The Wigley Warwick Half Marathon // RACE DAY VLOG // London Marathon Training Week 1 // RunThroughUK

Welcome to the race day vlog of Warwick Half Marathon 2023, that concluded week 1 of 12 of my journey to London Marathon 2023.
Did you take part, support or volunteer at this event?
Leave in the comments below and be sure to watch all the way through as you may see yourself amongst all the amazing people there on that Sunday 5th February 2023.
For me, this event was part of my London Marathon training with first 8km at easy long run effort and the remaining 13km at marathon pace/effort.
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Whilst i was not running this at half marathon race pace, i still managed a time of 1:35:16 which bodes well for the next 11 weeks of training towards London Marathon.
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[@PoetWithPace]

Checkout the 119 days to go to LONDON MARATHON training series for ALL abilities here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5DWamuBqrhrfNE

[@GGCommunity]

Cheers for the event coverage, as always! - Mack

[@PoetWithPace]

Thank you for watching Mack 🏆

[@louissatt8497]

A mate of mine did a practice training run like this for the New York Marathon did a good time in the shorter race. Total disaster in the New York lesson run Well when you are fit cause you never know what's around the corner. He was a 2.45 marathoner at 45 years old in the London.

[@PoetWithPace]

Absolutely! Thanks for sharing.

[@racheld1844]

Great to bump in to you on Sunday. Good luck with your next races and the rest of the training block. Hope you warmed up after our chat 🙂

[@PoetWithPace]

Fantastic to see you Rachel and well done on your amazing course PB! Enjoy the rest of your training towards Stratford upon Avon.

[@whatjamieruns]

Great video Donato! Lovely to have a chat at the end and even made my KZbin debut 😂. Definitely will be back next year I think 👍

[@PoetWithPace]

Glad you enjoyed this Jamie and great to finally meet you. Now you have made your KZbin debut, the world is your oyster! Well done on superb PB!

[@clairesmith5327]

Well done Donato, challenging course x

[@PoetWithPace]

Thank you Claire! Very undulating course 😱

[@madmaf6011]

Thanks Donato, what beautiful weather! Very wise of you to wear a cap with a good peak on it.

[@PoetWithPace]

Indeed it was a gorgeous day. Cap is essential in the bright sunshine ☀️

[@MrCol104]

Cheers Donato. Great video. Nice to see some familiar faces. Congratulations on a brilliant run. Looked a great race. Run Through events are awesome. Undulating course - what goes up, must come down. I ran a hilly marathon on Sunday. Running down section often compensates for the hills. That's where knowledge of the course really helps. Congratulations once again. You always look comfortable and in control. Very best of luck for the upcoming training runs, Chester and London. Sure you'll hit your goals. Ps. Those shoes at (8:50) - bare foot shoes don't look good. I've never known as anybody try them & actually say they work. I suppose somebody must like them.

[@PoetWithPace]

Thank you Colin! I do know quite a few people who use barefoot type shoes and all get on great with them. Not for me though 😱

[@pclarke41]

Your flying Donato! You made that 1:35 on a hilly course look easy. Looking forward to seeing you break 3 hours in London. No pressure!

[@PoetWithPace]

Indeed, no pressure! Thank you for watching and your continued support.

[@almorrison2040]

That looked fun. Brilliant pace considering it was being treated as a training run. Inspirational running. Great to see Rachel there too, hopefully she will get back to posting.

[@PoetWithPace]

Indeed a lot of fun Alan and a fabulous countryside route. Fab to see Rachel and many others. Let’s keep going to London 🏆

[@joannebrown816]

Great video D thanks Your race day videos are always great. Race day toilets don’t we all hate that.

[@PoetWithPace]

Thank you Joanne for your kind words and support! Oh those toilet queues!

[@Muffy_78]

Great running Donato ! Fantastic support from the crowd too 😃🥳

[@PoetWithPace]

Thank you Muffy!

[@suzannelaburt2641]

Had to tune in to this one to see what you've been up to! Sorry, I'm catching up on Rocket Man Donato😉 Excellent running 👍 PS my Greenwood Lake is part of The Town of Warwick New York USA!

[@PoetWithPace]

Small world Suzanne and great to see you back watching the videos!

[@itsonandy]

Good stuff Donato, it was a great course and one I'll add to the calendar every year. Well done on a good run!

[@PoetWithPace]

Thank you Andy and well done on your amazing PB! Sub 3:30 here you go!

[@runningromani]

Well done Donato, never done the Warwick half, interesting to watch it. Take care.

[@PoetWithPace]

Thank you Neil. Nice undulating route!

[@ricd2821]

Well done, looks a good event, you went through the gears nicely!

[@PoetWithPace]

Indeed a great event Ric and as you say, felt really good going through the gears and in my £45 plodding shoes too! lol

[@williamamor9612]

Wonderful video.

[@PoetWithPace]

Thank you Bill 🏆

[@middleagedrunningman]

Great video Donato. Nice to see your footage and presentation as crisp as ever. (Had a bit of trouble with my new camera)

[@PoetWithPace]

Thank you buddy! You were there also?

[@middleagedrunningman]

@@PoetWithPace I was!! PB…1h27m. Absolutely pumped!!

[@PoetWithPace]

@@middleagedrunningman EPIC! And on such a tough course, well done!

[@anthonypower7048]

Super run Donato looked so comfortable, great to get first race of season under the belt

[@PoetWithPace]

Thank you Anthony! How did you find it?

[@anthonypower7048]

@@PoetWithPace living in the emerald Isle Donato, but had first race on Sunday, day after turning 61, 10 miler delighted to get a lifetime pb of 66.09, still sore, a recovery week

[@PoetWithPace]

@@anthonypower7048 well done! Enjoy the recovery!

[@SwimBikeRunStu]

Not the roman 9. Always been a favourite of mine.

[@PoetWithPace]

Cracking race the Roman 9 and shame this years was the last one....

[@lorrainecowan7288]

Hi I did half marathon wrexhamin 227mins you did well I am going to amserdam to do there marathon with friend looking for ward to then like your video

[@PoetWithPace]

Well done Lorraine! Enjoy your training towards Amsterdam marathon.

[@jassaljs]

Good morning! That’s my target for a 10km🤓

[@PoetWithPace]

Good morning! How is your training going?

[@chriswayman2170]

Great race Donato, spectacular time for a training run. Are you hoping for sub 3 at London? Did a training half marathon on Sunday as well

[@PoetWithPace]

Thank you Chris...indeed that is what i am training for and as you know we get what we train for, not what we hope? ;-) ...... you are going through the training well. Have you heard of the Fission 20 near Gloucester? great 20 mile training run route apparently and i hop to be there.

[@chriswayman2170]

No I’ve not heard of it. Had a look at it looks good but I can’t make it that Saturday. I also don’t have your fitness so wouldn’t be in shape for the Droitwich HM the week after. Trying my hardest in training but I don’t know what that will translate into. 🤞

[@PoetWithPace]

@@chriswayman2170 good call Chris. Listen to your body.

[@jamesmoss5404]

Hey Donato great video enjoyed this one and great preparation for the marathon. I will do Droitwich as preparing for Edinburgh do you suggest marathon pace for this or slower?? See you at pitchcroft

[@PoetWithPace]

Thanks for watching James! Regarding your question, depends what pan you are following? Give me a shout at pitchcroft this week and we can chat about it?

[@suzannelaburt2641]

Time to upgrade the van to RV with toilet & shower?

[@PoetWithPace]

I love my van the way it is....but if you want to help with the investment Suzanne? :-)

[@suzannelaburt2641]

@PoetWithPace 😂 My Shore AC teammate, Henry, is lucky enough to own a Winnebago RV, complete with kitchen, shower, toilet, two bunks. It's a perfect sized traveling hotel. Unfortunately, I can't afford one. Henry invites all teammates to use his Winny's "facilities". I, being a wiley race veteran, always stake out "alternative" facilities close by, i.e. woods, sheltered areas w/vegetation cover 😉

[@suzannelaburt2641]

@PoetWithPace I think most can afford a pot to piss in, though😲🤣

[@PoetWithPace]

@@suzannelaburt2641 i use the local bush!

[@PoetWithPace]

@@suzannelaburt2641 luxury!