I'm Too SLOW To Run My Next Marathon

[@BowenMa01]

as a houstonian who’s run the marathon + half 3x- this is the best news i’ve heard all week!

[@imocartan8147]

Good luck with both training camps. 🙏🏽you get the qualifying times.

[@PhilyBowden]

Thank you 🥰 love the grind!

[@matthewmcnaught9883]

That's exciting! As a houston runner, im glad you arent coming here until January. The heat is quite bad to run in right now. I love your videos and cant wait to see what you can accomplish!

[@BowenMa01]

god it’s horrible 😂 82 degrees and humid at 6 am

[@petrathornton2916]

Good luck with both of your training camps. I day in a life type vlogs as I'm always so interested to see how people manage their time, how they feel on a daily basis, what they do when motivation to train is low etc. ❤

[@ThisismeiamJo]

omg !!!! So excited for you, I will be running houston as my first marathon ever! so excited to go along with you on your journey

[@fre_6078]

Would love to see a week of training or a q&a with your coach😊

[@macsmachine]

You’re going to love the Houston Marathon. I sure hope to see you there and will look forward to seeing your review of the entire experience. We make a weekend of it, staying right across the street from the start line at the convention center. 🤠

[@IainThacker]

Exciting times Phily! Houston sounds like it'll be amazing but I can imagine that the time away from home and family will be the tough part of the training camps.

[@PhilyBowden]

It will! Only 5 weeks in France and then I get to come home for a month, and then that last stretch will be focus-mode. Time away from them will motivate me to train even better to make it worth it!

[@waynetradingfutures]

Kudos for you for keeping your head on a swivel and pivoting as the winds around you change. 😊❤ On a more important note, those pancakes look scrumptious! Where’s the recipe?😂😂

[@katriens.9022]

Good luck with your next marathon and also with the training camps. For the next videos: it might be interesting to talk about (female) hormones and training. I would also like to see more about the strength training you do; how often, what exercises when,.

[@emksteve]

Yeeeehaw! How exciting! I love your approach to your training blocks - Seeing the schedule change as an opportunity to test out the double whammy altitude blocks rather than a set back. It’s fun to experiment and see how these factors affect the outcome. Love the grind!

[@Stormy-zt1bf]

Having just come back to altitude from sea level after a 5 week block at altitude and 3 weeks at sea level I really really am finding a great benefit this second time around, especially with how quickly I have adapted back to altitude so I can get back into hard training faster.

[@GJuu-jd3vv]

All the best! Wish the dream comes true!

[@jessruns123]

I’m running HOUSTON (if I can recovery fast enough). But I’m here in Houston and so EXCITED to see you run. I’m going to cry!!!!!!! 😭

[@kassiephebillo9178]

I'm in Austin, I am definitely going to try to convince my husband we (including our future 1 year old) need to go down and cheer for you! Definitely happy to share food and other trip tips, if y'all want them!

[@Josh-ei8ck]

That feels like a joke of a stipulation on the bottles. Good on you for knowing what strategy works for you and sticking to it! Someday maybe I will get in a Marathon, would love to do the Marine Corps Marathon someday now that I have found a renewed love for running. Thanks for the videos.

[@oz_jones]

As a non-professional runner, it feels very weird, since every race I have done allowed personal bottles. But then again, none of them were invitationals so what do I know. Lol.

[@katherinebuckley6071]

Good luck, so excited for you!! For other videos, I would be super interested in how those trips get planned, your periodization and annual training cycle, and how you take care of yourself mentally while you're in the middle of tough blocks. I love your content and find it so inspiring! Will be cheering you on from afar :)

[@PhilyBowden]

I can for sure share this! Planning is mostly me stressing out and asking my coach for advice 😂 good ideas for videos on the camps!

[@lizhartman]

Good luck! I’d love to see some episodes where you take training questions from us and answer them (not just geared towards marathon, but also 5k, 10k and half).

[@diegoreyes9814]

That's so awesome Phily!!! I'm running the Houston half marathon, so there's a chance I finish in time to cheer you on!

[@PhilyBowden]

Ah that’s awesome, that would be so cool 🥹

[@eugenekrapyvin]

Good luck! Great video, excited to see you preparatilon to Olympics!🎉

[@chloerixson7867]

So excited for you! Love seeing your journey and wishing you all the best for this next block of training and racing. Really hope you can get sufficient sponsorship to make it a bit easier, how much would you need them to contribute? Would love to support you in an occasional crowdfund kind of thing if that would help 😊

[@ksteege]

Pumped to see where you can go here - looking forward to the training videos...

[@ZachJalteco]

Good luck with the Copenhagen half, you’re gonna smash it! Also, love the channel and would be really interested in seeing a post race training block review. Maybe reviewing how you felt each area of your program went.

[@crashinglikewaves]

I love the vlog-style/ day in the life and race videos!

[@Agu1lera]

This is exciting! I’m also going to be running the same marathon! Can’t wait I’m PUMPED

[@101xiomara]

So excited for you. Looking forward to seeing your training blocks videos. I will be running Houston too, way in the back.

[@cassieideran4881]

Houston is awesome!!! You will love it!! 🎉 good luck!

[@jobanski]

I’m excited to see uploads of your training camps!

[@Simonage1]

good luck Phily you'll smash it!

[@patgreen9845]

I ran 5k at a 4 hour marathon pace and thought I was going to die. You’re amazing ❤

[@implodingslowly]

Good luck, Phily!! Houston is my home race - I'll be cheering you on!!

[@PhilyBowden]

Thank you, can’t wait!

[@akashichhaya7736]

I guess I am kind of a nerd so other people might be less interested in this but I would love to some kind of blood test results (like hemoglobin mass etc.) Pre and post altitude! I'm pretty sure that's a good gauge for the training adaptations produced by altitude training.

[@PhilyBowden]

This has reminded me to get some bloods booked in! Haha

[@garymacalister]

Good luck in Houston, i'm sure you'll have a fantastic run! I am booked in for Valencia this year and really looking forward to it.

[@LawrenceMeisel]

Rooting for you. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@hyperrasmus]

Awesome Phily! Hope the training plan works out! For more videos it would be awesome to see some more stuff that you do as a coach!

[@toddboucher3302]

You’ll do great Flagstaff perfect time of the year. Houston can still be a little warm that time of the year but in most cases, it’s always great super flat and super fast. Lots of competition should be great I’ll be following.

[@lorenzadangelo3920]

Thank you for your contents, Phily (and Daniel)! You're such an inspiration

[@spgass]

Sounds good to me - visited Flagstaff last year and loved it. Not far from the Grand Canyon. I imagine you’ll get some snow there leading up to Houston but train on. Best of luck!

[@samruiw]

Long time viewer first time commentor. Local Texan. Running my local race, the San Antonio marathon, this year then was going to try for Houston but somehow got into London on the ballot. Heard Houston is a blast though!!! Please please please have a breakfast taco and review the life-affirming experience on the channel!!! They're basically our unofficial "official" state food. Also please excuse the drivers, not everyone in Texas drives like Houstonians.

[@rubarb1275]

I think you have to do what is best for you. If the marathon target is to run a PB then you have to choose the right course and conditions that will maximise your chances. Good luck!

[@zaneclone]

Sweet ! Houston's a pretty quick course... and temperature ranges are comfortable in Jan... I'm sure you'll do great there... :)

[@johnrwilker]

I’ve been thinking about Houston in 2025 to attempt to get a BQ time when I’ll turn 60. Love the content and the grind.

[@PhilyBowden]

Oooh that would be awesome! Boston looks like such an incredible race, bucket list item!

[@norasverredal1941]

Good luck Phily! You got this!

[@flwi]

Triple session in one day. You pro's are a teeny tiny bit crazy, right? ;-) Too bad about Valencia, but good luck with Houston! 🚀 And of course Kopenhagen. Looking forward to the race videos. Always exciting to watch.

[@hennnnerz]

Is there definitely no convincing Valencia to let you have the bottles?

[@PhilyBowden]

@@hennnnerz we tried more than once, a shame but I’m happy with the new plan!

[@PhilyBowden]

Thank you! Exciting times!

[@JasonCliftJones]

Keira D'Amato won Houston in a US record time in 2022, it's a quick course. Not a bad fallback plan to be fair :)

[@megvaccboss8445]

Yahhh for more uploads!!

[@irawhitlock1084]

Rooting for you!💪❤️⚡️

[@effykatz5668]

OH! My PB was at Houston, my first Boston Qualifier! Come on back to America. I'm so excited for you!

[@PhilyBowden]

This sounds like a good omen to me 😎

[@ericfromreallife3058]

That Karl Jacobs Yeehaw at the end was quite funny. GL for the Houston Marathon!

[@CSWells-uq4jx]

If you’re gonna do a marathon in Texas, I highly recommend the Paris pair marathon that usually in mid September. It is incredibly flat. Mostly shaded. And there are not a ton of runners because it’s a relatively small race.

[@emma_____________]

But her big goal is actually the Paris Olympic Games a month earlier!

[@wilkesy29]

Really enjoying your content, thank you, it would be great to hear about your training music on long runs sometime 👍

[@PhilyBowden]

Oooh yeah maybe I’ll share a long run playlist or something… I’ll warn you it’s an eclectic mix!

[@IainThacker]

@@PhilyBowden Request seconded - something to get me out of the well worn rut of Canadian Prog Rock and 80s Thrash would be nice... just as long as there's some Queen in there for us oldies.

[@kaleidoscope_adventures]

Stephen scullion made his qualifying run in Houston and ive had my eyes on it myself. Should be fantastic good luck

[@d15kur53]

Insane! Outstanding performance, I run my first one with 42 (now 46) and will never ever stoping to doing Marathons. Not in your pace for sure ;)! my PB 3:42... so... I need just on hour to catch up ^^. Kr from Switzerland Freddy

[@annabel1586]

daily vlogs of the camps!! xxx

[@drewman747]

Good luck Philly!!!

[@jasonflorimonte3813]

I think Houston is known for making the best lemonade😉. Best of luck! and get that Sideshow Bob hair ready for a 10 gallon hat covering!

[@vernonhendrickse565]

Look at Cape Town marathon in October

[@the.distanceproject]

here for the new backgrounds 🔥

[@PhilyBowden]

Investment 👊🏼

[@rmjames83]

As they say here down under (re Valencia elite qualification)…CRIKEY!!!!!!! Can’t wait to see what you get upto over the months ahead! Huston, Here Philly comes!! U got this💪🏼 U mean you won’t have Daniel, ultimate boyfriend & elite runner personal chef extraordinaire with you on camp…& u will have to cook? We gotta see that!! (JK!!!😂). In all seriousness, would love to see the journey, whatever you are able/can upload!!

[@ruthatkinson820]

Ahhh!!! I’ve been considering houston also! 🎉 it’s a great race

[@annestrock4917]

Come on sponsors !! Help this awesome athlete out!!

[@laurencharltonn]

I would be really interested in a video explaining how a pro contract works? Like do they pay for your camps, physio, gym memberships etc; or do they just give you a salary and you choose how you can use it? Also, could we have that pancake recipes?!!😍

[@steadystudying]

Omg if you are open to the idea, I’d love if you did a meet and greet in Houston! I would definitely try and make the trek even if I’m a few states over 😂😂

[@andersstaffe1863]

A video on what you eat in an day/week. A video on you training for 2-3 days. A video on what test you are having done as an elite runner Are you running a parkrun in Copenhagen the day before the Copenhagen half?

[@emma_____________]

All the best Phily, love the grind 🎉 I really hope to win an entry for the ‘marathon pour tous’ in Paris a day after the Olympic marathon - on my 30th birthday 😅 I hope we both make it, but if I had to choose, I would go for you getting an Olympic ticket that you really deserve so much!!

[@CatsAreTheBestPeople-mm1fo]

Hey Phily, tell Daniel the comments section is turned off on his latest upload! 🤔

[@CatsAreTheBestPeople-mm1fo]

P.S. Also tell him to take the cats on his next run, to take care of the terrifying ducks/geese/feathered fiends blocking the path. 😳🪿

[@DanielMoves]

Thanks for letting me know! They are back on now, I have no idea how that happened 🤦

[@diamondweightloss9510]

Free speach 😂

[@CatsAreTheBestPeople-mm1fo]

@@DanielMoves lol - they've disappeared again. You must've really upset YT with all that positive talk about the platform. 🤦‍♀️

[@TheFODRunner]

Houston should be epic! 2 altitude camps will be epic and I’m pretty sure that’ll set you up for an amazing marathon In January 🎉

[@PhilyBowden]

Hope so! Just have to make sure I don’t overdo it and get the recovery right too

[@lorenzocane6747]

Hi Phily. I'm from Italy. Please do Florence marathon is beautiful and strange but the surrounding you in the last part is amazing 😍

[@PhilyBowden]

Ah maybe one day! It is a beautiful city

[@runnerfromhel]

Sounds like a solid plan.

[@daysandwords]

Hey Phily... So cool that you make these videos! Tell me... am I detecting a bit of Australian in that accent? I can't find anything about Australia in your bio but I swear I can hear it haha. Cheers (an Aussie).

[@alvaroazpeitiamontes4342]

san sebastian marathon (1 week before valencia) in spain is really flat (like 12m elev gain) and it is in the north of spain which means perfect temp (last year it was like 12 degrees) only bad thing is that it is seafront

[@dianner5148]

Is the seafront a bad thing? Is it just the wind?

[@alvaroazpeitiamontes4342]

@@dianner5148 not really, at least not here in san sebastian since the city is surrounded by pretty high hills and mountains, but when it is windy it is windier in the streets next to the beach. It is not nearly as windy as let’s say brighton tho.

[@alvaroazpeitiamontes4342]

@@dianner5148 other than that it is not bad at all, the only downside is that windy days are windier

[@dianner5148]

@@alvaroazpeitiamontes4342 ahhh OK, thank you. Sounds stunning on a day not too windy

[@darylcampbell3364]

I hope you do well in the Houston Marathon

[@mikeharris1981]

"i actually just cant even fathom how any one can run that quick" - yep thats 99.9% of us when watching you!

[@liamcotter8512]

Hi Phily. Have you tried Seville? I would say Seville is as quick as Valencia. Not as crowded which is a plus.

[@davidrosenthal5795]

Love my Openfit shokz!

[@hellomark1]

How do you find them for noise cancelling? I have a pair of Aftershokz, and they were alright, but I live in a big city and constantly run near traffic, I don't think I can do open fit earphones, the traffic is often louder than what I'm listening to

[@faykellett9589]

Hi Phily, love the content! I cant wait to see how you get on at altitude & i have everything crossed for you for January 🤞 I only started running in feb 23, 6 weeks after having my second baby. I absolutely love it! Ive ran my first half marathon, time wasnt great, it was sub 2hr14, i had to run/walk/run the last 5k. Im in a new training block now with my next half in Dec 23. Ive also got my first full marathon in june 24. Im looking at a time of 4.30, id love to get close to 4hrs, any tips? Im thinking of putting in another HM race as part of my training in 2024

[@osebireland]

All the best for your altitude camps. You gonna smash Houston marathon with a massive PB -> Road to Paris2024

[@darbymichelle]

I’m in Houston I will come cheer you on! ❤

[@PhilyBowden]

Please do! Bring all your friends, the more the merrier 😝

[@darbymichelle]

Will do 👏🏻

[@palomaortiz]

I actually live in València! Got to see the women elite last year (not the men tho since I was writing my PhD at the time and very pressed for time), amazing field!

[@stephenwest6613]

We have the same running mug ☺️

[@PeterGoode1128]

Too bad California International can’t be used. Many runners qualify for Boston at the CIM, but the Olympics are different I guess. CIM is at such a good time of year. Great temperature and awesome organization.

[@leighntx8989]

Hope you enjoy the breakfast tacos in Houston, the best post race food IMO 😋🌮 and wasaay better than pancakes!

[@ida.rose181]

Interesting that CIM isn't a qualifier for you- it's such a popular OTQ course for US runners. Houston is supposed to be great- can't wait to follow your journey!

[@cassieideran4881]

I believe there’s a difference between being able to use CIM as a trials qualifier (US) vs an Olympic qualifying time (everyone). From there, if you’re American, if you finish top 3 at the trials, you would run the Olympic standard within that race if you hadn’t already in a different race because of how competitive it is.

[@sharonb537]

What about the Chicago marathon? Its nice and flat - maybe its all booked up.

[@alaefarmestatesllc]

Time to hop on the EPO lol. Kidding not kidding

[@suzanneorr9392]

I liked to see you try a trail marathon you would love it 😍

[@MellowsFitLife]

I’m in Houston. I’ll pay $100 for a hoodie and pic. If you do a post race meet up. Maybe that will help with expenses if you get enough of us.

[@Zecamilleo]

I have a huge crush on phily, she literally takes my breath away.

[@markhill8590]

Phily could you please give me your opinion on running clubs? I cant decide if im better running solo or with a club. Any advice on the matter would help. Thank you!

[@marcelomar9728]

Como foi na maratona de Valencia?

[@darashgta]

How do you book your altitude camps? How can amateur runners book similar camps?

[@3designPhotography]

Is the humidity going to be a problem

[@hennnnerz]

I wonder if Aftershokz are giving up the bone conducting tech going forwards? Interesting to see them change tact. Would you have gone to the world champs in Budapest if they had offered you a place?t

[@r_unner_G]

Phily, what's your thoughts on athletes making the QT for Olympics / Worlds, yet when they get there, the heat and humidity is so much that they end up pulling out during the race. Is it just to say that they're an olympian or "OLY" or just being a part of it but knowing they have a very small chance of medalling or even finishing in top 20?

[@AJB_runs]

I’ve got a Valencia Marathon entry (inc. flights, accommodation etc.) looking to sell if anyone interested. Currently in sub 2:40 wave but that can be changed to suit.

[@toddapplegate3988]

Way to be flexible, you will do it.

[@mathilde569]

Hope the sponsorship appeal works !!! 🤞

[@PhilyBowden]

Thank you! 🤞🏼 Having Daniel out with me for Xmas will be such a big boost!

[@xavierseebacher8996]

In an ideal world you should leave at least 6h between endurance and strengh training, slaming them back to back is actualy almost counter productive (at least thats what i've learned in sport science at uni 8years ago) Otherwise great video keep the good work up !!

[@hennnnerz]

That CNEA Font Remeu camp looks interesting. Do you have to be an Elite to book it or can anyone just pay the 61€/pers to get the room and access the facilities?

[@PhilyBowden]

Not sure what this is sorry!

[@jillbartlett6172]

Paris qualification seems a lot tougher in all events.

[@teresekristiansen5075]

Wanna see “a day in my life as an athlete”!!❤