 Good morning everybody. The day is finally here. All right. So this blog that you're watching right now me pouring more coffee published at 5 a.m. And so at 8 a.m. Three hours from now I'm going live starting the run around the track to gather as many gifts as possible For those in need for those who have lost their job because of COVID-19 and don't know how they're gonna pay their rent Or their mortgage. All right, so I'm answering some emails right now last-minute emails to those folks who have reached out to me Asking for help. All right Answering the and and reviewing their videos that they've sent in to me sharing their story, which I shared Last night in in last night's live stream at 4 p.m. In case you were unable to attend that live stream You can go back and watch that and I share their videos in that live stream, okay? So today we're packing sunscreen food Water extra clothes whatever I'm gonna need out there extra battery packs to keep my phone So I'm it's just me, you know, there's no, you know, it's social distancing I'm not gonna have a support crew out there and not gonna have a technical crew to basically manage the Manage the live stream because I'm gonna be running So all I'm gonna do is is live stream through my phone and we're gonna do our best, okay? I don't know what's gonna happen exactly with respect to The on the technical side of the live stream, but it's it's not too difficult to set up just through my phone All right, and then what else was I gonna share? There was oh, yeah, all t-shirts hoodies iPhone cases bags at every piece of merchandise sold today is gonna go toward the Cause so if you've been waiting to buy a t-shirt now stickers now is the day to pick up an SJD t-shirt with a D'Amour global running Ah, they're they're listed down below this blog right now So you can go pick those up in all the proceeds from today just today Wednesday, April 8th Let me just confirm. Yeah Wednesday April 8th will go toward the cause of Giving as many gifts as we possibly can to these folks who lost their job who are members of the D'Amour global Running YouTube family. All right, we're in this together. We're gonna beat the virus together onward and upward I gotta answer some emails and then we're gonna make some signs Little Nespresso don't mind if I do in this fine morning and Here are a few of the signs. I'm gonna save some of them for tomorrow. Boom Supporting people in need. There we go. Come on now beat the virus on the other side So what I'm gonna do is I have about eight signs here again. I'll show you alright All right, I'll show you one more butter my bread So I'm gonna set these up at the field on the infield on the track that I'm running around Tomorrow so there we go. We got signs. It's gonna be epic. Okay time to start packing. Here we go so tomorrow for the run I'm gonna be using Unived and Spring energy gels. Okay, so I love spring energy gels for the big mountain runs in the summertime This these are my go-to. Let's see like this. Oh this peanut butter flavor all unbelievable But I'll also be mixing in some Unived as well. Just a little more oomph in the Unived Little more sugar if I could put it that way. It tastes very very tasty. So Unived and spring. All right And I'm also gonna use noon for my hydration mix tomorrow get this mixed up for you And yes a box just arrived just in time. Oh, this is good good news Let's open this up I'm not sure we'd be able to accomplish the task tomorrow without this box. So there we go So what is in here? Batteries, so this is gonna be hold on. Let me grab my phone. So again, I'm gonna be the only one out At the track as far like that, you know I'm not gonna have a support team social distancing and so this is going to be a huge Battery pack to keep my phone all charged up during the live stream tomorrow I don't know how long I'm gonna run. So I got these two battery packs. They just arrived perfect timing Oh, man, that is that is hefty. All right, so I'm good about that Is the table is set basically everything I will be using tomorrow is on this table not quite for example, my big lenses are still in my room, but for the most part, this is the food the Hydration the camera gear. Let's just run through a few things. Oh Muddy buddies true love is pulling through in the clutch peanut butter and chocolate muddy buddies You better believe those are going down tomorrow Fruit strawberries my gels candied walnuts apricots bananas Dark chocolate of course covered mini pretzels way over there my handheld bottle Okay, in case I want to run, you know a mile with a handheld and then drop it off at my spot on the side of the Track, I will also be bringing my raid light vest. It's sitting over there Go pros a couple go pros go pro battery my gimbal for carrying the go pros I'll do a couple laps. I'm not a couple I'll probably do many laps with a go pro the batteries for keeping the phone charged the drone extra batteries for this big camera, uh-huh right there extra batteries and then first aid kit always got to be safe and It's supposed to be a little warm tomorrow. Not quite as warm as today. So sunscreen I'm guessing I probably won't start with the calf sleeves but probably around mile 10 and again I I'm gonna run at least 20 miles and probably much much more But I'll probably put these calf sleeves on around mile 10 my sunglasses Hey prepare for everything. There's my headlamp. There's I should say this goes around my waist But it is a light for my waist and then of course the foam roller the electric hyper ice foam roller to Roll out my legs throughout the day. Oh, yeah, and of course just in case blisters and squirrels nut butter Yep, there we go. All right, everyone. That's basically everything I'm gonna start putting it into the bags and then see if I forgot anything. Oh strawberries. So boom So tasty. It's gonna be epic. Here's that vest. I was talking about the raid light vest So I might do some laps in this just to have water on me Um, you know the food right on me just to you know knock out a couple miles Just really putting back the energy. All right. So there's that okay off to the car to get the cooler So I always keep a cooler in my car For moments like this and especially in the summertime when it's hot in the mountain running Just to stay hydrated, but there's nothing like a cold drink after a long run and this is gonna be a long run. Okay Okay, I need a pause packing for a little bit got to go set up for the live stream And then I'll be back wrap things up. Oh my my oh my my it's happening everyone And there we go shutting down the studio hon The live stream was epic Live stream was epic. Oh, yeah Everyone's excited for tomorrow. We're gonna crush it. We're gonna crush it. All right. I'm off to the deli Off to the deli getting food for date night. Here we go Social distancing, of course, but we're gonna go get food support the local businesses Here's the signs. I gotta can't forget those And yes, you know just following the guidelines follow that's all we can do right? So the governor of colorado has asked us to wear Something over our face. What do we go outside? You know, that wasn't originally the game plan But so here we go shout out to son too. I don't know where I got this buff I think I got it at a cirque series race last summer out in utah. So Oh boy, here we go so we can oh if you own a buff. There you go. Boom Here we go. Let's do this deli time Is looking good. I'll lay it out and looks amazing. Yes, man. Shall we shall we show it? Shall we show it? Can you see that? Oh, yeah. Okay. Hannah wore my buff wore my buff Out and out there in the public. We're doing it in the house date night these days because of COVID-19 But everyone's wearing masks out in denver. Good. We're gonna beat it and today I packed We're gonna beat the virus. Yes. So how's the big day nine people are selected For the for the whoa nine people just in case we fill up for 1500 times nine nine people So they know they know who they are. We can do it If you do the math, well, I'll let you do the 1500 times nine. We got this So we're gonna do a lot of running tomorrow question of the day How many miles will I run tomorrow question of the day? That is it down below. Thanks for heading it up Thanks for being there. Thanks for watching true love is going to be supporting from afar and Social distancing Quarantine in the house. Yeah, so Anyway, good luck tomorrow you guys. Yeah spread the word. I love you. I love you. All right. Oh, I love you And we're gonna toss it back to you know, we'll toss it back to the first vlog announcing this project So that'll be pretty much where I'm sitting right here So you you do the point. Yep art. Yep. Yep. There we go. Boom. Either one boom boom All right, everyone see cutie work hard and love each other. See you tomorrow