 All right, everyone here. We are relaxing on a Sunday drinking coffee cheers YouTube family I hope you're doing well. Hope you had a great weekend And here's the hoka ring cones if you didn't see the first impression from five o'clock yesterday Go check it out up right hand corner. Just click on that card It's exciting. It's an exciting shoe And I'm gonna take them out for a three-mile spin here in a little bit and then after that We'll talk about it's amazing packing for a trail run pat It's great. I can't believe I'm even saying those words. So We're gonna go get some altitude tomorrow. Ian. Did you hear so I put out on Twitter yesterday Does anybody know if Killian Jeanette of Spain now lives in Norway if he is racing the pikes peak marathon I had heard rumors that he is it sounds like so Twitter fan somebody who's I don't remember your name. Maybe Devin I think he did some research and found on Killian's Instagram feed that he listed all of his races I think back in May for the 20s for the summer 2019 racing season and sure enough He found the pikes peak marathon is gonna is on Killian's schedule So if anybody has any any more information, that's amazing because my goal is to race the ascent the pikes peak ascent on Saturday and then the pikes peak the pikes peak marathon is on Sunday So Killian and I've gosh, I've heard maybe Jim Wamsley might show up And I'm hope like what if Joe Gray Jim Wamsley and Killian is your net battle at the pikes peak marathon That'd be amazing. I know Joe Gray is very interested in racing the ascent this year But can you imagine that battle between those three guys? Anyway, I'm excited. All right. It's Laysa hoka ring cones. Oh Man the ring cone video just published on the YouTube about an hour ago the comments are rolling and it's pretty exciting I'm glad we've struck a chord with this shoe the hoka ring cone. Check it out. All right lacing up now Getting out of my recovery sandals also from hoka Into the ring cones although Well, hold on although. I'm not I'm gonna do better in the next Now but especially in the next let's say a week from now ten days from now Walking around my house more barefoot versus in these recovery sandals that are just I think there's a lot of benefit to going barefoot As much as possible just to just to work different muscles and tendons and ligaments in your lower ankle and feet So you're not being kind of babied or pampered in these very very comfortable focus sliders So that's one of my goals moving forward for staying healthy. All right, everyone This is gonna be a good exercise for me to go through packing for a trail run a mountain run because It's been a while because of the injury I haven't had to really go through the mental process of making sure I have all the gear I need to stay safe up on the mountains to stay safe out in the wild with wild animals and make sure I have all the nutrition I need so I'm gonna lay out everything and along the way all the gear here on this big Table and also go through some points for you to consider when you're laying out your gear And okay, I'll wait for that in a second, but first number one. You got to have a vest Right. I have a couple vests an ultimate direction vest and then a raid light vest. So let's begin here. This is like the How would you what's a good metaphor for this? This is your this is your safety blankets? All right, this allows you to carry everything else out on the trails. All right, so let's start laying it out All right, let's walk you through this real quick everything starting from head to toe first of all my green hats But I'm also gonna add on the neck gator just to keep the sun off my neck. I'll bring my buff my Seraja buff Because guess what? Yes, it can be very very cold on top of the mountains even in July Then we got my my dry fit shirt my vest from raid light my two bottles Which are both these are? 12 ounces so 24 ounces total and I'll talk to you about the distance that I'm going here in a minute We'll have my lightweight Red jacket believe it or not. This is from Brooks. That's right Brooks has a I bought this probably five years ago Absolutely love it. It's still like no major holes in it, and it's just so lightweight It's just perfect for cutting out the wind on top of those mountains if it kicks up I'm gonna go with half tights just to keep the hamstrings warm just once again just in case it gets chilly and then two and then Like a lightweight pair of gloves the big question. You know what? I don't think I'm gonna bring the handheld I set this out there though as a second option for you to consider if you prefer a handheld But I like to keep my hands open for trail running and mountain running especially because when you go down You might go down hard And I just like being able to have my hands free to catch myself on the rocks Etc. Etc. So we're gonna set that aside my darn tough socks love darn tough for mountain running just a little thicker For I don't know it for some reason they just have a little more cushioning It feels good on those sharp rocks up in the Rocky Mountains And then the big question will be the speed cross fives or the supercross from Solomon's that I just picked up Those that'll be a game-day decision tomorrow on as far as electronics go So if okay, we'll talk more about this in a second But a headlamp is always a good idea and then a spot device This is a GPS spot device so you can be found anywhere in the world in case you get lost And yes, there is an SOS button in case you get hurt and lost So if you literally can't drag yourself off the mountain, this is a spot device This is an old one, but it still works just fine. And then moving on here Yes, I'm going to bring the drone up for you guys to get some beautiful drone shots Usually I don't bring this, but I'm going to be going nice easy and slow tomorrow So that'll be good the drone and then of course the gimbal and then I guess the gopro is charging right now So that is all the stuff. Okay. Here's a few factors to consider When planning out your trail running gear All right, so I should have also mentioned I'm going to be trying out for the first time a spring energy gel Which if you're going out for a 30 mile 40 mile long training run Don't test out a gel for the first time Because if it just doesn't sit well in your stomach in your 15 miles away from your car and you're like losing everything It's just not a good idea. So my run tomorrow is not a 30 mile. It's going to be a 12 mile Okay, so that's not you know, it's not short, but it's not a huge all day effort out on the trails Okay, some factors to consider when planning out your trail running gear This can go without saying but it never hurts to just refresh our memories a little bit First of all, of course the weather in fact as I'm talking right now the rain is started And it's better to be safe than sorry. However for everything I'm about to tell you I like to yes at times go very very fast in the mountains meaning I you know in fact the mountain I'm going to tomorrow I was able to snag the the king of the mountain last summer and what you're going to be see Basically, I had shorts on socks and shoes and my watch and maybe a hat and maybe sunglasses Okay, so that was it and I was no no food no water for 12 miles. It was fine And okay another factor to get to consider how far out away from civilization Are you going all right? So if there's other people around like tomorrow, I'm going to bet a lot of money There's probably going to be at least 40 cars parked in the parking lot for this mountain meaning I'm not out there alone If I break my leg there's tons of people around who I could say hey Could you give me a hand here because I have a broken leg It's like but think about if your trails are you're going out in the middle of nowhere And there's no one for miles and you don't have cell service And that's another thing to consider do you have cell service? If not, it just doesn't hurt to consider Picking up something like a spot device to stay safe out there in the mountains So okay weather How far away from civilization are you getting? The elevation that you're running at all right because elevation impacts so many different factors But if you're not used to elevation That could really it can make you dehydrated it can make you Dizzy in the head a lot of things can happen at higher elevations Ian for vice versa I live at elevation if I was to go run a 50k in florida in the swamps the humidity I guarantee would wreck me it would just wreck me like I'm not used to hot human conditions. So Anyway, just another thing to consider Is the elevation you're running at and one last point to consider for planing out your trail running gear Is what time of day are you starting the run? If you're training for a 50 mile or 100 mile race, there's a very good chance You're going to be doing some of the race at night Which means you want to practice running at night because your brain It's hard to run on the trails at night. You're thinking about the animals You have to be very focused like psychologically fly really mentally focused on the task at hand So obviously if you're starting at four in the afternoon, there's a really good chance There could be especially here in the Rockies that a nasty thunderstorm could roll through It happens almost every single day up in the mountains over there So anyway, it's just something else to consider Of course it impacts whether or not to carry a headlamp. It's always a good idea to carry a headlamp I will not do that tomorrow because once again I know the mountains so so well and there's people like there's going to be at least 200 people up there hiking tomorrow where I'm going So anyway, that's something else to consider though is the time of day and yes Gear is the keyword and the question of the day What's your like what's your go-to essential piece of gear for trail running and especially a little bit longer trail running Where it is smart to carry uh to carry a little more gear in your vest and not just go You know not just go in your shorts and your t-shirt, which I love doing that Okay, but it is nice to have some essentials just in case something were to happen up there So that's the question of the day of the day. All right. I think that is all for tonight I got to pack all this up now into the vest and then start editing so I can hit the sack And basically wake up as early as possible. All right, seek beauty work hard and love each other See you tomorrow