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In week four of our 12-week running phase, life threw a curveball with illness sweeping through the family. Explore how Juan managed only 2.5km amidst a planned 29.5km, his reflections on fitness priorities, and the importance of understanding when to take a step back. Learn from his insights, and share your experiences in the comments below. For added support, consider sending a boostagram via Fountain and other podcasting platforms. #MereMortals #Running #LifeInterrupts

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And"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":43.4,"endTime":47.522,"body":"there's a very, very good reason for"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":43.4,"endTime":47.522,"body":"that. So while I'll share the screen, I'll"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":47.562,"endTime":51.144,"body":"also be talking through it as well."},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":47.562,"endTime":51.144,"body":"So hopefully if you are just listening to this,"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":51.224,"endTime":57.088,"body":"it also makes sense. We are, I'm also"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":51.224,"endTime":57.088,"body":"putting this together as well in the MereMortals"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":57.128,"endTime":60.109,"body":"website as well on the training. If"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":57.128,"endTime":60.109,"body":"you wanna go and see all the details from."},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":60.514,"endTime":66.776,"body":"preceding weeks as well. 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There is also"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":242.774,"endTime":246.656,"body":"bigger rocks, there's bigger things in life"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":246.696,"endTime":250.418,"body":"as well that you need to deal with."},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":246.696,"endTime":250.418,"body":"And sometimes, yeah, and you know, having a"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":250.438,"endTime":255.16,"body":"baby obviously calls it out even more,"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":250.438,"endTime":255.16,"body":"you know, in my life, but that becomes a priority."},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":255.18,"endTime":258.298,"body":"I think you need to go and look after."},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":255.18,"endTime":258.298,"body":"Because if you don't. actually end up looking"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":258.358,"endTime":262.36,"body":"after that and you think that you can"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":258.358,"endTime":262.36,"body":"acutely still go and do the running or the"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":262.4,"endTime":266.281,"body":"whatever else you've got planned, it's"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":262.4,"endTime":266.281,"body":"going to come and bite you back at a much later"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":266.321,"endTime":271.064,"body":"stage, whether it is through hatred"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":266.321,"endTime":271.064,"body":"of people or because then you let down others"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":271.084,"endTime":275.085,"body":"which are when you recognize it of much"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":271.084,"endTime":275.085,"body":"higher priority. And so really fitness just"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":275.105,"endTime":280.228,"body":"took a back step in saying that it was"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":275.105,"endTime":280.228,"body":"also for a recovery purpose. And you know,"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":280.448,"endTime":283.969,"body":"one of the past five, seven years and"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":280.448,"endTime":283.969,"body":"other mere mortal lights might be like this."},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":284.598,"endTime":289.199,"body":"I would have tried to maximize my training"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":284.598,"endTime":289.199,"body":"even with being sick. So, you know, if I can't"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":289.219,"endTime":294.64,"body":"do 10 Ks, but I could do five Ks just,"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":289.219,"endTime":294.64,"body":"well, I'll do it. And I would have theorized"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":294.66,"endTime":299.222,"body":"it out to, you know, if you are sweating,"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":294.66,"endTime":299.222,"body":"well, like that's a good, you're sweating out"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":299.322,"endTime":306.084,"body":"the sickness and. You know, as you,"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":299.322,"endTime":306.084,"body":"as you go through, probably become wiser to,"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":306.244,"endTime":310.465,"body":"well, both not wanting to extend the"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":306.244,"endTime":310.465,"body":"amount of time that I'm sick, that's one aspect"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":310.505,"endTime":315.891,"body":"of it. And that. becomes more valuable"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":310.505,"endTime":315.891,"body":"now than it is to just go and train. So taking"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":315.911,"endTime":320.513,"body":"the time off is totally fine. I was"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":315.911,"endTime":320.513,"body":"still recovering and am still recovering right"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":320.553,"endTime":326.375,"body":"now from a tendonitis issue on the right"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":320.553,"endTime":326.375,"body":"elbow. It sort of pair and pair came in and"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":326.395,"endTime":330.777,"body":"said, thinking in my mind, there's probably"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":326.395,"endTime":330.777,"body":"a right time just to take some time off and"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":330.817,"endTime":334.299,"body":"recover and support the family, which"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":330.817,"endTime":334.299,"body":"is what I did. So learnings for those mere"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":334.339,"endTime":339.321,"body":"mortal eyes out there, whatever plan"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":334.339,"endTime":339.321,"body":"you put forward, it's only ever gonna be as"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":339.661,"endTime":345.968,"body":"good a plan. as the way that you actually,"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":339.661,"endTime":345.968,"body":"well, act on it. The action that you take on"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":345.988,"endTime":348.79,"body":"a particular pain or otherwise it's"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":345.988,"endTime":348.79,"body":"useless. But two, that plan is going to be"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":348.83,"endTime":352.232,"body":"quite often punch in the mouth by life."},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":348.83,"endTime":352.232,"body":"You know, if you go through a 12 week phase"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":352.252,"endTime":356.114,"body":"and everything goes perfectly, because"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":352.252,"endTime":356.114,"body":"nothing adjusted, you either living in a very"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":356.634,"endTime":360.696,"body":"localized way that you're not being"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":356.634,"endTime":360.696,"body":"impacted by the world around you. And if that's"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":360.716,"endTime":364.579,"body":"a good thing, cool for me, that's not"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":360.716,"endTime":364.579,"body":"really a possibility. And so things going to"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":364.599,"endTime":368.621,"body":"happen. And when they happen, adjust"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":364.599,"endTime":368.621,"body":"to them. Go from a calm perspective, not a"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":368.641,"endTime":373.304,"body":"frantic perspective. realizes things"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":368.641,"endTime":373.304,"body":"you can do. And for me, at least for this week,"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":373.344,"endTime":377.187,"body":"for week four, we say two and a half"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":373.344,"endTime":377.187,"body":"kilometers was a total run and that's okay,"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":377.207,"endTime":381.43,"body":"there's as much as we could do, but"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":377.207,"endTime":381.43,"body":"let's move forward from that and how we improve"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":381.47,"endTime":386.274,"body":"into the remainder of the running phase."},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":381.47,"endTime":386.274,"body":"And we'll see where the learnings come. But"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":386.294,"endTime":390.157,"body":"at the very least I had no numb toes."},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":386.294,"endTime":390.157,"body":"So there's another positive as well. Me and"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":390.177,"endTime":394.48,"body":"more lights, I'm gonna leave it there."},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":390.177,"endTime":394.48,"body":"Once again, if any of this helps, like today's"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":394.52,"endTime":398.202,"body":"might be just a very, very short one."},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":394.52,"endTime":398.202,"body":"But if you've gone through this particular"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":398.302,"endTime":402.963,"body":"experience, a lot of people would have,"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":398.302,"endTime":402.963,"body":"what did you do in running phases? Did you"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":403.003,"endTime":406.624,"body":"just go straight back to the kilometers"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":403.003,"endTime":406.624,"body":"that you were doing? Did you try to wind it"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":406.664,"endTime":411.245,"body":"back slightly? Did you do more frequent"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":406.664,"endTime":411.245,"body":"runs to get more of your pace back and then"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":411.385,"endTime":414.646,"body":"up again to sort of the numbers you"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":411.385,"endTime":414.646,"body":"were doing in terms of volume per kilometer?"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":415.166,"endTime":419.608,"body":"I'd love to find out, let me know through"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":415.166,"endTime":419.608,"body":"a comment, then through an email, but preferably"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":419.728,"endTime":425.229,"body":"a boost gram. So sending through something"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":419.728,"endTime":425.229,"body":"of a message with some Satoshi attached, you"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":425.249,"endTime":430.106,"body":"can do that in all the newer, I'm going"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":425.249,"endTime":430.106,"body":"to call them, podcasting platforms out there,"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":430.666,"endTime":434.167,"body":"apps such as Fountain, where you can"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":430.666,"endTime":434.167,"body":"actually go in there. You can listen to this"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":434.207,"endTime":437.768,"body":"particular podcast that I'm putting"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":434.207,"endTime":437.768,"body":"through. You can send through some Satoshis"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":438.549,"endTime":441.929,"body":"with a comment attached to it. Easiest"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":438.549,"endTime":441.929,"body":"way we're going to see things like that. I"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":441.949,"endTime":446.111,"body":"mean, Immortal Podcasts, if you follow"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":441.949,"endTime":446.111,"body":"the rest of the podcast, the book reviews,"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":446.151,"endTime":449.351,"body":"the Valley for Valley show that Karen"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":446.151,"endTime":449.351,"body":"does, that's the main way that we'd like to"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":449.431,"endTime":453.293,"body":"ask for support. So that is how I'm"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":449.431,"endTime":453.293,"body":"going to be asking it from you as well. But"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":453.333,"endTime":456.033,"body":"now Immortalites, I'm going to leave"},{"speaker":"[Juan]","startTime":453.333,"endTime":456.033,"body":"it there for week four. Why now?"}]}