A Pro Cyclist's London Marathon Recap

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@jasonblackwell5534 Жыл бұрын

To be fair I think you did brilliant for your first marathon. Great time. It was harder for us supporting getting across London with all the runners closing roads. Took me 2 hours to get out of grenwich. Your sporting ability will get you through alot of challenges in your future. (Ironman is calling you)

@AlexDowsettOfficial Жыл бұрын

Very kind, thank you

@darthjohn0 Жыл бұрын

Congrats, Alex. Now that it's obvious you can run well and evidence points that you can also swim well, triathlon is calling your name!

@marcusingram522 Жыл бұрын

I took more carbs because of your video, I got to 24 miles before cramp set in, there was no way I would of got that far without it. Well done Alex it was a highlight of my life for sure

@JD-yz5gg Жыл бұрын

That is a brilliant time you did congrats.

@jamestalkscycling Жыл бұрын

Firstly, hats off to the time for a first timer and also the continued efforts for little bleeders!! Because of your nutrition video and GCN's high carb challenge. I decided to dabble and see if it works, can confirm that after a sample size of 1 ride... I think I can see the benefit. I normally had about 70-90g, so upped to 100-120g per hour and the energy levels throughout the ride were consistent (Mum can testify to that). I wasn't ridiculously hungry when I got home, but the main benefit from this ride at least was that I felt great Sunday morning. So thanks to you and GCN for putting me onto this!!!!

@damodescarfo Жыл бұрын

What a ledge, running is bloody hard ! Good work Alex. Cycle hero to marathon hero 🎉

@colinlittlewood9613 Жыл бұрын

Great effort. I think a general point regarding fuelling and hydration is that what is available varies massively between different events, so it pays to research that in advance. Also definitely going to try to practice taking on as many carbs as possible in training ahead of my next Marathon.

@thedailytri Жыл бұрын

We’re all just waiting for you to do an Ironman now. You’re 2/3 there

@DaisyZhangAI Жыл бұрын

He mentioned that he swam competitively in the past too! He just needs to sign up for a tri 😂

@Stevenc1984 Жыл бұрын

That's a really great effort to be fair. Would be interesting to see you run some of the shorter races 5k/10k hard, but if you returned to cycling and never ran again you still deserve a lot of respect for finishing a marathon.

@thebikepackingadventurer Жыл бұрын

Solid run as expected. Paced perfectly. I want to do a marathon one day, most likely only one, but still do it

@peterkirktenor Жыл бұрын

I was going to carry 6 gels for my marathon but instead took 8 with me after your last vid, also had a few bottles of 'carb laden fluid' on the way, and i felt great until the end! I think youve got a point on nutrition in running, certainly for midpackers.

@gbrine5711 Жыл бұрын

Great episode as always. Hope you can do some more pro race analysis videos. Loved the strategy one.

@nanubhana Жыл бұрын

Fantastic effort Alex and Chanelle too!

@MrRennieFrumpkin Жыл бұрын

Absolutely superb run Alex! Definitely think you’ve got sub 3 in those legs!! Really glad you guys had an amazing experience, hats off

@BeerMatt96 Жыл бұрын

As a runner of >35 years, brought up on the "old school" 'train your body to run without food' philosophy, I really appreciate your experience on the carb intake front. I think we runners have been underfueled for so long. Something to work on for my next marathon. If you're after another marathon with a great atmosphere, have a go at Brighton - I'd say the atmosphere is better even than London.

@brizzie2009 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic run Alex. As you liked the atmosphere during the road race then you would love a trail race! 👍

@brettwoodward Жыл бұрын

I've been anxiously awaiting this video. I've recently started adding more nutrition on my rides and wondered how this carb lead would translate to long distance runs. Thanks for sharing the experience.

@jphtraining1252 Жыл бұрын

I think you did great. Your fuelling was also good. Too many runners use too little and think that they are going to be able to recruit enough energy when it is easier to fuel.

@robertphillips3078 Жыл бұрын

G'day Alex l have an idea . What about bringing us some other sports that u try out . Bob Sledding , An Eddy the Eagle Flying Session, Parachuting ect . Fabulous Bike the SL7 . Building one up at the moment...... SL7 S-WORKS. Waiting 4 saddle printed s-works mirror & the Carbon FSA Vision Bars one piece cockpit. Gr8 that u will be back on the Bike . Xcellent News. Awesome run in your 1st ever marathon. A doer , talker & doer Alex .

@bilginaydin9756 Жыл бұрын

Alex I would love to hear more about your low residue diet 3 days prior. I am signed for my first marathon end of October being a sportive cyclist for 10 years.

@somersetfan1 Жыл бұрын

Well done, it was my umm... 8th marathon and by far the busiest and noisiest, even compared to Paris. My nutrition was 90g carbs/hr in chews until 2 hours, then I had a caffeine gel and then I felt that was enough. Water I always just use the ones provided and that's usually fine. I got a PB, but I only think I'd do it again if I was going slower, maybe to pace someone else, and take it all in a bit more.

@richardcmacnamee Жыл бұрын

Alex - Great run. Well done.

@meatmotorendurance Жыл бұрын

You got fired up at mile 20! Sub 7.

@rych7852 Жыл бұрын

Katherine Switzer said it "If you are losing faith in Human Nature. Go out and watch a Marathon" (Switzer was the first Woman to run a Marathon - Boston 1967) Did my first London the same day. Significantly slower than yourself so well done on a mega result! If I've learnt one thing from London its that I need more carbs per hour (probably averaged around 45g / hour. All from a well know "hydrogel" manufacturer. All gels, no liquids) And probably inevitably hit the wall around Canary Wharf. Which I couldn't understand really, as put me on my bike, with 3 or 4 bidons and a selection of energy bars and I can do 112 miles without falling apart. I completely agree that the on course "carb options" are not sufficient for the rest of us. I can drink from the cups but there was only 4 Lucozade sport station on the whole course. And they weren't spaced very well IMO. Something for others to consider. Saying all that, I enjoyed the event. Crowd support, even in the torrential rain showers was amazing! I can see why it's always so damn hard to get in to! Though if you could all NOT enter the ballot that might increase my chances!

@AlexDowsettOfficial Жыл бұрын

Well done to you too!

@durianriders Жыл бұрын

Sugar is key! The reason I can run so fast on such little training is my diet choices. I did a 16:44 at West Beach Parkrun last week. Ive only ran 70km total this year and 93km last year.

@dominicbritt Жыл бұрын

Nicely done Alex 👍

@jgogl9791 Жыл бұрын

That's a fantastic effort, well done Alex - can I ask, did you do any strengthening exercises in the build-up? Glutes, pelvis stability etc? Joints can really suffer over longer distances can't they, as you mentioned, and from a "sedentary" low impact sport we're particularly prone. Thanks.

@iamthedalilama Жыл бұрын

Can’t believe you didn’t do at least one 20 miler. So fair play only doing a half.

@Mike0 Жыл бұрын

Thats my friend in the middle at 9:44, she did the whole thing without any water, did a 25min PB

@SR77SR Жыл бұрын

ok but where do I get that sweater??

@AlexDowsettOfficial Жыл бұрын

Watch this space ;)

@DavidC-rt3or Жыл бұрын

Who knows maybe you will pull a Cam Wurf and do a half marathon run after Paris-Roubaix ;)

@notmyrealname6272 Жыл бұрын

“I missed my mechanic” hahahaha

@timvanmonero2720 Жыл бұрын

as somebody who suffer from poops even on 30 min runs: cut the fiber. no fiber intake for 2-3 takes prior race. eat only rice, ricecrackers etc, to whatever you need kcal wise. you'll be fine for raceday. i can do 8 hour events without pooping. on daily life, always shitty runs.