Getting Ready To Run The World's BIGGEST Marathon!

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The New York City marathon is the biggest marathon in the world with over 50,000 participants expected to take part in the 2023 race! Today we head to the expo to pick up my number, chat about race goals and kit and go for a shakeout run with Mike Kofuzi! The NYC race vlog will be up on Sunday 12th November so subscribe to the channel if you don't already!
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0:00 Intro
0:34 Expo
3:30 Shakeout Run
4:53 Course & goals
7:29 Kit

Пікірлер: 106

@stevez3332 8 ай бұрын

14 seconds faster than chicago on a harder course, amazing!

@MasterRen. 8 ай бұрын

I saw you near the starting line on ESPN! Great job today!

@denzelurieta9206 8 ай бұрын

Knew it was him with that pink gloves 😂

@debrascott8775 8 ай бұрын

Me too! Couldn't miss the pink gloves w/gopro

@AbdulYilla 8 ай бұрын

😂 we all did

@maryfrancesmcdaniel8565 8 ай бұрын

Me too!!

@michelledemayo9325 8 ай бұрын

I did too! 😂

@dustinwessells1716 8 ай бұрын

Congrats on an amazing race! I ran my first marathon and couldn’t make any of the shakeouts because I was working night shifts 😅. Picked up a calf strain right before the marathon that limited me the whole way but I finished and now time to get healthy. Your videos will continue to inspire me and help me keep on training!

@thedenverdino 8 ай бұрын

I also ran the NYC marathon. Tower Bridge surpasses NYC for bridges and landmarks but maybe because I’m a Londoner

@stephe999 8 ай бұрын

Tower Bridge is more iconic photo opp but the crowd coming off Queensboro Bridge onto First Avenue is soooooo loud and inspiring. Hard to pick a favourite.

@pip071998 8 ай бұрын

Nuts, you wanted 2:43 and got exactly that! Awesome running as always

@wendymorihovitis5586 8 ай бұрын

I used your Improver marathon training plan for my local marathon on Sunday and improved my PB of 4:40 10 years ago to 4:17 now at the age of 60! Felt great and thinking about the next one! Loved all the workouts in the plan. Thanks very much!

@mikew6840 8 ай бұрын

Saw those pink gloves holding the GoPro flashing past 😅, amazing run once again considering the filming and chatting to the camera! Very well done.

@regularcyclist4852 8 ай бұрын

Having run both London and New York, Tower Bridge definitely gets the win over Queensboro Bridge.

@jamesbutwithglasses 8 ай бұрын

Awesome! I live at Mile 21 in Harlem and was out routing for folks today! Hope you did well!

@eulogyforadream 8 ай бұрын

It was a pleasure meeting you at the shakeout run. It was a lot of fun. I love how your reviews are not influenced. It's great seeing you purchase your own shoes. However, I can't believe you ate those vile bagel. You could have gotten the best bagels in the world. As a life long New Yorker I'm offended. But i guess nothing new on race day.

@ABucc 8 ай бұрын

Just when you think you're pacing yourself really good, the 59th Street Bridge happens. One of the toughest stretches in all of the 6 Marathon Majors is the 59th Street Bridge.

@stevenlennie 8 ай бұрын

Chipotle before a marathon is bold 😬

@Piperinios 8 ай бұрын

Followed one of your plans for NYC yesterday- trained for 3.45 and got 3.46 - a PB !

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

Congratulations on the PB!! 🙌

@cpatrader1 8 ай бұрын

Hi Ben! I saw you on the replay on ABC this evening! Right as you were crossing the start line, talking to your GoPro! You should see if you can find it! Great race!!!

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

I’ll try and find it, thank you! 🙌

@nathankramer2080 8 ай бұрын

Watched it on TV this morning. Pretty sure I saw you cross the start line

@DaveOwenEdinburgh 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant. I love the way that as you were predicting your finish time, you walked past the front awning of a life coach and psychic.

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

Haha.. had no idea!! 😂

@neillwalker2914 8 ай бұрын

Well done, Ben 2.43 👏 look forward to the video when you get back 👍

@sun.2801 8 ай бұрын

I was running behind you in the shakeout run and didn’t realize it was you until I saw your pink gloves. Didn’t get to say hi in Chicago so I’m glad I got to see you and Kofuzi in NYC.

@keorbats9429 8 ай бұрын

Great run, great time today, Benn- I can’t wait to see your report

@Snerunseasy 8 ай бұрын

Awesome video, thank you Ben.

@jacobhagan6629 8 ай бұрын

Loved this video ben looking forward to those shoe reviews

@RunnerWil 8 ай бұрын

It was really great to see you guys again, I was suprised pleasantly.

@christinaclementson 8 ай бұрын

Was great fun tracking you today. Absolutely smashed it as always. Look forward to seeing the race video. Congrats Ben 🎉

@SS-iw8gq 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for your fabulous upbeat effervescent videos - they are a joy to watch.

@trevstow 8 ай бұрын

Another great insight to one of the great Marathon Majors. Thank Ben. It brings back great memories.

@GJuu-jd3vv 8 ай бұрын

Go Ben! Go get it! 🎉🎉🎉

@user-ou9td7yf8r 8 ай бұрын

it was nice to meet you in NYC - good luck for valencia

@PianoWiz19 8 ай бұрын

Congrats, Ben!!

@jeanines_channel3246 8 ай бұрын

Goodness, whole lot of activity! Looks like great fun.

@gary_runs 8 ай бұрын

Great video as always Ben! I'm looking forward to seeing you smash Valencia! 🙌🏼

@simonhodgson4941 8 ай бұрын

Great video Ben, really enjoy these preparation videos. The expo looked amazing. Loved all the shots around New York and your excitement was bursting through the screen, you was giving me butterflies!! 😂

@Carrottoprunner 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your journey and always giving us advice! Love all of your videos. Keep on being you and inspiring us all

@giselerose8391 8 ай бұрын

So exciting watching your video on this well-earned opportunity running the NYC Marathon! Nice that you and Sarah are enjoying my neck of the woods!!👩🏼‍🦰🫶🏻

@peterandrewchua4672 8 ай бұрын

Congratulations Mr.Ben!You are always a good example to all runners!Stay humble and simple hope to see you soon and Ms.Sarah!God bless you and your family!❤❤❤

@johnshandle777 8 ай бұрын

Great running today, prediction time spot on, soo much quicker than 15years ago 💪

@robertmelendez6677 8 ай бұрын

I thought I saw you as the wave 1 blue corral was passing by (I was wave 2 blue)…What a gorgeous day for a beautiful tour of NYC!!

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

Hope you had a good run Robert! Yes, it was a lovely day out there 🙌

@robertmelendez6677 8 ай бұрын

@@BenParkes A porta potty stop with a queue took away my chances for an under-4. Went to Plan B and executed. Hope you and Sarah enjoyed your time and sorry I missed you guys at Kofuzi’s shakeout. Best to you in Valencia!!

@gwaldron5656 8 ай бұрын

Your video's are great 👍

@janellecastillo5946 8 ай бұрын

Omg I’m so early!!! Good luck on the run man !!

@johnnywalker9433 8 ай бұрын

Ma grande , complimenti bellissima esperienza ❤🎉

@tj5511 8 ай бұрын

Love your reviews and the fastest "hello everybody" on earth :)

@timjacobsen3141 7 ай бұрын

I didnt know you came to to NYC! I wish I could have said hello. Im glad you enjoyed your time in America.

@owenmcgh 8 ай бұрын

New York gives me the worst anxiety, but watching you walk around made me want to visit again! Maybe I'll get to race there one year.

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

It is very busy.. but there are quieter spots to get away from it all. The park is lovely!

@seikodude 7 ай бұрын

Congrats Ben!!! GREAT to finally meet you at Fleet Feet!

@Bijits2510 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, that was me commenting on Strava to pick up the Novablast 4 …. Glad you picked up the shoes… now eagerly waiting for the review

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Review will be soon 🙌

@eoghanshinnick835 8 ай бұрын

I knew I had seen you flash past the ESPN 2 camera holding your camera at the start

@alexgener4309 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! 🙌

@oscarmintel8950 8 ай бұрын

Good luck from Poland 🇵🇱

@jensmith3719 8 ай бұрын

Had to have a sneak as was following how Andy Buchart would do on his debut marathon, and London way more attractive on the eye than New York, sky scrapers and few green or trees not for me, but get that beauty is in the eye of the beholder,

@andrewgilbertson5356 8 ай бұрын

Good Luck

@AlistairNY 8 ай бұрын

Relax man, you did great :)

@trevorlangridge 8 ай бұрын

Hi when is Sarah going to continue with her youtube channel? Also well done today and stay well for Valencia.

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

You’ll have to ask her! 🙂 thank you, looking forward to Valencia!

@Jeff-yt3qp 8 ай бұрын

Good luck Ben. I’m sure you will smash it 👍🏃‍♂️. Your room looks like mine when I was 16. 🤣

@patxtx_runs 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic video, clearly NY is on my bucket list too (and hey!! you are super close to have the 6 stars right??). My NY TCS app kept on beeping: You did great Ben, congrats!!!

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

Have Boston and Tokyo to go! Hope all is well with you Pat! 🙌

@MihaliWheeler 8 ай бұрын

Hope it went well

@UlisesRosas 8 ай бұрын

Come to run Mex City Marathon in August 2024

@Snytkine 8 ай бұрын

Hey Ben. I got short footage of you passing our mile 25 water station in Central park. I was a volunteer there. If you want I can send it to you, you can use it in your video. You were fast so you were in the frame for less than 5 seconds. You looked strong after 25 miles or running. Congratulations

@chriszis9317 8 ай бұрын

great video as always! are you planning on uploading sarahs UTMB racevideo? all the best!

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

Sarah didn’t make a UTMB video I’m afraid. Glad you liked this one!

@Feanaro5503 8 ай бұрын

It’s that city from the Spidermen game

@Micke12312 8 ай бұрын

Ehm

@Ouga_Official 8 ай бұрын

It's interesting that someone of your performance level still talks about pre-race nerves :) I nearly dropped of my half marathon last week if it weren't for my best friend exhorting me to go despite everything (pseudo calf-niggle, lost keys, wrong bib number etc.)

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

Those nerves and weird pains happen to so many people.. I’ve always had them, but things usually work out ok in the end!

@ColeRunning 8 ай бұрын

🙌🏻

@rych7852 8 ай бұрын

I'm a life long Londoner. I've run both NYC and London. 1st Av IS better than Tower Bridge. there, I said it! In fact I'd go so far as to say it's a better event overall. The Expo is better. The crowds are better. The on course entertainment is better. Yes, getting to the start is a faff. And Yes, you are hanging around for an awful long time at Fort Wadsworth in the cold. But it remains my favourite marathon to date. (Though the year I did it, there was a bag drop, so not sure if that's a new thing or the same "bag drop OR post race poncho")

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

There was no bag drop for anyone this year.. I think they stopped it a few years ago!

@rych7852 8 ай бұрын

@@BenParkes well thats a bit poor. A major should really have it. Especially as UPS still sponsors the event and they organised it previously. 🤷‍♂️ Hopefully they'll see sense and bring it back.

@ngpuleio 7 ай бұрын

Ran NYC you flew past around mile 4? 1st Av was crazy as is Tower bridge but The Scream Tunnel at Boston tops both!!

@RashidaLeeLa 8 ай бұрын

It's called Columbus Circle. ☺️

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@macau.friend 8 ай бұрын

You are gonna be the fastest Ben on the course 😂

@alfdickinson1971 8 ай бұрын

Ah for a few moments I thought maybe I had beaten you in your last NY marathon race by 13mins, but I hadnt-I beat you by a year-I did it back in 2007! I got muddled I got married in 2008/did my 1st marathon in 2007. Actually my lovely wife then girlfriend was waiting with Jaffer cakes at the start of 1st ave.

@camcamcig 8 ай бұрын

How does someone have the legs to have run Chicago a month before and then turn around and do New York just a few weeks later

@marcusroche8630 7 ай бұрын

Hey Ben - mind explaining what you wear the calf sleeves for?

@dawang53 6 ай бұрын

Hong Kong Standard Charter marathon houses 74,000 runners!

@JamesSmith-iz3pl 8 ай бұрын

When I ran NYCM in 1998, they put on a huge pasta party the Saturday evening. That followed a warm up run in the morning - called the International run, I think, which recognised the diversity of nations represented by the field of runners. Is this still what happens?

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

I didn’t hear anything like that happening this year.

@hahaheslop 8 ай бұрын

I ran on Sunday, mile 23 almost killed me!

@lorrainecowan7288 7 ай бұрын

Hi Ben looks amazing good luck I done amserdam marathon oct o23 look it time 538loveley place

@andrewstorm8240 8 ай бұрын

How cold is it there in the morning

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

Wasn’t cold on race day. Around 10 Celsius roughly

@ingloriouspancake7529 8 ай бұрын

Garmin Epix 3 watch?

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

Epix 2. Said it wrong, but we corrected it on the screen.

@endaegan9103 8 ай бұрын

Show them who's boss ben

@MrKoshV 8 ай бұрын

How did you get into the Brooklyn Marathon back then?

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

I had a fast half marathon time. 67 minutes and that got a entry into the race automatically

@simongardner2066 8 ай бұрын

I got an entry by getting a good for age time at a UK half marathon , don’t think it has to be a NYRR event

@daviddrentin5981 8 ай бұрын

Yep can’t be any race he got that wrong

@BenParkes 8 ай бұрын

It can be any race yes, but it sells out almost instantly.. you have to be very very quick. If you qualify in a NYRR race it’s a guaranteed entry and can just take it up and pay very calmly.