1 00:00:25,780 --> 00:00:29,340 We're joined again by Mike, who's just returned from 2 00:00:29,940 --> 00:00:33,180 Manchester Marathon. Mike, how did you get on? 3 00:00:34,140 --> 00:00:39,360 Smiling. Yeah, I've finished it. 4 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,800 I've got the T-shirt. This is. 5 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:51,760 I'm sure we'll be laughing 3 hours 22 minutes, 25 seconds. 6 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,280 How did that compare to what you thought you're capable of? 7 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,880 Yeah, I think like I said to you, I think it was quite fair. 8 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:05,080 I think I've done a bit more specific long runs training. 9 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,440 I might have been able to get a bit faster, but I think you 10 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:13,000 know, I did a good shift. So you're happy with it, but 11 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,400 room for improvement? Definitely, yeah. 12 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,960 And but you know what you need to do to improve train. 13 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,960 Yeah, I mean, suppose it's just where I was at with my training, 14 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:28,720 like I had certainly done the mileage, but I don't know if 15 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,840 it's really specific towards the marathon, like started to run, 16 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,880 maybe do some real running, maybe now in the training. 17 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,240 So how was the the prep on the day? 18 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:48,360 I think the prep on the day was OK. 19 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:56,240 I got up and and breakfast and stuff was a bit Muesli like I 20 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,000 would normally do. That seems to work quite well 21 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:05,120 for me, So that was OK. I had managed to take some of 22 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,160 the gels. I kind of went OK. 23 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,199 I was probably most worried about that because I'm not 24 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:13,000 really, really experienced in that at all. 25 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:19,920 So that seemed to go all right. I I don't know, I maybe wasn't 26 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:24,360 feeling so comfortable. I skipped a free stop, saved 27 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,640 some time at the start, and I think that was a mistake. 28 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,880 So that probably cost me a little bit of time because I had 29 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,760 it every stop halfway. So that won't be happening next 30 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,240 time is. There any points during the 31 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:41,160 race? It's usually about mile 1718 32 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:46,080 where people hit the wall. Did you ever feel like I've done 33 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,400 too much? I can't move, can't go on, Or 34 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,680 was it OK the whole race? OK, I suppose it was some 35 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,080 specific. I started quite far back, so I 36 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:56,360 don't think that really helped me. 37 00:02:56,920 --> 00:02:58,360 I don't know how much it really slowed me down. 38 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:03,480 So the start was a little bit annoying and the fact that maybe 39 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,880 I just wanted to get a bit of space and just settle in to a 40 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,800 bit of groove. But then so busy and it was 41 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:13,160 quite, there was some slower people that was a bit annoying. 42 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,960 And then after about like maybe 6 or 7 miles it's kind of open. 43 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,520 And I spotted a couple of people that were quite experienced and 44 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,680 I was like, if I can cling on to them and keep with them, I 45 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:25,040 would. I would tick that box and get a 46 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:26,520 really good time that I was going for. 47 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,600 But then it's probably just a lot, that much for me. 48 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:34,920 So after about 6 or 7 miles I was feeling like, and I lost a 49 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,240 bit of focus, just maybe just a longer race. 50 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,920 I was, I was running and doing my stuff and doing it at a good 51 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:45,200 pace, but I just felt like a bit different than my nice where 52 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,120 you're focused on just what you're doing the whole time, 53 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:53,000 like. And then I got to my way halfway 54 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:58,600 and I was like, I've kind of set myself up where set myself up 55 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,120 where I could go for that kind of silver time if I was feeling 56 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,160 good. What's the Silver time that was? 57 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:08,480 For my age group, the club standard is like 3/16/55. 58 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,880 So I was at 1:38 or halfway, everyone was like, so I was 59 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,279 like, I'm never going to negative split it like and my 60 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,920 wee brother was like, hang on. And I was like, so then I 61 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:24,800 thought to myself, I'll maybe just go out easy and set myself 62 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,720 up for that and then if I'm feeling good I could try for it. 63 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:31,720 So then I got to that point. So I executed that quite well I 64 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:33,360 suppose. And then I got to the point 65 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,360 where I was like. Maybe it. 66 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:38,440 Was starting to feel a bit a bit harder. 67 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,920 Felt like I was a bit slowing down, maybe a small hill, but 68 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,760 maybe that was it. And then once I got to mile 20, 69 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,520 I was like I was actually. I don't think. 70 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,400 I don't think I was feeling too much like I was really hitting 71 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,680 the wall or anything like that. I think the I was using these 72 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,920 caffeine gels and maybe took a bit too much caffeine, but maybe 73 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:07,120 that was keeping me going and like I got to like mile 20 in my 74 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:08,560 head. I just thought, well that's 6 75 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,960 miles to go. That's just 10K, it's 45 minutes 76 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:15,120 so it's nothing. And then I wouldn't say I 77 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,040 started pushing from there. I probably, I probably did start 78 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,040 pushing because I was like I need to try and keep my pace up. 79 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:25,560 But I was falling back for about 8-8 minute miles where I'd been 80 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,040 running about 7 1/2 and I couldn't really pull it back for 81 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,000 seven and a half. I was, I was like, Nah, I don't 82 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,120 really have, I don't really have that much in me like. 83 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:42,560 But then there was some people like crashing out, struggling, 84 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,560 pulling, pulling some stretches and stuff at the sides. 85 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,760 And I was, I was, I was feeling OK, like I could keep running, 86 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,560 but I was just, I didn't think I had a Sprint finish for the last 87 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,040 two or three miles. I don't think I could could have 88 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:02,920 pulled that off. So you got to the end and you're 89 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,320 happy with your time. When's the next? 90 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:13,400 One Well, I've got this Devil D side the weekend, so I'm doing a 91 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:22,400 5KA10K15 mile trail run and duathlon over the Saturday and 92 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,640 Sunday, so I don't really thought too much about that yet. 93 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:30,000 That's that's probably more about survival and maybe just 94 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,360 some training and stuff. I might try and push myself a 95 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,800 better for the 5K. So you're still saying you're 96 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,080 doing it a a week after a marathon, but is that because 97 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:47,200 DOMS hasn't kicked in yet? I don't know what DOMS is at the 98 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:48,680 minute. I'm just going to say I don't 99 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:53,840 believe in it, but I'm sure is they're all telling me like 100 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:55,400 it's. Coming. 101 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,200 Well, maybe. Maybe that's a sign that you 102 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:09,720 could try harder. I probably, I was keen to bring 103 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,480 my bike today because I thought like just that'll get kind of 104 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,200 blood flowing. I could probably go and just 105 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:22,640 keep my legs turning and I could keep moving and you know, I 106 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:24,280 wouldn't really have to put a big effort in. 107 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:27,720 So I'm just going to go cycle home, probably take it quite 108 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:33,160 slow, try and do that. So yeah, and I've got the Larry 109 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,280 Grey. So I think my focus is probably 110 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:42,720 going to move on the road to and he maybe do some more trails. 111 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,360 Yeah. So maybe give you a shout, Mike. 112 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,760 Yeah, come down. To your little less tarmac, more 113 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:51,160 trails. That sounds good to me. 114 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:57,160 You can show me some routes. Well, congratulations, you've 115 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,320 done your first marathon and I'm going to let you go and cycle 116 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,520 home because I need to go home and get my tea. 117 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:05,320 And thanks everybody for watching.