Thanks Mark and thanks again for taking the time to chat! 😁

@@goranwinblad my pleasure 🙏

This is where two of my favourite running content creators on KZfaq meet. Thanks for this colab guys and keep up the great work!

@@MarkLewisfitness I love your content and your message of using creators for inspiration rather than imitation. Keep it up

Yeah I can imagine, thanks for sharing!

I always tell my kids, one way or another there will be pain, small amounts during training or big pain during the event, the choice is yours. I prefer to enjoy my races not suffer (we’ll suffer more than necessary 😂)

Glad you liked it!

Cool to hear you doing it right and it working good!

Couldn't agree more!

yes but he still injured himself. and he didnt really enjoyed it. so there's a balance between training, life and enjoyment.

@@oliviakillen His injury was relatively minor, it didn't affect his ability to train normally right after the 100k, and whilst he didn't have a great time during, he did do it again, so he must've felt he got something out of it, even if it was just a good story :) Mark's channel is pretty good for motivation, because he shows very clearly that he gets good at the things he practices, and that he doesn't do so well when he hasn't prepared. But like he says, doing the things he enjoys allows him to be fit enough to do even the things he doesn't like, if he "has to". That is a good lesson: find the thing you enjoy doing and keep at it, and you'll discover that a lot of things that are not so enjoyable become possible, and even easier, than they were before.

I love mark because he never sugar coats how hard these events are. He usually says it was a mistake not to train more.

I recon he didn't train as perhaps if he did he wouldn't end up with an "above average" result, which he always goes on about, so easier to not train, save face and get a clickbait youtube vid title to go along with it

Thanks for that glad to hear you appreciated it 😊

Glad to hear! 😊

Most (if not all) youtubers that I've watched doing this "challenge" are already in pretty damn good shape, just not fast marathon shape. Most ran sub 4h in their challenge videos. That's not a guy or a girl who's sedentary or never played any sports. They are all athletes or at least they are young and not obese. A normal 35 something man who has no sport background and is little chubby isn't finishing a marathon without training. A recent fella who did this sort of clickbaity video is Patrick Martin, who said he ran 2:24 marathon @42 years of age with 7 months of 100miles/week. But... he didn't mentioned he was running 2 years prior to these 7 months and was already very fast. And was very active in his 20s and 30s playing tennis. Who's the 42 year old phenom who will just run 100 miles/week for 7 months and run a sub-elite marathon time? Yeah...

This is my problem with these videos as well. Truly untrained people simply could not run a marathon, or even a half marathon. I'm a new runner and next goal is 10k, so I know what untrained truly means 😂

Glad to hear you doing it right and can get all the benefits from training for it 😊

Glad to hear you liked it! 😊

@@goranwinblad : I sure did. Thank you!!! This send a clear message out there.

For me it was the other way round. 😂 I stubbornly refused buying myself a watch because I was too much of a cheapskate, I also had no proper running gear and only one pair of running shoes that I quickly wore down lol I’d say some gear really does help you to improve, you definitely need the most basic stuff, but I totally agree with you on the rest: just looking the part does not mean that things will happen for you

hey Colley! Hope it went well🙏

How did your half go?

@@Jaigarful I did much better than I expected! Finished in 2:58:00 with an average 13:35 mile pace. It was tough but I trained well, didn’t get any injuries, and recovered well enough to want to keep running and plan for what’s next! Thanks for asking 🥰

@@tobsi2256 thanks! It did! Not super fast, but I’m very proud of myself.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts I agree those nice stories of people working hard to achieve there goals is more motivating to me as well!

Awesome! Thank you!

Cool to hear, good luck with your marathon training!

Glad you liked it 😊 Yeah would be fun to go for a run sometime Nick!

Glad to hear 😊

Update: First marathon was fun! :)

Although, as a scientist, I’m obligated to point out that above average is only possible for half the population minus one and that what I really mean is that Mark has shown me it’s possible for me to move from the bottom 50th percentile to the top 50th percentile. 🤣

Glad to hear my channel is an inspiration! I don’t know 😅

😊

Thanks for commenting Shervin and great job on your channel! 😊

If you're struggling at 18km in, it's probably nutrition. I've started doing a lot of 20-25km training runs and the first few I absolutely hit the wall at about 20km. I wasn't taking in any calories. Took a sugary electrolyte drink with me on the next few and had no issues!

You had me at "humor" 😍😆

Haha break a leg and keep us up to date!

@@Rick-oe1ru It went pretty good actually😁 the isnt anything to write home about but I finished it...know my legs are sore and knees feels busted but it'll be ok in a couple of days 😁

Thanks!

I run on snow in Colorado -- it's actually quite nice to run on, as long as a trail is broken and it's not icy. If icy, many people use microspikes for traction (I don't; I like the challenge of keeping balance in my normal shoes, but obviously, I can't run on it)

Thanks for that perspective! I got microspikes in the end, but I see plenty of runners who 'seem' to have normal running shoes (hard to tell) and do fine in the snow. I think I need to be braver!

@@mfd183 yeah, the important thing is to do what works for you. I have always worn minimalist shoes, which makes balancing on slippery surfaces much easier than if in thick or stiff soled shoes.

Very similar story to me! Got back into running after a big break from sport. Go for a maximum of 20 km total running 1st week. If your breathing is so hard you couldn't speak, then you need to slow down or take some walking breaks. Try to not increase your maximum distance by more that 1-2km each week. Most important is to run slowly so you can run more. I fell I to the trap of always running g at threshold and never made progress

@@georgelane6350 cool I'll have to try that thanks for the advice!

Glad to hear 😊

How did you do on your races? Definitely not at a 10k yet, but that’ll be early next year for me.

@@14Ramjet Good luck with your 10km when you are ready for it, and sorry for late reply 😅 The half marathon went really good, i even got a new PR of 2:13:21. That gave me slightly more than 15 min before the 10km race started, so i went to the toilet, ate and drank a little, and changed shoes. At the 10km race i noticed i was starting to be exhausted, so i fell more and more behind, and switched between jogging and walking to get through the race. I made it to the finish line though at my slowest 10km race ever at 1:15:18 😅 this gave me slightly less than 15 min break before the 5km race started, so i ate and drank some more, changed shoes, and changed t-shirt before the last race of the day. At the 5km race i didn't have any more time pressure, so i decided to take it slow cuz i was exhausted kinda and only had the goal to get to the finish line. I could jog a little, but i also needed walking breaks. I ended up jogging with an old man who jogged really slow, cuz i figured it was nicer to jog together, and with my current condition i could probably jog a little faster, but i would also need more walking breaks then 😅 i reached the finish line in 44:01. I'm really proud that i made it! 😁 Now I've signed up for a marathon to try out that, hopefully with more preparation 😛

Thanks for the idea!

@@goranwinblad looking forward to it :-)!

Thanks!

That’s cool to hear thanks for sharing!

I guess if you can run sub 5 marathon without training is a real achievement. Not many people have the vomax to do that.

That’s so true!

It is Strava

And the "conclusion" part of it ☠️

😂