 Not sure where my ice scraper's at Lucky bag will work. Lucky bag will work. All right guys. Good morning. Actually good afternoon squeezing in this run up in the mountains With the lecky poles, let's go some wizard sticks if you if you will if you will Don't forget that hot drink. Don't forget that hot drink YouTube. Oh, baby All right Trying to make a decision trying to make a decision between the Solomon speed cross four and the XA Alpine Remember in yesterday's vlog all about the Solomon shoes go check it out Essentially, I'm going to go measure the depth of the snow and that will impact the shoe decision So if and again if you have any thoughts or questions about Solomon shoes, let me know down in the comments All right, let's go measure some snow come on and again yesterday I talked about the spin co that green cushion that I put in most of my shoes But especially these XA Alpine shoes from Solomon It's just a very hard outsole and it has a carbon chassis in this shoe So anyway, just relieves a little bit of the pounding on your joints and your knees They feel amazing right now and some of you mentioned yesterday the concern about the cost of Solomon shoes I completely agree. However, I will say I've never thrown away a pair of Solomon shoes Meaning the build quality of Solomon running shoes I think is second to none now They're always a little stiff. They take a little bit of time to break in but they're gonna last you forever I've never thrown a pair away. I know I will eventually but For the specific of what they're made for running especially in the mountains, although they do make road shoes They do make road shoes, but they are they focus mostly on mountain running and trail running So anyway, I just want to let you know I hear what you're saying about the price, but the build quality is amazing. Okay, we've got the Lucky poles here. We've got the lucky poles. We're going out I'm gonna go out for about eight miles and then I'll come back Pick you guys up and let you know what what I think about these lucky poles for helping you train in winter conditions I know you're concerned about falling and some of you are very concerned about ice and I get it and so Maybe this could be an option for you. All right So Good oh that hot drink remember yesterday That's the tip of the day Have a hot drink ready when you get back from a long cold run and it is cold It is 18 degrees where I'm at that is freezing All right, the lucky micro trail pro trekking poles I got to tell you a quick story about these poles essentially I was training for a 100 mile race this past summer And uh, little did I know that this particular ultra race does not allow Poles in the race. You can't use poles. It's not allowed. It's against the rules. You'll be disqualified Whereas some ultra races require you to have pole. Thankfully somebody told me before the race that I'm you're not allowed to use poles But I bought these poles and yes, they're not cheap. I'll tell you the price back at the house But essentially I was hard. I was actually I was kind of heartbroken because I was really excited to use these poles in the race But I was not allowed to use them But I feel like today out on the trails through the snow I found a little redemption a little redemption today because I I'm going to be able to use these guys All winter in the in the snow and running up the ski resorts and even even in the urban environment in the city Where I live in denver like when there's hard pack snow and ice I'm going to use these like not every time but a lot of the time when it's really slick out So anyway, that's my little story about these poles is like it broke my heart that I could not use these in the run rabbit run 100 mile race go check that video out if you haven't seen it. And uh, anyway, okay I am shaking and freezing. I got to go back to the house. Oh, come on youtube. I love y'all Here I am Unboxing these trekking poles Four months ago. Look at these guys Whoa goodness Look at that Let's see Those clips of the lecky micro trail pro trekking poles That's a mouthful was filmed at the exact same location that I was at today Deer creek south of denver great place to run. You should check it out Uh now when there's snow on the ground, it's a little more challenging The question quickly becomes about the lecky trekking poles Do I prefer running with or without poles? Of course, I prefer running without poles and frankly speaking I kind of made fun of people in my mind when I saw them running with poles I was like what on earth this was, you know back, especially when I was in college I'm like, what are these people doing like put the poles down and start running But this past summer when I was training for a hundred mile race Like my legs are only so strong. They're only so big and that's not very big And so getting ready to run a hundred miles. I really Really felt like these poles benefited my training Unfortunately, I was not able to use them as I already mentioned in the race, but Yes, I of course prefer running without poles However, in the wintertime when there's six inches of powder on the ground Yeah, they help especially when it's slick and you're breaking trail Now by watching today's video about running and about these poles, are you convinced to go out and purchase A two hundred dollar pair of poles these poles are two hundred dollars. That's right. That is not cheap Um, you're probably not convinced and that's okay I frankly will not Be using these poles next summer because I'm going to be training for a road marathon and other training But mostly I'm going to focus on a road marathon And so these poles are not going to be nearly as important for me next summer Um, they were important last summer, but they're not going to be important next summer However, now this winter So in december I'm going to start to taper down January I'm going to slowly start to taper up February and march watch out I'm going to be building an aerobic base like you've never seen before And these poles are going to be critical to that because yes I'm going to be running at high altitudes up in the mountains where there's going to be a lot of snow And it seems like I'm getting the sense that this is going to be a snowy year across the united states I don't know. I'm just picking it up. So Are you convinced to go buy this pole? Probably not because you probably live in an urban environment Some of you maybe live in rural areas and that's amazing But I bet a lot of you live in urban environment in cities I'm going to make a point though about these poles where I think you might be able to use these in the city Now you have to be willing to get over the fact that people May look at you funny if you go running around your town or your college campus or your city with poles People are going to look at you. Just you got to get over it humility. All right. Just let it let it slide off your back Um, these poles could be used in St. Paul, Minnesota Green Bay, Wisconsin Buffalo, New York Helena, Montana What I'm getting at guys if your city is just caked with snow like sidewalks pavement Everywhere is snow and it's a little slick. I'm telling you today on the trails I never once thought I was going to fall because I had these poles So $200 investment versus falling on my butt. Yeah, I'm gonna invest $200 or Falling in like cracking my my knee on a rock that's hidden under the snow. Yeah, I'm gonna invest $200 And you may be wondering wait a minute. Why don't why don't I just go cross-country skiing or snowshoeing and that's fine I love, you know, it's like any exercise is good exercise in the winter But I love running. I don't love cross-country skiing I don't love snowshoeing. I love running. It's fun. Remember a couple days ago. It's fun I would prefer to just go run versus pull out the skis pull out the snowshoes I just want to go run and so when it's really slick here in denver, colorado Yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna use these poles with this carbide tip on the top here Or sorry on the bottom of the pole that's gonna dig into the ice And I'm not gonna care what people think about me. And so don't worry. I get it I realize using poles for running is a little extreme a little strange You've probably never done it before. In fact, that is the keyword of the day poles down below in the comments Thank you and the question of the day. Have you ever used poles for running and would you ever consider it? Whether it's for summer training or winter training Let me know. I'm curious because it is it is a definitely a niche form of running a lot of, you know a lot of ultra runners trained with poles or Are required to race with poles because you know, like utmb over in europe You have to have poles on you as you're racing And so anyway, I'm just curious to see where you guys are at when the pole genre of running And essentially I'm not saying you need to go out and buy poles Trust me like you'll survive without them. But I will just point out that I felt great today on the trails with poles I never felt like I was going to fall and uh, yeah Even though I was slipping out a little bit in these xa alpine shoes They were great today. However today would have been a perfect day for the solomon snow cross two shoes But I got to save up a little more money before I can get those So these guys did great, but the lugs on the bottom were not huge So I was slipping around and that is where the poles came in handy Um, and I will just say I did test them out on the pavement and people have said that the carb buy tip Might wear out over time on pavement or rock a lot of rocks And I would agree. I would probably agree with that But like it did fine on the on kind of the hard packed dirt in the pavement as well So the poles weigh 6.7 ounces pretty incredible. You you you don't even know they're there They're so lightweight It's a carbon fiber construction carbon fiber construction as you've already seen they they collapse So they break down very easily so you can pack them up and pack, you know, take them on on a trip Take them anywhere. They're just amazing and then they connect with this Um, I guess this would be considered. I don't actually know what's inside. It looks like a um Oh, what would it be called? Anyway, they connect they connect and this grip on top is cork And so you really feel like you get a good grip on the cork and that does it for the likey trekking poles I hope you learned something about trekking poles today and at the very least Hope you enjoyed the beauty up in the mountains with the snow pretty epic up there. I love you guys. Thanks for being here Thanks for commenting and uh, you better believe we'll be here tomorrow Be here tomorrow. In fact, I think I'm meeting up with a fan of the youtube channel tomorrow here in denver So that'll be fun. Come back for that. See beauty work hard I love you guys. We will see you