Ancholme Valley Way parkrun POV [] 5 Things I Did To Run A 2 Minute PB [] Full Send

We first visited Ancholme Valley parkrun in March 2022. That day I ran 22:47. Last week I returned hoping to knock two minutes off that time. What had changed in the past two years to make me so much fitter?
How can we use Strava Segments to measure our parkrun performance against others?

[@markg99]

Well done, John. Really good stuff in the commentary, as ever.

[@tworunningbrooms]

Thank you Mark Hoping the become the Richie Benaud of running TH-cam

[@raleyadventures]

That parkrun looked very similar to Isobel Trail 😅😅 Great running and lovely improvement from 2 years ago

[@tworunningbrooms]

Yes, I love a straight out and back. 🙂

[@EwenThompson]

Good video. My favourite is an out/back. A bit biased there as my local, Tuggeranong is such a course. I get to see the leaders and my friends down to the tailwalker. #bringbackthestats

[@tworunningbrooms]

Yes that's the nice thing about this sort of course. And yes to the stats. In the long term I fear they will remove more stats. Age grading for a kick-off.

[@callmeal4183]

Another enjoyable video John. I totally agree with you regarding the five aspects of improvement. Just an observation though, I believe that I read in Athletics Weekly in the 1980s (I think it was) Carlos Lopes was quoted as saying that it was his imbibing of a glass of red wine each day (he didn't specify the size of glass) that contributed to his running achievements. Naturally, as any aspiring runner would do I immediately replicated this aspect of his training programme. I had previously read that Lasse Viren had also attributed his success (partly to) the drinking of raindeer milk. Unfortunately, this was not readily available to purchase in 1980s south Yorkshire (it might be different today) so I stuck to what was available on the vin rouge shelves. Not sure if it helped my running performances but it definitely expanded my knowledge of oenology (!). Yes, I looked this word up. Alcohol, eh? To drink or not to drink? That is the question.

[@tworunningbrooms]

Ah Vin Rouge that's a retro one. I think Antonio Pinto was another advocate of red wine. Unfortunately my relentlessly consistent approach extends to alcohol so I'd either indulge every night or not at all. So the Band of Hope it is.

[@RunSensible]

Wow - hard work does payoff. Well done on the PB. That commentary though?! 👊

[@tworunningbrooms]

Thanks Neil. Appreciate the compliments.

[@RunThePlanet]

Quite a nice park run that 😃 Great job 💪 Yeah proper and and alcohol don't mix well for me either 🎉

[@tworunningbrooms]

No more Newky Browns? Used to drink gallons of that stuff at University

[@stevefrith7283]

Well done on smashing your PB for the course. Thanks for the shout out on the TPT during the Penistone 10k. Find it really hard to motivate myself to get out there and train. Once I'm out, it's not too bad. Barnsley 10k on Sunday and I should be up for pushing myself to the limit. Half of me wants to, the other half just wants to have a steady run and soak up the atmosphere.

[@tworunningbrooms]

Yeah I can relate to that. Barnsley 10k has many happy memories and is obviously an iconic event anyway. And no one's going to rip up the course for a fast time. But then there's the local pride.

[@joegavelle2932]

Another good video. I think I used to run against you back in the day how many miles do you do each day

[@tworunningbrooms]

It's very kind to say you used to run with me. About 2 mins in front of me at most races! I'm doing around 50 miles per week at present. 60-70 when training for a marathon.

[@davidmclucas2970]

I would like to see a video on your strength and conditioning work.

[@tworunningbrooms]

We'll look at that. We got a programme to follow today