Manchester Marathon 2024: SUB-4 OR THE WALL! - Race Vlog
Mack attempts to go sub-4 during the Manchester Marathon 2024. Will he go under 4 hours or will he hit the wall?
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Mack attempts to go sub-4 during the Manchester Marathon 2024. Will he go under 4 hours or will he hit the wall?
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Well done Mack!! Smashed it, especially with feeling crap 💪 I put my faith in my Garmin Pace pro at 3:59. Got in 03:59:41, my first sub 4.🎉 Great vids in this block 🙌
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Ah, very well done!! My watch measured 1KM long last year and 400m long last year, so I really had to factor in a bit of a buffer when it came to the pace. Well done again!!
@user-ky6to4uq5m
Ай бұрын
I finished literally 2 seconds ahead of you! And my Garmin was half a mile out on the course markers too and so I was struggling with the maths from early on! Always aim for a sub 4 but I think that was my proudest sub 4 I have done . Well done for yours!
Really proud of you! I can only hope to join you one day :)
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Thanks for being there. My mushed brain was determined to get to you, haha... x
Well done, Mack!
@Mack.Tracks
29 күн бұрын
Thanks!
Well done! Very good job Mack👏
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
Well done! The last 500m felt so long and my watch was showing the wrong distance. Great effort! 🎉
@Mack.Tracks
29 күн бұрын
Last year my watch measured an extra full KM… so it was a definite improvement haha… Well done again on your success!
@YuennyLam
29 күн бұрын
@@Mack.Tracks That's a big difference but just happens. Thank you. And you. You did really well!
Well done Mack! I learn something everyday, cramp fix from Amazon 😱
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Thank you! Hahah... I don't think they'll be sponsoring me anytime soon!
Awesome job, great video style too 👍
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Thanks! I really couldn’t run and talk much on the day, so felt that this was the best alternative. Cheers!
Good vid mate , good insight 👍🏽
@Mack.Tracks
29 күн бұрын
Thanks! And a huge well done on your performance! I spotted you in Donato's video, too, and your form was looking so good and strong towards the end.
Great stuff mate hoping to get a sub 4 next year, was actually in the start pack with you but had crazy leg cramps so had to hold back, so much support though!
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Well done in getting it done! I got hit with bad cramps at 38K last marathon and couldn’t believe how painful they were.
Brilliant videos. Watched all the Manc prep ones in prep for my first one in Manc, and the Alt Hill one was great including the fluid advice!! Glad you hit your sub 4 target!
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Thank you! I hope you had a great experience!
Very well executed there Mack. A slight fade at 30k is fine. You finished strongly and must take a lot of confidence from that.
@Mack.Tracks
29 күн бұрын
Thanks! And thank you for doing what you do, as your content has been very helpful and inspirational.
Well done on such a cracking run and video, was thoroughly enjoyable and we are so glad you dipped under 4 🙌🙌 Keep it up
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Thanks! And well done again to you both!
great stuff man it was me djing when you came through the m60 enjoyed djing as a 13 year old. great stuff
@Mack.Tracks
29 күн бұрын
Ahh, great stuff! That part is a real highlight!
Well done mate!
@Mack.Tracks
15 күн бұрын
Thanks!
Great work Mack! Well done mate - belter of a result! 👏👏👏
@Mack.Tracks
28 күн бұрын
Cheers, Freddy!
fantastic running buddy! Following the best well known advice for running... change everything out on race day haha!
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Chaos, haha, but we got there!
Loved the video. It really captures how tough a Marathon is. Fantastic time and will to get over that line 👏👏👏👏
@Mack.Tracks
28 күн бұрын
I’m glad you enjoyed it, cheers!
Hi Mack, just came across your channel :) Huge congrats on your sub 4 at Manchester Marathon and overcoming the challenges on the day. I hope you've been recovering well!
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
Well done buddy. I did see your Altrincham hill video and I must admit, it did help me. So thank you.
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Excellent! Glad to be of service. It was good to see so much support once the hill had been climbed!
Massive congratulations on the sub 4. Couldn’t have been easy feeling like crap. Well done!
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Thanks very much!
I was in Sale cheering everyone on at 11miles and 22 miles. Everyone did amazing! And well done!!!
@Mack.Tracks
28 күн бұрын
Thank you for the support on course. It really does give runners a big boost!
Well done Mack 🎉🎉 Sub4 in the bag !! Sterling effort !!
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Thanks! Your Manchester coverage definitely helped!
Delighted for you mate! How on earth you found the strength to speed up at the end is massive. You won't be the first or last person to switch something round on race day. In the end, it wasn't the worst decision in the world as it seems like you fuelled well considering you felt so rough!
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Thanks, Andy! That part of the marathon is just so tough, with poisonous doubt filling the brain and it feeling so physically impossible to move quicker. I’m proud that I found something and I’m confident you’ll do the same when the demons start knocking at Newport. Line ‘em up and knock ‘em down, mate! It was all very touch-and-go Saturday night and Sunday morning. Not my ideal preparation but we control the controllables and roll the dice on the rest. The caffeine move was a bold choice and the portaloos were getting more and more alluring as I got closer to the end…
Great job! I watched your Altrincham hill video and that prepared me to respect the hill! Congrats on your sub 4 I came in at 3:50!
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Very well done!
Oh man that was awesome!! Congrats. Been there chasing sub 4 only to have it slowly and painfully slip away in those last few miles. Well done in holding on and pushing through. This almost makes me want to attempt it again. Almost… 😂
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Ah man, thanks! The marathon sure is a love it/hate it relationship!
Love this review! Definitely agree with everything you said about certain quiet areas and parts where you just wanted to run faster, and that Altrincham hill was deadly 😂 massive well done for getting the sub-4 despite not feeling great, huge respect!!! 🙌👏👏
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Thanks! And congrats again to you, too! Now to find the next challenge…
Well done, great effort especially if feeling bad. Sounds like the pacer turned up at just the right point! (Came in under my 3:45 goal so really happy myself, especially after a crap Saturday and sudden overheat at 40k!)
@Mack.Tracks
29 күн бұрын
Yeah, I'm not usually a fan of running with the pacer as it's often busy, but there were very few people left with him at that point, so it was a neat little pack. Very well done on the sub-3:45, especially with the going getting tough at 40K. Those KMs pass in slow motion at that point!
Well done! Goal met. I did Manchester too! I ran a 3:41:24. Ran with a friend and stayed together the whole race Doing chester in October and going for sub 3:15
@Mack.Tracks
21 күн бұрын
Ahh, very well done! I’m eyeing up Chester, but not 100% sure yet…
I blew up at the hill. I was on for 3:25 @4:50/km for the first half but finished 3:37 @ 5:20/km 😅… can’t win them all.
@Mack.Tracks
28 күн бұрын
Ah man, good job giving it a crack, though. Fantastic time, nevertheless!
Trying to work out times while running is the hardest thing in the world to do 😂😂 Congratulations on the sub 4 🎉
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
Haha, thank you, thank you!!
Well done Mack - That was my first marathon on Sunday - The support was superb - Managed 3.46.44 - Was aiming for sub 3.45 which is what I had trained for, but cramp at 38k and 40k put paid to that (need more electrolytes next time :))- Still massively happy with it for a first attempt and so happy I did it in Manchester - The locals were just amazing! Well done on the sub 4 - It was hard out there in the second half and rather warmer than expected! I'll be back to run that again at some point for sure...
@Mack.Tracks
29 күн бұрын
Yeees, very well done! Solving cramp seems to be a constant challenge for me and these runs. Never happens during training, but those final moments of the 26.2 can get grim.
@jamespeters5043
29 күн бұрын
@Mack.Tracks yep, first time I've experienced cramp like that running...but my previous longest run before Sunday was 20 miles so was into the unknown. Was happy to get going again after each leg decided it had had enough...thought I was done when the first cramp happened...just told my legs to shut up and got on with it though 😂
Congrats! I somehow managed a 2:54:29 after aiming for 3:00:00, first marathon as well! I’m still very much dead
@Mack.Tracks
Ай бұрын
That’s outrageous! Well done!
Haha mate I was the one at the hill. You literally finished a few second faster than me. Somehow you went past me but I literally don’t remember seen you pass. Great effort for sure well done 👏🏻
@Mack.Tracks
29 күн бұрын
Ahh, good stuff! Great to bump into you!