Running the HARBOUR BRIDGE! Sydney Half-Marathon 2019
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- Flying to Sydney for the Blackmore's Sydney Half Marathon 2019. Today's vlog shares my adventure travelling to Sydney and running the 21.1Km Half-Marathon. See what it's like running over the Sydney Harbour Bridge when it's closed to traffic, experience the race, and enjoy the sights and sounds of the amazing Sydney Running Festival.
I'm really lucky to travel to and run in events like this, but I was just one of over 33,000 other athletes who I was so proud to share the streets with on Sunday morning. So if you ran in this year's Running Festival and are watching this video - CONGRATULATIONS! You did something amazing today.
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Stefan my wife and I did the Blackmore half marathon and ran over the harbour. It’s always a special run ,on that run 17 years ago,my wife was saying she was feeling tired so I held her hand and ran together and we got home we found out she was pregnant with our daughter. Great story Anika 💕🙏
Wow, that's a beautiful story Cary. And hats off to your wife for running a halfie whilst pregnant, what a legend! Thanks for sharing that, cheers, stef
The only person you should be compelled to outdo is yourself! Great message. Great video. Thanks for the work you do
I also read a quote from someone else on Instagram the other day which I loved, it said: "Look in the mirror, that's your competition".
Nice change up in content, congrats and well done on the run Stefan!
Cheers Luke, I appreciate that
Am in Sydney at the moment and today twice drove across the Harbour Bridge and it is an amazing structure !! Must have been a great experience to actually run over on the road with thousands of others!! Looks like I will see you in Tokyo for the 2020 games after that performance....I will be there but NOT running a marathon !! Excellent stuff Stef!!
one thing i like the most about this channel is seeing something fresh and different, thanks for sharing stef
Thanks Max, I like to keep it as interesting as I can and want to be more creative than just sitting in a plane every time, so when I make content like this it’s comments like yours that make it worthwhile. Thank you, means a lot.
Something different and very cool too, congratulations Stefan. Well done.
Thanks, yes well I want to try and keep this channel interesting and not just have video after video of me sitting in a plane! I really love making these sort of videos, so I'm glad you enjoyed watching, thanks.
Great video Stefan! Was really cool to see! Congrats on passing 44K too! Have an amazing day my friend! 👊
Yeah that's very unexpected but great to see the audience growing like that. Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed this one.
A good pilot is a fit pilot, and that's your workout for the day. Amazing to think that this feat of engineering was built in the late 1920's, and by British firm Dorman Long & co. I bet that would make you feel proud Stef. Thanks mate.
The story of building the bridge is fascinating as well. Sadly a few lives lost in the process, some of the photos of workers just standing on beams hundreds of feet above the water with no safety harnesses makes your stomach turn. Incredible feat of engineering. Thanks Spiro.
Nice video Stefan. You won without being first. Great message.
Done the city to surf three times, hopefully I can do the Sydney Half Marathon by the time i'm 18. Running for life :).
The First and Last time I was on this bridge was on R & R from Vietnam I want to say October of 1971, took the train somewhere to the northeast to go horseback riding.
Former Crew Chief on UH-1 Charlie Model Gunships.
great video stefan, i watch all your videos. keep it up!
Stef, congrats on the half marathon, guess you wore " Nike Air" Trainers??... someone had to crack that joke..Great Vid man!
Haha, I’m ditching my ASICS just so I can make that joke in the future.
Back in my youth , my 20's and 30s , I was a regular race walker and runner.
My best Marathon was a 3:29, my best 10 miler was 65:56 .
I still hike a lot in the mountains and keep fit,but at age 77 I'm grateful for whatever health I've retained.
What you do is smart, good exercise , good fun but not so competitive that you are injured.
My knees and feet are still good, but many of my comrades, who have survived ,are not very mobile.
Moderation , proper diet, I'm Vegan , along with the luck of not being very sick or getting seriously injured have worked for me, so far.
Anyway, congratulations on a great bridge run in one of the world's most amazing cities.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
... including stopping for B-roll!
Haha yep, typical RUclipsr - gotta get that shot!
Good excuse for a break? I think I would need a lot of B-roll on a 1/2 marathon! 😂 3.5k is a lot closer to my league!
Congratulations Stefan
Thank you 👍
There is nothing like doing something you love has me and you have talked before my friend I am a very passionate about being a mountain biker it's something about having the opportunity to do something different when you're riding your bike with other people that's just as amazing as running across that very long and big bridge you're about the jog over how awesome
great video mate! i did the 42 and it near killed me. but what a beautiful day we had to run!
Wow that's awesome Adam, I've not done a full-marathon before but I'm hoping it's in my future. What an awesome achievement, nice work.
They held the Wales Ironman a few miles away from me at the weekend. I got tired watching your video!
Nice!
Iconic images too 👍
You also probably pissed off about a million Sydneysiders by closing the bridge but that's neither here nor there 😁😂😛
Stefan, you should have a crack at the Spring Cycle ride next month from Nth Sydney to the Olympic stadium. I'll be doing the 50km ride which I've done 3 times before.
Bit of an editing marathon too: The event was only yesterday and the video is out already!
I appreciate both the comment and the excellent pun. Thanks Mark.
I was working here at the water stand and I had too get up at 1:30 am to leave home and go set the water stand up it was so much work, I was at the water stand 14 Km in next to the wildlife centre. I already like the content ur posting since I wanna be a pilot when I'm older :)
I remember running past that! Thanks for volunteering and helping make a brilliant day for everyone. And good luck with chasing your aviation dreams, if I can do it then anyone can. Hope you can spend some time hanging at the airport, chatting to people there, and if/when you’re old enough maybe look at weekend work with a flight school. Live and breathe aviation and with hard work and some sacrifices there’s nothing stopping you. Enjoy it, and thanks again, stef
It’s not the destination, it’s the journey Stef. You did well…so don’t beat yourself up…
That is so fast 💨! Good running 🏃
Thank you, and now I have a time to beat for the NEXT race! Thanks for watching.
But you didn't take Milkshake! Well done Stef thanks for taking us along.
Ha no, Milkshake was with Junior Pilot having a lie in. Thanks for watching.
Great video
Stef why is your strava private? we want to see your times
When are we going to see stephan Drury. .as 1st officer, 737?. :)
Hi Stef
Is the aircraft in this video the 737-800 and is it the same to the Max?
Hey, yes it’s the 737-800 but not the MAX, we don’t have any of those in Australia yet.
Hey Stef! What's your tried and tested method to prevent/cure shin splints? Thanks in advance!
Hey I plan to run my first half this year, not sure whether it is flat especially climb the bridge. It seems very high, can I pls advise? Thnx
Firstly, good luck in your first halfie, that's awesome. It is a bit of a hill from the start line to the top of the bridge so my advice is TAKE IT SLOWLY! Don't go with the crowd, you can easily burn out by the top of the bridge if you're not careful. The Sydney course is a little hilly so take your time. Focus on finishing, not a time, and most of all enjoy it. Have a great day and welcome to the club!
@@StefanDrury thanks for the advice, really appreciate it!
Hi Stef
Isn't the aircraft a 737 -800 and what's the difference to the max ?
Yeah it was a 737-800. Main differences, the Max 8 has newer, larger engines and a different Centre of Gravity to the 737-800. It also has different software with MCAS which is what is believed to have caused the issues. So they’re similar, but the Max 8 is basically newer, more fuel efficient, but some work to be done before we see them fly again.
You couldn't ask for better weather. Or for a nicer setting.
When you fly commercial as a passenger do you tell the crew that you're a pilot - just in case?
How do you know when there's a pilot on a plane? They'll tell you...
When I read the title I thought you would fly trough the bridge😂
Do you use Strava Stefan? Looks like an epic loop :D
Yes it was a great route - over, under, and then around the streets of Sydney. I do use Strava but I don't have a public account I'm afraid, too many runs start and stop at my house and I prefer to keep that private. But I share results on Instagram/Twitter sometimes though.
@@StefanDrury cool will have a look then 👌🏽 also if you didn't know this but you can log onto strava on your computer and block your home address. It means that when others see your run or ride the end of the run is about anywhere from I think 600ms plus boundary radius you can set around they address. Thats what I use 😊 epic videos by the way😎👌🏽
I did the same half Marathon this year, very impressive, I hope my video can as smooth as yours.
So it is like the Bridge to Brisbane
Didn't used to have to go to a different state to run over a bridge. In the 80's Melbourne had the Herald Sun super run that went over the Westgate.
I didn't know that. Wow, that would be quite the climb though, pretty decent gradient up to the top of the Westgate. Did you run that Robbo?
Stefan Drury certainly did. A few times. I was a teenager back then and much fitter. The trick with the gradient was to look at the road, not up the hill. 17.5 k from the herald sun building to Flemington racecourse.
Go you well done mate
Well done Stefan! I'm running Nottingham (UK) Half Marathon two weeks today.
That's brilliant, hope your training is going well. Is that your first halfie or have you done others?
Training going well thanks, did a 10 mile today but tapering from now. I done a few halfies before - this running is addictive! PS As a retired airline pilot and flight instructor I really enjoy your videos and flying and scenery in Australia.
I HATE running 😂 well done though!
I gave it a "Like" cause there is airplane stuff in it, other than that, congrats on finishing the run...
This feels like one of those compliment insults. But, erm, thanks?
Nice Garmin watch.
Thanks, it's the Forerunner 935. Fantastic watch with probably the best battery life of any smartwatch out there. I also use it for flying as I can change the face to UTC time.
Wow I’ll have to check it out
It Spins :)
Kept me amused for ages...
1.49 no headwind.
Apart from the guy who farted in front of me at the 16K mark, that was a low point in the race.
If I wAs In A pLAne ThEN I CoUlD cOVeR ThaT DistAnCE iN No tIMe
Note to self: enter EYZ in next year’s event...
I was there
Awesome, which race were you running, or were you a spectator?
Can we follow you on Garmin? ;)