THE GRAND ROUND - FEATURING JOHN KELLY ULTRA-RUNNER & BARKLEY MARATHONS FINISHER 

Amazing. Anything with John Kelly gets a like from me, he could just be sat eating his dinner and I'll be content. Such a humble man and I've been a fan ever since I first heard of him falling out of the trees with a bin bag on at the barkley's.

really cool to see Damo as support! that is comradery personified

I cannot imagine what it was going through his mind in the final moments after that descent. So much grit and determination. I think that the idea of being back with his family was one of the most powerful reasons to finish. For them and for him, and finally able to get that well deserved rest. Amazing achievement John!

I am out of breath watching this. John you are a machine!

John Kelly is a truly humble man. This was a great inspiration.

Beside the sheer limit of this endeavor, John’s statements about using and exceeding g our gifts and expectations in all areas of life impressed me most

Inspiring emotional humbling thank you John for showing us all that we are capable of great things. Bravo Sir.

John started his run on Sunday 16 August 2020 and finished on Friday 21 August 2020 in a total time of 5 days, 10 hours and 43 minutes (130:43). Fantastic.

You sir are a bloody legend, I thought the Barkley marathon was impressive!!!!

John, you are going to be a GREAT father !!!!! YOU sir have been MY inspiration ever since you won Barkeley ... GREAT, GREAT FILM.... JUST AWESOME.

When I was a child I dreamed I’m was Mickey Mantle. As an Old Man (68) I dream I’m a Ultra Runner. People like John, Courtney, Dylan and many more like me motivated to keep running. When I’m injured or feeling my age. I’ll watch one of these videos or listen to a Podcast and I can’t wait to get back out there.

So inspiring. I am planning a Bob Graham for next summer and didn't realise how small minded I was being. I cried liked a baby when I finished a 100- miler last year and can't believe how together he was at the end! Serious respect

Probably the best video of it’s type that I’ve seen. Not only an amazing achievement but John’s words about challenges, the sweet spot and motivation rings true with me too. Martin Stone’s words at the end were very touching too.

Whow, what a legend! John, you humble, inconspicuous beast! Great film, thank you.

Great film. Epic achievement. Such a humble guy...

If the average human outer edge is somewhere on earth, John Kelly’s is somewhere in a galaxy far far away. Incredible achievement and a huge inspiration as I seek my own outer edge (currently shooting for R2R2R in 2021).

Unreal video. His explanation of how he got to running this event is so spot on. John is an amazing athlete

EXCEPTIONAL. A great physical and logistical feat and fantastic doco. Well done all.

John is truly amazing. Congratulations to him and to his support crew.

This is such an incredible video. Such an inspirational piece.

This is so inspirational and beautifully filmed. Well done to John on an awesome achievement.

Just amazing. Thank you for this.

listened to John on a podcast yesterday with James Elson whilst i ran 100 miles, and was desperate to get back and watch this. Brilliant documentary full of inspiration - well done John Kelly, so true the words you used about setting the bar.

Awesome, just bloody Awesome.

Speechless. This is without a doubt - no , iam simply speechless. 😊🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

Loved that! Inspirational! Well done John!! 👍👏

An amazing feat of endurance and grit. Thanks for sharing 👌 😊

Just so inspiring. Great film.

A great watch. Dread to think the mental games John had to deal with. The filming and production was top notch. Congrats 🥳

Incredible. Just incredible. What an achievement and so humble with it too. Beautifully documented as well.

What a great film. Enjoyed recounting this after following the tracker at the time of the Grand Round. Epic

That was great!

What a legend! fantastic 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Great film. Fantastic effort John

Well done for your achievement!! You are a inspiration for everyone !

bonkers. thanks for the ride

Legend You Are Inspiring ...... simply the best !!!

Fantastic documentary, big up John Kelly legend in distance running

Brilliant film, what a great story and what an unbelievably savage challenge!

John Kelly is one of the best to ever do it. And so unnoticed

Truly inspirational - remarkable story, beautifully told. Well done John, and all the team supporting this incredible achievement!

Staggering and inspiring. What a trail blazer. Everyone can take something from this.

I am unable to run but have done a fair amount of extreme marathon swimming - John is certainly someone I admire and enjoy listening to his views on endurance sport in general (and how he cracked the Berkley in particular). Hope our paths meet one day - comes across as a top geezer.

Incredible. Just incredible.

Inspiring, an absolutely amazing.

Incredible talent! What a champion

Great job with the film & a huge well done to John, he seems such a nice humble guy. Hopefully he'll get chance to do the Mark Rigby round at some point 👍🏃

John, ive been following your racing since your first Barkley win. You’re determination is incredible.

Amazing, inspiring achievement.

Amazing achievement John!!

Great film. A really interesting and inspirational guy.

Thank you for this documentary. Let’s keep pushing our indivitual limits.

Wow , amazing feat of strength ,endurance ,and what a humble person .. God bless ❤

Great video, well done!!

Fantastic film

Brilliant 👏👊

I knew he was made differently from the Barkley documentaries but this is something else. What a feat of physical and mental endurance. Hard to imagine what it takes

What a great film about an extraordinary man.

absolutely wild!

Incredible!

What a legend!!!!!!

Amazing.

Amazing accomplishment.

Stumbled across this vid, delightfully surprised to hear he lives in Bristol as I do to

Apart from the incredible achievement, that's a steezy looking bike

What a video!

John Kelly you are a living legend! ❤

Just watching this before my 10k run this morning 😂

Thank You 🙏 Also I was wondering at what point he adds swimming into his challenges 😉

Different gravy!!!

If I had 4 kids I’d start doing 600 miles races 😂😂Respect though - good effort!

1:25 the secret stash haha

For many people, even a 10k run is hard. Your feat is incredible

22:15, the legend that is Gary Tompsett.

Great film and a great achievement. RU-vid, please learn to put the next video insets away from the credits. A bit unfair on those names I cannot read…

His crew carrying luggage and still doing it. They deserve it too

Suggestion for John: add a swim over to northern Ireland and add the Dennis Rankin round and then cycle down to Wicklow and do he wicklow round 😳

Hey- if John's fundraising is still open can you post a link in the description pls? :-) Thanks!

Interested to know the 18 people who dislike this video. Maybe they’re scared to seek their true potential, and so disliking this makes them feel less of a failure 🤷‍♂️

el muro de Adriano es ese?

Does anyone know name of the watch John is wearing?

I know I CAN do most of the things I challenge myself to do. The question is, how WELL can I do them. I've hikes 3,000 miles but how many miles can I do in one month? Even at 66 years old I keep getting faster little bits at a time and I did not even start hiking till I was 63. But I wont do anything that's likely to break my body. Not at my age. I want to keep at it as LONG as I can not break myself doing one event. I love hiking but it's not the most important thing in life. I like trail running so that's my next goal . . . to do a half marathon. I can already run/walk a half marathon but I would like to run the whole thing and I don't care what the time will be on the first try. I could not run more than 50 yards last year, now I can run a mile or two (depending on terrain) non stop.

What do i do NOW ? Attempt a sub 4day Pennine Way.

The strange thing about this is 6 people felt the need to give this a thumbs down. I can only assume its kids with parents devices making random clicks or utter morons.

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The only way this documentary could be improved is even more adverts

Why didn’t they wait for a week of perfect weather to do this? Does that not ever exist in England?

Pro tip dont skip arms and chest day.

"He needs to avoid tripping and falling." haha

So what was his time

A small correction: Scafell isn't England's highest summit, Scafell Pike is.

Amazing guy. His legs structures are not suitable to be good runner but he did it.

How does this 13 year old boy have four kids?

With a big pacer like that I might be able to do it to. Try solo

If you think John is a legend !! How about we talk about Emile Zatopek- ?

too many ads. 4 ads in 5 minutes, i'm out...

19:05 .... but it doesn't have to be self destructive in the process. Actually there should be a focus on non harm. Try to see how much love you can fathom in the span of 5 days instead of how much you can beat your legs up. How much good can you squeeze into a week? How much peace? Mhm... hope you'll see the folly of your current course one day ..

Poor character displayed when he insulted the female record holder of the Spine race. Poor sport, misogynist.

4 children...stopped watching.

This is so inspirational and beautifully filmed. Well done to John on an awesome achievement.