 All right about halfway through the run here. I need to make a quick shout out for today's vlog topic to Gwen Jorgensen 2016 gold medalist at the Rio Olympics in the triathlon Gwen. Thank you. You don't know me, but that's all right Thank you for this topic idea for today all about how to run faster without running more So I appreciate you go watch her version up a right hand corner. All right about halfway. Let's keep going Seven miles in the books a little bit further. All right feeling good feeling good All right, let's go break this down how to run faster without running more And we are back. All right. How's everybody doing out there? I hope you're doing well I'm just getting back for my run and I took the the Wild Horse fives out today I'm actually getting fairly close to 50 miles So the full review will be coming sooner rather than later and I wanted to take them out today To continue to remind the legs and the feet how they compare to yes The peg 36 trails and the Terak Higer fives which that cross comparison will be coming very soon And okay how to run faster without running more that is the topic of today's vlog But just so you know I didn't do much outside filming first of all outside of the studio Basically, I'm in a little bit of recovery mode from yesterday's vlog. It was some pretty epic That's right getting all those beautiful shots for the peg 36 trail first impressions was it was a lot of work So I'm in recovery mode and here's the crazy thing my boys So I have three boys in case you're new you didn't and you didn't know that I have three boys and they two of them are camping with grandpa And if you're a parent, you know that when the kids are away It is time to get the tasks done all those chores all those little things around the house that you have to fix That is that was my mission this evening after work Just like pound and ground for like two hours on as much as it's amazing How much you can get done when you're not interrupted you know what I mean parents out there listening and those tasks around the House actually does connect to today's topic about running faster by running less Connecting it to leisure and yes keyword forgot to write it down is leisure I'll explain that in a minute as well and tonight as we break down this topic Oh, we're just gonna be riffing here back and forth the real good conversation will happen down below in the comments Okay, we can all choose how much we want to run right whether you love running ultra ultra races or Short distance like miles and two miles or five k's It is our choice to decide how much we run And what we often forget as athletes is the time so today I went seven miles Very excited very proud of that distance considering I'm coming back from the injury It was 56 minutes basically eight minute pace But 24 hours minus 56 minutes is 23 hours and four minutes So the question becomes right now What am I gonna do in the next 23 hours and four minutes until my next run to make sure I'm taking care of my body my mind Everything else to make sure I am prepped and ready and basically as recovered as possible For the next run. I think as runners We get busy, you know a lot of times we are very driven as runners I don't know about you, but long distance runners if I was a boss and I had employees underneath me I would I would seek out marathon runners and ultra runners because I feel like we are Very driven people or else you wouldn't really be doing what we do You know what I mean? There's an inner drive that just gets us off the couch out the door Early in the morning late at night cold weather hot weather high altitude whatever the case may be We like to rock and roll a lot of times because I think we have a lot just frankly speaking I think we have a lot of energy as runners I know I do and it's good to burn it off through running And so we can make the decision as to what we do In between our runs and I've said it once and I'll say it again My coach in college mark wetmore. He uh told us a couple times But at least once I can remember him telling a long story about Be one-sided in this world meaning Find your passion find what you're talented at and pursue it with all the vigor and all the might that you have Rather than spreading yourself too thin like you know what okay when I was injured in college I tried to pick up the piano. I don't know if I've ever told anybody that I actually did a couple lessons Oh my gosh, this is crazy I am and it lasted about a month and I gave up I gave up basically because I healed and I started running again But during that downtime when I wasn't running I was trying to pursue music because I like music. I but it's it's not my thing I'm not it's not I don't have the talent to play a musical instrument If I really went all in probably like it'd take three four years whatever But uh, so mark said be one-sided meaning as a runner fine If you're good at it and you really love it just put your energy into that as much as possible Um, anyway, that is how I approach that's how I'm slowly teaching myself to approach things in this world For example, here we go. All right, and this is some wisdom for all the young young folks out there as a parent And as a home homeowner and shout out to all the homeowners out there like you know as soon as you buy a home What's this house is saying go once a homeowner or uh, once you have a house that's all you have or like There's a lot of upkeep when it comes to owning a home more than I frankly anticipated and if you wanted You could do a house project every single day for example I tried to uh, I tried to stain that the fort in the backyard tonight And it just did not work like the sprayer that I bought it's not working And now I don't know what I'm gonna do if I'm just gonna do it by a paintbrush or what have you But what I'm realizing as a homeowner and as true love and I uh Find a little better footing financially because again if you've been watching the vlog for the past three years You know that we've had some challenging Moments financially as a family like first of all denver is becoming more and more expensive to live in And uh, so but as we find better footing financially as a family I can now oh my gosh. This is crazy. All right. We're just riffing here. I told you we're just riffing I uh, I I mowed lawns in high school and I love landscaping I made a lot of good money if you're looking high schoolers out there If you want to make a lot of good money in the summer mow lawns There's a lot of money to be made But as I bought we bought our first house here in denver eight years ago I told myself. Oh, I cannot wait to mow my own yard. This is going to be amazing I I've been waiting for this my whole life like it's my yard. It's my property. It's my grass to cut This is going to be amazing. Well fast forward like seven years to last summer 2018 Well, here's a little clip for more happening If I have to put Three to four hours a week into taking care of this yard And so we decided together That it's time It's time to hire a company to come to our house Once a week to do a task that I can do however I don't have the time to do it well any more. That's right. I had to give up Mowing my own yard. Why I was spread too thin. I didn't have enough time I was not doing a great job at keeping up with it and frankly my running was becoming pretty serious The volume I was tired. I was trying to push a lawnmower for three hours a week Which doesn't sound like much, but it just was it was too taxing. I told myself. I cannot do this I am wearing out my legs. I need to be resting. I need to be pursuing leisure right now Rather than mowing my yard And so I tell you that story just to remind you that there's different stages of life Like high school is so much different than being a young family Uh late in your career as you transitioning to retiring I'm sure is so much different than being a young professional right out of college trying to find your first job Which means you have only 24 hours in a day, right? I always say that as a runner We have to I I am frankly a little obsessed with time time Time I want to talk about time and I need to work be better at just like kind of letting it go a little bit I can think about it a little too much like efficiency is really A hot topic in my brain. I just love to be efficient and get things done And that's that gets back to that whole like marathon ultra runner mentality. Like I think we're just driven Okay, one last point about how to run faster. It's all about rest and yes, I will make the argument leisure So this is a book that I read maybe five six years ago. It's by joseph peeper. It's called leisure the basis of culture It's a little philosophical and and even gets into metaphysics. It's a little above me frankly But it was a very good book it opened my eyes for Teaching myself how to truly truly Rest and as runners once again, we're so driven. We want to run a lot. We want to run fast We want to burn energy. We want to get into the gym. I think I know I don't think I know And this is not just my thesis. This is backed up by science backed up by Professional athletes and their Reflections on their training. I'm thinking specifically of date than Ritzenheim and just articles that I've read from him We need to pursue Rest at night. I already talked about that how much to sleep but even during the day Leisure and just relaxing not being lazy. There's a difference between being lazy and pursuing leisure But whether it's whether you pursue leisure through through books through music Through at the end of the day tip of the day It's all about is like staying off our feet We got it. We got to get off our feet and even as I'm standing here right now in the studio I'm like, oh my gosh I need to get inside and I need to start editing and because when I edit at night I'm off my feet for like three hours straight. It's amazing. I just sit there and I just edit the vlog So and it's fun for me. So I don't know if that's quite leisure But anyway question of the day, how do you pursue leisure? And what do you think about this whole topic of how to run faster leisure? Sleep all of these little things the for me today the other 23 hours and four minutes that I have to the next run What am I going to do to make sure my muscles my joints my ligaments my bones are ready for the next run? Yeah, picking up what I'm putting down. I love you all. Thanks for being here. Thanks for watching. Thanks for listening to that I know we rift there for a little bit, but I like I like the topic and I think it's important to Talk about oh seek beauty work hard pursue leisure Good time