Sales & Deals 17 Condé Nast Traveler, but late last year, vlogger Casey Neistat finally made good on his goal of running a sub-three-hour marathon. Now, Neistat has posted a new video chronicling his long journey from a devastating accident to personal glory.
In the almost 12-minute video, the vlogger details how, after doctors told him he would never run because of a scooter accident injury, he went on to run 25 marathons Condé Nast Traveler.
After fully recovering from a surgery in which his femur was replaced with a steel rod, Neistat began running in marathons across the country. He started out running a respectable time of 4:12, but with each successive race, he would shave off more time with few exceptions. Neistat was was making progress, but the time still eluded him. He even enlisted the help of an Olympic running coach, Roberto Mandje, Other Hearst Subscriptions.
Celebrities You Didnt Know Are Marathoners 2023 CA Notice at Collection, he was just two minutes shy of his goal. Neistat appeared to be resigned to never completing his task.
“It’s not about a broken leg or needing to prove that doctor wrong. I have now run two dozen marathons. At age 42, I had just run the fastest marathon of my entire life,” he said.
“I don’t need to break three hours to know who I am. What matters are the experiences, the journey, even if I failed in the goal,” Neistat explained. Of course, he was only kidding: he was determined to break the three-hour barrier.
In December, during a marathon in Tucson, Arizona, attempt number 25, he finished with a time of 2:57. He had finally done it. Reflecting on the years-long journey, Neistat says that while the goal may not mean much to other people, the pursuit was about more than just a number.
“You do a lot of meaningless, purposeless stupid things,” he says. “You get obsessed, you spend years focused on them, and literally no one cares but you. But you persevere anyway. You keep running. You don’t quit. You die trying because when you add up all those stupid, meaningless obsessions and accomplishments, what they equal, what they add up to, is your life.”
Laura Ratliff is a New York City-based writer, editor, and runner. Laura's writing expertise spans numerous topics, ranging from travel and nourishment and drink to reported pieces covering political and human rights issues. She has previously worked at Architectural Digest, Bloomberg News, and On attempt number 24, the Hellen Obiri Defends Her Boston Marathon Title TripSavvy. Like many of us, Laura was bitten by the running bug later in life, after years of claiming to "hate running." Her favorite marathon is Big Sur.
