 Hey, what's going on guys? It's me again, Jacob. Welcome back to my channel and welcome back to the marathon series. This is a series of videos post marathon. Today I come to you with a message. I come to you with a passionate message and if I wasn't passionate about it I wouldn't be bringing this video to you so you can trust in that. But if I could just get some light going here it'd be nice. Is that enough? I reckon that's enough. So I've just got back from the gym. It's actually still two days post marathon. I just made a video about an hour and a half ago in the back of this van talking about how the marathon went and talking about how I felt and how I felt the race went mentally. And then I thought about how my feet felt and how my calves felt and how my legs felt and I kind of explained that to you guys. To be honest I feel like I was being a bit of a pussy. I thought back to the likes of David Goggins and this kind of stuff that he says and the kind of stuff that he's pushed his body through and the kind of stuff he says about how your mind is always going to be a lot stronger than your body. Does that make sense? Or is it the other way around? Your body is going to be more stronger than the body. No, I think it's your mind is going to be more stronger than the body. So that means that if you feel like your body is going to break down your mind can actually push you through. I don't even know if that makes sense to be fair but look I've got a message to share. It is three days post, well it's two days post marathon sorry, today's still Monday November the 23rd and I've actually just levelled up. I honestly feel like I've levelled up. I feel like because of I feel like a lot of people that have have run their first marathon would most likely be feeling things similar to this as well. You know you've done that now. That's your that's your new benchmark. You know what I mean? As far as long distance running as far as even just 10k runs, half marathons, 20k, 5k's whatever you want to whatever you want to do your benchmark is now being set. I've been I've been working to the morning yeah yeah they been sleeping now I swear they storming yeah yeah and I swear I'm cooking like I'm forming for me uh am I forming jumping like it's running out my way room from talent on my lane I've been praying say this thing I'm the same I don't need another person telling me. And it's about bettering that and so I actually just went to the gym then I I went to go do some weights and I jumped on the treadmill got on Instagram for about five minutes and and thought you know what I was actually I was talking shit in that previous video my legs are feeling fine I'm telling myself I'm telling myself mentally that because it's only been 48 hours since the marathon I could never have recovered by then I'm never going to be you know sweet enough to go and do a 5k run or 10k run I'm gonna need a week to recover you know like these other guys these other guys that haven't done any training they go and do a marathon it takes them two weeks to recover they can't walk for fucking seven days and I might have felt like that yesterday but today I feel fucking fine I really do I feel fine I feel like I feel like I've come back great and I haven't done fuck all stretching I should have I'm not gonna lie I should have done stretching before the race too maybe I wouldn't have cramped but I haven't done much I haven't done any stretching since haven't done any recovery I guess that's that's something I am gonna bring into my my routine is recovery rest and recovery because if I want to keep pushing myself like like I have been I'm gonna need that and that's what David Goggins did you know he jumped off the couch he thought you know what fuck it I'm mentally strong enough to do anything that's what he believed and I believe I believe that I fucking believe that firmly about myself that I am mentally strong enough to do anything I set my mind to as long as my body can actually carry me carry my mind and my mental strength so I've actually lost my train of thought but I've come to you today with a message because I've just gone to the gym jumped in the treadmill for five minutes went on Instagram thought fuck it you know what my legs feel good I'm gonna I'm gonna actually start running I'm gonna go and run it's only 48 hours post post marathon and I'm gonna I'm gonna start running I'm gonna go for a run test these legs out test exactly what my recovery you know capabilities are and I think I've got I think I've honestly guys I think I'm I'm coming to terms with the fact that I've got fairly decent recovery capabilities my body has has decent recovery capabilities you know I am learning over time with the different with the different training modes that I've been doing and the different bodybuilding type training that I've experienced in the past my body as much as I haven't liked to admit it in the past my body tends to lean towards as far as genetics are concerned endurance training even in the gym you know my sets of squats I'd be much more I guess strong much more effective what is strong strong relative but I'd be much much much better much much more I don't know I think you can train your body for any specific type of training but as far as genetics you are gonna be inclined to perform and to respond better to a certain type of training and and and that's endurance training for me and that excites me and so I've just gone to the gym I'm gonna fucking get back on track I guarantee it just gone to the gym I've gone for a 10k run 48 hours post marathon and I've gone and ran a PB so I got 47 minutes 20 seconds it's not a huge PB but it is a PB and I did have to fight through some stitch I did have to fight through some some kind of a bit dodgy feeling hamstrings to be fair I thought shit am I gonna blow something here because I'm pushing myself and then I once again thought back to what David Goggins did and what he said and how my mind is my mind is also not only gonna be strong enough to carry me through but it's also gonna be weak enough at times to try and stop me with certain little tweaks and things and feelings and you know little things going on in my legs such as my hamstring but you know you keep running for another kilometer and you forget about it and then you might start feeling something in your in your car for in your your hip or in your glute or something and you just you can stop or you can just push through and today I pushed through and in the marathon I pushed through I pushed I pushed through 10 10 to 12 kilometers of cramps and that has set the benchmark not only for distance not only for for intensity but for for my ability to push through I got so much out of that marathon it's not even funny and I've got so much out of that 10 kilometer run that I just did before I proved to myself that 48 hours post marathon I can do it I can run another one I could because mentally I'm strong enough I'm getting that mental strength that will one day allow me to complete my very first ultra marathon and I suppose that is where this video is gonna gonna end and that's where this video series is gonna end I won't be making any more videos about this marathon it's been a hell of a lot of fun I want to thank you guys for being here you haven't even watched the seven day out video yet yet I feel like you have you know I feel like I feel like we've done this together even though none of you have actually watched this yet so it's been it's been a good journey it's it's been a it's been a journey and I've just like I've mentioned in this video over and over again I'm feeling pretty passionate right now feeling pretty emotional I'm all over the place but the fact remains is that I've learned a hell of a lot about how much I can I can do mentally and physically how much I can push myself how far I can push myself and look I'm gonna leave you on this man this was an absolute gem I went to the gym this is the gym that I joined up in back in June I've trained there all throughout my two bodybuilding preps I've trained there throughout my running they've seen me on the treadmill over and over and over and over again and all those times that they saw me on the treadmill in my prep for the bodybuilding shows has obviously culminated to me finally doing my first marathon and and I talked to her at the end because I'm actually leaving that gym I'm gonna quit I've been there for six months I've achieved a lot and I'm gonna quit I'm gonna move on and and she said you know she said you don't know how many people you've inspired you said she said you really don't know and I said are you serious like because that that's fuel that is that is straight up fuel for me this lighting in here is terrible right now but look she said I promise I'm going in like 30 seconds she said to me an amazing thing it's something that actually no one has ever ever ever said to me in person before and that is that you don't know how many people you're inspiring Jacob you don't know how many people you're motivating around here and that is fuel that is fuel to my fire that you know to inspire someone out there to motivate someone out there to change their lives for the better just like I have means a lot that means hell of a lot in fact I can't quantify I don't know how much it means but it means hell of a lot and to hear that from someone you know from the manager of the gym that I've been training at mean a hell of a lot so Meg thank you so much man that that that that that was awesome and guys I'm gonna leave you now so I bid you farewell thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in the next one that was seven days out five days out three days out two days out one day out race day some thoughts after my marathon and today's video so we've got eight videos man I really hope you enjoyed because I certainly did peace out guys have a great day