Wow! An amazing race. :)) Congratulations on achieving your goal!!! 🎉❤️🎉 I absolutely knew you would crush it :)). You are truly an inspiration to all runners out there!
Hey, stumbled across your content whilst tapering for London. It helped immeasurably. With hay in the barn you’re too right we needn’t stress about those inevitable imperfections in the final build up. We can still operate and execute. Despite a great training block, during taper week all my old injuries decided to flare up and sciatica meant I couldn’t weight bare and hardly slept! Ironically, thinking I mightn’t even make the start line, it banished race nerves. The sciatica disappeared race morning and the body held up and was able to operate without pushing. My most even splits with a 50s pb. Proud of the effort. Grateful to you for such astute advice. Mindset is key. Cheers
Wow!!! What a great story! Sciatica is not something you can just ignore so you did amazingly to run with that! Congrats!! And congrats on your new PB. You should be very proud of that. Like you say, no build up will be perfect. But come race day, you just gotta operate and execute! Well done. Such a great thing to hear. Thanks for letting me know that!
@@global-runner Think it was sitting around resting up, tight glutes impinging nerves rather than the root in the spine. Anyhow, anxiety and Sod’s Law tend to conspire when we least need it. Wanted 2:39 but the hurting wind and pre race spanner’s meant 2:41 low and an invite to the 2025 Wanda Age group world champs! Enjoy Sydney, great place to run
Ha ha. Thank you! The course was good. I think I made out sound worse than it was. It was definitely rolling but I really enjoyed it. I guess we don’t always need pancake-flat!
Wow what a great race! Some great advice here as well. Running my first marathon in 2 weeks at 54 and I tend to get anxious if I don’t have a perfect lead up to the race so this is just what I needed to hear. Thank you and congratulations on a great run! 🙏💪👍
Congrats, amazing time! As it happens, I’m running a marathon today and have picked up a cough over the last 3 days too, hopefully I can execute! Thanks for the pep talk!
Thank you! I carried 500ml of maurten caffeine and that’s all I drank. I know most people drink a lot more than that but I never find that I need much fluid.
Great effort! It was an amazing day -if not just a little warm. But I’m not complaining! You really did well, major kudos! (I finished just an hour later, haha!)
Congrats old man!! That really looked like a nice quite relaxed race. You are so right: "you always have to operate at your pace" 🎯. Exactly what I did not do today in the Marathon of Rotterdam and I paid the price for that. I sticked to the sub-3 pacer who often ran 5-7 sec faster then the sub3 goal pace (4.12min/min) the first 10K 🙈 and at 28K with hour+ to go my upper legs started burning. So painful 🥵. I had to slow down a lot. Very proud though I did not stop and could finish with a massive PB of 20min off (3.05) 🎉. Great day after all, but I'm already looking forward for the next one and execute it well like you did 😆👍🏻!
Thank you! And congrats on your HUGE PB. That’s massive. 2:59 is now well within your sights. Sometimes you have to get within range before you strike! And you are well within range of a sub 3 now. Great work!!
Thank you! Yes I was happy with how I worked my way through the field. I was 20th at the 10k mark and finished 10th at the end. That’s always a good sign. :)
Oh was that you?! I gave it to the person who guessed 2:38.16 as technically I was closer to that by 25 thousands of a second! Sorry about that!! Next time! :) Great guess though!!
@@global-runner no worries brother. I'm just super impressed with your time. I'm a lifelong cyclist who started running 2 years ago - at 50. I'm aiming for a 1:30 half - I still can't fathom your pace🤙
That’s me in front of you at 1:49 in the Chicago kit! I looked all around to find you. (We met on the start line at Mesa.) Can’t believe you were literally right behind me. Way to get it done. I went 2:34 at Mesa and 1:13:57 today. Both big PRs. I am confident sub 2:30 will be in the cards for both of us.
Great to share another race line with you! (This one was much nicer than the rainy pre-dawn in Mesa!). Huge congrats on your PR today. Sub 74 is a great run. Let’s both agree to go sub 2:30 this year. Deal? :)
Great stuff. Congrats! I failed in my effort to break 2:55 (2:59:35) at Boston at age 50 on Monday. It was just the wrong course on the wrong day (warm and sunny) to get it done, but the fitness is there. Next up is a go at sub 2:50 in Chicago.
Ok so that’s NOT a failure. That’s a sub 3 marathon aged 50. That’s huge. Congrats!! Take a moment to recognize that. You should be proud of that effort. But I hear ya. And I love that attitude! You can definitely go sub 2:50. Chicago is a nice flat course and I ran my second fastest time ever (so far!) on that course. Take a minute to recover and then go get it!!! :) Did you enjoy the Boston experience? (Other than how cool Wellesley was, I mainly remember how cold it was in that field waiting to start! Ha!)
@@global-runner Thanks for the encouragement. Time aside, it was one of my best races ever. Boston lives up to the hype. And yeah, Boston was cold and rainy last year and warm and sunny this year, so maybe next year I'll get that sweet spot in the middle.
“ don’t push, just operate”… wise marathon words from the Global runner!
Ha ha. Thanks!
Fantastic time Duncan! Congrats on achieving you first goal 👏
Thank you!
Congrats again Duncan, perfect execution!!
Thanks for dragging me through a couple of key sessions!
So good!! Great run
Thanks!
Big respect to you for executing it perfectly! Really well done! Especially after you faced cough is nothing that make you feel more confident…
Thank you so much!! I was very happy with how it all went!
Wow! An amazing race. :)) Congratulations on achieving your goal!!! 🎉❤️🎉 I absolutely knew you would crush it :)). You are truly an inspiration to all runners out there!
Thank you!!!! Sub 2:30 next!
Great race, you must be well happy with that! Congratulations on the sub 2:40 👏 🎉
I am very happy!!! Thanks for the congrats!
Hey, stumbled across your content whilst tapering for London. It helped immeasurably. With hay in the barn you’re too right we needn’t stress about those inevitable imperfections in the final build up. We can still operate and execute. Despite a great training block, during taper week all my old injuries decided to flare up and sciatica meant I couldn’t weight bare and hardly slept! Ironically, thinking I mightn’t even make the start line, it banished race nerves. The sciatica disappeared race morning and the body held up and was able to operate without pushing. My most even splits with a 50s pb. Proud of the effort. Grateful to you for such astute advice. Mindset is key. Cheers
Wow!!! What a great story! Sciatica is not something you can just ignore so you did amazingly to run with that! Congrats!! And congrats on your new PB. You should be very proud of that. Like you say, no build up will be perfect. But come race day, you just gotta operate and execute!
Well done. Such a great thing to hear. Thanks for letting me know that!
@@global-runner Think it was sitting around resting up, tight glutes impinging nerves rather than the root in the spine. Anyhow, anxiety and Sod’s Law tend to conspire when we least need it. Wanted 2:39 but the hurting wind and pre race spanner’s meant 2:41 low and an invite to the 2025 Wanda Age group world champs! Enjoy Sydney, great place to run
Good for you! Do you know where 2025 is being held?
@@global-runner Apparently it’ll be announced later this year. Might be at an existing Major or perhaps Cape Town…
Cape Town would be amazing…
Ahhhh I'm absolutely delighted for you, thats brilliant and on a rolling course!! We all love Carmel now :)
Ha ha. Thank you! The course was good. I think I made out sound worse than it was. It was definitely rolling but I really enjoyed it. I guess we don’t always need pancake-flat!
Awesome results! Congratulations!
Thank you!
Amazing! Well done very impressive. This is about my goal for when I hit 50 in just over 3 years. Current at 3:02:37.
Go get it!!! :)
Thank you! It’s encouraging that the speed is still there seemingly…
Btw. Well done yourself! Will enjoy watching you chase down sub 150. Avoid injury, hope there’s no wind and you’ll do it
Thank you!!!! Avoiding injury is key…
Great run!!!👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks!!
Congrats!! 🎉
Thank you!
Superbly done!.. congratulations... you give hope to all us master runners
Great work 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you!!
Wow what a great race! Some great advice here as well. Running my first marathon in 2 weeks at 54 and I tend to get anxious if I don’t have a perfect lead up to the race so this is just what I needed to hear. Thank you and congratulations on a great run! 🙏💪👍
Good luck! Which marathon??
@@global-runner the Ballarat Marathon near Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
Sounds hot!!!! Good luck!!
Congrats, amazing time!
As it happens, I’m running a marathon today and have picked up a cough over the last 3 days too, hopefully I can execute! Thanks for the pep talk!
Be kind to yourself! Hope it goes ok!
"the build doesn't need to be perfect, race day doesn't need to be perfect, you can still execute." so true.
Thank you! I’m definitely guilty of wanting everything to be perfect so it was more a reminder to myself than anything! :)
Excellent performance!!! Good well deserved win!
Thank you so much!
Well done good work. Super exciting build. 💚🏅💯🏅💚
Thank you! 🤗
Congratz! If you go alone to a marathon how do you ensure you get enough fluids during such a sunny day?
Thank you!
I carried 500ml of maurten caffeine and that’s all I drank. I know most people drink a lot more than that but I never find that I need much fluid.
@@global-runner i wonder how do you take the drank with you? Do you use for example a soft flask and a flip belt or naked band?
I carried a soft gel flask. It was a bit annoying at the start but I made sure I lightened the load quickly by drinking it!
Great effort! It was an amazing day -if not just a little warm. But I’m not complaining! You really did well, major kudos! (I finished just an hour later, haha!)
Good for you!! I think I finished just before it started to get hot so I was lucky!!
Operate is right, you were a surgeon in running shoes out there. Proud of you, well done!
Surgeon. Love it!!!!! Thank you!
Congrats old man!! That really looked like a nice quite relaxed race. You are so right: "you always have to operate at your pace" 🎯. Exactly what I did not do today in the Marathon of Rotterdam and I paid the price for that. I sticked to the sub-3 pacer who often ran 5-7 sec faster then the sub3 goal pace (4.12min/min) the first 10K 🙈 and at 28K with hour+ to go my upper legs started burning. So painful 🥵. I had to slow down a lot. Very proud though I did not stop and could finish with a massive PB of 20min off (3.05) 🎉. Great day after all, but I'm already looking forward for the next one and execute it well like you did 😆👍🏻!
Thank you!
And congrats on your HUGE PB. That’s massive. 2:59 is now well within your sights. Sometimes you have to get within range before you strike! And you are well within range of a sub 3 now. Great work!!
@@global-runner Thank you! Yes, now the sub-3 feels in reach. If you told me one year ago I would not have believed it!
It’s amazing what a year of consistent training can do…!
Wow, great achievement. There was tons of runners front of you, they fade. :) 👏👏👏
Thank you!
Yes I was happy with how I worked my way through the field. I was 20th at the 10k mark and finished 10th at the end. That’s always a good sign. :)
Congrats!! I think I guessed your time almost to the second 🤙
Two people guessed one second either side!!! The winner guessed 2:38.16!
Oh man. I guessed 2:38:14. I guess Price is right rules don't apply😉 . Great job🤙
Oh was that you?! I gave it to the person who guessed 2:38.16 as technically I was closer to that by 25 thousands of a second! Sorry about that!! Next time! :)
Great guess though!!
@@global-runner no worries brother. I'm just super impressed with your time. I'm a lifelong cyclist who started running 2 years ago - at 50. I'm aiming for a 1:30 half - I still can't fathom your pace🤙
Go get it! That’s the motto of the day. I have every confidence in you!
Congratz, great run! Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you! And you’re welcome. :)
Nice one! Great advice- will think of your comment re operating at the same pace throughout at the Christchurch marathon next weekend. 🤘
Have fun!!! That sounds like a great marathon to do. Hopefully you achieve your goal!
Outstanding race. Congrats!
Thank you so much!
Huge congratulations! 🙌🏽
Thank you!!
Nice! I’ll keep watching!!
Thank you!!
Congratulations Hoser. Well done.
Thank you!
That’s me in front of you at 1:49 in the Chicago kit! I looked all around to find you. (We met on the start line at Mesa.) Can’t believe you were literally right behind me. Way to get it done. I went 2:34 at Mesa and 1:13:57 today. Both big PRs. I am confident sub 2:30 will be in the cards for both of us.
Great to share another race line with you! (This one was much nicer than the rainy pre-dawn in Mesa!).
Huge congrats on your PR today. Sub 74 is a great run. Let’s both agree to go sub 2:30 this year. Deal? :)
@@global-runner Thank you so much! You got a deal!
Ha ha!
Unreal run mate so proud! Keep it up
Thank you!
Congrats, it may seem normal and expected for you but it is quite remarkable.
It doesn’t seem normal. I am very grateful!
@@global-runner I meant for all the work you put on to get, I didn’t mean that was easy, you inspired me today my friend.
I took nothing but positives from your remark! I knew it came from a good place! :) Thanks for commenting. I’m glad you liked the video!! :)
Congratulations 👏👏👏 great job 🔥💪
Thank you!!
Congratulations- great run
Thank you! 👍
Congratulations! I am enjoying following your journey. Bring on sub 2:30.
Yes!!! That’s definitely a step up! But I have a plan…
Congratulations! I am happy that your are on the right track to achieve your goal! I forecasted
You were so close!!!! Two people were only one second off though! Crazy how good some of these guesses were!
Thank you! I do think I’m on track…!
Great stuff. Congrats! I failed in my effort to break 2:55 (2:59:35) at Boston at age 50 on Monday. It was just the wrong course on the wrong day (warm and sunny) to get it done, but the fitness is there. Next up is a go at sub 2:50 in Chicago.
Ok so that’s NOT a failure. That’s a sub 3 marathon aged 50. That’s huge. Congrats!! Take a moment to recognize that. You should be proud of that effort.
But I hear ya. And I love that attitude! You can definitely go sub 2:50. Chicago is a nice flat course and I ran my second fastest time ever (so far!) on that course.
Take a minute to recover and then go get it!!! :)
Did you enjoy the Boston experience? (Other than how cool Wellesley was, I mainly remember how cold it was in that field waiting to start! Ha!)
@@global-runner Thanks for the encouragement. Time aside, it was one of my best races ever. Boston lives up to the hype. And yeah, Boston was cold and rainy last year and warm and sunny this year, so maybe next year I'll get that sweet spot in the middle.
Great to hear!! Races like that are always an experience regardless of result!
I volunteer at a water station!! I have long red hair ‼️
Thanks for volunteering! What a great day!
Excellent! Congrats. Inspiring me to reach my goal of sub 2:50 over 50.
That’s great!! Got a marathon lined up??
Running in Nagano marathon in 7 days from today. I have a feeling that I am closer to 2:52 or 2:53 now but I will give it a try!
Have fun! It’s great that we can run as far as we do and as far as we do at our age!
Nagano would be a fun one. I’ve done Tokyo and that was fun obviously!
@@global-runner Yes Nagano is a fun one (also a fast course). Did it back in 2015 and super excited to go back. Smaller race and great vibe.
Kudos
Thank you!!