 And yes, we've got a winner everyone. We've got a winner. The Skechers Go Run Peers have a new home. All right, I'll tell you in a little bit, hold on. So I don't know about all of you, but I tend to work right through lunch, meaning I'll eat lunch, but I'll be working at my computer and just pound and ground as fast as I can. And so I'm trying to do better at taking a little midday break. You know what I mean? Just like, pausing, pausing the typing on the computer and just enjoying the lunch. You know what I mean? It's like, ah, so that's what I'm doing right now. That's what I'm doing right now, all right. Ah yes, I'm trying to track down an Adidas AudioS4. Ah yes, I was calling to see if you all carry the Adidas AudioS4. Yes, I was calling to see if you all carry the Adidas Adi Zero AudioS4. Ah yes, I was calling to see if you all carry the Adidas Adi Zero AudioS4. Well, hmm, I probably won't get, I'm probably just gonna have to order online because I don't, I mean, my foot is not that wide but I just don't wanna risk it, I don't think. Well, there you have it, YouTube family. You can't say I did not try to support the local running shoe stores. I probably just called 10 different stores and nobody has my size. And so hey, what are you gonna do? I'm looking for the Adidas Adi Zero AudioS4 as a potential marathon racing shoe. And yes, we're gonna talk about marathon shoes here in a minute out in the studio. But as you know, I love to support local running shoe shops. But I just, it's like, listen, we are all different sizes of runners. We have different feet, different legs, different heights and different sizes. And sometimes I feel like us little guys or little ladies are a little forgotten about in the running shoe world. I'm just gonna call it right now, like if you want my business, I wanna, I'm trying to give you my money, okay? I'm gonna call out all the local running shoe shops in Denver, I just called all of you and the Adidas Outlet Store as well. And nobody has my size. And listen, I'm open to the women's size but of course they usually run narrow and if I'm gonna spend, yeah, they're $140. Like that's not cheap. I want to make sure the shoe fits really, really well. So I'm calling you out and I'm ready. I wanna give you, where's my wallet? I wanna give you my money but it's really hard to do that when you don't carry my size. So all right, that's my little rant for the week and we'll get these shoes. We'll get these shoes for you guys too, yes. Compared to other marathon training racing shoes. All right. All right, about to take the Pegasus 35s out for a quick jaunt and but not before foot strengthening exercises. Remember we talked about this yesterday and I gotta stay on my A game with it as volume continues to go up and up and up in 2019. And pretty soon, not quite yet but pretty soon the intensity is gonna start to increase with more workouts. Not quite yet but it's coming. And so I just, you know, in college that is how I got injured. I think it was the combination of volume and high intensity workouts. So anyway, before that begins, gotta be on the A game. I'm gonna do six exercises for my feet and I'm gonna put a title below each exercise. So hopefully those titles help create some context as to what I am doing. And there you have it. Did the foot exercises. I'm going out for my run. Starting off with a shout out to Ronan. Ronan, thanks so much for reminding me in the comments about updating all of you on how the body and the legs are reacting to the training. Last week I hit 75 miles for the week. Solid week, about 11 to 12,000 feet of vertical gain. So a big week of vertical gain. And I must say like no major aches and pains. So that's a good sign. But every morning I get out of bed and you're probably the same way. Like I feel like all distance runners, especially as we get a little older, like it's just a little, you gotta make sure everything, like I don't know, whatever I get out of bed, I'm like, okay, let's wake up here. Like this is, I'm tight, I'm sore. And it usually takes me about 20 to 30 minutes of just walking around the house before I feel like I can walk normally. So I don't know if you experienced that out there but that's my experience. And basically Ronan, I am reacting, I think pretty well to the volume right now. This week is gonna be an 80 mile week. Hopefully that's the goal. And talk to me in a couple of days cause of the next Tuesday and Wednesday, when you're watching this, it's gonna, they're gonna be some big volume days. So come back in a couple of days and I'll give you some more updates. Thank you, Ronan, for that reminder. And another update, if you're interested in some of the running gear that I wear on a regular basis, it is listed down below from Amazon. Listen, again, if you have a local running shoe shop, go support them, but they don't always have your size or the brand that you like. And who knows, maybe what I'm wearing on my runs, you're like, hey, I like that jacket. I like those sunglasses or those winter gloves look really warm or whatever the case may be, all of the links to those products are listed down below. So just a reminder for that and moving on to the winner of the Skechers Go Run Pure Running Shoes. Here we go, ladies and gentlemen, it's Will. That's right. I'm giving these shoes away to Will. Will, and listen to what Will wrote me. You're gonna love this. Listen to this. Yes, actually, these shoes would be for my son who just turned 12 on the 14th. Happy birthday. That's his size and he wants to start running with me to supplement his swimming. But if you have a viewer you feel may get better use, I'm okay with that too. Love the content, Will. No, Will. These are for your son and your son must be tall. If he's 12 years old and he's in his seven and a half, that's awesome. So, Will, I will put these in the mail. Just send me back your address. That'll be awesome. Oh my goodness. I just love it. I love the fact that we can reuse shoes that aren't being used. And what is the game plan for running shoes moving forward? I would love to help connect people who have extra running shoes to people who may need help getting running shoes. And maybe you have extra pairs laying around that are really gently used. And in my opinion, like gently used running shoes, I would put it in the like under 30 mile range, okay? Maybe 40. But like preferably under 30, under 25 miles. Like you maybe wore them twice and you're like, okay, these are not the right fit or I just don't need them anymore. So, here's the game plan. My PO box is listed down below in every video. Down below in the description. Go look it up and you can send me your running shoes that you're not using anymore and you wanna gift to somebody else. So, what I'm gonna do is once a month, maybe twice a month. We'll see if, and listen, I gotta be a little careful because of like shipping costs. But maybe once or twice a month, I will basically do the giveaway where we connect running shoes from people that just don't need them anymore to people that really do need them. Does that sound good? All right, so again, PO box down below and we'll just do this. We'll see, we'll see. I don't know, it's up to you guys to see how many extra running shoes you have. And again, if you have preferably the running shoe box, I think that would really help people feel like they're getting a new pair of shoes. You know, there's nothing like getting a pair of running shoes with the box. So, and gently used is best. Like under 30 miles, these have 21 miles in them. So yeah, that would be awesome. I'm excited for that. Okay, moving on. And since we talked so much about running shoes and why do we do that? I think it's just that little bridge between sitting on the couch and having so much fun and getting back in shape and exploring the world around us. And by the way, I love getting onto the D'Amore Global Running Strava Group and just looking at all of the maps as to where all of you are running around the world. I am, you know, at times like it can get a little monotonous running in the same location all the time. And so I kind of dream about like traveling to some of these locations like Greece and Indonesia and Australia and Peru and all these different spots on the D'Amore Global Running. And anyway, it just gets me going. But running shoes is the bridge between the couch and all of these adventures out in the world getting healthy. So anyway, I think that's why that's why I love talking about running shoes. And with that said, the keyword for this vlog has to be P.O. Box even though that's not really a word but that is the keyword down below P.O. Box because guess what? We could be onto something here. I don't even like, we could be onto something where we can connect people together through running shoes. It's kind of amazing. And shout out to my brother. He texted me today a picture of this basically this spray. You can spray into the shoes to help kind of help them smell better and just clean them up a little bit. So I will purchase that spray and basically any shoe that arrives at the P.O. Box, I'll take care of them, clean them up as best I can. You could do that too before you send them but I'll make sure I do that before shipping them off to somebody else. Oh my goodness, this is exciting. Okay, and the question of the day. This also connects to running shoes. Do you think, oh, here we go. Do you think there will be a new world record at the marathon distance in 2019 for the men or women, okay? And who will set the world record and what shoe will they be wearing? Oh, this is a good one. And on that note, just so you know, I am planning to do a live watch party for the Boston Marathon and the London Marathon, okay? So stay tuned for more details on that. What a day. Oh, I'm excited. I'm very excited. Congrats, Will and to your son. The early bird gets the worm on this fine day, on this fine day. All right, seat beauty, work hard. Love each other, see you tomorrow.