 Good evening everybody. All right. The goal tonight is to not have an echo right from the get-go. Actually, let me just adjust to something real quick here. Okay, there we go. All right. So that is the goal. Welcome everyone. It is straight up 7 p.m. Mountain Time here in Colorado. Let's just check in here and make sure we are going live on the view page one second. Oh my goodness. So let's just double-check here. Basically 30 minutes ago, you know, the internet was giving us some trouble. It currently looks like it is working now, which is a is a miracle. All right. Let me just pull up the page here. Looks like we are live. Okay. Let me just make sure this is muted. Okay. All right. So let me know. No echo. It's a miracle. Thank you, Logan. Thank you, Daniel. And oh boy, like I said, you know, 30 minutes ago internet was slow and the next goal for next week is to go buy that long. I need about a 30-foot Ethernet cable. All right. 30 feet from the inside the house out to the studio. So I'm going to put that into the to-do list for next week. Okay. Great. I'm glad everyone can hear. All right. Yes. Right on time, Matthew. It's a miracle. It's a miracle. Oh my goodness. Welcome. I'll let everybody kind of stream in here and we will get going in a minute. It's just nice to have a good cup of a good cup of tea and just enter in here to this live stream. All right. So we'll just let a couple more people stream in. Oh, I can see some familiar faces. Jared, Daniel, Baylor. That's right. Bebrush, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Hello. All right. And you know the drill. Let us know where you're from in the chat on the side. That would be awesome. And we will get going here in a minute. You can see, you can see over here tonight's lineup. Talk about a little bit of fear. That was a good vlog a couple days ago. Talk about fear. Oh, that's good, Daniel. I'm glad the video is crystal clear. It's just crazy. And I'm going to talk more about this in a minute once the viewers stream in here. And so we're going to talk about fear trail running and then open it up, of course, to an open Q&A and Cincinnati, St. Louis, Missouri for Logan, Lafayette, Indiana for blue collar runner. Oh, I thought you were from Pennsylvania. I apologize. That's awesome. Indiana. Jerry from Aurora local. I love it. Toronto, Canada. Bruno is from Brazil but living in Chicago. That's awesome. Bruno, Matthew from Atlanta. Shout out to Atlanta. Yes. Oh, I owe you. I owe you an email or a phone call or something. I apologize. I missed maybe you called me today. I apologize. Jason. There we go. Okay, Robert from the Philippines. Yes. Good morning, Robert from the Philippines. That's awesome. Okay. And of course, if you could grab that link and spread it around to your running buddies, that would be awesome. Tweet it out to actually, you know what I have found? I have found texting the link to friends like directly usually works really well. So I'd appreciate it if you could spread the link around to this live stream. That'd be great. And howdy. That's right. Oh man, Joel is here. Rodrigo, Justin. Okay. Let me just pull up a few things here real quick. And as you know, always like to ask how was your run today? How was your run today? What did you do? I had a nice easy day after two days back to back. I went three miles in the ultra. Hold on. Ultra Torrens. And I must say like my legs, I'm surprised at how well they feel now after running in these guys. Like they just, I don't know. I just love that zero drop for recovery days. So anyway, I was in the ultra Torrens. Let me know how your run was in the chat. Let's see here. Suzanne. All right. Welcome, Suzanne. Jordan. What's up, Jordan? LA in the house. That's right. Love it. Okay. Matthew is from Florida. Let's see. Here's Scott from Jersey. Joy Z. I love it, Scott. And what's really neat is to begin to see names crossing over from Strava to the chat. Like I'm watching your runs on Strava. And first of all, you're blowing me away with the runs that you're posting there, especially on the weekends, because I know on the weekdays everyone's pretty busy, but on the weekends, you guys, man, just throwing down some solid runs, whether it's a workout or a long run or like elevation gain. So really need to see the crossover between Strava and the chat here. So let's see here. Okay. Looking good. Okay. Just seeing your workout. Easy 10K from Joa Patatas. Sorry if I'm not saying you're right in your name, right? Seven miles with a head cold. Sorry, Jason. Let's see. No run today from Noop Daddy, yoga, massage, and hamstring exercises. That's good. Keep that maintenance up. Keep that maintenance up. That's good. Jesse, rainy day here in Sacramento. So took the day off. I heard that there's a lot of snow happening in California right now. I've heard that. Dylan, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Go Army. That's awesome. Wow. And Scott, hill repeats. Ooh, we got to love the hill repeats. Okay. Awesome. We got, it looks like we got about 50 people here. So I just want to mention as we get rolling here that I believe I have figured out live streaming where it's just me, meaning I'm not interviewing anybody else live. And just so you know, I've been striving to troubleshoot why the live streaming is not working where I can interview my brother or anybody else. For example, there's this gentleman who just, his name is Michael or Mike Wardian. You probably, you may have heard of him. He just ran seven marathons in seven days on seven different continents, meaning he ran a marathon on Antarctica or in Antarctica down in the South Pole. That's incredible. And so I want to interview him as soon as possible. He just finished. But the, what I'm figuring out is that the basically the software that I'm attempting to use to interview people live is, it's not compatible with my current operating system on my computer. So I'm trying to figure that out. And thank you for bearing with me as I troubleshoot this situation that it appears, this software company, it's called Ecamm. They're not getting back to me. That's a little concerning. So I'm anyway, thank you for your patience. But the goal is to begin interviewing people as soon as possible. Like this gentleman, Mike Wardian, who just did the seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. That's amazing. All right. Just jump it back into the chat here. San Antonio, Texas track workout six by 400 rise up nutrition by Lindsey. That's awesome. Matthew nine miles total for me with a one mile fart lick in there. Nice Matthew. Okay. Easy seven for Jordan. Awesome. All right. Let me, let me just pull up a few notes here and okay, let's dive in real quick. I just want to give a few more shout outs to not the top two or three people on demore global running on Strava, but instead if you and yes, we're, you know, heading toward 900 people in the running group. Thank you for joining up on Strava. It's amazing. So if you cracked the top 100, you're going to get a shout out for 199 and 98. Let me just pull it up here because listen, again, like I said, the Strava group is not to compare ourselves to others, but rather to inspire each other. So I don't always want to give shout outs to the people at the top. I want to give shout outs to everybody. So I'm going to go top Bill Wilson, number 100. If you're watching, let us know. Bill Wilson ran 50 miles. Isaac Markle ran 50 miles. And this is all last week and Julio Ramirez ran 50 miles. So shout out to you guys, Julio, Isaac and Bill for cracking the top 100 in the group last week. And by the way, just to answer, remember I asked a couple of days ago, how many miles did we run collectively last week as a YouTube family 18,000 miles, 18,000 miles? We ran collectively. That is impressive. I think we should clap that one up for everybody. I mean, that just that just blown me away. So anyway, all right, let's see. Let me just dive into the chat here. There we go. There we go. That's right, Matthew. Good mileage. Good mileage. Oh, Remington, Indiana. I recognize that. I recognize that. That's awesome. Okay. So and let's see here. We're going to start with a little bit of trivia, little bit of trivia. And then we're going to dive into some fear topic. I know that's a weird topic to dive into, trail running, and then open Q&A. So starting with fear, and we're going to start with the trivia that connects to fear. You're ready for this? Which Olympian wore a hat in a middle distance race at the 1972 Olympics? And this gentleman, a guy fell behind 10 meters in this middle distance race and ended up winning. What was his name? Who is he? What is his name? Do you know? Don't know Google. No Google. That is the first question, first trivia question. Let me know in the chat. First one to get it. Let's see here. I'm going to monitor the chat on the side. 1972 Olympics. He always wore a hat when he raced. Okay. I'm going to wait. I'm waiting here, waiting here. All right. Let's, yeah. Boom. Robert, you got it. Dave Waddle. Dave Waddle. That's awesome. Robert wins. That's, you're the first. Scott, you were second. Oh, good work. Dave Waddle is his name. Yes. In this race, it was an 800 meter race and he fell behind 10 meters in an 800 meter race at the Olympics. And he came back to win. And yes, I'm going to connect that to fear here in a minute. Here in a minute. All right. That's amazing. Okay. Question number two. Here we go. Who has the most wins for male and female at the Western States 100? Okay. Male and female over, like, who has won that race the most? And yes, it connects to trail running. I'm going to monitor the comments here real quick. Real quick here. Let's see who can get it. No Google. No Google. Never give up. That's right. That's right. Suzanne. All right. Hold on here. Hold on here. All right. I'm just, I'm just waiting. It's a little bit of a delay. It's a little bit of a delay. That's awesome. All right. Let's see. No, not, not jerk. No, let's see. Not jerk. Male and female. This one's a little more difficult. This one's a little more difficult. All right. Let's see here. The lady is a little, actually, a little, she's won. I think she went, I think she won it like 11 times or 12 times. Like she just absolutely crushed, crushed it. Not Walmsley. No. Okay. And I hope I'm not off here, but I'm going to, I'm going to tell you now. I'm going to tell you now. Anne Trason for the women. Have you heard that name? Anne Trason? Yeah. Anne Trason. And then for the, for the gentlemen, Tim Twightmeyer, Tim Twightmeyer. That was a little more of a difficult question. So those are the two. Let's see here. Uh-huh. Let's just see. So no, it is not me, Ryan. It is not me. That one was a little more difficult. I realized, and now listen, if it is, I don't think it, is it Jurek? Everyone keeps typing Jurek, but based on the research I, I did, I thought it was Tim. Let me know though. If somebody has more information than I do, let me know. Um, so Tim, I found Tim Trightmeyer to have them, Twightmeyer to have the most wins. Okay. And last question in the trivia. What is my favorite? So this is a question about what is my favorite 14 or to train on here in Colorado? This, if you're a longtime viewer, you probably know the answer to this one. This is the last, this is the last one. Uh-huh. Let's see here. Interesting, Rodrigo. Okay. I might be a little off. I'm going to have to double check that Tim Twightmeyer. Thank you, Suzanne, for, for fact checking. Let's see. Let's see. Okay. All right. This is the last question. I'm just monitoring here and thank you for being here by the way. If you want to spread the link around to your running buddies, that'd be awesome. And see if we can't crack. Last week we cracked a hundred viewers watching at one time. So yes, you got it. Running at altitude. You got it. Tories and grays. Boom. No questions asked. That is, those are my two favorite mountains to train on. Part one, because that's right, Daniel. You got it too. Part one, basically because it's an hour from my house door to door for driving, so it's quick. I can get there. And just like the profile of the mountain, it's like a nice warm up before you, as far as the first like three to four miles before you really start climbing up and up and up. That's why I love grays until, and then you just get a nice push at the end there, like that last 1500 meters. That's right, Jason, Daniel, you got it. Okay. Scott won six. Okay. Somebody, maybe if somebody could fact check Tim Twightmire, that would be amazing. I thought he had won it more than Jurick, but I could be wrong. I could be wrong. Maybe somebody could fact check that. All right. Let's dive into fear and let me just pull up my a few little notes here. Let's see. This past week, I published a vlog about fear. And as many of you watched it, many of you commented, thank you for commenting. And oh my goodness, the comments that came back like really interesting topic if you stop and pause and reflect on what we as runners can be afraid of. If you know how I like to train in the mountains, I despise lightning. So that is a really tangible like good fear to have, meaning you don't want to be struck by lightning up in the mountains, correct? Like you don't want that. You don't want that at all. So that is a good fear in my mind to have. In fact, my rule of thumb is that if I hear lightning twice, if I hear thunder twice within, I believe it's within five minutes or 10 minutes, I'm out of there. Like I'm bolting down, no pun intended, bolting down the mountain, getting out of there, especially obviously when you're above tree line. But another fear that I have, and I want to hear if you're open to sharing, hear more about your just things that make you a little fearful in running and training and enraising. And some of the comments in the vlog a couple days ago, like I already said, were amazing. So for me, training, hold on, hold on here. So here is my old CU book. One second. So this is a booklet that was published every year, basically had all the athletes in it. And here's Stephen Piper, here's Brent Vaughn. Both of these guys ran in the Olympic trials. They didn't qualify for the Olympics, but you know, they crushed it. They were fast, really fast. Vaughn, I think you finished fourth one year at the NCAA cross country championship. So we're talking really fast guys. And I was a walk on at CU. I was not recruited out of high school. And therefore, I was, you know, expected. Now listen, Mark Wetmore was smart. He broke us up into basically groups based on our ability for the interval training. So I was, I don't know, very rarely, maybe once or twice I was thrown in with these guys for an interval workout. But even the guys, so that they were like the fastest guys on the team, even the next group down, they were really fast. And I was borderline like varsity at CU. So I was pushing guys and pushing guys. And I had to, I had, it was, it was a little bit like hanging on for dear life every Tuesday and Friday, whenever we did track workouts or interval workouts for cross country on the grass. And so I think because of that experience at the University of Colorado, I remain a little fearful of interval training specifically on a track. Now, as I, as I'm just looking at the chat here for a second, as I prepare for the marathon, I know that I need to make sure that I'm primed and ready to go fast. It's like a good fast marathon at, yes, I would love to be around 520 pace. Just going to say it, like I know I need to do speed training, including some, some work on the track this in the next three months. Therefore, I went to the track a couple of days ago to begin to get my mind right for, for speed training on a track or yeah, on a track. So that is my, that is why I put fear up here. I just wanted to revisit that because we had so many great comments coming in and so I'm going to just monitor the chat here for a second. Stefan says my fear is not hydrating or fueling properly, properly during a marathon. Stefan, very, very good point. I would say that's a little bit of my fear as well. I don't know if it's quite a fear, but like something to be very, very aware of. Let's see. Let's see here. I'm just looking through. Yes, Tim, Dwight Meyer, 25 times, 25 times 5 wins. Okay. Interesting. All right. So maybe Tim, Tim has the record for running it 25 times all in under 24 hours. Okay. Interesting. Thank you for fact checking. That helps a lot. I appreciate it. All right. Just looking at the chat here. Let's see here. Look, look me up at sundowner express next time in Remington. There we go. I love it. Yes. The chat, that's awesome. All right. So if you have any thoughts on fear, I'm open to discussing and I would love to hear, but we can also talk about trail running next. And Justin says my fear is probably losing a race with a lead. Makes you look bad. Justin, I tell you what. So this came up in the comments a couple of days ago. Basically, I would like the last 200 meters of any race, I usually have to start my kick a little early because yeah, I don't know if I can beat people the last 75 meters of a, of a mile or a two mile or even a 5k. So I hear what you're saying, Justin, like I usually start my kick a little early because of that. Yep. Good one. Good one. Okay. So he has five wins. Got it. All right. So maybe Zurich does have the record. All right. Thank you guys. So I was a little off there. Zurich, I apologize. Will you forgive me? Will you forgive me? And that's probably a good segue in a minute into trail running because Zurich is kind of the king of trail running, at least historically for those that don't know. Yeah, Scott Zurich lives in Boulder, Colorado. He in the 90s, a throwback to the 90s and early 2000s, he was just, yeah, he was the king of long distance trail racing. So and I'm just going to give a few shoutouts here. Blue collar runners here. Suzanne's here. Scott, Jeremy, Kittisack. Sorry if I'm not saying your name correctly. Matthew, let's see here. Let's see Daniel, of course, the seven slimes. That's awesome. Logan, Ryan's here. Awesome. So thank you for being here. And if you're just joining, we do this every Wednesday, 7pm mountain time, although every now and then if there's an Elton John concert or another concert, we have to revise the schedule, but we will do our best to keep it consistent every single week. And yes, I'm continuing to troubleshoot the live streaming where I can interview other people. So we're moving in the right direction, but just a little more time with that. Okay. And Mark's here. That's awesome. Let me just take a drink. Let's see. Newp Daddy says, I met Scott Jurick last year and got to chat with him and taste his marathon wine. Got to pick with him too. That's awesome. He's got a marathon wine. That's amazing. Okay. Let's dive in. If that's all right, let's dive into trail running. And I would be, I think, so after college, I took a little bit of time off from running, meaning I was not running every single day. And that lasted for three or four years where I, I just needed a break. I just, and that was a big, that was a big break, but I think it was a good mental reset for me. And cause, you know, it was so intense at the University of Colorado. It's, it's a job. You know, it's, it's not a part-time job. It's, if you want to be the best, it's a full-time job to train as a division one track or cross-country athlete. Why? Because you have to recover, meaning the work is so, so difficult. You're so tired that on top of your schoolwork, you really, really have to be on top of your sleep. Therefore, therefore, and when I glance at the chat, sometimes my, my, my thought process is derailed. So I gotta be careful glancing at the chat. Therefore, I took a little time off. Then thanks to my brother, shout out to Joseph, he kind of reintroduced me to running through the trails and through the mountains. So over the past four to five years, well, yeah, approaching five years, I've been more focused on trail running and mountain running, as many of you know. But now I'm gonna give it a go at a road marathon in 2019. So I think I can bring a little bit of a perspective for that crossover between trail running and road running, even though I'm just beginning to dip my toes into road running and road racing. So I just want to mention at the beginning, if you're interested in learning more about trail running or mountain running or ultra running, which, by the way, on the topic of ultra running, which is basically any race over 26.2 miles. So it traditionally starts at the 50k distance. So about 30 to 31 miles. So any distance raced above that is considered an ultra race. And believe it or not, there's a lot of trail ultra races across the United States and around the world. The Western States 100 is one of them. But believe it or not, there's actually a fair amount of road ultra races as well. And competitions where people will race around a track for 24 hours to see who can race the furthest in 24 hours. So anyway, it's ultra running is a really interesting genre of running for sure. But these are two, if you're interested in learning more, these are two publications that I love. Now, I am not subscribed to either of them because basically I rarely have enough time to read either. But this is ultra running magazine right here on the right. And I guess it'd be your left. And then trail runner over here. I love both of these magazines, really high quality articles in here, great photos. And if you want to learn about, if you want to learn about ultra running, obviously this is the magazine for that. If you want to learn more about mountain running, and believe it or not, there is a difference. Mountain running, sky racing, a little bit more of the European trail running scene. This is going to be your magazine right here that called trail runner. So anyway, just wanted to mention those two. And as I always say, trail running is okay. And I'm going to get to the chat here in a minute. And again, if you want a super chat, you can pitch a little, a super chat is basically where you pitch a little money to the channel. And it highlights your question or your comments. So I will definitely answer any, just so you know, in, because there's a lot of comments coming in. And I, so I'll dive in here in a second. But as I always say, trail running is dancing in disguise, meaning the art of trail running can really be like you're dancing over the trails, meaning you're trying to be light on your feet and nimble. And especially if it's a rocky trail, like a lot of the trails we have here in Colorado, or if you're on the East Coast, excuse me, I know like a lot of routes are on the East Coast in certain areas where you have to jump and dance over the routes. And so anyway, I love trail running. I'm going to dive into the chat. Definitely ask me any questions you might have about trail running. That would be amazing, whether it's racing, whether it's how to train on the trails, shoe questions about good trail shoes. I'm ready. I'm ready. So here's the trail running. You got, okay, let me just dive in here. Let's see here. Okay, let's see here. Let's see. I call it true grid. All right. Let's see here. Doing the Dino 50K series. Blue collar runner. Nice. Road is no fun. Stick to the trails. I know, right? Oh my goodness. No, come on now. As long as you're competing, it's fun. We have a bunch of Ultras in Washington as well as half marathons for trail runners. Runner Mom Hall, thank you for that chat. That's awesome. I would love to race in the Pacific Northwest at some point. And I know like Vancouver also has some really good trail races as well. Indiana has some hidden gems at Bird Sanctuaries. Oh my goodness. Let's see. That was from Laketon Builder. That's awesome. Slash Wetlands 2, but nothing like the Wild West for sure. That's awesome. Okay. Looks like we got a super, oh, Matthew, you're the best. Man, just sending support. No question. You're the best. Thank you, Matthew, for that super chat there. That's amazing. Jerry Daniels asked, what was your longest training distance for last year's 100? Jerry, oh man. That's a good question. And Jerry, I think I missed the mark a little bit, Jerry. I actually did. I think I did, Jerry. Oh gosh. Listen, Jerry, I'm trying to figure out this whole like 50 mile and 100 mile distance. I'll just tell you, I did a 41 mile training run, 41 miles. Was that too far? Was it not far enough? I'm not exactly sure, but Jerry, I will say this. I wish I would have focused more on hill work and elevation gain over mileage, okay? Especially for the course that I was racing on. So Jerry, good question, but that's my, I guess, long answer is 41 miles. I don't know. I wish I would have done more vertical gain for more strength, to be frank. Thank you for that question, Jerry. All right, let's see here. All right. Jumping in, jumping in. Lots of roots here in Ohio. That's from Daniel. Okay. That's awesome. Which first trail shoe? Scott, what did you mean by that? Maybe you could ask that question again. Oh, Jerry, you're doing the run rabbit run 100. That's awesome. Okay, that's the 100 I tried last year. And Jerry, I will also say that my planter fasciitis was barking at me. And so that did not help the attempt to run 100 miles. All right. Any other questions here? Let's see. And always, always put a, if you could put a question mark at the end, because that helps me find here in the, in the chat. Love trails. I do it one to two times a week, but obviously I go slower. How much do you think that affects speed when training for road races? Half marathon right now. Rise up nutrition by Lindsay. That was from, so Lindsay, that's a great question. I do think Lindsay, it can make you slower, but I think it can also make you stronger. So I think, I think that Hills, you know, as Frank shorter used to say, Hill training is running Hills is speed training in disguise. I do believe that to a certain extent, but if you don't mix in strides or 300 meter repeats, I do think it can recruit too much, too many slow twitch muscle fibers in your legs. So I think the, the, the beautiful combination is Hills plus strides or 300 meter repeats. Just to make sure that you're keeping your turnover going. Does that make sense? Great question from Lindsay. All right, Suzanne. Oh my goodness. No, you're the best Suzanne. Another $10. That's amazing. Thank you Suzanne for that support in the, in the chat there. Awesome. That's amazing. Okay. I'm just diving back in here. Okay. Other questions. I do just want to mention that as far as trail shoes that I am interested in and actually hold on. Let's dive in. Let's dive into the box right here. One second. So, because there was, I'll just see if I can find it. Probably not. Let's see here. Yeah, this is one of them. Are you going to buy slash try the speed goat three? That's from Homestrop. I believe he's from Europe. I don't think I'm going to buy the speed goat three yet. I'm just a little more interested in, I'm more interested in innovate right now and believe it or not, Scott. I know. I always think of mountain bikes. Oh no, a light just went out. Sorry about that. I'll see if I can fix that. So I'm more interested in innovate and Scott right now. So good question from Homestrop out of the box. All right. Let's just see how dark it gets in here. After that light, I don't know if I actually have a spare battery out here. And you know what? That is okay. As long as you can still see me for the most, actually, you know what? One second, YouTube, one second. There we go. I just turned the light back on. We'll see if that helps. We'll see if that helps. Oh my goodness. Okay. Another super chat just came in from Daniel. What's a good trekking pole for my fat dog attempt? I don't want to spend top dollar but want something of decent quality. Oh Daniel, good question. Daniel, I don't have them here in the studio right now. I went with Leckie. What is it called? The Leckie Pro, no the Leckie Micro Pro Trail, I believe is, so it's L-E-K-I. And right now, Daniel, and thank you again for that super chat, they're $150. So that is 25% off. I pay $200, but I'm seeing them all over the place at $150, just so you know, Daniel. But I've also heard good things about the Black Diamond. And I'm not going to know the model. I've heard good things about Black Diamond and then Raidlight. And I bet, I would bet Daniel that Raidlight would be a little more affordable compared to a Leckie or a Solomon. But Daniel, I'm telling you, these poles I have by Leckie and I'll try and find the official name and put it in the chat. It's amazing. Or they are amazing. So thank you for that super chat. Hopefully that helps you, Daniel. Okay. Let's see here. And it looks like the light is going to be out for the remainder of the livestream, if that's okay with all of you. I'm looking for a battery. I don't think I have another one out here. Let's just, this is the light. Let's just see if I can turn it down. Sometimes if you turn it down, hold on one second. So thank you again for being here. And oh, true love. Yes. True love pulling through in the clutch. True love pulling through in the clutch. You take that. That's the beauty of having the shooty-o at the house. Hi, true love. Everyone's here. Everyone, you know, everyone's crushing it. A lot of super chats where we got it. True love with the clutch. Thank you. High five. Boom. All right. Here we are. Okay. You know me. I'm a cinematographer and I love good lighting. I love good lighting. So all right. We are back in business. Yeehaw. That is right. Okay. And again, Daniel, don't be afraid to email me, Daniel, and I will get you an email back with more details on trekking poles, but I love my lackeys. All right. Diving back in here. Diving back in here. Where's the peanut M&Ms? That's right, Suzanne. Good comments, Suzanne. Okay. So any other questions on trail running before we move on, whether it's gear, whether it's racing tactics, I'm open to continuing trail running. I would love to talk more about it, but I'm open also to... So I'll let a few more questions come in. Let's just see. I'm diving back into the box. We went with the on box this week. Okay. Let's see here. What do we get? What do we get here? Oh yeah. This is from Louise. What about the road shoe reviews? The majority of your runs have been in the trails. Well, I guess this connects to the topic that we're talking about right now, Louise. Basically, Louise, the Skechers Razor 3. Where is it? I talked about that, excuse me, that shoe this week. And so this is definitely a road shoe and I haven't given you my full review yet, but Louise, as you know, I do both. I do trails and I do roads and it's a beautiful thing. So anyway, Louise, more road shoes will be coming down the pike as I get ready for the marathon. I will be doing more road workouts starting basically mid-March, just so you know. All right. Diving back in here. Let's see. Angelo, I have not used the Pegasus 35 Shields at all. Blue Collar Runner asks trail shoes for ultra distances. So good question. And I have them here because I suspected I love this Solomon Ultra. And it's yeah, it's just called the Solomon Ultra. It's got a little more cushion than some other Solomon shoes and some winners of the UTMB. So UTMB is the biggest 100 mile, it's like 140k, 100 mile race in Europe, in Chamonix, France. And the winner two years ago wore this shoe. But Blue Collar Runner, I am doing more research like I already said on Innovate and Scott and Salming. And it sounds like Innovate Mud Claws are on their way. A viewer of the vlog tracked down a pair of Innovate Mud Claws. And basically what I'm going to do is compare the Innovate Mud Claws to the Solomon Speed Cross Five. So I'm very excited for that. Good question. All right. Let's see here. For long term performance, would you recommend focusing on one type of race, road marathon or mixing road and trails? And that is from Stefan. Stefan or yeah, I believe it's Stefan. Basically, I think mixing it up is real good. It's real good. Now, if you're a world class, let's just say like a Kipchoge or a Mo Farah or whomever. Yeah, like, you know, maybe just hit those roads and oh my, you know, like those guys are in another league of their own. But look at like a Jim Wamsley, who is an ultra runner, the best in the US right now. And he just transitioned back to a road half marathon and ran a 64 flat and qualified for the Olympic trials. So I think I think you can mix them. I think you can mix them and be successful at both. And even for the mental break, Stefan, sometimes it's nice to just do something a little different. So that would be my answer for you. I hope that that helps you out there, Stefan. Okay. Dillon asked, have I considered the Skechers Go Run Ride 7? Absolutely. However, I'm kind of waiting for the for the Go Run Ride 8 to come out. I believe it's coming out in the fall. I just there's only so, you know, so many shoes, so little time as I like to say. All right, thank you for the questions. And if there's anything else, let me excuse me, let me make sure I didn't miss anything about trail running. Good shoe for a first 50K. Oh boy, I mean, I think, gosh, I would, I would go back to the Solomon Ultra. The New Balance Summit. These names just drive me crazy. The New Balance Summit King of the Mountain is also on my radar in 2019. Very interested in that shoe. And the Soccany, and I don't know if I pronounced this correct, the Peregrine or the Peregrine, the Soccany Peregrine, I'm just going to pronounce it that way. I'm also interested in that shoe for a little more cushion. As you can tell, I'm not as excited right now about Hoka. Nothing to get, you know, except for, obviously, I'm testing the Carbon Rocket right now, but I'm not as quite as excited. For example, if you're interested in a Hoka, you could go with a Hoka Challenger ATR5. That's considered a nice cushioned trail shoe. So hopefully, that helps. Good question from Beebrush. All right, let's see here. Anything else? Can we get some bread and some butter up in here? Amen. Butter my bread, butter my bread. I love it. All right, let's see. I have some Peregrines. How do you like them, blue collar runner? Scott says New York Marathon application was today. Good luck to those who applied. I actually heard that somebody got in today who was on the Strava group. Okay, let's see here. I think we're done with trail running, if that's okay with you. And you can still keep asking, but now let's do it. Open Q&A about life, about fear trail running, anything. About 2019 racing, marathon training, and I will just say, and I'm just going to open the box. There's a lot of questions in this box. And just so you know, to get a question in the box, you just got to email me or ask me on Instagram or Twitter, I guess, but the best place is email or Instagram, and I'll put it in the box. All right, let's see here. What do we got? From Jacob. Oh yeah, do you know if I can get a college scholarship for running? That's from Jacob. Jacob, I need a little more detail. I don't know. I don't know how fast you are. If you can run, I'll just put out, I'm not afraid to throw out some numbers. If you can run under 16 minutes for a 5k, you're going to get a lot of people's attention. If you can run under 16.45 for a 5k, you'll get a lot of division 3 schools attentions. But if you can run under 16 minutes, the conversation can begin. So anyway, there you go, Jacob. I hope, let me know though, if you have more questions on that. All right, one more question from the box. Did you find the Beacon? The New Balance Beacon ran true to size. That is from Sean. Yes, I did. Now, the upper on the Beacon is fairly flexible, and like it's a knit upper. So actually, here we go. Here is the Beacon. And Suzanne, I did not buy it. And sure enough, Suzanne, the price went up. Like they must have ran out real quick. These were on sale at Running Warehouse this past week for like $60. It was ridiculous. But yes, I did find that the New Balance Beacon ran true to size. And that was from Sean. Good question, Sean. All right, diving back in. Okay, Logan, thank you for the super chat. You're amazing. Okay, are the Soccany Fast Twitch Eight Shoes worth the $65 for workouts? That is from Logan. And Logan, you're in luck. And shout out to the vlog fan who made this happen. And Logan. All right, I have bad news for you. Thank you for the super chat. But I have not used this shoe in a workout yet. I've ran in it twice. But I have not taken it at high speeds yet, basically because it's not part of, like I'm not doing hard workouts at the moment. But I want to try and bring you some value because you gave a super chat. So I would say, and Logan, I don't know if you're talking about track workouts specifically, or if you're willing to go on the roads, I would say don't do workouts on a dirt road in this shoe. You could. But I would say lean toward the roads or on a track. Yes, you could do workouts in this shoe for sure. You know why, Logan? I will just, now listen, again, I don't have the experience. But I would say the stack height throughout the shoe is not very high. For example, somebody was telling me yesterday that they do track workouts in the razor three. And I think the stack height is a little too high to do track workouts in the razor three, because when you're turning corners hard on a track, you're always going left, run hard, turn left, right? I think this is too high of a stack height. Whereas this guy, the stack height is a little lower, which means you have good ground contact ground feel. And it's not going to you're not going to feel like you're sliding off the platform of the shoe or the midsole of the shoe. Logan, I hope that helps. But check back in like two months, and I'll have a better answer for you. Thank you for the super chat. That's amazing. Okay, let's see here, dive him back in. Okay, it looks like Logan and jump into the chat. It looks like other people have experience with the fast twitch eight. Okay, you guys are amazing. You're blowing my mind. All right, let me make sure I didn't see any miss any here. Love that cloud on box. Yes, it's awesome. Have you tried the spring energy gels for refueling B brush? I have not. Guess what? Soon I am going to be I really need I thank you for holding me accountable. I really need to dive into gels more as I prepare for the marathon. So I have not done that yet. There's so many different types. But obviously spring energy, I don't know if you were getting ads on YouTube for them. They made a big marketing push in the last like two months. So I was getting a ton of ads from spring energy. All right. Oh, from Ryan. Thank you. Oh, Ryan, you're the best. Thank you for that dollar super chat. You're the best. And feel free to ask a question, Ryan. Okay, yes. Okay, that's good to know that spring energy is yummy. All right, just diving back in here. And again, those question marks are great. Do you have any recommendations for novice trail runner for a good mountain, mountain top trail around Boulder, Colorado? Oh my goodness. So Boulder is an interesting situation. It's a great place to run. However, it is like the trails are pretty steep right out of the city. You know, there's no there's there's a couple. So okay, the easy answer is go to the flat irons and but you want to go to the top of a mountain. So I would say, oh my goodness, I'm blanking on the name. I ran it. Wow, I'm blanking on the name. So there's green mountain. There's bear green mountain is I believe seven miles round trip. So it's a little long. I will find that's a good question. I can't believe it. It's not taste. Anyway, there's a lot of peaks. I will think of it and stay tuned, stay tuned. Good question though. All right, here we go. Let's see here. Let's see here. I just received my spring energy and should post up a first impression video soon. That's awesome. Let's see here. Mesa trail? Yes, that's a good option. That's a good option. Good question. What is that arc our coach? What is the mountain Mount Sinaitis? There you go. Mount Sinaitis. I knew it would come to me. Mount Sinaitis out of Boulder. It's maybe maybe two miles to the top would be my guess. I actually don't know that Mount Sinaitis outside of Boulder. Good one. Okay. What do you think about using vibrant five fingers for trail running? That's from Baylor. I don't know Baylor. I'm not a big fan of the minimalist shoe movement only because I have a history of injuries like stress fractures. And I just don't know if my body is quite made for minimalist shoes. So and plus the trails here can be really rocky. And if you don't have, like if you're not careful, you'll get a rock, a sharp rock in the bottom of your foot and you could be out for a month. So anyway, I don't have a lot of experience, but Baylor. Good question. Thank you. Okay. Awesome guys. Okay. Let's see here. Let's see here. All right. I'm just looking through, looking through. Let's see the other questions. Okay. Can I run and keep them coming in? Can I run a 20? Oh my goodness. All right. We're almost at 75 viewers. Can we break a hundred this week? Can we break a hundred? We'll see. We'll see. Can I run? This is from Sangs GS. Can I run a 20K light trail event run? If I have run a lot of 10Ks and 15K runs on roads with zero to little elevation gains, how much tougher can it be? Oh yeah. I think you can pull that off. Light trail. Yeah. As long as it's not like crazy hilly. Absolutely. I think that's, that is a, that's a very logical step up in distance. So I think you've got a good question. And as far as a little piece of advice, like I always love to go practice on the course ahead of time if you have access to it. So good question. That's from Sangs GS. Okay. Let's see here. I'm just diving back in. Allen says go into Washington Park area in Denver soon for Nuggets Thunder Game. What's the best park for a good solid run? Yeah. So that's the thing, Allen. Like Denver is definitely a little lacking in a great, great park. Like, you know, like St. Louis has Forest Park, even like, you know, New York City has Central Park. There's just some really, really great big parks in other cities. Denver, when they were designing the city, I wish they would have built just a huge park. So the three parks in Denver, in Denver proper are Wash Park, Washington Park, City Park and then Cheeseman Park. But none of them are huge, at least in my opinion. Like Wash Park, I think is two and a half miles around the dirt loop. So anyway, hopefully that helps. Hopefully that helps. All right, diving back in. Let's see here. Let me just take a drink. Thank you all, by the way, just for staying tuned and being here. Yes, Logan Forest Park is amazing. Okay. Let's see here. Hey, this is from Tyler. Hey, Seth. I love your YouTube and you inspire me to run every day. Oh, I'm glad I can help. Tyler, no matter the conditions. Any tips on how to get rid of runner's knee? Oh my goodness. Whenever there's a health question, Tyler, I always have to say, I'm not a doctor. And thankfully, I've never suffered from runner's knee. If anyone out there has experience, let us know in the chat. I would guess that, so I would guess I have attempted to answer this before for people. Heating and ice, ice and heating, good stretching and a little bit of strength work around that area. So maybe you have a weak lower quad. Yeah. So again, I'm not a doctor, but Tyler, sorry, I'm just not a doctor, but that's probably what I would begin to do. If I had runner's knee, I'd probably go to the gym and go to the pool and do some aqua jogging as well. So hopefully that helps. I'm sure there's many people out there who have suffered from runner's knee who can help way more than I just did. All right. Good night, blue collar runner. Thanks for being here. Let's see. Wow. Made it to live stream. That's awesome. Welcome. Welcome. All right. I'm going to dive back in here and again, any questions? Open Q&A right now. Any questions? Going to dive back in the box. Let's see here. Oh my goodness. Yes. That's right, Suzanne. I think climbing the mountains probably does help a little bit. Does help a little bit. All right. Here we go. You said, oh, this is fun. This is from Jared. I think Jared was here earlier, but you said you've studied history. Any specific, this is not a running question and I like that. You said you've studied history. Any specific history discipline? What is your favorite time period to study? And what is your favorite history fact? Oh my goodness. All right. I already know the, I already know the second one. Oh, I love it. I love it, Jared. Okay. Hopefully the live stream, okay. Here we go. Did you know, okay. What two presidents died on the same day in, oh my goodness. Okay. I'm trying to, I'm trying to think about how much information I should give you. All right. I'll just say what two former presidents died on the same day in 1825. Anybody know? Anybody know? And what day was that? Okay. They died on the same day. And I think it was 1825. I work with me on that. And what, what year was that? Okay. Oh, Daniel, you got it. You got it. That is right. Thomas Jefferson 1826. All right. I was close. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died. I haven't seen the second part of the question. July 4th. That is right. July 4th. Isn't that amazing? Like these two guys work so hard to form, help create the United States of America. And July 4th, the day of independence here in the United States, and they died on the same day within hours of each other. And, and they were, they were pretty good friends and then they had a falling out and then they rekindled their friendship later in life. Jefferson lived in Virginia and John Adams lived in Massachusetts and they started, they became basically pen pal, like they were writing letters to each other later in life. And they died on the same day, July 4th, hundreds of miles apart from each other. That's my favorite history fact of all time. I love it. Okay. And what was the other part of the question? I love, I love, as you can probably tell, I love the American Revolution. That's probably my favorite part of history to study. I also enjoy learning about World War II. And yeah, the Middle Ages, you know, just to throw in something out of the Middle Ages, I like not a big like Roman or Greek history fan. Yeah. So anyway, good question, Jared. Thank you. Okay. Scotch or bourbon. I would go with Scotch, Chai. Good question. Thank you, Chai, for that question. I'd go with Scotch. You're probably going to put me on the spot. What's my favorite? See, I'm not as, I'm not as fluent in Scotch. I apologize. I have actually, Chai, just to talk about that, I definitely enjoyed whiskey and Scotch a little bit more like two or three years ago. But then as I increased my volume of running, I must say like the, like the desire or like the ability for my stomach to handle, you know, a harder liquor, it, it became more difficult for my body. So like when I take time off around Christmas, I'll definitely enjoy some whiskey, but I haven't had whiskey since, you know, December. So anyway, anyway, good question, Jared, good thought, good question. Chai asks, how old are my kids? Range from, oh my, oh my goodness, almost a year old, up to six years old. So they are precious. Those little guys, they keep us busy. They keep us on our toes. They got energy. They're going to be runners someday. I'm calling it now. I'm calling it now. And not because of me. They're just good. They just got energy to burn, if you know what I mean. Okay. Oh, Brent's here. That's awesome. Vino. Oh yes. So my go-to drink now is definitely wine. Like I don't even drink beer. I'm okay. I drink beer maybe like once a month now. I don't know. It's just one of those things. I don't have nothing against beer, but I do enjoy wine. Do enjoy wine. Okay. Let's see. Other questions coming in. Other questions coming in. Let's see. Foam rolling. Okay. That's from Kurt. That's not a question. Let's see here. Okay. Thoughts on Denver Broncos getting Joe. Are we getting Joe Flacco? What? Okay. I've been out of the loop for Denver Bronco news. So I don't even, I'd probably say thumbs down to that. That's just my gut reaction. All right. Any, okay. Let's see here. Let's see. Tanner. I can't help you there. I can't help you there. What's your favorite Greek God or goddess? Sorry, man. Like little outside my wheelhouse, little outside my wheelhouse. Let's see. Okay. Any other questions out there? Let's see. Okay. From Alexis. Starting to run longer and faster than ever before. You're a lifelong basketball and soccer player. I left ankle injury has thrown off things. Running for those sports is different, obviously. Okay. So you're just pointing out. Sorry to hear about that. But that's awesome. Welcome to the running world, Alexis. Shout out to Alexis. Oh, a hip pointer. I'm not sure. Maybe ask that again, Alexis. Like what, it sounds like you're having an issue with your hip. So anyway, favorite candy. I would have to go with, I would have to go with, oh gosh, you can tell I don't, I just, actually I like straight up dark chocolate. I don't like hard candy. I do, I do enjoy Snickers, but I just love a good dark chocolate with some almond mixed in. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Let's see here. Does, does stair climbing help running? That's from Swapnil. I would say, I would lean in the direction of no. Stair running. Like, although I guess, okay, running up mountains is kind of like stair running. I guess I'm a little, I've never really like gone to a stadium and done stair repeats. It's just, I think there's just a little more pounding there than you necessarily have to do. Whereas like when you're out on the trails and the mountains, it's just a little different because it's more of a gradient versus like step, step, step, especially on like concrete steps. You got to be really careful. Anyway, I'd be a little careful. Be a little careful for stair running. That's, and again, I haven't really thought about that question, but that would be my gut reaction to that. So good question. What's your favorite place to run in the US? That is from Lindsey. Well, Colorado, of course. No. Okay. Excluding Colorado. Oh, Lindsey. Gosh. I mean, Lindsey, okay. I love upstate New York. I'll just say it. You know, I love upstate New York and the Catskills and the Adirondacks. Like really beautiful trails up there. I've, I've heard great things about New Hampshire and Vermont. And then gosh, I actually don't really enjoy running too much in the desert or like Utah, because like a lot of times you have to run over hard rocks. Anyway, good question. That's awesome, Lindsey. Okay. Let's see here. And I am 33, Trey. Good question. All right. Let's see here. Thoughts on racing cross-country, indoor and outdoor too much racing? No, I don't think so. You can pull them all off well, although I would say, and that's from Hiram Johnson, I would say indoor track could be used as simply a base builder for outdoor track. You know, I wouldn't put like a ton of emphasis on indoor track. Use it as a, as a, as a time to build that aerobic base. If that makes sense. Good question from Hiram Johnson. But no, I don't think it's, I don't think it's too much racing, especially if you're in high school, like just go enjoy it. Yeah, go enjoy it. And yeah, anyway, hopefully that helps you. Let's see here. Winslash, how did you meet your wife? We met at an Irish pub. That's right, and she's Irish. So her maiden name, yeah, is Sweeney. Is that how you say that? Maiden name? No, the maiden, I'm thinking of the maiden voyage. Her name before we got married is Sweeney. So she's very Irish. Good question. Okay, let's see here. And let's see. Yes, Lindsay, I know. It's like upstate New York. It's got some good stuff up there. Let's see. And okay. Oh no, phone is about to die. That's from Ryan. Okay, we've been going about an hour. I always love to respect time because I know time is precious as runners. We all, I just, I'm a little obsessed with time. I think probably a lot of runners out there are looking at the watch too much. So if you have any other questions, now is the time to ask them. And I will answer any other questions that come in from this point forward. This has been fun talking about fear, talking about trail running, and yes, the open Q and A. Boy, what a great night. Oh, good Damien. I'm glad you can hear me and see me because Damien, about 15 minutes ago, this light went out, but true love brought a battery out. She saved the day, saved the night. Let's see. Okay, they're streaming in here. Have you ever tried cryotherapy to recover faster? I have not Tanner. I have not. I've heard of it and I actually don't even know exactly the process, but no, I have never tried it. I'm sure there's something to it. Good question. Well, good question, but not necessarily a great answer. Let's see. How many miles a week should I be running for a 10K aiming for high 34s? That's from Joel. Joel, how old are you? If you're in high school or college, I'm guessing you must be in college or maybe you're out of college. I would say Joel, high 34s. I mean, that's a fast, that's a solid time. I would say, I would say at least, I would say 70 miles a week. And I don't know your background, Joel. I don't. So if you're used to 50 miles, I would say at least 70 miles a week. If you want to really crush it and then going up to approaching 90. But again, I don't know your background. Don't know your body as far as if, is your bone density ready for that type of volume? But that would be my range to toss in your direction. Good question, Joel. 70 to 90. So anyway, thank you. Let's see here. Daniel, Patreon. Daniel, I appreciate it. So, oh my goodness. Okay, I said I would answer any question that comes in from this point forward. Daniel is bringing up Patreon and Daniel, I'm still in the camp of not Patreon. Oh my goodness, you're putting me on the spot. Oh man. It's like, I don't know if I want to get into it, but at this point, I'm still not leaning in that direction. But I do see the benefit of Patreon. And for those that don't know, Patreon is basically a way for people to, I don't want to say donate, but like give money to people that are creating music, creating art, creating videos, creating their creative people. And so, Daniel, I love you. I love everybody here, but that is my answer for now. And I kind of dodged it. But anyway, you're the best. And we'll, Daniel, let's just keep the conversation going. Let's keep the conversation going. All right, let's see here. Oh, sorry, the gate just slammed out there. Apologize. This community is amazing. And I, Hyrum, I agree. Like the combination of YouTube and Strava is just blowing me away. Okay, Suzanne, when are you road racing next? Are you doing a half marathon? Oh, Suzanne. Oh, Suzanne. Yes. So Suzanne, I'm looking at the local half marathons here, leading up to the marathon in May. So there's a couple that you helped me find that I'm researching a little more. And I know like they're not really big half marathons that I have to register for now. Suzanne, I would love. So I'll just say this, everybody, I would love to go race the Brooklyn half marathon in, gosh, is it in May? It might be a little too close to the Cleveland marathon. Anyway, yes, I don't have a half marathon registered yet, but I am, I am looking at them. And I hope the internet is still is not cutting out for everybody. Do we still have a connection here? Hold on. I'm just realizing, oh boy, let's see. We might be cutting out a little bit. I apologize if we are. So let's see here. Let's shoot. I don't know, or can you hear me? Can you hear me? Let me know. Yes, I'm going to do a half marathon. Let me know if you cannot hear me, everybody. It looks like the Wi-Fi may have cut out a little bit. Oh boy, I apologize, which means we may have to be shutting down here in a little in a few minutes. Oh, okay. Brooklyn is out. Same day as Cleveland. Good to know. Good to know. Okay. So it looks like the internet is struggling a little bit. I'm back. I'm back. Is ice bath good for recovery? I think so. I think so. When done, like when done correctly, which I used to do ice baths, more so in college. I don't do them as much now, but yeah, I think it can help kind of get rid of that lactic acid, especially after really hard workouts. So yeah, excuse me. I don't do ice baths too often, mostly because I don't have time to like go buy ice, bring it back to my house, put it in the bathtub. So anyway, swap Neil Busal. Sorry if I'm not saying your name right. I think ice baths can be good. I really do. So good question. And thank you, Suzanne, for all of the comments. Okay. Thank you all for being here. And I think we will shut it down. You're the best. Thanks for being here. And as I always say, and okay, I will continue to research. And basically I sent an email off to this company. It's called ECAM, E-C-A-M-M. The goal is that ECAM needs to email me back about why my camera is not working with the live stream software so that I can interview my brother, Mike Wardian, all these other people live. I'm just going to say it. We're going to make it happen by next week. All right. Sometimes when I do it, when I give a deadline, it actually happens. I don't care if I have to drive to the ECAM headquarters. We're going to make it happen for you next week, next Wednesday, where I email my brother live. All right. You guys are the best. Seek beauty, work hard, and love each other. And thank you for all the super chats, by the way, by the way. And love each other. Did I ever say that? And love each other. See you tomorrow. All right. Now I got to figure out how to shut this bad boy down. All right. Here we go. Here we go. You guys are great. See ya.