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The Longest (and best) Day

2025-05-27 (said on 2025-05-25 — implied: date said in the video; uploaded 2 days later) · letter vlog · John · 3:19 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Sports · mode: Personal update · tags: on location, timely hook

John vlogs the double with his friend Stuart: biking to a rain-delayed Indianapolis 500, leaving at lap 165 to bike to the airport, flying to London and heading to Wembley for AFC Wimbledon's play-off final in the outfit he wore nine years ago; the description says he completed the double and Wimbledon made magic at Wembley again.

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00:00:00 — Sunday 6:15 a.m.: the bike ride to the Indy 500, Uncrustables, Speedway's race-day population

  • ★★ John tells Hank it is 6:15 on Sunday and invites him along on the longest day of his life. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★ John says this is the biggest bike ride to the Indy 500 he has ever experienced, with hundreds and hundreds of people. — 00:00:00
  • ★ John's key to a great race day: put Uncrustables in your backpack frozen; they thaw by lunch. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★ John says Speedway, Indiana, is most days a town of about 35,000, but on race day, with over 400,000 people there, it is Indiana's second-largest city. — 00:00:00 · Indiana

00:00:29 — Rain delay, Henry's first Indy 500, leaving at lap 165 and biking to the airport

  • ★★ John reports the day's first major hiccup: it is raining, and the dryers are out. — 00:00:29
  • ★ John notes a pretty good view for Henry's first Indy 500. — 00:00:29 · Henry Green
  • ★★★ John says they only made it to lap 165 before he and Stuart left, biking to the airport, which he calls bonkers. — 00:00:29
  • ★ John admits parts of the ride were sketchy: it was all technically on bike lanes, but some were not so bikey. (playful) — 00:00:29

00:01:10 — London: double luggage tags, the outfit from nine years ago, superstition, off to Wembley with the Nerdfighter Dons

  • ★ Arriving in London, John shows that Stuart made them exclusive 'double' luggage tags. (playful) — 00:01:10 · London
  • ★★ John wears the exact outfit he wore nine years ago when Wimbledon last made it to Wembley, taken from a mothballed closet, while insisting he is not superstitious. — 00:01:10 · AFC Wimbledon
  • ★★ John says he doesn't believe in superstition except insofar as we give things power by believing in them, which is how he feels about a lot of things. — 00:01:10 · social construction
  • ★★ John greets the Nerdfighter Dons and heads to Wembley. — 00:01:39 · Nerdfighteria, AFC Wimbledon

00:01:50 — Closing footage and outro

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Central: AFC Wimbledon · Indianapolis 500 · Wembley Stadium

Also: Henry Green · Indiana · London · social construction · Speedway, Indiana · Stuart Hyatt · superstition · Uncrustables

Only in the description or credits: Dons Trust · fan ownership · Marcus Browne

Also centred on Indianapolis 500: The Most Amazing Day · The Best of My 2016 · The Double

Also centred on Wembley Stadium: The Most Amazing Day · The Double

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