 Can't open it now. We will open that later. Stay tuned. Oh We made it downtown. Okay. I'm on my lunch break. We're meeting Luke today Luke is a fan of the vlog and he's not from Colorado. He's visiting and so it's just like it just worked out so well And I think he's got a pretty interesting story to share with all of you today. So anyway, it's just amazing All right, gotta get unloaded get the camera gear. All right YouTube great minds think alike Luke Luke showed up an hour early. I showed up an hour early, right? We agreed on one one o'clock. Good to meet you. You're early bright and early That's kind of how I try to do it business and everywhere else, but 10,000 subscribers. Oh I'm one of those first 10,000. I just want to say we did it from the grinders and the hustlers There's a lot of us in that 10,000 I know there's there's moms single moms are out there running circles around their house with their baby monitors at 4 a.m Yes, I mean there's there's things like that I mean there's people like me juggling a business running a family and trying to get those runs in and from all of us I got you a little something that maybe could go in the studio or go somewhere at your house. Oh my gosh This is crazy. This is crazy. All right. I've got to close gonna close my eyes You tell I'm gonna back up you tell me when to open them Luke is oh My oh my gosh Oh Given it back to you I did snag it off your picture, but I'm giving it back to you. Yeah, copyright This is amazing That's quite so this is quandary everybody and then I believe oh, what is the net there? I forget the name of that mountain, but um that was like last week or two So now this date is today dead when you when you hit 10,000 Because I I got up about 6 30 this morning to feed the baby and notice you hit 10,000 How did you you are a minute? How did you know that FedEx FedEx print shop? We use them for some of our work presentations for customers stuff, too If you get lucky to get a good location, I mean it was just awesome. Yep. They help this major. Wow That is amazing. So from all of us 10,000 to you. Yeah, this is just a little thing for today Oh, thank you. You'll be at 100,000 for you know, right? One day at a time one mile at a time. So Luke is the sundowner express He knows the hustle hard work small business owner. So thank you. That is amazing. That's definitely going up in the studio nice Okay, but whenever you put on new shoes, you probably already know this but a tip of the day You're probably gonna have to relays them once or twice even on the run Don't be afraid to stop and re let that was my mistake with the Vamara 14 I didn't stop early enough. I had re I had laced it too tight And I got that pain on the on the top of my foot. So anyway, so pretty amazing stuff YouTube family this is Luke's first run With Strava first Strava run ever Nike run club runner for the past two and a half years and just now I guess waking up. Yeah, no, I mean listen, there's no there's no right one again I think it's Strava's just got that community side. I think that just Blows me away compared to maybe some some of the other apps so sure And I think that's what kind of draws me to it too with your channel I've noticed there's a community in Indiana that I didn't even know existed through some of the live streams and stuff I mean you've seen some of the Indiana guys coming in There's a lot of Hoosier boys that yeah that are in that community. So it's kind of cool I can I can share on here as well. So I think it was last week I think there was a five or six people just from Indiana threat saying hey, we're from Indiana running So that was awesome. All right, shall we hit start there? All right. Oh, yeah, this is my first reaction to the zoom flies Hey, you know what? We're actually gonna go this way. Yeah, but we'll go straight. This is the Platte River Right to our left So we'll go. All right, man eight miles in the books Denver, Colorado What a day man. What a day So Lucas from Indiana. He's visiting found now. How did you find the channel? So basically I believe I was I was Actually looking for a lighter weight option actually a heavily cushioned option Something that I could try new because I was having some durability issues with ultra boost and how long they lasted Yeah, so it came across your video for the vapor fly 4% Yep And that was kind of what led me into the rabbit hole of checking out some of your older videos and some of your nice Then I subscribed. I mean it was yeah matter of a day or two So thank you for that and now what is your story that's connected to running? Okay, and like a little bit I let's hear I want to hear everyone to hear you're gonna listen to this story about your journey with finding health and Mental health and just like overall health. Yeah. Yeah, go go back as far as you need to yeah, so I've always always had a kind of a Predisposition to to diabetes in my family. Yeah, and never I've never really tolerated sugar or carbs real well in my diet So I was always a heavier set pudgy kid I played basketball was always the slowest kid good shooter I had good hands and yeah, good coordination, but really slow because I was always pretty heavy and stalky The only time I really ran Growing up at all was when the PE coach was just screaming at me You know to just pick up my legs and you know make that next step, but yeah, but yeah So I know don't really have any background until yeah I I finally got fed up with you know with being overweight and heavy and really changed my diet drastically Back when I was about 17 years old and lost a hundred pounds back then But I was a hundred pounds a hundred pounds. Yep I was 269 and got down to 168 And that was over about a nine-month period of really stringent low carb no carb eating basically no processed sugar No breads no grains. Yeah Did that and but it was also young and dumb and doing a lot of partying back then and wasn't leaving too healthy of a lifestyle Wasn't exercising. Yeah, that weight came back on yeah in my 20s and I got back up to back up to 263 Okay, that would have been in 2015. So so four four years ago. Basically four years ago four years ago 263 263, okay, and then this time I use the same kind of dieting techniques a little bit better now I'm eating more variety of foods a lot of different plants Whole foods and meats and cheeses and high fats now And and really no carbs or sugars, but the real key was that back in 2016 I had lost about 60 pounds, but it kind of plateaued it really wasn't feeling well I was mentally wasn't doing really handling things very well I didn't feel like and just was kind of in a lull. Yeah, and I just happened to be a shooter I I've been a basketball shoe collector and reseller a little bit over the past 10 to 15 years Did you hear that so he's he's a big guy like a Jordan guy. Yeah, Nike He collected Jordan Nike shoes Jordan's penny hard-way shoes all different kinds of nikes. That's awesome Yes, and still do still do have a pretty decent little collection there But yeah, I was happy to be on there, but through that you discovered. What did you find now? Nike run club one day it trip it tripped my interest. I just happened to come across it and I'd already been thinking about When I had some stressful times in my life I had a counselor in Indianapolis that really gave me some good advice in that One of the things that might be a good tool to have in my bag in my future life to deal with stress Not kind of things was exercising. She happened to mention running So it was already kind of my head that maybe running was an option for me to get that whole I was in Yeah, and then Nike run club came across I downloaded it on my phone I thought well, I've got a pair of shoot Nike. I think they were structure 14 triax zoom that zoom air in them Yeah, I'm pretty heavy clunky shoe, but they were in my closet and they were they were there So just one day I downloaded that app and said I'm gonna go try a quarter mile Yeah, and I went out the door ran down the little cul-de-sac road by my house and did the quarter mile about kill I walked home. I was quarter mile. He made it a quarter mile and he's like I walked home Walked home and shane and pretty shameful that day. You know, I mean it's like I can't even run a quarter mile But you did a quarter mile though. I did it I got out the door got out the door Yep And then it was like the next and then the day after that three-eighths of a mile And then I think I took a one-day rest and went back for a half a mile Yeah, and then you start to see those those goals that you can set and that you're meeting those goals And then you you start to see that and it kind of It plays out to a lot of different areas your life Yeah, or you see that man if I could do this and running though Maybe if maybe if my house isn't as clean as that it should be or my my crap I've got credit card debt that I need to handle you start to be able to Troubleshoot troubleshoot. Yeah, exactly. And you said multitasking. Yes, right? Yeah, multitasking It's helped me so much with multitasking with being able to you know to to think about Pace distance wind and how am I not gonna freeze out here in these conditions? I mean that you have to be a multitasker to be out here and run and survive and troubleshoot. Yep. Yeah So so that was kind of kind of how I started now. It's now. It's just developed into a love and a full-time passion I mean any free second I get is with my wife and daughter And then every once in a while I get to come out on days like this and I'll do something like this Which which is awesome. It's a I've seen things over the past two and a half years with this running journey and that I mean just just priceless and all and like you said earlier Yeah, it's not that much of a cost to get into the sport exactly compared to other It's like you need shoes with you know, a hundred bucks hundred fifty bucks You know, but if you get a good pair that you like you're pretty you don't even need technically a watch No, you just go out, you know, you need your shoes and you go go sell and it's a beautiful thing I mean if for people especially that are very busy in their careers or with their families It's just for me. It's a disconnecting time. Yeah, I can disconnect that cell phone and stop reflect think Yeah, that's a it's a it's priceless for me and and me and my family and just yes been awesome So I'm ready for life. Thanks for being here. Yeah, thanks for sharing a little bit of your story Man that's on 10,000 I know you're going I know you're going a lot higher We're going man, and you're you're one of the ten and you're helping push it up And anyway, isn't that an amazing story lost in so well, how much well if you don't mind one sixty three I clocked in two weeks ago at the doctor one six, so you he lost a hundred pounds Twice in his life and now it's here to stay. He's staying at a hundred and sixty three But so now he's what it's just amazing. So congrats. Yeah, amazing. Cool, man. Ah, thanks for sharing Thanks for having me today. Yeah, of course Boom Actually, no, we're back key word Key word today Putting you on the spot put me on the spot with it should it be should it be a number? You know the number. It's got to be 10k. It's got to be 10k. There we go It's guy and we ran a 10k and we ran it today exactly exactly 10k. So that's awesome It's for meeting going for a run for the sign so fun. Thanks for having me Keep us posted on how the running goes training. I will we're I've got a couple guys I've already met through through you through your channel in Indiana We'll call her runner in Westloft yet. You know, they're gonna be running soon. And so yeah We'll be we'll be tuning in and we'll be here and be cheering for you Cleveland, brother Who knows may may we'll see you Cleveland. You never know. You never know right Come on. Come on So true love had a busy day busy day watching a lot of kids You know, that's how the mamas do it. They throw down take care of the family. Thanks true love. So She was gonna make something today anyway Congratulations and onward and upward and oh my gosh Thank you, buddy Thank you basically No, it's a sign. Oh Sign is good. Basically Luke Luke woke up this morning. I ran with him today He calls FedEx. He's like FedEx. You got to pull through pull through Get me give me a sign. So boom Getting started. We're just getting started YouTube family. Okay, there's not much else I can say today, but I will say one thing real quick I almost quit I almost quit 600 vlogs in and we're almost you know where I think we're heading toward 1200 So about 600 vlogs ago. I almost threw in the towel. I was done. I was tired Uh, I was a little burned out and I said, you know what maybe this isn't gonna work Maybe we're because we were you know, we were hovering around at that time Probably six or 700 subscribers, which I was incredibly grateful for and shout out to all the old school Old-time subscribers. Thank you for being here from the beginning because you were giving me hope When there wasn't a ton of hope happening here on the channel as far as like finding that audience You know what I mean and as a creator it's so Inspiring to keep fighting because we're now finding folks that want content that is Motivational helping them maybe get off the couch helping them figure out which shoe to buy and so Anyway, but I just want you to know Persevere and patience Persevere and patience. That's what it takes. That is what it takes and as the saying goes in the youtube space Just keep uploading So as I always say like if you keep watching I'll keep uploading I'm here for you and it is very very clear that you are here for me for the family For building this youtube community and I think the the proof is in the pudding Going for a run today with luke and again a shout out to luke and his story and like how inspiring his life has been Um and how he's turned his life around and and you know, he's doing what he's doing now So and before I sign off this 10 000 subscribers celebration vlog. I'm just like, oh Thank you. We couldn't leave without a question of the day. So I have asked this in the past But I'm fascinated to hear since we now Oh gosh, we're just we're just moving forward one day at a time How long have you been subscribed and do you remember how you found the channel? Was it through a shoe video? Was it through a race vlog? Was it just It's cruising youtube like how did you find I would be it would help me learn like how people are finding the channel Especially as guess what we're just getting started. Let's keep going right one foot in front of the other Let's keep moving forward together in running in life And on youtube does that sound good? Does that sound good? So thank you again and um the family Well, they are asleep, but I know they're grateful as well. You should have seen the boys They brought out like party hats to the dinner table tonight. They were so excited till I see this and to just be um Moving forward in a little minor milestone today, you know, it's a little one just like michael crawling on the floor in there It's like that's what life is about little milestones little ones teeny tiny ones every day And eventually those little milestones they add up to a big one. Okay So thank you See beauty work hard and love each other