This video is SO INTENSE. Thank you for allowing us to feel the emotions from a distance

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

I haven't seen anything like this race before

As someone who has missed the last two OTQ cycles (2016 and 2020) by a matter of seconds....but also made a few OTQs (2007 and 2012) by a matter of seconds this was relatable to watch! So brutal and tough when the time goal comes down to that last 100m after 26-miles and you can see that clock tick away! Great job capturing that emotion with the OTQ packs 🙌

19:17 : strava or it didnt happen 😂 damn this footage is way better than main stream media. full of emotion, excitement, so intense to watch these amazing athletes upclosed. thank you so much for sharing this for free ❤ the editing, the music, the scene, the narratives and moments its just so perfect! 🎉❤ you and your team is a gift to running community! well done.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thank you so much

Meg in the end just had me tearing up! That mix of disappointment and tiredness, I felt for her! Great job to still finish even though it was hard. Thanks for creating this awesome content to share. Much love from jamaica 🇯🇲

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

she is our champion

@ranran3578

6 ай бұрын

“I have nothing to lose”😢

🥺🥺🥺 Meg did everything she could. Lots of fun being there and making it to the group photo in the Kofuzi shakeout run. Great video Ko 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

good to see you again, Luis!

@LuisBecerra79

7 ай бұрын

@@kofuzi good thing I went for a walk early that Saturday morning, saw you running, easier to get a selfie with nobody waiting on line 🤷🏻‍♂️😆😆. 👍🏼

@j33dup

7 ай бұрын

I was going to feel bad but then she made a big fat excuse out of TRE

Break my heart Ko

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

it's coming

As far as catching raw emotions, this is your best work yet.. outstanding!

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thank you 🙏

Meg should be proud of herself! I mentioned it to her at the end of the race, that I’m glad she took the shot at the OTQ. She had a loaded season and went for it, in the face of all of our expectations! Very inspirational! Thanks Ko for another great piece!!

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

I hope she's proud of herself. I know we're all proud of her

Your best video to date. Thank you for capturing the heart, the thrill, the struggle, and the agony. It was special for me to see because I was sharing in some of that, but 2hrs back in the race with my sons grinding ahead for 2:48 and 3:15 finishes.

Tremendous work! Felt like being there, with a backstage pass.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thanks for watching, JC!

@averagerunner_

7 ай бұрын

This.

Watched every single of your vids since very beginning, but never commented. This one deserves a "thank you". Amazing footage, editing and content production. You were able to make me almost feel the same emotions these amazing runners were experiencing. Truly a work of art!

@kofuzi

6 ай бұрын

thanks so much for taking the time to write!

Great capturing the emotions of the athletes, I’m here tearing up 🥺🥺🥺 at my desk. Amazing work Ko

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thank you for watching!

Adam took this result extremely well. From DNF in the previous race to pushing himself nearly to the tipping point, he killed this attempt. Might not be what he was looking for but there’s a large group behind him supporting his every move. Super excited to see his work in the future

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

the splits were pretty much spot on until the wheels came off. but the bright side is that it didn't happen until much after I saw him at mile 19. he's right there.

This is art. Your ability to capture the fun and excitement mixed with the raw emotion is amazing. You are able to truly humanize it without coming across as forced like a lot of the mainstream media coverage. Fantastic stuff. That ending hit me right in the feels.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

The luxury I have that a mainstream outlet doesn’t is that I have liberty as to which story I want to tell. A news outlet has to tell the winner’s story first, although that isn’t always the most compelling story

Man, that ending made me get choked up. It was great to meet you at the shakeout run, thanks for always highlighting what makes this community so special

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

great to meet you!

a couple of apologies here. sorry it's so long. if I had more time, I could have made it shorter. also, I apologize for the typos.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

and if you have no idea who I am and are just here for race day vibes, please feel free to jump ahead to 9:23

@kalvin.

7 ай бұрын

That Pascal letter reference. Sometimes you need those longer moments to let the emotions breathe and marinate. Thank you for this end of year gift Mike

your filming, editing, and music choice was outstanding. Truly an amazing video

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

The edit following the 20:00 mark is truly something. Came back to watch it again. So much emotions. AMAZING job with Hardy finishing with his hands together seconds before the timer hit the cutoff. Thank you

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thanks for the rewatch!

I was in CIM this year and there was plenty of success and despair! This definitely helped me re live all the feels of the race. While not an elite marathoner by far, I went from Georgia to be in an environment with super fast runners just to experience the vibe and maybe get pulled along! The start was so unlike any other marathon I have run. Solemn and definitely a feeling of the suffering to come. Started in the 3:15 pace group and quickly left them. Passed the 3:10 group around 14 and somehow was able to run a huge 17 minute PR with an OT of 3:08:22 at age 60. THANK YOU CIM!!! Opened the possibility of going sub 3 for me. The course was challenging but definitely fast IF you are ready for rolling hills! Thanks for the memories.

What a fantastic video, @kofuzi. Likely your best one ever. I’m latino, so I cannot understand how you didn’t hug Meaghan. I had this urge to give her a hug seeing that final take.

@kofuzi

6 ай бұрын

yo, she was like mad sweaty

No one captures the emotional ups and downs of a marathon like you do, instead of trying to explain to my family what I go though, I just show them your videos. Thank you 🙂

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

I hope your family enjoys the videos!

I love this video. It did a great job of capturing the raw energy of marathon

@kofuzi

4 ай бұрын

thanks for watching!

Meg we love you!! People’s champ!!! Thanks Kofuzi for this awesome video!! Hopefully I will run CIM 2024 trying to BQ🙌

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

She really is

Every finisher is a dream chaser, giving it their all on race day. Once again you beautifully captured the emotions that come with doing that. Thank you for sharing your gift of story telling with us and taking us on the journey. AND it’s always great to see you!

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

So good to see you at the finish!

This was so good. I was saving it all week until I could sit down and watch it. I usually do the livestream LBNL in my pocket the next day as I run (audio). But the RW videos I have to digest like fine dining. Loved every bit of it. I wish all marathons had this kind of coverage. Got me excited for Houston and my 20 miler tomorrow

@kofuzi

6 ай бұрын

Such a great compliment. Thank you 🙏

Beautifully produced, my friend! Nailed it. I could feel the grit and determination these athletes pour into these events. Thanks for bringing us along.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

they gave it their all

I’ve particularly enjoyed this “series” because you highlight so many people that are vital cogs in the running community; as someone from the UK we wouldn’t see a lot of this sort of stuff, but it’s also so great to see someone that gets the spotlight on individuals that otherwise might not be greatly recognised. It also makes your videos so personable. Keep it coming!

The editing and production of this video is unreal 👏🏼 Thank You !!!! ❤ J.

@kofuzi

5 ай бұрын

thanks!

HELLO TONY, good to see you again in a kofuzi vid =))

incredible coverage. Best race video I've seen. so raw and emotional.

@kofuzi

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Seriously such a good vid!! You captured the emotions of the runners so well and the vid was so well put together.

Thank you!

This captured the emotional component of chasing a dream

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

it was amazing to be at the finish line

Outstanding video!!

Great video! So much in the video (excitement, disappointment, and spirit)! The road to the Olympic Marathons is amazing. Thank you capturing it and delivering a great video!

love the emotions!

Finish line sequence was really nice, beautifully cut. Thanks man!

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thank you so much

Awesome video. Great footage capturing the raw emotions of the athletes.

Great to see Nick Bare in a Kofuzi video - the two running channels I follow. My running universe collides! Beautiful edit, as always

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

The running world is small

What a video and making us all cry at the end for Meg

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

going into the weekend, I really thought this video would be about Adam. but Meaghan stole the show

Awesome video! Thanks for taking the time to take a selfie with my son and me at the BPN shakeout run! It was far from the race I'd trained for, but quickly got over it after finding my son at the finish line area and heard how he'd crushed his race!

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

it was great to meet the two of you!

The interviews at the end, particularly Meaghan’s interview, hit me right in the feels. The feelings of disappointment and sadness of missing a goal you’d worked so hard for really resonates with me, and I’m sure so many other people. Great CIM coverage. This was such a good video!

Amazing video, echoing the raw emotions in why we all pursue this sport of running. Thanks for capturing these and inspiring the many of us!

Excellent video! This was so well done ❤

brilliant editing and video Kofuzi. I took 4th there in 2007 and can definitely attest to how difficult that course is..it is NOT where I thought I would have PR'd at as compared to a flat course like rotterdam, berlin or velencia. Great seeing all the athletes out there. Awesome video brother.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

I like to think of the course as rolling hills (that happens to have a net decline)

Great coverage!☆

Thanks for taking us there. Amazing.

You absolutely know how to tell a story. Thank you and congratulations to all the runners!

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

I love this vid, the music takes it to another level, great job following the runners through the race.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thanks to Brian for driving and Tony for leading the way. I had some checkpoints mapped out, and maybe we would have been able to make them all, but Tony has done this before, so it was good to go with someone who knew the way

Another great video as usual, thanks man!

@kofuzi

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This is absolutely sick, amazing footage!

What a great recap! The sweat, the tears, the laughs, the TURKEY!!! Another fantastic video.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

it was so random

@LiquidChromeNails

6 ай бұрын

I scrolled all the comments looking for mention of the turkey 😂

It's the outro with the turkey for me 🙃

Great video,so emotional, editing & music is awesome... Thank you so much .

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

When Adam Wood was hanging off the back of the group 😢 So gracious at the end tho. Most emotional Runner’s Weekend yet. 🥲

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

he was working so hard, but he looked good. I really thought he might get it done

This Runner's Weekend video is on another freakin level. Cheers, Mike! It was awesome getting to see you in Sacramento for another CIM 🎉

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

great to see you!

Michael, this video is one of my fave marathon videos ive ever watched - thank you for everything you do - you are a true superstar!

@kofuzi

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you Ko, so great!

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thanks for watching!

Another heater 🔥🔥🔥 For any runners on the edge about going for it on race day I hope Meg's words ring true YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE

What a GORGEOUS capture of the day! Amazing work by all the runners and by you Ko! Yo this is another great vlog! Thank you 🙏

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

This day had everything

Awesome footage! CIM is so cool in that there are so many fast runners compared to other marathons. Runners in a sense are working together for a common goal of qualifying.

The video was Epic! Way to capture the joy and agony that a marathon can bring. No matter what the goal we're all personally chasing the journey is surprisingly the same ❤

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

that's why we all get to run the same course

The soundtrack to this video... awesome... 👏🤟

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thank you

Absolutely epic

Such a great video. The feelings and intensity are captured perfectly.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

The finish line was quite the scene

What a video. You never disappoint. Great job KO

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thank you 🙏

I'm in a Kofuzi video!!! 😃😃 Thanks for being so kool!

Love the energy of this video. Too bad I couldn't make it out to the shake out run. I see some of my HMR friends in the front while you're talking to the crowd. So jelly. Luckily I spotted you in my trash bag while making my way to the portal potties on race morning. Thank you for not being completely startled and turning down my request for a selfie. You're the best. Such a humble runner. By the way, the emotions of all the elite runners you captured here at the finish line are priceless.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

hope you had a great race. glad I got to see you before the start!

Great video! Thrilled to see myself in the video as a shakeout participant. Fun weekend! Thanks for your amazing work!

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thanks for coming!

Incredible and untold amount of respect for these athletes!

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

they gave it their all

Great recap of the weekend. Your production skills are improving to such a high level. Thanks for capturing the weekend.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thank you 🙏

Great video! Can't wait to see these guys in beautiful downtown Orlando soon!

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

It’s gonna be the race of the year

This might be your best video yet. The way you capture the athletes is phenomenal. The staging, the music, makes me wanna put my shoes on and go for a run

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

Go for it!

Great vid Ko! Beautiful scenes at the finish... the brutal honesty of sport. But if u gave it all u got... then that's something to celebrate! And i'm pretty sure that turkey has all the answers.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

there's no hiding at that finish line

Outstanding work! The audio throughout aligned perfectly with the mood.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thanks!

Those clips at the end... it really embodies the effort of the marathon.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

they gave everything

GREAT GREAT GREAT video!!!!!

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thanks!

Awesome video. Very exciting. I had to bow out of the CIM this year for personal reasons, but your video helped clear some of the FOMO I felt. Well done to everyone. Congrats to the winners, the qualifiers, the finishers, and everyone who participated.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

hope you can get back next year!

Wonderful video dude. Especially the finish. The best finish that I have seen in a while.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

it was an incredible day

Great video! So intens, short clips with some runners in the finish coral were great, Meghan was brutally honest.. also crazy to do multiple marathons in short succession to try and get a very high standerd pr to get into OG.

@kofuzi

6 ай бұрын

It was a whirlwind of emotions that day

Great vid as per Ko, couldn't look away.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thank you for watching!

Just realized you’re well over 100k dude, great job! Great numbers for an independent running channel. See ya next year.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thanks!

Another great video. And what a beautiful day in California.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

I don't know how they do it, but it's always a perfect day, even if the weather could have been touch better.

That was so epic to watch. It looked intense. Im pumped to run another marathon now 💪 Congratulations to everyone who ran that day !

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

If this doesn’t make a person want to lace em up and race, I don’t know what will

I got all caught up in the OTQ excitement and I knew watching your vid would re-ignite that! Spent a bit of time pausing the video and looking up results for some of those early groups to see who made it and who fell short! As always, well done. Miss your snow-filled runs along the lake in Chicago, but these race recaps always keep me coming back for more!

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

I wish there could have been a way for me to see more of the race. so much happened in between each time we saw the runners

Wow. Just wow. Great job sir!

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thank you 🙏

Fantastic video! Love all the names of everyone that you knew.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

Some people I only met that weekend but they kept popping up in my footage, so it would make sense to show their names so we could follow their progress easier But most are friends that I’ve met over the years at races like this

Just yesterday i was patiently waiting for this video then i had to finish my work day and go on my daily walk and then sit down for this video. Going to replay it for my boyfriend now lol KOFUZI IS A HOUSEHOLD NAME!!!!

That's heartbreaking. 😢 I feel for them. So inspiring.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

all weekend, you could feel the hopes and dreams. such an emotional race

That finish line footage and the post race interviews were absolutely the highlight of this one. Awesome stuff.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

Wish you could have been there. You would have loved it

Really good video, was sad for alot but meg made me 😢. Thanks Ko, really good work.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thank you

What an incredible video 👏👏

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

thanks for watching!

Great video!

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

the post race talks were so raw i love it. thank you again mike

@kofuzi

6 ай бұрын

It’s pretty rare that I get this kind of access near the finish line. Hopefully I can do this more often

Great content Mike, amazing coverage of the CIM 👏

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

Couldn’t have done it without Tony, Brian, and the race organizers

This vid is pure class - Mike you should be very proud, you captured marathon racing perfectly

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

Thank you. Very happy with how the video turned out

Great CIM overview and footage! Onto HTown in a few weeks🎉 🤠

@kofuzi

6 ай бұрын

See you there!

Wow there are very few videos out there that can capture emotions like that. I have enjoyed your videos for a long time, but Michael this was special

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Great video, Kofuzi.

@kofuzi

7 ай бұрын

Thank you

Turkey outro = amazing 😅

@kofuzi

6 ай бұрын

I was not expecting to see a turkey while in downtown Sacramento