 Have you noticed been starting the vlog later last like really last like a week Just been busy during the day. So the workday is done. It's about 5 p.m. And Just starting the painting on the house. I told true love that I wanted to get this done within a week That's the goal so Gotta continue onward. All right question of the day What makes you smile? Hmm? What makes you smile? My answer would definitely have to be I just love I must say taking care of my house taking care of my land Taking care of my home where my family lives. I love it And if I didn't enjoy it, I'd probably be a very miserable person because as you can tell I do it a lot whether it's the yard or the painting or what have you or Planting flowers for true love. So it's like what makes you smile. It could be something small. It could be a copy What is it? What makes you smile on a regular basis? Let's just put that in there, too All right Continue on Should be clearing in Georgetown. I'm hoping to run two 14ers tomorrow morning Getting ready for that race the pike's peak ascent on August 21st. So just need to get into that high altitude So I want to zip up early. It's only the 55 minute drive from Denver So I should be able to get up and down and be back for work, you know by 9 9 30 Hopefully that's the goal. That's the goal. So checking the weather looking like it's gonna clear even though it does not look good right now and Let's pack and I'll show you my new shoes my new shoe All right, we got all right. Here we go people the night is quickly escaping the day is done once again another beautiful day on this green earth, but Time for The shoe reveal remember up. Let's do a little flashback. All right got my war paint ready flashback to opening The box two days ago, which I did not put in the vlog until Now that was me opening the box that arrived in the mail. Thank you shout out to running warehouse I like them a lot running warehouse, and I know I like to support like running shoe stores But we actually don't have very many close by here. We go need some more paint more paint for this. Okay basically in college I had nine nine stress fractures nine here in running and yes, I ran on Some stress fractures in a very important race. So I'll have to tell that full story at some point Listen, I'm not afraid to share it. I'm not afraid to share it. Okay So because of those stress fractures, I had to switch to a new brand of shoe that provided more cushioning more support What company is that? Hoka hoka hoka thumbnail thumbnail So basically hoka is known for being having a ton of cushions see how thick that soul is basically provides a lot of I wouldn't necessarily call it support but a lot of Cushioning to soften the blow and a lot of long long distance runners like hoka h okay a because it provides comfort and Cushion while you're running and guess what since I switched now Sorry loud truck is driving since I switched To hoka I have had zero stress fractures keeping in mind I'm not running nearly as much as I was in college in college. We were running anywhere from 85 to a hundred and Five miles a week. Yeah, it was insane and sometimes we bumped up even higher than that But here they are the new hokas No, I did not get these because of the color even though I love the color and it matches the house paint a little bit bottom line It's the Challenger ATR to series from hoka. Thank you hoka We're gonna break them in tomorrow on grays and Tories to 14,000 foot peaks here in Colorado Seek beauty up in the mountains work hard painting the house running mountains. That's your thing maybe you work hard at baking cakes, maybe you work hard at Changing diapers. Yeah, yeah, that's working hard in my book See you tomorrow