 I think he's getting a little bigger looks a little bigger when you're just holding him on the chair. Now we are building it today. Alright a box arrived not running shoes you better believe it it is what is it boys it's the baby car seat that's right this is gonna be Michael's car seat because Michael's car seat is gonna become Henry's car seat so here we go all right boys exactly pull pull yeah it says five to 45 pounds for the rear-facing what this is your new car seat Michael that's fine with me that's fine with me you would think after seven eight years of car seat installation that I would have it down to a science every time it's a it's a brand new learning experience probably because all the car seats are different yes oh my gosh you know you know if you if you've installed car seats it's it's like riding a bull in a rodeo and say you're wrestling and you're yeah I definitely I don't think I'll go to the gym today make sure it's nice and cinched down nice and tight I mean it's just like a non-stop workout we did it listen everyone this is real life all right this is real life here yes do we give our children food in the car seat you better believe it goldfish peanuts raisins crazens some fruit loop action listen sometimes kids are screaming in the car and you just give them food you just give them food so but we do we do clean the car seats every now and then every now and then oh my gosh pretty much when a a new new kiddo arrives on the scene all right there we go back from the run back to the studio realizing we're missing we're missing a shoe here you got to fill this in there we go they put a Mizuno in there nice and easy day out there on the slippery streets of Denver still a little icy out there but it's starting to melt a little bit so four miles today eight thirty a mile and the goal of today's run is to warm up the legs so that when I go back inside here in a minute I can stretch and foam roll to get those legs happy for tomorrow's run which will also be easy before the hard run again on Monday and there is the mileage that I've put into the sketchers go run ride eight into the shoes right there on your screen and also in kilometers so whenever you see the shoes listed and the miles that's how many miles I have put into that particular pair of shoes all right here we go everyone the tune-up race has been chosen for leading into the Hamburg marathon it took me a while but I have made the decision so just so everyone knows in well first of all I'm transitioning from the from the trail running and ultra running to the road running and last fall was my first marathon the Amsterdam marathon ladies and gentlemen I did not do a tune-up race before one of my peak races of 2019 why because I was in New Hampshire racing the US mountain running championships so I simply didn't have enough time to work it into my schedule craziness and so just so everyone knows you've got your peak races and you've got your you've got your tune-up races and then you kind of also just have your fun races you know that's another category but in a calendar year I like to have three peak races all right two marathons and yes a mountain race so this year it's the Hamburg marathon the New York City marathon and then in between is going to be the Pikes Peak marathon a mountain race so before a big peak race if you can work it into your schedule doing a tune-up race is a really great idea and what's the goal of a tune-up race to get your leg turnover going in a race environment and also for me to get myself mentally prepared for that race day experience where you're just in the zone and you're ready to rock and roll so what in no matter the distance whether you're whether your peak race is a 5k or whether it's a 50 miler it's really a great idea to do tune-up races and so for marathons in an ideal world you do a 13 a half marathon 13.1 mile tune-up race three weeks before the marathon maybe four weeks definitely not two weeks so three weeks from what I've read and the research I've done is that is really a great window to shoot for before your actual marathon peak race why is that if it's four weeks the benefit that you're going to receive from the turnover and recruiting those fast twitch muscle fibers as much as possible is going to start to depreciate if it's too far away from that peak race date and then if it's too close like two weeks away it's just your legs aren't going to recover in time for the race that the peak race day so therefore I've been searching and looking around and it's been a crazy life it's just it's tough Colorado is really not a there's not a lot of amazing road racing going on first of all we live at elevation so a lot of people don't like to travel to Colorado for racing because it's elevation and they're not going to run as fast but also we have a really difficult winter and spring seas as well as a lot of other places around the world but it's just like tough to do really high performance racing in Colorado yeah I'll just leave it to that so therefore I'm look I've been looking for a half marathon three weeks and if you if I looking at my calendar it's March 28th or 29th and also I've been looking for good weather and as low you know low elevation as low as possible so those were and also oh yeah also with baby Henry on the way I've been looking for a race that is close and a race that a lot so Bridget's mom is coming out from Chicago the week of March 28th and 29th so therefore I'm gonna zip off for one night to this location I'm about to tell you and it's at 400 feet of elevation and basically it's my tune up race for the Hamburg marathon what we can do well I'm gonna be in okay I'll just tell you it's the Irving Texas Irving Texas half marathon there you go that is the tune up race for my Hamburg marathon it's flat it's a very flat course it's 400 feet of elevation so pretty you know not dead sea level but pretty low and the weather looks amazing like the weather looks absolutely spot on so not too hot not too cold and so there you go so if you live in the greater Dallas Fort Worth Irving area I'm gonna be there on March 28th for my tune up race I cannot wait and so I will come up with a game plan for the group run and I think what's gonna happen is we might do the group run for the warm-up or the cool down either you know before the race or after the race alright so let me know if you are racing the Irving marathon or half marathon let me know down in the comments and it's just gonna be a great time so shout out to Texas and two more points real quick is that I found this race through half marathons net just so you know half marathons net if you know of a better website out there for half marathons let me know as well down in the comments because I'm always struggling a little bit with half marathons finding them because they're just not quite as maybe publicized as big marathon races anyway let me know if you have any other resources for half marathons and that question of the day do you use tune-up races in your overall racing schedule and maybe you're just learning about tune-up races right now today on this blog that's great but if you if you are well versed in tune-up races and yeah just let us know and no matter the distance so I'd actually be curious to hear some thoughts from people that race like 5k's and 3k's and shorter races like what your strategy for tuning up as far as timeline and yeah just a timeline in the distance in the surface that you're racing on so there you go everyone okay vlog's not done I'm going inside onward and upward Irving half marathon is the deal we're gonna be coming for you oh I can't wait just to get to some warmer weather for once all right here we go I think he's getting a little bigger looks a little bigger when you were just holding him on the chair so Papa takes care of his legs cash cows cash cows going to going to Texas that thing it's to strengthen the leg Michael what you doing no no what are you doing monkey head come on now okay hold I'll get you gotta keep an eye on this kid well don't pull a pants oh Michael Michael doing WWF over here care here keeps your nimble they don't they don't they don't realize their Papa still has some athletic ability yeah alright rest WrestleMania is over I survived somehow and yes I still got a little agility left in these legs just a little bit just a little bit all right boys we're closing it gotta go to bed tossing it back on the right to the last marathon training discussion from about a month ago where I give some tips and tricks on marathon training that'll be on the right and then on the left we'll toss it back to a race from 2019 all right see beauty work hard and love each other see you tomorrow good job Michael okay guys