『250 Marathons in Body Paint: Ken Skrien's Story of Survival, Pacing, and Never Giving Up』のカバーアート

250 Marathons in Body Paint: Ken Skrien's Story of Survival, Pacing, and Never Giving Up

250 Marathons in Body Paint: Ken Skrien's Story of Survival, Pacing, and Never Giving Up

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In this extraordinary episode of Friends in Training: Life is a Marathon, Marcela welcomes Pacer Ken Skrien, an inspiring runner, pacer, and survivor whose story of resilience, service, and unwavering determination will leave you believing in the power of community and the human spirit. Ken's journey into running began in high school as a scrawny kid who found his strength in cross country. He discovered that as races got longer, he got stronger, and at just 13 years old, he ran his first half marathon in 1:47:37 at the Fairfield Half Marathon in Connecticut. That day, a 60 something year old runner smoked him at the finish line, and a life goal was born: to become that guy who inspires the next generation. Today, Ken holds a marathon PR of 2:44:45, set at the Big Cottonwood Marathon in 2023 while running in memory of his beloved running puppy, Hermes, who had passed away the week before. Fueled by raw emotion and grief, Ken John Wicked the course, setting PRs at every distance despite having just paced two marathons the weekend prior. But Ken's greatest pride isn't in his speed. It's in his ability to run at any pace, with anyone, for any reason. He has paced marathons from 3:00 to 7:00 and half marathons from 1:40 to 3:30, and his mission is simple: to be more obnoxious than the voice in your head telling you that you can't, and to help runners discover what they're truly capable of. His two jobs as a pacer are to be a metronome so runners don't have to think about pace, and to be a louder cheerleader than the negative voice in their head. He shares unforgettable pacing stories, including the 3:30 half marathoner who fell behind the group but refused to quit, finishing long after the roads reopened and the race was broken down, crossing under the last remaining arch with a look of pure triumph on his face. Ken has completed over 250 marathons and has run seven of the eight Abbott World Marathon Majors, all in body paint. He is the only runner to have completed all the majors in costume, painting himself red and gold for Boston College at Boston, purple and pink for his charity at London, yellow and red with a German eagle for Berlin, blue and yellow with the Chicago flag for Chicago, green and orange as Mr. Liberty for New York, white and red as the Japanese flag for Tokyo, and silver and light blue for Sydney. He's planning to add Cape Town and Shanghai to complete his painted major tour. For over 10 years, Ken has maintained a run streak, running at least one mile every single day, with the vast majority being five miles or eight kilometers in honor of Martin Richard, the eight year old boy lost in the Boston Marathon bombing. Ken was at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. Standing in front of the Old South Church in his signature red body paint, he felt the shockwaves and experienced the trauma firsthand. Though the massive finish line arch blocked his view of the atrocities, he saw thousands of first responders rushing to help, and he saw people at their best. That day changed his life forever, and he found his why. Now, when he races and the pain sets in, he runs for Dennis, for Sean, for Crystal, for Lu, for Martin, the five people lost that day, as a giant middle finger to those who tried to scare people away from running Boston. Ken's resilience extends far beyond that day. Ten and a half years ago, he was hit by a car while cycling home from work in Miami Beach. A drunk, distracted, or homicidal driver plowed through him from behind at 40 miles per hour and left him for dead. The resulting traumatic brain injury and spinal issues cost him his business, his home, and left him quasi homeless and food insecure for years. In the early days of his recovery, his mantra was left foot, right foot, face plant is still forward progress, as he would run on the sands of South Beach after dark, falling repeatedly but getting back up every single time. Four months after the accident, he restarted his run streak, and he hasn't stopped since. Throughout their conversation, Marcela and Ken explore the power of pacing, the mental side of racing, why race day is all in your head, the importance of chasing your own limits instead of someone else's standards, why he tells runners to forget Boston and chase New York qualifying times, the beauty and trauma of the Boston Marathon bombing, how running teaches us to handle self induced and controlled trauma so we can handle the garbage life throws at us, the significance of the running community as family, and why we all have a choice when life gets hard: to stop and be buried, or to get back up and keep moving forward. Learn more by visiting https://FriendsInTraining.net and https://Konfedence.com
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