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Looking forward to getting to see you celebrate your 500th parkrun. Only 13 away now.

Good luck with your running journey 2025. The most important lesson I've learned this past year is that recovery is a necessity as we get older. I turned 70 this year and have realised that bashing out more and more miles does not translate into results and enjoyment like when we were younger.

Jasmin Paris....

Great video Neil, looking forward to more videos and running moments in 2025!

Its not old shoes...i expected to see 10+ years models 😅😊

Thanks you for this year and happy new year 🎆

Great video Woody and thanks. Don't really care about the Strava debunked those people who want to do that are not even worth our time here. You were a great advocate of th MAF method has it now left you running for good? I used to do it and now find that trying it again it's difficult to do it from the get go.

Please forgive my ignorance as I'm not on Strava, but how does someone else log a run for you? Do you hand over your Garmin watch to a young Indonesian kid and hope that you'll see it again after he or she has logged a run? And, asking for a friend, how much would it cost for a sub 20 minute Parkrun? 😂

I red some where that Asics makes the SuperBlast 2 unisex because it is cheaper to produce and takes less time to do so. I don't think they are purposely launching small batches of these sites just to raise demand. The competition is firece and if we can't get like a Nike AlphaFly 3 we can go buy an Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4 , Saucony Endorphin Elite 2 .... etc. The more a brand daleys the launch of new batches of their super expensive shoes, less cash they will make ...unless of course most buyers only buy stuff from brand A or brand B .

The problem with the theory is that the Superblast 2 costs 200 USD. If I add sales tax and shipping fees the total is closer to $230. I can barely afford to lay out the money for one pair. As much as I would like to buy multiple pairs when they are available, I simply don't have an extra $460 or $680 in my bank account. I think most people are in a similar financial situation as myself.

At 1000k in mine. Still have lots of life

I won't buy them because of price. I stick with the Novablast for that reason. Do my long runs in Saucony Speeds but Puma Deviates will replace them soon and just picked up the Puma Vilocity 3 for 95 bucks NZ.

Nice to get a mention in one of your videos mate. I know I've ridden you hard at times over the years, but only for motivation. Read Born to Run years ago and went down that barefoot running shoe (there's an oxymoron) path, but then went max cushion, and Hoka was the forerunner back then. These days it's whatever is cheap and reasonable, but as you say, supply and demand is pushing the price up. I'm good for a couple of years. I have my trail shoes, my race shoes, my daily trainers and my long run shoes. I'll sit back and watch what unfolds. Run well Woody 👍

Great vid

Great hat by the way...is it a runners hat or just a casual lifestyle type....may I ask where you got it?

Got 600km on mine and still going strong. While $320 is steep, it’s better value than other daily trainers per km. Other daily trainers are dead by 400km I’m my experience.

It's insane to me that I live in Japan and despite ASICS being a Japanese company, can't buy them anywhere.

I really appreciate your efforts! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?

Longruns, recoveryruns, tempo..., not too important 1/2 & 1/1 marathons. They work well to all this and most importantly, they are pure bliss to my feet, I almost feel better after the run is complete than before😅. Have bought a new pair in another color, but will easily do 1000km in the Paris edition (also include quite a few treadmill sessions).

the cost of the Super lasts has not gone up. it's not a plot to sell more shoes, it's due to being a great shoe.

It's definitely a great marketing ploy and it has worked. Runners are now eagerly willing to pay over $300 for a non race day shoe and what's more they are convinced it is good value. Other brands need to think smarter if they want to grab market share. Adidas have finally come to the party with the EVO SL. People may be negative about the marketing tactics Adidas have employed but it will work. I guarantee the shoe will sell out as it is drop fed into the market. Running shoe marketing is taking cues from old sneaker marketing to drive hype, hike up prices and create a secondary market for resale such as StockX and the like. But the good news is for the average runner you can find very good shoes (outside of the hyped/'influenced' ones) for under $100 these days especially during sale periods. Excellent video that gives you pause to think about how we get manipulated so easily through social media advertising and the marketing strategies of brands.

More runners than ever running marathons and more people looking for an advantage equals more shoes sold. There's no conspiracy. The first superblast was actually readily available with youtubers actually not knowing how to place it and saying it was too expensive. I remember thinking these guys are actually clueless then the penny dropped as all the club runners snapped them up.

Demand is more than supply of the SuperBlast 2s because the SuperBlast 1s were fantastic, and word got around. 🤷🏻 BTW, Europe has no shortage of SuperBlast 2s. I live in Germany and can easily order them in all the colors.

it's so hard to find a pair here in uae but lucky to purchase 1 pair before christmas.😊

Such a brilliant super trainer. First run in mine today. I reckon I could do a half easily in these. Brilliant comfort and stability.

Can’t buy this shoe anywhere in the uk,you can’t even buy the novablast 5 on the asics site,these reviews of a shoe you can’t buy are becoming pretty pointless. ASICS need to sort themselves out.

Rolex did the same thing and prices went astronomical

Hey Woody, I stockpiled a lot of shoes (predominately NB) a few years ago, when I saw them at really good prices. When I started using a handful of them earlier this year, I found the cushioning (foam) had set like concrete, even though I hadn't run a step in them. Long story short, I found the only way to resurrect them was to stick them in the (electric) oven - 5 minutes at 40 degrees - just before I run in them. But I have to do this before every run. It's not like one session in the oven fixed them permanently. And just some constructive criticism - it's Ni-Kee (Nike), like "bikie" 😃😄

My son does his long runs exclusively in these shoes. So that's 20km per run. Im guess these will go to about 600 km. So that's 30 runs. At $320, that's about 10 dollars per run.... Whether they're value for money is an individual choice but he loves going to run in them so I think it's worth it. #runnermath

I went and purchased the Novablast 5 which is a nice light shoe, the Superblast 2 is almost out of my price range. Although my saucony Endrophin pro 4 was over the $300 mark.

Hey Woody any chance of a strength and conditioning advise video for 1st time marathoners

I love the medal. It's the Cadbury Marathon Festival. Lean into it. Better than just another round medal.

Hi Neil, we had our annual holiday at Mooloolaba last week so I can totally relate to how brutal that heat/humidity was! 🥵 Still managed to get in two of my favourite sessions for the year...some 1km reps on the Tuesday on the hard sand along Mooloolaba beach, and a tempo run up to Cotton Tree and back on the Friday, trying to stick to the grass parkland surfaces where possible 🏃‍♂Beautiful part of the world! Have a great Christmas with the family and thanks for another great year of inspirational and motivating content...appreciate all the effort you put in! 🙏🧑‍🎄👍

Much better than a chokito bar. 😂

Thanks for the video. Good info. The woosh sounds when graphics came in and out was a little loud and distracting to be honest.

Merry Christmas Neil & Trish

Still my favourite running channel! Had a bit of a health issue that's benched me until further notice BUT I still enjoy your videos mate! God bless you. And Merry Christmas Woody!🙂🎄🎁

Nice work Neil - another great year of training and racing, and highly entertaining video content. Keep up the good work in 2025 - and in the meantime, have a brilliant Christmas!! 🎄 👏 👏 👏

Thanks and Merry Christmas to you and your family too 🎄

Hey Neil. Just want to say thanks for all your hard work and another great year of videos. I find you inspirational and your content is motivational and informative. Hope you have a good Xmas and look forward to seeing what you do in 2025. All the best. Paul.

Merry Christmas Woody and thank you for your Videos.

Thanks for all the great content and information mate! Have an awesome Christmas!🤙🤙

Not a fan of the medal too - but a huge fan of your channel. Missed out on both Berlin and Chicago, so for me it's the Gold Coast this year. Enjoy your runs and keep up with the authentic and informative content! I almost forgot - merry Xmas Woody!

Still have those NB V1 but I think 1 more 10k race on grass and they will be done. Magic speeds were done at 500k. Got too firm. I'm surprised you don't think they are firm.

Geez I love buying new shoes

Technology evolves, foams have become lighter and more responsive, and we move along with these improvements. Having said that, i would still consider trading my reasonably late model car for my beloved 84 VK Commodore. No USB ports or drink holders but jeez it sounded good with the extractors on it.

Its like a Its a knockout contest, I have purchased some new shoes and at the end of the year 2 of mind are getting the chop.

I say what's the point in entering any marathon these days, most of them are poorly organized and a rip off money wise. I say go on a nice private run in a place you've never been before, or a hike to a beautiful place. Running a marathon is not like it used to be, just a cash grab now. Have fun, run, hike and forget about these over hyped running events, save your cash and enjoy a new experience.

I'm honouring my Welsh and Irish Forefathers