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Birmingham and Black Country Half Marathon 2023 BBCHM // Pacing Sam to new Personal Best

Donato

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Welcome to my video diary of the Birmingham and Black Country Half Marathon aka BBCHM, in aid of prevent Breast cancer, where i happened to help Sam run a new personal best!

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14 Comments

@mijzzzz 3 years ago Pinned

Well done you,sam and selfielady🎉

@samcheckers 3 years ago

Awesome video and thanks again! Great meeting you 👍🏃🏻‍♂️

@MrCol104 3 years ago (edited)

Cheers Donato. Loved this video. Brings back lots of happy memories of doing this race.
Having to tick a box to say you can swim is quite funny. Never had to do that before, or since. Hope the niggle is ok. You seem to be managing it ok.
Congratulations to Sam on the PB. Really good effort and great support from yourself.
Thanks again and good luck with Berlin Marathon training.
Ps. Good to see Mark Summers and Lewis before the race. I know they're both regulars at this event.

@juk2023 2 years ago

I'm doing it this year, not long now, looks amazing I can't wait😻😻

@ricd2821 3 years ago

Great pacing, and good job on another half!

@clairesmith5327 3 years ago

Well done 👏 & congratulations to Sam on the PB

@paultaylor6850 3 years ago

It looks a cracking race

@suzannelaburt2641 3 years ago (edited)

Sometimes, the chicken just spontaneously appears 😳
Take good care of the Achilles 🤞🙏💪

@petereckersley3288 3 months ago

I ran this in 2024, a year after you and, with the diversion still in place, it was an absolute mud bath, much worse than seen here. I was later than expected starting too so conditions were made even worse by having all those runners go before me. It's also over 500 metres long with the diversion, and my time was exactly 15 mins slower than on my previous run in 2016, not helped also by me inspecting the course the day before and opting to run in an old pair of heavier trainers due to the conditions. I'm doing it again this year and took a look at the area between the M5 and Galton Bridge yesterday and, with the diversion still in place, it's worse than ever. There's even a deep puddle at the beginning of Galton Bridge which is unavoidable unless you attempt to leap over it. However, the shortest area of this puddle is near to the edge of the path, and if you slipped on taking off or landing, you'd probably be in the canal.

@middleagedrunningman 3 years ago

Sorry I missed this one now Donato. So near…
You enjoy the towpath? Looked tight in places.

@suzannelaburt2641 3 years ago (edited)

As many bridges as NYC Marathon?..."last f**king bridge" 🤣 22:04

@runningromani 3 years ago

Well done Donato, it’s a great race, did it a couple of years ago. Is the water still really clear in the first mile, kind of translucent blue I recall?