A Serious Runner Reacts to the London Marathon Lottery

The TCS London Marathon 2022 is coming up... and, as a serious runner trying to get entry into the London Marathon, the Good for Age qualify standard doesn't work if you're not a UK resident. Listen to a Serious Runner as he vents about the process of guaranteed entry into the London Marathon (or lack thereof) and what other options are available, such as entering the lottery like a hobby jogger or purchasing a marathon tour package.

And for the record, I did try to get Mo Farah to cameo in this video, but was unsuccessful. (Mo, if you watch this and change your mind, let me know and we can release a George Lucas-style Special Edition... only the changes will actually make things better)

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[stevelee]

Am I a joke if I kind of agree with what the Serious Runner is saying in this video 😂

[SeeChadRun]

Dude! I love how you "tell the story" in each of your videos. Great job! Great video!

[kyrawilder]

As a serious, serious runner I’m surprised you didn’t mention the championship qualification possibility - more serious qualifying standards and what uk running club wouldn’t be honored to have a real marathon runner like yourself as a member?

[lizgreen]

😂😂😂😂I'm from Scotland and I entered the ballot " for a laugh" I'm actually worried I might get in as I've never ran more than a half... 🤣🤣🤣🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️x

[stepan]

"Familly bloodline" "Divine right..".. Damn!! 🤣🤣🤣

[rych]

I live 10 miles from the Start Line of the London Marathon. I tried EVERY year from 2010 to 2022 to get through the ballot. ANd was rejected EVERY time.

Now in 2023 I've relented and bought a charity place. For £2500! It's as bad to my soul as paying to run a 10k!

Incidentally, I had to buy places through a tour company for NYC and Chicago! 😂😂

[trailsofanoldrunner]

That was a premium video Serious Runner. I enjoyed the laughs

[Kelly_Ben]

The organ music!! 🤣 😂 I didn't know that about the distance being set by the route to the Queen!

[paxtonebright]

Everything you say is spot on. Those people slower than me are hopeless hobby joggers and anyone faster than me has talent from God and basically is elite.

[davidjuson]

My sympathies. I've failed to get a ballot place twice now. And, at my age (71!), I haven't got much longer to cover the distance. I am serious here: the organisers should prioritise inexperienced old farts . We need the acclaim while we can still get it.

[simonecarniglia]

Same applies to Tokyo since they removed the semi-elite standard

[kj]

Not watched the channel before, took me a while to realise how serious a runner he was. Also bummed to have missed out on the lottery.

[annewright]

“God save Kipchoge” 😂😂😂😂 I would sing that song every weekend at the church of the long run!!!

[TravelRunner]

Funny, my conversation with Mo went exactly the same way when I called him... must be a reception issue in the UK. Right?

[benjaminkuch]

What does a serious runner think about Kipchoge going for all marathon majors? Will the next Boston qualifier be the most important BQ ever because he will allowed to run with Kipchoge?

Edit: God save Kipchoge!

[richardcollins]

I didn’t get in this year, did it 22 years ago. I’ll try next year and just carry on running other marathons regardless.

[aylaamon]

This is my fourth year in a row trying to get in and not making it through the lottery. It's maddening when you've run a fast enough qualifier, but you're American so can't use it! This year will also be my 8th attempt at the NYC Marathon lottery...

[marlinweekley]

Hilarious and spot on as usual 😆👍🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

[LuisBecerra]

If Mo doesn’t want to give you his address, maybe you should try the queens. Everyone knows that address 🤣😂

[cuberstu]

Maybe if you were a serious runner like Kipchoge you would get an invite too. Maybe YOU should try harder⁉️ 🏅🤣🇬🇧