 That's right everybody. Key word is welcome because I want to give a big welcome to all of the new subscribers Oh my goodness. It's amazing. I like the London Marathon videos over the past couple days I had no idea how much attention they would get but sure enough Basically, I did a live stream on Facebook and then published my thoughts on The performances by the elite athletes at the London Marathon and whoa Holy smokes the channel is growing very quickly So I just want to give a big welcome to all the new subscribers and to let you know that this is a daily Running vlog YouTube channel so you can expect every single morning and just ask all of the long-term subscribers I publish every day at 5 a.m. Mountain time. All right, so you can kind of set your your clock Maybe you're in Europe. That's about lunchtime for you Maybe you're in Asia that is about about 5 p.m. Approximately and then of course across the US It's usually in or it is in the morning. So anyway, this is a daily vlog. We talk about running We've talked about running gear. We talk about my family life We talk about my past running highlights the highs and the lows We talk about training ideas how to run faster of course running shoes as you can see by the studio I basically am trying to share my story with all of you and share my passion Yes for running and how much I love this sport. So welcome once again, and okay in addition We do running shoe giveaways on this YouTube channel and the next one. I'm going to announce it tomorrow All right, so come back tomorrow I just got a double check a couple dates and make sure it's gonna work And what do we do with these running shoe giveaways? Viewers like you send me running shoes to my PO box Which is down below and then I collect them in my house and what do we do with these running shoe giveaways? Well because of your generosity and in fact, you know what? I'm just gonna put this clip in here right now a couple days ago This happened remember the boxes that arrives two days ago. I think all right guys. Here we go. Oh Yes This is awesome. Oh Ryan hall right the the half marathon and yeah marathon American record holder Ryan Hall. He wrote a book called run the mile. You're in. Oh so cool. Thank you, Joey I've never received a book in the from the in the PO box. I love by the way, Joey and everybody else. I love books Okay, this looks like running shoes Nike oh, let's see. Oh All right, I'm not gonna show you yet All right in box number two box number two. What are they? Oh? Nice epic react size 11. Thank you to Earl in Chicago. This is amazing All right, and I'm gonna wait for the other box I'll show you what's in that one at the running shoe giveaways. That's right That was the latest haul a couple days ago today though Basically our first pair of shoes arrived from outside the country. Thank you shout out to John In Australia, this is amazing. So obviously it's a Nike shoe Well, unless it's something else inside says on the front it says inside the box here Hi, Seth best wishes from John in Tasmania. Oh awesome about 50k of walking only seek beauty work hard And love each other. He wrote that on the inside of the shoe box. That's amazing. All right. What's it gonna be? Oh? Wow Zoom fly flying it this my all this is awesome. Okay, I believe it's size nine and a half Let's wait and see here. Yep size nine and a half. Welcome to the studio. Just put these down. Hold on And so today today was a a little bit of a crazy day I was in frankly a little recovery mode from live streaming the London Marathon and also I spent a good I don't know probably about an hour not quite an hour and replying to your emails I didn't get through all of them if you've emailed me in the last two weeks. I apologize I'm trying to dig through them keep them coming, but just got to be patient there I will say I'm just gonna say it right now I'm I'm much better at responding on Instagram keep your messages, you know fairly short Don't you know you can't write a book, but and I will I will reply on Instagram pretty quickly email is just It's I don't know why but it's always a little tougher for me to get to email I think I think because it's mixed in with all of the promotions and kind of junk email that we all get I know you get it as well. So anyway, keep communicating there But it was a little busy today and what is gonna be behind door number one The new balance fresh foam more that is right the new balance fresh foam more It's got a four millimeter drop weighs 10.2 ounces has a huge Midsole huge midsole lots of EVA foam through that midsole. It's that patented fresh foam that new balance has And it has a wide Platform so the landing area on the on the outsole. It's it's pretty big. It's large So you're not gonna feel even though it's a taller stack height. You're not gonna feel too unstable It's actually it's probably different if you're familiar with as well If you're familiar with the zoom fly flying it that just arrived from Australia This is this is definitely much more narrow through the platform landing on the outsole And even though the stack height is probably pretty comparable to this zoom fly And so that neutral platform will have a little bit of stability built in to help out with Overpronation just a little bit. So I've read now. I haven't tested it yet But that's just based on what I've read and some people have said wow new bounce Are you trying to copy hoka and specifically the hoka bondi? That is the the shoe that has just this crazy huge midsole And you're probably wondering why seth would you want to go so maximal? So a shoe that has a lot of cushion a lot of a lot of midsole I must say I like a little bit of ground contact feel and i'm guessing that the new balance fresh foam more Will not have that much ground contact feel and it'll be really interesting to compare it to the new balance beacon Eventually once i'm out of this boot. Um, but the reason i'm intrigued by this shoe Frankly is to help me stay healthy. Yeah, so I am trying to run a lot. I'm trying to put in high volume I'm trying to run a marathon. I'm trying to deal with pavement and training on pavement in an urban environment And therefore because of my past in injury history And remember we've been talking a lot about my injuries the last couple days I believe that I might need to ante up a little bit with respect to A little more midsole through my daily train for my daily trainers moving forward So that's why i'm intrigued by it. Uh, hopefully in the next Two to three weeks, I'll be able to get my hands on a pair and then hopefully get to take them out for a spin Not long after that so stay tuned that is shoe number one that I will be Hopefully purchasing sooner rather than later. All right shoe number two behind door number two. Are you ready? I don't know about you, but I am ready for the outdoor trail running a season. Oh man here in colorado There's just nothing better than june july august even september just getting up in the mountains hitting the trails Putting that high elevation into our lungs and uh, yeah recruiting those red blood cells But it's good to have a good pair of trainers to get it done and right now I've got the uh, you know, I've got the newly released nike wild horse five and the terra ciger five I'm interesting. I'm excited about both of those shoes Especially the wild horse. I must say uh, but for a daily trainer That's maybe outside of solomon because I love solomon as well I think my next trail running shoe will be The brooks cascadia 14. That's right. It's coming out in june. So the brooks. Now, listen I'm not a huge brooks guy. Uh, I have the ghost 11's you remember when I got those from the I won those that are at the cookie chase 5k, but i'm intrigued by the brooks cascadia 14 It's it's so i've read it's totally uh, it's it's a new update to the 13 just kind of re revamped completely So, uh, anyway, that is my next shoe that i'm interested in it has an eight millimeter Uh offset or drop and it's 10.7 ounces for the men size nine So that's uh, that's heavy, but it's not well It's approaching heavy. All right. It's a pretty if anything approaching 11 ounces is pretty heavy in the trail running Uh scene so we will see but stay tuned if you're interested in the brooks cascadia 14 You're in the right place. I will be giving my thoughts on that shoe very soon. All right, and last but not least definitely totally A strange pick a very strange pick, but I don't know why i'm interested in the shoe Well, I all right. I will tell you why um As i'm preparing for future races And i'm i need to do interval work not a lot, but i know that i need to do interval work Um, and i need to do it on a soft surface, especially after this experiencing this injury So i have a dirt track that i have access to you've seen me run on that dirt track love it It's pretty soft and it'll be interesting to see if it gets more packed down through the summer But i'm also very interested in doing interval work specifically 1k repeats Um 1200 repeats on grass. That's right. There's some huge big soccer fields near my house like Three four five soccer fields all next to each other and you can just go around the perimeter and it's pretty uh even Grass so it's it's nice grass And i'm thinking I want to do intervals on that grass this summer So what i'm thinking is buying a cross country spike. That's right a cross country spike Uh, not a really minimal one, but one that still has a little bit of support All right, i'll just tell you here we go. So that's why i'm thinking about this shoe The ultra vanish xc. That's right ultra a l t r a the zero drop company Is coming out with a cross country spike. It weighs 4.9 ounces It's 15 millimeters off the ground. It supposedly has a grippy rubber outsole And so I know that's crazy and obviously i've got a i've got to heal up I've got to be really careful about taking care of the body make sure i'm not Running on surfaces that are too hard But stay tuned if you're a high school cross country runner Uh cali well, maybe not collegiate because you're probably sponsored by somebody else But especially all the high school cross country runners out there I will be doing a full review at some point of the ultra vanish xc. Does that sound good? So those are my three shoes the new balance fresh foam ore the brooks cascadia 14 in the ultra vanish xc And so again welcome is the keyword hit it up down below Thanks for hitting the subscribe button and especially if you join over the last two to three days through the london marathon coverage I welcome you here and the question of the day is going to be What will be your next running shoe purchase? And yeah, what are you gonna buy? Do you have something on your radar? Maybe it's the same shoe you've been running in for 20 years Maybe it's something new. Maybe it's a racing flat. Whatever it is. Let us know. Oh, yeah Maybe let us know why if you care to thanks for being here. Thanks for uh, you know coming through this simpler vlog If you will see beauty work hard And tomorrow's gonna be a big day come back for that