 Don't say Feels like race day feels like race day. All right, let's go YouTube. Oh, man Jason I'm coming for you. I'm coming for you. Let's roll, baby All right, ladies and gentlemen taking the carbon rockets out for today's morning run And yes, I we're doing something new. We've never done this before on this channel and So it's exciting. I'm gonna I'm gonna go find Jason. He's just over there in the coffee shop I do believe we're in downtown Denver and Yeah, it's just like you just got to keep pushing forward You know when there's like Question marks in your mind and when there is just uncertainty about the future whether it's with work or life or running and This is a this is what we're doing today is just like one little step in the right direction for Trying new things so Jason. Thank you for the idea. All right. Let's go get them. Come on Good to meet you you too, buddy. Yeah, man. Oh man. All right, everybody Welcome to downtown Denver Jason. All right, Jason and I actually just met in REI got some coffee and Jason is a viewer that Jason is a viewer of the blog How did you find the YouTube channel? What was the yeah? Well, how did it come? Did you come about it? your one of your videos popped up in my feed the ultra ultra runner Mile time time trial without training. Yeah popped up and I was like, I gotta watch it You gotta check it out. That's awesome. You know, yeah, let's talk a little bit about your journey with Gaining weight and before it before Jason was a runner. What was your what was your story with that? Well, I was an EMT and My wife was a teacher and when we had kids after ten years of marriage we decided that She would be the one to work because EMTs don't make that much sure sure and so I just became a stay-at-home dad Yeah, and it the weight just slowly crept on. Yeah, and you don't even realize it. It's it's weird Yeah, you know all of a sudden you can't hold your your infant son and you're like wait a minute You know and or bend over to tie your shoes really and that was and that was a wake-up call for you Big time when you realize you like we're struggling to pick up your son. Yeah. Yeah, cuz I try and hold him in my belly would get in the way You know what? I mean and he would he was almost too heavy even as an infant I you know not really get out of breath, but you know what? I mean, it's not yeah, you know I don't have the stamina for it. Sure and now what year was that um? 2016-ish 2016-17-ish So Jason how what was your highest weight? Um, I actually got up to about 270 270 and then the wake-up call happening. What was the light? Yeah, my wife decided to she wanted to run the boulder boulder. Okay that year and I was Jealous, you know, I wanted to run it with her. Yeah, and I sat there on the computer following her and and I actually kind of I cried You know cuz I I knew I couldn't do it and so that afternoon when she came home. I went out and job Yeah, that that first that first day and ever since then Hadn't stopped running and you went from your house How far did you go? Okay, so from my house from my house? I just kind of went out and back, but then I decided I should probably make it a little harder for myself to To turn around yeah, so I decided to find a trail and I went to the trail and I went a half a mile out I Mean I was dying I could barely do it and half a mile back and I I think I would run 20 seconds and walk for two minutes. Yeah, and I just kept this progression until eventually I was running more than walking. Yeah and So you were at 270 mm-hmm, and then how long did it take to come down? So we're gonna tell everyone where you're at now. Listen listen to this everybody. I'm at 168 right now 168 over a hundred pounds. That's amazing it's It's it's I'm very fortunate. Yeah, some people don't have The courage or whatever to lose that weight, but yeah, you got to do it Yeah, you know what I mean and running was one reason but my family and my kids Yep, you know, I didn't want to I didn't want to be a type-2 diabetic when they're ready to go out and play and I'm just You know yep laid up. And so what is your 5k PR? 2716 I believe okay 2716 so Jason pitched the idea to come down here today, and I think it's a great idea We're gonna we're gonna get it. We're gonna get a new PR here in Denver. Does that sound good sounds perfect Okay, so we're gonna run a 5k Just here on the Platte River Trail and Jason just like it's just amazing, you know Like what you were able to do and um you saw the pictures come up on your screen like it was no joke No, it was it was I was right on the verge of being a diabetic. Yeah, no joke And now you're here and you love running. I love it. Well enough talking man. It's kind of let's do that That's how good. Let's rock and roll. All right. Let's get our shoes on here. Whoo All right, there's 1.5. We'll go a little further You got this Great pace there we go That's 1.55 and if we need to tack on at the end we can good work two miles right there one mile to go We got this We got this Hope those arms we got this There you go, there you go good work here we go here we go right up right up and down right up and down There you go, there you go Right up and down go keep coming keep coming keep coming Keep coming three point one two. I had a good time on my life. Did you actually Did you feel anything on that run? I wasn't pretty pretty good for you pretty easy. No, I was It was good it was good He is brilliant we did it man actually not going to roll this right now but I do want Jason to ask the question of the day and Good work again. It's awesome. Thank you, sir inspiration and Good work man. Thank you so much the first the first of many runs and yes if you live in Denver We'll be we'll be doing a run club soon. I'll keep bothering him. I know I'm thinking uh, you know what I'm thinking actually is a three-year Basically the three-year anniversary of the daily vlog I Think that'll be potentially the launch date So just needed to get the t-shirts done and at least we got the Strava going right more global running is is blowing up So it's fun. All right. Whoo. Boom love Pacing Jason to a PR was that fun or what you two oh my goodness We've never done that before on this channel. Congrats Jason. You crushed it We were working baby. We were working out there. All right. I'm off. Actually. I'm off to more filming That's what I'm doing today. So come along for the journey. Oh, I'm just amped up I don't know about you, but I am amped up Jason. You crushed it. All right I've relocated to a new location in Denver and Taken the carbon rockets and yes the 4% out for their final test This will be the second this that'll be the second video publishing today 3 p.m. Mountain time on the channel, but I thought this was kind of cool stopping film this for you guys and Yes, Jason you had wings today you had wings today and yes Jason is the key word You better believe it. Jason is the key word hit it up down in the comments. Congrats again. All right. Let's roll We've we've got an interesting situation You two family the boys are often an adventure and true love and I and hon you don't even know what I did this morning I know I don't just say congratulations Jason Congratulations Jason. Ah, you'll see you might just have to see tomorrow. I'll show you tomorrow So look what we got true love pick this up. We're on a little two-hour three-hour vacation Yeah Every now and then every now and then we got a splurge a little bit We got splurge a little bit when Michael's sleeping the boys are on an adventure. Yeah, we worked hard this morning Payson Jason, so all right here we go Did did Michael reject his nap yes, he yes, he did yes, he did oh Baby what a day what a day we got baby inside playing with a balloon a little bit of sushi I don't know if you like sushi, but I love sushi. There's nothing like some good sushi and Yes, we did something new today pretty neat to take the carbon rockets out with Jason by the way Jason was in the Vemero 14's. I don't know if you noticed that in Jason just so you know everyone and some of you have told me the same thing on Strava that you have pain in Your feet as well because of the Vemero 14's well look up on YouTube the Lideard Lacing method I haven't tried it yet, but supposedly that helps relieve Some of the tension that can happen in the Vemero 14's at least it's helping Jason So I'm gonna try it soon. Anyway, that's the shoe that Jason was in today I was in the carbon rockets and yes, that was the first time we've ever done that on this YouTube channel where I was You know invited. Thank you for the invitation Jason to go pace someone to a PR time at any distance So I don't know I'm I think we're on to something if I mean I can't fly across the country or the world right now But I think at least locally But I think we're on to something if there is a goal that you might have and you want a little bit of and Jason Hopefully I didn't push it too hard, but I think we did well together I was just encouraging him as much as I could along the way and sure enough like I was glancing down at my watch Not sure if you saw that in the video, but I was just glancing like okay. We got this it's gonna be close But we got this let's do this and sure enough. We kicked it there at the end and so anyway Congrats again Jason. That was fun. And I think it's the first of many. Let's keep the ball rolling with New ideas, you know what I mean? I think here on YouTube. It's really important to I don't know if the word innovate is the right word, but just to be Open and creative to pushing ourselves whether obviously in training, but also in Creativity and that's what I'm all about in the YouTube universe. So thanks again. Oh, yeah, and by the way Let's cut back to the question of the day. Does Jason have a question of the day for everyone out there on The interwebs. I think um, yeah, my question of the day would be How often do you attempt PRs? How often and and if you don't get that PR what do you do to Get that PR next time nice nice. I like that. I like that a lot and there you have it I love it Jason. I think it's a great question of the day talking about PRs How often do you shoot for them? Let us know down in the comments and maybe you have a PR goal coming up Maybe I can help who knows let me know if you do if you need some help I'm game. Maybe if it fits in the schedule, but listen, I'm all that I'm all about just helping people reach goals and for me personally I've never raced a marathon. That's my number one PR goal for 2019 Actually, I did tell Jason something today. I don't know. Should I tell you guys? Why not? Why not? I? Would love to set. I don't even know if it's in the radar possible I actually think it might be because I was so injured in college I was unable to drop my 5k PR very low like I think I could have approached the 14 minute mark But I it's 1446 Should we go for it in 2019? I don't know. I ran 15 30 ish at sea Anyway, that would be an amazing thing for me to shoot for in addition to the marathon Who knows anyway, let us know down in the comments We love you guys. Thank you for being here. Jason. Great job. Once again See beauty work hard and love each other. Oh, yeah video number two posting in about 10 hours See you tomorrow