Stop When You Think You’ve Run For 30 Minutes

[@Pothi90]

Challenge idea: consistant track running. 10 Laps, the person with the lowest difference between fastest and slowest lap time wins.

[@runningchannel]

Oooo great idea!

[@daniel.sandberg.5298]

Then you could just run really slow and never change pace. Simple

[@Pothi90]

@daniel.sandberg.5298 try it at post your results here 😉

[@robinwitstok7045]

​@@daniel.sandberg.5298 I feel like faster paces would be more accurate. The difference between 4:00/km (1:36 per lap) and 5:00/km (2:00 per lap) is much bigger than the difference between walking at 11:00/km (4:24 per lap) vs 12:00/km (4:48/km per lap)

[@Jameso12345]

​@robinwitstok7045 the differences you've listed, between 11 and 12 min/km and 4 and 5 min/km, are both 24 seconds per lap. Unless you mean psycologically a bigger difference? But I think that would probably be more the case for the faster paces if at all.

[@wietse1113]

I was fully expecting Jess to lose when she said she expected songs to take three minutes each, but I did not expect her to go twenty minutes over 😅

[@runningchannel]

she reallyyyyy over shot 😂

[@wietse1113]

@runningchannel I get it though. Sometimes when the music hits just right and your legs feel good, time absolutely flies ;)

[@mariegreen2203]

I agree but I also knew that 30 min seems too short a time for Jess so she would keep,going anyways.

[@dmztt]

Agree! Most modern songs are likely closer to 4 mins maybe even longer. Jess’s strategy would hv been fine if she had gone for just 7 songs maybe instead of 10!

[@Morhaw]

I listen to a lot of punk rock. I think the 3 minute song length would be perfect, most are 2.30 with the odd one at 4 minutes. I knew with pop songs she was looking at a long run! Tom predicted her result and respknse perfectly!

[@jeffreyburns5137]

Challenge idea: ask running related trivia questions. Someone gets it wrong, they run a lap. Someone gets it right, they pick someone to run a lap. But they only have x time total, and each lap uses some of the remaining time, when they run out of time, they are eliminated.

[@runningchannel]

Great idea!

[@Moving_Unit]

Shout out to the floppy bit of hair on Tom's head. The real winner here.

[@adamhenley8295]

“Jess will easily get distracted” I thought I’d wait until the end to defend her - but she even forgot to switch off her watch at the end 😂

[@runningchannel]

she's easily distracted 😂

[@adamhenley8295]

@ at least she finished after 10k unlike Tom’s prediction of 20km The 10 music songs approach was nuts though 😂

[@ivartheboneless1456]

You guys have such a great running family. The challenges are really cool I enjoy them all.

[@runningchannel]

So glad you enjoy our videos!

[@liamdunn7444]

How about a heart rate zone challenge - e.g run zone 2 without looking at the watch for 30 mins and see how wildly off everyone is

[@WilliamHickman-i4z]

Not a challenge idea but just give Tom a GoPro whenever he goes for a run and then do a compilation of his best quotes and musings

[@tmosh55]

You should do a mario kart style race. A regular race but every once in a while you have surprise boxes with a special advantage (or disadvantage). Advantages are better the worse your current position (person in last gets a bike for 2 minutes, etc.)

[@mattgarner2414]

Always lovely to see these north London routes. Regents Canal by Angel is where Jackson Lamb likes to meet Lady Di in the books.

[@woutpeters45]

Challenge idea, pick 2 points in Londen, Every runner can determine their own route and has to guess prior to the run how long it will take. The runner closest to their predicted time wins. During the run, no time, only a digital map is allowed.

[@PistachioGold]

I love how yall can always predict the other people 😂😂 Jess is such a dear 😢 what a sweetheart ❤❤ and yay James 💗

[@wani1524]

Challenge idea if not done before: pick a time between 30mins to an hour and have one person set the inital distance run during that time period. Then everyone after that needs to run further, lets say an extra 2km, in the same time frame until everyone can't increase the distance anymore. You don't have to do the whole challenge in one day, it can over a week if needed...

[@catnipclementine]

If y'all wanted to put "Erotic Pacing" on say, a pair of running socks, I think there's some money to be made!

[@runningchannel]

Ooooo new merch idea?

[@yippekiay593]

Challenge idea: Backyard ultra!!! (4.167 mile loop on the hour every hour) Ive signed up for my first in May (GOBYU in Leeds) next year and followed their November race over this weekend. Such a good race concept and equaliser for the slower runners of the group Would be great to see who cpuld do theost laps (aka "Yards")

[@tobymacalister506]

haha Jess - I thought most songs were around 5 minutes. Nearly fell off my chair when you skipped one 🤣

[@catlovett4395]

Love these challenges (was just binging old ones on the treadmill this morning) but I miss Anna! Will she be back on the channel after mat leave? Would love to hear her experience getting back to running postpartum if that’s something she’s open to sharing. Took me a full 2 years to get back at it 😵‍💫🙈🤷🏻

[@joviaathieno475]

Yes, I am looking forward to Anna's experience too.

[@sarahswims]

Please do a buggy running challenge! Would love to see what Muggle runners make of it 😄🙌🏻

[@runningchannel]

Oh GREAT idea!

[@jassaljs]

Tom and James are the joint champions! I am very jealous 😡Sitting in New Delhi with an AQI hitting 1400! You just can’t step out for a walk and you guys have amazing places to run😩

[@michaelchiller2494]

I thought the winner should have been required to run at least 30 minutes before being eligible. This would make Tom the winner. Interesting challenge.

[@tigrafale4610]

why would that be a rule lol

[@thomasconway95]

I was thinking the opposite. Over 30 minutes and you're bust!

[@michaelchiller2494]

@@thomasconway95 Nice call.

[@mcguyver2841]

way to go guys.... happy to see that u guys did the challenges n reveal the winner in the end, it was so enjoying and funny...

[@runningchannel]

Really glad you liked it! Any other challenge ideas?

[@mcguyver2841]

@@runningchannel still thinking of it.. :)

[@kingsley6236]

I love these challenges, getting you pacing right, but it has been done a lot. Could you bring back "Running with..." video. The one with Mark Webber was great, and when Anna did the run with Flora was spot on. Can we have something from when the channel started?

[@runningchannel]

We have the TRC Meets now which covers that kind of content, where they get more time to talk about their story

[@kingsley6236]

@@runningchannel aaahhh ok, it has been a while since I have watched much. Though the running with videos were lots of fun! "Time or distance" "miles or km" things like this were great to watch

[@runningchannel]

We will see what we can do! 😁

[@kingsley6236]

@@runningchannel Fab! Looking forward to it.

[@craigjsanderson]

This video is perfect - it really has it all, erotic pacing, Tom being hilarious (if this hill had rungs it would be a ladder, among others), Jess being super happy the whole time, and James bringing barge science. Love it

[@runningchannel]

We're glad you appreciated everyones tactics 😂

[@LinkedBooks]

Love these challenges! Well done James !

[@runningchannel]

Glad you enjoyed it so much!

[@mikekent9488]

I love this. Thanks for sharing

[@georgeyboy5256]

Challenge Idea #1: Fartlek training at your agreed paces, make it relative to your pb's. Last to stop/not being able to keep up with your paces wins. Paces could increase relatively after 20mins (so you're not running for hours). Challenge Idea #2: Run a 5k on the road, then run a 5k on the sand/beach, closest time between the 2 runs wins. Could be really harsh and make it a time trial.

[@u747877]

Love Jess in this video, just singing away and enjoying it, that said she always seems to be running so fast

[@runningchannel]

She loves a good running sing song

[@RobertIanTaylor]

Jess - if you’re listening the Whitney, ‘where do broken hearts go’ is not a running song 😂 (10:53)

[@runningchannel]

hahaha that'll be why she was so over 😂

[@robertfarris7375]

Hey Jess, Aha's Take On Me is on my playlist as well.

[@jmsanderson]

Challenge idea: Track laps, every lap you pull a random hr and have to run that lap with that hr . Closest total bpm to their total wins. Obviously no hr monitors etc. Who knows! Could be funny

[@pavlinavitkova866]

I thought that Jess would be counting some ships or boats again, lol 😂

[@runningchannel]

haha she thought about it!

[@l_b_xd5313]

Challenge idea. 60 seconds at different paces without your watch

[@ZippeeKaiYay]

Potential challenge - run as long as you want but you have to try and get an even amount of time in each heart rate zone without looking.

[@jamesh284]

All about the sweat score, classic!!!😂😂😂

[@timwrigley54]

2 part challenge. Part 1 run a 5k. Part 2 (not revealed until part 1 completed) run 10k and closest average pace % to their 5k average pace wins. Or if you want to be kind do the 10k then the 5k.

[@SabrinaScully]

These are my favorite videos

[@runningchannel]

Any challenge suggestions??

[@SabrinaScully]

​@@runningchannel Run until you achieve a certain heart rate!

[@SabrinaScully]

​@@runningchannel everyone tries to stop at a certain distance but everyone is on the same trail/ path at the same time, so there is the added element of "oh, Sarah has stopped, but I think it's a bit further. What should I do?"

[@Mookiethedog]

That Jess is such a lovely nut! Easily an average song is 4-5 minutes. Cool challenge.

[@JohnZerrot]

Tom’s “God. My nipples are cold today.” and “My nipples have stopped piercing holes through my tshirt.” ranks up there with Sarah’s “Erotic pace.” from the pod. 😂 0:36

[@runningchannel]

😂 😂

[@jbc1933]

I love these challenges. Easy to watch whilst eating crumpets ❤

[@runningchannel]

Yum! 😋

[@BeerMatt96]

Is James running in hilly North London?

[@PhilipGoodchild]

Challenge idea: Pick a parkrun course, on a non park run day, start at different points on course, and finish at that point at an agreed time.

[@mini696]

Huh?

[@mariegreen2203]

I figured Jess would go too long. Well done James and Tom!

[@richardmorschel6266]

you guys are the best! Did Sarah run NY and how is Anna?

[@runningchannel]

Sadly we didn't run it this year! Did you?

[@richardmorschel6266]

@runningchannel would love to one day. I run the Frankfurt marathon every year. Thanks for the great content!!! I look forward to every episode.

[@meganhirschi6248]

I think I need to start paying more attention to the sweat trickles now!

[@runningchannel]

Let us know if it works for you 😂

[@DiscoStu1970]

I had such a favourable impression of Jess until I heard that Joe Jonas story. Now I wonder if she has just escaped from an asylum 😂

[@GuidoHaverkort]

I love how they know eachother better than themselves😂

[@runningchannel]

We've been working together for a long time 😂

[@mattgarner2414]

Other challenges: would love to see TRC take on the Wings for Life run again in 2025.

[@runningchannel]

Oooo great idea!

[@ThePreethir65]

I’m dying at Jess😂😂

[@mattrobinson5209]

Challenge: 400m, who can get closest to PB mile pace? Here’s the catch: you have to do it directly after a long run

[@runningchannel]

Nice!!

[@kenvyn123]

Challenge idea: Who can draw the best picture on their Strava map. (Got the inspiration from taskmaster).

[@runningchannel]

We've done that one!

[@georgeyboy5256]

They did that a few weeks ago.

[@kenvyn123]

@@runningchannel ooo. I need to find that vid. You guys are one step ahead. :)

[@wafelsen]

No one went for “running near Big Ben” as a tactic?

[@runningchannel]

That would have been great!

[@will44bott]

How do you answer the phone without seeing the time.....?

[@runningchannel]

Do you think she cheated?

[@will44bott]

@@runningchannel Having watched the rest of the video it could have been tactfully close... Maybe she didn't expect Tom and James to do so well. Thought, let's face it, 3rd for Sarah was guaranteed at least with Jess's awful time haha

[@nidhivaidya6485]

I always root for Tom even though he has the most random tactics

[@thomasconway95]

Challenge idea: stop when you think you've run 10,000 steps!

[@cregyn]

Used to run with the method jess used every run for years and can confirm it never ever works 😂

[@AdamJones-p8w]

Not exactly scientific, but if you know your average cadence you could count your steps per minute 30 times. It would probably get you somewhere close to 30 minutes.

[@monkeyx17]

Tom was actually closer to 30 mins. James was closer to 20

[@EricCartmanFTW]

finally Rick wins a challenge

[@runningchannel]

😂

[@emmarunyeard6832]

😂😂​@@runningchannel

[@YeeCChan]

Jess made the classic mistake of skipping Lizzie McGuire. You never skip Lizzie McGuire 😔

[@runningchannel]

Rookie error

[@markh0]

Challenge idea: Create the most erotic pace profile. Sarah get's to decide without knowing who's is who's :P More seriously, I'd love a video where 4-5 of you with very different paces start together with 7:30 min/km pace and then increase it by 30 sec each km. Just seeing the difference of some being totally fine while others are struggling and drop out could be interesting. And if you need to make it competitive you can always set personal goal times based on most recent 10km performance.

[@runningchannel]

hahaha love a podcast joke!

[@joviaathieno475]

Jess 🤦😂😂😂😂 50 minutes! You must have enjoyed the run so much that your concept of time got twisted. James is having a winning streak🥳

[@runningchannel]

Will the running streak continue??

[@joviaathieno475]

@runningchannel hopefully 🤞

[@EdwardVarner]

7:35 must be in north London 🤣

[@runningchannel]

hahaha

[@timwrigley54]

Challenge: Run like a beginner. Comments decide the winner!

[@davidtomic9824]

Challenge, who ever can pet the most dogs on a 5k.

[@runningchannel]

Haha how many do you see?

[@emillsommer-kt4mb]

so easy if you can listen to music. lol

[@IvyK44]

I would listen to the greatest show on earth by Nightwish 😂

[@EggsForDessert]

I’m injured so this would be easy as 30 mins is how long until I’m in agony

[@runningchannel]

Oh no! Hope you make a speedy recovery!

[@DavidGonzalez-kv1nc]

Why don’t you just run a route/loop that you know takes you 30min?

[@st.peterunner8758]

"Not a phrase" lol

[@Fruity-Amy]

I prob would stop before haha

[@rebornmanga]

What's on everyone's wrist?

[@runningchannel]

Headbands!

[@emmarunyeard6832]

Jess 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AngellicAkima]

Arrrrgh! Jess and Sarah swapped clothes! What is the world coming to!?!?!

[@runningchannel]

hahaha

[@sam.v4]

new idea: stop when you think you've run for 31 mins

[@mini696]

Tom is growing on me - When he's not having a whine or a pity party, he is really entertaining.

[@Leeroy49]

Ofc music is cheating :) or don't you know how long your favorite songs are at least down to the second? Am I weird, I hope so^^.

[@runningchannel]

It did't work for Jess 😂

[@emankcin1701]

New challenge: run 3 miles in 25 minutes until there is only one competetor left *phew*

[@runningchannel]

Great!

[@dresden_slowjog]

7:45 subtitles read "herotic pace". Brilliant renaming🦸🏼‍♀️⚡".