Loving your videos ❤️. Also: I feel your pain on the 94/95km rest stop being further than advertised. I experienced this at L2B last week at one of the stops and I could’ve cried. In fact, I did 😂
I love your challenge videos - they give a real sense of what it’s like to walk that distance. I’m doing the L2B in May 2023 so am watching for training inspiration ☺️
I think the L2B is a classic, plus people have a good idea of the distance so it sounds more impressive when you're telling others! The Yorkshire one was lovely but if I had to do one or the other again it would be L2B I think. The IOW was my favourite so far though I think.
Well done, fantastic, and was quite funny.. I’m hoping to do this next year post COVID 🤞 I’ve done some long runs and you made me laugh with the typical., never again, never gain,, next morning, I might do it again.. 😂 Was the navigation ok? I worry about getting lost. Thanks for the video.
The navigation is absolutely brilliant with action challenge. No chance of getting lost! There are arrows everywhere. Good luck if you do do it, it's an incredible experience!
Great video! I did the IoW Continuous this year too, so it was wonderful to see a video of what we all achieved, not just the still pictures that I managed to get... Well done for finishing - it was tough!!!
Hello, first of all congratulations on the achievement, I’m considering doing something similar in the near future. What was your preparation leading up to this? Im not a long distance guy usually- I do about 5km 3-4 times a week, so Im in decent shape, do you think this will be sufficient? Any tips? Thanks in advance!
Have you tackled this yet? I'm running the Devon coast to coast 100km I July, working up to 50 mile running weeks with looking to get up to 100 mile weeks in a month before
Ben Pranczke Hi Ben, good luck! Top tips are: Get some decent sleep this week. Don't do anything too active/busy this week. Keep hydrated. Eat at every stop, even if you don't want to. But mainly, just keep putting one foot in front of the other and you'll get there in the end! Is it the Cotswold Way you're doing?
It's the London to Brighton. Owww I got a night shift tonight and I'm booked in to do a stand up comedy gig Thursday night. I'm stupid I know haha. All the other things I'm going to do though, very excited but also really scared. You did great though, and not giving up I thought showed true grit and how determined you was. How much training had you done?
Thanks! It was so tough but so much of the challenge is mental rather than physical. My sister (in the video) had managed more training than me, we had been doing long training walks on a Sunday morning but she also managed to get out quite a bit during the week. I probaby did 10-16k two or three evenings a week, and then 20-30km at the weekend. I work full time so forced myself to go out on an evening even if i was exhausted and didn't feel like it. Also, if you can have someone meet you at the later rest stops it definitely helps to have a friendly face. And bring painkillers, the pain in the soles of your feet is the WORST. It's an INCREDIBLE experience though, even if you can't enjoy it at the time it's so rewarding 😁
Thanks for sharing this. I started the L2B at the same time as you and finished an hour later, so the timings are very similar to mine. It's nice to have a record of what it looked like and something of how it felt. I completely related to your comments on the "80km" rest stop. I too was wondering where it was ! :-)
Congratulations! I only filmed snippets so it was great to watch this and remember different stages. Looks like we crashed and hit walls at the same time! Well done again, looks like you guys were super speedy 😊
Awesome, amazing, total respect to you all.👏👏 Gonna do my 1st Ultra in August, the SCC. Following this one on Facebook has shown me how hard this is gonna be, the amount of withdrawals is scary!! Congratulations again, I am so impressed👍👍
David Bright So much of it is a mental challenge. I recommend taking it easy for a couple of days beforehand - my biggest challenge was that I was tired before I started. I was poorly in the week leading up to it, and was working right up to Friday morning. Next time (!) I'll take a couple of days off work either side, as well as doing a bit more cardio training in the lead up.
