What a great race Mary, very well done, you deserve it - you've the right attitude, loved seeing you smile through the race, even though I'm sure there were tough times. It looked like great crack. Ben looking forward to your video on Sunday. Hope Winnie and Jessie are doing well.Take care.
Well done and what a nice medal! Finishing a half marathon is an achievement itself. Like you said by yourself, its a nice learning lesson :). I'd love to do some runs in England in the future.
#project90 will live on to challenge you guys at a future race. 👍 Glad you’re healthy and able to accomplish one of your goals for the day. We are all still so proud of you!
@@ThisMessyHappy - The shoulder is coming along. I'll probably be doing rehab work for a while but I'm now able to get back into the pool and swim a little. How are you doing?
You two are really a precious look into what a loving, real marriage should be. If only more men had as strong an ego and loving heart for their wife. Brilliant. Mary, you always triumph.
Well done Mary brilliant race and had the pacer been better you would of achieved it. Do you foot lock you’re laces to stop blisters? Did the Great North Run forgot sun tan lotion which I have used on every other race 🦞 2 hours 44 slower than I wanted but 57k runners its hard to run through them all. Had knee/ toe pain at 15k. Recovering tonight. Ben give her a kiss she’s done brilliantly today 🥇
Thanks buddy, and well done to you too! How do you feel? I just remembered you emailed the other day!! So sorry I forgot to reply. First week back at work has blitzed me!! I have passed on your congrats to Mary too 👍🏻
This Messy Happy Feeling good resting the legs will try a recovery run on Tuesday, off for a massage tomorrow definitely a good idea. Hope the recovery is going well?
Mary, you picked an unlucky day to follow the 1h30 pacers. I went through them around 3km running at around 1h25 pace (I couldn't get to my pace group in the pen), so they went off way too quickly. I mentioned to a friend after the race that I was sure there will be several runners in that group that would have a grim time later on. I'm sure you'll get through 90 in the next injury-free training cycle.
Thanks Jason. Yeah lots of lessons learnt for Mary. She’s all over it. Got royal parks in about a month so another chance to put it right. How did you get in on the day?
@@ThisMessyHappy I love RP, great race (and the best quality t-shirt :) ). Good luck to Mary with that. I ran a shade over 1h26. Had a tough spell through 16/17k which cost around a minute, but a pretty fair reflection of where i'm at tbh.
It's a tough gig running a sub-90 for the HM. It took me a few years to achieve it (I finally got my training formula and pacing correct). After that, and for the very reasons Mary explained in this video, I use the pacer as a guide only. Pacers are great, but they often get their pacing wrong and when you have a pacer that goes out too fast, it can destroy your race. As an example I recently ran a HM and at the 7km marker the 95-minute pacer overtook me. I commented to him "aren't you going a bit too fast"? Which he replied after looking at his watch "oh sh!t, you're right", then he slowed down. Now I can assure you some of the runners who were sticking with that pacer to that point, didn't run a sub-95. Any guesses why? Years ago, I memorised the 'time per km' paces for a sub-90 HM and ever since then I've always stuck to those (if I want to run a sub-85, same thing). If the sub-90 pacer runs faster initially than those times, I don't stress because I know somewhere down the road I'll catch up and overtake that pacer when they finally realise they're going to fast.
Well done Mary! You did great! I am hoping to run Manchester half marathon in October 13th and by the way it is going to be my first ever half marathon. But something went wrong about 4 weeks ago while I was running and I ended up with calf injury in my left leg and it was really painful by the way! I could not even walk properly for some time! I stopped exercising for 3 weeks and started again last week and after 1.5 miles of running, it started hurting. Tonight I went running and after 2 miles I felt that it is hurting again and I stopped running. Now I only have 4 weeks left before the big day and I appreciate if you can give me some advice in order to be able to attend the event. I don’t really want to miss that cos I have been exercising so hard for it. By the way you two guys are amazing 🙂
Hey, my best advice is rest. Rest rest rest. If you’ve been training for a fair while you should have enough to get you through the day. To keep your cardiovascular strength up you could cycle or swim? It sounds like an overuse injury. I got injured a few weeks out from the marathon but stay calm. Get a foam roller and roll it out. Rest and then get through the day. It may not be the time you were hoping for but you were there and you can always go again next year 👍🏻
It’s unfortunate Mary. But you will have a great one soon. I can’t blame the pacers as it’s a difficult job. Especially due to GPS glitches. I too almost messed up my first half due to my stupid watch. I would suggest you to get one of the wrist bands with the 90 mins half marathon mile markers on them.
Yes I agree it is difficult to pace it right. They’re not to blame and Mary gets that. It’s all good learning. She couldn’t ALWAYS run a PB! That would be boring 😂
Runner Girl thanks for your feedback. And yes, while I agree with that there is nothing wrong with people making mistakes and learning from them. It’s all very well and good talking about roger bannister and top level runners but I bet they’ve all made their own mistakes too down the line. So I’d say to you, thank you for your feedback, we’re always looking to learn, but running on feel in a race of importance is easier said than done. And that’s coming from an experienced runner who has won races but blown apart in others!
This Messy Happy, I completely agree with you. You need to have as much help as you could. I don’t like such spiritual talk about the days before GPS, Bannister included. As Bannister ran on a track and just a mile. Such a pointless example. Regarding marathon elites, I have never seen Kipchoge run a marathon without a watch.
I rub my feet with petroleum jelly before I put my socks on on long distance and a bit extra at the ball of the foot space inside the trainer for extra long runs to avoid chaffing
Another day and more experience in the bank. Maybe avoid relying on the pacer. Pacer Could run too slow on another day maybe. Set your watch to count the distance backwards and show expected finish time. In the past I've done that for times and psychologically see see the distance coming down.
Only in marathons and only with about 10k to go just to help the muscles through the last bit. Could be a placebo but either way it seems to work for us! 😊👍🏻
Brilliant I’ve been running 5 weeks my long run safe 10.5miles at 9.14 pace I’m brand nee to running and watched nearly every vid you guys put up think your both amazing ! I’m doing Brighton marathon in sep but yesterday at the finish I truly had my first wobble about finishing the 26.2 how do I increase my long runs without feeling like death to prepare for this amazing goal I set ? You look so comfortable when running bits wonderful to see
@@ThisMessyHappy i believe she did 137? i did a 130 with relatively little trainign to most people who would get there, i can give you the details and evidence if youre a runner? ive done it three times. and i wont begin on all my other aspects. otherwise weekly mileage etc wonan muchh. im not sure what part of the above implies im a keyboard warrior? At no point did i say im tougher than her. though I wouldnt mind putting that to the test. i merely said its cringe how every guy does that in his own video. saaddd. id say that right now around a table with freinds, at work, whatever, wheres keybpard warrior coming from mate
What a great race Mary, very well done, you deserve it - you've the right attitude, loved seeing you smile through the race, even though I'm sure there were tough times. It looked like great crack. Ben looking forward to your video on Sunday. Hope Winnie and Jessie are doing well.Take care.
Well done Mary . You’re a big inspiration for me to continue train harder to get my PB in a half marathon . Thank you both guys .
Thanks so much. That’s really kind. Good luck with the half! When is it? 😊
Well done and what a nice medal! Finishing a half marathon is an achievement itself. Like you said by yourself, its a nice learning lesson :). I'd love to do some runs in England in the future.
Thanks mate. I’ll pass on your kind words. And if you’re ever over here give us a shout! We could come run it too 🤟🏼
#project90 will live on to challenge you guys at a future race. 👍 Glad you’re healthy and able to accomplish one of your goals for the day. We are all still so proud of you!
Thanks Matt! She’ll get there. How are you and how is the shoulder? What’s the prognosis?
@@ThisMessyHappy - The shoulder is coming along. I'll probably be doing rehab work for a while but I'm now able to get back into the pool and swim a little. How are you doing?
Well done Mary - unexpected goals are often better than the expected ones - you'll get the sub 90. Bloody awesome attitude!
Thanks dude. She’s got strong character! She’ll get there for sure 💪🏻
New recruit to the channel. Love it. Well done Mary!
Thanks buddy! Welcome aboard. Thanks for the kind words 😊
OMG She is amazing!
she never look so tired, her leg never look like going that fast ! X)
Well done Mary! You'll hit that 90 soon no doubt!
I think she will too! Thanks, I’ll pass on your kind words 😊
You two are really a precious look into what a loving, real marriage should be. If only more men had as strong an ego and loving heart for their wife. Brilliant. Mary, you always triumph.
Well done Mary brilliant race and had the pacer been better you would of achieved it. Do you foot lock you’re laces to stop blisters?
Did the Great North Run forgot sun tan lotion which I have used on every other race 🦞 2 hours 44 slower than I wanted but 57k runners its hard to run through them all. Had knee/ toe pain at 15k. Recovering tonight.
Ben give her a kiss she’s done brilliantly today 🥇
Thanks buddy, and well done to you too! How do you feel? I just remembered you emailed the other day!! So sorry I forgot to reply. First week back at work has blitzed me!!
I have passed on your congrats to Mary too 👍🏻
This Messy Happy Feeling good resting the legs will try a recovery run on Tuesday, off for a massage tomorrow definitely a good idea. Hope the recovery is going well?
Mary, you picked an unlucky day to follow the 1h30 pacers. I went through them around 3km running at around 1h25 pace (I couldn't get to my pace group in the pen), so they went off way too quickly. I mentioned to a friend after the race that I was sure there will be several runners in that group that would have a grim time later on.
I'm sure you'll get through 90 in the next injury-free training cycle.
Thanks Jason. Yeah lots of lessons learnt for Mary. She’s all over it. Got royal parks in about a month so another chance to put it right. How did you get in on the day?
@@ThisMessyHappy I love RP, great race (and the best quality t-shirt :) ). Good luck to Mary with that. I ran a shade over 1h26. Had a tough spell through 16/17k which cost around a minute, but a pretty fair reflection of where i'm at tbh.
Jason Cook still a great time! Well done, buddy
It's a tough gig running a sub-90 for the HM. It took me a few years to achieve it (I finally got my training formula and pacing correct). After that, and for the very reasons Mary explained in this video, I use the pacer as a guide only. Pacers are great, but they often get their pacing wrong and when you have a pacer that goes out too fast, it can destroy your race. As an example I recently ran a HM and at the 7km marker the 95-minute pacer overtook me. I commented to him "aren't you going a bit too fast"? Which he replied after looking at his watch "oh sh!t, you're right", then he slowed down. Now I can assure you some of the runners who were sticking with that pacer to that point, didn't run a sub-95. Any guesses why?
Years ago, I memorised the 'time per km' paces for a sub-90 HM and ever since then I've always stuck to those (if I want to run a sub-85, same thing). If the sub-90 pacer runs faster initially than those times, I don't stress because I know somewhere down the road I'll catch up and overtake that pacer when they finally realise they're going to fast.
Well done Mary! You did great!
I am hoping to run Manchester half marathon in October 13th and by the way it is going to be my first ever half marathon. But something went wrong about 4 weeks ago while I was running and I ended up with calf injury in my left leg and it was really painful by the way! I could not even walk properly for some time! I stopped exercising for 3 weeks and started again last week and after 1.5 miles of running, it started hurting. Tonight I went running and after 2 miles I felt that it is hurting again and I stopped running. Now I only have 4 weeks left before the big day and I appreciate if you can give me some advice in order to be able to attend the event. I don’t really want to miss that cos I have been exercising so hard for it.
By the way you two guys are amazing 🙂
Hey, my best advice is rest. Rest rest rest. If you’ve been training for a fair while you should have enough to get you through the day. To keep your cardiovascular strength up you could cycle or swim? It sounds like an overuse injury. I got injured a few weeks out from the marathon but stay calm. Get a foam roller and roll it out. Rest and then get through the day. It may not be the time you were hoping for but you were there and you can always go again next year 👍🏻
Thank you so much for your kind advice! Appreciate it👍
It’s unfortunate Mary. But you will have a great one soon. I can’t blame the pacers as it’s a difficult job. Especially due to GPS glitches. I too almost messed up my first half due to my stupid watch. I would suggest you to get one of the wrist bands with the 90 mins half marathon mile markers on them.
Yes I agree it is difficult to pace it right. They’re not to blame and Mary gets that. It’s all good learning. She couldn’t ALWAYS run a PB! That would be boring 😂
What is Mary doing next?
Runner Girl thanks for your feedback. And yes, while I agree with that there is nothing wrong with people making mistakes and learning from them. It’s all very well and good talking about roger bannister and top level runners but I bet they’ve all made their own mistakes too down the line. So I’d say to you, thank you for your feedback, we’re always looking to learn, but running on feel in a race of importance is easier said than done. And that’s coming from an experienced runner who has won races but blown apart in others!
This Messy Happy, I completely agree with you. You need to have as much help as you could. I don’t like such spiritual talk about the days before GPS, Bannister included. As Bannister ran on a track and just a mile. Such a pointless example. Regarding marathon elites, I have never seen Kipchoge run a marathon without a watch.
Runner Girl, at least you could have said heat rate. Would have been more plausible.
I rub my feet with petroleum jelly before I put my socks on on long distance and a bit extra at the ball of the foot space inside the trainer for extra long runs to avoid chaffing
Well done Mary... 🙌
Another day and more experience in the bank. Maybe avoid relying on the pacer. Pacer Could run too slow on another day maybe. Set your watch to count the distance backwards and show expected finish time. In the past I've done that for times and psychologically see see the distance coming down.
Very true. The more experiences like this the better she’ll get at knowing her own body and paces etc. She’s going to crack it, I can just feel it!!
Go Mary go!
Ha ha thanks! 😊
Absolute beast!
“This is the first kiss i have had since the finish line” you tell him mary 😂😅.
Nice job in the race
Doing a half marathon is an accomplishment in itself
I think you can beat 1:30 next time👍
Thanks so much 😊 she’ll get it one day 👍🏻
When do you take paracetamol?? And why please reply really interested in this
Only in marathons and only with about 10k to go just to help the muscles through the last bit. Could be a placebo but either way it seems to work for us! 😊👍🏻
Brilliant I’ve been running 5 weeks my long run safe 10.5miles at 9.14 pace I’m brand nee to running and watched nearly every vid you guys put up think your both amazing ! I’m doing Brighton marathon in sep but yesterday at the finish I truly had my first wobble about finishing the 26.2 how do I increase my long runs without feeling like death to prepare for this amazing goal I set ? You look so comfortable when running bits wonderful to see
@@soapysudswindowcleaning2206 These guys posted a video about training for a marathon. Includes all the workouts over x number of weeks.
Well done Mary your a ⭐⭐⭐⭐x
Thanks I’ll pass it on 👍🏻
Shame about that pacer! Good to see you take it in good humour. I would have probably been really angry!
I love your mess😊😊
Ha ha 😳
cringe ' this is why i married her' every giuy thinks his girl is the toughest..yeh okay XD
She’d kick your ass, you little keyboard warrior 😉
@@ThisMessyHappy i believe she did 137? i did a 130 with relatively little trainign to most people who would get there, i can give you the details and evidence if youre a runner? ive done it three times. and i wont begin on all my other aspects. otherwise weekly mileage etc wonan muchh. im not sure what part of the above implies im a keyboard warrior? At no point did i say im tougher than her. though I wouldnt mind putting that to the test. i merely said its cringe how every guy does that in his own video. saaddd. id say that right now around a table with freinds, at work, whatever, wheres keybpard warrior coming from mate