 Hikespeak Ascent Week, what are you thinking? Rock and roll time? Are we ready to crush? Are we ready to rock and roll? Are we ready to rock and roll? Amazing, Bob! And to YouTube, doop, doop, doop, doop. How you doing? All right, I'm running a little late, so I got a hustle here, grabbing my run stuff for the day. I'm going to take out the New Balance Beacon 2s for my run today, excited to take them back out. Nice, easy, three miles. All right, that's rock and roll. Come on now. Hi everyone, so I am on my way to my last massage before the race, and yeah, I'll throw it in there. Another one, tip of the day. I wouldn't necessarily get a massage, like definitely not the day before, or even two days before a big race. Massaging, depending on the type of massage you're getting, it could actually make you a little sore, you know, if the masseuse is really digging in there. So I am, let's see, four days at, no, no, no, no, Tuesday was it? Yeah, basically four days out from Pike's Peak. So this is perfect enough time to let the legs absorb the massage and then frankly kind of recover from the massage anyway. That's just a little tip of the day. I wouldn't get a massage the day or even two days before. All right, just got to find a parking spot. I think, is this right? Yeah, perfect, all right. See you in about 45 minutes. And by the bingo, by the boom, feeling good. Remember, I'm trying to add one point to the freshness scale every single day. So that massage is part of the process to get to a 10. I want to be at a 10, definitely by Friday, the day before the race. But if it happens Thursday, that's great, and let's see, today's Tuesday. So when you're watching this, it's Wednesday, but that's the goal. One point per day to get the legs fresh. And after this, I'll head to the pool, head to the gym to stretch more and roll out more. And yeah, just continue to do some math on that freshness scale. Oh yeah. Just putting on the beacons. How are you? Good, man. Doing well, doing well. I'm at Washington Park just talking to myself on the side of the road. I'm not talking to myself, I'm talking to you, but people always are like, what is this guy doing? It's funny. But I know you're out there listening and I appreciate that. So I'm doing three miles today, nice and easy, 8.45 to 9 minute pace. And then again, tomorrow, I'll pick up the pace a little bit, a little more upbeat, up tempo. Not a tempo pace, but more up tempo along with some strides tomorrow, because again, I don't want the legs to fall asleep. I'm not going to film today, just going to go bop along. Let's go bop along. All right, everyone. Getting out of the pool, got the jog done, three miles, 5K, 8.40 a mile. And here's the situation. I wanted to run, I think I already mentioned, between 8.45 and 9 minute pace. I ended up at 8.40 and it was difficult to stay there. Like my, I was ready to go faster. So this is a good sign. The legs, it appears, are starting to really freshen up. And in the pool today, I noticed a tremendous amount of range of motion, meaning my legs were, I was just doing aqua jogging. My legs were cutting through the water with less effort. So this is good. I still have just a smidge of, yeah, a little bit of soreness from Sunday's 5K, 1K repeats five times, just a little bit. And I suspect that by tomorrow morning, all that, it's just a little bit of soreness in my right quad that that will be gone. So just a quick update, just keeping you guys in the loop as we, as we journey onward. So anyway, I'm excited. It was just a distinct shift. I noticed immediately, excuse me, I noticed immediately as, as I was in the pool, like, okay, the legs are moving with ease right now. And that's what I want. That's what I want. All right. Supersci, I forgot, I got to go get some energy gels for the race. I'm out of the spring energy. That's what I'm going to use during the Pike's Peak Ascent. Preferably the peanut butter flavored ones. I love them, I love them. All right, into sprouts. This is, this is why Amazon is taking over the world. That's the second grocery store I've gone to that does not have energy gel. So I'll just order, I'll just get them online on Amazon and have them, you know, shipped quickly to the house. It's like, what are you going to do? You got to be, you got to be efficient in this world. All right, here we go. They, they just didn't have them. Didn't have them. First full day of school. So good. Come on in. Come on in. Oh yeah. Yeah, you close at it. I had that open for so they could see. You guys pull up. High five. Did you get a treat after school? At school? Oh, you lucky duck. Oh, yum, yum. Oh, let's see it. Oh, what'd you make in there, buddy? Guy, oh, I'll close my eyes. And it's a real good idea just to chill out. And you can put your jammies, a sheep. Oh my goodness. Good color in. Sum Agnus. Oh my goodness. You're amazing, buddy. Sum Agnus en mihi nomen es leo. Oh, is that, do you know what, do you know what that means? Oh yeah. Good times. We're back on date night. True love. How you doing? YouTube hasn't seen in a while. Oh, hello. And uh, it's hot and like I said earlier, I let them know. It is hot and Denver right now, but we are off to date night on pike speak ascent week. What are you thinking? Rock and roll time. Ready to crush. Are we ready to rock and roll? Ready to haze in the barn? Come on, haze in the barn. Let's do this. Let's do this. It's gonna be fun. I love the can't go up and watch because this is gonna be my first year going up. Yeah. And because the kids were so little before, I don't remember why. But anyway, I'm gonna scream out enough they'll be able to hear me. True love doesn't mess around. So, all right, we are off to Whole Foods to get a little grub on date night. We go on date night every Tuesday. My mom watches the boys. It's amazing. So, have a nice Tuesday. Hello, put it upward. Hello sir. Always a good choice. Whole Foods, so many options. Soups, sandwiches, dessert. Sushi, ramen, sushi, salad bar, sandwich bar, dessert, a place. Boom. Butter mop bread, butter mop bread. Butter mop bread? And here we go. Here we go. All right, another day down before the Pikes Peak Ascent back from date night. Obviously, true love is excited for the race. Oh, I'm not excited yet. I'm always excited. But I'm not like, you know, it's still three or four days away. So, I gotta give it time. Give it time. Stay calm. Stay relaxed. And on that note, actually, about staying calm, I wanna give you a couple updates. Let's see. Okay, first of all, I'm racing the Pikes Peak Ascent on Saturday, 7 a.m. I'm not racing the Pikes Peak Marathon, which is Sunday, 7 a.m. So, I'm not racing against Killian and Andy Wacker and Sage Canada. They're doing the marathon. I will do the marathon someday. Frankly, I'll probably do it when I'm a little older and a little slower because it's hard on your body. I just, I don't know, running 13 miles as fast as possible downhill isn't exactly appealing to me right now. I like to go uphill. So, I will be racing against Joe Gray and many other great runners Saturday morning. Just wanna clarify that. But, I will be there Sunday filming. You better believe it as much as I possibly can because I don't think I can get to the top. Basically, once you leave the starting line, you're kind of in no man's land. Like, you don't really see people for quite some time until the aid station. So, that's one update. And then, what was the other update? Oh yeah, staying calm. What was one of my tips for how I stay calm before a peak race? I focus. Meaning, I set, where is it? I set the smartphone down. So, I get a lot of messages every day on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. All sorts of questions about training and I love it. So, if you haven't heard from me in a while, it's only because, on Facebook as well, it's only because I'm checking out. I will reply to you next week once the race is done. Don't worry, I love you. I just am trying to focus on the race. But, a lot of questions that are coming in right now are about the recovery items that I'm using about my running equipment during the summertime, or running gear, I should say. And it is all, I just want to point out for all the new subscribers, a lot of you already know this, but it's all available from Amazon. If you're an Amazon shopper, now always go support your local running shoe shop. But, if you don't have a shop around you, sometimes you have to go online. So, if you want to buy a foot log to massage your foot, loomy foot spray to spray inside your shoes to make them smell good. This trigger point, here it is. This trigger point foam roller, it's all available down below in the description of every single vlog from Amazon. So, just wanted to make that clear because I am getting a lot of questions. Even not these sunglasses, but my Smith sunglasses, the big ones that I like to race in, they are available down below as well. In my Halo headband, actually I have some new ones arriving tomorrow from Amazon. So, I'm excited about that. All right, I love you guys and it's a good day, good day. Okay, question of the day, keyword, massage, question of the day. Who gets athletic massages? So, not the feel good massages that just kind of, you know, make you feel good. I'm talking about the massages that dig in a little bit and work out the knots and the kinks out of your legs. So, who gets them? If you do get athletic massages, do you feel like, what is your opinion on them? Obviously, you probably like them if you're getting them. Or the other question that you can answer is, are you interested in massages and what they do for your legs? For helping with recovery and prepping for big races, big workouts, et cetera, et cetera. And I realize massages cost money, but when you begin to get into position where you have enough money to afford them, I am in the position now that I'm like, okay, this is an action item that I can take on a weekly basis to make sure my legs are ready to go as best as possible when I want them to go, when I want my legs to go fast. So, that's what I'm up to with massages. That's the question of the day. Thanks for being here. Okay, on the right and the left, two old running vlogs from 2018. One of them is a race and one of them is just a long adventure run up in the mountains. I think you'll enjoy both of them if you want to dig further into the archive. All right, that's all for today. Thanks for being here. Thanks for watching. See beauty, work hard, and love each other. See you tomorrow.