We didn't get to add the new shoes we unboxed last time into the Shoe Weights sheet, so we'll do that today. Plus, we have a new entry to the Fastest Known Marathon sheet. And there's also some new unboxings to cover.

In this Bonus Episode, I speak with Erika Kemp, professional road runner for Brooks, after her 2nd place performance at the Houston Marathon 2025. Not only was this race an 11 minute PB, Erika was also able to lower her own record for Fastest American Born Black Runner. We talk about her race, he race days shoes, and trusting in her training.

In this bonus episode, I talk with Morgan McDonald who recently ran 60:58 in his half marathon debut in Houston. We talk about his race shoes, whether he’s disappointed as a newly minted 60 minute guy, and where he sits on my list of Faster Half Marathon YouTubers

0:00 intro

1:17 race day shoes

3:13 was it cold

4:43 is he disappointed

6:52 falling off the lead pack

8:28 finding rhythm

8:43 race nutrition

9:43 australian half marathon record 

10:56 Morgan's Shoe Rotation

13:03 lightspray

14:07 half marathon mileage vs 5k mileage

15:55 why youtube

18:44 favorite kind of video to make

20:00 Fastest Half Marathon YouTube 

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just got back from racing the half at Houston 2025. AMA.

Also, in this livestream, I was introduced to the concept of age grading.

got a ton of stuff to unbox, plus let's talk Houston.

I'm trying to figure out how to do a last-minute no-budget shakeout run for Houston.

In this episode, we create a runner's bingo card for 2025. if you want to play along hit the link to create your own board.

https://bingocardsfree.com/card/running-bingo-2025-12079.htm

hit the Play button on the bingo website to have a card generated for you. and then probably the best way to keep track of it would be to screeenshot it so you can mark off your bingo card as events of 2025 unfold.

circling back after the holidays. hope your new year's eve races went well!

I'll show you food from a running youtuber's video, you guess Who's Food Is That?

Unboxings shoes from Adidas and Topo. Got a couple packages of merch. Plus, a long discussion on gel viscosity.