 time to get organized oh man new week new opportunities starting tomorrow on Monday well when you're watching this it will be Monday happy Monday I love Monday it's like let's get going let's roll let's rock and roll let's get things done let's accomplish goals but gotta stay organized my running bag got a little out of control this week so first time putting on these smart wool socks fascinating I've worn smart wool in the past but these are very comfortable holy guacamole and now I'm putting on the Vemero 14 there we go there we go got the t-shirt on got the Vemero 14's on by the way they're feeling amazing and these smart wool socks are just unbelievable they feel so good I've anyway we won't talk about them now ladies and gentlemen it's gonna be a good week here on YouTube coming up however I am closing in on the 2018 running calendar it's been well last week definitely threw me off quite a bit by not being able to run because of the sickness and I was not expecting that was hoping for a much let's say stronger finish to the year but that's okay you would remain flexible as a runner patient have that macro level training plan at the forefront of your brain at all times because you never know when an injury is gonna pop up or a sickness or frankly just busy life and you have to just pause things a little bit so anyway this upcoming week we're gonna talk about the future of this YouTube channel we're gonna talk about the future of training for me the future of training hopefully for you and hopefully giving you some insights as to perhaps what could be a game plan for half marathon marathon training because I continue by the way my email is listed on the desktop version of YouTube and it's under the about section it's kind of hard to find and I think YouTube makes it hard to find on purpose but email me with your questions I'll be happy to answer eventually be patient with me I never delete an email if I don't answer it but it might take two three five days sometimes so be patient but a lot of people are emailing me with questions about gear and about running and training and all that fun stuff so and as far as today goes we're going easy three miles and this is a topic that is a good topic for an easy vlog so the last couple of logs you've probably noticed have been over 15 minutes which means it takes more editing so I am gonna take an easy vlog today an easy edit and an easy run just to keep it a little shorter but I do want to talk about a specific topic with you which is yes of course connected to the title of today's blog but first let's go get three miles in I got it I got it remember yesterday we talked about the race day packet what you would love to see in the packets moving forward great ideas by the way are streaming in right now this was yesterday's vlog if you didn't see it go watch it and let us know your thoughts on what would be the one item you would love to see in a race packet moving forward a lot of beanies gloves coffee coffee mugs gift certificates just great ideas what would be my item if I could afford it as a race director the foot log I just wonder how like I just love this thing so much and it feels so good on the plantar fasciitis which by the way mine is non-existent right now but got to stay on top of it right keep that maintenance up so I'm telling you all if I could give this to every single runner in the world I would I would yes I would the topic of the day first a little water Christmas season hydrate hydrate all right everybody here we go the easy day loop from your home and listen a lot of veteran runners already know this you've been running for years and you understand this concept however there's a lot of new runners who are commenting in the last you know two to three weeks who say in the comments below like I've been running for three months I've been running for six months I'm just discovering the sport and I'm falling in love with it and they that's amazing welcome to the running family and I'm just blown away like to discover something that you love in some I somebody commented yesterday they're 55 I think or 50 in their 50s and they just discovered running and the gentleman just ran I think it was like a 28 minute 5k or 27 minute 5k and he's in his 50s and it's just discovered running in his 50s that's amazing welcome to running and so here we go the easy day loop what is it it's exactly what it sounds like three tips for why you should run an easy day loop from your house first of all we all we runners we love running but it can be at times a little bit of a mental workout in addition to a physical workout for accomplishing the daily run because we're busy we have tasks that we all need to complete we have jobs we have families we have school so you have to strategize throughout your day or the night before your day begins on like okay when am I gonna run tomorrow where's my gear where you know where am I gonna run how long am I gonna run what's it gonna take for transportation to get to the running location yada yada like the list goes on and on it believe it or not we you runners you we go through this mental workout every single day whether we remember or know it or not here we go why the easy day loop first of all an easy day is important in your training you should not be running hard every single day obviously you don't want to do that and so you want it you want an easy day for your physical body recovery your legs your everything you know your your waist down but what about a mental break on this channel we haven't talked too much about the mental side of running I'm excited to get into that more so in 2019 we'll get into it but why the easy day loop from your home and why did I put those three words at the end of today's vlog title from your home meaning out your front door you are on your easy day loop you're leaving your house out your front door you're not traveling to a running location and listen I realized some people might live right next to an interstate so this might not always be possible but for most of us I would I'd probably make the argument that we can run literally from our front door an easy day loop where the the course is already marked off so there's there's there's mental breaks for you don't have to figure out the logistics of traveling to the location you don't have to figure out the distance because you've run it so many times that your watch just tells you how far you've gone and so you're like okay I know exactly how far the loop is I know exactly where I'm leaving from my front door and I know that it's going to be easy meaning I'm not doing a tempo workout I'm not doing a fart lick I'm not doing a long run I don't have to figure out any other real logistics with my gear with respect to like carrying water or carrying food and so it's that mental break that we all as runners we really need to strive for because when it's time to rock and roll on the track for a workout like we're in the zone and that's like that's mentally taxing I remember in college just being a little a little stressed out like about track workouts because it was not my strength and so when the easy day arrived I just was like ah therefore what are the three points to take away from the easy day loop from your home it's logistically easy it's mentally easy and it's physically easy the three points right there and of course you know the keyword is loop and the question of the day and I'll be I'm just fascinated like for the veteran runners like do you have an easy day loop I'm assuming you do from your home and how long did it take you to discover that loop I know for me it actually took me a little while to discover my loop probably a year or two before I was like okay this is my loop I'm not going anywhere else on my easy day loop but for the new runners have you ever thought of this concept of an easy day loop and what do you think of it and are you interested in you mapping out an easy day loop from your home alright that's the question of the day that's the keyword loop and I love you and yes today's vlog is easy to film easy to edit because it's an easy day loop kind of day and I'm calling it at what time is it it's I for it's almost four o'clock and I'm done I'm gonna call it and I love you and thanks for being here tomorrow is an exciting big day probably a couple videos publishing two videos two videos stay tuned actually yes I'm just gonna say it now two videos will publish tomorrow so gear up for that and so I gotta I gotta call it right now see beauty actually shall we just let the t-shirt do the talking shall we do