Runners in Floris Gierman's Personal Best program report significant improvements: a 5K time dropped from 27:49 to 25:00, a half-marathon cut 26 minutes, and a marathon shaved 32 minutes. They praise the instructional videos and the coach's approachable style, though one wanted more structure.
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The first time I went out, I completed the MAF test at 5 minutes 15 seconds per kilometer, and then literally after a couple of months, that's already fallen 30 seconds per kilometer.
I can run longer. That, that hour and 50-minute run I did last Friday without any food or water was the first time in my whole life I ever did anything like that.
Actually, you made the huge impact, just to tell you, like The videos are really interesting.
I find myself, I think I'm a pretty experienced runner and I read and I study a lot, but watching the videos was really helpful and I gained a lot of knowledge.
People can relate to you, especially, you know, as a dad and somebody that just loves running.
My 5K was 27:49. After I started the program, my 5K was going gone down to 25 minutes. What you produced is something quite amazing.
At the same time, how my pace is improving, it's a very, very amazing thing. So last year I did the Houston Marathon and my time was 2 hours and 32 minutes for the half marathon. Last month I did the San Antonio half marathon and I was able to cut it down to 2 hours and 6 minutes. I cut it by like 26 minutes.
I want a more structured way to move with this type of training.
I was able to basically do a personal best by 32 minutes almost. Previous PR was 4 hours 50 minutes, and the new one was 4 hours 18 minutes.
I mean, I'm able to not only achieve my goal, and I feel like I've smashed it because I came off of it more happier, healthier, and stronger athlete.
