Do you think James will nab that 10k PB? Have you ever used the PacePro feature on your Garmin watch?

Andy is such a patient guy, think he's a good 👍🏽 pace guy ,he stayed out the way and urged only at crucial stages to dig deeper, give the guy some credit 🎉🎉🎉

Well I'd kill to have Andy pacing me! Great result, and good to see the reality of pushing hard - it's hard! X

I used PacePro yesterday to get sub 35 for a 4 Mile race and I got exactly what I asked for and crossed the finish line in 34.58! A two minute PB for me!

Since starting running in January and building up to 10km’s, the Pace Pro has definitely helped. First 10Km was 59.56 and Saturday’s PB using the pace pro plan was frustratingly close to a sub 50min at 50.29. A very good way to see how the training is paying off. The increments work well in maintaining or getting a move on to stay on pace.

Congrats James 🎉🎉🎉 I love Andy saying "don't let anyone pass you" as you see someone getting into view 😂😂😂

shaving off over a minute in 6 weeks in impressive, great on ya James!

Well done James!!! It was clear for all to see, how hard you pushed in that race. A well deserved new PB…well done! I’ve been looking forward to this video, as I started the Garmin 5k training plan and I’m following what my says to do for workouts. I’m going for a PB of under 22min, with my current PB being 23:36.

Well done, James. Top effort and whilst you thought Andy was annoying, what an honour to be paced by a former world record holder. Running the Nelson half marathon on November 5th. Hoping to PB and go under 1:35 for the first time. Current PB is 1:36:18.

Great video. Love Pace pro, helped me get my PB in 10k under 56 min and my 5k under 26 min. Garmin gives you this depressing beep when your not hitting your paces which motivates more

So proud of James. Amazing job!! I find him to be so inspirational and watching him conquer things outside his comfort zone inspires me to do the same. He was the one who inspired me to start adding ultras to my bucket list. That being said, everyone gives Andy such a hard time and he is such an inspiration himself- not so much because of his race paces but because of his ability and willingness to translate his pro knowledge to the average runner in a way that is helpful, inspiring and not condescending. I love listening to his insights on the podcast and appreciate his presence so much in the trc videos.

Great work James! I ran my own 10k PB yesterday, 49:32. My previous best was 51:06, still coming to terms with taking more than 90 seconds off...!

I'm training for marathon PB in November. Pacing is always a huge challenge for me, so I'm very glad there will be pacers there to help me!

I had a friend who was much faster than me. He said, "the 10k is a sprint." And when it is hot and humid, whatever your pace, it's a brutal race.

Running Amsterdam Marathon this upcoming weekend! Incredibly excited to run my second marathon. hoping to break 4:15/4:30!

Well done to James for his 10K attempt, I think going through a training block and seeing progress is achievement enough in its own sense. I know it makes sense to have the 10K race being in an actual race, but it would have been also nice to see (or maybe a follow up) to see how James does on the exact same route he did for his baseline, he'd still be able to show off the PacePro and show how you don't need a race environment/crowd/competition to get a new PB.... just a thought (maybe I should work for Garmin and TRC's PR dept!)

Super running James. Really enjoyed following your journey to and race day itself

I really appreciate the honest content from The Running Channel. Not every race is going to go to plan, no matter how well prepared you are, and you guys do a great job of capturing that. Keep up the good work, and well done James! That PB is coming!

Brilliant result James. Well done💙💙

Great work James. This is quite a good improvement compared with your time trial, especially with the more difficult conditions. If I recall, in an earlier video you had mentioned a very ambitious goal of running sub 50, which would have been astonishing given your starting point. I hope you weren't too hung up on that original goal and can fully appreciate how much you have achieved in such a short time.

James you're a champ! You beat the crappy weather and your PR all in one day. Congrats!!

Used pace pro once, summer '22, for a 10k that turned out to be an utter scorcher. Trying to stick to the plan was incredibly hard and I missed the target by a few mins - I did go faster than I would have just running to feel. James did incredibly well - knocking over a minute off the time trial is significant in just 6 weeks given the conditions on the day - picking an all-road autumn/spring 10k would likely see much more favourable conditions!

I did the New Forest 10k last year and, while I didn't blow down any trees, it gave me enough confidence to enter for the marathon this year. It was way too tough for an inexperienced old man whose six years of running experience has not included many miles off-road. I sort of washed up a the finish rather ran over it. Now for the good news: I was first in the 70+ age category -- of two!. Now for the bad news: I've been granted free entry for next year. Talking of the finish: that long straight approach track must be around three-hundred meters! Not too bad at the end of a steady 10k, horrific after a dodgy 42.2k. My heart went out the James. By the way: well done James!

Great job James! I finally got my sub 2 hour half marathon pb a couple weeks ago and got my 5k to sub 25. My last two goals is to a sub 15 minute 2 mile and sub 50 minute 10k

Nice job James. Great job on the race and what an experience to have Andy alongside as well!

I've played with my Garmin a little and likely will never follow through with a race program. I like to see all my runs planned out though out the training period. I'm old school and go by my heart rate. I know from running hard what HR I can sustain for the duration of a race and just try and hold that and the time is what it is.

Great job! The Pace Pro feature always confused me for some reason. Everything makes sense until you’re actually out there and a little off on pacing. From that point, it keeps recalculating and you lose track of where you’re really at.

Fantastic job, James! Was cheering you on during that last sprint :D

Brilliant i could feel how hard you were working there James. I'd love to have Andy pace me. I got my10k PB unexpectedly a few weeks after the London marathon, now i want to get a 5k PB this year to complete the whole set but fear that will be the hardest one to break of all!

Great job!! I wasn't sure if that pace feature on my Garmin was anything I'd use or not, but now I know it's a great tool. I'm going to use it on my next race for sure.

Great job on the run and love the video series. Garmin training plans vs personalized plans...they are very different but an objective study...not sure how you would do that or ever been done. I'm learning that running faster means running slower, for longer, 80/20 training is real, zone 2 is legit, understand threshold, get better shoes, understand fueling, mileage matters, avoid injury by being measured, and much more. That's what garmin can't replicate but a coach can (BTW, I love my garmin)

Yeaaaaaaaah boi!!!!!! Fantastic running.

Humidity is seriously what kills me when running. I'be been living in the Southern US for a few months now and I've had to almost stop running outside because of it. Finally the humidity is breaking and I'm back on my running game but its the worst. The whole "black spots" in the vision thing is something I know too well and in any situation that's not a race, for me its so not worth pushing through. Kudos to you, James. Wonderful job!

Congratulations! I am shooting for a PB in a 10k in one week and though I only need to get below 57 by 2 secons, yesterday's cross country 5k race slightly damped my optimism while improving my Garmin's expectations. Sadly, Garmin will be my pacer and not Andy. Truth is that it was a very rolling cross-country yesterday with one very steep slope and I was not too far behind my goal, so maybe it's not too bad. However, while I did put in a lot of base training, harder sessions usually got cancelled by Garmin in view of my tennis training and matches. Tennis appears to interfere a lot with the daily running suggestions by Garmin. I will try another program or build one by hand for next year's race season. The very good news: yesterday's cross was my very first race at 52 (not counting a few parkruns) and despite the cold, humidity, wind and terrain: I loved it!

Nice work James!! Im currently trying to train for a half marathon PB of an 1:30

Way to go!! But man I'd love the moral support and push along the way. Everyone is different and needs different motivation and encouragement though :) way to goooo crushing that goal

I think having a friend run with, even for some morale support must help, well done to both!

Tried to use PacePro this weekend but didn't enable course navigation (thinking that it would just turn off the turning prompts) and it removed the ahead/behind information that I really wanted. I was targeting a 1:40 half marathon and managed 1:36:48 though so I'm very happy!

Congrats - I finished my Garmin Coach Training Plan for a 10k and finished it with a personal race which according to the watch I finished in 48:55 but the app would not give it as I ended to short. So to redeem myself I did a Half on the Saturday and finished with 1:49:10 running 90% at 8:20 (my PacePro setup did not transfer and so I went with a flat PacePro created that morning in the dark. PacePro is fine for the first half of a race but then I am only checking my pace and hope for the best.

Well done James. I can't wait to get to 10k, I'm currently nursing achilles tendonitus so stuck at slower paces and short runs.

Well done🎉 Great PB in such hot and wet weather.

I have my pace pro set up for bath half marathon this weekend! My first race! And my "a" goal is 1:51 my "b" goal is under 2 hours and "c" goal is under 2:03 which is my best time for the distance in training. Been running since January and the running channel videos have helped massively!

Wow, well done James! Amazing achievement, especially in hot humid weather (my least favourite for running in).

I've used the Pace pro a few times. I like it, but I think it works better on nice flat pb courses!

Ah James great work 🎉 I find no matter how much I train, its not my body that gives up at the end and doesn't let me push. Its my brain. Hard to convince it we can keep going when it knows we could walk for a bit 😂

Poor Andy 😂 He gets so much flak 🤣

The New Forest was very hard, that humidity was energy sapping. Great jobs.

Way to go James! Andy, you are what I call a fantastic ✨Emotional Support Running Buddy✨ I am currently training for my A Race, the Black Canyon 100k, on February 10th. Ultimately, I want to get under 17 hours for my third Western States qualifier, but I have a (not so much now since I'm posting it on the internet for everyone to see) quiet goal to PB and run 100k under 15 hours.

Amazing work James!! Absolute legend!

Used PacePro in my first marathon and it just drove me crazy. If your GPS is not on spot, especially later in the race, the mile markers and PacePro strategy is completely screwed and you will never know if your on track or not (for your goal time)

Wonderful job James!!!

Nice! Aiming at a sharp 50' next week. Just set my pace pro in Garmin after watching you! 🤩

Just did a PB for my Chicago marathon by 20 mins compared to my first one. Now I want to hit under 1:30 for a 15K coming up in three weeks! Good job Andy and James!

I think I would actually prefer having Andy pace me. Having someone to cheer me on and encourage me on a race is so helpful to me. But pretty awesome that the watch adjusts if you get off pace.

Well done James (And Andy too for being a great photographer and supporter). I would love PacePro on my watch I think it would really help. I don't think my watch has it though 😢. I've been working really hard the past few weeks to try for my PPPPB (Post Pandemic Parkrun PB) this Saturday at Troon Parkrun. In September I decided that for one year I would stop registering for races longer than 10k so that concentrate on getting an overall Parkrun PB and to also for the first time get under 60 minutes for 10k. 🤞🤞🤞

great job! Try to reminder yourself every km to relax your arms (and fists). It consumes a lot of energy to keep them stiff.

Awesome and encouraging video. I´m still struggeling if I should comepete in a 5 or 10k race at the end of this year. The goals would be a sub 22 or a sub 52 minute run... This video encouraged me to maybe go All-In and try the 10k race...

Amazing effort, this was a tough weekend for racing! I got myself a new 10km PB in Bournemouth 🥳 Then did the half (do not recommend) very slowly! 😄

Nice video! And you did it💪💪

Trying to break 25 mins for a 5K on Oct 29 after starting the year with my first ever 5K at 37 min+

I'm going to be with you guys in November, looking forward to meeting you all

I've trained for a sub 20 5k for 18 months now, still no luck. Down to 20:27 though!

For me it's insane that there are people that have a 5 min pace (don't get me started on people that can go below that), when I'm on 8:15 and almost dying by the end. My goal this year is to achieve a 7 min pace. Congratulations, James!!

I used PacePro successfully for my first half marathon last week. It was a flat course. I am not the fastest runner yet. Planned to beat 2:30 and got 2:27. I set the plan to ~7:07/km. The pace for the first km was around 7:16, for the last 6:55. and followed it through half the race and added pace later. Was a great feeling to overtake the 2:30 pacer 3km before the finish line.

Well done mate! That was a solid effort in the conditions, impressive =] I'm followin TRC 3 x per week 10k plan and it's going well so far, going to do a 10k in Netherlands called the Rondevenen Marathon with my bro in Nov. He's aiming for sub 1 hour (he's running 1-2x per week with the Nike Run app) and I'm hoping to break sub 50 PR, if not 45mins! One can dream...

Well done James, I have a feeling that if you'd had a longer training block before the race you'd have got even further under your benchmark time.

Well done!!! 🤩🤩🤩

Well done. Andy, come to Newark and pace me trying to beat my 1 hr 20 10k pb 😂 Love the videos

Well done - am in training for my first ever 10k race in December I’ve done parkrun in 39m so am hoping for c80m-85m after the next 8 weeks training plan

I'm Andy, I'm training for a 10k pb. Current pb 66:00. Next race on 12th November at sattahip Thailand. I'm 65 and just returning to running after a 5 year layoff. Thanks for the videos.

Loved the effort!

Just ran one last Sunday, was trying for something in the 54 region as that was what Garmin thought I could do. Ended up with a 55:05 which was a 3 minute PB. Happy with it because it was 27 degrees, had heaps of slower runners in I had to weave around at the start and had a few hills in it so 54 is definitely possible. Garmin daily training for the win.

My 10km PB is almost the same, give or take a few seconds! Well done James, you are the man. I think if you did it again with a target of 53:30 instead of 50:00 or whatever that pace plan was, you would hit it. 4:50/km pace at the start was too fast for you (and me!) and you paid for it. Ps aiming for a 5km PB tomorrow! 🤞

Well done!!! That’s awesome and inspiring! I am about the same speed as you! About to do Scottish 10k in 2 weeks after running Loch Ness marathon last Sunday. I am slow and need to work on my speed again! Last year I did this 10k 54.56 so gonna try to beat that. Wish me luck. Ps I have loved watching your races!!! Do more 👍🏻

Great to watch - congrats! Using runna app to try take my 10k down from 49 to 45. Alton towers 10k in a few weeks but given the twisty course not sure whether to go for it on that one! Congrats again

Great job James 🎉. Andy, I would count it an honor if you paced me on a 10K. If I ever cross the pond I will let you pace this 62 year old man.

Congratulations, James! You did a great job coming close to your younger, full-nights-of-sleep self. Do you think that the adaptations the training plan made were useful for you?

You might not like him on your shoulder, but I bet he helps get you a better time than your watch alone! I’d have Andy all day long 🥇

Well done! You did great!

I am a little late to the video, but I have been training for the "Legs For Literacy" half marathon this Sunday. Hoping to go under 2 hours!!

Training for a PB with you guys! November 11th is the day we aim to run 10K!!!

Currently training for my first Half Marathon Race and going for a sub 2h

Does anyone else think the new running channel T-shirts look like they are on the starship enterprise and they are just trekkers?

I’d LOVE to have Andy be my pacer- I’ve never run a race with someone, never mind a pacer, so I’d love a running partner!

ULTRA JAMES!!!🥇

I'm training for Gainsborough & Morton 10K in November where I'm hoping to break 50 minutes for the first time

I’ve found that sometimes the PacePro doesn’t tell me how far ahead or behind I am on the overall. So I’ve had to also use Virtual Partner. The distance bar in the middle also doesn’t work for the first mile.

Would that be considered a good improvement for 6 weeks of training for someone with your experience? I know that's difficult to answer as the course and conditions were different. But on reflection were you happy with that improvement, or did you expect more?

I have my next 10k 15th Nov. My last official one (& first ever) was in June where I got sub 64 mins. I'm hoping to get around 54.30 this time. Must try pave Pro, haven't used it in that way before. Well done James 👏 you did fantastic, would love to see you try some more shorter runs & see if you'll stick with them or go back to the ultras

Great job

Well done James! Would you have run with music if not filming? And if so, do you think it would have helped? I'm going for a PB at the Great South Run on Sunday, mostly because it's the first time running 10 miles :D

I love running❤

Do share your heart zone image. Your benchmark run was completely in zone 4/5 i want to see how your heart rate reduced with the garmin recommendation as it normally doesnt have any heart rate based race finishes

Félicitations 🎉

My 10k PB was set 17 years ago 41:05. I am now aiming for sub 40, just did a 41:33 last week after a 44:36 in Feb. My 5k PB is 19:58 from 18 years ago, just did a 20:00 5 weeks ago. I should break that.

Seoul Marathon in March going for a 4hr Marathon.

Having seen Andy pacing Sarah, I would love to have him pace me. I started running in december last year and am doing my first 10K race in a month. My target is to hopefully get sub 45!

Great video! Just subscrided. I'm fairly new to running and running daily seems a lot. Do you need to run daily? Or is Garmin coach a better choice if I'm planning to run three days in a week?

Hi Andy, I noticed that you were running at a much higher cadence than James, despite the pace being much easier for you. I’ve read that elite and top runners tend to run at a higher cadence, even when at a slower pace. Is this sth that is worth working on for a recreational runner to run faster? I’m usually running at a cadence of 160; i find it tires me out more when i try to increase it to the “supposed” ideal of 180

am going for a sub 2 hours at oxford half this weekend