My 2 year journey to a SUB 20 minute 5K

[@Ali94749]

Congratulations! I ran my first ever sub 20 minute 5k yesterday in a time of 19 minutes and 41 seconds but my god it hurt 😂

[@thisisjogon]

Absolutely - well done and thank you

[@lemita3422]

Congratulations I have a question I have race after 2 months to prepare My record in 5k is 22:40 Can I run 5k in 20 min in this 2 months

[@williamlackey123]

@@lemita3422 how did you do?

[@TheKingOfGames007]

Thanks to your helpful videos, I just watched all of them, I finally managed it after 8 years! I'm 80kg now and got a 19:59 at Parkrun Leinpfad last saturday! Never give up, bescht Gréiss from Luxembourg!

[@thisisjogon]

Amazing. Hello Luxembourg 🇱🇺, would love to visit! H

[@medkbait]

Geat run and great time. I did it in 19.21 min last year. Consistency is the key. I’m almost 55 years old.

[@thisisjogon]

Cheers for watching and absolutely about consistency

[@TheSimplylean]

Great work I felt your relief, I’ve been stuck on 20:30 for sometime now!

[@thisisjogon]

It gets intense in the low 20’s - it’s just a crazy thing the 5K. 20:30 is a brilliant time, I guess it’s just tweaking the training more and more towards it. Thank you for watching

[@shaundrew3600]

Love this mate raw emotion following the first sub 20 in a while. massive kudos no doubt there will be a few parkruns this year with some more sub 20s 😊🧡

[@thisisjogon]

🧡

[@r.v6290]

I think running is emotional when you reach a goal because the amount of pain that you go through to reach a goal like this is just incredible, even in the moment of doing the 5k, every cell in your body is telling you to give up as they have done for the last million attempts. To fight on and push through takes a different, monster mindset, something the average person cannot comprehend. Thank you and congrats

[@paulbarfoot2566]

Yes! Even watching it I was cheering you on. Well done.

[@thisisjogon]

It’s a great image of you cheering whilst watching Paul Cheers

[@s.angello]

congrats mate! I ran my first ever 5k in 19:45 a little bit than a year ago after I've only been running for like half a year at that point. Wanted to reach for sub 18 in the 5k this year but partially tore my achilles tendon last november, so I can completely relate to you being emotional after overcoming a big injury

[@thisisjogon]

Will be great once you’re back to it, thank you for watching I appreciate it

[@johnny6767g]

I ran my first full 5k a month ago, I spent 8 weeks training and it got 33 minutes. The guy who came in first came in just over 15 minutes. He motivated me to get a sub 20 5k and I'm still motivated!

[@thisisjogon]

Awesome. Keep it up!

[@jwuertz7101]

Congrats! We set these goals for ourselves, unsure & then smash it! So cool to have so many folks excited for you and cheering you on!

[@thisisjogon]

Thank you

[@fgc194]

Quality effort Harry, very inspiring. Can’t say I’m too surprised that your huge January base increased your 5km fitness - shows importance of aerobic training. Onwards and upwards - bring on parkrun in a few months! Sub 19:00 on the cards for sure 👌

[@thisisjogon]

Cheers Frazer, yeah that base was definitely good after that January. Sub 19 would be rather marvellous Hope you’re doing well

[@sergeykudryavtsev6646]

This comment did age well 😊

[@Simon-ch4eo]

Yes! Get in! Congrats! Trying to break this myself - well done!

[@thisisjogon]

It’s quite the barrier for so many of us, best of luck with it keep pushing

[@a1adetroitavenue]

Cracking effort, congratulations! This inspires me to get to sub 20 before parkrun begins

[@thisisjogon]

I hope you manage it - no matter what you get, parkrun awaits Thanks for watching

[@mikew6840]

Fully understand the emotion. I’ve been through some gnarly ticker trouble and each little claw back to the old running times is a very personal little jubilant milestone - not to mention feeling blessed to be able even run again. Thanks for the inspirational content!

[@thisisjogon]

Appreciate that Mike, running is a big deal in many ways to many of us. I wish you all the best with your own running journey, thanks for the comment. Harry

[@sallylovesparkrun]

Well done Harry, I'm delighted for you! :)

[@thisisjogon]

I''m delighted you watch these videos Sally

[@bbbbb-wr4ue]

bless you mate, your content is excellent and deserved a larger audience

[@thisisjogon]

Thank you Ian

[@Binksy2011]

Fantastic Effort Harry!

[@thisisjogon]

Thank you James Hope your own 5K work is still going well

[@simonwoods887]

Great push in the last KM well done could see how much it meant to you 👍 currently trying to dip below 21 so I'm about a year behind you in getting back to sub 20 at this rate!

[@thisisjogon]

Sprinter Simon, I hope all is going great with OJ and the family are well

[@clarequarton8336]

Your shout at the end made my day! Well done! 💪💪

[@thisisjogon]

Thanks Clare, it was a strange moment

[@darryllee6427]

Well done Harry! Great run. Looking forward to watching your future efforts.

[@thisisjogon]

Got some interesting stuff coming Darryl, thanks for being a part of it

[@NoFussMuss]

Outstanding. Real change of attitude on that last Km. Firmly in the ZONE! Bravo!

[@thisisjogon]

Thank you for watching. It hurt. Harry

[@samuelburt7534]

You really needed this - good on you

[@thisisjogon]

🧡

[@northernninjarunner5506]

Well done great result 👊

[@thisisjogon]

Thanks Ninja Runner

[@christopherapperley2804]

Knew you could do it after the 500k! Well done!

[@thisisjogon]

I guess there was always that question in my mind Christopher of, will I have just built a long and slow base - but no I think just getting mileage in generally helps with overall fitness Cheers for watching Christopher

[@timstriathlonjourneys7575]

Top work Harry, that’s a great time

[@thisisjogon]

🧡

[@pragmaticduck1772]

First video of yours I've watched, that was awesome mate! Good onya, what a ride!

[@thisisjogon]

Thank you for watching!

[@HereWeAreRunning]

💥Fantastic Harry, that last kilometre was amazing, into the head wind, yet your fastest km of them all. Looked like a great course. I'm certain your 500k challenge played a big part and no reason why you can't get back into the 18s as your fitness improves further.

[@thisisjogon]

Oh my word headwind is not our friend in those moments Chris. You’re there running marathons on treadmills and I’m running for under 20 minutes - haha Hope you’re well

[@sonnyhacker1591]

Top notch stuff mate 👌 Buzzing for you 👏

[@thisisjogon]

Thanks Sonny, it was rather painful

[@gregbroadway4890]

Love your passion for running mate great to see

[@thisisjogon]

Appreciate you watching. Ran a 19:08 in the middle of an 8K this evening, amazing how much one’s fitness can come on with time and effort

[@neilryan666]

Well done, great to see.

[@thisisjogon]

🧡

[@barnabybeere1557]

Great result Harry! Looked like you really dug deep on the last km!

[@thisisjogon]

It was shovel time Barnaby Thank you for watching

[@SouthernPiper]

Fantastic run there Harry, and captured really well too. I could see how much that meant to you - well done. Look forward to running with you again one day (just not at that pace yes?) :-)

[@thisisjogon]

Cheers Daniel, hope all is going well with PRP

[@lynseyk]

Well done 👍🏼 😊

[@thisisjogon]

Thank you for ordering a JOG ON top Lynsey!

[@TMM6944]

Bloody marvellous H, emotions show how much it meant to you.

[@thisisjogon]

Cheers, was great to get back under. Funny isn’t it, had a bad run this morning at a 5K and it was still a 19:11

[@mandkstuart]

So pleased for you. Well done. With warmer conditions, no wind, no sharp turn and people to chase you will go under 19 mins.

[@thisisjogon]

That would be excellent Mark, let’s hope I can keep chipping away at it on my journey back down. The 5K is a mad distance. Hope you’re doing well Mark! Harry

[@StoneRunning23]

Did you hear me yelling for ya??!!👏👏 well done!

[@thisisjogon]

Thank you

[@heggybhoy82]

Brilliant mate, well done 👍

[@thisisjogon]

You’re on a JOG ON binge Paul, thank you for watching some of the library of videos I have

[@heggybhoy82]

@@thisisjogon your videos are really good, I like the journey you've made back from injury, good stuff 👍

[@heggybhoy82]

Got my first sub 20 5k on saturday 👍 ecstatic , first mile was a 6.12 then i hung on for dear life for the rest 😂 time was 19.59, the timekeeper had 19.59.65 😂

[@martinfairley5261]

I used to do 22 minute plus parkruns and once or twice sub 22 minutes (which was just epic for me and my personnal history. Now 5/6 years on i cant get under 25 minute parkruns for a numerous reasons but mainly because i feel my body is not as young as it used to be. Your videos however are great and very inspiring. Maybe one day i will get under 25 minute parkruns.

[@thisisjogon]

All the best with it Martin, as long as you enjoy it, keep plugging away

[@lukereynolds711]

Epic! ⚡🎉

[@thisisjogon]

Reynolds always there with the JOG ON support

[@hazza360]

wooohooo! legendary

[@thisisjogon]

Thanks Harry Harry

[@Kaleidoscope2412]

More than a year late to this video, but this was bloody hype!

[@thisisjogon]

Happy to have you

[@RunningOffGrid]

Nice running Harry cracking time there

[@thisisjogon]

Thank you, it hurt. Alan Part 3, coming to a cinema near you

[@andrewegan1732]

As a new runner who averages a 7 minutes 1 k I can only dream of achieving this.

[@thisisjogon]

Keep it up Andrew and thanks for watching 🙏

[@halion4487]

Hang on, this isn’t the lifecycle of the garden snail! But congratulations, it’s good to see someone run a sub 20 when that’s also my personal goal in the next few months. Is a sub 19 next?

[@thisisjogon]

Haha that’s well remembered. Sub 19 is definitely a goal just beginning to re-emerge. Best of luck with your training

[@paulstarr6001]

Superb great effort 👌

[@thisisjogon]

Thank you for watching Paul

[@ThisRunnerLovesPurpleYT]

I knew you would do it! Well done!!! Does that mean I have to do 500K to get my 5K back down 😂😂😂😂

[@thisisjogon]

get to parkrun nice and early so you can get a 500km warmup in

[@ThisRunnerLovesPurpleYT]

@@thisisjogon 😂🤣😂🤣

[@JimmyWirsborg]

The call to the parents

[@thisisjogon]

🧡

[@davidhamed8613]

Great effort well done 500k certainly helped build that aerobic base to get you under 20 min With interval training you’ll PB when park run returns. 💪

[@thisisjogon]

Absolutely David, it will be rather great when parkrun finally returns

[@mistakecrazy7731]

Sir your are legend 😮

[@thisisjogon]

This comment is a legend

[@BilalOz2012]

It took me 8 years to beat my 21:39 5k last weekend I got 21:25, it took losing 5 kg and and getting back to a lot of running

[@thisisjogon]

🏃‍♂️ 🔥

[@Ub7m]

Absolute legend ! That is my goal also a sub20 👍😃

[@thisisjogon]

Best of luck with it Mathew and thank you for watching

[@haggisxyzzy]

Congratulations Harry, just dont try another 500km warm up for the next 5km :-)

[@thisisjogon]

Yeah good point Alasdair - might do slightly shorter warm ups for future 5Ks

[@sonicwind1901]

not even race conditions nicely done

[@thisisjogon]

Thank you for watching

[@SuperCuttyBlackSow]

Got to 19:40 last year now officially at 19:26 after trying so hard to break 19 here's to breaking it in 2023

[@thisisjogon]

All the best with it

[@emberchord]

It’s crazy to me. I can’t even run that fast, like at all. Like if I tried really hard I couldn’t. I wonder if I will ever improve my 08:30 pace.

[@thisisjogon]

You can, all the best with it

[@arne.munther]

Congratulations! What are those headphones you are wearing ?

[@thisisjogon]

Trekz Aftershokz

[@Błiz.mp3]

I started my XC season with a goal of breaking 22 in the 5k... maybe thats a bit slow since now im at an 18:36 😂 Ran a sub 19 5k 2 races in a row, going for sub 18:30. You can probably break 20 if you put yourself through it!!

[@thisisjogon]

Well done on your own journey

[@Błiz.mp3]

@@thisisjogon Thanks! I just got 17:54 last week at conference meet!

[@thisisjogon]

Amazing well done@@Błiz.mp3

[@dustydreaver]

2 years daaaaaamn

[@thisisjogon]

Yup

[@coralputman5342]

It's interesting that you say maths and running don't mix. When I'm running hard or long, I distract myself from the pain by trying to calculate the percentage of the target distance I have run

[@thisisjogon]

I think it's just in my mind, not in general

[@andyfawcett7060]

Oddly enough, I'm in the middle of running 300k in April (10k a day very steady). My PB is 19:48 back in 2017 and my recent 5ks have been mid 26 and slower. This might be a 1 year goal, but I'd like to get it done before Christmas. I know by May I'll be fitter than I was before so I'd like to think I can hit the ground running and in a few weeks get myself to 25. Any tips to take another 5 minutes off?

[@thisisjogon]

This was great ti read Andy - slowly take the mileage up, lots of steady running and only fast when planned and deliberate with track or tempo work on specific days. All the best with your goals Andy and thanks for watching

[@JP-ks9nh]

Good work ! I’m trying to get under 21 min. My best is 21.11

[@thisisjogon]

Awesome JP the low 20’s are an intense area to be in Good luck with your training and thank you for watching

[@sandeepsmatharu]

Have you ever incorporated squatting and deadlifts into your training. Really helped me increase my work capacity and felt like i could keep pushing through the pain barrier

[@thisisjogon]

Yes, and also found success Thank you for watching!

[@Shinobifoxx]

I'm over here trying to get to 30mins :D

[@torontoclarinetist]

EPIC

[@thisisjogon]

Thank you

[@tomascanevaro4292]

Watching this after i just got my own first sub-20 5k, 19:52!

[@thisisjogon]

Amazing - well done 🔥

[@wrusst]

I was looking to see if the 500k brought you any gains but pretty hard to find this vid based on the prior ones

[@thisisjogon]

You make a good point, will add to list Thank you

[@otisthecanadianbulldog2400]

Did it 19 flat at 43. Now at 52 I hope to equal.

[@thisisjogon]

All the best

[@garymitchell277]

Get on me old mucker. I would submit that time in your non park run account. GAZZ 😉

[@thisisjogon]

🏃‍♂️

[@mav3ric100]

Much easier to access that stimuli when you've had those physiological adaptations from youth sports. Stays with you even if you leave the sport and become a couch potatoes. Gratz though!

[@thisisjogon]

Well said, would be interesting to read studies on this

[@LiviuIlie-k9l]

lol come back when do 1750

[@thisisjogon]

17:42 now - we’re back baby

[@nauticalmiles5541]

Big U･ᴥ･U