Great to see you back & looking genuinely happy to be out there Ben, staying positive & being upbeat, looks like your ‘producer / editor’ is expanding her role lol!! Take care of yourselves, ATB
Got your two amazing hats delivered to me in Florida. Your mom included a nice note in package…love that family touch! Only negative is that my college son took them both back to school with him…now I don’t have them! Keep up the great job…take care of your camera Princess!
I also find it is really difficult to stay in zones 2 and 3 while running (despite the fact I can run 18mins for Parkrun)! Some tips from me would be: Focus on your breathing, keep it as natural as possible but controlled; Keep a high cadence, small steps and keep your feet low to the ground; Relax your arms, wherever they feel comfortable, but close to your side is best; If your HR gets too high, slow down to a walk for 20 secs until the HR drops, then resume running; Keep the pace as slow as possible, at first it can be bio-mechanically difficult to run slow, but over time you will become used to it; Finally, don't worry too much about comparing your HR to other people's, everyone has a different resting HR, different anatomies, etc., plus HR will depend on a number of external factors, including air temperature, humidity, terrain, gradient, clothing, etc. so it's all relative really. Focus on what feels good for you!
Loving Sarah’s special comments. Nothing wrong with being a faffer. I get nervous before workouts and fluff around a bit too. The bit I get confused about is, what’s the difference between my tempo pace and my threshold pace. I’d love to hear your thoughts on that. I listen to the IRP guys talk about it and don’t quite understand the nuanced difference.
Yeah.. some people call tempo and threshold the same thing. There’s so many different paces for running.. will explain my thoughts in the threshold video coming up very soon!
Nice 👍👌i did yesterdey 2km warm after 12x400m /1.30 cool down ,and 2km cool down . Love watching yours and sarah video. Good work and nice weather for treshold session
Do lots of double Ingebrigtsen threshold workouts. 5x6:00 in morning, 8x1k or 25x400 in evenings. Just once a week. With either 10x300 or 2x10x200 hills once a week.
It's so great to hear you say you're feeling the best you have in a while! Also, love the banter. Haha. And 12 degrees is just about perfect running weather. I need to get my hands on that new BP hat. I love the colours on the panels.
I cant work out to post privately but i know you had some mental health issues over last couple of months. But thank you for your videos they have really helped my running and you look in a good place now and long may it continue!!!! thanks mate
As you tell us ‘surely you can’t beat this’ for the best season to run in, it’s-1C as I go out for my morning run in East Yorkshire, it’s crispy, feels clean, the barn owls are flying near me across the Yorkshire Wolds, and strangely I find myself agreeing with you
Re: threshold. I tend to warm up for 2km or so then do 5 or 6km at threshold (around 4:01-4:15 for me). Alternatively I finish off an easy 20km with 5km at threshold. I usually save intervals for 800m VO2 max work.
Great video as always Ben, Great to see you looking happy and strong! 💪🏼, Who 'doesn't faff' before a run? I always do! 😂 Well done for filming Sarah 🙌🏼
Dude you are more kitted out for this workout than i ever am for a race. Brand new vaporflys? SOAR apparel? Dang man. It kinda hurt my soal to see you warmup up and cooling down in vaporflys
RE: Threshold. I'd not done them really before my last training cycle. So on the advice of a better runner, I added them in every other week, but I think I was doing them wrong! I was doing a 2k warmup and then trying to get 10K of Threshold in 1 go. Never got beyond 6.5km before blowing up. Next training cycle I'm thinking of dividing them up a bit. Maybe 2 or 3 reps of 5km. And see if I can drag them out to further distance (maybe 3 reps of 7 or 8km?) over time. Even though they were wrong, it definitely added some speed to my legs As for £4.50 for a sausage roll! Typical Dulwich prices! Have you guys never heard of Greggs?!?! Oh, and the best Park in London is EASILY Richmond! 😎
It was £14 for two sausage rolls and two hot chocolates.. insane! I did joke about it on camera, but it didn’t make the final cut. If I wasn’t so hungry we’d have just gone home!
Would you put more emphasis on Tempo runs or threshold? I do iron distance triathlons so fitting everything in is sometimes tricky. Great channel and thanks for the first impressions on the Hoka Bondi X. I was on the fence about getting some but think I might leave it for now. Keep the videos coming, you too Sarah.
Me: I'd be running in Sarah's clothing and probably one more layer today in Canada. Ben showing the new gear - me: Do you make it in four layers and with attached mittens? Shorts? no way - my legs were cold in long pants yesterday.
I love all your stuff Ben and this was another good ‘un but having Sarah involved is a master stroke, you make a fantastic team and couple and Sarah is such a comedian which a cracking dry sense of humour 🤣 Very enjoyable 👍
If you are looking for good 10k to pace test, there is a “Chase the Moon” event coming up in Battersea park in November. Very good course for an even pace and to check your PB/pacing!
Is it just me who never does anything other than "threshold running"? When I go out I pretty much always give it my all for the distance, I get bored doing slow runs or intervals lol.
I am a heavy beginner runner, and have just run three races, and treshold pace is pretty slow, but I am shure treshold running is key. But I allready understand why treshold sessions have to be properly paced and not overdo it. Norwegian runners like Jacob Ingebrigtsen are very strict about holding back not getting to much lactate. I think its the same for slow amateurs. But I really think one should run treshold sessions weekly almost all year long. I also think there's more and more evidence that one should do more treshold running and less speed and Vo2max training even for shorter races.
Look I learned a new word: faffer A fussy, indecisive individual, prone to procrastination, dithering between tasks,and who is easily distracted and achieves very little. In-two-minds, he/she flops from one thing to another and starts all over again.
I bought the 80/20 running book you suggested over a year ago and I'm on run #60 of the first half plan. Yesterday was a 24 minute tempo run which I understand to be the same if not very similar to a threshold run? Anyway it was fantastic, it felt comfortably hard and fast.
Looks like the last one was too fast because You were chasing 3:whatever. Lactate would be above 4mmol which is what Ingebritsens dont want in any case ! Sorry for whining but this is exactly what I'm looking into now😁
I told my partner I was going for a run and would she follow me on a bike for an hour or two while pointing a camera at me. I’d tell you what she replied but I don’t think it would get past your profanity filters.
