You do get a lot of nose and you get frustrated and at times my soul has felt compromised and my energy has been depleted and I literally am just like this this is just not the way I envisioned me feeling about my career at this point with my love of music and how I know I want it to be and it's not the way that I want it to be and like there's been times when I've just like said it like maybe it's over like maybe I just need to and he is like absolutely not you know and that's helpful you know I'm also too like you can't want it more for me than I wanted for myself right but I'm really glad you said I support you because that's what exactly what I try to do even if it comes off a little bit braces sometimes this is Dine and Dish a series where we dine on a meal we cooked with another couple then dish about our relationships this episode we've got my long time and hometown homie Melanie Fiona and her fiance Jared Cotter Melanie is a Grammy award-winning singer songwriter and wellness advocate Jared Cotter is a successful songwriter music manager and co-founder of The Heavy Group we made a veggie version of butter chicken rice and naan that spoke about what it's like to be in a relationship with someone who is also in the entertainment industry okay but my question for all of you is in an ideal world what occupation would your significant other have and which one would they definitely not have while you guys type your answer in the comment section below let's pause for a quick second for a word from our beloved sponsor Squarespace this video is sponsored by Squarespace from websites and online stores to marketing tools and analytics Squarespace is an all-in-one platform to build a beautiful online presence and run your online business I'm telling you Squarespace is a one-stop shop transfer your existing domain or buy a new one directly through Squarespace they offer the most stunning easy to use and always ahead of the curved templates customize a beautiful and powerful online identity with Squarespace relationships can be a distraction do you relate to that as truth or as a lie I think if you let it be it's a distraction you know I think you really need to and that's why we have a nanny who's amazing and really gives us a lot of time to to to be individuals and I always tell her I'm like make sure you're taking advantage because I do you know I'm out there working and and doing what I need to do creatively and business wise like you need to do the same so I think if you let it be something that's that's a hindrance it will be I think it's I think it's a distraction for me in a space where I've definitely like there's just nothing else I'd rather do than be with him you know so it's like if we can do nothing and eat food and like love on each other forever bet but the bills are all paid fantastic like I'm a lover and I'm super passionate and when I'm in I am in and the whole world could disappear and I could not care less like you know that's that's this is exactly what Drake was talking about yeah verbatim yeah so that's what I'm saying like I understand how it can be a distraction you know but again having somebody who works 27 hours out of the day it keeps me focused as well if you're in a situation where he is 30 plus years old and he's not in a relationship he's going to say hey this is the reason why but who knows where he could have been if he got into a a successful relationship that pushed him up he could have elevated even where's up from Drake but I also point it out I also believe that I also believe that people also sell themselves that idea right because it's a source of inspiration exactly like oh I gotta run through 76 different chicks because I need a new story I need a new concept I need a new you know something to talk about you think that's valid I do think it's valid for someone you know not necessarily for me that sounds exhausting I don't have that type of energy in general you know what I mean to just be giving that many people that my attention but some people they become addicted to that persona they become addicted to that idea of where they get their source of creativity and that's what keeps them active and happy and going has there ever been a time where either maybe she's working with like a producer or a manager or maybe you're working with like you know an artist or something that you've ever been like the low-key jealous this is an interesting me personally no I'm not a jealous person neither am I you're not like a Jay-Z like you are not performing with Sean Paul where that happened allegedly allegedly allegedly allegedly I don't think Sean Paul was like I'm not gonna it's okay I'll sit this one out I think he was told yeah he would have been there I really don't I really don't sometimes I think that she doesn't like that I feel like you like a little bit of jealousy something yeah I do yeah and it's not jealousy because I would say it like I'm not a jealous person but I am territorial so you know it's like I don't like feeling like there's anybody in my territory so if I feel like this line whatever it is has been crossed in my territory now I'm gonna feel a little uncomfortable but if I was like that it'd be a problem just all around she has a lot of male friends you know so it's like now to this here we go so male friends being that no because because we we have talked about this and although he doesn't express it it has come out times that he's been like yeah well you got a lot of male friends I'm not really comfortable with that I'm like oh you are like so you're not comfortable with the male friend now he is I'm totally comfortable with your male friends he is comfortable with my male friends now but I'm again I'm not I'm not the jealous he's not a he's not a jealous type of person although you do refuse to watch some of my other music videos just saying I don't want to see you intimate with with with ghost that must be hard for you guys it's like I mean you talk about sex you have videos with other guys making our do I hope to shoot a video for you where you were all up on a girl this is true and I kind of like it I used to get in trouble a lot I used to get in trouble a lot not not with Shannon but with that a lot a lot of other women that I was with like I'm not a jealous type I've never been there is not a jealous type to like the nth degree like I've never experienced somebody who like literally a time when we were open I would tell the story that like I was dating somebody else and so the second time that this person had come into town because they weren't from here I was like oh they were like by your job today he's like oh what does he look like I'm like you ain't never looked him up on Instagram like this whole time I was gonna hook him up with some I was gonna hook him up I was gonna give him I was gonna have mine why why put yourself through that time I look the latterly I'll go for it's not everything with that person that would have read every article I'm with you like it's just for me I know everything he doesn't know everything even the things he thinks I don't know I know everything I know things that you don't know I know exactly okay exactly but every girl knows I'm like you're fine I don't know it's just something that's like I don't know I've never felt I you know what it is I feel like every person has to be their own human and I'm just here to like support you as a human and vice versa so like when it comes to like you know flirtatious energy and all that other stuff like I trust your judgment so much that I know that you would never make a decision that would come back to me like it just comes down to trust it just comes down to like who I believe him to be and how I expect him to handle himself in in any regard it's like if your artist has a crush on you you know I'm hoping that you're not doing anything to encourage the crush like I'm really hoping that you're doing more things to other than just being out here I'm kind of no nonsense with with my shit all always like dudes know when they can try me and they know when they can't yeah and I think that my just the way that I am and the way that I present myself like dudes don't try me like I can no matter if a dude is checking for me right now somewhere I wouldn't right now I feel a little scared actually you hear so many stories about like you know I mean I can only imagine what what women have to go through with producers like I gotta struggle to get my tracks on producers like I can only imagine what like it's going on with women in industries like and I think that that's just kind of how you have to set the tone as a woman in general like it's like I'm here to do business or I'm here to get busy like I offer just as much as you can offer to me right and you know and I think that too as a as a as a woman you know men will try to pray on if they can see a crack of weakness that they can get in there to use that you know like to be honest one of my favorite things about being in the industry and being married is that I can go as far as I want to while there's still the know is already built in so like I feel like I can be more flirtatious I feel like I can be more suggestive because I could always have the clear like well no I have a partner like this is about fun and connection yeah this is not about building anything else separate aside from that so I think it actually adds an additional layer of ease to that for me which before there's always this hidden context of is this person thinking this is going to be more than what it is because I just like flirting for flirting sake I just think it's fun I get so much shit that you put out there like how does Jared feel about this about this post right here I'm like yo I don't care what you post on Instagram I see you every double see you tonight but you know but you know for someone else that could be planting the seed like you know for you who's just like I don't care like time you know but like after a while somebody could use that to be like somebody else I think our relationship has taken out of the taking the humiliation out of so far we'll see how you know how life transpires what's the worst can happen I don't know I'm waiting to find out but I'm ready but I'm in it what's the word so you know I'm ready for anything these Canadians man yeah I don't know what's going on I thought there was going to be chill and nice like six six six no we're kids there's you know what on on that note let's just ease and settle take a little break check back in with Squarespace and when we come back we talk about work love balance with Squarespace you can be rebranded in no time and you don't have to hand over a bunch of cash to a website designer they have loads of easy to use templates and they are so customizable that making your website unique to you is simple and fun Squarespace is the solution it's a one-stop shop for your portfolio online store or really whatever you need need a domain no worries you can buy one directly through Squarespace I already have a domain no stress transfer over your existing domain today with Squarespace it's never been easier to have an online presence by allowing you to manage your products orders and inventory in one spot Squarespace also has you covered with standout email campaigns for your mailing list they truly are the easiest and fastest way to launch your business today so go to squarespace.com to start your free trial and when you're ready to launch go to squarespace.com slash amputee to get 10 off your first purchase of a domain or a website what do you think is better for you to date somebody at uh uh with a nine to five or do you think it's better that somebody's in the industry I think from a standpoint of how ridiculous my life is I can't imagine somebody with a nine to five job understanding like there was this time that I had these vulva hats right one was brown one was pink to plan what color your vulva was naturally and I needed to help shooting them and I was like ah Jay like would you mind and like I'm on the roof with my friend with these hats like doing all these v signs like squatting yeah I don't want to know I don't want to throw that way because I remember it go down easy yeah I remember it go down easy yeah I remember you had the knees yeah I remember when I had the wheels like I'm 30 you know I mean like I'm a 30 class I'm an adult I'm a grown-up and like this is my job so I think from that standpoint I'm so grateful to have somebody who's in the industry and who's creative and who gets it because or else I'd be I'd be really embarrassed all the time yeah I mean you do got some ridiculous posts but yeah like understanding the scope of your job yeah and then also as well you too like what work is like for you a call at 2 a.m. from somebody at a club who had a crisis with x y or z that is a 911 emergency call yeah and it has to be taken with the same heaviness and if you're not in it you may not really get that absolutely whether it's 2 p.m. or 2 a.m. gotta be on it yeah I think I think the fact that we have similar experiences in music I think that just both being in the music industry I think is helpful I think but not just because of what we do but I think because of who we are I think separately from from what we do we we balance each other out very well personality wise and I think that that also fairs well for us as entrepreneurs in music you guys actually had like a nine to five relationship for a while in a sense when you worked in Phoenix right like you had that structure in place at the time what was the difference like there I think because I was starting this the business that I'm in now it was still a lot but I'd be home at five yeah I loved it so I loved it she knew I was coming over dinner every every night I mean I loved it like we moved you know we moved away from LA and that literally meant moving away from everybody and yeah yeah what I mean I look back on it and people can be like oh well why did you do that and I'm just like I had seven months to literally incubate with my family and have priceless uninterrupted like no distraction time like we would put our kids to get sleep together every night we'd wake up together every morning you know now it's like one of us got to get up one of us got to get out the door you know somebody's late somebody's out of town you know I look back at that time and I really cherish it so that that sense of routine and normalcy I guess I would say which is different for us now I really did I remember when we were coming back I mourned it I cried and I was like we're never gonna have this time again you know did you feel that in the moment or were you ready to get back to like the grind no I was really loving that you know we had a baby it was a year that time is priceless you know and I think that then transitioning out of it it was just like okay after one time is another but I will always look back at that time and be thankful for that time yeah the time people were like moving where yeah you know wall place and and when we got there it was love man like we really grew as a unit and I think it's helped set the foundation for us being able to survive right now there has to be that time to connect there has to be that time to really build a friendship and a foundation and I think after having cam that definitely was that time for us so now that we're back here we can always hold on to those memories but also look and be like okay this is the chapter we're in right now so we got to support each other and and this chapter right now what's your workflow like like how do you guys balance that it's it's interesting like we get it like time in the morning together um so like every morning I like coffee I don't know I'm a coffee drinker Shannon's a tea drinker so we'll drink coffee in this kind of the time to settle we'll talk about like whatever we talk about it could be anything it could be the reasons on poverty the reasons on whatever you mean without a small human being running around yeah in between in between the two of you how nice that's really nice that's really nice that sounds amazing we usually work until about nine o'clock and we'll kind of shut it off okay and um yeah it's so funny because I think watching your videos yeah it's like I feel like you guys are just always together and like everything that you guys do is together yeah we do I spend a absurd amount of time with you yeah it's pretty it's pretty much like that I mean like before I had the studio here I would go to a studio so like that was our time apart yeah then you had a full-time job at the time and then also like when I was on set for a show well how how hard is it to find when it's time to shut it because you guys work from home basically yeah so how hard is it to find when to shut it off this is tough for us because well currently we are yeah I mean I'm I'm like waiting for my phone to blow up right now you know and like hold on guys we gotta stop for a second that's that's one of my issues is that I can't shut off I don't know how to you know even when we're watching TV I'm answering emails and it's just because I'm I have a young business you know I'm an entrepreneur at the end at the end of the day and you really need to be attentive to that you know you guys know it very well too you have to be on top of your shit at all times and I'm in a business where I have multiple clients that are doing that are varying stages of their career that I need to manage and and I'm their partner and and I need to be there for them yeah so it's something I take very seriously as well um so it's tough because it does bleed into our home life and she talks to me all the time about it but because even when he's not on his phone his brain is still working yeah right so there's a there's a presence of mine that is that is um absent that that I require sometimes and that our house requires that I think I'm a little bit more leveled in that space of um being present for the home and for him when it's time like you know there's for me I think especially in the last few years because Cameron has been such a huge focal point of my life um you know he hasn't it's interesting because like based off of the timing of when we've met and how our relationship has gone he hasn't really been with me in full album cycle which is probably the reason why we have a relationship because had it not had you had we you know who knows if we if we just survive that like I don't know I would like to believe that we would have but we would have been different people back then but do you guys genuinely never have like complete time where both people are like it's you and me I I would like to say that would be a goal of mine I want him to be happy and sometimes when you're grinding so hard you just get into a mode of grind grind grind and going like you said that you forget that oh there's this other side that that actually serves you as well you know you're just no good if you're just there's a balance this though because I remember like in my previous relationship I was out at dinner once and I got an email from my agent and I was like answering back it was like four about something like a group date and I answered back the email and then he was like can you just take a second to enjoy your life and I'm like oh this this is enjoyable to me like I'm thoroughly enjoying this conversation not it's not competing right except for things but I fucking love working yeah and so I'm fortunate I guess with you that we have a very similar work ethic and amount of hours that we want to put in but I know for a fact I put in a lot more than the average person does and I love every second of it I mean obviously for me this is like a unique question because our relationship in general is anything but a distraction or hindrance to my career it literally is my career like Jared said to me today he's like yo I never know what I'm gonna say he's gonna end up on the Instagram caption I think that that's the you know the gift and the curse of being an artist or dating an artist because like I'm gonna write a song one day he's gonna be like damn I didn't know you felt that way it's only gonna be about him you know unless I'm drawing on somebody else or create or creating a concept of something that somebody inspired me for but let it be something that sounds remotely like 4 a.m. right now people be like oh damn Jared's fucking up you know like immediately all they got problems it's just like oh but we're actually okay but you know as an artist sometimes you need to draw on those things back to the whole thing about you know you need to draw on those I know I draw on the best songs on my worst moments emotionally you know it's always easy to write a sad song than it is to write a happy song for me at least you know so I draw on that and I know that inspiration and I know what it is and you know after after six years and a kid and getting you know on the road of Mary there's a lot of things there that I'm still looking and figuring out how to how to share at this point in my life you know it's so exactly like the instagram caption is like and then people will look for an excuse oh my favorite comment is like oh I'm gonna be back here in two years in this relationship crumbles I'm like fucking stay tuned like whatever it is that keeps you coming back just give me these clicks give me these clicks that's fine whatever as a final throw out their question what's advice you would give to somebody who's looking to fall in love with or wants to love somebody in the entertainment industry I think um out of any other industry because you're dealing with uber creatives in the entertainment industry patience yeah uber emotions you really need to be patient not just with your partner but with yourself more so than any other industry because that those lows are pretty fucking low yeah you know those highs are really high you know and those they may not last that long either either one so just be patient with yourself and your partner that's that's my advice and also know that if it's not for you it's not for you like I know some people that are like some women that'll be like oh I will never date an athlete it's never gonna happen it's never going to happen and for whatever reason whether they're the idea of what that is or maybe they have experience in knowing what it is they're just like I'm not going down that road I don't care how fine you are how cool you might be and you know that could be blocking a blessing or just being like nah I just I know that that is not the lifestyle I want to be a part of you have to have a level of of security in yourself and love for yourself um because there is going to be a mass number of people that love your partner you know and so I think that you have to understand that that is okay and you have to give that space um and if you're not okay with that then maybe you shouldn't be dating somebody in the industry because if they do blow up and they do make it there's going to be a number of people that are going to be fanning over them you know way more than you probably fan over them so so because the dream can be the nightmare and like that's all I mean everything leads in together right like I'm sure like your greatest highs in your relationship can be your greatest lows in your career and vice versa right like there's just I don't know it's it's a wild ass ride you guys are awesome thank you you guys are awesome you guys are awesome yeah okay wait we have something for you oh yeah okay so congratulations on being newlyweds you're inspiring this is so wonderful and of course you know I could have gone the traditional like crate and barrel route and like got you you know champagne glasses or something for your house you have a house you already have everything you need but I wanted to give you we wanted to give you something that I think yes this is jerry I wanted I wanted to get you guys something that would kind of serve as like a symbol for your home and I think that something that I think you guys do a really good job of anyways and I think that two people when they're on a journey together needs I really wanted to get something that I thought stood for what I believe marriage to be about and commitment and I think what you guys exemplify and practice and um you know I always want this stone to be a reminder well usually we end these with like a cheers why don't we all maybe just touch the rock touch the rock and energize it give us some love love love love love love communication through all peaks and valleys of life and business growth amen she said amen it's shaking itself guys just energize it's an earthquake it's an earthquake you're shaking


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Here we go. Here we go. Ladies and gentlemen, how you doing? All right. Are we live? Are we live? Let me just check here one second. Oh my goodness. I never quite know exactly when we're going live But let's just make sure Welcome welcome to the studio and I will be monitoring the chat as we go Let me know if you can hear me or if you cannot hear me or if it's a little too If there's an echo. Oh My goodness. Hello. Hello. Good evening. We are starting right on time. All right. I'm just monitoring everything here actually One second That's okay. That's okay. Maybe I'll just do this real quick here So how was everybody doing today? It is straight up 7 p.m. And mountain time Probably many of you are watching in different time zones and let me know where you're watching from I always like to lead with that question because I just read in the chat that somebody is watching From Germany shout out to Germany. Oh, thank you for staying up so late for this Okay, looks good. Looks good. You can hear me. Okay, London in the house All right, shout out to Cleon in London. Good to see everybody. Oh my goodness Tampa, Florida In the house. Good job Matthew. That's awesome All right, the running shoe giveaway, so it is 701 p.m. So I want to be very tonight's live stream is gonna be much Different than our normal live stream and we will go live on Wednesday of this week But tonight we're gonna keep it a little shorter actually a lot shorter probably 20 to 30 minutes That is the goal. And so just so you know at 705 p.m We're gonna start the oh my goodness. Look at everybody. I can't even keep up Oh, Texas Green Bay, Ohio, Louisiana, Texas South Carolina, Tuba City, Arizona, Iowa Oh man, Michigan in the house to Michigan's back-to-back, Massachusetts, New Jersey Welcome everyone. And so at 705 p.m. We're gonna start the so don't put your name in the chat yet Pause that don't put your name in the chat yet. And we are gonna start The entering your name for the giveaway at 705 p.m Why because I'm gonna tell you a quick story my Cross-country coach at the University of Colorado. That's right mark wetmore He was if you were not so we met at the Buffalo every Sunday morning to go for our long run usually about 20 miles if you were not there at 759 in 59 seconds he left you he left you the vans the vans drove off and you had to Figure out another way to get to the long run location in addition He has been known for leaving. That's right leaving Olympians in the parking lot if they are not on time to go catch a flight to go to the world championships or the Olympics Yes, I'm not even kidding like that true story.  So just put your name in the chat Once and we're gonna be writing down your names. You don't need to give your shoe size You don't need to give you know anything else just your name And we're gonna put them all into this adidas running shoe box And then we'll do the drawing probably about 10 to 15 minutes later once we get all the names compiled Okay, and one last point and it's 703 right now. So we're getting ready here I'm Basically we will be doing other giveaways in the future But at different times now we can't do this every week of course But we will do others at different time zones different times because I realize there's people watching Literally around the world and so we'll probably do one at noon at some point my time which is evening in Europe Okay, I'm gonna stop talking at 705. I'm hitting. Oh, yeah, also. I'm gonna put I'm gonna put go I'm gonna put go in the chat So everything below my name saying go at 705 and then I'm gonna start the timer Alright, I'm just waiting for the clock to turn. Hold on. Hold on. Alright, so it's in it. It's not quite time yet Not quite don't put your name in yet You got to wait and only one time only put your name in one time or else boom DQ disqualification. All right Oh wait for it. Wait for it. Oh My good boom go All right, you've got three minutes to put your name into the chat. There you go. Oh My goodness you guys are crazy. Oh my goodness. Okay There's a lot coming in and thank you by the way for being here. You guys are amazing 166 watching. Oh my goodness. I love you guys So you got three minutes the timer is going. Can you see it there? Oh My oh man, so great to see so many people only put your name once. That's right I'm monitoring only put your name once.  Are you seeing this? All right, so okay, cool. All right, there we go. So the timer is going and As the timer is going and you're putting your name in Let's see, you know the deal Listen life happens things are things are oh, yeah And I will mention that we will do the high school giveaway here here soon not quite yet But we'll do the high school giveaway for the high schoolers out there that sent me an email We will do that here soon. We'll just wait a few minutes and oh my goodness. So great to see everyone here shout out to Joe to add to Nick to Jared to Rob to Paul to Riley to Joey to Luca. Oh my goodness Rusty's in the house Daniel Tom Zach the leap Curtis Ben James Aaron Mark Ryan. Oh my god could go on and on all night Okay, 182 watching. All right. We're at a minute in 45 seconds right now according to my timer right here. Okay Let's see. I'm gonna start this story But I think I might I was gonna tell you the story about and you guys know the story about this shoe But I might just wait until this I don't want to miss the three-minute cutoff and I'm gonna type also here I'm gonna type I'm gonna type stop and that'll that'll that'll let true love know that all the names between Go and stop will be the ones. So Thanks for being here everybody The studio is Alive and well again a shout out to Luke for making this sign the 10,000 subscribers sign you guys probably saw that in the And yes Let's see. Yes high schoolers you you can participate in this one. You can yes, that is that is true Okay, so 15 about 20 seconds according to my watch according to my watch. All right 15 seconds. All right, I'm gonna type stop here in one second And that'll let true love know five five four three two and One boom stop. Okay. There you go. Awesome. All right, true love. Oh my goodness 200 watching That is amazing. Oh my goodness. Okay, so now what we're gonna do True love's gonna work real hard inside writing down the names and then in about, you know Let's just say 10 to 15 minutes We will do the drawing for the brand new running shoes. That's right And we're gonna be getting the running shoes for all of you Not all of you but for the winners from running warehouse just so you know, okay Basically, you know the drill. I could not afford a brand new running shoes. Let's see. When was it it was? 2016 so these are Hoka. I always want to say Hoka Clifton's but they're actually Hoka Clayton's I bought these shoes brand new Off of Craig's or sorry used off of Craigslist. That's right because we were in a tough financial position and so I get it for everyone out there that maybe cannot afford brand new running shoes like it's the real deal like First of all running shoes are not getting cheaper. I think the The introduction of carbon fiber plates into running shoes is only going to continue to make the competition a lot a Lot higher moving forward and the technology Probably is going to continue to advance and therefore running shoes or not I just don't see the price coming down too much Unless there's competition and I think I have to give a shout out to Skechers for creating a shoe that I think is pretty decent Maybe they don't have the the best quality material in the midsole or the upper But their price point and listen, I know it's Skechers and they have a like not the greatest reputation But for for the price point, I think you're getting an okay shoe. So anyway, all right That was three minutes and again. Thank you everyone for your patience and we are gonna get the names compiled So anyway, this is the shoe that I think I'm gonna hang on to this shoe for the rest of my life Just as a reminder to remember Where I've been and where we're at now, right? And so And just let me know in the chat if you were able to watch the vlog Where I took the boys to buy their first pair of running shoes Kind of like I'm never gonna let them throw away those shoes those Solomon shoes that we got them I'm definitely just like that. I'm not I'm never gonna throw this shoe away Just as again that reminder of where I've been and where we're going So let's see here. Let me just dive back into my my notes Let's see. Okay. So how was everyone's? Run today, right? and we're gonna talk about my Experience this past weekend weekend on Wednesday night in the next live stream on Wednesday night You guys know that the race was canceled, but I took yesterday off Sunday I didn't run at all. And so yeah, let me know how your run was today Basically, it was nice. I did a 13 mile run today. It was solid about seven Yeah, about seven minute pace average and felt real good Should I just tell you what shoes I'm gonna run in tomorrow? I think I will one second Let's see here. Oh my goodness. Good to see everyone Justin in the house James Rest day today for Mike easy day for Drayden Daniel a day off awesome. Ooh blue collar runner Luke in the house. That's awesome Let's see Natalia. I love the vlog so much. They will remember that forever. Yes. Oh, thank you, Natalia I hope so that is the goal. Well Natalia. We got it on film, right? We got it on film so they'll have to remember for the rest of their life Josh easy three Craig easy eight Let's see two mile then the high jump for a Po nine. That's awesome. Zack arrest day. Let's see Uh Nate a great day for a run beautiful weather, right? Oh my goodness talk about I feel like the the temperatures are just starting to turn toward Spring just a teeny tiny bit like I can taste I can taste the warmer temperatures. I don't know about you But I'm so excited for that. All right. Let's see here Day off for blue collar runner Brian three miles two days ago eight miles yesterday then a rest day today Nice Brian. Zack a medium-paced 10k today chip five by six hundred track workout at mile pace. Nice You must be getting ready For the mile or the 200 perhaps and let's see Brent arrest day Brent, I hope you're thawing out up there in the great north Nate spring is here. That's right Okay, good. So good runs today awesome Louise. Oh, thank you Louise for all of that All right, very good Okay, Nicholas five miles to try and help a friend get in shape good. Oh good on you Nicholas helping somebody else out All right. Well, good deal track season tempo run Justin easy for and Okay, awesome. I actually very good. Okay, so I know true love is working hard inside to write down these names and Basically, I think I'm gonna share with you the shoes that I'm gonna run in tomorrow. So today Today you'll just have to come back. Actually, you probably already know although did I update that? I don't know if I even updated that on Strava, but I'm gonna show you what I'm gonna run in tomorrow tomorrow is gonna be a solid Threshold run for me and so it's it's finally time. It's finally time Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun That's right. The adidas adi zero adios four I'm gonna wear them for the first time tomorrow. So I will get you my first impressions on Wednesday Excited very very excited. It's a pretty big workout for me tomorrow I've had to adjust things a little bit in the workout space because of the race being canceled But I am gonna drop the pace I'm hoping to about Five minutes of 515 pace So we'll just see how the legs are feeling after taking a couple days easy up in the mountains But this will be tomorrow's shoe. So you'll get my first impressions and man Very very excited and as you know based on the vlog for maybe 10 days ago this shoe the lineup of the adios shoes has basically it has As far as I know the most world records for the marathon distance over the other shoe line-ups like Anything from Nike or anything from New Balance or or the other big companies So adidas and listen as you know It comes down to the athletes and my favorite distance runner highly Gebra Salasi He used to run for adidas. So adidas has a special place in my heart, but this will be tomorrow's tomorrow's run So there we go So come back on Wednesday for my first impressions and I'll let you know about sizing and how it is feeling after some pretty solid pace Okay, awesome. All right, I'm gonna dive back into the chat here real quick and thank you again everyone for being here Oh my goodness. I see a super chat. Oh my goodness For Daniel Daniel Daniel. All right, Daniel, you are the man you are the man so super chats get your highlight commented Thank you for that $10 super chat. Oh my goodness. I almost just forgot something and okay, stay tuned All right, stay tuned for later There's a slight little surprise that came in through the email about an hour ago. So stay stay to the end I almost forgot I'm glad I just remembered it looking at this super chat. Okay quick question Do you know of any good Nike trail shoes? Daniel? Great question So it's the wild horse and the Tara kiger the wild horse is there a little beefier Trail shoe from Nike and the Tara kiger is more of their racing style Trail shoe from Nike. Guess what Daniel? I believe April 1st. I think the Tara kiger 5 is Being released. Okay, so I have not run my brother has run in the Tara kiger and the wild horse I believe but I'm going at least maybe one of them. I hope but I'm gonna definitely beginning the Tara kiger 5 When it is released and it's a lighter weight trail shoe from Nike I'm really excited great question Daniel, but it's those two shoes from Nike. All right, so good question Thank you for that super chat appreciate it very very much and I will just yeah, I'll I'll see if there's any other questions here and Somebody asked about under armor running shoes in the chat. I have not run in under armor I would like to try under armor I've looked at their trail shoe pretty close up before and I it didn't get me very excited just looking at it I didn't put it on my feet But good question. Hopefully the under armor lineup Continues to improve. I mean, here's the bottom line under armor has a huge market in football and basketball But especially football so they are rolling in some good money So hopefully they place some of that money toward advancing their running shoe lineup So yeah, good question from a dritz 400 Okay, all right. Have you thought of running a Spartan or some style type of race? I have not I don't know I think I'd like maybe someday with my boys. I think that would be fun I'm not opposed to some of those Spartan races or I forget the name of the other ones But where they have obstacle courses along the way so and Kyle asked what about the fast twitch Kyle good question. So That is in my mind I'm looking at it as a 5k shoe racing shoe and yeah and a trainer for the roads like if you want to do some nice Uptempo pace runs But the the fast twitch lineup When I put it on my feet, it feels like a nice solid 5k shoe not necessarily 10k Although I I got to watch what I say because there is a faithful by the way. Oh my goodness. Oh 220 people watching you guys are amazing. Oh my goodness. This is amazing. Thank you for being here and thank you for Pushing this channel over 10,000 subscribers. That is I guess I should talk about that in a second But to finish that thought on the fast twitch Yeah, 5k racing shoe on Pavement is my thought there So if you're new to the channel welcome if you're a new subscriber welcome I've been doing a daily vlog for almost three years. It's been a journey and Six months ago. We started to focus a little bit more so on running content And I've been running for 20 years and I just didn't realize there were so many runners out there on YouTube and once I focus the the daily vlog just a little bit to Running content boom we go from a thousand subscribers to ten thousand in a matter of Five months. I think it's been about five months And so I am blown away as I always say so grateful and appreciative and Humble humble that you would be here so regularly watching the daily vlog almost every day Commenting like the comment section behind the below all the vlogs is I don't know But it might be unmatched at least in the running world when it comes to When it comes to running channels on YouTube like it's all because of you guys like chiming into each other's questions And so thank you. Thank you. Thank you for being here and let's just put it this way I think we're just getting started. Okay, and a quick shout out to old toad for the 499 super chat Thank you so much every every penny Every penny every penny counts on this channel. Thank you old toad. You are amazing and a shout out to Curtis Oh my goodness a birthday gift for Michael from Curtis. Oh my goodness. Stop it stop I can't handle it. I can't handle it. Thank you. Michael is very he's sleeping right now or else I would bring him out here to the studio to show him off to everybody. Oh Man blue collar runner. Thank you $5 super chat blue collar runner a fellow running youtuber out there make it rain Oh, man. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you All right, we're getting closer and let's see here on true love if you're listening Maybe you could bring out a cup of water when you come out. That would be amazing. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness Thank you all. Oh Wow, okay, so this is from Our our dollar Verde. I'll just put it that way $10 super chat. Hey Seth huge fan Can you create a video with your thoughts on Boston qualifier racers races? I will be running the bq2. Oh She is coming. Oh my goodness. I hear true love. We'll come back to this thought in one second Okay, you just you stay right there you stay right there true love is in the house True love is in the house. It's cold. Okay. All right. Everyone's putting it in here. We go hon Thank you. Yes, boom Let it make it rain make it rain. Oh my goodness. I will shake it. I'll shake it Thank you. You're amazing. All right. And oh, could you grab a water? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Thank you and Yeah, just a cup. Yeah, you're the best. Oh my goodness. I'm shaking it up I'm shaking it up high schoolers asked if they if this was open to them and if they asked that within the thing I added. Yeah, perfect. Perfect. Okay, so we will get to that in one second. Okay. Here we go I will be running so back to the super chat. I will be running the bq2 Race in Geneva, Illinois in April. Hope to see you in Boston in 2020. Good luck in Cleveland. Dude, let's do this I am like Boston, New York City 2020 I think that is on the horizon Absolutely, like I want to do at least one of those races in 2020. So I will mark this down great question This I this thought about a video series with your thoughts on Boston qualifier races I'll mark it down and we'll see how we can We'll see how we can make it happen. All right, so Excuse me Went down the wrong pipe. I Apologize. I don't want to cough into the oh my gosh. I apologize. This is live TV everybody Okay, I'm still here. I'm still here. Okay, Suzanne. Thank you $13 lucky 13 super chat. I Apologize about that water went down the wrong pipe. Okay, let's do this giveaway. Are you ready for this? So how are we gonna do this? I love you guys. Thanks for being here. By the way, thank you for all the super chats You're amazing Hopefully you can still hear me. Let me know if you can't okay. I'm going to the bottom of the chat. Okay Okay, this is amazing. All right ladies first.  I will know the real names and I will email you back But if you are watching now live Email me and then we'll start the communication about how to get you the new running shoes Thank you so much. You all are the best. All right. Here we go ladies high school winner Just drift feeling around here. Okay. I got one. I got one. Oh my goodness Okay, here we go and so I'm gonna keep it anonymous because these stories are from high schoolers We've kind of been in some tough situations And you know, I don't know if they want their stories like totally out there. So here we go. Let's see Okay, here we go Oh my goodness, this is a tough one actually. Oh man, okay, I actually Actually glanced at this before Okay, hmm Okay, I'm gonna read I can I think I can read this part. Okay, but I am gonna keep an anonymous I love you guys. I love you guys. I love you guys. I Would love to win the running shoes for your 10,000 subscriber giveaway. I have never had a pair of real running shoes I run in my school tennis shoes that I have had for close to two Years they've worked fine. So I haven't worried about getting better shoes So she this this lady goes on to say young lady says, you know With my dad leaving my family losing his job and my mom just trying to hold our life together We haven't been in a spot to get real shoes. However, I definitely Don't want to be placed over a subscriber that has been with you longer because I only subscribed two weeks ago And I was looking for running inspiration. I mostly just wanted to tell you my story I'm so proud of myself for how far I've come in my first season of running and looking forward to my spring season So I'm not gonna say her real name just because you know, it's a little private what she is sharing her story So but you know who you are and I will email you back. I'm just gonna call her Jessica for now That's not her real name But congrats you win a free pair of running shoes Thank you for sharing your story and for just being open and raw in real with us And you're gonna get new shoes after you're no more running in two-year-old tennis shoes like I think what she meant people ladies and gentlemen is like tennis shoes like just like Normal not running shoes just normal tennis shoes. Those are no good to run and we're gonna get you brand new running shoes. Congrats Okay, I think I think we see it here happening play out in the chat. You get the new shoes. Okay Moving on to the guys here. We go here. We go moving on to the guys So the guys so I printed them off ahead of time here. They're in this new balance box Here we go. Oh Nice. Oh my goodness. You all are the best. Thank you for being here. All right. You ready for this YouTube family All right. I'm just I'm just reaching in. Oh My goodness All right and listen so there was there's a lot of names in these boxes in for the guys and the girls in high school Someday who knows maybe someday we can provide more shoes But for now we can just do one for each guy and each lady. All right, here we go And again, I'm gonna leave this anonymous most, you know, okay Hey, Seth, I run cross-country In high school in Utah. I've been running in the Nike Pegasus for almost 900 miles I got mine in July and I haven't gotten a new pair since Recently due to an accident. Oh, yeah I remember reading this so this gentleman had an accident with a fire and The fire burned a hole in his 900 mile Pegasus running shoes The upper is pretty badly melted and honestly not comfortable to run in anymore. I can only imagine Since the incident my feet have constantly had raw spots where the melted upper just tear up my feet I think your channel is great and I really enjoy your videos. Thanks a ton I'm just gonna call this gentleman Tom and hopefully you're watching you know who you are again I'm just trying to keep it anonymous because I just don't want the whole world to know your story unless you want to Let us know in the chat. So you win the new shoes Congrats and after you 900 miles. I mean Listen, I know some of you are taking your shoes past a thousand But oh my goodness like the risk of injury just goes so much higher. I think anything above 400 500 and some of you are very brave to take shoes above 500 But I get it sometimes you can't always afford new running shoes. So you get new shoes and Sorry, your shoes had a you got caught on fire. Anyway, this is amazing. All right, I'm gonna put it to the side there Okay, moving on and I hope everyone's having a good time in the chat All right. Oh, nope not this box So this is these so these are the names These are the names that were just submitted in the last, you know, 20 minutes. All right shaking it up in the Adidas Adios for running shoebox. This is so fun. Thank you for being here. All right. Are you ready? Are you ready? Okay, just reaching in so oh, yeah, I guess I should mention we're doing two. Okay, so two from here So that's good. That's good.  All right. So you ready? All right. Are you listening is everybody listening? All right first one Oh, yeah, I Recognize the name Jared Cran Jared Cran you win the first pair of brand-new running shoes Congrats Jared. Oh my goodness Jared I hope you're watching right now. That is amazing amazing okay number two and remember stay for the surprise here stay for this I've got a little surprise here in a minute all right here we go so here we go boom boom boom number two coming out of the adidas box who's gonna win it oh my goodness here it is I got it you ready for this are you ready Johnny Carnes Johnny Carnes you win the second pair of brand-new running shoes congrats okay so Jared and Johnny if you could email me that would be amazing hopefully you can find my email somewhere below one of the videos yeah if not I will get a hold of you somehow but maybe I'll put it below the live stream after I stop okay don't leave yet don't leave yet there's another surprise so thanks to and congrats to everyone's giving congrats in the in this in the chat on the side okay so here's the deal generous generous people out there supporting the channel and supporting you so a gentleman I won't say his name but a gentleman stepped up to the plate today and said he wants to sponsor a pair of running shoes for whoever I thought was needed them the most okay whoever I think for a hundred and so this gentleman donated a hundred and twenty dollars to one high schooler I so I read all the stories that you emailed me guys and ladies and I read through all of them and there was so much so many hard stories to read and really challenging situations out there and listen we will do these giveaways again down the road at some point but one story really jumped out at me and so here we go I'm gonna again keep it anonymous but listen to this are you ready I am a high school track and cross-country runner I'm just gonna say in in Oklahoma I'm not gonna say as hometown in Oklahoma we've won many state cross-country titles running is my everything without it I don't know what I would do running is such an amazing sport but the cost of it can be quite financially taxing my stepfather is a police officer but has been unable to work since two two thousand fifteen in May 2015 he was involved in a high-speed chase where he was shot in the head during the pursuit then rolled his car 15 times end over end due to his accident we are now on works workman's comp which is barely enough to get by and basically his dad is not able to work now his mom is a school teacher provides for him and his siblings let's see and he says because of these financial limitations when I decided to run cross-country this year I could not afford to get a new pair of shoes like the other guys on the team one of the seniors gave me his shoes from last year oh the sock oh just the Sockney guide nines already had 750 miles on them I think when he got them I have ran them even further into the ground you probably have well over a thousand miles then running the entirety of cross-country and now tracking them these same shoes were also the shoes I used for marching band go tubas oh my gosh I hope that I will be considered for your giveaway so this is my call this kid gets new running shoes not because of the giveaway but because this one gentleman today emailed me at like 4 p.m. and said I want to buy one kid a pair of new running shoes whoever I thought needed them the most so I'm not going to say his name we'll just call him Blake for now you know who you are I'll get ahold of you that is amazing thank you for sharing your story oh and listen I think we're just getting started with these giveaways thank you all for being here for this giveaway this is exciting and of course thanks for pushing us over 10,000 and listen we're just getting started onward and upward as we like to say so that was thanks for thanks for being here that is tonight's live stream okay I'm gonna cut we will do another live stream Wednesday night alright Wednesday night we'll do the same normal live stream and it's gonna be fun and again tomorrow I'll be taking out the audios for us I love you all thank you for being here and gosh I wish I could jump into the chat but I think I'm not going to tonight we will we will we'll be here we'll be here Wednesday night what we'll do more chatting on Wednesday night so alright I think that's it sound good sound good seek beauty work hard and love each other oh congrats again to everybody that won Jared Johnny and then the the high school students


Yeah, Arcadia came out firing all cylinders. They served really well. They hit really well. They probably made us play our worst first set of the year. Everybody was sitting negative. They were blocking us. So hats off to Eli Ports team. They really came ready to play. And we were flat. So it was nice that we switched some things up in the second set. Actually, Brent Whitehead suggested that we flip our rotation. And we had a better matchup. And it turned out that we won the second set. And also, I can just keep talking about it, Sandy David Santangelo, Sandy came in and played opposite, gave Jason a blow. And also Nick Rose came in in that second set and gave Mike a blow just for them to just sit down and reset. And then they both came back in and played well. And actually, Jared's been playing really well. Doesn't have a lot of matches under his belt. But he puts up a nice ball. And KJ is recovering from an injury. And I'm thinking they'll both be available Saturday. So I'm looking forward to the match against EMU and Penn State Altoona in a couple of days. That's huge.  And just keep our winning streak going. And that will be a better seed for us in the CBC playoffs if we take EMU. Well, tonight's a perfect example of the second set. The seniors, Nick and Sandy, that I mentioned, came in. And with their senior experience, they settled the team down and got us back in a winning groove. And yeah, so I'm hoping everybody comes out. 6 PM, last home game, Saturday against a nice team, Penn State Altoona for senior night.


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