How We Completed 7 Marathons in 7 Days!

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@gtn 11 ай бұрын

Which challenge would you like to see us take on next? 🤔

@Morfeusm 11 ай бұрын

Goggins challenge! But all of you not just the one who draws the shortest straw lol

@Morfeusm 11 ай бұрын

Oh right he already did that, but others didn’t….. Okay I have a different one: Running and swimming across Belgium! Alternatively Wales or something. Or maybe switching biking runs and swimming and choosing bigger country! The whole team too (all three presenters)!

@moorseytours 11 ай бұрын

What about Hydrox? GTN vs Joe Skipper

@ngdawgs1 11 ай бұрын

A backwards full distance or half Triathlon 🤔? Start with run.. then swim.. end with swim 😮!

@moorseytours 11 ай бұрын

@@ngdawgs1 and do it all backwards 😅; backstroke, running backwards, not sure how to cycle backwards though

@СлаваУкраїні-р4ь 11 ай бұрын

Ignore the haters. You’re on another level to me, but love your content and find it very motivating

@canadianbelle87 11 ай бұрын

I would love to know how many marathons the naysayers have actually run in their lives. I am willing to bet they haven't even done one let alone 7 in 7 days like Mark and James did. That is why I am saying, way to go Mark and James! You guys are warriors for accomplishing what you did.

@GreenBlueWalkthrough 11 ай бұрын

Same I can bearly walk 2k steps a day for 7 days let alone do a marathon.

@gtn 11 ай бұрын

Motivation is why we do this! Awesome to hear that you are feeling fired up after watching out videos 🙌

@jonathanzappala 11 ай бұрын

The best part of that video was Ollie “1000km in one ride” Bridgewood looking down from the window with the “you’re crazy look” 😂

@squngy0 11 ай бұрын

To be fair, he would probably do the same if they ware doing short runs too :D

@gtn 11 ай бұрын

Hahahah he's just as mad as us 😂

@jobanski 11 ай бұрын

Wow! I can’t believe people would actually call you out for doing something like this. Especially when we all know your team is out to solely educate us! I mean, everything you do is to talk about the experience, prep/during/recovery. Thank you for not adhering to the nay sayers, because your true friends (like me😉).

@gtn 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! We know people are have done much harder challenges but we are glad you guys loved this video 🙌 Has it got you excited to take on challenges of your own?

@KirubelEshetu-jy1me 11 ай бұрын

Dear Mark, I appreciate your GTN videos. I wish you were my sports coach! MY best wishes to you.

@angelajohnson2830 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the inspo. I have a 2024 marathon-a-month goal. And I’m no athlete so my first marathon I walked. It felt great. Can’t wait for next month

@gtn 11 ай бұрын

Wow that's a big challenge! Great to hear you are pushing yourself in 2024, take it easy though and try and enjoy the journey 🙌

@DJEXTREME79 11 ай бұрын

Aiming to do this challenge hopefully in spring/summer (work depending work 5/7 nights)

@julen2380 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the behind thr scenes, so to speak! What I found most interesting is the differences between the two of you, in preparation, admin but also just the psychological aspect. I would actually love a longer video on that.

@sebastienbrochard9812 11 ай бұрын

Damn, i'm still chasing my first sub4 on a single marathon ... doing 7 in 7 days is a hell of an achievement! There's always someone to pull others down ... just ignore them ... they are a waste of oxygen! All the best for 2024!

@TheChez1230 11 ай бұрын

You should be amazingly proud of what you did. Anyone can say someone else did more but I bet the commenters haven’t even done 1 marathon let alone 7!! Brilliant 🎉

@cheryloliver8438 11 ай бұрын

You guys inspire me and help me keep going at age 64. I hate that anyone would be negative towards you. You are really a positive influence on so many people.

@earthsign39 11 ай бұрын

I am sorry you had to endure the comments from the haters, I find that to be judgmental and terrible. That you accomplished the task, as people with “lives” too, is incredible. That you came back on air to discuss the feat, and admit the comments stung, took courage…these are things that some of us competitive athletes like to see, listen to, be inspired by…thanks for what you do…and i am not a tri athlete, i am a competitive rower who uses running, riding and swimming as cross training…but a competitive sport mind is just that…we feed off of the positivity, side step the hate, and move on. Thanks

@nickgriffiths5812 6 ай бұрын

Just came across this video as I plan on my own 7 marathons in 7 days in August to hopefully raise a bit of cash for the Alzhiemers Society- really useful watch, have taken loads from it- thanks guys!

@jassaljs 11 ай бұрын

It was nice to watch your earlier post on this and is is a good idea to share your strategy!

@emmaduizend 11 ай бұрын

I am still so impressed! Loved this video as well! Thanks for talking a bit more about the behind the scenes

@jovanzee5805 11 ай бұрын

Love your take on running. You make it look like fun because it is.

@60marathonchallenge 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for doing this video, I've been looking for some inspiration as I'm running 60 marathons in 52 weeks to mark my 60th birthday which was last August and to raise money for charity! I'm not as far on as I should be and it's starting to get me down! I've been working on a marathon a week minimum but sometimes missing them for various reasons, but now I'm thinking I might just include some 7 in 7s like you did or some double marathons to catch up! 😊 Enjoyed watching your video! Thanks Dave

@Jon-lf2dj 11 ай бұрын

Seriously impressive to do this challenge during the UK winter vs. heading down somewhere like Club La Santa or tagging it onto the Oct. visit to Kona. Chapeau guys!

@1972njm 11 ай бұрын

Awesome….really enjoyed the video….brilliant, love watching the GTN challenges….👏👏👊

@blackronny93 6 күн бұрын

Attempting my own 7 marathons in 7 days next year as I am starting to ramp up my training. Left a comment on another video but would love to know how you paced each day. I come from a trail running background and will be doing loops around Stanley park in Vancouver so mostly road and mostly verrrry flat. Seems the prep for you took a turn from the ideal but figuring what distance I should be at on the peak weeks, something is telling around the 100/110 km mark but obviously alot of variables. Love to hear what your goals for it were leading up to it. Would absolutely love to hear some of your advice, and thank-you for your time. Great work chaps!!

@zwiftgalaxyhunt 11 ай бұрын

I wouldn't want to do 1 marathon, so major kudos to both of you!

@boriss.861 11 ай бұрын

STOP! Forget the marathons 14:07 Spiral Bound Music what was on the Piano???? Could not quite make out the dots.. But some of the beams looked to be at a good angle. Who is the pianist? and what was the music?

@SBoots29 11 ай бұрын

Very insightful. I celebrate every ones achievements even if it just a walk to the end of the driveway. Comparison takes away joy. I have no desire to do what you guys did, those routes were at times horrible. I'll stick to my own goals. 3 duathlons and 3 Olympic distance Triathlons this year and the goal is to be top 5 in my age group, 65 to 69. (my age group not too many so I think achievable). Cheers

@jlore6344 11 ай бұрын

Well ... I think that is amazing and a fun challenge to make videos about. Don't listen to those complainers. I cannot suggest another torture for you when I cannot yet do much. I hope to do a first marathon distance run in 2024, but ... so far a half marathon distance takes me 2.5 hours and I have rubbing here and there and my knees are destroyed by the the end of it. I need to work out myself before suggesting you to do more probably :) Thanks for inspiring us with all these great videos.

@iggalan 11 ай бұрын

Incredible effort guys!!! Anyone that has ran a marathon knows how hard it is. I’m currently training for my second marathon and I’m running 75 Km per week, 7 marathons are 295,4 Km, this is crazy!!! 😱😱😱

@LisaBartlettREALTOR 9 ай бұрын

I think any effort someone makes is worthy. Whether it's their first 5K or a marathon, ultra and anything in between

@ngdawgs1 11 ай бұрын

We love you guys!! Haters gonna hate… because they don’t have the guts or skillz to do any of the things yall do. Keep on truckin 💪🏽💪🏽🥳🥳

@alonsodelapava4094 11 ай бұрын

Ignore the trolls guys !! You did an amazing and inspiring job !! People will comment from the confort of their sofas. Keep going and producing content to motivate us newbies outthere 🎉🎉. 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

@abdelazizboudiaf3061 11 ай бұрын

Unfortunately Canada is a little far, if i were any closer to you guys i would join you in 2 or 3 of them! I give a lot of credit for me loving this sport

@Stickygoma 11 ай бұрын

Thanks guys, these two videos are really helpfull. Im moving in to ultra endurance and some of the concepts you touched on are very usefull.

@andrewmcalister3462 11 ай бұрын

Were 7 beers in 7 hours involved in James and Mark coming up with this challenge in the first place? Seriously though, thanks for doing this post-mortem. After seeing the original video, and how wet your feet must have been getting, I had wanted to know about foot care (wet feet can be prone to maceration) - I'm glad you covered this.

@SpottedOwl23 11 ай бұрын

Well done i just did my first marathon in 2023 and i want to do another 1 in May

@lindelystables 11 ай бұрын

Not gonna lie, when it comes to running you guys are my heroes. (And Heather too) :D

@ljim93 11 ай бұрын

Would be good to actually hear you talk a little more about kit choice, especially with you facing the weather that you did, are there any particular pieces of kit you found that really helped? Any particular favourites or wind/rain running jackets? Any favourites for hydration packs or even, seeing you run through lakes and rivers of the UK, waterproof socks worth mentioning?

@Unhate 11 ай бұрын

great video idea! loved seeing 18 minutes of BTS. mad job guys!

@andreemurray7039 11 ай бұрын

Well done both

@Kimberlietriracer25 11 ай бұрын

#gtncoachescorner @gtn Super impressive efforts. There are too many armchair warriors comparing their or other's efforts against other people's and downplaying people's efforts to boost their own insecurities. Ignore them. That being said, I'm new to this sport( I'm coming from powerlifting) and would love to hear more about the endurance mindset. How to convince myself that I have the power to keep plodding on at a steady pace instead of a max power strike attitude. I notice that I can psych myself out that the race or trail will never end. I guess the best example-and part of my training- is I'm summiting 26 mountains this year to help me to get rid of that give up attitude. My last hike was 7.2 miles ( 11.7 Km) on 8 -16.5%grade trails here in Colorado. I love the power of going up but coming down stinks. I stood staring at the bottom of a 16.5% grade hill I needed to go up and proclaimed that " this is the never ending trail" convinced I was never going to make it back. I wanted to cry and flop down on the ground right there. ( turns out that was the last hill and my car was 50 yards away from the top.) How do you push through your bonks? -I was Fueling and hydrating every 30 minutes. - the bad thing was that I was in zone 4-6 most of the way so my calves started shaking everytime I stopped at the end. Stretching out helped. -it took 3 days to fully recover My next mountain summit is only 1.7 miles (3.4 miles or 5.5 Km) but has a 27.5% grade trail and I'd love to implement some of those strategies...if you get to this before I go up there. Keep up the great work

@anajovanovic265 11 ай бұрын

Don't listen to anyone telling you it's "no big deal", they're probably not runners 😊

@Gavinnations 11 ай бұрын

This is not a hate comment. Just curious if you guys have heard of Rus cook aka hardest geezer. He’s running the entire length of Africa at the moment. Just reminded me becuase he to is doing ultras everyday. Good work guys! That’s quite the accomplishment

@dennissilva525 11 ай бұрын

Would love to have a training plan to do a marathon from you guys. I just did my first triathlon which was pucon 70.3 and I did it with your beginner to 70.3 plan. Please let me know if you have a plan that I can follow

@tr2340 11 ай бұрын

Aww you answered my question! Thank you ❤ that was a fascinating video! Would love to hear more on the psychological aspects of endurance events

@NurseNormal 11 ай бұрын

James’ internet hater voice is the best 😂

@shuonanzhao6395 11 ай бұрын

Wow these guys are beasts

@armella_ultramyggen 11 ай бұрын

First I will say, what you two did is amazing. Running a marathon is HARD. Then I will say very silence, that a women in Denmark ran a marathon every day for a year. I have run 3 marathons and its HARD and not for me, I stay with cycling :D

@ThaLza1 11 ай бұрын

#gtncoachescorner Love the content. I may have made a bad (but fun) decision. I just signed up for a full distance Xterra triathlon that is two weeks before a sprint that I had already signed up for. What should those two weeks look like? I know to focus on recovery but an a little unsure of how to balance recovery and staying fit for the sprint. Thank you!

@_Zabamund_ 11 ай бұрын

First of all congratulations guys! What an achievement! Inspired by Sir Kevin Sinfield (he deserves a knighthood imho)? #teamMND

@whoopyno1 11 ай бұрын

One thing I dislike about social media is that it exposes us to so many extremes, exposing everything that doesn't quite reach those heights to criticism a la "what about this". What you guys did is an incredible achievement. Just running a marathon is tough and should be celebrated. Keep up the great work, friends!

@sneerajp 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this video! Both of you are simply amazing!! #SocialMediaDoneRight 😆😃👍 #GTNCoachesCorner the psychology of high endurance events! Please share your experiences and learnings!! Got a sneak preview of it in this video, but would love to know more of how you go through the harder days and your mindset on race day! Thanks, again!!