 Rusty and totally out of the loop as far as getting into that mental mindset of of okay, let's go Okay, everyone the art of the time trial here's the deal so we're not basketball players We're not hockey players. We're not let's say reliant on a big tournament to carry forth our Our sport that we love so we can go run a time trial Really, whatever we want and I'll explain in more detail what a time trial is how I approach time trials and how they're important for our training Especially in times like these when there's no races happening around the world and by the way We're pausing no time trial today. It snowed last night. I had a feeling it. Well, I didn't have a feeling I watched the weather and sure enough it did snow not much But therefore I'm going to bump the time trial to Tomorrow so sunday morning when you're watching this cherry creek path in denver I think I'm going to start around about 9 a.m. I don't want it to be freezing out So I want the sun to come up a little bit and make sure all this snow is melted off. All right. Good morning time trial Here we come Okay, getting ready for my time trial shake out run I'm going to do strides at the end of the run to get the legs ready for the turnover tomorrow Yes, taking out the taking out the brooks and blister and 18s quickly becoming One of my favorite easy day shoes and thank you, Michael Michael's showing you his duck So anyway, and yes, remember yesterday we talked about running gear So here we go. You know this the flip belt the buff my new compressed sport hat that i'm loving so much And yes, my territory run company sock, so It's it's it's crazy. It's not a race tomorrow, but I'm ridiculously excited So it's just keeping that rhythm of training and racing in quotes part of life In order to remain connected to our past and the old normalcy that uh, we all used to have it's just uh, it's really It's enthralling. Yeah, I just said it. It's enthralling Strides here we go here we go. All right back from the run But before we dive into that I have an idea and I've been mulling it over for about a week now And because it keeps coming back to me and keeps coming back to me, especially when i'm out running like today I couldn't stop thinking about this idea. I'm not quite ready to announce it to everyone yet Stay tuned. It does connect to a tweet that I sent out earlier today If you follow follow me on twitter, uh, you can go back and read it But uh, I'm excited about it Especially during these very difficult times and I'm going to go inside It's it's a big idea and I want to I need to talk it over with true love first So we'll go inside here in a minute Uh and talk with her but first today's run seven miles eight minutes a mile nice and easy Getting ready for the time trial time trial tomorrow Followed up by a couple strides back and forth back and forth Overall the legs feel pretty peppy especially at the beginning of the run toward the end I didn't feel quite as fresh but uh, I'm excited for tomorrow morning 13.1 miles on the cherry creek path I'm going to start there's a conico gas station on monaco in case you're familiar with denver and then i'm going to head north uh, yeah north west toward downtown denver and i'll get a bit I'll get about 11 miles in on the cherry creek path and then i'm going to connect with a plat river trail and then had uh kind of northeast on the on the uh plat river trail toward basically Uh i 70 and anyway that's going to be a rat I'm going to I'm going to run until I hit 13.1 miles Essentially remember shout out to all the race directors who put in a lot of work and time closing roads closing Uh finding courses that we all can run on that keep us safe And uh, anyway, that's my decision for tomorrow's time trial And now remember I said this about a month ago with respect to tune up races before a big peak race If you can work it into your schedule doing a tune up race is a really great idea And what's the goal of a tune up race to get your leg turnover going in a race environment? And also for me to get myself mentally prepared for that race day experience So I like to run tune up races like I said three to four weeks out from a peak race as a rust buster All right, get those legs going get in that mental mindset for running fast racing fast And again that three to four week window it was going to be the ur in fact it was today Yet was it today? Yes, it was going to be today in real time in Irving, Texas The race was canceled it and now remember on the mental side of being a runner I think personally at least you know talking about my mental strategy and my mental health even is as runners having that opportunity to exert ourselves and to Dig deep and to frankly go a little bit to the pain cave like I don't know We're a little strange. We I'm just going to say it like we we kind of have to enjoy pain as runners Because a lot of people don't like to run because why it kind of hurts whether it's our bodies Whether it's our breathing like the lactic acid building up in our legs But as the more you run the more you come to yearn a little at least I do yearn a little bit for that Um finding that threshold of our pain. I don't know I'm talking a little crazy here But anyway, so tomorrow in the time trial not only is it going to be physically hard But it's going to be that mental exertion that frankly when was the last time I raced everybody I don't even know what have I raced in 2020. I don't think I had was it Was it the world mountain running? I know I'm missing something. I'm am I going crazy? I think it was the the world mountain running championships in argentina I that's that's blowing my mind. So anyway, I am raring and ready to rock and roll and to and now listen There's no one going to be around me. Oh, yeah, by the way, so as far as filming the time trial tomorrow I'm going to go fast like I am approaching this time trial As a race just so you know in fact so much so that I'm laying out my singlet Tonight I'm laying out my socks my racing shoes Um everything that I'm going to wear just like I would be Doing the night before if I was staying, you know in a motel like I did for the new york city marathon You'll lay out all your your gear the night before just to make sure you have everything ready to go So tomorrow because it's just me social distancing. No one's going to be there to film me Unfortunately, I would love someone to be there on the bike, you know filming me That would be amazing for all of you to you know to share the experience, but it just can't happen right now So I will be carrying this little teeny tiny camera that is struggling right now It's the insta go insta 360 go the gyro is off But I'll get as many shots as I possibly can it weighs about as much as a quarter So the gopro is just a little too much weight. Believe it or not. I don't like it As far as what I'm really running fast So this will be my my camera that I use for filming tomorrow for all of you And one more point on the art of the time trial is that especially during these crazy times with all the races being cancelled It's it really is an opportunity to dig a little deeper and to mimic race day so that when races return and they will return We are not totally Rusty and totally out of the loop as far as getting into that mental mindset of of okay Let's go. Let's let's go see what we can do whether it's chase down a pr push ourselves harder than we've ever pushed ourselves And so that's what i'm doing and hopefully We all can return to racing sooner rather than later, but if we can't again I think building time trials into our training blocks is going to be For me is going to be of necessity. Okay. All right. No question today in the studio We'll get that to you inside But let's go. I gotta go talk to true love about this idea. All right. Come on now A twig you guys are having fun out here Good job. All right. I gotta go chat with mama those boys are having fun out there Yeah, uh, yeah, I think so okay, so hon. I'm not ready yet to Let youtube family know what my idea is. We need to talk first sound good. Oh, yeah All right, so sorry. Sorry. We'll be back in a little bit and 15 minutes later. Okay Handing handing the mic off to true love. Hon. What do you think of the idea? I think it's beautiful I think it's profound. I think it's as it should be. I think you're brilliant, right? And I think I'm I'm inspired and proud to be part of that idea True love's on board. Yeah two thumbs way way up there So everyone it sounds like but we're not I gotta work out the details bottom line. It's all about seek beauty work hard and Love each other. All right. That is as the boys said that is the Focus of this next idea. All right. So all right so it's like and We have something very special on the channel meaning It's a youtube family and it's like we interact with each other in the comments We support each other on strava and instagram and uh kudos everyone's runs up and Now this is kind of that next step where we can really Make a difference and it's you know 68,000 subscribers. Oh, yeah, that's no joke. And so let's say It's grow and so there's power in our youtube family. I love that my mom always says we have a big Irish family and she says the good thing about a big family is when the troubles come There are more of us than there are of the troubles. That's what I think of this idea. All right. Whoo. All right. Stay tuned for the details