THE BIG HALF 2024 - HALF MARATHON RACE RECAP - ASICS METASPEED SKY PARIS - EDDBUD

Love those sub zero shades! I run in the same pair.

Well done Edd. No 31st GNR for me on Sunday as I’ve fractured my 5th metatarsal. I’ll “run” vicariously through your vlogs for now.

Love a bit of Slim, btw 😊

Forgetting stuff before a race can really upset your plans.
I'm doing a half next weekend, but I will almost certainly ruin it with the swimming and bike riding bit beforehand.
But the organisers are insisting on it. Hopefully I will not forget anything, particularly the swim suit.

Not too shabby at all Edd, congrats , excellent time , recover well .

Heat running sucks!

Here in Brisbane our winter failed and conceded to summer far too soon and this weekend we hit 35C... That made Sundays 30k run a bit tough (was 26C when we finished). 17-18C in London sounds relatively acceptable!!!!

But yes - you need to adjust to any weather conditions.

Good run!!!

Well done sir 🥂

Congratulations Ed. You did awesome. I have heard the Metaspeed Sky durability is very low vs other supershoes

Good hustle Edd

How much water before a race? I get dehydrated late in a run...

Congratulations Edd! Well done.

Congrats Edd! Yea it's been tough here in NYC too with the humidity recently. Looks like metaspeed edge! - take that back the sky!..you thinking AF3 for Manchester Marathon? Also, how many miles you got with the sky's?

Ed you are a legend

I love training and racing in cold days too. The sad part is that I live in Brazil, though. Lol. From now to May 2025, we'll get 32 cesius or more for maybe 75% to 80% of the afternoons in my town, which is the time of the day I typically train. It sucks so bad and I never seem to get used to it.

Congrats Ed! Very nice run 💪🏼

Watching all you running makes me miss running. It will be awhile since rehabbing a torn plantar fascia in my L foot.

Great Job Ed !!!

I would be upset if the sprayed water.

Stephen Malkmus! God! I’m subscribing for that reason alone

Great job, Ed! Slim Whitman isn’t an artist heard very often these days. He was one of my grandmother’s favorite singers.

well done man....congratulations.

A comment for the algorithm.

Great work Ed! What mileage did you get from the Paris? Oh, and I found a flaw in the Superblast 2! Run home last night, it poured down and they retained a fair bit of water. That's basically it.

Not a day for PBs you say... I got my 400m PB catching up my missus after stopping for a wee on the route 😂

Great north run this weekend for me. It's very humid atm which isn't great.
Saucony pro 4 is my choice for the race.

Well done Ed, will you fully retire the shoe or is it race retired? As in will you keep it for workouts or training efforts? What sort of mileage did you get out of it?

Did you really need an asics running vest!? 🦺

Good job Ed.

Well done Ed. I do like your style of producing videos. Thanks for the feedback on the Sky Paris I am thinking of getting a pair for Berlin later this month

Great effort for a summer half. In my area of the US they don’t hold races that long from May thru September cause of the heat.

Nice one! Run a half marathon in my long run for the first time in months since I live in Greece and was literally the first run with a temperature below 30 since June or so😅also had my first nasty fall as a runner. Spoiler alert -I survived and in good enough shape to keep training.

I'm thinking of signing up for next year. Would you recommend?

Great to meet you before the race - I'm the guy who warned you about the cobbles! Well done.

Excellent finish time and even better in humid heat. My marathon PB was in a chilly rainy Boston so corroborating the weather factor. I wilt in heat.

Wilne 10k at the weekend for me and suprised myself with a 36 minute efforts. The race shoes of choice are still Vaporfly V1's.

Well done Ed...I liked your phrase; ...surrounded by of a bunch of people with packing foam on their feet!

Where'd ya get that running vest that matches the shoes?!

Nice one Ed - hope you bounce back into your winter block - let us know your next race 😊

Nice one Ed.I did Cheltenham Half on the 1st - same experience with the humidity,but enjoyable

I’m running the New Forest Marathon on Sunday. I booked it on Saturday just gone. You can train, peak and taper all in one week, right?
Keep me in your thoughts 😅
For the algorithm!

Great race review thank you very good content🎉

Awesome time! Congratulations! 🎉

Congrats! Running in the heat is a killer. Running in tunnels even worse😂; gps goes crazy and you don’t know where you are! Can’t race with music … motivating in the beginning but when the pain arrives towards the end I feel like chucking the AirPods in the street. Thanks for the recap!

Btw, have you ever done any content on Strava fitness or Garmin/Whoop… Sometimes seems like the numbers are random😂. It’d be interesting to get viewers stats to compare…

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Ed, how much is your mileage of the Sky Paris?

Well done Edd. Managed a PB at a humid Cardiff 10k last Sunday with your recommendation of the Endorphin Pro 3. Only by 6 seconds but I had to dig in extremely deep for that!

Ran and enjoyed the Big Half. The tunnel and the cobbles were challenge. And I ran out of steam at the end. A good walk up for the Bournemouth half in 5 weeks ;) No idea how people run twice that distance in a decent time. Also love Neil young. Keep up the good work JCX

Hola ED !! Magnifica review de tu carrera !! Vente a vivir a Extremadura y te acostumbrarás,como yo,a correr a 35º...no pasa nada,todo es acostumbrarse !! En cambio,yo a 7º no podria con el dolor de espalda por el fresco !! Tienes mi like!!