My Journey of Running a Sub 3 Hour Marathon

[jhonbjornlodbrok]

MC:coach, what should i do to run faster?

Coach:take off your shirt.

[yang]

first!, im hoping to run my first half marathon in feburuary

[Strizzle]

Nice job...I'm surprised the tunnel vision marathon is allowed to be a Boston qualifier considering the elevation is massively downhill with a 2000' net descent. Considering Philly has 846' total ascent and Austin 591' ascent, a 3:05 in Austin is probably equivalent to a 2:55 at tunnel vision.

[cmo]

That was a really impressive improvement from your first and second marathons!

[matthewbooth]

That's awesome. Keep up the good work! I attempted my 1st marathon in 1991, in Atlantic City NJ, during a noreaster and collapsed after crawling just past 25 miles. I finished the following year (same course) in 3:49. I ran 3 more after that w a 3:22:11 PR.. I just turned 50 and am training for my fifth now. Been studying the Kenyans and NN running team. I will do it in 2023.

[beetroot]

It’s been a joy to watch your running journey. And I appreciate the incredible man you are ❤

[beetroot]

You’ve done so well. Been an inspiration to many. Thank you for taking us on this ride. I mean “run”!

[david]

Great job! I’m not a Covid runner started a week before Covid hit but have had great success in high school cross country since then like you have in marathons.

[simonpower]

Just about to run my first one at the end of October, The Dublin marathon, currently on my 16th week of training and I finally have my diet on point, excess fat is falling off and my runs are getting faster while my heart rate is still staying around the 150 mark at a 5.20 per km pace. Can't wait for race day😊 best of luck to everyone and their journey 👍🍀

[JavierISampedroTNF]

That´s a really fast progress. I am sure you are thinking in your next PR ;)

[orangepeel]

Can you go over your injuries and how you got through them?

[BluePineTree-]

Thanks Matthew for showing that giving up is not an option.

[roman]

Bro I did a trilathon today and the running part like made my right kidney collapse

[williamlackey]

Knowing what you know now, do you look back on that first marathon and think “man, I didn’t know anything compared to what know now?”

[unicorn]

Sub 3 hrs after only 1.5 years, bravo! Amazing!

[nk-dwhm]

I've been cycling for years and thought I was in pretty good shape until I started running for the winter, I can't do this guys marathon pace for a mile

[yash_renaissance_athlete]

Bro got sub-3hr marathon in roughly 2 yrs. What a legendary progress

[Opinions-dp]

Please, please, please make a video about injuries! I see people ignore the signs and quit running after a serious injury. Myself included I almost gave up after foot surgery.

[lilbread]

I am hoping to do my first half marathon this August

[tsebomokoena]

3:55 for a first marathon is quite fast. I’ve been running for 8 months, i my longest run to date was 24km. The idea of running over 4 hours terrifies me 🫠 I’m hoping to train at altitude to get my fitness up & see what happens