 quick interruption inside the house now. I've been doing a little more research today on the virtual racing and why don't you give us an update on Trader Joe's. How was your shopping experience at the grocery store? First of all, thank you for being there Trader Joe's. You cannot go through a pandemic without Orange Chicken. So much of everything. Yeah, they had basically everything. They had literally every single thing I needed. Perfect. And there was a few spots where their shelves were empty but produce, dairy, everything was fully stocked. Oh, good to hear. I know. That's good to hear. And we, and people, there was a couple of people wearing masks, but otherwise it was literally, they gave us flowers. It wasn't overcrowded. Nice. This is as usual. For Henry. They give us free flowers to congratulate us. For that's here. Fun, life is good. So folks, I am enjoying a ton these antioxidant infusion drinks. Bay, is that how you say it? B-A-I by Bay. I love blueberry. Oh, so good. We're talking about setting up a D'Amore global running marathon. A virtual marathon esque. We're going to, we're going to figure out something in the studio together here in a bit. First, I got to eat lunch. That's cool. So marathon, half marathon, 10K, 5K, all that good stuff, all that good stuff. And I'll let you know how my run went here in a second. Also, don't step on my feet. Hello. I did not film, I did not film yet. Happy St. Patrick's Day. Feels a little strange, but happy St. Patrick's Day. So just getting back from my run. We got some pork chops, some green beans, some salmon, eating some leftovers, and just absorbing life as we know it now in this new reality. Yeah, in this new reality. So today's run 11 miles, a little over 11 miles. What was it? 740 a mile. So taking it pretty easy. And the legs do feel a little tired. So I decided to back off the volume a little bit today. Was going to go about 13 to 14. So backed it off to 11. Yeah, legs just saying, you know what, just chill out a little bit, calm down. And so we will see how they feel tomorrow. And I am planning to do my long run tomorrow. But yeah, we'll just see, see how we recover. Okay, everybody. My goodness. Oh my goodness. This is amazing. Okay, so here's the deal. You all are amazing. There's people that watch this channel around the world and I appreciate it. And I wish I could shake everyone's hand. I'm always saying that like every single day, there's new subscribers. And there's some subscribers that have been on board for a long, long time, including Tommy and Crystal. So they live in Oklahoma. They were traveling through Colorado and they made a special stop at our house and left a bag of goodies for the family. Shout out for Henry. So, oh, that is amazing. So they're from Oklahoma. And look what is in this bag, a singlet. It says red coyote. Let's see, red coyote, running in fitness, Oklahoma City, admin run with the pack. That is awesome. Can't wait to use this. Thank you, Tommy and Crystal. Oh my goodness. So Tommy, just so everyone knows, if you ever see a meme on the D'Amore Global Running Facebook group that has to do with me chasing butter, it's Tommy who makes the memes. He is famous for making memes and they also, oh my, my, look at this. So Tommy is a, he lives in Oklahoma, but he's not afraid to train for a mountain race. So I was able to meet Tommy and Crystal last summer at the base of the pikes, the base of Pike's Peak, the mountain. And so we took a picture. Oh my gosh, that looks amazing. So Tommy is coming back. There it is for the Pike's Peak marathon this year, 2020. Oh, thank you. And again, I wish I could shake everyone's hand someday, someday we'll be able to meet at these races once they get going again. Oh my goodness. That looks so good. And of course, there's a onesie for Henry, socks and chocolate and chocolate. Of course, you guys are the best. Oh, here's the deal, everyone. I am all in on this YouTube channel. I think you all have figured that out and I just have learned over time the types of shots that I like to capture for all of you at races. All right. I like those close up shots so you can really see the running form, the running shoes. And in order to capture those shots, like you're watching on your screen right now from Atlanta, I knew that the 70 to 200 millimeter lens that I already owned wouldn't cut it. All right. Because the crowd size, I knew the runners would be too far away from me. Therefore, I rented a 400 millimeter lens in order to get those nice close up shots. And I'm so glad that I did because I think it turned out really, really nice. Well, I found a used scream and deal on the exact same lens, that 400 millimeter lens. And I decided I talked to true love and said, true love, you know what, in order to capture these high quality shots moving forward for the family out there watching around the world, we need to own this lens. So I don't have to rent it moving forward. So here it is. Hold on. Let me just open this up. Okay, there we go. I got it on. All right. Game changer. So excited innovation, right? All about that innovation on YouTube. So this is just going to allow, again, those nice close up shots, those long so I can get those long straight away shots on all. And hopefully this fall there's going to be a lot of marathon racing happening and mountain racing that I will be able to use this for all of you. And if you know where to look, you can find some really good deals on used camera equipment. So that's what that is. Ah, so exciting. Okay, let me lock it down here. And on to the D'Amour Global Running virtual marathon spring 2020. We adapt as runners, right? Jins close, everything's closed, theaters or restaurants are closing. We adapt though to the circumstances that are laid before us. And yes, of course, the races are being canceled. Therefore, yesterday I announced that D'Amour Global Running, all of us around the world, seeking out our goals, striving, challenging ourselves. I just think, as I said yesterday, it would be so, I think it's actually almost not even mentally healthy to work so hard toward a goal. And then just to throw in the towel because the official race is canceled when, as runners, we don't, I'm always saying this, we don't need a basketball gym. We don't need an ice hockey rink. We don't need a ski slope. We need, we don't need, we just literally can walk out our front door and go run 26.2 miles or whatever distance you might be training for. So I think it's really healthy to see through to the end your goal of finishing out your training block. I really do. I just, yeah, I really believe in that. So therefore, I've been, I'm not a race director, but I've been trying and I've never helped put on a running race. I would really like to do that someday. But, and I've never personally participated in a virtual race. But I'd like to, but even despite that, I want to be able to create a place for us to challenge ourselves and to put ourselves out there and to work hard toward a goal. And for me, it was a marathon, the Homburg marathon, but it's not happening. So therefore, virtual races, again, doing research over the past couple of days is that I don't want you all to have to pay a fee in order to participate in a virtual race. Okay. And because when you, with virtual racing, what happens is you, you run a distance wherever you live around the world, and then the results are compiled together in the back end through software. And you know, it takes someone's designing that software in order to integrate that quick interruption inside the house. Now I've been doing a little more research today on the virtual racing. And there are some companies that do provide a service where they integrate the results together. And I didn't expect this, but they can provide a metal, a finishers metal. Would you be interested, question of the day, would you be interested in me exploring this path of making the D'Amore Global Running virtual marathon and other distances a little more official with an actual metal, an actual integration of all of our results? Or are you okay with what I'm about to explain about doing it through the D'Amore Global Running group on Strava? All right. That's a question of the day. Thanks for chiming in. All right. Keep rolling. And I've been doing research on Strava. I think Strava someday will get into virtual racing. I'm kind of surprised they don't do it yet. So you know, if you're part of Strava and I realize there's the Nike Run Club, there's the Run Keeper, there's other running apps out there. I don't use those. So I'm a Strava guy. You all know that. So therefore, so if you don't use Strava, it'll be a little more difficult to participate, but here's the deal. Here's the game plan. So we do have a group on Strava. We have a great group on Strava. Don't touch your face. It's an amazing group on Strava. D'Amore Global Run. There's over five, I haven't checked it a little while, but I checked this morning, 5,000 plus runners on the D'Amore. That's like, if you think if we all met in one location to do a race, that would be a serious, serious race. So 5,000 runners on the D'Amore Global. It's linked down below. You can also type it into the Strava app. It'll show up. And what's going to happen is, and I'll get you the date for the race here in one second, on that day, we're going to go run and we're going to go race. But we're not, the results are not going to be compiled in a, let's say, okay, first, second, third, fourth, fifth, like it's not going to work like that. They're all going to just be listed in one location. And we have to remember also different time zones around the world. So the results will be coming in at different times into the D'Amore Global Running Group on Strava. So, but, but here's one little proposition. If someone had a lot of time and they felt compelled to compile results into a spreadsheet, I don't have that time. But like at the end of the day, and listen, we're all going to be running different. So I'll get it to the distances as well. We're all running different vertical gains, elevations, like I'm at 5,280 feet above sea level. So it's all, it's not like we're all running the same course, obviously. Also, not everyone's training for a marathon right now. Some folks are training for a half, a 10k. So what I'm going to say, a propose is that on the day when we do the D'Amore Global Running Virtual Races, we're going to label the races D'Amore Global Running Marathon, D'Amore Global Running 10k, 5k, whatever, whatever distance you're training for right now, I don't want you to feel forced. Oh my gosh, I got to go run a marathon because that's what's happening. Like that's not smart. You might even end up getting injured. Like we don't want that. So, so I wanted to make that clear. Now, as far as the date goes, I was thinking about the Boston Marathon, the London Marathon and all the other marathons happening around the world. So many runners had committed so much training and time into these specific dates that I wanted the date for the D'Amore Global Running Virtual Races to be right around those dates. So I kept it the same. Sunday, April 19th, the same day as the Hamburg Marathon was going to be and in a week before the London Marathon was going to happen. Okay, so if you were training for London, now if you want to do a 26.2 mile marathon race, virtual race, you can bump it up one week to Sunday, April 19th. I plan to start 8am somewhere near Denver. I'm still working on, frankly everyone, I'm still working on a course here in Denver. I don't know where I'm going to do it yet. So I'm researching and trying to figure out what that's going to look like. All right, and one last point is that the t-shirts, if somebody out there would be interested in designing a t-shirt for this, let me know. So graphic design is not my strong point, but I know there's some graphic designers out there. If you'd love to design a t-shirt and we can put, list it down below from Teespring. Oh, hold on. And we're back. Okay, and we can list it down below, and this would be like a first inaugural race, virtual race put on by Demor Global Running. I don't know, I think it'd be cool to have a t-shirt. So, and I would send you the logo that I have. So that would be pretty neat. All right, everyone, there you go. Demor Global Running, virtual marathon in any distance, okay? Meaning half 10K, 5K, and even a shout out to the high schoolers. Oh, I feel so bad for spring track. Everyone's spring track seasons are being canceled. Like, I'm sorry, high schoolers. Like, that's, it's just like, it's a hard break. I don't know what it's, it's heartbreaking because I know, especially for the seniors. So yes, one mile, two mile, that is cool with me as well. And again, I'll get more details as the date approaches for Sunday, April 19th. Oh, one last point, live stream tonight. This afternoon, I should say, 4 p.m. Mountain Time live stream here in the studio. I think that's it. I think that's it. All right, go inside. Okay, Han, we, it's part of gold. We just talked about the virtual marathon. So fun. Working out the details. Whether it's going to be through Strava Strictly or who knows, there is a company, it's crazy. You know, people would have to pay, but a company for medals. So they would ship out a medal if they complete the task. I can, I'll make you guys a medal. Right? There you go. That's pretty impressive though. So isn't that cool? That's a business. Yeah, that's a cool business. So anyway, but we are on date night, date night in the house. Can you imagine this happening, this pandemic happening 10 years ago before Grubhub, Uber Eats, Door Dash, so now it's just, wow. So anyway, we are going to order dinner in and that'll be our date night because I don't know if you heard all restaurants in Denver are closed in Denver. So I didn't hear that one. When was that this morning? Wow. So anyway, I mean, I think that's smart, but your heart goes out to the workers. I know. And that's, that's one thing to think about is the people that work off of tips. Man, I bet there's people that watch the blog that work off of tips. So boy, I don't even know. I mean, I don't even know, but hopefully. Yeah, maybe the house is in it. Yeah, hopefully there's relief coming. I was talking, I ran to the school today to pick up the kids books and homework and lesson plans and everything. And we were just talking to the principal and secretary and I were just saying how much this is putting into perspective, how lucky we are, how our lives are so easy, how you need something and you click, click and two hours later it shows up at your door just to never take anything for granted. Yeah. Yeah. Love it. Love it. Love you. Love you. And love you. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Come on. Come on. Come on. We'll go wash our hands. We'll go wash our hands. All right, everyone. We love you. We're going to toss it back. Oh, you have to do it because you are on that side of the screen. So you go like this, like this. We're going to toss it back to yesterday's vlog where we talk about setting up the virtual marathon. It's going to be fun. It's going to be fun. I'll cheer everyone on. April 19th. Oh, yeah. April 19th. All right, everyone. See beauty. Work hard. And love each other. See you tomorrow.