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Brilliant! Congratulations Mark! Your running is going really well ❤

Nailed your target pacing, well done Mark! Congrats on the PB, and it must have been even sweeter having stuck in-between more running. Great training session.

Mate you're flying at the minute. We'll impressive mid run. Clearly upcoming races are going to be more than interesting 👍 great job well done

That didn’t look like a PB course so 21:53 is excellent Mark✅

Time to upgrade the watch I think. :) Congrats on the PB.

Lovely looking parkrun, well done on a PB! Bodes well for next time you're racing a 5k on a full tarmac route.

Congrats on the sub22 I got my pb sub 22 at parkrun last week too! Although I will say this course looks tricky in comparison. Well done!

Great video mark and brilliant run mate!

Wow it is cold there now, great idea to run to the park run. That is a nice trail but lots of traffic. Lady in orange giving you a good run. 21:53 is awesome and it was a little long

Well done on your new pb Mark. Can’t believe you didn’t UA-cam the course pre-run 😁 I thought that was an essential part of any new route 😂

Well done mate. That was a novel way to run a parkrun, nice long warm up, then the run, then nice long jog back. Obviously it worked for you. Congrats on the new PB. I like the commentary throughout the race.

Now that’s impressive - getting a PB as part of your long run - well done!!!

That was narrow to start with! Well done with the winter course PB 👏 Do you know you can get your Parkrun barcode ID on your watch? Just means you'll never forget it 😉

Congrats on the sub 22 Mark, imagine what you could do on a flatter, smoother course! I see you're a parkrun convert now 😂

That's a whopping PB, Mark. The course didn't look very fast, so on a faster course probably much faster (maybe even faster than Garmin estimates). Absolutely smashed it!

If we had park runs here in Pennsylvania I'd do them too. Great fun video.

Cold up North! Great run, Mark. When's the marathon again?

Yes Mark! Nailed it mate! 👏👏👏 That was a cracking parkrace performance mate! Congrats on the new PB! 😎🤘

Did you know you can have your Parkrun barcode on your watch? Very handy!

I was just thinking that given it was the B course, and knowing the route, that your performance suggests a Sub 21 on a flat road course. I see Mr Garmin agrees. The feller one place in front of you, Andy Wetherill, is a legend. He was winning races in the area as a V45 when I was but a youth in my early 30s. I think you should go for all your first 50 parkruns being in different counties. 'I've got my Grant' , they'll say in years to come. Finally, if you keep saying race parkrun HQ will be sending the boys round.

NENDY. parkrun sandwich. You've got all the lingo going on 😂 Great run, congrats on the pb and it looks like a lovely parkrun. (have to say my 5k is 22.08 which I thought was uncanny when I watched your channel for the first time!)

Well earned. Congrats on your new PB!

Good to see the old railway lines put to good use , looks a cracker of a path

Hi Mark, I’d be happy to do my first half in 2:10 but it’s unlikely. Very pleasant to join you on this training half, I know the area pretty well as I often rode my motorcycle to Matlock via Bakewell on the A6 and still have a Z800. Sorry about the premature loss of your dad and best friend, that must have been very difficult for you. Good luck in the 1/2😊💪🚀. 1:42 is quick!

You’re 100% right about looking after our health - the work we do now gives us the lifestyle we get in our 70s and 80s

Not a question but a statement… your kitchen is really nice 👍😁 Nice to hear a bit about your own past Mark. Those kind of memories will stay and be cherished forever. I still live in the area that I grew up in and my parents are in the same house. I visit most days (I’m their carer) and everywhere I look is like a blast into the past.

That was a beautiful run! And a trip down memory lane. Keep up the training for your race target!

Lovely trail there Mark, my question for the Q and A is what are your bucket list races? And if you could go back in time and say something to yourself when you were just getting into running what would it be?

Beautiful course to follow for a HM. The view off to the side around the tunnel was spectacular. Definitely a place I need to get up to and try some running on as I've not ventured up that way much in terms of my running. We've also made moves for similar reasons in the past. Sometimes an area's value can be so overinflated, that moving somewhere else becomes a no-brainer. I would take some light and quick road shoes for the HM race day if I were doing it - looks nice and firm underfoot and probably drains quickly too with that gravel if it were wet. If you've got some that you do a lot of running in and you're used to, they could shave up to a minute off overall time over slightly heavier trail shoes!

My question: I have subscribed to your channel because “it is free” and I like a bargain. What’s the best bargain you’ve picked up recently?

Well done mate, another great video as usual. The memories of lost family and friends are always so poignant. Looked like too many people there to say "Good Morning" to everyone. Wife and three daughters! Bet you have to queue for the bathroom(s) in the morning. No wonder you moved to a larger house. Five in my family as well but we just kept adding bathrooms. Now I am alone, I have a choice of three! I remember standing on the Monsal Viaduct with my wife, stepson and two daughters in 1984 and your view brought back a happy memory of the holiday. Good luck with the half, bet you will beat the target.

It's always a strange thing, revisiting places where you have strong memories of loved ones who have died, but a strangely peaceful experience I often find. QandA Questions: Do you have an absolute favourite running route? Which race (or races) has challenged you the most, mentally and physically?

Really enjoyed this one, what a beautiful trail to run on and the tunnels were very cool. I have run envy right now.

Lovely video - glad I wasn't the only one to miss the start of parkrun this week 🤣 (Albeit I was the one trying to make parkrun!). Looks like a nice course for a half marathon

A very lovely Mark G retrospective there. Question for your Q&A. You are gifted £1,000 to spend on running - physical products or experiences or both. What do you buy?

Thanks for the video Mark, by the looks of the route road shoes should be ok. See you there.

Question, what specific exercises did you do to fix your knee pain?

Hard to beat a nice run down memory lane, I done a run a while back where I grew up as a kid, brought back so many good memories, might do it again sometime soon again 👍🏻

Lots of memories on today's run, running can do that to you. I've a fond memory of a family holiday & when we visited Bakewell, my memory is of swans on the river & a visit to the Bakewell Tart shop 😀 The 1/2 marathon route looks straightforward & saying hello to folks is a must, especially if they're not expecting it 🏃‍♂

That's a nice route, especially the tunnels! Questions: were you sporty as a kid/in your twenties? What's been your motivation to get into running and fitness? How do you find the balance of work, family and training?

Hi mate great video I love monsal trail been in the tunnel a few times when the lights have gone out 🤣🤣just started up running again so I’ll get up to speed then we need to get out 👍

Thanks for taking us on a trip down memory lane Mark. Some stunnig views along that trail and the tunnels were wicked too. I am sure your race will be awesome. As for questions for your Q&A mines very simple.....coke or pepsi? 🤣👍

Hey Mark, it's an advantage when we can recce a trail race. I love out-and-back courses! Great video. Be careful what you wish for when you tell your audience to fire away with questions lol.

Hi running vest. I just got one myself, the Solomon Advance Skin 12. I'm starting to run more trails. I got the Alltrails app. Nice trail there Mark.

For your Q&A. I’ve got my first ultra coming up in March, like you I’ve not done a marathon prior to my first ultra. What weekly volume did you do for preparation for your 1st ultra, and what strength & conditioning did you do?