In August of 2023, Joshua Duff (Smurf) took on his first 200 Mile Ultra at Unreasonable East. Set in Far North Queensland, Australia, follow Smurf as he runs 337km's over complex terrain and in challenging conditions.
Absolutely incredible video. Incredible! Incredible effort, incredible crew, incredible grit, incredible everything. How do you tap into that "never say die/stay hard" part of your mind? Seriously...how? There's people out stumbling over any little inconvenience and you're in these streets DOING THE DAMN THING! How??? Incredible!
To be fair, there are plenty of days where I still (and often) stumble over a little inconvenience! Finishing a 200 miler obviously takes physical strength and resilience, but more than anything it takes mental conditioning. I guess this comes from putting yourself in uncomfortable situations in life and training and pushing through. Like Salome says in the video, you have to know that it's not going to be shit forever and will get better. It's a learnt behaviour I think anyone can develop :)
Wow. That was such a great video...man can vlog! I loved riding all of the emotions with you. You're an inspiration for all of us and I love what you're doing for our community here in Cairns.
Amazing video and so good to relive it with you. What a few days you had. You are an inspiration to so many of us, you have shown us what is possible. Great person, amazing athlete. So happy to know you.
