My First 5K Race /// This Hurts More 

Fantastic video, Andy, and thanks for the little cameo! I also experienced a speedy start and slowdown over the third and fourth before picking things up for the fifth. Seeing the heart rate kicking up early, knowing Zone 5 is a ticking time bomb, and the gruesome, drawn out limbo of the fourth KM is going to take many, many race efforts to finally get used to, I feel. Ultimately: What an awesome effort by you along the river route that has graced us with many an Easy Session and the occasional interval. F*ck Zone 5 indeed!

Yeah, awesome work on the running and the vid!! I’m 53 and just starting to break into the 21 min zone after a year of Park Runs. Love channels like yours. Very motivating ❤

Super running Andy. Loved the shadow at the end showing the arms pumping!!

Brilliant run and time Andy. You're there or thereabouts and it's a real sign of confidence 👏👏👏

Nice to meet you Andy and another great video! Stay patient, keep showing up and that PB will come.

Stuck with me saying we’re not elites, sometimes we compare ourselves and if we don’t get a pb it’s a bad race but that’s not the case. I’m in a similar boat where I’ve been dedicated my whole summer to breaking 75 at the great north run and I’m praying it happens because I’ve put a ridiculous amount of work in but if it doesn’t I will try my best not to beat myself up about it like I always do if it doesn’t go right. Like you say it will happen eventually (I’m 22 so it better😂), just enjoy the process and we’re not elites no matter how much we think, this is a hobby and should treat it as one. Did great today mate, keep pushing that sub 20 pace is there, just got to keep at it and it’ll come! Hopefully see you at GNR if you’re doing it again, I’ll look out for you 😊

Very enjoyable watch👍 First time I’ve heard someone being spot on about the relative pain of the 5k. Those Km 3&4 are so hard. 🎯

Great attempt Andy, not far at all off your PB so don’t be too hard on yourself! It might be worth trying Pace Pro setting on Garmin. So you can set up a slight negative split or even, whatever you prefer. I find it helps stopping myself going off too fast and dying by the end.

Seems like a really friendly race, loved the little interviews at the end. Definitely know that feeling of sprinting off at the start… it’s so hard when there’s a big pack speeding away!

Well done mate! No a pb, but in that heat and on that course, I think you did a cracking job :)

Totally agree Andy. Give me a half marathon any day over a full on 5k effort. 20 odd minutes of pure pain. 😊. Keep up the good work. I’m sure you will smash the half marathon.

Always have the same problem with 5 and 10k races. Alot easier to manage pace for Half and Full. Great effort mate, look forward to the next vid 👏

Wow, still a phenomenal time Andy ! Keep your head up, you should be proud. We can't PR every race. Sub 20 is in your near future! Love the videos !

Well done, the 5k's always a tough one - i had the same experience (albeit i managed to push out a PB - one that kept eluding me for a year past when i thought i could do it!). The 4th km is usually the killer for me - i was lucky to have a pack to cling onto running into the windfunnel that's the last mile of the 5k i did 🤣

Nice one mate- hopefully see you next Sunday 🤟🤟

Heat looked crazy. Did Wigan 10k on Sunday and it was sapping. Great time

Nice job Andy! On any given day, you could hit your 5k PR.... so close! Ill take a marathon over a 5k any day! 😂

Great effort mate you will get it 👌👊

Really enjoyed that one, once you break 20, you will kill it almost every time keep at it, oh imo only way to get it, is head out strong and tough it out, ok some days you will die a death but just one day it will come together, great video

Loving your shadow shoulders. It looks like you’re having a right boogie in shadow world while running this! Haha

Any race executed properly hurts like hell. The worst I ever felt in a race was at a club 800m. Lactic burn in the ears. Face trembling with pain. Do enough 5ks and you learn where the gears are and when to shift into each one.

Great effort. You can go +/- 10 seconds on the day for whatever reason. You're in pb shape. Agree about 5k pain. My sub 18 5k was far more painful than my sub 3 marathon.

I’ve run many 5k’s (16:46 pb) and 1 marathon (2:57:29) and the marathon was 100 times harder. The last 8k of the marathon was running pain like nothing else. If you pace a 5k properly it isn’t that painful, sure you should be making yourself hurt in the last 2k, but for me at least running hard and fast is a good kind of pain

Well done buddy 🚀💪 not far away 😁 it's coming

Can’t agree marathon pain is far worse than 5k pain! Enjoying continuing to watch your running journey, got a feeling those PBs are just around the corner 👍🏻

Cannot PB every week, you did an amazing run be proud and see you at cheltenham.

How much does a slight positive split really impact overall time? At least you know you emptied the tank?

Great vlogs, but imo worst possible choice of soundtrack, you were not on a leisurely stroll down the Miami boardwalk with a daiquiri in one hand, you were ripping out your lungs on a 5k, this warranted sterner stuff, why not something orchestral Wagner style.

Not the ideal course for a pb looked like lots of twists and turns and people on route to avoid which takes more concentration and uses up energy..To be only a few seconds away is a good performance all in all...congrats

Aye, pain in the lungs is unbearable In a 5k conpaired to pain in the legs in a marathon.