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That's all I got I tell you what it is a life skill teaching yourself how to tie your running shoes in the winter with gloves on Good life skill to have just saying just saying I know you two family That I have to run Faster I have to run faster. That is the title of today's run on Strava I just know it and guess what I can't believe it. I feel like February 1st was yesterday We are almost halfway through February, and I could not be more excited because what does that mean? March April May March April May which means the marathon is it's not quite 90 days away, but we're getting there We're getting there and oh man today was the first day I wanted to go a little faster just a little faster in 2019 And so that's what I did in yes the sketchers razor threes and I'm gonna talk about the run The distance the pace and how the razor threes did in the second video Today oh yeah, and now Time to face some fears time to face some fears. Oh Facing fears Everyone facing fears, you know the key word is fear today. Oh man 2019 it's gonna be a great year if we can rise up and yes at times at times Not all the time but at times face our fears That's what I began to scrape back the surface on today Here I'll explain What I was just running on Facing our fears facing our fears YouTube in 2019 that's right. Oh, I wanted to bring this topic up about a month ago Earlier in the year, but it slipped through the cracks And so now I'm just Revisiting this thought that I had a month ago about facing our fears as runners as People in this world engaging with the culture engaging with our work our school Whatever the case may be whatever stage in life you are in I think as runners we have a leg up on everybody else in facing Fears of this world and entrain through our training through our racing and through frankly our Discipline because as runners a lot of times the accountability comes down to us You know, maybe you have a coach Maybe you don't but after high school after college like there's a there's a good chance You're gonna be running solo and so the accountability to get out the door falls to us Okay, why did I go to the track today with a broom when there's you know, there's about three or four inches of snow left on the ground It's quickly melting in Denver But there was snow there and I had a I had a suspicion the snow would still be there I wasn't positive though and I almost brought a shovel and just so you know I am A lot of tracks in Denver are closed to the public and I'm like in Buna Vista where I grew up in call Buna Vista, Colorado The track was open. You just went and used it like it was I Regret that I did not use the track more in Buna Vista when it was just totally open You didn't have to reserve it. You didn't have to have a key to get in you just went and you used it Well now in the big city, there's more rules more regulations and so I have yet to discover a really great Mondo track in Denver that is just straight up open to the public at any time Actually, if you know of any local Denver folks, let me know in the meantime though in South Denver near Harvard Gulch Park There's this old dirt track. You saw it today. You saw the mud and Basically, I think it used to be attached to a school but now it's just sitting there and Nobody well, you know who uses it the people use it to walk their dogs and let them do their business out there So I'm like what I'm thinking now in 2019 that dirt track Which is beautiful because now it's gonna save my legs a little bit because believe it or not Running on Mondo tracks is a little harder because there's concrete underneath the rubber that that rubberized Mondo So I'm really excited to get back out there once the snow is gone But why did I go there with mud with snow? Let me explain. I went to that track today to begin to face My fear. What is my fear? I'm just here it is here it is. I Not as much anymore But in college especially when I was training with future Olympians, okay future Olympia many guys that went on to to race at the Olympic trials in the 5k steeple Chase 10k I had some fears going to the track to do interval work with those guys Now listen on the long run at Magnolia Road at 8,000 feet above sea level with 3,000 feet of vertical gain or 2,000 whatever it is. I had no fear no fear of the long run with those future Olympians But on the track with mark wetmore standing by and here is an old just to show you Here's an old booklet from the CU days like this is our I guess it'd be the the team What would you call this just the team booklet? It has all the runners in here with our records and So like even these two guys on the front cover Stephen Piper Brent Vaughn They went on to compete at the Olympic trials. They didn't make the Olympics But all I'm saying is I had fear of interval training on the track and I did okay I held my own but it definitely is not my strength Which is probably why I'm a little fearful and so that's something to think about in your life and your training and your running Like if there's something that isn't your strength, you might be a little timid and that's okay But the key is to recognize that you're timid by that exercise by that that distance of running that Set of interval workouts and face the fear so but how do you face fear? In your world There's a lot of this okay, and I'm not a psychologist I just want to put that out there right now, but I know of no better way than to Face it head-on but to ease into it. Okay, so for example I would much rather Run in the mountains every single day getting four to six thousand feet of vertical gain That does not scare me at all that light lights a fire in me Going to the track and doing eight by one K repeats with 90 seconds rest Yeah, that scares the bejesus out of me And so when it came to the speed work on the track with the CU cross-country Although we didn't go to the track too much in cross-country, but definitely in the track season I just had anxiety inside me, but now in 2019 I'm recognizing that because guess what I mix like running up for running a 450 per mile 5k, I don't know if I can quite do that right now like not right now But like in 2019 that scares me really like averaging 450 miles for a 5k 520 miles for 26 miles Doesn't scare me as much. I know it's gonna be hard. It's gonna be difficult It's gonna be painful as all get out, but I am way more excited about 520 pace versus 450 pace and Therefore today I went to the track to to begin not to face the fear and just like knock it to the curb because it takes time To overcome a fear. Okay, you can't just expect to snap your finger and be over it So I went to the track day to track today to begin Going around that loop because I know I'm gonna have to get faster and do faster training in 2019 If I want to break yeah 219 in the marathon I have no idea if I can do it But I'm gonna try and you know in order to get that goal in order to meet that goal I know I got to do some faster training on the track not too much But a little bit a little bit and so today was the beginning of that process of just getting my mental state ready for that circular Oval type workout where I'm doing like Three by three case with you know three minutes rest or whatever the case just like good Solid track workouts and frankly I would love to do some workouts with like five to ten guys or and ladies But just like get a good group like I okay. Can you tell I've been watching some? Some documentaries on the East African runners like I'm just watching them train on these tracks And they're just like in a pack of 10 15 guys Just crushing it on this dirt track, and I'm like oh that looks so much fun And so anyway, that's what I'm doing today. That's how I'm facing my fear in 2019 is just Dipping my toe onto the muddy Snowy track. Oh, baby. And again the keyword is fear and the question of the day What do you fear in running in? Training or in racing if you could pick all three you could pick one of those What is your greatest fear and don't tell me you don't have any fears? All right, whatever and you could think outside the box like get like really just stop and think for a minute What are you fearful of and for me? Yeah, it's intervals on the track Yeah, yeah, yeah Seek beauty work hard and love each other. Don't forget video to publishing at 3 p.m. Mountain time today All about the sketchers razor through