 We meet again today is the day well it's actually not the day it's it's two days out as you can see by the title it's two days out from my very first marathon guys we're still in Christchurch I have packed the van as you can see behind me I'll show you guys what I took when I get there but the mission for today is to drive at least six hours from Christchurch to Queenstown now for anyone out there for anyone that doesn't live in New Zealand Queenstown is quite the place I haven't really been there too much as an adult so it's gonna be fun I don't know what I'm gonna do but basically today's mission is to get there register for the marathon which opens at three it's open all day tomorrow for the for registration but if you do want to get in early on the Thursday it opens at three it's 744 a.m. right now so effectively I've got seven and a quarter hours to get there on time but really it doesn't matter when I get there because I'm gonna take it easy I'm not gonna rush I've had a I've had a whole heap of experience driving long distances living in central Australia there's been days where I've driven all day 15 16 17 hours to cover you know a thousand miles in a day or something crazy like that so today is 600 case it's under 400 miles and it's gonna be piss easy and it's gonna be great scenery too so I can't wait I cannot wait this is how I like to do things man just setting off on my own the Lone Ranger ticking things off the list getting shit done kicking goals that's what 2020's been about so guys thank you so much for watching I want to say good morning from Christchurch New Zealand and I'll see you guys on the road actually just one thing before I do head off I did want to mention my training schedule over the last two days so I at seven days out I did a 20 kilometer run at five days out I did a 21 kilometer run four days out I took completely off three days out I took completely off to let my legs recover because I did feel fatigue in that second run from the first long distance run so I said to myself right I've got five days to go to the race I'm not going to do another long distance run I don't need to nothing's going to change I'm not going to be able to change anything at this late late stage so I'm going to let my legs rest and eat well and that's exactly what I did so four days out nothing three days out which was yesterday absolutely no cardio but I did go into the gym and get some blood moving get my nutrients moving around my body I did a push session so that's chest shoulders and triceps and then I came home so here we are it's eight o'clock in the morning and I've probably probably only done like five or six thousand steps per day for the last two today I'm gonna I'm gonna obviously get down to Queenstown I am gonna try and get in a few steps probably 10,000 that's gonna require an hour's walk when I get down there which is gonna be easy that's gonna be nice and relaxing and that's all I'm gonna do tomorrow is gonna be one day out and I'm probably gonna do even less to be fair just make sure I eat a certain amount of carbohydrates and make sure I'm fueled watered recovered through sleep and ready to go at seven in the morning on Saturday so I just thought I'd mention my activity levels over the last two days a few of you might be wondering what my training's been especially since I did those long distance runs so close to the start of the marathon I just thought I'd mention that for anyone that is following along for anyone that likes analytics stats as much as I do you're probably gonna be interested in that anyways guys now we'll see on the road all right you copy that what's going on guys I just passed a place called Fairly I'm now standing in the middle of the road and there's not much here I'm about halfway I feel we've got loads of sheep in the background actually it's fucking it's nice around here I I I'll turn that off I decided to take the scenic route instead of going all the way down the coast to Timaru and then Omaru I decided to turn right before Timaru and go down the middle so we've been surrounded by beautiful mountains and fields and not many cars I've just been listening to a couple of podcasts my day is going swimmingly this is my van and in fact it's probably time for me to begin my well actually no it's not I tell a lie it's not time for me to begin my van life vlog series which you can expect on this channel coming shortly because I'm not going to be living in this van for two more nights I've got two nights of accommodation in Queenstown that's tonight being Thursday tomorrow night being Friday then Saturday I wish I had a microphone for this camera holy shit that's loud basically guys it's Thursday today we're heading down there today the plan is the plan is to stay two nights in accommodation run the marathon Saturday morning come back to my van and that's it it's just me in the van from Saturday afternoon onwards so I don't know how long I'm gonna last honestly I don't I I've got my my sleeping bag I've got my pillow I've got some food and I've literally got everything I need I've got everything I need I don't need fuck all I need is a all I need is some electricity from somewhere plus a place to have a shower got my snap fitness membership which I feel like is gonna come in handy so I feel like I'm gonna be fine I feel like I'm gonna be on the road for at least seven days which is which is what the goal was I'm not gonna say seven days I'm not gonna rope myself into that because I feel like that's that's quite a stretch but at least a couple of nights because it's time man it's time for me to just get out of Christ church get out of the house in some solace in nature and wake up to this kind of thing you know what I mean for once so that's the goal anyways guys I'll see you on the road once again I've got to show you guys this behind you I don't know if it's the glasses or not but I swear this is the bluest fucking massivist lake I've ever seen in my life where are we have a look at that I'm pretty sure that's that's Lake Lake Tekapo couldn't be a hundred percent but yeah it's fairly big and it's fairly blue and I've just come in from like around those hills I'm at basically sea level right now but if you are above sea level this looks absolutely incredible so I had to stop anyways let's continue right guys quick stop we're at a crossroads but it's a fucking stunning crossroads it's a place called Cromwell in central Otago and seriously guys I have I've wanted to stop and bring out my camera probably a good probably a good 15 20 different times on this trip because the scenery is just absolutely stunning you know I'm realizing what people what people say when they when they talk about the scenery of New Zealand how fucking beautiful it is especially the South Island honestly man I've just driven through the heart of the South Island on a real awesome day with blue sky and honestly bro it's been absolutely incredible I've loved every minute and I'm almost to Queen's town so the time right now is 203 p.m. the registration opens in an hour and I'm gonna be there in about 50 minutes so it's gonna be perfect timing I'm gonna register then go to my accommodation and I'll see you guys when we get there. Cromwell man seriously Cromwell I have a feeling I have a feeling that this area or the sections of land in this area are reasonably priced I also have a feeling that the usual weather in this area would be rather cold and miserable but we are coming into summer right now and on a day like this in surroundings like this this is this is nature man this is a this is inspiring it's it's it's clear it's clear it allows me to collect my thoughts easily because there's not a lot of shit around me distracting me it's it's absolutely beautiful there's too many cars around this spot but if you were to get a rural area a rural spot with you know no no main road next to it this I'm blown away man I really am I'm blown away because this is the kind of drive that I've been meaning to do for months months and months but I just haven't and so it's it's taken me to enter a marathon to actually get in the car and fucking drive out of Christchurch so I'm so glad I did guys and I'm so glad I'm bringing you along for the journey as I always would so now I'll see you guys soon okay we have arrived and I'm literally here five minutes before the athlete chicken so it looks as if to my left there are lots of people already lined up but I feel like being here early is a good thing so I'm glad I'm hopefully there'll be a park somewhere all right step number one is complete we're here we made it to the event location which is Queenstown and have a fucking look behind me have a look behind me bro look at this shit oh man what a stunner of a day to get down here anyways time for business right we're gonna be seeing this each at the exact same time you and I both I'm expecting you know as I as I come up higher this looks absolutely epic picturesque you might say picture perfect if you will and we're gonna continue to go up for another 700 meters and that's where I'm staying up this road I cannot get over the scenery around here man I just cannot it is like I said picturesque anyways what do we got 500 meters 450 400 I've been looking forward to this for so fucking long I didn't know where I was gonna stay until like a few days ago but as far as as far as doing a marathon as far as 300 meters your destination will be on the left on the left number well I won't say the number but okay we're not gonna I don't know if we're gonna have any views but as far as the setting you couldn't get much better I'm impressed I'm just gonna just gonna drive a little closer um guys I will say one thing I will say one thing pretty much every single time over the last I'd say three years that I've traveled you know for any for any short-ish length of time I've always used Airbnb for my way of booking it and and for my way of finding the property and I tend to enjoy going to someone's house and sit and you know using their studio or using their room or using their house while they're away or something like that because you get a better experience and you also usually get get value for money but I gotta say guys before I go in it's fucking hot here it's hot today I'm not gonna lie but before we go in just between you and me I paid $75 a night for this okay just quietly two nights I haven't been inside yet but from the outside it looks absolutely perfect so let's get inside main bathroom main walk-in closet and a mean as studio apartment that's all I ever wanted that's all I ever needed and I got it so I'm happy what I also got is my race number 1702 I got my bus pass to the start line because you wouldn't want to miss that oh man imagine if you did imagine if you missed the last bus I think the first one goes at 645 the second the last one goes at 725 I've called down slightly I don't know whether it's my red I don't know whether it's my red top or or my my red face but my face does look red anyways guys it's time we look in our competitors pack because I'm excited for that makes me feel like a kid on Christmas in fact it is nearly Christmas right my friends welcome welcome to Queen's Town officially welcome to the Queen's Town marathon I am competitor number 1702 and that is gonna be safety pinned to the front not sure what I'm gonna wear yet but I'll work that out there's snacks okay so this is what it looks like a little bag I did get told I did get told at the registration that because I'm doing the full marathon I have the ability to drop drinks that I want at the 20 kilometer aid station and the 33 kilometer aid station if I want specific personalized drinks for me as a competitor as I run past I can drop them down there and get them cold in my hand as I run past how good would that be so I think I'm gonna do that but also I take down anything I want to take with me to the start line that I want at the finish line I put in this bag I've put my number on it he gets taken to the finish line I pick it up so it's all very efficient I think I hope I probably won't be taking too much valuable stuff but I will be taking this camera right to the start line and I'll be putting it in this very bag and I'll be picking it up from the finish line and letting you guys know exactly how it goes but that's not for two more days anyways we got we got here actually I think it's more so what the fuck is this sunscreen 50 plus that's got to be the smallest bottle of sunscreen I've ever seen in my entire life it must be for people who forgot it and I certainly didn't I'm not that silly but apart from that we've got some coffee which definitely fits the bill for me thank you very much and if I can get some light here we've got a one square meal a mini one square meal which I will eat in exactly 20 seconds I think that's it for today I'm gonna I'm gonna chill out now I'm gonna rest and recover that's what I've been doing for the last two days that's what I'll do today and that's what I'll do tomorrow but tomorrow is gonna be very exciting and the reason for that I will let you know in the morning so for anyone following along at home thank you for watching man and if I'm inspiring you a motor van you get off the couch get out there and try something new whether it be marathon running or whether it be something completely different let's get active man that's what 2020 has been about for me and that's what I hope to push through these videos is being active is not only healthy for your physical body but also for your mental your mental health and it's huge for me it's huge for my mental health I cannot you know I cannot I cannot say that enough I don't know what the what the adjective is is it even called an adjective what's the descriptive word that that's just huge I cannot cannot say it enough how important being active is to my to my mental health and with a good sense of mental health everything else flourishes we can do everything else with bad mental health you can't do nothing you're useless it's so important we need to we need to nurture it and with that being said guys I've definitely said enough this is my my new house sit for two days I'll see you guys bright nearly in the morning thank you for watching and peace out