Hey guys, Ed Bud here and today I've got another update for you on my recent half marathon training. Times flying past already in 2020, I can't believe it really, times just disappearing and with fast approaching, very first races of the year. So over the course of the last week, there's been lots and lots of half marathon training going on which kind of sounds a little bit like a slightly less exciting version of Jeremy Lewis's hit track, a whole lot of shaking going on. So I recently had a bash at the local part run, I'm really lucky actually, it's literally right behind where I live. They move it from Montecute over to Yovl and it's literally within walking distance which is fantastic. Of course I always run to it. So certainly wasn't the fastest attempt at that part run for me, but I came in with an average pace around about six minutes, 39 per mile, use the Adios 4 actually. I've been really enjoying this shoe recently. I like in this slightly more minimal cushioning. I think we've been running a lot on the infinity run. It's kind of, I've been hankering for something a little bit more kind of ground connected and this shoe really fits the bill for that. It's super light and I love that there's so much lacing going on here. You can kind of tinker around with the tightness over the top of the midfoot. It's saying about a black and white Adidas shoe as well, it just really looks fantastic. It's borderline kind of hard almost here in the midfoot area and there's a tiny bit of boost outside. It's certainly a fast shoe. I was kind of still a little bit aware about that issue with my heel as well and we'll undertake that part run. So I think this shoe enabled me to get a nice good lockdown on foot and I think I still had the hand break on a little bit during that part run. There were certainly some people really flying. The chap that completed it in first position really moving, he was miles ahead, certainly a very fit athlete. I think it was probably about the third fastest time I've completed that part run only by a second from the second fastest but certainly happy with the effort after the excesses of Christmas. I had a good three miles sort of warm up, slash warm down at the end cumulatively so I gave my body enough time to step up and step down as well. So kicks off the weeks training with 7.5 miles, that included six repeats of a half mile at roughly my 5K pace. Overall it was about 7 minutes at a 3 per mile I think on average and used the new balance fuel cell roll. I'm not absolutely sure where they are right now. I'm sure they'll turn up, I'll get beast on the case. So I was off the pace a little bit on reps 1 through 4 but managed to make up for it on the others. I think reps 5 and 6 were a little bit more on point in terms of target pace but it was good to get a more brutal, that's not the right word. Get a more demanding effort on the books early on in the week. Next day 5 steady miles at 8 minutes per mile pace so a more sustainable kind of effort for me using the Adidas UltraBoost 20. So modifications to the inside, working a charm with this one and kept the heart rate nice and low so nice easy effort but with a couple of additional miles you know I love my 3 mile kind of recoveries but I thought I'd get a couple more in there as I had the time. Certainly the UltraBoost 20 seems to enjoy that type of pace and up to now I'm finding it an enjoyable and quality well made shoe. That pain in the outer part of the heel wasn't flared up again so I'm kind of happy now I was a little bit anxious about that. It's just really weird I've not had any issue like that in any other running shoe over the past couple of years. This has been coming in useful, myactic core headlamp from Petzel. It gets dark pretty much around 5.30pm at the moment. Although things are starting to get a little lighter but this is coming in really handy, easy to use and reliable and durable as well. I think it's even survived a bit of a molling from young Oliver downstairs. If you don't know Oliver's a pubteria cross and occasionally if things go on the floor he does have a little chew on him. Utilise those fuel cell rebels again for some more speed work the following day. If you can hear some crashing of glass and things like that it's because the recycling lorry has just decided to turn it. Thanks guys. So 7.5 miles in total and I achieved an average speed of about 7 minutes 19 seconds per mile. I placed two mile repeats in there at my 5k pace so again pushing that kind of just beyond that threshold so my body can start to feel accustomed to hitting that type of pace. I don't think it was at threshold. I think it was about 6 minutes 50 so it's half marathon goal pace. I'm trying to go off memory here guys and gotta be honest as you get older the memories start to kind of seep away and disappear and mix up together. A bit like a big cauldron of borscht. Rest of the miles in that room are more relaxed pace. Allow me to kind of warm up warm down and then allow me a little recovery in between the two mile repeats. I think I'll stick self out there sometimes even after a hard day of work and really push things. See how you go. See how you get on. It's a good test of your progress within your training. You gotta take yourself out the comfort zone so that that then becomes your comfort zone after a while. You know what I mean? I think I was a bit off the pace. That warm was about 6 minutes 59 and the other one was not really near. So sometimes training just doesn't happen. Harrison Brown you know what I mean. Four more easy miles in the Adidas Ultra Boost 20. I think it's about 8 minutes 51 per mile so right into my kind of sort of active recovery type of pace. I was running some errands so I wasn't really bothered about pace as just about getting a few miles under the belt. I had some fail ups with the GPS on my watch right near the start of the runs. That kind of irritated me a little bit. It's always a good rate to start a run right. So I managed to sort out the technical issue I had with the watch and get a few miles in at that recovery type pace. With a big backpack on. Phil with a little notes of rubbish that I didn't really need. I certainly need to invest in about a backpack for running. Something with some additional kind of fastnings and ties. If you guys have got any good suggestions about that I would love to see them. Please post them in the comments below. They will be greatly received. Next day 7.5 miles at 7 minutes 30 per mile pace. I managed to hit the targets this time in the vapor fly 4% flynets, the crimson version. So I had a 4 mile kind of fart lick section in this run and utilised the vapor flies. I've got to say around about 180 miles now they are feeling a little dead. That side they still run the fart lick section very fast but they are starting to feel, I don't know it's odd. What's the word? You know like that material you can use for flower arranging. It kind of feels a little bit like that. I don't know whether some water has got in there and it's kind of like made it feel a lot more brittle. I think that's the only word I can think of that kind of fits the feeling that you get underfoot after a while and no shoes. Following day I was feeling pretty tuck it out so I decided to just do 3 easy miles, get those legs moving again in the ultra boost 20s. So pretty good mileage week for me, kept it all off with a 14 mile run on the Sunday in the A6 glide ride. So my target for that was about 7 minutes 45 seconds per mile and I knew the glide ride would kind of enable me to roll onto victory to meet the targets for this run. It's certainly super cushioned, super comfortable and really stable shoe. I think this one is a bit of a slow burner, I think people will realise just how great this shoe is, you know maybe a year down the line. Maybe they'll become like really rare, like a sort of rare Beatles record or something like that and people will kind of hanker after them, you know. I think they will, I think it will. It will become like a cult classic after a while. So at a total time of about 1 hour 47 for that 14 mile run average heart rate of about 143 beats per minute and kind of trusting that heart rate reading. A hell of a lot more now. I've got that OH1 plus heart rate sensor from Polar. Note we'll stop around there about 9.5 miles for a bit of water so I was feeling a bit parched. There was some lovely Sunday sun at one point. I was going to look at thinking I wish I bought my shades. But alas it didn't stay and there was some quite cold rain a little later on. It must have been around about 10 miles and really started to feel exceptionally cold. So I think that run shows that that strength, that stamina and endurance are improving and I have to be honest the next day following that 14 mile run legs, everything felt absolutely fantastic. So real testament to the shoe and perhaps also to me as well. These show absolutely zero signs of wear at all. So very impressive that certainly could be a very durable shoe. You're going to get your money to work out of this one. I think it's made with care, made with clothes. Maybe it's time to try another ASIC shoe. If you've got any suggestions post them in the comments please guys. Right it's time for Old Ed Bird to mosey off and do some other stuff. Hope you've enjoyed this video. Thanks for watching. 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