Thanks Gregg. Yeah, that is definitely good advice, especially as it was in my home town. I just didn't expect it to happen and when you're pushing yourself towards the end of a race you're not always thinking straight. Never mind, onwards and upwards.
Great work Brett - it's all a learning curve buddy. I'm from Redditch myself and certainly have the running bug at present. Thanks for such fab videos, really helpful 🏃♂️👏
Thank you Tom. It definitely is and we just have to make sure we take what we learn forward into the next one. It great that you got the running bug, it catches us all. Hopefully catch you around Redditch at some point. Thanks for watching
Nice vid and channel, I was the guy chatting to the race director at the end. One of the sensors picked up my race chip even though I didn't cross the line and officially got third. Just one of those things on the end. Keep up the good work and I'll be following you on your entertaining adventures, thanks👍
Thanks Gary. Yep, just one of those things. There's always another race and there's always next year to try again. I haven't heard anything from them yet but hopefully they get in touch with us all soon. Thanks for watching and make sure to say hi if you see me at another race.
Another great video. I totally get your frustration....There were a few parts of the course where directions weren't that clear. I was a few places behind and just after finishing, someone mentioned that something had gone wrong for a few runners ahead. Interesting to see what happened! Keep up the good work....!
Thank you Stephen. Yeah, a simple sign pointing in the right direction would have stopped any confusion but what is done is done. Well done on your run and keep up the great work.
Should have called it the Redditch comedy hour 10km...At least you got 5miles before anything went wrong...my race went wrong from before start....somehow forgot my watch...got 400m into run had massive bladder pain ended up behind Church on Easemore rd..by time i came back out everyone was long gone🤣🤣🤣...such is life 🙂...Always another day for you...at least you will be lighter on future race days now you have got rid of the bog brush from under nose😃....Great vid 🙂
Hahaha bog brush! haha. Thank you Gary. Oh no, that's rubbish. Sorry to hear you had a shocker too. Hope everything is ok. Yep, there's always another race for us so onto the next one.
Really sorry hearing the full story and seeing your frustration in those moments when you realised what had happened. I’m not sure what I would have done in your position. On a positive it’s great to hear your fitness is ready for a pb and equally that the injury has gone. Hope you might consider entering a flat 10k? My dad has always had a moustache, he only once shaved it off, he looked like John Major so instantly grew it back again 😂
Thank you Rachel. Yeah, there was no way of hiding my frustration at the end. I do now wish I had turned back but in the heat of the moment I didn't know what to do. There's always next year though. Yep, very happy my speed is returning and my hamstring is holding up. I want to concentrate on Cross Country over the next couple of months but I may be able to squeeze in another road race haha. That's brilliant about your dad haha. I hope I don't look too much like John Major
Mate - beyond gutted for you, the double whammy of it being potentially a PB in your hometown. Looks like the 2nd run of the day really helped you process what had happened. I hope that they have issued an apology!
Thanks Andy. I do wish my day could have gone as well as yours. You smashed it! I am gutted but I've made peace with it. That second run really did help. They took our names and said they would be in touch but I haven't heard from them as yet. Fingers crossed.
ahhh I’m so gutted for you lad! I was just under 42 mins and there was a marshall on a bike going up and down Holloway drive the whole time we were on there - they must’ve rushed someone down there after they heard about the cock up
Thanks Adam. I was gutted but now I'm just fired up to make up for it next year. Yeah, as soon as we told them what had happened they were on the case straight away. They couldn't have been more apologetic.
You did the right think Brett. I like the new look BTW. I've run quite a few races in my career (I've been at it for nearly 20 years) and this type of situation does happen. I don't think I've had this situation where I totally went off kilter but it is one of my worst nightmares, especially for new races. Hopefully the race organizers will learn and make it better for next year. Usually the race organizers will send you a free race entry for next year. I know it doesn't help for this year, but it's something. Enjoyed the video!
Thank you Eddie. In the moment I wasn't sure what to do at all. I felt a bit of a fraud crossing the finish line after not completing the full distance and wish I had turned back. Being in my home town I should have done a recce of the course but hindsight is a wonderful thing. At that point in the race you are at the high end of your threshold effort and not really thinking straight. Never mind though, on to the next one.
@@ob1brand yup I figured that was your thoughts as well. Me? I'd probably have done the same thing or I wouldve found my way back to the missed turn and completed the course. Either way, I would've been upset.
Absolutely gutted for you Brett. I'd heard chatter about the lead runners going the wrong way, but couldn't work out where until I just checked out your Strava route for the day. I guess being a mid-pack runner has it's advantages in that I just follow the pack! Well done on a fantastic overall pace though, and good to hear that the injury has subsided! Onwards and upwards!
Thank you Richard. Yeah, sometimes you can end up in no man's land near the front of the pack with no one to follow. Never mind though, onto the next. Hope you had a great run and enjoyed the day. I'll be back for next years so hopefully see you there.
@@ob1brand That's something I thankfully don't have to contend with :) I did - took it easy as I had a marathon the following weekend, but still surprised myself with my effort. I'll definitely be back too - although I'm sure I'll see you out and about in the area before then - especially at parkrun!
Gutted for you mate. I would of been fuming also and had similar situation in a race and marshalls not directing people correctly. With the heat of the moment when racing it can be very disheartening and when people have passed you when you took a wrong turn, its even worse. But we live to fight another day and get news your injury is super fine now and you can back to full speed ahead!
Thank you Donato. Yeah, I was frustrated and disappointed but these things happen. It's not the first time and it won't be the last. We move forward though and keep pushing to the next one. Hopefully catch you at a run some time soon.
@@ob1brand indeed we do. Reminds me of the Venice marathon a few years back where the lead car/cyclist took the front runners the wrong way and a local italian guy who knew the route won!
Thanks David. It's all good, I've made my peace with it now. It was frustrating on the day but these things happen. Organising an event like that is no easy task and it was a great event and a fantastic atmosphere so thank you for putting it on. I'm already looking forward to running it again next year. I'll make sure to do the full distance though haha
Awwww man gutted for u....🙈I saw u on Andys video and wanted too know what happened so I've came over and subbed... Your time sounds like it was gone be great!!.. Il be honest I volunteer quite a bit at races/parkruns but I make sure I'm in a spot where I just bang my tambourine cheer and point straight ahead....but I'd be so annoyed at myself if I sent someone wrong way.. 😬.... I also run but very slowly 7minute kms & I guide my friend Allison who's visually impaired in all our races... Il keep watching Yr vids Yr a speedy!!....#keeponkeepingon....🏃♂️👍🏻x
Thank you Liz. Andy is a great guy and his running journey is inspirational. Thanks for coming over and subscribing. It was so much we were sent the wrong way just that there was no one there at all to point us in the right direction haha. That's fantastic that you run as a guide, it must be very rewarding. There's no such thing as slow running though, you run at your pace and that is the perfect pace to run.
@@ob1brand that's so true about running at Yr own pace I'm quite comfortable with that pace I only started running 6 years ago and I was faster then but now I just run at my pace and I'm just grateful too finish races.. 😂😂😂Guide running is great but she actual helps me on runs as I have fear of falling on bloody wet leaves and I hang on to her running downhill on wet leaves... She's fearless.. 😂... Im from Glasgow scotland I love watching a the club runners at races their amazing plus I have a local parkrun called elderpark I volunteer and run regularly if your ever in Scotland... 🏃♂️👍🏻😁x
Well done for posting Brett. I’m sure other TH-cam runners have had a bad day at the office and haven’t posted. And you’re doing a ‘Reverse Movember’. Let’s go…
Thank you Mark. I was unsure whether to put the video out but I thought it was important to show all sides of running and racing, good and bad. It doesn't always go to plan but that's what builds us into the people and runners we are. We learn from the mistakes and keep progressing. Thanks for watching.
Don't worry. Things happen for a reason. There must be a reason for you not going the right way and not PB-ing this time. At least you didn't actually get lost. I once was doing Black Combe fell race. It was very claggy, I've got through all the checkpoints and all I had to do was come down to the finish and I descended to the wrong valley. I ended up doing 4 miles longer than everyone else and I was running back to the finish along the road while everyone else was already driving back home past me.
Thank you Olga, that's very true. There's always another race. Oh no, that sounds awful. You found the right valley in the end and got 4 extra miles of fitness in the legs though. Fell running is a different set of skills and determination so great work.
At least it was a good test of the hamstring Brett, if nothing else. Sucks, as it looked like you were confident of a good, if not best 10k time. Let us hope they give you a free entry for the next one to have another go. Bring back the tosh though, it looks weird without it 😛
Thanks Mark. Yep, definitely a good tester and a successful one. Fingers crossed I can keep building it back up stronger. I was really happy with my effort up to that point so I shall take that forward into the next one. Definitely signing up again next year, if only to defeat the demons and run the full course. Not sure what made me shave it off. I did do a double take in the mirror the next morning though haha
A real shame for you. We can think of several races over the years which have suffered from inadequate organisation. The Hull Marathon of 2012. The lucky ones among us managed 25.9 miles. The unlucky 20 or so did 23 miles. Like yourself many of them on for a pb. A York 5k one year saw some stellar pbs as a marshal sent everyone on a shortcut. It's not just the waste of money of paying for a 10k and getting 5.8 miles. It's the investment of time and race energy in getting to 5 miles then having it snatched from you. Can totally understand your emotional frustration. At least you got a great and very engaging Vlog out of it...
Thank you. Yeah, in the moment i was very frustrated and just didn't know what to do or think. We learn from these things though and just come back stronger. I don't want this vlog to be a criticism of Raceways though. They put on a great event and 95%+ of the runners all had a brilliant race. Organising an event of this size isn't easy so these mistakes can happen. Your experiences don't sound very fun though, especially the Hull marathon. But we move on and put our focus on the next race. Thanks for watching.
Well a pity in all aspects but you arent a bad runner even if you gone wrong you couldnt see it before you were running the wrong way. And you are honest of cource and dont accept the 3. place and well you live and you learn.,,........never trust a marshall but instead print out the map of the cource you shall run. I have been in the same place.......Congrates Brett. Inga DK.
Why didn't you double-back with the other runners? I'd much rather have finished slower than roll up having run short, as that (in theory) is a guaranteed DQ. Feel for you though - can't imagine how frustrating that would be when you're on for a good time.
Thank you. Yeah, i agree, as I said at the end of the video I should done that and wish I had. But hindsight is a wonderful thing. In the video where I say I had gone the wrong way was the exact moment I realised I had. I was frustrated and a bit confused about what to do and knew my race was over. Out of the seven that went wrong four turned back and three continued as we didn't realised until too late.
@@ob1brand I actually really appreciate you putting that raw footage up - it captures the immediate frustration and sinking feeling well, and race vlogs aren't always about things going to plan. I found your channel due to the wrong turn (saw you on Andy's vlog and sought out) and will be watching from now on, as you're about the same level as me, from what I can tell. Keep running!
Yep, being a race in my home town I definitely should have done a recce of the course on one of my runs. I've run all of the roads on the course before, just not in that order haha.
Thank you Andy. Not the first time I've ended up going the wrong way in a race and I'm sure it won't be the last. Last time I ended up doing half a mile extra though so that sort of makes up for it haha
It’s always better to be prepared and know your course before hand , for any eventuality, you should always be prepared
Thanks Gregg. Yeah, that is definitely good advice, especially as it was in my home town. I just didn't expect it to happen and when you're pushing yourself towards the end of a race you're not always thinking straight. Never mind, onwards and upwards.
Great work Brett - it's all a learning curve buddy. I'm from Redditch myself and certainly have the running bug at present. Thanks for such fab videos, really helpful 🏃♂️👏
Thank you Tom. It definitely is and we just have to make sure we take what we learn forward into the next one. It great that you got the running bug, it catches us all. Hopefully catch you around Redditch at some point. Thanks for watching
Nice vid and channel, I was the guy chatting to the race director at the end. One of the sensors picked up my race chip even though I didn't cross the line and officially got third. Just one of those things on the end. Keep up the good work and I'll be following you on your entertaining adventures, thanks👍
Thanks Gary. Yep, just one of those things. There's always another race and there's always next year to try again. I haven't heard anything from them yet but hopefully they get in touch with us all soon. Thanks for watching and make sure to say hi if you see me at another race.
Ahhh noooo! Gutted for you. Loved your reflection run at the end. On to the next. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. Yep, the post race run really helped me clear my head. On to the next for sure. Thanks so much for watching.
Another great video. I totally get your frustration....There were a few parts of the course where directions weren't that clear. I was a few places behind and just after finishing, someone mentioned that something had gone wrong for a few runners ahead. Interesting to see what happened! Keep up the good work....!
Thank you Stephen. Yeah, a simple sign pointing in the right direction would have stopped any confusion but what is done is done. Well done on your run and keep up the great work.
Should have called it the Redditch comedy hour 10km...At least you got 5miles before anything went wrong...my race went wrong from before start....somehow forgot my watch...got 400m into run had massive bladder pain ended up behind Church on Easemore rd..by time i came back out everyone was long gone🤣🤣🤣...such is life 🙂...Always another day for you...at least you will be lighter on future race days now you have got rid of the bog brush from under nose😃....Great vid 🙂
Hahaha bog brush! haha. Thank you Gary. Oh no, that's rubbish. Sorry to hear you had a shocker too. Hope everything is ok. Yep, there's always another race for us so onto the next one.
Gutted for you, you were flying… the emotions were raw and true. Enjoying following your journey. Bare runners 😀🙏
Thank you Bare Runners. Yeah, the frustration got me at that moment. I’ll be back to try again and defeat the demons this year though.
These things do happen. Best wishes to you and your channel from sunny Lancashire.
Thank you. they do indeed. But we move on and learn from them. Thank you for watching.
Really sorry hearing the full story and seeing your frustration in those moments when you realised what had happened. I’m not sure what I would have done in your position. On a positive it’s great to hear your fitness is ready for a pb and equally that the injury has gone. Hope you might consider entering a flat 10k?
My dad has always had a moustache, he only once shaved it off, he looked like John Major so instantly grew it back again 😂
Thank you Rachel. Yeah, there was no way of hiding my frustration at the end. I do now wish I had turned back but in the heat of the moment I didn't know what to do. There's always next year though. Yep, very happy my speed is returning and my hamstring is holding up. I want to concentrate on Cross Country over the next couple of months but I may be able to squeeze in another road race haha.
That's brilliant about your dad haha. I hope I don't look too much like John Major
Mate - beyond gutted for you, the double whammy of it being potentially a PB in your hometown. Looks like the 2nd run of the day really helped you process what had happened. I hope that they have issued an apology!
Thanks Andy. I do wish my day could have gone as well as yours. You smashed it! I am gutted but I've made peace with it. That second run really did help. They took our names and said they would be in touch but I haven't heard from them as yet. Fingers crossed.
ahhh I’m so gutted for you lad! I was just under 42 mins and there was a marshall on a bike going up and down Holloway drive the whole time we were on there - they must’ve rushed someone down there after they heard about the cock up
yeah one of the event managers got on a bike and went down to see what had happened
Thanks Adam. I was gutted but now I'm just fired up to make up for it next year. Yeah, as soon as we told them what had happened they were on the case straight away. They couldn't have been more apologetic.
You did the right think Brett. I like the new look BTW. I've run quite a few races in my career (I've been at it for nearly 20 years) and this type of situation does happen. I don't think I've had this situation where I totally went off kilter but it is one of my worst nightmares, especially for new races. Hopefully the race organizers will learn and make it better for next year. Usually the race organizers will send you a free race entry for next year. I know it doesn't help for this year, but it's something. Enjoyed the video!
Thank you Eddie. In the moment I wasn't sure what to do at all. I felt a bit of a fraud crossing the finish line after not completing the full distance and wish I had turned back. Being in my home town I should have done a recce of the course but hindsight is a wonderful thing. At that point in the race you are at the high end of your threshold effort and not really thinking straight. Never mind though, on to the next one.
@@ob1brand yup I figured that was your thoughts as well. Me? I'd probably have done the same thing or I wouldve found my way back to the missed turn and completed the course. Either way, I would've been upset.
Absolutely gutted for you Brett. I'd heard chatter about the lead runners going the wrong way, but couldn't work out where until I just checked out your Strava route for the day. I guess being a mid-pack runner has it's advantages in that I just follow the pack! Well done on a fantastic overall pace though, and good to hear that the injury has subsided! Onwards and upwards!
Thank you Richard. Yeah, sometimes you can end up in no man's land near the front of the pack with no one to follow. Never mind though, onto the next. Hope you had a great run and enjoyed the day. I'll be back for next years so hopefully see you there.
@@ob1brand That's something I thankfully don't have to contend with :) I did - took it easy as I had a marathon the following weekend, but still surprised myself with my effort. I'll definitely be back too - although I'm sure I'll see you out and about in the area before then - especially at parkrun!
Gutted for you mate. I would of been fuming also and had similar situation in a race and marshalls not directing people correctly. With the heat of the moment when racing it can be very disheartening and when people have passed you when you took a wrong turn, its even worse. But we live to fight another day and get news your injury is super fine now and you can back to full speed ahead!
Thank you Donato. Yeah, I was frustrated and disappointed but these things happen. It's not the first time and it won't be the last. We move forward though and keep pushing to the next one. Hopefully catch you at a run some time soon.
@@ob1brand indeed we do. Reminds me of the Venice marathon a few years back where the lead car/cyclist took the front runners the wrong way and a local italian guy who knew the route won!
Really sorry we made sure there was a marshal there before the race started. Really really sorry about it
Thanks David. It's all good, I've made my peace with it now. It was frustrating on the day but these things happen. Organising an event like that is no easy task and it was a great event and a fantastic atmosphere so thank you for putting it on. I'm already looking forward to running it again next year. I'll make sure to do the full distance though haha
@@ob1brand yeah look forward to it 😂
Awwww man gutted for u....🙈I saw u on Andys video and wanted too know what happened so I've came over and subbed... Your time sounds like it was gone be great!!.. Il be honest I volunteer quite a bit at races/parkruns but I make sure I'm in a spot where I just bang my tambourine cheer and point straight ahead....but I'd be so annoyed at myself if I sent someone wrong way.. 😬.... I also run but very slowly 7minute kms & I guide my friend Allison who's visually impaired in all our races... Il keep watching Yr vids Yr a speedy!!....#keeponkeepingon....🏃♂️👍🏻x
Thank you Liz. Andy is a great guy and his running journey is inspirational. Thanks for coming over and subscribing. It was so much we were sent the wrong way just that there was no one there at all to point us in the right direction haha. That's fantastic that you run as a guide, it must be very rewarding. There's no such thing as slow running though, you run at your pace and that is the perfect pace to run.
@@ob1brand that's so true about running at Yr own pace I'm quite comfortable with that pace I only started running 6 years ago and I was faster then but now I just run at my pace and I'm just grateful too finish races.. 😂😂😂Guide running is great but she actual helps me on runs as I have fear of falling on bloody wet leaves and I hang on to her running downhill on wet leaves... She's fearless.. 😂... Im from Glasgow scotland I love watching a the club runners at races their amazing plus I have a local parkrun called elderpark I volunteer and run regularly if your ever in Scotland... 🏃♂️👍🏻😁x
Keep up the great work and enjoy it. That's the real reason we run isn't it, to have fun. I enjoy a bit of Parkrun tourism so you never know.
I'm sure on the next race we run together on you'll still power away from me with 4km to go haha. Well done and great running 🔥🔥
Haha thanks Ryan. At least you did the right thing and went back to find the right route. Great running with you man and look forward to the next one.
There's always the next one, not great but it happens. Well done anyway, great running 👏
Thank you Helen. Yep, these things happen but we keep moving forward. Onto the next.
Well done for posting Brett. I’m sure other TH-cam runners have had a bad day at the office and haven’t posted. And you’re doing a ‘Reverse Movember’. Let’s go…
Thank you Mark. I was unsure whether to put the video out but I thought it was important to show all sides of running and racing, good and bad. It doesn't always go to plan but that's what builds us into the people and runners we are. We learn from the mistakes and keep progressing. Thanks for watching.
I felt your pain there mate!!
Thanks Tom. Yeah I was mega gutted but I've made my peace with it and I'm ready for the next one.
Don't worry. Things happen for a reason. There must be a reason for you not going the right way and not PB-ing this time. At least you didn't actually get lost. I once was doing Black Combe fell race. It was very claggy, I've got through all the checkpoints and all I had to do was come down to the finish and I descended to the wrong valley. I ended up doing 4 miles longer than everyone else and I was running back to the finish along the road while everyone else was already driving back home past me.
Thank you Olga, that's very true. There's always another race. Oh no, that sounds awful. You found the right valley in the end and got 4 extra miles of fitness in the legs though. Fell running is a different set of skills and determination so great work.
At least it was a good test of the hamstring Brett, if nothing else. Sucks, as it looked like you were confident of a good, if not best 10k time. Let us hope they give you a free entry for the next one to have another go.
Bring back the tosh though, it looks weird without it 😛
Thanks Mark. Yep, definitely a good tester and a successful one. Fingers crossed I can keep building it back up stronger. I was really happy with my effort up to that point so I shall take that forward into the next one. Definitely signing up again next year, if only to defeat the demons and run the full course.
Not sure what made me shave it off. I did do a double take in the mirror the next morning though haha
A real shame for you. We can think of several races over the years which have suffered from inadequate organisation.
The Hull Marathon of 2012. The lucky ones among us managed 25.9 miles. The unlucky 20 or so did 23 miles. Like yourself many of them on for a pb.
A York 5k one year saw some stellar pbs as a marshal sent everyone on a shortcut.
It's not just the waste of money of paying for a 10k and getting 5.8 miles. It's the investment of time and race energy in getting to 5 miles then having it snatched from you.
Can totally understand your emotional frustration.
At least you got a great and very engaging Vlog out of it...
Thank you. Yeah, in the moment i was very frustrated and just didn't know what to do or think. We learn from these things though and just come back stronger. I don't want this vlog to be a criticism of Raceways though. They put on a great event and 95%+ of the runners all had a brilliant race. Organising an event of this size isn't easy so these mistakes can happen. Your experiences don't sound very fun though, especially the Hull marathon. But we move on and put our focus on the next race. Thanks for watching.
Well a pity in all aspects but you arent a bad runner even if you gone wrong you couldnt see it before you were running the wrong way. And you are honest of cource and dont accept the 3. place and well you live and you learn.,,........never trust a marshall but instead print out the map of the cource you shall run. I have been in the same place.......Congrates Brett. Inga DK.
Why didn't you double-back with the other runners? I'd much rather have finished slower than roll up having run short, as that (in theory) is a guaranteed DQ. Feel for you though - can't imagine how frustrating that would be when you're on for a good time.
Thank you. Yeah, i agree, as I said at the end of the video I should done that and wish I had. But hindsight is a wonderful thing. In the video where I say I had gone the wrong way was the exact moment I realised I had. I was frustrated and a bit confused about what to do and knew my race was over. Out of the seven that went wrong four turned back and three continued as we didn't realised until too late.
@@ob1brand I actually really appreciate you putting that raw footage up - it captures the immediate frustration and sinking feeling well, and race vlogs aren't always about things going to plan. I found your channel due to the wrong turn (saw you on Andy's vlog and sought out) and will be watching from now on, as you're about the same level as me, from what I can tell. Keep running!
Ah man, that sucks big time!
Yeah, it was a disappointing end to what started out as a great race. I've made my peace with it now though and on to the next one.
@@ob1brand I worry about that kind of thing - If I can I run the course on a training run and get it in my head!
Yep, being a race in my home town I definitely should have done a recce of the course on one of my runs. I've run all of the roads on the course before, just not in that order haha.
Gutted for you mate 😭
Thank you Andy. Not the first time I've ended up going the wrong way in a race and I'm sure it won't be the last. Last time I ended up doing half a mile extra though so that sort of makes up for it haha