 Good morning YouTube family when you're watching this it's Sunday morning Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers literally around the world watching this daily vlog. Thank you for being here I hope you have a great day rest up make other people get you everything treat yourself treat yourself All right, I'm gonna treat myself to some coffee if you know what I mean. Oh, man. Happy Mother's Day 2019 Nice it's summertime pulling out the summer stuff time to get organized Look at it It's a little crazy, but we got this we got this all right Just working on the boys new fort if you've been watching the vlog for a long long time You know that this is a brand new addition to our backyard. It's it's pretty epic I will give you the full view here in a second. Oh, man Nothing like a good fort as a kid right and frankly as an adult as well. All right putting on the What is that called the steering wheel for the ship? So this is the boys new fort. I had a big fort growing up loved it lived in it basically and It was time to get you guys a place to hang out all summer, right? So good times here in Denver, Colorado. Oh, man. It's pretty epic So it's got the first level Second level is that we just put we call it the crow's nest way up there. So Boom off to the gym. Here we go Oh and back we are back we are in the studio I think the last clip that I filmed earlier today I said that I was going to the gym and you're probably like, hey, where is where's the footage from the gym? I did go I promise But yes, there are some situations in filming the daily vlog that do pop up Thankfully, there's not that many overhead expenses when filming editing a daily video and uploading it to youtube That's the beauty of new technology. Like we couldn't do this You know 10 years ago it would be much more difficult and 15 years ago wouldn't even be possible So anyway, I'm grateful for gopro technology But sometimes it says enough is enough and this would not turn on today the gopro 7 Not sure what's going on I'll try to take it into best buy tomorrow to see if it can if they can Help me out a little bit see if something's going on that they can figure out, but it did not turn on today So I do have some money saved up. So that's good. So I think I can replace it sooner rather than later But these things happen in life, don't they? Oh my goodness Don't they and that's what we're gonna reflect on today the injury and getting to the bottom of why I think This injury happened now. Listen unless it's a traumatic injury There's a good chance that you will never know what actually caused your injury now We can make a lot of good guesses Overuse is the common term thrown around in the running world an overuse injury and yes I'm basically putting this injury into the overuse category. What does that mean? Basically, I probably ran too much or more likely actually in my case Too much at too high of intensity meaning too fast of miles or kilometers Now before I reflect and yes keyword reflect before I reflect with all of you on why I think this injury popped up in this training cycle and what shoe or shoes may have may have Added to the possibility of this injury happening. I want to remind everyone what I'm actually Trying to fight for and pull off in the next nine months and it's kind of it's it's it's not going to be easy It's it's guy and it just got a little more difficult because of this injury. Okay. I am not a state champ from high school I think my highest finish was Seconds place or third place in the two mile. I think I put I think I was third place in the two mile Not bad, but I was never a state champ. Uh, that was my brother. He cleaned house in high school Uh, and then across in college. I was never an all-american like I did I did okay But I was never an all-american and so fast forward to uh, let's say four Years ago. So 2015 basically I became an ultra runner. So Longer races 30 mile races 50 mile races 100 mile races, which what does that mean? You're running slower So I actually wrote down some splits here races between seven to 10 minutes a mile depending on the distance And which is 420 per kilometer 420 to 615 per kilometer so much slower paces compared to what I'm trying to do now And uh, yes, even nine months ago. It's crazy eight to nine months ago I was trying to finish a hundred mile race and in that process of training for a hundred mile race Actually going out and racing uh with planter fasciitis. It didn't feel good. You see my tears there on the on the screen Like it was an intense moment. Yes. If you want to go watch it. It's a good vlog Uh, but I was trying to pull off something that was Probably a little too early in my running career. I'm not giving up on hundred mile races just so you know, like I'd like to race Many down the road. I'm honestly thinking early 40s. So seven eight years from now And so then so then after about a month and a half later I did a half marathon time trial Many of you have seen this footage that you're looking at on your screen I ran well basically one hour and 11 minutes flat here at elevation Solo on kind of a rolly course an hour and 11 minutes and I was running 40 to 50 miles a week And that woke me up. I thought to myself, huh? That's a fast. That's a pretty fast time at elevation solo I wonder what I could do at sea level in a competitive environment And so over the past three to four years. It's been slower racing Seven eight nine minutes per mile in a race. I know it's I that's what ultra running is especially at at elevation on hilly courses um, and now I'm going through this kind of a dramatic shift in A fairly short amount of time as I attempt to chase down this 219 marathon and because of that I knew last, you know, december and early january 2019 that I needed to make A change in my training so that I could drop from the seven minutes a mile Down to 518 per mile and I know I can do it But I got to stay healthy, right? And I need to walk that line and probably back off that line now now in retrospect Back off that line on the threshold runs and the tempo runs as I'm Chasing down this this this uh this 518 per mile pace that I need to get to And so, um, I am yes, I can pinpoint april 3rd My first tempo run 15 miles six minutes per mile or 345 per kilometer. I know it's fast Um, I was feeling good that day, but that was the run you can I looked it up on strava That was the run where I felt a small little something in my big toe a little twinge Uh, nothing sharp just a little twinge and you guys know those little twinges and those little niggles Can turn into something big well sure enough I'm I'm blaming that run as the beginning of this injury now in retrospect I should have taken two or three days off four days off and monitored it I didn't think it was a big deal, but sure enough it turned into A bigger deal than I expected and yes, um I'm gonna blame myself. I'm not blaming a shoe. I'm blaming myself for putting too many miles In this shoe that I'm about to show you I basically I lost track of how many miles I had put into this shoe And uh, you know how I like to put 50 miles into a shoe before I give you my full review So that's what I was doing and frankly guys at the end of that 15 mile tempo run I was wearing this shoe and I I lost track I had put I instead of 50 I had put 99 miles I feel a little dumb now It just proves like make sure you're tracking your miles on your shoes And yes guys the shoe that I'm about to show you it's not a training shoe I should not have put this many miles in the shoe. It's it's a racing shoe Uh, you could do tempo work in it if you wanted and listen, I still like the shoe a lot But I should have only put 50 miles at the most and more like probably 20 to 30. Uh, uh, uh So yeah, yeah, it is the Adidas Adi zero audios for uh, again, I like the shoe a lot But I this shoe does not have enough midsole Through the entire shoe, but especially the forefoot and so I'm blaming myself for losing track of the miles But I just want you to know, uh I I'm also I'm also blaming the fact that I don't think this shoe has enough cushion to use it as a regular trainer And I knew that I knew that But I wanted to get 50 miles in for you and then I look on Strava and I'm like, oh I put 99 miles in the shoe and so say la vie. What are you gonna do? I feel a little dumb, but this is life. This is life. And like I mentioned at the beginning I'm not just blaming one shoe or just that tempo run. It's an accumulation of overuse that leads to injuries in runners And preventative measures should have spent a little more time on dirt Should have spent now. I'm excited for cross training moving and gosh glass half full. Who knows long term Maybe this is what I needed to light a fire in my cross training Uh desire like just to get into that pool more often to get onto the cross training bike More often. I'm excited now. So I'm gonna once I'm healthy and back to running You better believe I'm gonna continue to do cross training. I don't know how much I gotta find that balance as well But uh, and then also just a little bit more Cushion through the midsole on longer runs and or tempo runs Now listen, I will remember the vermero 14 not working out for me And that was gonna be my long run shoe in 2019. So who knows? I don't know. Maybe if I would have stuck to the vermero 14 more. So this spring, maybe I could have prevented this I don't know now. I have received some Messages and I've read some comments here on youtube saying that minimalist shoes versus maximalist shoes That's not what I need to be focused on. I need to be focused on Strengthening my feet and you remember I was doing foot strengthening exercises all winter I filmed it quite a bit for you guys because I knew I needed to take care Of my feet and make sure my feet stayed healthy. Well in retrospect probably should have done more of that Uh, but we're not gonna have that debate now between maximalist shoes So like hoka shoes and minimalist shoes But I will give you my thoughts very very soon on that topic because it's a very good one to discuss I definitely have my opinions As far as staying healthy and uh, yeah, I'm not gonna get into it now. We will get into that very soon Okay, again reflect is the keyword and the question of the day I don't want to focus on the negative and injuries. I want to focus on the positive I want to hear how was your long run this weekend or How was your race this weekend because I know a lot of you race this weekend Let us know where the race was what distance you ran and what time you hit I'd love to congratulate you and just give you a digital high five here on youtube. Keep it positive That's what we're all about and uh tomorrow. I will give you an update on my foot. All right Does that sound good how it's feeling how it's progressing? Etc etc. Thank you for being here. It was a fun day organizing at the house and uh, Just enjoying the weekend and trying to relax trying to chill out Trying to enjoy this moment where i'm not running and just let the body heal let it heal seek beauty Work hard and love each other See you tomorrow