4 WEEKS TO GO marathon session! Full month training summary and our 2023 race plans!

Awesome video as always Ben. Really enjoy following your training from down under in New Zealand 😀. Using your great training plan for my next Half Marathon in two weeks time and been getting it done in the awesome Ben Parkes running gear!! All the best for Seville, I’m sure you will smash it 🏃‍♂️👍.

Hi Ben! Great video, very informative.. I was wondering about your weekly milage!🤔 Could you pls comment on how many grams of salt you consume per day?
p.s. second beanie was very beautiful, I must buy one!

always love to see hard workers taking time off to reset. kudos to you both for giving yourself time to recharge and sharing that part of your journey with everyone!

I don't see the Bruce Fordyce links that you mentioned. Anything that you can point to?

What watch and training program do you use to analyze your training?

Hope to see you at comrades. Did my first last year and it was awesome. Just insane how cool it was. Loved it. Good luck in seville

Good to have you back & in great shape. 👍

London Marathon shake out! I will be there. Great to hear your mental health is in a good place. Please keep talking about it is a hugely important issue for everyone.

I used to say that I would never run Comrades, but as time goes on it is becoming more and more tempting....

Good luck smash it
Me I hope to do manchester marathon and tottenham 10k

Great vid Ben! Build up looks be going nicely for Seville - keep up the great training 🙌

Excited for you doing your first Comrades. I’ve done 4 and it’s quite special. The down run is brutal on the legs so lots of strength and hill repeats !

Please shout if you need to check your logistics for the trip; it’s quite key where you are located and how you get to the start etc.

Love the video! Just out of curiosity do you do all your speed sessions in Vaporfly/carbon plated shoes ?

BIG excitement 🙌🏻

Here in Portugal its very cold too!!!! 🥶

😍 What a great video - many thanks and wish you a good luck :)

Glad to see you're doing well, keep going!

What’s your reasoning behind doing 6x1000 when training for the marathon? Seems like a short session and something I would rather do as a 5k or maybe 10k workout.

Did I hear correctly that you'll be running a race in Barcelona? Half or Full? I'll be running both - my first full marathon and my second half marathon. You've been a great source of inspiration and solid information on how to take my running a bit more seriously while keeping it fun. Thank you!

Missed you two lately. Say, when will you be reviewing the new shoes coming out very soon? Can't wait.

Say hi when you land in South Africa for Comrades

Loving the Rick Shiels inspired break 17 idea!

YOU LOVE TO SEE IT! Great job 😬😬

woolacombe parkrun.

I got the 2 oceans half marathon coming up in April in Cape Town !!!

I am tapering this week for the 1/2 marathon in Miami FL! Thanks for all your videos and inspiration 💪🏽🏃🏽‍♂️

I was inspired to try your 2km, 1km, 400m, 200m session. I think it might be my favourite interval session ever

Love the idea of breaking 17!!! Love @ricks 75 series!!! Also what a cool collab that would be Rick does run 👀

Hey Ben! Well deserved time off but we missed you. See you’re training in the Vapors….. I’m always reluctant to train in a carbon plate for fear of not getting the race day benefit… am I being too strict?!

Thanks for all the motivation. I've been running sinse 2016 but just started wk 4 of my first ever marathon training plan, going for Manchester in April 👍.

Well up for a shake down run 22nd April, was going go to Beckton PR.

Also for Chicago I was going try one of Kofuzi's.

Totally obessed with Bruce Fordyce and his South African accent now my wife cant thank you enough lol no love for his level of sarcasm she has...

Great to see you back in 2023 looking good and strong for the years racing ahead 👍

How cold does it need to be for you to wear leggings?!

Just did a 12 miler (as part of your marathon plan) yesterday at Battersea Park - was half expecting to see you zooming past me! Training for Boston and London this year. Would be great to see a video with advice for going back to back.

Thanks for this Vid Ben, I really enjoy your technical videos, but it’s so nice to just hear how you and Sarah are doing sometimes 😊

Wintering in Palm Springs, working on the training for my first competitive marathon in fall 2023 back in Canada. You guys are looking good. Good luck with your marathon.

Hey Ben, how long have you been running for? I wish I could even be close to how good you are but i used to be a competitive swimmer and only started running (triathlon) like a year ago im 20.

Where was this filmed? Battersea park?

I ran the Amsterdam Marathon in October 2022 and managed to pick-up Covid which made me really ill. As a result I was off running for a while and have struggled for motivation in the early part of 2023. But your positivity has given me a massive lift and I feel energised again and ready to hit the road. A massive thanks to both of you!

Off to Sevilla this Friday for the half marathon (my first 😳), loving the films. Running has done my head no end of good.

Glad to hear coming out to run Comrades, send your number and I'll follow you.

You’re helping me get pumped up for my intervals today 👏🏻

Good job 👍

In the middle of Week 4 of my London Marathon training. This will be my 6th marathon, 1st time running London and 4th World Major. Very excited to be running for the charity Spinal Research.

Best of luck with Seville. Having done both Seville and Valencia, for me, Seville was such a better marathon to run. It's a beautiful place too. Enjoy!

Great to see you both back Ben and Sarah. Just ordered some stuff off your website. Got 2 x 10K races this year. First in 4 years since becoming a dad. Been training since September and been using your 10K training plan. 👍

Veloforte are my favourite feels/snacks/chews - Vegan and absolutely delicious! Witney parkrun is nice twisty-turny course and a challenge to get sub-17

Does Kiki really belong to Ben or is she actually Sarah's cat?