 I'm gonna enjoy a beer today from Roadhouse Brewing in Jackson, Hawaii. All right. What beers you got here? We got family vacation, which is our cream ale, and a blue spoon. Here we go. Here we go. Race day. Cheers, YouTube. All right. Rolling out before I gotta hop in the car. Here we go. Everyone. So I'm actually gonna put all the gear in my bag and put it on at the course because I got a little bit of a drive to get there. So that's what I'm up to. Just loading up, heading out the door. Oh, man, feeling good. I didn't sleep the greatest last night, but that's okay. Just getting a little water in me. I cannot believe we get to tow the line together today. And oh, man, I haven't been on a starting line. This is the second time all year. So thanks for coming along the journey, and it's gonna be fun. And I'm just trying to live in the moment, enjoy the moment, even have fun with the moment. You know what I mean? Oh, I do get worked up sometimes when it, not worked up, but I'm not slightly anxious at the, and I think that are nervous at a starting line. And I think that's okay. If you have nerves on a starting line, that's okay. You know, like once you start running, usually those nerves and anxiety might, usually it dissipates. At least it does for me. And so it's okay to have nerves. But at the same time, it's like, this is fun. We train so much solo, alone, out on the trails, in the road, in the roads, out on the track, wherever you train around the world. And so I guess it's like, just relish these moments where we're racing together as a running family around the world. So anyway, that's what I keep telling myself. The reason I came up here to the Teton Village, to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is that the Pikes Peak Ascent, my priority race number one, my peak race of 2019, at least at the beginning of the year, that was the plan, is in three weeks from today, race day. Perfect timing. Like even if it was two weeks, that would be okay, but three weeks is just perfect, because then I can fully recover from this race, from this effort. And the Pikes Peak Ascent is 13 miles, today's race is six miles. The Pikes Peak Ascent is like basically 7,500 feet of elevation climbing, elevation gain. And today's elevation gain is going to be 4,000. So it's just a really, really good precursor and rust buster for my peak race, considering I've only raced one other time in 2019, the Cookie Chase 5K, which went really well. I actually ended up winning that race, but I haven't raced in over three months. So it's time to get the legs moving again at a quicker clip, start the sharpening process for Pikes Peak and the mental sharpening for Pikes Peak. And I want to practice actually today getting off the starting line well, because I know the course is going to narrow down pretty quick. So I don't want to get stuck too far back in the pack today. What else did I want to mention? Oh yeah. So most of my training runs, as you have seen in the last two to three weeks, started at 9,000 feet and top off at 14,000. Well today's race starts at 6,300 feet above sea level and tops off at basically 10,600-10,700. So I'm very excited about the prospect of racing at basically a lower elevation from what I'm used to training at in Colorado. So anyway, thanks for being here. We're just cruising through some beautiful country almost to the starting area and I'll get you a few more shots, but I am going to be very focused once I arrive. So you guys the best, let's do this. Let's do this. Come on. Ladies and gentlemen, my bad. My bad. All right. I'm not going to tell you how the race went. This clip is being filmed after the race, but I'm putting it in the vlog now to explain basically in my, well, I finished the race and they had bacon and there was a lot of people up there cheering and talking and folks that watch the vlog. Thanks for watching, but I did some filming with the GoPro on the railing and I left it. I left the GoPro. I don't know where the GoPro is at and of course I carried the GoPro in the race and I got some great shots of the race, but now I don't have the GoPro. So I apologize. The vlog would have been a little more spicy, a little more fun to watch, but it is. It's water under the bridge. We move on and I'm not going to let it ruin my day. So I just want to let you know, okay, continue the warm up into the race. Oh, I got my water. Oh, don't forget to close the front door. Boom. Okay. Got my shoes in my backpack. Watch. Sunglasses. Sports. Singlet. Water. Again. Energy gels, cameras, of course, and feeling good. All right. It's pretty neat. You can see the top of the mountain. I wasn't sure if we'd be able to, but you can definitely see where we're going to stop up there. Number 71. There we go. We got it. We got it. All right. Let's get this on. Whoa. That is quite the timing chip on the back. What's up? You watch the channel? What's your name? Nick. Nick and Kaelin. Kaelin. Good to see you guys. You guys racing? We're not racing. You're not. I'm just, I'm filming right now. Hey, look at these guys. Say hi to, say hi to YouTube. Where are you guys from? Texas. Texas. Wow. And sorry, you said you're not, you're not racing. We're not racing. But you're just here in town? Yep. Visiting? Wow. You got, that's awesome, man. Well, thanks for coming to say hi. I'm just pinning up here and about to go warm up. I'm a little tight on time, actually. What time is it anyway? Oh, eight. Yeah. So anyway, we'll see you guys after the race. Is that, sorry, what was your names again? Nick. Nick and Kaelin. Kaelin. Awesome. I'll try and remember. All right. Man, we'll see you at the finish. Yeah. We could cool down together. All right. Shout out to Kaelin and I think Nick from Texas. That's awesome. Hi. All right. I got to go warm up. I'm actually going to sign off now. I got to put this camera in the bag so I can send it to the top of the mountain on the tram. Love you. See you soon on the top of the mountain. See you. Work hard. Come on. Let's go. Jackson, your key word. Jackson. Fly the W. Fly, fly that W. That's right. I think we can, I think we had a steak dinner this week. That's right. That's right. I think one hour, one hour and one minute and I think second place was about two and a half minutes back. So, boom. Fly the W. Fly that W. 31 second finish. Appreciate it. Yeah, man. Last job here, Robinson. Come on down, Aaron. Sweet. Yeah. Good work. Thanks, dude. Good work. Next year, go chase it again. Right? I know. Good work, man. Yeah, good job. Yeah. Here we are. Gonna enjoy a beer today from Roadhouse Brewing in Jackson, Hawaii. All right. What beers you got here? Nice. Want it. Got it at once. Not too bad, right? We'll take it. I know. I usually don't. I don't have a ton of beer, but man, I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. We're pulling over now at the Elk Mountain Exit on I-80. The sun is rapidly setting and I want to get three to four miles in my legs just to shake them out, loosen them up. I'm actually, my right glute slash hammy kind of tweaked out about 10 miles back, so it's time to shake out a little bit. And I found a dirt road. That's what I was waiting for. So right outside this wind, oh, it's going to be perfect. So here we go. Wyoming 72. Okay. Let's lace it up. And by the beam, by the boom, just like that, we're back in my house. It's really late, really late. Oh, now I got to edit. So it's going to be a tough long run tomorrow, but we're back. We made it back safe. That's the most important part. And I will give you a race recap. Hold on. Camera's falling. I will give you a race recap tomorrow. Sound good? Question of the day. Who prefer, are you an uphill, a flat lander or a downhill runner? What do you prefer in your race environment? Uphill, flat downhill, maybe a combination of all three that is fine too. Obviously, I love the uphill. So anyway, great day despite losing the GoPro. And yes, if you want to dive into some more racing blogs, they are on your screen right now. Check them out. Click on those. And I think you'll have a good time in the Bronx. All right. With that said, thanks for being here. Thanks for watching. See you soon. Work hard.