My real life hero right there ☝️!!! You are absolutely brilliant. Please keep doing your outstanding videos. I have seriously upped my running since watching. So thank you Ben 👍

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gary.. it’s hearing things like that, that mean I’ll keep creating videos. Great to hear your running is improving. All the best to you! 🙌

Favorite KZreadr right here, thank you for another video Ben!

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

aww, thank you!

Really enjoying the videos ! Love the marathon/ long run vlogs !

Thank you for answering my question Ben. Great video

Great video! Well done Ben! Please do more stuff like this!

Lovely video Ben. Some really interesting questions. Really enjoying following your journey.

Love this, I enjoy your videos so much. Your so inspiring 😁

Good quality vid, especially liked the first question about your running history

Thanks so much, very helpful. I run half marathons and am WFPB, so you motivate me plus provide great information. 🙂

Signed up to my first marathon in October. Already lost 2.5 stone. Loving running and loving your videos. Fantastic information and delivery. You'll be big on this!!!!

@DanRuns

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome to read this! Which Marathon?

@laurencesdaddy6392

5 жыл бұрын

Shane Scanlan nice one

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck Shane.. great to hear the journey you're starting on. All the best!

@Scanlan316

5 жыл бұрын

@@DanRuns Dublin marathon. Started running end if May. Hoping for a 3.45:)

@DanRuns

5 жыл бұрын

@@Scanlan316 Awesome! Best of luck with that time

That was really helpful, thank you for making such an informative video. I'm training for the Valencia Marathon with a goal of 2:30 and you gave me so much confidence to do so :)

Fantastic plug for Sports Massage Ben. Well done for looking after your muscles..... it’s obviously working! 👍

Very enjoyable episode! Keep the Q and A s coming!

Love these videos, just a nice face to face chat and connecting with all of us. Keep it up :)

Ben at the commonwealth games!? That would be freaking awesome 😎

Hey Ben! I'm going to run my first marathon in December (Valencia) and I'm super excited for it! :D Your energy is really contagious and helps me to look forward to my next run! Thanks for the great content! :D

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck in Valencia Sjoerd!! It's such a great race.

Hi Ben! Thank you for the videos. I’m so glad I came across your channel. Your videos helped me to complete my first London Marathon this April. I’m now training for Berlin in September this year. 🙌🏻

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck in Berlin Alina!

Great video Ben! Thank you cheers from Portugal!

Hi Ben, I've just started Marathon training 2 months ago, and I like your vlog very much, which helped a lot, by the way, I can always see heaven from your smile, really appreciate the loads of informative high quality content posted by you, I've got to give my vote to you for my favorate KZreadr 2019, wish you all the best!

Thanks Ben, really informative!

thanks for the Q&A Ben. Its helps a lot to understand the amount of work you have put to call your self a 2.25 marathoner. Best of luck for the GB or England Bib.

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gagan!

Thank you Ben :) You are such a motivatinig guy !

Love the emotion and the enthusiasm! I'm following your 5K speed training video content to the letter - really tough but fabulous. You're doing some great work for the running community. Keep up the great work!

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wayne.. come back in a few and let me know how your 5k goes! Good luck!

@bigmart666

5 жыл бұрын

Can you share the 5k training link please Ben

Just got into your channel , and I love it ! The running ‘youtuber’ I’ve been looking for ..... soaking up the advice . I want to run a Marathon for my 50th . Done a couple of half’s but too scared to push on to the big one .

Great video. Really really helpful

Hey Ben, really enjoying the content mate. Your mileage per week really wows me!! Keep it up don’t feel pressured to make videos for the sake of content though just do you!

Great video Ben. Good luck with your training.

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tim!

Great video, good questions and answers!

Congra Ben i'm your fan # 1. don't give up!!!! Great tips for long distance runners Greeting from Mexico~~

Not wrote to you before and love the channel thank you and with the suggestions you gave I knocked 12 mins off the half marathon in Leeds I had the biggest smile ever thank you and at the age of 55

Thanks for the video Ben. I really enjoy seeing your journey as I see similarities in mine. I'm preparing for marathon number 1 in a few weeks but I've only been running "seriously" for this year. As I keep pushing myself and training harder I see myself improving and have no idea what the limit could be. Continue to talk about low 2 hour marathons, comm games and whatever else. I'm just hoping to finish my first one and then who knows what the future could hold.

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

All the best for your first marathon.. hope you get out of it everything that you are looking to! Let me know on here on insta how you get on!!

Hi Ben, Great blog, loved the Chamonix film it looked amazing!!, ordered my cap cheers looking foward to wearing it on a nice run round Hadleigh Park. keep up the good work :))

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Martin. It's been posted. So hopefully you get it on Monday or Tuesday. Enjoy!!

Great video thanks for the info, always nice to see the progression it's easy to think wow he runs a 2:25 marathon and not realize that it was over multiple marathons that you were able to set yourself up for this success.

Subscribed! Good content Ben keep it up :)

Thanks for answering my question!

Wow! Loved this. Just subscribed

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel Tori!

Massive respect Ben you are a great motivator

@ACTruitt

5 жыл бұрын

right?? he needs to do a TED Talk

I love to run to explore and see new places. Its one of those things where you feel a sense of accomplishment by moving your own body.

Great video! Thanks for sharing 👍

you and Sage Canaday are my favourite youtubers related to running :)

@runningwithmarc

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty good shout

Did a Parkrun on Saturday and noticed quite a few people doing your warm up routine ('opening the gate, closing the gate' etc)! I do it myself too, really good. Keep up the good content, love it!

@runningwithmarc

5 жыл бұрын

Ha, it's great to see so many people getting into running and following the advice

Hey Ben. I'm really enjoying the channel and your story of the journey to the Valencia 225 (had a great run there myself in 2013). It is good to know that you were once "normal" and you've reached these dizzy heights with a hell of a lot of hard work. You've obviously got more natural talent for distance running than your average person but it is quite motivational seeing what you're up to. I, like many have my own story of weight loss and improving a bit although I have found it hard to move up to the next level in terms of training volume and those quality sessions. Time through work/personal life and just the body feeling like it can't take the abuse mean I'm about 10% down on training from a few years ago and I feel unable to peak beyond 65 miles a week. I'm having an OK year for shorter distance races and trying to raise confidence for Budapest and Malaga this Autumn. I'll keep watching for tips and inspiration. Take care.

Great questions and answers, Ben. Thx

Keep the good work on! Love your channel. Something me is interesting - How much of your training are you doing on the bike (in winter/summer)?

Thanks for the content Ben and the recent Q+A session which was really interesting. I’m new to running but watched my fair share of trainer reviews and running vlogs. I frequently hear people describe a trainer “as a fast shoe” or one that “doesn’t like slow pace/easy run” - when people say that do they mean absolute speed or relative to someone ability?

Great video - good luck Ben!

Really nice Video. I hope the next episode won’t take a few days 😊 greetings from Germany

Thank you for sharing with us👍

Do more Q&A videos , they're pretty good , England vest at the common wealth games would be exciting , go for it !💪🏼🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

loved this, I'm training for the Manchester Half Marathon (my first one). I'm at the point where 10k's are feeling fine, and a half is the next push for me! Thanks for the tips

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

All the best for your journey Ronnie! Exciting times ahead for you!

Enjoyed this post! Just ran my 3th and first time under 4 hours... It must go harder next time hahaha

Im supporting u all the way x

Great Video, Ben!

Hi Ben, more great content, thanks! Regarding shoe mileage, how do you decide when to retire a pair? What are the signs that finally consign a pair to the dustbin? Given the cost it’s tempting to keep going for maybe longer than you should - I’ve got a pair of trail shoes that still look ok after more than 1000km but surely they must have had it!

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

The general mark that a lot of companies put out there is 400-500km.. but that's just because they want you to buy more and more shoes!! For me I just look at the wear on the sole of the trainers and you can see how worn down they are. That's harder with trail shoes, as they have deeper lugs generally so it isn't quite as obvious. There's no easy answer.. I'd say that after 1000k of trails then those shoes are probably due to be changed through!

Ben, great video, thanks! How are you doing the sizing/fitting of your running shoes?

So for your next Q&A... Are your zones based on the standard HR zones (90%-100% z5, 80%-90% z4, etc...)? Great video.

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Hey.. in S3E1 I explain how I got my heart rate zones calculated in the lab. So it was all custom done for me!

Such a great guy⭐️🏃‍♂️

late question Ben but am after your opinion on treadmill running and how it transfers to the road. I generally have the incline at 1% and for eg 1km efforts will be set 5 second faster per/min to reflect the difference between road running

please go for berlin marathon, much better atmosphere

I did Berlin last year and got my PB of 2:53. I'm doing Frankfurt this year and also Valencia in December. Hoping to break 2:50

You made that look easy, my favourite is 10k but definitely the hardest to pace correctly

I agree with the other guys' and girls' comments and I wish you all the best. :)

Hi Ben 🖐🏻 is it possible that you will make a video about:👆🏻1. how proper Running should look like ✌🏼. what could i do to run with more effort and more body tension? 🤟🏼3. This should be in your Training that you will get faster and easier while running (for example running a 5.30 m/km it feels hard to get to a easy 5 m/km )🐌 😁 that would be great 💥

How often do you incorporate cross training? (not strength training), but swimming /cycling or other forms of cardio?

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Personally I don't do any at the moment. It's all running. If I do get an injury that stops me running for a small amount of time then I have a bike in the flat that I can use. The bike is usually the first thing I do, if I need to cross train, as I'm really bad at swimming.

@VerticalLiving

5 жыл бұрын

@@BenParkes thanks for the reply, Ben! If you ever need swimming tips let me know 😉 Good luck with the next block and excited to see what you can get done!!

Great video Ben! I’m running the SDW50 next year, any training/course tips you can offer me as a Centurion champ!

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

I ran the course in training (two separate runs) and felt that really helped me on the day.. knowing exactly what is coming up. Plus most of the aid stations are at the bottom of climbs.. so grab things quickly and then walk with it.. as most of the field will be power walking up the climbs after aid stations, so you can walk and eat! Good luck!

Awesome stuff mate, I run cause i like who it makes me

About the strength training: I'm actually pretty sure that atleast Ethiopian endurance runners include strength workouts to their training. I believe that they mainly tend to focus on improving their core strength.

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah.. I didn't phrase it that well in the video, as meant to say they do some.. but probably not as much as people think they do. Most of it comes from drills and running from what I can see!

Awesome content as per usual, pulling on my runners now having watched it!

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Hope you had a good run out there Nathan!

@natmackay

5 жыл бұрын

Muggy but great! Thanks!

Thumbs up for Ben and an extra thumbs up for the kitty! 😺

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

She says thank you! Meow!

I got really into to the running one year ago, thanks to youtube, and runned my first maraton 3 months ago. The marathon time was great 3.28 but I pushed myself over the limit and had some heart problems during the race. Now trying to get slowly back to running. Not sure what goal should I set next. If I would be smart I should propably try to run the next marathon 3:30 and feel great after running it... It's just so addictive to chase the faster time. Thanks and greetings from Finland!

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Hugo! Hope all is well in Finland. I hope to visit some day soon! A lot of people do go chasing faster and faster times, but it doesn't suit everyone. I like to run a few races slower and just enjoy them. Only you can decide what you want to do, but there running sure is lots of fun when you can run a bit slower, interact with the crowd, take in all the scenery and enjoy it!!

Berlin, I'll cheer for you!

I started running about the time you got serious. Used to hate running and never did it. Signed up to do a charity 10k in late 2017. Just started doing speed training this year in Feb. Looking to break 3 at Amsterdam in October, grinding out 80k week right now.

With your positive energy, you're fueling a growing number of runners every day! Super job, man, keep on doing this! Unfortunately I can't run now because I have plantar fasciitis. What runners injuries did you have, and how did you deal with them?

@djc0108

5 жыл бұрын

I’m making slow progress getting over plantar fasciitis and it has been a complete pain in the ass !! After trialling numerous things the two best things that have helped me are as follows : - Doing a 3 minutes heel drop on the stairs or a step three times a day. Balance on your toes, lower your heel and when you feel the stretch hold it for 3 minutes x 3 times a day. Well worth the time spent doing this in reducing symptoms of plantar fasciitis. - Check out Plantar Fasciitis compresssion sleeves on amazon....compression sleeves that just cover your foot - helps especially if you have difficulty walking after a night’s sleep. Hope that helps, things are improving for me so there is hope with it. 👍👍👍

@djc0108

5 жыл бұрын

These help : Plantar Fasciitis Foot Care Compression Socks Sleeve with Arch & Ankle Support www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01M0XAJIK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_MlttDb0XD2AWC

Hi Ben Thanks for your videos.. Keep up the good work. I can recommend a good Park run when you come to do your sharpening / Tapering. Check out Ludlow Park run very undulating, not quite as difficult as your Chamonix experience but nonetheless a good workout 👍

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Love Ludlow.. went to a great food festival there many years ago, a beautiful place. Probably a bit far to head from London now, but if I find myself in the area then I'll be sure to head to the Parkrun!

@jamjazzer9212

5 жыл бұрын

Ben Parkes I forgot to mention another superb trail/fell terrain further up the road at a place called Church Stretton and there is a mountain called the Long Mynd in a National Trust area and the views are superb and you will enjoy a great training session around there. I’m based in Windsor but always go back to Shropshire when I can because of the quality scenery. 👍

Would you go to whitstable parkrun? Tankerton seafront!

How do you build your own training plan no matter what the distance (5k,10k,half or full marathon) and determine the pace, workout needed for the distance ex. half marathon ?

@DanRuns

5 жыл бұрын

If you get Ben's plan (I have it) it details which time / pace etc needed for each workout to achieve desired time

In three week i'm going to run the internacional mexican marathon. I've Been training for 7 months in a row. I want to improve my personal best. The previos one. I got it in 3hrs 50 mn. This time I Will probable get the finish line in 3:20. I'm really excited about that. I ve Been watching your videos for getting alot of tips. Specially those where you share your experiences and great tips on marathon.

Can you explain how you've managed to make it your job? thanks in advance.

And i think it could help some people to runn with others. But its good to also runn alone.. I def think you can do what you want.! (have litt hard time, but l love listen to you video or 3, but i like them. Going to run now, just to dont like running, but now i really want to try and i like all kind of sport. I think i as bored but now i like it. Thanks a lot)

Great content again as always. One quick question. You seem to work in km most times. Why is this? I also prefer the metric system, but most people (in the UK at least) seem to be on imperial.

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

I don't really have a reason.. it just makes more sense in my head I guess!

Countdown to Dec. 8th Marathon. Let the 18 week Ben Parkes training plan begin!

Caught a glimpse of fuelcell rebel at 7:11 if I'm not mistaken, would love to see you talk about that shoes since it's one of the shoes I plan on getting this year.

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

I only got a pair yesterday morning, after I'd filmed most of the video. New Balance sent me a pair, I didn't know anything about them until they arrived at my door. I did one run in them and they felt very nice, I was pretty surprised to be honest. That was only running easy and some hills, but looking forward to using the shoe more!

@rroobx7149

5 жыл бұрын

@@BenParkes Cheers Ben, will definitely look out for your opinion if you decided to put a review video on them.

What process did you go through to get someone to test your V02 max? Great video as usual.

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Check out the first video in the series. I explain it all. I got mine done at a university in London.

Brilliant! BP for Team GB !!!! 😉👍

Hi Ben! Thanx for a brilliant channel! Do you know of any good training plan for a sub 40 min 10k?

Hi Ben! Do you take any supplements? besides your plant based diet.

hey ben, pros and cons of fasted runs?

Do you follow and or recommend high carb low fat diet or high fat low carb diet for marathon preparation?

Hey Ben, I have a question if you don't mind - how many miles have you gotten out of vaporfly's? Thanks.

Another endorsement for Scott Newton if you're looking for a for physio in London. He is awesome!

Saw you at the Victoria dock parkrun, thought your face seemed familiar! Did you get a PB there?

What is involved in a v02 max lab test, do you have a video on it?

@runningwithmarc

5 жыл бұрын

Yes he made a video on it, I also made one, but from here in Finland

Forget Germany, come to Chicago!

I had no idea you were vegan. That’s awesome to find out!!

@runningwithmarc

5 жыл бұрын

Cool hey :) I am too

My half marathon PR is 1h26m35s, my next marathon will be the valencia marathon. I plan on training for 3 month with an average of 131k/week. Do you think a sub 3h marathon is a realistic goal for me?

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Combined with some speed sessions and you should be more than on target with that volume!

@VitorCaldeira1980

5 жыл бұрын

@@BenParkes i will do my best !!! Thank you :)

@jorbo7116

5 жыл бұрын

131k for sub 3😯

Hey Ben! I have seen the track that you have run on in Chamonix, could you give more details? Is it open for anyone or you book a session? I remember you have mentioned that it is a public track, but just for clarification. I'm planning to attempt a PB on 5K and a few shorter distances in two weeks time while being in Chamonix, so using the track would be awesome.

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Hey. You just turn up and walk on.. it's totally open to the public, there's no reception, no buildings etc.

Hi Ben. How can I contact you for training? All the best.

@BenParkes

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Derek. The website is the best bet (www.benparkes.com) But I'm afraid if it's coaching you're after then the waiting list is quite long at the moment and we've had to close it for the time being. But can answer any other questions you might have! All the best.

Sir plz make a video for 1500 mtr schedule

Ben, will you be out in Chamonix for the UTMB week of madness?

@BenParkes

5 жыл бұрын

Not this year Jason.. none of my close friends are running this year and I didn't get in. Hopefully will be back next year!

Video starts at 1:30 yw