Gang show 258 - Live From The Manitowoc Marathon

**Scott Kummer** (0:01)
We're trying something different again.

**Mandi Flora** (0:02)
We could steal that cooler behind.

**Scott Kummer** (0:04)
Whenever that bell goes off, it means something cute.

**Barry Thrun** (0:06)
So, are we on?

**Scott Kummer** (0:07)
We're recording.

**Mandi Flora** (0:08)
This is it.

**Scott Kummer** (0:08)
Yeah, we're live.

**Barry Thrun** (0:09)
Is it gonna hit out the music?

**Scott Kummer** (0:09)
It's hot.

**Barry Thrun** (0:10)
It's hot.

**Scott Kummer** (0:10)
Well, yeah, it's not ideal.

**Barry Thrun** (0:12)
That's gonna be it.

**Scott Kummer** (0:13)
I mean, this is the story of how the podcast ends, right here. This is Ten Junk Miles, Runaway Podcast. I'm Scott Kummer. I'm here with my guest host, Mandi Flora. Hello. And sometimes guest host, Barry Thrun. Hello. And this is gonna be a gang show, live at the Manitowoc Marathon. Here we go.
At least nobody's drunk. No.

**Mandi Flora** (0:37)
Severely dehydrated.

**Scott Kummer** (0:39)
This will give the listeners an opportunity to chime in on a question I've had for most of my life, and that's what's more irritating, background noise or drunk people? Kind of too close to call, right?

**Barry Thrun** (0:53)
I would say drunk people.

**Mandi Flora** (0:54)
Yeah. The last drunk one was really drunk.

**Barry Thrun** (0:57)
Drunk people eating.

**Mandi Flora** (1:00)
Or talking over each other, or saying the same thing over and over. No, listen. No, no, listen.
For real.

**Scott Kummer** (1:07)
Okay, for the listeners, every time someone rings a bell, what is that, the PR bell or the Boston Qualifier Bell?

**Mandi Flora** (1:11)
PR. It's the PR bell.

**Scott Kummer** (1:13)
At this point, Mandi's giving me a knowing look, like someone who knows what the Boston Qualifying Times are, and she's saying, at this point, no, they're not.

**Mandi Flora** (1:22)
It's the PR bell.

**Barry Thrun** (1:23)
503 is not a qualifying time?

**Scott Kummer** (1:26)
It could be 80

**Mandi Flora** (1:27)
It's not.

**Scott Kummer** (1:28)
Okay, fine. So nobody's qualifying anymore. Those are PRs.

**Mandi Flora** (1:31)
Those are PRs. Yeah.

**Scott Kummer** (1:32)
Well, you know what? It's PR for me.

**Mandi Flora** (1:34)
You should ring the bell.

**Scott Kummer** (1:35)
Yeah. Ding, ding, ding. Woo.
I now have a nautical 5.5-mile nautical, 5-nautical-mile PR.

**Mandi Flora** (1:42)
Okay.

**Scott Kummer** (1:43)
Which is 5.75 miles for some reason. Does anybody know why? Do boats not travel in the same direction is...
We need like a Navy person. Somebody's listening right now going, oh, these guys are stupid.

**Mandi Flora** (1:56)
How do they not know that?

**Barry Thrun** (1:57)
I think a lot of people are saying that. If that's you.

**Scott Kummer** (2:00)
Welcome to the show finally. You know, like, where have you been? Have you finally determined that we're stupid? You know, I got an email. It's in my box from a urologist who's just super pissed. And he's like, put me in your phone book. Next time you talk about something urology related, you need to call me because I'm outraged at our stupidity.
Okay, so now we have a call a urologist.

**Mandi Flora** (2:23)
I love it.

**Scott Kummer** (2:24)
It would be fun just to, you know, just call him random. Hey, question for you. You know, testicles. Can you eat them? You know, do they do they regenerate? I don't know. Just like random questions. That'd be kind of fun.
So we're at the Manitowoc Marathon. Manitowoc, Wisconsin, which is halfway up Lake Michigan on the east side of Wisconsin. And it's how long has this race been going on? Does anybody know?

**Mandi Flora** (2:47)
14, I think. I saw 14 years.

**Scott Kummer** (2:49)
14 years. And we're going to have a couple of participants show up and talk to us too. But Mandi was just running, right?

**Mandi Flora** (2:58)
Yeah.

**Scott Kummer** (2:58)
And you ran the marathon.

**Mandi Flora** (2:59)
I ran the marathon.

**Scott Kummer** (3:00)
What was your time?

**Mandi Flora** (3:02)
3.4452 or something. I ran with a 3.45 pacer the whole time.

**Scott Kummer** (3:06)
Is that good, bad or?

**Mandi Flora** (3:08)
It's average. It's good with the humidity and yeah.

**Scott Kummer** (3:12)
Was that your goal? Yeah.

**Mandi Flora** (3:13)
I started with her and I finished with her.

**Scott Kummer** (3:15)
Your goal is to run a 3.45.

**Mandi Flora** (3:17)
I just wanted to sit. I wanted to sit with the pace group today. I would have sat with, there wasn't a 3.40. That's my more comfortable time, but it actually worked out. 3.45 was nice today.

**Scott Kummer** (3:26)
Is it easier for you to run that pace? Like noticeably or no?