I was getting a little anxious. Yeah, I see you're calling me while I wasn't even online. That's

always a good sign. Hey, man. Just, uh, you know, trying to be ready for you. Yeah, you're ready.

You're looking off for me. I'm trying to always look out for you, man. That's what we're, that's what friends are for.

Hey, are you ready for a podcast? I am. Ready and running to go. I'm still sweaty and gross

smelling. I skip my shower. Yeah, but you're in the pool. No, I ran first. Oh, oh, oh.

Mm-hmm. Well, that means your blood's pumping. You're probably got a lot of good ideas. It is. I actually had a much better run than I anticipated. Well, that's not true.

Well, slightly accurate. You know, yesterday, you know, it's it's funny like i know how my body

works yet i totally forget sometimes um you know that uh you know i take two days off and i'm like

man i'm gonna feel great in my first day back i'm just gonna tear my legs off and i'm just gonna be

you know just a champion.

And without fail, I always feel, I mean, I'm like a, I'm very much like a car who's been like

sitting in the garage for too long. And you get real excited and you turn on the engine, you're like,

wait a minute, this is, everything's running, but something

doesn't seem quite right. Yeah. And it always, I just, I always, I always, I always, I don't want to say

I do better with a little bit of fatigue, but I always do better with, and I think this is something

that Magnus talked about when he did

his podcast that, you know, I really try to incorporate it to my taper is, you know, I always

just do better when I've still got a little tension. And after the driving and, you know,

I basically did a short run Friday, speed work Saturday, and then nothing the rest of Saturday besides, well, I mean a lot, but the clinic.

And then drove back Sunday, another day off, Monday day off.

And I went out yesterday and did some interval work at the lab.

And then, you know, did an easy run in the in the absolute steam room oven that was

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