I didnt step on a scale once to be honest, even at my check-up at the doctor [I said] 'just dont even tell me' because I dont want to focus on things that I cant really control right now and something else deserves my energy, which is my baby girl. Robin Arzon (F 41) - Ultra Running Magazine Thats something that Arzon took to heart. For an athlete like Arzn, getting back into marathon training in order to race in the 2021 New York City Marathon just eight months postpartum allowed her to feel like the superhero and supermom that she is. As she shared on Twitter afterward, completing the race was "a longtime goal;" she raised money for City Harvest, a food rescue program. One woman told me the bike saved her marriage because she and her partner now have a common hobby. "Straighten up and adjust your crown," she says. She fearlessly left behind a successful law career to embark on new adventures in the health and wellness space and has since reinvented herself into an avid ultra-marathon runner and global fitness leader. Why Peloton's Robin Arzn is Vegan and Thinks Balance is "Bullsh*t" She's even helped to build a sense of togetherness through her work with Peloton, where she's the vice president of fitness programming and head instructor. She's looking at you so intensely, all abs and braids and red lipstick, calling you out not because she's mad but because she knows you have so much more to give. Yes. But both at Tokyo and the Shape Half, my insulin pump failed and I stopped receiving insulin so my blood sugar skyrocketed, and without insulin to reduce your blood sugar levels, your body is working way too hard. We are workshopping ways to keep content fresh. But unlike most people who are training for marathons, fitness is her job. The former first daughter didnt appear in the official resultsshe ran under an aliasbut according to the New York Road Runners, she dipped below the four-hour mark, finishing in 3:59:09. I'm an ultramarathoner, I run 50 and 100-mile races, and this was certainly not something I anticipated. Today, Robin Arzn is the fitness superstar millions of people around the world turn to for inspirational workouts. You change your insulin levels for movement. Robin Arzn (@robinnyc) Instagram photos and videos Physical therapy session. Today, she crossed her 27th finish lineher first as a momin 3:57:19, in support of Every Mother Counts. If you need to flag this entry as abusive. "That incident is the reason I started running, because I physically needed to run the trauma out," Arzon says. "You know, I'm still learning how to find time for fitness, and we only have one baby," Arzn tells Fatherly. "So the relationship with my body took on a whole new meaning because I was literally needing to think like a pancreas. In an Instagram post, she wrote,Today was for me. Her first marathon was in 2010 when she participated in the New York Marathon. This year, he finished in 3:22:43, in support of NYRR Team for Kids. She finished in 2:33:32, the fastest of her six efforts this fall by about a minute and a half (her second-fastest time was 2:35:04 in London). In 2014, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, a chronic disease where your pancreas produces little to no insulin. 6 a.m. Gym for an hour. People flew in from Kansas, Hawaii and Alaska to take it in person. All of them raised money for the JLH Fund, a social impact fund started by Holiday and her husband Jrue that supports Black-led nonprofits and Black-owned businesses. Heres how they fared on the bridges and hills. How to Run Your First Marathon | POPSUGAR Fitness Robin Arzon Peloton, Bio, Wiki, Age, Husband, And Net Worth She keeps proving its never too late to level up in your life. "We just want to continue to create more ways to welcome people to the fitness experience.". After class, take photos with Peloton members and answer some of the 300 comments on my Facebook and Instagram posts today. "I had no training. I train like a pro to be able to teach. Robin didn't take the course load that one may expect of a prelaw student, opting instead to take her father's advice, "You will learn how to be a lawyer in law school, take the classes you want to take.". In her first lesson, she shares her life story, including the harrowing incident that made her start running as a means of healing. There's always light through the cracks. She is a woman of above-average stature. Over the course of the next decade, while pursuing law, she fell in love with running, health, and fitness and began to prepare for a career change. Marathoners: Life is too easy. In a marathon, people are often concerned about hitting the wall. 6:05 a.m. Make and guzzle H2O cocktail: room-temperature filtered water, dash of sea salt, quarter lemon, splash of apple cider vinegar. Still, I think the transition would have been much harder if I wasn't an endurance runner with such an awareness of my body-I was already so aware of how I'm eating, how I'm moving, and how I'm feeling at any given moment especially when I'm racing and training. The first question I asked my endocrinologist was: How was I going to continue to run ultra-marathons? In 2014, Robin Arzon was diagnosed with diabetes type 1, a chronic disease that prevents your body from producing insulin, but kept running (via Runner's World). Teach two cycling classes for a total of 40 minutes. In 2012, Robin did sports reporting from the London Olympics. [18] Arzon is a vegan.[19]. She was diagnosed as a Type 1 Diabetic in 2014 and is currently on the Leadership Council of Beyond Type One,[16] a nonprofit organization focused on raising awareness about Type 1 Diabetes founded by Nick Jonas. 12:30 p.m. Two-hour meeting with all treadmill instructors. Over 100K people have taken her . I was not an athlete as a kid. He also ran in support of NYRR Team for Kids. Each class playlist and class plan takes up to two hours of preparation. And as a pretty high-performing athlete, it was humbling," Arzn shares. I would say a blood sugar low is a wall x 100, and it's a wall that can really bring you into an emergency circumstance, which is what happened at the recent Shape Half Marathon. Type 1 diabetes is a 24/7 thing that is a complete pain in my ass. So when I started running ultra-marathons it was in search of a finish line and really getting curious about my own greatness," she says. She also has a rib tattoo that says resilient stock, which is a memory of her mother who inspired her in the running. 7 a.m. Wake up. Her positivity is palpable and it fills your basement, fills you from your toes to your eyeballs even though you're 25 or 250 or 2,500 miles away from the Peloton cycling studio on 23rd Street in Manhattan. Long before she was a contestant on, or co-host of, The Bachelorette, Adams was a high school cross country runner. I also travel with Greens powder, a great nutrient boost. She is a woman of above-average stature who stands at the height of 5 ft 8 in ( Approx 1.73 m). Im a Type 1 diabetic, so Ive been checking it once an hour all day. All of the patrons in the bar survived. About a year before she would graduate from Gallatin, Robin met a couple of friends at Bar Veloce in New York's East Village. Robin Arzon - Wikipedia Shes the coauthor of both Breakthrough Womens Running: Dream Big and Train Smart and Rebound: Train Your Mind to Bounce Back Stronger from Sports Injuries, a book about the psychology of sports injury from Bloomsbury Sport. There's a new addition to our strong family! And every member of Peloton's peloton has bent the knee. But I'm risky by nature. 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When the police arrived Robin was being held by the madman by her hair, still soaked in kerosene, with a gun and a lighter being held to her head. For Arzon, thats something she incorporates into her everyday life, too, putting in countless hours to prep for next race. "[1], This trauma inspired Arzon to begin running for the first time in her life. Burns launched the organization when she developed complications following the birth of her daughter, Grace, in 2003. She graduated from Villanova University School of Law in 2007. On March 2, 2021, the duo announced the birth of their first child, a daughter called Athena Amelia Arzn-Butler. Now, more than 50 races in, shes a Peloton instructor and trainer who wants to help others start lacing up, too. I have long runs, tempo runs, hill workouts, and speed workouts, she explained. Matt James, the former lead on The Bachelor, finished the marathon in 5:02:23, shortly after Cameron. At one time, Robin ran five marathons in five days for MS Run the US in honor of her mother. If you do not want us and our partners to use cookies and personal data for these additional purposes, click 'Reject all'. She began to use them to better educate herself on how to propel herself forward. Similar to a TV network, we look at the numbers and see whats trending: What do our members want more or less of, exhibited by workouts taken daily/monthly/yearly. Robin Arzon As she explored different ways of moving her body, she recognized that it had a big impact on her mental health. Arzon, who joined the company as an instructor in 2014 and was promoted to vice president of fitness programming in 2016, is Peloton's most popular instructor on both the bike and the treadmill. [6] She completed her first 100-mile race at the Keys100 - a race that begins in Key Largo and ends in Key West, Florida - in less than 30 hours in 2016. Runnings helped her get through many of the trying times in her life, so introducing the sport to others so they can also reap those benefits is something thats been important to Arzon throughout her fitness journeyits also what prompted her to write Shut Up and Run. In 2003, a year after the incident, she saw a flyer for a 10K race at a bank on a Friday afternoon. Robin Arzn she/her. He grabbed Arzon by the hair and held the gun and lighter to her head while using her as a human shield to communicate with police. I ended up just really falling in love with athletics and running and wanted to determine if there was a possibility of having a job in this area., That possibility motivated her to reach out to John Foley, CEO of Peloton about becoming an instructor. Whether it's your first or your hundredth, marathon race day gives runners the same nervous butterflies every single time. She wanted to be closer to athletics and show others that there is an alternative way to be an athlete. I listen to Joe Rogan, Tim Ferris, Modern Love, Stuff You Should Know, Oprah and GaryVee.. In fact, it's one of my New Year's resolutions. I love flying. "Since becoming a parent, my husband and I really have allowed our hustle to happen in bite-size chunks. Pack for a Denver speaking engagement with the Integer Group, a marketing agency. I just don't think that we can operate living in fear. I must find a way to make it much much harder.. When I was approached by National Geographic to trek across the Serengeti in Tanzania I said yes. Its an interesting job, to work out in front of a camera. [1][2], As a child, she was encouraged to focus on education and family. A Near-Death Experience Made Her Start Running, U.S. I was admiring Olympians and then getting in contact with them, and these people were the best in the world. Robin Arzn is a fitness instructor, but that label undersells her star power. Im hangry by this point. She fell in love with running, health, and fitness over the course of the next decade, while pursuing law. She mixes in personal stories -- like being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes right before she was supposed to ultra marathon - while encouraging you to step into your greatness. Champ Erika Kemp Prepares for Marathon Debut, A Classic Rock Playlist to Help You Pace Your Runs, Running Gives This Half Marathoner Confidence, Trailblazing Athletes Who Influenced the Culture, Penny, Niece of Boston Marathon Dog, Passes Away, Man Runs Marathon Every Morning With His Two Dogs, Running Gives This Woman Support and Community, This Guy Worked Out Every Day for 1,000 Days, This Runners Loves Volunteering as Much as Running. It was the very first athletic endeavor Arzon had undertaken in her life. I spend the next 90 minutes on emails, reviewing my schedule, and get the most important messages out of the way. Robinnyc (my Instagram and Twitter name) is a brand within itself, so Im always aware of that. "That was at the back of my mind as I was approaching these big finish lines, thinking am I gonna have a medical event?" She is a RRCA certified running coach, NASM certified personal trainer, Schwinn spin instructor, certified Pilates instructor and Pre/Post Natal training specialist. 4:30 p.m. She was born and raised in a Puerto Rican and Cuban household. But athletics weren't an option. Instead, she worked to become a runner with a one-step-at-a-time mentality that not even a diabetes diagnosis could disrupt. In 2013, Arzon co-founded the fitness movement Undo Ordinary and the print publication Undo magazine[11] in 2013. It Figures is Yahoo Life's body image series, delving into the journeys of influential and inspiring figures as they explore what body confidence, body neutrality and self-love mean to them. I'm just going to figure this out myself." I haven't eaten a bite of food in three years and not thought about my insulin to the carb ratio and how much I should be taking, what I plan on doing in the next hour, or what I was doing beforehand. The trauma inspired Rovin to start running for the first time in her life. Arzon has since run over 50 races, including 25 marathons, three 50-mile ultramarathons, and one 100-mile race. I mean, it was back to basics. She married investment manager Drew Butler in 2019. It's all about math and timing. I understand the reaction of, 'Oh my gosh, 50 miles.' It started in Key Largo and ended in Key West, Florida in less than 30 hours. I'm also a vegan and they tried to get me to move to meat-filled diets to control my insulin levels, and I was just like, "You know what? In her MasterClass on Mental Strength, Robin teaches members how to turn their inner critic into their inner advocate, by providing them with the critical tools for leveling up to the next area of their life. My ride tonight was bought out by PwC. Initially Robin worked at being a freelance sports journalist and had "no idea what I was doing." Thursdays are for speed work, Saturdays are for long runs -- 10-15 miles year-round, and longer when there is a marathon on her calendar (her next one is this fall) -- and she works in strength training three days per week. Robin and her friends were threatened with a barbecue lighter by a man who was allegedly armed with three pistols and a samurai sword. The daughter of immigrant parents, Robin originally planned to follow in her father's footsteps and become an attorney. [5] She once ran five marathons in five days for MS Run the US in honor of her mother, documented in the documentary Run It Out. Arzon ran the Keys 100 a 100-mile ultramarathon from Key Largo to Key West in Florida in May. The company, which has sold 450,000 pieces of exercise equipment and may go public this year, last raised capital at a valuation of $4 billion. Its a small bulls-eye that we are looking for. Shut Up and Run: How to Get Up, Lace Up, and Sweat with Swagger Arzon is a New York Times bestselling author, a Type-1 diabetic and corporate litigator turned fitness superstar whose transformation into an athlete began with a near-death experience. Decide how badly you want it and proceed accordingly. She typically runs three to five races a yeara schedule shes kept even after getting diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2014. The Marathon Runner Who Jumps Over All Hurdles. The wounded man took refuge in the closest place he could find, Bar Veloce, and the gunman followed him into the business. And in addition to that Im gonna have glucose tablets and all these other things that come along with it.". Breakfast: Smoothie loaded with greens The couple met each other at a speakeasy bar in Manhattans East Village in 2016. Keep hustling. I had just returned from a month-long trip to India and thought I had jetlag because I was feeling really sluggish and was experiencing really bad dehydration. Robin Amelia Arzn is an American ultramarathon runner and author of the book Shut Up and Run. Peloton instructors need to be fitness experts but also be able to essentially host a live TV show while working out. She started running 2-3 miles at a time in between her law school classes after the race. "Self-care isnt selfish and I wanted to model that for her. The benefits are great, she believes, but the process is difficultand thats where much of the strength gains comes from: the struggle.