 Guys, I'm a little nervous. I'm a little nervous about this time trial. You know a 5k time trial 15 minutes of pain 10k time trial 33 minutes of pain half marathon time trial now We're talking about going to the pain locker a little bit if you want to see how it unfolded with splits and stuff Go to Strava connect with me on Strava down below my profiles listed down below in the description of this video I'd love to connect with you and Let's you know start running fast together My strategy is to go out hard and hang on It's you know, it's not a race so I can take a few risks and Stay tuned for later in the video I'll break down my effort today and I'll also reveal a few of my other Personal records and I'd love to hear some of yours of what you've run and maybe a half marathon So anyway, we'll get to that in a minute, but first I get to Washington Park in Denver, Colorado Oh, yeah, I am at five thousand two hundred eighty feet above sea level. So, you know, you know, it makes a little difference Let's get to the park It's time it's time for the pain bring on the pain locker Oh man guys half marathon time trial today in the Nike vapor fly 4% flying It's a distance that this shoe is actually made for I've done no mile time trial I've done a 5k a 10k ran 33 flat 33 minutes flat basically for a 10k two weeks ago in this shoe on a concrete path And today I'm gonna do the half marathon In a park here. I'm in a park and basically if you do remember the marathon Olympic marathon time trial when they did it in Central Park in New York in New York City Basically this park kind of mimics that as far as it's not totally flat It just has some slight rolling hills to it It's really hard to find a flat 13 miles anywhere in any city or in definitely in Denver So I think this is gonna be the best option. It's about two and a half miles The loop is about two and a half miles. Maybe just a slightly under so that means I'm gonna go around I don't know 12. I know five or six times. So it's exciting. I'm ready. It's gonna hurt come along with me And let's see what happens. Let's see what happens. Isn't this fun? Like just seeing what the shoe and of course I'll give you my thoughts on how the shoe performs in a longer distance effort This will be the longest distance that I've run ever in the shoe Come on. All right folks filming with a GoPro 7 and I'm gonna carry the GoPro for part of it Not all of it believe it or not carrying something in your hand It does throw your your arm swing off just a teeny tiny bit Even though this is a very lightweight camera. So I'm gonna I'm not gonna carry it the whole way and I got to go plant some water along the course because it's gonna get warm out here and You know, it's just me. So there's no there's no aid stations in time trials. You just go for a baby. All right Let's go. Here's a good spot. Don't put it up here. I Got to take these warm arm warmers off way too hot Put you away for a second today's key word His PR in question of the day What is your half marathon PR comment below? Where did you do it? When did you do it? Will you attempt another one? PR down below I'll tell you my time in a minute here. Oh Finn kicked up those last two miles. Oh That just made it nice and fun other than someone I've taken my arm warmers My neon green arm warmers are gone, man. What other than that? It was a great day. Holy Glockamole. Oh That was fun and hard and pain locker worthy So I'll just have to get some new arm warmers. It was worth it. I'll lose those for that time You're ready for it 10 minutes and 57 seconds What we're talking about so I'm trying to process that I'm definitely a little surprised and But what I don't have to process is what's about to be in my belly Guys before we dive into my thoughts on today's time trial I want to zoom in literally to this shoe to show you the Just show you the wear and tear that's happening thus far Especially after a hard effort today on pavement for 13 miles. All right So there's the close-up a little breakdown happening on the outsole. That's okay That's to be expected nothing major around the midsole just like I would say your general Your general abrasion on the out on the midsole and then that the upper like the knit upper like absolutely nowhere in tears So very good, and I'll be interested again to see where this what this looks like at a hundred miles We're not there yet, but basically guys that was fun. Oh I was doing the math in my head as I was running and listen I today's time trial was 500 and 960 feet of vertical gain the park that I did it in it was a little hillier than I Thought but that's okay. It was a good challenge I wish obviously like a flat completely pancake course would have been faster But it was hilly and I think the biggest thing is that I like to respond to Competition and I think I do pretty well with that And so I chose to do the time trial at Washington Park in Denver because I knew there would be a lot of bikers And joggers and just people out that I could kind of go go after there were even a few cars That were like pulling in alongside me and I kind of pick it up a little bit to stick with them So the combination of elevation, you know a little hilly and not not having like real competition around me is very intriguing very intriguing for 2019 and what I'm hoping to do in the half marathon and marathon distance guys You're a lot of new subscribers. I don't think I've said this yet. I I've never run a Road marathon. I am an ultra runner who is coming back down. So over the last three years. I've been running ultra ultra races So 50 K's 50 milers and just long long races that are hard So I think I have the leg strength and the overall body strength to do a marathon, of course But it's like now it's like okay that anaerobic Development which toward like the last mile and a half. I was like, okay, there's the burn This is what I remember from collegiate cross country like that deep lung burn And it was a beautiful thing like if it I was able to push through it for the most part If you see my splits on Strava like I slowly got I got a little slower. I think my last mile was 532 I think I averaged 525s and the final time was an hour as I already mentioned was an hour in 10 minutes and 57 seconds So I'm excited. Thank you for watching and I wouldn't I'm I'm fascinated to hear your thoughts on Your PR times in the half marathon comment down below and yes, the keyword is PR today Oh one last thing one last point the technology of this shoe because of my plantar fasciitis Which by the way, it was not horrendous today I can feel it now, but it's not it's not horrendous and thank you for all of your comments Your guys are crushing it in yesterday's vlog especially about like ideas for taking care of the planter And I basically agree with all of the comments like there you guys get it And I know you're suffering out there and if you're currently suffering I'm sorry, you know, it's painful and it's annoying and it's oh, it's rough It's rough, but the technology in the Nike vapor fly 4% flying it I was not able to fully use it because of my planter like I didn't feel like I could push as hard as I wanted off of the carbon fiber plate That runs from the heel all the way to the toes but like the design of the carbon fiber plate in the shoe is to alleviate some of the flexibility and the pushing off that you do with your toes as you're rolling to your next step So because of that, I don't know I bet it's just more encouraging news that maybe I can go even faster Once my fasciitis is cleared up fair enough you guys rock. Thank you. Thank you Let's do this. I'm excited. I'm excited for 2019 and I'm excited for you being here Seek beauty work hard Love each other See you tomorrow. See you tomorrow. New balance beacons new balance beacons tomorrow. Oh, can't wait