 So I know that you guys have only seen me walking short distances, but I'm gonna run a 5k and this is how Hello, my beautiful internet friends welcome back to my channel I have a very exciting announcement for you guys today and for me and I have my friend Jen here with me to walk us through it like when I had my invitation in the first place One of the big goals that I had was to be able to run and that's always been icing on the cake for me Like I just want to be able to walk without being in significant pain But if I could ever run that would be amazing and as I've as this last surgery has gone really well I've been able to walk more and more consistently and my movement's getting a little bit better I feel like it's time to actually have a goal and commit to running a 5k. I don't have I don't have a deadline for that We're gonna we're gonna play with a few things. We're gonna play with a few things And we're gonna discuss how that's gonna happen because Jen is fantastic at all of this for nutrition to the actual running of it And I have no idea what I'm doing because I've never been able to run. So this is new territory. So Thank you. I'm super excited and super proud of you for getting to this point. So Jen Tell me a little bit about what you do. I know you're a health coach for one I know a crazy amazing runner. Those things that Brian and I just sit and stay with our mouth wide open like an Ultramarathon, you're recently run a hundred miles. Yeah, let's start with a hundred miles I started small 5k and just felt like I love the distance But they kept moving up and yes, but I'm not going to the 200 miles a hundred miles in my cap. Okay, so we're But yeah, I'm a basic health coach I work with looking at all areas of life like relationships job Movement and yes, you know what you're looking at Yeah, I'm really just creating a a healthy balance between all of those for a normal person for someone who has all Two of their meat legs and how long does it usually take someone to work up to a 5k if they were to run it for sure? Sure, I think couched a 5k 12 to 14 weeks, okay, probably an important piece of this is that I don't have a running leg I can't I can't safely run on sunshine here Because the leg isn't made for sustained running like if my dog's got a leash I need to sprint off after them. I could do that on this leg, but consistent running It's not really made for so I need a running blade Those are so very expensive They run, you know it to get the whole leg and the socket and everything It can be well over ten thousand maybe twenty thousand dollars But there are programs that actually grant you running blades, which is something that I'm shooting for But they want you to have done a 5k and sometimes up to three five k's before So this will be hopefully part of actually getting me a running blade So we're gonna start with walking the 5k. What do you think the goal should be time frame-wise to walk that? Um, I think that if you're looking at I mean if we start say January 1st, right? Maybe end of March? Yeah, good time frame Obviously giving yourself grace and things are going well like not being married to that idea But it has to be end of March. I think that's a reasonable time. Okay to get it to that level obviously Listening to your body. Yeah, you know and and we don't want injuries or any of that And we want to focus on strength training and that incorporating to so end of March What we'll look at that sounds I feel like that sounds doable because I've been able to do a little bit more Every week and you bring up strength training and that's that's interesting Is that something that all runners do like are you always strength training like your whole box or that'd be more I feel like they'd be more important as an amputee because your body is compensated. So I'll definitely focus on that Yeah, I mean there are a lot of different ways to look at it So people think you know just all you need to do is run Right and that might work for some people But I think if you're balancing other areas that don't get worked while you're running Yes, a lot of hip work a lot of blue work like core work So from let's say your hips up to your shoulders if you're working out to stabilize your movement and as someone who You're working with a prosthetic like the other leg is probably going to be compensating a little bit more Yes, we really want to build up those muscles. Okay, I think crazy though Maybe two to three days a week nutrition is a question that I've often wondered about. I don't eat terribly I also don't necessarily Wonderfully I know from your Instagram post one post that nutrition is something that you're passionate about I imagine How important is that to this whole process in your mind? Yeah, huge. Okay, definitely something you want to focus on Okay, I'm incorporating. I'm primarily plant-based. Okay. It doesn't work for everyone I believe in bio-individuality like what works for you works for you But I think there are a few stable foods that I mean Incorporating veggies for this whole grain. Yes, they're anti-inflammatory food because your body's already working pretty hard Oh, it makes sense. Yeah, most important question. Is drinking coffee still a good idea? I mean eat the ice cream do all those things what makes you feel happy Yes, just focus primarily on yes, that makes a lot, but definitely drink your coffee We need to be nice to people Exactly something that I have as like a crazy goal in my head I always thought it was kind of a crazy goal was I'd love to be able to run a marathon one day For no other reason than to say that I did it like to check that box because it's so far out of the range of Anything I ever thought I would be capable of do you think that that's possible? Absolutely. Yeah, it sounds like absolutely That's really cool. They're having people who've run a hundred miles Total yeah, you could do it. That's and I think that just to check it off. That's an awesome Reason, I wonder if that was enough reason. No, like I'm like I want to check that box Totally that gives you that that encouragement that you knew you could do something that you didn't think you could do Yes, you know it makes other things in life look a lot easier. Yeah, you knew okay That was really hard and I did yes. What else can I do that? I didn't think I could do I think a good place To start would probably be to see how long I can actually Walk totally outside on not super even ground Without being in you know pain that I need to stop right or anything like that right probably a good kind of baseline Yeah, and I mean you walk in the mall. You walk in the grocery store Yeah, probably go further than you think you do. Yeah, so I mean really excited for you to get out there and see Actually, how far you can go you're gonna be so proud of yourself Again, there's nothing better than finishing or crossing that finish line. Yeah, I've never done that I started a 5k once it was like for a cause and I literally like walked maybe I don't know Maybe a quarter mile. I was like no don't turn around my back as my ankle was bothering me That's like I started the race. I mean that's that's the biggest part starting the race So once you finish that race, you're gonna be so pretty. Yeah. Well, there's no time to start like the present We're gonna go for a walk So how far how far have we gone so far? 0.7 miles So we are getting close to that mile and here you were like oh and this is like on um It's just treacherous I'm like slipping. Yeah, you're amazing. I think we might hit a mile Oh, yeah How far are we? 0.99 That's awesome. We don't have to do circles around your house. That's perfect I'm so proud of you. A mile. Now we're at a mile. We're standing here. We made it to the mile. We made it to the mile. The 1.7 We've 4.0 in a little bit. Yay! See? And you didn't even know how far you could go. So how long how long is it? Like how long have we been walking for? 26 minutes. Okay, but it was really icy. 26 minute mile. Yeah, for the win. I mean, it's a good baseline I would say it was more like an 18 minute mile. Yeah, it was icy without the snowy. I'll take it. We were chit-chattin' and that like That slows you down. Well, out of breath, but I'm still walking. We're good We just got back. What is our grand total? 1.13. Yay! That's awesome. That's pretty cool. About a half an hour. So nice. Some chatting Yeah, it's good. That's a really good baseline to have. Yeah, I'll keep up with kind of daily walking Yeah, I'll let him rest so. Yeah, you know what you can do Deep breath, get smarter. Right. But yeah, now you know what you can do. Yeah. Just by starting out. That's awesome Yeah, so I'm gonna I'm gonna continue this series and there there's a I believe that there's an app called couch to 5k I think I'm gonna call my series, you know amputation to 5k or something like that You guys you guys will figure out the series and I'm really excited to see where this goes So thanks for watching guys. I love you. I'm thinking of you and I'll see you in the next video. Bye And her from the sky