THE RACE I JUST CAN'T WIN...I need YOUR Help!! 

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It’s hilarious 😂

That's cheating,

​@@robertmalseed7376that is tactics 😉🙃

It was Italian restaurant! It’s not me you should be angry with 😂

That restaurant has nothing Italian 😅😅

Yeah I definitely am experiencing that at the moment. Hr high but effort feels normal :)

Yeah certainly feeling a little off in terms of training so probably that. Paramore for life 😂🤝

I'm sure he's in Ipswich over Christmas, short trip down the A12 😂

That would be great 😂

Indeed I do :)

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If you can’t win fair and square…play dirty

@@BenIsRunning well, that pretty much sums you up completely. Not only a con artist but a cheater

That’s what we need 😂

Never too late

Espresso is much stronger in flavour and much more acidic tasting. French press is more balanced in flavour. Both great 👍

Thank you!

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I personally aim for around 135 :)

Cole would be very much welcomed!! Not crazy far but maybe a little for a Boxing Day mind

Not only do they cycle through it, they fly around the course as if it were bone dry…very impressive

Well, What Ben is requesting and wanting What others to do on his behalf is cheating. Trying to prevent, slow down, block, impede other competitors is straight off cheating. The Cyclists won't accept this behaviour, other runners won't comply with Ben's requests, and the organisers won't allow the event be tarnished. I suggest that you withdraw from marshaling the event if you are going to attempt to facilitate such cheating

@@robertmalseed7376 I don't think Ben wants anyone to cheat. if there are more people running it will make some of the corners tighter. Giving the runners a better chance. It's a great event and I am sure everyone wants to keep it that way including me and Ben. Ben is a nice guy and has put a lot of effort into his channel and helping other runners.

​@@robertmalseed7376 that is not at all what he is suggesting. Having more runners sign up is not illegal. By just being there there will be more obstacles. Nobody said intentionally block or impede any of the other competitors. The organisers will have a limit to how many competitors they feel is safe to have. Ben is suggesting tactics. Get off your high horse and bore somewhere else.

@@dutoitm1 that is what he is asking others to do, and it really does pose a problem for the organisers and clubs that Ben and his followers would envision cheating in order for him to win

@@dutoitm1 Riverside community college under Coach Ted Banks were disqualified at the California state cross country championships in 1992 for blocking and impeding other athletes. However, the 5 Riverside lads were elite athletes and were at the front. The Belgian lotto CrossCup elite races have the policy of overlapped runners on the course being pulled off the course as so not impede other runners

They’ve tried that! They hop over them 😂

Not if it’s high enough they will have to get off which is slowing them down! & always chance they fall 🤔

Signed up on the day for the last 2 years but maybe different this year

Excuses :)

That certainly helps! 2021 was the muddiest I’ve seen, cyclists still won by 4 minutes 😂

that is kipchoge's altitude easy pace (there was a video of some kenyans doing a shakeout before a marathon, maybe new york, they ran around 3:40 min/km pace. But i do agree that 4:08 is probably not quite easy but more of a steady effort.

@@patrikkorenjak8768 not a single human on earth has an easy pace of 3:40 per k. Not eliud not kiptum not nobody. I do believe he done that before a marathon but it’s certainly not an easy run. Eliuds easy pace, like I said, is 3:50-4:10 per k, as confirmed by his coach. Bens is no way near that. Ben just makes claims to look better than he actually is to people who aren’t really in the know so no one questions him or calls him out on his incorrect information

@@28mouse85 i dont think Ben is making any claims, just stating that for him that was to the top end of easy pace, Ben comes across as an honest and fun guy , why be so pedantic about paces , have a happy and joyous New Year

Think it maybe a little too far away for mr trackstaa

Over the last few years the event has been taken over by a running company and trust me more features have been added to slow the cyclists down and their is even a section of the course we have to run with our bikes

I had no problem winning this event without resorting to cheating.

@@robertmalseed7376 how do people cheat?

@@connorjakeprice @garybaine8818 blocking, impeding, causing an obstruction and interfering with the passage of other competitors to assist oneself or another to gain an unfair advantage is cheating. As this is a request prior to an event means that it is premeditated cheating. However, as you are not an athlete yourself, you won't know the rules

@@robertmalseed7376 I’ve been doing this event for almost a decade now, first as a runner now as a cyclist and I’ve never seen anything I would say was cheating just acts that are part of the event, can I ask when did you win and what discipline were you doing?

This video is purely to encourage more runners to get involved with a race I thoroughly enjoy each year. At no point do I suggest to runners to actively ‘block’ cyclists, that’s completely misunderstood and misquoted. I’m simply stating the fact that with more runners on the course, it could potentially slow the cyclists down…no more than my opinion. This is a great, unique event and any rivalry towards cyclists is always lighthearted. I wasn’t trying to create a just stop oil style protest and if you listen back to the video I hope you can see that.

​@@BenIsRunning "with more runners could potentially slow down the Cyclists...so your refutation of solicitation to cheat is to reiterate the intention to cheat. In the 90 years of this event no person ever has solicitated others to cheat, especially that it is a fun, competitive outing between the running and cycling clubs. With the solicitation you have pretty much brought the runners into disrepute, with one of your acolytes suggesting blocking the fast parts with logs to impede the Cyclists, which you fully agreed with but they get over them, and he followed up with the Cyclists falling off. You saying that you were joking, which there is no disclaimer to that effect, your intention is that your acolytes can draw inferences from your solicitation and will do whatever they can towards the cyclists. The fact that you have not removed this post is a furtherance to that solicitation. As stated above, any such untoward behaviour to the cyclist will jeopardise future running of this event

​@@BenIsRunning you responded to the comments that supported blocking, impeding and obstructing the Cyclists with smiley faces, thumbs up and agreeing with them. In one of your responses you wrote "if you can't win fair and square, then play dirty."

He didnt say about actively blocking them, lighten up, the empethis was on the fun nature of the event and friendly rivalry, i agree with what someone else said though, riders should not be able to dismount , its bike or run and fun, fun, fun

@@jensmith3719 I know this event extremely well, which my former coach the late Bill Pratt organised and ran the inaugural running of this event, and did so up to 1993. Never in all the years of the event, has anyone solicited others to cheat on his/her behalf. This wasn't a simple slip of the tongue or a tongue in cheek joke, as once realised it was inappropriate, should have deleted the post entirely. By keeping the post in place, and given to interpretation, Ben removed all plausible deniability. At least with this post the organiser and Cyclists were aware of what he was planning and therefore it fell through. Hopefully Ben has learnt vital lessons in athletics and they are, not to cheat, and try not to cheat

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He’s only joking around mate!

@@findsumrun no, we athletes don't joke about such things and never in 30+ years of competitive athletics have athletes "joke" about cheating. And, given what Ben is like and the manner of his request, definitely not joking

@@robertmalseed7376 Lighten up, from my personal experiences in the last 10 years, runners typically always enjoy a non-serious laugh and banter ourselves. He’s essentially saying he would need to stop the bikes to have any chance of winning - may not be the funniest but light hearted!

@@findsumrun Ben said it himself "if you can't win fair and square....play dirty"

Please Explain how it is cheating?