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Hi Stephen, watched this as you suggested. I use this the same way as you did and my suggested paces are very similar to yours although at 65 I just want to get to just under 21 minutes to give me a 80% age grade! Also I have had it change my runs from day to day although this is usually if I have gone too fast or further on the previous days suggestion!! As you said I also struggle with the recovery paces and I try and run with my Wife as she has a relatively hard for her pace of around 7:15 per K, if that is not an option as her runs do not often coincide with my recovery days I also will have a rest day instead. Hopefully see you again at Rutland Water when you have hit 5,000 subscribers!!!!

Good video. I enjoy a personal, in-depth review where it’s clear a lot of careful deliberation has been made and is laid out with a good structure. Makes it reliable. I recognise many of your concerns with Runna but I am still going with it for my second marathon (second half of my subscription) after being impressed with the pace and scale of their development since I first got it. In other words, I’m hoping they do add or refine many of the points you make here, though I can see myself at a similar inflection point if not, so hopefully will be able to call upon your recommendations for alternatives! So, yes, excited to hear how others compare. Tailored plans and Coopah are great choices being the next big players. Have you ever tried Kiprun Pacer? Probably the best free app I’ve used outside of taking the time to craft something myself on chatGPT as you’ve also done. Maybe something to look at for Valencia or something in between your 5K and Amsterdam plans.

I too am signed with RUNNA and although I love having a structured plan I too find its targets over ambitious and I feel I’m always failing. Also it doesn’t take into account things like age ( I’m 67 this month and this presents its own issues following a rigid plan) I think it would be improved by incorporating cross training options that you could substitute on days when the aches and pains suggest running isn’t the best option. I also think a winner for RUNNA would be if they specifically offer a parkrun plan - they could even refine it for actual venues as the data is out there. Anyway - I enjoy the content and look forward to seeing how the alternatives stack up. Good Arrows! 🎯

The Coopah app certainly seems to be gaining traction and will be interesting to see how you compare and rate it to Runna I am still using Runna from your recommendations 12 months ago and really enjoy it. It gives me a good structure and I have become comfortable with the watch interface/features but it is certainly ambitious at times

Just wondered if you had used the free standard features of the Garmin app to enter your races and predicted times to give you daily suggestions for training.

Beeston has been off for ages due to flood damage on the course. I do believe it returns on Saturday 11th Jan. You should come down and try it again

Great video - LVPR is my local park run and I have completed it around 105 times. Great course and love the skating effect of your video. It makes it look very easy 🤣

Just discovered your channel. Good review, thank you !

Great review. It's too soft. Cushion won't last. Novablast 4 is a better versatile daily trainer shoe.

Great review, I am a snail runner.. Superblast V1 just to harsh for slow runs.

Im doing the daily suggested workouts. I need direction too and have been shying away from hard runs. I just tell myself it's meant to be a challenge and that's part of training. I got a 40 on my anarobic score today which fell into the average category. Im going to keep doing this and Im excited to see what my next workout will be.

Nice review. I ordered a pair after I spoke with you last week at park run. Look forward to taking them out soon

Great review. I feel the same way about the Mizuno Neo Vista. I was disappointed given the number of positive reviews out there and the high price tag. Thankfully, I got them on a reasonable discount. Still I'm not pleased about its limited use case (at least for me). I just bought a pair of Novablast 5 and will run in them tomorrow. I've really enjoyed running in the Novablast 4. Probably my favourite daily trainer at present.

This course no longer uses the muddy grass section - other than that small hill at @5:26 it is all on the paths. The hardest part is walking up the steep hill back to the car park after you've finished!

This review was outstanding. Very comprehensive, review of most important/relevant points, and overall very helpful! I will check these out. Also, love that it is not sponsored and we can actually trust you.

It took me some time to learn how Runna integrates with my Garmin Connect/FR 945. I feel like their wasn't much documentation on how to correctly do RUNNA's activities on the watch. But after some time (and many mistakes), I've got the hang of things. I enjoy Runna and always look forward to my workouts.

Good luck with your recovery and all the best for 2025. I have also entered Valencia!

Congratulations on the 1k subs 🎉 Top job.

I really like wearing them but find they work best at mid to forefoot strike.

Great content, clear, precise and useful.

Hello, I recently got FR965 watch and this has helped me. I was looking how to do cutom profile and i came across this copy activity option. I see you mentioned the same and your idea of having 1K/1mile for smaller races and 5K/3Mi for longer races is good idea. Quick question, I dont see the option of quick training in my watch though. is this due to watch or firmware you think? I think PacePro does something similar to help you reach the Pace target for the race. Do you think the inclusion of PacePro made this Quick Training option redundant and they removed it?

Great running

Just 2 weeks in using Runna. For a 5-week 10k race. Did you achieve your goal time in the end? Tq for the review, it keep me motivated to follow my own Runna plans.

Hi Stephen, nice to have that brief chat with you before the run. Looks like the sub 20 and 1000 subs are very close.

well done

Well done, great video and great run!

Love the vid Steve. Fantastic effort and great PB! Congratulations 🎉

Great vid and idea, Has come at a time between mara training blocks to give me some focus. 5k PB here we come. New sub 👍

Fantastic video and achievement. Huge congratulations Steve! Xx

Massive effort congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 Currently my 5k is 21:30, I will try Garmin coach to reach 5k sub 20m for the next 6 weeks. Once again congratulations

Lovely video. First time this year. Do you get a medal or patch after finishing? Thanks

I love the Swedish English accent. Swenglish i believe its called. ❤

Yeah, the beginning is exciting and a good time. At the end though, you question every decision you have made in life up to that point. 😂

What a great video. You did an amazing job of putting this journey together in a vid. Nice running and training too.

Great job brother. I was anticipating a significant PB as well but had to pull back for a 3 minute PB. Not the results we were hoping for but it’s the journey that matters.

I really enjoyed your content!! Way to push through and get your PB!

Congrats on the PB. Great vid. Found it quite emotional at the end there. When you're all recovered, give us a shout for attacking that sub 20.

Great effort Stephen. Pulling that back at the end like that takes a lot of mental fortitude 🎉

Great video. Great time. Great running. Inspirational as always Stephen. Never forget: Marathons Are Hard!!

Well done for bringing yourself back on for a PB, that is very difficult to do. 🎉

Curious if your Runna training block paid off in Chicago. Actually I just checked, just about the same time as in Paris I see. Anyway well done! Ik was wondering if doing a 5k in 25 minutes the day before is a little to much effort? Ik did a parkrun before my marathon last week, as a shake out run, I did that parkrun in 29 minutes, keeping it really easy, more easy than my marathon pace of 5:15 per km. I use Runna to get a new 5k pb in 8 weeks, will try it to get a new marothon pb next spring. Interesting to see your journey, thanks for vlogging!

As I have just started Runna I'm very curious to see if you have seen massive improvement, as was promised 16 week ago. Apparently Runna promised a bit too much.

Thank you for this video and the others in the series. I have been watching them, as I am considering the Runna App. From what I have seen so far, I must say I am not impressed. First, given your previous experience, I am unsure how any algorithm can credibly suggest that you can run a 3:30 Marathon. This is a long shot at best and I don’t think there are many people that could achieve this goal in just 18 weeks. Second, the sessions you are describing, both intervals and tempo runs are run way too fast even for the 3:30 target pace. I cannot see any benefit of running at a sub 4 min km during a training block. This does not sound like marathon specific training at all. I have just completed the Munich marathon in 3:58 and that was quite comfortable; I could have run faster. I didn’t know what to expect, as I hadn’t run a marathon in 14 years. Therefore I was quite conservative. At no point did I ran faster than 5:10 km in any run during the training block. My weekly milage is around 55k. and has been for a year prior to that race and I wasn’t running at all about 15 months before the race. The vast majority of my running was done at a pace of 6:30km. Only the last 6 weeks before the taper I started running part of my longer runs at marathon pace or <>10%. My question to is: do you feel that these fast runs actually made a difference to the specific race you were preparing for? I am sure these runs will greatly increase your 5k PB but they don’t sound marathon specific. I fear that if I start running these kind of paces regularly, injury would be certain since I am 58 now. If this is what the Runna App delivers, I think I would probably be better off getting a different plan. I do love the integration with Garmin, though. Thanks again for sharing your experience.

Why did they have to make them this narrow, its crazy. Very dissapointed by the fit, really tempted to put my scissors in the toebox, its so constricting.

The park has a Modern visitors centre and a big cafe... its a short walk from the finish onto the other side of the park. The Rugby club is closer so more handy for the start line toilets, but there is definitely toilets and a cafe, cafe does everything plus icecream, worth a visit. would recomend the thick toast they do. The Park is world famous as it was the worlds first public park, which Central park in New york was modelled on. It was also the park where Irvine and Mallory lived during their Everest expeditions . The visitors centre provide some interesting history with a room dedicated to it with pictures etc.

Good on you. All the best for Chicago

My local but not done a park run yet, I am just on the couch to 5K at the moment so hopefully in 2-3 weeks I will get my first Parkrun done. I walk my dog here quite regularly and in fact I walked 6k this morning and used this as my warm up before running for 25mins on the treadmill as part of the program.

Glad you enjoyed the trip home - enjoy Chicago!

Thanks so much for the shout out - it was me banging the drum. Hope you did well in the marathon. Look forward to seeing you back soon. ❤🙌🌟🏃🏼

Oooh just beat you! Breathing pretty hard at the end 😂