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RED Episode #135: Whatever It Takes 5K, Geyser Point, & AbracadaBar At Walt Disney World Oct 13, 2020

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RUN

Medal Chasers has introduced a virtual race series dedicated to supporting some great charities as well as some of our favorite Marvel heroes! So we had to run a few of the races while we were visiting Walt Disney World. We had the chance to stay at Boulder Ridge Villas at Wilderness Lodge and take in the scenery that is completely different from Florida and takes us to the Pacific Northwest. This week’s hero is Aimee’s favorite, Black Widow. The medal features Black Widow’s iconic belt. We ran the Whatever It Takes 5K around this scenic resort to support Abby’s House. This organization supports low-income, battered, and homeless women. It was a fun setting.

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The Wilderness Lodge is home to a fantastic outdoor bar with a beautiful view of the water. Geyser Point Bar & Grill also has a range of delicious dishes to try. We couldn’t decide, so we split some great dishes. Charcuterie, Cheesy Barbecue Brisket, Crispy Fried Oysters, and the Bison Cheeseburger were all amazing, and we break them down on the show this week. There is something for everyone on this menu.

DRINK

AbracadaBar is a bar on the Boardwalk where we found a magical theme and tasty cocktails. We tried bourbon and rye cocktails. The first was a Black Manhattan with hints of orange, a slight bitterness, and the punch of Rye whiskey. The Parlor Trick is bourbon-based and includes soda water and simple syrup to let the bourbon shine! It was a darker and cozy environment that makes you want to see some magic and stay awhile.

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RED Episode #134: RED Episode #134: Ready Aim Run 5K for Kidz Outdoors & Le Cellier at Epcot Oct 06, 2020

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RUN

Medal Chasers has introduced a virtual race series dedicated to supporting some great charities as well as some of our favorite Marvel heroes! So we had to run a few of the races while we were visiting Walt Disney World. The Boardwalk and Epcot resort area is one of our favorite places to run. We did the "Ready.Aim.Run 5K" as our second race in that area while we were at Disney in September. This is the one we ran for time, so we ran separately but Dana was there to cheer me on at the end in addition to the random strangers applauding us! The race was hot and humid but the scenery was amazing. The charity attached to this one is Kidz Outdoors. This organization connects families through outdoor activities and raises funds for children battling diseases like cancer. We were so happy to support a great organization and to run a Hawkeye-themed race... plus the medal lights up! So fun!

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It is no secret that one of our favorite areas in Epcot is Canada... that’s right... Canada! But we’ve never been to Le Cellier Steakhouse. Until September! We snagged a lunch reservation, but it was such an indulgent meal that we split an appetizer, entree, side, and dessert. Beef Bourguignon Poutine was an amazing starter. So rich and tasty, it is a must when coming here. Aimee loves steak... ribeye is her favorite cut! This version did not disappoint. The potato salad was warm, and a unique take for us that we want to try to reproduce at home! The Maple Whiskey-glazed Brussels Sprout enhancement we ordered was sweet and tender. Maple Crème Brûlée ... a yummy dessert!!

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Le Cellier Steakhouse gave us the chance to try new beverages in Canada too! Especially because we could walk back to our hotel! Normally we drink Moosehead Lager after a race or indulge in La Fin Du Monde if we are in the mood for a beer that packs a punch! But this meal gave us the chance to try a classic Canadian Cocktail, the Caesar. It is related to a Bloody Mary but includes clam juice... trust us; it does not taste like seafood! It is delightfully spicy with a horseradish and Tabasco kick... Dana had a classic version with vodka, and Aimee had a version with Canadian whiskey! Try this at brunch sometime or when you are at Le Cellier Steakhouse if you get a chance.

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RED Episode #133: A MADD Celebration of Some Our Favorite Days! Sep 29, 2020

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6. Experiences You Should Have

This is a half marathon-sized episode! This week we are not only bringing you new races, places, and amazing food and drink, we are also looking back at some of our favorites to celebrate a couple of national days of recognition that coincided with this week’s episode.

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This week we are recapping a virtual race we ran this weekend. Southwest Florida Walk Like MADD 5K & 10K to raise money for the Mothers Against Drunk Driving. We talked about it with Lori Burke, Executive Director of MADD back on Episode 131. We are proud to support a local organization that does so much to prevent drunk driving and to support victims of these preventable incidents.

It is International Podcast Day on September 30th! Of course, we are celebrating! We are so fortunate to have this platform and want to share and applaud other podcasts that we enjoy. These shows have helped us get through many a long run, so we want to give them a shout out. On this episode, we shared some of our favorites from this list and here we have included more that you should check out including:

1. Penn’s Sunday School*

2. Extra Mile Podcast and Extra Mile Podcast Galloway Edition*

3. Be Our Guest Podcast*

4. Mouse Ears and Magic

5. How Good It Is Podcast & Words and Movies*

7. Spartan Up!

8. You Can Do It with Jeff Galloway*

9. Just a Podcast in Paradise*

10. Mac OS Ken*

11. MacBreak Weekly

12. Accidental Tech Podcast

13. Fat Man Beyond*

(The ones we talk about on the episode have * next to them. )

Happy podcast listening!

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This past Friday was National Lobster Day! We headed to a new addition to the downtown Fort Myers area to celebrate with some lobster rolls. Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls may be in a town near you. This location opened up at the beginning of 2020 and we are so happy it still here for us to celebrate with some tasty rolls, soup, and sides! Can’t wait to go back and have more!

We also talked about some past episodes featuring some great lobster that you can still get if you have a hankering! They include:

Quick Bite #80: Listener Recommendation at DJ’s Clam Shac

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RED Episode #132: Smash Your Run 5K and Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’ Brunch Sep 22, 2020

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RUN

Medal Chasers has introduced a virtual race series dedicated to supporting some great charities as well as some of our favorite Marvel heroes! So we had to run one while we were visiting Walt Disney World. We ran the Smash Your Run 5K benefitting the Children’s Health Fund. The perfect place to feel like you are running a RunDisney race is the Boardwalk. We ran our 5K there and our goal was to take in all of the beautiful sights like people outside Boardwalk Bakery cheering for us when they realized we were running a virtual race and the beautiful view over the water of all the Epcot area resorts. Finishing right in front of the bakery and putting our medals featuring Hulk’s fist smashing through a wall giving the medal a 3D feel. it was great.

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Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’ in Disney Springs is a favorite place for us to go, but we have NEVER had brunch there because reservations can be hard to get. Well this weekend, we had success! We did our 5K and headed over to Disney Springs hungry for something we have heard nothing but rave reviews about. A HUGE item called the Hallelujah Biscuit. An open-faced biscuit topped with Chef Art Smith’s famous fried chicken, two over-easy eggs, pimento cheese, pecan smoked bacon, and sawmill gravy. It came with a side item. We couldn’t share this one, so we each had one. Dana had Bradley’s grits and Aimee had mouth-watering mac and cheese. Needless to say, we wanted a nap after that huge and incredibly flavorful meal. What better way to celebrate a 5K!

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Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’ has outstanding brunch beverages, too. We had the Sweet Tea Shine, Moonshine Mash, and a tasty Southern Mary. Sweet Tea Shine is tasty sweet tea with lemon juice and moonshine. Moonshine Mash incorporates moonshine with fresh watermelon and lime juice. The Southern Mary is a spicy Bloody Mary topped with some of our favorites like a pimento cheese-stuffed olive and a fried green tomato! We had great service and a great time at Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’!

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RED Episode #131: Run Like MADD Virtual Races, Horse Eyed Jake’s American Sliders, and Bones Coffee Sep 16, 2020

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RUN

This week we are previewing a race we will be running at the end of September. We’d love it if you would join us in the Southwest Florida Walk Like MADD 5K & 10K to raise money for the Mothers Against Drunk Driving. We talk about it with Lori Burke, Executive Director of MADD. She talks about the important work that this organization does for victims and their families.

We would love for you all to join us in supporting MADD by going to madd.org/5k and register to walk, run, dance, or bike a 5k or 10k for this great community organization. Special thank you to Lori Burke for taking the time to talk with us about MADD and this event.

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This week we feature a great local food truck Horse Eyed Jake’s American Sliders. We’ve seen it around town and finally got a chance to try it out. The sliders that come out of this truck are over-sized and delicious. We tried four, including a Jammin’ Jalapeño, T-Bone, the Wakey Jakey, and a Crab Jake, too! All cooked to perfection and sauced just right! We also got the cooked-to-order chips and tried the Old Bay and Spicy Ranch seasonings. Finally, we were stuffed, but couldn’t pass up Carrot Cakey with a pineapple flair and frosting that was so cream cheesy! If you are local, you should give this food truck a try!

DRINK

Bones Coffee is another local gem roasted right here in our hometown. But, you can order it no matter where you are! You can get pounds of ground coffee or whole-bean and there are sampler packs if you need to try the variety of flavors Bones Coffee offers. We tried the Chocolate Orange Caramel Apple because we are heading into fall and wanted a taste that made us think of cooler weather. The flavors were subtle and not artificial at all. Dana does not generally like flavored coffees but enjoyed these two from Bones Coffee. The flavors are orchestrated well with a hint of the flavor but nothing that takes it too far and into the realm of dessert-type coffee beverages. We can’t wait to try more flavors from this local company and are excited that you all could get them shipped to your door, too!

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Episode Title: RED Episode #130: Run with the Dark Side We Have Coffee 5K, Chili Avocado Citrus Bowl from The Healthspan Solution, and Momentum & Grumpy Goat Coffee Collabs Sep 08, 2020

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RUN

First, our coach, Jeff Galloway, has a great new podcast out. You Can Do It is a collaboration between Jeff and his son, Westin, to chronically Jeff’s incredible career as an Olympian and America’s coach. Thanks to Wendel from the runcation nation for sharing it with everyone. Check it out on your next long run!

This week, we ran a 5K for a great cause, Stand Up To Cancer. The Come To The Dark Side, We Have Coffee 5K combines one of our favorite movies AND our favorite morning beverage! We talk about our experience running this virtual 5K. The swag included a bib, a well-themed finisher’s medal, and even a t-shirt, too! It made the running experience better to know that we could support a great organization while celebrating the theme of coffee and Star Wars.

All of this was brought to us by the I Run for Movement virtual races website. They have a variety of themes from Back to the Future to World’s Okayest Runners Club and the Turtle Running Team, too. This website has a whole host of virtual races with swag but even better, each one is connected to a great organization like Stand Up To Cancer, Feeding America, and First Responders Children’s Foundation. Check it out because in this time, when 2020 seems to be the year of the virtual, you can get some great bling and support some great causes.

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This week we wanted to discuss another tasty recipe we discovered in The Healthspan Solution that will help us stay on track with our training. Labor Day is usually the unofficial end of summer. There is a refreshing salad in the book that has helped us stay cool in this unforgiving Florida heat and humidity. it is called the Chili Avocado Citrus Bowl. The dressing has hints of barbecue flavor in the dressing and the layers of texture with the spring mix, the creamy avocado, tangy pomegranate, and juicy citrus are perfect for an outdoor holiday cookout this holiday weekend or as a filling lunch during the week.

We featured The Healthspan Solution on episode 108 and 109 as well when we were lucky enough to talk with authors Julieanna Hever and Ray Cronise. It has become a cornerstone of our cooking at home.

The Healthspan Solution has great recipes that are plant-based and flavorful! And you can absolutely add protein while increasing the nutrient-dense content in your meals without sacrificing flavor.

You can get the hardback version of The Healthspan Solution here or the Kindle version by clicking here.

DRINK

Momentum Brewhouse and Grumpy Goat Coffee collaborated to bring us two great special release beers. This week, we taste Thigh Highs, which combines Momentum’s Knee Highs Imperial Red and Gr

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RED Episode #129: Esther Ekhart from Ekhart Yoga and a Flashback to Yak and Yeti at Animal Kingdom Sep 01, 2020

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RUN

In this week's PLUS-SIZED-EPISODE, in addition to our training updates, we are featuring an interview with the founder of Ekhart Yoga, Esther Ekhart. Aimee has been a long-time member of Ekhart Yoga and Esther’s classes have been a major part of coming back from injury but more importantly, it has been a key cross-training element for Aimee’s running program. The running playlist on YouTube was how Aimee initially found Ekhart Yoga, and since then she has subscribed and been a loyal member for several years.

Of course, everyone should consult a doctor before adding anything to their fitness regime.

Esther and her fellow instructors offer modifications during yoga classes so you can do each pose at a level that works for you. The Ekhart Yoga website is searchable by the level of yoga expertise, teacher, the time you have available, the specific use you are looking for, and much more.

Here are all the ways you can connect with Ekhart Yoga to find out more and to see the 30-Day Challenge Esther talked about on the show:

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When we went to Walt Disney World a few weeks ago, we were going to celebrate our wedding anniversary. So we are featuring an upscale meal we had while in the parks that did not disappoint.

This week, we flashback to a meal we would have again and again at Yak and Yeti inside Animal Kingdom there. The restaurant itself has an eclectic mix of artifacts meant to transport you to a hotel at the foot of the Himalayan mountains where travelers would stop on the way to Mount Everest. The cuisine is a tasty mix of Asian dishes, and our appetizer of pan-seared dumplings with a soy-lime dipping sauce was mouth-watering and tangy with a rich pork filling. Dana’s entree of Honey Chicken was sweet yet crunchy with the tempura chicken and included jasmine rice to soak up all that awesome sauce. Aimee had Korean Beef which combined barbecue flavors with tender beef, crunchy veggies, and jasmine rice. So good! We can’t wait to go back and try the duck and the coconut shrimp dishes. It was special-occasion-worthy!

Here’s the link to the Landry Select Club that Dana gave as a tip in the show! Check out the benefits!

DRINK

Yak and Yeti had an extensive list of cocktails, and we both found ones to enjoy. Aimee tried a rum-based beverage developed by the bartenders there called the South Seas Traveler. It tasted like a sweet vacation beverage! Dana had the Snap Decision, which featured Woodford bourbon and apricot brandy. It was one we would order again! Two delightful drinks to top off our anniversary celebration!

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RED Episode #128: A Conversation with Chef Art Smith Aug 25, 2020

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RUN

This week we complete the RunDisney Virtual Race Series with the Haunted Mansion 5K! Yes, we talk about the weather, but we are also without the medals, so we can’t wait until they arrive! It was a different summer race series because we couldn’t travel up to Walt Disney World to do it, but for Aimee, working from home now, it was a chance to get outside and get some fresh air ahead of the afternoon summer showers. For Dana, it was motivation to get his running done on a long work weekend.

This week, we are connected to Walt Disney World and running amazing races virtually because we had the honor and pleasure of talking with Chef Art Smith! He has two amazing restaurants at Disney Springs, but he has also run marathons and took us on his storied running journey as we talked with him. Although he hasn’t run a race at Walt Disney World, he was in the Magic Kingdom College Program, now known as the Walt Disney World College Program, in 1981. We recorded this interview in the third week of April 2020, when we would have been running the Rival Run Weekend at Walt Disney World. Chef Art helped us bring a little bit of Disney home!

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Chef Art Smith has appeared on the Food Network on shows like Chopped and is famed for being Oprah Winfrey’s personal chef. He has also authored books like Back to the Table as well as Kitchen Life: Real Food for Real Families and Back to the Family. Chef Art Smith is a two-time James Beard Foundation award winner with restaurants in Chicago, Atlanta, Orlando, Washington, D.C., and many more. He’s been on television shows like Top Chef Masters and The Today Show. Talking with him about his amazing restaurants and amazing southern comfort food made our mouths water!

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Chef Art Smith has some incredible beverages at his restaurants. He has Moonshine at Homecomin’ in Disney Springs and we really want to get to his Atlanta restaurant, Southern Art and Bourbon Bar, for some amazing bourbon-based cocktails, too, when it reopens. It was great to get a little bit of the story and inspiration behind some of the signature cocktails at his restaurants.

He is also generous in giving back to the community. He started Common Threads, an organization that teaches families the joy of healthy cooking. This summer, they are even having a virtual summer camp for kids with activities they can do at home.

Chef Art Smith was so generous with his time. We can’t thank him enough for spending time with us and inspiring us with great stories from his own running and life as an award-winning chef.

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RED Episode #127: Plant-Based Dietitian Julieanna Hever’s Delicious Mushroom Cauliflower Rice Dish and Coastal Dayz Rock-N-Reef Red Aug 18, 2020

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RUN

No race registrations or virtual races this week, it was a week of healing and getting back out there slowly and safely for Aimee. Dana was getting in his runs and finding his sweet spot for run-walk-run ratios. No race cancelations that we know of either! So, we focused on getting mileage while looking forward to the last in our RunDisney Virtual Race Series, the Haunted Mansion 5K next week. We can’t wait to get the medals in our hands!

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On episodes 108 and 109 of our show, we featured an interview about one of our favorite books to cook from in our kitchen, The Healthspan Solution. Over the past couple of weeks, we have been cooking a lot of a new favorite in our kitchen, Cream of Mushroom Cauliflower Rice. We were lucky enough to be joined by the Plant-Based Dietitian, Julieanna Hever, this week to chat about it! She told us the story behind it and why she loves it so much. I know we will be making it a lot because it is comforting, filling, and uses the flavors that summon great memories from childhood and the holidays.

You can get the hardback version of The Healthspan Solution here or the Kindle version by clicking here.

Find more resources from Julieanna Hever at her website, plantbaseddietitian.com

Check out Julieanna on YouTube here.

A special thank you to Julieanna Hever for spending time with us and sharing knowledge this week!

Thank you to Hannah Kaminsky for the fantastic photo of the Cream of Mushroom Cauliflower Rice dish.

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We featured Rock-N-Reef Red on our live beer chat this week from a local favorite, Coastal Dayz Brewery. They are the latest to get their food license in the state of Florida so their local patrons can resume on-site consumption. But that is not the only update for this local gem. They are going to start canning their great beer! We got a sneak peek at the prototype labels while tasting another one of our favorites from this brewery, Homeport Honey Wheat. If you come to the Fort Myers area, hit us up on social media because we’d love to meet you at Coastal Dayz Brewery for a pint!

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