Welcome to all have another everybody I'm surprising you with this bonus

episode on a Monday and I'm really excited to introduce to you two people who

are starting a new podcast that I am super excited about and super excited to

get behind something that I've been working on and actually dreaming about

for the past three years has been starting a podcast network so a few people

have reached out to me to work with me on that and the first person is Lauren

Flores who you've heard on this podcast before and she actually recently did a

Patreon episode with me so when she came to me with the idea for her new show I

was in like right away I got the email I was so excited so today on the

podcast I'm gonna be talking with Lauren Flores and Nick LaSava to tell you

about their new podcast the up and running podcast so welcome to all have

another Lauren and Nick. I Lindsay. Hi Lindsay thanks for having us. I mean are you

as excited as I am? Excited and nervous for sure. Yes exactly the same. Okay so

Lauren's been on the podcast before. Nick you have not been on the podcast though

people can listen to a really great interview with you over on Matt Chittam's

podcast the Rambling Runner but I'd love to just before we dive into what the

podcast is all about I'd love to dive into your background with running and why

you're so passionate about it so Nick I'll go ahead and let you start give us

just like the brief synopsis of of your life and your story tell us a little

bit about your family as well. Sure so I started running in 1996 my high school

cross country team I started because a couple of my friends were more in shape

than me were played flag football and I was like they were like oh I do track so

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