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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I gotta tell you. One of the things when you
kind of move into a new place, and I moved
to Omaha a couple of years ago, but you're looking
for ways to get involved into a community. And one
thing this year that I've kind of discovered I actually
love to do is to go to the Exarbon Run Club,
which meets every Wednesday and Saturday down in the Exarbon Village.
A couple of people who helped put this whole thing
(00:21):
together joining us in the studio, first Aaron Noddle joining us, Erin,
thanks so much for me, and in Man, thanks for
having us, and then Emma Allison joining me as well.
How's it going. I'm great, you guys, appreciate you coming in.
Yesterday I talked to Emma and I let you know
that it was my anniversary yesterday and I spent it
at run Club, which was I was like, are you
(00:45):
seriously you know? Yeah, I trust me. We're going to
do more for anniversary than go to run club. But
run Club has become a thing for my wife and
I can one of you tell me kind of how
Exarbon Run Club the concept came about and what was
the motivation of trying to get something like this going, so.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
I take a stab at it.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Go ahead.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
So it really didn't start with two of us. Started
with my brother Sam and he was living in Florida
for a while and he'd been going to different run
clubs out in Miami and one of the ones that
he went to was Coconut Grove Run Club and he
found it as a way to connect with different runners,
(01:25):
meet new people that kind of shared the same morals,
virtues and values as he did. And as he moved
back to Omaha a few years ago, I think he
was missing that a little bit and he was like, well,
why don't I start my own one, And he got
together with his two buddies, Spencer Galliner and David Ferris,
and the three of them started Starbon Run Club. And
(01:47):
like early twenty twenty three, I want to say, okay,
And that was a little bit after I had moved
back home. I was living in San Diego for a
while and at the time I was not a runner.
I am now as a result of just kind of,
you know, being around him a little bit more and
vi Osmosis and I think he, you know, he asked
(02:10):
me to get a little bit more involved as it
kind of grew beyond him a little bit, and you know,
he was focused on other things that required more of
his attention. And I found it as a way to
get a little bit more involved in a you know,
in a place that I was calling home once again,
and you know, with with collaborating with Emma over the
(02:33):
last couple of years on it, and you know, seeing
the growth happen organically through partnerships with fleet feed and whatnot.
And I think it's been really fun too to see
more people get stoked about the idea of going and
going for a five k and six point thirty on
a Wednesday night, you know.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
So yeah, well I'm gonna step in here because I'm
also not a runner. I was not a runner. I
was telling you guys. I was thirty thirty one when
I am seed the Des Moines Marathon when I was
working over there and saw the emotion of people as
they crossed the finish line and just how big of
a deal that was to them. I just didn't get.
(03:13):
I just like, why are they feeling this way? So
I had to try it for myself. So I spent
a six months or so training and I hated it.
I hated running by myself. It was boring. I didn't
feel motivated at all, and then I got in a
group of people. There's like ten thousand people that run
that marathon half marathon. I ran the half marathon and
I finished, and Okay, I get it. Now. There's something
(03:36):
about running with other people. So Emma, could you like
kind of talk a little bit about just what run
club is When people show up, what can they expect
in that social aspect that you guys are trying to
bring to this activity.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
I think people can expect every week to show up
and feel very welcomed at first. I think they can
expect to meet new people who are like minded and
you know, can kind of vibe over the same things.
I'm kind of like you transparently. I'm not a runner,
but I love to go and socialize. I have a
big group that I walk with, so it's kind of
nice that it's very inclusive and you can bring people
to walk with, you can run with, you can train
(04:11):
and you know, go further than the three miles if
you'd like. But it's kind of nice how flexible it
is each week.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Yeah, And one of the other cool things that you
guys are able to do with this is it's not
so structured that you show up and you have to
feel like you have to go a certain speed, you
have to go a certain distance, you have to go
a certain route. Like there's there's quite a bit of,
you know, flexibility with not just what your interest level
(04:38):
is in the actual running itself, but you can come
and you can just feel like you're a part of
the group, regardless of what you're doing one percent.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I think that's kind of the secret sauce in a way.
I think for a lot of people, running can be intimidating.
A lot of people think they're running is like they
don't want to do it. It's like fearful, and to be honest,
that was how I viewed running for a long time
and growing up. I mean, the way I viewed running
(05:06):
was sprints. You know, I played soccer for a long time,
and my sort of understanding of running was was not
what running is for me now. Running for me now
is a way to kind of disassociate, a way to socialize,
a way to kind of give myself some personal therapy
(05:29):
a little bit. And I think that's kind of the
beauty of it when you look at it from a
personal level. When you look at it from a community level,
I think first and foremost you can really find your
people through that. And like you, I think running with
people makes it way more fun. Oh yeah, I think
that's a huge reason why now I run a lot
(05:52):
is because I just want to hang out with friends
and that's what we like to do.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Speaking with Aaron Nodel and Emma Allison with the Exabon Run,
which meets on Wednesday nights and also Saturday mornings, one
of the elements that was quite attractive to me when
I joined was, oh, they you get happy hour drinks
after run club. You guys are also located in an
area where you know, it's next to the inner rail.
We meet kind of in the Sunny's area before we
(06:19):
take off. What about that element do you also think
because I mean I started in April, it was a
little cooler than it was maybe like you know, sixty
seventy people. Like last night there had to be like
almost two hundred people there. It's ridiculously growing at all costs.
What elements do you think are bringing people out the most?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
I think Sunny's is instrumental in what ARC is.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Yeah, I think it's the space.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Yeah, I think the space makes the place, makes the
community without Sunny's to me, I don't think there is
an arc personally.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Yeah, would you agree with that?
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Yeah, Sunday's a beautiful place. You have all of the
greenery underneath the pergola. You have a big open turf
for people can come and meet before the run and
stretch and mingle and you know, can kind of settle
in to the space before they go on a run,
which is kind of nice, and then same thing afterwards
they come back, they can get drinks, hang out with
their friends. Some people stay all night, so it's kind
(07:20):
of cool.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
I'm going to stick with you, Emma here. The ice baths, which,
like I've become, I wore with myself about the ice
bath because there are reasons why they are there and
how effective it can be for recovery. But it's also
just kind of there's a social aspect to that too,
(07:42):
because you see all these other people that are trying
it for the first time and trying to enjoy it.
Last night was fun because you know, I've done it
a couple of times already, and I I don't want
to get in there, but I know it's good. It's
probably good for me, And then I see all these
people for the first time get in and jump right out.
What about the ice baths who like, what was the
idea to try to bring those out? And then also
just the way that you guys have you know, made
(08:04):
that a part of the summer portion of the run club.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Why did we start ice bas?
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Sam is my brother, He's like, guys, we gotta do
the ice bass.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Why they're gonna work?
Speaker 2 (08:16):
I think, you know, a lot of what we've done
for run club and I'm sorry, am I don't want
to butt in here, but a lot of what we've
done from run Club, we've taken inspiration from other run
clubs around the globe, not just in Florida, but like
there's one in Berlin that we look to a lot.
It's called Darus Social run Club. And there's another one
in Australia, I think in Sydney. But a lot of
(08:37):
these groups they incorporate ice bath as part of their
you know, kind of get together and whatnot. And I
think it's just another way for people to connect and
kind of feel like this is an extension of themselves,
something they can identify with. And I think what is
super important when thinking about something like that, is it
(08:59):
It makes the experience, It makes it a little bit
more unique. So I think I mean, for the ice bass,
I can't take credit for that one. That was all Sam,
That was all him.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
I think we are providing a space, though for people
to come out of their comfort zones with the ice baths,
with the running we're introducing like sand volleyball, through run
club calisthenics. We're trying to provide more opportunities for people
to come out and try new things and see if
it sticks with them.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Well, I love that Aaron ol and Emma Allison here
with us. The appendage to this was this space is great,
but like early this summer, all of a sudden, this
really nice little space next to the dog park just
across the sidewalk popped up with kind of like pull
up bars and different kind of like body weight exercise
equipment and it's like returfed so it's not all muddy
(09:51):
over there, like it's really more welcoming. I see people
over there a lot more now than I did before,
and it's got your Guys branding on it. So what
was the genesis of Now we're taking this beyond just
what a run club would be and now we're just
putting different things in this area for people to just
get themselves healthy and to feel like there is space
for them to do this and it doesn't cost them
(10:12):
any money.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Yeah, I think a big thing for ARC is that
it's approachable and it's non transactional and it's accessible. And
I think when we decided to pursue an idea of
incorporating calisthenics within Exarbon Village, I think it fit really
well with under the ARC brand for us. I think
(10:40):
if we can create a space or a place where
you can see people pursuing a wellness lifestyle, you're gonna
see more people spend time there. So I think that
was really big for us when we wanted to think
about the future of ARC. So I don't really know
(11:03):
if that I think that answer to.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Your Yeah, it's just more than a run club now right,
It's just like it's kind of a concept in this area.
And I know people I live in Exabon, there are
people that are coming from West oh There are people
coming from Bellevue and Papillion to be a part of
Exarbon Run Club. Just because of the environment you guys
have built so Emma. Where can people learn more if
they're interested or even just want to check it out?
(11:26):
There is no pressure and it honestly, it doesn't cost
you any money to just show up and run. All
this stuff is completely free. How can people learn more?
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Yeah, people can follow our Instagram where attack is just
at Egxarbon Run Club and we just recently launched a
new website as well, Exerberrunclub dot com. You can find
our weekly runs on there, all of our one off events,
and just kind of more updates as we close out
the year.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Yeah, it's so awesome you guys. It's been a real
good addition to our week for sure, to go down
there and enjoy it, and hopefully we can get more
people heading down there because it's awesome to have, you know,
a couple hundred people running through Xarbon Village on a
Wednesday night. Oh yeah, thank you. Yeah, you guys have
a great time. Thanks so much for coming.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
All Right, it's three forty seven, We come back. We
have plenty more for you. On news Radio eleven ten
Kfab and Marie
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Songer on news Radio eleven ten Kfab
I gotta tell you. One of the things when you
kind of move into a new place, and I moved
to Omaha a couple of years ago, but you're looking
for ways to get involved into a community. And one
thing this year that I've kind of discovered I actually
love to do is to go to the Exarbon Run Club,
which meets every Wednesday and Saturday down in the Exarbon Village.
A couple of people who helped put this whole thing
(00:21):
together joining us in the studio, first Aaron Noddle joining us, Erin,
thanks so much for me, and in Man, thanks for
having us, and then Emma Allison joining me as well.
How's it going. I'm great, you guys, appreciate you coming in.
Yesterday I talked to Emma and I let you know
that it was my anniversary yesterday and I spent it
at run Club, which was I was like, are you
(00:45):
seriously you know? Yeah, I trust me. We're going to
do more for anniversary than go to run club. But
run Club has become a thing for my wife and
I can one of you tell me kind of how
Exarbon Run Club the concept came about and what was
the motivation of trying to get something like this going, so.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
I take a stab at it.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Go ahead.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
So it really didn't start with two of us. Started
with my brother Sam and he was living in Florida
for a while and he'd been going to different run
clubs out in Miami and one of the ones that
he went to was Coconut Grove Run Club and he
found it as a way to connect with different runners,
(01:25):
meet new people that kind of shared the same morals,
virtues and values as he did. And as he moved
back to Omaha a few years ago, I think he
was missing that a little bit and he was like, well,
why don't I start my own one, And he got
together with his two buddies, Spencer Galliner and David Ferris,
and the three of them started Starbon Run Club. And
(01:47):
like early twenty twenty three, I want to say, okay,
And that was a little bit after I had moved
back home. I was living in San Diego for a
while and at the time I was not a runner.
I am now as a result of just kind of,
you know, being around him a little bit more and
vi Osmosis and I think he, you know, he asked
(02:10):
me to get a little bit more involved as it
kind of grew beyond him a little bit, and you know,
he was focused on other things that required more of
his attention. And I found it as a way to
get a little bit more involved in a you know,
in a place that I was calling home once again,
and you know, with with collaborating with Emma over the
(02:33):
last couple of years on it, and you know, seeing
the growth happen organically through partnerships with fleet feed and whatnot.
And I think it's been really fun too to see
more people get stoked about the idea of going and
going for a five k and six point thirty on
a Wednesday night, you know.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
So yeah, well I'm gonna step in here because I'm
also not a runner. I was not a runner. I
was telling you guys. I was thirty thirty one when
I am seed the Des Moines Marathon when I was
working over there and saw the emotion of people as
they crossed the finish line and just how big of
a deal that was to them. I just didn't get.
(03:13):
I just like, why are they feeling this way? So
I had to try it for myself. So I spent
a six months or so training and I hated it.
I hated running by myself. It was boring. I didn't
feel motivated at all, and then I got in a
group of people. There's like ten thousand people that run
that marathon half marathon. I ran the half marathon and
I finished, and Okay, I get it. Now. There's something
(03:36):
about running with other people. So Emma, could you like
kind of talk a little bit about just what run
club is When people show up, what can they expect
in that social aspect that you guys are trying to
bring to this activity.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
I think people can expect every week to show up
and feel very welcomed at first. I think they can
expect to meet new people who are like minded and
you know, can kind of vibe over the same things.
I'm kind of like you transparently. I'm not a runner,
but I love to go and socialize. I have a
big group that I walk with, so it's kind of
nice that it's very inclusive and you can bring people
to walk with, you can run with, you can train
(04:11):
and you know, go further than the three miles if
you'd like. But it's kind of nice how flexible it
is each week.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Yeah, And one of the other cool things that you
guys are able to do with this is it's not
so structured that you show up and you have to
feel like you have to go a certain speed, you
have to go a certain distance, you have to go
a certain route. Like there's there's quite a bit of,
you know, flexibility with not just what your interest level
(04:38):
is in the actual running itself, but you can come
and you can just feel like you're a part of
the group, regardless of what you're doing one percent.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I think that's kind of the secret sauce in a way.
I think for a lot of people, running can be intimidating.
A lot of people think they're running is like they
don't want to do it. It's like fearful, and to be honest,
that was how I viewed running for a long time
and growing up. I mean, the way I viewed running
(05:06):
was sprints. You know, I played soccer for a long time,
and my sort of understanding of running was was not
what running is for me now. Running for me now
is a way to kind of disassociate, a way to socialize,
a way to kind of give myself some personal therapy
(05:29):
a little bit. And I think that's kind of the
beauty of it when you look at it from a
personal level. When you look at it from a community level,
I think first and foremost you can really find your
people through that. And like you, I think running with
people makes it way more fun. Oh yeah, I think
that's a huge reason why now I run a lot
(05:52):
is because I just want to hang out with friends
and that's what we like to do.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Speaking with Aaron Nodel and Emma Allison with the Exabon Run,
which meets on Wednesday nights and also Saturday mornings, one
of the elements that was quite attractive to me when
I joined was, oh, they you get happy hour drinks
after run club. You guys are also located in an
area where you know, it's next to the inner rail.
We meet kind of in the Sunny's area before we
(06:19):
take off. What about that element do you also think
because I mean I started in April, it was a
little cooler than it was maybe like you know, sixty
seventy people. Like last night there had to be like
almost two hundred people there. It's ridiculously growing at all costs.
What elements do you think are bringing people out the most?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
I think Sunny's is instrumental in what ARC is.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Yeah, I think it's the space.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Yeah, I think the space makes the place, makes the
community without Sunny's to me, I don't think there is
an arc personally.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Yeah, would you agree with that?
Speaker 3 (06:59):
Yeah, Sunday's a beautiful place. You have all of the
greenery underneath the pergola. You have a big open turf
for people can come and meet before the run and
stretch and mingle and you know, can kind of settle
in to the space before they go on a run,
which is kind of nice, and then same thing afterwards
they come back, they can get drinks, hang out with
their friends. Some people stay all night, so it's kind
(07:20):
of cool.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
I'm going to stick with you, Emma here. The ice baths, which,
like I've become, I wore with myself about the ice
bath because there are reasons why they are there and
how effective it can be for recovery. But it's also
just kind of there's a social aspect to that too,
(07:42):
because you see all these other people that are trying
it for the first time and trying to enjoy it.
Last night was fun because you know, I've done it
a couple of times already, and I I don't want
to get in there, but I know it's good. It's
probably good for me, And then I see all these
people for the first time get in and jump right out.
What about the ice baths who like, what was the
idea to try to bring those out? And then also
just the way that you guys have you know, made
(08:04):
that a part of the summer portion of the run club.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Why did we start ice bas?
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Sam is my brother, He's like, guys, we gotta do
the ice bass.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Why they're gonna work?
Speaker 2 (08:16):
I think, you know, a lot of what we've done
for run club and I'm sorry, am I don't want
to butt in here, but a lot of what we've
done from run Club, we've taken inspiration from other run
clubs around the globe, not just in Florida, but like
there's one in Berlin that we look to a lot.
It's called Darus Social run Club. And there's another one
in Australia, I think in Sydney. But a lot of
(08:37):
these groups they incorporate ice bath as part of their
you know, kind of get together and whatnot. And I
think it's just another way for people to connect and
kind of feel like this is an extension of themselves,
something they can identify with. And I think what is
super important when thinking about something like that, is it
(08:59):
It makes the experience, It makes it a little bit
more unique. So I think I mean, for the ice bass,
I can't take credit for that one. That was all Sam,
That was all him.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
I think we are providing a space, though for people
to come out of their comfort zones with the ice baths,
with the running we're introducing like sand volleyball, through run
club calisthenics. We're trying to provide more opportunities for people
to come out and try new things and see if
it sticks with them.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Well, I love that Aaron ol and Emma Allison here
with us. The appendage to this was this space is great,
but like early this summer, all of a sudden, this
really nice little space next to the dog park just
across the sidewalk popped up with kind of like pull
up bars and different kind of like body weight exercise
equipment and it's like returfed so it's not all muddy
(09:51):
over there, like it's really more welcoming. I see people
over there a lot more now than I did before,
and it's got your Guys branding on it. So what
was the genesis of Now we're taking this beyond just
what a run club would be and now we're just
putting different things in this area for people to just
get themselves healthy and to feel like there is space
for them to do this and it doesn't cost them
(10:12):
any money.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Yeah, I think a big thing for ARC is that
it's approachable and it's non transactional and it's accessible. And
I think when we decided to pursue an idea of
incorporating calisthenics within Exarbon Village, I think it fit really
well with under the ARC brand for us. I think
(10:40):
if we can create a space or a place where
you can see people pursuing a wellness lifestyle, you're gonna
see more people spend time there. So I think that
was really big for us when we wanted to think
about the future of ARC. So I don't really know
(11:03):
if that I think that answer to.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Your Yeah, it's just more than a run club now right,
It's just like it's kind of a concept in this area.
And I know people I live in Exabon, there are
people that are coming from West oh There are people
coming from Bellevue and Papillion to be a part of
Exarbon Run Club. Just because of the environment you guys
have built so Emma. Where can people learn more if
they're interested or even just want to check it out?
(11:26):
There is no pressure and it honestly, it doesn't cost
you any money to just show up and run. All
this stuff is completely free. How can people learn more?
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Yeah, people can follow our Instagram where attack is just
at Egxarbon Run Club and we just recently launched a
new website as well, Exerberrunclub dot com. You can find
our weekly runs on there, all of our one off events,
and just kind of more updates as we close out
the year.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Yeah, it's so awesome you guys. It's been a real
good addition to our week for sure, to go down
there and enjoy it, and hopefully we can get more
people heading down there because it's awesome to have, you know,
a couple hundred people running through Xarbon Village on a
Wednesday night. Oh yeah, thank you. Yeah, you guys have
a great time. Thanks so much for coming.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
All Right, it's three forty seven, We come back. We
have plenty more for you. On news Radio eleven ten
Kfab and Marie
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Songer on news Radio eleven ten Kfab
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