 I could help draw a plan because that way that way you can follow the plan when you build it. And good morning everybody that's right reading the book about the New York City Marathon A Race Like No Other. We will see in case you are unaware in yesterday's vlog I announced that yes my next marathon it's crazy is the New York City Marathon in nine days from now so we'll see if I can get through the book in the next nine days but speaking of New York you're probably wondering what my race strategy is I will be sharing more about it next week I just want to say here is the elevation chart of the race so it's not a flat course because you cross all these bridges in fact you gain and lose 950 feet of elevation gain and loss 950 feet like that's you know that's that's a good chunk but if you notice the top left corner of this graph that a good bit about what I'm looking at is about 200 to 250 feet of elevation gain at the beginning which makes me really excited oh going over the Verrazano bridge so my legs will be fresh at the beginning of the race and you knock out just a good chunk right at the beginning of the race and then you got you got to use that downhill on the backside but I'm going to talk very soon about my strategy about my pacing I promise I promise I learned my lesson in Amsterdam I've got some thoughts and ideas on how I will pace the race in New York City but it's it's actually incredibly exciting to think about going out not with Michael Butter or Miquel Butter from and the reason I'm standing here is because I'm digging out clothes for my run today yes it did snow last night and I'm catching up on laundry we're catching up on laundry after Europe but Michael Butter who was the pacemaker in Amsterdam he is racing New York City he was actually pacing Amsterdam I think he went to 30k and then dropped and did a little workout afterward but that was his kind of big tune up for New York City so he's but I promise I'm not going with Michael Butter I'm letting him go I'm not going to run with him so anyway here we go it's cold out so I'm definitely going to be dressing a little warmer than usual okay what a day what a day here not winning any fashion contest today all right I need some strong boys to move the big box that arrived come on now you guys got that you got it we need your muscles no no no it's in the it's in the bedroom there you go oh our room there you go can you go get the big box straight ahead there it is oh yeah bring that too oh boy can you even move it you may have just lay it down and then and then slide it perfect now push it from the back you guys got it you've got it keep pushing push from the back there you go what are they doing keep going all the way to the coffee table all the way to the coffee table perfect okay you guys you guys go sit sit on the couch oh there you go okay here we go here we go definitely everyone the biggest running gearbox of 2019 has arrived all right let me let me get the big trusty knife stand back everyone this is my elf knife here we go all right what do you guys think it is any guesses oh ready one two three what is it oh America America oh my my here we go oh my gosh we're going to the world we're going to the ship we're going to the ship the world championship bag not too shabby right we're going to use this the rest of our lives holy smokes so everyone and you guys more more importantly the boys have a new rocket ship guys go you can you can go decorate it thank boys right now say thank you USA track and field hold on hold on now see it track and field there we go there we go there we go hun pretty cool let's let's see let's see what's inside oh my my all right all right let's see here hold on okay this is so cool just this just the suitcase we're happy we don't even need to know what's inside all right shall we okay let's the boys are preoccupied michael's preoccupied all right ready one two three oh the singlets oh my my oh honey look at that singlet look at that singlet USA oh my this is USA oh that way so here we go everyone the USA singlet i'll put it on for you later oh my what do you think michael what do you think USA oh another hat you know how i like running hats oh my goodness feel good look good feel good you know how they you know what they say look good race good so here we are and just so you know i qualify for all the new folks out there qualified for the us i've qualified for the world mountain running championships about three or four weeks ago in new hampshire so i will be representing the united states of america in argentina on november 15th am i racing the 15th november 15th in argentina so uh i'm a mountain runner at heart attempting to race marathons as well so that's so amazing this is like the best Christmas Christmas so right a little tracksuit let's up in front that you get from the high school gym so even though i am getting ready for the new york city marathon i'm really excited about the development of speed on the roads and the turnover uh for mountain running and the race i'm doing in argentina it's only it's like a little over seven miles so it's not that it's a short race so having speed is good it's really really good so i'm very happy about that hun you're gonna open that up set here i do want to see i do want to see a pair of shorts okay i got a pair oh and nice that let's look what you take to the oh yeah thank you thank you oh my gosh these are really serious wow okay i love all the colors i love right haul i love it i love it true love approves yes i do true love approves so bada bing bada boom all right there we go we got it all packed up and thank you usa track and field for taking care of us this was not expected i didn't realize the bag was going to be so nice or that the gear was going to be so nice this is beyond epic so thank you again and last little message is keep dreaming right inside this world is a lot better when we're dreaming and we're chasing down goals and uh overcoming challenges that pop up in our training or in races like in amsterdam like that was a learning moment for me but um i was a 16 27 guy in high school for the 5k in cross country and it's a it's a decent time but it's it's not you know it's not going to break any records let's just put it that way um but then with consistency passion and um listening to the body and taking you know taking little risks along the along the journey over years not over months or six months or two or three training blocks but over years of running has led to this showing up at the house so that's my little final message is just don't give up on what and big dreams and little dreams you know it's i um yeah it's those little ones that are almost just as sweet as the big ones so usa usa oh so fun ladies and gentlemen stick a fork in me i am done oh i am so tired definitely still recovering from the uh it's from amsterdam from the marathon but uh the jet lag or i don't know i i my sleep has been pretty good since returning but i definitely need a really good night's sleep right now it is six thirty p.m and i think i'm gonna go to bed soon so uh ran today i did go five miles seven thirty five a mile there it is in kilometers on your screen and um so what else was i gonna tell you i don't even remember because i'm so tired all i know is i love you oh yeah that was a little rendition of our dinner time it's always exciting at the dinner table you know it's always exciting um okay question of the day what is a little dream or goal that you have uh and that you want to accomplish before the end of 2019 all right you know got a couple months left a little over a couple months so it's time to figure out um do i have a goal that i said at the beginning of the year and it could be a little you know it doesn't have to be a big goal just a little one um let it share down below because i know i actually should go back and review some of my goals for 2019 to see how i'm doing so anyway that's the question of the day thanks for being here thanks for watching you guys rock and uh we're gonna keep fighting keep fighting keep keep sleeping you gotta it's good to fight it's good to sleep all right toss it back to a couple old vlogs one from 2018 because there's a lot of new vlog uh subscribers so that will be on the right and this is just a throwback vlog from last year and then on the left we'll toss it back to a recovery vlog where i talk about tips for recovery after tough races all right there you go see beauty work hard and love each other see you tomorrow