 By the way, when you're watching this, happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones. Oh, I love Thanksgiving. All right. I am on a quick lunch break on Wednesday heading back to Roadrunner Sports and guys, in the 21st century, I fully believe that companies including running shoe stores and running shoe companies, the ones that will survive and win in the modern world because there's so much competition out there now are the ones that emphasize customer service. I love customer service a couple days ago, an employee from Roadrunner Sports reached out to me on Strava and said, Hey, I saw your video about the levitate to and the ugly sweater. Go watch it. Upper right hand corner. I liked this shoe in the store. When I got home and I ran around the streets of Denver for, you know, three miles, the rubber through the midsole, I just couldn't get over it. I, I, I don't, I can't, I can't do it. I can't do it. So she said, come back in and we will take care of you. Find a shoe that will help with your plantar fasciitis anyway. Here we go. We're going into the Roadrunner Sports. Thank you for taking care of me. And it's sad, bah humbug, but they got to go back. They got to go back. I got a lump of coal in these guys. No, they're a great shoe and I'm sure there's some levitate to fans out there, but you get, you're picking up what I'm putting down. All right. I'm on. Patrick taking care of me. Oh my goodness. So we got a few things. Okay. This one did not have the eight and a half unless it's somewhere lurking out here. The Vongo. This is the 890. 890. Yep. Got it. I did have the Vongo. Okay. Definitely worth a shot. Clifton. Okay. Huge success with plantar fascia issues. Interesting. Yeah. Oh, interesting. That was Jessica. Okay. And then you had mentioned you liked the Peg Turbo. Yes. I love it. Yeah. Big fan of the Turbo. Yeah. I'm a big fan. So I brought the Epic React. It's got to be done. It's got to be done. It's got to be done. So many shoes, so little time. Little time. What to do? What to do? I can't even tell you, YouTube, that I was almost in tears running up and down here. No, because it felt so good. No, because the Clifton 5 felt so good. And this was Jessica's recommendation. Because you had plantar a year ago. Basically. A little flare up. Yeah. Okay. I put those on and just wore those for like a month and it was gone. Okay. Yeah, I didn't have any problems. So I've also run in some Nike's recently as you've seen. Like I actually, I love the Turbo right now. And the plantar feels pretty good in it. Not perfect. But and then I guess I should also mention the, I tried the Vongo today. And I thought it felt similar to this. It's a little more stability, but. Especially when you get a few miles in on the Vongo, you're really going to feel all of that. Do we have a Vongo here? Yep. It's right here. You'll really feel that offset. Okay. Because if you look at that, there's so much more cushion concentrate on this side. Oh, okay. So when you first try it on, you probably notice like it feels a little stiffer. But as you get to running in it, it's really going to kind of guide you this way. Okay. And so that might cause a little. It's an issue. Especially because you're running in neutral so well. Yep. This might kind of make things a little. Okay. That's interesting. It's a great guidance shoe for people who want that motion, a little bit of motion control without being too aggressive because it doesn't have an actual medial post in it. It's just this section of foam is a lot more air padded. Okay. To guide your foot a little bit more to the outside if you usually tend to roll to the inside when you run. Got it. And how does that compare to this guy? So this. Yeah. The Clifton. Yeah. This one is just more fluid throughout. It doesn't have as much concentrated cushioning and support on this side of the shoe. It's just a little wider on the base throughout the bottom of the shoe. And it's got that little bit of a meta rocker. Yeah. So it's just going to help your foot turn over a lot easier. It takes a lot of the stress out of that plantar fascia region of your foot because you're not flexing so much in the shoe to toe off. Okay. It's like, yeah I'm just trying to, like if you picture your foot planting down barefoot and how all the tendons are stretching and your arch is collapsing. This one will just cradle your foot more. It's not going to let your foot flex so much. It's just a lot nicer gliding. I can't even tell you. I can't even tell you. Like it was crazy how good it felt. I was, I told Patrick like I just, I just shook his hand because I was like so happy. So I think like it felt good in both. Yeah. But I'll probably lean toward that guy. At least while you're recovering. Exactly. Just because it is a lot of shoe. If you're used to running in a lighter faster shoe like the Beacon or the VaporFly, something that just gives you a lot more pop and a lot more ground feel. You don't get any ground feel on this shoe, but that's why it's so great for recovering from planner. Right. And yeah, I use it as a trainer. I haven't raced in it or anything, but I've worn it, you know, to walk and everything. Woohoo! What does that mean? That's when you sign up for our VIP club. Oh nice. Our VIP family. We bring you in and do a little celebration. Love it. Love it. So yeah, so I've been running in this and wearing it to work, you know, walking on the concrete for eight hours. I just don't feel anything by the end of the day because it's just so padded. But I think this planter currently flared up. It flared up in basically July, and I think it flared up because I was running 14ers and like big, you know, mountain runs, Solomon shoes, very aggressive, not taking care of the feet enough. I think that's what caused it. Because did you get the flare up before you switched to road? Yes. Okay. Yeah. And if you're doing all that vert too. Yeah. And I don't know how... Yeah. I mean, that can really cause it a lot too. I know that a lot of like mountain ultra runners have issues in their Achilles region just because you're climbing so much and that's so much torque through that heel and up into that soleus region. Yeah. It's kind of inevitable sometimes. And not stretching enough and not just, you know, maintenance. Yeah. And doing the right kind of strength work and exercise to keep that area strengthened enough to do all that climbing. So it's what, it's November 23rd? No. 21st? Yeah. So I would, the season for 2018 racing isn't quite over. So my break, like I'm planning basically a two week break YouTube in December. But I don't want to stop yet. So I'm basically trying to push off the rest until basically like mid-December. So I'm hoping, that's why I'm trying to experiment and figure out what to do. Yeah. I mean, I would really try these. Just give them a chance and get used to them. Yeah. I know that, you know, everybody's different, but I've seen so many success stories with people recovering from planter in this kind of a shoe, this maximum cushion, just at least for recovering from the planter. And then you can go kind of back to a lower volume shoe. But this is just, I mean, from my personal experience and from a lot of people I've helped, this has done a really nice job. I mean, so many stories of people just feeling better. That's cool. Thank you for helping. Guys, look at this pile of shoes. They're not, there's a lot of them. Love it. Cool. Well, you guys, Roadrunners Sports, check them out wherever. Well, you're definitely on the west coast because you started in San Diego, but also Chicago, I believe. So, good stuff. Make sure the sizes match before we let them leave the building. I always like to double check. I know. You're so busy today, so. They never know. Jessica, taking care of me. Thank you, Jessica at Roadrunners Sports. You're amazing. High five. Boom. Amazing. Get that planter feeling better. Right. She had planter. I have planter. We're going to figure this out. Thank you. All right, guys. All right. Have a good day. You too. Thank you. Oh my goodness. We got some goods, guys. We got some goods. Oh, traded in the Levitate twos for the Hoka Clifton Fives. Thank you. Thanks, Patrick. Yeah, you too. Go get Alex. Oh, wow. So I just went back and got it. I was like, oh shoot. All right, guys. Picked up Alex. What's up? You remember Alex from the back country? Finishing, man. That was like the coldest run of our lives. That was a crazy race. That was a crazy race. All right, Alex. What are you running in today? Um, Peg 35s. Peg 35s? No turbo. No turbo. Peg 35. Alex, what did you pick up earlier in the week? How to go forward, break the bank, and some of the 4%'s. That's right. You got the vapor fly, 4% fly in it, and get to use them tomorrow in a race. A race tomorrow. Got a couple, a couple of test friends in there. Nice. Well, it's always nice to, you know, you runners know like running solo can get a little lonely sometimes. So that's a lot of miles. A lot of time to think. So it's nice to have someone to chat with. Found ground together. You never know what you're going to find on your run. Look at this guy. What is he doing? Hi, Bob. I don't know. Where is the, where is the owner? That is the question. The dog is ready for Halloween. That is hilarious. The dog is just sitting on a stump with ski goggles on. Oh, man. What will they think of next? Just this morning, we passed 5,000 subscribers. Oh, nice. Shout out to all the new subscribers. Thank you for pushing us over the 5,000 mark. It's crazy. You up and up? Up and up. Onward and upward. All right, Alex. All right. Nice work. Thanks for the miles. Boom. We got her done. Enjoyable. Good luck tomorrow. A little shakeout run. Hope you guys have a good time at your turkey trot. I'm sure there's going to be plenty of them. Yeah. All right, man. I'm going to stretch it out. All right. Life goals right here. Life goals. Not, you know, not setting a PR in the 5K. It's touching the ground. Let's see it, Alex. Look at this. Can anyone stretch like that? That's insane. I don't, I'm not even going to attempt because I don't want to embarrass myself. Get there. Hey, I give up a little bit of my flexibility for some of your speed. I've actually improved in the last two weeks. There it is. There it is. Okay. The keyword of the day is service. Service. Because today at Roadrunner Sports, I received incredible service from Patrick and from Jessica. Thank you both for taking care of me today with my plantar fasciitis issues. Guys, again, I'm not exaggerating too much when I say I was almost in tears at the store because I ran around in this shoe pain-free, pain-free. So I'm not going to give you my initial impressions tonight. I'm going to run around in it probably tomorrow afternoon, after the turkey trot, probably Friday, probably Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. I'm excited. Thank you, Jessica, for taking care of me today, for explaining, taking the time. You guys saw it in the store. She took the time to lay out the details of the Vongo, the New Balance Vongo, and the Hoka Clifton 5. She cross-compared the two, the specs, the different type of ride you're going to get underfoot. And I am just, I'm grateful. I'm on this Thanksgiving Eve and Thanksgiving Day when you're watching this. I'm grateful for the opportunity to shop at running shoe stores. Now, I do have a confession to make. I have a confession to make. Occasionally, occasionally, I order stuff from running warehouse. All right? And listen, I've got nothing against running warehouse. You know, they're a business. They got to make money. But at the end of the day, I try to support local running shoe stores. And therefore, the question of the day is this. What is your go-to running shoe store that you shop at? Because I ask that question. And why? Why do you shop at that particular store? Service, location, pricing, the employees, race series, all these different factors that go into selection. So what is your go-to running shoe store and why do you go there? Now, like I grew up in Buna Vista, Colorado, two hours away from any running shoe store. So in high school, we had to drive to the big city to go get our running shoes. And yeah, it was a little bit of a challenge. Now, you can order shoes online, but obviously, but getting into a running shoe store where you can test the shoe before you buy it is critical. It's critical for us runners. You know, like when you put on a shoe in a store and it's got the right fit, it's a heaven on earth. You're singing hallelujah. And therefore, that's how I felt when I put on the Hoka Clifton 5. And so that's why I'm giving the shout out, a big shout out, continued shout out to Road Runner Sports for taking the time again to explain this shoe to me. So that's the question of the day. Thank you for answering. I love running shoe stores. I don't know about you, but I just love, frankly, like hanging out in there and just talking, geeking out on running shoes. All right. I digress. Happy Thanksgiving. Have a great turkey trot if you're out there trotting today. And yes, enjoy some pumpkin pie. I know I will. And of course, we will be back tomorrow with results for the turkey trot. So, oh, the vapor fly 4%, they're going to be coming out again. You know they will be. All right. Seek beauty. Work hard. Have on each other. See you tomorrow.