I'm honestly here for the useless banter

@danabc322

Ай бұрын

Podcasts are basically like pub chats, nobody should be expecting hard science - that’s what the other video are for!

@stillwaters0502

Ай бұрын

Me too

Ugh, I came here for the useless banter and all I got was this in-depth scientific analysis. ONE STAR!

I watch every week, I even go back and watch episodes I missed, I can only put this down to loving the banter because at times I seriously question how much you know about running. Don’t change, it’s great.

Rick, please let them go a little longer. I always listen on my long run and I need as much of you three as I can get!

@runningchannel

Ай бұрын

Haha we'll let him know!

@KenStile

Ай бұрын

I agree. Don’t understand the necessity to have the podcasts be so short.

@joannamorrissey

Ай бұрын

Yes I agree if you could do a 3 hour one that would be perfect 😂

I can't tell you the number of times I've laughed out loud on a run or at the gym listening to your podcast. Extremely useful in lifting my mood and motivating my workout. Keep up the banter, it's what makes your podcast great

Useless banter?! If i want serious, i watch the videos. Podcasts are for entertainment, not seriousness! P.s. Rick, it's nice to take a break every now and then. Absence makes the heart grow fonder after all 😜😂

Love the banter 😊

Oh dear god, accidentally started this on 1.25 speed. My goodness, Andy speaks fast!!!

Useless banter? On a PODCAST? The HORROR! 😂😂😂 love this stuff! If you don’t want it, then go to a science conference or read a scientific journal out loud?! Like hello?

I had the experience of being one of the last finishers of a race and not getting a medal. It was my first attempt at a longer distance (10 miles) and it was kind of gutting. Thank you Sarah for acknowledging that the people at the end of the race deserve the medals just as much as everyone else.

I love the banter.. Don't change x

The physiological expression for nerves and excitement are exactly the same, the only difference is one is associated with fear, the other with joy. Even telling yourself "gah, Im so pumped to be here!", when you're absolutely terrified, already helps! Also, useless banter is what makes podcasts with several hosts stand out! Keep that roast going!

Andy, there’s no way you were above Sarah and Rick’s level - own it! You can give as good as them!

When I was at the running show Andy told me all about it and his tactics and I wrote it down why I was scared and crossed off reasons I shouldn’t be in the morning like he said and it really helped I won the next race thank you so much 🎉🎉🎉

I really appreciate the discussion about pressure as a runner--self-imposed and otherwise. This is probably such a universal sensation for folks across the channel's community, and having tools in the kit to rebalance perspective can make the sport so much more enjoyable, and rewarding.

I listened to this during my run on Sunday and was laughing out loud, I swear people thought I was crazy. I especially likes Rick's asphalt jokes. Keep up the "useless" banter, in a world where everything is so serious I, and I'm sure others, need it.

The banter (useless or otherwise) is exactly why I stick around, it makes running feel accessible. As someone who has never had the courage to start running, this podcast helped me feel confident enough to try last year before getting pregnant, and now as a recently postpartum runner, I’ve signed up for my first half and marathon. I’m eternally grateful for the helpful tips, the relatability, and the bad jokes. Top tier.

I really found the section about pressure and Andy's worry list very useful. I struggled with the pressure of my own expectations for a PB in a half marathon in March this year. I will definitely be using this idea next time.

Got to love the banter it is the best bit! My only issue is that you keep letting Ric move you on! I would happily listen to an hour would nicely fit in with a 10k!

Amazing advice on dealing with pressure. I am shocking with self pressure pre race. Loved this podcast.

Pressure indeed. I have run Stockholm Marathon 8 times. 7 of those, I was sick beyond belief. I guess it is migraine or something stress related to the task at hand. Oh, and yesterday was no exception. But very, very happy to have reached the goal line. Next year will be an hour faster. Thanks guys, for all the inspiration!

OMG I love this so much! You guys are great.

This podcast is excellent. You’ve motivated me to get off the couch and start my marathon journey. Be careful calling out 1 star reviews, you’ll encourage other trolls to make negative remarks. All love from Australia.

They say 'pressure is a privilege' and I think that's such a nice phrase

@runningchannel

Ай бұрын

👏👏👏

Its race day today!! What a perfect pod to come out to get ready to!!!

You guys have the perfect balance of science and banter!

I enjoy the banter bc it seems like you three genuinely enjoy each other’s company. The banter is the best part. ❤

The three way chemistry on these recordings is great.

@runningchannel

Ай бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed it Matt

I love the banter, and in so many ways it is not useless.

About the question of drinking before racing, there is club in the States called the "Hash Hound Harriers" who describe themselves as a drinking club with a running problem. Just saying.

Steve Cram's voice took me through Couch to 5k which helps so many people, but I didn't really appreciate who he was until the news hit about his record being broken. So glad to hear just how stunned you guys were about him too. What a power house

Really interesting listening to Andy describe methods of dealing with worries and concerns before a major race. Great podcast.

Love the banter, never change ❤

I listen to podcast for the fun banter. Don’t change the format please. It helps uplift the mood in those last kilometers

Andy, that was great advice, regarding the doubts and eliminating them from your mind with the list. Top tip! =D

Got an idea for an event for Rick: the Niesen Mountain Stair Run. In short - up the mountain Niesen is a funicular. Next to it is a stair. As far as I know this is the worlds longest stair. Every year there is a race up it. You can either do it alone or as a two person relay... Rick and Andy would be a good fit I think...😉 Cheers from Switzerland

@AstrumG2V

Ай бұрын

Oh god that sounds horrendous... where do I sign up?

Wow, thanks. I love my Garmin watch and know most of the features/settings, but never knew that you could discard a lap button press!

Great advice Andy 🙂

I don't even like running, I am literally only here for the banter

We love the useless banter! There isn't a podcast that would make me laugh and lifted my mood more than this one! ❤

Sarah has a great point about the medals. A compromise would be to have a large base medal that doesn't change every year, and a smaller dangly tag to hang off of it with the year. People can collect multiples of the large one over years if they want, or opt out and just add the year tag to their existing medal (and perhaps get a slight discount on race entry fee).

Would love to talk to you guys about my journey into running as a blind runner at 50 and my quest to try to get a London GFA time. Trying to lobby London Marathon to have para GFA times like some of the other major marathons do but until I can get an answer from them I’m continuing to try to chase the able bodied time. Any help with my lobbying would be gratefully received

Love the comment from Andy "Pressure is the reward" Such a cool different perspective. And keep that useless banter coming🤣

I love you guys 10/10 always

Honestly, the banter is what makes the podcast - and you also sprinkle in fun and interesting bits of info, so it's works well. I don't need an uber-serious podcast, there's too much of that already. Also with the Training Effect scores, you might find it interesting that by double ballet class today classified as a 'sprint' with 1.0 aerobic and 1.5 anaerobic. Not as much as with running obvs, but I thought that was neat - there was a lot of fast movement and jumping.

There's an undo for the lap button!?! Made my day.

@runningchannel

Ай бұрын

😂😂

Doing more racing has helped my self-inflicted pressure. Having children and responsibilities it can be hard to find time to attend a race, I would put pressure on myself to do well, as people were going out of their way to babysit for me. I used to shake with nerves for an hour or so before and then feel dread on the start line. Now down to only a slight shake and feel absolutely calm and relaxed on the start line 😅

Andy’s background looking much better in the last couple of weeks!

I feel as though some amount of pressure is good and in general I think that if you feel pressure, that means you care, which is a good thing. However, think it's important to use it in the right way.

I want to see Rick do a touch mudder or some sort of whacky race (I think I saw one where you get chased by zombies that's near london)

Accept it with confidence.

Did a running race and we got a voucher for a free car wash. Would have preferred a medal!

@runningchannel

Ай бұрын

Wow that’s so random!!

@WaechterDerNacht

Ай бұрын

Probably was one of the sponsors of the event. But yes, weird price. Especially if you, like me, don't own a car...

I love the useless banter, I listen to your podcast on recovery runs and it's like running with friends that are having the best conversation, so fun.

Rick should do a tough mudder

Why do race distances go; 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m? Why not 1600m?

Where is the undo button? Can't find it on my garmin! The issue i have is that if i use the music feature and it times out, i skip a lap (training step). I WISH i could undo it. I usually have to freestyle a bit. But its really bad when its a large session and i miss like 30 min of easy or something like that.

At my running club, we buy the medal in bulk but then change the ribbon each yr so that you get that variety

I want to challenge Rick to let us have longer podcasts

Omg, undo lap press!! Where have you been all my life? the amount of accidental laps that have slipped through the cracks.... I had no idea!!

@runningchannel

Ай бұрын

hahaha so glad we could help!

Did Andy just say that Cram’s mile record was the first to take it under 3:50? If so, has he forgotten about Ovett and Coe? 😮

@LuNa4Death

Ай бұрын

Nah he was talking about his running form

Do an indept session on achillestendon rehab

Useless banter all the way! Please don’t change this format for the one dullard out there 😂😂 Love you all!! ❤

British banter is some personality that's been erased from many things. That's one of the reasons I'm here.

I've had a Garmin running watch for a week now and I notice that my heart rate gets very high very quickly during runs. In general, I'm heading towards zone 4 or 5 within 10 minutes. I'm still new to running and don't run very long distances yet (between 5 and 10 km), but does anyone have any tips for keeping my heart rate lower during runs?

@sezend7982

Ай бұрын

Did you set your custom heart range info (in case you know your max heart rate etc)? Otherwise it will use default values for your age range and gender and the results might not be accurate to you. (It will adjust over time, but you might want to ignore the zones for a while if you don’t have the info to change it. There are also some runs you can do to get to the right heart rates faster, I believe) If you are sure the results are accurate and you want to stay in a lower heart rate zone I think running slower would be the most likely way to do that. I’ve found that requiring myself to only breathe through nose is the surest way to slow myself down enough to stay in zone 2.

@rick_4470

Ай бұрын

@@sezend7982 Thanks for the advice! I have not customized the heart rate zones. I think now my max heart rate is 220 - my age (default value). I will try a training to find out what my max heart rate really is.

the banter is where it’s at…read the marathon handbook for science

When do you wear these medals? Runners want to be rappers with all the bling. I want to see Andy wearing all his medals next episode

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I’m here for the useless banter

i think Rick should sign up to a tough mudder

Bit concerned that Rick presented an awards show for pavements and mispronounces asphalt repeatedly 😂😂 who’s going to be the one to break it to him?

Sorry Sarah , but I have to disagree with you which also means I have to agree with Rick about not wanting the same medal every year for doing a race. Each race has its own story which you can link with the medal, so if they all look the same that kind of takes that little part away. I have completed my last marathon (as of now) just last weekend in Buffalo and all 4 times my race went completely different and when I look at each medal, I can go back to that days which is want makes all of them special. On another note, now that you tried a Tough Mudder it's time to try a Spartan Race

Just putting it out there as a cyclist with Velotoze overshoes it has to be sock, sock, overshoe, overshoe, shoe, shoe, refit overshoe, refit overshoe.

@runningchannel

Ай бұрын

That's a whole new level of complicated!!

Pretty crappy giving a one star review which is basically "I'm not the target audience" I learned a lot from TRC and now largely watch it for entertainment and go elsewhere when I want white boards and graphs etc. Not that the videos aren't informative but I'm in the learning how to program and getting into the nitty gritty phase of running but still watch all of the TRC content.

I ended up self medicating my Achilles issues, tried shielding it for a long time and it would hurt whenever I ran. So after some reading and finding out that tendons won't heal unless you put them under pressure, I did micro runs, like 1 mile until it hurt, then over the next couple of days I would walk around on tiptoes and do heel raises while standing about until it stopped hurting then went on another micro run. Basically repeating that and increasing the distance to ride the pain wave to freedom. (Disclaimer: I'm not a health professional!)

Except that lap undo function doesn't undo steps in a planned workout which is where an accidental lap press has a bigger impact. I've gone with disabling the default lap button press and assigned the long press of the same button to the lap function.

I´m here for the bellylaughs!

If you're not a pro athlete then there is no pressure. I've been running for 38 years and all i get is pleasure ( and pain... ). Most amateurs especially beginners feel obliged to follow plans and all this motivational nonsense and approach running as if it's a vital work deadline. It's just running. Put you're shoes on and enjoy being outside. ...

@emmarunyeard6832

Ай бұрын

Love this comment x

@emmarunyeard6832

Ай бұрын

I have so many medals, it's ridiculous... But recently I received a compostable one filled with wild flower seeds, planted it in a pot.. Now THAT is fantastic.. Eco friendly and will give a lot of pleasure both visually and ethically... Maybe just proper medals for top 3 finishers? X

@emmarunyeard6832

Ай бұрын

I struggle with evening races... I get nervy whereas morning races or all day longggg races feel chilled x

@ifonly4486

Ай бұрын

@@emmarunyeard6832 Nerves are normal. Pressure is a different thing. Pressure is from an outside source like work or social media. There should be no pressure on hobbies. Like i said if running is not your breadwinner than pressure shouldn't exist....

I love the useless banter!

I’d love to see the presenters mixed up for the podcast. I’d like to see Jess, Mo and Andy do some podcasts.

@runningchannel

Ай бұрын

Jess, Mo and James have already been on the podcast this year 😁

@KenStile

Ай бұрын

And I’m loving it. Keep it up and let’s get Anna back in here

I don't. I run under pressure!😅

Out of topic, what happened to Kate, if I may ask?

you should collab with harry morgan or mark lewis

It's ok Rick, we loved not having you.

@runningchannel

Ай бұрын

😂 So mean!

Thanks for the best useless banter

Stop the banter and I’ll stop watching

We came for the science, we came back becuase of the useless banter. 👍

Andy as you are the boss, After your 1* rating can I try and give you some constructive advice please. For some context I have been watching from the start and still enjoy your channel. I know this is the structure and content for the podcast BUT can you dial Rick and Sarah down a bit as Rick can’t be that dumb and Sarah can’t be that annoying. Obviously it is for the banter and entertainment but get them to dial it back just a touch. P.S. was Ricks last running watch a sundial 🤣

Looking at the other comments, I am probably in the minority here. When this podcast started, I listened a lot and I enjoyed it a lot. But lately I got increasingly irritated by all the giggling. I am actually about to unsubscribe. I do like the other podcast though (Running Channel Meets), because I do like all the story telling!

You guys need TRC tshirts with 'Useless Banter' on them 😂