That’s so cool to hear! Congrats on getting into exercising and thanks for your kind words 😊

That's great xlito!

Incredible! Good for you 🙌🏼

I started running at 30. that's 11 years ago. best decision I ever made. keep going!

Well done! Keep on enjoying it

Haha yep it is! Cool, maybe need to start doing some long runs then 😅

@@goranwinblad Here, from around the Barcelona area, happy to be supporting crew if you ever in need.

Cool to hear good luck in your preparations for that race!

That is awesome to hear, congrats on getting into such a great daily habit!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad to hear you find it helpful good luck with your training! 😊

Thanks and I wish you the best of luck in your Ultra preparation then!

Yeah greatful that Coros wanted to support this one! Hopefully it can become more sustainable if more brands that I like want to sponsor videos so I can make more vids for you, thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for your nice comment and gald to hear you find my videos inspiring. I wish you the best of luck in your training!

Cool to hear that you have gotten into running and sounds like you already has reached a good level, good luck with your training and progression! Thanks glad to hear you find inspiration from my channel 😊

Glad to hear you found it helpful! Good luck with your preparations 😊

Thanks and welcome 😅

Glad to hear you like my videos, thanks for your nice comment! 😊

Cool to hear yeah the battery life has really impressed me and so freeing to almost never have to think about charging :) Thanks! Ok cool that camera looks great perfect for filming yourself!

Thanks for sharing about your 50 mile run and cool to hear you also have experienced how overcoming a physical challange can boost you in other aspects in life!

Thansk! 😊

Good luck!! Eat early, eat often, then eat more. 😉

Thanks a lot! Ok cool to hear I wish you the best of luck in your final preperations and the race!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks David, ok thanks will have that in mind 😊

Ok cool to hear, I can for sure recommend doing a challenge like that! Wish you the best of luck in your training!

I'm your guardian angel..please don't do ultras...or even 26 mile marathons..they are NOT healthy...

Glad you liked it!

For starting slow, HR limits are tough because sometimes HR is high due to excitement, starting race at a weird time for your body, or having caffeine. I just try to make sure I'm not pushing it whatsoever and do a few training runs getting dialed into running so slowly.

Thanks that's good input for sure!

Yeah it was pretty insane but it's cool to see what you are capable of if you just set your mind on it 😊😊

Cool to hear, best of luck!

Cool to hear that sounds like a tough ride! Congrats on the baby and glad to hear you found running it for sure is a great time efficient way of training perfect for us with small babies at home! 😊

Yeah that's true! Thanks 😊

Thanks glad to hear! Yeah I think weight training is a good addition for sure but still think it's hard to replace running in technical and hilly terrain if that is what you want to get really good at.

Thanks for watching!

Yeah I can agree, glad you liked those points and thanks for watching 😊

Glad you think so!

Yeah I think most of us tend to go out to fast in our first ultras!

Thanks for the suggestion sounds like a cool race!

With an accidental 19km run the farthest so far (no nutrition and hardly any water of course I hit the wall), I did a half accidental/ half planned 24 km trail run this summer. Enough gels/sweets and water on board for 16KM but the weather was lovely and it was safe (the option to quit and take the tram home was always

Yeah nutrition is for sure a important part of it!

Congratulations!! You finished an ultra, the pace and place don't matter! I'm on year 3 of ultras, and am finally thinking about succeeding, and not just surviving. But when it comes to ultras, to finish is to win! Pick another and let us know how it goes!

@@Kelly_Ben thanx, it was harder than i thought, but mostly due to eating. Olmost everything i had was not enjoyable at midway🤣🤣

@@raymondtuft2030 I'm ridiculous, I bring a cooler full of food, whatever sounds good that day. Usually there's gels, coke, Danish, watermelon, and Gatorade, then it's anyone's guess... donuts, cookies, even fried chicken... I've learned healthy food does you no good if you don't want to eat it! 😆

Congrats, great job that sounds tough with 3300 height meters!

@@goranwinblad yeah, norwegian mountains🙈🙈 my tendons from the bigtoe on top of the foot blade are still wrecked(tendonitis?) 🙈🙈 so if you have some good exersises for the feet im all ears🤣🤣🤣

That sounds like a great goal I wish you the best of luck in your preparations! 😊

Yep I guess that's true!

“Only” you say it like it isn’t an accomplishment

Yeah I do but I don't have all workouts public found that having all workouts public affected some of my workouts in a bad way.

They help a lot on anything technical or steep. You need to practice with them but definitely a useful tool. They are helpful enough that many pros consider them cheating and some races don’t let you win prizes if you use poles

@@colegardiner1937 I was wondering about that. I saw races on YT where everyone had trekking poles and in other races nobody had them. I thought maybe the terrain or distance determined whether the poles were mandatory or not. Thanks for shedding some light on this! =)

I haven't tried it but in a race like this one with more that has 7000m of vertical gain I think it would have been an advantage for sure, many of my competitors used poles.

Hi, 66 here. Just became the oldest person to complete the Ben Nevis Ultra…ok and came in last! I think I would have been timed out without using poles, I had five minutes to spare. My first Ultra, and of course the toughest in Uk. I started using poles up and down last race, but now only for the ups, and flats when cream crackered. When you still have some strength in the legs, a lot more nimble with the poles away. Experiment with the best position for comfort and ease of stowing. I find on my chest best.

@@markthomasson5077 Congrats on finishing your race!!!👏 That race looks brutal! Outstanding achievement for anyone, and even bigger for a Senior runner, to accomplish! I did my first 20K trail run and was definitely glad I had my trekking poles. Many dropped out when we hit some difficult hills. My best guess is that those doing the 40K and 60K were serious runners and definitely more fit (and mentally dedicated and prepared) than the weekend 5K to 10K runners that were doing it for fun. I'm pretty sure that only 2 people had trekking poles and I was one of the two. I know they made a definite difference going up the steep hills and navigating through the thick roots. Again, Congrats!!! Maybe I'll have the guts to do an altra some day (ha! My brain is telling me "No way, lady!!!"😄). How long did you train for it?

Go for it!! I started doing ultras at 41, with bad knees and hips. (Non running injuries) I did couch to 50k in 8 months. Working 3 jobs seriously limits my training time- my longest training runs were 12 miles for 50ks! I just cram in 30 minutes runs and 10-15 minutes of yoga and strength workouts, whenever i can, and weekly long run of about 2 hours. I took it easy in the races, walking or even sitting when necessary, and had little pain, and zero injuries, after! For at least the first few races of each distance, simply finishing is a win, and the incredible feeling of accomplishment is so worth the 4-6 hours a week of training!

Remember it is just a personal challenge for at least 90% of the field. So go at your own pace, walk a while now and again, train well and you should be ok. Just completed my first, age 66. Just a bit of soreness to the quads, managed a short gentle run day two.

Det hade varit riktigt häftigt att testa en gång! 😊

Lycka till!

No I haven't but would love to do it one day, but would need to work on my swimming for sure! 😅

Haha maybe Ultra is your thing then! 😊

Maybe. Lol.

Have you run many 50ks/50 milers? I happily tossed 5ks to the curb for 50ks. They're so much more enjoyable for me. Going all out for a short distance, pounding the pavement and worrying about fractions of a minute while weaving between hundreds of runners, legs burning and lungs screaming, vs jogging slowly through the countryside, stuffing my face with delicious food, measuring time in quarter hour increments, stopping to admire the view or have a laugh with volunteers, is way more fun to me. And the atmosphere is SO much friendlier, since you're truly competing against yourself, the distance, the weather, and the terrain, not really the other runners. I only train 4-6 hours a week, take 1-2 weeks off running after each race, with minimal to moderate stiffness and soreness after, and no injuries from ultras yet! Is there pain during? Of course, but people don't do ultras because they're easy, they do them to challenge themselves and see what they're capable of, and for me, 80% of the pain disappears the minute I cross the finish line- to be replaced with pride and an incredible sense of accomplishment, no matter my placing or time! I think everyone who can run a half marathon should give a 50k a try. Don't judge based on road marathons, that's a whole different cutthroat beast.

Kelly, you are not a true racer. You are just running the race for the fun of it. You can do that on your own and even stop off at a lake for a swim. A true racer, runs a race to test for time, competition, training results. A true racer is interested in improving his or her performance often times being so concentrated that the racer is oblivious to their surroundings. A true racer will become quite ecstatic if they have made great improvements in their times often in short periods of time because of better training and better coaching. One friend went to u. of Oregon with a 30 min. 10k. Because of a better training system and coaching, in two months he ran 28 min. You are making your body better, faster and stronger as though you have physically become another person. To just run for fun is fine but it is not the purpose of a race and neither is just surviving a race.

Hey! I think that everybody can decide for themself what's their purpose to race is! I think both you and Kelly are true racers and I love to see people pushing themself to be active either if it is for trying to finish a challenging ultra or running a fast 5k.

@@HouseGuide So, Actually, I AM a true racer, because I sign up for and run races for not just the enjoyment and camaraderie, but to push and challenge myself, AND become the best runner I can be. Ultras are such big challenges that even the professionals aren't guaranteed to finish, unlike the shorter distances. I'm guessing you HAVEN'T run one? But I can see by your strict, no fun, rather judgemental mindset that ultras definitely are not for you. You do you, we all run for our own reasons, but to speak so negatively of a type of running/ runners because it doesn't suit YOUR particular goals/ preferences is not sportsmanlike. I stated my personal preference and why ultras suit me better as an injury prone asthmatic. There's a distance to suit every runner, and every goal.

@@Kelly_Ben If you have medical issues and you are just happy to be doing what you can do then that is another issue. But I have seen too many runners go into ultra running without ever learning how to run and train properly in the first place. Not knowing your medical condition in your first post, your description of your discomfort and pounding in running shorter races was indicative of you not being properly prepared to run shorter races for there is no such thing as being uncomfortable with pounding if you are properly prepared and are healthy. Rather, I seriously question the healthiness of knocking yourself out with 10 hour or longer runs and being so knocked out it takes two weeks or longer to recover. And that is not to mention injuries you could sustain from going to such extremes. I also question if ultra running is true running. The pace that the majority of runners will sustain will be in the 15 minute per mile category or slower so that it becomes closer to the speed of walking then any true running. There is also a greater use of muscles and conditioning in running a faster pace then in plodding so that you will feel better toned and more co-ordinated physically. There are a lot of details that go into proper training and running fast. You can't just go out there, run and that's it. Even dieting to bring down body fat and weight can make a great difference. It is the mindset of all athletes on any teams to want to do well. They don't go out there to run or play soccer like for a Sunday picnic just for fun. Their fun is doing their sport, doing well and winning if they can. This is the mindset of every sport and team in the world. If you have medical issues and that is all you can do then I'm sorry. But if you truly have medical issues then maybe the ultras are too extreme for you.

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