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Coventry half marathon 2024.

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good morning and welcome to the2 YouTube channel welcome to centry Welcome to the cry half marathon uh I am here to do some pacing today uh so I’m here to do the 2-hour pacing so yeah I’m looking forward to that it is very wet uh hopefully Jenna’s Hawai Poncho uh will give you that that how wet it actually is uh it’s forecast to be pretty wet all morning fingers cross it dries up a little bit uh a few years go it was torrential downpours I’ll put some pictures up of that luckily I only did the 5K that day but it was horrific uh so yeah let’s uh go and get to the bagd drop uh I need to pick up my t-shirt I need to pick up my race number I need to pick up my flag that I’m going to wear to do the pacing so yeah let’s go down there and we’ll see if we can bump into see if anyone’s here I’m sure we’ll see lots of uh people as it’s a nice local race and obviously the runner’s debate is always what you wear do you wear just your T-shirt you wear a Basel you wear a jacket nip guards are perfect for this weather they’re going to be lots of chafing today uh yeah I’ve got some run glide on as well so I’ve got going to get no uh chub rub uh so yeah hopefully I’ll stay away from all of that uh yeah but I don’t I think I’m just going to get a t-shirt cuz I like I say I am lued up and I have got new guards on so yeah no chaing for me so here we are cover Cathedral exactly so we’ve got two Cathedrals we’ve got one to spare yeah yeah here we are just about to go and pick my number up yeah it’s quite quite nice aren it it’s uh and hopefully it dve up so we can see it a bit better later on so we picked our number up we’re going to go and get the flag oh the paps are out already we’re trying to get our picture here look uh so uh yeah let’s go and uh pick up everything else let’s go get a t-shirt on let’s go get this on the rain feels like it might be getting a bit lighter which is be quite nice to get a little bit L would it might do but we’ll see we’ll see right we’re going large we’re going large all right s Jesus rude let’s go and put that on so here we are Jenna’s roasting in a top we’ve now got the past the top on it is a large it does just about fit me so yeah got yeah nip guards you see yeah won’t get chck nips uh so yeah we’ve got our flag here so we got that which actually are smaller than they were a few years ago they’re actually a little bit smaller which is nice in this wind um so yeah we’re just going to hang around now we’ve got 45 minutes so we need to be in the pens fairly chill isn’t it fairly organized very good event so far so yeah let’s go okay so we are starting to fill up in here everyone’s trying to avoid the rain cuz it is still absolutely lashing it down outside over there uh so yeah going to stay here to the last possible moment then we’re going to get the start pens about 15 minutes before uh and then yeah it’s all good to go hello my name is j I’m on the Swim Bike sh YouTube channel I’m part of the cas team at Country half Mar my aim is to get people around for 2 hours so I’m here supporting everybody else room if you’re going to than 2 hours hopefully you’ll see me have a great race so I found a bit of YouTubers Corner we’ve got a little Advent of time within sometimes with family he likes his family sometimes without his family but they don’t like me yeah they don’t like him we’ve got run with T-Rex who’s very new to the the YouTube uh two videos in but you got to start somewhere uh and I wish someone had told me years and years ago just start it start your channel get going uh because if you don’t start it it will never happen so good luck boys have a good race Mak some good content See course well no won’t see course it w be in front of me but yeah I won’t so we were talking about me wearing extra large this chap here has actually had to have the extra large one so he’s got a lovely dress on so if you’re going with the 150 Pacer just follow the dress it’s huge it’s absolutely massive I could just squeeze into the large I was all right we got poror here look look how dedicated he is to his 130 Pacer look it’s he’s going to follow him like literally from here from the inside he’s going to follow him all the way out he’s going to follow him all the way around he might get a car of him when he finishes so St that 13 he’s got this so we are here in the starting pen no one’s here 10 minutes to go back in the day these are the pubs that used to drink in so the cball the Oak and now we’re stood outside Dave’s going to run with some charity so just to make it even harder Helen’s here as well look everyone’s here good luck Helen have a good round ni so yeah yeah people are starting to just about get in the pens now so I’ve just found Graham and he’s moaning he’s going to struggle through 2 hours today what he failing to tell me is he run a 40 mile ultra like two weeks ago two or three weeks so he so it’s fit enough to do a 2our mar so he’s talking Absol r a bit slow pace but yeah I think he’ll be all right for 2 hours we got Le we not seen Le in a few years back got Kevin over Helen we got the bigs over here we got everyone the whole crew go for two hours there I don’t like Sarah she probably fat so I don’t like her so she said I wouldn’t fit into a large t-shirt but I did fit into it [Music] so here we go let’s go how you’re feeling is it just watch out for change things here we go let’s go so the first mile we’re just looping round town if you need a handyman in commentary think Nathan B here so the best handyman in commentary so give him a call it’s a hope a nice group of people behind us got gr over here and here we go first Hill com marathan Radford Road just go there’s my two old Pacer where is he why is he not running rude so last time I placed the cough half marathon I ran with Darren but yeah unfortunately he injured this year so he’s not running it so I’ve got another crazy person here with me I got stew did Manchester w at Manchester literally two weeks ago and he thought well you know what I’ll have a little job around cover that’s it cuz he’s men recovery ABS men so yeah if you’re in commentry runs longf shers they do a social 5K yeah every Sunday every Sunday so yeah get in touch longf rers Manchester Marathon follow I cover off crazy [Applause] so plenty of people out in the rain which is fa [Music] play say it out it’s all [Music] good a massive well done to every one of you that stood out there in the rain cheering everyone on cuz yeah it might be horrible running but it sure as how probably worse there yeah fair play to all I felt like I surrounded by masses but there’s North Brook here now to save the day as a spar rers here so I’m feeling much better I’m not just ganged up on by m Runners so come and join me over running clubs just over 4 miles into WS Le the Crowds Are turn now got B here great support plenty of people out yeah very impressed good plowman’s lunch there if you want a bit of a chief or at the rainbow good B good point everyone’s smashing it we are now out of olley we’re heading to wash Lane this is where now in the Fun Zone yeah as this chap just said the fun zone is coming so it’s going to roll up and down it’s going to be hard to even Pace it so I’m going to go up and even split let everyone else go slower up and faster down and then when we get 20 mil we’re going to roll down then towards a finish for 5 miles so thank you very much so it’s uh yeah let the fun begin all over the [Applause] place yeah oh yeah so here we are we’ve reached the sort of 5 to 8 miles it’s going to go up and down for a few mile here so everyone up up there in front of us and then everyone down there behind us people always love this middle bit so what goes up the hills must go down the hills we’re using a nice downhill now probably about 10 seconds in front of the pace yeah not doing too badly yeah we’re keeping on track couple more Hills and then we’re downhill for towards the Finish yeah another new water station we are now up pretty much the longest Hill on the course two sort of more Hills before we get to the downhill but yeah it’s going well everyone’s smashing it everyone’s doing a great job not so much talking up this hill I’ve noticed it’s uh G very very quiet [Applause] thank you very [Applause] much honey guys right after so great support even on the far end of the cour in the middle of nowhere back downhill now we get to enjoy this and then we’ve got two more sort of Hills before we hit the down bang on Pace I’ve not seen where I’m over 2hour Pacer is he seems to have gone out for 145 or something I’m not quite sure where he is but hopefully he a slowed down a bit so people can get that 2 hours and things you don’t expect to see when you’re out running is people dressed as dinosaurs yeah impressive in this rain and how so that probably is that’s probably about another two Stone on him it’s a smash at the start that’s for sure I don’t know which is sweat and what’s I’m raising money for good neighbors oh nice I’ll drop a link down below for you to donate some money for him just give him page cuz it’s fantastic doing it in that it’s fair play to be out so so the good thing with this flag is I know which way the wind’s going I definitely know it’s going back towards home so we should have a Tailwind all the way back in you see on the camera where the flag’s going but yeah s of pulling me to the right here so we’re going to turn right in a minute that great we’ve done the hard work 5 miles of Celebration down now wor done worse I just saying hopefully people start moving away from me now it’s downhill I’m going to keep to I’m going to keep to pace and hopefully everyone’s going to leave me I should finish on my own is the plan yeah lovely downhill great support look thank you thank you very much so we’re coming up to mile 9 the hardest bit about pacing is now not to get quicker so we’ve got to keep at the same pace of the Finish whereas everyone’s going to going past us now they’re going to be trying to get towards up finish my part stay steady keep the same Pace yeah I’m just staying on Pace and yeah it’s uh it’s hard not to get dragged along but everyone hopefully should go past me now [Applause] so Allan just in front of me as for sub two and there he is look bang on Pace he going to smash it cuz it’s only going to get quicker it’s downhill now so we’re just about to go past the rock choir down here a chair point so fair play that they’re standing in the rain up here so hopefully they’ll give us a little song as we’re going by therey Mr Rolland there we go look all [Applause] right stay with you so all the way around there’s been fantastic crowds I can’t believe it with this weather it’s been phenomenal the amount of support that’s out here everyone cheering and clapping and it makes a big difference I think to everyone everyone’s out so big respect to [Applause] [Music] everyone so lots of people out about love it absolutely love it wild in commentary very impressed everybody [Applause] so at this point on barab but road we can see the cathedral that’s where we need to get to so yeah we haven’t got far to go probably less than sort of two Mish now one real Hill up now yeah everyone smashing it and that is a jazzy outfit look at that one that’s impressive so Jenna when you watch this video on YouTube I think you’re going to like that outfit it’s got a big cat on the back of it you for it on for we’re on for two yeah I’m probably about 20 seconds too quick yeah so nice so SP stri is there smashing it we are now looping back onto the bit that we started out on at the start of the race goes up goes down goes up to the bridge at Radford Road one Hill over that and actually the finishes a hill which isn’t great but yeah it’s a it’s all good forun trying not to go too quick trying to keep it on Pace for the 2 hours I don’t want to make it too quick the last few mile so that’s 12 miles done and mine a little bit left to go we got this one uphill and then we go back to the town hill and I’m pretty much bang on for two hours so everyone’s dropping now which is the way it should be people come from behind and come past me and that’s what I love to see I’ll enjoy that coffee when I finish this that’s for [Applause] sure I always enjoy when they put water features on the course yeah I think they put that specially for us half marathon runners it’s quite nice so we’re now getting back into the city center it’s getting lonely for me cuz everyone’s going by me and that’s the way it should be it’s there’s a few people chasing me behind here catching me they’re going to go past which is fantastic doing a great job absolutely love it go on smash it all done I’m trying to catch you up for AG and she’s done it she’s caught me and she’s pass me look at that looking strong love it fantastic it’s so wonderful to see the crowds here as well to [Applause] on keep as we pass the 2hour Mark at the com country half marathon for 2024 we have the finish the there we go they’re just coming in there we go Marathon done make sure you have a look so there we have it commentary half marathon done we’re back at the Cathedral uh we placed it pretty well it’s uh I think we were just sort of 20 seconds under uh just to give people a bit of breathing room that were just behind me I didn’t want to go bang on so yeah a bit of breathing room so I hope everyone smashed their goals uh that they were going for so if you got that pace Happy Days uh really enjoy pacing really good fun uh I’m going to go and get changed get warm and then we’ll probably have a bit more of a a debrief after oh that feels B better all changed warm got some warm clothes on uh I’ve still got uh my wet shorts on and’ll be trucking bottoms cuz I didn’t want to get changed uh in front of everyone I don’t think people appreciate that uh I’m going to go find jenet uh we’re going to go for a nice coffee probably some late breakfast uh really enjoyed it uh yeah came in just under 2 hours uh I want to go just under 2 hours purely fact I want people behind me to finish under two hours if they’re just behind me uh so yeah I think 20 seconds a bit too quick so which was planned so yeah pretty happy with that uh good run really enjoyed it uh the support was phenomenal the support was uh yeah absolutely fantastic it was great to see so many people stood out in the rain it’s very much appreciated if you ran this race then yeah let us know how you got on did you enjoy it was it a good event if you fancy it next year it’ll probably on again next year I hope so yeah thanks very much so I’ve just finished I’ve just spoken to Jenna and said where we going for breakfast and Jenna’s words were what do you mean my second breakfast so you’ve been for a breakfast while I’ve been running what’s the support supposed to do hey how rude so yeah I’m going to persuade to have a second breakfast we SPO so she’s at a spoon for breakfast why not and didn’t wait for me very yeah I know it’s just rude isn’t it absolutely rude so complain to Jenna sh a breakfast about me right I’m going to end the video there uh I’ve had a great morning you had a good morning lovely cheering everyone up yeah considering the the weather uh it’s been fantastic so thank you very much for watching this video please don’t forget to like And subscribe and we’ll see you in the next video goodbye