- One of the biggest determinants of how fast you can run.
Oh, you think your a big man because you got current?
(raspberry noise)
The last time Pat and I did a marathon swim,
we were shattered for probably a week and a half.
What's up Trainiacts.
That was a 5.5k run in 24 minutes and 38 seconds,
4.29 per kilometer pace and I am in love with a new product.
I'll give you a hint, it's around my waist right now.
I'm gonna go put on a shirt and I'll explain.
Right, allow me to disrobe my new favorite product,
before I tell you about it.
Oh, I got to go get stuff.
Alright, so for years I've always wanted to run with music
or right now with a GoPro, so that I can bring you
all along with me.
But I've always struggled with;
"How do I bring along whatever I want to bring along?"
I hate having that arm band just looks awful.
I've go an iPhone 7Plus so it's huge, and you can't
runt with this in your pocket.
You can't run with ...
It's a crazy pain to run with this in your pocket,
because they're so heavy they start jingling around.
You basically can't do it.
However, I've got the answer.
This may be old news, you might know about this,
this is news to me.
This thing, it's called a FlipBelt.
It's basically like a stretchy sash that goes around
your waist and it's like a tube.
So, the entire way through, you got these pockets.
I shouldn't have gotten the black one.
It's awful to show you.
But, you got these pockets that you can stuff
things in like ...
(whooping)
Boom, gone.
And because it's so stretchy, and it cinches
around your waist, it doesn't jingle at all.
It's completely unnoticeable.
So, I put this in the back, like at the small of my back.
Then I run these up through my heart rate strap.
Bam, nothing jingles around whatsoever.
I just ran with these earbuds that are notorious
for falling out, this giant iPhone 7, the GoPro Hero 5,
and a set for keys to get back into the office.
I did not notice it one bit.
Oh my God.
In addition to that, FlipBelt has these water bottles
that you can take.
Look at this.
They're curved to fit along the small of your back
or along the side of your body so it doesn't dig in.
They've also got this, they got this little money change
pouch so that you can put you cards in it.
They haven't paid me to say this,
they just sent it out to me to give it a shot.
I've actually had is as an open tab on my phone
for a year and finally I was like,
"You know, I've got to see if I can get this."
Got it.
Dudes, dudettes, get yourself a FlipBelt.
So impressed.
Small tip, either have it really low on your waist,
or really high.
Otherwise you get a muffin top.
Me with my love handles.
When I first walked out of the office, I was like,
"There's my fat. That's my shame."
- No fat shamming.
- I'm ashamed of my fat sometimes.
When I have a muffin top from this thing,
I'm ashamed of it.
Who is big?
I haven't done this in ages, but I'm such a big
frick'n fan of this,
I'll put a link in the description below
to where you can get this on Amazon.
It's not going to cost you anything extra.
It will give us a small commission, helps out the channel.
This is something that I got not problem
saying to every single one of you, go get one.
Go get at it.
One more thing, about that FlipBelt,
word of warning, Trainiacts this is the point in the
vlog where I start getting a little bit gushy.
You might not think it but one of the biggest determinants
of how fast you can run
is actually how fast you can pump your arms.
Because your arms partially determine how fast
your legs turn over and the faster your legs turn over,
the faster you run.
What I find is that when I'm holding something
in my hand, a GoPro, a set of keys, a phone,
anything like that, I'm not able to pump my arms
nearly as fast as I should be.
The more I do that, the worse my technique gets,
because I get in the habit
of not pumping my arms very often.
Just in general my pace goes down.
The run today, I did that in 4.29 per kilometer pace,
which has felt like a little hot over the last few months.
I just swam 37k in a river three days ago and
it felt easy today doing that 4.29 per kilometer pace.
So, just get a FlipBelt.
And now we ride home in the rain.
(relaxing music)
You know, before the long swim I used to
look at this river and shudder, I was afraid of it.
Now, oh you think you bad? What?
You ain't got nothin' on the Trainiacts bro.
Come at me, come at me, huh?
Oh, you think your a big man because you got current?
(raspberry noise)
What was that?
What'd you say?
That's right you didn't say nothin'.
Big river fall hard.
What do you got there?
Those rain drops or tears?
(relaxing music)
Hoh, the Trainiacts, Trainiacts, Trainiacts, shockingly
that run actually felt pretty good.
I'm not sure what it was about that swim,
but the last time Pat and I did a marathon swim,
we were shattered for probably a week and a half.
Yesterday, Pat went for a bike ride.
Today, I went for a run at a decent pace.
Jacques is already thinking
about doing 46 kilometer swim.
I think that because it was so cold,
during the swim, we might have actually flushed out
a lot of the lactic acid and the accumulated
gunk that builds up because we're basically doing
a giant ice bath as we're going through the swim.
Maybe, maybe.
So that said dudes, I think that we're gonna be
setting a goal for a half Ironman coming up soon.
I've got some ideas about how we we actually make it
a team Trainiact event.
If you've got suggest ...
What's this?
Pete did you learn how to open the door?
(keys rattling)
Good job.
Where you going?
There's food on the counter.
I will not put away my dishes when I am done.
So, if you have any particular races, half Ironman
distance, doesn't have to be Ironman brand, can be
Challenge or Rev, around late October, early November.
Put them in the comments below and if there's a trend
of one specific race that a whole bunch of
Trainiacts are going to, let's see if we can make
it a Trainiact little shindig.
Huh?
We'll take over a race.
Send a message to the world.
Pete, want to send a message to the world?
Later Trainiacts.
And yeah, everyone asks do I just like set up cameras
and then pretend like I walk into them?
Yeah, I do, and then I walk away and then
I come back and I get them.
So you have a daily story to watch, it's just story telling.
Alright guys, come on, Pete, come on.
There you go.
Grace, Gracie, come on, let's go, come on, come on,
hurry up, hurry up, hurry up.