 and today yes the biggest training day of 2019 has arrived so let me just get this just get this oh there it goes holy smokes okay just a big day ladies and gentlemen big day all right we made it to Mount Albert the tallest mountain in Colorado it's pretty pretty sweet to be back here I haven't been I was here in July I believe so now it's September and yes the leaves are changing those aspen leaves so nailed the timing pretty well I'll try and fly the drone later today but I just got to get rolling because I don't want to get caught it looks like there's some some weather on the way and so it's about a it's about let's see two hour drive up here so I got to definitely warm warm the legs up with the new new foam roller here and I hope you all doing well oh man it's a big day of training I don't know what else is to add I don't know what else to tell you we are four and a half weeks out from Amsterdam about 10 to 11 days out from New Hampshire and so it's work time just got go to work put your head down put your blinders on like a like a horse has and just just focus and just put in the work put in the time don't you know stick to your plan I think I sent out a tweet two days ago maybe the key is in the planning but then you got to follow through with the plan so whatever your training plan is stick to it and that is what I'm gonna try and do today at Mount Albert all this feels good all right what is today September is it the 18th everyone I don't recall we're at the base of Mount Albert let's rock and roll no more talking all right here we go for those folks who will never get to travel to Colorado welcome to the tallest mountain in the state here it is Mount Albert oh it's a beautiful thing that's Mount massive over there oh look at this view yes sir and there's a bunch of more 14ers right down there it's cold in here I'm not sticking around for long heading back down we'll see you have it everybody all right recovery begins immediately after Mount Albert we're gonna do this Unaved recovery next because I am doubling today yes the biggest training day of 2019 has arrived so let me just get this just get this oh there it goes holy smokes okay hold on let me just not make a mess in my my new car all right there we go putting that in there good day come on shake shake shake Sonora shake it all the time shake shake shake Sonora shake it all the time cheers and tip of the day real quick and this is this is based on science I've read it I've read it in a lot of different places in the last couple years especially that you want to get your recovery mix into your body as quick as possible but definitely before the 30 minute mark even better I've heard even recently like that 15 to 20 minute window is you don't want to go past that as far as getting your your fuel like a banana your recovery mix whatever your whatever you use to refuel so all right here we go that'll do that'll do ladies and gentlemen it's the Timberline Motel in Leadville and looks clean it's right on Main Street right by all the restaurants and Lead Bill is an old old town actually used to be a city was gonna be the capital did you know that fact of the day I was gonna be the capital of Colorado but they went with Denver which I think was a wise move but at one point it was in the in the discussion okay recovery continues I'm gonna rest for probably two to three hours as much as I can before going out for my second run so I'm gonna put my compression on right now just to keep those legs as happy as possible and yes foam roll I I think I have a king-size bed oh my goodness this is it's crazy crazy everybody crazy yeah oh there's a mini fridge there's a mini number two here we go let's roll it out all right everyone so I know I look a little ridiculous but hey we're in the mountains up here you can wear anything right all right here's the deal I am reading your comments from yesterday's blog I did the full review of the Nike zoom fly 3 with the vapor weave upper and here is last year's iteration the Nike zoom fly flying it and wow it seems like I don't know I didn't read all the comments but it seems like about 50 50 ish as far as who prefers vapor weave or flying it fascinating and so I today I'm gonna go back into the archive and we're gonna take out the flynets from 2018 I think you know they still have some life in them for sure so these are the Nike zoom fly flynets we're gonna go oh well let's get the run done and then I'll tell you how far I went and by the way I am at 10,000 feet above sea level there it is in meters on your screen this is Leadville Colorado this is where the Leadville 100 takes place it's just a pretty iconic spot at this point in Colorado for mining but now it's you know continues to get more and more attention in the running world and the trail running world in fact heck if you have time up a right-hand corner Kara Goucher the Olympian in the 10k yeah the 10k she raced the Leadville marathon here about three months ago so if you have time to go watch that upper right hand corner all right let's lace up and then I got a rock and roll before it gets too chilly up here at 10,000 feet all right that's oh by the way I'm not gonna take the GoPro I got to carry water because you know I'm just up here about by myself and so no GoPro on the run today we're my socks all right everyone I I actually was back about an hour ago I just had to focus on putting fuel back into my body as quick as possible I had it was a hard run it was a hard and it's supposed to be hard right let me grab my phone to walk you through the run all right so what I mean by it was a hard run today and it's it's supposed to be hard like you know if it was easy everyone would do it you know how the saying goes running long distance running is not easy especially when you're trying to track down goals track down PRs you know and you go I I like to go to the well go make it hurt a little bit every now and then not too often in training probably I had to pick a number just like probably two or three times in a training block so today was one of those days and I'm gonna say this is very close if not the hardest training day of 2019 so far so the first run was up Mount Albert nine miles round trip 4200 feet of vertical gain there it is and meters on the screen two hours and 11 minutes of moving time 1434 pace that doesn't really well I guess it matters but you know it was a it was it was a lot of vertical so and because of the because of the polar vantage 5 I I guess I have my my my watts now and I guess I had a 185 average power a 185 w so I think that stands for watts I don't know what that means but I'm just putting it out there for you so that was run number one run number two here in Leadville Colorado staying in this motel started off at 10,000 feet probably dipped down to about 9700 feet and then so I went 18 miles for the second run 638 per mile so just over two hours that was my goal was to hit two hours just you know that sweet spot when you get over two hours good things start happening inside you so got over two hours and feeling very tired and but very feeling very confident about today's workout workouts leading into and you are seeing before your eyes you're seeing before your eyes that that that battle that that drama I'm gonna say between mountain running and marathon training and next week in New Hampshire September 29th it's a Sunday if you live in New Hampshire come say hello as the US mountain running championships and then three weeks later exactly three weeks later is the Amsterdam marathon so I'm like I'm walking that line so I did a mountain run today and then a pretty good clip at 10,000 feet above sea level 638 638 pace and it was a mix of dirt and pavement I you know I was looking for more dirt I was probably like 60% dirt for the second run 40% pavement so anyway it's just finding that finding that balance between the mountains and the roads okay question of the day what has been if you can I think it's good I think it's good to think about this um yeah what has been your hardest day of training in 2019 and do you feel like that that hard day of training set you up well for your race day for your peak race or whatever you're getting ready for or do you think it maybe put you in a hole too much you know that's an option too so not all hard days pan out like you like you might hope um so that's the question of the day uh we'll we'll go with we'll go in Leadville for keyword because I'm hanging out in Leadville and uh I wish I had maybe a little more energy I was gonna walk with a camera down Main Street and show you kind of how cool the Leadville Main Street is with all the old buildings you saw it in the car earlier but uh frankly I'm too tired and I'm not going back out so that's it folks thanks for being here thanks for watching I know that today was a little bit of a whatever you know just getting just getting to work in just getting to work in all right all right and I hope you're getting your work in but not too much walking that line walking that line oh all right if you want to see uh actually you know what for the vlogs at the end I'm gonna throw it back to Kara Goucher's vlog from the Leadville marathon and then also we'll toss up um we'll toss up another hard day you know what it is it's gonna be going up quandary peak twice in the winter time that'll be on the left so all right I love you guys see beauty work hard and love each other see you tomorrow