In this vlog entry Glen Gould (joined by Grant) chronicles the 24th day of his 28‑day marathon‑training series. He opens with a recap of a 6‑mile run— his fastest in 15‑20 years— and notes the rain, the brief sprint on the road, and the feeling of accomplishment. The conversation drifts into everyday life: traffic jams, parking spot etiquette, the satisfaction of ticking off small chores, and a humorous anecdote about telling his son to eat a moldy strawberry before it gets worse. Glen reflects on weather as a metaphor for life’s mix of sunny and rainy moments, and shares a brief technical digression about camera flicker and why video captures light‑source flickering that the eye smooths over. He also vents about his wife’s lack of understanding of his dinner‑shopping routine and how it impacts his morning runs. The vlog wraps up with a forward‑looking plan: a final long run tomorrow, a rest day on Friday, a short run in New Orleans on Saturday, and the marathon on Sunday, while noting a dead camera battery that needs charging. Throughout, the tone is conversational, candid, and peppered with humor and philosophical musings about perseverance and accomplishment.
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Wednesday morning, we just got done with our 10K run, or at least 6 miles. Grant went 6.5. Hey! And we thought we could get out and run on the road before the rain came, and we did, except for at the very end I just got drenched. But ran. I guess there is an upside to running treadmill for some people, for me anyway. I know a lot of people when they run the treadmill, they feel like they run faster. I run slower on the treadmill, and today I had my fastest 6 miles. I was able to break an hour. I haven't done that probably in 15 years, so I feel really good about that. Great last moderate length run before the marathon. We're off to the club. I'm having trouble talking. Couldn't help but see the big moon this morning. There's the clouds that came in over us and got us wet. Wrapping up our workout at the club, and it's just a really good day. Come on in. It's beautiful outside. I know it's rainy, but if you look over there, you can see the sun sunrise, and then over here you see the break in the clouds over here. It's kind of like your day, you know. There's going to be beautiful parts of it, there's going to be some tough parts, and break in the clouds here and there. Gotta focus on those. We're in a traffic jam. I'll tell you what, people get pretty particular about their parking spaces. When they think that's theirs, they take it. I think that, uh, there's something extremely satisfying about doing little things that have to be done and getting them done and just being able to tick that off the list. It's a satisfying thing to get things done. Maybe that's what I wanted to say. What about you?
I'm— ah, it's that new filming thing where they go round and round and round.
Yeah, I'm like a fly.
Hey, thanks, it's raining again. Eat the moldy one first, son. That way it won't mold anymore. I already threw it away. Eat it. Wasn't quite done. Do you want to say something? Go ahead, really. No, no, that's it.
I'm done. Did you steal my bowl?
Not me.
It's over there. You put a plate on it.
We are awaiting the perfect sweet tea. 166, how are y'all? Awesome, how are you?
Good, good.
Y'all have a sweet tea, right? Looks like we haven't gotten rid of the bad weather yet. Still wants to rain on us, and it's gotten cold. Roll up your— roll up the windows. It's cold. Roll up the windows. Scary weather, this gentleman has his portable tornado siren apparently. The left lane always moves slower. This and other words of wisdom from me, Glen Gould. I'll be sharing more, such as telling my son to eat the moldy strawberry first because it's going to only get moldier. This is a lesson for you. If you get to see something as special as a rainbow, you ought to record it while it's there. Uh-oh, looks like they're raising prices on the— that's weird.
Did it just go up?
No, what's happening is On the screen it's flashing, but in life it's not. That is the weirdest thing. I wonder what this is gonna be. On my screen it says that the prices are flashing, but in real life those prices are not flashing. I wonder which one it's gonna be. That totally distracted me from my rainbow!
Okay, so let me explain this in just relative terms. See, the thing is, is that when you're looking at it in real life, it's actually flickering. But our eyes can naturally adapt and understand what's going on. We can't really see the flicker that much, so what happens is our eyes can just naturally blend both together. Now with, with cameras, because the way that cameras work is it takes a picture, a picture, and a picture after a time, it can detect this flickering, and each light source has this flicker, and what happens is, is that when cameras record it, it can actually detect it. So if you've ever watched like an old film or a video where somebody's watching TV and their face flickers, the light source from the TV is flickering, and that's the only light source in the room, that's because the TV is flickering and the power is going in and out. Turning on and off at the same time. That's how light works.
My wife doesn't seem to understand my whole life has revolved around things like making sure I get the stuff for dinner, and if I don't have the stuff for dinner, I can't make it on time, and then I get home, and then I have to go back out to get more dinner stuff, and then I have to make the dinner, and then I eat late, eat too late, and that messes with my run in the morning. She doesn't understand how important things are to me.
Just relax.
She says I'm a whiner. This looks pretty ominous to me. That is a serious, serious cloud. It's not serious. Actually, it's not serious. As my wife says, it's cumulus. This is Kaweida. Let's see if they let them out. I'm just dying to know. I don't think they're going to. I think they're pissed off and they're not gonna let them out. I started filming way too early.
No, here you go.
See, here you go, here you go. Nudging up, nudging up. No way you're getting out now. I'll let you go. You cannot get out. Take that. My wife's too nice. My mother would have said the devil's beaten his wife. Tough luck, Grant, I'm not straightening them up. Sometimes I run into people in a store and I just want to grab their children and say, "I'm sorry, I'm taking these. You're not qualified to be a parent. You're just too stupid." Wrapping up Wednesday evening, day 24. 28 days. Still got a little bit of rain in the area, although it's gotten very cold, so I know that it's supposed to move on out. But it's been a difficult week with the running because of the rain, and this morning I got caught in the rain. Wrapping up my 6-miler, and I had a good run this morning. I actually ran the fastest 6-mile run that I've run probably in 15 or 20 years, and so that was very good for me. A good day of accomplishment, a lot of things done today, and I just feel really good about going into the next couple of days. Tomorrow morning will be our final long run, or run of any significance, before the marathon. We'll take Friday off, and then we're gonna drive down to New Orleans, and then on Saturday Grant and I'll run a mile or two just to keep our legs fresh, and then Sunday morning we'll be in the marathon, and by noon or so, hopefully, I would imagine by noon. One of those things I need to accomplish is plugging in my phone because my camera just died, but that really kind of wraps up my thoughts for the day, for day 24 of 28 days. 4 days until the marathon, 4 days until this process is over. And looking very forward to it. Uh, tomorrow's going to be a great day, and that's going to wrap it up for day 25 of 28 days. Is that right? 25? Let's see, Thursday— no, today's only day 24.
It's more editing. Yes.
Yeah, I'm not that talented yet to use iMovie. Anyway, I was gonna just say— I've already said that, haven't I? I, I guess I'm gonna re-record that.
