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00:40 >> Welcome and thank you
00:41 for joining us on 00:42 It Is Written Canada. 00:44 One of the things that René 00:45 and I love to do is to go 00:47 running and so today I'm so 00:49 excited because we are with a 00:50 professional runner, 00:52 Philip Ellis, who is the 00:53 general manager of Peninsula 00:55 Runners here in Langley, 00:57 British Columbia. 00:58 So, Phil, thank you for 01:00 joining us on 01:01 It Is Written Canada. 01:02 >> Well, thank you for coming 01:03 to beautiful Langley, 01:04 British Columbia. 01:05 >> Yeah, thank you for having 01:05 us at one of your stores. 01:07 You have three stores. 01:08 Tell us about your work. 01:09 >> Yeah, so Peninsula Runners 01:11 is a locally owned independent 01:12 running store that was started 01:14 a little over 20 years ago. 01:16 We have three locations here 01:18 in Fraser Valley and our goal 01:20 is to get people with the 01:22 right fit for their foot so 01:24 they can go out and run and 01:26 exercise and walk and stay 01:27 healthy and fit. 01:29 >> That's great. 01:30 So, Phil, we can see that 01:33 running is a very big part of 01:34 your life, so can you take us 01:36 back to those earlier years 01:38 and how running became a big 01:39 part of your life? 01:41 >> Yeah, we're going back a 01:42 long way, but... 01:43 Yeah, back when I was in 01:45 school in grade 8 and grade 9 01:47 I was running, started running 01:49 before gym class. 01:51 You'd have to go out for a 01:52 mile-and-a-half run and I 01:53 was-- realized fairly quickly 01:55 that I was the fastest kid and 01:56 I would push myself hard so I 01:58 was always coming in first. 02:00 And my gym teacher was like, 02:02 "You know what, you may need" 02:03 "to maybe train a little bit," 02:04 "you've got some" 02:05 "ability here." 02:06 So I ran a couple of the 10K 02:08 races to kinda try to beat my 02:11 friends' dads which I was able 02:13 to do and I realized I was 02:14 fairly good at it and it 02:15 becomes something you wanna 02:17 keep doing when you're doing 02:19 well, so I kept at it. 02:20 [René] That's great. 02:22 So if you could put it into 02:23 words, what would you say 02:25 running is to you now? 02:27 >> Today? Oh, it's a huge part 02:28 of my life, right? 02:30 It has been and will continue 02:32 to be, I mean, to be in this 02:33 business I feel if I wasn't 02:35 going out running, I always 02:36 say running is part of my job 02:38 so I get the excuse to go 02:40 running every morning, 02:41 [chuckles] right? 02:42 But so it's a huge part of my 02:43 life, but it's-- and it's also 02:45 for my mental side of things, 02:46 for my physical health 02:48 obviously I think it's 02:49 important, but probably more 02:51 so for my mental just to 02:54 de-stress and enjoy nature and 02:56 get out in-- 02:58 on the trails here in the 03:00 Fraser Valley. 03:01 >> Tell us about food, 03:02 nutrition; is that a part of 03:04 your running? 03:05 >> Yeah, well, y-- 03:07 It most definitely is. 03:08 I was raised, you know, eating 03:11 basically a plant-based diet 03:14 and I continue to and I 03:15 remember early on though, 03:17 my first coach saying, 03:18 "You know what, I think" 03:19 "that's something you'll" 03:20 "have to change." 03:21 "You'll probably need to" 03:22 "maybe eat some meat at some" 03:23 "point to have the endurance" 03:24 "to do the long races." 03:25 But no, I was-- 03:27 that was probably my stronger 03:28 thing that I was strong. 03:30 I was never-- so... 03:32 But, yeah, I believe most 03:34 definitely eating a healthy, 03:36 balanced diet and lots of wa-- 03:38 I'm a big water-drinker. 03:40 You see people with this 03:41 Gatorade stuff and I mean it's 03:42 just sugar water so... 03:44 >> So the James Cunningham 03:47 Seawall Race: tell us about 03:49 your involvement in that. 03:50 >> Yeah, so that's one of the 03:52 longest running races here in 03:54 B.C., started in 1971 when 03:56 they-- to commemorate the 03:57 finishing of the Seawall which 03:59 goes around Stanley Park so 04:01 they had developed a race to 04:02 go around there. 04:04 I ran it for the first time 04:05 when I was a kid in 1983 04:08 and I think, actually, I won 04:09 for being a kid under 19 and 04:13 then I went back and have done 04:14 that many years. 04:15 It's kind of a-- in the end of 04:16 October it's a good 04:18 season-ending kind of a race 04:20 and I was able to win it in 04:22 1988 and then went on to win 04:24 it another six times and... 04:25 [Mike] Six times! 04:26 [René] Whoa! 04:27 >> So, Phil, can you take 04:28 us back to when you won the 04:30 Vancouver Sun Run? 04:32 >> Yeah, that was 1991. 04:34 It was a-- I had come third 04:36 two years earlier and then-- 04:38 So I knew I was capable of 04:40 doing well in this race, but 04:42 it was a very good field that 04:43 year, there was 5 or 6 guys 04:46 that either went to the 1988 04:48 Olympics or to the 1992 04:50 Olympics and so I wasn't the 04:52 favourite by any stretch, but 04:55 you gotta have confidence and 04:56 determination and 04:57 that I had. 04:58 And then I think we have... 05:00 >> We just have some footage 05:00 of that. 05:01 So let's take a look at that 05:03 and you can kinda walk us 05:03 and you can kinda walk us 05:04 through it, talk us through it 05:07 and see what's 05:08 happening there. 05:10 [Commentator] Now look what's 05:10 happening, Paul Williams 05:12 coming back, the 34-year-old 05:13 from Vancouver... 05:14 [Phil] Here I am, 05:15 The guy in the white shirt, 05:16 Paul has just passed me and... 05:19 yeah, I think he thought he 05:20 had the race won, that I'd 05:22 tired myself out, but I still 05:23 had an extra gear left and so 05:25 here I pull up beside him, we 05:26 had about 450 metres to go, 05:28 I'm just trying to figure out 05:30 when to go, I looked back to 05:31 make sure no-- none of the 05:32 other runners are gonna get 05:33 back in it and then look at my 05:36 watch, it's go time, let's谘. 05:38 So at this point I put a surge 05:40 in, my last surge of the race 05:42 and I pull away from Paul 05:44 fairly easily and I was quite 05:46 surprised that... 05:47 [Mike] And there's three guys 05:48 behind you... 05:49 [Phil] There's three guys 05:50 behind me, they're all very 05:51 qualified guys who went to the 05:53 1992 Olympics. 05:54 [Mike] So let's listen in. 05:56 [Commentator] ...looking 05:57 behind him as they approach 05:58 that finish line tight. 06:00 Phil Ellis once again looks to 06:01 his right, he knows he's got 06:02 the win today, let's take a 06:03 look at the clock. 06:04 Look at him, raising his arms 06:06 in victory, he's coming up to 06:06 the tape. 06:07 What a magnificent win for 06:09 Phil Ellis, 29:03 his winning 06:11 time, just a couple of seconds 06:13 ahead of Paul Williams... 06:14 >> Wow! 06:15 >> So how'd you feel 06:15 after that? 06:16 >> Oh, pretty excited. 06:17 I mean, I was pretty young at 06:18 the time, I had beaten those 06:20 three guys there. 06:21 That's Paul and Graham and 06:22 Art, they're all Olympic 06:24 runners that are all like 10 06:25 years older than me and so it 06:26 was quite an honour to beat 06:28 them in that situation. 06:30 >> When you're going over the 06:31 finish line here, you were 06:32 looking up and were you-- 06:35 What were you thinking? 06:37 >> Oh, you know, I was happy 06:38 to win and... 06:40 You know what, back then 06:42 there was um... 06:44 There was people above, kind 06:45 of there's an overpass going 06:47 across the top so I think I 06:50 might have been looking, but, 06:51 you know... 06:52 Maybe thanking God, too, 06:53 I don't know, like [chuckles] 06:55 >> It was a big moment for you. 06:56 >> It was a big win for me. 06:57 I was, yeah. 06:58 It would have been something I 06:59 had dreaming about-- thinking 07:00 about for a long time heading 07:02 into that race so to pull it 07:03 off, to execute a strategy, 07:05 it's always good, right? 07:06 [Mike] Quite an achievement. 07:07 [René] That is great, so... 07:08 So you were in very good shape 07:11 at this time so what was your 07:13 average mile that you were 07:14 running at this time? 07:16 >> In that race it was 4:39 a 07:18 mile which per kilometre, 07:20 that's 2 minutes and 07:21 54 seconds. 07:22 [Mike] Wow, that's fast. 07:24 [René] That's incredible. 07:26 So with times like that it 07:28 sounds like you were in line 07:29 to do-- to be in the Olympics 07:31 or be an Olympic athlete. 07:33 >> Yeah, that was the goal. 07:34 I wanted to try to make the 07:35 1992 Olympics games for the 07:37 10,000 metres and... 07:39 [Mike] How did that go? 07:40 >> You know what, I got second 07:42 in the Olympic trials. 07:43 That year you had to win the 07:45 Olympic trials because nobody 07:47 had the A-standard so I lost 07:51 by a second in the sprint 07:52 and so... 07:53 But, you know, I was young and 07:55 I always-- positive attitude 07:57 and I was... 07:58 >> Yeah, how did you handle 07:59 the discouragement? 08:00 That was your goal, right? 08:01 >> Yeah, that was a big goal. 08:03 You know what, you just look 08:05 forward to other things and 08:07 you try to put it in 08:08 perspective that this is not 08:09 the end of the world and you 08:11 continue to have goals and 08:12 you know, obviously as a 08:13 Christian, too, you try to 08:15 focus on there's bigger things 08:17 than running, right? 08:18 [René] Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. 08:20 >> So you were pretty young 08:22 and a few years later you were 08:25 struggling with an injury. 08:26 Do you wanna talk about that? 08:28 >> Yeah, so in 1995 in-- 08:31 We were getting ready for the 08:32 national 10K Road 08:34 Championships and I was out 08:36 for a run, just a nice run 08:37 around Burnaby Lake and I hit 08:39 a stone and I sprained my 08:41 ankle quite badly. 08:43 I still wanted to run the race 08:44 which I did. 08:46 I think I came second in the 08:48 race so I did well, but... 08:50 there was something not right 08:52 after that. 08:52 I kept struggling with this 08:55 lack of feeling of stability 08:56 in my ankle. 08:57 So you try to keep training 08:59 for it, looking forward to 09:00 the-- trying to qualify for 09:01 the '96 Olympics, but... 09:05 Yeah, it was something I kept 09:06 struggling with over the next 09:08 two years and it actually 09:09 prevented me from kind of 09:11 being able to train at the 09:12 level I needed to in order to 09:13 qualify for the '96 games so I 09:15 missed out on that opportunity 09:16 as well, right? 09:17 [Mike] So you had this injury, 09:18 you turned your ankle, 09:21 what happened from that? 09:22 I know it was disappointing 09:23 not getting into the Olympics, 09:25 what was the greatest 09:26 disappointment though? 09:27 >> Well, the greatest 09:28 disappointment was by the end 09:29 of the 1997 season, it was 09:33 getting worse and worse and I 09:35 was-- racing was actually the 09:37 only good thing for it and 09:38 eventually there was no more 09:39 races to run so I got to the 09:41 point where within a week of 09:42 my last race which was in 09:44 Japan, I came home and I 09:45 wasn't able to run at all 09:46 anymore. 09:48 Couldn't even run across the 09:49 street to, you know, catch a 09:51 bus so to speak, so... 09:54 And so I'd been dealing with, 09:56 you know, one of the best 09:58 renowned sports doctors in 10:00 B.C. over the last two years 10:02 and we hadn't been able to 10:03 figure it out, but at that 10:04 point I remember him sitting 10:06 me down and saying, you know, 10:07 "I don't think you'll" 10:08 "ever run again." 10:09 And so that was a real hard 10:12 thing to hear when that's what 10:14 you love to do and it's such a 10:15 big part of your life, right? 10:16 So... 10:17 [Mike] That would be 10:18 very, very disappointing. 10:20 So you had this injury, did it 10:21 prevent you from walking? 10:23 >> No, thankfully not, 10:25 although that is something the 10:26 doctors asked me numerous 10:28 times about, but what it did 10:29 do, it's a sport-specific 10:31 focal dystonia which basically 10:32 when I run, it kind of-- 10:34 there's a nerve reaction 10:36 designed to protect me from 10:37 spraining my ankle, but I 10:39 would pull my ankle in and 10:40 twist it and it was actually 10:42 hurting me, you know, 10:43 preventing me from being able 10:44 to put both... 10:46 [Mike] Go further, go forward. 10:48 >> Yeah, be able to even put 10:49 your foot down and it was 10:50 quite, it was kind of, feels 10:52 very awkward and painful at 10:53 the same time. 10:54 [Mike] Oh, I'm sure. 10:55 >> Yeah. 10:56 [René] So, Phil, how did this 10:58 injury affect your 11:00 faith in God? 11:02 Did you have some discussions 11:03 with Him about why this was 11:05 happening to you? 11:06 >> Oh for sure, yeah. 11:07 You kinda say, "Hey, God," 11:08 "You gave me this talent," 11:10 "why can't I use it?" 11:11 And um... 11:13 It's tough for a while, you 11:14 kind of-- I never doubted 11:16 and I never blamed God, but 11:18 I'm like, "Why don't You" 11:19 "help me get over this?" 11:20 'Cause I was trying 11:21 so many things, right? 11:22 [Mike] Yeah, yeah. 11:23 >> So hard. 11:24 >> And this was such a big 11:25 part of your life. 11:25 >> Mm-hmm, yeah. 11:26 >> You were a professional 11:27 runner. 11:28 You can see other people 11:29 running and it's not so big of 11:31 a deal to them, but to you 11:32 it's a major thing, yeah. 11:35 >> Yeah, it was taking away 11:36 obviously what I wanted to 11:37 achieve, but also long term, I 11:40 wanted to be able to run again 11:41 'cause at this point I'd done 11:43 so much of it, I wanna keep 11:44 doing this, for my health, for 11:46 my sanity, for, you know, just 11:48 for my life, so that was where 11:50 I was like, you know, 11:52 "God, why can't You let me" 11:53 "run, I don't wanna have to--" 11:54 I was riding my bike, but that 11:56 doesn't do it if you're a 11:56 runner, so... 11:58 [chuckles] 11:59 >> So when did you start 12:01 running again? 12:02 How could you get back 12:03 into it again? 12:04 >> Oh, that was a very long, 12:05 hard road and basically the 12:07 doctors said I never 12:08 would, right? 12:10 They didn't think there was a 12:11 solution, but at the same time 12:12 they said, "You know what?" 12:13 "Explore all the options or" 12:14 "avenues that you can." 12:16 At the same time keeping in 12:17 mind that you know this injury 12:19 better than anybody else 12:20 'cause this injury is not in a 12:22 textbook, this injury is, 12:23 you know... 12:24 [Mike] Specific to you. 12:24 >> Specific to me, yeah. 12:26 There's nobody else that's 12:27 really had this injury so this 12:28 is very unique. 12:29 So I did, I went to a lot of 12:31 different people to try 12:33 different things and 12:34 unfortunately it would always 12:35 end in failure so this is kind 12:37 of part of this yo-yo thing, 12:38 right, with your talk-- 12:40 asking God, "Why, why?" right? 12:42 But then I was in seeing a guy 12:44 for a pair of orthotics that 12:46 they thought might help and I 12:47 saw on his wall this kind of 12:49 brace that kind of wraps the 12:51 foot for when they have 12:52 drop-foot and I said, 12:53 "I need that to run in." 12:54 >> What did that look like? 12:55 >> Well, you know, I got my 12:57 first one here, so let's just 12:59 take a look at it. 13:02 >> This is what he built 13:03 for me... 13:05 >> Wow, that's well-used. 13:06 >> Yeah, very well-used. 13:07 The difference is that he 13:09 made it with a hinge in here 13:11 because I'd be able to run 13:12 'cause the ones I saw in his 13:13 office he said you'd actually 13:15 just tear it apart if you 13:17 tried to run in it so... 13:19 But as you can see, there's, 13:21 well this one... 13:22 I had another one built after 13:23 this, but... 13:25 I put a lot of miles on this. 13:27 [Mike] I'm sure you did. 13:28 >> Yeah. 13:29 And the thing-- the key here 13:31 was though even when I first 13:32 got it, I thought, "Now I'm" 13:34 "gonna be able to come back" 13:36 "and be able to retrain this" 13:37 "nerve," which is what we're 13:38 really trying to do. 13:39 But then I remember the first 13:40 time I took it out for a run, 13:42 I came back disappointed 13:43 'cause it still did the 13:45 reaction, right? 13:47 So it hadn't cured it. 13:49 Took a little bit more 13:50 time off. 13:51 So there was this back and 13:52 forth, right? 13:53 I had this determination, 13:54 I never quit. 13:55 I still wanted to run so 13:57 I kind of thought about it, 13:58 I said, "You know what?" 13:59 "I've spent like 500 bucks" 14:01 "on this thing, let's try to" 14:03 "use this to get me back" 14:04 "to running," because at that 14:06 point everything else was out. 14:08 So what I did was I just very 14:10 slowly went to a walk/jog, 14:12 basically and I'd jog with 14:13 this on. 14:15 Slowly as I would've come 14:16 back, it was a slow process, 14:17 but I was very 14:18 determined, right? 14:20 I just didn't wanna quit and 14:21 so I kept at it, kept at it 14:23 to the point where I was able 14:24 to, you know, feel more like I 14:25 was running, but I still with 14:26 this, so I still needed this. 14:28 And then, you know, about-- 14:31 a little bit later on I wanted 14:33 to try to wean myself off of 14:34 this and so I would run with 14:36 this sometimes, sometimes a 14:38 little shorter, not with it... 14:40 >> Yeah, yeah. 14:40 [Phil] Yeah. 14:41 >> Yeah, so you had-- you were 14:43 told there's no way you're 14:45 gonna run again and you were 14:46 determined; "No, I'm gonna" 14:47 "run again." 14:48 And you just kept at it. 14:50 [Phil] Yes. 14:51 >> Never gave up. 14:52 >> Yeah, I never gave up. 14:53 I mean, I could have said, 14:54 "Hey, you know what, it was" 14:55 "nice running," and just gone 14:56 on to keep cycling or 14:58 something, done something 14:59 else, but that's kind of in 15:00 my-- it was in my-- 15:02 That's what makes me feel 15:04 good, right? So, yeah. 15:05 [Mike] Yes, absolutely. 15:06 >> So how often do you 15:08 run now each week? 15:11 >> I run-- I try to get out 15:12 six days a week for sure. 15:14 Usually I run in the morning 15:16 before I come to work. 15:17 >> Where do you like to run 15:18 the most? 15:19 >> Oh, I love the parks here 15:20 in the Fraser Valley, Campbell 15:21 Valley, Aldergrove Lake, 15:23 Fort-to-Fort Trail, but often 15:25 because, you know what, 15:26 running is a convenient thing, 15:27 it's easy to do, I often will 15:28 just even do it from my home 15:30 or from the store here, 15:31 maybe I come early and I head 15:32 out for runs so... 15:33 >> So, Phil, you're the 15:35 general manager of 15:36 Peninsula Runners. 15:37 What's the favourite thing 15:39 about your job? 15:41 >> You know what, it's trying 15:42 to motivate people into a 15:44 healthy, active 15:45 lifestyle, right? 15:46 So I'm not here to sell shoes, 15:48 I mean, that doesn't really 15:49 interest me. 15:51 I've actually, it's int-- 15:52 some of the reps that I deal 15:53 with, they're really-- 15:55 they're shoe guys, they like 15:55 the shoes. 15:56 And then, I mean obviously I 15:58 value a good shoe, but that's, 16:00 the shoe is the tool that 16:01 allows me to do what I want to 16:02 do and that's what I want the 16:04 customers-- 16:04 I don't want them to see the 16:06 shoe as what they need as it 16:08 is the running or the living 16:09 healthy, right? 16:11 So I want to sell people on 16:12 running, sell people on being 16:13 active and healthy. 16:15 Sell them on that and make 16:16 them want to do that and 16:18 create it as a healthy 16:19 lifestyle, right? 16:21 [Mike] A healthy lifestyle, 16:21 very important and one of the 16:23 things that we like to do is 16:25 give people opportunities to 16:27 learn when it comes to a 16:29 healthy lifestyle. 16:30 So we're going to just take a 16:33 little bit of a break and look 16:34 at a recipe in the kitchen so 16:38 we're going to look at 16:39 Experiencing Life in the 16:40 Kitchen right now and they are 16:41 going to give us a recipe on 16:43 one of the most important 16:44 meals of the day 16:45 and that's breakfast. 16:46 So let's cut to that right now 16:48 and then we'll come 16:49 right back. 16:50 [Phil] Sounds good. 16:53 >> Hi, my name's Ceri and this 16:54 is my friend, Becky. 16:56 >> And we are passionate about 16:57 health and showing people how 16:58 we can make food taste great. 17:00 >> Absolutely. 17:02 We're here experiencing life in 17:03 the kitchen and we're gonna 17:04 show you how to make something 17:05 called "overnight oats." 17:07 It's our favourite go-to 17:09 breakfast on the road. 17:10 >> It's so fast, it's quick, 17:11 it's easy, I love it and you 17:13 can just make it right the 17:15 night before and have it ready 17:16 to go when you need it. 17:17 >> Yeah, so all you need is 17:18 three simple ingredients or 17:19 four: oats, milk, 17:22 seeds, fruit. 17:23 You can make it as simple or 17:25 as complicated as you want. 17:26 >> Exactly. 17:27 >> So let's dive in! 17:28 [Ceri] Well, the base of this 17:29 recipe is oats. 17:30 Becky, do you mind telling me 17:32 what's so amazing, I know 17:33 there's fibre in here... 17:34 >> Yeah, so there's two types 17:35 of fibre actually. 17:36 So there's soluble fibre 17:38 which helps to lower your 17:39 cholesterol levels and 17:40 stabilize your blood sugar and 17:42 then the insoluble actually 17:43 helps keep you regular. 17:44 [Ceri] Wow! 17:45 [Becky] So that's what's 17:46 really awesome about that. 17:47 [Ceri] That's so cool! 17:48 Awesome! 17:48 So we just do one cup of oats 17:51 in our Mason jar normally, 17:52 right, and we do one cup of 17:55 liquid or mixture of milk and 17:58 yogurt, right? 17:58 >> Mm-hmm. 17:59 >> So this is oat milk. 18:01 It's my new favourite milk, 18:02 it's amazing. 18:03 I know a lot of people use soy 18:04 milk and almond milk... 18:06 >> I love almond and soy, 18:07 personally, but any plant milk 18:09 you have works. 18:10 >> Yeah, so...even sesame. 18:11 Sesame milk is pretty cool. 18:13 >> Oh, that would be 18:13 really good. 18:14 >> So I just put that in. 18:15 This is 3/4 cups of milk 18:18 and then we're gonna also add 18:20 some yogurt. 18:22 Yogurt makes it... 18:22 [Becky] So good. 18:23 [Ceri] So rich. 18:24 >> And has so many great 18:26 nutrients, too. 18:26 >> Yeah. 18:27 >> So we have all our 18:28 probiotics in here. 18:29 And actually the oats serve as 18:31 a prebiotic which actually 18:32 feeds your natural gut 18:34 probiotics so it's a 18:35 double-whammy here. 18:37 >> So I put in about a 1/4 cup 18:39 or just a big dollop, 18:41 scoop, yep. 18:42 >> Perfect. 18:43 >> Throw that in, mix it in 18:44 with my oats. 18:45 [Becky] Or... 18:46 [Ceri] Or what? 18:47 [Becky] You could make it 18:48 even faster. 18:49 You can close the lid and give 18:49 it a quick shake. 18:50 That's what I like to do if I 18:51 just don't feel like using a 18:52 spoon. 18:53 I mean, it all works. 18:54 >> She's smart! 18:55 >> Yeah, just another way. 18:56 >> Alright, I guess before I 18:57 finish stirring, 18:58 I need to add... 18:59 >> We should add some other... 19:00 >> My nuts and my seeds. 19:01 We're actually gonna use 19:02 hemp seeds. 19:03 Hemp seeds are 19:04 amazing protein. 19:05 >> So much, they're actually a 19:06 complete protein. 19:07 >> Yeah. 19:07 >> So they have all nine 19:08 essential amino acids. 19:10 So they are just a powerhouse 19:12 of nutrition and they also 19:13 have our omega 3's and 19:14 omega 6's, so... 19:15 >> So great. 19:16 And then chia seeds. 19:17 So about a tablespoon of each. 19:19 One of each and again... 19:20 [Becky] And we have our 19:21 calcium, we have our 19:23 antioxidants... 19:24 You also have protein in the 19:25 chia seeds as well so you have 19:27 all sorts. 19:27 >> So good. 19:28 >> And if you don't have those 19:29 at home, but you have 19:31 pumpkin seeds or flax seeds, 19:33 you can put any other seeds in. 19:35 We just really love these two 19:36 and the chia seeds actually 19:38 help give it some bulk and 19:39 and kinda help thicken it up, 19:40 too, with the oats, so... 19:41 [Ceri] Yep, for sure, 19:42 for sure. 19:44 And if you like yours sweet, 19:45 you can add just a little, 19:46 you know, about a teaspoon or 19:48 two teaspoons of maple syrup 19:50 in there and um... 19:52 [Becky] My husband likes his 19:53 with it, but... 19:53 [Ceri] Yeah, I'm sure. 19:54 Most people do. 19:56 [Becky] Yeah it's really good. 19:57 [Ceri] We add fruit. 19:57 So today we're gonna add some 19:58 blueberries and raspberries 20:00 you can add cherries, whatever 20:01 you have around. 20:02 [Becky] Frozen, fresh... 20:03 [Ceri] Yep. 20:04 [Becky] Doesn't matter, 20:05 whatever you have. 20:05 [Ceri] It all works. 20:06 [Becky] Yep. 20:07 [Ceri] So after you're done 20:08 mixing or shaking it, 20:09 just put it on top. 20:11 [Becky] And you can even make 20:11 a fruit sauce, too. 20:12 So sometimes I'll have made a 20:13 fruit sauce already and I'm 20:14 like, "Oh, I don't have any" 20:15 "fresh fruit or frozen, but I" 20:16 "already made some and it's" 20:17 "been in the fridge for a" 20:18 "few days." 20:19 That's fine, put that on top. 20:20 [Ceri] So smart. 20:21 [Becky] Perfect, too. 20:21 [Ceri] That's so smart. 20:22 So then all you do is pop the 20:23 lid on and then what I do 20:25 which I think is really nice, 20:26 is I grab a string, a spoon, 20:30 and a napkin so that if I'm 20:32 giving this to one of my 20:33 friends as they're leaving 20:34 early in the morning from my 20:35 place or just myself, if I do 20:37 it like this, tie it all 20:39 together, then I know when I 20:41 grab it out of the fridge in 20:42 the morning, 20:43 it's all together. 20:44 I don't have to pack this 20:45 little bag, 20:46 I just have it all here. 20:47 It's a no-brainer. 20:49 You just grab it and go. 20:50 It's so easy and it fits in your 20:51 cupholder. 20:52 [Becky] It does. It's great. 20:53 >> I love texture in my food, 20:55 it's really important so I 20:56 love fresh granola. 20:58 So I eat it down a little ways 20:59 and then I put a little Ziploc 21:01 bag with granola and pour that 21:03 in as I'm eating it. 21:04 >> Totally. 21:05 >> And so this is a granola 21:07 that I love to use, it's from 21:08 One Degree. 21:10 You use One Degree products 21:11 I know... 21:12 >> I love their stuff. 21:13 You know exactly what you're 21:14 getting, it's non-GMO and it's 21:15 totally family-friendly. 21:17 >> So when I eat this for 21:18 breakfast, I feel good, 21:19 I'm ready to go. 21:20 The other thing I do is I 21:21 spend time in the word of God 21:24 because I wanna know who my 21:25 Creator is and who He's 21:27 creating me to be. 21:28 So doing that and then 21:29 grabbing my breakfast, I'm 21:31 fuelled for my day, I'm ready 21:32 to go, I can work hard for a 21:33 long time and... 21:35 Yeah, that's my morning 21:36 routine, so... 21:37 >> That's awesome! 21:38 >> I just hope for you guys 21:39 that you'll hopefully learn 21:41 something today and... 21:43 [Becky] Try it out at 21:43 home yourself. 21:44 [Ceri] Yeah! 21:45 You're gonna love it. 21:47 >> Wow, that's a great recipe, 21:48 especially for a runner or 21:50 somebody who's really busy, 21:51 you know, and don't have a lot 21:53 of time, you need to get a 21:54 good nutritious breakfast, 21:55 that's the most important meal 21:57 of the day for everybody, 21:58 especially for athletes and 22:00 I mean, it's packed with 22:01 carbohydrates and energy for 22:03 life for you so.. 22:05 [Mike] Grab it and go. 22:06 >> Grab it and go, yeah. 22:07 >> So here you are in a store 22:09 where you're not just selling 22:10 shoes, you're selling health. 22:11 So do you ever share your 22:12 faith with customers? 22:14 >> Yeah, you know what, I do 22:16 get an opportunity once 22:17 in a while. 22:17 I try to keep though 22:19 politics and religion somewhat 22:22 separate, right, so I don't 22:24 wanna come over bringing it up 22:27 myself, but I do get customers 22:29 that will instigate with me 22:32 and maybe some of them-- 22:33 I know that, you know what, 22:34 and I have a lot of running 22:35 groups here, too, and people 22:38 know that I'm a Christian and 22:40 then through the latest 22:42 pandemic, I've had an 22:44 opportunity to-- 22:45 We always-- I always email the 22:47 group and I've been emailing 22:48 them twice a week giving them 22:50 positive messages, never 22:53 mentioning anything negative. 22:55 Wasn't anything ever negative 22:56 in those emails and just 22:57 trying to motivate people to get 22:59 outside and to stay healthy, 23:01 to keep their immune system, 23:02 keep them going and I've had, 23:04 lots of them actually, have 23:06 commented to me, you know, 23:07 thanking me, 23:08 "Hey, thanks for your emails," 23:09 "that was the thing that was" 23:10 "helping me get through those" 23:11 "really glum days where" 23:13 "everybody was telling me to" 23:14 "stay home and not do" 23:16 "anything," right? But... 23:17 >> So, before we end, do you 23:20 have any Bible verses or any 23:22 Bible promises that you would 23:24 like to share with us that 23:25 just encouraged you? 23:26 >> Yeah, well, you know, 23:28 during the injury and the 23:29 fight back, certainly it was 23:31 Philippians 4:13, right? 23:36 [Phil] So that was most 23:38 definitely crucial to me and 23:40 kind of going, even though the 23:41 medical professionals are 23:42 telling me-- 23:43 I was told I would never run 23:44 again, "Well, no." 23:45 "God says I can." 23:47 So...and I was able to find 23:48 that pathway. 23:50 So to me, it was, you know, 23:51 "Never give up, never give" 23:52 "up, never quit." 23:53 And then certainly I've 23:54 always, as an athlete, I've 23:55 always liked, you know, 23:57 I Corinthians where Apostle 23:59 Paul talks about the race of 24:00 life and... 24:02 [Mike] I Corinthians 9. 24:03 [Phil] Yeah, yeah and I've 24:04 always enjoyed that and I can 24:06 relate to that and how 24:08 you have to train and you have 24:09 to have discipline. 24:10 So running has taught me a lot 24:12 of those things and certainly 24:14 never giving up so the race of 24:15 life, right? 24:17 I mean, and then I think 24:18 that's where the apostle Paul 24:19 was going, you know, there's 24:20 this race and these guys 24:21 prepare, but we in our-- the 24:23 race of life and... 24:24 Yeah. 24:25 >> This is long term. 24:26 [Phil] This is long term, right? 24:27 >> This is eternal life that 24:28 we're looking for. 24:29 [Phil] Yeah, yeah. 24:30 >> So you're running in that 24:30 race, you know what it means 24:31 to run in a race, you know 24:32 what it means to train. 24:34 So as Christians, we're 24:36 training and we're trusting 24:38 God and He's giving us the 24:39 strength to do that. 24:41 >> Yeah, and you know what, we 24:41 have to have faith, right? 24:43 So...and we don't always get 24:44 that answer, right? 24:45 I didn't get that answer 24:47 often, I didn't know whether 24:48 I'd be able to run again, but 24:49 I always had faith that I 24:50 could get beyond it and the 24:51 same thing, you know, we as 24:52 Christians, maybe sometimes 24:53 there's challenges that come 24:55 up, right? 24:55 But we have to have faith we 24:56 can get beyond whatever that 24:57 challenge is. 24:58 I know in the last little 24:59 while, you know, me and my 25:01 wife, we've been able to get 25:02 through some of the challenges 25:03 of the pandemic as a face and 25:04 it's a-- we have chosen to go 25:06 closer to God. 25:07 [René,] Well, that's wonderful. 25:08 Thank you so much, Phil. 25:10 Could we ask you to have the 25:11 closing prayer for us, please? 25:13 >> For sure, yeah. 25:16 Dear Heavenly Father we thank 25:17 You for bringing us all 25:18 together here in 25:20 Langley, British Columbia. 25:22 We thank You for the guiding 25:24 that You have done in my life 25:25 and I pray that there is 25:29 somebody out there that will 25:30 maybe be able to relate to 25:33 some of the challenges that I 25:34 faced and went through 25:36 or maybe they're different 25:37 challenges, but dear God, 25:39 I pray that they will see that 25:41 You are the answer and that 25:43 You can help them. 25:44 Even though sometimes the 25:45 answer we get is maybe not the 25:46 answer we're thinking we want, 25:49 but dear God we've got to 25:50 continue to have faith in You, 25:52 knowing that the race of life 25:55 is the most important race to 25:57 get to the finish line and to 25:59 have that strong faith in You. 26:02 So, dear God, I pray that You're 26:04 with this country, You're with 26:06 the people of this country, 26:07 that You'll encourage people 26:09 to look for You, to look for 26:12 answers in these confusing 26:14 times and to keep them healthy 26:18 and strong and if there's any 26:20 way that we can help, let us 26:22 be the light in their 26:24 community that we can help 26:25 them stay healthy and strong, 26:26 through running, through 26:28 exercise, through-- 26:30 for their minds so that they 26:31 can think clearly and think 26:32 about You. 26:34 So, dear God, again, I thank 26:35 You for everything You've done 26:36 for me and I pray that You're 26:39 with the rest of the people in 26:40 this great country of Canada. 26:41 Thank You, very much. 26:43 In Your name, amen. 26:44 [Mike and René] Amen. 26:45 >> Phil, thank You so much for 26:46 sharing your story. 26:47 Very inspirational. 26:49 >> Well, thank you for coming 26:50 here and telling my story. 26:52 I mean, to me it's a bit of an 26:53 old story, but I hope it's 26:55 something that people can 26:55 still gain value out of. 26:57 [Mike] Always encouraging. 27:00 >> Have you ever thought to 27:02 yourself, "I'd like to start" 27:03 "running," or "I just want to" 27:05 "start living healthier?" 27:07 Well, our free offer for you 27:09 today is Living Longer and 27:11 Feeling Better. 27:13 >> And you will learn 27:14 lifestyle habits that will 27:15 help you to super-charge your 27:17 health and for you to receive 27:19 this free offer, here is the 27:20 information you need: 27:23 To request today's offer, 27:25 you may call toll-free at 27:27 1-888-CALL-IIW. 27:30 Call any time! 27:31 Lines are open 24 hours daily. 27:34 That's 1-888-CALL-IIW. 27:42 Friends, we'd also like to 27:43 invite you to follow us on 27:45 Instagram and Facebook and 27:47 subscribe to our YouTube 27:49 channel and also listen 27:51 to our Podcasts. 27:53 And if you go to our webpage, 27:54 you can see our latest 27:56 programs including our 27:58 exercise workouts and healthy 28:00 eating videos called, 28:02 Experiencing Life and our 28:04 [Mike] Friends, we want you to 28:05 experience the truth that is 28:07 found in the words of Jesus 28:08 when He said, 28:17 ♪♪ |
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