 And it was her lifelong dream to do this race. And after that accident, I promised myself, some point in life, I don't know when. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. How are we doing today? Everybody, hope you're doing well. All right, another day, three miles today. I already ran 5K, I think I was 820 a mile, approximately, so the day after Amsterdam ran 1115 a mile in Amsterdam and through the canals. It was actually really, I was in a lot of pain, but it was really fun to just go explore Amsterdam in those early morning hours. And then yesterday was 10 minutes a mile for three miles. And today was 820 a mile. And so yes, the legs are coming around. It's very exciting. And yes, it connects to the big announcement today. Oh my goodness. Okay, question of the day, hit pause. Hold on, let me, whoa, let me turn that off. Hit pause, guess down below what is my next marathon? Now, no cheating, don't read, well, okay, yeah. What is my next marathon? Just go down below in the comments. That's the question of the day. That is the big announcement today. And, but you have to listen to today's vlog so it all makes sense because it's a big long story. It's an important story to my life. And I'm excited to share it with all of you. But if you don't listen to the vlog, you'll be shocked and confused and not understand. So anyway, just wanna put that, put that out there. Oh my goodness. All right, we're heading out everyone to the gym and then to a massage. Just maintenance, maintenance, maintenance. The legs are coming around already, which is exciting, but a lot of you, it's just like those little things every day, including the foot log. So I've noticed recently that quite a few folks are buying this, it is available down below from Amazon. I use this for, I use this most especially to help get rid of my plantar fasciitis in 2018. And there's a lot of different recovery tools out there that are similar to this. I like this particular recovery tool because of the exact diameter of the foot log, but it's these little, I'm not gonna like points, these pokey points that basically help relieve little, little tiny pressure points on the bottom of my feet. And I use this every single day. But in addition to massaging, I'm gonna show you, I also just stand on it, like you see on the screen right now. And that I think, and based on the research I've done is actually more important than actually massaging your plantar fasciitis issue, like right on the heel. You know, it's very tempting to massage right on the heel. And I have learned based on my research that that is not the best strategy. Actually, you wanna stretch your entire kinetic chain from your glutes, really your lower back to your glutes, all the way, your hamstrings, your calves, your soleus, all the way down to that fascia on the bottom of your foot. And how I do it, slowly, gently, work into it, ease into it, is standing right on top of it for 30 seconds on, 15 seconds off, 30 seconds on, and do that three, four, five times. But you have to build up to it slowly. So anyway, thank you for ordering the foot log and messaging me about how it is working or not working for you, definitely let me know. But so far it seems that quite a few folks are using this right now. Okay, let's head out. Ah, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da. And before I forget, so far no one has guessed my exact time for the Amsterdam Marathon. Someone was two seconds off, very close, and I've made it through about two thirds of the comments. There was about 2,000 comments, so so far I have not found an exact time, oh, hold on, I have not found an exact time. But if I do, I of course will let you know. So I am still digging through all the comments on the guesses, and the winner, if somebody gets it right, is gonna get a new free pair of brand new running shoes, but no luck so far, so anyway. All right, let's go get this body right. We'll see you in a little bit. Good job with your spaceship. Oh, a jet. All right, we're heading to the shooty-o, everyone. The cold shooty-o, time to pull out the heater now. Where's that space heater at? It's time, everyone, the heater is on. We are heating up the shooty-o here, trying to stay warm. I'm just reflecting on life, oh my goodness. I was actually just glancing back at the Cleveland Marathon map. I think I'm gonna keep that forever as a reminder. A reminder that life has a lot of twists and turns that we often cannot anticipate. A lot of challenges, highs and lows. The curve ball, right? I love that picture, that analogy, like life throws us curve balls. And I'm only 34, but even since college, I've learned a lot about how life throws us curve balls. And it's really how we react to the curve ball in our swing, which will determine the outcome of our success. And even in 2019, if you've been watching consistently this year, there's been a couple curve balls here on this channel, here in life, here in running. Cleveland was one of them with the injury. And it was hard to accept in that moment. But because of that injury, a lot of doors were open, including, yes, the Amsterdam Marathon. There's my bib number, gonna keep this forever. I'll write my time and date and location, of course, on the back here. That's what I do with all my bib numbers. So I'll put 223, 37. I think I ended up about 26th place, which is pretty neat. But anyway, so, but because of Cleveland, I ended up in Vienna to film Kipchoge. I ended up in Amsterdam to run my, to race my first marathon. So it's just wild how life really is a bunch of curve balls and it's how we react to those curve balls. I think that determines a lot of our success. So what I'm about to share with you is that it's hard to talk about. It's, you know, it's just hard. It's a hard thing and like, oh, we're dealt a difficult deck of cards sometimes. And so I feel like my mom has been dealt at times a tough deck of cards and she's a runner. She's been running her entire life. And it's, I just, it just makes me a little upset at times when things don't go her way, including this dream that she had to race this one particular race here on this earth. And so the situation is that I'm now signed up for my next marathon. And it happened in a way that I can really explain, but it happened and I'm beyond grateful. And it happened because my mom, I told a story here on the channel one year ago and a vlog fan heard this story now, really a vlog friend. And I'm, she's gonna remain anonymous, but she knows who she is. And she, you know, did some work on her end and made this happen so that I could register for this race. So if you didn't hear this story a year ago, basically it's a tough story and I'm not gonna go into too many details, but my mom, she's a lifelong runner and she really taught me how to love well, how to be patient with others and how to persevere through a lot of, I'll just, I won't use that choice of words, but through a lot of challenging things on this earth, okay? And one of those challenging things was that she registered for this dream race that I'm now registered for 10 years ago. And she was in her car driving down the interstate and was hit head on by a drunk driver. And so don't drink and drive, all right? Out there, you know that, you know that. And it shattered her ankle, messed up her knee real bad, ended up in a wheelchair about two months before this race. And it was her lifelong dream to do this race. And after that accident, I promised myself some point in life, I don't know when, but at some point I was, I was, I would have been about 22 or three at the time. So maybe it was over 10 years ago now, but I said at some point I'm gonna run this race for my mom, all right? So that's the backstory to what I'm about to tell you in nine days from now, I will be racing the New York City Marathon, which don't try this at home. That's why I put that in the title of the vlog. Don't try this at home. You don't do this. You don't go race two marathons, even you usually race two marathons a year, okay? But because this vlog fan and friend really pulled through and made it happen so that I could get into the New York City Marathon, which I found out about six weeks ago. I didn't tell all of you because I wanted to focus just on Amsterdam and obviously Amsterdam is a flat, fast course. New York City is not a flat, fast course, but I'm going out there not to try and save my legs, obviously, not to try and run as fast as possible. I'm going out to the New York City Marathon to race it for my mom, okay? Love you, mom. If you're watching, you'll watch this at some point. And so that is what's happening. That is the big announcement. It's a little insane. I realize it's just a little crazy, but I'm doing it for my mom and I'm so excited. And she's a proud New Yorker. So she grew up in New York just so you know, that's why she loves all of her family is still in New York. And I was basically raised in New York during the summer times. We would go out to New York all the time. So anyway, we're gonna do a meetup run in New York City. I will post the details very soon on Strava and I love you. And that's the story. That's the big announcement. I know it's a little crazy. And bottom line, I'm not afraid to go out and try to live life and live life for others. And I hope my mom can experience the New York City Marathon through me running in nine days from now. And okay, I guess I'll just mention like, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. People apply their entire life and never get into the New York City Marathon. I think I've heard it's like a half a million people apply every year now. It's a lot. And I believe it's like 55,000 they accept. At least that's what I heard last. Maybe it's over 60 now, but it's a lot of runners every year, but it's like people never get into this race. So I am not passing up this opportunity. I know it's not ideal timing, having just done Amsterdam, but I'm taking care of my body, getting massages, eating well, going to the pool, doing all the little stuff. And at the end of the day, we're just gonna go out there and have fun and run this race together for my mom. All right, so I love you all. And onward and upward. And I'm so glad that I can bring you along this journey. Okay, it's crazy. I know it's a little crazy. Again, don't try this at home. I don't recommend this, don't recommend this, but I'm gonna do it and it's gonna be amazing. Ah, so that is that. I already asked the question of the day. Did anybody guess New York City? I'll be curious to read the comments down below. And all right, onward and upward. I already said that. We're gonna toss it back too. Yes, the Amsterdam Marathon race vlog on the right. And we'll go on the left. We'll go maybe back to a Cleveland Marathon vlog when I was training for the Cleveland Marathon since we talked about both of those races in tonight's vlog. I love you all. There you go. All right, seek beauty, work hard, and love each other. See you tomorrow.