In summary, Kofuzi will easily break 2:00 when Kipchoge attempts to steal his GoPro.

That catch the camera story had me laughing. And 26 mile math confusion :-) Perfect finish.

YT algorithm got me to watch this. Seems every athlete in every corral has legitimate concerns for running goals along with anxiety. As a back of the pack runner, I'll never see a sub 3 marathon but sub 3 halves are in my repertoire. Your journey is relatable on so many fronts. I seriously enjoyed your victory. Continue to do well.

We never thought of you as failing at your sub-3 marathon attempts , noooo!!! Each was another valuable step on the path to success!!!!

Congratulations!!! Make as many videos as you want, it’s a huge accomplishment for you!

Love the fact that Ben took the camera & you wouldn’t let him have it back! 😂

Had the exact same brain fart moment of not knowing the right time from the race clock and fumbling when I could have easily checked my own watch 😂 Guess all runners' brains shut down when racing. It was great seeing you chase down this sub-3 goal relentlessly and finally getting it! 👏🏻

Bummed I did not get to meet you. I’ve done Grandmas over 10 years and love the course and lake views. You had a good review and hope others will come up for this race.

Absolutely love these deep dives. I commented on Nick Bare's post last Sunday, so cool to see both of you break your goals on the same day (upload wise). Keep crushing it kofuzi!

Congratulation Mike! The 26th mile math was hilarious! 😂

This makes me smile 😊 and makes me want to go run at 10 PM. Congratulations and thank you for taking us along for the ride!

Way to go man! I have really enjoyed watching your sub-3 journey. I hit my mark in November of 2021, only beating 3 hours by 9 seconds! I really know that feeling of trying to do all that math in motion with only a mile or so left! I also know the feeling of coming SO close in previous efforts. Believe it or not, about a year prior I ran a 3:00:00 even. Glad to finally have it, and I know you are too!

"Thinking just hurts the team" is an old expression I embrace for long distance racing..if you are prepared it will go ok..if you're not it's not gonna feel good..congrats on your race PB.

As someone who's running my first marathon in December (shooting for sub-4) I find this video really helpful and honestly inspiring. Thank you for the hard work on this and congratulations!

This is awesome, and I literally laughed out loud at Ben using your camera as a dangling carrot. Excellent effort, job well done, and congrats on a well-run race.

I love all your videos but Race Recaps are probably my favorite because of the insight and gems 💎 you drop in your recap. These recaps are definitely for the running nerds who use this information for preparing for future races or helping others prepare for theirs. Congrats again and keep that 🔥 content coming 🤜🏾🤛🏻…

It’s great to see a more in depth, play by play recap of your race.

Congratulations ! So exciting, this is the reason why we are doing marathons again again.. well done!!

I’m totally running tomorrow morning. Great recap!! Congrats.

Watching again before Grandma’s tomorrow morning, thanks for the help prepping us!

I just saw like 5x the other 2 videos. So happy to now hear all the recap and see extra footage of this marathon course. Again Ko, congratulations!!!! Years in the making so, don’t worry if you make another video 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣😂

Love this, Mike! Grandma and medical staff stood with me as I heaved after the half. I told grandma between my relentless leaving-it all-out-there, “I’m sorry to puke in front of you.!”to which she replied, “that’s alright, dear, it often happens.” 😂This race! I’m still stoked you got to run it-I knew you’d dig it! Was awesome to meet you!🌊🌊🌊🌊

Excellent recap! I always find these helpful in prep for my own races, especially when navigating the inevitable low points. Every marathon's a roller coaster... Congrats again on the sub-3!

Thanks so much for the deep dive and inspiration, Ko. I’m still trying to crack 4 hrs and this is just what I needed to keep me going.

I love these in depth reviews, it's my favorite type of content. Congrats on the race!

So proud of you! I lived in Duluth MN for 7 years , this makes me miss it :-) great endurance sports culture (running and xc skiing communities were strong ! ). That race helped me break 1:20 in the half many years ago which was my breaking 3 type of goal :-) fast course (especially for the half) ! Congratulations Mike keep making these great videos .

It’s super motivating to watch you chase and achieve this goal. You embraced the suck.

I am binge watching your videos 5 days before I run in the Chicago 2023 marathon. You are the reason that I entered Chicago back in 2019 when I got a GFA qualifying time of 3:36 at my local marathon here in the UK. We all know what happened next and I opted to defer out to 2023 because I turned 50 this year. Watching you break 3 hours is so inspirational as I so desperately want to finish Chicago in sub 4h (3:45 would be nice). Thanks again for making such a detailed video that has helped me with the maranoia this week 🙂

Congratulations Ko! You never cease to inspire. Thank You for this and every video you produce for us!

This was great. Played it on my phone podcast style while I did other stuff and was never bored. Great stories all the way through. Marathon brain creates some interesting moments 😂

That is amazing!! Been following you for 3 years and very happy you finally broke 3! I'm still on my mission to do the same and hope Chicago 2022 is the place!! Really enjoy all your videos! And marathon math is always soo confusing 🤣🤣

Congratulations, must be a huge relief! Sounds like your pacer did everything right throughout the whole race, and worked overtime on the motivation aspects as well, huge kudos to them too!

Congrats Mike! Thank you for sharing your inspirational sub 3 journey with us! FYI - the best method that I’ve found to prevent singlet “chafage” is to apply liquid bandage to those sensitive skin areas before a run.

Whoaaaaaa dude!!!! Way to go!!!

Congrats Mike on finally achieving your goal, I have seen many of your attempts and I did wonder if you would ever get there, even though you always looked to have it in you physically. Great job getting it done and enjoy the achievement!

Great video - love the breakdown, congrats and love that Ben is a true pacer and let you cross the finish first

Talk about battling through! Super impressed with the effort and hearing about the mental battle through 26.2...you freaking did it! 💪#sub3

Congrats on the sub 3hour and glad I found your recap post! I ran Grandma's with my daughter and we both had sub 3:30 PR's. Thanks for sharing your preparation and thoughts on what worked and did not work for you. Appreciate your transparency and honesty too. Several times i smiled as i feel we runners all have similar experiences.

🥳so happy for you! Thanks for making this longer than 30 minutes. I had a question in the livestream Monday that got passed over I was still curious about: I think I heard you say you approached the taper a little differently this time around. What did you do differently and do you think it helped ?

This was my favorite vlog from you! Full Stop! Loved all the details! Nice to know all the thoughts and feelings you experienced along the way - great to know I'm not the only one who has these thought patterns when going long! Congratulations on the Sub 3! Keep pushing Mike!

As a fellow runner, I really enjoyed the way you explained to us your pre/during/after race, many many thanks for that. I think we all felt what you felt during that race!! Keep up the great work!!

You really do such interesting, awesome race recaps, Ko! So well organized. So much congrats! And James McKirdy was SO gracious in talking to me post-Boston, I could not believe how willing he was to talk about everything. Really is as energized about running as he comes off online. Cheers and safe travels!

just an update on this grandma's as i had watched this video over a year ago. I did do Grandma's this year June 2023. Was really good marathon, i am going to do it again next year as well. Ran good race at 3:21 which gives me something to work from, so i hope to beat this time next time. Good race, good location, good festival, good vibe, a good event overall. thanks on your video review again

Awesome video. I'm not sure how I missed this one until now. Thank you for sharing this.

I’m running grandmas in a couple days, so so helpful to have this breakdown.

What a journey Mike! Congrats again! Consistency pays off💪

Congratulations Mike ! Delighted to see you have achieved Sub 3 in the Marathon. Love the post Marathon recaps which provide a lot of useful info for other runners 🏃‍♂️ who want to run a Marathon. Thank you for taking us on your running 🏃‍♂️ journey and providing inspiration for fellow runners 🏃‍♂️ #NONELITESUB3

Great video. Completely relate to the salt loading. I take SaltStick capsules with me during the run, but I'll try preloading the salt next time. Congrats on the sub-3. Wow, just wow.

Absolutely awesome to watch you finally go sub 3. Amazing work!

Found this channel today and now have binged about 10 videos. Really quality content.

Well done man! Great effort! You must be happy with that.

Big congrats 🎊. Awesome sharing.

This was almost like a podcast. Just listened while in the office and minimized windows at time :D congrats once again!

Congrats Mike. Goes to show that a marathon is as much a mental battle as it is physical.

Hard work pays off! Great to see.

BRAVO Mike - been following you on this journey since 2018 and stoked to see you crush it!!!

Love the in depth race recap videos!

Amazing Mike! Congratulations 👏🏻

Idk why but I really enjoy the way you tell the story of your races in these videos, super interesting. Congrats again!

So emotional Kofuzi. Following you for a couple of years. Really motivating this race. Regards from Mexico

Gonna miss you out there Fuzi. I would have really enjoyed having you as the celebrity in our pace group.

great work! Was an awesome race. I took my PR from 4:00 to 3:37 this year at Grandma's. Thanks for breaking down everything in detail, helps me to plan strategies to get to 3hrs myself. Be well!

I haven’t been following as much since I switched up my training to weights but I’m so happy to see you achieved your goal!!!

Congrats Ko! I'm so happy for you, been following you for years and have tracked your pursuit of under-3 which I'm shooting for this year. hope I'll see you at NYSC marathon this year.

Congrats. Got my morning knitting in while watching; now time to run!! Congrats again.

Good job, my man very proud of you.

Thanks for the review, I was hanging on every word. So relatable to runners that have done a few marathons 👍

Excellent recap. Felt like I was running the race with you. Enjoy your success!

Awesome race recap Michael, haha great job 👏 looks like a fun atmosphere & choice weather, glad everything went your way on the day, sub 3 hour marathon done in the bag yeahhh! 🥳✅👣👣🏃🏼👍👏🏃🏽‍♀️🥳⚡️

congrats again! thank you for sharing.

Great detailed recap! A good tip for the cups, I saw a while back, is to squeeze them on the sides so it's a lot narrower when you put it up to your mouth. Less up your nose & down your front, more in your mouth

Thank you sir. Very informative and interesting video. I laughed out loud at rhe end of the story. Really proud of you.

Great recap Mike. I loved the footage of you struggling and Ben smiling and having a great time. lol.. Good job. Cant wait to see if you push harder.

It's easy to get discouraged when you think you're not on pace for your goal. I'm glad you kept the effort there and kept attacking.

Congrats! Great race report. I know exactly what you mean about after a certain number of miles your body just wants to run faster and it’s hard to hold back.

You picked a good one for a PR, congratulations! I’ve run Grandmas 2x - home of my first BQ and all time PR of 3:33 at 50 years of age. At that time the 3:35 cliff bar pacer QUIIT at the half marathon, which annoyed the hell out of me, but in the end gave me the freedom to just go! Your experience of what you felt was very similar to mine. You gotta just go and hang with it. It’s an expensive race travel considered but if you can swing it, it’s a fantastic marathon. Watched this to remember. Thanks.

Great vid Kofuzi! Felt like a podcast while I made my granola. That end b roll was worth waiting for.

Love the retelling of your run! So cool! Congrats!

Congrats again! I also don't warm up at all before marathons (I've run 17 and also have a 2:58 PR). I ran Grandma's in 2014 and had very similar weather (minus the tailwind) and loved it. But my impression is that warmer weather is more common. I stayed up in Two Harbors, which made the morning before the race easy, and taking the bus back up there afterwards was fine. Definitely second your recommendation to pack warm clothes.

Very inspiring! Thank you for sharing your experience….

Great run. Ran Grandma's in 2011. Weird weather, humid to start, cold to finish. I was lucky enough to have a host family put me up and spent most of week in Wisconsin.

Congrats on a great race and a solid analysis. Thanks for all of the helpful content

Excellent effort! Love how you fought your marathon demons 👍🦾

Very cool ko! amazing how our|my mind plays tricks on us during a race. excellent commentary as always. kinda feel like "we" broke 3 :)

Loved the walk through. Congrats!

Great recap, I was running as well, but did not have your day, but back in 2013 I broke 3:00 at Grandma’s for the first time, so I was able to relive that special day with you. Think about coming and running Sioux Falls Marathon on August 28 and if you do let me know. It is one of the last BQ races and a great community event.

Congratulations, very nice recap, keeps me motivated to run after my goal.

Pinch half the rim of the cup to create a funnel with paper cups. :). Great run!

Enjoyed hearing about your sub 3 adventure!! Sounds like a wonderful course and place to run too!! 3 minutes left to go and 400m?! I wouldn’t be able to calculate at that point either😂

Awesome Mike. So much fun to watch. Congrats!

thanks on the update about the race, hope to do it myself next year

Loved hearing about it all of this!

Congratulations!!!! Loved the recap!

Huge congrats! So relatable on the digging deep😂

Great Video ! Love it

Always love the slowmo dry heave

a big congratulations to you! a milestone achieved ✌

Awesome stuff, man! Hope that I can do a marathon once in my lifetime :)

Love this story!

Congratulations! Love these recap videos