ALL OUT DULWICH PARKRUN,. A CRACK AT A SUB 15! MY THOUGHTS.

I've worked hard to get into shape over the past 4 weeks.
Am I in sub 15 minute 5k shape?
Let's find out while I give you my thoughts throughout.
Congrats to all 722 park runners who finished Dulwich parkrun this day.
00:00 - The start
03:02 - 1st km
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15:56 - The finish and results
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[@seanflynn4901]

Hey man.... I just want to say, as one of the runners you'd lap in a race like this.... big respect for your mentality about sharing space and everyone has a fair shot at the racing line. Everyone starts somewhere... I'm in the 21:xx range now, and working to get better every day.

[@justalilbester]

Appreciate it mate!! Keep working hard and let me know once you smash that magical sub 20!! See you around!! 🙌🏻

[@mawilliams777]

Your ‘no music’ and what you are thinking videos are by far the most motivating on KZbin Nick, once I start I just can’t turn it off, damn adverts🙄 Loads of great content on here, but these make want to go out and run hard.

[@justalilbester]

@@mawilliams777 great to hear. Truth is, running is tough for all of us. But when you see improvements and things start clicking, then it makes all the work that goes into it worth it!

[@JohnBrown-be6re]

21 mins is a great time.!

[@TheZeldanoob653]

I’m 12 and on Saturday I hit sub 20 it was great but well done nick 👏

[@justalilbester]

Amazing!! At 18 you’ll be smashing 15 minutes! Keep it up 🙌🏻

[@kqyyx]

Wow! For a 12 y/o that’s incredible! I’m 11 and barely getting sub 27 each week! 😅 congrats!

[@wscmy123]

im 36 and hit sub 20 last month😂

[@TheChessChamber]

These park run videos are my favourite type of content! edit: People have to control their dog's man hahaha😂

[@danforward3913]

I love to see the club kits at parkrun, especially the UK ones when they come over here to Boston! The most recognizable ones are the black and white stripes from Fulham

[@nrjonesy]

Not sure what I wore when running Jamaica Pond.. it was a brilliant Parkrun though! I do remember getting a history lesson at your first time briefing as soon as we said we were British!! ..had a great time chatting with the local runners at the cafe after.

[@danforward3913]

@@nrjonesy great to hear that you liked it! Hope you return some day 😀

[@geoffh2560]

at our local parkrun we have a simple rule of 'keep left' which makes it much easier for the faster runners on their final lap. I reckon you lost about 12 seconds dodging people Nick!

[@nunja924]

Oh yeah, he does the rollerblade marathon in Berlin and you have to run alongside and film him :)

[@justalilbester]

Bwahaha imagine 🤣 that’s what you call returning the favour!!

[@thomasmcquade4332]

So much fun can’t wait to do it again Your the man 🫡🥷

[@justalilbester]

Oh yes!! Let me train just a little harder and we’ll return 🙌🏻 loved your skillz and filming work mate!

[@miriamsalo7123]

Love your parkrun vids! And I'm now a 40 minute runner. But jeez, the effort you need to put in through weaving on the last lap, great stuff! And also your great attitude that parkrun is indeed for everyone and sometimes us slowbies slow you down. Great effort!

[@newbarker523]

Excellent video. I really love your commentary and attitude towards everyone. It's very inspiring. You look so strong when running even when you're on the red. Props to the camera guy. Excellent job.

[@amsteldess4605]

- yesterday ran a 24:50 and my god that was pure suffering. Start running just a year ago. PB in september 2023 was 24:22. Hope my motivation will increase and someday i will be at the start of some marathon.Ty for such inspirational parkrun videos. (Excuse my language, hi from Russia)

[@geoffclarke3796]

Well done Nick, great time considering all the traffic you had to negotiate. You looked like a racing driver in the best car overtaking everyone after having been forced to start at the back of the grid. Will have to get down to Dulwich again as one of my favourites. When I first ran there back in 2013 there were only about 300 running from memory.

[@edwardwilson4272]

Top ten all in the 16s! Wow!

[@designcode]

I love these parkrun videos and your thoughts with every kilometers. As not so fast runner myself, I always try my best to not run in middle, people can a bit little mindful about it honestly :)

[@georgeyboy5256]

Love watching these types of videos/races. I think I could sit through a marathon in this style. You smashed it Nick. I'm just coming back from Winter flu so I know what it's like when you're not quite 100%.

[@newbarker523]

I could probably watch a marathon video like this too!

[@jochippyy]

Love that nick! All that weaving in and out of fellow parkrunners so cool! Great run and brilliant filming cheers lads

[@yonebayashi2212]

I’ve been waiting for this kinda of videos, thank you nick. This kinda video always stay motivated me at run when I had devil in my head telling to stop.

[@JM-rm3lt]

I feel this. These videos are superb. I run around 20 minutes and Nick’s videos give me such motivation to maybe hit those low 19s one day.

[@justalilbester]

Be tougher than that demon telling you to slow down! 👊🏻 You can always find something extra!

[@camerongray7767]

14:30 500 shirt guy. Pretty cool

[@joeflanagan132]

Best kind of videos these are from you!! Loved it 💪🏼💪🏼

[@mikehobbs624]

Great running Nick! Fantastic time considering all the weaving about 👏

[@derekrunsagain]

Great video Nick. Watched it all the way through!

[@devmaharaj9768]

Thank you, Nick for sharing your thoughts during the run. Great video...

[@veganaus]

Keep doing these 5k race and parkrunnvids, theyre bangin'

[@jobanski]

Great run! Thanks for the upload!

[@DaneDillon]

Watching this gets me hyped to try a park run. I have run races but never a park run... yet!

[@MAllen02]

Parkrun was good for me last Saturday, new pb of 17:37 in 1st position. First parkrun for a while and my marathon training paid off. Picked up an injury yesterday though so hopefully it's not a big setback 🤞

[@ChairmanAntelope]

Love these parkrun thoughts videos. I like seeing club vests at parkrun - it’s cool to see all different club colours and where people are from!

[@RuairiOTuathail]

Three months late, but great job and i love your positive attitude dodging folk on such a busy course. 💪👏

[@sstevogb]

Shame course records / first finishers aren’t shown on Parkrun anymore :/

[@User90126]

Absolutely flying mate!!!

[@dannnwoods]

Brilliant! I saw you lap me on the final K. Tom on the rollerblades was amazing!

[@MS-jt2yi]

Great video. Love these parkruns. I started running 1 year ago and currently run 22.10mins 5k and 49.54 10k.... targetting 20mins by end 2024!

[@bristowezt9751]

19:12 a PB on Feb 3rd, couldn’t be happier. Can’t imagine what it’s like with you guys at the front!

[@bmwlux8706]

I LOVE THESE PARK RUN 5K VIDEOS

[@paolobilardo6520]

Very well done. That was impressive

[@DavidBhoy1967]

Definitely think it’s fine to wear club colours in Parkrun. Just in awe of you guys up in the front tbh. Best I can do is around 21 mins.

[@andymcgrath327]

Great video at my local parkrun, perfect for fast running. Impressive weaving too!

[@stevebowerman2235]

18 minutes at 48 years old 10 years ago . Havent done parkrun since then, but going to do one next month and see how the old legs go now.

[@laneystain]

Great insight, Nick! We have a lot of runners that wear their club kits at Wolverhampton, I think it's great they all represent the local run clubs (or if you're a tourist clubs from further afield). Unreal time as well mate! 👏🏻

[@nicksmith4507]

Excellent run and cool video all round. It has encouraged me to pop down the road sometime to do Dulwich. My best PB at S Norwood is 20:05 but then I am over 50. Good comments on Parkrun: everyone involved is awesome and they helped my running tremendously.

[@justalilbester]

Thanks and glad you enjoyed it. Keep going, when you dip under 20 it’s going to be such a sweet feeling 🙌🏻

[@evgenysergeev8186]

Hello Nick, this format is amazing! Just cannot take my eyes off that. Feels like living it by myself.

[@justalilbester]

Join me for the next one!! 🚀 working hard and will hopefully go under 15 next time.

[@arnoldarnold4474]

Nice one Nick Cameraman legend

[@skiesyh6179]

Hit 17:38 at Oak hill few weeks ago but wasn’t to pleased. Great run from you Nick!

[@GreaseAndGravel]

Lekker Nick! You are an inspiration dude. At our local parkrun it is often already 30+ degrees C at the start. Keep up the good work! Your vids helped me to chase down my PBs from 20 years ago.

[@justalilbester]

Very cool to hear! Must be a sweet feeling getting your PB again 20 years later! 🙌🏻 Keep going! Lekker

[@markevans4088]

Great stuff! Superb filming too!

[@2eurocoin]

Seems course records have been removed from parkrun, disappointing. Even though I'll never own one, I do admire runners like yourself, thrown it all out there. Keep inspiring.

[@alanwetherelt7155]

Enjoyed the watch, a great attitude

[@henrygale77]

Another cracking video Nick! I use your 5ks as pre parkrun motivation 🙌🏻

[@justalilbester]

Thanks mate and glad you find them helpful 🙌🏻

[@eggdressing]

Great video and great attitude. Keep it up

[@Grendel2912]

Impressive stuff, especially having to weave in and out of the other runners

[@pebbleb7683]

Really been enjoying your videos Nick - parkruns or marathon training! Very cool and inspiring 👊 I’m 25 and a decent-ish runner and I’d love to be able to run half as well as you lol - need to keep training!

[@Gmjack17]

These videos are the Best!

[@gary_runs]

Great Video Nick and strong running! Well done Tom! Definitely a 'yes' to wearing club colours at Parkrun! Makes me run stronger and of course 'Look good!' 🔵⚪️

[@justalilbester]

Thanks champ and appreciate the support en route when I needed it most 💙🤍 solid run by you too!!

[@pf4186]

Good work.

[@Timtherunner]

Im a year in on my running journey and today for some strange reason ended up doing an extra lap at our local oarkrun 😂. I thought it felt tough. Big respect. If anyone thinks that seeing these times puts people off then im not sure how they tick as i am just in awe and would love to just improve my time. I did the 4 laps in 30 min so next time i need to look at my watch 😂and realise around the 22-23 i should be going out 😂

[@levinoswarts827]

At ParkRuns here in South Africa, Cape Town they have a rule, fast runners and overtaking always on the left :) but you are doing a way better job just weaving through lol

[@dennycalder4948]

Well done, it's a real shame that parkrun won't show it going forward as i believe they are stopping showing sub 17 mens times and also doing away with course records ( already removed from all stats) .

[@mikew6840]

Wow, those Jozi hill workouts kept you strong 💪.

[@HasanKhannn]

my fastest 5k is 32 min, yours is half of mine💀💀💀

[@theseshisneverover6472]

You really are a class act mate

[@davidconsumerofmath]

wow, that is bonkers how much you have to weave in and out of the crowds! Very tough work for you and Tom And it's nice to see you wearing your club colors :-)

[@nath9091]

Didn't collapse on the grass next to the funnel. Had more left in the tank if just for the final 50m as didn't notice you trying for a final kick 😁 brilliant time and well done!

[@justalilbester]

🤣 agreed, looking back I shout have found an extra few %

[@trentdwyer6719]

Another awesome Dulwich parkrun Nick 🙌 I live on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia and after taking up running 12 months ago my PB Parkrun is 23:00 Loving your you tube content 🤘

[@justalilbester]

Thanks mate! I can’t wait to come visit the Gold Coast one day 🇦🇺 I’ve never been before.

[@runstokesrun]

This is brilliant

[@qc_mp6899]

Yster!!! Well done. Blitz vinnag! I am in Cape Town. 5km is in the 18:__ range. 2024 goal sub 18. Maybe sub 17, we shall see. But thanks for sharing!!

[@mattw-walking8282]

Gotta say your stride is looking better than last time i saw you do one of these. Seems to be way less compact like last time i watched you do a 5k. Maybe just me but you definitely look like you improved there from my perspective. Great run again btw 👍

[@justalilbester]

Thanks so much. I’ve worked very hard on my form! Made some decent progress but still a long way to go 🙌🏻

[@gidgiddoni9919]

48Male I won my Parkrun last Saturday at Riverside Park Idaho, USA with a very slow time in a blizzard and sunglasses chomping through 2-3 inches of snow. My PB currently is 22:33.

[@luckRuns]

Great video so close. Fantastic run none the less 🏃‍♂️👏👏 my local parkrun has 5 corners that are 180 degree turns so completely cuts any rhythm but currently fighting to push under 21 my pb has lowerd to ezactly 21.00. So hopefully any time now ill get it. Props to the camera guy to he always does a great job weaving in between people getting the best video footage 👍📹 incredible performance though keep up the good work 👍

[@tianoyt7005]

Lekker Nick, good job!

[@dhdavidholloway]

Great camera work

[@David.soares]

Monster!!!!

[@TinJev]

well done nick sub 15 is coming 🦾 Got a new pb of 22:39 after 4 weeks of running aiming for that sub 20!

[@muscle99sav]

Heck of a go nick.

[@timross3500]

My PB is at Dulwich on 3rd Feb. 21:17. I want to get below the 20 min mark.

[@joshuaclark647]

Man I'd love to meet you ones day you have an incredible outlook

[@RajvardhanChopade-bv9ik]

I done my first race of 3km and it was not a good memory but still going to try on 11the Feb I just falled at the starting because two small girls but I still tried to rank and I was at 3 and didn't know the route they said to return the boys who were behind me turned real quick I was at front and that lead me 5 position Still I will try in next one which is on 11feb

[@chilloutvibesforyou]

Well done mate, I'm almost at 300 Parkuns

[@lizgreen2936]

Boommmsshhhaakkkalaka that was a great video too watch and you u were miles ahead of everyone at the end... 🎉🎉🎉Yes runners SHOULD wear their club tops I absolutely love screaming out the clubs name when I'm volunteering (or running) parkrun plus a lot of runners come back & thank me for cheering their club although maybe banging my tambourine and shaking my maracas has a lot too do with it..😂.#keeponkeepungonNik....x

[@justalilbester]

Haha love it Liz!! Boom Shakalaka let’s keep on going!!!! 🚀🙌🏻

[@kraken140]

I just wanna say these pink shoes are 🔥

[@nicnak4475]

Fantastic running Nick well done ! It would be great to see you at the Hastings Park run sometime, it's a fast out and back seafront course. There is no way that dog was going to keep up !🐶 I think a greyhound might struggle ! 🤣

[@justalilbester]

🤣🤣 added to the list! Thanks 🙌🏻🤩

[@nberkel]

Quite the speed for being "out of shape" lol. Way to push yourself man. Form is looking good 👍🏼

[@FilmMyRun]

Nice one Nick but even more kudos for 14:37 under the lights!

[@justalilbester]

Thanks so much!! 14:38, almost 14:37 ;) onwards and upwards!! 👊🏻

[@joelmead]

I ran parkrun and almost won for the first time. I was first until 4.8k but got passed in the final 200 😢. 2/213 and 18:33

[@jordandunne8046]

Nick - please come and partake in the Basingstoke park run 😊😊😊

[@justalilbester]

Oooof never done that one before. I’ll have to give it a try 🙌🏻

[@jordandunne8046]

@@justalilbester amazing! It would be awesome to see you participate 😁

[@martinkelsen6049]

Nick, try Burgess parkrun as it is just the one lap. See you at your race on Saturday, where I will be doing the 10k and giving it my all.

[@justalilbester]

I used to do it often, it’s a winner 🫶🏻 good luck for Saturday!! 🎉 see you there!!

[@Oatsu]

Ran a 15:46 PB at parkrun last weekend, great confidence booster for my first marathon at London - Hopefully your idea that impriving in the 5k will carry over to longer distances 🤞

[@doodlebrighton124]

Amazing Nick. Also quite terrifying that 15.11 was only the 6th fastest park run that weekend????

[@justalilbester]

Some speedy runners in the UK I tell you 🔥

[@duncandixon6203]

In 3 weeks I will be doing my first Parkrun. I have done 5km on the treadmill last week in 34 minutes and I was close to vomiting (I couldn't even run 100 meters 4 months a go), so I have decided to give myself a bit of time to increase my intervals and raise my vo2 max. I want the Parkrun to be my real first outdoor running experience. I did a brief 1k run around the block and I kept getting literally blocked all the time by traffic and pedestrians (they have every right to use it) and it got pretty annoying So I called it a loss and will attempt the real run with other runners in a large space :)

[@Subtle2]

You've got to come down to Bushy Park, Nick! It's my local, and there's always a great energy.

[@justalilbester]

Definitely on the list. I can’t not! 🦌

[@maxal2251]

Great outlook on park runs; fast or slow, everyone's welcome and respected. Victoria Park run in Glasgow looks like the place to test yourself- 4 out of the top 10 times that week, you up for it?!

[@justalilbester]

I thrive in the cold. That’s very cold 🥶 perhaps we take a family trip that side 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and I give it a go!

[@JM-rm3lt]

Great video. Really sad to hear today Parkrun are removing course records from results.

[@justalilbester]

Thanks. Ah wow I had no idea about that.

[@garthcox4307]

It was rumoured a few weeks ago that they were considering it. I think it was related to the furore around women's course records recently.

[@JM-rm3lt]

@@garthcox4307I think you’re right.

[@garthcox4307]

​@JM-rm3lt I disagree with parkrun not adhering to uk athletics guidelines. It appears that they've ruined it for everyone instead of falling into line. It doesn't make them look good.

[@mikew6840]

Good grief, why? Snowflakes getting upset? It’s ParkRun for Pete’s sake, not professional athletics.

[@jh230377]

My current 5k PB is 21:04 only my 5th race which I got last week.

[@lizzyg4817]

I think parkrun is for everyone so if you want to wear club kit , then why not? However I've really enjoyed making friends at parkrun without our club vests on. People first, club second. I did a race run by a local club recently and it was so lovely to be cheered on by my parkrun pals from the club ❤❤

[@lizzyg4817]

Also, love your attitude to parkrun, respecting every runner ❤

[@garthcox4307]

Brilliant run,. There are some selfish dog owners about. Luckily for all there were no injuries. What sort of idiot lets an out of control aggressive dog off the lead in a busy public place?

[@JM-rm3lt]

Near enough every time I’m out training I’m close to a dog attack where owners have them off leads. Had stitches once during a 10k workout. Was on for a PB too!

[@bmwlux8706]

That little doggo didn't almost take you out, you guys almost took HIM out! 😭Owner oblivious!

[@justalilbester]

I love the way that guy felt his hamstring, almost to check if it’s still attached. Then he’s like.. Yeah I’m good, let’s go! 🤣

[@jamestunstead1319]

Great running with all that weaving and ducking that was easily a sub 15 run

[@perlah8407]

Respect to you but mostly to the camera man

[@dgnbg5604]

Inspiring Nick👍🏻btw how do you incorporate a parkrun in your traingplan? Do you have a recovery day afterwards?

[@justalilbester]

Not really. But I don’t put in back to back harder days. It’s good to do a weekly or bi-weekly parkrun. I’m often encouraging my athletes to do it.

[@markfawbert2991]

You know you're running at a fair clip when even a dog can't keep up!

[@justalilbester]

🤣🤣 if it didn’t take us out at that point , then we were gone!! 🏃‍♂️

[@mohammedismail8795]

Great video and analysis on DP. I ran identical times there in the last 2 weeks. Pushy is overrated, you should try Brockwell and maybe go for a course record, which took 10+ years to break last year (15.02). I would be happy to pace for 2kms!

[@justalilbester]

Oooof on a slightly hilly parkrun that could be tough but hey you never know unless you try.

[@jacobstamp818]

9:33 I find it fascinating that you are keeping track of this kind of thing while you are running. You're crazy.