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I've been following this channel for about 1.5 years... it's my favourite running one! Others may go harder on shoe reviews... or be hitting faster paces. I love your mix of content and the delivery is awesome. I wouldn't change anything! Keep doing what you're doing Woody!

I'm thinking to do the Cairns mara so soon after GCM, I might have to be a pacer. Although that goes against what Keith used to tell me "Never pace, always race".

To pace, I upload the course and use the Garmin Pace Pro with the goal time. In the case of a 1:50 half, I'll manually make all the splits 5:12 with a goal finish time of 1:49:43. Garmin pace pro also gives you an extra filed "Ahead / Behind" and it will show you your time on that given GPS spot. Another thing is a pace bracelet with all the KM times. Each KM I am manually pressing the lap key, and keeping an eye out of the "Average Lap Time". Lots of numbers, at some times race KM markers seem incorrect. So lots of mental maths.

Hey Neil. As a pacer is there some magical equation to work out what pace group you would be suited to?

You did good. Don't beat yourself up all the time. I'm about 1.50 pace, and although I like to have the 1.50 pacer behind me, it doesn't hurt for those chasing a 1.50 to have someone to see up ahead. Well done Woody. Enjoy your time up there.

The flexibility point is so important! I'm currently half way through my first marathon training plan, following it to a T, and struggle with saying "no" to parkruns and social run clubs. I feel that I'm missing out on the social aspect of running, but I guess making sacrifices is part of the process.

I agree with alot of the good comments here. Also for me as I got older I realized it was easier for me to maintain endurance than speed. As a result, I went for longer distances at my reduced speed. Maybe look ar marathon or 50k. Your training volume looks like it can support it. Just a suggestion to consider.

Love your work Running Duck, not long ago at all I was running down Fitzroy street with you & you dropped a sub 3. No doubt in my mind you are on a good trajectory, your positivity is to be admired. Cheers mate!

I really enjoyed this series Neil. Great to see a training block up close and personal. Running all runs solo is a lot harder, so i totally understand why you would reconsider the 10 day calendar. Fewer runners train to it so it's harder to find people to share runs with.

Great video, looking forward to what comes next.

thr best is still to come....our pace is much slower now, but the joy of running will reach new hights for us aloder runners in a unbelieveable wonderful way

How about the heat? I find myself drained with the heat, so hard to finish a long run when I am so sweaty that my socks are completely damp. Keep working and wait for the weather to cool down.

I think you need to point yourself back into the direction of threshold session. We always use to talk about training ourselves to be comfortably uncomfortable. I know every time I step away from speed sessions for a bit & return back towards tempo/threshold that once I got comfortable with this everything else falls back into place. They are also better on an ageing body for recovery opposed to flogging ourselves during intervals.

As an older runner I understand that slower running times are inevitable so, to keep up my motivation, I focus on age grading scoring rather than times ... it works for me! 😀

have you had COVID at all during this training block? sounds like the long covid fatigue

Love your honesty and at the end of the day you’re running to enjoy it. You’ve inspired me to try a marathon so if inspiration is your goal it worked for me! Thanks woody!

Hey Neil. Rather than setting goal times. Just punch your current half marathon time in some online calculator like Jack Daniel's or McMillian and get some new paces to train to based on your current "old man" fitness rather than pushing to hit a time goal. JMHO. Treat yourself like you would as a beginner runner you're coaching.

You almost got your time,don't be so hard on yourself.

Hi! Clifton 9 or bondi 8? Thaks

Love a bargain mate. Still using novablast 3, speed 2, triumph 21 which i stocked up on when the new models were released. Wish I had another pair of RC elite 2. Truely amazing racer.

So good! I’ve just got a place at Melbourne Marathon 2024. I’m traveling over from Adelaide! Any advice you could give me for the race? Are there hills to worry about? Any tricky parts of the course? Much appreciated! ♥️

I saw me! Thx Woody❤

Thanks for the footage mate

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Well done to ALL sub 3hr legends 💪👏🫶 Loved how you compiled the finishers in reverse order, with the fastest runners at the end of the video, Neil 👍

what an achievement! would love to hit that time someday 🤞

Well done on your run and great to chat with you afterwards Neil

Great job Woody!

Great job!

Fantastic Effort !

Great effort Neil. Very inspiring. As a newer runner about to turn 50 It's great to see what maybe possible. I had the goal of 2:13 for the half and managed 2:13:04 which I was supper happy with. Congratulations and thanks for the videos!

Run happy. You looked great.

Well done Woody, top effort fella

Well done 👍

Well done Woody!

Cracking effort Neil 🎉 almost got it, thank you for your 100% 😃😃💪💪

Thanks Woody for taking us along with you, really inspiring.

Cool vid mate! Rain at the start then headwind coming back! 😤

Thanks for the video, glad the rain stopped before the start but my feet were already wet, I wish Gold Coast marathon could find a covering for the finish as once it rains it becomes muddy. I ran a personal best but need to start closer to the front or you spend so much time going around people.

Great work woody 🤙🏽

Well done mate. It’s often those runs where you have to dig really deep that are the most satisfying.

It looks a lot of fun, I'll sign up next year.

Good job!

Lucky that the rain stopped 5 minutes before the race started. I really enjoyed the course! Great video Woody!

Great.video. thank you for taking us along with you.