Haha glad you enjoyed it.

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Well sort of hard cruising lol

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Haha thanks mate. It was in a little wash bag but just never washed. 😅

Thanks Charlie!

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Well done for signing up! Hope you find it a great experience and the journey training for it. First one and not the last for sure.

Hope you had a good race.

@@TheWu indeed as you may of seen from my vlog of the day?

Well probably not chilling, I was more like hard cruising 😅

Cheers man.

YNWA!

Thanks! 😃

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Yea we defo rely on them heavily. Was quite interesting to run without it though!

It’s ok but it’s quite pricey for a half marathon. Oh and the very early start !

@@TheWu yeah they do that 8am tricky start at Edinburgh too, when the full starts at 10am. Considering how to get there is too early, unless you have a pricy start line hotel

@RunThePlanet my mate Paul paid like £170 for the hotel! Brutal

@@TheWu 🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨

He’s going Valencia with me too!

Thanks mate

Thanks man, was still a hard effort but I never tried to push too hard. Just couldn’t be bothered on the day.

Yea I wouldn’t say it’s that fast. There’s better courses for Pb attempts. Cheaper too!

Thanks yea I’m terrible at pacing too.

Don’t think it’s worth it tbh. I’m not sure I’ll do it for a good few years.

Yea definitely hard running “naked” as I’m not very good at pacing to feel either. I’ll be catching up on your video later.

@@TheWu Thanks Will, I’ve never run without my Garmin, I can’t forget it as I wear it 24/7😂Used to run using iPhone/Strava in the early days of running 2019/2020😊

Derby is definitely faster however it’s normally really sunny and hot!

I normally don’t carry water for a half unless it’s super hot. Water from the stations is usually fine for half marathons.

Great. Trying to get into this training lark, so many different approaches

Yea just go with what makes you comfortable. Test and see how you feel with and without carrying water for certain distances.

Thanks. Got to get into routine of running for long distances first 😊

Any suggestions on approach or plans

Hi Thanks for the comments. I got the soar vest years ago from their official site but they don’t sell this design anymore.

@@TheWu thanks, looks mint (apart from the smell after leaving it unwashed 😂😂😂)

a good time? fun?

@@chadmaison4220 it’s not a confrontational question, just wondering what he’s building up too ? Or as you say just fun 👍

@@derekpugh5457 I wasn't being confrontational either! Tone just doesn't pass well on type

Just a event I wanted to try to see if it was any good. Not sure I would do it again tbh it’s quite pricey!

@@TheWu Always always use the £10 off vouchers for Great Run events. I use multiple email addresses

Yea it was a panic when I realised I forgot but I just thought let’s just use it as gaining experience to run freely. The official 1:40 pacer also shouted at me for filming him. He was running the opposing way and I was just getting some footage of the runners. I didn’t appreciate his manner to be honest so I found him on social a couple days later and messaged them after and he back peddled and was really friendly in the messages…. I didn’t include it in the vlog just out of courtesy I guess as it’s obvious he was mardy being filmed.

@TheWu yeah I've had it a couple of times at parkruns. People saying they don't want to be on film. The vast majority are positive though

Yea definitely not a super flat course. I know much better places for a fast PB effort.

Yeah haha , seems like people are getting more mardy.

Oh yes I found out after the run a few days later. Really scary as it seems quite common to hear.

I had no idea someone died doing the half, that’s really sad, sobering too😢