I get more motivation watching these people than the top elite runners. No disrespect to them. But I watch these guys as I get home beat up 10 hour shift and I am lacing up my shoes to get a simple 5 k in. And I watch these people. Inspiring.
Watched that this morning. The anguish and helplessness and hope I felt almost killed me. What an unbelievable paean to the indestructibilty of the human spirit.
Jam Jam....dude what can I say. You are a beast brother. Thank you for volunteering man. You got some amazing footage and you got it up quick for us. Thank you much bud. Mad respect.👍👍👍
The most inspiring moment I have witnessed in sports. It says it all about trail running--the challenge, the determination, the strength, the endurance, the community.
Thanks for filming and publishing this. Final finishers are still finishers and though they didn't "win," the determination to keep going is just as inspirational as the record setters. Thanks for telling their stories.
I cannot stop watching this video. Excellent camera work. Excellent coverage of the drama and the anguish of running what obviously was the last few miles while in an extreme "lean". Having ended my running on an ultra in the same posture, I feel the stress, pain and challenge. Amazing. Sharing this with everyone I know.
Why? That looked awful. I rather celebrate wamsley who ran over the finish line, not risking his life and health in the process. He didnt make it really, should just have dnf the race. Hero. Nah. Aborting the race would have been sportmanship - coming back next year to try again instead. Or u have problem with defeat? Cant win them all…Looking at the way he finished that race is more tragic than heroic, so much had to go wrong to end up in that state - so maybe its not a heroic effort - hardly a great performance not being able to cross the finish line without help looking like death itself Is it?
@@TheVikingquest I agree, I was at the finish line watching the last 20 minutes of the race. It was all quite inspiring, except watching Sean's finish was more disturbing than inspiring.
@@TheVikingquest Hmmm. Well I'll start by saying I understand your point of view but would have to disagree with your overall sentiment. Is there no room for the person who doesn't get it all right ? Is there no place for the guy who has to claw every last inch out of himself to do it? If you think Jim Walmsey doesn't risk his life trying to break his time every year then you are mistaken. Plenty of the top guys drop when crossing the line and end up in hospital. Should Sean have stopped out on the course somewhere before this? Most definitely the answer is yes. Did he have something in him that wouldn't allow that to happen? Most definitely the answer is yes. I see stubborn.. I see brave...I see foolish..I see heart..I see determination..I see stupidity. I see human. I see hero.
@@adrianenglish3441 in some part i see an addict who needs to learn boundaries. Failing is fine, but as an elite athlete u have to release failing must happen sometimes - but u dont even consider this as the failure it really is. Any athlete doing this is not a hero, just someone overdosing. Giving up would have been better, for everyone - this sets either the example that running ultras is for people addicted to pain and that fucking up nutrition, and effort (or whatecer mistake he did) is commendable. I wonder what his sponsors think - a paid proffesional who dont know when to quit and finishing basically in dishonor to what running should be about - its not, for me then, about risking u life and set a bad example for kids and putting long distance running i a category of extreme sports, for addicts and masochists, in which it doesnt necessarly has to be in. Btw if wamsley ran in like that the first year he almost dnfed, i would have thought the same of him. No longer a nice try - good sportsmanship.
Don't you see that the same drive that makes an elite athlete...which all these entrants are not..is the same thing that prevents them from stopping themselves once it gets away from them? Perhaps teams should have stepped in..perhaps his supports let him down. Perhaps this happens to him in every distance race he runs and he can't get passed it? No body runs 100 miles in training for this event so perhaps this was all a new experience for his team and himself. You use words like defeat and failure and I don't understand that. He finished. He crossed the line. In what ever state. Isn't that the reason for the cut off time? 30 hours on the feet would do that to anyone but it's judged to be medically acceptable by the organisers of this 'elite! event.
Wife and I watched it...We were yelling positive vibes thru the TV. . 100 miles of pain, wanted to see him be an official finisher. And after a brutal day, they all deserve to be 🤴👸. Would've been cool to see a countdown timer on the side but, I know your doing this on the fly.. Great work JamJam!!
Normally I cry at most finish line final hours but this was a complete comedy! From watching the entourage encourage Sean to finish and then Paul crashing through the crowd, I haven’t laughed so hard in years! Great job finished but hats off to Jamil for capturing this epic moment!!!!
Wow, reminds me of that famous Julie Moss Ironman finish 30-plus years ago where she was leaning, falling, crawling to the line, only to get passed at the last few feet, but they both finished here as well!
Everytime he tried to run I was hoping he wasn’t going to fall over and DNF. Then at the finish line be almost couldn’t cross over. Nail biter for sure.
Etrange, comme si une partie de son cerveau (coté droit) n'était plus capable de réagir. Volonté phénoménale. Cet homme a surpassé les limites de ses possibilités
It wasn’t ideal but did he need to shove a child and push the medical staff? When he had more than enough room to navigate. No he did not. Happy he finished but he put a black eye on this whole video.
I dunno guys, those folks shouldn’t have been standing on the finish line. End of story. He wasn’t being violent, he just ran 100 miles and wants the finish line, not a crowd.
They both did a great job in beating the cut off. But this could have been avoided if better crowd control was in place at the finish line. The kids had no idea what was going on, they're kids! But don't blame another competitor who is in his own pain cave and having to dodge obstacles at the end of 100 miles and with a looming time cutoff seconds away. They both endured until then end and bravo to both.
Seems like Sean was assumed to be the DFL so the track got crowded with too many people, and Paul may have surged in the last few miles and was basically ignored.
@@slowjamcdub because his back muscles were demolished from overuse. I have had a similar things happen to me in a 100. it starts slowly and then as the muscles tighten more and more, the lean becomes overpowering. It is not a matter of willing yourself to NOT lean. Possibly from insufficient electrolytes coupled with extreme fatigue.
Having finished a race in much the same leaning posture, it's my guess that he will be running again by next weekend. On top of that, he knows...he finished WSER!!!
@@echalonfackler oh really. U think so? The temps were like 40c right? His kidneys provably shut down. Back to running in a week. Sure. No harm done here.
@@TheVikingquest fun for who? He’s showing a ton of inspiration... but fun doesn’t look like it’s on his menu... heart n soul yes... fun ... not so much... :)
While he wasn't staggering as much as the other guy, he wasn't in complete control either. He was staggering and probably a little confused and determined to actually be counted as a finisher before the time was up.
I can't believe the support crew of the guy leaning blocked the entire finish line. The support crew has 100% control of themselves and awareness of their surroundings. The runners do not. Making a lateral movement after 100 miles, and being that wrecked, is not as easy as it seems. Paul did nothing wrong.
Yeah great comments here. Celebrating someone who destroys his body completly and in reality actually risks organ shutdown, heart attack etc. - yes u can die from this. Great job. He is doing permanent damage to his body - running too hard, in that heat, for 100 miles he should have been taken off the race by the race organizers - he just set a really bad example of continuing when a race doctor should just have stopped him long ago if he doesnt possess any self preveration or gets addicted to pain. The winner of the womens field said that this race was the most unhealthy thing she has done and seemed really disheartebed to run above 50k races again… Unlike most people here i just dont see the point - is this really motivational - or just stupid. The latter for me. This long of a race seems more to be about staying in control, listening and adapting effort and still pushing above u worst pains and thoughts- but not risking a complete physical breakdown. Tragic that running has come to this - in any other sport, boxing, tennis, climbing or watever - he would have been taken out of court - the last thing trailrunning needs is young people thinking this is ok - letting kids run him onto a goal when he should have given up 26 miles ago. Now curious why race organizers did nothing.
