 Drive home from a track workout. Just like a hard solid effort. That was good I just want to share it with someone immediately In a way we go ladies and gentlemen Just getting ready for my run putting some water back because it's hot out here in Denver And yes, I'm leading off with a question of the day Do you prefer to run solo or in a group or a combination? There's no right answer here And you know gets into the whole discussion about introverts and extroverts and Training with a group or not training with a group in different ability levels and frankly at the end of the day for me It just comes down to time and the like scheduling It's really difficult to go run with other people for me So anyway, this is the discussion today. We're gonna talk about What and also later after the run I'm gonna talk about the mental side of how I approach running alone and what keeps me motivated to keep running alone all the time Now listen, I run with people occasionally if my brother lived closer by like in Denver We would definitely run all the time or my buddy Steve or a couple other people But listen, it's like life is life. You like you just got it You got to get sometimes you're just squeezing in the runs when you can so that's a question of the day and We'll come up with a keyword later. All right Let's go dig out the new balance fuel cell rebels first impressions publishing at 5 p.m Mountain time today. All right, let's go get them out of here in the studio. Let's get these Let's get them here When cofusie and I went running in Chicago last week He asked what would be a shoe company that is kind of doing cutting edge things in 2019 and he said hoca and I would agree with that and I said new balance because I think this fuel cell Rubble is pushing the envelope forward for new balance. So and that in addition to the 5280 which is basically a road racing shoe for the mile or Potentially made I don't know. Maybe the 5k. I don't own it yet. Maybe down the road, but anyway, I went with new balance All right onward and upward All right We made it downtown and you know what we're gonna go with solo for the keyword for this blog Because we're talking about solo running today and the mental side of how I go about Staying in a good place mentally with all of these runs alone. And so anyway, we'll talk about that once again back to Studio I was gonna mention one other thing, but it'll come to me on the run. I got my green hat got my watch It's rock and roll just wash the hat. It's looking looking fresh About halfway through the run and I was just I didn't want to forget so I'm stopping now to tell you You know, I listen to music But actually when you see me with earbuds on when I'm running as far as I you know Sometimes the runs can get a little long a little tiring It's good to have something to distract you sometimes when you don't have someone to run with but for me It's like podcast all the time And I think I'm gonna publish a short video soon for my top three running podcast that I love to listen to But anyway, I'm not I'm not listening to anything tonight. It's just too beautiful out And I'm just soaking it all in but I do listen to things now if you're in a teen context Like it was a big big no-no to listen to anything Running on a team like cuz you're around your teammates But some people did and it was a very very frowned upon by the other teammates because you're there to like get to know Each other in bond and all that good stuff. So anyway, just wanted to mention that and we're rolling. Come on All right, there we go solo run in the books, but I got to say around mile six So it's a nice evening in Denver I was just cruising along and I was like man How cool would it be to have a running club that could just like meet it? Let's say like 7 30 8 p.m. And just go crush urban streets like just go cruising around town without a care in the World and actually maybe go into like a fast tempo just like it was so fun to just go fast. So anyway, that was good All right heading back actually I'm going to pick up some food and then back to the house back to the studio all that good stuff And yes again first impressions of the new balance fuel cell rebel publishing at 5 p.m. You're not You're not gonna want to miss it. You're just not Last night I was craving orange juice or some type of juice like orange juice so bad I almost left my house at like 10 p.m. To go get some so we're we're on the pursuit of OJ Now a hundred percent running can be a little lonely at times especially if you're doing high volume and you're just doing it solo But what are the loneliest times? I would say is the drive home what I'm doing right now Because you want to talk about your run you want to talk about how it went maybe the ups and the downs You want to talk about what you're gonna eat afterward like what I'm thinking about right now So I find this like the drive home from the mountains drive home from a track workout Just like a hard solid effort that was good I just want to share it with someone immediately and that was one of the benefits of obvious You know being on the CU cross-country team Especially we would always you know have usually a 30-minute drive back to campus anyway just riffing here But I'm not sure if you can relate to that that slightly lonely Spot after a run when you just want to share it with the world you know what I mean But thankfully I got you guys and you got and I'm here for you. You're here for me. That's what I'm trying to say That's what I'll try to say. All right. Let's go get some food Okay, everyone real quick. I gotta keep this real concise because it's getting late Mental strat and listen, I am not a I never really studied psychology So I'm not qualified completely to talk about this But I'll just speak from experience and the mental side of running alone first of all life has changed with the smartphone I loved I loved growing up in the early 2000s with no smartphone in high school. I didn't have a smartphone until I was a soft No, actually it was later But I had my first cell phone when I was a sophomore in college It was a beautiful thing because I just live simply and I just lived and so connecting that to running As far as like I relish and I yearn for that quiet When I'm not listening to podcasts when I'm not listening to music, but that disconnected time While running even on the long runs even in the cold winter running. I love it. I just love disconnecting And the other thing is That when you approach peak fitness It gets easier running gets easier and how does that connect to running alone? um Basically, you start to have more fun and I really mean that like running should be fun I know it's hard But the more fit you become the easier in quotes a little easier it becomes and yes I believe the more fun it becomes and frankly in this world the world we live in like we need a little more fun in This world just like good healthy fun because sometimes the stresses of money or Politics or whatever else isn't oh hold on or lights going out. I don't know. There's just so much garbage out there So anyway, I just I lean into the goodness of disconnecting and of running and of like and and and Okay, there's no bike involved. There's no rope. There's no kayak. There's no nothing It's just you and your feet and I love that simplicity and that helps me when I don't necessarily want to go run Which is very rare. In fact, it hardly ever happens, but it's taken years to build up to that. All right So i'm gonna leave it there. I know I didn't it didn't nail that god nailed that answer for you guys But that's kind of a little of my mental at least my mental thinking maybe not strategy But mental thinking when it comes to running alone Is it's a nice it's just a nice way to unplug All right, I already did the question question of the day already did the keyword. I love you guys And we're just gonna keep rocking and rolling. All right. See beauty work hard and love each other I can't wait for your comments down below