 Get one thing here. Oh yeah, we're gonna use that. Perfect. Little yard work on Mother's Day. Good morning. Happy Mother's Day once again working on the yard for mama. Take it all the way down cover this whole fence and there's one way down there. I see it, I see it. There's one right here which isn't as big and that one's not as big. Dang. This one is crushing it. Oh it is going to go crazy. Nothing like a good soaker hose, you know what I mean? Trying to figure out this yard. One summer at a time. All right Chulo's got to go save the baby so she's gotta set the camera down. Look at all that. I said extra everything stuff is free. Do you want me to go get Marathon to race or not to race? That is the question keyword. Hamlet. You better believe it keyword is Hamlet down in the comments. Thanks for hitting it up. Oh and yes again Happy Mother's Day. We had a beautiful day just hanging out at the house, going to the pool as a family, eating a delicious dinner. It was a great day. I didn't do too much filming was focused on just being present to the family so it was beautiful and now I am in the studio quoting Hamlet to and trying to wrestle with figuring out to race or not to race. That is the question. But before we answer that question I want to reflect again. Yes with you it's been a fun. I'm telling you and actually I'm going to throw in the question of the day right now as well. It has been a fun training block. I must say it's been a crazy transition to go from ultra running to marathon running and racing I should say and I must like they're different. There's no other way to say it other than they are really two different disciplines. Now there are trail marathon races but I'm telling you like once you go above 30 miles in a race there's something different about the whole experience with making sure your legs are strong enough to go that far at a high pace and one of the biggest differences is nutrition like in ultra running you're eating a lot more during the actual race you're fueling a little differently and of course the pace is much faster on the roads in a marathon. So question of the day I'm going to actually lead off a little bit with this. Do you and this is a little bit of a tough one but do you think you enjoy training more or racing more and as I you know try to figure out this injury and why it happened I think I land more on the side of I enjoy training more. I just gotta be I call it I gotta call a spade a spade. I've been injured so much in my life I think because I love running I love running I love doing high volume I love big miles I love vertical gain I love challenging myself and listen I like racing as well I love racing but there's nothing like a good 20 mile long run on a Sunday or frankly if getting ready for an ultra race nothing like a good 25 to 30 mile long run so anyway that's the question of the day wrestle with it think about it and listen you might be like you might love them both equally and that's a good that's a fine answer as well but if I'm being real frank and honest with myself I think I enjoy training just as much if not more than racing and now as many of you know I I wavered I struggled to find the Cleveland Marathon I was looking at grandmas in mid-June um I was I was looking at a bunch of them LA uh what else was I looking at a New Jersey marathon I believe but I landed on Cleveland and in retrospect yes I do believe this training block was a little too long lesson learned on my part but I've never been through this process of trying to find a flat sea level competitive road marathon and lesson learned like you really have to basically start planning a year in advance like I started planning seven yeah six to seven months in advance for Cleveland I think a tip of the day start planning your road marathon races now why because they fill up uh it's hard to qualify if you need a qualifying time it's not as easy as you might think so anyway lesson learned on my part and I've made a decision I've made a decision May 19th May 19th first marathon what's it gonna be the Cleveland Marathon oh baby okay it was really hard really difficult to figure out it was it was it was way it was a lot harder than I expected basically yes I'm hoping to run under 219 I'm just gonna say it I'm just gonna say it and I know that's really fast can I do it I don't know but if you don't try you'll never know you'll never know if you can qualify for the Olympic trials if you don't try if you know what I mean now I did promise yesterday to tell you how my foot is feeling what is the trend line and I must say it's trending well it's trending I would say very well now I haven't tested it too much at the pool today with the family I just put a teeny tiny bit of weight bearing my weight on my foot as I was floating in the pool and it was feeling pretty good I must say now I can still feel a little something uh and we are six days out from Cleveland okay so Cleveland is on this upcoming Sunday so it's six days away and so I was just testing the foot a little bit seeing how my weight in the pool not on dry land but in the pool felt and it is feeling pretty darn good I have to say that much um but I it's not the the pain is not gone completely um and my next doctor's appointment is on Wednesday so what is today Monday so two days from now therefore to race or not to race that is the question because of this trend line because of this training block because of how I think this foot is going to feel on Sunday I'm telling you how this foot's gonna feel on Sunday I'm excited I think it's gonna be feeling much much better in six days from now and therefore I'm not going to race the Cleveland marathon sorry for the cliffhanger I apologize I this is not my first rodeo with stress fractures and stress reactions I know that was a big build up guys come on I cannot I want to so bad and I really do believe on Sunday I wouldn't be surprised if the podiatrist on Wednesday tells me get off the crutches and then get out of the boot in a week from now a meaning like 10 days from when you're watching this but guys if okay I will say this much I will say this much if this was January 2020 and I was getting ready for the Houston marathon for my last chance to qualify for the Olympic trials you bet I would I would be racing I would be I would that would be the risk I'd be willing to take meaning I would fly to Houston I would get on the starting line I would do a warm-up see how it feels if things are okay I would go I really would but listen I have more opportunities to get this Olympic trials qualifying time of 219 I'm going to be patient right patient grass hopper so that is my final decision sorry if you live in Cleveland and we were gonna have a good old hangout time after the race but I'm not going to race the Cleveland marathon and you better believe you better believe I have been plotting over the last 7 to 10 days oh and there goes a light hold on better believe I've been plotting over the last 7 to 10 days for my next marathon like you know I just as a backup plan I have been thinking about it researching I've learned a lot through Cleveland so stay tuned I will of course keep you all posted on when I make the decision for the next marathon I'm not going to tell you any leads that I have yet but I am researching right now and it might be sooner rather than later we shall see how the foot continues to trend in the right direction I love you guys Hamlet is the keyword I already asked the question of the of the day happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there and we're just going to keep fighting together sound good sound good you probably thought the green hat was a sign that I was going for it but it's just that I have a bad hair day so I was like I better put I better put a hat on for the YouTube family seek beauty work hard and love each other ah I love you Cleveland I love you Cleveland I'll be there someday I'll be there someday see you tomorrow