Just watched Andy, an absolutely brilliant effort, mate, and great vlog. Can relate to everything. You are excellent 👏🏻 👍🏻👍🏻

Massive respect Andy. Declaring your target time on a public platform is a brave thing to do when there are no guarantees of achieving it but look at all the support you have. You 've got many years running ahead of you (should you wish to do so) and I'm sure you'll only get better. Loved how, despite the pain and cramp you still finished giving off energy to the spectators and other runners. You wiped 15 minutes off your previous PB so well done fella.

Massive congrats Andy, there’s a reason why everyone gets a medal for finishing, and that’s because it’s so bloody hard! Thank you for the videos, it’s been great to follow your journey over the last 16weeks! It was a pleasure to meet you briefly before heading to the start line 👋🏼 Onto the next one, I hope to see you there too!

Andy, i had a similar experience at Brighton, those last few km were absolute killers and seemed to last forever. You smashed it still, new PB and you never gave up - too many positives to take away to feel anything but pride, well done sir.

Mate - your progress has been unbelievable! You should be incredibly proud of yourself. You're one of the KZfaqrs that inspire me to keep running and keep pushing for better times. Unbelievable efforts! Stay positive and go again. You'll achieve that goal. I started running as part of losing weight - dropped from 23st (Oct 2020) down to 15st (current) and got a 10k PB today of 52:20, beating my previous PB by well over a minute. People like you inspire me to keep going.

Well done Andy. Marathons really find you out and you battled through and finished with a terrific time still. This was my 5th one and I finished in 4hrs 38 mins. Keep going, keep inspiring and be really proud 🙏

Well done!! There is a lot that you can be proud of on this entire journey. Be proud of yourself, savor the victory (there are no small PB's), and continue doing what you're doing. We are all rooting for you and can't wait to see what's next. Sending some strength over! Have a great one!

Congratulations!! You’re a true inspiration for beginner runners such as myself. I’m 7 months into my running journey and your videos have helped me along the way. Thank you sir!!

Congratulations Andy! Still an awesome effort to continue when everything is telling you to stop. Those finish line feelings are the best experiences ❤

Huge PB, Andy! Nothing "lazy" here. To be forced to walk (relatively) early, have that mental hardship, and then still push through to 3:47 is a massive achievement. Enjoy the recovery!

A 15 minute PB is quite something, even though you were shooting for more! You gave everything you had on the day and you'll take the lessons into your next marathon. Huge congrats and enjoy the recovery!

Congratulations Andy! You are a beast! A true inspiration to those of us that have followed your journey! 3 marathons each one faster than the last.

Still an amazing PB if not the time you wanted. A 15 min marathon PB in less than 6 months is very impressive! Well done Andy.

I love this. Thank you for sharing the really tough times! You did amazing!

Yay!! Great job, well done Andy ..Alles Gute 👍😃

It's been inspirational following your journey, and this project has been awesome. An amazing time 💪👏 Great stuff mate 👍

Great running Andy and a new PB absolutely fabulous , well done x

Good effort and respect for going for 3:42! We never know unless we try right 🙂 Regardless! Great job 👏🏽 Last year, I went for 3:45 for the Chicago marathon and I blew up at mile 21, then I walked jogged in for a 4:13 finish time. It was my first marathon. Keep your chin up and chest high! Your are awesome and an inspiration for fellow runners like myself - You still got a PB 🎉👏🏽👏🏽!

Andy, Andy, Andy! Chin up brother, you have nothing to be disappointed about! Sure you had a time in mind and yes you may have missed out by a matter of minutes but let’s look at the facts here, you have just ran a marathon in 3:47, that’s epic mate and something to be super proud of! Watching this video it’s hard not to get a little emotional, having followed your training and your journey up to this point, you really do live and breathe your running, so to see you struggle and hit some hurdles along the way was hard to see but in the end you got through those barriers and crossed the finish line strong! Proud of you dude!

Top man, Andy! I’ve loved following your journey. The positivity you share through your videos and throughout the marathon outshines any time! Well done!!

Sounds like you really gave it everything here, Andy. Fantastic effort. Well done, and congrats on the PB 👍🏻🏃‍♂️🙂

Brilliant Andy. Great result, be very proud. A fantastic achievement and PB. Thank you for the videos, really enjoy watching them.

Well done Andy, cracking video,enjoyed it. 15min PB 🎉😊

Well done on the pb mate fantastic effort and well done for pushing through with the cramp its horrible when it comes you will get your goal great video mate 👊💪👌👍

Well done. That's commendable. You kept going. A good time too.

You've come so far in these three marathons ! You show up, you can tell you love it, and you inspire us all. Congratulations on the PB. Fantastic job 😊

Fantastic Andy - I’ve been watching your brilliant videos from the very start alongside my own marathon training for London tomorrow. Just to say thanks for the vids over the past few months they’ve been very inspiring. Love your honesty despite missing your goal PB, but regardless a PB is a PB! Keep chasing those goals!

Well done mate , great pb 💪👍

Great job, mate! Super fantastic!!!!

Awesome! 15 minute PB is something pretty special!!! Well done!

SUPERB Andy! You ran an EPIC race and more to come!

Congratulations Andy, that was some race. Amazing determination to push through to the end and a big PB as the reward 👏👏👏

Wow amazing!! From your first couple of training runs for Brighton marathon and now this! What progression !! Congratulations, great vids! Well done Andy.

Awesome video Andy! All of the phases of marathon mentality and physical issues brought into shayp focus, how the marathon can grab you and shake you up! Knee and foot issues knackered my 4:59:59 ambition but my 5:28:40 time was still a 15 minute pb too. The crowds got me a little emotional all over again! Great stuff, congrats on the huge pb!!

Massive congrats for a massive PB! You got so much faster over the course of this training block! Amazing achievement!

Congratulations Andy! Don't be too dissappointed or hard on yourself. I have been following your 3:42 project videos and you have told your story nicely - I was looking forward to this video. The beauty of missing a target is that the target is still there, the motivation is still there, it is just waiting for another day!

Hi Andy, I'm a fairly new subscriber to your channel, so I haven't watched all your training videos. Wish I had, though, will definitely be giving them a watch. Just want to say how I related to this video so much. I did Berlin in 2021, and the wheels completely came off. Finishing that day was a miracle, and I was so gutted that it didn't go my way. 2022 I returned and smashed my goal of sub 5 hours. You've got this, Andy. The marathon is hard. It doesn't care how your training went. It takes no prisoners. Can't wait to see you come back and get the time you want. Best of luck

Great work mate, well done ❤

Absolutely smashed it. Hopefully I can share the roads with you again soon (and maybe spot you next time lol) looking forward to see where you're going to run next, and will for sure be following along. I've just signed up for Manchester half in October, I enjoyed that Manchester vibe of the marathon so much! Unbeatable

Prepping for the Manchester Marathon in a weeks time and this is a great video Andy. Honest, genuine, helpful - it’s great bud. Thanks again for this 🔥 I’m hoping for anything under 3:47:41… 😎

Well done Andy, congratulations on your PB! It’s a valuable learning curve and will only make you stronger and more experienced for the next one!

amazing effort Andy👏 don’t be to hard on yourself it’s still an amazing time and a great PB. I can totally relate as I missed my time by few minutes, which at the time was very disappointing but looking back it was still a good time and most important I enjoyed it. And as you said Marathons are hard😂 the progress you’ve made I know that 3:42 will come x

Great video and congratulations. 💪💪💪💪

Well done mate!! 💪💪

Been following your journey and can relate to how you feel in setting a time and not quite achieving it, even though you got a PB. I was aiming for pre 4 for my 1st marathon (@ Manchester) and couldnt quite pull it off on the day (4.08). As you said Marathons are hard, and its all about learning and taking away potential improvements for the next one. You smashed it in my opinion and I look forward to your future plans.

Incredible effort and video!! This is so inspirational. I am 3 weeks away from running my first marathon, and I needed to see this! Thank you!

Great job!!! Really enjoyed the vlog. A massive PB is never guaranteed, you did the work and deserved it!!!! I think we’ve all been in a similar state at the end of a marathon and know what it takes to finish. Massive kudos!

Total respect Andy mate, and congrats on your PB, goals are goals what you do to try to get there matters, on wards and up wards fella😊

Be proud, Andy. A great time, a great video and a great KZfaq series

Massive PB congrats mate - nothing but a positive day! I also PB'd with 3hr32. Can't agree more with what you say at the end - doesn't matter what pace you're running, the marathon will try it's very best to take your soul. It's unlike any other distance. But I loved every minute of MCR. Great route and great city. On to the next one. 3hr42 getting smashed next time, no doubt about it.

Loved watching this!! And congrats on your time - I ran on Sunday too & hit that horrible mental and physical wall around 30km. Managed to drag my sorry arse to the finish for a PB, it’s been super fun re-living the day through this video:) love your energy!

Brilliant effort. I've followed you every step of the way through your videos and it was good to see you get to the finish line. You might not of got the goal time but you've smashed your PB. You can always go again,well done ✔️

Great effort Andy (was good to say hi before we set off !😊) marathons are brutal ! .. been a really good series and looking forward to seeing the next couple of videos and what comes next !

haven't commented for a while and have been slow to catch up on Project 342. have been binge watching and finally up to speed now. wanted to say - Andy you are a total legend and a true inspiration. Your openness and honesty and bravery are unique and a beautiful trait. Don't change! I hope on reflection you feel more proud of what you have achieved. Take stock and take the time to look back at your journey and you will see how far you have come in short space of time. 15 min PB is huge!!!! (and that's on top of huge PBs throughout this training block and on top of the endless stream of PBs you have kept smashing out since you starting this running vlog malarkey!!!!), its not always about the here and now. Looking back gives context and perspective as to how far you've come on your journey. You are a hero to me

Congratulations Andrew. You did an amazing job 🎉

Oh man that was really amazing Andy. You are fighting all miles and made a fantastic race for yourself. Your video are also very exellent and congratulation to you Matt. Inga DK.

Smashed it Andy, congratulations

Well done mate. Excellent run

Incredible running and perseverance Andy. A pleasure watching you train and complete the marathon in a PB. I reckon you’ll smash that target very soon. You’re at the tipping point- a very tough place to be- but when you do tip over that time will be a long way back.

Well done Andy that's an amazing time! Getting through the crashes as well it makes it more impressive! I have my first mara on Sunday and aiming for sub 4. Hope to be where you are someday!! Well done 🎉

Smashed it mate 👊

Was waiting for this one more than all the Boston videos I’ve seen!!

Well done Andy..watched your series all the way through and a PB is a PB!. At least you got to the start. I was due to run for a sub 4 but on the Friday before i twinged by back getting up off a chair and couldn't run. Learn from it and use it in the next one!

🎉 PB! Nice one Andy, its all practice and its bloody hard for a marathon to go to plan. You will get it next time, ease in over the first miles and stay on your pace buddy. ITS A MASSIVE PB...........

Very fine Andy I think you are awesome and doing so great. Congratetulations from me. Going hard whwn things get tough. I am impressed. You really are a true fighter. Inga DK.

Brilliant effort mate be proud of what you did

I'm quite familiar with missing my PB goals in the last couple of years - it happens! But you have the drive to keep pushing and look for new routes to your goal - and that is a win! Keep pushing Andy!

Great running. Don’t think we spoke but I’m in your video going under the bridge with the Underground DJ - I’m black top, black shorts, blue cap. Loved the race, although was lucky not to have the issues you had in second half. Congrats on the massive PB!

Marathons are 🤬🤬🤬 hard bro you did amazing! Massive congrats bro

15min PB is fantastic. Keep the motivation and chip away those minutes. Thanks for sharing the journey 👊

Well done Andy mate! A time to be proud of

Nice work buddy!

Great series Andy and well done 👍 Valencia in December is perfect ☀️

Well done!

Great job Andy 👏

I was tracking you on the App and willing you on. Sub 4 is a massive achievement for a marathon, so you smashed that. Be proud with your amazing PB after only a few of years of running.

Massive effort Andy! Was great to chat before the race and know that you came so close! 3:42 is definitely on the table for the next one. I was 5mins off my target too!

Thank you so much for this video! I'm running the Manchester Marathon (my first marathon) tomorrow and your video has inspired me and given me real insight into what to expect. One year later - well done!!!

Well done Andy keep your head up that was still pretty epic to do a marathon under 4 is class

Brilliant mate well done. Genuinely think you had 3.42 in you, just have to be so disciplined in those early miles when you feel brilliant. Fantastic PB tho, thanks for the video

Amazing effort Andy and cracking new PB!👏👏👏 Such an honest video and account of your run - and so inspiring to others. (From someone who has decided that a HM is more than enough for me!🤣🤣)

With just 100 days until the 2024 marathon I thought it best be time I brush up on my course knowledge. Watching this video gave me goose bumps all over mate. I can totally relate to that cramping sensation at the end. You done absolutely super mate and smashed it. You can see how much you put into that and came away with a very good time for it. Well done again buddy.

Well done Andy! Some real “dig deep” moments there mate! You did amazing to get that PB, especially with that cramp too!! Now time to enjoy some ultra training 😊😂!

Never give up you did do well mate 👏🙌

Amazing stuff Andy! 15 minute PB. I could only dream of 3.48hr marathon. Smashed it

Congratulations on your PB. You did amazing and you should be so proud. I did my first marathon at Manchester on Sunday and I loved it, I'm not fast but I got round in one piece. I'm sure you have 3.42 in you! 🎉🎖️

Well done mate on the PB you should be proud of yourself.

I hit the wall at 20mile last year myself when on for 3.10 finished 3.31 so a massive congratulations to keeping very close to your target time top running absolutely love the video see u at manchester next year massive respect

Well done again Andy. Inspiration for my London Marathon.

I think that home stretch was a marathon by itself. Well done!

Awesome effort and a genuinely great result. Always another day and remember we do this for fun 😂

Absolutely amazing mate 👏💪 what a great little series this has been 👍 all those positives to take along the way including all the PBs and the biggest PB to finish 😁 bring on the next one where you will smash 3:42 💪

Great effort mate.

congrats on your PB - it may not have been quite what you wanted, but at 15 minute PB is a huge achievement! Manchester was my first marathon - didn't go to plan as jarred my knee in a pot hole at about 10 miles, and had to run/walk the whole second half due to the increasing pain. I was 35 minutes over my target time. Can't be helped, and I was really disappointed at first, however, I then realised that I'd had to dig deeper than I ever had before just to finish. I definitely have unfinished business with the marathon though haha

Awesome run, Andy! It's a big achievement even if you didn't hit that A goal, you were something like 40 mins quicker than your first marathon- I'm reminded of this quote "the only way to really know your limit is to go past it". Thanks for taking us on the journey with you.

Congratulations on the PB. Marathons can be a lonely place when it doesnt go right. But with those high mileage weeks under you, I'm sure you're in sub 3:40 shape. I managed to pace mine to near perfection only because I went out 100% determined to still feel "ok" at the halfway point. The amount of times I had to tell myself to back off - getting carried away with the crowds etc. A massive well done for completing and getting the medal. Plus on another positive, at least we we another series of project 3:42 👍

Well done 👍 👏 on PB, such a hard day the course is decievingly easy/flat but there's long sections of gradual inclines in the last half just kills the legs😂

Well done Andy!! You have to aim high to push yourself through training and you did amazing to come close and smash your PB. I'm sure when you reflect on it you will be as proud as we are of you Nice one 👍🎉

I was following you on the tracker, it’s funny how you can get invested in the races of people you only know from KZfaq! Those last few miles looked tough and you kept going. Do you think you burned too much energy early on? But to knock so much off your PB is still an amazing achievement. And you should be proud of what a big base you built during training, you really put the miles in.

Congratulations Andy. Going sub 4 hour and knocking 15 minutes off your PB is some effort. I knocked four minutes off my 10k time and I was totally ecstatic so you should be so pleased with what you have done. You set out a really tough target and on the day, just fell a little short . . . of being totally and utterly brilliant! Cramps and the mental challenges that come near the end of the race when its not working are so hard to overcome and you did really well. Had you totally broke down and limped home you may not have even got below the magic four hour marker. Enjoy your week off to reflect and go again. Project Three Forty Two v2 is going to be epic! 💪🏻