@@nollys8523 you guys!!! ❤️❤️❤️ These are such lovely comments. I'm smiling because I'm so happy I can do it! My husband died from cancer when he was 38 and life is such a privilege. It's so precious and so I'll smile every moment I can and enjoy as much as I can. I have to for him 🥰❤️
What an amazing positive bubbly and buoyant person. Thank you Nicola, people like you are the heart and soul of races like this up and down the country. You do amazing work and contribute to peoples days probably more than you realise
Nicola finally got to see your video very uplifting to watch, your smile in infectious. Thank you to you and Helen from the bottom of an old guys heart for coming back at the end to help me across the finish line. I remember passing the 25mile marker and checking my watch thinking I've got 2 -2.5 mins in hand, got my head down up the last hill, even picked the pace up, turned the corner at the top with 0.5mile to go and someone flicked a SWITCH on and I was suddenly, without warning, the drunk man staggering home after a night out, no control at all. As one of our running club ladies said seeing what was happening "what great sportsmanship by everyone. It made me want to cry looking at those photos! Kind humans x" Slight downside is that my wife was at the finishing line to see it all so for now I'm banned from marathons, well at least for the rest of this year, but she has promised to buy me a new pair of running shoes. I've thrown my hat in for next years London so lets see plus I'm entering the Continental Thunder run at Catton Park a 24 hour run as a solo, still got to sell this one to the family. Once again thank you and I will be checking your videos in the future.
Doug! Thunder Run solo is EPIC! Get the family to camp with you and the grandkids can do the pyjama run on the Friday night. They all get a hot chocolate and a medal and it's literally a few hundred meters but is an awesome start to the weekend! I SO hope you get a London place. I really think you will as your time is super respectable! It's fascinating hearing you describe how it felt at the end of the Yorkshire Marathon but oh no... Your poor wife! That's awful! Bless her heart! I can't think of anything worse to see at the end of a run than my partner being whisked off in a wheelchair. Hope she managed to find you easily enough and wasn't worrying for too long. I did laugh that she's going to buy you new trainers... I guess that's why you married her! She sounds like a keeper to me! 😍🥰 Pleased you enjoyed the video and all the best at Thunder Run! Don't forget to write SOLO in big letters down the backs of your calves. You get loads more support for it! 😃
Oh Nicola! I love how invested you were in each and every runner you were pacing. Your cheers of encouragement as they finished brought me to tears! Fantastic pacing 💛 glad to hear Doug is ok, what a man! Great video as always
Quality pacing right there 💪 Thank you for finishing Doug's tale, I hope he gets his GFA. I really liked the vicar supporting everyone after Sunday service, I often see people moaning about events happening on Sundays so thank you to him for showing how to be a community leader.
Thanks! The vicar is there every year! People look forward to seeing him and one man running with us said his high 5 powered him for a few miles! Which made us all laugh 😃 like you say, definitely an awesome example of what a community leader should be like ☺️ the support from that church was lovely 😃 Everything crossed for Doug getting GFA! 🤞🤞🤞
Hello hello!!!. I just got accepted to pace The Amsterdam marathon later in October & I came to find a video to get my excitement and spirits ready for it. This was a good one. Can't wait for my first Pacing Duty. Should be great. Would definitely feel like a first again but with the challenge of doing it in 4hr:10 min. Keep the positivity going. You're my type of runner
Thank you so much 🤗 Oh my goodness I'm so excited for you! We've just got back from the Netherlands and I was saying that I'd love to do Amsterdam marathon one day! 😃 I hope it goes really well for you! Does it have loads of twists and turns or is the route fairly simple? It's all the corners that make pacing hard as then you can't trust your watch! It's so rewarding though, I really hope you love it! Let me know how you get on 😃
@@NicolaRuns Yes yes. Thank you very much 😊. I just moved to Rotterdam as well & the few half marathons I've done give you the sense that it's great running in this country, the support is lovely. I'll recommend you make Rotterdam your first Dutch race anyways.... I've heard too many positives about the support and vibes from the race. I'll keep you posted & hopefully come here to tell you about how my Pacing went. There's a lot of turns & all that calculation of starting in waves. I think I'm being paired with more experienced Pacers so I'll just bring my positivity & help as many people as possible achieve their goal. A true honour I can't wait to experience. Thanks again. Enjoy the summer.
@@legendsofmyself sounds like you've got just the right attitude to be an awesome pacer, they're lucky to have you 😃 thanks for the Rotterdam recommendation 👍🤗
That's awesome! So pleased you've got happy memories of your first marathon 😃 well done for running it! 👏 Bex is a bloody awesome human and I think she might even be more enthusiastic than me?! She's amazing ❤️🏃♀️❤️
Thank you 🤗 deffo do it 😃 it's a great day but there is a nasty hill towards the end so just be ready 🤣 honestly, poor Doug! We'd spent hours chatting to him and were fully invested in his journey. We were gutted when we saw him struggle! And it was nice to be able to go back. The worst thing about pacing is having to just carry on when people drop off and can't hold the pace... It's totally counter intuitive to just leave them! But a pacer must hold their pace?! 🙃
@@NicolaRuns Aaaaaw I definitely will! There always seems to be hills at the end of races? Yeah it must be so hard when someone falls behind but what an awesome job you did n all those people you helped along their marathon journey!
I really loved this - not even rain dampened your spirits - looks great running through York with all those people cheering - and I felt your pain at the end - you are too much of a big softy for the role - well done yey and thanks for sharing.
Aren't I just?! I need to toughen up if I'm going to be good at marathon pacing! 🤦♀️🤣 I love the crowds, I hope they realise just what a difference they make 😃
Ooh nice! I went for sub 3:30 once but that was at Manchester and I blew up spectacularly 🤣 Our 3:30 pacers will look after you if you need them. I'm pacing 5 hours this year so maybe see you there. Hopefully this forecast will change and not make it too hard work with the wind! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 Good luck 😃💪🏻
@@NicolaRuns thanks Nicola. I’m hoping to tuck in with the 3:30 crew to get shelter. Weather I think will be tough, but at least nowhere near as cold as last year. Get wrapped up if you’re at 5 hour pace and good luck. I’ll come say hi if I spot you 😊
Thanks so much for updating us all on Doug....I hope he gets himself to London. Great pacing...I never thought about how it would be pacing and losing people towards the end...UGH!!!
@@NicolaRuns the whole day experience was great, but sadly the race itself ended with me walking jogging most of second half as i had a number of issues following London....one of which i keep forgetting i'm 60 and need a little more time to recover between marathons! LOL
@@PoetWithPace lol yes but if you're still doing marathons 2 weeks apart then you're doing pretty well I'd say... However you get to the finish line! But yes... Recovery is important... Can be boring but very important! ☺️
Thanks 😄 Was pleased my first marathon pacing was a success! And even more pleased that Doug is okay 😃 just got my fingers crossed for his London Marathon place ☺️🤞
Thank you! This made me giggle. I don't actually think I say magical that much, I think that naughty Danny just made that up but I might just run with it! I did wonder if the filming would put me off pacing but it was fine! #multitasking 😃😃😃
Another great video and it’s such a great feeling to pace people, I’ve recently paced at the Sheffield 10K and it’s great to see people push themselves and even more lovely when they thank you for it. Looks like you had a great time and built up a great crew of followers, congrats to you and all who joined your 5 hour bus!
Thank you, yes definitely that! The thanks at the finish and afterwards is lovely and makes the heartache of those you watch drop off bearable! 😊 Well done for pacing Sheffield 10km 😃
Huge congratulations on completing your first marathon! That's awesome 😃 Hope the video brought back some of the good bits from the day now that your legs have (hopefully!) forgiven you! 🤣
Wow, you looked like you were going brilliantly. You said you found it hard.. well it was a marathon, you were carrying a huge pacer flag and holding a gumball. Fantastic!
Gimbal to gumball is the best autocorrect ever! 😃 It was more that it was hard emotionally than physically as I found it hard not to be invested in people's marathon journeys. Obviously my legs still knew I was running a marathon but I'm used to ignoring them! 😜🤣
This is such a brilliant reminder of the day - I had forgotten so much of it in my marathon-induced brain-fog. Please could you make marathon running look harder though - you look better during and even after a marathon than I look in my life, ever!
Thank you, that's exactly why I make videos. I'm so forgetful when I'm running that it's nice for me to have a reminder of the day. I'm so pleased other people are enjoying them too 😃 You're not the first to complain that I don't look like I'm finding road marathons hard enough 😂 if it makes you feel better you could go and watch the 2nd part of my High Life video. It was a 65 mile trail ultra with 2400m of climb and I pretty much spent the last 15 miles crying 😂😂😂
It's great! I love it... Although I've friends that find it too stressful as your Garmin can do some funny things at times 🤣 lots of parkruns have pacing events so why not start there and pace a 5km and see if you enjoy it or not? 😃
Hi, I love your videos. I just wonder if you’ll be pacing at the Yorkshire marathon this year? I’ve entered this year for my first one so it’ll be nice to see you and follow along the way to finish my marathon debut.
Ooh that's so exciting!!! I believe I'm pacing 5 hours 😃 There's sometimes a jiggle around with who is pacing what but I should definitely be there 🎉🎉🎉
Can we all take a moment to appreciate how much of a legend Nicola is? Such a positive, happy, free-spirited soul. :)
This is just the most beautiful comment 🥰 thank you so much for taking time to write these lovely words and spreading positivity yourself! 🤗
@AvinashBhogun Totally agree.
How she smiles the whole 26,2 miles hasn't failed to amaze me since watching the London Marathon video. Definitely Legend status.
@@nollys8523 you guys!!! ❤️❤️❤️ These are such lovely comments. I'm smiling because I'm so happy I can do it! My husband died from cancer when he was 38 and life is such a privilege. It's so precious and so I'll smile every moment I can and enjoy as much as I can. I have to for him 🥰❤️
What an amazing positive bubbly and buoyant person. Thank you Nicola, people like you are the heart and soul of races like this up and down the country. You do amazing work and contribute to peoples days probably more than you realise
Awww thank you Wayne! What a lovely thing to say 🤗 I've just finished a tough trail marathon so I'm all achy but this has made me smile ear to ear 😃
Nicola finally got to see your video very uplifting to watch, your smile in infectious. Thank you to you and Helen from the bottom of an old guys heart for coming back at the end to help me across the finish line. I remember passing the 25mile marker and checking my watch thinking I've got 2 -2.5 mins in hand, got my head down up the last hill, even picked the pace up, turned the corner at the top with 0.5mile to go and someone flicked a SWITCH on and I was suddenly, without warning, the drunk man staggering home after a night out, no control at all. As one of our running club ladies said seeing what was happening "what great sportsmanship by everyone. It made me want to cry looking at those photos! Kind humans x" Slight downside is that my wife was at the finishing line to see it all so for now I'm banned from marathons, well at least for the rest of this year, but she has promised to buy me a new pair of running shoes. I've thrown my hat in for next years London so lets see plus I'm entering the Continental Thunder run at Catton Park a 24 hour run as a solo, still got to sell this one to the family. Once again thank you and I will be checking your videos in the future.
Doug! Thunder Run solo is EPIC! Get the family to camp with you and the grandkids can do the pyjama run on the Friday night. They all get a hot chocolate and a medal and it's literally a few hundred meters but is an awesome start to the weekend!
I SO hope you get a London place. I really think you will as your time is super respectable! It's fascinating hearing you describe how it felt at the end of the Yorkshire Marathon but oh no... Your poor wife! That's awful! Bless her heart! I can't think of anything worse to see at the end of a run than my partner being whisked off in a wheelchair. Hope she managed to find you easily enough and wasn't worrying for too long. I did laugh that she's going to buy you new trainers... I guess that's why you married her! She sounds like a keeper to me! 😍🥰
Pleased you enjoyed the video and all the best at Thunder Run! Don't forget to write SOLO in big letters down the backs of your calves. You get loads more support for it! 😃
Oh Nicola! I love how invested you were in each and every runner you were pacing. Your cheers of encouragement as they finished brought me to tears! Fantastic pacing 💛 glad to hear Doug is ok, what a man! Great video as always
Thanks Susie 🤗 honestly, it was such an emotional rollercoaster! The emotional side of it was WAY harder than the running! 😱
Quality pacing right there 💪 Thank you for finishing Doug's tale, I hope he gets his GFA. I really liked the vicar supporting everyone after Sunday service, I often see people moaning about events happening on Sundays so thank you to him for showing how to be a community leader.
I enjoyed the vicar and his community out there supporting us all a great lift 👍🏼
Thanks! The vicar is there every year! People look forward to seeing him and one man running with us said his high 5 powered him for a few miles! Which made us all laugh 😃 like you say, definitely an awesome example of what a community leader should be like ☺️ the support from that church was lovely 😃 Everything crossed for Doug getting GFA! 🤞🤞🤞
@@NicolaRuns i feel like going back just to high 5 him and all his congregation!
@@PoetWithPace I felt bad as he went to high 5 me but I had my camera in my hand so I dodged him! 🙈🤣
@@NicolaRuns LOL
Hello hello!!!.
I just got accepted to pace The Amsterdam marathon later in October & I came to find a video to get my excitement and spirits ready for it.
This was a good one.
Can't wait for my first Pacing Duty.
Should be great. Would definitely feel like a first again but with the challenge of doing it in 4hr:10 min.
Keep the positivity going. You're my type of runner
Thank you so much 🤗 Oh my goodness I'm so excited for you! We've just got back from the Netherlands and I was saying that I'd love to do Amsterdam marathon one day! 😃 I hope it goes really well for you! Does it have loads of twists and turns or is the route fairly simple? It's all the corners that make pacing hard as then you can't trust your watch! It's so rewarding though, I really hope you love it! Let me know how you get on 😃
@@NicolaRuns Yes yes.
Thank you very much 😊.
I just moved to Rotterdam as well & the few half marathons I've done give you the sense that it's great running in this country, the support is lovely.
I'll recommend you make Rotterdam your first Dutch race anyways.... I've heard too many positives about the support and vibes from the race.
I'll keep you posted & hopefully come here to tell you about how my Pacing went.
There's a lot of turns & all that calculation of starting in waves. I think I'm being paired with more experienced Pacers so I'll just bring my positivity & help as many people as possible achieve their goal. A true honour I can't wait to experience.
Thanks again. Enjoy the summer.
@@legendsofmyself sounds like you've got just the right attitude to be an awesome pacer, they're lucky to have you 😃 thanks for the Rotterdam recommendation 👍🤗
This brings back really good memories. Especially Becs the 6 hour pacer! Her enthusiasm dragged me under 6 hours for my first marathon😀
That's awesome! So pleased you've got happy memories of your first marathon 😃 well done for running it! 👏 Bex is a bloody awesome human and I think she might even be more enthusiastic than me?! She's amazing ❤️🏃♀️❤️
Love it Nicola! And I was in tears when I heard about Doug! How supportive you were going back fir him! Very tempted to try Yorkshire marathon xxx
Thank you 🤗 deffo do it 😃 it's a great day but there is a nasty hill towards the end so just be ready 🤣 honestly, poor Doug! We'd spent hours chatting to him and were fully invested in his journey. We were gutted when we saw him struggle! And it was nice to be able to go back. The worst thing about pacing is having to just carry on when people drop off and can't hold the pace... It's totally counter intuitive to just leave them! But a pacer must hold their pace?! 🙃
@@NicolaRuns Aaaaaw I definitely will! There always seems to be hills at the end of races? Yeah it must be so hard when someone falls behind but what an awesome job you did n all those people you helped along their marathon journey!
@@AimeeandApollo awww thank you 🥰 it was definitely rewarding 🏃♀️
Great video, as usual! Lovely to see the results at the end. Doug is an absolute hero!
Thank you 😃 Isn't he! I'd have put a few extra in but then again I could have put pages in 😂
I really loved this - not even rain dampened your spirits - looks great running through York with all those people cheering - and I felt your pain at the end - you are too much of a big softy for the role - well done yey and thanks for sharing.
Aren't I just?! I need to toughen up if I'm going to be good at marathon pacing! 🤦♀️🤣 I love the crowds, I hope they realise just what a difference they make 😃
Doing it this Sunday. Going for sub 3:30. Very, very excited!
Ooh nice! I went for sub 3:30 once but that was at Manchester and I blew up spectacularly 🤣 Our 3:30 pacers will look after you if you need them. I'm pacing 5 hours this year so maybe see you there. Hopefully this forecast will change and not make it too hard work with the wind! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 Good luck 😃💪🏻
@@NicolaRuns thanks Nicola. I’m hoping to tuck in with the 3:30 crew to get shelter. Weather I think will be tough, but at least nowhere near as cold as last year.
Get wrapped up if you’re at 5 hour pace and good luck. I’ll come say hi if I spot you 😊
Love this Nicola - amazing capture of the day and you were an awesome pacer 😊
Awww thanks Kerry 🤗 I was so pleased at how many times I got to see you guys! It made me smile every time! 😃😃😃
Thanks so much for updating us all on Doug....I hope he gets himself to London. Great pacing...I never thought about how it would be pacing and losing people towards the end...UGH!!!
It's heartbreaking!!! But I've agreed to do it again this year! 😱🙃
@@NicolaRuns Will you pace 5 hours again?
@@tobyk8125 I'd love to but I'll pace whatever the boss gives me 😃 shall report for duty and see what I'm given 🙃
@@NicolaRuns I'll get in touch with the boss and tell them to give you three hours! 😁
@@tobyk8125 I'd prefer 2:30 😜🤣
I loved the Yorkshire Marathon so much when I did it, brought back some great memories this did.
Pleased you enjoyed the video 😊 it's a great, but hard, race! 🏃♀️🏃♂️
Well done Nicola! Always good to see others perspectives of races we have ran on same day 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. How was race day for you? 😃
@@NicolaRuns the whole day experience was great, but sadly the race itself ended with me walking jogging most of second half as i had a number of issues following London....one of which i keep forgetting i'm 60 and need a little more time to recover between marathons! LOL
@@PoetWithPace lol yes but if you're still doing marathons 2 weeks apart then you're doing pretty well I'd say... However you get to the finish line! But yes... Recovery is important... Can be boring but very important! ☺️
6:32 the chap behind you is wearing one of vests of the charity I work with!
Oh that's cool, well spotted! 👀😊
Congratulations Nic on some awesome pacing.
Pleased to hear Doug was ok.
Thanks 😄 Was pleased my first marathon pacing was a success! And even more pleased that Doug is okay 😃 just got my fingers crossed for his London Marathon place ☺️🤞
Pacing and filming- you’re MAGICAL 👍👍👍
Thank you! This made me giggle. I don't actually think I say magical that much, I think that naughty Danny just made that up but I might just run with it! I did wonder if the filming would put me off pacing but it was fine! #multitasking 😃😃😃
Amazing effort from Doug after a near 30 year gap.
Great video, would love to give pacing a go at some point!
Wasn't he incredible!!! You should definitely give it a go, it's so rewarding 🤗
@@NicolaRuns is the best tip to sign up to a pace that you can handle comfortably, so 60 for a 10k runner who does 50ish typically?
@@lukesenior2019 yes definitely. You need to be at a pace you can chat at as people often want a conversation or some motivation 🤗
Another great video and it’s such a great feeling to pace people, I’ve recently paced at the Sheffield 10K and it’s great to see people push themselves and even more lovely when they thank you for it. Looks like you had a great time and built up a great crew of followers, congrats to you and all who joined your 5 hour bus!
Thank you, yes definitely that! The thanks at the finish and afterwards is lovely and makes the heartache of those you watch drop off bearable! 😊 Well done for pacing Sheffield 10km 😃
Excellent pacing!!
Thanks 🤗🤗🤗
Brilliant video & pacing.....for a brief moment, I thought we were going to get the whole 5 hours......
Thank you 😊 Well Kenny, I mean I've got several hours of footage if you're interested... 😂😂😂
What an amazing day and overall experience. It was my first ever marathon. I was an emotional wreck by the end.
Huge congratulations on completing your first marathon! That's awesome 😃 Hope the video brought back some of the good bits from the day now that your legs have (hopefully!) forgiven you! 🤣
Another incredible video Nicola. I love your spirit :)
Thank you Matt, definitely one of my harder running experiences as you had to try to switch off emotionally. Really pleased you like the video 😃
Loved this Nic, great to capture memories, same time next year? Nick
If I manage to toughen up by then! It was so emotional!!! 🤣 In all seriousness I'd love to. I really enjoyed it... I think 😁😜
Love exercise related content. Really good work on this video. you have a new fan here.
Thank you 😃 was worried making the film might make pacing too hard but it was totally fine so hooray! It's good to know I can film future pacing 😊
Am in 2022 Yorkshire marathon this year can't wait av done Manchester marathon twice
That's exciting, it's a great race but is a bit hillier than Manchester 😜
@@NicolaRuns can't wait looking forward to it main aim finnish then no one can take it away from me
@@grahamdoherty5808 that's an awesome goal 😃 I'm sure you'll enjoy it ☺️
@@NicolaRuns cheers thank you available got Manchester marathon and Rob burrows Leeds marathon 2023 aswell and Ipswich half
@@grahamdoherty5808 I'm hoping to pace the Leeds Marathon 🤞
Always great to do something for other people, you are a great pacer and not everyone can make it at a marathon.
Thank you Shawn 🤗 definitely has the feel good factor helping others achieve their goals ☺️
Wow, you looked like you were going brilliantly. You said you found it hard.. well it was a marathon, you were carrying a huge pacer flag and holding a gumball. Fantastic!
Gimbal to gumball is the best autocorrect ever! 😃 It was more that it was hard emotionally than physically as I found it hard not to be invested in people's marathon journeys. Obviously my legs still knew I was running a marathon but I'm used to ignoring them! 😜🤣
@@NicolaRuns ha ha! You're absolutely right, hadn't noticed the auto correct 😄
@@AllenMulliss it's such a good one isn't it?! 😃🤣
@@NicolaRuns probably my best ever!
What a lovely running cap
Thanks, I designed and made it myself 😜
@@NicolaRuns 😐
@@dannynorman4717 I might be able to make you one if you really REALLY like it? 😉🤣🤣🤣
This is such a brilliant reminder of the day - I had forgotten so much of it in my marathon-induced brain-fog. Please could you make marathon running look harder though - you look better during and even after a marathon than I look in my life, ever!
Thank you, that's exactly why I make videos. I'm so forgetful when I'm running that it's nice for me to have a reminder of the day. I'm so pleased other people are enjoying them too 😃 You're not the first to complain that I don't look like I'm finding road marathons hard enough 😂 if it makes you feel better you could go and watch the 2nd part of my High Life video. It was a 65 mile trail ultra with 2400m of climb and I pretty much spent the last 15 miles crying 😂😂😂
i would love to have the expance of paceing a race
It's great! I love it... Although I've friends that find it too stressful as your Garmin can do some funny things at times 🤣 lots of parkruns have pacing events so why not start there and pace a 5km and see if you enjoy it or not? 😃
Hi, I love your videos. I just wonder if you’ll be pacing at the Yorkshire marathon this year? I’ve entered this year for my first one so it’ll be nice to see you and follow along the way to finish my marathon debut.
Ooh that's so exciting!!! I believe I'm pacing 5 hours 😃 There's sometimes a jiggle around with who is pacing what but I should definitely be there 🎉🎉🎉
Oh wow amazing. I will look out for you 😊
I hope your 5 hours tommorow would love you too pace me around x
I'm 5:15 today. Tony is 5 hours and he's lovely too 😃 hope you have a great race, might see you out there 🏃♀️
where's your pacers T-shirt!
I don't have one 😭 I only run with a backpack if I'm wearing a skin tight top so I didn't buy one 🤷🏻♀️ if they were free I'd have risked it 😂
P.S. I do realised this will encourage comments about how long I've lived in Yorkshire 😂😂😂