 So what's going on call me Casper the ghost please oh my god what is going on guys what is up it's one day out man one day out I thought I'd I thought I'd start this vlog is as well as transparent as possible I've literally just woken up I just got woken up by that light if you didn't and it's my Fitbit's turned off which sucks so that means that when I look at my my sleep analysis from last night I'm not gonna get it which sucks but it's 11 past 6 in the morning guys on Friday the 20th of November 11 past 6 so we're in Queenstown as you guys know I slept like an absolute baby which is fucking fantastic I may have no clothes on and I might look like shit right now but I'm going outside and it is as still as can be I just hope no one sees me one day out man one fucking day out we're here we're here I'm on the street with no clothes on I don't give a shit I am completely and utterly inspired right now we're in Queenstown what a place what a time to be alive one day out am I gonna run under four hours that's the question anyways guys I'm gonna have a shower have a coffee and I'll talk to you guys shortly today's mission as I mentioned previously is to suss out the course and I've got a full day to do it full day so many so much time for activities it's gonna be great right you lot what is going on welcome back we're still at home I haven't haven't ventured out yet but we're about to got my second coffee on the go I've put up you two YouTube videos and if you were wondering which one went up today it was Marlon Humphrey playout number 86 on the list of the top 100 series so guys if you're enjoying those videos please hit the like button if you're enjoying these videos please hit the like button and if you haven't subscribed please do now I just wanted to let you guys know what the plan was for today so I'm about to put on my new running shoes I haven't actually showed you guys these but you know as soon as I saw them I fell in love and they have been well they've pretty much ran me to 20 kilometer PB's in the last week so I can't complain with the shoes I definitely needed a new pair the pair that I had I've been using for six months the laces broke you know it's basically it's a Nike sort of free run or a Nike I think it's called a Nike free run the bottom like the sole is all spongy terrible for for gym workouts terrible for squats and things like that but but also getting pretty terrible for running so you know as far as the shape goes they look pretty damn good I felt the sole it is nice and solid the laces the way that does up around my ankle feels absolutely fantastic and so these are officially my very first marathon running shoes they're called new balance new balance fuel cell fuel cell I'm extremely impressed they cost me a hundred and forty bucks you know it's not gonna break the bank guys the goal is in those shoes is to run a four-hour marathon but what I want to say is that I don't actually know what the terrain of this course is like yet I don't know if there's you know too many hills if there are there's no way I'm gonna run a four-hour marathon there's just absolutely no way you know if there's a decent amount of hills I am gonna go for four hours 30 that's gonna be a decent goal it's gonna give me that extra 30 minutes to walk if I have to I don't want to walk I'd like to slow down my pace enough so that I can continue to jog okay I've got to stop talking now and I've got to put the battery on charge because it's run out that's the trouble with this camera the battery life isn't that good I will say guys there's one one major benefit of using a point-and-shoot over a DSLR and that is the fact that the film clip size the video clip size does not get cut off every 10 minutes and it also doesn't shut off every 30 minutes so you can have a continuous shot for as long as you like as long as the battery you know doesn't run out so that's that's a nice little so that's a nice little thing that I've found using a point-and-shoot the quality is not going to be there you know you obviously not going to be able to change the lenses as far as the G7 X mark 3 that the zoom is actually fairly decent but my battery pack is about to die so what I'm going to do is I'm going to quickly charge these because that's one thing I cannot let happen is wake up tomorrow morning and either not have my headphones charged or not have my Fitbit charged these are two well it's a hundred percent now so that's fine but these are two crucial pieces of equipment crucial crucial and there goes the battery again okay so last thing I was going to say before heading out to the start line is that there's two more crucial pieces of equipment for me personally contact lenses so I can take these fuckers off and sunscreen and a Sun hat so that's three so we've got we've got Fitbit we've got my headphones we've got a hat we've got sunscreen we've got contact lenses we make that six we've got sunglasses actually we make that seven and I need my phone so as long as I've got my shoes my socks my shorts and my t-shirt and my number and my bag you know what we're gonna call it 20 things I'd be the writer list anyways guys next time you see me we're gonna be at the start line pretty much exactly 24 hours before the start of my very first marathon it's one day out we're in Queenstown like I keep saying it's fucking exciting man nervous but excited I've got plenty of support and it's all appreciated so thank you alright guys I'm finally out of the house it took me a lot longer than I thought it is now nearly midday but there is one question in my mind how many hills and valleys is this 42 kilometer distance going to have in it I'm hoping for zero if it's one to five it's doable if it's five to ten it's not likely if it's ten to twenty it's a five hour marathon okay we're on here we're officially 300 meters away from start line this is the first time I'm ever gonna lay eyes on this oh okay so the start line is at a place called Milbrook Resort I'm just gonna pull over so from what I can work out I feel like this is the start pretty much right around here so if I continue driving I assume we begin the race running down here and it's pretty nice not gonna lie it's well it's Queenstown that's exactly what it is so yeah I mean if the start is anything if the start is around here we've got a golf course okay not bad not bad the Avenue Orchard Hill holy shit this place is this place is rather nice I'd like nothing more than to start here okay we've got some officials we've got some officials I have no idea what they're gonna say hello hey do you know where the start line is is it gonna be back there yeah and we'll take off down this way she she said she had no idea actually so I'm not sure if that's correct or not but we're certainly in the right place okay I found the start line my next mission I'm gonna pull over here my next mission is to one get the hell out of here because it's almost like a maze and number two is to track the course so I feel like yeah the first what I feel like the first KL2 is probably gonna be through here no idea which direction but then once we exit here I'm gonna have to go back through these people that's gonna be embarrassing but that's okay little do they know that they're gonna be on YouTube within a couple of weeks in fact they might actually see themselves because they will be titling this something to do with the Queenstown marathon or I'll at least be tagging the Queenstown marathon in every single one of these videos so so by all means if any volunteers or anyone in the race anyone that's involved with this event sees these videos sees this video please let me don't know down in the comment section below it's gonna be awesome anyways guys this is what we see as we roll out I didn't see you know I didn't show you anything of what's in there the whole place is amazing actually and it's called the Millbrook resort this must be on you know lists of top places in New Zealand or most fancy places what does it say Millbrook escape the every day escape the every day all right let me get this map okay actually we can work this out together look at look on my phone hopefully you can see that that blue section is what is it all right so if you can see that blue section that is pretty much what we just drove through if I can zoom in I don't know if I can but basically they're saying that there's different sections within that so the darker blue is for the faster runners sub three hours then you've got three hours to 330 then you've got 330 to four hours and then you've got four hours and above and I assume you just stand in the section allocated to what you think you're gonna run so I suppose I'm gonna be at the back if anyone runs a sub three hour marathon that is absolutely ridiculous fuck you know it's gonna be it's gonna be crack up seeing how fast they run off because you know I don't even know how fast that is it's definitely sub four minutes four minute case to get a three hour marathon which is pretty much as fast as I can run for one kilometre let alone 42 so best of luck to everybody I've sussed out the star where do we go from there okay so that little square there is that blue area we run out that way around there that's actually where we've just driven out to the road turn right and we're off so that's exactly what I've just done in the car I've turned right and I'm down here so effectively I feel like we're gonna come out we're gonna be running right down here but then we hang a left then we hang a left so I'm gonna look at the full marathon course and see exactly what happens here 42 kilometers guys we're running across after fucking country this is so small I can hardly see it but okay here we go so we're starting there we are going Jesus I don't know where we're going might be down that road it may be down that road there aro town yes you're probably right okay so we're gonna go down that road and check it out there we go round arrow town Hogan's gully road Hogan's gully road arrow town Lake Hayes Road all right I'm not gonna worry to be honest mate you know what I want it to be a surprise so I'm not gonna worry about the first not gonna worry about the first 10.5 kilometers I'm pretty confident that I can run 10.5 K's regardless of whether it is you know hilly or not but then we come to this point and this is where we hang a left and we do a 8 kilometer stretch right around Lake Hayes which I've just driven past that and it looks absolutely beautiful so what the plan is guys I'm gonna drive up here I'm gonna park my car at the edge of the lake and then I'm gonna go for a walk on that probably seven kilometer stretch right around the lake you know clear my head today have a think about the race and then we'll continue this I'm pretty sure that the orange is sealed road yes it is the blue is hard packed trail or a dirt road and that's it so 42 kilometers guys 42 K's let's go we've had success I found the path I have passed I've officially passed the 41 kilometers to go marker I feel like there will be a marker every kilometer which will be useful but what I'm not liking is look at this already okay already we've got a nice incline or maybe maybe we go down there which I would much prefer I'm hoping we do I think we do all right so we go down there and that's gonna be the first trail part of our or do we go down there fuck I'm not even sure let's continue just gonna keep driving down this road for a wee bit to see if I can spot another one of these markers but I don't think I am okay that's good that's good work so far so what we're gonna do we're gonna skip the part that goes around Arrow town we're gonna begin this I'm gonna I'm gonna see you guys again when we get to the corner of Hogan's Gully Road and Arrow town Lake Hayes Road that point is at the 10.5 K mark and it's gonna be the point that I get out of the car this morning and go for a walk cool I see there we are here so yeah this is the exciting part all right guys so as far as I'm aware as far as I'm aware we come 10.5 kilometers into this race we come from down there all the way down here hit this corner turn left and effectively that road I'm led to believe runs all the way around the base of Lake Hayes and I did actually drive past that on the way here and it looked beautiful so what I'm gonna do is I might even I'm gonna turn my car around I'm gonna park it right down there I'm gonna leave the camera in it and I'm gonna go for about a two-hour walk I haven't done a lot of activity for three days I really need to I do need to get the legs moving I need to get some blood in there and loosen up before the big day tomorrow so I wouldn't want to I wouldn't want to do nothing for four days you know what I mean I think I've done it okay I think I've you know as far as this last week as far as these last seven days I feel like I've done it pretty much as effectively as I can I'm feeling good I'm feeling ready to go you know I could run it right now could I I don't know I've got my running shoes on I feel pretty fucking good I could probably just set off that way and run 42 kilometers but I'm gonna wait till tomorrow but what I can say is that regardless of the race you know what a place to be in right now what a place just stunning and not overcrowded which is perfect anyways alright so I'm gonna go around the lake I'm not gonna take the camera because that's annoying and look I'll see you guys in about two hours the time is 1141 a.m. I've done 1000 steps which is pitiful but by the end of this walk I think it should be about 10k's a couple of hours 10,000 steps and a nice wee look at an 8 kilometer portion of the race okay guys I tell a lie I'm driving to the lakeside and what I do want to say is that this is exactly where we're running on no way just like that just like that I am in my own piece of paradise that my friends is the other side of Lake Hayes and right now I'm gonna test the zoom on this thing we haven't done that whoa oh shit not bad not bad I'm not gonna say that's the the best quality but that is the other side of Lake Hayes so what I'm gonna do right now is do what I said I was gonna do before and go for a walk so I'm just gonna leave my car here man look at this boom could be day number one of van life I'll just come back here nope I found an actual car park okay now it's time to go for a walk all right and just like that we have returned that was actually that was quite good I've done exactly 10,006 steps it's 1 20 p.m. and I'm starving so I've got a plan well actually I sorry I've got a plan but I also learned three things I learned three three different things on that walk number one just around that corner is the 24 kilometers to go marker so now I've seen two markers I've seen the 11 I've seen the 31 kilometer to go sorry I've seen three markers the 41 kilometers to go marker after one kilometer then we saw the 31 kilometer to go marker just before heading down to circle the lake and we saw a third marker just over there which is gonna be as you come around the lake you come past there and you've got 24 case to go which makes sense because around the lake is around about 8k's first thing I learned is that as soon as I come around this lake that I've just gone and walked I will pass the 24 kilometers to go marker which will mean I've ran 18k's now if I've got a goal in mind because the second thing I learned was that the path is certainly not going to be flat it is not going to be flat by by any stretch there's going to be constant ups and downs or at least during this part the second thing I learned was that by the time I pass the 18k mark you know I want to do that under two hours so that's my first goal if I pass that under two hours I know I've you know I've done a decent job because in training all I've done admittedly is flat running so I have no idea how this is going to go guys if I had a level of confidence before it's certainly been dropped a slight bit but the third thing I learned was there is a sign saying that this place gets locked every night at 10 p.m. and if any vans are caught here overnight which I was considering doing you'll find $200 and in my opinion I'd rather pay 200 bucks for a hotel than pay 200 bucks to sleep in my own van so with that being said I'm not gonna do that but what I am gonna do is go and get some lunch so I actually want to leave a fair bit of this you know course to my surprise I want to see it for the first time and you know I wouldn't be able to drive it anyway because a lot of it is on trail a lot of it is on you know dirt and dirt and compacted trail they call it so I fuck I have no idea how this is gonna go guys I mean I didn't know I don't I mean I really didn't know what to expect as far as terrain as far as altitude and the rest but I don't know I honestly don't know I'm feeling confident you know luckily holy shit man luckily I've got a base level of fitness and you know if I didn't have that I mean you can walk it there are people who walk 6k per hour is a definite pretty fast paced walk and to keep it up you know up and down that's 6k per hour that's 40 that's seven hours so okay you've got a yeah you've got to walk at about 5k per hour constantly for eight hours straight that is not gonna be easy but I guess that's race walking right so I'm not gonna do that I'm gonna run the whole fucking thing except for the uphill parts I'm gonna walk because I do not want to screw myself I'm gonna walk those parts and then I'm gonna run rapidly down the other side to make up some time that is my goal and that is my strategy apart from that I have no idea right so I'm gonna go get some lunch I'm gonna go to Ferg burger fuck it's hot on here holy shit Jesus Christ I will say it's humid man it is humid today and I definitely didn't need this so the plan now guys I'm gonna go and get some lunch I'm not gonna show you guys any more of this course I'm just gonna suss out a bit of it myself on the way into Queenstown I'm gonna get some lunch from the world famous Ferg burger which I've never tried before I'm gonna get two burgers some fries and a drink and then I will see you guys on the couch back at my unit