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Thanks Reto 😃 yeah really happy with the progress so far.

Thank you Walter 😀 actually you can take the straps off or even leave on the plastic and wash them. I don't wear it all the time obviously but if you wash every few runs and if it gets wet dry it quicky it's fine. I'd recommend it if your thinking of one and don't like carrying the selfie stick !

you'll be fine - just wash them like your clothes, at £10 or so its not too expensive. Will you wear it every run or just for certain events like me ?

That's Brilliant Leszek, great to hear 😁 and you know what your doing. I need to get it down to the 100m then in the future. Seems alot but there was a time when I struggled to remember to press the lap button at the right time on the track 😂

Thanks Paul, that's a great insight 😃 and later I might give that format a go. Your right a bit of stress at the track helps a longer tempo run !

Thanks Paul 😁 getting close now, need to find 4 seconds. Need to get yourself back at the track show me how it's done !

That's good to hear, every 100m might be a bit taxing on my brain 😂

Thanks Kenny, I'm not thinking about it too much but I'll let you know later. I'm really trying to focus my brain on the now, at the track, at the long run. And with the 2 halfs coming soon got 1 eye on a sub90.

Thanks for that insight Reto and I'm keeping up with your training/videos too as you know. I like that 600 300 2mile split your doing. 2mile repeats at the track is pretty tough !

Thank you for sharing that 😊 Its about 2 minutes I think, but more I go for 200m off period than time. typically I jog on for the first 100m after the rep, then turn around and walk the next 100m before going again on the next rep. If I do a 400m break, so a full lap, I'll jog the whole way otherwise it takes too long to get round, like pre rep 11 on this one. Prefer the 200m off time, as the workout completes quicker, but also it depends how busy the track is as to whether I can alternate rotation and start-stop in different places.

Haha 😂 yes dust them off and get strong 💪 but it's not like we have all the time in the world, we just do what we can and a little bit of strength goes a log way I think

Thanks Gummer 😃 Just the basic windows free one at the moment. Movie Maker, it's very easy to use but limited. They have a bolt on package for about £10 too for doing some more clever stuff but still a bit clunky. I've looked at other software and would like to but the time to learn it is the problem, and my old pc needs an upgrade first too 😆

I do too, always take the bands away, so light but very useful as long you've got a chair in your hotel room 😂 Just a video to share, I'm sure there are loads more beneficial exercises you and others do but we do what we can with the time we have 😃

Thanks Will 😂 but it's not quite as quick as your pace yet. Should be able to progress it in the coming months, that's the plan at least 😃 I'm using the unived recovery mix vanilla at the moment after the big workouts (sometimes the tailwind vanilla as I'm trying to use the last few of those up too).

@@RunThePlanet I’m still trying to find a recovery shake I’m happy with. Used the SIS one before but I don’t really enjoy drinking it so rarely used.

@@TheWu yeah I know what you mean. I find SIS hard to get the lumps out sometimes. Unived vanilla is quite thin and mixes easy (let the bubbles settle though otherwise it tickles the throat) but difficult to buy in the UK, I got from India direct and bought too much so got stung with import tax). Tailwind mixes well, but the initial taste isn't great for me but after taste ok, just takes time getting used to. Let me know what else you use or find please ? So many on the market

Thanks TRB 😃 the 10k route, I'm not sure totally, but just going off the COVID GNR route from 2021 was it the starts fine but the come back through the town has some inclines and the 9th km should also climb, but a seasoned runner like you should be able to power through. It's all tarmac I except apart from sat the last half or 1km through the town moor.

Thanks Kenny. Yeah I never stumbled across the Eindhoven one, needs looking into 😯 haven't heard of it so maybe it's a reasonable sized field, not too busy, will be interesting to see where you go !

Yeah a really good session thanks Paul. Yes the Vaporfly 3 and my Valencia Marathon finishers T-shirt 😃

Thanks Reto, I think I'd need to taper but it's okay be ause the goal half marathon (so far) isn't until October though I might pick a smaller race up sometime soon, but let's see, pressures off and that's nice 🙂

Thanks Ben, 200m off, which is around 90s or so for me, maybe a bit longer but I keep moving as I like to do the whole session as a continuous workout.

Thanks Kenny, just keep trying and hopefully we'll get there 😃 Hard work brings reward (should do anyway)

Thanks Paul 😃 your right 4.15 is where I need to get to in training. Well done in breaking 3 🫨 fantastic and good to hear when others do it. I have actually thought about 3x3k and plan to do it, it's a good idea, but that workout I will do more for the GN10k I have coming up in July.

Thanks Paul 😀 yeah it is at the moment. Of late it's low wind and I've been lucky with very little rain on the runs and everything's green 🌲best time on the quayside, making the most of it while it lasts !

Yes fantastic see you there 😁 saw you mention it in one of your recent videos

Thanks Dean. Cramp isn't really a problem for me until the back half of a marathon. I don't really see it in training unless I neglect the nutrition and hydration since I never really push myself that far. This videos workout isn't continuous as I stop a couple times to pick up water and gels. But in race trim it's getting better and much better than it was say 2 years ago 😃

​@@RunThePlanetthat's really good to hear my friend. Love what you're doing and appreciate the effort that goes into the vlogs.

Thanks Leszek 😁 Its a public platform and I think I already said your welcome to comment either way you like, so your opinions are welcomed. Sometimes they will benefit me and others. But I like training this way, it's been a process to get here so far. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't, but since we are all a little bit different what works for me won't work for others. But anyway kudos to you, your marathon PR is better than mine 😃 And Keep commenting please 😀

Thanks Reto, haha that first gel was a rascal, the retainer strip snapped and hole left was tiny, need to really for the gel out 😄

Thanks ElloEllo35 😃 it is but it can be done by mere mortals like me if we build up to it and ofcourse only if we want to. I appreciate too that most training plans and coaches probably won't prescribe it. It works for me. Realistically it's only 30k at effort and the rest is very easy/recovery pace.

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thanks Steve 😄 good to hear from you, hope your runnings going well !

I'm training at the same pace to crack 3.10 at the third attempt.

Thanks Timothy 😃 Good to hear you ran Edinburgh this year, its downhill at the start as you now know but still a tough race. Hope you got on well and achieved your goal !!

Appreciate your thoughts Leszek as always 😃 definitely I was overtrained with the 4 bigs sessions in 9 days (might have been 8) and the lack of energy doesn't help but I'll get there. Park run... Scary thought 🤔😂

@@RunThePlanet I love Park Runs :) they're very popular in Poland. If you choose a flat one with hard surface it's a great place to test your current 5k time - it's hard to run alone on track such good time as with other runners :) and sorry if I sound like a trainer, I'm not one - just IT guy who runs occasionally :)

Thanks Reto, your right. Trying to carb up for workouts and long runs and then lose some weight the next few days is rather difficult. But this interim block shall I call it, I plan to work hard but the diet takes priority so if I find I have to fail a couple big workouts that will happen.

Thanks, might be more to come like this until I get through the diet phase 😆

Haha 😂 yeah we runners don't look tough especially when we've been through a dieting phase 😉 I suppose we could go heavy in the gym but that it's the weight back on...🤔

Thank Kenny. Yeah for me same as last time took about 10 to 12 weeks to get 10kg off for last MCR race and never really put it all back on but most of it 😂 but this year I went away before it and got in the habit of eating too much because I wasn't putting weight on, when i got back I kept eating to much to a certain extent as it gave me the energy for workouts 😂 I think there comes a point that we can loose so much weight but to go that extra 5kg or whatever requires so much more dieting effort it's maybe not worth the effort but we are all a little bit different. I'm about 2kg down now and not too difficult to do, once I get to 10kg (if) after that it might be so hard so not really thinking of going that far.

I hope you can Will. I wonder if they have an ASICS shop near you. I was really lucky to try them on in the expo but I don't think you would be disappointed if you just bought them (90 day return policy)

Yeah well said Dean 😁 Nightmare but it's part of the challenge 🤣 It's great though once we get to goal weight 😃

thank you topoisomerace !! appreciate you watching and commenting 😃 Did you run vancouver this year or thinking of it sometime ?

Thanks Yellowfolder 😄 good luck with Edinburgh, wish you all the best and hope you hit your target 🎯 yeah I have to be honest with myself, while I'm not giving up im not getting any younger, but not accepting defeat yet 😂 that was a tough one actually after I'd ran Vancouver a month before and Manchester a month before that.

Thank you John 😃 appreciate the shout out and this follow up message too. Glad you you had a great race and it must have been a hot finish. How was it running up the hill to the stadium 3 times ? That must have been tough, kudos to you 👍 I'll try the Gateshead marathon one day !

@@RunThePlanet It was tough but I enjoyed the route which helped, 3 laps didn't feel to onerous either. I did the Town Moor marathon last year (7 laps) and this was way better!

@@JohnDoe-ut6zi 7 laps of anything for a marathon is tough I'm sure. Ive though about those car race circuit marathons (running GP events) but that kind distance must be too much, maybe one day. Maybe if we could sign up for the full then tap out after a number of laps and still pick up a lower medal say the half or 20 mile 😁

Thanks Reto, I think it's quite difficult to buy top end running shoes without carbon or some kind of plate these days. But yes I agree I think a carbon shoe will help alot for the back end of a marathon when the legs get tired.

Thanks Raley, yeah we are all saying that about the price 🫨 as someone else mentioned hopefully they'll be in the sales eventually.

Thanks Kenny, yeah don't think I ever spent this much on them, but I got sold after testing and speaking to the designers at the Tokyo expo. dare I say it they might be better than the vaporfly2 🫨🫨

Thanks Andy, and well done doing those 2 of 10ks too. That's great work 😃 You'll be running the marathon before long I'm sure

@@RunThePlanet Thanks Matt, M10K on 26-May, marathon, I’ll do a half first😂

Thanks Dean, yeah it's a cracking route, and this time of year especially. Winter can be a bit tough too, or when windy which it often is 😂 but glad I've got nearby, could be alot worse.