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Today Carrie Millerller and I welcome 1/6 of the Berens children to the latest On Pace Podcast as On Pace Run Coaching, LLC client Maggie Berens who was our guest in the second week of this series is back along with her brother, Charlie Berens.

I'll paraphrase the story as best I can: a few years back, Charlie and a buddy or two decided to throw one of his dad's old hunting jackets on Charlie and pay tribute to some characteristics of a hard core Wisconsinite.  They filmed a video, thought maybe a few people might get a kick out of the Manitowoc Minute and lo and beyond, a few years later he has over a million followers and is a household name around these parts.

Beyond being hilarious, Charlie's driven to give back.  One of the Manitowoc Minute's consistent charitable channels over time has been veterans and active military and with this weekend's final race in the Happy Space. Virtual Race Series, we travel to Dubuque, Iowa where we partake in Run4Troops. Started over a decade ago by the Hodge family, this race takes all profits and contributes them right back to those in the armed forces, last year generating over $50,000.

Whatever we collect this week will go to the VFW of Wisconsin and we appreciate the chance to Keep 'er Movin to our finish line with Charlie and Maggie today.

Welcome to another OnPace Podcast!

Today, Carrie Miller and I sit with Brandon and Callie Meisner, owners of the wellness company MOVE Fitness Studio. MOVE had opened their doors in November of 2018 and over the next 18 months had built a community that hit the nail right on the head.

Everything Brandon and Callie wanted to accomplish was happening and, in fact, through 15 hours days/nights, in March 2020 they were about to realize their first profitable month.

And then, stay-at-home, COVID, quarantine hit and their life and business was upside down.  So much so that on May 19, they had to say goodbye to their business and this particular dream and shut it down.

Callie and Brandon are tough cookies.  Hard workers.  Great athletes.  Relationship focused. And natural leaders.  This unfortunate turn of business events was some yucky lemons but they are going to make lemonade, maybe not today but in the future, as their attitude remains upbeat and their drive is unmistakable.

Welcome to another edition of the OnPace Podcast!

Tonight we welcome back John Mortimer of Millennium Running. When the Citizens Bank Shamrock Half and Relay was cancelled in mid March for their March 29 event, we were super bummed!  On Pace stars Sara Carter and Avi Kelley were set to lead the team and they were set to have quite the killer crew as we were prepared to embark on our second race in Manchester, NH.

Since then?  Millenium Running has gone straight up awesome trying to figure out new ways to engage their community and keep things moving.  From the beginning of CoVid until now, they have done just that.  John and his staff are extremely entrepreneurial and innovative in the running space and he shares some of the ways they have shifted gears with us tonight!

I neglected to mention in our podcast our charity partner for this week is Holly Blanchard and the team at Children's Hospital of Dartmouth.  I got to spend some time with Holly this morning and this dynamic woman will be joining us on Saturday at noon for the Zoom call.

See you then and THANKS, John and Millenium!

Welcome to On Pace's latest podcast with co-host Carrie Miller and our guests Jill Steffek and Mike Steffek.

As you'll find out in the cast, these two roadrunners became lovebirds after being introduced in 2012.  What started off as a potential coach-student relationship never really developed into that.  Instead a couple years later it was husband-and-wife and now it's their calling to be a kickin' Mom-and-Dad.

Along the way it did eventually turn into coach-student - shaving an hour off a PR in the process - but for us, very gratefully, they eventually put less burden on themselves and became OnPacers.

These two have paced the same races, independently paced and likely at some point will pace together.  And every time we see them, we find people who embody everything On Pace tries to respresent - we are so grateful to have them a part of our community!  The Steffeks reside in Appleton, Wisconsin, home to Dutrirun's 10 mile St. Patty's Day extravaganza and we are honored to hear some of their story and share it with you tonight.

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Tonight we welcome Prevea Health's, Mike Lamere to On Pace's latest podcast.  

In the spirit of this week's hometown (to On Pace) race the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon!  Beyond being an all around great guy, Mike brings with him a wealth of knowledge in the sport medicine world that is so fantastic for our community in Northeastern Wisconsin.  His past includes a five-year stint with the Chicago Cubbies and his knowledge brings him to all the major sporting events that have come to this area.

Since moving back to his hometown of Green Bay with his wife and two children in the early 2000's, the last two decades this time of year Mike has spent his time preparing the various teams for the Cellcom runners and all the different scenarios that might cross their path in a day.  In addition, Mike coordinates the Prevea Training Runs and works closely with Carrie Miller to ensure these Saturday's leading up to race day build community and confidence on the runner's path to meeting their goals.

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Tonight we welcome Rick Wilson from Blue Raven Productions: Wisconsin Race Management to our On Pace Podcast.  Rick by day is the President of Pukall Lumber, one of the larger employers in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, but his passions lie in the energy of race day!

What started over a decade ago by getting involved with forming Tortoise and The Hare Timing has shifted over time to Blue Raven and event management.  Through stout negotiations with his wife, Rick is no longer managing so many timing gigs and down to managing five events a year including the No Frills Marathon held around Labor Day every Summer.

With our connection through the Happy Space. Virtual Race. Series to the Northern part of Wisconsin this weekend at Journeys Marathon 2019 Live Journeys Marathon, Powerwalk in Minocqua's neighboring town Eagle River, we had the chance to sit down with Rick and hear a little more about him, his companies and event management in the near future which - GASP! - it appears will NOT be affected by COVID and the race will go on!

Details on the social distancing, race day precautions, etc will be figured out by Rick and his crew but MARK YOUR CALENDAR for Paws on the Run 5k on June 20 if you want to bring your favorite puppy, tie up your shoes and toe the line!  Best of luck at Eagle River this weekend, On Pace, see you Saturday at the Zoom noon call!



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