 All right, here we go you two family here we go I was gonna wait to open this tomorrow, but it arrived last Friday right before we zipped up to the mountains And so I didn't have a chance to open it just ran out of time, and I just can't wait I got to open it and can you guess what's inside hit pause what is inside here? That's a pretty broad guessing range But if you can guess the company and I will just give you a hint It's a shoe that has never appeared on this channel. All right, so that that narrows it down actually quite a bit So if you know the lineup that I usually run in I'll also say one other thing my first Racing spike of my entire life in seventh grade. All right was this company, okay? And we're just gonna kick off this vlog with an unboxing. Why not? All right? Let me just grab the knife here. All right. Are you are you ready? Oh my goodness My goodness by the way, I hope if you didn't see last night's live stream where we gave away the running shoes You might want to go check it out upper right hand corner. All right. Here we go. Oh I'm so excited. Oh so like listen. All right, I'll just I'll just show it to you And then I'll try and I'll try and break it down for you. Oh, I like the color of the box I'll put it that way. All right. Are you ready? Is your guest down in the comments? I It's a long story as to how these shoes arrived in my house, but I'm I'm excited listen I have no experience in Mizzou no except except for my first Racing spikes and I'm gonna try and find a picture of these racing spikes and put them on the screen right now There you go. Those were my first racing spikes in seventh grade 1998 a little while ago And I haven't really I don't think I've run in Mizuno sense There's just so many shoes out there So listen, I'm beholden to no one open to trying any and all Running shoes should we open them up now or should I should have we wait for I actually don't even wait there It is. All right. You ready for it the wave knit are Oh Look at that color. Oh My goodness the wave knit are Two goodness Whoa Hold first of all you nailed the color way. You know how I like bright green Mizuno. Okay, that is pretty exciting Wow, oh my goodness. Oh, yeah, they're brand new. Oh, yeah, little sniffy sniff. All right. All right So there you go. Mizuno wave knit are to now in my possession Mizuno, I'm excited. So it's definitely a a knit upper Really fascinating and all right. I'm not gonna run in these today. I had another game plan So we're gonna run in some other shoes today, but this is exciting. Listen again beholden to no one I actually I don't even know how much these cost So I'll give you a cost break down in a little bit But and then well, of course, we're gonna talk about marathon Training and the game plan moving forward since the race was canceled on Saturday It it changes things a little bit and it also Opens things up a little bit as well. So I'm excited about that and This all right, let's lace up Yes, you did not see the first impressions of the Nike zoom fly fly knit vlog upper right hand corner Go check it out After this run, we'll be at about 20 miles in the shoe and the zoom flies and then I'll get you my full review at 50 miles. So we might hit that Probably in the next seven days So it's coming It's coming Okay, get getting ready for the live stream the shoe giveaway That's right. The 10,000 subscribers shoe giveaway. I'm putting all of the guys names into the new balance box These are high schoolers who really could use some good new running shoes So but I just checked my email and it's not quite 5 p.m. And sure enough two more just got their names Submitted so I got to go inside print their names put them in the box But that is what I am doing right now. Oh Best of luck to everybody. Oh my goodness and the ladies box is already filled up We'll see there's like four minutes left So we'll see if any more ladies names come through in the Nike box. Oh man You guys just keep keep working keep fighting keep working like you're taking your shoes to the to the to the limits And I commend you for Persevering in this sport that we love even though the midsole cushion might not be as alive as you would like Just keep going keep going but hopefully we can help some not some ladies and guys out tonight Oh my goodness. All right, and the key word the key word. It's actually a number. That's right. Here we go Here's the calendar 67 that's the key number today. All right down in the comments. Thanks for hitting it up Why 67 days to go until the Cleveland Marathon, that's right that when you're watching this on Tuesday It's 67 days to go now. Listen. I know I've talked about in the past You don't want to get too amped up too far ahead of a race, right? Your mental capacity cannot handle that type of excitement and enthusiasm for 67 days However, what happened Saturday? Just two days ago three days ago. The race was Cancelled now listen America's uphill. That was a fun race It was going to be a B race not my peak race, but I was ready. I was ready to rock and roll So now Now that it's in the rearview mirror. It's all it's all in It's time to go all in like I am I was waiting for it waiting for America's uphill kind of just buying my time and training putting in the work and It didn't happen and that's okay. And but now it's I boom Cleveland Marathon peak race. We are now entering the second half of this training block So remember I know I've mentioned this but basically I'm doing a double peak in this training block Because the training block started January 1st. I like my training blocks to be three to four months Preferably four months. Well, January February March April May I mean that's five months I knew in my mind that five months was gonna be just a little too long to hold a lot of good Fitness and so this is how the rest of the training block is gonna go between now and Cleveland Marathon May 19th. Basically, I peaked out at 85 miles a week two weeks ago Last week was just 40 miles for the week and then I took Saturday I did that one mile jog with my boys. That was fun. And then yesterday took the day completely off So now hitting the reset button. I just hit the reset button. My legs feel amazing like especially since I didn't race on Saturday I feel really good. So now I'm like back to not square one I would say square four, okay, and I want to get to square 10 Between now and the Cleveland Marathon. So now we're gonna start you're gonna see it on Strava You're gonna see my mileage start to creep up again and creep up again this week. I'll be hitting between remember I like a range. I'll be hitting between 60 and 70 miles this week And then keep going and keep going and here's the other component to the rest of this training block Listen, January February incredible amounts of strength of altitude training running in snow A hill work just like long LSD runs long slow distance up mountains like boom building that aerobic engine from the ground up and now not quite yet Not quite yet. I'm gonna continue to do this LSD hill work altitude work Running in the snow because it's supposed to snow on Wednesday And so for the next two weeks maybe three weeks at the most I'm gonna continue to build that strength That'll give and that hill work and that running in the snow and altitude and and that'll give me what that'll give me six to seven Weeks to sharpen up and oh you're gonna see it You're gonna see a distinct shift and I've already started remember two weeks ago. I did the threshold run Tomorrow, I'm just gonna tell you right now. Why not? Let's just tell you right now. It's time ladies and gentlemen tomorrow I'm pulling out the audio spores for another threshold run Okay, it's gonna be a doozy come back for my first impressions of the audios for tomorrow But I will begin to do less hill work in two weeks from now and more Road fast Specific workouts. It's coming. So I know I know you've been patient with me on the mountain running It's almost time to shoot to begin the sharpening and to begin the the speed work and to get That leg turnover going like you've never seen before. Okay, and I'm even gonna I'm gonna begin to dabble in it Tomorrow in the audios for it's gonna be a baby one, but it's it's it's it's almost time It's high so close to really letting loose. Can you tell I'm a little excited? Okay? Topic number two around getting ready for a peak race for me. It happens to be the marathon Sharpening races, okay? Critical really important I don't know if we've actually ever talked about this if you are getting ready Let's just say it's a marathon if you're getting ready for a marathon and you probably already know this Let's just maybe it's just it's a 10k. It's really important to do a shorter race Before your peak race that way why you got to get your legs You got to get your mind ready to go fast and ready to Frankly, I don't want to say deal with competition But you want to get ready to to work hard and to race like it's a different mindset And you're like it's amazing what your body can do when there's people around you and you're pushing in a competitive environment So for me, I'm gonna do a 5k in March a 5k a 10k in Early to mid-April and then probably not a half marathon although that's okay as well I'm gonna go with a 10 miler called the Cherry Creek sneak. Okay in late April I think it's almost the last day of April. It's exactly three weeks before the Cleveland marathon So again, what you're I'm building up 5k 10k 10 miler Marathon marathon is the peak race. These other three races Sharpening races getting ready to get ready. Okay sharpening the legs Sharpening the competitive mindset so that when I get to Cleveland, it's time to rock and roll. Okay, so I'll be here All right. Well, let's let's just let's do it question of the day Do you do sharpening races leading up to a peak race? And if so like what is your strategy? When do you like to do them? I I love the three-week window I think four weeks is a little too far out for me And I think it definitely anything under three weeks is too close And for me like I'm actually the reason I'm doing a 10 miler and not a half marathon Is that the competition in this 10 miler is very steep like really fast guys like 50? We're at altitude. I want to say like 52 minutes of procs. I could be wrong on that I don't know what the winners run. I got to look that up actually, but they run fast And so that is the question of the day. Do you incorporate sharpening races leading up to your peak race? Okay, and so that's my strategy again 5k 10k 10 miler Marathon bada bing bada boom baby bada bing bada boom. Okay, that's it for today again key word key number 67 and if you were not here for last night's giveaway You can go watch it on the home page. Go check it out upper right hand corner the running shoe giveaway It was pretty epic and congrats to everyone that won some brand new running shoes, and yeah, we will do it again We can't do it every week maybe someday, but listen we're at one step in front of the other every single day seek beauty work hard Love each other