 test one two test test three test test test yeah all right folks you have arrived at a daily vlog channel where i film life film with my family film my yard work i'm looking out of my yard right now i'm in my shed actually this is my recording studio and basically a big part of my life is running i love running i've been running since i was in sixth grade so what was i like a 12 years old 11 years old i don't know i was young so i've been running my whole life and i ran in high school ran in college took a little time off after college where i was not running much and then okay i'm 33 now about the age of 28 i started running again and getting back into it slowly and so now i'm getting into into ultra running long distance running long miles uh i ran 25 miles yesterday i thought i was going to put this shoe on the solemn s lab ultra i actually ran away from my car so i couldn't get back i ran in the solemn speed cross instead but i thought i was going to throw this guy on but i just i went the wrong direction so anyway story for another day basically this is not my review of the solemn s lab ultra this is just my initial impression after taking them through this well i opened them up a couple days ago and then today i put them on my feet kind of get those shoelaces all figured out you know how you put new shoes on and you got to figure out the shoelaces well i did that got feeling good feeling good and then started jogging started jogging and now this is this is a trail shoe this is not a street shoe and i guess well okay i take that back you could wear this on the street but it does have a little bit of log action that probably isn't necessary for road running uh it's definitely a trail shoe uh but i took it through the streets of denver just testing it out my feet the first mile we're a little confused trying to figure out what's this new feel in a solemn shoe because this is definitely a different type of solemn shoe uh there's more cushion definitely more cushion now it's not like a hoka or a uh like an adidas boost or even like a nike epic react like it's not that type of cushion but it does have more cushion than your typical solemn so then by about mile two and a half today i started feeling good started feeling better and my feet were figuring out okay what's this new shoe all about anyway my initial impression is very i'm very very excited now i'm running a 50k race very soon meaning in the next 10 days so that's 32 miles and but it has a lot of vertical so i'm still i think i'm gonna wear the shoe i'm not positive because the lugs on the bottom of this guy these are the lugs the tread here there it's it's good lug action but it's not the biggest lugs you've ever seen on a solemn shoe that's the first thing you might notice when you pull it out of the box uh also uh the reason okay and then in september i'm running a hundred mile race in steamboat springs run rabbit run this will definitely be one of the shoes that i wear uh so why have i transitioned a little bit to solemn in 2018 whereas in 2017 i was definitely more of a hoca guy well i like quality i like quality i like hoca's overall design i think their approach to cushion is attractive to me because i have struggled in the past with injuries specifically uh stress fractures of my bones so i once i found hoca in the cushion i was like okay this is good but then i realized wait a minute uh this shoe these hoca shoes are like breaking down after 150 miles meaning the uppers this is the upper of the shoe where on the top here it was breaking down after 150 miles and i'm like what is going on like i can't afford to buy new hocas every you know month and so solemn i must tip tip my cap to you because i know that this shoe will last at least 500 miles if i wanted it to i just know that based on the material uh unless i go like absolutely insane in the mountains in these like nasty nasty terrain off trails stuff maybe they wouldn't make it 500 miles but overall i'm excited and of course what makes what i what i like personally the best about solemn is that you get a good old bear hug when you put this thing on because of the lacing system it's the lacing system that just i love and when you're running 100 miles in a race you actually don't want to stop at an aid station for too too long to change your shoes and so with these guys you don't have to untie and tie your shoes you just pull this guy like that so bottom line i'm excited solemn thank you for getting these to me pretty quickly uh but i will say solemn you've got competition uh oh what just arrived in the mail today about 10 minutes ago the lovely post office dropped this off at my house oh can you see that las portiva remember i took second place at a race and veil on saturday today's wednesday so tuesday monday son four days ago i want to i got second place well these guys arrived in the mail today because i ordered them that night i'm so excited thank you glas portiva for taking care of me so quickly so solemn watch out you've got competition give you initial impressions of the las portiva tomorrow all right folks that is it that is today's vlog i love you guys and thanks for tuning in if you like running videos especially mountain running hit that subscribe button i know you'll enjoy what i'm capturing with my gopro somewhere wherever that thing is seek beauty work card thank you solemn thank you las portiva thank you world love each other see you tomorrow