 Baby, hey, man. I'm excited. I know I know I know Roadrunner sports. I'm coming for you. I just got to find a parking spot here. All right Let's go inside see what we can't find see what we can't find They were on my They were on my radar Unhappy, yeah, I'm getting all sorts of ads from Brooks on Everywhere today. Yeah social media on YouTube Facebook. So I think they they're really pumped about this. I think they know But anyway, it's like it's pretty entertaining ads that they're pumping out. All right. It's it's Emmett Right helping me out at Roadrunner Sports. Thank you Emmett for taking care of me He he made this happen because anyway, I'll explain later. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. High five Thank you. Yeah, shout out to Emmett for making this purchase happen. Essentially. Oh man guys Like this shoe is very sought after and so they're having a launch party tonight, but they sold it to me early Oh, man, they had to call the manager and everything to make it happen. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you You've got a lifetime customer now. You've got a lifetime Customer I could not resist guys. I could not resist Thank you to everyone that is commenting right now on YouTube about which shoe I should purchase next and Review for you guys This is not that video obviously because right now like my phone is blowing up because you guys are you guys are Commenting and sharing so many amazing ideas for the next shoe to purchase this levitate to in the ugly sweater edition Was on my radar. I've been wanting to buy the levitate to sometime in 2018 I just wasn't sure what it was going to happen. Well as soon as I saw this print and listen guys The what is the Brooks? What is Brooks motto? Where is it run? Happy run? Happy? We all let's run happy in this world Okay, even if we have injuries like plantar fasciitis like we can all I think garner a little positivity in our lives through Maintaining as much as possible an optimistic outlook on the world that we live in which as we know is challenging at times So let's run happy. Let's have fun Remember running is about having fun like as much as we are striving for PRs and hitting goals with training At the end of the day if we're not having fun if we're not happy in our running Well, you know, it's like come on like what are we doing out here? What are we doing out here? So today I was not again I was not exactly expecting to buy these shoes right now But as soon as the ugly sweater Edition hit the hit the shelves at Roadrunners Sports shout out to them again because they took care of me today I I had to get them. I had to get them. So this is gonna be my initial first run impression on the shoe I'm really excited to check out the DNA amp midsole. I've heard anyway I've heard a lot of reviews and I'm gonna give you my thoughts back at the house Let's go three miles by the way I'm doing a three mile shakeout run today on pavement because tomorrow's race come back for that Is gonna be a pavement race. So my theory in my theory in life My theory in running is to do your shakeout run on the same surface that you're racing on so that your legs and your feet and Your overall body can just get ready for that feeling of running on grass on running on a mondo track On running on the roads on running on frankly, which is a different feeling the in my opinion than concrete And even right over here to my right is a is a cinder track an old dirt cinder track So that's anyway, that's what I'm doing today a little shakeout three miles And then some strides in this parking lot once again on pavement just to get that turnover going does that make sense guys? run happy Levitate twos levitate twos Interesting, I'm just gonna say interesting at this point Okay, now I'm gonna hit some strides because I'm racing tomorrow get that turnover going Okay, the jingle bells. They're cute for about a quarter mile then they get a little annoying They might be good though if you want to scare away the bears just saying just saying take them off take them off Oh, man. Wish I would have done that at the beginning the big reveal with true love We know you love to love on the blog. Here she is. All right, hun. First of all, what's the company? Brux, all right. Here's true love's reaction to you know what they've already seen him. I don't know ugly Ugly sweater Don't they look fun look at those shoelaces Yeah, that I'm actually gonna take those All right, that was the bottom part too that was true love's reaction I love them to the brooks That was true love's reaction There goes there goes Katie. Thank you, Katie for getting me right for getting me right on the pf side of things in case you're a new subscriber Welcome, I am suffering currently from plantar fasciitis a lot of you know that already and it's very painful at times But guess what it's trending you want to trend in the right direction two to three weeks ago I thought I was gonna have to stop running because it was so painful now Yesterday didn't even feel it didn't even feel it today. I felt it a little bit. So we're trending correctly Thank you, Katie for helping me move in the right direction and 2019 is gonna be a good year if I maintenance and stick on top of My general health not just running but the flexibility the stretching the strength the stability the core strength All of that adds up to good health. All right, just soaking next to following your instructions Katie I'm soaking next to my beautiful ugly sweater brooks levitate twos. Oh Baby there it is there it is. Okay, the pf is feeling good. We're feeling pretty good down there We'll see how it feels in the morning for the race and on that note I got to go to bed pretty quick because the race starts in about nine hours So I got to go I got to go to bed as soon as possible I'm gonna keep my first impressions of the brooks levitate to ugly sweater addition as concise as possible for you guys Essentially, here we go. I had this shoe on my radar and I realize it's not even Thanksgiving yet. All right It's not even Thanksgiving yet. Let's not let's not forget about Thanksgiving Essentially though. Yes, the upper drew me in I couldn't resist I couldn't resist It's just a fun shoe an enjoyable shoe to look at to run in That is the bigger question the more important question Initially in the store today. I was pressing right here on the midsole see that flex through the midsole and in my mind in the Store at Roadrunner Sports today. I thought that as an analogy. I'll just I'll try and use this analogy for you guys Memory foam on a bed, you know Beds that are made out of memory foam where you push your hand into it and essentially it makes an impression of your hand That was my hope For this midsole Running in it today was not the case. Okay, even though the upper is very enjoyable to look at It's pretty fun, you know joyful and cheerful and and jolly and all that good stuff The midsole right now is is not what that was how's the saying go Today, I was only running at about 820 pace 820 per mile maybe maybe this shoe will feel better at 720 a mile or 630 a mile. I don't know right now running slow. It didn't feel very good But maybe I just need to get up on my toes a little bit more So that's it guys. That's I try to keep that concise for you Essentially, I'm gonna give it a five out of ten for my first impression. That's not good. That is not a good score I don't know what I'm not gonna sugarcoat a good-looking shoe. It's a fun joyful cheerful jolly Ho ho ho type of shoe, but that's just the upper the actual midsole very concerned Okay, enough of that come back tomorrow. I will be racing in the vapor fly. You better believe it, baby Oh, I haven't worn this shoe and I don't know ten days maybe two weeks So I'm excited to lace up again in this guy for a race tomorrow in city park in Denver If you know what race is happening come say hello look for the green hat. That'd be fun to connect almost forgot I'm back almost forgot keyword of the day is Sweater is sweater for ugly sweater shoe right here this guy essentially guys Is this shoe worth the hype? It is for the upper. It is for the upper I actually enjoyed running in the upper today. It's fun to look at but more importantly this caught like I enjoyed the upper However, it's gonna take a lot of work for this shoe to win me over through the midsole right now It's in the basement. It's in the basement not excited about this midsole. We'll see it's just like a big plank of rubber I don't get it. I don't get it. Alright guys and the question of the day. Are you racing this weekend? If so, what's the distance? Where are you racing? And if you're not racing this weekend Will you be racing like let's say a turkey trot or a jingle bell run? Let me know down in the comments I'd appreciate it and I will keep it posted on how tomorrow goes and that is all folks Excited for this guy excited for this guy. Alright, come back tomorrow. See how the race goes I know you guys are interested in racing videos racing recap videos. So that'll be tomorrow's blog. I love you Thanks for being here. See beauty work hard work hard. Come on. Come on. It's turkey trot season We got work hard out there and love each other. See you tomorrow Or should I say