Paris Marathon RACE VLOG | First Marathon in 5 YEARS

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Paris Marathon 2024 was a BLAST! But oh boy it's been a tough old journey getting to that start line. Here's the vlog of my race day experience - it was a gorgeous route with amazing support all around. Huge congrats to everyone else who took part!
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[@LilacRunner267]

Merci Flora de nous honorer, nous les Parisiens, de votre présence. Merci pour les choses merveilleuses que vous avez dites sur notre ville. But oh my word , you are too humble. I followed one or 2 of my friends on tracking and added you to the list of people I tracked. YOU RAN ONE OF THE BEST PACED MARATHONS I HAVE EVER SEEN! You really SHOULD share your 5km splits with subscribers. I fully expected your 5km splits to get slower as the race progressed, but hell no, you showed 98% of us how to close off a marathon during your last 7km. I have run more road marathons than I can remember , but NEVER have I achieved such close to perfect pacing as you did. Not even the ELITES run faster in the last 7km, check out their splits, I have already checked the mens and womens winners splits. Lovely to see your emotion at the end, genuine, honest emotion and you have every reason to be super PROUD of yourself. Onwards and upwards. Much admiration and some more, from Paris. Yes, my city but I was too lazy to go down to watch on Sunday but I am inspired to run this marathon for a 2nd time in 2025.

[@FloraBeverley]

De rien!! Etc merci beaucoup, trop gentil 😍🥰 haha yeah I'm pretty happy with that, who knew that even splits was the way to run a marathon 😅 something to replicate next time I hope!

[@LilacRunner267]

@@FloraBeverley positive splits, 98% of us. Even Splits 2% - 1.99% of us. Negative splits the Rest. You are one of the rest. My only regret watching your video is that I know I could never smile as much as you doing it, let alone speak or film it lol. You go gal!!

[@yves6073]

I have enormous admiration for you. I'm at the point in the video where you're tearing up and I'm getting choked up over here, I can completely understand what a big achievement this is especially given the year you've had. I still remember the IT band problems with Tokyo Marathon and have been following along ever since. Just, congratulations on this massive accomplishment and wishing you the best rest and recovery

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you so so much. It was an emotional moment for me!

[@Manuel-901]

!!!!Congratulations Flora!!!!. Brilliant job. First Like from Spain 🇪🇸. A nice week for everyone.

[@FloraBeverley]

Thanks Manuel!!

[@Coffeeliftrun]

This made me emotional so happy for you! I knew this was truly a great accomplishment given the year!

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you so much 🥰😘

[@alexandrabak]

Hi Flora, I just wanted to say that your experience helped me through my first 1/4 marathon in Rotterdam yesterday :-) (which has the best atmosphere ever btw) I was very nervous because I’m not a runner naturally (sports in general are not my talent) but knowing that you could complete a marathon with high HR from the beginning cured my anxiety and helped me get through the race and not panic when it got hard. It was my longest run everrr! I had such a wonderful experience and enjoyed every second of it without focusing on time and HR. Now Im planning to run a half and eventually a full marathon. 😊 So a massive THANK YOU for sharing your setbacks, fears and wins ❤ it inspires me to continue running even though it gets hard sometimes.

[@FloraBeverley]

this is amazing, huge congrats!!

[@georgesa.videau8332]

Bravo! Enjoy the Post race high! Happy recovery.

[@robmedcroft5328]

Wow! absolutely fantastic Flora well done & a great video, it brought back memories for me, how you feel, the atmosphere during the race there nothing like it. Was crying with you at the end, thanks for the post.

[@gramon74]

Your comment - who needs a heart 😂😂😂. What an emotional finish - huge congrats to you! Have been following you for a while now - it's so great to see you having accomplished this after all you have endured over the year! Looking forward to more of your videos❤

[@scriptosaurusrex]

🎉🎉 Great job Flora. I would say you must be delighted, but you said it yourself. Must be a great feeling, with all the EBV stuff you have faced to finish and finish in a time you are pleased with. Well done.

[@NicolasWollesen]

I just happened to find your channel but I’m really glad I did! And even though I haven’t followed your journey at all, then I was just so happy for you when you reached the finish line. Well done, bravo and keep smashing it 👏🔥 *clicked subscribe will typing

[@FloraBeverley]

Haha thank you and welcome to the channel!!

[@redwater86]

Amazing Flora! Such a joy to watch your videos. You should be super proud of yourself! Happy tears! You're such an inspiration!

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you so much!!

[@KenParsonswasp]

Well done Flora! Awesome finish, you were really motoring! Thanks for a great, professional documentary of the event, again, well done! It brought back memories of my first (and only) marathon - the beautiful Capetown Peninsula Marathon in Jan 1989 which I ran at virtually the same pace and time as you did here clocking a PR at 21km to boot. Awesome Flora. Be well!

[@MrMaapers]

I'm so happy for you Flora, and those tears of joy after the finish are so charming 😊 you really did a great job!

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you so much!! It meant a lot to me 🥰

[@MrMaapers]

@@FloraBeverley Yes, and I even felt it 😉I'm just starting my plan for the next marathon in a few weeks and this VLOG is sooo inspiring!

[@nicograf9745]

What a wonderful, inspirational video. I‘m glad you shared this whole experience with us!

[@johnmcnulty1129]

Absolutely well done 🏅 Cracking time off the back of what you've gone through ! Those last few miles / kms of a marathon is where the "wheels" can very easily "fall off" ! Guy in Crocs :) Don't the Maasai Warriors run with chunks of chopped up car tyre on their feet ? :) Brilliant achievement Flora, hopefully this marks the start of a new chapter for you. Recover well ☀️ 🏃‍♂️

[@hiwayman981]

I swear that I saw someone in person at last year's NYC Marathon wearing flip-flops...

[@Nayz13]

Well done Flora! What a beautiful ending for you 🥰

[@_Mountain_Dave]

Congrats Flora after your nightmare year, know what its like coming back from EBV, and other injuries like ACL repairs, best feeling in the world able to compete again in events and feel alive and well. Hope your go from strength to strength for the rest of the year and stay injury free, safe running :-)

[@mikestevenson1334]

Flora that was amazing! Super congrats for finishing =D That was a great pacer/tour guide you had and the guy in the crocs made me chuckle =D Paris is beautiful! Time to celebrate WOOHOO!

[@conradburdekin722]

Ahhh Flora, well done. I kept checking the live tracker to see how you were doing, and when I saw 4:23 I was proper chuffed for you! Also: what a burst of speed at the end! You overtook loads!

[@patxtx_runs]

What a journey!! Congrats Flora!! Bravo!🎉❤

[@chatwithchant5084]

Great content. I loved the highs and the lows of the marathon. I have done Paris and so it brought it back to like. Allez allez

[@jorge-mendes]

Congratulations, you just made my dream marathon that I expected to do in 2026 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@ianmillar8157]

Congratulations can’t wait to see what’s next. You are very inspirational.

[@Cloud007.]

Well done, so great to see this

[@Swimmer47]

Bravo! Great video too! You should be very proud.

[@hotelvasthorizon]

Congrats Flora!

[@CharlotteRussell___]

So inspiring!

[@boytes55]

Bloody amazing Flora! X

[@shentonia]

Great effort 😊

[@junelj6781]

Well done Flora really Enjoyed watching 😊

[@marianaleitebraga]

Those legs really wanted to run fast, right? Amazingly done, Flora.

[@TomChaton]

What an effort! Well done 😁

[@sergiodoriobranco8727]

Merci Flora congrats yuor race Sergio runner Brasil thanks

[@ashleaoutdoors1163]

Well done Flora 🎉

[@jessicadavis2169]

I started getting emotional before you even started! It’s so amazing to see you start to come out the other side of EBV. I know how hard it is to do what you love when the chronic fatigue has other plans. Running and post EBV fatigue don’t mix all that well. Years later I still have to be careful but I didn’t know back then that I had EBV or what the consequences were if I didn’t slow down and rest. Being gaslit by doctors certainly delayed the healing. The fact that you maintained your pace at that heart rate is a testament to your mental fortitude and all the hard work you’ve put in. Nourish your body and mind and rest for as long as you need. Remember, you CAN do hard things! I’m so proud of you!!! ❤

[@FloraBeverley]

That sounds so frustrating and I completely relate! Thank you so much 💓

[@fernandosousa2175]

I cried with you.

[@AndreHenri]

Well Done! Your videos are inspiring - hope someday you will get a microphone on 😄

[@FloraBeverley]

Haha can you not hear me properly??

[@AndreHenri]

@@FloraBeverleyjust for better Sound, in your other videos the wind 💨 😁

[@guypolson]

Believe in your possibilities

[@AugherAndy]

Was there cobbled paths

[@patrickedwards5804]

What's with the men women signage on the finish line?

[@larav4438]

Congrats Flora!

[@AprylJ]

Awwh Flora, you made me cry too. I’m so happy and proud of you! Congratulations!!!! ❤❤❤

[@lauraemerson7900]

Well done! Your journey always makes me so emotional, I don’t think I’ve ever cried so much on behalf of a stranger before 😂

[@FloraBeverley]

Hahaha I'm so sorry 😅

[@jennic1684]

Well done Flora 👏 amazing!! I'm running my first marathon this Sunday and I can't wait 🤗

[@FloraBeverley]

Exciiiiting, good luck!!

[@onlykens]

who cut the onions? well done flora

[@61js]

Good effort. Hats off to everyone whatever the time. It ain't easy.

[@cloudsandlollypops]

Amazing achievement and great style and time considering circumstances xxx 😊

[@EllenSchrijvers-yy3xg]

Go for it. I am lookingk a lot of your video's, learning so much of it. Will you finish in the time of 3:34? Greatings from The Netherlands.

[@FloraBeverley]

3:34?! I don't think so, at least not for a long time. A 3h45 time would be good for me.

[@jonathanwake2964]

This is a great video. Thanks for the memories. This was my first full marathon. I managed to do it in 3.46. I think London for me next year.

[@FloraBeverley]

that's awesome, well done!

[@andyisaacs4554]

Many congratulations Flora ....that was epic and just proud of ya , makes me wanna do another marathon lol .....Nice bit of bling

[@gokiwi2642]

Awesome running Flora, you did it, congrats 🥳😂🏃🏽‍♂️👍🏼👣👊🏼🥳✅

[@BrandidiBrenzo]

Wow... I have been thinking about signing up for the Paris Marathon 2025... this is such a great video to watch to give me an idea of what it would be like! Thank you for sharing and congratulations on such a wonderful pace, That is really fast! I really felt your emotion at the end of it.. incredible! Congratulations again. Also, how did you keep your camera so steady the whole time?

[@FloraBeverley]

Do ittt, it's a great race! Haha its a gopro, so has stabilisation, which is very useful 🤗

[@BrandidiBrenzo]

@@FloraBeverley AHHHH!!! I have a Go Pro! I need to use it more! lol Thank you and congrats again!!

[@franciswinrow8348]

Outstanding Flora dust in my eye when.you started to cry?????

[@MsTrinichic]

So emotional !!! You definitely crushed it🎉🎉🎉 wiping away tears as well!!!! ❤❤❤❤ from Trinidad 🇹🇹!!

[@martpr72]

I'm so happy for you. That was such an inspirational watch. You've had to battle so much this last year. Well done!!!!

[@wilmertsch]

Hel...err I mean heck ya Flora! Great job and very inspiring. If you haven't already, you need to come over to the states and run Boston!

[@liamkelly6520]

It was never in doubt….. fantastic🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@glennnicholls8510]

I appear to have something in my eye.

[@davidegan4787]

Great effort Flora! I love watching your content, always so positive, even when you're voicing your doubts. Enjoy your recovery and good luck with your next training block and race! 👏👊🙂

[@davidculliton2615]

Well done you 💪 onwards and upwards

[@JasmineMunns]

Amazing, so happy for you! You've really inspired me to get back into running after 5 years of knee injuries with 2 surgeries, hope I can get to this point too!

[@matthewbarks2015]

Well done Flora!! Emotional finish for you and everybody that’s been following your journey to Paris 🙂🙂💪💪👊

[@catherineslatter]

I am so happy for you. An incredible effort - especially after everything you've gone through over the past year. That really got to me, seeing you get emotional after your finish, and hearing you say that you feel proud of yourself. So you should. I hope you had a lovely celebration!

[@mathieunorry]

delighted for you , well done

[@grahamyoung7580]

well done, just goes to show that setting off conservatively paid off. Good to see you running freely again.

[@FloraBeverley]

Haha it didn't feel very conservative at the time, but seemed to work OK!

[@neilthomas9651]

Well done Flora fantastic effort after all your problems 🎉🙌👏💪

[@timcahill3725]

Love the true emotion displayed, amazing work girl!!!

[@yakiweiss546]

Well done 🎉 what a great finish 👏 👍 👌

[@jackdenton2097]

Well done Flora! Only found your channel a few days ago, but liking the content (especially the interviews!). My turn at Manchester this weekend

[@FloraBeverley]

Good luck with it & welcome to the channel!

[@AlbertWeijers]

I did the half marathon in Paris with my son on the 3rd of march. So nice to see some familiar sites. We went trough Bois de Vincennes also and the finish at Place de la Bastille. Well done!

[@JackGarside]

What a champ!

[@andreeaarcaleanu3367]

Well done!!! Mega congrats! and Thank YOU for sharing your journey with us. You have no idea how much hope this gives me that i won't be a useless couch potato forever with my chronic fatigue. Take good care of yourself. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@FloraBeverley]

Really hope you're on the mend soon! And you're NEVER useless. Your body is fighting something no one understands! You've got this 💓

[@CraigRowand]

Well done Flora, you have done fantastically well despite all the hardships you have been through! So pleased for you!

[@kimberlysadberry6757]

I HATE when you're finished on your watch but not the course!!!😭 that happened on my first half and I was giving it all I had but still didn't see the finish line.. Like wtf!😅 good job btw!!👍 i'm literally wheezing at 176bpm

[@AncientAstroAthlete]

You should be very proud of yourself. Mega well done Flora.

[@Iamme-57]

Well done Flora. My wife and I just watched you and you are an inspiration ❤

[@coops111s]

Bravo Flora it sure has been a journey 🙈 I’ve followed your channel for years and what a great sight to see you run so well 😀👏👏

[@alexismartone8104]

Aww, I'm crying. I'm so so thrilled for you! I'm running London in 1.5 weeks after an injury filled 2023, plus some likely post viral fatigue so watching your journey to Paris has given me so much inspiration. Congratulations!! Also, I have also had a dream about forgetting my shoes for a race...I had to run in converse!

[@FloraBeverley]

Ahhhh good luck!! And glad I'm not the only one with silly dreams 😅

[@falling_leaves2997]

Thank you for sharing & well done. I pulled out of the Paris Marathon 2024 due to knee injury so this gave me a little bit of inspiration! Roll on next year…

[@ken7795]

Congratulations! This looks like such a great race with a gorgeous medal. What sunglasses were you wearing? They’re sharp. I presume that they’re comfortable.

[@sarahhagen2051]

Well dpne Flora!

[@martynbarnes]

Awesome Flora, well done. Such a great video as well 😊

[@quiggo123]

Well done!!

[@cks307]

I'm not Crying you are 🥹😭🫶🏻 you are Amazing 😍 thank you for the tour of Paris you are the best, that medal is beautiful, take care & keep pushing forward 🙏🏻🤗💚🍀

[@runabath]

good to hear all went well

[@mathiasricci3932]

Thrilling Flora! I'm a French living in Somerset. I've been watching your videos for a while. Quelle surprise to see you running the Paris marathon. I ran it too but it was a miserable day for me as I was just coming out of a flu, coughing all the way long, ending in more than 5h. But hey, that was so beautiful run, I'm thinking of doing it again (but shhh that's my secret). Well done again, fantastic run!

[@FloraBeverley]

Ah no poor you! Hope you're on the mend 💓

[@andrewwall8600]

Great run Flora! Very proud of you. Doing my first in 5-6 weeks.

[@FloraBeverley]

GOOD LUCK!!

[@Kelly_Ben]

Congratulations!! What an experience, and an incredible performance, especially while recovering from illness! You've earned every happy tear! Looking forward to the recovery videos!

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you, as always, for your support Kelly!

[@JeanLoupGarou]

Congrats Flora ! We know of the journey you've been on, and so happy to see you managing and pushing through. Hope you'll feel fine and be healed entirely soon enough :) Very fun seeing familiar places (I live at the outer edge of Bois de Vincennes and used to be in Bastille all the time, run along the Seine, etc), sad I couldn't do my usual run along the marathoners due to my knee ; next year for sure !

[@lexthunder2333]

6:17 I think the guy running next to you was trying to say that this is where you will find the mayor of Paris. That was Paris City Hall (Hôtel de Ville de Paris). It is decorated for the upcoming Summer Olympics.

[@Tonyr2]

Wow Flora you little star. When you mentioned your ITB issue I said out loud "not again" and not knowing how you got on I did think that this might be heart break for you but how wrong I was and very happy to be so. That end of race finish was pretty special, you looked so strong. Then the end of race tears? I am not crying you are ( no I was too ❤) know exactly the emotions you experienced after going sub 4 at Brighton in 2019 after a 5 month lay-off due to a torn achilles. You wonder if you ever get to run free again. Sharing this to my clubs 'Strider marathon' chat group. 2 of our runners, Sarah and Steve, were there too and like you had a blast. This race is on my bucket list, so jell, maybe 2026 I'll do it. Kudos to you for showing your vulnerable side Flora. Bigger fan now than I was before ❤ 👏👏👏

[@FloraBeverley]

Thanks so much Tony!! Yes itbs is a nightmare isn't it haha. It was an emotional one but so so special!

[@joanathoma2324]

Wow well done that was amazing 🎉🎉🎉

[@chloebenn5708]

So amazing, finished so strong! Cried with you at the end ❤

[@karlbratby4349]

Awesome, super well done ❤❤❤

[@garethneller8239]

Outstanding effort! Well done 👏

[@ACTRUNNER]

What a wonderful experience Flora! :) And thanks a lot for the amazing video :) Keep doing what matters :)

[@charlesobrien5793]

Well done on your marathon. I ran Paris in 2019 ( the weekend of the fire. 😬) and had an amazing time. The support on the course was amazing. It’s such a vibrant friendly city. Hope the recovery goes well. 😁

[@katiepillar]

Congratulations on a major achievement! Hope you weren’t too dear the next day…

[@paulplatt3897]

I ran Paris this year also. Ran it 3 times now. First time on the new course. Much prefer the extra around Opera etc at the beginning than when I ran it last in 2015.

[@vic6820]

💪 well done.