A Serious Runner Reacts to the London Marathon Lottery

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2 жыл бұрын

The TCS London Marathon 2022 is coming up... and, as a serious runner trying to get entry into the London Marathon, the Good for Age qualify standard doesn't work if you're not a UK resident. Listen to a Serious Runner as he vents about the process of guaranteed entry into the London Marathon (or lack thereof) and what other options are available, such as entering the lottery like a hobby jogger or purchasing a marathon tour package.
And for the record, I did try to get Mo Farah to cameo in this video, but was unsuccessful. (Mo, if you watch this and change your mind, let me know and we can release a George Lucas-style Special Edition... only the changes will actually make things better)
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@stevelee8539 2 жыл бұрын

Am I a joke if I kind of agree with what the Serious Runner is saying in this video 😂

@TheSeriousRunner 2 жыл бұрын

Not at all. These videos are not meant to be funny. I'm not sure why people think that sometimes.

@margaretblake5051 Жыл бұрын

same!!

@chunstergp2 Жыл бұрын

@@TheSeriousRunner this is a serious runner video, not a a funny runner video

@clickm3again 2 жыл бұрын

You surprised me at the end with "God save Kipchoge"😂😂😂

@SeeChadRun 2 жыл бұрын

Dude! I love how you "tell the story" in each of your videos. Great job! Great video!

@lizgreen2936 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂I'm from Scotland and I entered the ballot " for a laugh" I'm actually worried I might get in as I've never ran more than a half... 🤣🤣🤣🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️x

@kyrawilder9983 2 жыл бұрын

As a serious, serious runner I’m surprised you didn’t mention the championship qualification possibility - more serious qualifying standards and what uk running club wouldn’t be honored to have a real marathon runner like yourself as a member?

@trailsofanoldrunner 2 жыл бұрын

That was a premium video Serious Runner. I enjoyed the laughs

@1519Spring 2 жыл бұрын

Love it. Enjoy your tour!!!🤭

@Kelly_Ben 2 жыл бұрын

The organ music!! 🤣 😂 I didn't know that about the distance being set by the route to the Queen!

@TheSeriousRunner 2 жыл бұрын

gotta add in some educational #content every now and again

@stepan1968 2 жыл бұрын

"Familly bloodline" "Divine right..".. Damn!! 🤣🤣🤣

@kj17589 2 жыл бұрын

Not watched the channel before, took me a while to realise how serious a runner he was. Also bummed to have missed out on the lottery.

@chandlerrodriguez7670 2 жыл бұрын

Lost it at “God Save Kipchoge”

@rych7852 Жыл бұрын

I live 10 miles from the Start Line of the London Marathon. I tried EVERY year from 2010 to 2022 to get through the ballot. ANd was rejected EVERY time. Now in 2023 I've relented and bought a charity place. For £2500! It's as bad to my soul as paying to run a 10k! Incidentally, I had to buy places through a tour company for NYC and Chicago! 😂😂

@marlinweekley51 2 жыл бұрын

Hilarious and spot on as usual 😆👍🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

@TheSeriousRunner 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@paxtonebright2951 2 жыл бұрын

Everything you say is spot on. Those people slower than me are hopeless hobby joggers and anyone faster than me has talent from God and basically is elite.

@bananadude9642 2 жыл бұрын

Not a dull moment…. Funny AF.

@xckarlos 2 жыл бұрын

Spot on man.

@jonathanlewis2996 Жыл бұрын

underrated channel

@TravelRunner 2 жыл бұрын

Funny, my conversation with Mo went exactly the same way when I called him... must be a reception issue in the UK. Right?

@annewright3486 Жыл бұрын

“God save Kipchoge” 😂😂😂😂 I would sing that song every weekend at the church of the long run!!!

@mikedickerson3944 2 жыл бұрын

100% FACTS

@richardcollins586 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t get in this year, did it 22 years ago. I’ll try next year and just carry on running other marathons regardless.

@aylaamon3267 2 жыл бұрын

This is my fourth year in a row trying to get in and not making it through the lottery. It's maddening when you've run a fast enough qualifier, but you're American so can't use it! This year will also be my 8th attempt at the NYC Marathon lottery...

@davidjuson5608 Жыл бұрын

My sympathies. I've failed to get a ballot place twice now. And, at my age (71!), I haven't got much longer to cover the distance. I am serious here: the organisers should prioritise inexperienced old farts . We need the acclaim while we can still get it.

@simonecarniglia4870 2 жыл бұрын

Same applies to Tokyo since they removed the semi-elite standard

@TheSeriousRunner 2 жыл бұрын

is that right? ::makes notes about future video::

@LuisBecerra79 2 жыл бұрын

If Mo doesn’t want to give you his address, maybe you should try the queens. Everyone knows that address 🤣😂

@benjaminkuch2558 2 жыл бұрын

What does a serious runner think about Kipchoge going for all marathon majors? Will the next Boston qualifier be the most important BQ ever because he will allowed to run with Kipchoge? Edit: God save Kipchoge!

@Antonio-in4vs 2 жыл бұрын

As a serious runner i agree with this video.

@globerunning1437 2 жыл бұрын

You are hilarious, and hit the nail right on its head at the same time. Can you give me Mo’s number please, I need a place to crash when I’ll go there. 😂

@steve7882 2 жыл бұрын

Good news for men to be accepted just ask your agent (as a serious runner I assume you have one?) to contact the organisers with evidence of you sub 2.18.00 or for a half sub 1.05.00 and you will be accepted. Thanks for the great videos.

@cuberstu 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe if you were a serious runner like Kipchoge you would get an invite too. Maybe YOU should try harder⁉️ 🏅🤣🇬🇧

@allinotte4263 2 жыл бұрын

As a hobby jogger I agree with you. I think I’ll never get into Boston. But it has to be earned. I’m 41, so maybe when I’m 50 it will be easier 🧐

@levandmarthapolyakin-aaron2183 2 жыл бұрын

Follow my footsteps: I didn’t start running until I was 58, but I tried my first marathon when I was 68 on kind of a dare from my recently acquired coach. My goal was just to finish the damn thing but being so very old (albeit serious) I BQ’d. So after all the Covid cancelations and postponements I finally got to run Boston last October and being even more ancient (70) I re-qualified there for next month and ‘23. Being Serious and Old is a good combination if you have that hankering. And I have to say, it was pretty damn Epic, too. Martha

@TheSeriousRunner 2 жыл бұрын

It is perhaps the only benefit in getting older.

@wk633 2 жыл бұрын

At 55 I'm faster at > 10k than I was at 45. Mostly training smarter. Getting over my ego about my overall average pace. I do LOTS of slow miles now and it pays off.

@allinotte4263 2 жыл бұрын

@@levandmarthapolyakin-aaron2183 love this! Great inspiration thank you 🙏🏻

@allinotte4263 2 жыл бұрын

@@wk633 thank you for the inspiration!

@user-pc4i8ege55 2 жыл бұрын

Try Paris. Ègalitè is one if their three sweet spots. L'ègalitè implies that you speak French, though.

@TheSeriousRunner 2 жыл бұрын

Mauvais chien

@TheSeriousRunner 2 жыл бұрын

that's about all the french I remember from high school.

@gcklo 2 жыл бұрын

It is not fair that Boston accepts runners' time but London Marathon only accepts UK residents.

@Shevock 2 жыл бұрын

God save Kipchoge. 🙏

@srajo7442 4 ай бұрын

hence: The actual marathon is becoming the easiest part of the process.

@carmelt4205 2 ай бұрын

I'm just going to irritate the f* out of "serious runners" then. As a slug (or turtle with only 3 legs), I've done NY 2x, London once, and this coming September, Berlin too. I got London via a tour operator and have done a total of only 4 marathons ever including one that was meant to be part of my training for my last NY. I don't even know if I'm good enough to be considered a "hobby jogger". Don't care. I want to do London and NY again someday even if I go through a tour operator again. Hey, if you really were that "serious", you'd pony up the $ too (see how that goes?).

@dannyjacobs2280 Жыл бұрын

I'll have to simply "identify" as fast! And before the London lottery, I'll just identify as a London resident. 🤔

@jonathansandberg5983 2 жыл бұрын

You realize that if we didn’t have that stupid revolution 250 years ago we’d still be British subjects and could use qualifying times to enter the London Marathon.

@elo5193 10 ай бұрын

😂

@levandmarthapolyakin-aaron2183 2 жыл бұрын

Funny AF, as usual. Love the surprise ending (though given away by all the early spoilers in comments). As for Marathon Tours, at least a fancy, epic hotel is included in the cost. So if I’m a Serious Runner who BQ’d the honest, serious way, am I serious enough for it not to count if I have to pay my way into the Majors that don’t have guaranteed good-for-age time slots? Only the OG Serious Runner can answer this very serious question on which my self esteem hinges. 🤔🤩 Martha

@marlinweekley51 2 жыл бұрын

Serious runners have no self esteem- except of course what Strava provides. 😂

@levandmarthapolyakin-aaron2183 2 жыл бұрын

@@marlinweekley51 good one☝️I also base my self esteem on my Garmin telling me my VO2 max is that of an “excellent 20 year old”. The trouble is, it doesn’t specify a 20 yr old what?? 🙄

@marlinweekley51 2 жыл бұрын

@@levandmarthapolyakin-aaron2183 exactly! I am 70 and my watch says Iam as healthy as a 58 year old. Looking at my 55-60 year old friends I updated my will. 😂

@chch242 2 жыл бұрын

Serious Runners unite! Let's dethrone London from the Majors!

@frauhorn 2 жыл бұрын

London Marathon is all about the money. They'd much rather someone run five hours in a costume than a trained 'serious' runner do in sub three

@timavery395 Жыл бұрын

You're annoyed? How do you think I feel? I'm blessed to be born in UK, have a British passport, could easily get the gfa (even if I had a bad hamstring injury), but can't qualify because I live abroad. That's just being pedantic

@daveberk7006 Жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more serious runner. Shame on the London Marathon for their local favoritism.

@rylanrussell9595 Жыл бұрын

I really wish you sold good race jerseys with your stupid quotes on them "you can't put a price on epicness" "hobby jogger" shit like that. I'd buy.

@andyrussell40 2 жыл бұрын

As a "hobby runner" I could probably run the London Marathon faster than half of those running in costumes for charity, but that's what the event has become. Just watch the BBC coverage of it every year: "Yeah, I can see you're an 18-stone pie muncher with no hope of finishing in under 7 hours, but you're raising 20p for some starving Africans (for that read the charity's annual away trip to Faro) so, yeah, you're amazing". So don't worry about it. London isn't all it's cracked up to be anyway.