and just his pod-inspired ramblings in general tbh.
Oh, Phil. 
Here’s this since Phil’s being slow with his upload.
Their donuts look amazing, and they’re all vegan. I wonder if they visited, or if the shirt was a gift?
As Connor says in the video, he has been running his whole life. He did track in school and has run marathons and other runs before. He's made videos about it before.Susanisnotafish wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 3:59 am I think it’s kind of strange that Dan is running a marathon and Connor’s doing a half marathon. I hope Connor’s video doesn’t give Dan a quality threshold Issue.
I didn’t realize Dan’s family were runners (other than Adrian). I meant that I would have expected Connor to be the one running a marathon with all his running experience and Dan to be doing a shorter distance instead of vice versa. Maybe Dan has done some smaller races we aren’t aware of. I wish he would communicate about his training/plans.kavat wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:06 amAs Connor says in the video, he has been running his whole life. He did track in school and has run marathons and other runs before. He's made videos about it before.Susanisnotafish wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 3:59 am I think it’s kind of strange that Dan is running a marathon and Connor’s doing a half marathon. I hope Connor’s video doesn’t give Dan a quality threshold Issue.
Dan has also mentioned how his family would go out running on Christmas day and his brother is also very sporty. So to me it's more of a cool coincidence than strange (maybe that's what you ment, idk).
I don't know anyone, who hasn't run a half-maraton before running a maraton, so I hope Dan knows what he's doing. Maybe he has/will run it as a part of his training. With Adrian as a brother, he better realize he can't just show up and run without any proper training. (Because it kinda sounded like that when he told the story about his maraton failure last year.Susanisnotafish wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:27 am I meant that I would have expected Connor to be the one running a marathon with all his running experience and Dan to be doing a shorter distance instead of vice versa. Maybe Dan has done some smaller races we aren’t aware of. I wish he would communicate about his training/plans.
) After reading this I'm concluding that he legitimately did train for it. Perhaps not enough, but I feel like his second admission of saying he did his best is a little more legitimate than the one where he turns it into a joke. Sort of like how 'we did yoga once' is the joke version and the reality is 'we do yoga on a regular enough basis to have an instructor that comes to our flat and both own yoga gear and workout clothes.'Dan Howell wrote:"So why the hell did I decide to do this, right? Well I thought that he running a marathon would actually be a great idea for several reasons. Firstly, if I train to run a marathon then I'll just naturally become really fit and healthy. All these years of trying to eat right and exercise for no reason - no, if I do this, it'll just happen automatically. Genius, right?
And you know - good physical health, it helps your mental health. And if I had abs I'd probably be naked on instagram all day, so there's lots of angles to this, right?
Also, importantly, the whole point of the London marathon is that it's an opportunity to raise money and awareness for a charity. And that's a really good thing to do, right? Especially someone with my platform, because not only does it help make the world a better place but it would make me look really good - which is also really important and I'll enjoy that feeling because I have no time for altruism or no need for it, okay? Enjoy being a good person.
As well as that, I figured it would just be quite a good story. Because you know me, a young British guy that has publicly struggled with mental health overcoming all of it in this epic test of physical and mental endurance to say hey! No! Depression, anxiety, paranoia, various food addictions, gay trauma, etc - I stomp on you with my chunky running shoes!. Conquering all the issues of my life - it'd be a really good story, wouldn't it?
Well, I bet you all know where this is going. This is a past tense story I'm telling right now.
Don't get me wrong - I trained for this marathon. In those wet, cold winter months I was out there. Jogging. In shorts. A few times. And it was very difficult because I literally couldn't run a hundred meters without being on the verge of death. But I signed up to it, which is very formal intimidating process, and I told people. Because personally, nothing motivates me like guilt and shame. It's the fear of disappointing people, that's what really gets me up in the morning.
So I told my family and I told my friends and they were like - wow, you gon' die. This is terrible- I mean, you go Dan, you got this. This is amazing! I felt so much love and encouragement from the people around me, but still I didn't feel confident enough to tell all of you people on the internet because... the stakes were so high. And if I failed, you know if I just fell over halfway through, that would have been humiliating and that's a shame because I'm sure your support could have made all the difference to me.
But I gave it my best training for this race and I guess the moral of this story is... sometimes your best actually isn't good enough. "
I vaguely remember Dan saying in a liveshow that his family would take walks during Christmas (with Colin!) but I don't remember him ever saying they would go running on Christmas.Susanisnotafish wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:27 amI didn’t realize Dan’s family were runners (other than Adrian). I meant that I would have expected Connor to be the one running a marathon with all his running experience and Dan to be doing a shorter distance instead of vice versa. Maybe Dan has done some smaller races we aren’t aware of. I wish he would communicate about his training/plans.kavat wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:06 amAs Connor says in the video, he has been running his whole life. He did track in school and has run marathons and other runs before. He's made videos about it before.Susanisnotafish wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 3:59 am I think it’s kind of strange that Dan is running a marathon and Connor’s doing a half marathon. I hope Connor’s video doesn’t give Dan a quality threshold Issue.
Dan has also mentioned how his family would go out running on Christmas day and his brother is also very sporty. So to me it's more of a cool coincidence than strange (maybe that's what you ment, idk).
