Intro: 0:03

Please stand clear of the doors. Please stand clear of the doors. Because this hear’s the wildest ride in the wilderness.

Alicea: 0:23

Hello everyone. I'm Alicea.

Nathan: 0:25

I'm Nathan.

Brittany: 0:26

And I'm Brittany, also known as the Funny Runner.

Alicea: 0:30

Welcome to this week's episode of Adventures and Mouse Capades.

Nathan: 0:34

Well, we've been to Disney parks, we've been on Disney cruises, we've been to Disney resorts, we've been to Disney Broadway shows, we've got Disney Plus on our TV, we've got Disney shirts and shoes, we've even got Disney tattoos. But today's guest has something we cannot get: a first place medal from a Run Disney Marathon.

Alicea: 0:54

Our guest today has been a full-time professional runner and coach for the last decade. Four years ago, she was the first and only question mark person to win all four races in the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend Dopey Challenge. And just a few weeks ago, she was the winner of the 2026 Disney World Marathon. But she does it all with flair and fun in the true Disney spirit. Please welcome Brittany Charboneau.

Brittany: 1:20

Thanks, guys. Thanks for having me.

Alicea: 1:23

Of course. Of course. We're gonna dive right in here. Um, what is your Disney background? Was the world of the mouse a big deal for you or your family growing up? Did you do mouser size every morning?

Brittany: 1:35

No, I didn't. Um, I mean, listen, I was a Disney kid. So I grew up on Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, um, all of that. My, my, so my funny Disney stories about kind of my Disney in my past when I was little. Um, I remember being Jasmine and Pocahontas two Halloweens in a row. I am born and raised from Colorado. So I had, I remember my first year, I had my like cute jasmine crop top and pants, but it was it was the kind that came in those kits that you bought at the store that like come pre-made. Yeah. So it had that like fabric, like flesh colored um netting over the belly. And I came down and I was like killing it, you know, I was like five or six, crushed it. Um, and my mom was like, Okay, put your coat on. And I was like, because we were going trick-or-treating, and I was like, um, no. And I was like, why would I put a coat on? And she was like, because it's winter in Colorado and we're going outside. And I was like, Mom, Jasmine doesn't wear a coat. And I was like, you know, don't you understand? Um, so I was very committed to the actual, like, I had to be very authentic in my costumes. Um but that's kind of like, I mean, Disney's always been a part of my repertoire in the sense of like like Disney music are often is often like theme songs and training and stuff like that. But I'd never been to Disney World until a couple years before I won Dopey. Um, and I that was for Run Disney events. Um, so I would say I'm like a very mild version of a Disney adult when I know like a lot of athletes that I coach are full throttle Disney adults, um, which I just absolutely love. So I feel like I'm on the um very mild of the spice scale of Disney, but I also have a Disney tattoo, like, you know, yeah, all of that.

Nathan: 3:34

That's awesome. All right. So your your website, funnyrunner.com, highlights all sorts of interests that you have from coaching to art and of course Disney to even like finding pennies on the ground. That's quite the repertoire. How would you describe yourself?

Brittany: 3:52

Um, I often describe myself as a hummingbird squirrel, which you guys probably gathered. Like I came on before we started recording, I came in hot. I was like, I've been doing 75 things today, and like, um, so I kind of feel like I a lot of times I'm just like zipping to different things and then I'll get distracted and squirrel, you know. So I kind of feel like that. Uh, but I love on the on my homepage of my website, I have myself wearing different hats, and that's on purpose. It's like I really love that I do have all these hats that I wear because it's just really important to me. I think um for a while when I went professional into running, I that was my identity. And I was like, I'm a runner, this is all I do. And that just didn't work for me. And I was like, I'm not. I'm so creative, I'm so have all these other interests that make me me and that actually enhance my running, you know, and now I'm a mom. So I really embrace where it didn't always, but I now like really fully embrace it. Like I'm a little bit chaotic, I got a lot going on, but it's all these things that make me really happy. Um, so yeah, it's all these different facets of myself that are like sometimes you're like, I don't know what we're gonna get with this chick.

Alicea: 5:10

That's what made like makes life fun though. I do agree.

Brittany: 5:13

Thank you.

Alicea: 5:14

Exactly. How did you get started running?

Brittany: 5:19

I started uh in eighth grade in middle school. Um, my mom said you need to be involved in something, and that was kind of growing up, we were always expected to be involved in something. We could pick whatever we wanted, um, but we had to be involved and we had to finish the season or whatever that was. So we couldn't quit. I was not good at anything with coordination, anything like that. So then I was like, I could run in a circle, I could totally do track and field. I'm gonna, I can do that. Um, and it was kind of just a social thing to do. Um, so I just like ran track my eighth grade year, did well, like, and just enjoyed it. Like I was I ran the mile and loved it. Um, and so then my coaches encouraged me to run cross country in high school. So I ran throughout high school and cross country, and I was okay. Like I was on varsity, but like I wasn't setting records. There wouldn't, if you went back and asked that girl, do you think you would ever be a professional runner, distance runner, trail runner? And I would be like, not, no, absolutely not. Like, this isn't even in my wildest dreams. Um, so I kind of just stuck with it from there, ran a bit in college, started to get into marathoning post-college, and then just kind of started chipping away at some goals and really started to enjoy it, started to win a couple races, um, and just kind of thought, like, what would happen if I really give this a crack and put some effort into this? I wanted to be an Olympic gymnast when I was little. Um, we're talking like the 96 Olympic team of gymnastics, um, you know, uh that era. So that really inspired me. And I always wanted to be on Team USA. And so um I kind of was just like, what happens if I just start giving this a crack and giving a go at this? And it's kind of just evolved into this. I never would have thought I would be into trail running. Um, so it's kind of just, you know, like I I've been running professionally now for about eight years. Okay. Um, so I didn't start until right before I turned 30. Like I had big kid jobs, like I had sales and marketing jobs in my 20s. Right. Um, and got into it later in later in life. I'm putting that in quotes because I'm like later in like, give me a break. Like, um, so yeah, and now like I'm here and this is what I do full time. I love it. And I'm just like so incredibly grateful that this is what I get to do.

Nathan: 7:40

Yeah. What does the life of a professional runner look like? What like what's your what does a season look like? What is kind of like your your day-to-day? Like, I don't know, like a day in the life, but like obviously it's not just running races. You do coaching and all sorts of stuff too, right?

Brittany: 7:56

Yep. So um basically my year is mapped out by different key races throughout the year. So I'm racing in Japan in April, I'm racing in France in October, and then I'm racing in Arizona in, or France is in August, and then Arizona's in October. So you kind of just pick key races um throughout the year that maybe you're trying to win. Well, of course you're always trying to win a race, um, but that you're training towards. Um and then basically the chunks in between that, the months leading up to that, are your training months. So um I'm a little bit of an off like a mini off season right now, so coming off of Disney before I start going into Japan training. But this morning, for example, I was at the trails this morning with a teammate of mine who's in town from um from France, and we ran the trails this morning, and I made him wear a tutu because I was like, I just think that'd be funny. So he and he's like this very well-known professional mountaineer. So he's done like Everest several times, like he's like in that space, and I make him wear a tutu, and he was like, What is happening? Um, and then I had to like go coach. So I work with all kinds of different runners. This morning I had one of my high school girls who's training for track right now. And then this afternoon I'll do strength training. Tomorrow will be a rest day. So it's just like a lot of um, I mean, running every day, almost every day. I always take one full rest day off. Um, but running every day, strength training a couple days a week, meal prepping, kind of like that. But I think when I remember thinking about what a professional runner did, I was like, they only rain or they only run, they only sleep, and they only eat. And like that's kind of it. And I I did live like that in the in the early stages of my professional career. Um, because like that's like what I thought, and that's what I saw my perception of runners on social media. And I was like, oh my God, this I this is like asking for burnout. This doesn't, yeah, this isn't filling me up. Um, so that's where like sometimes I do get a little bit like my schedule's too crazy and too like stacked, but it's also like, yeah, but like I'm doing all the things I love. Um you know, like on my like recovery days, I'm making art or I'm reading, or I'm just playing with my son, or you know, any of those different things that I think we don't always get to see from a professional athlete side that I think is just so important. At least that's what keeps me going. Like some people, some of my teammates would be like, that causes me a lot of stress, like all these extra things you're doing. But for me, it like is really filling my cup and you know, helping make running also not that big of a deal.

Alicea: 10:48

Yeah, I love that. Well, you are also a comedian and have trained and performed with the famous Second City group in Chicago as nerds and SNL fans color us impressed. How how did you get connected there?

Brittany: 11:03

Um, thanks. Uh comedian is a loose term, it's kind of what I do myself. Um, thank you for laughing. Uh I was living in Australia when I had my real big kid jobs. I was living and working in New Zealand slash Australia, running sales for all of Australia for a company. And again, this sounds very on brand now that I'm saying it. I got like super serious with that. And that all I was doing is working.

Nathan: 11:27

Yeah.

Brittany: 11:28

And I was like, I need to do something else. I need to like get a hobby. What have I always wanted to do? I've always wanted to act. So I went to an acting class down there in Sydney, and all the scenes I just accidentally kept making funny. Um, and I loved it. Like I would be in a scene and I didn't realize it, but then like next thing I knew, the class would be laughing. And I was like, actually, like I really love the comedic side of things. Like that feels really fun. Um, and then a dream was always to study comedy at Second City. So um, I decided I was gonna move back to the States. My cousin happened to be living in Chicago, so I got a job at Otter Box, the cell phone case company for their Chicago market. And so I moved to Chicago, was working for Otter Box and then studying at Second City at the same time, um, and still running like races and stuff out there. So I was kind of doing all those things there, but it was just kind of a dream to get to like I love sketch comedy, so that was just like fun to get to learn and study there.

Nathan: 12:34

That's so cool. I love how you're not just like a one-trick pony, like you have to have so many things going on. No, because I think what you you talked a little bit about, you know, it's easy to get burned out on something. And if you just become like, no, I am this person, and we Alicea and I are both at at uh uh you know big tech company here in the Seattle area, not that one, the other one. Um, and and it's we see so many people who are just like all work all the time and that's it. I'm just like you are on a track to burning out.

Brittany: 13:10

Totally.

Nathan: 13:11

And it is so important to have other stuff, whether it's you know, host yourself a Disney podcast or um be involved in music or like have something outside of like the core thing of work, it's so critical. And I I I love that you found a way to do that. That's cool, that's great. That makes sense.

Brittany: 13:31

That's important, totally, totally.

Nathan: 13:34

So, does your comedy training help you when you're running? Like to me, running feels like a very mental game. Like, does that comedy perspective help?

Brittany: 13:45

A hundred million percent. Running is a mental game. So the key is um, and this is what I help people with in my coaching, all of that. The key is how can you make it more creative and how can you make it more fun? Right? Because you could go run like running can be very boring if you let it, um, but not the way I do it. Like, I'm like, I love to run, and yes, it can get boring if you let it. So, but your brain, at least my brain, is kind of an endless supply of creativity. And that's how you could run the same route. Actually, it's really funny. So, this coming week is February 2nd, so it's 2-2. It's also Groundhog Day. So sometimes I like to theme my weeks. Um, like I'll have my training week and it'll be themed something different. Like it could be something as simple as like every single day is a different color, um, and I'll have a different playlist and a different like outfit I'm gonna wear. But this particular week, a few years ago, I was like proving that running doesn't have to be boring. So I called it the world's most boring week of running, and I intentionally did the most boring runs possible. So there was like, I did like a back and forth of like a 25 meters for like an hour and a half.

Nathan: 15:03

Oh my god.

Brittany: 15:04

But I was like, but I had fun. Um and so on Groundhog's Day, which was two two, there was a two-mile loop. I think I had like a 12-mile run that day. I had a two-mile loop around the same area in Denver. And every single lap, I would change tutus. I would switch tutus. Um, because then I was like, how funny would it be if you are like a person in these office buildings? And then didn't I just see her? Didn't I just see her? Like you're having your own groundhog day moment of this weird runner, but like her tutu keeps changing. So I think it's up to you to, well, at least for me, it's like it doesn't have to be boring and mundane and all of that. And that could be, yes, that could be just running, but that could be anything. Um, I think that there's a way to make things creative. It takes, it takes intentional work to think about like how can I make my day-to-day just a little bit different. Themes help so much, like just thinking about that. And then you start to find things throughout your day that you're like, oh my God, this fits my cloud theme. Like, I didn't even notice these clouds on this building that I always see, but it like fits my theme. Um, so that's really fun for me as well. Um, uh just to pause really quick. I now I have to plug in my phone. What is happening? You guys, this is like the most absurd.

Nathan: 16:23

A few moments later.

Alicea: 16:25

I'm gonna kind of pivot here to um Run Disney here. How would you describe a Run Disney event weekend? And when did you start doing Run Disney events?

Brittany: 16:36

I actually started doing them when I uh stopped working for OtterBox. So I um quit my quit my job there and told them I wanted to go pursue running. Um and I said, Will you guys check me some cash to support me just for a little bit? Um, and they were great. They um sponsored me for like a season or two, yeah, but they are in a partnership with Run Disney. So I went down as OtterBox's sponsored runner um and ran them and won all the races that I had run that season um under Otter Box, um, which was cool. Uh so that's how I got into Run Disney events, but they're just like if you haven't, have you guys been to a Run Disney event?

Nathan: 17:20

We have we've seen a lot, but we haven't personally done. We've done, we did some virtual ones during the

Alicea: 17:25

Yeah, we did Virtual and then the Castaway Key, which is just a 5k on um castaway.

Brittany: 17:33

Um, if you get an opportunity to go even just cheer at them, I mean, they're unlike anything you've ever seen. They are what makes them different from any normal race is everybody's in costume. And everybody is it's just like very welcoming. I mean, you're getting all kinds of different runners, like you're getting elites at the very front, just like me, and you're getting like run walkers who are like just crossing that finish line, but everybody's welcome and everybody's like in costume, and that's just what makes me so happy. Like, I'm like, the we should always be in costume. Um it's just fun. And they're I mean, the only thing I don't enjoy about Run Disney events is they start so early in the morning, yeah, because they gotta get everybody through the parks. So, and they just started doing 4 30 a.m. starts, which is just brutal. So um, that's the and I'm coming from Colorado, so you know I'm going ahead in time zones, right? Yeah, so it's even harder. So it would be brutal for you guys, but maybe you just do the Disneyland events, but um

Nathan: 18:39

that's actually this weekend.

Brittany: 18:41

I know I've got people racing. They uh did the 10K this morning.

Nathan: 18:44

Nice.

Brittany: 18:45

Um, but it's I don't know, they're just so fun. It's everything you'd hope for a Disney event. I mean, it's so well run because it's Disney, Disney just got it unlock. Um, it's so fun to get to run past characters. There's Disney music playing at every mile marker, so it's just cool. Like it's just I love going down there to run. Just it's I mean, it's it's so cliche, but it is just magical. I mean, Disney got that down, they know what they're doing.

Nathan: 19:13

So we've talked to a few people who have done Run Disney events. In fact, we have some friends down there in uh Anaheim uh this weekend. Yep. And they're typically, you know, either buying in a bib or they're running with a charity group. From a perspective as a kind of professional runner, though, is there a different pipeline to get involved in the races? Or is it the same kind of thing?

Brittany: 19:36

Uh we do have like I don't know, I can only speak for myself because not a lot of professional runners do the races. Um there's not so Run Disney doesn't pay athletes. So like I didn't make a dime winning this, whereas like other races you could win thousands of dollars. So there's not really an incentive um for people to come down and win Disney races. They're not particularly like they're not gonna be your fastest races by any means. Yeah, but there are like elites and professionals that come down and race. But I I love this, like, this is my happy place. So like I love it. It's not just like for no reason that I'm down there.

Alicea: 20:11

So speaking of uh sweeping, um back in 2022, you swept the whole marathon weekend, uh, winning the 5k, the 10K, the half, and the full marathon. Tell us a little bit about that.

Brittany: 20:24

Yeah, so um, if people don't know, that's called the Disney run Disney um dopey challenge. And it is stupid. It's dopey for a reason. And I told all my runners who did it this year, it's stupid. Like waking up that early, doing these races like every single day, and finishing with the marathon, it's dumb. Um, but it's so cool. It was not intentional. I had I was training so it in 2021, the fall right before that 2022, because Run Disney events are always like the first, second weekend of January for the marathon weekend. Um I was running the Boston Marathon, I was training for the Boston Marathon, which had gotten pushed to the fall because of COVID that year. And I was about a week out from the race. I was on my last big training session doing speed work in a park that I had done like I I've done hundreds of workouts in this park.

Nathan: 21:21

Yeah.

Brittany: 21:21

And this particular morning, which is funny, I was actually in one of my Run Disney shirts. I was doing a speed workout. I was coming around this curve of the park and an off-leash dog, I collided with an off-leash dog.

Nathan: 21:33

Oh my god.

Brittany: 21:34

So I like flew up in the air, fell on the concrete, like like it was like legs out underneath me, like fell on my back, hit my head, got a concussion.

Nathan: 21:43

Oh no.

Brittany: 21:43

So, like, messed up my back, still started the Boston Marathon, and then I like had to stop in the middle of the race. Yeah. Um, so I didn't get to finish, but I still had all this fitness and I was just like so bummed, so sad. So I was like, what if I just like go back to Disney? Like that. Cheer me up. Yeah. So that was the goal of Dopey is I was like, I want to just do something different. It wasn't necessarily to go win every single one. Um, but I was like, I have the capability. If that happens, great. But I just want to go back. I want to wear all my costumes. I want to just be in my happy place. I want to kick my year off. My because the end of my year sucked that year. So I want to start my new year on a high note in a place that I love to race. So that was kind of the goal of that. And then started to win each day and just kind of had to keep my head on, keep like doing what I was doing. Um, and then yeah, walked away with um, I'm the first able-bodied person to have won the Dopey Challenge. So there's an amazing guy. His name is Brian. He's um a para athlete. He wins it like every single year. I think he's won it like nine times or something. Um, so he's won it. So I gotta give him credit. I'm like, Brian's amazing, but they say I'm the first able-bodied person, male or female, to have done it.

Nathan: 22:56

What's that mental game? Like, how much were you like in the marathon where you're like, I I kind of need to push really hard and do this? Like, was that a did it become a goal?

Brittany: 23:05

Oh yeah. I mean, after three days in a row of winning, I was like, oh man, like I better win this. Um, and I actually didn't take the lead in the marathon until mile 20.

Nathan: 23:16

Wow.

Brittany: 23:17

So not even till late stage in the race. Um, I didn't take take the lead. So I had to, I mean, you always have to, you always want to win. Like, that's just like a goal. Like, I love to win races. Um, and that's like what we do as professional athletes. But you always have to prepare and you always have to like self-talk, even in the moment of like, what in this, and also this the this past marathon, I had to tell myself, like, what happens if I don't win? Because there was pressure that I was putting on myself coming back to Disney and being like, I should win this thing. Like, and in the race, it was hard. And I just had to be like, okay, if you don't win, it's okay. Like, you still, it's like you, it's still okay. Um, but that was certainly, you know, the pieces in Dopey and then this race, any race that you have to navigate. Yeah of like, because you like when you aren't winning, you're like, my self-talk goes down very quickly. So that's something I just have to practice and have to like have those tools on hand so that when those thoughts come in, I've prepped that and I know what works to get me out of those holes.

Nathan: 24:27

Yeah. So this year, you know, you you just won the the Disney World Marathon a few weeks ago. Uh and this was another first. This was your first Disney World marathon as a mom, right?

Brittany: 24:39

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Nathan: 24:40

How did that impact your training leading up to the event? And how did that impact you like on the day?

Brittany: 24:47

I think being a mom now puts in perspective puts more in perspective of like how much I love to run. My schedule isn't as flexible. It's still flexible, it has to be, but it's not as flexible as it used to be. So when I can get my runs in, I just remember that I love it so much. Like I love to run. I love being out there. I love thinking about my son being at daycare and thinking about like, oh, my mom's out doing something so cool. And she's so happy doing what she loves. And then I get to just love on him when I'm home. So during training, but my training has been scattered this year. Like trying to navigate a new type of life is challenging. Like it's not the same. Um, like I'm on his schedule. Like, like if like he, if it's like I have to like my husband and I have to look after him. If he's having a bad night, it's on both of us. And so it's like, you know, like I got very used to running tired. Um, all of those things. But then, you know, when I was racing, it was a hard race for me this um this past race. It just felt hard. It didn't feel as smooth as I wished it would have. Yeah. So I felt like I was working a lot during this race. And I just kept thinking, like, okay, one step closer to Hugo, one step closer to Hugo. And I was just like, he doesn't care. Like he just like he wants to see me across the finish line happy. And so I'm not gonna get to a place in the race that I hate. Like, I won't let myself go there because it's not worth it. Um whereas in the past, I might have, or I might have just like pushed so hard that I like blew up or and then got sad. And I was just like, this, this is not what I'm out here doing. And he doesn't know better right now, but that doesn't matter. He does still know. So um, it's different in challenging ways, and it's different in just like, I'm just so proud that I get to be his mom and out there what I'm doing, and I love it. Um, I just feel lucky that he gets to see that. So it was just so, so special like seeing him and my husband at the finish line. I just like was like, this is the best thing ever.

Nathan: 26:58

Sounds like it's a whole new level of inspiration for you.

Brittany: 27:01

Yeah. Like I think, I think I was expecting though that it would be like, great, now I have this new inspiration and I'm gonna do everything for him. And like it didn't, it doesn't quite feel like that. I think, yes, it's motivating, but also you still have to find why you want to do it.

Nathan: 27:20

Yeah.

Brittany: 27:21

Cause I think it's like, okay, I'm running this for my kids, and it's like, mm, he doesn't actually care. He doesn't actually have a clue what's going on. Right. And like, so I gotta find like what my motivation is and why I love to run and why I love to push myself, if this is what I'm choosing to do with my time, yeah, you know, to get out the door every day.

Nathan: 27:41

Yeah. That's important. I think that's a lesson all parents need to keep in mind. I was just talking to somebody about this the other day of hey, it's really critical to be there for your kids, and yes, they're an inspiration and all the rest of that stuff. But at the end of the day, you still have to be you and you still have to be, you know, a couple with your partner. Um because eventually, you know, 20 plus years down the low the road, it's just gonna be you and your spouse again, and you better still like each other. Yeah. Um so you know, it's important to keep in mind, yes, you're you're there for your kids, and and we we give our all for our kids, but it's important to still be there for us and and what's important for us personally and us as a as a couple. So uh that's a that's a healthy perspective.

Alicea: 28:30

Thanks. And you made an Instagram post um that talked about the highs and the lows that you experienced during the race. Uh your raw honesty of the mental and physical journey that you went on during this race is it's just incredible. Could you share a little bit of that with our audience?

Brittany: 28:48

Yeah, I think it's um, you know, kind of like I was mentioning earlier, uh coming back to Disney. I of course I was like, there's no expectations, like it's fine. I haven't raced a road race probably since Disney, uh, road marathon. Um and I think I think I was in training, I was like, I think I know where I'm at. I've had a good training block, um, felt good, but then I got in the race and it just the whole thing felt hard. And normally, like the places in the race, like later miles, you expect to feel hard. But for me, it was like pretty much out of the gates. Like it just felt hard. And I was, and I come from sealer um altitude, so I was expecting it to feel easier. And I think I I remembered what I thought it felt like during dopey, which felt easier. So that I wasn't prepared for of just like, man, like I just like couldn't go faster, I couldn't get in a groove. If I did go faster, it just felt just felt like I was working so hard. And then the night before was one of the worst nights of sleep we've had. Um, Hugo got hand, foot, and mouth, like a like small case of hand, foot, and mouth. So he was miserable. My husband was like sleeping upright with him, and he was like Hugo was fussy. My husband was just like trying to like keep him at bay so I could sleep a little bit.

Nathan: 30:11

Yeah.

Brittany: 30:12

So it's just lots of different factors that went into it.

Nathan: 30:14

Yeah.

Brittany: 30:15

But yeah, it's like it wasn't easy. Like it wasn't a great rate, like a great day. And I was just actually quite embarrassed about my time, which to like normal people, they are like that. And I just kept being like, oh my gosh, is my sponsor gonna be like embarrassed by me? Like, am I just like coming down here and like not actually trying? Um, so it's just like this like like loop of that. And then, like, if I don't win, everyone's gonna see that I don't win. Is that okay? So, you know, it was just like it was hard. Um mentally, physically. Yeah, just was like not a like not a great day in that sense. But then I had to just tell myself, like, you're in the lead, get over it, you're at Disney. Like, so why are you here? Like if again, I was like, I don't want to have a miserable time. This is not what it's about. And so finally I just was like, I'm just gonna relax and I'm just gonna like do what I can. I'm gonna keep working, but like I'm gonna stop and get my first character stop. I'm going to like remember why I'm here. I'm gonna like wave at everybody that's out here on course, um, you know, and remember why it's so fun to run at Disney. So that's what I did, and that really helped kind of turn it around.

Nathan: 31:36

That's amazing. How far into the race was that character stop? I was gonna ask you about like that. That's incredible. Oh, so it was deep in the race.

Brittany: 31:43

Oh, it was like towards the end when I knew I had the strong enough lead. Um, and the only one I wanted to stop for was Joy, because uh she's my favorite, and I was Joy during the half marathon at Dopey. Um, so I was like, if she's out here and I have a lead, I am going to pull off course and I'm gonna get a character photo and then like I'm gonna go quickly back on course. So I think she was at mile 23 or 24.

Alicea: 32:07

Oh wow, wow, right near the end.

Brittany: 32:10

Yeah.

Nathan: 32:11

That's amazing. So you did, I was we also wanted to ask kind of what your your day was like. And it sounds like it was it was a rough, rough night. I mean, what time did you have to get up to get to the to the corral and everything?

Brittany: 32:24

I was leaving to get my ride. My Uber got there at 225. So I woke up at two. Uh-huh. It was hard. Yeah. Um, that was challenging.

Nathan: 32:35

That's East Coast time. So that's basically you got up at midnight.

Brittany: 32:37

Mm-hmm. Yeah. Um yeah. But I'm also like, well, the benefit is you're beating the heat because it was hot down there. So, like, I I was done just right after the sun came up. So um, you know, the benefit is there's there's person benefits, but you also kind of get used to it. Like the adrenaline takes over with the tiredness. But then um, we flew out that same day. We flew home that night.

Nathan: 33:01

Oh wow.

Brittany: 33:01

Um, yeah, which was dumb. But we had to get back um because my husband had work the next day, like in like big meetings or something, and our flight got delayed. We've got our toddler. So it was just like all these I'm wrecked. Like my body feels just like wrecked. Um, so it was a hard couple days after. Like I got sick as soon as we got home. So it's just kind of like, but at least like everything was great during the trip down there.

Nathan: 33:30

What was it like having your your husband and and and your son there at the finish? Like you've you've been through so much, you know, the night before, during the race. What was crossing that finish line like for you?

Brittany: 33:44

Um, I'll be honest, like, I was like, oh my God, thank God this is over because it was such a hard day. Like it was so hard that I was just like, oh, thank God this is over. Like, I'm over it. I want to be done running. So there was a mix of that, honestly. And then, but when I saw Hugo and Justin, I was just like, in my happy place. Like, I was just like, you cross the finish line, you get the tape, the fireworks and or the like confetti and everything goes. And then I see them, and I'm just like, oh, like, okay, it's familiar, everything's okay. Hugo has no idea what's going on. It's like 7:30 in the morning, he's like in his jammies, you know, and he's just like, what is happening? Um, but it was just cool. Like it's just, it's cool because he so he turns a year tomorrow. So it was basically almost a year ago, like a year ago today, I was in labor. So it's just, it's just, it was a cool moment to see, like, wow, like imagine what can happen in a year. Like that is just fascinating. Like what my body did is crazy. Like, I'm like, that was what I also had to keep in perspective was like, hang on, it has not even been a year. Yeah. And you're back winning a marathon, like, it doesn't matter what time you ran. Like, and then your little person is here, and like he's just like it just blows my mind, you know, what can happen in a year and how your body can do what it can do. It's just fascinating. And I'm just again, I just feel like so lucky that this is what I get to do, and that like now I get to do it, and my son is here, and I'm I've never felt more joy in my whole life, but this has been the best year of my whole life, is like these little, these little humans are just these little specimens of joy that you're just like you're saying, oh no, now like and you walk and you're just like, oh, it's just like every day is just so fun, and you never know what they're gonna do. It's just so special.

Alicea: 35:41

I love that you are a pro runner and still show up in costume for the races. And Run Disney, obviously, people people really dress up for this. What was your outfit?

Brittany: 35:53

So I was Flower the skunk because I was wearing my North Face kit that we're supposed to be in. So I was trying to be on brand for North Face for once. Um, so I was wearing our flowered shorts and our black tank top, but then I put skunk stripes on the back. I ran with a skunk tail, had my skunk ears, and spray painted my hair. Um, Flower is an underrated character. Um, so it fit with my race theme. And then when I was younger, um, we had an infestation of skunks that lived under our house. And like we couldn't get rid of them. So we just always smelled like skunk, um, which was humiliating. But then you just like forget that you smell like a skunk. So like the skunk smell kind of like you get used to it. So I was going to class smelling like a skunk. Um, so it's kind of like this like, look at what this like skunk is doing now. Like, you know, it's just like kind of a fun way to like just it's okay if you're the stinky kid. Like, maybe like the stinky kid might do something cool in the future. Like, just keep showing up. Yeah.

Nathan: 37:04

You described like quite a day and quite an ordeal that you went through, and and you know, the the the lows and the highs. And then, you know, we we saw online that you stayed around basically to the end of the race for the last finisher of the marathon. And I forget, I think it was a a a Disney, one of the the Disney accounts or somebody posted a video of you kind of jogging out onto the course and helping encourage the the last woman, the last finisher, which is just uh inspiring to me. What led you to that? Like that doesn't seem like a thing that normally happens um at a race, and I love that Disney celebrates the last finisher just as much as the the first finisher. Talk us through your headspace there. Like what what happened? Like what was going through your mind?

Brittany: 38:04

Yeah. Um I the year after I went dopey, I came back to the Run Disney events to just cheer. Um I had runners I was coaching, but I just again I just love these races. I just think it's so fun to cheer for people that are in these Disney costumes and like getting to cheer very specific things at them, like yelling like Ka -chow to Lightning Mc Queens, and like all the Forkies that I saw um out on course, I was like yelling, ‘you're not trash!’ Um so it's just fun. Like, and when I came to cheer that year, I also was like I stayed for the last finishers that came through with the balloon ladies. Cause I was just like, Yeah, I was just like in my groove. Like, I was like, Well, I'm not gonna stop cheer. Like, I'm not gonna just like I'm like, I gotta get everybody through. And Disney's cutoff, I think, is seven hours. So I was like, it's only a few hours that I'm out here. So that was one of my favorite memories the year after Dopey. So that was, I was I knew that I was gonna be staying to cheer after my race. Like, um, and I had planned that with my husband. I was like, I'll I'll get back, I'll catch up with you guys later. I'm gonna stay and cheer. Yeah. Because I also had runners out on course.

Nathan: 39:20

Got it.

Brittany: 39:21

And I just think it's, I mean, again, you guys gotta go to these events because the when you start to get to the tail end of these races, you can you can see why these people are there and what it means to them to cross the finish line. It is like you can you can just see what this means to them and how hard it has, like you can almost like see their journeys of like, yeah, it's uh you've worked real hard to get here. Whereas maybe it might look a little more effortless at the start or at the front of the races. So it's just cool. And I just think I coach so many different types of runners that I'm seeing their journeys, like I'm firsthand seeing what it takes for them to get even just to the starting line. That it's like, man, I'm here to the very end. Um, and so when I was there a couple of years ago cheering, the balloon ladies came through, cheered for the last people, and then the cyclists come through after. So the balloon ladies come, and that's usually the last runner. And then the cyclists that have been out on course also come in in like this little parade. And um, so I like to stay and cheer for them too. So the balloon ladies came through, and then there was still the cyclists, and they were going really slow. And I was like, what is happening? And I just saw this like girl out on course, and she was just walking and just like hobbling, and she had maleficent ears on, and she was just sobbing. Um, and it like my heart just broke for her because like it's it was like nobody was like really cheering. Maybe they were, but like it just wasn't, it was more just like watching her of like this, like I feel so bad for her. So man, and she was just like having she was just like having a miserable time. And I was like, girl, I have been there. That was me doing the Boston marathon. I have been there so many times. This feels so lonely. And I didn't even really think. I was just like, if this was one of my runners, if this was one of my kids that I coach, like I uh like, what do I need to get you to do to get across that finish line? So I just like was cheering for her, and luckily, where I was cheering, there was a break in the fence. So um, I was just like, hold my things, hold my things. And so I just like, and I had like credentials on, but I didn't care. Also, I had my medal and my credentials, and I was like, I don't care, like they can throw me out. Um, and I just like ran out there and I was just like, I think I just asked her how she was doing, and I was just like, You're almost there, you're amazing. And I was like, Do you think you can run? Because I was like, if I can get her to run just to the finish line, I was just like, then like in my brain, I and I might have said it to her in no sad finish lines like come on, like you can get there, you've got this, you're there. Like it was maybe a hundred meters away.

Nathan: 42:03

Yeah.

Brittany: 42:04

And so I was like, Do you think you can run? Do you think you can run? And she was like, maybe. And then she started to run. And once once she started to run, I was like, Oh, she's got it. Yeah. Um, and so like, you know, I just like let her go and all of that, but I just couldn't, I just couldn't leave her out there like alone. Like that's already, and you could tell she wasn't expecting to be the last finisher. It's you know, it's one thing if you're like, that's yeah, it's like you're what it's one thing if you know that's that's probably where I'll end up today. Yeah. Um, and you could tell like that was not the day she was expecting. And it was like, and she didn't know who I was, it didn't matter. She didn't need to. She didn't know, like, that's not what's important. I didn't need she didn't need to know that. It was just like, hey, like this is a sport I love, this is the place I love. You matter, like you freaking did it. Like a marathon is hard. Like it was hard for me too. I get it. And I've been here, and somebody helped me during the Boston marathon, like this random person. So um, and I was just, and we say, like, when I coach my kids in cross-country and track, like we cheer for the very last finisher. That's what you do. Like, it's just like, why is your race more important than theirs? And actually, I'd argue that theirs is probably a little bit harder because that's hard to be out there as a last finisher. That's hard to like find the motivation to keep going. And that's and Disney races are often intro races for people of that are like maybe I like I like I had someone once come up to me and say, like, pull me aside and say, I really want to run a 5k, but I like I'm really embarrassed to even ask that and even say that. Like, I don't know if I could even do that. And I was like, Yes. And now they're running 10Ks and like doing it. And it's just like, yes, like it, like, I just don't ever want it to be a place where or a sport that is discouraging to you, you know, like I think. Who cares if you walk across the finish line? You're still you're still putting in the distance. Who cares?

Nathan: 44:05

Yeah.

Brittany: 44:05

So yeah, it was kind of more just like a gut instinct. Of course, like it was crazy that it went viral. I had no idea. Um, and I'm glad. Like it was just like that's just, I don't know, just kind of what you do. So um, but I was in touch with her after on Instagram just to check in and just like, girl, how are you? And like also to tell her, like, I have been there and it blows and it feels like you are on display. And even when I was in Boston, I mean, I was on TV and that happened. And you think that your world is like everybody cares and that it's humiliating. No one cares. No one cares. It's not that big of a deal. In the moment it feels like it doesn't matter. And she finished. Like, I didn't even finish that race, you know. So, um, yeah, so that was kind of the whole thing there. And then yeah, it kind of went crazy, but it's been really cool because it's, you know, it's gotten me connected to people and like we got to like just and maybe I think it was just like a moment of like, hang on, there's still humanity in our world. Like we're in a in a crazy tornado of chaos right now. But I don't know. Like, I hope there's still humanity. Sorry to make you guys cry.

Nathan: 45:14

No, it's fine. It's yeah, you're gonna make me hop up on the couch and and go run and and do uh some more physical therapy. I call it my my knee hab right now, trying to get back up. This is this is I just uh had my my eighth major knee surgery, my second replacement. Yeah, and um all on the same knee. Yeah, lefty doesn't like me. And um it's it's this has been a struggle. You know, I have um I am I am finding that I bounce back after a major knee surgery a heck of a lot uh slower at 48 than I did it at 35 and you know 14 and 20, whatever it was for all the other ones. And um this one sorry it's hard.

Alicea: 46:00

No, it's hard. It's it's slow, and I had my knee replaced like a year and a half ago, and I bounced back very quickly from that. Um, because I'm a freak, I guess. I don't know.

Nathan: 46:15

Well, she also just had open heart surgery in September and only spent like four days in the hospital. Like she's a rock star,

Alicea: 46:21

there's been a lot,

Brittany: 46:22

but it's frustrating, I get it. Like it's you know, not to the that total degree of the knee stuff, but it is like we're like aging is real, you know. Like I didn't want to admit that, but yeah, it's real. And then, you know, coming back from pregnancy, I get it. Like it's like yeah, I think that was maybe also what was frustrating with this race was like I know what I'm capable of, and like my body isn't meeting me there yet.

Nathan: 46:47

Yeah.

Brittany: 46:47

So, and just but also like being patient and loving on it and just being like, hold on, like what's it doing for me? Like, what's it been through? Like being a little bit kinder to myself in that sense of like that makes a difference.

Nathan: 47:00

It does, and but I get it, it's frustrating, it's hard, it's yeah, because that is the it is, it's not necessarily the physical stuff, it is hard, but the harder part is the mental.

Alicea: 47:11

Yeah, we can be hard on ourselves, we can be very hard on ourselves. And you, I mean, you dealt with that too, just running this this race, just how you were talking to yourself in your head and had to kind of do that little flip. Like, no, you're doing awesome. You've done so much, you've gone through so much, you have a baby now, a kiddo, and yeah, sometimes you just gotta be kind to yourself.

Brittany: 47:40

Yeah, and well, I hope you hang in there and I'm sure just like appreciating like even just this moment of vulnerability, thank you. Cause it's you know, like it's so relatable, it's so relatable. The amount of times that I've been in that exact position with my husband, like like in the exact same boat, you know.

Nathan: 48:00

So now I just need the courage not to cut this out of the episode.

Brittany: 48:05

You have to keep it in, especially from a dude. Come on, we need more of this.

Nathan: 48:10

You got it. It's staying. So, with all of this in mind, who would you recommend a Run Disney event to? Like, who is Run Disney meant for? Like, I hear it's it's not the folks who are trying to go, you know, PR and and world record in New York and you know, Sydney and London and everywhere else. But like, who who is Run Disney for?

Brittany: 48:34

Run Disney is for your everyday person. Um, and I still kind of feel like that. Like I have wicked imposter syndrome. So I often don't feel like I fit into these like elite races. Like, and honestly, like even with Boston, like I messed up my back, but I think that my mental took over that day of just like, see, this is proof I don't belong here. Like, I don't fit in. I'm like, I haven't been doing this my whole life. I train very differently. I'm like weird, you know, I wear the costumes, um, you know, those pieces. And I think the fact that there isn't this hype around it, in the sense, at least from a professional side, it doesn't have that, I think is just what it should be. I think it's like that's I feel like Dis Run Disney knows their purpose. You know, some people might argue with that, and some people are Disney haters and whatever, but to me, and having the inside scoop, I feel like they know they're like true north, and they're like, we're not the like come make hundreds of thousands of dollars. Right. That's not who we are. Like, we want to, and they're making money, but they're it's not like incentivizing the pros, right? You know, um I think it's for the person who it's from everybody who wants to come down and be the smelly kid in class to the I feel embarrassed to walk a 5k, that's for you. It's for all of us. It's for like I'm the weirdo on our North Face team. Like, I'm the like, again, like this morning, like I took my teammate out, world class and out in here, and I made him wear a tutu on the trails. And I was like, it's for the people who want to just have fun and be welcomed. Um, it's cliche, but it's like a Disney movie. So it's like, I want to step into a Disney movie, bingo, here you go. Yeah. Um, and there's different distances for everybody. That's the beauty of it, too. Is like if you're like, I like I'm embarrassed to ask if I could do a 5K, great, Disney's for you. Because they've got the 5K, it's super fun, it's like generous. Um, you get to wear a costume, hell yeah. Um, to everybody that are trying to run a Boston qualifying time, like people go down there to do that. Um, it's a good time of year to get it done. Um, so you know, I think it's like just I don't know, like it's just kind of yeah, like for everybody. It's for everybody, my opinion.

Nathan: 51:11

Yeah. Well, other folks that we've talked to, they always say like Run Disney is all, you know, the event is really about the community. And uh I just want to say that to me, you embody that spirit. And um, thank you so much for sharing all this stuff with us. Thanks for for being with that that runner, um, you know, out there last on the course. Like that's that's what Run Disney seems like it is to me. And um thanks.

Brittany: 51:45

I hope so. And I hope I hope running is like to me, that's what I hope running is. Like that's that's what the trails have been to me. The trail community is a bunch of dirtbag weirdos that accept this girl who loves to have her nails done, wears sparkles and tutus, and like I'm very different in that world, and they've still like embraced me. And same with the Run Disney community. Like, after Dopey, especially, I just have gotten just this big warm hug from the Run Disney community and Disney people that um I think is thank you for saying that because I I feel like the feeling's mutual. I feel like I've gotten that back from the Disney community. So that was kind of also her at the finish line. I was like, she's uh she's a teammate. Like, like I can't just leave her out there. I wouldn't do that to any of my teammates, like or anybody I coach. So, you know, so I think like that's um thank you. I appreciate that.

Alicea: 52:44

Yeah. I have to ask, yeah, do you listen to Disney music in your playlist while you are running? Or do you have basically like, what is your playlist? What do you do?

Brittany: 52:54

Girl, uh what isn't my playlist? Um, like I said, I have uh full throttle themes. So, like like I have so many playlists, it's because I theme everything. So it's fun for me. That's also the fun part about training is depending on what my theme is, I feel like I've got my own soundtrack going. So um, like for example, one time, um do you guys know what Strava is?

Nathan: 53:21

Yes, we know what Strava is.

Brittany: 53:23

Okay. For anybody that happens to not, it's like Instagram for your workouts. Everybody can see everything. Um, a few years ago, I was having a bad relationship with Strava. Um, and I was just getting too into the data. I was like worrying about what everybody's seeing on my Strava. So I was like, I'm gonna break up with Strava and I'm gonna put it to sleep, and I'm going to break up with it, and I'm gonna have a funeral for Strava. So I ran up Pikes Peak Mountain and I had I wore a black dress the entire run up the mountain. This four, it's a 14-mile run up a 14er. Uh, and I had this like banging like playlist that was all about black, and I was just like having this like moment. Um, so I had like all these rad songs that either had black in the titles, the black keys, like whatever. Um, but of course I have my Disney music scattered in. It'll be like Eminem, then Disney, then Broadway, then um, I like to also have these like very like slow, sad country songs. Like, like, and in fact, like one of the last races that I won and set the course record on before I got pregnant, the first half of the marathon, I was listening to a podcast. Um, I've set several records on the mountains here listening to a podcast. Um, because it just calms me down. And then I have songs that play later. So um, oh yeah, but every every playlist has got at least one Disney song at least on there. Awesome.

Nathan: 54:54

That's amazing. Well, let's transition from you know the the mental kind of torture that that a long endurance race can be to the mental torture that is known as my wife's patented Disney torture test. Um, but you're a professional. You got this, it's fine. But good luck. Wow.

Alicea: 55:16

Uh-huh. I guess it's a torture test.

Brittany: 55:17

This is so exciting. Okay.

Alicea: 55:20

Basically, I'm just gonna ask your Disney favorites from everything under Mickey's umbrella. So you can pull your favorites from Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, Disney stuffs. Who's your favorite character? Joy. Joy. Favorite movie.

Brittany: 55:39

Currently, and because I you said I have full permission, currently, I can't stop watching Freakier Friday.

Alicea: 55:46

Ah! Haven't seen that one yet.

Brittany: 55:49

It's so good. I was like, because listen, I grew up on Freaky Friday, like that was my era, and I was like, I don't know, I don't know. And Freakier Friday is so good. So I've just been like on a kick of watching that like crazy.

Nathan: 56:03

Love it.

Alicea: 56:04

Do you have a favorite ride?

Brittany: 56:07

Love the Avatar one.

Alicea: 56:10

Okay.

Brittany: 56:10

Yeah. Whatever that's called. I have no idea.

Nathan: 56:12

Flight of Passage.

Alicea: 56:13

Flight of Passage. Yeah, yeah.

Brittany: 56:15

That one's sick. Um, my new favorite, which I've never been on, but we did it this trip with Hugo. We were front seat in It's a Small World.

Nathan: 56:24

Oh, yeah.

Brittany: 56:24

And it was the sweetest. Like he loved it. I loved it. Um, everybody comes together in the end. Um, it was that one was just like such a core memory for me.

Nathan: 56:36

That's awesome. That's awesome.

Alicea: 56:38

Do you have a favorite park out of all the ones that you've been to?

Brittany: 56:42

Uh each park has its own specialness. Um, so after Dopey, and then the next year when I came back, um we got really lucky. The people that like with the race announcers, they invited us on VIP tours.

Nathan: 57:01

Nice.

Brittany: 57:02

So we did it that way, which was wildly bougie. And just like the coolest experience. But like it was fun to do all the different parks, but then we would end at Epcot, usually in Mexico, you know, with some margaritas. So, like that's really fun. Um, so I don't know. I like I like all of them. I would say Hollywood Studios is like um Tower of Terror is my all-time favorite ride. I forgot about that one. Um Magic Kingdom is so nostalgically Disney. Animal Kingdom is just rad, like, and then Ep Cot is just like that. Just like reminds me of just like how much fun we had, just like tearing it up down there.

Alicea: 57:46

Nice. What's your go-to favorite Disney snack?

Brittany: 57:49

There are Disney snacks. Oh yeah.

Nathan: 57:52

Oh yeah.

Brittany: 57:53

What do you mean?

Nathan: 57:53

You got churros or pretzels or popcorn or like a Mickey ice cream bar.

Brittany: 57:58

Oh, I've never had I've only had a Mickey ice cream bar.

Nathan: 58:01

Okay.

Brittany: 58:02

Okay.

Nathan: 58:02

Well the world is your oyster. There's lots of options out there.

Brittany: 58:06

I'm doing a terrible job. Like, especially as a runner, I need to know all of this.

Alicea: 58:13

There's lots of good stuff out there. There's fantastic stuff out there. Disneyland has um, oh, what are they? No, I guess Disney World has it too. They have cheeseburger pods. They're like bao buns or bao dumplings filled with like cheeseburger stuff.

Nathan: 58:27

yup.

Brittany: 58:28

Oh. Okay. I'm in.

Alicea: 58:32

That's an that one's at Animal Kingdom over in Pandora. Oh.

Nathan: 58:37

Well, and also if you're at Animal Kingdom, you need to stop by Nomad Lounge because they have churros, but they're gluten-free, so they're completely healthy for you. Fresh and amazing. And yeah, there's nothing like an order of bougie churros in a beer, and you sit down at the in the lounge. You could sit outside, like overlooking like the little river, and you'll have like the characters float by every once. It's just it's prime Disney right there. You have a goal for you in my language.

Alicea: 59:04

You have a goal for next time. Yeah.

Brittany: 59:06

Yeah. I'm not going to run anything. I'm going down snacks.

Nathan: 59:09

Yeah, you're running to the wait list at Nomad Lounge, is what you're doing. 100%.

Alicea: 59:13

Yeah. That's what we do. We go for the snacks and the vibes.

Nathan: 59:16

There you go. Well, Brittany, you survived the torture test. Congratulations.

Brittany: 59:23

Okay.

Nathan: 59:24

It's been so great having you with us today. Um, I I've learned a ton about you. I've learned, I think, even more about myself. Um how can people find you and and follow along with your journey?

Brittany: 59:39

Thank you so much for saying that. I really, really appreciate you guys having me on and being patient with my crazy schedule and my charge, my charger, my iPhone charger because I'm an old lady. Um, so thank you. Um, I am very active on social or on social media, but I I should only say Instagram, because again, I'm an old lady and I can only manage one. Um my Facebook exists, but please don't contact me or anything on that because I won't see it. Um, but my Instagram is funnyrunner26.2. Um, any info on me, my running career, um, how to get a hold of me, anything like my coaching is all on thefunnyrunner.com. So really easy. And yeah, um, if you want to yeah, just reach out if there's any questions or anything. I've had a lot of people that have sent really nice messages. Um, I try to get back to you. So um, but I just appreciate again the Run Disney community and the Disney community for just accepting this weird skunk trail runner girl that, you know, like I don't know, it's just chaos. And this like hummingbird squirrel.

Nathan: 1:00:48

Well, we we appreciate that. Uh uh your spirit and and your your joy and and everything else. Like uh yeah, you're you're you're why we love being part of this Disney community. So as a fellow Disney adult, welcome and thank you.

Brittany: 1:01:03

Thank you. Well, thank you guys so much. Thanks for having me on. Um, I wish you joy throughout the year and just keep keep believing in yourself. That's all I have to say.

Nathan: 1:01:13

We'll do, we'll do. Thanks, Britney.

Brittany: 1:01:15

Thank you, Brittany.

Nathan: 1:01:17

Well, uh, after all that, that was incredible. And I feel like I just had a therapy session. Uh thank you so much to uh to Brittany for for joining us today. And please do give a give her a follow. Yes. Uh funny runner26.2 uh over on Instagram. Uh yeah, she's she's an incredible human being. And um yeah, I needed that. I needed that.

Alicea: 1:01:40

It was great to talk with her.

Nathan: 1:01:42

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Alicea: 1:01:58

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Nathan: 1:01:59

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Alicea: 1:02:00

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Alicea: 1:02:37

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Intro: 1:02:40

Thank you for flying Star Tours. Bye-bye.

Nathan: 1:02:49

Say goodbye, Perry. Oh my gosh. Yep, perfect.