Can we chat about 'Mary is also a dancer🕺' is there no end to this lady's talents 🏃🏼‍♀️🕺 fantastic effort guys 👍

@ThisMessyHappy

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha yep! Dance teacher originally and grew up doing ballet 🩰 🙄

@CoolInOlympia

2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Ballet! That is awesome! No wonder she has the best hair bun on her ponytails!

Happy Birthday!!! Can't wait to see next weekends video!

Happy Birthday Ben! Love this session and the consistency it brings. Enjoy your holidays

Happy birthday Ben! And so great to see the Win-dog looking so happy!

Loved this video!!

Perfect motivation for my run in a few minutes! Love this channel. You guys rock!

@ThisMessyHappy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mandy! That’s so kind. Hope you had a good run 😊👍🏻

I love seeing your workouts Ben. I have the same issue where I run the first few reps hard despite meaning to coast into the workout and then struggle near the end. I have found that running for time, rather than distance, helps with that. I don't even look at the distance until I get home. So if I figure I can do 1 KM in 4:30, I'll run 4:30 and what I get is what I get. I also don't have access to a track so I use the local bike trail for all my workouts. I use your videos and mental strategies when I am doing races and workouts. I know I am more capable than I give myself credit for, so I play that mantra in my head when the going gets tough. Enjoyed the video and look forward to Wednesdays and Sundays!

Happy Birthday Ben! Great session guys! Will try to do it this week as I am tapering for Royal Parks HM in 13 days.

I just did 10 x Km repeats in preparation for Boston. All the respect to you both.

Yeah intervals definitely boosted my confidence in my 5k, and I was able to set a new PB yesterday!

Good to see some HR info /transparency now and again, all relative of course. Such an elusive bit of info missing from so many other 'all in' channels.

Happy Birthday Ben ‘oh dear’ 😂😂 ….. fab sesh / vlog as always - u never fail to put a smile on my face ….. thanku guys ur the best 💕

Love an interval session, tough, but worth it 💪🔥

@ThisMessyHappy

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely! They help so much 😊

Happy Birthday Ben wish the best for you.

that was brutal !!!

This encourages me to stop skipping my interval training. Can't believe how high your heart rate can go. Cardiovascular system of a 20 year old. Hope Winifred is still getting better. She seems to really enjoy the ocean:)

Super motivating and you both seem like a lovely couple! Keep the content coming.

@ThisMessyHappy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do! 😊

Happy Birthday 🎂 that was some session fair play

Oop! I heard a sneaky Happy birthday dropped at the end there by Mary 😄… happiest of birthday wishes to you Ben!

It's great to see you both really pushing it and feeling the pain ...does that sound weird ? 🤣 It gives me encouragement to know that's normal (the pain I mean ) I love that you said it doesn't get easier as you just get faster . Thanks for showing us how its done. Looking forward to my interval session this week ...not. Is it best to mix intervals up from week to week or stick to one type ?

Happy birthday Ben

@ThisMessyHappy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy 😊

Happy birthday!

@ThisMessyHappy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Evie 😊

Happy Birthday Ben 🎂

@ThisMessyHappy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Shaun! Another year older another year…. Wiser?! 😂

Happy Birthday!

@ThisMessyHappy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Legends both!

I always dread intervals but feel amazing when they’re done! I work in miles and my most hated session is 3 x 3 miles!! Killer 😱 But when it’s done I feel invincible!!

Clearly Mary needs to teach Ben about pacing. :P xD Great video as always. I have no idea how you manage all the GoPro shots on those sessions, and still get the workout in. Running with a GoPro is hard! LOL

I was complaining when it got up to 18 degrees here in England the other day!

@ThisMessyHappy

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha I know what you mean though. Your perception of what is hot changes depending on where you are! 😂

Great video as usual! I will certainly be adding some interval training once my self-imposed marathon is complete! Is once a week for interval training an appropriate dosage? Also, do you recommend any "ordering" of interval distances? IE; run 400's for a training block, then (after deload) do 1K repeats.

Happy Birthday weekend

Happy birthday :)

@ThisMessyHappy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mal 😊👍🏻

Ideas on minimalist shoes?

Really enjoy your videos. Just one comment on the sound: when you play music the volume is do high that I have to turn the volume right down, and the when you talk, I have to turn the volume up again. Could you not record the music at a slightly lower volume? But love the videos, thank you.

I really struggle with pace consistency. I seem not to be able to judge my pace on long runs and the timing can vary by as much as 45 secs per k. I try to monitor my heart rate and breath but still all over the place.

@ThisMessyHappy

2 жыл бұрын

It depends on elevation as well but it’s certainly a skill worth trying to master. Says the man that went WAY too hard for the first 3 😂

Great video - just one question, how to decide how long the recovery period should be between each hard effort?

@ThisMessyHappy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew, I would say in the early days that the recovery period should be as long as you need to bring the heart rate right back down and get your breathing under control. Focus on getting the quality in the reps first 😊👍🏻

If you have the choice between a 20min tempo or 5 × 1 k for 5 k training which would you chose?

How often do you do klm repeats guys. Ive got some 10ks coming up and just smashed my 5k pb 19:51 and half marathon pb 1:31:06 over the last two weeks. At 54 years old I mainly keep continuous hill repeats in weekly. So maybes if i did these every 2-3 weeks not sure. Another question is would you consider a fast parkrun every 5 weeks the equivalent to these klm repeats.

Will do my first 1 km repeats in 2 days and im terrified xD Not quite sure what pace to go for. Am I aiming for going slightly below my current 5k race pace or below the 5k race pace i am aiming for this year? I try to beat my pb from 2021 where i was not specificaly aiming to improve my 5k, but my best 5k time this year is a whoping 2 minutes off.

190 heart rate? That’s insane…..well, Happy birthday old boy!

@ThisMessyHappy

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha I always have had a hamster heart 😂

Here in the usa our tracks are 400 meters. What is the track length in countries that use kilometers?

@ThisMessyHappy

2 жыл бұрын

Well, Km is meters. Miles is yards. So the tracks are all 400m all over the world I believe? I might be wrong though 🤷🏻‍♂️

@okantichrist

Жыл бұрын

That’s the most American thing I’ve ever heard 🤣🤣🤣

Happy birthday Ben. Great session. I can't believe the consistency you both achieved, especially in the heat. Do you have any hints on how to judge the pace, or does that come with experience?

@okantichrist

Жыл бұрын

Gps

Ya’ll are a nice couple, think I would like to meet you both.

Love the videos, have the bell on, but just a bit of constructive criticism. The music mix can get a bit hectic at times. I feel like when you are talking, an even lower level or no music would be better. Then have running/action/intro sequences with music. I watch with headphones btw.

@ThisMessyHappy

2 жыл бұрын

Taken on board, thank you 😊 I do get what you mean. Some tracks you download on epidemic sound appear to be ‘louder’ at the normal volume than others for some reason. Always trying to get it right. I appreciate the feedback 😊