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Budget dependent, the closer to the start/finish ie the Tiergarten the better. However the transport links are excellent in Berlin so you can get better value just outside of that area.

Thank you. I’m grateful to Eric for sharing the insight.

Thanks pal! I’ll be honest I’ve not used garmin for a minute so I can’t comment on it. However Coros has a similar feature and for predicting race time and it has been fairly accurate.

I wish we could have an end to this "how accurate is my garmin this or that" -discussion. It's individual. For someone, it might be spot on, and for someone else completely false. Since Garmin doesn't even define what threshold their watches try to estimate, it's really impossible to even draw any conclusions. Different labs/countries have different protocols and data analyzing methods of establishing thresholds. Since LT2 is often established from lactate, and garmin's algorithm uses some sort of heart rate variability data to estimate the threshold, it can never be 100% accurate for everyone, since HRV and lactate correlates in different ways between indivuduals.

For example: My Garmin tells me that my "threshold" is at 3:36min/km. One month after that I ran a half with 3:23min/km avg pace. Would be physiologically impossible to keep that sort of relative intensity up for +70mins.

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Your comment highlights that this shoe is confused and likely a fad

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Thanks friend! Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 🙌🏾

There’s a few extras but it starts at €163. Some off which I feel should be included like the timing chip which is approximately €6

Thanks for the update. How have you found it?

Thanks for the feedback.

Yeah that makes sense. As long as it works for you, and it’s a decent price, that’s the main thing.

Between 4.55 and sub 3 was quite a while. I had at least 4 years where I didn’t run. And when I returned I was inconsistent, then I had at least 3+ years of structured and regular training before I broke sub 3

If you look on the adidas website it clearly states the Takumi Sen 8 is made for 5k to half marathons. So they are comparable. The point about the cost isn’t fully accurate, because I’ve bought a pair of new Takumi sen 8s from a retailer for less than the cost of the streakflys. When your talking about XC are you talking about UK or USA. If it’s UK winter club season, your a brave man to go for racing flats. I did mention a good 5k & upwards shoe not Nike or adidas that doesn’t have a carbon plate in the video. If you like the streakfly that’s fine, many people do. It doesn’t mean they are all right. But there are people like me who didn’t like it. And the same applies. That’s shoes for you, what works for one doesn’t work for another.

Hey! I’d say. Go with what you feel best in. Whilst I’d go for the sen8 I know it doesn’t work everybody

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Hi it was all in one session. So a warm up and then straight into the test.

Hi it was all in one session. So a warm up and then straight into the test.

Thanks for sharing! Great work completing the 50k!

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Thanks for the feedback.

If I’m understanding this right. So more stages with 0.2 increase in speed? You would need 4-5 more stages at 4mins a time. You’d be worn out and risk injury and further training could be impacted trying recover from another 20 mins at 3-5k effort.

Not really , what you would do in this case is a follow up with a "Threshold test", 30 min @15 km/h with lactate at 10 and 30 min, if dif is not more than 1 mmol/L increase, is good to go) However cant believe this guys (university) with the data post test, recommended 6.24 pace(15 km/h ish) wayyyy over possibilities or very optimist 14 km/h is the pace for Marcus, more conservative but more real with that data! My 2 cents

Thanks for the support Duncan. I am now self coached, if you get the chance please listen to episode 141 where I talk an athlete I coached to a sub 3 marathon.

@@marcusruns9003 I actually listened to that episode already, excellent episode. It was interesting also to hear the two of you talk about your background. Also very much enjoyed episode 142.

Thank you it is a great accomplishment! Some of my friends also ran Chicago today and have run 3 sub 3s in 3 weeks! It’s amazing stuff. But I’m enjoying the break! 😂

Thanks! Moreso a recovery. A few days off then 30mins of easy running from Wednesday to Saturday.

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Yeah the legs are absolutely fine thanks. It is just my immune system which has taken a double kicking! So hopefully the cold clears up soon!

@@marcusruns9003 hope it clears up soon!

@@PoetWithPace thank you!

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Thank you! We appreciate it. We were hoping to do something different, and it’s great to get this feedback.

@@marcusruns9003 It's so much better than seeing someone squeeze the shoe or twist it, then give an opinion about it based on that and first impression runs and then someone is always biased against one brand over another. Tbh I would love seeing a video or series like this where you are comparing like the Pro 3, Alphafly or AF2, Asics Meta's, you get my drift, so you can see hey this is top end super shoes and this is what the science is showing, and this is like daily trainers, trail/mountain running shoes, and so forth and this is what the science is showing and what your opinion is. I think it's great to see you give your feedback, and then he answers with the data and explains it back from his side of understanding in PT to you being the runner.

@@Pittimus84 yeah absolutely. That’s something we want to do to moving. Thanks for the feedback.

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Good question. So in the Sevilla Marathon earlier in 2022 they did not have maurten on the route, and I had no one to crew or pass me drinks. But I used a belt and carried several decathlon flexible flasks with the maurten 320 drink mix. So it can be done, but you have to carry it. And this is what I've done in training. The good thing about Berlin is they have the 160 drink mix on the course, and non elites also can have drink tables etc. So this time I won't have to carry all my fuel!

@@marcusruns9003 I was thinking about getting a smaller water bottle to carry on course from the start and when i'm done with it just dispose of it, and then gels will take me the rest. Now I am not doing 26.2, got a 10 miler and a half are my longest races left in the year, 10k i'm not concerned about. I do have soft flasks myself and they are awesome since I just shove them in my waist when empty, but I try to run as minimal as possible and carry nothing if I can, just make loops or out and backs and just use my car as the aid station. Maurten is good not the best on my stomach but it's my "2nd best" I'm glad it's sold here locally so if I am in a pinch I have access to something I know sits well on my stomach. I use First Endurance EFS-PRO, I sweat very heavily and the electrolyte levels are up in their product, and it's not ever given my stomach issues. You know I was told Maurten is what they had at Boston earlier in the year, is Maurten the drink at all the world majors?

@@Pittimus84 one thing to be mindful of with gels is keep moderate hydration, otherwise if you get dehydrated the gels can cause GI issues. But it’s practice that’s key. For Maurten I understand it’s Boston, Berlin but it’s not at all off them.

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Hi yes it is, please reach out to Andy and Richard at the London Human Performance Clinic the University of East (UeL). The email address is humanperformanceclinic@uel.ac.uk

Good luck with your final buildup! See you in Berlin 🙌🏾

Thanks Sophia for watching. In regards to your question please have a look back at episode 2 where I ran a half marathon by heart rate at my target marathon pace effort, using my Coros watch (or similar) I targeted to stay in the aerobic power zone so a heart rate between 147-161 bpm. I’d use a chest monitor for better accuracy if possible. I appreciate I’ve watched this video a zillion times through editing haha 😂 at the end of this video I do mention that my race pace effort in episode 2 was 6.21 min/per mile whereas this test said 6.24. So my heart rate measure and the lactate threshold test were very close. But as I said if you run at the heart rate efforts that I noted earlier that will give you an indication of your marathon pace effort. However that point is not fixed, ie the more that you add to the various points of training ie base, and the two threshold levels it will shift things along.

@@marcusruns9003 I appreciate your kind response, as always :-) I will check out all the other episodes you produced, especially episode 2. Learned so much from you. Keep up your passionate work!

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Thank you! Glad that it added value. 😁🙌🏾

Thanks Anna, it’s a great city and I’m looking forward to it. See you there 🙌🏾

Thank you! Glad that you enjoyed it.

A combination of things that I won’t do justice to in this answer. So consistent structured training built over the years. Lots of base building miles, with faster effort work. A few backwards steps but kept trying and kept moving forward.

Thanks mate! Yeah it’s getting closer!! Have a great race 😁🦾

Thanks mate! And the same to you good luck and enjoy your first Berlin marathon! 🦾

No worries, thanks Zoe!