The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-370 – Tim and the Anxiety of Running  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4370.mp3] Link epi4370.mp3 MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - http://www.marathonbq.com/qualify-for-the-boston-marathon-in-14-weeks/ Hello my friends, and welcome to episode 4-370, of the RunRunLive Podcast.  How are your summers going?  Manage to take some time off from work?  Spent some time walking on the beach with your family?  Good!  You have to know when to refresh yourself, right?  ‘sharpening the saw’ is what Steven Covey called it as one of his 7 Habits.  It’s also Ironman and Ultra season.  Congrats to all my friends who did IronMan Lake Placid last weekend.  Looks like they got good weather for it.  I see many of you are struggling with the summer heat.  I feel sorry for you, but we still haven’t gotten the bad summer heat yet.  We had a couple days with the humidity last week, but this week it’s been cool and beautiful, like spring weather.  I’ve been grinding away on my training.  I am fairly certain for an October marathon.  I put in a couple 40+ mile weeks since we last talked.  That’s on 4-5 days of running.  Coach had me do two hilly 1:30 runs both weeks on Tuesday and Wednesday.  A hill workout on Friday and a 2:15 long run on the weekend. I’ve been mixing them up between roads and trials just to stay strong.  Legs feel fine.  Some small aches and pains but nothing indicative of a problem.  My engine continues to be strong.  My heart rate is really strong in these runs.  The only thing I’m lacking is the big volume and the speed.  Interestingly I’m training without any fuel.  Just water.  2 hours is about what I consider my fuel threshold.  I’m strong right through these mid-distance runs with no fuel. That bodes well for my training capacity.  I got a great benefit from my 5 at 5 project in June.  I’m rolling out of bed early and getting these workouts in because the cadence just feels right.  I’d usually wait ‘til the afternoon or evening, but this is great to get them done and out of the way.  Today I’ve got the interview with Tim ‘JP’ Collins about anxiety.  I try to bring on guests that are interesting to you folks.  I had listened to Tim get interviewed a few times and really like his message.  I wanted to bring him on and delve, specifically into the dynamics of stress and anxiety around amateur In section one I’m going to talk about a revolution in data that is about to happen for training. I’m a technology geek and I think we’re on the verge of a whole new era in training data. In section two I’m going to talk about the concept of life-long learning.  Here’s an anxiety tip.  When you are out on your vacation, walking on the beach, I want you to select a small, smooth stone.  Something interesting.  About the size of a large coin.  Something you can put in your pocket.  This is going to be your comfort stone.  It’s a totem.  When you are reflecting on a time that you were at peace with the universe take out your comfort stone and play with it.  Roll it around in your hand.  Rub it.  Feel it.  Associate that peace of mind with your stone.    Now you can carry it with you into stressful situations in your pocket as a reminder of peaceful states.  You can have it with you on your desk for stressful phone calls.  It’s a nice, physical reminder that there is peace in this world and it is in your control. … I had a good run with my red raspberry bushes.  They kept me in smoothies and enlightened my oatmeal for a couple weeks.  But, they seem to have petered out now.  But, the black raspberry bushes, the ones that I did not plant.  The ones that I have been cutting back and fighting with for years, they are full of ripe berries. Let’s review.  The bushes I planted, cultivated, watered, tended and fertilized had some berries.  But, the weeds that I fought with my machete, that found their way on to uncultivated land, that compete with the