She ran the Eton Dorney Half Marathon (and found the joy!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Races don't have to be raced! Sometimes they're for reconnecting, to people, to joy, to the love of being able to do something so special. There are so many reasons people turn up to races like this and we're no exception. This week Mary ran the Eton Dorney Half Marathon for pure joy. And she found it. And that's what it's all about. And we met some amazing people on the day as well! Bonus.
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Mary, you are such an inspiration!! And you are fast, wow! 23 min for 5 km in a half marathon...in the heat! I would be overwhelmed if I could run 5 km in 25 minutes...on a cold day as a PB :) Working on it, though. Thanks for the great work both of you!
Ahh thanks Annette! Keep at it and thanks for the kind words 😊
Great video as always, particularly enjoyed Ben's rant about the phrase getting it done!😂😂
I left UK in 2011, and never went back. Living in Australia now. Home is where you lay your hat. 🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧
Good to meet you guys yesterday ! Not my day....calf trouble after only one lap so bailing was sensible thing to do ! Well done Mary...she was flying !
Great to hear there are sensible people doing this. Stronger in the long run 🙂
Great running with you today Mary and meeting you Ben. Was a fab experience. Be safe 😊
Thanks Andy! Brilliant to run with you and forget about the heat and the miles 😊 awesome day! Hope you had a good evening
@@marybridges9606 Thanks Mary. Had a few beers and refuelled with burger and chips 😂
Oh man I get goosebumps looking at that rowing venue. Fantastic spot for a run. Great vid too.
Great seeing you guys yesterday, good luck with all the training and the move !!😁 I did indeed have a cold beer when we arrived home and it was glorious 😂🍻
Thanks so much for cheering me on and for the shout out! Was great to meet you guys. Massive smiles, such lovely people. Keep on doing what you are doing as you are bringing so much value and good vibes to people.
Good to see she is having fun and having a good run.
Yes she had a great time! Thanks. That’s what it’s all about, right?! 😊
Great to meet you both yesterday! Sounds like I wasn’t the only one who had a rubbish run! Well done Mary, smashed it! Another great video. Keep em coming!
I think I saw you as I was walking back in ! Oh well we live to run another day !
@@matthewconrad-jones8846 😊👋 We absolutely do! Just one bad day. I’m ready for the next challenge, preferably in cooler temps 🥵🥵🤣🤣
Great running with you Mary, good luck with the move and I will keep an eye on this channel for sure!
Nice one, Jonathan! It’s Ben here but I’m sure Mary will reply soon. Great work on your half 😊💪🏻
Well done Jonathan! Great result 🏃
What a fantastic race well done Mary. You looked so happy on the course definitely finding the joy!.😀
Another uplifting video, thank you Ben and Mary. On another topic, I have searched the 90's archive and there is "Giving it large" "Giving it the beans" "Making it happen", all totally cheesy but currently available!!
Ha ha I’ll take them all. Thanks 😊 In fact I’ve settled on a new fresh phrase. Gettingitdoner ™️ 😂
Congratulations Mary! What fun! I love a great run! Have a great week!
Thanks so much Karla 😊
Made the vlog, woohoo! Well done Mary and best of luck for the trip guys.
Watching this over a year later! Great content as usual, Mary gives me inspiration to keep running. I have my 1st Half in two weeks GNR wish I was a quick as Mary lol 😂
Hi Ben and Mary. Late to the party. One of my running club friends recommended your channel and I am hooked! Looks like now is a good time to join your journey with your amazing opportunity in Thailand so thought I would support you both and come along for the ride with a technical t shirt pre ordered today. Love the design and your ethos for the channel. All the very best and keep up the great work
Looked like such a beautiful day there. It’s Winter here now and SO COLD! Also I don’t know how Mary is able to look so good after running a half-marathon!
Where are you, Mandy? I don’t like the cold 😂😂
@@ThisMessyHappy Victoria, Australia. 🇦🇺 Very cold right now!
Great video. Well done Mary. Looked an amazing setting
Well done Mary. What a lovely place to run. Doing a 10k next Friday and will be finding the joy! Take care.
Congrats Mary on a great performance! There are more and more people out on the trails here as the temps warm and Covid concerns dissipate! I think the universal Joy-meter is on an upswing! I’ll be thinking on this during my 10k today! Thanks for another great video.
Well done on ahem "getting it done" Ben............😊 I mean Mary....my bad. Always have fond memories of Eton Dorney, got a half hour marathon pb there last October 👍
Fab vlog as always guys! Well done Mary! I did a run through event a few weeks ago and totally agree! Really well organised and marshalled xxx
Absolutely love your channel ❤️. I recently ran a Half with no pressure, just for the joy!! It was fantastic 1:27:30
Wow thanks James! That’s so kind 😊 and we’ll done on your run too. Amazing stuff 😊
I done the Bangkok marathon 2001 check the course out then it started 3:30am and first 10 miles were on an elevated dual carriageway after it went into the city centre
Fab vid as always guys well done on getting the flying swans in Ben ! And of Crs well done to mary u looked like u had an amazing time ….. I ran Dorney in 2019 as my 20 mile prep race for Brighton …… it’s a lovely crs isn’t it …… :) xx
Thanks Clair. Yes Mary really found the joy on this one. Happy days! It looked like a great course for a PB. Maybe a scooch hot that day though 😂
Eat the ice cream? My daughter and I have started reaching out for our magnums every weekend, thanks to your show🤣🤣 we found our joy🤣🤣
Brilliant!! Hope you enjoy them!!
Love the Mary attitude. Punching out 21K like a stroll in the park. You two are awesome
For Ben it literally was a stroll in the park 🤣
Watched with my Ben Parkes cap on, sorry 😬.......great to see Mary so happy 😁 nice vid as always
Awesome video. Well done Mary.
I've just noticed Ben Parkes chatting in his car in his latest video.....
😂😉
Ohhhhh it’s on! 😂
Congrats! Looked beautiful there!
Great video, well done Mary. Love the Ben Parkes rant, I think he has got the monopoly on caps too😂😂😂
Ha ha thanks Simon. I’ve come up with my own hashtag. It’s #gettingitdoner ™️ 😂😂
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😂😂 or modify it to #gettingAdoner
Great work Mary👏
Thanks Yiannis! Any races coming up for you?
@@ThisMessyHappy I have the Oysterman in a few weeks, what about you?
wonderful scenery!!Well done Mary!!FIND THE JOY can be your logo.
Thanks Lena! It is!! It’s on our T-Shirts and Vests 😊
That looks like an awesome venue. The uk will always be our home but we've lived in Aus for 13 years, you should come down and run some events down here. Ben, how wrong were you in your prediction that may wasn't filming lol. Great you enjoyed your run Mary.
Ha ha I was half wrong. She still managed to film her her hand for half of the race 😂 where in Aus are you?
@@ThisMessyHappy Melbourne a place called the mornington peninsula 👌
Gonna miss these beautiful views of England.
Ha ha me too. You’ll get the weirder Bangkok ones though!! 😂
Nice one, heading to dorney lake next weekend for a PB attempt.
Did my first 5k with a actual people there yesterday!! Great event but v hot! Did think it was Ben I saw filming, now feeling a tad annoyed I resisted the urge to shout “carrrrr chaaaaatttttt”! 😀 well done Mary!
Ha ha you should have DEFINITELY shouted caaaaar chaaaaattt at me 😂 it would have cracked me up! How did your run go? 😊
@@ThisMessyHappy a great run/experience and got myself a PB..not as quick as I’d planned but there’s always next time 😀.
We will be doing the 21.1km at the Bangkok marathon. Hope to see you guys there.
Definitely! Can’t wait!! See you there 🤟🏼
Loved the video guys. I don't know what it is but every time I see you two eat an ice cream in your car makes me want to raid my freezer for a magnum.....then I realize I don't even like ice cream!!!
Ben, do we need to talk about how only psychopaths bite the top off ice creams like that?! :D :D :D Amazing effort Mary - it's so nice to be racing again!
Psychopaths or heroes? 😂 ha ha thanks Sophie 😊
Looked beautiful out there!
That's where I got my HM PB in 2019 😁😁😁
It’s a good fast flat course. Especially if the wind is down!!
I’m a Blind Runner and I’m going to be doing the Dorney half marathon soon. I was hoping there would be more people to folllow there didn’t seem many in your video. Also saw the close up of the sign saying next lap or finish. Is there a marshal there to help people as I don’t know Id see that sign when I was running
Great video and great run! What kind of training plan would you recommend from one half marathon to the next (if there are several months in between)? Just keep the long runs as is and work more towards speed sessions?
If you've recently run a half, consider if you're well recovered, what you can learn from it, anything you think would make the biggest difference.
After my recent half I'm looking towards a marathon but going to do recovery, conditioning and speed work (5k time trial probably) to change it up while in the background I build back up to my long runs.
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How was the headwind? Isn’t it brutal!
It was actually not a windy day that day. At all! So mary got very hot instead 😂
@@ThisMessyHappy, Mary is lucky. There is always a headwind when you run away from the boathouse. Wish you all the best with Thailand!!
5 k in 23 mins phew ,bit of a pace
Ha ha she’s doing ok isn’t she!
Yes 😃,, , I did a cycle in the morning today and went for a swim this evening ,got up to 30x25 m. Got twinge of cramp ,would you stop at this point
Finding the joy?- buuuullshiat. We all know "joy"is going your hardest ,dying at the finish line and only then "finding the joy". (by the way -feeling tired before race is normal psychological thing, I used to get that before roadbike races. Your body doesn't want to go there ,he he!). Before You get to Taiwan watching the movie "Return to Paradise 1998" is an absolute must. (just kidding guys-enjoy hi hi !!!)
THAILAND!!!!
@@Tonyr2 Ups , You'r right. At least i got the "thai" part right. My point is You always imagine its goint to be better some place else but there You run in to new set of problems and life sucks again. I live in south south of Croatia ,Korcula island . Nature like paradise here ,but the musquios in the summer and baking sun like You cant imagine. Something similar in Thailand i would guess, but best of luck anyway !!!
Why can you never use Mary’s name in the video titles? Saying she all the time makes the titles sound so offensive