 My fucking god The day is here There's no more talking. There is no more talking to be done. The day is fucking here. Oh My god, it feels different. It's different. It hits different when it's race day. I'll tell you that much My watch is off. It's 6 30 in the morning guys. I've just woken up. I've just had a quick shower I've just had a quick coffee and Well the plan is to Yeah, this is my true color guys, this is my true color not gonna lie so What I'm gonna do now is is pack up my hotel room. I'm gonna have a second coffee I'm gonna Reduce my anxiety because yesterday guys. I'm sorry. I actually um, I didn't even finish the video clip off I didn't finish the vlog the last thing you saw of me was going to get some lunch I came back here ate the lunch before I even got the camera out and Then to be honest man, I struggled with extreme anxiety yesterday I don't know if any of you guys out there that are getting ready for your first marathons have experienced that But that only came on last night. That's it It did not come on before that and that is simply because the fact that I know I realized That I had literally one more sleep and I needed to make it a good one which I have and I'm happy about that so As far as fueling up yesterday, I ate two burgers. I ate a bowl of Oats I ate one banana. I ate a bowl of rice with baked beans and I had a quite a bit of water so that is my fueling that is my carbohydrate sources for this race I'm not gonna take in any carbohydrates now. I'm gonna stick to my my guns stick to my my Stick to my ways of doing things which is basically fuel up the night before get up make sure you go to the toilet which has been done a Little bit too much information, but it's fucking important if you're gonna go around 40 case have my coffee have some water and We'll see how we're feeling so It's it's nearly 6 30 the race begins at 8 20 The first shuttle bus leaves Queenstown at 6 45 the last shuttle bus leaves Queenstown at 7 25 so at this very moment. I have around about an hour Which includes a 15 to 20 minute drive into Queenstown so at this very moment I've got 40 minutes until the last shuttle bus leaves including my drive there So I think I've got you know a good 20 minutes to get ready and get out of the house And that's what we're gonna do 20 minutes no stress Get everything packed up nicely because after today. I'm actually not gonna have a bed. I'm not gonna have any accommodation I'm gonna be sleeping in my van tonight wherever that may be and that's that's exciting But it's quite daunting and at the end of the day. I've got money. So if I do need somewhere to stay I can pay for it Okay, guys, here we go November the 21st 6 30 in the morning Welcome back to my channel Welcome to the video series seven days out from my very first marathon today is D day I'm about to run. I'm guys. I'm about to run 16 kilometers further. God my hands are shaking. I'm fucking nervous I'm about to run 16 kilometers further than I ever have before my furthest run And I'm not sure that this is a good thing was 26 kilometers on the flat today's 42 I Don't know how it's gonna go. I just need to finish I want to finish not under four hours anymore because I did suss out some of the course yesterday and it is quite hilly My goal my goal guys. I'm gonna say it right now is to finish The 2020 Queenstown marathon in five hours or under. I've said it now. That's my goal. I gotta show you this so This is my lumber 1702 fitting you could say MKP singlet then I'm gonna stick That on the front of with my four green safety pins. I am wearing my ends that I use shorts and I'm wearing My favorite I've got to say my favorite thermal long sleeve so We've got shorts on the bottom. We've got a long sleeve top on the on the top I do have to remember to put sunscreen on But this is gonna make sure that I don't burn my my body or my arms or my shoulders or anything like that Final decision, which I honestly had severe anxiety about last night. In fact, the one thing I cannot fucking Decide whether to do or not is to use my music to take my music with me to take my headphones I actually had to confirm last night because I started looking at a few marathons and I saw race rules and some race rules said they actually can't use headphones due to you know Safety reasons and I thought about it for a while and it's true. If your headphones are too high You cannot hear anything. You've got no no awareness of your surroundings So so in a race like a marathon you could definitely see why headphones are probably not the best thing But I am gonna take them down anyway, so Holy shit, I'm running out of time. I've got to get my number on And actually I'll show you this one thing too This is pretty cool. So This is on the back of the number which is some form of barcode. It's a timing chip timing chip So for anyone following along at home, I know this is going to be after the fact But you could actually follow along my race my whole race They've got apps for these things now. They're absolutely epic. Anyways guys. I'll see you at the start line Right guys Guys Slight change of plan. I actually decided to drive myself to the start line So I've got half an hour to relax now because it was getting way too fucking Way too rushed way too flustered. It's not the way you want to be especially not in scenery Such as this So I've decided to take it Upon myself To drive to the start line So I've got everything under control the only thing is I'm gonna have to get back here somehow to pick up my car But I'm gonna worry about that at the end of the race Because we've got we've got five hours of fucking Mixed terrain running to do and I cannot wait to do it I'm gonna have a real opportunity to take in all of these surroundings while we run and I cannot wait It's gonna be epic. They call this the most beautiful Marathon in the world and it most probably is so guys. I'm gonna put my camera down now I'll pick you back up when we finish And I'm gonna let you guys know It's 747 in the morning November the 21st. I've done 1,058 steps and I've burnt 749 calories. So let's see. Let's see what those numbers are like at the end of this race We're looking forward to this for a long time this last week has been enjoyable I hope you guys have enjoyed it as much as I have and I'll see you guys at the end Let's do this Right you guys What is going on welcome back welcome back to a another clip not another video This is the day. This is the race day video man race day vlog. We did it. Okay, as you can see still got my number on But I'm happy to say regardless of what the time is because I don't actually know what the time was yet. I'll check that But regardless of the time I did finish I Got myself a medal and I'm proud of myself I had to push through man. I had to push through stages there that I've never fucking done before Cramp I Okay, I've never ran more than 27 kilometers at the 30 kilometer mark pretty much on on Schedule at the 30 kilometer mark. I got hit with the worst cramps. I've ever had in my life And I spent the last 12 kilometers of the race Trying to push through that I'll tell you right now the most frustrating thing One of the most frustrating things I've ever felt actually was on that race that very race the fact that my lungs and My legs felt fine to continue running even after three hours of it But the cramp did not allow me to do that. I'd take three steps and I'd fucking pull up I'd take another four steps. I fucking pull up. It was actually embarrassing And at the end of the day, I walked for five kilometers Because I thought that I couldn't push through Then I went through another aid station. I took in some electrolytes. I took in some more water and I tried to test the cramp Over the last over the last seven k's of the race. I tried to test it I did manage to you know, get the feet taken over If the cramp came on I honestly just pushed through I pushed through the pain guys I pushed through the risk of injury because I wanted to finish and I wanted to finish in under five hours And I think we fucking did that so I Can see my car now, thankfully And See there you go, that's what it's all about man. That is what it's all about. That's all about The camaraderie Rugby's about the camaraderie bodybuildings about the camaraderie running a fucking marathon about the camaraderie And I'll tell you what there's a lot of it right here. It's been awesome, man. It has been absolutely awesome This is exactly where I left you guys before we started At at about 8 10 a.m. This morning. It's now 3 o'clock. I've done 50,000 601 steps I've burnt six thousand calories It's been quite the day, but it's been an enjoyable day So I'm gonna put the camera away and I'll see you guys at the car Where I charge my phone for one and check on the app Check on the marathon app exactly what my time was because because I'll tell you what guys if If with all those problems I had with the cramp. I was still able to get I'm gonna say four hours 45 minutes I will be absolutely stoked because To get that like there was a point there where I wasn't actually gonna get under five hours and I thought Fuck that man. I need to push. I don't give a shit man This cramp. Oh my god, my legs my legs are pretty sore man, but it was buzzy. I'll tell you what happened Okay, so we started from like 800 meters in there came all the way out around this corner and down here and That's my car just there so five minutes into the race I Was passing my own car that I just parked and I thought that was quite a buzzy thought and then Look, I don't know if you guys watched yesterday's video Where I tried to suss out the course? It's not flat It's not flat whatsoever. I Surprised myself with how I motored up some hills the hills were subtle in fact. I asked a very experienced marathon runner How would you describe those hills that we did and? She said subtle in a word, so we had some subtle inclines Which I fucking killed until that 30 kilometer mark, so Anyways guys, we're back at the van three o'clock in the afternoon 6,000 calories burnt and Think it's just time to sit down and reflect sit down and relax get this time and I'm gonna share my time with you guys and And that'll be it for today's video my very first marathon What an experience All right, oh I don't know where my car charger is in fact, I don't think I bought it with me, so I can't charge my phone Which is kind of annoying But I've just laid down here in my van and Well, it's not bad It's really not You know What do we need in life not much not much at all just a few goals a few challenges to keep us keep us busy and Family friends and there really is only one one thing missing from my life right now guys one thing That I know is missing it's been missing for a long time and that is a loving partner That is a loving supporting partner that that is on my level on my vibe and We compliment each other the last few years, you know I've thought it's gonna happen, but it just hasn't for whatever reason I've got my two girls in Australia, but I'm not with the mother. I'm single and all these challenges All these things that I achieve, you know, they're all good, but only to a certain extent, you know Only to a certain extent and I'll say that again Because when you've got a partner to share things with the highs are doubled and The lows are halved right so happiness is doubled and grief is halved With a real supportive partner and to be honest guys, I think I'm talking shit now I feel like I should probably put the camera down and see you guys Whenever I see you because I can't look my phone right now, so I don't know exactly what the time was yet But when I do I'll let you guys know okay. Bye I think I've I think I've just I think I've just Just realized what's what I've actually just done Fucking random marathon today The only time man the only time throughout the whole entire race that I ever actually got out of breath Was when I jacked my own heart rate up by accident because I started crying I got really emotional at certain times throughout that race And I'm sure a lot of these races do if I've got reasons that they're racing for and when they're reminded of that For whatever reason throughout the race, you know these tears come and my reason for racing guys was for my kids My two children and for a friend of mine that passed away earlier this year Alex Payne He was 34 years of age. He passed away due to brain cancer And he was always one of the biggest supporters of me and everything I did everything I did Whether it was bodybuilding rugby Major key physiques YouTube He was on my vibe man, and he lost his life far too early And I haven't had to deal with friends of one losing their lives Until Alex did he's the only one that I've I've lost And he was a great friend, and I dedicated this run my very first marathon to Alex I Hope you're proud up there, mate Alright last thing. I'm showing you a promise, but have a look at this. I'm just sitting here This is completely involuntary probably about an hour post post race But My calves Are still Still cramping so can you imagine trying to run on trails with fucking calves that are cramping like that? It was it was pretty terrible. What's this one like? Oh? No, I've just gone and done it. I've just gone. Oh God damn look at that shit Okay Stop Stop now. I actually can't move Not sure what's happened I've lost the ability to stand Guys you know what you know what I thought one of the thought Just why I'm lying here one other thought was I wish this was called the major key physics Queenstown marathon Just a thought That is one That is one shredded fucking car for give I'll give myself that I will give myself that That's one shredded car And that is one cramping car I don't actually want to move. I really don't want to move because this is what I'm surrounded with Like I could I literally well I could I mean effectively I could If I wanted to I could camp right here, but I'm not going to This is real as it gets man. Mm-hmm as real as it gets I'm on my way home. I decided to jet out of Queenstown no pun intended as there are lots of jet boats around Queenstown decided to leave I'm going to drive back to Christchurch today. There's plenty of daylight. So, you know, if it was a couple hours later I probably would have stayed in Queenstown for one more night, but Yeah, it's all good. I've driven long distances Many times before and I do feel capable even though I've run a marathon this morning But I I've I've shed a tear. I have shed a tear I've just put up my post on Instagram and Facebook about the race and You know, thank God. Thank God My phone had enough battery for me to press stop on Strava And for me to take one selfie at the finish line Thank the Lord and then it fucking went flat. So I got one selfie and And You know, I spent about half an hour just sitting here by the water on the way home Probably about an hour out of Queenstown just thinking about my caption thinking about what I wanted to write because you only get one one chance one shot and Yeah, man, so this is fuck this is another nice setting beautiful setting Just outside of Cromwell, which is a place. I stopped on the way here. Okay, so basically I looked at my time. I Ran just under five hours. I got four fifty five forty four four hours fifty five minutes and forty four seconds and To push through to push through the cramp like to push through and get that time With the cramps I was going through took some fucking digging or else I would have got like five oh five five ten five fifteen and I would have been gutted with that I wanted to get under five hours and I fucking did it. So I'm stoked with that What can I say? What can I say? It's been a journey. It's been a journey the last week It's only been seven days since I started this vlog series. It seems crazy But for anyone who has followed along the whole entire thing for anyone who is looking at doing their first marathon For anyone that competed in this marathon for anyone that's competed in any marathons in the past for anyone That's one for anyone that wants to Stick around this community for anyone that wants to stick around my channel for any length of time, please do I urge you to subscribe There's always new content on this channel If you didn't notice I'm wearing major-key physics mkp. I wore it throughout the whole entire marathon and I wore it proud And I can tell you I can safely say that there were thousands literally thousands of eyes that got set on on mkp today because I wore it and a few people even yelled out mkp So, you know, it's not as if they know what the brand is, but if they see it again Then they'll put two and two together hopefully so fuck man. What a day What do you do man, what do you fucking do it's times like these in solitude When you've achieved a goal that you set out to do and no one else said that you should do it No one else pushed you to do it. No one else really gives a fuck to be fair. It's an internal thing It's a challenge and I thrive on challenges and we just did another one I ran my very first marathon in just under five hours and I'm proud of myself. I'm gonna take you inside Because I'm not I'm still not sure what the capabilities of the Microphone are on this Canon g7x mark 3 that I just got but Guys, I'm gonna go now. Honestly. I don't know what I don't know how long this this vlog is gonna be these last few days You know, I've definitely filmed a lot. I felt you know, I felt inspired to film and it's a good feeling. It really is I Don't know what the next challenge is gonna be but I feel like it's gonna be around something to do with martial arts and Just leave it with me. I'll let you guys know as soon as I do Peace out guys. Thank you so much for all your support. This was Jacob McDonald signing out from just outside Cromwell in the South Island of New Zealand Peace out guys. Have a fucking great day