 Need to grab need to grab the hyper ice viper 2.0 charging it up after the trip the the massage Recovery is in full effect full effect after the USA Mountain running championships Usually Dom's delayed onset muscle soreness. Usually it sets in 48 hours later It's setting in a little quicker after this race Bombing down the ski hills with no trails just straight down the mountain I think my legs are a little extra sore. So we're gonna work it out. And yes I'm drinking my turmeric tea. There we go. And also forgot one thing. Hold on be right back. Hold on And yes, just got out of the epsom salt bath. You better believe it You know how I love these especially in the winter time when it's freezing out But I don't know I feel like it helps me does it, you know I may never know the full answer to that but I do an epsom salt bath Especially after a hard race. So here we go and forgot one more thing. Hold on. It's in here charging up Need to grab need to grab the hyper ice viper 2.0 charging it up after the trip the massage foam roller here, so a Amster Amsterdam Amsterdam is the goal. You better believe it. So I am I am paying special attention We are well when you're watching this, it's October 1st and Amsterdam is October 20th So that means if I'm doing the math right 20 days 20 days. Are we am I doing it right here folks? So I'm paying special attention to recovery after the After the mountain race up and down the ski hills. Okay. Here we go. Oh, just doing that. Oh my goodness. Oh sweet Oh the quads. Oh, they're barking at me now. They're barking at me now actually I almost forgot before we fire this up. Hold on. Hold on. Wait for it. I almost forgot. Ah That's better. That's better got the compressed sport compression sleeves on to help help get that blood flow going all through those legs Oh my goodness. Okay, let's get going here roll out So remember everyone maybe what was it two weeks ago that we talked about Finding your niche in running, right? I think it was a great like a lot of people enjoyed the comment section and thinking about the topic some people had never thought about The topic of seeking out what you excel at in running whether it's road running trail running Or the distance you're going after you're you going after 100 milers are you going after half marathons? Are you going after one mile on a track? Well, there's a lot of different Scenarios out there in the running world. Well And yes this box we will open it up in a minute Connects to what I'm about to share is that I am continuing to figure out in the running world What my niche is as well the results from yesterday's race in New Hampshire I think is continuing to Convince and Support my thesis that hundred mile races are not quite my wheelhouse Right now right now as a 34 year old talk to me Maybe in six years when I turn 40 and but as a 34 year old I am just thinking huh Maybe I've got something here with this uphill mountain running Well, also, I'm trying to be patient and listen to my interest Listen to what I'm good at what I'm maybe not as strong at So for example, what is my niche? Here on youtube Okay, so I'm going to talk about that in a minute once we open this box Oh my goodness, okay, and even though I have this hyper ice vibrating massage foam roller It does not replace my weekly Massage therapist appointments. It's just totally different how a massage therapist Can basically dig in and really release. It's just it's different on this helps It's basically supplements as best as possible the rest of the week, but it's not a replacement to Oh a massage therapist Whom I will thankfully get to see tomorrow Oh my gosh, this feels incredible everybody incredible All right, so I I was gonna wait to open open up the box until after the The run today the jog and stretch run, but I cannot wait can't wait. So here we go This arrived when I was out in New Hampshire. Oh, yes About a bing. I'm about a boom Okay boy What a day What a day I got I'll have to call my brother later tonight and see how he's feeling how his legs are feeling Um, how his back is his back was hurting a little bit on the downhill Yesterday, so it'd just be interesting to see how he's reacting to the uh, we raised hard. I tell you what All right, here we go. Ready by the bing by the boom boom boom. There we go. All right Some more univ. Recovery mix. You know how much I've been Loving that and it's been I don't know. I'm just testing You know me like I test everything as much as I possibly can I should say noon Unived Morton Tailwind all these different companies that have recovery mixes so Unived has been one that I've kind of honed in on recently after the long run. So that's been good. And then I picked up A cryo sphere. That's right. I couldn't resist. Um, thank you amazon for getting this to me really quick This is a cold massage Roller shall we open it? All right. Can you see this here? There it is the recoup cold cryo sphere. Okay a cold massage roller and again Uh, just trying to get better at getting at getting better after a hard race. Okay. Here's the Instruction manual pretty sweet there. It gives some ideas on how to use it. All right. See if you can see that there Who and then let's pull pull it out here. Okay, hopefully you can see that Hopefully it's on your screen there boom. Wow looks pretty sweet. Okay Oh, there it is Pulling it out. Let me just pull this plastic off here. So here we go the recoup cold cryo sphere Massage roller. Oh my goodness. So basically how to use it. I just read the instructions I don't always read instructions, but I'm glad I did today. You you unscrew this this blue rim here Just like that which releases the ball of steel and then we're going to go put this that's right. Follow me Right in here Right in here All right, there we go got the ball. We're putting it in the freezer. That's right. I'll stick it right down there All right. See you in an hour We're back everyone. Okay. I'm gonna be I'm always gonna be transparent with all of you about my training So I doubled today after a race. That's a little strange Let me explain why after the race after all my races I like to splurge a little bit. You know what I mean gets some extra chocolate gets some ice cream Just like enjoy a few treats if you know what I mean I had a uh a ginger ale on the airplane ride home and like ginger ale is considered I would say one of the better sodas out there or pops out there and uh, but it's like all that sugar over the past 24 hours just Wrecked me. So this morning I ran three miles at like 10 15 per mile was my average pace Which was quite a bit slower than my normal recovery pace because my stomach was just killing me It was not happy and so I said, okay If I want my legs to feel better for tomorrow's workout as I get ready I need to do all of this down here And I need to go out for some more miles tonight Just to try and shake the legs out and make them as happy as possible Keeping in mind like I have to train through this soreness Just more than I would usually like to because Amsterdam is 20 20 days away less than three weeks. So that's the situation and yes I'm back on salads back on eating healthy again after a 24 hour hiatus Let's go inside make our salad for the evening or get our protein going Papa's home good to see you boys Okay, well, it's just good to be home. We're so glad you're home. Good to see everyone Hello Going to world We're going to the ship Papa's going to the world championships In Argentina, it's the world championships A vlog fan said I need to watch out for the runners from Uganda. So they have a strong team. Okay, watch out Like now we're all good alive All right, so dinner is done and it's chilly out It's uh tomorrow supposed to be a high of like 62 here in Denver. So fall is really on us Okay, here we go going into the freezer pulling out the frozen a frozen ball here. Let's see. Oh, yeah Oh, yeah, that's cold. All right. Let's go give this let's go give this a shot See if we can't work out some knot So I I read on the instructions and yes We are we are not in a fashion contest ladies and gentlemen just making that clear Oh, man when you're in full-on recovery, you don't care what your clothes look like. Okay. I think I'm getting a little more sore Okay, here we go So, um, they said that this ball will stay cold for an hour. That's pretty impressive in my opinion And then they also said that uh, you can use this directly on your skin if you want or you can do it through Uh, a piece of clothing. Uh, I probably will do it in uh through Uh, or directly on the skin mostly moving forward, but we'll give it a shot through the Compression sleeves here first. Okay First time using this Give it a shot. So I am definitely very sore on the inside Of my quad right through here. So that's where we're gonna do it first I'm gonna start I think on the skin first and they said you don't want your leg to be Oh, nice Oh, that's nice You don't want your leg to be wet Oh my goodness Okay, that feels good Oh Oh my I'm sore Right through here Oh my my that feels good now listen as far as the the correct time to do this like right after working out Uh in the morning at night Uh, right after the race Holy smokes. I don't know like I'm not an expert folks. I'm just I'm testing and figuring it out alongside you So, uh, but I will continue to test and so I'm not sure if doing this right now is a good idea Like you know, I wrapped up my run about an hour ago. So Whoo Okay, that does feel good. I must say I'm not kidding. This feels amazing. It's not it's different than the foam foam roller. It's uh Because it's cold and it's like a direct point. It's like the top of the top of the ball there It's like that direct point. It just feels Real nice real nice See in the shooty yo The recoup cryosphere cold massage roller. Oh my goodness That was better than I expected frankly as far as how it felt now listen. It was just the first time I'll be excited to use this much much more moving forward Uh, but I'm gonna dive into the question of the day right now because it ties into what I was referencing earlier out Outside when I was foam rolling Basically, here we go. What is your favorite piece of recovery gear? Or also known as recovery tool. Okay I would say in 2018 because I was battling planar fasciitis No doubt this foot log massage roller was my favorite recovery gear recovery tool Because I could really work the bottom of my foot especially the arch to try and loosen up my planar fasciitis And sure enough. I was able to get rid of it in 2018 now I would say a in 2019 Oh boy This guy the bad boy that you see me use every single day now the hyper ice viper 2.0 Is probably in the lead now for my favorite recovery tool recovery gear for 2019 However, then in walks this little this little fella this cryosphere I don't even know what to call it. We'll call it the cryosphere for now. Uh, it just Felt amazing out there just and now I'm really sore from the race yesterday. So Maybe when my legs are back to normal, it won't feel quite as good But so far so good for the cryosphere and then of course we've got the trigger point foam roller That really digs in with these ridges. Yes, this deep blue rub. I'm still using in fact tonight. I'm going to put more on Uh, it has some essential oils in this deep blue rub. So now it's it is a little expensive But uh, especially after hard races. I love this stuff and then the epsom salt Of course my hoka recovery slides. I wear these every single day and the list goes on and on and on So here's the deal What I'm trying to become an expert in and this is where the title of the vlog comes in Is that I know myself really well. I know for a fact. I don't know yet. Here it is I will never be a watch or tech expert in fact on youtube as a runner Okay, I can think of three four probably even five other Running youtube channels that are really really honed in and dialed in to running tech gear This is not me now. I will give my opinion on watches every now and then Uh, very basic overview. I won't take the deep dive into how the watches all the different Metrics that a watch can can record But I'm sensing based off of the way I love to train which is um, you know Big volume aerobic base building that aerobic base, which means your legs are going to be tired Which means I want to do my best at recovery and remember a couple months ago I asked the question of the day between do I love or do you love training more or racing more And I personally chose training. I just love training And so that means I'm putting my body and legs through a lot and especially leading into amsterdam So therefore I am sensing and this is after you know, almost a year now of daily vlogging where I'm focused on running content Exclusively on this channel. I'm sensing that I may be called to become the recovery Expert in the running youtube space because I just love it. I love taking care of the body I love working hard and then recovering and so anyway, that's where this cryosphere comes in And I appreciate you answering the question of the day and of course recovery is going to be the keyword I appreciate you uh answering the question of the day because I know there's recovery gear out there That I have never tried or for example, even the uh, The compression sleeves that I have on my legs right now like that's another form of recovery Um, so there's really literally so many different items out there And I may have already asked this question of the day in the past But uh, there's plenty of new people watching these days So I would appreciate you answering down below and that is it for today folks I am going to head in edit the vlog get to bed Go to sleep because yes, that is the best recovery tool that we have and we'll be talking more about sleep In the not so distant future and welcome to everybody shout out Welcome to everybody who has found the channel in the last couple days because of the us mountain championships Heading out to the east coast. I hope we have some new viewers out in New Hampshire, Vermont, New England So thank you for hitting that subscribe button. I appreciate it. And we're just moving Onward and upward here in the studio here in life here on youtube. Thanks to all of you So all right, we're going to toss it back to of course a couple vlogs on the right and the left Both of them dealing with uh recovery and my thoughts on recovery So maybe that will help uh, maybe it'll help everyone who just ran the uh, Berlin marathon uh this past weekend All right. See beauty work hard and love each other. Thanks for being there everyone. See you tomorrow