 potentially two marathons. So one in the spring, one in the fall. You guys know which one in the fall is. If you hear screaming in the background, don't worry. Michael's rejecting his nap. Michael's rejecting his nap. But we're good. Okay. Heart to heart time. Cheers. Cheers to a great 2019. Yes. Epic 2019. Epic 2019. And an incredible 2020 coming up. Okay. So it's time everyone. A new decade. Yeah. So cool. It's time to start prepping for the new decade, the new year, new racing, new filming. Okay. And to talk about everything we think we can pull off together. Yeah, a lot. Boom. And it's crazy. And we're having a baby. Oh, and we're having a baby. That was a major point we got to talk about in case you didn't know. Well, if you're new, welcome. Baby is arriving. Can I show? When? Okay. February 22nd to due date. But I think Michael came two weeks early, basically any minute. Basically. We're prepping right now for this baby. Yeah. Michael came early. So that is a big point to consider. And what does that make? How many people on a cross country team? Oh, four. Oh, boom. That's all we're doing here. Cross country team. We're doing our bit. Yeah, we're building the cross country team here. Megan, yeah. So two weeks ago on a vlog, I asked everyone to chime in on what they would like to see on the channel in 2020. Like a stop to cover. Yeah, different ideas. And one, some people said don't fix it if it ain't broke. Keep doing what you're doing. Amen. Right? He's got the wisdom. But, but everybody, basically some of the most popular vlogs from 2019 were definitely the racing vlogs. Okay. Were you racing or where? Both. Wow. Yeah. So whether it's Pikes Peak, whether it's Western States. Oh, yeah. So I'm listening to your comments from that vlog two weeks ago. If you haven't seen it and you want to chime in, what I'm going to do in 2020 is go back to that vlog over and over again and look and see what people want me to film. Well, that's fun. And talk about the people speak. So that's up a right hand corner. Okay. But now, true love and I, we're going to have a heart to heart. Okay. About the schedule, keeping in mind, there's a baby on the way. There's a baby on the way. Also keeping in mind, it's our fourth baby and we know what we're doing. Yeah, we got, babies are the easiest. Yeah. It's, you know, your five and six and seven year olds where you're forming virtue. That's where you're the rubber meets the road. Babies, they sleep. They sleep. Here we go, Han. Travel schedule 2020. It's on your screen. And basically, we're actually going to the first one on the screen. I'm actually not going to, it's a, it's a secret. And so we'll say that for, we'll say that, but we got to talk about it at some point. So because of Houston marathon out, Olympic trials out. For now. For now. Yeah. So you went 2024. We, doors have been opened in a good way, meaning I will be healthy in the, I'll give you an update on the, on the knee soon, but I will be healthy, hopefully in two to three weeks, maybe four weeks. I don't know, which means I would love to run potentially two marathons. So one in the spring, one in the fall. You guys know which one the fall is. Yeah. New York, baby. New York, November 2020. The whole fam's going to be there. November 1st. November 1st. But I'd love to talk to you about April. So there's the Boston marathon, April 20th out in Massachusetts. So for that one, everyone, I would not be running. That would be filming. Okay. Boston marathon, April 20th, April 26th, the London marathon. Whoa, the next week. So this is where we got rubber hits the road. So that would be, so here's the deal. I probably cannot get into the London marathon for me personally. It would be more me going to film. Okay. So I'm putting a big asterisk next to the London marathon. But if you look the next week, the first weekend in May. Oh my gosh. Perfection. May 3rd in the Czech Republic. It's an IAAF marathon. It's a fast course, very competitive. Okay. And so kind of like, and this is where we got to talk, but kind of like Vienna. Yeah, and then Riggs. Vienna and Amsterdam. Amsterdam. It's an option. Yeah. As a spring marathon combo. I think that's a good thing for our buck. One, all the time and energy and money's invested in it, but you're only gone once. And you're, we're only out of our routine one time. And as long as you have enough time to film and catch what you want and rest your legs before you race, I think that's brilliant. Plus, listen, we're not big. I'm traveling. You don't need to try across the ocean once. Yeah. Yeah. And ton of people in the UK. Shout out to the Irish. True loves Irish. I'm drinking Irish breakfast tea right now. Thank you very much. So shout out to the Irish, the Scottish, the Welsh and the Brits. Okay. So we're all, so I would go to London. We would do a group run. Okay. Film Kipchogi. Wow. And then that's his next thing. That's his next marathon. Yeah. No, I think London. So and then zip over to the Czech Republic. Okay. Race and then come home. Yeah. So that's an idea. I like that. I like back to back. Is it exhausting to film, taper and vlog? It's exhaust. It's always exhausting. Yeah. But it would be good. And you've done it before. I've done it before. Yeah. Yeah. So anyway, that's just an idea. I like that idea. Now, so with Boston. Yeah. That's like the weekend before. Well, and I'm just, it's just an idea. So this is where like with the new baby, put you on the spot. What do you think? He's two months old. Yeah. Yeah. He's sleeping well. Yeah. So for boss, I think my mom's coming out somewhere. Okay. So I'm not worried about the baby two months old. Okay. He's sleeping. If I come to Boston everybody, we're talking 36 hour trip. Yeah. I would go America. I would show up Sunday. Yeah. Fly home Monday night. See ya. And we do a group run in Boston. Perfect. Film the Boston marathon. Okay. Zip back. Okay. So who's doing Boston? Anybody like Chogie? No, big names, big names, big names. It's a big, it's a big marathon, but not. Yeah, big names. Plus if ever you did run it later, it'd be good to kind of see, do they change the course every year? Yeah. Kind of check it out. No, it's the same. Okay. So, okay. Yeah. I'm not worried about April at all. Moving on to the summer. Veil, perhaps. Yeah, veil games. Go pro mountain games. Yeah, I'm putting that in right now. That's my favorite. Now, moving on to Western states and the US Olympic trials. Okay. So if I'm gone that much in April and early May for London and the Czech Republic, I don't know if I'd like to be gone for Eugene, Oregon and Western states. Yeah. It's summertime. The kids are off school. That's true. So I'm, this H there on the screen is kind of a, I would say is a big, big maybe for me. Okay. But anyway, but I do think everyone loved Western states this past year. Yeah. Pretty epic filming. Yeah. Definitely helped the channel grow a lot. Yeah, that was a big name for us. Found a lot of new people. Yeah. And no, I'll just say, Walmsley is not running this year. Okay. He's running down in South Africa. Okay. But there will still be a lot of big names. Okay. So I'm thinking most likely passing on the Olympic trials. Okay. Because then I would be gone, let's say the 22nd to the 28th. That's six days. Right. I mean, one thing to note is my mom will be in town. That's true. So her mom is the best. She is the best. You will see her this summer on the blog. She's the greatest woman. She is a teacher and just watching her be with my kids has taught me how to parents. She's amazing. Yeah. So now I would say anything in the summer works for me because my mom will be here. Yeah. Okay. And Kate at some point. Yeah. Okay. So that's June. Okay. Moving on to July hard rock 100. It was snowed out last year. Too much snow here in Colorado. And so they canceled it last year. Everyone was bumped to this year. So you're automatically in. So you're automatically in. So Schlaub and Browning, I think. Dylan Bowman. No, I'm not in. No, no, no, no. The hard rock 100. Yeah. Yeah. It's a hundred mile race. We're not doing 100 mile races for a long time. For a long time. 40s. So I think I would want to do that. And it's in Colorado. Now, this is where it gets tricky. So hard rock 100. We're coming for you. Okay. For filming, not running. Yeah. He's August. So Pike's Peak marathon. So I'm going to register January 1st. Now, are you for sure doing the marathon? Would it be smart to do both? And then we have the option? Or it's like, no, we're registered for both. Yeah. Possibly. Yeah. I mean, no, I mean, although I bet if we register for the marathon and at the end for whatever reason we wanted to switch, they would probably let you. I don't think so. No, they're pretty strict about that. They're kind of, they're setting their ways. So I think that I want to race the marathon because I want to race, even though like Joe Gray is great, I want to race the European guys. And the marathon is part of the Golden Trail series this year. Yeah. And all the like last year, the Europeans came over. Yeah. And they did great. And they ran fast. And Kylian. Yeah. Kylian Joannette. And so I don't know if Kylian's going to come back. But this is where it gets tough is L on your screen in August, August 23rd. If Bekele and Kipchogi race each other in the Olympic marathon in Tokyo, which is a long ways away. It's two weeks before Pike's Peak. So I'm in a little bit of a pickle because obviously I want to do well at the Pike's Peak marathon. Right. I think I don't know how long it takes to fly to Tokyo. I'm assuming I would go to Seattle in Seattle to Tokyo. So it's actually not a ton of flights. It's just like a long ways across the Pacific Ocean. But if it's Bekele versus Kipchogi in the U, in, I would, it's like a, it's literally once in a lifetime because they're both. So this year Bekele ran two seconds slower than Kipchogi's world record. In different, but they didn't race each other. Right. And so everyone's wondering like, because Bekele I think is two or three years older and this is, he's coming to the end. Like he doesn't have, he doesn't have much left. So I'm, that sounds like a challenge to me. So I'm in a little bit of a pickle, but I don't know what you think. Well, could we, we definitely should register for Pike's Peak and then see how it all plays out. What if one of them gets an injury? Yeah. And we can even decide what, 12 weeks, eight to 10 weeks before August 9th of how we want to do that. But no, you're right. That would, if you do decide to go there, I mean, I just, I love the world, but America is the best. And I just, I'm not a big traveler. We're homebodies, but I'm going casting out. Yeah, bless you. So, huh, that sounds good. I think wait, I think pause and just wait and see you're right about injuries. If one of them doesn't race, then it's not as epic. Okay. Yeah. No, that's really all I, I'd love to see them race against each other. I bet that guy, who was only two seconds behind him, they're racing in real life. Kipchogi, or I would say the Kalei has more brute speed. Okay. Like he just is faster turnover. Okay. But I think Kipchogi has the more, he can hold a harder pace for longer. But if they were neck and neck at the end of the race, I would say they might get him. Yeah. But he's older. Yeah. Yeah. He's got old man strength. Okay. Everyone moving on, rounding out the heart to heart here is New York City. Yeah, that's the for sure. So November 1st, New York City. I'm in. I haven't registered yet, but I'm going to get in and we'll definitely be doing a group run there. So basically after Pikes Peak hunt, it's like September, October, clear. Yeah. Really no focus in there. No filming, races, no travel. Okay. And then December, nothing either. So hunt. And then we get home from Marath, New York, and we go to Vail for my birthday. Boom. Hello. Come on. Zooming out a little bit. Okay. Is this too much travel, especially with the baby in late April and May? I do not think so at all. First of all, the hardest for me is the first like three weeks. And we didn't talk about the boulder boulder because it's 45 minutes away. Yeah. Amen. So no, I'm not worried at all. April 20th, January, February to March, March, April will be two months or more because I think he's coming early. Yeah. No, I'm definitely back in regular life by then. Yeah. Okay. No, I'm not worried at all. Okay. I'm feeling real good about this. I think you have a good plan, a good map out. It's honing. This is what it takes is just plugging it in, everybody. This is what I do. I'd be curious to hear, this is not the question of the day, but I'd be curious to hear how you lay out your year of racing. And you just got to plug them in and research. There's so many options. How do you even, yeah, choose? You have to go to a million different websites. And one of your brilliant vlog fans should create one spot. There should be one spot. Yeah. Where everything is listed. Every single race in the world. That would be amazing. That would be amazing. But hon, onward and upward. I think it's a great plan. To 2020, I'm just, okay, I'm not saying that the Czech Republic is going to be, and I also threw out Krakow. But Krakow is the same day as London, just so everybody knows. What if you get into London? I know. Would you want to? If somebody can get me into the London Marathon, I would very strongly consider it. But it's hard. It's like New York City as far as popularity. So it's like, it's one of the six major marathons of Tokyo, London, Berlin, New York, Chicago, Boston. So it's really hard to get into. But if somebody has a connection, I've actually tossed this out to other people. Who knows? I don't know. But I get it. Like they have literally hundreds of people wanting to get in. So in Czech Republic, yeah. Sorry, I should be saying Prague. It's in Prague. Prague is beautiful. I've been there before. It's an amazing city. So it's like you've got the gold standard IAAF races, and then you've got like the next tier down. And that's what Prague is. So it's a very big race. Wow. Yeah, it's not a po-dunk thing. Yeah. So basically the spring marathon will be the, so you're really doing three marathons with Pike's Peak. But this is true. This is true. So Pike's Peak, it's different. Yeah. It's different on the body. It's going to be hard on the body, but it is different. You're right. It's not three pavement ones. Plus, third time's a charm. Three, three for a, three's a good number. Right. Yeah, for New York. So honey. I think it's amazing. All right. Well, thank you. I am grateful that you work so hard and that you're willing to get on the plane and go to all these places because God bless America. We love Denver, Colorado. Yeah. We're going to buy a new suitcase. Oh yeah. We are. We are. For 2020 because the travels continue. Why don't you get like stickers in all the places? Yep. Start putting them on the suitcase. Perfect. Okay. Perfect. All right, honey. Okay, success. 2020. Cheers to 2020. Good heart to heart. And you just never know, like you just got to hash it out with your loved ones out there and come up with a game plan. It's a good plan. And then once you have the races, then you can start building the training around the races, but it really helps to find your races and say I'm committing and then work backwards. But I'm on bread. Work backwards. Yeah. Reverse engineering. Yep. Otherwise, how would you even process? I mean, you literally need to know what you're doing next December. Yeah. Right now. Yeah. So that you can plan out everything. That's very smart. And what's fun is that I get to mix in the filming races as well, like Hard Rock, Western States. I can't film Leadville just so Boston. Oh, that'll be fun. And it'll be nice to because actually Boston 2021. Boom. Boom. Boom. All right. Somebody on the blog just recently qualified for the Boston Marathon. And congratulations to him and to her against Goodman Woman. And to everybody who has qualified and is heading there. Boom. That's a big deal. So you see BQ being qualified in the comments. That's what they're talking about. BQ. So congrats again. And this is going to be fun. And oh, all right. We can keep talking. Good times. Good times. Okay. Yeah. And there you have it. All right. It's about eight hours later. That was fun. That last clip filmed right there on the at the kitchen table. I've never done that before on the channel where I set up two cameras and we just talked and hashed it out. True love and I coming up with a game plan for 2020. It's going to be an amazing year. And yes, question of the day. How is your 2020 racing schedule rounding into form? And what are your top one or top three races that you are anticipating the most in 2020? Okay. For me, well, it would be the first marathon, the Pikes Peak Marathon, and then the New York City Marathon. So whatever that first marathon ends up being, I just don't, we gotta, gotta put out the feelers there and figure out the game plan for that. But at least you are now in the loop as to what's going through my brain for racing and filming for all of you in the new year. Oh, it's happening. It's happening. I can't believe we're, we're almost there tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow. So all right, everyone, we're going to toss it back to the vlog from exactly one year ago, December 31st, 2018. That'll be on the right and on the left. We'll toss it back to the Western States 100 on the left since that was such a big blog from 2019. See beauty, work hard and love each other. See you tomorrow.