five years to get where he is today.
1:50.8	Okay, let's dive right in with marathoner and writer Peter Bromka.
2:05.0	We've chatted many a time in the past. I've known you since our college days running in New England but it's a
2:16.2	pleasure to have you on the morning shakeout podcast. Thank you so much. Yeah it's
2:20.4	funny when we got reconnected a couple years ago, I remembered you as just like the
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