REACTING TO THE WORST MARATHON I'VE RAN *Valencia was not my race!*

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
  • Vlogmas Day 4
    In todays video we watched the Valencia Marathon 2023 which brought back memories to this time last year where I ran my worst marathon to date. Looks like the favourite, Joshua Cheptegei also had a bad race. If you enjoy the video please leave a like and consider subscribing for more running related content.
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  • @adeezaff9502
    @adeezaff9502 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Good to see Bekele back in his game with the new sponsor

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yeah, 2:04 is some time! Would win a lot of marathons globally but just not Valencia, what a race

    • @logohigh1
      @logohigh1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This guy ( Bekele ) must be the biggest inspiration to any older runner Fullstop

    • @F15sniper78
      @F15sniper78 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Bekele is 41 years old amazing. The goat 🐐 of distance running

  • @StephanieLuff
    @StephanieLuff 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    You saying “28min 10K” really gave me perspective for just how insane these paces are

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeah those guys are unbelievable! I’d only be able to keep up for 2/3k at that pace

  • @frauhorn
    @frauhorn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    the trick with the Valencia start is it is so competitive, even though the wave is quite small, it is super compressed and very difficult to move forwards or backwards. Best tip is to accept that your first 5k could be a bit slower than goal pace, actually not a bad thing.

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I found it the opposite... there were so many fast runners i got carried away! Definitely better to start a little slower though thats for sure!

    • @frauhorn
      @frauhorn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BenIsRunning that is what I meant by forward or backward. My pace last year was about 4 seconds per k slower than goal - no big deal. I bumped into two clubmates at 5k who's goal was a few min quicker. Even they were fine in the end.
      Whereas you got on the fast train, I think a similar thing happened to Brady from IRP.

  • @laneystain
    @laneystain 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Valencia was brilliant on Sunday, I couldn't have asked for a better city to run my first ever marathon! Just missed out on the sub-3:30 goal but that gives me something to aim for in 2024 now! 👍🏻

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice work! Back in 2024?

  • @TheBasicDanTV
    @TheBasicDanTV 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    As a beginner ultra runner with a few races under my belt, I’m so glad I found your channel. Subscribed at a good time, now that it’s Vlogmas!

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks for following along! Won’t find me doing any ultras, marathons are far enough for now :)

    • @robertmalseed7376
      @robertmalseed7376 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're better off following a proper runner and not a scam artist

  • @ZuhairKhan
    @ZuhairKhan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Starting to become a routine to watch the daily vid before going to bed :)

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice one, thanks for following along

  • @Fadi.Najjar00
    @Fadi.Najjar00 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nice touch putting the throw back in there

  • @Bryan_Gutierrez
    @Bryan_Gutierrez 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Enjoying these daily vlogs, way to keep pumping them out!

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you like them! More to come :)

  • @paulpublic2435
    @paulpublic2435 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Respect to Daniel Do Nascimento for his reaction to Cheptegai finishing just behind him.

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      100%, was expecting a slightly better performance from him to be honest after his gutsy previous attempt

    • @paulpublic2435
      @paulpublic2435 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@BenIsRunning - when I step up to the marathon I will also target 2:09 😂

  • @RunningPhotographer
    @RunningPhotographer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Ben, you are slowly turning into the ""Serious Runner" and i perhaps that is a good thing. Cheers!

  • @BlueEner
    @BlueEner 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    BenIsProbablyNotRunningRightNow

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Currently having a cuppa tea, correct

  • @fabsterun
    @fabsterun 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nice vlog Benji! Will we get a kush vlog aswell?

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      More kush, noted 🤪

  • @M8P917
    @M8P917 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    true valencia start is crazy i wanted to start slower than i did but was impossible 😂 the smoother race i ever did and a small pb💪

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Congratulations

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Congratulations

  • @DeanooKidd
    @DeanooKidd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey Ben, didnt think ive been following you for more than a year, madness, question for you though, how can you get stomach cramps from running to fast? i thought that would come down to nutrition, no ?

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It was mainly an overexertion thing for me! Hr to high, gut gets starved of oxygen something like that? I knew it wasn’t a fueling issue because I’d practiced it throughout my training :)

    • @DeanooKidd
      @DeanooKidd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BenIsRunning ahhh ok, you know best 👌

  • @circles27
    @circles27 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oh, it's been a while
    Is Ben now running?

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Welcome back Wallace, Ben is now running

    • @circles27
      @circles27 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BenIsRunning beautiful, Wallace is injured, ITB

  • @DookieOnMe
    @DookieOnMe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    4:38 I tried swatting the fly off my tv lmao

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂

  • @933dark
    @933dark 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What app were you using at 3:43?

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was the Valencia tracking app

  • @RodRunerr
    @RodRunerr 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I wonder why you guys some how underestimate sisay lemma... Former London marathon champion and he represented Ethiopia at the Tokyo Olympics as well. Matiso was third last year in Valencia , Gabriel geay was second last year in Valencia and second in Boston, with such an elite field I wonder why someone would throw in Joshua cheptegei who was injured after world championships, a kenenisa bekele who rarely finishes marathon nowadays and a kandie who's a 2: 13 marathoner in to the conversation. The only surprise for me in that race was geay not being at the top and then bekele's amazing performance.

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There’s always more excitement for an underdog story! Lemma is one of the best I was quite aware of his credentials but I still didn’t expect a 2:01 performance, incredible run. When cheptegei and Kandie nail the marathon I’m sure they’ll be pretty high up the leaderboard too, mark my words

    • @RodRunerr
      @RodRunerr 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sure they will in the near future

  • @fane2233
    @fane2233 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why do you say that you're a hobby runner? I mean yeah, you are not elite level, and definetely not casual.
    Just curious. 😊

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was only kidding :)

    • @fane2233
      @fane2233 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BenIsRunning oh got it, haha thanks 😅

  • @fagan4119
    @fagan4119 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    *run

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is it run or ran? Thought past tense was ran but I’m not the best at grammar 😂

    • @fagan4119
      @fagan4119 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BenIsRunning yeah it's run with the auxiliary verb.

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@AwesomeWrench so I need to change the title? 🤣

    • @rlanger
      @rlanger 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't know why I get so triggered by this. It's become an incescent part of American English recently . Have ran, have went, have ate, etc. I even heard have did recently. Yes Ben, please change the title, thanks.

  • @thru_and_thru
    @thru_and_thru 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If 2.27 was your first ever marathon time I am really curious what your first ever half marathon time was? Surely 2.27 for a first marathon is one of the fastest debut marathon times ever ran by a non-professional runner? 🤯

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      2:28 was my first. As flattered as I am, there’s thousands of non elites running faster than that :) I think my first half marathon was 1:27 back in 2021

    • @thru_and_thru
      @thru_and_thru 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice man, still an insane achievement @@BenIsRunning 👏

  • @kushtrimtorozi
    @kushtrimtorozi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    First

    • @fabsterun
      @fabsterun 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yay pineapple pizza ! Sorry had to drive my wife to city centre

    • @kushtrimtorozi
      @kushtrimtorozi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The competitions was more important 😂😂

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wife comes first, got to respect that 😂

    • @BenIsRunning
      @BenIsRunning  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Almost as good as an excuse as the dog ate my homework