Stay Tranquilo - When Life Throws it All at You at Once, Stay Tranquil’o ft. Athletes Danny Areces & David Suarez

Episode Date: October 17, 2018

The Tranquil'o Lifestyle is a mindset that can be applied into all aspects in our life. In this episode of the Stay Tranquil'o Podcast, we partner up with the UnderGround Running Project. The UnderGround Running Project is a podcast focused on helping out the running community. We express what it takes to be the best runner, how to handle stress come race day, and what it means to be "tranquil'o" when running and having balance as an athlete. Thanks for tuning in and Stay Tranquil'o Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What we all strive to do in life is to be able to give our full attention to our athletic careers and not have too many unnecessary added stresses in life to take our focus off of what matters. On this week's episode of the Underground Running Project, Danny and I have special guest André Dunaud on the podcast. Andre is our videographer Austin's older brother who's become a great friend of Danny and I. Andre is the owner of the brand and business Tranquilo, which stands to represent a stress-free lifestyle where people can do the things they love to do, living a life with meaning. You may be wondering how this has anything to do with running, but there's definitely a reason why we decided to have Andre on the podcast.

In order to compete at the best of your abilities, having a great mindset and enjoying what you do is super important. On this episode, we put together how you can incorporate a tranquil lifestyle into your running career. Hope you guys enjoy. What's up guys? Welcome to this week's episode of the Underground Running Project. My name is David Suarez and I'm your host on this week's episode here with my co-host. De Nair.Sis, what's up, everybody.

And on this week, we actually have a special guest with us today. here we have Andre Dunand. What's up, everybody? How you doing? So, Andre, tell us a little bit about yourself and who you are, what you do. Yeah, so I actually graduated from FIU about two years ago with a degree in exercise physiology. I currently run the account called Tranquilo, for some of you that may know. It's basically a platform to help people stress less and enjoy their lives a little bit more. I know the Miami community knows what that word is all about, and I kind of wanted to bring that

word to life for some people in their life. So currently that's what I partake in. I also run like a sports podcast on the side, along with my Tranquilo podcast. So a little bit of everything, but for the most part, Trankilo is what I do right now. Nice, awesome. So the way that we met, well, you and me,

we met was through your brother, Austin. So, Austin, Andre is actually our videographer, Austin's brother. Correct. Right? So I met him through Danny, through Austin, and then I met Andre. But Danny and Andre have known each other. for a while.

So to basically sum up this podcast, it's a collaboration between us, underground running project and Tranquilo, and we're kind of trying to, like, mix together how we can relate the tranquil kind of vibes he, Andre brings to our running knowledge and, you know,

how running works with us. Yeah, I mean, I think, that's something that I think that Tranquilo lifestyle is so, like, it's so versatile. It could fit into everything, you know, it's not just chilling, but it's just, like,

more of a mindset that you can apply into your everyday life. So when you guys reached out to me, I was like, damn, I feel like this could be a cool, little podcast to get out there. Yeah, yeah.

We've spoken about it. We had talked about doing a little collaboration together. Yeah, when I was writing down the notes and thinking of the questions to ask you and stuff, I was like that. I think this was going to be like really, really good. For sure. Yeah. Dan, do you want to talk about a little bit of how you and Andre know each other?

Way back. We go way back. Me and also our best friends back in like... Like second grade? Second grade, I think. Maybe even earlier. I don't even know. Probably second grade, right?

Yeah, we knew each other like in second grade and, well, we just became boys. We, I don't know. It was just, you know, one of those things. Like, when you're little, you just meet a friend. And then he kind of, like, you know, from Columbus. I don't even know. Yeah. And, like, I was at Columbus when they were freshmen in high school.

So I would always see them. And I was a senior. So I would play baseball. I would play baseball. Like, so I went into Columbus. Like, I want to go to play, like, baseball as a freshman. He was a senior. And of course, bro, I was a freshman.

I'm like, oh, my God. I don't know a senior. And I go to my boys. I'd be like, yo, what's up, Andre? Oh, I'll have Andre. And I would be like, oh, wow, how do you know? And I go, oh, he's my boy. That's my boy, that's my boy.

And I think his, Audrey was cool, so he'd be like, all right, bro, peace. Yeah, and like, I remember my freshman year at high school at Columbus how it was like, if you went up to one of the seniors, would be like, yeah, come on, get out of here. Yeah, like, I was expecting if I went up to Andre, like, yo, what's up? No, come on, man. You know how this works. I guess like, oh, what up, bro. This is one of those.

But this is like a bro thing. That's right. I forgot about that. Me too. Me and Austin, Andre, we go way back. Way back. Awesome. Awesome. So, Andre, like you said, you do run your own business, be Tranquilo.

It's like a lifestyle. Lifestyle brand. A brand, basically. What, like, I want you to tell us, like, what is Tranquilo and what does it mean to you? Right. So, I mean, basically our mission statement, so to kind of give you that background is creating a life of a little less stress and more enjoyment. And when we say enjoyment, we don't actually mean, like, the word enjoyment.

We mean, like, inner joy. So it's more of like a mental wellness brand. It's more of applying it into your everyday life in terms of a mental aspect. So, you know, I wanted to bring kind of like that atmosphere of the beach scene and the island scene because that's like when people see it tranquilo, that's what they, you know, kind of more envisioned. But I wanted to create that image with a platform that helped people focus on like their mental health. And I feel like that's something that people lack on an everyday basis. So, I mean, that kind of mindset is something that I apply to my life often. It helped me, you know, get through stressful times in school, you know, jobs.

I mean, everything, you name it. So just being able to apply that to my everyday life, I was like, you know what? This could be something cool to give back and to the community and to other people. And this kind of mindset and this kind of like way of living is something that I've been wanting to create for a while. I had come out like with something called It's a Vibe a couple years ago and that's kind of where this all originated from. But it wasn't like original. it wasn't authentic to me. And then like the word Tranquilo kind of came into, I don't know, out of nowhere.

And I was like, damn, you know what? This could be cool. And funny enough, when I was like kind of thinking on this and wondering if maybe this is the right way to go, I was at my other brother's baseball game at St. Thomas. And I'm there and I'm watching the game and there's this little kid there. He must have been like pre-K3, pre-K4 and he's there with his mom. And he goes to his mom, mom, you know what makes me tranquil? and I just looked at the kid and I was like,

all right, I guess I'm rolling with this. And then from then on, it's just like been something that I've been consistent with. And then, I mean, dude, everywhere I go, people are always talking about it saying like, hey, I love what you're doing. Like, this is so cool. I mean, even to the fact that like, I mean,

older people are reaching out to me saying like, hey, how can we help you out with this? So it's definitely created a huge spark in the community and it's just been a fun little project to work on. Yeah. And it's long term, right? Yeah, I mean, you're in it for the long run. Dude, I wake up and all I think about is Tranquilo and I go to sleep and that's all I think about.

So it's like, and everything that I plan on doing, whether it's like, you know, jobs, funds, marketing, everything revolves around how can I develop Tranquilo. So this is something that I definitely envision seeing for the rest of my life in terms of me working on it. And two, just something that I know people can use. And I know it creates more of a different platform for people. Because, you know, there's so many, like, textbook ways of applying, you know, stress and how to live. Because it's a big industry right now. But the way I want to go about it is just, like, exactly what Tranquilo means. It's that, if that can just become more a more part of people's lives and, you know, sports, business, school, family.

fine i mean everything that's that's that's why i like it so much because you can apply it to every aspect yeah exactly is that and that's why i wanted to people are probably like oh what why do you guys have a businessman on the on the podcast right now i was actually same thing i got invited to another podcast called burnt eggs and sake bacon which is like a guy that just rants about sports exactly it's like nothing and he's like he calls me and he goes dude i think this podcast could use something on kilo in it yeah and he's like let's do it yeah so i like it's cool because like even though it may not have anything to do with the podcast or anything to do with the message or you know uh the theme it still somehow applies which is why i i love like that

message behind it yeah exactly that's why i wanted to get into contact with you because we we had been like thinking about getting another yeah i know i talked about it on the podcast and i was i always had you in the back of my mind i was like we can like we can do like something we can do something and i just now i just wanted to do like kind of get the best of both worlds and putting them together how you can get the tranquil lifestyle and bring it into the running culture that we kind of live in and that we want like us

to develop a lot. And I mean, I've had a lot of friends like that were ex-runners and stuff like that. So I thought it was cool because I'm like, I know that running is a struggle. And I know you run

and then I met you and I saw how much you guys ran and college was like a whole different ballgame when it came to that. So I was like, hell yeah. This is intense. Yeah, exactly. And I hate running.

So I had like one question like coming into is definitely like, to make you kind of think more on why you're here. Because I know you thought like, okay, like, let me, what am I going to talk about, you know? How would you, like, personally incorporate, like, the tranquil lifestyle and, like, a runner like us that, who wakes up, like, 5.30 every day,

hard house workout with school, with work, with, like, the coaching we do. Yeah. And how can you make that into, like, a tranquil lifestyle? Right. So, you know, because, like, some people, like, bro, they hate, they hate it. Right, yeah. Some people, like, don't want to be waking up in a morning doing that shit.

They don't want to be, like, put, their body to its limits. They don't want to be like tired all day. Like how can you make that? It's a definitely struggle. I mean, being a student athlete alone is like having two full-time jobs, which is crazy for, you know, a 19 to 21-year-old kid. But, you know, it's to me the way I look at it in terms of like Tranquilo and applying

it is just like as a perspective. So when, you know, like you said, waking up at 5 a.m. or 6 a.m. every morning to go run so you can go to school and do all. this. It's like you got to ask yourself, you know, why am I doing this? Is this, is it worth waking up at 5 a.m.? Is it worth waking up at 6 a.m.? Because I get to run and I get to do what I love. Or do I genuinely actually don't like running anymore and I don't care for this anymore and I don't care for this lifestyle anymore. So applying the Tranquilo, you know, lifestyle into these situations is just, you know, understanding is this what I want to do and what sacrifices are you willing to make to get?

where you want to be. I think one of the things in general in everyday life is you're always going to have to sacrifice something. You know, nothing comes easy. Nothing comes like given to you. So you got to be willing to understand what am I willing to struggle for. If waking up early is one of those things, then, and you're willing to do that for your running and everything that you want to do. If that's, you know, running is something that you want to pursue at the next level. You know, you've got to make those sacrifices. is if it's not something that you want to do, I mean, then, you know, you made, you gave it your best shot and, and you move on from there.

But you got to understand what you're willing to sacrifice. And it's not like, because sometimes people have like the bad connotation of, you know, Taranquilo means just like, do nothing. It's, it's not, that's not what this is about. It's, it's actually about, you know, choosing your battles. It's, what are you going to worry about? Because one thing is, is just not caring and one thing is worrying about things that matter. Yeah.

And like one thing that I see that like not how I can see how people get confused is like, Tancel is like, oh, do nothing, relax. Right. But a lot about what you're about is doing a lot of things. It's doing a lot. And just doing what makes you happy. Yeah. Which could be like doing a lot of things.

Like you could be a busy person and still be tranky. I mean, dude, I'm an extremely busy person like, you know, coordinating all this by myself and and, you know, just trying to get this off the ground and running just like anybody is trying to start anything of whether it's starting a running career or starting a business career, you know, whatever it may be, you know, nothing comes easy, but it's about staying tranquil through all of it, you know, through the adversity, through all the problems that you're going to come away.

Because we're all going to deal with problems. We're all going to have adversity that we're going to have in our life. Like, that's just part of what life is all about. But it's being able to stay calm through those situations because some of these problems can just, you know, put you out of commission. Because, yeah, you'll freak out and anxiety will build out and you start overthinking. And that's where the whole mental aspect of the tranquil lifestyle comes out, is that inner chatter that we like to have in our head

and where things just may not seem to be making sense in our head, but in all reality, you know, we're making a bigger deal than it really is. So, you know, if you're a runner and it's something like, yo, like 5 a.m. dude, like, do I really want to do this? Do I really like running? And all these questions are running in your head. It's just like about, you know, all right, let's really think this through. Is this something that I want to do?

You know what? And you start looking at all the positives. Damn, I've made some great friends. You know, it keeps me in shape. I have scholarships. I'm getting education paid for it. You know, there's a million different things that you're getting out of this experience. And you've got to be able to look at that.

Because a lot of things, too, is we all look at the negative side of things. Because we're trained to be in defense mode all the time. So when we're on defense mode, it's about thinking, okay, well, this isn't suiting me. So this can't be good for me. And that necessary isn't true. It could actually be, you know, beneficial to us if we learn to look at it in that way. Yeah. Yeah, definitely.

So basically, just as an overview of what you just say is like, just ask yourself a question. Yeah, I mean, evaluate, put a perspective out there on what your current situation is, what you may not be liking in your current situation as a runner, you know. Is this something that you want to do yes or no? And you kind of base it from there. And not letting whatever those palms are just defeat you, you know, because sports is a huge mental thing. Yeah. It's so mental.

And especially running. I mean, your mile 5, 6. I mean, what are your long runs? Like 8. 13, 14 miles. That's what I'm saying. You're 7, 8 miles in. You know, you still got another 7 miles to go.

You know, so that's where that mental chatter needs to get put away. And you need to just kick on a different switch right there. So that's the aspect of we're all going to deal with something. And you've got to be able to push through and stay calm through it all. That's definitely what I tell my guys. So obviously, you know, I coach like my old high school. school and everything and they always ask me or like oh like some of them obviously like lose motivation like throughout a season like it's easier for that to happen you know right and um

something they always say is like i always tell me like you got to find your motivation like why do you want to do this and personally like i don't like you can after i say like what's your motivation like my motivation is like um well obviously coach these kids so you know i'm i'm i want to get go through the stress that they're going through right like at the same time you know because like, let's say I had a hard workout in the morning, like at 6 a.m. And then they have a hard workout like in the afternoon when I go coach. And it's like, look, I just did this. Like, you can't do this.

I don't know, you know, because it's hard to be like a coach, like being an athlete and look at your coach and the coach is like, do this. And you just the coaches, you're like, you don't know how it feels. You know what I'm saying? So like I, that pushes me more. So like to give my all so like, so these guys, I can relate more to them. Right. And also that I've had like, old, like teammates in a past that I've like passed away with cancer and everything. things like that.

So like, you know, you run for, I tell them always, like, run for someone that can't. Run for a cause, yeah. Run for someone that can't, basically is what it is, you know? And, like, I've had guys like our last year of the state championship meet. The kid that passed away is kid Sebastian Ortiz. He, they all roll his name on his shoe on their shoes, like, because it's like basically like, when you're in pain, like, when you look down, like, when you're being defeated, you look down, you see. It's a reminder. It's a reminder.

Like, keep pushing, you know? Yeah. And it's like a tankilo thing that, like, when it times hard, you know, like, you got. to keep thinking. Find something to keep pushing, you know? And that's kind of what my mindset is when I'm running and everything, you know? Yeah, that's like my chatter. Like my chatter is trying to be like, it's never really negative. Yeah, sure, it's like, oh, I'm dying, but it's always like, I tell you guys, like,

when I do working shit and I'm hurting, I just say, bro, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. I'll talk to myself, you know? Yeah, no, that's what I'm saying. Like, the chatter can be good and it's about switching it to that kind of chatter, you know, not allowing yourself to just, all right, like, you know what, I can't do this. because the moment you tell yourself that, it's exactly what happens. You can't do it.

You won't finish the race. You won't keep kicking. You know, you'll probably start cramping up because that's just how your body reacts. Your body reacts to what it hears. So if you're able to tell yourself, you know what,

I got five miles. I can do this. I can kick and you're going to do it. You know, it may be hard five miles and it may be, you know, push, push, push, and it may be a struggle, but you're going to finish

and you're going to kick. So, like, the whole thing is, dude, it's like some people just forget that like problems aren't such a bad thing. Adversity isn't such a bad thing. Like, tough times aren't such a bad thing. But in society, like, we're taught,

and in school and everything, we're taught, like, failure is the worst thing ever. You know, that if you fail, like, you're screwed. Yeah. It's the end of it. It's the end. And if you run into anything hard, like, it's just too hard.

It's just, like, find something else. No, I mean, like, kind of what you were just saying, like, something that's huge for me is find your why. So when you're able to, like, find your reason behind whatever it is that you're doing, you have that as your driving force forever. You got what I'm saying? Like, if running is your thing

and that's your reason of doing whatever it is you're doing, you'll have that for the rest of your life, you know? You're always going to have that in the back of your head in a race and whatever it is and practice and all your training because that's not easy, dude. It's not easy. How about you, Swavy? For my motivation.

What's your motivation? So, like, mine, yours is pretty deep. It got to me. That is good. But mine's probably, I don't want to say mine's like a little bit selfish. but like it's a little bit selfish but like I really do want to be like the best like if when I do something I want to be the best right like I am I guess it's just like my natural competitive side but like if I'm doing something I'm not going to want to do something because it's like it's

okay like this podcast I want to do it and I want to have a badass podcast like I want to have a bad like um end results and stuff like I so when I think about running and I'm like I don't want to go out there and run because I've run like not a not that many because I think because of how my mindset is but a couple bad races before like it happens to everyone but that's just like That's just like my worst fear. Like I do not want that to happen ever again. Like every race and every practice that I go to, I want it to be a great practice.

And I want to just get better and better and better. And make sure that everything that I'm doing is with that angle in mind of thinking that I want to be the best that I can be. Because I just want to basically like no regrets when I finish. No regrets. I'm tired of my chest. No regrets like in the end, bro. I mean, yeah, regrets are the worst, honestly.

I mean, I've looked back at certain things. And one of my probably biggest regrets is not pursuing baseball. Because for me, when I got out of school, like high school, you know, I wasn't really the hardest throwing pitcher in school, but I was always, I was always really accurate and I always, you know, got people out. Like, that was just how I, how I pitched. But I was also a kid that was just not big in high school. Yeah. And then once I got into college, you know, I started growing a little bit more. I started putting on some extra weight. I started working out. And I got really strong and I started throwing again and I started you know throwing hard and everything that that would

work in in a college that experience you got me and I knew you know I ended up having to take student loans out in school and all that and I'm like damn if I could have gone back and just like maybe giving in a shot you know yeah maybe it doesn't work out maybe it does work out but let's say I go I end up in a small little D1 school D2 school and I yeah I get money for it and I yeah I get money for and I get my education paid for it and student loans isn't even a thing. Yeah. You got what I'm saying? So having regrets is just like if you're having to look back on that because, you know,

you got to move on at the end of the day, you know, whether you made the wrong decision or not, it was a decision that was made and it's about, you know, you got to let go. But if you have something that you want to go do, just go do it. Do it, yeah. I mean, that was kind of why I started this too. I knew I wanted to do something. I always knew I wanted to work for myself. and I knew this was kind of the route that I would have to go.

And obviously it just doesn't happen overnight. But I knew I wanted to do it. And I wasn't going to let myself live with regret anymore. Yeah, exactly. And that's something that we could transition perfectly to running. Because a lot of times in races and practices and workouts, there's times where you're like hesitant. Like, do I make that move in a race?

Do I, like, throw in that surge and stuff like that? And sometimes you just got to go. Like, you just got to do it. Throw in that surge in the race. Take the lead of the pack. Take the lead of the race. And just go. You can't think about it.

Just go. Yeah. And I mean, I'm sure, like, I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but like these long races, you know, it's about pace. Like, that's one thing I remember because I worked at a running store for a while too. So I learned a lot about running. Because I never was really a big runner. You know, I ran for cardio and to be in shape, but I didn't like run, run, obviously like you guys did. And one thing I learned was like when all these races would come.

Like, I know pace was such a big thing. So, like, knowing when to kick at the right time, I feel it was. just like such a crucial part of those races yeah yeah yeah no it's definitely tough just because like our races is it's a pretty long race so um basically like the whole race you're you're trying to like run at a certain it's called your lactic threshold you're trying to like run at your lactate threshold and if you go over it you literally screw yourself for the rest of the race yeah exactly and like so it's basically like that fine line of like figuring out if you're going over it or if not you know so it's like i'm sure that's got to be a part of of deciding when to kick it or no

Yeah, and that's like, and that's like, comes with training and the whole regrets and practice and like, in practice is basic, because what, this guy you should say perfect, practice makes perfect. And that's literally true. Like, if you're practicing perfectly, like, it's going to go good and a race and transition to that. Yeah. Like not, not, what's, what's the normal saying? Good practice, better, something. Practice train hard, raise harder. Oh.

Sorry. Yeah, what are I saying? No, Chris. I was like, I think it is practice makes perfect. No, but it's perfect practice makes perfect. Oh, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what it is. My bad.

I was thinking, like, bro, I know it sounds familiar. Yeah, what am I saying? But it's perfect, practice is perfect. And that's what it is. Like, you can practice. It's true. But it doesn't mean you're practicing good, you know? So basically, like, when it comes into training, I do the thing with him.

Yeah. When it comes into training, like, you got to figure out what's your perfect practice, you know? Yeah. So in the races, you can figure your shit out. No, yeah, for sure. And so before we get into more, like, in depth of running, when I end up like how we can collaborate both things into each other. I just want to like ask, well, you already said like, what does Tranquilo meet to you?

So I wanted to ask Danny and then I would go ahead and say like, what does Tranquilo mean to you? Mean to me? Mm-hmm. Like when you think of Andre's brand and Tranquilo, what do you think of? Damn. When I think of Andre and his Tranquilo? Like when you think of Tranquilo. When you hear like the brand, the brand, the brand.

Good vibes. Good vibes. Little good vibes is really what I think always. Just because what he's doing, why he's doing his whole thing is, is a good reason, you know? It doesn't it might not benefit him, but it thinks it benefits everyone else. You know, like our podcast, like, I feel like it kind of more benefits us just because we like talking about it to each other and like, yeah, I sure don't benefit some more of other people, but how much is going to benefit someone else, you know? Our podcast is just something to listen. His is something like a lifestyle and make this lifestyle, you know.

And it's important lifestyle here in Miami because there's some crazy people down here. So like one day driving to work and you get some. road rage. That's it. That's it. I don't. I can't wait for the day that I make bumper stickers, bro, because everyone on the road is just going to be like, everyone's going to see it. Just relax. Hold themselves back. Watch like car accidents go down. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. That's what I think of it. Like, I think it's just good vibes and like, you know. Yeah. Yeah. Get that job done in a good way. Yeah. Yeah. When I think of Tranquilo and I think of your brand, I think of just being calm and relaxed in your lifestyle and just doing what

you love to do. That's a big thing. Just doing what you love to do. I always see you, preaching that motivation Monday talk it up Thursday talk it up Thursdays don't good Wednesdays good Wednesday and uh free the soul Fridays yeah yeah awesome so we're connected here this one you kind of touched up on a little bit but um like being young adults and in high school in college and then also this could have worked for adults too because like I know some adults listen to this so working and stuff like that there can be like a lot of stresses that are that add up and they can be overwhelming. So to focus on our sport and how we can focus on running more, how can being

tranquil help us focus on the important things, like running and not be too overwhelmed by the stresses and all the added up extracurricular stuff outside. Yeah. So kind of a little bit like what I was saying before, you know, we all seem to, and I definitely am one that does this, is we throw everything on top of our stuff. yourselves at once, you know, so, uh, you know, I'm worried about, you know, getting this going and then I'm worrying about my social life. I'm worrying about my fitness life. You know, I'm just everything at once. So it's about kind of just like separating everything, like living in the

present. I think that's the best way to do. And I know that sounds maybe like cliche. No, but yeah, I mean, it's a true thing, you know, just take every single task at once. So it's like, if you got running and like that's what you got to focus on right now, you got practice at 6 a.m. make sure to make practice at 6 a.m. the best practice you've had all week. You know what I'm saying? Then you go to school and you focus on school. And then you got practice in the afternoon or you got coaching in the afternoon.

You go and be the best coach in the afternoon. And then, you know, you go be your best, the best friend possible at night. You know what I'm saying? Just take a step at a time, basically. Yeah, one step at a time because I know I've been once and just like, you know, I'm already worrying about what I got to do at 8 o'clock at night and it's 6 a.m. right now, you know. And I'm, so one, that's going to affect how I feel because I'm worrying about what's going on at night.

And then two, I'm not going to be able to give 100% of what I got going on at 6 a.m. Yeah. So by being able to like just break down everything throughout the day, whatever it is, you know, whatever order, however it is you go through the day, just, you know, take it step by step. And one thing that, honestly, for me, that helps just set the tone for the day, how you start your day is so crucial. If you start panicking, like already worrying, like the moment you're up, like, that's it. Like, your day is probably not, you know, that's why, like, traffic, the moment you get into traffic seems so bad. Yeah. When it's really just another day in traffic, you got what I'm saying? Or you hit your knee on the counter and it just sounds, it just feels 10 times worse than it did before.

Like, it's just honestly how you set the tone for the day. So, like, if you're able to start your day, like, you know, Tranquilo, your day is just going to kind of transatlant. And, you know, life's just going to throw crazy things throughout the day in your face. Like, you don't know what the day is going to come. So just being willing to accept what comes your way throughout the day, I think is key. And two, just kind of separating, you know, being present through every single moment and just being the best at whatever you got to do at that moment. Nice. Yeah.

Awesome. So then the next question I have is, so this one is a lot, like, very tied into running. And it's that a lot of people get, like, really impatient with training. and they don't understand the concept of time and results, which is, I think, goes perfectly with Tranquilo. So something that I've preached over and over again is that success doesn't happen overnight. Like, no one became...

Rome wasn't built in the day. Yeah, and that no one became an Olympian, like, overnight, like, no one like that. So how would you say that Tranquilo has an effect on that too? Like, just being patient and with results and stuff like that. So, like, incorporating it into training. Right. So, I mean, one thing is, you know, your end goal and what you're aiming for.

I think that's honestly step one. At the end of day, I know getting from point A to point B takes a while, but having that goal, I think, is crucial because then that becomes your whole driving force through the whole road to getting there. So let's say, you know, your goal is, like, for a collegiate runner, what would be your next goal, basically? Let's run faster, I guess.

Just run faster, okay. So, like PR, kind of stuff like that. Okay. So let's say you're aiming for a PR, right, in the 50 mile, I'd say, right? Oh, and the AK. And AK. All right. So let's say you're aiming for for a PR in the AK, right?

And you know, you're working, you're working, you're working. And like, you know, your results aren't getting there. The best way I would say to kind of just, you know, being able to not get so worked up over that is you just got to be patient with it. I mean, it's as simple as that. I mean, there's no really like recipe that that's going to really help you accomplish that. But if you're just understanding that, okay, I want to run. this time in X amount of weeks, you got to ask yourself,

am I doing everything necessary to get there? You know, because sometimes like, oh, but you know, I'm running every day. Okay. What are you eating? Are you doing the right time? Exactly. What are you eating?

Are you drinking? Like, yeah, are your, is your food diet, like not very, like, nutritious? Like, are you reading on what you can do because these are your problems? Like, you got to make sure you're taking actually every single necessary step. Just because you just ran and you just showed up to practice and it worked for you,

doesn't mean it's going to work for Danny. You get what I'm saying? So you got to ask yourself, is this something that I want? Because that's what I'm saying. The end goes so big because if it's really something you want, you're going to do anything and everything to make sure you hit that PR. Exactly. Because, you know, anybody can say, I want to be a millionaire.

But you've got to put in the necessary steps to being a millionaire. And every millionaire didn't get there the same way. They all worked hard, but they all did it in a different way. So if, you know, if you're getting frustrated with the timing of, of, you know, your goal and what you want, you got to start asking yourself, one, am I doing everything necessary to get there? And two, I mean, if you actually feel like you are, like, you know, dude, I'm doing everything. I'm eating healthy. I'm staying away from alcohol. I'm reading all the articles on how to PR or whatever.

I mean, you just got to be patient with it. And you got to not be so hard on yourself. That's another thing. I mean, I feel sometimes people just beat themselves up because they're not getting to where they want to be. And sometimes that has a reverse effect. You can be tough on yourself and push yourself hard. But stress sometimes alone can just reverse everything that you've been working on.

So just trusting the, you know, like what is it, Joe Ambide says? Trust the process. Yeah, you got to trust the process. And be consistent with the work ethic that you have every single. day. I mean, just because you did it one week and then, you know, you went back to doing nothing the second week. That's not the recipe for success. So being consistent with it and just honestly trusting that it's all going to happen, you'll get there for sure. Yeah, yeah. A big thing that we kind of do to just make sure that we're on top of our shit is like, you just kind of re-like,

I guess you can say reevaluate yourself after every single week to make sure like that's good, yeah. What you did was right. So basically like me and Dave, like something like as a team, we have our own journal of like what our running, our running we did throughout the whole week. Like a log. So at the end of the week, we're like, okay, did we hit our goal? Did we do this right? Did we do this good? And I think it's, I've been doing it for like five years now. So I can look five years back and see like how much faster I am. Well, that's, yeah, that's, that's actually a great point because tracking progress is another thing. Like remembering where you came from. Like three years ago, look at your time and see where you are now.

Like you got to give yourself credit along the way too. And that kind of goes back to what I was saying about, you know, don't be so hard on yourself. Like don't beat yourself up. Because, I mean, look like you said. Like look where you've come. Five years from now. I'm sure your times are completely different. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly. And then that ties the next to my next point, which is just being able to sit back, relax, and be tranquill, and enjoy the process and the journey and the training and the actual process of it.

Like, actually, like, being in the moment, like you said, living in the moment, and enjoying what you're doing at that time and just the journey, which is, is. It's crucial because, I mean, sometimes, and I, and again, I know for a while, this was my mindset. Like, once I got to that point, that's where I would be happy, you know? And then I start to realize sometimes I would get to those points and it was just like, eh, what's next? Yeah, whatever, what's next? Exactly. So that whole time, you know, you're going to be so hard to yourself on that, you know, that journey of getting to that PR or getting to whatever you want to be.

And, you know, you got to enjoy the struggle. Like, you got to enjoy. That's what we talked about the other day. That's how to me the day. That's how to me the race. The other day, you're going to be that much more successful with it. Yeah, my main goal, the season going in was to break 27 minutes. And then I ended up doing it like the, what, third race?

It's like third race. Third race of the season. and obviously I was like, wow, I did it, you know? And then like, I was, I think I've talked about the other podcast. It was like, 15 minutes after. 15 minutes later, I was like, everyone still dubs me up and I'm like, what's next? All right, how much faster am I going to get now? Exactly.

Yeah, I mean, that's how it is. You want to just be consistently evolving. Yeah. I think that's, you know, it's good to set goals. And I think that's what you said to, like, you know, weekly stuff is great. I think that's so good because it keeps you motivated all the time. So if you always have that, It's, you know, like you said, next week comes, that's what you're aiming for.

Week after that comes, it's a recipe for just continuously to get better. And I think that's huge. If you aim to, if you aim at the end of every week to be better, you're going to get better. Yeah. And something like that one of my, the guy I coach with, his guy, his name's Eric, his name's Eric Pino. He used to be my coach and I coached in my Columbus. Some of he showed us his girl named Colin Quigley.

She's like, what, like, he runs for USA. She's like an Olympic athlete. She's like steeplechase. And what she does throughout each month, she has like, Remember the thing he showed us? Yeah. It's like literally a calendar for like going out past this time, fast food. Yeah, like a task list.

Like a task list. Like a task list. Like a task list. Like it's all colored in. And you like at the end of the month you kind of look at it. And you're like, okay, like she sees like, okay, I locked on sleep. How many days of the month? Or I ate fast food dismayed this may days of the month.

Or I drank this may days of the month. You got to be disciplined, dude. You have to. Yeah. Discipline is so big for everything. No, everything. That's what I'm saying. You have to.

because again, anybody can, you know, say they're going to do it and then kind of start and then just start falling off. Yeah. So if you can just consistently like check up on yourself and see how you're doing and that's one. And then if you just have like people around you that are willing to push you like even more and be on your on your back like saying like, yo, you know you shouldn't be eating that or you know you shouldn't be drinking that or that's like our team. Yeah. Or you know you have a race tomorrow like come on like that, that I mean that's huge. I mean, that doesn't come from you, but, you know, these are all things that you should be able to look at as an athlete, you know. I mean, I know this isn't running, but Francois, the FSU quarterback.

For a while, he got in trouble at Florida State and this and that. And why? He was just hanging around the bad. Wrong crowd. Yeah, the wrong crowd. And, you know, his teammates are saying like, yo, don't hang out with those guys. Don't hang out with those guys. And the moment you get out of that circle, it's like, you see this whole other,

perspective and you're like, damn, like, you know what? This is where I need to be. You know, people are pushing me to get better and you see the results change from that. So your circle is huge. And then, like you said, like, I mean, being able to check up on yourself, like on a regular basis, making sure you're actually working on it and being disciplined about it is big. Yeah. Discipline is huge. So another thing that we can, how we can incorporate that and get them into our lives is going into our races and come race day, how we can incorporate into our lives. Just being able to get to that race day and be.

relaxed and just know like I'm ready for this like no need to freak out no need to stress myself over like like get anxious and stuff like that because I've put in the work now I can be tranquil and exactly and just race that's it that's all I got to just do it race the training that I've put in over a series of months has has made me ready for this moment and now I just this is like the training is a hard part this is the easy part yeah come race it like this is the easy this is just one day and you don't really think about how you put in so much work and now you can just relax yeah I mean I think kind of what you were just saying. I think just being confident in the work

that you've put in. That alone, if you truly are so confident, like, because going back to what we were just saying, if you're so confident and, you know, you knew you did everything and your power to be the best runner for this race possible, there's nothing to worry about. Yeah, exactly.

I mean, if, you know, if you're having, oh, but this, but this, but this, I mean, then that's on you. I hate to say it, but it's on you. If you didn't put in the work, you got to take some credibility and say, you know what? It was on me.

Don't beat yourself up over it and say, you know what? It's a learning experience. I didn't put in the right work ethic and my results showed for this. And then next race, what do you do? Boom. You go right back at it and you work right at it. But when it comes to race day, I mean, yeah, just don't put such like a negative outcome into the picture. Don't even think about it, you know?

Just realize, okay, I did everything in my power to get ready for this race. Race is here. I mean, it's either I race or a race or I. thrown at this point. Yeah. And just go do it, do your thing. Do your thing. I mean, there's, because sometimes we get, we try to make things like too complicated.

Yeah. I think is what happens, you know, we're like, you start weighing every option. We're like, what if this happens. Maybe that guy trained harder than me. Like, no, don't even, you got to learn how to turn off all the outside noise. That's so big. Like, stop caring about what the guy next to you did. Um, what he didn't do.

Just focus on what you did. and what you got to do come race day. And that, I mean, that alone will give you that, like, mental stability when it comes to the race. Because it's all mental when it comes to the race day. Yeah, yeah. You go out there and you just handle your business. That's it. Exactly.

And don't let the negativity exist at all when it comes race day. Just, you know what? I'm going to go out there and I want to do my thing. And that's it. Definitely, yeah. Awesome. So you have anything else to touch up on? No.

Okay, I'm going to hit you with the, you're not a runner under, but I'm hit you with our rapid fire questions, which are running related. All right. Let's see. Let's see what fit to run top me. Some of them aren't running related, though. Okay, so start you off with the, so it's rapid fire questions. I'm going to ask them, like, quickly to you, but you don't have to answer quickly.

You can answer however you want. So the longest distance you've ever run. Longest distance I ever run, God, like probably four and a half miles. Nice. Awesome. Like, because Weber made us run from that. I pull, like on. one something i don't even remember but yeah and back so okay so where do you have the most room for

improvement just like in my personal development as a person i think you can never be perfect you know as a human like as as an overall you know as a as a as a businessman as a like as a spiritual person i mean i think in all levels of my you know as my overall well-being there you go that's that's what I'm like overall well-being, I don't think you can ever master that. And I think that's something that I take pride in actually getting better in every day because I know as a person, you know, with everybody I meet, to my friends, to my family, to the way I handle my business that I want to start, I know it's only going to help me in all ways possible. So I think taking the time for me to like grow as a person in general is something that I will always be proud to better in my life.

awesome um what skill or tool do you have that gives you an edge over others yeah it's a kilo being tranquil yeah just being like just you know just kind of going with it with the flow it's something i use every day in my life i try not to get worked up and i think being able to use that to other people it's like nothing really phases me kind of thing i've been through a lot and obviously like things have kind of created the person that i am today it's not like i just you know am like that I've learned a lot And I think that is definitely

I just have something to my advantage Just being able to accept what is Nice, nice And how can people get into contact with you? So, yeah, I mean, you could find me on Instagram at tranquil.0 Or, spell that out. Yeah.

At T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L Period O So you could reach out to me there I mean on Facebook, Andre Duneon, Instagram, Andre Dune. So if not, reach out to Dave in, he'll put you a contact with me. Yeah, I'll probably put it in the Instagram. I want to give a quick shout out to Andre, like, this is the first thing I've realized that I was actually been working for you.

Not talking shit about you're anything. Like, I know you've tried doing like the lifting shit. Yeah. Yeah. Right? Being like a weight coach. Personal trainer. The first experiment was my last page.

It's advice. but then album dropped by Who Future or something and it just that just yeah that was so weird it's a vibe yeah it's like right it was like right around that time and now like it's finally like this is clicking for you like I literally see people buying taquil shes and then wiring them around like people are using your hashtag like yeah no no it's yeah I mean that's definitely I've definitely realized I'm onto something and it's you know kind of fed me to continue with it obviously because, you know, I obviously got good feedback from both of those, but one, it didn't feel genuine to me, it didn't feel real to me.

And this is something that, like, you know, just feels real to me. And then kind of just, like, to add a point to what you just said of how I did the fitness experiment, I did, it's a vibe thing, and now I'm doing the Tranquilo thing. Like, for anyone out there that wants to do something, like, don't be scared to go do it. Because, you know, it's a bunch about trial and error. Yeah. You know, you don't know what's going to come out of it. of it. I didn't know what was going to come out of any of this, you know, but I just said, all right, I'm just going to do it. And, you know, people are going to talk to you and they're going to, they may talk smack behind your back. People will support you. You know, you're going to get everything. But what we were saying earlier, just turn off that outside noise and just do what you want to do. If it makes you happy, that's all that matters. Yeah, definitely to try everything, you know. Like our boy Austin over there. He's, he's on, he's on the football field next year. He's on, uh, exactly. There you go.

Um, no, so that's a perfect way. Yeah, that's a perfect way to close it out. Yeah. So thank you guys so much for listening to this episode of the Underground Running Project. If you guys want to check out our Instagram at Underground Running Project, check out our website, theURP.com. Thank you so much, Andre, for being on the show. Thank you.

It was a pleasure. This is definitely one of my, I think my favorite episode that we've done so far. If you guys want, like on the Instagram, as we were saying at Tranquilo, um, we got shirts, we got hats. We got whatever you want. Um, that kind of just fits the Tranquilo lifestyle. So if you want to go out there and support. the cause or you just want to have a constant reminder to just go enjoy your life check us out awesome

all right everybody thank you for listening we'll see you guys next week thanks so much guys for tuning into this week's episode of the underground running project i hope you guys got some value out of that episode um we definitely had a lot of fun with that conversation with andre it was definitely one of my i think my favorite episode thus far since starting the podcast um hopefully next week we'll have another interview for you guys we're going to be planning that this week and see if we can get someone cool another cool conversation to have on the podcast so you guys can enjoy that and listen to that i want to give a huge thanks again to andre so much for being on the podcast and being so open to it and i'm glad we were able to collaborate with trankilo and you and that we were able to make an awesome

episode that hopefully you can use for your podcast too so we'll see you guys next week on the underground running project thanks