CHASING TWENTY #7 /// This Has To Be The One /// Arrow Valley Parkrun - December 2024

[@MrSmokedTurkey]

What an insane last kilometer. Big shoutout to the boys showing up for the pacing. That pace looks like a leisurely stroll for Ryan lol.

[@itsonandy]

Thanks, yes they certainly made the difference on the day. Faster runners make it look so easy and they gave me such encouragement to help me get the job done.❤️

[@Tom_Davey]

What a great group of people, this is what running is about!

[@itsonandy]

Cheers Tom!

[@JoeBucks]

Jeez, 19:38 is super fast Andy !!! Congrats on the PB & the sub 20 !!!! Friggin awesome. Brett is the ultimate hype man !!! Dude is super cool !

[@itsonandy]

Thanks Joe!❤️

[@bh4560]

Grown man with a tear in my eye!! Thats inspired me! Sub 20 is happening this year! What a great effort!! Yaaaas!! That last km was so strong!!

[@JoeBucks]

Gave me chills! Lol

[@itsonandy]

Thanks so much - It felt absolutely awesome 👌🏻

[@bh4560]

I think getting past km 4 and thinking I am getting this would be amazing. My time is 20.33 so I am getting close!

[@debbiepriest8123]

Wow, amazing Andy, well under 20. Brett is a great pacer. Nice to have others, like Ryan, helping you along too, You're doing so well at the moment and it's been great following the journey,

[@itsonandy]

Thank you Debbie! It was great having so many positive people around on the day. Cheers ❤️

[@Mack.Tracks]

Big props to you, Andy. Reassuring to hear you breathing hard for that final KM, as you made the rest of it look so easy. Keep inspiring ❤

[@gazt150]

Andy, that was a class last km. So buzzing for you!

[@itsonandy]

Thanks mate ❤️

[@SimonBanfield]

I have enjoyed watching your parkrun journey as it has run in parallel to mine. Started 3 years ago with a 29minute effort, got my first sub-20 last summer, then finished close behind you at Bushy1000. Last week I brought my PB down to 19:39. You pipped me by 1 second. Delighted to see it, well done!

[@itsonandy]

Thanks Simon!! Keep on pushing in 2025 and we will go below 19 💪🏻

[@NRG_Runs]

Awesome, Andy! 👏🏼👏🏼 There’s nothing like that feeling of breaking 20 for the first time! Negative split is the way to do it 🫡

[@itsonandy]

Thanks so much, it was a bit of an accident but I can't grumble!

[@brionia9760]

Fab, congrats on the huge PB! Loving Daisy’s thiught bubbles 😂 Have a great New Year! 🎉

[@itsonandy]

Thanks so much - Daisy always tells it like it is...

[@ryanscarborough367]

Absolutely smashed that sub 20 🎉🎉 well done Andy, just goes to show what determination does, so happy for you mate. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and the family 🍻🍾 look forward to seeing what you get up to in 2025

[@itsonandy]

Thank you Ryan!! Perfect Christmas present. Cheers mate - merry Christmas to you too mate.👍🏻

[@middleagedrunningman]

Was quite tense there, despite knowing you’d done it!! Well done mate, great to have the boys there getting you through.

[@itsonandy]

Cheers Marm. It was a real thrill getting over that line. Hopefully I'll be sub 15 by this time next year, or I'll be quite disappointed.

[@corinnenunn8326]

Well done Andy! My heart was in my mouth. GOSH, that was spectacular 🎉

[@whereweoffDAD]

Absolutely amazing mate. I know this feeling having just cracked it a few months ago. Mental block removed... its massive. You smashed it... what a way to end a fantastic year 🎉🎉🎉 all the best for 2025

[@itsonandy]

Thanks so much. I'm so happy it's finally done!

[@johnhiggins674]

Well done Andy, running under twenty mins is a real achievement. Congratulations, and a great video. 👊💥 Nothing was more certain that you would get this though, hills, track and long steady runs is the way to go. So envious of both your local hills and track sessions. I was obsessed for ages until I finally got a 19:59 at Isabell Trail parkrun in 2022 at the age of 56. I still count it a massive achievement (for me) to repeat that, progress is only slow now but keep chipping away and two sub 19’s this year. Which may turn out to be it… 😂😂 Once again, many congratulations… enjoy reliving it and think how good it feels. 😀

[@CarlTheAmateurRunner]

Yes Andy! Knew you’d do it. Well done!! What you have achieved this year is truly inspiring stuff! Merry Christmas!

[@itsonandy]

Thanks Carl - so glad to have finally dipped under the barrier. Really pleased and am looking forward to hitting some new targets!

[@markhirdygirdy_runs]

Unbelievable last km. Pulled that one out the bag! Well played Andy. Great vlog 👏🏻👏🏻

[@martynrubery]

Absolutely over the moon for you, Andy ,outstanding running 👏👏 I run in and around Coventry and see Ryan and Harry at a lot of runs ,brilliant runners and top guys . Well done from Monty of Coventry 👟👌💪 Also, follow Brett he's a legend 👟

[@samdking]

Next level Daisy thoughts on this one 😂. Love the self-awareness. What a way to end the year 👊.

[@timothytrewin]

Yassss bro!!!🎉 Absolutely smashed it!! Amazing video man. Congrats on the new PB!

[@itsonandy]

Thanks mate - glad you enjoyed ❤️

[@drdesign4890]

That feeling when you first hit sub 20, it’s euphoric. Well done Andy. You’re reaping the rewards from the graft you’ve put in this year. Well deserved mate, congratulations💪🏻

[@itsonandy]

Thanks so much ❤️

[@deansummerton2577]

Keep watching it back...awesome!!

[@itsonandy]

Nice one Dean! I'm not sure I'll ever be able to do it again 😂

[@IanLPrice]

It was a superb run Andy, so pleased to say "I was there" when you did it!! 👏👏👏👏 Thanks for the name check 👍 I managed to sneak in myself on that one 19:59 😁

[@itsonandy]

Well done Ian! Brilliantly well run mate 👏🏻

[@freddyruns]

All the feels! 👏👏👏 what a run, what a team! Absolutely beaming for you mate.

[@robscott33]

The Bromsgrove Ingebrigtsen! He’s only gone and bloody done it again!

[@itsonandy]

😂😂😂😂😂 🇳🇴

[@jameschaves5723]

Andy something about the closing!! “It’s on Andy, come on mate it’s on!!” Sends chills. I’ve screamed it and it’s been screamed to me!!! “James… dig deep. If you want it dig deep “. I love your journey. It may be far away but as someone who went sub 3:00:00 at 53 y/o it’s coming to you. “It’s on Andy, it’s on”!!!

[@Thirdd3gree]

One of the best breaking 20 videos I've ever seen. That final kick 👏

[@ingagade951]

I cried Andy.............I am so happy for you that you at last ran a sub 20 5 k.....

[@tiffanybrantley7039]

Beautiful run, Andy! I normally scroll the comments to see your time before the race/run is done, but this time I wouldn't let myself so when you got 19:38 I threw my fist up in celebration and may have gotten a little teary-eyed at just how awesome your friends are and at how wonderful that PB must feel!! You left it all on the parkrun course this day!!

[@itsonandy]

Thanks Tiffany. I must admit I love being able to have others with me sometimes to share that exact moment a running moment goes well.x

[@legendsofmyself]

Congrats!!!!!!🎉. I remember the first time I did it as well. It was also at the back of many back to back marathons. It felt so so cool. Congrats!. Now you've done it forever!!!!!🎉. Well-done champ

[@itsonandy]

Thank you!

[@mattsoutham]

Well done Andy 🎉 To be able to pick up THAT much in the final K really does suggest there's even more in the tank 🚀 When it gets REALLY tough with 1-2K to go, just keep telling yourself "stay with it now, flick the switch (from No to Yes), just fight to the next corner, just for this bend" Then repeat until you finish, 200m at a time. 2025 Sub 19 is not in the slightest bit unrealistic, and its not even the arbitrary goal - its the work you're going to put in to achieve it that counts most. Its On Andy!

[@pf4186]

Well done mate. Been following your journey to this sub 20 for a while. Amazing run.

[@andrewgoldsby]

Well done again mate! Absolute pleasure watching you do it on the day! You were flying down the home stretch! Hope you had a great Christmas and look forward to watching your running adventures in 2025!

[@itsonandy]

Thanks so much Andy! Loved your shout half way and Laura said you'd come over to say hi. Not just because I'm biased but there a few better parkruns than Arrow Valley - your core team work so hard to keep us all happy, and we're all so thankful. Will come and volunteer one day soon. Cheers mate 👍🏻 👌🏻

[@craigsmith7765]

Well done Andy. Your hard work has paid off this year. We look forward to seeing what is next!

[@itsonandy]

Thanks Craig!

[@hayleybean8283]

Bloody well done! Absolutely smashed it!!

[@kieronturner2667]

Absolutely awesome big man 👏👏 so well deserved. Just going from strength to strength and this journey you're on is sublime 🚀💪

[@Up_and_running]

You did it Andy!!! Watching with my daughter Tonie, your biggest fans in Sweden 🇸🇪

[@itsonandy]

Aaargghhhhhh!!!! You legends!! Thanks so much for watching - hope you're both well. 5k PBs hurt so bad 😂

[@runninghikingsouthkorea4852]

The hard work paid off! Great job! Keep the videos coming. You do a good job editing them.

[@itsonandy]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@herecomesbod]

Well done Andy. What a year you've had!

[@Joe_Souza]

Holy crap Batman! Awesome work Andy! Great motivation, and pacing by Brett. Congratulations!

[@itsonandy]

Thank you Joe!

[@aliasgharkhoyee9501]

Congratulations on the huge PB! Given you were able to get within 5 seconds to your target at Bushy parkrun with its grass and gravel surfaces, it was definitely inevitable that you'd achieve this on a paved surface - with the right pacing strategy i.e. negative splitting. I've had very similar experiences to you where I try to even split (or even positive when I'm feeling really good at the start) and crash and burn in KMs 3-4. I needed this video to remind me again that my best race results in all distances have come when I've started slow (usually not intentionally) and sped up towards the end. I'm about 30-40 seconds slower than you and I was also hoping I'd beat 20min this year. Maybe I just need a bit more time as I broke 24, 23, 22, and 21 all this year so I may not have that additional capacity yet. I'm still going to give it one last shot this Saturday at Battersea park - wish me luck!

[@JanaKutliakova]

Well done Andy and well done to the team of your friends to get you there, what a fantastics team work, enjoyed your video

[@Msouth36]

Valencia and chasing 20 a great End to a superb year of training for you Andy congratulations! Gives me a lot of inspiration for my own running , your recent performances have exceeded anything I have achieved but have inspired me greatly . Roll on 2025👍

[@itsonandy]

Thanks so much - it's been a great year!

[@vickyshaw1709]

Here's to a great 2025 !! Well done, bossed that final km. Love the camaraderie between great friends and pacing team 😄

[@itsonandy]

Thanks Vicky ❤️

[@andyevans6136]

Andy you legend!!!!!!!!!

[@josephchianese7745]

Congrats on breaking 20. This is also a goal of mine. I’m 43 years old and have been running for 4+years. Been routinely getting in the 20 & low 21s. My 5K PB is 20:39. This gives me hope it’s possible. Again, congrats!

[@jamesmitchell9561]

Yes Andy!!! Congrats on the new PB

[@itsonandy]

Thanks James!

[@deansummerton2577]

You earned it. So brilliant to see 😊

[@roberto8563]

You're smashing it mate. Cracking last km!

[@jamesmoss5404]

What a hell of a year Andy well Done 👍

[@itsonandy]

Thanks so much mate 👍🏻

[@SimonWatkinson-n6u]

welll done Andy , looking forward to the next Pod 👍👍

[@naveeddeeba6162]

wow! really well done Andy! - What a fight you put up at the end, well deserved mate!

[@itsonandy]

Thank you!

[@josefhemmingsson]

Wow!! Congrats!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@_running_adventures]

Top running bud! Nothing will ever beat a milestone PB moment 🎉 you put in the hard miles to have that feeling, great job

[@Run_Like_a_T-Rex]

Congrats Andy!

[@itsonandy]

Cheers Dave!

[@NaturalEnglishListening]

That was a brutal push! Well done mate!

[@itsonandy]

Thanks so much - it was so tough 😫

[@bankaihadouken1180]

Class..sheer willpower

[@DeeJay_78]

OH EM GEE. 19.38!!! EPIC! Mega congrats Andy. Thoroughly deserved after all the hard work. RESPECT!! 😊 P.S. Daisy is still a highlight! Keep her insults coming haha

[@itsonandy]

Thank you!

[@sarahswims]

Smashed it 🥳 The support from your friends is just elite 👌🏻

[@itsonandy]

Thanks Sarah!x

[@helenbaker8480]

Well done 🎉 nice way to finish the year 😊

[@itsonandy]

Thank you Helen!

[@stevierunner]

you did it Andy. Well done. So inspiring.

[@mervwignall5822]

Great account of your achievement. There’s definitely something special about breaking through the 20 minute barrier. 2nd time up the notes you were working so hard and Ryan did a great job coaching you through the next lap.

[@itsonandy]

Cheers mate. You looked super smooth at that pace - looking forward to seeing you drop down the 18 ladder next year!

[@bookieal]

Phenomenal mate , smiled at the end like a good movie haha , you nearly knocked them guys at finishing line another 50 metres , wish folk would keep moving along tho tbh

[@itsonandy]

Every second counts in a 5k so no chance I was slowing down into that funnel! Cheers mate 👍🏻

[@ReenHawkes-gq8ck]

Awsome 🎉

[@itsonandy]

Thank you!

[@ingagade951]

Man that was so great Andy many many congratulations and at last you reached your goal man that was good a christmmas gift to all your mates and specially Bret your friend over all. Inga dk

[@CliveWalker]

Brilliant!!

[@neilpurves2664]

Fantastic 👍

[@conradburdekin722]

Brilliant Andy ❤️❤️

[@Antellathletic1903]

Smashed the PB!

[@itsonandy]

Thank you!

[@markg99]

Beast mode! Congratulations mate 👏 👍 🎉

[@MarkSmith_Best-Athletics]

What a year.. well done once again Andy ❤ Think that I require some of that wonderful support/arse kicking that Brett and the boys gave you. I haven't made myself suffer anything like that for at least 14 or 15 months. Sub 19 attempt next year maybe?? 🙄

[@itsianwood]

Awesome!

[@itsonandy]

Cheers Ian!

[@BruceBarnes-l3p]

Congratulations, mate, you've not just achieved your target time you smashed it.💪💪

[@itsonandy]

Thank you Bruce - I'm so glad I managed to get it done, finally!

[@28mouse85]

Well done man 👏🏻👏🏻 smashed it. Jaro the legend aswel i ran with him at Leicestershire half marathon a couple years ago. Personally i always think its best to negative split a race

[@Ligerpride]

Brilliant man. Your kick is unreal.

[@itsonandy]

Thank you! Managed to muster something up towards the end which was pleasing. Glad it's finally done!

[@kathrynflannery2889]

Well done Andy! 🎉🎉

[@itsonandy]

Thanks so much Kathryn ❤️

[@gavinbruce-thegreyrunner5581]

All black means all business. Wonderful running Andy. Never doubted you.

[@itsonandy]

Came dressed as an assassin (with a pink hat on 😂)

[@thewingitrunner]

Well done, great run, mate. That's the hardest thing in 5k, last 1k or more not giving up. And just dig in and believe in yourself. Keep it up. There is a lot more to come, and have a great 2025

[@itsonandy]

Thanks so much - that last Km was so hard!

[@stephenderbyshire5939]

Wow! Talk about doing it the hard way! All the hard work saved for the 5th K 😂...well done Andy a great achievement, and fantastic content mate!

[@markconnelly4009]

Great team effort. Congratulations Andy on your sub twenty park run. I agree do it in your own&you should manage it on your own

[@itsonandy]

Thanks Mark.

[@petercini2022]

Wow you crushed it! In my 50s I was just aiming to get faster than one day. I ran a 5K in 1947. Best feeling.

[@JAMESBAKER-jm5dv]

Well done Andy. With the speed you picked up over the last kilometer a sub 19 must be a possibility next year.

[@andrewherbert-y1v]

Well done Andy, great pacing from the crew but you did it . Sub 20 with 22 seconds spare 🎉. Parkrun victory next.....

[@itsonandy]

💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@Fearonthebridge]

Well deserved and truthfully it was never in doubt , sub 19 next year

[@itsonandy]

Thanks - and yes that would be lovely.❤️

[@Fearonthebridge]

If this is you three weeks post marathon imagine what fresh legs would achieve, it’s on 👊🏻

[@r_unner_G]

Squad

[@itsonandy]

You know it 💪🏻

[@johncomrie2303]

Well done Andy you have got a lot of stamina well done

[@itsonandy]

Thanks so much John!

[@maxafc4695]

Massive congratulations! Right in the range of what I commented that I thought you could do on your last video. Small note, it think it would make more sense to say what the pace was for the final km rather than the duration because from a quick check of your Strava your pace was 3:43 because you only got it at 4.97km on your watch. But as you would say, it is the course distance that matters for better or (more often) worse.

[@TheRegularRunner]

Amazing effort. I'm going for my first serious attempt at a sub 25 parkrun at Alexandra parkrun in Manchester this weekend. I will be filming it and also have a friend lined up to pace me. I wont like, I'm terrified 😳 i bet you felt great when you got over that line though. 🔥✊ Well done

[@itsonandy]

Best of luck - or should I say I hope it went well?! Best thing a bout a 5k is there's always next week to try again!

[@TheRegularRunner]

Haha thank you! And don't worry, the plan is to try it on 4th Jan. Hoping to start the year with a bang! Fingers crossed 🤞

[@LightitUpSB]

Discovered the podcast last week and buzzing for you, great job! If you’re ever down south or in up further north I’d love to collab, just starting out but loving the runner KZbin world 😂

[@itsonandy]

Thanks mate - it's felt like it would never happen so glad it did in the end. Yes mate 📹 - hope to see you around one day 👍🏻 ❤️

[@LightitUpSB]

@ now youve gone through it, and by a good margin, you’ll be looking at sub 19 soon! It’s sometimes in the mind more than we think!!!

[@lukagoshi]

Well done, Andy. The first one is done. You know psychologically you can run sub-20 now. After that, it becomes much easier.

[@pclarke41]

Congratulations 🎉 Super stuff. Great to get that monkey off your back. Great to see you really savouring the moment. Running really is a rollercoaster journey so very important to enjoy moments like this.

[@kokorunning]

Amazing end to the year Andy, well done mate. What's next, sub 24 hour 100 miler maybe?

[@lazzaboyman8003]

well done @andy

[@itsonandy]

Thank you!

[@Veloz_Running]

Great Run! I'll be chasing twenty in 2025 also

[@itsonandy]

Thank you!

[@neilmurray549]

👍👌👊

[@justinlloyd-jones1658]

What a great video. I could really feel the pressure ramp up with the breathing and the music :-). I was grimacing, just watching it, feeling the pain. Then actually, smiling, just watching the part where you cross the line. A distant dream for me at the moment, beating 20 but I am hopeful. Well done!

[@itsonandy]

Thanks so much for watching!❤️

[@Garymanders]

Was suppodsed to be at AV myself that day as a marshall to shout abuse at you..sorry i meant encourage😄 but was ill at the last moment..anyway congrats on the time great running ...Merry Xmas and Happy New Year🙂

[@itsonandy]

Hahahaha - looks like I dodged a bullet there 😂 Hope you're feeling better and see you up there Valley soon. Cheers mate and merry Christmas to you too 👍🏻

[@petercini2022]

Chasing 20 as well but a lot of work to do hoping by end of summer as I'm a geezer (66).

[@leerunsultras]

Top work mate huge congrats on the sub 20. Sub 90 half next 😮❤😂

[@itsonandy]

Nice one Lee. Absolutely mate - that's a huge target for me. Also that sub 40 10k (which scares me the most)👍🏻❤️

[@leerunsultras]

@itsonandy it just 2 of them park runs back to back ,🤣

[@itsonandy]

@@leerunsultras 🤢🤢🤢

[@bartekzielinski1645]

💪💪💪👏👏👏 🙌🫶🙌🫶🙌🫶

[@itsonandy]

Thank you!