Coaching Call with "The Professor" - Training for the Rock 'n' Roll San Jose Half Marathon with Jason Peevyhouse

###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:00:00]
So, you know, I just kind of made daily changes to my diet and I think it was that combination of diet and exercise that really got me down. Because I'm pretty consistent these days with running.    My weight, I don't think is down at 160 anymore. I think I've gained a little bit of muscle and things like that, which is fine.
I'm not really looking for that aspect right now to drop the weight.    You know, I'm working on some other things, but you know, it was that diet and exercise of running. That was definitely    shedding those extra pounds that I was carrying around. Yeah. And that was my motivating factor.   
###### Kevin Chang: [00:00:33]
Hello and welcome to the RaceMob podcast. This is episode number 54.   
I'm Kevin entrepreneur technology and fitness nerd, and I'm joined by the head coach of RaceMob and master motivator, the incomparable Bertrand Newson.
On today's episode, we have RaceMob and two legit fitness member. The professor Jason PV house. We talk about Jason's introduction into running, which started only a couple of years ago in 2017. . Not only did he work off some unwanted weight, but he also got involved into a thriving running community and has really paid it forward.
We also treated much of this conversation as a coaching call.    Jason has a goal of setting a new PR in the San Jose rock and roll half marathon. This October. So we talked through his current training and gave him some advice to get him ready for the race. And we'll definitely be following his progression to see if he can break a one 50 half marathon.
If you're looking for some running advice, then reach out to us directly. Schedule a free call with Coach "B" by emailing him at Bertrand at RaceMob dot com. You can find all of the show notes online at RaceMob dot com slash podcasts. and without further ado here's our    conversation.
###### Bertrand Newson: [00:01:45]
Hello, RaceMob family. We are in for a real treat today. The professor    Jason Peevyhouse educator, father husband    avid runner, both on trail and road, someone who was always willing to pay it forward and share his knowledge as he learns through his own health and wellness journey. Welcome Jason.
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:02:04]
Thank you guys. Yeah. Super stoked to be here. Long time listener of RaceMob. So definitely happy to jump in with you guys today.
###### Kevin Chang: [00:02:11] Yay. Excited to have you man, so excited to have you.
###### Bertrand Newson: [00:02:15]
So Jason, you    you're a bay area, cat.      You teach an educator in the Sunnyville. You're why don't you give us a little bit of history, just in general, before we dive into your athletic,    lifestyle and active lifestyle.
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:02:25]
Yeah, sure. I'm actually born and raised in San Jose. So I grew up kind of like on the border of Campbell and San Jose Bascom Hamilton area down there, kind of by the pruneyard.
And,    grew up here, went to school    uh, valley Christian all the way from preschool through 12th grade.    And then San Jose state for college. And then now I'm as far north as I've ever been up in mountain view, but    definitely love in the area.
###### Bertrand Newson: [00:02:48]
Awesome. Awesome. Let's see,    Missus is a writer author.
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:02:52]
Yeah, that's correct. Yeah, my wife    she's a writer.    So she has three books published      science fiction fantasy.        We have a son as well.    We live up here and we're just super stoked to be here and yeah,
###### Kevin Chang: [00:03:04]
Wow. Wow.    Do you want to give us some book titles?
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:03:06]
Yeah, sure.
###### Kevin Chang: [00:03:06]
You said young adult, fantasy.
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:03:08]
Yeah. We could drop , some book titles.    So she has three books published. She has a book called Strange Exit, so you'll look for her Parker, Peevyhouse    on Amazon, things like that. , we also have.    The Echo Room.    Also another good one, really fast paced read. And then going all the way back.    So Where Futures End is her first novel that was published.    But yeah, they're all good. You can check them out, find them at your local bookstores or amazon.com.
###### Kevin Chang: [00:03:32]
Incredible. Fun.
###### Bertrand Newson: [00:03:34]
We love that.    So let's go ahead and dig in. Let's roll up the sleeves and learn about you. The athlete    you, the Abbott trail runner you the avid road runner. You disliked getting out there and do your thing, not all about races, especially    as we navigated through 2020. tell us about how you got into running and to this level.
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:03:51]
Yeah, absolutely. So I, I pretty much consider myself, you know, a pretty basic.    You know, athlete, I'm certainly not in my eyes elite. I don't spend a ton of time    trying to get to that level. I just enjoy being outside and I just enjoy    the fitness component to running and to working out.    It's definitely something that brings me a lot of just    peace.
It's an escape kind of for me.    It's a way for me just to process a lot of my things that are going on in a way to kind of just through motion and through activity, kind of get to a, I think a place of calmness, a place of centeredness almost, you know, especially on the trails.    We'll talk about that a little bit later, but    just to kind of a sense to find myself out there.
As I'm working and I never really grew up in athlete. I didn't do a lot of athletics in school.    I think, you know, the only time I would ever run, if there was like fire drill or something like that, or an actual fire, I'd probably out door. Uh, But, and the 1989 earthquake, I do remember running outside.
I shouldn't have done that, but, you know, I was scared. aside from those two bursts of sprints, I didn't really consider myself a runner. I layed golf in high school.    Things like that. So, you know, it was kind of around athletics a little bit and a little bit of, you know, flag football    in junior high school, things like that, but certainly wasn't    a super athlete.
Actually did marching band in high school. Quite a bit of play. All the way through high school and we were very competitive.    So that was a great way to get some competitive nature out.    But certainly, you, know, not a super athlete.
And so it was just, I think uh, not too long ago, probably around 2016, 2017.    I was putting on the pounds to be honest, you know, and it was just something where I was looking in the mirror.
I wasn't getting a lot of activity. I was eating pretty much whatever I wanted. I wasn't really looking at diet and    started, you know, getting up there to a noticeable level where I was looking at myself in the mirror and I thought, Hmm, it's probably something I should be doing about this    before this gets ou
###### Bertrand Newson: [00:05:49]
of hand.
You, you noticed that JP, you noticed it, or the
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:05:52]
know, I am going to say, I noticed it. I don't want put anybody on blast. So I'm going say the record, I Noticed it. And um, and uh, definitely I thought to myself, well, what would be probably like    you know, people say this cliche, the easiest thing to get into is running, right? All you need is a pair of shoes and you're good to go little, do we know at the time?
    But    that's what I thought then. And so I remember going on to Amazon, I bought my first pair of shoes off of amazon.com. They were like, not even the Sketchers performance brand, they were just, you know, Skechers go run 400 or something, you know, just a, kind of like a 30 to $40 shoe on Amazon. And that was it.
I got those and started running on my own in the neighborhood. And I remember just not knowing where to begin. I found    the Nike run club app, and I started there, you know, they had some    runs on there. They had some coaches on them. And it started with like everybody pretty much just trying to get to that mile marker without stopping.
And    that's where the whole kind of Genesis of my running career began. Yeah.
###### Kevin Chang: [00:06:56]
That's awesome. Yeah, I mean, and I use that Nike run club app too. They've got some guided runs. They've got a couple of different ways to, you know, it just gets you started and gets you off the couch.
So I love that you started there. I think that's a great place for a lot of runners to start.    And tell us, I mean, did you have a goal when you started out, did you have something that you were shooting for or was it basically, I just want to get out of the house a couple of times per week?
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:07:20]
Yeah. So initially    it was a weight goal. You know, I started off    I think I was probably somewhere around 180 pounds? Somewhere in there, maybe a hundred eighty, a hundred eighty five in that neighborhood, you know? And, and just for context, I'm about five, 10 or so. And. You know, when I used to weigh myself in high school college, I probably, it was like 150.
So I'm not super muscular.    Not really, you know, looking for a big build or anything like that.    Pretty narrow frame.    And so I was looking at that 180 and pushing up into the 180 fives and I was like, man, I want to get down. I want to lose 20 pounds. I'm want to get down to 160. That was my goal.
And I remember I went out and bought a Bluetooth scale.    You know, the one that shoots up you step on it and gets all the, you know, the muscle mass and the bone density and
###### Kevin Chang: [00:08:05]
all that.
Oh Oh yeah, got one of those too. I love it. Yup. Yup. Yup. Amazon prime day today. yep. We know all about that. Yeah.
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:08:13]
So I started there and    it really was,    running was the only thing I did.
I wasn't strength training it. Wasn't lifting weights. I didn't know anything. I didn't know any better. I think I subscribed to runner's world    and started reading some articles there.    But really wasn't putting in time in the gym or cross-training, or knowing what I was doing. I was just jogging running, you know, whatever, whatever it was.
And it ended up being about the same pace all the time. You know, there wasn't a variety of runs    that you eventually learned w the longer you're the run game    how to mix up your runs throughout the week and things like that, the purposes of different runs.
But for me, it was all about losing that 20 pounds. So through diet, through running    I was definitely able to get down    to 160. I    met my goal eventually. I can't remember how long    but I did hit that goal.
And I remember being pretty proud    because you know, it was something that I wanted to fix, and it was something that just through effort, getting outside, placing up every day    was able to achieve. And that was awesome. And I'm not super elite. So if I could do it, you know, anybody Yeah.
###### Kevin Chang: [00:09:14]
That's incredible. That's incredible. Well, what do you think for yourself was the key to your consistency?    Did you have it on a schedule where you're trying to beat times or what, what was it that helped you stay consistent?
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:09:26]
I think    what mainly helped me was just that long-term goal of one 60. I didn't know how long I was in for it. You know, I knew I wanted to get there, but that was definitely kind of the engine that drove me every single day.
And I remember early on, you know, just a lot of runs, one mile runs a one and a half mile runs and that was it. You know, other than that, I was eliminating a lot of stuff from my diet things, just extra stuff, extra calories, heavy calories, like ice cream.
You know, we got a food chain here called the habit, a burger, you know    to some heat for this, but I'm going to go out and record. think they're better than in and out burgers.
So there you go.    The hate mail is going to come in, but um, the habit burgers, man.
###### Kevin Chang: [00:10:10]
They got that teriyaki burger, man. Yeah. They're a little like slice of pineapple man. I do love a habit burger. With char- char grill.
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:10:18]
well constructed    and I remember going to the habit and it was like, you know, I didn't allow myself burgers anymore burgers and fries. They have a superfood salad there. That's gotten, you know, some kales and keenwah    some feta cheese. Like a light vinegarette, things like that. And the chicken breast on top.
So, you know, I just kind of made daily changes to my diet. And I think it was that combination of diet and exercise that really got me down because I'm pretty consistent these days with running.    My weight, I don't think is down at 160 anymore. I think I've gained a little bit of muscle and things like that, which is fine.
I'm not really looking for that aspect right now to drop the weight.    You know, I'm working on some other things, but you know, it was that diet and exercise of running. That was definitely    shedding those extra pounds that I was carrying around. Yeah. And that was my motivating factor.
###### Kevin Chang: [00:11:04]
Love that, yeah, I think weight loss is a motivating factor for so many of our audience. I mean, I think a lot of us get into this game. You know, we're seeing, we're seeing that scale way kind of creep up    a little bit over time. I talked to us a little bit about the diet side.    What worked for you.
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:11:18]
Yeah, I think    you know, I've, I've heard of different apps, I've tried different apps, you know, the ones where you can scan the barcodes and it kind of counts the calories for you.
I never really was much of a calorie counter myself.    I just kind of figured, Hey, if I could start to make some changes on the daily level with what I'm actually ordering, when we go out to eat, you know, rather than some heavy stuff, fries    you know, super fatty stuff.
Maybe if I can just get some lighter stuff, some leaner salad.    Some more whole grains, some more fruits and more vegetables, and just kind of took that approach on just a daily choices type of thing. That was really what got me through. And I got        I think during this time I got a book by Shalane Flanagan, run, fast, eats low.
I think that's the name of it. Yeah.    And yeah, super great book. And that had a lot of great tips in there. A lot of great smoothie recipes. I remember getting really down on this beet smoothie that I would make all the time uh, just super delicious. It's got, you know, peanut butter and cocoa powder and beets and like all this really good stuff, almond milk.
so yeah, I would just kind of, you know, make more of a conscious effort to think about what I'm putting into my body and make choices that were a little bit smarter when I went out.    You know, it wasn't super revolutionary every once in a while I'd have, you know, a bite of something. But I do remember when weight loss was my goal.
Pretty strict about it. You know, it had been a long time before I had a burger or a beer eventually, you know, I really cut a lot of that stuff out and started to really be more strict when I was going strictly for weight loss.
###### Bertrand Newson: [00:12:47]
That's great to JP. And, we, we want to know from your perspective, the athlete    do we feel that exercise is the difference maker? That diet is the difference maker or which from a higher percentage, which one is really the game changer because you have to do some what's one or the other, or in combination.
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:13:05]
Yeah. that's a great question.    What I think was more fun for me was exercise. Eventually I hated it at first, you know, I think like a lot of us    getting out there for that mile and a half run, or I would look at my Nike run club app, and it would be like the long run for this week is, you know, three miles.
And it'd be like, how am I going to do three miles? And you know, it and you know, looking back on it now, it seems silly, but everyone's been there, right. That's where we start. And you look at that and you're like, I don't know how I'm going to, what's going to happen. Can I run three miles? I have no idea.
But I think that's more fun. The more, you know, you exercise that definitely. Yeah. Has a more fun element to it, then diet. It's kind of fun. I'm ordering salads at burgers places, but looking around, you know, seeing all the shakes and seeing all the burgers and fries and oh man, the sourdough bread, that's grilled over there.
Whew. not fun. Um, But I think uh, it's, the combination of both    that definitely gets you there. ,
###### Bertrand Newson: [00:14:07]
Good. And how do we go from looking at a long run of three miles to doing half marathons    you know, at the, at your whim, during your first full marathon and not a typical, you know, road marathon, you took on a very challenging    race one, just share a little bit about where things changed for you. And you started to gravitate maybe a little bit more at times to trail    and were road is now speaking to you.
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:14:31]
Yeah. Yeah. So I think, you know, if I could share anything    you know, with the audience and what's going to be that spark, it would be a live race. That's where it changed.    And they're coming back into the picture now, thankfully, and as they start to you know, roll out    challenge yourself and sign up for that live race, because for me, 2017    I definitely had that    San Jose Turkey trot, 10 K    on my radar.
And that was the goal. you. know, I initially signed up looking at like the 5k, cause we had a friend through a program that we were doing    with some foster youth and she was a runner and she was like    you should sign up for this Turkey drive. It's really fun. A lot of people go and you can run. And I was like, okay, fine.
I'll sign up for the 5k. She's like what? Don't sign up for the 5k. She's like, yeah, I signed up for the 10 K and I was like, okay. I signed up for the 10 K. And um, I think I later I looked it up and it was six something miles. And I was like, oh, we're doing this. And I'm just training for that. I think    wa was fun.
I was a solo runner. Didn't have a group yet, you know, two legit wasn't in the picture at that time. Um, These were all on my own and I remember just going out saying, okay, I want to really, you know, hit the six miles and I want to do it really well. This 10 K. And once I got there, man, just the atmosphere of all of the runners, you know, we're looking downtown San Jose, a place that I knew pretty well.
But it was a whole new perspective. We were in the streets, you know, crowds and just crowds of people and my own race bib, you know? And um, I remember that feeling of just excitement and pure energy. And I remember looking at my watch    it wasn't really running for time back then. I was just running to run.
I remember looking down though, and I remember hitting like these, these splits and. How am I running this fast? It doesn't feel like I'm running this fast. And what that was, it was just that surge of energy that really carries you through and changed something in me because I saw a whole group of people and I was like, man, this is awesome.
so after that    doing that 10 K my first 10 K ever, I remember I actually got to the finish line. I looked at my Nike app and it didn't say 6.2 yet. So I just kept on running through them. I was like    and do that now I would 10 K as it is, but um, you know, back then it was like, I got to finish the 10 K.
But at any rate, I    went to sports basement, I think after that, and they had a run 408, was there back before they were run low or run local. I forget what they were called at the time.    Gone through a few changes, but a great local company here who had all the, you know, the 408ks out there. And I think I signed up for the 408k and then the Silicon valley half marathon after that.
And so by 2018, I was already eyeing. Okay. April. Let's get that half marathon.    And just because I loved the energy in the crowds and that got me through. And so after 2017, I was training on my own.    I actually found through, I did the 408k pretty much on my own as well.    From what I can recall, I don't think I was with Two Legit yet.
Because they started a training club and started posting things online. And I found an Instagram post actually    that they were like, Hey, we're going to meet up at Guadalupe river park.    We're going to run this, you know, a trail out here, come join us. If you want to join us. And you're training for the Silicon valley half.
All right. Cool. That's one of some people. And I went that day. I got, I met Eric, Nando, a whole bunch of people out there. Coach dropped by    you know, and just remember meeting people for the first time. And they all were just genuinely nice and generally    you know, interested in who I was and meeting me and running with me and swapping, running stories    arrives was out there, I think. So a lot of members.
    And just, you know, had a blast and I was like, cool. So that kind of transformed me from solo runner now to. Runner right where I had, you know, a group and it was a little nerve wracking at first. I remember going to some, some speed sessions at the track and I never had done track at the time.
And    I wasn't quite sure what to do.    But I remember them. Everyone was always really nice.    Coach brought a bunch of waters and Gatorades and everything to one track session at Los Gatos high school at the time. And I was like, man, these people are really nice and they really want me to come. And so I, you know, found kind of a community.
And then that once I found the community from there, it's over, like, you're hooked. Like you can't get out, you know, it's just too much fun    once you have that solid community. And then after half marathon, I thought to myself, well, let's keep the ball rolling.
Let's sign up for the next thing, you know?    And I don't think the next thing was a full marathon. I think between there, I had a 30. Because    boys in the woods came in the picture. I was    working with    hooks Earl hooks and I'm doing hooked bootcamp. So I remember signing up for that. It's another great program here in the area.
If you're looking for a strength training and just another positive supporting community    man, hooked on fitness, check them Yeah. Yeah.
And    so that was really fun. That brought a whole different element to working out. So now, rather than just running, I was strength training. I didn't know what at the time, but I was strength training, which was a good form of keeping those muscles strong for, for trail runs.
And he started boiling. And    he asked me to go along, you know    in Mount Diablo I think was my first trail run.    And uh, it's, it's a lot of elevation and I remember going up there and I was like, this is fun, but man, this is way different. You know, it wasn't looking at my watch. It wasn't, you know, checking splits it.
Wasn't okay.    We got to finish this. It was more about, Hey, we got a group of boys. We want to get them up and we want to get them down safely. And so I think having kind of a different perspective for a run was good.
where I was more kind of like in an encouraging role, trying to encourage the boys to get up there and to get back down.
But I remember thinking we were coming down and the dissent is like technical, single trail, Rocky. Yeah. What is this, you know, as I'm flailing down and trying not fall off a mountain    but    had my first trail fall and my first trail run as well,
at probably the flattest point of the whole Mount Diablo and just rock bailed man. I got up and    you know, dusted myself off. We went to the aid stair, the first aid station at the end    got cleaned up and loved every minute of it, big smile on my face and was like, this is something different. And so that introduced a whole new element of, of trails to me    which eventually grew into a 30 K.
And then from the 30 K, which was kind of like a training issue run for my full marathon in, I think it was probably around September timeframe, 2018. Yeah.
###### Kevin Chang: [00:21:00]
Oh, wow. Wow. So you went fairly quickly cause I know the half marathon is in April,
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:21:04]
Yeah. marathon,
###### Kevin Chang: [00:21:05] quickly from, from half marathon to 30 K all the way to full marathon. that is pretty. Yeah, that's pretty incredible.
###### Bertrand Newson: [00:21:14]
Flat pancake, flat half marathon in April to a lot of game, like 5,000, 6,000 feet of gain in your marathon. Yeah.
###### Kevin Chang: [00:21:23]
Yeah. Yeah. I just wanted you to help explain to our audience what boys in woods is because, I know a little bit about Earl hooks. I've I've met him before. I think hopefully we'll get him on the podcast as well to talk about it, but , you're a teacher.
So    talk to us a little bit about    what that meant for you to be able to work with those kids and talk to us a little bit about that program and    you
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:21:43]
Yeah. Yeah, definitely. And coach, you can jump in too.    I first learned about it with the    you know, hooked bootcamp. We were doing bootcamps and, and Earl was saying, Hey guys, we got, you know, we're going to launch this program. We're going to get boys from all over this area who normally, maybe wouldn't be exposed to running or trail running.
We want to do character building. We want to build them up as leaders. We want to get leadership skills. We want to take them on the trails. We want to, you know, allow them the opportunity to be in nature to help each other and to kind of build this leadership role in these boys. And I was like, that's up my alley, man.
That's great.    You know, as a, as a teacher    I love to see the students built up. And so he had this great program that he was just getting off the ground.    And so he was looking for volunteers to help.    You know, and so I remember at a, at a hook boot camp, he was like, you know, we're doing Mount Diablo.
You know, we need some volunteers to help drive some of the boys up there    to help run with them, to get them through this. And I was like, Yeah, sign me up, dude.    And so that was not only a lot of the boys first experience, but, but my first experience too, and it feels good, you know, just to help other people.
And it feels good.    When you're in a position to kind of, I didn't have trail knowledge at the time, but you know, a bunch of snacks in my bag. So I learned through, you know, teaching, you bring them up junk food And enough snacks and things like that. And you kind of Hey, you know, at the end of this Ridge right here, man, you want some gummy bears, let's go get some gummy bears, like, you know you know, I little tricks like picking up a rock and, you know, when some kids are struggling and you pick up a rock on the trail and you just kind of, Hey, I'm going to chuck this ahead.
We're going to walk to the rock and then it's your turn. You get to throw it however far you want to. And so, you know, obviously you went on to throw rocks off the trail, but, you know, if you just Chuck it on trail    it's fine. And    so that just kinda mentally breaks up a lot of the miles and kind of gives the kids more of a, a perspective of where to get to.
And so it was super cool to use some of those skills that I had    from being a teacher and just kind of a mentor role    to help them out too.
###### Bertrand Newson: [00:23:35]
And JP, if I recall, wasn't your son able to join you on some of those trail outings and some of the bootcamps as well. So father, son, you know, family fitness    that's one great thing about    coach Earl hooks. He's all about that.
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:23:46]
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. It's super great.
###### Kevin Chang: [00:23:48]
That's awesome. Well, yeah. So talk to us about that marathon. I mean, you go directly from    as Coach mentioned, flat, flat half marathon, all the way to your first full marathon in a matter of a couple of months    what was the training like? , and how did that marathon go for you?
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:24:02]
Yeah.
So for me, I think    looking at the marathon, I, I wanted    not just to do any sort of marathon, I still, to this day, haven't done a road marathon just because I really haven't felt the desire to do that yet.    When I do I'll sign up    but for me, it was all about the location, location, location.
And so I, I had done science camp up in the Marine Headlands for about eight years, I think.    And we used to go up there to their program and hike all the trails up there to Hawk hill. So I knew kind of, you know, rodeo beach, I knew hilly 88. I knew the battery Townsley    all these cool things about the Marin Headlands.
It's one of my favorite spots to go. And so when I saw that a marathon up there, I was like, cool. I just, I love it.    I don't have to worry about time as much, you know, we've got all this time to complete this thing. I don't have to run every single step.    And so I decided to go for it. And so I think a lot of it was getting out on trails, a lot of it with the boys.
But also just going with boys    in the woods and doing, you know, like a 30 K with while they would do maybe a 10 K or something like that. Right. And so we kind of go through    building up mileage. Over time    in the Hills to kind of mimic some of the elevation. And then    Yeah. I remember going, I got Earl, actually, he volunteered to pace me.
He decided uh, you know, that's something that he wanted to do. So I asked him, he was like, yep, cool. I got you. And so    that kind of introduced me to the whole concept of, of giving up of yourself to help other people succeed. You know, which is something that I think is important in this sport.    We want to see everybody succeed.
You know, it's not an individual effort, we're a collective, you know, and sometimes    you know, through leaders like coach and leaders like Earl, who just give of himself so much, you learn to really give that back.    And so he paced me and I remember starting off, I was nervous, obviously, never done the distance before.
I think my longest run up to that point was probably. 18 to 20 miles. I don't know if I did a 20 miler. I think I did. I did in July. I think I did a 20 miler for the first time. And    but other than that, I, you know, I hadn't gone the full marathon distance, but I knew I loved the trails there and I knew the, I knew where it was and I kinda knew all the icon iconic spots.
And start off you start off just underneath the golden gate bridge, basically a little bit. Kind of by rodeo beach.    And we went through Pacific coast trail runs, great local company, and    they had it all set up for us. And so we run out, we do a little out and back first through a stop sign, and then it's just like the first mile or two, it's just, you know, uphill.
Right. And so I'm walking, you know, Earl's walking, we're taking, we're taking pictures, we're having a great time.    I remember getting down to some stairs once we come across    past    battery Townsley we go down some stairs, a little bit of a dip out to the first aid station. And he was like, you know, it's pretty cool right now.
Let's, you know, we can kind of run through a lot of these, you know, different sections that are flats downhills, you know, so that when it gets warmer later, we can kind of take it a little bit easier. And I was like, okay, cool. So it felt like a great, pace the whole time. He had great tips from me the whole way    taking pictures.
And    I remember getting out through mile 20 and we went out underneath the golden gate.    And there was our last aid station, took some pictures and we were heading back and I was like at mile 21, 22. And I was like, dude, you know, we got like this uphill left and it got a downhill, like I can crush this.
Like I got it in me, you know? And so I felt really strong, really confident. And then I remember mile 23, boom. know what happened. sometimes in races when we feel nature, call in nature. was oh brother. I was dang it, because I was flying and I was, you know, to like negatives.
And I was like, you know, it wasn't really counting my pace, but I just remember feeling like I got three miles to, I don't know, man. I got three miles to go I'm like, you know, run, stopping, walking, stopping, run, stopping, you know, not to be too candid, but we felt the urge or I felt the urge go.
And I remember I was like, well, I know at the finish line. Like 20 yards from the finish line, there's a bathroom. And so I just pictured my first marathon finished 20 yards in the finish, just going over to the bathroom, doing my business, coming back out and running across the finish line. I was like, whatever.
But luckily we actually found about a mile out    afforded potty and    you know, I, I wasn't seeing things and that was, Yeah.
I checked Earl's like, Earl, do you see that thing over there? He's like, yeah, I see it. I was like, okay, good. And this, I was like, all right, here we go hand them my backpack and was like, all right, I'm going to go to the bathroom.
Luckily it was open.    Got to finish there, but then that, you know, let the whole finish experience a little more exciting. Cause I was able to run through the finish without stuffing. It was a super cool experience.    The hooks family was out there. Like we said, great people.    The whole family came out to support.
My dad came from Colorado    to    witness finish. My son was there, my best friend was there.    And so it was just kind of a special moment, you know, with the ocean off the line. Coming into that last quarter mile or so. And just being like, yeah, we got this. And I just remember being super excited    to finish my first marathon, man.
###### Bertrand Newson: [00:29:08]
And again, audience to summarize, he had finished months early. He was very funny. Half marathon and a double the distance and with all the elevation game, but more importantly, to share that experience with somebody else, you know, stride for stride    someone with the experience you can trust and have the confidence you to say, you know what?
You got this and it wasn't about time was about enjoying the journey that location spoke to you because your previous experience there sometimes it's just that even when you went back to the Turkey truck, just sign up, just commit to something that has a, it will force you to put in the work. And then you learn a lot about yourself.
You may not know, you know, you don't know who you may meet. You might go on Instagram and find a running group that becomes your second family.    And some of your, your, you know, your, your circle of friends, close friends    and people that you've inspired and paid it forward a hundred times over which you have.
And we'll talk more about that as well. So what are you training for now?
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:30:02]
Yeah. So    right now? actually    training cycle, I think is going to ramp up in July. I am eyeballing    my first live race since    you know, lockdown, all that sort of stuff. So it'll be the San Jose rock and roll    half marathon.    My only time I've really raced, I half marathon was my first half marathon.
So that is still my PR. So I'm looking at October    to potentially    improve on that.
###### Bertrand Newson: [00:30:26]
October 3rd to be specific. I think they have the 5k the day before on the second    several of our    RaceMob    athletes are actually training for that right now. So why don't we use this as an opportunity to kind of talk through    maybe some of the particulars in helping you get prepared. We know that you've had training plans either    navigated a narrator through Nike or on your own as well.
You're fantastic researcher. You know, the difference between just a casual, everyday run versus mixing it up during the weekday and the importance of a long run. And self-care, we can talk about all those things in a bit more organized format. So race day, we have what, 15, 14, 15 weeks between now and race day.
So you have enough time to get into full training cycle. And what does the training cycle three months, four months, depending on who you asked for. So you have enough time. Could you go from couch to half marathon finished in that timeframe? Some people could, so we feel it, but you are an experienced runner already.
Do you have an idea on what your goal time, what you'd like it to be? What is your PR and are you looking to chase PR at that race? And what does PR mean? Everybody personal record or PB? Personal best.
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:31:33]
Yeah. So I remember uh, my first half marathon uh, time was somewhere in the 1:52, 1:53 range, somewhere in there. And
###### Kevin Chang: [00:31:43]
that's a pretty good Oh.
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:31:44]
It's a good, you know, it's one of you get out on the race course and it's like, man. that energy.    But    I remember, I, I think I'm probably going to go for maybe a 1:50 to 1:45, somewhere in that ballpark would be a success. Yeah.
###### Bertrand Newson: [00:31:59]
good. So we're looking at a pace somewhere. So 1 45
###### Kevin Chang: [00:32:02]
Like in the seven, seven and a half minute miles. Is that what
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:32:06]
That would be quick for me.
###### Bertrand Newson: [00:32:07]
About yes. So eight, eight minute paces. Just about 1:45.
###### Jason Peevyhouse: [00:32:11]
Yeah. Yeah. So somewhere between eight and eight, 10 pace probably would be, I'd be happy with that.
###### Kevin Chang: [00:32:16]
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