Valencia Marathon 2022 Race Test: Sub-3 & sub-

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The Valencia Marathon is one of our favourite events, with a flat and fast course, great weather, and a December date that lets you smash out one last race before settling in for Christmas. In 2022 Run Testers Gill and Nick were out for the race, with Gill eyeing up a PB and Nick shooting for a sub-2:30 in the Nike Alphafly 2 after PB’ing in the Vaporfly 2 in Berlin. Here’s how they got on.
Decathlon shorts found here: bit.ly/3C8eW8C
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00:00 - Intro
00:13 - Pre-Race Plan
03:42 - Post-Race
10:49 - Nick’s Nutrition Plan
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@dol1030 Год назад

Totally agree with you about the start, it was chaos - lots of unnecessary stresses and strains. Whatever they did so well in 2021 they completely messed up in 2022. Anyway - well done to you both!

@tomatopastefever3769 Год назад

Hey Nick! Just dropping by to say thanks. I copied your fueling strategy and it worked wonders for me.

@TheRunTesters Год назад

Ah amazing that’s great to hear!

@asianmack Год назад

Nick, thanks for sharing your nutrition plan and how you carry. Will try that on training next season!

@williamcass68 Год назад

Awesome job!

@thespecialone7632 7 месяцев назад

You need to put the stryd on the front eyelet row

@danscape Год назад

Always found Stryd to be accurate for distances without calibration. I get the feeling the calibration is intended as a last resort if you are consistently getting issues rather than something to do because it’s there.

@chrisp672 Год назад

Hi nick, where is the blue buff from you are wearing at the end? Well done to you both on the run, awesome job as always

@TheRunTesters Год назад

Thanks! It's an old one that, think it was just off Amazon, was a present when I lost my original one!

@michaelb5432 Год назад

Well done guys, incredible running both! I'm hoping to run Valencia next year. I have a similar fueling strategy to you, Nick. One Maurten 320 mix in the morn and a SiS tab in water (along with the porridge) and then I carry 2 500ml flasks of a 320 mix drink each, one in the hand and one in the flipbelt. Not ideal to be carrying it but it works for me. I've never tried the gels, had bad experiences with other branded gels in the past, maybe it's time to revisit them.

@TheRunTesters Год назад

Thanks! Like the sound of that strategy haha. I find I can do 2-3 gels OK, but when I fully rely on them to try and hit high amounts of carbs it sometimes gets too much for the stomach, and even when it doesn’t get too bad I still feel much better on drinks

@runnin3216 Год назад

Maurten gels are very unique. It's kind of like unflavored jello.

@paperjourni8964 Год назад

Thank you for sharing! would you mind putting the link to the shorts up? or do I just not see it? thanks!

@TheRunTesters Год назад

Hi! Sorry I’ve added it to the description now - Decathlon shorts found here: bit.ly/3C8eW8C

@paperjourni8964 Год назад

@@TheRunTesters Thank you so much!! That was so helpful! Found it, will buy my version in the next days! 🙏🏻

@g.a.v.d Год назад

Well done to you both! Nick, I have tried taking a Salomon 250ml soft flask on a run, in a running belt, but the nozzle just leaks with any pressure on it when running. How do you stop this from happening with your soft flask nozzles? Any help/advice you can give would be appreciated.

@TheRunTesters Год назад

Thanks! The Decathlon flasks have a valve you shut by turning it, extra secure! Can easily turn it in your mouth before/after drinking. I’ve also used normal bite valves before though- I’d try and have the nozzle sticking out to the side away from waist and didn’t get too much leaking!

@g.a.v.d Год назад

@@TheRunTesters Oh I see, I never knew you could get them like that in soft flasks. You have probably just solved my problem, I will be looking into that. Thank you. And thank you all for the reviews you do, they are a great help 👍 maybe not so much the sports bras for me, but if every I am asked about one I know to tell them to ‘check out The Run Testers on RU-vid’.

@TheRunTesters Год назад

Thanks! And glad to help :)

@gerrylee5405 Год назад

Hi Nick...👏....can I just check when u have the electrolyte tab do u put in 500ml of water or 25oml......just thinking between maurten drink and the electrolyte drink hiw does the bladder fair out ?🤔 1litre ?

@hummuswithpitta Год назад

plus the coffee, plus the 3 x 250ml drinks through the race... dude's got a bladder made of steel

@TheRunTesters Год назад

Haha and some normal water! Yep it’s a 500ml drink for the electrolytes. I go to the loo a few times before the start, but it’s always OK during the race…so far anyway

@gerrylee5405 Год назад

@@TheRunTesters 👍

@paulabradshaw5256 Год назад

Another question on nutrition Nick. I used something similar on my last Marathon but just had two 250ml flasks mixed with one 320 = 500ml. You have 3 flasks 250ml, do you mixed your last 320 with 250ml? Or how do you mix your 320 with 3 x 250ml. Might be a stupid question, apologies in advance, math was never my strong point

@TheRunTesters Год назад

Hi Paula! I either mix up an entire 500ml of 320 and pop half in a bottle and drink the other half at some point (maybe night before). Or in Valencia I made 250ml in a bottle with the 160 drink mix for the same carb amount.

@paulabradshaw5256 Год назад

@@TheRunTesters thanks Nick.

@bobbyconns Год назад

No blisters or rubbing from the Alphafly 2? Did you put many miles into those shoes before doing the marathon in them?

@TheRunTesters Год назад

No rubbing no, had about 190km on them before the marathon

@TheMassif Год назад

I must have missed it…what’s the name of the shorts you have used during the marathon, Nick?

@TheRunTesters Год назад

Ah sorry I always forget the name but they're here: bit.ly/3C8eW8C

@TheMassif Год назад

Thanks! Nice to see something that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg working fine!

@andrewjknoxuk Год назад

Ahh, so 320 eh. I used 160 but four of them in 500ml handheld bottles in my last (virtual) marathon where i used my car boot to reload the drink mix! So you drink from the aid stations as well? How much water do you drink at that point, a swig then throw it? I'm a 3:30 btw.

@TheRunTesters Год назад

I'll have a couple of swigs of water at the aid stations yep, but not that much. In Berlin I barely drank anything as it was cups and I mostly just spilled it on myself.

@andrewjknoxuk Год назад

@@TheRunTesters Cheers! With the 320, did it dissolve okay? Even running with the 160 I was shaking it a lot - it can form a gel at the bottom of the bottle can't it? I need to try warm water...

@isidrotormogarcia4879 Год назад

Oh Nick, you and I cross the line more or less at the same time. I follow your videos about a year or more. I'm from a little village of Valéncia. I run usually with Vaporfly on Marathon but this time I try to Adios Pro 3 and I run my PB. Great shoes. I'm very happy to run in 2:28:52. The weather is perfect and the flat circuit is fantastic to run faster and faster. ¿What about the Alpha 2 in Marathon?

@TheRunTesters Год назад

Amazing, congrats on the PB! It’s a brilliant course and love Valencia, it was nice to stay a little longer with the family after the race. The Alpha 2 was great, better than I expected even

@isidrotormogarcia4879 Год назад

@@TheRunTesters oh great. I'm very happy for run without Nike plate shoe because at last is an estigma no run with Nike (at the moment for me Vaporfly is still the best option). Very interesting your words about Alpha 2. Regards and thanks for the best running channel😃💪

@mikehitchen4487 Год назад

is there a run shorts link - apologies if being dumb...

@TheRunTesters Год назад

Ah my fault, I forgot. Added to the description (Decathlon shorts found here: bit.ly/3C8eW8C)

@domstaaFFC Год назад

Are they meant to be the women's version?

@phatkau Год назад

Hi Nick! Who's the name of the runner you mention at 10:04 when you say 'if you look like -' ?

@TheRunTesters Год назад

Hi! It was Eilish McColgan, very bouncy runner!

@phatkau Год назад

@@TheRunTesters cool thank you!

@Ryan-hx4cf Год назад

Is the Apple Watch Ultra on Nicks wrist 24/7 along with the Epix?

@TheRunTesters Год назад

At the moment I only wear the Epix to run, AW 24/7 as that’s the one I’m using to test Stryd and some other apps for a video. About to start testing other watches tho, so need to make room…

@cuberstu Год назад

A 500ml bottle fills 3 250ml flasks? Do you top them up with water or not fill fully? Well done though

@TheRunTesters Год назад

Hey sorry should have been clearer, I'll mix up a couple of sachets to fill the three flasks. So either I do two 500ml bottles of 320 and drink the 250ml left the night before, or do a 250ml bottle of 160 mix to fill the other flask.

@matthewbrett3135 Год назад

Is it the next gen Stryd or the older wind pod? Either way, your placement on the shoe isn’t great which may affect things, should be nearer the bottom of the laces and you can get an angled clip off Etsy for shoes like the Alphafly and Vaporfly to keep it facing straight on. Congrats on your time!!

@JoutarouKuujou1 Год назад

Yeah I emailed stryd and they said pretty much the same thing. The key thing is the placement should be consistent across all your shoes

@TheRunTesters Год назад

Thanks! It’s the new one and yep position is tough on Alpha, but it was calibrated in that position. Also it changed distance readings as I got faster in race, without changing position. Just think pace isn’t perfect with it, power and other stuff more useful I’m sure

@matthewbrett3135 Год назад

Was the race any hotter or colder when the pace changed. I think it uses other sensors alongside the accelerometers to measure vertical changes so may have been something like that as it sounds odd. You will need to keep placement the same as the wind port impacts the power readings so unless you plan to change calibration per shoe, they’ll likely differ depending on placement. I love mine so be interested to see your opinion in due course.

@TheRunTesters Год назад

It got warmer but jumping from 1.01 to 1.03 on manual Ks is big change. I’ve long been a fan of Stryd, but have found the distance readings tricky to calibrate with super shoes in particular. And multi-band GPS is so good it’s not a big selling point of the pod as it used to be imo. But lots of other stuff to like about it too

@monobboard Год назад

@@matthewbrett3135 Many things to consider. Sounds like one has to focus more on the Stryd rather on the race itself?

@mattworthington7671 Год назад

Gus from Stryd won't agree with the accuracy statement, but I don't know anyone who hasn't needed to calibrate it. I've also found the same that when calibrated (I had to set 104.6 on mine), that it will still change and show different distances on the same route depending on the pace. Multiband on the 955 is plenty accurate enough now, only thing is the few seconds it can take to detect the change in pace, where the Stryd was faster at picking up changes (which are pointless TBH when it's not accurate!)

@gudboyngdisyerto Год назад

between my highest and lowest stack shoes, there's 30 meters difference per km with stryd. some comments in other videos told me they use stryd for power and let the watch measure distance and pace. that doesn't make sense as you can't trust the power readings when it can't measure distance correctly