 Yo, yo, now we're ready now. We're ready for this day. Okay comment of the week right now, and here we go folks It's time for yes, it's Monday Monday is comment of the week time. Are you ready for this? Are you ready for this YouTube buckle up? I used to be a team sport athlete in high school hated running ran a 628 mile Puking because we were forced to run sub 630 for basketball 20 years of rest and 125 pounds later I decided I should get in shape before I turn 40 I had a little over two years to meet that goal and still running was no thought I had to lose 60 pounds before I could even start to exercise Six months and 60 pounds later I decided on a whim to see what I could run a mile in I made it a third of the mile of a mile and had to walk I Ran and walked a 13 minute mile wanted to die hated every second could taste blood But for some reason I wanted to try again and again and again Something so miserable yet. I wanted to keep doing better and pushing myself I had full control only me to compete no work stress life noise in the way Just me and my misery a year and a half and 90 pounds later I just set a new mile PR of 6 17 Wanting to puke absolutely miserable, but wanting more Thank you Detecting MO for that comment of the week and for sharing about your story and how like the struggle of life of You know, listen, we all get older Maybe we get a little out of shape at times But a light bulb goes off in our brain like wait a minute There's more to this life than just sitting on the couch right more to this life to just being Stagnant and not moving forward in all sorts of different goals in this world So thank you. What a great comment and I'm just inspired now. I'm inspired. I don't know about you But all right, let's get going. I got about an hour before the Sun goes down and yes a snow storm is on the way All right before we head out into the streets of Denver I can see that the the cloud bank of snow like moving this way So thankfully in addition to the mystery shoes arriving in the mail Something else arrived in the mail and you better believe that they're green my new winter running gloves right here I was gonna wait to show you these for back at the house, but I can't resist I can't resist showing them to you right now and we will talk more about these gloves in a later video first I'm gonna of course test them out for you guys just to see if they're legitimate and if they're a good product And I took a little bit of a risk buying them online and not testing testing them out in a store But I couldn't pass up the deal and of course the color. All right, let's get them on come on Time to go into streets of Denver. Come on Simba down baby that comment of the week got me going good run in downtown Denver And if you've been watching this daily running vlog for a little while now You know that I love to support local running shops local running stores the small guys that are just trying to make a buck in This world. All right. I am in full support of going to your local running store in buying running shoes from them However Sometimes a deal is too good to pass up and that's where the competition of the running shoe marketplace Makes a difference for us the consumers so we can pinch a few pennies and save some money So we can buy some more shoes that are on our radar for racing on different surfaces at different distances So here we go ladies and gentlemen. What is in the box? I have my big trusty knife here and we're gonna cut right into this guy this Yes was a oh Get a little hot. This was a cyber Monday deal. Okay, that's where the thirty four dollars comes in thirty four dollars for this shoe Can anyone guess what it is? All right, let's open this up. Hold on. Here we go. Don't cut yourself. Don't cut yourself. Oh Now you know the shoe company. Oh, no, I cut into the box. Oh, well now, you know the shoe company now What is the shoe? What is the shoe? Here we go? Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. And what color is it? I think you probably already know what color it is That's right I picked up for thirty four dollars the new balance Zanty version for the new balance Zanty version for with fresh foam through that midsole, baby And look at that color. Look at that color. Isn't that a pretty color all baby So I've been looking for a lighter weight road shoe and for thirty four dollars on cyber Monday I just could not pass up this deal It looks so good. All right, I'm actually holding this for the first time and Let me take out the the paper Nice not bad not bad at all. I'm just trying to feel the weight Yep, they get the right size. Yep, right size. Okay, it's pretty lightweight. It's pretty lightweight Okay, I have been intrigued by the Reebok float ride run fast shoe, but it's a lot of money. In fact It's either It's either as much as the vapor fly 4% or it's a hundred and like 80 I can't really I can't quite I have to do a little more research, but I'm intrigued by that Reebok shoe I'm intrigued by the vapor fly 4% flying it, which is an amazing shoe as well But who wants to fork over another two hundred and fifty dollars for a running shoe? I know I do not at times I can make that happen, but that's like maybe once a year Therefore this guy I think I don't know I mean I bought this because the price was right and I am running a 10k road race in about two weeks and the vapor fly 4% did not work so well for me at the 5k distance and so I Think I may have just found a good one and just a few brief observations of the shoe out of the box And again, I have not run in the shoe yet, and I believe I was mispronouncing. It's not Zanti. It's Zante I think what is that Italian? I don't know what what is that? What is that? So is that this shoe is not? Incredibly flexible, which is a good thing. I think it'll help me personally stay up on my toes a little bit It'll reduce the amount of energy loss when I'm because I like to strike my on my toes And I can tell that the flexibility is not it's not too flexible, which is a good thing for me I'm also noticing a ton of breathability through the toe box and At least that's what it appears like. I'll just have to test it out And speaking of which the sketchers and my first impressions of the sketchers is coming very soon Yesterday my toes were getting a little chilly in the sketchers Ultra-go through the toe box and as far as breathability it was almost allowing too much cool air through So I'm gonna have to figure out whether I need to wear thicker socks for this shoe or not I don't know if that's common in all sketchers shoes Maybe you could let me don't know down in the comments if you're a sketchers fan like what you experience with air flow through Your toe box, but this does appear on the zante to have a pretty breathable toe box Which definitely in the summertime is a good thing and also, you know Just hard workouts at any time because you know you're sweating and working hard and also through the upper it has this What they're calling the hypo skin the hypo skin this upper material here toward the back of the shoe They're calling it the hypo skin and it it's interesting. It's pretty fairly dirt feels very durable to the touch And I don't know like it looks really it just feels very comfortable to hold in like I don't know it feels like good good build quality as I'm holding it and the outsole is a pretty Standard pattern nothing you nothing too unique or crazy with that outsole definitely designed for the roads This is for sure a road shoe Not not a trail shoe and then you've just got that fresh foam That new balance is so well known for these days through the midsole and nothing You know not too many bells and whistles through the midsole as far as construction. So anyway, that's just a few observations And Just beautiful. Oh, I love this might be my most favorite looking shoe in 2018 we shall see we shall see okay the question of the day Let's get right down to it ladies and gentlemen. Here we go This is an interesting one an interesting question the day has nothing to do with the Zontes or with the new running gloves that I got Today or it has it's actually really really it's it's kind of for my benefit So I want to learn from you and I want to be inspired by you and encouraged by you and Challenged by you and so here's the question of the day Yesterday we talked about mileage on the vlog Go check it out upper right hand corner and as we prepare on a macro level for a year of running in 2019 on a macro level like I'm excited to actually Really think through and plan out my training schedule for 2019 Remaining flexible, but still having a pretty good plan as I prepare for my first road marathon But I also want to prepare very very well for running and YouTube and YouTube. That's right So the question of the day What do you want to see on? this channel in 2019 because guess what it's right around the corner and so if you've been watching for the last two weeks the last Six weeks the last eight weeks you've obviously noticed an upswing and running content on the channel and it's exciting and I'm grateful That a lot of you have discovered the channel However now that we are at this point in time I want to make sure that I'm preparing well, and yes, that is the keyword of the day prepare preparing well for 2019 on YouTube So this is your opportunity down in the comments to share your thoughts ideas opinions and overall Forecast for what you would love to experience as you watch videos here on this channel in 2019 I know that I just communicated a lot to you, but I cannot stress enough how important this is and think about You can think of it. You can think about it artistically content Um Questions of the day actually like what do you want to see on this channel because guess what? It's not just my channel anymore You know it kind of used to be for a long long time It's our channel and it's a beautiful thing and so thank you for taking the time to type out Two sentences five sentences 20 sentences however long it takes you to communicate your thoughts about the future on this channel I'm gonna stop there I could talk all night about that because I love it and I love you too, but I love you But I gotta go at it and I gotta go just admire my shoes. I gotta go sit there and admire my shoes. That's all that's all see beauty Work hard and love each other. Thanks for being here. Hmm. See you tomorrow