The Saucony London 10k is one of the capital’s biggest races and one of the few opportunities across the year to race through some of the city’s most famous streets.
Mike, Nick and Tom headed down to test the Saucony Endorphin Pro 4, The Shokz Openfit Air, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra and the Jabra Elite Active 8 Gen 2.
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We are in London for the London 10K are You excited guys excited excited after This we're going to make a huge V Diagram yeah there's a lot of people Shouting out diagrams at the moment I'm Not going to get involved in that uh so London 10K so New London 10K this year We have well I think we've all done it For some point 10K uh are we going PB Today no like to run fast I run F I'd Like to run sub 33 but it's I think last Time I ran here I blew up really badly On all the twists and it's po hot so It's really warm today blowing up again See okay so what are we all we're Testing the same shoe today we're all Are we're all team And S places so we're in so Shoes around it's use the elite but I Was telling M it's got like a little Patch of phone that sits right at the Base of the Achilles I was going to cut It off but I thought that would probably Be bad for him so I'm just going to Stick with a shoe that doesn't irritate My well this is going to be pretty Thorough Pro fall test then from all of This we all we not wasting this yet I've Not done This okay so good I have done a 10K in It and I thought it was okay yeah but You know but I really like the pro three Kind of short distance I'm wondering if I'm going to have the same kind
Experience from this Sho which I do Think a really good like Marathon can sh So Marathon train so yeah see how Okay Anything else T watch is Sun races 4 965 Really hard GPS course this you're in Lots of twist and turns centr of London So good test the GPS mik got the same Right I've got the Samsung Galaxy watch Ultra which announced this week so this Is now got du band and GPS on it so I'm Hoping it will make it a best running Watch and I've got the Apple watch Ultra Too to compare it from an accuracy point Of view got this thing here which is Track my hydration but that's more Longterm testing so about you you time You running today Tom you did Park on Yesterday get made excuse not I'm not I've just I'm just going for a sub for You're just going for the Vibes right I'm here for Vibes Smiles I'm here for Smiles I I've also got the uh I've just Tak them off the shocks open for airs Well you got know on your ears are they On my ears I thought are Well there you go that's that's I said This in the in the review I can never Remember when I've got them On it's hot it's hot oh I'm testing These out the jab leite activate as well The swan song for Jabra so yeah I think they be very Similar but very very nervous it's big Day for him English can't
Wait coming home yeah this video Watching that how many minut of the you Watch Uh I've none I've been watching I looked At the Scores um i' had the scores on the Screen uh all right so uh we better go And find these start pens cuz it's Absolute chaos cheers for the uh race Spots as well so yeah cheers guys right We'll uh come back in sh win see you bye [Music] [Music] We're back we're done look the 10K hot One was a hot one it was a hot one it Was a hot one yeah yeah hot one it was Uh yeah what did you enjoy it uh yes yes And no like I um it's t it's pretty Tough it's a great race the Sport's Great it's great fun but it's very Twisty and um I didn't run that I don't Know I ran all right I'm quite the Time's okay 3308 something like that but He about go half marathon base for two Weeks and and I killed myself out there Today so that's not great sign for two Weeks but ran a solid 7K pretty uh iffy 8K and then got back on it for the last Two so yeah all right all right just uh It was hot I struggled to push in the Summer just too chilled Out exactly yeah you guys how you do Yeah all right I like I didn't um I Think was quite like a lot of these kind
Of London races gets quite CR at the Beginning but I think and again it's a Lot of twist and ton I've done this part Of this route in other races so I kind Of know what's coming but it's uh There's some nice we can kind of Coast Where it is a little bit clearer uh and Yeah I mean I didn't run my quickest I Was happy with the time where I'm going Out my R 43 something say I'm happy that I'm at now I was trying to find you I Saw you at one point you were I looking I could you were head down looking very Upset at that point 3K In it was quite it was uh like downhill Third K wasn't it and then upill for I They actually you know you sound like a London Hills but it were quite Significant hilly C like the one I mean In the downhill too like I breeed to a Very fastc running down the hill I Always remember that that I've done this A few few times now you relaxed today Tom I was relaxed I I wanted a sub 40 I Didn't get a sub 40 I got like 4 minute 4020 or something like that but I I was Got I didn't really pushed I it wasn't In pain so I'll take that as a I'll take That as a win for now although I've got I've got two gripes though yeah here Comes one is people getting into um the Early waves when they in in the wrong Wave point to that race where and you're Saying that it's it's it's probably not
A race that you know there's races in in London where it's speed focused you go To battery 5K or something 10K it's for Speed this is a this is purely like a Tourism race yeah well I mean the way They is quite small there's not many People in it and they're all quite fast And it was they're quite dedicated they All get merged with wave B and but I Didn't have any problems at the start Everyone got into groups quite organized It was for me it felt like any kind of Fast focused race that front wave was Really well organized I think further back yeah maybe there's A lot of people like that's like you say Probably people who signed up thinking I'm I'm going to train really hard for This go for that sub 40 and then they Don't right I'm just going to shift over Here cuz my arm kill but I had no Problem yeah I actually had no problems With crowds at all it was really wild I There a guy spoke to at the start we Ended up saying oh we run together did Run together then he went away then I Caught him last G then he caught me on The line again so he kind of did drag me Through a bit so yeah it was very um it Was fine for me I think it I think it Would be in your wave I think the B wave Is a weird wave In most races the SI was weird wave a Was like 30 people wave B was like
5,000 I think I think it's because a lot Of people maybe haven't done a race Before probably assume that they're Around 40 went 40 to 45 it's quite yeah Imagine if you looked at a graph you'd See a lot of people finishing around That time yeah but it is a is a lovely Day and it is a lovely it's nice to go Through that course it did it was up and Down the first the embankment flattens Out you just have the bridge and it's Quite flat it's a nice it's a lovely Tourist race it's a nice tourist If you're going to recommend One race For London like cuz it's not that it's Not you have to do a half marathon it's The only one in the center theid twist Winter winter yeah you don't want to Come run in February so visiting we'll Probably be doing that one the only Thing about it is I think there's still People starting so you probably end up Going to get really hot at some point Well I second right that you've oh sorry Spitting it were spitting there was so I Got I got spat on twice wow because they Were because in the way of I was in it Was so busy yeah like people just Running in the middle just spitting and They're not looking behind where they're Going if you if if you spit in these Races don't do that cuz it's really Annoying really annoying I'm in this big Clump of people um SP on not like not
Like in the Face Lan just say went over to the side Or something they just really hate the Channel the YouTube channel they weren Even looking behind them they were Spitting and they knew what they were Doing as he let Di Uh okay so um okay all good on the race Let's talk about the [Music] Shoes we were all in the same shoe today We didn't normally do this so we wearing The so Dophin Pro 4S good shoes yeah I Think I I I still I mean yeah I mean I've done most of the the quality runs I've done in this when we did the review Was my M long Marathon train R I really Liked it for the longer runs that's the First time I've run a shorter distance Race in it and it felt I mean I still Think it's a really good shoe to cruise In I feel that maybe the it feels like a Better shoe for me personally for the Longest stuff and I feel like I wanted Something a bit snappier places but I Think like in terms of this TW the twist And turns in the course actually they Really good terms of what you're get as As it's very good kind of cornering it's Very stable uh but I think yeah i' Probably I just wanted something maybe a Little bit snappier that short is Personally but I it felt good it felt Good and when I did Cruise of the bits
You could do it felt very nice to do as It has done when I've running it and We've kind of reviewed it before so yeah A good I think I would probably pick Another maybe I like a little bit Lighter but for that type of distance But he it was good I had a good Experience in it so shoot that yeah I Always kind of run well in it does suit Me quite well as a h stri think it rolls You through quite nicely uh I had a Little bit of for foot fatigue from it From snapping through in the last couple Of K bit like I get from the elite no Near as bad as I get from the elite Which is such an aggressive rocker but It it actually Weir it felt cuz it did Feel like 8K I was and I was really like I dropped to like 325 something like That and I was way off and then I looked Down in the in the nth I'm running all Right and I I actually happened in a Training session this year as well where You know I had to hold the PA for a long Period and actually I came back quite Well and it doesn't feel like you say Necessarily amazing for really firing Out every single stop for an amazing Time but for a longer race long race it You can kind of grind through stuff in It and it does save the legs quite well And helps me kind of tick over and even Gunning for the line at the end it felt Pretty good so L one of the shoes is now
Massively underrated because they have a Shoe above It's very hard for someone to go I'm top I'm going all out I'm buying a really Expensive R I'm going all out for races And then you buy a shoe that's not the Top one in the brand range it's really Hard to convince yourself to do that the Elite no this compared to the elite what I mean yeah the elite is just such a It's a confusing one because if you're a General Runner and you're going to do a A race you're probably not going to want The elite because it's such a I think I Think problem is I think you don't know That you just look at that must be the r Actually there is a very big difference I think soy are right to have this shoe In the range I think will suit a lot of People more at the same time it isn't The fastest sh the range and I think That's confusing and hard to judge but Yeah I like it a lot yeah I think it's It kind of ticks over well I still think The rocker maybe just stocking his Rocker just pushes me a bit too hard on The for but then I've done marathons in The Pro three and stuff I think it's Because I was just running all out today I think if I run at slightly slur Pace It's not quite as bad yeah how about you Tom uh I actually had a good running Them I I think I think the thing with These is the Pro 3 which is like one of
My favorite ratios of all time that that Once you start wearing that it's kicks In straight away you get the benefits of That shoe straight away right feels soft Feels Nice take it back to my arms Gone um so uh yeah so with the Pro 3 it Was very quick to notice the benefits of That shoe I don't think you do with this I think that HG phone takes a bit of Time to kick in and you get it with the Elite as well the the elite is a very Firm hard shoe when you start running in It takes a while to get that sort of Softness in I think CU I've I've running This a few times now I think in this Race it's sort of kicked in now and I've I actually quite enjoyed it I didn't It's definitely not like a really Noticeable Fe it's not like I think it's The combination isn't it the combination Really I think really shows its value I Think over those have the longer runs I Feel like maybe the on its own that new That new foam it feels like at that Distance it probably will really give You like the slightly firmer for it has Compared to the pro three I I do think It's genu it's not like today around Time that I'm not I'm not sure I'm Running a lot I did a 10K in in the Met Speed Sky per my favorite shoe you know Not long ago and that was only like 20 Seconds quicker and um I think I'm in
Reason similar shape probably so I do Think it's ride up in terms of Performance it's just yeah it doesn't Feel quite like some of the other shoes I think we saw a couple of leaks on twos On the course today and what we've heard From people who've got it sounds it Sounds lot softer doesn't it the elite I Think you're going to notice maybe Notice more more spring I think I think Sometimes in Browns go for a lot of Energy return on phones like HG ends up Being quite firm and getting the balance Right so I think pummer have now got the Balance right it's quite firm but it's Lots of energy return and AIC got the Balance right so maybe I think this ve Firmer but it really does give you a lot Back yeah um but it's just you've got to Be able to sustain It Well Done longer video than we normally do Right okay watches so um okay that's it For the pro fors uh well I'm going to Bang out these headphones quickly before You stop talking about watches cuz I'll Forget uh open run shocks air I really Like these they're really good but I Don't like the touchpad the touch Because and I was fine the sound was Fine I mean they're not great and this Is one of the loudest races you're ever Going to do so you can't hear it a lot Of the time but I did spray some water On my face and they had those water
Things and because of the touch pads it Just went start going haywire just Started bleeping just cuz it had water On it I couldn't get the water Off it took me there One I think I think about six to Sevenk about 5 minute 30 because I'm Just like trying to get this sound gy Wheatly well yeah yeah I think that's a Big thing we kind I said the from the Previous the open fit I think the Controls have maybe been a backward step Yeah yeah I mean they're not been great I would always take the physical Controls but I think button on guys we Love Buttons you you had the jabas yeah I had The jab I mean they're great I mean They're not from from a sound point of View they're not that different the fit Is still great the shape bit grip Without they're best for me the best Grip without kind of a wing tips that They abely it and yeah I didn't really See that massive difference crowd I mean It didn't feel just muff I mean I think It kind of mutes it I think it's not the Most effective noise cancellation but I Think it's good enough if you know you Know when you do want to still be a Little bit aware I think it it works Effec enough hold the camera Tom's Going we need to find need to get a hold Of yeah there we go um and then watch is
Very hard watch so let's have let's have The stats and what we got yeah what do You what do your watch give you mate so I got 10 1050 on the Samsung Galaxy Ultra and 1011 on the uh Apple watch Ultra 2 I mean for the first couple of Laps the uh spits pretty good on both Watches and then I can just looking down I can see the Samsung was peeling off And I know obviously it is well this Course is one Bri hav GPS and this is Why it's a good one testing dual band And unfortunately Samsung didn't do too Well for me how did you get on the C 1012 on the Gin so the Apple I think Those if I was going to go in blind I'd Say the two best foring watches would be The Apple watch Ultra and the Garmin and I think that's what we've seen 1019 on The suto I think definitely I didn't run 10K cuz onlyy dead turns you can't you Have to take a wider route around it but I know suto was quite early was coming In early you know quite early on the Race I noticed I was hitting the buzz on The suto before the lap marker quite a Long way before um you know I think this Is a really hard race so I would pretty Much accept anything kind of sub 10 20 20 like you know cuz you're definitely Not you're definitely running over 10K It's really hard 1050 isn't great we'll Have a look at the GPS tracks um as well Just to um I I think that 1011 is quite
Low because you probably like me you Were waving in and out Of every time I do this race I pick up Loads of extra cuz I basically zigzag All the way you weren't zigzagging cuz You still still when you get to like the Turn you still go like wide you get on The G 109 109 so I think anything around There is you know more than acceptable And actually you know if I if I reset The watch at a lap it then meant the Next lap Pace was fairly accurate to the Next marker so I could use it again so I Reset it halfway I knew I was I think I Did 1625 halfway so I did a pretty poor Negative positive split but it did mean I could use it but I wouldn't I think a 1050 maybe you can't use it yeah not a Good show for the Samsung and the first Kind of run with it so yeah that's all The watch Testing I do CU this is one of the Longest race videos we've ever done Umpe two long videos and now now I've Got to uh go back and trying to avoid The people watching football it's coming Home coming Home right thanks thanks soy for the uh The race SPS and uh yeah as always like Subscribe like subscribe all that sort Of thing and uh the don't what's that Tell us your gripes tell us your gripes Don't tell you on the FY flip next Podcast running running gripes that's
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