How to run a SUB 3 HOUR MARATHON | London Marathon 2024

0:00 Intro
0:23 The Week Before The Marathon
2:30 Race Day Prep
4:20 The Race
9:45 Post Race
11:26 Lessons Learned
14:00 Outro
In today's video I breakdown my experience running the London Marathon 2024! I explore the lessons learned and compare the experience to my previous marathon history.
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[@mats7602]

Well done 👏 you deserve it!

[@jamielittlewood4032]

Excellent - great video 😊

[@mattwoodywoodRT]

Thanks Jamie 🙏

[@debbiewood5136]

Brilliant !!! 🎉

[@mattwoodywoodRT]

❤️❤️

[@lenkaontherun]

Congratulations! What an achievement to run a sub 3 marathon! 👏🏻

[@mattwoodywoodRT]

Thank you! I’m pretty chuffed 😀

[@kennyosborne5835]

Congratulations! London was amazing. Can you advise me on Chester? What do you think of the course in terms of difficulty compared to London.

[@mattwoodywoodRT]

Hey Kenny, thanks so much! Ooo nice question. Speaking personally as someone who ran it last year, I ran better at Chester in terms of the race generally, GPS worked better, less runner traffic so you get a clearer run, nice countryside route and local support in the town. Definitely recommend it, quite a few of the RunThrough staff have entered it too off the back of London. Things to watch out for, though I don't actually mind a down hill - Chester does have inclines. None ever felt that bad until one with about 1.5 miles to go which was tough but short. The downhills were more gradual and you can pick some speed up. My GAP on strava wasn't that much different between the two events. Chester has about 5000/6000 runners, so while still one of the biggest in the UK it feels different to London but no less enjoyable imo. It's also the England Athletics Championships so it must be good enough for those guys too. Good luck if you enter it, lots of time to build to it as well from now and some good momentum. I'll likely be there too!

[@kennyosborne5835]

@@mattwoodywoodRT thank you so much for such a detailed answer. I’m in Glasgow so very limited for a winter marathon. We only have Inverness but I think Chester might be better. Either Chester for me or I’ll maybe go to Europe but I can’t find one that fits in terms of flights and work commitments so we’ll see.

[@havoctechieYT]

Amazing. In London the GPS can be very hit and miss. When driving around my GPS on my phone goes loopy and mis judges stuff. Even at the cheering point I noticed like pokemon go was bouncing around a few meters at a time. The tall buildings cause issues.

[@mattwoodywoodRT]

Thank you! Strange isn’t it, I wonder why, perhaps because it’s so built up.