Wait you ran the last 400m in 68 seconds..?!!! Whaaaat..?!!! Holy God. I’ve never even run ONE 400m that fast let alone at the end of a marathon..!! Phenomenal effort, a phenomenal finish time, you gave it your all AND some, what an absolute hero 🤩💙🤍
Unreal Nick 👏 what a vlog too…. I feel your pain, I totally get the frustration but matts right, you can’t be mad with a 51 second PB… progress is progress and your progress is 📈⬆️keep it up!
Come on Nick, that was inspirational. Now let celebrate that, let’s be happy now we are 9 seconds away from that sub 2:20. Your videos and training strategies are always spot on. Great staff buddy. Outstanding pace.
Man what a bitter sweet moment. To run the race of your life but to still not hit your goal time is a tough situation to be in. Amazing perspective from you Nick, I hope for the best in your next training block and your next attempt. Onwards and upwards💙
Nick mate, first of all great effort and congrats on the PB! You said it yourself, you gave it your absolute all, that's all you can ask for. 9 seconds across a 42.2km race is brutal but we live to run another day. I have without a shadow of a doubt that you'll smash that 2:20 barrier with your next Marathon attempt. Onwards and Upwards!
Huge run. What an inspiration! Thanks for taking us along the training and the race. Congratulations on the PB but I know how much you wanted (and deserved) that 2:19. It’s going to be so sweet WHEN you get it. Keep up the good work and catch you for a run at some stage 👍
I woke up at 3:30 US time to watch this race and see you guys. Great run Nick and sorry you came up a bit short!! you and Matt have been awesome to watch over the last few weeks
Oh man, so close, what an emotional ending, I was welling up. Such an inspiring journey to follow, hope I can take some of that inspiration with me into my first ever marathon in Dublin in 5 weeks! Already looking forward to following your next journey to your next sub 2:20 attempt.....let's go!!!!
Aw man I was genuinely gutted when I saw the time fully head in hands moment followed you the whole way and to be that close it’s indescribable but you know what when you get it it’ll be worth so much more because of this race and you will get it! Big love ❤
Huge congratulations 👏, great race and loved following the journey! To PB at the same race as Kipchoge breaks the world record is pretty special! You’ve given me the inch to run my first marathon!
Love love love this content that you and Matt Fox put on TH-cam!!! Tremendous effort Sunday Nick!!! What a race, what a day! So inspiring for so many people!! Thanks for what you do for the running community! Got chills watching the footage of you fist bumping Kipchoge.. what a moment. Once again, Congrats on a great run and an epic training block & content! Thank you sir!
So happy for you and gutted for you at the same time. Gutted that you came so close, I mean what are we talking about here, a third of a second a mile! Yet so happy cause you executed an amazing race, running solo, negative splitting and finishing with a strong surge! You've got this in you man, it's clear for all to see! I'm predicting when you break that sub 2:20 barrier (probably next attempt) you're going to be comfortably under that marker. Kudos to you. Looking forward to the next series already!
Incredible Nick, what a run! Don’t let those 8 seconds ruin a truly brilliant performance. You’ve run a marathon in under 2:20, now you just have to train for a sub 2:20 42.6km to make up for those nasty little extra meters we pick up during the race.
I actually let out a groan when I saw your finish time! To be that close must have been so so hard, but what a performance. Thanks for the journey with this, it's been epic to watch and see it all come together. You'll go again!
Just found your channel Nick and wanted to say that you are the best of South Africa. You are everything I love about the people, a lekker oke that is making running a marathon a potential goal for me. Never in a million years did I think I'd even think about it but watching you pursue your goals I'm all in boet!!! I'm 52 this year and have never really run much though, so sub 2.30 is off the cards ... this year 🙃😅
Thanks for your kind words boetie!!! Take the leap of faith! Commit to a marathon! If you need help, get in touch. But you’ve got this!! 🔥 Onwards and upwards!!
Congratulations boet. You did us proud and as Eluid said "there is no limit", next time you will find that 9 seconds and crush it. Plus you got to run a PB as well as meet the GOAT and run in the same race as when the world record was broken not many people can say that!!
No need to apologise, you ran a fantastic race. I'm sure you've already looked at this so apologies if the following is stating the obvious or comes across as patronising... One thing I noticed for pretty much everyone on my Strava who ran Berlin was that their activity measured around 42.5k, which probably means that the GPS is what screwed you over - your pacing (if you were going off your watch) was out by a fraction of a second per km and that gradually added up to be the 9 second difference. I have absolute faith you'll get sub-2:20 next time and I'm excited to follow your progress. Keep going Nick, you're inspirational.
Congrats on your pb! Only less than 10 secs off sub 2.20 so i’d say at the moment you are in the ballpark time zone of 2.18.30-2.20. You only need to tinker a bit with your training and get some consistent fast half marathons under your belt around 1.07 to enable you to cruise home for the 2nd half of your next marathon. Keep persevering you’ve got this 👍👍
Amazing run and PB. My one thought about the sub 2:20 is would you perhaps look for about 69:30 at halfway next time? Even splits isn’t always even effort and even Kipchoge had a positive split this time.
Thanks Tim. Half way 69 next time! I'll get myself into the best possible shape to smash the barrier properly!! Thanks for that video once again and looking forward to the next one, pre Seville ;)
@@justalilbester I am thinking of doing Seville myself. I did it in 2020 just before lockdown (fortunately) and thought it was a very good event. Near enough pan flat. Plenty of support and drinks stations. Not too warm, not too cold. A big event but not huge like the majors so certainly plenty of room to run even at my 2:56 pace that day.
So close ! Congrats on a fantastic pb. 2.20.08 is a seriously impressive time 👍( tho I was gutted for you when I saw your time ) Hoping we have another sub 2.20 series to look forward too 😉 How was it being so close to the legend Kipchoge? What an incredible run he had! To be able to share the startline with him is an honour and I'm sure something you will never forget.
Congrats on the PB! If u had the fortune to have someone on your shoulder from 17m pushing each other u would have smashed it without doubt. The sub 2.20 is already in you 💪👍
What an effort!! Take pride in knowing you are in the top 0.0001% of endurance runners on the planet and start the process again to be better next time 👌 😈
I wonder how many people in the world are potentially capable of that time, let alone how many of those put in the training and actually run it. Not very many at all. Amazing.
Dont give up bro👍🏻❤ its took me 5 attempt to go under 2.20 . When i did it Im improve every years from 2.19 to 2.16 .. after first 2.20 I did 9 marathons after that under 2.20 .. Its the mentaly Barrier u dont have there anymore ..
So close! You couldn't have done any more, an heroic effort, perfectly paced and executed. I can only think of one thing that might have made a tiny difference. Look at Kipchoge, he has a shaved head in every race. Maybe the weight of your hair and hair dye added a few seconds?
Oh man, gutted for you! 😢 But knowing that you ran almost half the race solo, you should be super satisfied with how you performed and not mind the chip time too much! It's already in your body and mind and going sub220 is really just a technicality of how the race day unfolds at this point! Get some well earned rest and you'll soon be back at it and have it official! 💪🙌
@@justalilbester You'll have a solid base of training behind you come Feb, plus the knowledge you've been so close to breaking 2:20. Great work by your camera man chearing you on
How long and you been running? How old are you? The reason I asks that is because I want to see if I can do it too since I am only 18 has been running for three years. My best PB for half was 1:28:40 few days ago Great Job!!
You train for this run literally for years, and then u get some random junkfood pasta from the supermarket before race day? but at least your hair got the required attention, haha. still nice run 😉
Wait you ran the last 400m in 68 seconds..?!!! Whaaaat..?!!! Holy God. I’ve never even run ONE 400m that fast let alone at the end of a marathon..!! Phenomenal effort, a phenomenal finish time, you gave it your all AND some, what an absolute hero 🤩💙🤍
It's crazy. Eliud runs every 400m of the whole course at that speed.
It’s crazy. You sit on the couch don’t run and be a hater in less time 😂👍
@@damionwilliams5261 Who, me?
@@damionwilliams5261 no one is talking shit what the fuck are you talking about
Awesome run!!!! Insane time! And hey, at least we will get another sub-2:20 series 😁
Unreal Nick 👏 what a vlog too…. I feel your pain, I totally get the frustration but matts right, you can’t be mad with a 51 second PB… progress is progress and your progress is 📈⬆️keep it up!
Come on Nick, that was inspirational. Now let celebrate that, let’s be happy now we are 9 seconds away from that sub 2:20. Your videos and training strategies are always spot on. Great staff buddy. Outstanding pace.
Man what a bitter sweet moment. To run the race of your life but to still not hit your goal time is a tough situation to be in. Amazing perspective from you Nick, I hope for the best in your next training block and your next attempt. Onwards and upwards💙
Nick mate, first of all great effort and congrats on the PB! You said it yourself, you gave it your absolute all, that's all you can ask for. 9 seconds across a 42.2km race is brutal but we live to run another day. I have without a shadow of a doubt that you'll smash that 2:20 barrier with your next Marathon attempt. Onwards and Upwards!
Huge run. What an inspiration! Thanks for taking us along the training and the race. Congratulations on the PB but I know how much you wanted (and deserved) that 2:19. It’s going to be so sweet WHEN you get it. Keep up the good work and catch you for a run at some stage 👍
Congratulations!!!!! Amazing run!!! You gave it your all and had an absolutely amazing time doing it!!! And you FIST BUMPED KIPCHOGE!!!!!! 🤙🏻
To put your time goal in perspective: I am hoping to run 4:30 in London this Sunday and to me this is a very ambitious goal. 6.26 min per km
Good luck
I woke up at 3:30 US time to watch this race and see you guys. Great run Nick and sorry you came up a bit short!! you and Matt have been awesome to watch over the last few weeks
Oh man, so close, what an emotional ending, I was welling up.
Such an inspiring journey to follow, hope I can take some of that inspiration with me into my first ever marathon in Dublin in 5 weeks!
Already looking forward to following your next journey to your next sub 2:20 attempt.....let's go!!!!
Nick you’re an inspiration to many including myself. Amazing run, well done on the PB. Next time definitely 💪
Aw man I was genuinely gutted when I saw the time fully head in hands moment followed you the whole way and to be that close it’s indescribable but you know what when you get it it’ll be worth so much more because of this race and you will get it! Big love ❤
Huge congratulations 👏, great race and loved following the journey! To PB at the same race as Kipchoge breaks the world record is pretty special! You’ve given me the inch to run my first marathon!
Love love love this content that you and Matt Fox put on TH-cam!!! Tremendous effort Sunday Nick!!! What a race, what a day! So inspiring for so many people!! Thanks for what you do for the running community!
Got chills watching the footage of you fist bumping Kipchoge.. what a moment. Once again, Congrats on a great run and an epic training block & content! Thank you sir!
Loved the vlog-getting to see and feel things from your perspective is really special. And what a run. Wow!
So happy for you and gutted for you at the same time. Gutted that you came so close, I mean what are we talking about here, a third of a second a mile! Yet so happy cause you executed an amazing race, running solo, negative splitting and finishing with a strong surge! You've got this in you man, it's clear for all to see! I'm predicting when you break that sub 2:20 barrier (probably next attempt) you're going to be comfortably under that marker.
Kudos to you. Looking forward to the next series already!
Brutal man, wow! Solo for half the race and it was that close. Safe to say just one companion was all it needed.
Incredible Nick, what a run! Don’t let those 8 seconds ruin a truly brilliant performance. You’ve run a marathon in under 2:20, now you just have to train for a sub 2:20 42.6km to make up for those nasty little extra meters we pick up during the race.
Loved this series. Congrats on the PB!
Congrats Nick! 2:20:08 is very impressive!
Amazing effort Nick. Well done
Well done Nick. What a boytjie. You will get it next time
Amazing effort Nick. Definitely next time with the consistency you’ve had
Awesome run Nick! Been a real joy following this series and your progress. Lots to be proud of! 👏
You can be PROUD and take it as this: the 🔥 keeps on burning !!!! 🎉
BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO Nick, such an awesome PB and the victory will be even all the more sweeter when you DO get that 2h19!!!!! 🎊🏃♂🏅💪🏻🎉
Thanks for your passionate run, well done.
Great Run Nick,Such an inspiration to many people out there,keep up the good work,
2.20 is such a fantastic time,well done 👏🏻👏🏻🔵⚪️
PB over goals! Well done, 18 km/h is an incredible average speed.
I actually let out a groan when I saw your finish time! To be that close must have been so so hard, but what a performance. Thanks for the journey with this, it's been epic to watch and see it all come together. You'll go again!
Congratulations Nick great race.
Nick your passion for running is genuinely moving, you will 100% smash 2.20 buddy!
Thanks pal!! Really hoping it happens at Berlin later this year!! 🙏🏻
Just found your channel Nick and wanted to say that you are the best of South Africa. You are everything I love about the people, a lekker oke that is making running a marathon a potential goal for me. Never in a million years did I think I'd even think about it but watching you pursue your goals I'm all in boet!!! I'm 52 this year and have never really run much though, so sub 2.30 is off the cards ... this year 🙃😅
Thanks for your kind words boetie!!! Take the leap of faith! Commit to a marathon! If you need help, get in touch. But you’ve got this!! 🔥 Onwards and upwards!!
@@justalilbester Lets get it my china!!!!!!
Congratulations boet. You did us proud and as Eluid said "there is no limit", next time you will find that 9 seconds and crush it. Plus you got to run a PB as well as meet the GOAT and run in the same race as when the world record was broken not many people can say that!!
Great run. Love your videos.
What a video that can make me more enthusiastic about exercising, thank you very much 😍😍
Thank you Nick you are an inspiration 🙏 🙌 ❤
What an inspiration, we’re proud of you Nick 🎉
Congrats Nick. Inspirational stuff.
thanks
Well done Nick! 👏
Well done! Hey its still a PB, but those missing 9 seconds are worth so much for motivation levels for next race.
You’re an inspiration
You ran a bigger pb than Eliud! Many congratulations, I have loved watching your journey over the last few years. It will click and you’ll run 2.18.
Head up king, you’re a beast!! 👏👏👏
Proud of you booitjie 👊🏼💥 Love Mikey😂
amazing run. so strong. you will get I. love the no give up baby. followed the whole run. insane my.man
No need to apologise, you ran a fantastic race. I'm sure you've already looked at this so apologies if the following is stating the obvious or comes across as patronising... One thing I noticed for pretty much everyone on my Strava who ran Berlin was that their activity measured around 42.5k, which probably means that the GPS is what screwed you over - your pacing (if you were going off your watch) was out by a fraction of a second per km and that gradually added up to be the 9 second difference. I have absolute faith you'll get sub-2:20 next time and I'm excited to follow your progress. Keep going Nick, you're inspirational.
Congrats on your pb!
Only less than 10 secs off sub 2.20 so i’d say at the moment you are in the ballpark time zone of 2.18.30-2.20. You only need to tinker a bit with your training and get some consistent fast half marathons under your belt around 1.07 to enable you to cruise home for the 2nd half of your next marathon. Keep persevering you’ve got this 👍👍
Thats an incredible time sir.
great race man...hope a new serie next attempt!
head up Nick!! even if it was a PB it has to be bittersweet to miss the main goal by so little. Next time it's gonna happen💪🏼
You inspire me every day. You gave it everything no need to apologize. Will you do another series? I need it bad!!
YES of course! I'll do another journey to sub 2:20 for Seville marathon in Feb. But between I'll make loads of fun, helpful and insightful videos!
well done Nick!
Amazing run and PB. My one thought about the sub 2:20 is would you perhaps look for about 69:30 at halfway next time? Even splits isn’t always even effort and even Kipchoge had a positive split this time.
Thanks Tim. Half way 69 next time! I'll get myself into the best possible shape to smash the barrier properly!! Thanks for that video once again and looking forward to the next one, pre Seville ;)
@@justalilbester I am thinking of doing Seville myself. I did it in 2020 just before lockdown (fortunately) and thought it was a very good event. Near enough pan flat. Plenty of support and drinks stations. Not too warm, not too cold. A big event but not huge like the majors so certainly plenty of room to run even at my 2:56 pace that day.
So close ! Congrats on a fantastic pb. 2.20.08 is a seriously impressive time 👍( tho I was gutted for you when I saw your time )
Hoping we have another sub 2.20 series to look forward too 😉
How was it being so close to the legend Kipchoge? What an incredible run he had! To be able to share the startline with him is an honour and I'm sure something you will never forget.
It was INCREDIBLE!! I'll explain it nicely in my race summary video which I'll film shortly.
Congrats on the PB! If u had the fortune to have someone on your shoulder from 17m pushing each other u would have smashed it without doubt. The sub 2.20 is already in you 💪👍
What an effort!! Take pride in knowing you are in the top 0.0001% of endurance runners on the planet and start the process again to be better next time 👌 😈
nice one Nick. Congrats & Greetings from Berlin !
YOU ROCK!
I wonder how many people in the world are potentially capable of that time, let alone how many of those put in the training and actually run it. Not very many at all. Amazing.
great running Nick
epic Nick - tops!!!!
Never be sad when you run faster! Congrats, sir! (I think the 9 seconds was the weight of the ink hair... eh, eh)
I THINK YOU WERE JUST GREAT
Love yhe haircut and energy. Still the real Sonic I know
Dont give up bro👍🏻❤ its took me 5 attempt to go under 2.20 . When i did it Im improve every years from 2.19 to 2.16 .. after first 2.20 I did 9 marathons after that under 2.20 .. Its the mentaly Barrier u dont have there anymore ..
Incredible push at the end. That time will come, no question
So close man... really great showing. Top performance.
Especially doing it solo for the most part.. wow
Incredible time, massive well done!! Sub 2:20 will come 👊🏻
Getting that sub-elite spot was a blessing and a curse I guess, because it reduced the probability of having people to run with? Anyway, well done!!
So close! You couldn't have done any more, an heroic effort, perfectly paced and executed. I can only think of one thing that might have made a tiny difference. Look at Kipchoge, he has a shaved head in every race. Maybe the weight of your hair and hair dye added a few seconds?
Who knows, but hey it was worth it! :-) Next time I'll use less wax.
Oh man, gutted for you! 😢 But knowing that you ran almost half the race solo, you should be super satisfied with how you performed and not mind the chip time too much! It's already in your body and mind and going sub220 is really just a technicality of how the race day unfolds at this point! Get some well earned rest and you'll soon be back at it and have it official! 💪🙌
Next time, any chance you can get into the Valencia marathon? So close gutted after watching all your hard work
I;m doing 4 marathons in 4 weeks and want to just take a bit of a mental break BUT Seville in Feb is where I'll have my next crack!!
@@justalilbester You'll have a solid base of training behind you come Feb, plus the knowledge you've been so close to breaking 2:20. Great work by your camera man chearing you on
that 9 seconds was the traffic at the start. you have the 2:19:00 in you mate dont even think that u didnt do it.
The camera man is the best.. nice job....👏👏👏
Ur fast man… congratulations…
Can you tell me what hotel that is, and how close was it to the start line please??
TWO Hotel by Axel. It was great and about a 20 minute scoot to the start
How long and you been running? How old are you? The reason I asks that is because I want to see if I can do it too since I am only 18 has been running for three years. My best PB for half was 1:28:40 few days ago Great Job!!
You were by yourself for ages!
Come break the 2:20 in Cape Town 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Congrats 🍾 . What did you used in your hair to make it blue?
well done bhuti
If you go bald you break 2:20 on Sunday haha. What a performance though still
WHAT FARM ELLIUD USED ?
let is slip. 8 seconds is nothing. you are already there. get the win and move to the next one.
I said it on your Instagram and Strava but you ran 42.4 not 42.2 so technically you did get a sub 2:20 for the 42.2 🤷
if u come in Malaysia marathon u wil b win ferst place
Really-where the hell were the other 2:20 runners!!?? Seriously, 5 miles of sharing the draft, heck, even 3 would have got you there.
You train for this run literally for years, and then u get some random junkfood pasta from the supermarket before race day? but at least your hair got the required attention, haha. still nice run 😉
Super running, absolutely amazing. Hard to go that close but nevertheless an amazing time and race 🎉