 All right we are heading out ladies and gentlemen the boys and I I gotta talk a little quiet by the way Michael is napping tip of the day real quick lay out all your racing gear the night before or the day before the race lay it all out on the floor from head to toe although right now I don't have my shoes yet because they're in Michael's room so can't forget to pack those but just lay it out so that way on race day you're not forgetting anything you know the drill like you just don't want to be you know fretting and trying to find something the morning of your race and even I like to even get my bib number the night before or two days before and pin it on the shirt so because like it's just the less you have to think about on race morning the better so you can just relax stay calm and just chill out so anyway that is what I'm doing now laying out the poles laying out the all the clothes and by the way you have to look at the weather forecast of course like two days out three days out and then the day before because if the weather is about to change that is going to impact what you wear on race day sound good sound good alright we're rolling to the mountains we're gonna go to the running shoe store today all I cannot wait for this moment this moment all right we are on our way to the mountains and it is the Wild Wild West out here you got to be careful in the past week there have been two avalanches that have come down across this highway I 70 right where we're about to drive through this this canyon so anyway I'm gonna have my eyes out and making sure no avalanches are coming down the mountain everyone I think was okay in the avalanches that got caught but yeah it's serious out here so we are we are not messing around in the mountains holy guacamole all right let's just keep our eyes eyes peeled all right boys we made it to Carbondale now we're gonna go pick up Uncle Joseph and remember how you've been asking about running shoes should we try and go find you guys some all right that's right so we're gonna try and go find some running shoes at independence run and hike but boys there's no guarantee that they're gonna have your size okay so we just gotta we just got a roll with it okay you try and slide your foot in there wiggle that tail around wiggle your toe wiggle your big toe wiggle it yeah that's 13 or is it that's 13 okay it's a regular speed cross yeah what do you guys think you already running all right they are they are they found their shoe now what are these actually called like the model the speed cross speed cross okay speed cross bungee nice all right so we are at independence run and hike and I have to ask the name is it independent is it from independence pass or where is it from so the name actually came from the owner Brian's dog okay I was named Indy and went on all Brian's adventures so the store was named after him and immortalized him in the sign now he passed away the year I started like four years ago okay same year Brian's first child was born so it's it's awesome it's a good name for a shoe store you know running shoes it's like free spirit and get out there now we're in Carbondale Colorado so that's near Aspen Glenwood Springs for everyone do you do group runs from here so every Thursday night we do a fun run from the store so usually just a short you know four mile loop around town sometimes we'll pop up to local trail mushroom rock yeah and drink a couple free beers after and go out for pizza nice cool all right man well Sean thank you for taking care of the boys and yeah and good luck to all your racing throwing down right have fun getting in the deep snow this weekend first pair running shoes in the bank you guys got to grab your box boys come here real quick boys can you believe that they had your size in the Solomon Speed Crosses can you believe it tip of the day never ever throw away your first pair of running shoes if you're a youngin keep them forever they will you will you will cherish them 20 years 30 years 40 years down the road right so you're gonna keep these shoes forever right dinner was delicious thanks for cooking Joseph let's see so tomorrow first race of 2019 the America's uphill for all the new subscribers Joseph where is this race taking place how far is it and what's the vertical gain a little place called aspen going up a pretty amazing ski area aspen mountain I'm a little biased and yeah it's a short race distance wise it's about two and a half miles but it gains 3200 feet of vertical 3267 I guess to be exact okay so yeah it's it's deep it's obviously winter here in Colorado so it's on the snow so I think I told you earlier today that I was gonna tell you the shoe decision but I didn't realize it was gonna be snowing so it's between the speed cross fives and the innovate artic claws with the micro spikes do you have any opinions Joseph yeah it's a tough choice either way it's gonna be a hard race we've got we're talking about micro spikes and anybody out there not familiar this kind of a micro spike is and so it's basically gonna it's snowing right now it's been snowing all week it's we got an email a couple hours ago the race is still on barely barely who knows like depending on how much snow like they have to keep everybody safe up on the mountain so we're just kind of monitoring the snowfall like they said it could be six inches tonight yeah these inches easily yeah so it might be a powder day it might be pretty soft I mean yeah avalanche dangers up it's yeah it's kind of wild right now so I will I'm gonna make a game day decision tomorrow I just based on the snow conditions at the base of the mountain as to which shoes I take out and we're both gonna be using poles right yeah definitely poles for yeah it's a pole day and yeah so come back tomorrow for the results should be sure it's gonna be a it's gonna be a red line event right such a unique race I guess every race is unique for this this type of race is yeah it's a unique challenge yeah by the way did I mention this is my brother Joseph did I mention that in the beginning all right that's it we oh yeah keyword is going to be what's the key word putting you on the spot vertical vertical keyword is vertical and right and the question of the day had to think about it for a minute are you racing this weekend that's the question of the day any distance anybody racing under two and a half miles but is anybody racing over 3,200 feet a vertical gain or a vertical 1,000 meters that's the question day all right see beauty work hard