MFR 140: My Thoughts on the 'Brittany' Movie, Running Goals, and Your First Marathon
Mojo For Running Podcast
debbie voiles
4.9 • 555 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Recently, Hubby and I actually went to a theater, which we hadn't done in over a year, to see the movie, Brittany Runs a Marathon. In this episode I discuss that film, and, knowing that it will inspire many, that leads to the topic of running goals and running your first marathon.
No worries, I don't give away the plot. I hope you'll listen, and in this episode, since I talk about running 'your' first marathon, I also suggest that you listen to the four-part series I did on running your first marathon. Yes, it took four episodes of this podcast to sufficiently cover that topic. They are episodes 55, 56, 57, and 59.
In this episode, I also invite you to my race, the Run Tampa Tinsel Run, on December 21st, at Al Lopez park, right here in Tampa. I would love to have my listeners participate.
The race will be gnome-themed this year, and besides finisher medals, we'll have age group awards, three deep in 5-year increments, and those awards will be gnome figurines. You'll love them. The finisher medals will be, a gnome ornament. You'll want to collect them every year; so, don't miss this first one.
Below is a picture of the artwork that will be on the shirts. Here is a link to register. We're capping registration at 500; so, register right away. Whether you live in the area or are visiting from out of town, it would be great to have you.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Debbie Boyle's coach at Mojo for Running with episode number 140, The Brittany |
| 0:06.4 | Movie, Running Goals, and First Marathons. |
| 0:28.2 | I bet there are at least 50 films about running, some pretty great ones, from the iconic Cherites of Fire to the currently popular Brittany runs a marathon. |
| 0:32.7 | Today, I want to just make a few comments about this last movie. |
| 0:36.2 | If you haven't seen it yet, you probably should, whether you've done a few marathons already |
| 0:40.8 | or have the goal of doing one one day, or maybe you're just thinking about it. |
| 0:46.7 | First, I want to invite you to join us here in Tampa for the Run Tampa Tensal Run |
| 0:52.2 | on December 21st at Al Lopez Park. Whether you live in the area or |
| 0:58.1 | we'll be visiting here over the holidays or are close enough to drive in, I'd love for you to |
| 1:03.5 | join us. This is my event and I would love to share it with my podcast listeners. It would be a great |
| 1:09.9 | opportunity for you to experience the great running family that is Run Tampa. This is a Nome-themed event, and that's Nome, G-N-O-M-E, and the artwork is adorable. I'll put a picture of it in the show notes. My husband, who is an artist, created it, and my assistant, Lauren Reed, came up with the |
| 1:28.8 | great slogan for the shirt that says, running with my nomis. You can see the artwork in the show |
| 1:35.5 | notes, or just search Run Tampa Tensile Run, or visit our Run Tampa Tensile Run page on Facebook. |
| 1:42.1 | We will have Nome Finisher medals for everyone, and this |
| 1:45.9 | year we will add age group awards, three deep, and these are going to be amazing, adorable little |
| 1:52.4 | gnome statues. You will love them. Now let's get to today's topics. Even if you have no |
| 1:59.7 | interest in ever doing a marathon, I bet you'll |
| 2:02.2 | enjoy this film, Brittany runs a marathon, because it is the story of the transformational power |
| 2:07.9 | of running. And I think the meaning is even more expansive than that. It is, in fact, about the |
| 2:14.0 | transformational power of setting an epic goal, one that seems almost too far to |
| 2:19.3 | reach, a goal that will require you to become the person who can achieve that goal. The vehicle in |
| 2:26.9 | this case is the New York City Marathon, but it could be any marathon, or it could be many other |
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