That Time a 61 Year Old Farmer Won One of the World's Most Grueling Athletic Competitions

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The man was an Australian by the name of Albert Ernest Clifford “Cliff” Young, who decided to take up running as a sport at the age of 57. The competition was the Westfield run, which is an ultra-marathon that takes place in Australia. The race is 543.7 miles long (875 km) and is run from Sydney to Melbourne. What’s even more impressive than a 61 year old potato and sheep farmer even being able to complete such a race in the allotted time is that, he not only won, but shattered the world record for that distance, beating it by over two days.
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@TodayIFoundOut 5 лет назад

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@jimmymuzza1544 6 лет назад

The Cliff Young shuffling running style was later analysed and found to be highly efficient.

@rcbif101 6 лет назад

Sharing his cash winnings with other runners - Ultimate Gentleman

@foxiitoxii119 6 лет назад

Am an Aussie & I remember when he won this race. LoL Bastard! Gave my sadistic school sports teacher another reason to push us non-athletic types harder - "if a 61 yr old can do it..." 😐

@ilanzatonski8826 6 лет назад

FoXii ToXii lol how old were u:0

@foxiitoxii119 6 лет назад

Я Ilan Zatonski I was 11yrs old at the time. Admittedly she didnt want us to do THAT marathon but made us do weekly mini marathons which she did also..in her car..behind us..keeping us moving forward by driving very close & honking the horn **shudders** - the stuff of nightmares 😨

@mouminosman7992 6 лет назад

hahahahahh

@minitea4315 11 месяцев назад

So she should have done it.

@aussiebloke609 6 лет назад

I remember watching the pre-race interview with this bloke. His style was noticeably slower than the other competitors, but it uses so little energy...no lifting his feet any higher than absolutely necessary, no springing off with the toe, etc...and while it won't win any sprints, it's always going to give the edge in a race where stamina is the primary resource. :-)

@Sam-gf6ue 6 лет назад

Our head teacher loved this guy and we had a room named after him in our school

@AtlasReburdened 6 лет назад

I had a Master Sergeant that shuffle ran. No one could ever run longer and he could carry a conversation at any point without the slightest indication of being out of breath. I could beat him in a dead sprint, but probably only because he was pretty short and two decades my elder.

@mcchuggernaut9378 6 лет назад

Farmers were damn tough back in the day. Impressive.

@T9RX3 3 года назад

They still are tough.

@mcchuggernaut9378 3 года назад

@@T9RX3 Depends. My grandfather lived to 102 years old and farmed his land with no machinery, just horse and plow. That man was tough as old boots. The guy that lives beside my family now farms too, but I don't think I have ever seen him without a tractor, ATV, truck, or backhoe doing the work for him, and he's fatter than his own pigs!

@arealfootballplayer8052 8 месяцев назад

They ain’t farmin for the same reason, they want the luxury nowadays… Head to the city then!

@mcchuggernaut9378 8 месяцев назад

@@arealfootballplayer8052 Well, we use the tools available to us now, and honestly I would prefer to farm the easy way with tractors and modern tools than live in a city and make the same money. The country is a much quieter, less expensive, more beautiful place to live.

@asmae8708 6 лет назад

A teacher subbing for my math class told us about this and haven’t forgotten since, nice to see it’s not too unknown.

@pickledirick8338 6 лет назад

Grunkle Stalin It’s a very well known story.

@melody3741 6 лет назад

He's a sheep farmer, AND a potato? I'm very impressed that he won.

@codename9824 6 лет назад

Melody sheep rancher and potato farmer

@blackbird5634 2 года назад

The artist is a potato, French Fries are art. -will crow

@saulradebe9232 2 года назад

Makes his win all the more impressive 🤣😂

@benmasta5814 6 лет назад

It's really not surprising considering farmers do more work before lunch in one day, than i do all week. Maybe even all month... lol

@ryanvalentine4151 6 лет назад

Ben Masta Possibly even a year

@Fuzzycat16 6 лет назад

Saying they have no training is false...They train all their lives just by working the farm.

@Kanelle88 5 лет назад

Yeah, I read the title and was like 'NO DUH'. He's a farmer!!! Farm work is hard work...

@captainbarbossa5201 6 лет назад

He was farming all that XP M8

@XyloTears 6 лет назад

Knyq Barbosa lol

@Skraeling1000 6 лет назад

lol, and maxed out his ST for sure.

@FD__ 6 лет назад

*AND NOW FOR ANOTHER BONUS FACT*

@WormholeJim 6 лет назад

And a Fifth bonus fact: When offered a ride by motorcar from the hospital to his home, mr Clifford politely declined, saying that it was a nice wheather for a brisk walk. Besides, he added, having suffered this hospital commitment he hadn't finished rounding up his imaginary sheep yet and so was frankly quite anxious to get them before the imaginary storm would hit. With that he was off, the sound of his rubber-johnnys fading in the distance.

@diggydodges3826 6 лет назад

Farmer - YAY, I won !!!. Farmers Wife - Dear there's a storm coming, time to round up the sheep. Farmer - OHHHhhhh...........

@oliverhees4076 6 лет назад

Honey, off for a run! Be back before dinner!

@NotTheCIA1961 6 лет назад

(It's Thursday) Should be back before Church!

@musicalneptunian 6 лет назад

farmers wife: when are we gonna end your virginity cliff? Cliff : just let me do one more shuffle. Gotta use my gum boots. farmers wife: Jesus fucking Christ Cliff, can't we just have some sex?

@peterm6737 6 лет назад

This comment section got weird real quick...

@musicalneptunian 6 лет назад

Cliff Young. Sex Life. Sheep.

@karenlafrentz 6 лет назад

I remember this. It was awesome to watch Cliff (as he was known) each night on the news. It was great to see a humble Aussie being feature in a RU-vid video. I didn't think anyone outside Australia knew of Cliff.

@CarsSimplified 6 лет назад

Impressive! I can barely muster the energy to get up the stairs to the video editing room sometimes.

@neurofiedyamato8763 6 лет назад

stairs are hard, you fight against the whole weight of your body! No more than 5 flights for me.

@talaverajr391 6 лет назад

Mac Kobalt first.

@eugenetswong 6 лет назад

It took me so much stamina to just scroll down to this comment section.

@NJ-wb1cz 6 лет назад

Thanks guys! I immediately felt 100x better about myself!

@Lucho.42 6 лет назад

Lvl 999 farmer

@CarsSimplified 6 лет назад

How many re-specs, though?

@musicalneptunian 6 лет назад

level 999 farmer perk: gum boot magic for extreme endurance.

@williamphillips6235 6 лет назад

He’s over 9000

@fastinradfordable 5 лет назад

fuckin hilarious

@amgmg2521 3 года назад

A Lead Farmer.

@rob-karenkennedy-parker3166 6 лет назад

His real name was forest gump

@DheerajBhaskar 6 лет назад

Rob-karen Kennedy-parker funny but not true (just to be clear) 😀

@Muhd4iman 6 лет назад

I got the joke 😂

@l-l 6 лет назад

Dheeraj Bhaskar No shit.

@RadioSnivins 6 лет назад

Beech Forest Gump.

@neeneec5394 6 лет назад

Anson D. Grimes its a dang joke!!! it made me laugh. sense of humor classes need to be taught in school.

@personhuman2239 6 лет назад

This man is a low tier God, confirmed.

@Adam-yo3bt 6 лет назад

Person Human no

@laterollbutt8246 6 лет назад

Now that’s someone that doesn’t give up

@mitch19636 6 лет назад

Rest in peace Cliff aka Albert Ernest Clifford "Cliff" Young. Ultra Marathon winner at the age of 61! Albert Ernest Clifford Young, Born 8/2/1922, Died 2/11/2003

@mitch19636 6 лет назад

Remember him well, showed up a lot of professional runners up.

@ylilycam 27 дней назад

I remember this and him fondly........he was a lovely man and very inspirational

@sheriashley7692 2 месяца назад

I was in primary school when he won in 83. Everyone was glued to the TV watching Cliffy shuffling along. He was a VIRGIN until he won (maybe this helped his stamina lol) he grew up & lived in Beech Forest running up and down hills after the sheep. He was a very very fit man before taking up ruining a fact that his fellow competitors failed to really grasp. RIP Cliffy a true blue Aussie champion!! His shuffling style was soon adopted by marathon runners across the world.

@R0m0n3 6 лет назад

The 61 year old virgin... Someone make this a movie.

@CyberiusT 6 лет назад

Isaac Newton, the supergenius associated with falling apples and calculus, died a virgin at 84. It's rare, but some people just don't feel any need for sex - though in Newton's case, he may not have been able to stand the company of anyone else long enough to get any. Or they his, for that matter.

@musicalneptunian 6 лет назад

Cliff Young: 61 year old virgin ultra marathon champ! A marathon runner who gets up early and never quits prematurely.

@1CJMac1 6 лет назад

Truly he was an Arch-Warlock and used his powers to gain incredible endurance

@musicalneptunian 6 лет назад

He was a level 60 mage in WOW. He didn't run; he cast levitation spells and whistled.

@davidbenner2289 2 года назад

The most I have gone is 50 miles in 17.5 hours in the mountains of West Germany and 140 miles in four days in eastern Netherlands. I did swim 17 miles, as well. Everything seems so insignificant compared to this man. Especially since he was 40 years older! And then even older. I did live the life as a professional athlete as a career combat firefightrer/advanced trauma & cardiac paramedic (it's really the job of an athlete). My hat's off to him! Respect. May he rest in peace.

@neurofiedyamato8763 6 лет назад

Wow this guy is amazing. Beat the record by two days lol. He ran slowly but didn't sleep. The faster runners did. What is this? The rabbit and the turtle story? 877 km long in 5 days? 7.3 Kmh actually not that fast but hell a lot of endurance.

@mirabiruby2084 Год назад

Fun fact, my father and his side of the family used to live down the road from him. And my mother and her side of the family used to live in Gellibrand, also somewhat near him. :)

@mmnissanzroadster9 6 лет назад

"And now for another bonus fact"

@28russ 6 лет назад

He's a bloody aussie ledgend!! Fun fact. His running style was nicknamed the gumboot shuffle because it developed from running in gum boots. If you lift your feet to high they fall off, hence the shuffle.

@GregCalleja 6 лет назад

SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK🔥🔥🔥

@EffectPlaceboThe 5 лет назад

And sane

@egoproxy3273 6 лет назад

Hearing that he found a wife at age 61 makes me feel a little bit better.

@manhoosnick 6 лет назад

Ego Proxy well, but you saw what happened because of his wife then?

@ronindebeatrice 6 лет назад

Tri-Shake-Atops For keeping it in perspective, cheers.

@chunkyMunky329 6 лет назад

doesn't make me feel any better. who wants to run for five days to get a wife?

@Me4-gc8qs 3 года назад

Not until you hear how she spent all his money and left him to die penniless, that bitch is still hated in Australia to this day.

@gibbethoskins8621 3 года назад

Better start running 😆

@peterm6737 6 лет назад

If you haven't met a Sheep Rancher before lemme tell you something, they Work hard and don't quit till a job is done well and right the first time, they get up early and stay up the whole day. Laziness runs in fear at the sight of a Rancher and sluggishness hides it's ulgly face. Respect is instantly given because it has long since been earned, if you know a rancher, thank them for the hard work they do day and night!

@shakirahstephen2768 5 лет назад

My nanas cousin! Such an inspiration to me always. Miss you Cliffy

@Henchman1977 6 лет назад

You should do a piece on Courtney Dauwalter who recently won the Moab 240, beating the second place man by 10 hours and a marathon in distance. She states her diet consists largely of nachos and beer.

@fuasa4724 6 лет назад

farmers are know for their super strenght this is their proof.

@howardbaxter2514 6 лет назад

It’s also raw strength they have instead of weight room strength.

@johnpenley 6 лет назад

Love the channel Simon! Really one of my youtube faves. 👍

@airsofter2247 6 лет назад

Sweet video and the bonus facts were particularly interesting; thanks for the great vid yet again

@garyg9164 6 лет назад

We used to call it "The Cliff Young shuffle".

@ZBott 6 лет назад

81 years? Good run for a great runner.

@blackbird5634 2 года назад

Cliffy jogged about 8 miles a day for fun, he was a lifelong vegetarian and teetotaler, and underweight all his life. He had no preconceptions about the run, no one told him the limitations of other runners so his head wasn't full of that nonsense.

@gryffindork9563 4 года назад

I remember him he was a unsung hero in our eyes ♥️♥️♥️

@LandoHitman 6 лет назад

Wow, what an incredible guy!

@LouisTheBlackCat 6 лет назад

Cliffy boi!!! He lived a few towns over from me, never knew he was a sheep farmer just a potato man lol.

@darrenlucas804 6 лет назад

yeah, in Oz they often referred to him as a potato farmer... the sheep story is way more interesting

@LouisTheBlackCat 6 лет назад

Darren Lucas agreed!! But as a native kiwi maybe I have a thing for heating about sheep 😹😹😹

@darrenlucas804 6 лет назад

lol

@francoislacombe9071 6 лет назад

I'm 58 years old. Maybe I should get on with it.

@neurofiedyamato8763 6 лет назад

Its never too late to enjoy life.

@musicalneptunian 6 лет назад

But are you a virgin? First, get laid. Only then, be the ultra marathon champ that you were born to be.

@chickenfarmer296 6 лет назад

Believe it or not you are actually in the prime for distance running. Best distance runners in the world are in their 20s and 60’s😁

@thejavaman53 6 лет назад

Francois Lacombe Go for it.

@slwtgf 6 лет назад

Ok , this is one heck of a fact snack. 👍 Never heard this before now, yet I won’t soon forget it, neither! Made my day -wowww! Love 💕 this farmer, and his entire family!

@calinguga 6 лет назад

that's 50 deg celsius in Sahara, -18 in Antarctica for us simpletons

@GodplayGamerZulul 6 лет назад

Rather, for us intellectuals who are fluent in Celsius.

@calinguga 6 лет назад

actually i'm guessing intellectuals would go for 323 and 255.

@sinclap2 6 лет назад

oooh bazinga, droppin' the Kelvins!

@paulsimmons5726 6 лет назад

Wow, what tough guy!

@gusdupree9076 6 лет назад

it's all in your hands what the limitations will be, nice story

@NotTheCIA1961 6 лет назад

Take that! Even if I run that much I still will die, so might as well be semi lazy and live my life.

@chris-hayes 6 лет назад

Lord Gronor I mean he did spend years training, there's always time to pick up something new

@jaredputman1685 5 лет назад

Here in Utah as a young kid my family ran an aid station for the Wasatch 100 starting somewhere in Idaho and ending at Sundance ski resort in Utah. We were about 80 miles in. I saw countless people life flighted out and even a few pass. My brother helped land the helicopter and that’s what gave him the passion to help people. He is now a firefighter/paramedic.

@TonyRule 5 лет назад

1:40 Rounding up sheep is not what they call it in Australia. There it's called "securing the Harem".

@kingdomgirl4life 6 лет назад

Bonus fact Buller ice cream come from Colac

@midnite_rambler 6 лет назад

Bonus fact. It's spelled Bulla.

@Michael-vl7ti 6 лет назад

I remember him when i was a kid, everyone was out on the street when he went by, it was a big deal

@mutantmecha 6 лет назад

Wow its so trippy hearing colac named droped in a video my familys farm is their i didn't grow up their thankfully but its such a tiny farming town only about 6 farms or so are their.

@lesliemoiseauthor 6 лет назад

I have never been so early before! And I am so glad to learn this.

@chatsworth777 6 лет назад

You might want to take a look at the 'Bad Water" race. It starts in July in Death Valley and goes to 14,505 FEET on mt. Whitney. not many of those invited to participate finish.

@bobfwoods Год назад

Cliff Young what a legend.

@Omegavision79 6 лет назад

End of the race was in Doncaster in the eastern suburbs... Not far from where i grew up and even closer to where i am now!

@TheCimbrianBull 6 лет назад

This story just gave me new life goals! I better start training. :-)

@wilhelmhesse1348 2 месяца назад

Respect farmers, farming is one of the toughest occupations on the planet💯

@mountaindew7190 6 лет назад

Would have liked to have seen some pictures of the guy and of the event he won. That being said, thanks for the upload.

@esmeosgood9133 6 лет назад

Cliff doing the Cliffie shuffle!

@Guy-pj6vu 10 месяцев назад

This sounds really good

@iansaxby9264 6 лет назад

The Sydney to Melbourne ultramarathon was hardcore. Most years, a lot of the participants didn't even finish.

@antrygis1 3 месяца назад

This is probably where they got that bit in Forrest Gump where he ran and ran and then he had enough.

@akrybion 6 лет назад

So he skilled all endurance all his live.

@ericbush7249 4 года назад

This is my favorite RU-vid channel

@BM-su7kc 6 лет назад

I love having lots of bonuses

@benharris9175 6 лет назад

More running vids please :) 'The Cliff Young shuffle' is famous here among ultra runners

@BartJBols 6 лет назад

So many bonus factssss

@arilagi 6 лет назад

explain this please, no matter how loud our speaker or on a movie what we eat always louder than the sound of the movie or the speaker

@fruit5003 6 лет назад

Sound coming inside of you is louder than sound coming from 1-2 meters away

@myspelled8489 6 лет назад

Its like if I tree dropped in the woods would it make a sound. Yes, but it's too far away and other sounds are closer, therefore blocking out the other.

@codename9824 6 лет назад

Sound is vibration, bone transmits vibration and that’s why you can hear a tap on your head, your teeth grinding, when you chew or swallow.

@Danny-in6hj 6 лет назад

Gee how did you find ol Cliff. I remember all that well, he was a legend. I seen him run past once.

@musicalneptunian 6 лет назад

Cliff Young's main rival in these ultra marathons was a Greek guy called Yannis Kouros. I think that Kouros won once and Greek people in Melbourne went nuts chanting Kouros!

@oj8111 6 лет назад

Yannis Kouros won a number of times( no one beat him and or even got close to him) and cliff was no rival to Yannis. Yannis Kouros was in a league of his own. Regarded as the best ultra marathon runner that has ever lived. In fact to highlight that statement, they had to start Yannis 12-24 hours after the main field started a couple of times because he was just too good. Yep he overtook the whole field and still won.

@3122tan 6 лет назад

I remember the movie based on this guy. ‘Cliffy’? With thingo, that guy that’s in everything made in Australia...Colin something? There’s a c in his name somewhere

@rocnado 6 лет назад

Impressive, most impressive.

@T9RX3 3 года назад

Amazing Cliff. How come these races are never covered by the sports Networks?

@MrJango-ug2cj 6 лет назад

So... He was basically a old forrest gump? Mad respect for that guy. I would never be able to beat that marathon.

@lkhjsdfg 6 лет назад

This guy's a boss!!

@Imsomeoneelse 6 лет назад

Please state the temperature in Celsius as well as Fahrenheit

@MarceloDezem 6 лет назад

virgin sheep farmer is an oxymoron

@tncorgi92 6 лет назад

Marcelo Dezem guess that's why he chased his sheep for 3 days... they were playing hard to get.

@jeroldproductions6367 6 лет назад

Marcelo Dezem Oh Mein gott really? Think you where a West Country farmer.

@Firguy 5 лет назад

Only if you're Welsh.

@mojojeinxs9960 5 месяцев назад

As a nurses aid I walk about 5 to 6 miles in a eight hour shift. Actually have to consume more calories not to be under weight. Don't use the elevator run up and down stairs walking fast all damn day. Plus physically lift residents bigger than myself. 57 on no medication or rarely get sick. Never got covid. The healthiest thing is to keep moving stay busy. Also chilling out time is very important.

@ludvigfrestadius8653 6 лет назад

That whistle at 0:36

@lonewolf175 6 месяцев назад

My father ran in the 1991 Sydney to Melbourne, ending up running 870km, withdrew to Tendonitis. Cliff young had been running his entire life, he deserved the win.

@shinjisan2015 6 лет назад

Cliffy Young and his Cliffy Shuffle are bloody legendary here in Australia! They made a movie about him in 2013, called Cliffy. Check it out.

@musikSkool 5 лет назад

Simon in pre-school, "Today I found Out, 2 is a Number."

@dededeman3459 6 лет назад

I literally just finished your video on JFK's sister and this is in my sub box.

@Explicitaz83 6 лет назад

Holy shit Egypt 122 F.! My new home away from home. Arizona 125 F.

@uss_04 6 лет назад

Its not surprising. He’s from Australia. Knowing the Native Flora and Fauna, running isn’t for fun, its a matter of survival. Some fun facts about Australia. 1. Australia is the largest island nation in the world, straddling the border of the Pacific and Indian Ocean. 2. It has a rich and exotic ecosystem supporting fantastic flora and fauna...all of which were unfortunately eaten by the monsters that live there. 3. Its primary spoken language is screaming. [Source: Cracked.com]

@mosi0815 6 лет назад

Thanks for converting imperial units to metric. If you continue doing so please do it for all units. Not only distance but also temperature. Thanks!

@paulkennedy8701 6 лет назад

Ralph Moser Actually, he probably converted the metric km into imperial miles, and then read them out as though it was the other way. And definitely give temperatures in C. You can't expect your audience to look up a F-to-C conversion every time you use those antiquated numbers.

@likearockcm 6 лет назад

driving that far wears me out.

@Slycarlo 5 лет назад

People forget the fact that farmers have developed their body on much more stress environment due to their work like the man stated he run like 2 days just rounding sheep thats insanse

@villevironmaki4843 5 лет назад

And I get out of breath when walking from my bed to the fridge

@earlgrey2130 6 лет назад

"no training".. except he trained for 4 years and before that had an entire life of physically intense work.

@arleneirvine1526 7 месяцев назад

watched the movie 3 days ago, absolutely one of those good for the soul movies, beautiful, and it is a true story! aussies and brits in my opinion make the greatest movies!

@210johndeere 6 лет назад

this man was a boss ass bitch. he could have ran from New York to Florida in just over 10 days. farmers are the backbone of America

@lafregaste 4 года назад

I easily believe that because my grandpa is a farmer and he has beat cancer twice, plus a stroke. His strength has always being amazing as well as his resistance but totally obvious because since he was young he has worked the fields, with long hard days. This doesn't happen as much but most old country people I know that has kept a good farm schedule have had strong bodies and incredible resistance, physically and mentally

@arleneirvine1526 7 месяцев назад

genetics have a lot to do with it!