Strength training is key - I say this coming off a 6 month injury because my glutes, hips, back - everything were  weak 😭.

My Dad died in May! Before he died I promised him I would take my fitness seriously! I am no runner but I am training for the Brighton marathon next year! Love your videos it helps so much ❤️

3:40 love the honestly. The gym is kinda boring but definitely a necessity

This video makes me so happy!! I’m doing my first marathon in three months and have had some set backs but we are back to training and this just encouraged me a lot.

Have four kids under 5 and training for a half marathon. It’s super hard but I just love it so much

I'm running Brighton marathon this year in April and this video really helped me with what else I can do to prepare as it's also my first marathon! Love this video, you're amazing!!

I love running. Just found out there’s a few marathon / long distance series near where I love and now I want to do them all 😎 lifetime obsessed but havnt done THAT long before. (Half’s only).

Brilliant, no nonsense advice as always Emily

Great video, I'm nearly 2 weeks away from my first half marathon and its made me think I do need to plan my eating the day before as I will be travelling and freaking out! Good luck for your ultra!

just signed up for my first half marathon! Thanks Emily

Loved watching this!

Love your content so much! Thanks for posting twice a week 🎉

Thanks, love it

Hey Emily, I decided to subscribe to your channel after I saw you eating a crisp sandwich 😂.  My furthest run is 10km, but watching your videos makes me think I could maybe go a bit further…..!  Good luck in the Ultra!

Loved your video and tips. Thank you...running my first 5k marathon soon....

subscribed.... love it

6:58 Good advice!!

I just completed my first marathon and I completely agree with some of these.
1.) Absolutely should've done strength training. I started cycling to work and thought this would be sufficient but I might've avoided a calf strain 3 weeks out from the marathon had I done strength training.
2.) Now that I've been through it, I don't know that I would go easier on myself next time lol. But I took it pretty hard when I missed a run, now I understand I can miss some - yes, even long runs - and still come out okay.
3.) It's soooo hard not to compare yourself when EVERY running channel is talking about their sub 4 hour marathons. Lol
4.) I have 3 young kids. Getting more sleep is just not happening lol. I ran on 4-5 hours of sleep a night through my whole training block just to have the time to fit in my training. This aspect alone keeps me doubtful that I'd want to do it again

What I would do differently in addition to these would be starting my training block so that it completes a week or two before the marathon date, just to account for a missed week or minor injury along the way. My training plan ended 4 days before my race, made for a very stressful final 3 weeks of having a strained calf and being unable to run. I showed up to the race unsure if my calf was healed enough to even go 5k, it was extremely demoralizing.

Also I would fuel differently. I at an orange slowly for the first 10 miles, then honey packets and sour patch kids every subsequent mile. I did not hydrate enough, either. I can't do the gels because my stomach can't handle them, but I should've experimented more with fueling options rather than just settling on honey and gummies lol.

Thank you for a very inspiring video. I really love your content, it's so relatable. I hope to run my first maraton next year in september. I have ran 6 halfs and on sunday I'm doing another one which also is a maraton where you do two rounds instead of one. If I like the route I'll sign up for the maraton

omg, thank you so much for the "I don't have kids" mention! I do have kids and I'm a bit annoyed when people say "you need to sleep" because I have zero power on the hours of sleep I get ahah, so thank you! And thank you for your tips and your content, it's really great and helpful! (I'm prepping for my first marathon, Paris Marathon next April!)