 For me, I probably will not, like I'll probably never break my 5K PR. Here we go onward and upward. How's everyone doing back in the studio? And I appreciate you sticking with me, sticking with the channel through this running injury. Now that's, you know, an injury is no fun. I'm not out filming up in the mountains for you. I'm not filming beautiful running shots, but the injury allows the opportunity to make vlogs like this one where I'm here in the studio talking with you about whatever the case may be like yesterday with 7 billion runners. That was a fun topic to dive into. But today we're talking about PRs, PRs. So what does that stand for? For those that don't know, personal records. Some people say PBs, personal best. I go with PRs and that's what I'll say today. And it's just amazing when you're making YouTube videos for years on end how you can go back into the archive and look back and see like when was the last time on this channel we talked about R, not mine, but our collective PR. So it was January 3rd, 2019. So just barely over one year ago that we brought up this topic and shared together down in the comments all about our PRs. But before we get to that, I want to go back to 10 days ago approximately where we reflected back on our 2019 running goals. Failed, okay? And I'm going to be very honest, not pretty honest, very honest with myself in order to be more realistic and more accountable to myself in 2020. So that was goal number one. Goal number two, hit 400,000 vertical feet, failed. I did not reach that goal. That was a carryover goal from 2018 actually. And in addition, we talked about our goals for the future for 2020. Through everything I'm learning at the physical therapy office that I'm going to apply to my routine in 2020. So a healthier runner in 2020 is my goal number one, exciting times. And again, it's hard to believe that one year ago, January 3rd, 2019, we shared our PRs down in the comments. I wanted to talk about this topic for a while. First of all, quite a few of you asked me this question, like, what is my mile PR, 5K PR? I said this one year ago, I'm going to say it again, PRs, they're not an opportunity to brag. PRs, how do I look at PRs, personal records? It's an opportunity to challenge ourselves, to climb the mountain, and to push a little bit harder in the new year. Do the little things. Probably, it probably doesn't mean do more running. It probably means doing the little things in order to meet your next goal, your next personal record. And that's what I love about running, right? Again, we're not looking at batting averages or QBRs or whatever. It just comes down to time, and it keeps it simple. But I think PRs are actually a really good thing in the sport, and a healthy component, I should say, of running, because it's that really clear measurement. That's why, actually, also, I love course records that are established on one course that has been, you know, people have been racing on the same course for decades. It's fascinating to go back and look at the record books of races that haven't changed the courses at all. Anyway, that's another topic, but maybe I should mark that down, course records. I think I will mark that down as a topic to dive into at some point. But PRs, here we go. Here's my PRs, and we're going to do a little flashback to 2019 as well as we go through these. Okay, here we go. 800 meters, and I'm not going to give my 400. Who knows? It's probably like 57, or it's not fast, but maybe 58. I don't know. 800 meters in high school, 204. I never broke two minutes. I think I could have, I don't know if I could ever really break two minutes again. Maybe I could, I don't know, but 204 in high school and a little side note, 4x8 in track, best race in track and field in my humble opinion. I love the 4x8. We took second, I think my senior year. Yeah, we took second place in the 4x8. It's just like such a fun race. Anyway, that's a side note. Okay, one mile, 421 in college, okay? Not blazing fast by any means, but it was a drop from my high school time. So 421 is my mile PR. Gosh, who knows? Could I ever approach that again? Maybe I could. I'm not going to never say never, right? Which we'll come back to that in a minute. So 421 for the mile. I guess I'll just give you my two mile, which, oh my gosh. I mean, did I in college? So in college, you run 3Ks. You don't really run 3,200 meters. Oh my goodness. Anyway, from high school, it was only, it was 10.05 in high school for my two mile. So nothing to write home about there. Okay, moving on to the 5K in college, University of Oregon. Actually my medal is hanging up right over there. Hold on, maybe I could. Anyway, it's hanging up right there where I ran at Hayward Field. Very cool experience to be a walk on to see you and then to go run at Hayward Field where I set my 5K PR, 1446, my sophomore year of college. And guess what? I never had another opportunity, my junior year or senior year to try and drop that time because of injury. And I think, I think I could have approached 14 minutes if I would have stayed healthy. It just never happened and it's bittersweet. And this is, okay, so now flashback to 2019, one year ago, I said this about my 5K PR. For me, I probably will not, like I'll probably never break my 5K PR. No, no, no, no, no, no, never say never. After my Amsterdam marathon and specifically the first half marathon, I now have the confidence. And remember, we talked about this, setting goals and setting our race plan for the new year is confidence. Because of Amsterdam, I now have the confidence that I think I can chase down another 1446 at some point and set a new 5K PR. And frankly, it's on my radar for 2020 or 2021. I just, you know, I got to be careful with how much I'm racing, but it is on my radar. So never say never. I honestly, I thought it was, the opportunity was way out the window one year ago and that's where it comes in, like never stop dreaming, never stop working. You will be amazed at how you can progress with consistent training. And yeah, we'll leave that for another time. Okay, 5K, 1446, 10K, 30 minutes and 10 seconds, 30-10 on a cross-country course, a golf course in Fort Collins, Colorado, my senior year, and it was at elevation. Like it's Fort Collins is basically right at 5,000 feet above sea level. So that 30-10, I think I can set a 10K PR at some point in the next couple of years. I really do. If I could break 30 minutes, I would be beyond happy to go under that 30-minute mark. So it's not a goal for 2020, but anyway, that's my 10K PR on a cross-country course in college. Now, one year ago, I said this about my half marathon PR. Now, I had had a great year of base training, of aerobic base training. You know, I'm a big fan of that before adding speed. And so that's why I'm interested if I can run 111 solo at elevation on kind of a rolly, turny course. I'm just wondering like, hmm, maybe I should put the 100-mile distance on hold for a little bit and focus on the marathon, the speed stuff. Pause, pause, pause. I haven't watched this clip in a year and it's crazy to go back and look like, I'm so happy I paused ultra marathons in 100-mile races. I'm glad I dabbled in it. For those that don't know, I ran, I attempted 100-mile race in 2018. I DNF did not finish. I dropped out at 50 miles. And frankly, it was an eye-opener. And it was that negative situation of dropping out of my first 100-mile race that led me to greener pastures, frankly. And the opportunity, I'm just so happy that I've put ultra marathon racing on pause for a bit. I don't know how long it's gonna be anyway. Roll the tape. Three months ago, here in Denver, in that vlog, upper right-hand corner, I solo at elevation on kind of a rolly course with some turns. I ran 111, flat, 111. And I was only running 40 to 50 miles a week and I had basically done zero speed training leading up to that time trial. And it was solo. Nobody else was around. It was just me in the pavement, baby. And I ran 111. There you go. It was 111 with zero speed training here at elevation. And then what did I do? I showed up in Amsterdam, got a little excited. Chasin, you know who? And ended up running a 106.53, which is my half marathon PR at this point. 106.53. And it is a goal of mine in 2020 to set a new half marathon PR. And again, it gets down to, I'm not bragging, its goal setting. That it's so fun to be able to, you know, have a new calendar year to work with, a new training blocks to work with to strive for that daily purpose. We talked about that yesterday in the 7 Billion Runners vlog to have that daily purpose to know, okay, if I do this, then I can do this next week. If I do that, I can do that next week. And you build off of each week of training through your training block, leading to the attempt to PR. It's just so fun. I don't know how, I think it's an amazing experience that we runners get to put ourselves through because it's not always easy, but to put ourselves through, yeah, it just, I don't know, it gets me going, as you can tell. Okay, so that's the half marathon PR. Marathon PR, you know, 223.37 in Amsterdam in the same race as the half marathon. That is now my marathon PR. Almost frankly broke it in New York, kind of. About a minute slower, approximately, yeah, about a minute slower. Like a year ago, I could not share with you a marathon PR because I had never raced a road marathon. So it's good to be able to communicate that with all of you to accomplish one goal from 2019. And again, no bragging here. It's all about climbing the mountain. And the question of the day, what are your PRs? Okay, any distance you want to share? If you want to start from the 800 meter all the way down to 100 miles, whatever it is, like any distances you want to share, what are your PRs? If you want to share when you set them, like what age you were, that's cool too. And if you want to say the location, that's amazing as well. But then also, did you set a PR in 2019? Any distance, did you set one PR? Two, three, you know, just let us know. That would be amazing as well. There you go. Thanks for watching. Oh, I love this vlog because, again, in one year from now, January 7th, 2021, we can go back and look at this vlog and see what our progression is together as a global YouTube running family. All right, everyone. There you have it. Thanks for watching. Thanks for being here. We'll toss it back on the right to the PR vlog from one year ago where we dive in. If you commented a year ago, definitely go watch that vlog and see if you can go find your comment down below. And then on the left, we'll toss it back to the Amsterdam Marathon where I set those two PRs. All right, everyone. See beauty, work hard, and love each other. See you tomorrow.