Hello, everybody. I hope you can hear me. I am continually okay. It looks like we... Can you hear me? Can you hear me? I actually don't even have headphones on. Okay, can you hear me? Can hear you? Okay. Does it sound okay? Oh my goodness. Okay. Sounding okay? Ladies and gentlemen, that was a challenge. In fact, five minutes ago it was not working, and I did a test 30 minutes ago, and it was working. Right now, and I did some troubleshooting today. I'm not saying I figured it out completely, but baby steps. Let's hope it does not cut out on us randomly here, but I'm watching your comments come in in the chat. Thank you so much, and thank you for being here. Carl, Joey, Kurt, Rodrigo, Chris, Liam, Marshall, Kieran. Oh my goodness. If you could, as we get going here, spread the... Actually, I'm gonna do the same right now. I'm gonna share the link on my Facebook. I was a little nervous about sharing it before now because, you know, I wasn't sure if it was going to work. So hold on one second. If you could, spread this link around, and then we will get going. It is 7 o'clock right on the dot. It's a minor miracle, and I'm not saying I figured it out completely yet, but let me just share this real quick for everybody on Facebook. Okay, and then I'll post it on Twitter as well. I would appreciate it if you guys... Oh, just thank you. And let's start actually. I always like to start with the question, where is everyone from? So if you could let us know where you're from, what country, if you want to share what city you're from, because I know there's people literally watching from around the world, that would be awesome.  Thank you so so much for your patience, and just so you know. Oh interesting, it already posted on Twitter. Alright. So let me just jump back over here, and again, welcome to everyone. New Jersey, Sheffield, Colorado, Honolulu, Manhattan. Wow, you live in the big city. Simpsonville, South Carolina. That's what I'm talking about. Iowa, Tampa, Florida, Glasgow, Kentucky. Ohio again, Detroit, Manitoba. Welcome, Maine. I love it. I love it. I love it. Belgium. Oh, it's Layton, Belgium. Well, thanks for staying up late or waking up really early. Okay, Japan. Oh my goodness. Rapid City, South Dakota. Oh my goodness. And yes, the key word for this live stream is persevere. And again, I'm not saying I have figured this live streaming business out completely, but we're gonna make progress here tonight and hopefully even get better for next week. So thank you again for your patience. If you're watching the rerun, make sure you hit up persevere down in the comments. Australia, Mississippi, Florida. Oh my goodness. From all over. Okay. Where to begin? Now that we are live here, I also want to ask the question at the beginning, how was everyone's run today? Did you run today? How was your run? Maybe share what you did in the chat box. That'd be amazing. And again, if you're new to a live stream, you can do a super chat and that way your comment is highlighted.  All right. Justin did five miles. Good job, Justin. Blue collar runner felt wonderful. Let's see. Recovery run for Dokut Aguren. Skyler about to run after this. Nice. Awesome. It was great. From Jason, did a three mile threshold. Justin, very slippery. Yes. It was slippery here as well in Denver. It snowed today. All right. Let's see. Korea did 10K. Carl didn't run Black Ice everywhere. Carl, smart man, smart man. Joey, three and a half miles at lunch. Awesome. Cowboy, eight mile recovery run. Matthew, physical therapist has allowed me to run 15 to 20 minutes straight and I'm feeling strong. That's good news. Matthew, 10K out and back two mile. IT band issues. Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I'm sorry to hear. Oh man. Maybe we can talk about that here in a little bit. Jared, so much snow in Ohio. Okay. So, Madonna, eight miles. Okay. Awesome. Well, thank you for being here. And as we get going, let me just take a quick drink of water and then we're going to dive into the topics for the evening as well as well as the new balance box. A lot of questions came in this week on Instagram and through email. So, it's working out really well. If you have questions for me to send to me before the live stream, don't hesitate to send them to me through Instagram or email. I'm getting them both. A couple of people commented on Strava and I'll do my best to monitor that as well. All right. I'm just going to take a quick drink and then we're going to dive in. Just welcome everybody. It's so awesome. Liam, four by 800. Woo. Okay. Here we go. All right. I actually, to make sure we don't miss any of the questions from the new balance box, I actually want to start with this tonight. And they came in, they came in quite a bit this week. So, here we go from Jason. How do you deal with animals on the trails or in neighborhoods? Having been bitten twice while out running, I'm curious if you've ever, if you've yet run into this situation, Jason. And I'm going to put this question to everyone else out there watching as well. Have you ever been chased down by an animal? I hope not. I have probably the scariest thing I have seen is a moose. So, I've never seen a, actually I take that back. Oh my goodness. I completely forgot. I saw a black bear in Boulder, Colorado. Probably about 15 feet away from me. I wasn't crazy scared because the bear was definitely more interested in the trash rather than me. Like if I would have seen the bear out in the wild, that would have been a different discussion. So, Jason, I have never been bitten by an animal while running, but that is a good question. Thank you for that question. A dog ran after you, Cassie. Oh, I'm sorry. Deer almost hit me on a trail this winter. Oh my goodness. That is not good. Okay. Okay. Next question from the New Balance Box. And again, these questions were sent to me via email or on Instagram. What are junk miles and how do I determine if any of my miles are junk miles? That is from Jared. And I think that is a great question, junk miles. And it's a big topic, Jared, but I will just say, I'll say this much. I like my, as everyone knows, I like my easy days to be easy and my hard days to be hard. And basically, like today, I'll just share what I did today. I ran 15 miles. It was the longest run of 2019 so far. And for everyone outside the U.S., that's a 25K. And I averaged seven minutes and 45 seconds a mile. That was the goal for the day. I actually was hoping for about 730 a mile, but it snowed so that slowed me down a little bit. And that was a good solid middle distance to long distance run for me. But I am of the opinion that for me personally, 8 minute to 9 minute pace for me falls into that junk mile pacing. For my easy days, as you know, I really like to go 9 to 10 minute pace. Really slow, just chilling out, really letting the legs totally relax. So if I'm going out and running 8 minute pace for 10 miles, I think I'd rather be going a little faster. So 730 a mile, 7 minutes a mile. Or if I'm on a recovery day, going slower. So Jared, that's a big, big question. And I appreciate, and I'm just going to keep monitoring the chat here in case any super chats come in. So anyway, that's how I personally define junk miles is if the pace is just kind of that middle of the road pace, I'd rather be going a little faster or just slow and just letting my body totally recover. And then we could also talk about volume, but maybe that'll be for another time. Jared, great question. Let's see. So I am, I also promised, and by the way, tonight, so tonight I failed to mention, I want to talk about YouTube and I want to talk about racing. And then we'll open it up for open Q&A. Brent, hello. And Zach, hello. Welcome, welcome. So I promised a couple of days ago on the vlog that I would talk about, we're just going to let that fall, that I would talk about these Reebok shoes. And some of you voiced some concern about the price. And sure enough, they are very expensive. And these are the lightest running shoes I've ever owned. These are the Reebok Float Ride Runfast Pros. The name is way too long. For me, for my sizing, they weigh three ounces. I think it's like 90 grams outside the US, 250 US dollars. That's crazy. That's way too expensive. I would not pay that kind of money for these shoes. However, again, a shout out to the UK. I believe this company, where I got those Reebok shoes, sportsshoes.com, sportsshoes.com. If you live in the UK, you probably know about this company. And basically, I got a deal. I think they were about 25% off. They're like $175, which I realize is still a lot of money. But anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I did not pay full price. I would not pay full price for those shoes, $250. But there are places like sportsshoes.com to find deals on running shoes. So anyway, just wanted to mention that. Yes, same as the 4% $250. And that's a lot of money. That's a lot of money. Okay, so I would love to field some questions from all of you. And again, thank you for being here. I would love to field some questions real quick about YouTube and what you all think about the creation process of daily vlogs. Or for example, I'm getting quite a few emails about equipment. Yes, I will compare them, Matthew, those two shoes. But I'd love to talk to you just about YouTube and the experience of creating on a daily basis, of attempting to livestream on a weekly basis. And so what questions do you have for me in the chat? And I will do my best to answer as many as possible about YouTube and whether it has to do with camera equipment or how I film my runs or whatever it might be. So I'll wait for them to come in here. Let's see. Yes, blue collar runner. I can't wait for more daylight as well. Daniel, what was your secret to boosting your subs these recent months? Daniel, that is a great question. And for those that have been subscribed for a while, I was around a thousand subscribers nine months ago. And even three months ago, I think we are around a little under 2000. Well, Daniel, to answer your question, niching down to running focused daily vlogs is probably the number one answer. Absolutely.  I still try to incorporate, you know, living like we're all runners, but we're trying to also balance running with work and with hobbies and with friends and with, you know, all of the other things of life, going out to eat at restaurants is like, anyway, just living life. So Daniel, I'm trying to walk that line, but I would say niching down would be my answer. Good question. How long do your videos take to film and edit? Liam, that's a good question. Liam, I can edit most of the daily vlogs in about two hours these days. So like tonight, I will go inside after the live stream. Actually, I need to film more out here in the shed, and then I will go inside and I will stay up till a little too late tonight, but pretty late tonight editing. So about two hours for the editing, the filming, that's a, oh my goodness, it varies every single day. It can be anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour and a half, I would say. So good question. Okay, do you ever feel like you are taking away from your run when you are also trying to film it? Scott, good question. Scott, so what I am beginning to do when time allows it, Scott, is I will do my run just so you know everybody. Actually, I should show you, but I have a vest that I wear. I usually put it on every live stream. I should just wear it to the live stream every week. And basically, I'll stuff the GoPro into the vest. But what I'm trying to do now is do my run and then I'll go back out for a mile and a half loop and get some of the shots. So that's a little trick of the trade so that I'm not carrying the camera the entire time. So yeah, that's a good question. Good question. Let's see. Let's see what other questions here in the chat. But no, Scott, I don't feel like it's taking away from my actual running and training. And I enjoy it like I obviously I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't enjoy it because it does take time. What kind of drone do you use and how much does it cost? That's from Chris. So I have a DJI Spark. It's a little tiny one. It actually can fit in my vest as well. I think you can find the first generation for around $250 to $300 these days. So it's not cheap but I'm very impressed with the quality of the DJI Spark. That is the drone that I use. Good question. Okay. Would you be able to make a video on editing your vlogs from Riley? Perhaps. Perhaps Riley. That's a good question. Yeah. I mean, that's a gosh, we'll see Riley. That's a good question. Do you use a Mac or Windows on a Mac guy, Sam? Good question. What editing software do you use? So I use Final Cut Pro. I've dabbled in Adobe and the Adobe suite, but I prefer Final Cut Pro because I'm very, very, very efficient with it. And at some point, I'll probably be forced to learn the Adobe interface, but I prefer Final Cut. Who is your favorite running YouTube channel from Jason? Oh, Jason. You can't put me on the spot like that. You can't put me on the spot like that. I mean, here's the deal. Jason, as a creator and a runner, I'm just going to say it right now. Unfortunately, I don't have a ton of extra time to watch a lot of other YouTube channels. I really don't. And okay, but my go-to is definitely Kofuzy because I appreciate the daily upload. I obviously, I certainly appreciate the beauty of Billy Yang. And who else? Gosh, yeah. I guess those would be the two that stand out to me at first. That's a good question. Holy guacamole. Okay. What is your favorite running shoe? Landry, I'll come back to that. We'll come back to that. I want to focus on YouTube questions right now. Have you, have I heard of Zach LeVette? I have, Sam. I have. Okay. What other, any other questions? And I know this topic is a pretty specific topic, but any other questions about YouTube or about how I create the vlogs, I'll be happy to answer a couple more before we move on to a few more questions from the shoe box. And yeah, just thank you for being here. Oh, I love to see you guys interacting in the chat box, by the way. How do you manage files of raw film? That's from Jared. So Jared, I upload all the raw files into my MacBook Pro, which is a terabyte of storage. And then every week, so every Friday night, I have to basically have to export all of the raw files to an external hard drive, which are inside right now. And basically those external hard drives, I buy like four terabyte worth. And that'll last me maybe three months. And I save all of my raw files on external hard drives. So good question, Jared. Yeah, that's a good question. How's the Go Pro 7 working for you? Daniel, it's epic. Actually, it's charging. I don't know if you can see it. Well, I'll just pull it off. It's charging. It's right here. Oh, it's amazing. It's absolutely. It's really a game changer. That's for sure. I think the quality is pretty amazing, pretty amazing. My main camera, a Canon 5D. Thank you, blue collar runner. So I love Canon. And so yeah, Canon 5D is the main camera that I use. Let's see. And I'm sorry if I'm missing some. Let's see. Do you feel weird walking into a room, setting up the camera, then walking back into the room like it was the first time? I don't feel weird, but I realize if you were seeing, and that's from Anthony, if you were seeing a behind the scenes of me filming the daily vlog, like you would laugh, you would laugh.  So I'm getting some good interval training in the middle of long runs. It's pretty funny. Let's see here. With all the importing and exporting you do, does your Mac have an SSD? Yes, Ben. It is a solid state drive, correct. And it's good. It's a 2015. So it's three years old, this MacBook Pro, but it's, it's, it's hanging in there. It's still doing great. And let's see. Butter my bread, butter my bread. You better believe it, Robert. Okay. Madonna, how much time do you spend shooting your runs and sort which footage is good or bad? So I can, I can film a pretty solid vlog run in 30 minutes. So like today I did 15 miles and I probably spent four minutes of time filming the run. You'll see it tomorrow. I didn't film that much today. And basically again, it's like, it's just knowing the angles where I want to set the camera up. Okay. Four minutes is an exaggeration, but it was probably like eight minutes and it was snowing today in Denver. So I didn't take as much time because it was freezing out. But yeah, good question. It can vary, but I can get a pretty solid video done in about 30 minutes at the most. And you know, if I send the drone up in the sky, that'll add maybe 10 minutes to the overall filming. So anyway, there's just different tricks that I've learned along the way. So at some time, at some point I will make a behind the scenes, how to film your run vlog. All right. Good question. Let's see here. Sam, do I do YouTube full time? I do not, but maybe someday. Maybe someday, Sam. Who knows? We'll see what we have. What if that is in the car? I would, I must say, I would love to. And but listen, it's a competitive field out there. There's a lot of running YouTube channels out there, a lot of great creators. And I am up for the challenge. And I'm frankly amped because you're here. And I think we can do this. And as the channel continues to grow, and as we continue to be consistent in the daily vlogs, which I've got that down and the weekly live streaming, which we're working on, I think we can do it. But I would love to put more, I would love to put even more time into this channel.  And Brent was the drone hard for you to control at first. Not, it's pretty intuitive, actually, Brent. And it's actually very easy to fly once you get it. I mean, you could teach yourself in an hour. And you get you would have it down like that. Like it's a very easy drone to fly. Okay, let's see. Okay, thank you so much. Scott has YouTube been profitable? We'll see. We'll see. Scott, good question. That's a topic for another day. Gosh, it helps. Scott, I'll just put it this way. It helps by running shoes to test about for you. I'll just I'll just leave it at that. All right, I'm going to take a drink. And I do want to I do want to dive into now the next topic for the evening. And that is racing. Thank you, runner mom hall. I'm glad you enjoy the footage. So start thinking of questions for racing. I'm going to take a drink. And then I'm going to get some more questions out of the new balance box but start thinking of questions for racing. I'd love to I'd love to hold on. I'd love to dive in. I'm just reading some comments here. Okay, hold on. Let's see here. All right, I'm grabbing the box here. New balance is getting a lot of a lot of free promotion since I've chosen this one to be the box of choice for the questions that are sent to me on Instagram and email. Okay, wow, this is perfect. This is from Riley. And this is a good segue Riley right into the next topic about racing. So he asks, what are some racing tactics for the half marathon and marathon? Thank you for that, Riley. So racing tactics for the half marathon and marathon. Riley, you may not know this. I've never raced a road marathon. That's going to happen in Cleveland in May and May 19th. And so I will have more answers for you. But I would say I love, I love to take races out pretty hard. But I also am not afraid to test the waters for about, like for example, in a 5k, I'll sit back for maybe three quarters of a mile to a mile and just kind of see how everyone, listening for everyone else is breathing around me. And if everyone else is breathing and it's labored, you can kind of hear them breathing hard. That's good. That means you might be able to leave them behind and you might be able to start pushing the pace. And so I would recommend knowing what pace you want to run.  And I know it's a little crazy. So it means you no headphones, no headphones, and you just listen. And you'll be able to tell if people, and you also kind of look at people's heads, if their heads are like wobbling a little bit, like, just like, you don't want to go out too hard. I'll put it that way. But I'm a big, big fan. That would be my, one of my racing tactics, Riley, is to listen for the breathing of people around you.  Also the art of negative splitting is always good. So that would be another, that would be another, and thank you for all the chats that are coming in about this. So anyway, that's good. Okay, let's see here. That would be anyway, hopefully I answered your question, Riley. Let's see, how far would you run the day before a race in high school? That's from Liam. Let's see, Liam, I would probably do three miles at the most. If it's like a shakeout run, I would do like a mile and a half warm up stretch, and then a mile cool down, yeah? And strides to get that turnover going. Depends on the distance a little bit, Liam, but that would be, I would say two and a half to three miles.  Okay, let me just see here. What high school did I run for? Buna Vista High School in Colorado. That's right, up in the mountains. Okay, any other questions about racing? I'm just trying to see here. How do you calm race day nerves when you tow the line if you experience them? And that's from Jason. Jason, very rarely do I have nerves on the race, on the starting line. I will say though, Jason, I bet I do have nerves at the marathon in May in a good way. So I think nerves, like, I think it's actually a really good sign if you have a little bit of nerves, because it means you may have picked a really good race to peak for and to work really hard for, and the energy of everyone around you. Like, we are human beings. We're going to feel a little bit of nerves.  It's, you know, keep it, if you need to increase your breathing so that you stay as calm as possible, but definitely channel that nervous, I don't want to call it nervousness, but channel those nerves to that moment where you're just standing on the starting line and enjoying, like, the entire, all of the people around you, all of the fans around you. And I will say, like, as soon as that gun goes off, you know those nerves are going to go away, like they always do. So anyway, I think it's actually an okay thing to have some nerves. Good question, Jason. And yeah, but I would say breathing, just breathe, just, you know, deep, you know, if you need to take a couple of deep breaths, and I know it's probably a cliche answer, but anyway, good question. Okay. From Tanner on the week, let's see, oh, I lost it, Tanner. Let's see here. Oh boy. Okay, on the week of a race, do you run during that week or take it easy and rest or do you do low mileage? And he's talking maybe about an ultra race. So Tanner, I like to taper 10 days out. So a little more than a week, but a little less than two weeks. So 10 days out, I start to taper. So if I have a race on a Saturday, I'll start to taper on the Wednesday or Thursday of the week before. And just basically start running less mileage and adding in a little more strides and making sure my legs are nice and loose. But yeah, good question, Tanner. All right, they're coming in. They're coming in fast. I'm trying to keep up here. Let's see from Zach. Track spikes are racing flats for indoor track spikes. I would, but some, depends on the track, but most tracks allow spikes. I do believe, but yeah, track spikes, I would, if you want to go as fast as possible. Jared, what is a tune up race and how do you apply it to a race buildup? That's a great question. Jared, I mean, for a marathon, I would say if you can do a 10 mile race or a half marathon, oh goodness, I would say like a month before, maybe even a 10 K, a 10 K would be okay as well. But it's basically a tune up race helps you figure out, okay, this is like, this is where I feel comfortable at this pace. And you, of course, your tune up race is going to be shorter than your actual race. So like I used to run 1500 meter races to get ready for a 5 K race. And the idea was to get that turnover going and get those legs moving at a faster clip. And so like for the marathon in May for me, I am probably, I don't think I can like fly across the country to go do a half marathon tune up race. I would love to, but I just, you know, you got to pinch the pennies. I don't think I can afford to travel twice. So I'll probably Jared, I will, I actually don't know yet, but it's probably going to be three and a half weeks, maybe four weeks out from the marathon. I'm going to do a half marathon tune up time trial here in Denver. So hopefully that answers your question. Good question, Jared. Let's see here. Let's see. Okay, I'm missing some. I'm missing some. Okay. Do you believe there's a downfall in overtraining for a race? That's from Adon. Absolutely, I do. You can, you can overtrain and you can under train, right? Oh, hold on. Okay. You can overtrain and you can under train. And so once, but you want to, sorry, a box just fell and it kind of distracted me.  So it is walking that line. And how do you determine that? I mean, it's definitely knowing thyself, listening to your body. I would say some signs would be is that if you are struggling like to get out of bed in the morning, that might be a like really struggling. Then that's definitely it. Like whether you're overtired or your legs are like barking at you and they're like this, I am in serious pain now. That might be a sign that you are overtrained. And I've definitely experienced that in my running career. So good question, Madonna. Yeah, you can overtrain for sure. Okay, let's see here. Welcome back, Kurt. Sylvain, would I consider being sponsored? That's a racing question. Good question. I would consider it, but as I mentioned, I think at the last live stream, I wouldn't be able to review all of these running shoes for you. I mean, gosh, I don't, I'm not at that level. I'm close, but I'm not quite at that level. We'll see what I do in the marathon. If I can, oh my goodness, if I can run, I'd have to run like fast. I'd have to, I mean, because so many guys are fast these days. And ladies, of course, I'd have to run under, I'm just gonna call it like under 215, I would say. And I don't know if I'm quite that fast for a marathon. So good question, Sylvain. And let's see, I know I missed a couple up here. And let's see, they're coming in. They're coming in. How long were your long runs in high school from Liam? Liam, eight miles. And I should have been running longer, Liam. I think a good long run for a high schooler is 10 and definitely no more than 12. So yeah, good question, Liam. Okay, let's, let's see here. And thank you. Oh my goodness. And if you, all right, let's share this link again, because we are almost at 100 people watching. At least that's what I'm seeing on my screen. Let's share this link around. If you haven't shared it yet, see if we can get over that 100, 100 person watching mark. And thanks for being here, by the way. All right, let's take another question from the box. All right, here we go. And oh, I like this. Just we'll mix it up real quick. What are some hobbies you have outside of running? I'll answer that real quick. That's for Matthew. And Matthew, I wish I had a lot of like, great answers for you there. First of all, of course, I'm busy with life with work. And but I enjoy photography. Obviously, videography has kind of come to guide my life. And that's what I really enjoy is my passion is cinematography. I used to snowboard when I was in high school in college, I love snowboarding. And in the summertime, definitely camping. Actually, believe it or not, Matthew, it's a good question, but I enjoy like landscaping. I just enjoy like being out in the yard and taking care of the yard. If you've watched a lot of the old vlogs, I love just taking care of the yard and mowing and planting trees and planting, you know, just like making the outdoor space really nice to live in. Anyway, so good question, Matthew. And welcome, Jules. Welcome, Joey. Welcome, Scott. Welcome, Kyle, Stefan.  Competitively. Stefan, that is a great question. I am 33 years old, born in 1985. Go 1985. If you are a 1985 baby, let me know down in the or over in the chat or down in the comments. So, Stefan, this year in Colorado, there's 100 mile races here in Colorado. There's the Hard Rock 100, there's the Leadville 100, and there's the Run Rabbit Run 100. Those are kind of the big three. Here's the winners. Here's the winners. Hard Rock 100, Jeff Browning, 47 years old. Leadville 100, this year in 2018, sorry. The winner, Rob Carrar. I believe he's 42, 43, correct me if I'm wrong. And then we're going to go with Run Rabbit Run 100, which I raced and dropped out at mile 49 or 50. So that was won by Jason Schlarb, and I believe he is 41 or 40. So to answer your question, Stefan, I plan to race a long time. And listen, I want to get faster, I want to run a fast marathon. I'm 33. If Jeff Browning is running 100 mile races and winning them at 47, boom, that gives me 14 years of racing left. So good question, Stefan. I mean, I think the age ceiling is being pushed higher and higher. So good question. Okay. What is the longest you've ever ran? Well, Landry, I mean, I did some pretty crazy, I did some 40 mile training runs last year, which is maybe a little too long. I really loved running forever. And then at the Run Rabbit Run race, I ran 49 or 50 miles and then I quit. So anyway, that's yeah, those are my long runs. Runner's Roo Sponsorship. We shall see, we shall see. Yeah, they don't get a lot of free shoes, right? Can we go for group runs if we're in Denver? James, absolutely. Oh my goodness. And thank you for being here. Okay, let's see. Oh, thanks for everyone chiming in when you were born. That's awesome. Okay, let's see. Would you shoot a short running documentary in the future from Jules? I would. In fact, I am hoping to go down to the hard rock 100 this summer 2019 and filming it and making a documentary and making it epic. So Jules, good question. That is the goal for 2019 is to make a documentary about the hard rock 100. This is from Jordan. Welcome Jordan. Jordan is also a fellow YouTuber. So, hey Seth, during your fastest races, did you feel like it was going to be a fast race or did it just happen? Would love to hear from you. Jordan, good question. One of the best races of my life was in Boulder, Colorado on the cross country team. It was an 8k race. So, a little over 5 miles. And I ended up taking second place on the University of Colorado cross country team. It was a big deal. Like I beat, like usually I was in the 7th to 10, 7 to 10 place range on my team and I ended up second. And Jordan, I would say, I would say it did kind of just happen. If it at a certain point though, Jordan, I would say it like mile two and a half. I was like, oh, I feel good and everybody else around me doesn't seem to be doing so well. Let's go. So Jordan, I didn't like go into the race feeling like, okay, I'm going to crush this. It definitely was about a little less than halfway. I was like, okay, this might be my day. Let's rock and roll. So hopefully that answers your question, Jordan. Good question. Okay, so let's see. I'm laughing at some of your chats here. Matthew, are you going to do a pre-race meetup? Maybe that would be a good time for a group run. And I guess I don't know what race you're talking about, Matthew, but for the Cleveland race, I would love to meet all of you. It probably would be after the race. I think downtown Cleveland, let's meet up.  Maybe they have a post race party in Cleveland in May. We will see. Okay. Now, if you have any other questions about racing, now is the time to ask them in the chat. And there's been some really good ones. I'm going to, Seth, what is your Snapchat? It's just Seth James D'Amour. I don't actually really know how to find people on Snapchat that well. Emiliano, thank you for asking that. I am on Snapchat. Seth James D'Amour, all spelled out. Hopefully that finds me. Good question. I would love to connect with you there. Okay. Let's see here. I'm pulling out from the box as questions come in about racing. All right. So what do we got here? When tapering, what adjustment should be made to weight training? Keep it the same. Do less. That is from Matthew. Matthew, great question. And that ties in perfectly for this topic. I would say Matthew, okay, good one. Logan is super chat. I'll come back to it in a second, Logan. I would say for the weight training that if you are racing on Saturday, so usually in like in college, we would lift on Tuesdays and Fridays. Now as a 33 year old, I am trying to get into the gym three days a week, two days a week for lifting, one day a week for like maintenance, stretching, rolling out, getting in the pool, just like maintenance, trying to be as loose and limber as possible. So if you're racing on Saturday, the last time I would lift is on Monday. And so that gives your day Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, basically four days to fully recover from the lift before the race on Saturday. And yes, I would drop the weight down a little bit. Maybe keep the reps about the same, but I would definitely drop the weight down and probably put a little emphasis on making sure you're nice and stretched out. You don't want to pull anything. That's a that's I've seen that happen as well, where people will do extra stretching before their race, and they end up pulling something. So you don't want to do that. But that would be my recommendation is Monday's would be the last day before the race. Okay, good questions coming in. Thank you everybody. And again, I will definitely hit every super chat. I just, you know, we can't get to every single question, but it's amazing. Trevor, Scott, Dylan, Julio, let's see Kurt, Robert, Anthony, Carl, oh my goodness. Okay, Logan, how do you race a mile? Good question from Logan. Logan, one second. I had to take a drink. So Logan, I haven't raced a mile in quite some time. It's obviously it's a fast race, you know, so you got to keep that in mind. People are going to take it out hard. And there's probably going to be a couple guys that can close pretty hard. My brother was always a solid closer in high school when he was running the mile. I was pretty good. My sprinting speed wasn't amazing. Therefore, Logan, I would if when you're on the starting line, I would take it out hard the first 30 to 50 meters. That's it. Take it out hard. Why? So you can get to that inside corner. Okay? Because the closer you are to the, to the inside of the track, the less distance you're going to be, you're going to be running for the overall race. If you're in lane two or lane three or four, sometimes you're running more distance because you're pushed out further into the track. So take it out hard, 30 to 50 meters, settle in, settle in. So from 50 meters to 600 meters to go. So I prefer to start my kick. It's not really my kick, but I like to settle in for that middle part of the race and then from 600 meters to go. So a lap and a half, I start to move, not kick, but start to pick it up. And basically by the time you have one lap to go, I want, because I'm more of an endurance runner rather than let's say a speed guy, I want to make everybody really hurt the last, really the last two to 300 meters. So if I start picking up the pace with 600 to go, 300 meters later, I'm again, I'm going to be able to listen to everyone around me and be like, okay, this guy sounds fresh. This guy's about to die. It's time to rock and roll with basically 200 meters to go for me. And some guys like, yeah, I liked, I usually needed to start moving like my kick at 200 meters because I know, I knew for a fact that I could not out kick a lot of guys if I started too late in the race. Thank you, Logan, for the super chat. I hope that helps. We could talk about that racing tactic for a long time. That's a great question. Oh, it gets me going. It gets me going, man. Okay, let's see here. Oh, what other questions? Let's see. Okay. Oh my goodness. Another one. This is from Julio. You ran an hour 19 at the Houston half marathon. That is amazing. Good work, Julio. You are fast, man. Congrats, Julio. That's a super chat that just came in. Oh, I wish I could have been there racing alongside you, Julio. Good work, Julio. Okay. And now we're going to say, I saw one come in from, I think, Anthony, has your attitude toward training and racing changed from when you trained on a school team versus training mostly alone now? Has my attitude toward training and racing? Anthony, I would say that my attitude has become even not, I want to say almost even more driven because I don't have a coach. I don't have teammates around me. And so it really is self-driven where, now listen, I was very motivated in college, very motivated. But yeah, I don't know. Like my attitude is, I want to do well. I want to race against the best and just put my, put myself out there on the line and try, like I've raced some of the best mountain runners in the world. I haven't beaten too many of them yet. In fact, really none of the best. But I'm trying and like the Pikes Peak Ascent is in August of 2019 down in Colorado Springs. That's like my peak peak race for 2019. And I'm gunning for, I'm going to be gunning for it in that race Anthony. So good question. Oh gosh, got me excited. Okay, let's see here. Let's see. Julio, what are some tips after mile 10 and a half? I'm assuming Julio, you're talking about the half marathon. Oh goodness Julio, I mean, what are some tips? So Julio, I haven't raced a ton of half marathons on the road. And I love all these questions coming in about racing. It gets me excited. Julio, so like Julio, just so you know, I am, I'm an ultra runner, so long distance 50k runner that is coming back in distance in 2019 to race shorter. So I have marathon and marathon, what is considered shorter compared to ultra running. And I would say though, Julio, like for me, I am really trying to focus on in 2019 my plyometrics. So my running form and making sure that my running form is not breaking down late in the race. Like in a 5k and a 10k, like you get tired, you get really tired, but like half marathon and marathon, that's where your form and like when you start leaning to the side and like your arms are doing this across your body and like you're just like really, really struggling with your running form. That's when things get really bad. So Julio, I would recommend working on your plyometrics, your running form. I need to create some videos on plyometrics, which just so everyone knows, plyometrics for my current training block is going to start next week. Today I did strides for the first time in 2019, hooray. So that means we're starting to work on a little bit of turnover. And then another point, Julio, I would just say the faster you run to the, like the faster you run, the quicker the pain is over, right? I know that's like a cliche way to approach it, but sometimes I do tell myself that mentally like, okay, this really hurts, but if I slow down, it might hurt even more because I'm going to be in pain for longer. So the faster I get to that finish line, the quicker the pain is over. All right, good question Julio. Thank you for the super chats, plural. All right, what other questions we got coming in here in the chat? What is true, let's see from James. I don't know if true love has ever raced a 5k. She's raced a half marathon though. Woohoo, true love. Yeah, she crushed a half marathon out in Moab, Utah. But anyway, how many tempo runs are you incorporating into your marathon training? That's from Chris. Chris, a lot. Chris, I love tempo runs. I love workouts. I like fart licks. I think speed training is important.  My brother and I, we're both really big fans of tempo runs. So good question, Chris. Okay, I'm drawing from the box again. Here we go. Jared, oh my goodness. Okay, we're going to come back to that one because it's not quite on topic. Hold on one second. Let's see here. Oh, this is a shoe related. Okay, we'll come back to that one. Hold on. Okay. All right, maybe that one. All right, here we go. Let's see here.  That's from Trevor. And Trevor, I've actually been thinking about this quite a bit in the last couple days. And Trevor, I really am a big fan of putting myself into uncomfortable situations. Okay, for example, I am not good at the technical side of video production, meaning I don't know all the ins and outs of live streaming. But after the failure last night, I told myself, okay, that was uncomfortable. That was no fun. There was a lot of people here ready to watch live, and I did not get to go live for them. So therefore, over the last 24 hours, I put myself in discomfort by saying, okay, I need to teach myself how to live stream so that doesn't happen again. And so anyway, to connect that to running, I would say putting yourself in uncomfortable training situations. For example, I don't love doing 800 meter repeats on a track or one K repeats on a track. But guess what? I know that for the marathon, I'm going to need to get on a track and do some speed work. And like, I would rather go run up in the mountains. I would, I'd rather do that all the time. But I know if I want to run my best in the marathon, I'm going to have to do speed training. So anyway, that's a long answer to your question.  But guess what? I accomplished the goal. And I like right now we're live streaming. And now mentally, I'm like, okay, I think we can do this again, next week. Oh, gosh, hopefully that answers your question. Good question. Okay, jumping back into the live chat here, finding comfort in the uncomfortable. That's right, Jason. Okay, Robert, I see all your questions coming in about the food favorite fast food. It's hard to beat Chick-fil-A and it's hard to beat Wendy's. I'd say those are my top two. I love Wendy's and Chick-fil-A. Just putting it out there. Okay. Kurt, you love track repeats. That's amazing. Let's see here. Yep, good Ian. I like your work out there. That's looking good. Okay, I'm going to dive into another paper question that came in through again, if you have questions for me for the next week's live stream, email them to me. And this is from David from Northamptonshire, England on a two week running break right now. Following your lead Seth, I'm so desperate to get out again and into my first ultra training block. You're keeping me going during downtime. David. Okay, so that was not a question. That was just a statement. David, I'm glad. I'm glad. Thank you. And I think this is actually a little old. So you're probably already back to training. So hopefully you, if you're watching, let me know in the chat or down in the comments. Okay, let's see here. Sloan, where can I find a running coach online? And then this is from Jared. Jared, I think you're listening. Basically, what are the benefits to getting a certified running coach? Is it worth getting a running coach? So I must say, I am getting quite a few emails and inquiries about coaching. And here's where I'm at with coaching just so everybody knows. And Sloan, I'll get to you. Sloan, I'll get to your question. Basically, I've had some pretty good success with coaching in the past. We're going to, okay, so next week on the live stream, it sounds like I'm going to be able to interview my brother who finished very, very well at very high at Foot Locker. And I was his coach and we did well. And I would love to be a coach for many of you. But what I'm struggling with is that first of all, I have a regular job. I have the family. But if I were to do coaching in a really intentional way, I don't think I would be able to continue to create really solid daily running videos. There's, as I always say, there's only 24 hours in a day. Listen, it's on my radar. True love and I are talking about this whole coaching thing. I would love to, but there's only 24 hours in a day. And as a 33 year old, I've learned over time not to overstretch yourself. Okay, so stay tuned. And Jared, to answer your question. So Sloan, let's see, what was your first question? Where can I find a running coach online? Sloan, if you email me, I will help direct you in the right direction depending on what your situation is. And Jared, I think, Jared, there, there are some coaches out there, I would say, especially at the high school level that are don't know what they're doing. And that can be really bad. But there's also now a lot of research out there, a lot of experience out there in the, in the running world and coaching world, that I would say, there are a lot of great coaches out there now. And Jared, I think one like benefits of, of having a coach motivation and accountability and encourage, you know, encouragement. And I think like I could bring those three things to the table for a lot of people. But if you are very self motivated, I don't know if you need a coach. Now, if you do have like really specific goals for the marathon for the 5k for the 10k. Yeah, I could see a coach benefiting. I really, I really could.  All right. True love and I are going to have to have a big conversation about coaching soon. All right. Diving back into the chat here from Daniel. How's the Strava running group coming? And when, oh, Daniel, thank you for asking that and holding me accountable. Daniel, it's been really, really like, okay, maybe I'm downplaying the intensity of creating a daily video, but it is, it is time intensive. It's taxing. And so I've, I think I've narrowed the names down, Daniel, just to answer your question and thank you for the super chat, Daniel, to two or three. Daniel, I'm just going to say it now. Hold me accountable, YouTube. Hold me accountable, YouTube. Next week at the live stream, I will announce the Strava running group, the name and everything. And therefore we can all start to connect there. Oh, all right, Daniel, I'm excited. You got me, hold me accountable to that next week. I will have it all set up. We'll have, you know, a photo on there. We'll get it all going. That will be amazing. Thank you. Thank you, Daniel, for that question and for, yeah, thank you for that. Yes. Okay, thank you. All right. And okay, I'm diving back into the chat here. So Sloan, just so you know, on the, on the homepage of the desktop version of YouTube, you can click on the about section and then my email is under there. All right, just so you know. Okay. Okay, keep them coming. Keep them coming. All right. Let me dive, let me dive into one or two more. Actually, I take that back. You know what happened here? Okay, one second.  And okay, I think I had, let me just see here. I think we had a question come in on Instagram from Justin. Here you go. Here's a question for your live stream. Justin, thank you for this on Instagram. And yes, I would love to connect with all of you on Instagram. And guess what? Messaging on Instagram is pretty amazing. So I'm really pretty good at getting back to you. What do you think is the best overall affordable running shoe for beginning runners? And Justin, you know, affordable, that's a big, big basket. And so whether it's 90, excuse me, $90, $60, $120. Like I don't know what you define is affordable. I would say, hold on, I would say the Nike Pegasus 35 is a pretty affordable beginning running shoe. I love this shoe. I don't run in it too, too much at this point. Because I, you know, I'm running it like I love the new balance beacons, but this guy will be more affordable. So this is the new, the Nike Pegasus 35. And then if you want to go really affordable, I would say the Skechers Go Run Ride 7, the GRR7 Skechers. And I know like Skechers, it's like who knew that they made running shoes, but I've actually, I've had some pretty good success in my Skechers shoes. So sorry, I'm just looking at the chat here. So that would be my answer. Skechers or the Nike Pegasus 35 and everybody else, if you're watching this, comment down below and let us know what you would consider an affordable introductory running shoe. Good question. Jared, I do still have the Clifton Fives. I know it's been a long time. I know. So many shoes, so little time. Okay. Another question from Instagram. Oh my goodness, where is it? I think it was from Jason. Here we go. Here is my question for the new balance shoe box for tonight. I didn't put it in the box, Jason, but he asked, as a former college runner who took a long break from running after college, I have put on some unwanted weight. As I am getting back into my training, running about 40 to 50 miles a week, that's solid, Jason. That's really solid. Now I'm having trouble getting back down to my old race weight, 140 pounds. Any tips on how to best cut weight as I train for my first ever half and full marathon? That is from Jason and I think a lot of us could probably relate to, you know, putting on a little weight after college and listen, that's part of like being a human is like, as our metabolism decreases, as we get older. So, Jason, let's see. Consistency. So it sounds like you're being pretty consistent. 40 to 50 miles a week is really good. Certainly, Jason, of course, like I don't know what your diet is. I'm not a fan of like changing my eating in order to lose weight, but in the summertime, you know, true love and I, we love eating salads a lot with chicken and I'd say like, that's like one of our go-to meals. Jason, I did give up beer. I did not drink any beer in 2018 and I could kind of feel it. I didn't and it was not for to try and lose weight. I just basically wanted to see if I could do it and sure enough, like I feel like I trimmed up pretty good and listen, I'm not saying give up beer, but I am saying maybe it's like, you know, you cut back a beer a week if you like beer and then Jason, the easy answer is run more. But I say that with a grain of salt because you could, you know, if you increased your mileage by 10 miles a week, I bet you would see results really quickly and okay, I know I'm saying a lot. One last thing, I don't know if you are active outside of running, but like and I don't know if you are married with kids or whatever, but like staying active with your kids, like chasing them around the house, chasing them in the yard. For me, yard work in the summertime especially, it keeps me kind of fit like doing yard work and just being as active as possible or walking to the post office. I digress. Good question, Jason, from Instagram. Thank you, everyone. Thank you, everyone. And if you have any comments in the chat about maybe losing weight a little bit, you know, we all go through that. This is part of being a human being. So Jason, love love that. Love you. Okay, let's see here. So James and so okay, I should just say it's eight o'clock. We've been going for an hour. It's amazing. We started on time. Beautiful. You all are amazing for being here and basically let's open it up and we've kind of already opened it up. But let's open it up for complete live chat, Q&A, ask anything about running, about life, about YouTube, about whatever you want to ask me. And so I'm just going to dive into the just the chat now and just I might go a little faster with these with these answers. Okay, I saw one come in from James. There it is. I'm going to run it Nebraska next year. Congrats. Even though I'm a buffalo, I will say congrats to you. Do you have any tips to adjust from high school to college? James, I would say you're going to be tired. Your legs are going to be tired and I don't know what your mileage is right now. I would really, you really need to sleep at least eight hours a night. And I would recommend if you can pull off nine hours a night, that will be incredibly beneficial for you, James. And James, I would really work on massaging and stretching. It's all about the maintenance in college so that you don't get injured. If you can stay consistent in your training in college, it will pay off huge dividends. Good question, James. Let's see here. All right, Brent, signing off. Thank you for being here. Favorite movie from Scott?  Like, I mean, it's like, I love Shawshank. I know that's kind of an intense movie, but good question from Scott. I love it. All right, I'm just trying to go here. Trying to go here. Favorite food? I love, in the summertime, I love grilling. So I'll like grill steak or salmon on the grill. That's probably a favorite food. Let's see here. Do I ever work out my upper body? Yep, yep, I do. I did some pull-ups today. Did some pull-ups today. Good question. Okay, what time, what mile time would you need in high school to run D1 in college from Liam? Liam, I think you would need to run, gosh, I think it's at least by 415 to 420 these days. Oh my goodness, Liam, you're putting me on the spot. No, it's even faster than that. I think it's faster than that. Sorry. It's fast. I would say sub 410. Goodness, sorry I don't know that, but yeah, it's fast. Okay, ever consider a race north of the border? Might that, I, in Canada, maybe Manitoba. We have a great flat one. Chris, I would love to. Good question. I would love to race around the world. And yes, I would consider going to Canada. Let's see. Let's see here. You think it's 425 Ian? I don't know. To be like a strict, sorry, I was approaching that question from like, if you're going to specialize in the mile, you need to be really fast. But if you're a 5k runner that can run 425, yeah, you're set to go. Okay, let's see here. Podcast or ebook while running Jason podcast. I haven't found a good way. Could you comment again and let me know how do you listen to ebooks? I would love to know. Okay, let's see here. Let's see. I'm just jumping in here. Okay, that's good, Liam. I know a kid committed to Stanford who runs 418 and 152. Nice. Okay, there we go. So we're in the ballpark. We're in the ballpark. Yes, blue collar runner. We've got a lot in common. I love it. Okay, Baylor. I'm a sophomore in high school and I was wondering what your PRs were as you progressed through high school. That's from Baylor and Baylor. I'll just say this much and I actually have a vlog about this about all my PRs, Baylor. Basically, I was not incredibly fast in high school and I'm not saying I got real fast in college, but I definitely got faster. Basically, Baylor, I'm not sure I was coached well enough or to my full potential in high school. I'm just calling it as it is. I don't think my volume was quite high enough and I love my coaches. Don't get me wrong, but I think I could have been pushed harder. And so, I mean my 5K PR in high school was 1627, which is a good time, but it's not going to get you on a D1 school, at a D1 school. So that's why I had to walk on to the University of Colorado after training myself for a year solo in Boulder, my freshman year. So anyway, go check out the vlog all about my PRs. I think you'll enjoy. Good question. Okay, let's see here. I'm a podcast guy, Jason. Yep. Okay, have you ever had a bad habit that hurt your running, Jared? Oh man, Jared. A bad habit that hurt my running.  Like obviously, if I'm a chain smoker, that wouldn't be good, but Jared, gosh. Okay. Not stretching enough. I'll just say that. Like that's my bad habit. Yeah, not stretching enough. Good question. Oh my goodness. Okay. Carl, I do fundraising Carl for a nonprofit and basically manage media. I'm like a producer for a nonprofit for media. So anyway, good question, Carl. Dylan asked, what's your favorite running workout? Dylan? I mean, okay, uphill running, running 14,000 foot mountains is the easy answer, but I really, really enjoy tempo runs. I really enjoy tempo runs. Let's see here. With planner, okay, from Doku, Gurin, with planner fasciitis, is it better to in the afternoon, is it better to, I think you're asking, is it better to run in the afternoon evening than morning? I would probably say like mid-morning. Yeah, letting that planner fasciitis warm up a little bit. Yeah, so that's a good question. I would say mid-morning because then by the end of the day, sometimes the planner fasciitis can be a little, it can be barking at you if you know what I mean. So I would say mid-morning to midday if you can, but you may just need to come up with a different game plan if it's hurting that much. Good question. Oh my goodness, they're coming in. Okay, Jamie, hey, Seth, I completed Marathon 4 of 52 today, only 48 to go. So Jamie is a fellow runner and YouTuber in the UK. And correct me if I'm wrong, Jamie, but I believe he's trying to run one marathon per week for 2019. Jamie, that's amazing. Congrats. Oh, love it. FKT on beer stat, right, Seth? Yeah, so for everyone in Colorado especially, so there's FKTs, our fastest known times, and this is from Jason. Basically, I have the fastest known time for Mount Beer Stat and for Long's Peak, or sorry, Mount Beer Stat and Graze Peak. And my goal in 2019 is to get two more, so I would love to get maybe Mount Albert, but it's really fast by who had it. Oh my goodness, I'm drawing a blank. VO2 Max Productions Sage, sorry. So Mount Albert, and then I'm going to go for Long's Peak as well. And then of course, Race the Pikes Peak Ascent. So, okay, let's see. What running shoes are you going to get for the boys as promised in last week's vlog from James? Boom, James, James, you're not going to believe it. I found, so I'm going to get, we're going to get them some Speedcross shoes, Solomon Speedcross for the trails.  So the miniature version of this guy up in Carbondale, Colorado, where my brother lives. So I'm going to go race on March 9th, a vertical kilometer race up a ski mountain.  Now, these will be their trail shoes. If they want to go run some trails with me, I will also at some point get them some road, road shoes. And I listen, they're five and six. So we're not going to take this seriously, but they are showing some interest and I think it'll be fun. So good question. Okay. Let's see. Let's see. Andrew Hamilton has Long's FKT, doesn't he? Or is it Cave Dog? No, I don't think it's Andrew Hamilton. Okay, you might be talking about up and down. I don't know who has it, Jason. I think it's on Strava and it might be on fastestknowntimes.com. Okay, let's see here. What else is in here? Okay, so James, yeah, just talking about the getting into Nebraska. Okay, so we've been going for a while tonight. I know I want to respect your time. Thank you for being here. Any last questions? Now is your moment. Any question that comes in from here on out, I will answer. Basically next week, the goal is to live stream. I will be working hard over the next six days to make sure we don't have any technical difficulties. And yes, the plan is to have my brother, Joseph DeMore, on the live stream. We're going to interview him for 30 minutes and then talk open Q&A for 30 minutes. He's fast and he's doing some fast running now. Anyway, I just love my brother and I can't wait to have him on and for all of you to ask questions, especially the high schoolers out there. This will be your moment because he got really... Okay, I'll tell you one PR. He ran 904 for the two mile, a true two mile in high school. Pretty fast dude. Okay, let's see here. Okay, let's see. Any last thoughts here coming in? You're welcome, Jules. My new favorite hour of the week. Oh, you're the best, Scott. Sent you an email, Seth. Hit me up, Jason. I saw the email. I didn't get to answer yet because we had to deal with this live stream business. It's crazy, but Jason, I saw it and yes is an answer just so you know. Way to go, Seth. Oh, thank you, Daniel. Carl, marathon nutrition vest. Any recommendations? Okay, Carl, I have seen some advertisements. I don't own it, Carl, but I've seen some pretty good advertisements from Ultimate Direction for a marathon vest. So, good question, Carl. I would look into that. Ultimate Direction Marathon Vest. Great question, Carl, but I want to test it, maybe. This was fun. Awesome, Jordan. You're the best. Hope to check out the next one live. Boom, Jordan. And go check out Jordan's channel, everybody. Okay, you're welcome. Thank you for being here. Have I tried spring nutrition? I have not yet blue collar runner. What is my favorite university major? I studied history. I love history. I love storytelling. I did not study broadcasting as you might be able to tell sometimes. Mexico. All right, thank you, Jason. I think that's about it. You guys are the best. Thank you for being here. Now I just got to figure out how to turn this live stream off. Maybe we'll just keep it running until next week, huh? How's that sound? How's that sound? All right, seek beauty, work hard and love each other. We'll see you next week. We'll see you next week.


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It's Diddy Canum, back today with another video. Choose how you put it in. If you want to win, go and subscribe. Give me a thumbs up and do not stick those ads if you want to see me get to this bag. In today's video, guess what we gonna be doing? We are gonna be doing some curry, curry, curry, curry. We are gonna do an update on the curry app. I'm gonna tell you guys what I feel about the app, some things I think they need to change and I got some more info so y'all can go out there and get dough. Let's go.  Order number one is curry. The pickup place is thermal systems. We're driving 36.9 miles and we'll receive a payment of $64.89. We ain't stopping until we shine. Let's go. And just like that, we are here to pick up this order to get in order. I don't know where I'm supposed to go. Hello, how you doing, sir? I have an order to pick up for, the purchase order is Southern Land 004, the order number is 0115302. 0115302, I'm assuming? Yeah, something in front. I'll just roll it. This is everything right here? Yeah, just sign one of these for me and the other one's for the customer. Okay. Where would you like me to sign here or? Over here. Let me take a picture of that. So I have it. I'm kind of loose all of this. So I wanna make sure I do the right thing. Thank you. So one of them, the other guys give me, you're doing the same thing that they were doing. Let me put you this too. All right, I'll bring the cart right back. Thank you very much, sir. Blow with this joint up. One, one, two, three, four. What y'all know about that? Comment below and let me know. Ha ha, this boy got the bra so he don't know. You know what I'm talking about? This is super sweet. When you're on this 37 miles and get 64 dollars, we a holla, let's go. Just like that, we are here at the location for those who hate it. We're using a dolly, baby. We're using a dolly for the holly. You know what I'm talking about? Grab this joint. I'm gonna grab this joint in a hand so we can get these bands, you understand? Drop it like it's hot. Go in that door, y'all. How you doing, sir? If you don't, hey, dog, if you don't mind just signing this for me, I want the dog to get out. Signing shit? Yeah, anywhere. And then I'll just keep this and then, oh. What did you guys, fixing up the house? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nice. There you go. Yeah, thank you. You're welcome. You have a good one, sir. Let's go.  The pickup place is the towel shop. We're driving seven miles, picking up 1,200 pounds for 39, 93. We about to pull up and get this cheese. Let's go. Clap and touch, baby. We got tick up time. So this is what happened. We pulled up to the towel shop at 6 a.m. That's when they told us to pick up the order. Guess what time the towel shop opened? The towel shop opened at 8 a.m. So I had to reach out to support. Support said it looks like the customer may have booked this pickup for the wrong time. I can pay you for your time and understand you from this delivery or add the two hour wait time to your current payout for pickup at 8 a.m. Which one you prefer? So they coulda gave me $20 to not do the order or altogether I would make $69.93 to complete the order. So we decided to wait around to 80 o'clock. We did try to get some rodeo orders, but it was critical, baby. It was too early in the morning. When nothing going on, we couldn't get in the A. My nickname wrong and we couldn't get in our zone. And A, I almost went home. But anyway, we did that. We didn't get any orders. And we finally pulling back up to the towel shop right now to get busy. I'm glad you guys are with me. Let's go. We are here at the towel shop to get busy. I'm glad y'all with me. We're about to move kind of swiftly. R.P. Nipsey. I have to get us a grip, G. I'm just gonna double check that we're working everything. Okay. So I'm trying to figure out which way would be the easiest way to, I should put on the side door. Think the side door may be easier. You gotta say, if you got the side door opening, you got space, that'll fit right in those.  It's time for us to extract this joint in.  You know what I'm talking about? We're in a game, coach. Let's go. We here, baby. Check it out, baby. They are actually building this house right now. They getting this joint right, baby. This is gonna be nice. This is where the baller's live, too. This is where the big baller's live. Let's see if somebody in here, so we can get busy. Excuse me. Excuse me. This joint, nice. Y'all see me in here? Sound like they're upstairs. Excuse me. I'm doing great. I have an order for you guys from the towel shop. Towel shop? Yeah, some materials. So this is it. Yeah, this is it. Yeah, this is the company that we're bringing. We just have to unload it. Basically, you just have to wait for us to unload this thing. OK. We don't got all our packages here. Yeah. OK, no big deal. And if you could just sign right there. How long is it going to take you out to finish the house? A long time? Well, we already have a year in here. How long do you think it's going to take? Like two years? A year for a year now? It's going to take us at least. We're trying to do three months right now. Because we're just doing the right thing. So like 15 months altogether? Like a year and a half, kind of? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You have a good one. I know, I know, I know. Why didn't I help them unload that order? Guess what? I didn't help them unload that order because they didn't pay me to help them unload that order. I found out some game from my guy, Craig. Huge shoutout to my guy, Craig, over there at Curry. Number one, if you have to do wait time, you get paid $10 per hour. So we got to pay an extra $20 for that order as you guys just saw. Number two, guess what? If you have to unload 50 pounds, but it did not count the first one. So I'm going to give you guys an example. Picked up a 100 pound order from the Tile Shop. You get to the customer's house. The customer tells you that they want you to unload the 100 pounds. You are then going to take support and let them know what's going on. You're going to unload it and then you will be paid an extra $2.50, because remember, you do not get paid $2.50 for the first 50 pounds because it was already included in the initial payout. And guess what? Let the Tile Shop know we back in route. We back in route to the Tile Shop. We picking up another item, 13 miles for $32.18. We about to pull up and get this green. Let's go. Guess where we are at? Back at the Tile Shop. We're going to keep getting to this money. We ain't going to never stop. You know what I'm talking about? We ain't never going to stop. How you doing boss? Yet we meet again. I'm going to have a pick up the order number is 22174841. 4841? Yes, sir. So when I come in normally, do I just tell you the last four numbers? Basically. Okay, so don't, okay. All right, appreciate this it. All right, you have a good one boss. Just like that, we are here to draw up this order to get an order. Look at the copper gutters on this joint. This joint for sale too, this joint is not. All right, look at that. Get up close and personal. This is my first time ever seeing some copper gutters. That's cold nasty. We getting this joint, all right. All right, this is a nice house too. How you doing, sir? You want me to just leave it here or hand it up to you? All right, you can leave it there. Leave it right here. What's your name? Your name is Signature. Paco. Hold on one second, let me get a picture. What'd you say your name was? Paco, P-A-C-O. I'm gonna throw it up to you. Oh. Oh man. You guys fixing up this house? Yep. It's nice. How did you come up with the idea of copper gutters? I've never seen it before. No? No, that's nice. Yeah, it's nice, but it's very expensive too. This your house? No. Or you just fixing it? I've been working here. Yeah, it's nice, I know. All right, thank you. You have a good one. Yes, sir. Let's get right into it, baby. What do I think about the Curry app? Honestly, my opinion, I like the Curry app a lot. I think that if you are not signed up for Curry, you might want to sign up right now. Y'all saw those orders when they got in order. Now let me say this. There are a few things that I think could be better on the app. I personally would like the order sent directly to me and I can accept it or decline it. Curry is more leaning towards kind of more so like roadie. Like you got to submit the offer in and then you might get it and you might not get it. I want the joy sent directly to me. I accept it and I get on my way. And it will help me out a lot when I'm trying to multi-app because I think that if I can accept the order, I will know which way I'm going instead of having to wait around, play around, and then you might get the order, you might not get an order. So we don't know. Honestly, I really believe that it worked out in their benefit if they sent an order directly to you and you can take it in. Another thing that will help them a lot is that you can get the orders the day before so you can have it already scheduled, baby.  And that's my take on Curry. Hey, make sure you sign up so you can get so much money.  I hope you guys enjoyed this video. Again, if you are not subscribed, go and subscribe and give me a thumbs up and do not skip those ads and lock us in the markets to get back to this bag. Why we get back to this bag? The sweet sweet three is big bags easy. We don't give up, give more reason. I'll see you guys on next one. We cool, we cool, we cool. 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Live from Orlando, Florida, it's theCUBE covering Grace Hopper's Celebration of Women in Computing, brought to you by SiliconANGLE Media. Welcome back to theCUBE's coverage of the Grace Hopper Conference here in Orlando, Florida. I'm your host, Rebecca Knight. I'm joined by Libra Clemens. She is the global head of diversity and inclusion at PayPal. Thanks so much for joining us. Thanks for having me. So this is your first time on theCUBE. First time at Grace Hopper, first month of PayPal, so it's great. Well, we are thrilled to have you. Thank you. And you're actually, frankly, quite new at PayPal. So, you're a month in, but tell us, what does the global head of diversity and inclusion do? I think they do everything because somehow, some way, my calendar is full. It's a combination of things, you know. D&I is so, diversity and inclusion is so important to the CEO and to the company. So, not only am I involved in all kinds of business meetings, but we're a function of human resources. So there's a recruiting piece of it. There's also the talent management, the development of our diverse talent, as well as engagement. So I'm hitting every single part of kind of your HR employee life cycle as well as all of these amazing opportunities like coming to Grace Hopper, partnering with a lot of our smaller organizations and nonprofits who are working on ensuring that there is STEM and tech for young women and girls, as well as looking into different affinity groups in the LGBT, our veterans, just so many opportunities. So I'm constantly like, but it's so fantastic because there's such enthusiasm. Our CEO is really top notch. I mean, Dan Shulman, not only does he talk about diversity, but he really is committed to it.  But then like, I got introduced the first week and my email is blowing up, but just people are just excited about it in a good positive way. So let's back up actually and talk about, you know, one of the things that our keynotes were talking about this morning is what do women look for in an employer? What do they want? What do women want, Libra? What do people want? So when you were looking for your next move in your career, what stood out to you about PayPal and what made you think this is a place? That's such a good question. One thing I did, the first thing I did actually was go to their website and I looked at their board to see who was on their board from a diversity perspective. And I have to tell you PayPal's board of directors, 45% diverse in terms of gender and ethnicity. I don't know of another company or tech company that's achieving that at that point. So that was completely impressive. I also go to the leadership and I look to see how many levels down you have to go to find a woman or a person of color. I didn't have to go that many levels down and it was an abundance of it. So for me, that's critical. And I think a lot of women and even underrepresented minorities, they look for that.  So for me, that was important. Also, just a great, cool culture. I get to wear jeans to work, you know. But Leifra, how did you find out about the culture? What kind of homework did you do? You know, that's a good question. I actually knew someone that worked at PayPal, but it's a far cry from my life in New York, which is wonderful. And there are a lot of companies that actually are casual, but beyond just your attire, there is something about it. Every time I met someone at PayPal, I didn't hear this, oh, I work at PayPal. There's enthusiasm, there's authenticity, which is critical.   They can be whoever they want. That to me is so important because I have a personality. I also have an idea. I had no idea, Leifra, you get no personality. But that's so important to me. So there was a place where people can feel like they can bring themselves to work. And I know it's a cliche, but you really can. And I think there's also a piece where people actually care about what other people think. I think there's not a lot of group think that a lot of companies go along to get along. That's not there. So for me, it was so important that I can show up and be myself and in the interviews, I was all Leifra. And if you could take all Leifra, then I'm in there. But I think a lot of women and just people in general want to see themselves at work and feel like they don't have to try to be themselves. And see their aspirational selves, as you said. See their goals, people that look like them, but an opportunity to influence and be creative and be entrepreneurial. And that is what I needed and wanted. I think a lot of people are looking for that these days. So earlier in your career, you worked in Nicaragua with the One Laptop for Child Organization. Tell us a little bit about that and then also connect it to what you're doing today. It's so interesting. It is like, first of all, I left American Express, moved to Nicaragua and ran a laptop program. I had no tech background. I had never been to Nicaragua, but it was such an amazing opportunity. And it was an opportunity for me to not only introduce the concept of using laptops to various schools and teachers, but to also get kids to really understand how to use technology to solve problems. This was in 2009, right? But was also just full circle. And it's funny, because I talked about this in my interview, was living in Nicaragua. I had a cell phone at the time, but I would have to walk blocks and blocks and blocks in heat to the ATM, which may or may not work. To get cash, to go walk a few more blocks to pay for my cell phone to add minutes. And I just thought in my mind, how much easier would it be? Like literally this was so like, how much easier would it be if I didn't have to do that? And so one of the things I learned was understanding how important tech is, introducing it at young ages, ensuring that people understand, not just the children understand the use of technology, but also we were training teachers who didn't understand technology, which is that's a huge gap a lot of people miss. But also the function of how to operate when the infrastructures aren't there. Fast forward to 2017, interviewing at a company like PayPal that actually opens up opportunities for people who wouldn't have that. And here in the US, we can be very Western centric, but to think about how tech as this great equalizer for developing countries, helping making person to person payments easier, more seamless. Financial inclusion, that's what this company is about. So not only did I go to the website to look at who's on the board, who are the leaders, Dan Shulman following him, but also really being behind the vision and the mission of a company. And there's not a person at PayPal that does not agree with what we're doing. And it is so fantastic. And it's everything I thought about during my time at American Express, also at PayPal, I mean, excuse me, at one laptop per child, but it all just a full circle. And it's just everything that I've always wanted. So you feel like you're in the right place, you know? So you're one month in. One month in. I want to know what you want the future to hold for PayPal. So when we're sitting down next year, Libra, at the next Grace Hopper conference, what do you want to look back as the accomplishments of PayPal, both in terms of recruiting more women, retaining more women, and also the programs to keep them happy in their roles?  In one year, I would love to see more people of color here. I mean, I definitely think that even as just looking around the room, I definitely see diversity within Grace Hopper, but I definitely see that there is, like we're missing the black and Latino population. And that part is very, very critical as we look at the numbers and we look at diversity within the women's movement. So that part I would love to be able, and I'd love for PayPal to be able to contribute to that. Like, how do we bring more women of color into these conversations and having a seat at a table? So I would love for that. Grace Hopper, more men. We have many here. Our chief technology officer is here. I mean, we've got two to, we've got probably two to three men that are with us. And I definitely want to bring more. I think the only way to have a conversation is to bring everyone to be part of it. And so I know we can do that next year. And I just have a feeling that the way that global diversity is looking at DNI as it relates to women, can look at women, but we're looking at everyone. And we want to create those opportunities. And there's a lot of focus on recruiting, but for us, I really want to talk about retention and culture. Because we can bring them in the door, we need you to stay, we need you to stay, we need you to build, we need you to be entrepreneurs, and we need you to ascend through the ranks. So anything that our team could do to ensure that, that's kind of where my work, that's where the dirty work is, you know what I mean? This is all fun and exciting, but it's like getting back to PayPal offices, ensuring that not only do we have the women at PayPal, but they see themselves in leadership opportunities and they have those opportunities. So that's exciting for us too. So you talked about the numbers and the numbers are bleak right now. So it's 25%, women represent 25% of workers in the tech industry, 15% of leaders, and the numbers are even more abysmal for black and Latina women. So if you could talk to the young Libra out there, the one who wants to, the person who aspires to have a rewarding and rich career in technology, what would you say to her? I mean, here's what I love though. I have to say this, and this is my first tech job, to be honest. What I'm hearing about are all these organizations, and even Melinda Gates talked about this, right? There are so many organizations that are going into the schools to ensure that a lot of these young women, young girls from all walks of life have access to technology, computer science, to really understand the value of using technology to solve problems, right? So what I would love to do is continue those partnerships, be very, very targeted and specific about it, because there's a lot of that's happening, but we need to pull through all the way. Like do they stop at the fifth grade? What happens in the middle school? What happens in high school? And then what if they go to certain schools? They don't have these programs. So there has to be kind of a pull through effect. I think if you're interested, there are opportunities, but you have to stay involved. And I think that's the hard part, because there's that drop off that I was just talking about. Like I think there's a lot of commitment in the schools, but then you may drop off after that. So what do we do to kind of bridge that gap? So I would love for companies to think more of kind of this middle to high school bridge program where not only do you learn at the young age, but also you're starting to invent and be more thoughtful and be entrepreneurs, because that's what we need more of, you know? And so hopefully we'll be able to tackle that at some point. We'll see, but the sky's the limit I think. Do you have any also advice for, I know that you're an expert in public-private partnerships. Do you have any advice for companies and as well as organizations that want to team up and work on this problem? Yeah, you know what though? I think there's a lot of these organizations as I said earlier, but I think that if companies take one particular school or one particular idea and just go full throttle, I think that helps. And use it as a test case or? Okay. It's a pilot and see what else happens. But I think when there's a more specific and targeted goal with one particular entity, it helps to build a momentum. You're constantly involved and engaged and you don't lose, you know, you don't lose anything as a result of just kind of popping around. So, I mean, public-private partnerships are so hard.  So you don't get the continuity as much, but you try. So I think that's exciting though, the experiment, you see what works and then you are able to take those best practices and scale them up. Great. Absolutely. Well, Libra Clemens, thanks so much. It's been really fun talking to you. Good luck and thank you. Thanks. Yes. I'm Rebecca Knight. We will have more from the Grace Hopper Conference here in Orlando, Florida, just after this.