Sub 3 marathon attempt - Take 2

GoPro footage play-by-play. This is not a recap. I will link the recap below this one with many details on the Woodlands marathon if you are considering running it.
In the meantime check out ‪@allheartrc‬ Evan and Cole just crushed their sub 3 goals at the age of 17 and 12! And MK is a legend.
The full recap will also include the lead-up to the marathon, the expo, why the heartrate was so high, family things as well, so I will likely chapter it.
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[@BryceMtn]

Glad the GoPro captured how humid it was. Looks like running through a swamp.

[@MidLifeRunner]

Yeah it was certainly something . I’ve run through worse but I was drenched

[@timtrenholm3698]

Being able to adjust your goals mid race and not blow up is a powerful skill to have. Reset, rest up and go back to work for the fall.

[@AnthonyDeLorenzo]

These are some legendary race clips! I am stoked that you just decided to send it even though you knew it wasn't going to be the day. I need to channel this!

[@MidLifeRunner]

Thanks Anthony! #teamgrit

[@alanshrimpton6787]

Well done. Still a solid effort. Appreciated the km splits. Thanks man.

[@bartekzielinski1645]

Totally agree with Alan, GO @MidLife Runner ! And 🙏 for the km splits. Mile splits are still a foreign language to me 😉

[@almamartinez3511]

I ran for the first time this Marathon, Thanks to your videos it helped me mentally to be strong in every mile.

[@OttoVogrincic]

That effort was pure grit in those conditions

[@MidLifeRunner]

Thanks Otto!

[@dinicti]

That seemed tough, but you did and finished strong! Congrats!

[@videos-gl2qq]

good job MidLifer. All these experiences add up. Way to hang in there, valuable valuable experience. You'll be there soon. Just need a good day with health, weather etc... and you'll crush ur goal. Keep putting in the work... it's all cumulative.

[@robthompson4882]

I woke up in a new bugatti 💪🤘exemplified the mindset of a champion, how you flexed your goals during the race based on resulting effort, that was very poised despite I trust some heartbreak, but damn that was a healthy mindset. Yes I’m pushing hard for my spring A-goal but it might be over-reaching, more training ahead but you remind me to not be too hard on myself and live to race another day. True A-grade Wankah right there…(like canadian maple syrup grading scale), the best of best wankahs!! Cheers brother

[@MidLifeRunner]

🙏🏼 no kinder words have been spoken. Grade A support from up top! I appreciate you 🇨🇦

[@ShayDog]

Awesome!! Well done on sticking it out! This experience will pay dividends in the long run. But for now, rest up and recover 👊

[@MidLifeRunner]

🙏🏼

[@maraballerina]

You had a brave effort on a gross day! Congratulations on some serious strength!!

[@MidLifeRunner]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@thomasoconnell6325]

Thanks for documenting your journey. Well done for all your efforts.

[@MidLifeRunner]

Thank you

[@fadimantium]

Congratulations! Super inspiring…I’m already an AHRC fan. You and MK are legends!

[@allheartrc]

Thank you Erik! ❤

[@MidLifeRunner]

🙏🏼

[@nicholas5396]

Amazing job of managing your expectations based on the reality of the day. You are doing something a few % on the planet can do. Think to yourself what you would've told someone a few years ago if they said you'd be running back to back marathons at a 7 minute mile pace. Amazing feat my friend. Keep at it and one day you be able to ouch that Boulder over the peak and punch Zeus in the d**k (a little Sisyphus joke there for ya). Congrats man, I knownits not what you wanted but it's one helluva accomplishment!!

[@MidLifeRunner]

👊🏼

[@YanDaddyy]

It is what it is, great attempt. Hope Im still grinding as hard as you at my midlife. Looking young! So excited for the day i can see my daughter can chase after me like that

[@joshuaxruns]

Great job on this race!!! That looked like a toasty run. See you in October!!!

[@MidLifeRunner]

My brother says MCM is also 50/50 so throwing up some prayers 8 months in advance

[@English.runner.en.Espana]

Good job buddy! Another in the books!

[@kalvin.]

Strava not having humidity adjusted pace is a shame! Surely this is up there with your other efforts! Great job!!!

[@MidLifeRunner]

Thanks Kalvin! That’s the next upgrade I’m sure, definitely before notifying you every time someone else comments on a post you already commented 🙄

[@ranlifshitz8852]

Amazing! Keep the inspiring content coming. I’m out with an injury and your videos are fulfilling my running fix.

[@MidLifeRunner]

Hoping for a speedy yet FULL recovery before you start hitting the streets

[@andrewhammonds4907]

Your positivity is infectious. Way to grit it out on a clearly tough race! 👊

[@MidLifeRunner]

Thank you. Let’s goooo

[@JohnBirtchetSharpe]

I was waiting for this to to be posted. In a way this is your best race you shared yet. (from a viewers pov) re the sub 3 .. not if but when. I remember Kofuzi going through a similiar journey .. as soon as you mentioned the temps I thought ... not today but tomorrow. for today , you are my hero young man 👊

[@MidLifeRunner]

Thanks JBS! Kofuzi got there, so will I!

[@LuisBecerra79]

Trying not to 🤮🤮. Was definitely the theme for us this weekend I see 🤦🏻‍♂️. Getting over this hurdles just makes us stronger Andrew. We will get it on the next race 💪🏼. Let’s go MidLife Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanka!!!

[@Leporkchop34]

It looks like it was simply too hot. Great result anyway!

[@nicko454]

Way to go man!! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@seekingUltraNick]

Dude. Way to go! That was brutal… I could feel the humidity and sweat. Next attempt I’ll carry the GoPro for you! (Just not the whole 26.2 😂) You’re a beast Andrew!

[@MidLifeRunner]

You shoot it and I’ll share the video. Epic, Nick

[@allheartrc]

i call cole "baby boy" also. hey thanks so much for running so hard for cole and evan. you ran like a superhero for your family too! you did so great staying positive. it is your superpower. i'm sorry you were sick before the race. you will have your moment soon enough. hey, join us at cim in december! looking fwd to the recap~

[@MidLifeRunner]

We will run one together at some point, MK. You legend

[@tav4755]

Great effort man. 👌 enjoy your content

[@MidLifeRunner]

Thank you

[@Waabajack]

i see why you said this was such a mentally challening event. that humidity is disgusting! I respect that you identified this early on to change your goal, the stars just didnt align for this one. but ended up with great times from houston and woodlands. here's to treadmill season and another brutal texas summer :( lol

[@MidLifeRunner]

Let’s goooo

[@justoutlaw6423]

In the end it's the experience will stick more then the final result (which is not bad at all). Congrats.

[@theswerunner]

I can’t hold your pace for an 5k (yet) 😂 so good job grinding out there 🏃‍♂️💪

[@MidLifeRunner]

Thank you, good sir . You will get there . Believe it!

[@kinexpro]

Way to crush it through adversity! Was that your daughter running alongside you at the end? That would be the chef's kiss at the end of a race for me. I think I'd cry.

[@MidLifeRunner]

Yes that was my middle child miles. He had a skater cut right now but just told me he wants to chop it off to run faster. He just got some new rebel v3s and is inspired to run marathons ha. Whoops

[@i.p2088]

It is what it is.

[@kylekermgard]

Man you need to pick a nice cool flat course for the sub 3

[@coreyadcock]

Miles got wheels. Sometimes it izz what it izz. Never surrender.

[@bendigeidfranemmanueljones5694]

Come over here and do Loch Ness with me. Guaranteed entry and downhill the first half.

[@MidLifeRunner]

Need to create memberships on the channel to crowd source some funding for the trip. If that happens , count me in. I probably won’t move back 😂 to be honest

[@therapygrind]

I posted on your site some weeks ago, "possible, not probable", due entirely to insufficient recovery from the last race. In a nutshell you tried to defy the running gods - that rarely happens. I get it, I used to think I could defy running lore too. I finally went sub 3 at age 46 only after I accepted I am a weekend warrior and runners who want to race a strong marathon and improve performance and speed should focus on no more than two marathons a year. Great effort, you're good, but you're human, and with a sensible approach being fair to yourself you'll do it for sure. But I think you know all this....

[@MidLifeRunner]

Yeah I rolled the dice. Happy to have not gotten myself injured . Now to some base building and a speed block over the summer before a fall marathon

[@crayontom9687]

When it comes to the marathon, less is more. No point chasing a time off the back of one that didn’t go your way. Just take the L, learn the lessons, get back to shorter distances and go again either in the fall or next year. It takes months to recover from a marathon

[@crayontom9687]

Don’t mean this negatively by the way

[@MidLifeRunner]

🫡 I got you. Base build then some faster stuff . End of next October we will give it another go

[@crayontom9687]

@@MidLifeRunner you’ve already got a massive base from the marathon training, just get straight into smashing out some 5k pace stuff and maybe quicker!

[@i.p2088]

Shit happens..