Lost again in a trail race //Oxfordshire Woods Trail Half Marathon Race Vlog//

Could this final race be the best of the year?
The most middle class race of the year?
Either way it rounds off 2023 for MARM with my favourite ever poem.
It’s minus 3 in the Oxfordshire woodlands. Surely MARM can’t get lost again?
Huge thank you for your support in 2023.
MARM will return…
#marm #mavericktrailraces #oxfordshirehalfmarathon #pishill #henleyonthames #trailrunning #marmyarmy #maverickoriginal

[@jonathanwake2964]

I think I shall ask for a snood and a bobble hat to keep the cold off. Great video and look forward to more next year.

[@middleagedrunningman]

Thanks for the support Jonathan!! Hopefully see you next year!!

[@videos-gl2qq]

Nice work MARM! Always love the dramatic readings and slights on local politics. :) Go get em MARM-y

[@middleagedrunningman]

Thank you!! (I knew thats what people would demand from a fitness and running information channel.)

[@petehoye]

Great footage..😂 It might be in ur interest for u to ask Santa for an A-Z atlas, might guide u better on ur trail races..😆🤣😂 Well Ran (as always)..👍👌🥶

[@middleagedrunningman]

Thanks Pete. Not a bad idea. I just tend to lose focus at key moments.... Part of the fun going for the least obvious route...

[@alanwetherelt7155]

Foggy winters day and he’s got sunglasses on his head

[@middleagedrunningman]

Me?? Or some other tosser??

[@andrewgoldsby]

Love my Sunday inane prattle! Fantastic 2023 Tim and you’ve helped me fill up my race calendar for next year! I’m off to stick a dry robe on my Christmas list!

[@middleagedrunningman]

Get a Camo Dry Robe Andy. By far the most popular. Also doubles as a bivouac. Thanks for your support this year!

[@andrewgoldsby]

@@middleagedrunningman camo it is! My pleasure Tim, really enjoyed the videos!

[@clairel3730]

Great run and looked a great course 😃

[@middleagedrunningman]

Thanks Claire. Was a belter. Like a posh Scotland.

[@garythompson3597]

That looked fantastic!! Thanks for the highly entertaining videos this year, and for entertaining our family on Sunday evenings. Looking forward to next year’s offerings 👍👍

[@middleagedrunningman]

It was a Christmas cracker Gaz. Hope you and the family have a great Christmas my friend. See you in 24.

[@SwimBikeRunStu]

Love me a dryrobe 😜 Well done on a great year of running. Enjoyed everyone of your videos. They are class. For xmas i would like an injury free 2024 👌 Have a great xmas.

[@middleagedrunningman]

You are an acceptable dryrobe wearer. Have a great Christmas yourself. Big fan of SBR. Keep on Tubing.

[@user-lt7vw7bh3c]

Brilliant Marm , what an effort for 2023 , superb , what is the total no. of half marathons ? you've done great to stay injury free , chapeau 👍👍👍

[@middleagedrunningman]

19 races. 1 marathon, 1 x 10k, 17x half marathons. Done well not to get too badly crocked, but my right knee, hamstring and left groin haven’t been great since May!!

[@Dmasson14]

When Santa empties his sack on my living room floor on Christmas morning, I`m hoping that he will have a pair of Asics Novablast 3`s for me 🤞 Very enjoyable watch as always. Have a great Christmas.

[@middleagedrunningman]

Happy Holidays my friend. Novablast are supposed to be the DBs… let me know whether Santa coughs them up. Worth a go you reckon?

[@lonnawhiting]

All we want for Xmas is MARM: The America Tour 2024, but you have to run Fargo. 🎉

[@middleagedrunningman]

That’s a great message. And Good God!! America!! That’s the dream. The fun we’d have!! (Just waiting for that massive deal from KZbin to cover all expenses and household bills for a year…)

[@lonnawhiting]

​@middleagedrunningman it's going to happen. Don't forget us!

[@middleagedrunningman]

@@lonnawhiting no way. Fargo will be my first stop.

[@user-tp6vb9ky6p]

Thanks for your kind words, glad you enjoyed it.

[@middleagedrunningman]

It was a great race Justin. Can't praise Maverick highly enough. Two races with you this year, both excellent. Reviewing all my 2023 races before Xmas, this and the Cotswolds will be right up there. Will run with you again in 2024!

[@markg99]

Thanks for a good laugh 😂 Very entertaining commentary, and it seemed like a decent race, but for the navigational issue. For Christmas, I've asked for a new gopro battery. One of those that's meant to work for more than 5 minutes when it's freezing outside 🤞🥶

[@middleagedrunningman]

I just don't get how they don't work in the cold? Thy are all nice and toasty, in their little plastic compartment surely? Lithium Losers.

[@raleyadventures]

A Great watch as always, those trail races look tough 😅😅

[@middleagedrunningman]

Even tougher when you find yourself so engrossed chatting to a selfie stick that you don’t notice other competitors running in the opposite direction….

[@Dr_Dunkles]

8:11 I wish for your immediate removal from the Broadway noticeboard, nans now got 7 telephone poles in the front garden and she's begun wearing a tin hat.

[@middleagedrunningman]

Sorry Dunkles…. Bet her WiFi is the envy of the neighbourhood?

[@JCeeeeeee.]

If you want to get faster at trail running you have to A. grow a beard (preferably ginger), B. Become Vegan, C. Tattoo your calfs & D. Wear excessive front and rear hydration/gel packs. Great upload as always! PS: For Xmas I would like at least 2 videos a week for 2024 please, thankyou Santa. 🎅🏻

[@thetimoneers]

Me too Santa

[@middleagedrunningman]

Cheers JC. The veganism and the hydration vest? Done. Beard and tats? Still never seen Peaky Blinders.

[@holesinthenarrative816]

Great running again Tim. You're quite fast! Have you ever chased PB's or just enjoyed the race? Got my eye on some new balance 1080's for Christmas 🏃

[@middleagedrunningman]

Cheers Holes. Chase PB's on nice flat courses. Undulating courses I pretend not to. Trails? If I go in the right direction, I'm happy. Enjoy the NB's. Never had a pair.

[@paulk7663]

2;50 in was horrified someone was coming at you from behind with a hammer in their pocket.

[@middleagedrunningman]

Just noticed!!! “Stop that assailant!!”

[@paulk7663]

@@middleagedrunningman a marked MARM

[@PerfectlyImperfectDavid]

I was there yesterday! it certainly was a great course and cracking wintery conditions. You beat me by a good 30 minutes though so I assume your detour must have been cheating in some sort of way.

[@middleagedrunningman]

Hi David! Was great wasn't it? Really enjoyed it. That bloody detour. Found myself behind a bloke hauling a black labrador. Cruel blow.

[@thetimoneers]

MARM has taken the way less travelled by, not for him the wool lined robe or home county mediocracy rather a pragmatism that reminds us that the run is the reward and that sometimes the way less travelled is a revelation.

[@middleagedrunningman]

There's my number one wordsmith!! Thanks for your support this year as ever Hearty! Hopefully come up with some stuff for 2024!

[@OsloVM60-64]

Is it possibe ever to arrange something more english! I enjoyed it - even the poetry😉

[@middleagedrunningman]

Perhaps a small scale village fete at the end? Couple of bursts of Jerusalem? Will advise the race company.

[@thetimoneers]

Are you from Norway ?

[@OsloVM60-64]

@@thetimoneers Yes👍

[@middleagedrunningman]

MARMY Army - Norweigan Division. We salute you.

[@thetimoneers]

@@OsloVM60-64 We have a follower from Arnes - Lars Magnus Viberg ( he is not a runner but a relative of my wife ) you are clearly our first Norwegian runner - so glad you enjoyed the video and the poem - hope to hear from you next Year. 😊

[@michaeldallaway1988]

Are you sure you didn't freeze? It's a bit chilly out there

[@middleagedrunningman]

Ice in the eyebrows I’m afraid Mike!

[@RobWilcock]

Are you running this again this year?

[@middleagedrunningman]

Absolutely Rob!

[@RobWilcock]

I’ve just signed up!

[@middleagedrunningman]

See you there!!

[@analprobe1717729]

Good running!! I might ask the Mrs for some ASICS GT-2000 12 but think she may tell me F off you got enough

[@middleagedrunningman]

In that case, buy them yourself - tell her not to worry about getting you anything for Christmas - hand them over to wrap. She will be delighted. And turn a blind eye. Works every year. Good luck Anal.

[@analprobe1717729]

@@middleagedrunningman 👍happy Christmas and have a great new year

[@middleagedrunningman]

@@analprobe1717729 and you Lee!!

[@FREE_PALASTINE_101]

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