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Thanks Craig. This was my first time trying to juggle 2 cameras on a run too. Had the go3 on my head and the ace pro for handheld. I would have liked to have included some parkrun footage. Bert has a lot to answer for 🤣 Ernie will have to have words with him I think.

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Thanks Mark! I'm really enjoying the plank challenge and seeing the progress, although I must admit that some days it feels really intense. But if it helps my core strength then it will be worth it. Thank you for giving me the idea 🙂

Thanks Andy! You are right and its important to stress that the pace was carefully balanced with our recovery times. We were taking between 2 and 3 minutes recovery between each rep on this one to enable those faster paces and really target VO2 improvement. If we halved the recovery to 45 seconds then I would imagine we'd be a lot closer to 5:00/km and I think that would target my lactate threshold more. We had no idea about the GMR in 2022 until all the runners got on the tram home with us with their medals on. Now look at us! 🤣

Thank you Craig. I was definitely pushing through a couple of those reps but trying my best to make sure I could get to the end of the workout. 💪 I'd love to do some more of this stuff, and maybe even try and get some track work recorded too. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you. I'm very lucky to have her 😀

Thank you good sir! I wasn't sure how this one would work out. It is, as you say, a bit of a raw one, but I think it's important to share that this is how we get better and we all feel a little beat up at the end of these sessions. The first rep was a little fast but fortunately not so fast that we burned ourselves out too soon. We did adjust our recoveries where needed to make sure we could get through all 10 reps and got as much benefit out of the session as possible. Thanks for watching as always ❤

You are more than welcome. It all helps build the community. Good luck at Preston on Saturday. It looks like it will be a wet one. And a big congratulations from both me and Becky for all of your club members' milestones!

Yeah I actually felt bad because I thought we'd missed you at first, and then I nearly did miss you 🤣 still can't believe how that chap at the front motored off at the start and was still holding his pace at the end. He was flying.

@TheRegularRunner yeah he was fair going for it. I tried catching him up but he had a head start 😂😂

🤣🤣 I'm sure you'd have had him in a fair contest

We haven't tried it yet but it's on the list. I've read that car parking can be a bit awkward at Fleetwood which is all that has stopped us trying it. I imagine a day without wind would be preferable too if you want a fast time. Maybe one to try in Spring as conditions start to improve do you think? Thanks for watching 🙂

Thanks Mandy! It is a really nice parkrun and I really recommend giving it a go. Really nice and flat with a great cafe and garden centrey thing to have a look round afterwards. We had a great day out with you guys in Lytham and you did great in the race. 🎉

I was definitely pushing but I do know my limits. I saw 207 once at Bolton Parkrun. It was my first ever parkrun and I tried to run up Cruella DaHill both times without walking. I had to walk the second time. And we do love a good cafe 🙂 Thank you for watching

Don't worry. I'm saving the tune and dispute for a bonus video of just the race coverage and opted to leave it out for this one. Plus becky preferred having the ode to the fallen bit in because she has a tattoo of it so I went with this instead. I forgot to enable the low light jitter option and i think the iso was jumping around a bit but I will get the hang of it in time. It is a much better bit of kit than the go3s so I'm certain i will get better footage once I've got the hang of it. I really appreciate your pointers that helped me get anything useful out of it without being able to test it first. As for the run, the paths are all fairly well established and road shoes are fine, but I wouldn't recommend carbons. It's a really nice run. I recommend paying attention on the first lap and a half to work out where you are going to start kicking on for the finish. The first time we did this run we started trying to sprint for home not realising we still had 800m left and I thought i was going to have a cardiac with 200m to go. This time we waited until after passing the carpark to push on.

Thanks Stu. It's a wonder she still puts up with me 🤣

Nice job both of you. Hope the groin eases up. These niggles are frustrating.

@@sagsdothedu Thanks Mark. The groin strain is recovering with a bit of rehab work. It only seems to affect me for the first couple of minutes then it loosens up and I'm fine. I think it might actually be a knock on effect of the hip flexor tightness I got in the Manchester Half, but the strengthening work definitely seems to be helping. We will get there. 💪

Thanks Carl. Much appreciated 😀 Also, I have given you a sub 👍

@@keithbowden4248 Thanks Keith. Yes, the HR was high but this was a hard effort and that pace is close to my 1 mile PB pace right now so it was to be expected. I am doing interval training to try and improve my resilience at these paces. Short very fast intervals help build strength and efficiency at faster speeds and improve your max aerobic capacity, and longer threshold type intervals will help increase your ability to sustain hard efforts for long periods of time. Both should be shorter and faster than your target distance and pace. This is how I trained for the half marathon and its made a huge improvement to my 5k performance already. We filmed a specific 5km session tonight that we will hopefully be sharing next week. I am no coach, but I hope this helps. Thanks for watching 🙂

@@SwimBikeRunStu Cheers mate! It was a hard push on that one but I'm definitely happy with the outcome. It sets a good target to try and beat after Christmas.

Thanks Paul. The first km at Heaton is always a bit bunched up and then it usually opens right up so that's where I start to stretch the legs and try to find what paces feel good that day. I should really start a bit further forwards when I'm hoping to aim for a good time.

@@keithmann879 Thank you Keith, so much for watching. We really enjoyed the run and will definitely be back in the future. I'm sorry to hear you can't run now, but thank you for still volunteering. It means a lot that people put their time and effort to enable us all to go and get out of breath every weekend. We volunteer ourselves quite often at home and it has become a big part of our parkrun experience.

Thanks Andy. I can't say it felt good in the act 🤣 We actually call it Angina Hill but that is by far my strongest effort running up there. Becky has a cricut machine and made the headband herself. She customises t-shirts and all sorts. I did see your Strava and couldn't work out what was wrong until I just watched the map replay now. That's really unfortunate, but I look forward to seeing your video. I think it's close between Alexandra and SM, but Alexandra's cafe was shut when we went there last, and the prospect of cake and coffee can make any parkrun just a little bit quicker. Thanks for watching 🙂👌

@@TheRegularRunner I always get that hill name wrong:) Re the headband, I think I'd need a logo first anyway...Alexandra's cafe was closed again today, almost 600 runners there too, what a shame.

Thanks Mark! I was honestly not sure I had a new course best time until I checked Strava. I was very happy with the result though. And you are still smashing it. If I manage to get anywhere near your paces one day I'll be over the moon. Thanks for the support!

Thank you Craig. I was looking at my pace coming back down the hill and couldn't believe I was holding it for so long. Its a shame about the battery, but hopefully we will have that sorted now, and if all goes to plan, we will be going for an even better heaton park time in the not too distant future. Thanks for the support as always.

@@Herefourtheride Thanks Paul. It was a great event and we really enjoyed the course 👌 We will definitely be back in the future.

@@AndyCliffMTB Thanks Andy! We visited Lyndhurst last Autumn and I had a look around the Ferrari place to shop for my Euromillions present 🙂 Alexandra and South Manchester are on the shortlist at the moment for the sub 25 attempt but I'm undecided which as Alexandra has a U-turn but South Manchester has a bit of a trail section. I've ruled out Stretford because it's busy due to it's quick reputation, and I believe they are also still using an alternative course while the track there is out of action. Thanks for watching!

@ The Ferrari dealership, it’s another (wonderful) world😮I got my Parkrun all time PB at SM despite the off road section (23:34)😊

@@paulanthony812 Thanks for the support Paul. I certainly hope so. Thanks to injuries and then half marathon training we've been mostly stuck around the 26-28 minute mark on a good day for a while, so im really keen to build that pace so that the next time we go into training for the longer distances we have a stronger base to work from and maybe get that sub 2hr half we originally wanted for Manchester. We've also signed up to a very speedy 5k next Summer representing our club and I really want to post a time I can be proud of. Thanks for watching! 🙂

@ ​​⁠well i all goes well it just a matter of being consistent and injury free then alls possible. I’m sure you can hit those times… enjoy the process.

@@TheRegularRunnerooo! A super fast 5k - which event? I’m signed up for the spring and summer mid-Cheshire 5k which is a known fast course.

@@sagsdothedu You got it in one ! We have signed up for the Summer edition 🙂 It will be our first attempt at the course.

Sub-25 is so doable. Mix the training up with some conditioning and that’ll help massively. Onwards and upwards ✊

@@TheRunningWhale Thanks Craig! I don't know why but the hills actually added to the enjoyment of this run in a strange kind of way. Its a lovely park and the hall itself is stunning, although you don't see it during the run itself. The whole run area is a dogs-off-lead area (not for parkrun dogs of course) so it's a great location for dog lovers too. I almost dognapped an 11 week old Rottweiler puppy. And thank you so much for the pacing offer. Let's see how the training goes and I may actually take you up on that offer if we can find a venue that works for us both 💙 Thanks as always for the support.

@@paulanthony812 Thanks Paul! The good news is I am back on the mend and raring to take on a new challenge. More details about that will be in our upcoming video this week. Thank you for the support 🙂

Thanks Andy. I tried my best but at the end of the day, walking the second half was the right thing to do. Fortunately it's just a small overuse strain on the tendon and is already on the mend so thankfully it looks to be nothing too serious. Volunteering has become a big part of our parkrun experience. I'm really glad we can contribute to helping so many people get out and be active every week. 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Thanks Chris! I've done a couple of short runs since and it appears to be getting better. I think ill be back to the usual distances very soon ready to get back into the next block.

Thank you Craig! Becky actually volunteered to introduce the video. She's been building the confidence to do it for a few weeks 😀 You are spot on though. It's so easy to cherry pick and only show the successes on a platform like this, but that's not the reality of running. We all have good days and bad and it's important to make sure those people that might still be learning to run or building their fitness that we go through the same struggles as them some times. The key is show how we approach those challenges to come back stronger. It was great to host you for our 50th volunteer. I'm glad we were able to make it happen. I look forward to us being able to meet up again sometime soon.

Thank you, Andy. 💙 It really was an emotional ride especially in the last mile. I don't know if we were close to you out on the course or whether they had it on repeat or something but I saw you mention somewhere that you passed someone playing Gettin' Jiggy With It out on the course, and I distinctly remember hearing that out there. 🎵🎶 It was a fantastic day though and the support out on the course was brilliant and that's exactly why we've signed up again next year 😀 I think if you are injury prone then decent supportive/stable shoes are a non negotiable. There's no point running a good race if you then cant run for the next 6 months. The Saucony Tempus are a great stability shoe that can pick up the pace though. Haven't tried the new ones yet, so hopefully they haven't changed them too much. The waist belt is by Build&Fitness, available on Amazon. They've recently done the ones with a zip and they also have one without. I have one of each and they're both very good and about half the price of some other brands. Be sure to check the sizing guide. For me it was pretty accurate. Thanks for watching, and well done again for your race effort. Can't wait to see how you get on next year 💪🏃‍♂️🏃

@@TheRegularRunner Hi Matt, the Will Smith track gave me a massive lift, I remember dancing (sorta) then I jumped up in the air, crowd were cheering me on, I’ll never forget that. I reckon you were really close by, I’m assuming from your mention of 9:35 being called up meant your start time was 10:05, my Garmin recorded a 9:54 start and 2:22 but you were 2:04 I think so I think we were close at that point, say 11 miles😀. I’m about to buy new shoes but I’m a big Mizuno fan so might go Wave Rider 28🤔Thanks rd the belt, I had 3 gels onboard tightly backed into a Decathlon waist belt, not ideal but ok.

Yes we must have been really close by then! The crowd and the vibe was great in that last couple of miles. It was just what we needed after we both suffered with knee pain from about mile 8. So glad you managed to get that lift to get you over the line mate.

Thank you mate! The one thing I do know about my limits is that we haven't reached them yet 💪 Thanks for the sub and the support. We really appreciate it. 💙

Thanks Sarah! It was good to see you out on the course. I might be a bit broken now, but it was a great day out and definitely worth it.

Thanks Christian. I'm looking forward to seeing yours when you manage to get going.

Thank you Stu. Lot of hard work went into this one. I couldn't have asked for a better result. Well... sub 2 would have been nice, but I'm not greedy 😉

Thanks Graham! For a long time I had felt like I had a lot of room to improve my HM time. I really do put this down to the last 10 weeks of solid structured training, and I aim to continue that and keep getting better. During the course of this block I matched or beat almost every PB on my Strava up to the half marathon, so maybe the next step is to see how much room there is to improve in the shorter faster stuff? Thank you for watching!

Thank you Craig! Your ongoing support for us and for the channel has been really valuable as we put our running experience out there for everyone to see. Strava only shows the end result, but the reality is that this was the longest, fastest and most challenging run either of us have ever managed to get through. By mile 8 I was really feeling tired and around mile 11 we both started to suffer with knee pain (I think some serious S&C is on the cards!!). We kept pushing on though and I'm so happy that we hit the goal that we set out. Hope you're doing good mate. If you do make it to Heaton this weekend, we'll see you there and if not, hope you have a parkrun return.

@TheRegularRunner no problem at all pal. Will be doing Heaton tomorrow so we will see you there 👍

Excellent! Cake has been prepared ready. You will find us loitering somewhere near the gazebo.

Cheers Craig. I sent the video to them before publishing and firstly they were shocked at the gradient map but then they've also hinted they might let us run it in reverse at some point. Apparently they did it in reverse once before and the short sharp uphill caught everyone out, so I don't know if my suggestion will make me any friends 🤣 I'll probably get a better time though, so swings and roundabouts 😋

Absolutely Stu. The option to run on a Saturday or a Sunday (or both) is great. These guys organise a load of runs, a lot of them on Thursday evenings as well as Saturdays and Sundays. The other thing I like too is their other runs aren't about the time. Instead the focus is on getting out and exploring and doing that in whichever way suits your abilities best. I've got plans in mind to get some of the longer events covered on the channel in the not too distant future. Thanks for watching. Hope the ironman training is going well.

It used to be very muddy by the weir but the council have just resurfaced the path to deal with it and this was the first time running on the new path. There are still some puddles and a little bit of mud on the tow path but it is a lot better than it was and you shouldn't get covered in it. If you do plan to go sometime, let me know and we'll come down and join you. 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ The cafe there is really good too. ☕ 🍰

Cheers Chris. Keeping this one short and sweet this week, but will still be putting some effort in before weekend to keep the legs going, and will do an easy shakeout on Saturday. If I don't see you before, good luck on Sunday, mate. 🏃 💪 🔥

Thankyou so much for all of the ongoing support, not just for the channel but for our running journey in general. I'm really happy with how the montage turned out 🙂 I owe you for reminding me about the interval record option. And don't worry. I'm not planning on stopping. I need to get my money's worth out of the camera and microphone gear I've bought - in fact, I hope the sound quality in our vlogs is now much better compared to a few weeks ago. We've got another half booked in December (which is actually one we deferred when I couldn't run) and we've also just signed up to a 10 mile trail run in January (not a race so much as an adventure, but I still hope to document it). I've also got a couple of ideas swirling in mind for things to hopefully bring to the channel next year, not to mention more parkruns, one of which we owe you a meet up at. Thanks again as always, Craig!

It certainly is. I've definitely cooked pancakes with bigger hills than Alex Park 🤣

Cheers mate! I'm not ruling the sub 2 completely out, but making sure I set myself reasonable expectations as I ultimately want to make sure I complete the run. Thank you for the editing feedback. I love adding those parts and giving the videos a light hearted touch. They're the bits I love adding the most as they let me play with things a little differently. Thanks for watching as ever. Becky says thank you 🙂

Thank you Craig. It really is an enjoyable course and one well worth anyone trying I think. I reckon on fresh legs I have another PB in me, but that will probably have to wait until I'm through this training block 🤣 Becky is having to listen carefully to her body and go easy when required to make sure she doesn't aggravate anything. And I can confirm that I did the 12 miles tonight and ticked off that 50km week for the first time. At the end of the day though, we run together, so if Becky has a tough race day then I will stay with her regardless. As ever, thanks for your support mate.

Thanks for watching Chris, and thank you for the support 🙂

Thank you so much for the support Jeff, and thanks to you and your family too for all your help at parkrun.

@@OffitProfit Oh no! There should be another one in a few weeks when we reach 50 volunteers. Hope your trip is going okay.