Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
I ran a 2:56 marathon in Tokyo 2023, and almost three years later, that’s still my marathon PB. And now that I’m 46, I fear that my fastest marathons are now behind me. But I’m willing to give it one more go on one of the fastest courses in the world. This is Chasing Ghosts - Valencia Marathon Training
0:00 intro
1:09 Week 1 - back from Japan
8:26 Week 2 - still too hot
22:36 Week 3 - Dubuque, Iowa
37:43 Week 4 - Chicago Marathon Spectating
disclosures: no one is paying me to make this video or to include their brand in this video. No one previewed any of my footage or my thoughts before this video went up on YouTube
subscriber count at time of upload: 227,916
I ran a 2:56 marathon in Tokyo 2023, and almost three years later, that’s still my marathon PB. And now that I’m 46, I fear that my fastest marathons are now behind me. But I’m willing to give it one more go on one of the fastest courses in the world. This is Chasing Ghosts - Valencia Marathon Training
0:00 intro
1:09 Week 1 - back from Japan
8:26 Week 2 - still too hot
22:36 Week 3 - Dubuque, Iowa
37:43 Week 4 - Chicago Marathon Spectating
disclosures: no one is paying me to make this video or to include their brand in this video. No one previewed any of my footage or my thoughts before this video went up on YouTube
subscriber count at time of upload: 227,916
