HOW TO RUN YOUR FIRST 100K RACE! Ultramarathon tips, gel taste test and general update!
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- Bringing you with me on my training run in Wales to give you some tips for your first ultra! Also a bit of a general update and taste testing some gels along the way too. Enjoy! x
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leave any more ultra tips down in the comments below and help each other out :)
Yes, Ma'am...
Please dont stop making the videos, its really nice to see a female runners videos!! And yours are really down to earth and relatable.
aw thank you, i don't have plans to stop, i just don't know how i was doing it so consistently before! but will hopefully film my race on saturday so there'll be another vid up soon!
I agree
I just love you both. So enormous energy you spread across and just having good fun running and exercise 🤜🤛 thank you for making such a inspiring content on TH-cam. It's better than these goofy clips from well-known TH-camrs for teenagers ... So happy that you two make TH-cam
Best advice I ever got was: keep it simple, run aid station to aid station, and raid them like you paid for them (because you did) 👍
I've got my first 100k coming up this weekend, and I came here just looking for some last-minute tips and tricks, what I didn't expect to get was exactly the confidence boost I needed. "If you can run a marathon, you can run 100k" is exactly what I needed to hear today!
How did you get on?? I've mine in 5 weeks, could you give me some tips??
Great video. My tip doing longer runs or ultras is 1. Make sure your head is with you. Have a backup plan so if something happens just take it like it is. Many People give Up because their plan didnt hold Up. 2. Take Care of your Body! Change socks jf needed. Clean out dirt from your shoes. Make sure nothing is shafing!!! A blister can ruin your run. 3. Have fun. See it as an adventure instead of a must do!
With above you can do whatever is ahead of you :)
You're great in front of the camera.
ahh that is so kind thank you!
I've done two ultramarathon runs so far, so still a newbie but
1. You do not need to wait for a checkpoint to eat (or use a gel). In fact, it actually might be a better idea to use gels while moving.
2. If your gel does not have salts in it, take salt tablets of some kind, you'll be very glad for it. Ideally do this the same time you use the gel.
3. Top up with food at checkpoints. Feels nice to have *something* solid to eat every so often.
I am still not sure whether to do a third Country to Capital in January, but I'm almost certain about doing the NDW 50 next year - I have had the tab open in my browser for days! I'm not sure I will have any 50k runs under my belt as part of the prep tho!
Edit: Good luck with your run!
I ran a 100km race on the weekend. I had issues for the first 34km where my stomach was upset, so I didn't eat or drink. I was losing steam and starting to cramp. Once my stomach settled I was able to eat food and gels and drink. I started to bounce back and after the 45km aid station where I ate even more and drank a Coke, I felt like I could run again, but took a big stack. I was able to get the rest done, but it was very difficult.
My biggest takeaway is to train your stomach to eat from the start. When you start with an energy deficit it will be difficult to eat enough to catch back.
I’ve missed your videos!! I haven’t done an ultra, but watching all of your videos convinced me to do my first marathon in July!! Hopefully I’ll get the courage to do an ultra some day!
As ATB says: "Don't stop" (making videos). Good to see you again! 💪
Brilliant video Sarah and thanks for posting - still do an ultra but one day maybe! Wishing you the very best of luck for Saturday!
Your my inspiration I'm 24 and training for first 50km in May! 😊
Just great to have you back. I love your videos, you are so natural so I find it hard to believe you are uncomfortable in front of a camera. Good luck in the North Downs 50 miler. Just typing that fills me with awe.
ah thank you russa! i must admit it's a lot easier when i'm out on a trail totally by myself with no one to be seen for miles! if i am filming with people around that's when i fall apart haha!
Lovely to see you back Sarah! My tips for an ultra would be 1️⃣ keep moving 2️⃣ keep smiling 3️⃣ keep eating! There’s absolutely nothing beats the feeling of the finish line at an ultra 😁😁😁
love this emma!! so simple but so true!
The youtuber we all want but don’t deserve.
Great video Sarah. Good to see you back. All the best for your 50 miler at the weekend.
Thanks for the tips. I ran my first marathon and 50k last year. Hoping to move towards 100k next year. Love your's and Ben's channels. :-)
ah thanks graham! congrats on the marathon and 50k, tough going in 2020 conditions! well done!
Haha - great tips. I could have done with them a month ago when I did my first ultra. I wasted way too much time in the aid stations and managed to spray fizzy cola up my nose after overfilling my bottle. Good luck and enjoy NDW50 at the weekend 👍💪😃
Good luck on Saturday Sarah. Might see you on the course
Hi, from Australia - I like your videos and the practical approach you adopt - please keep them coming!
Missed you Sarah! Goodluck for this weekend! xxx
Hello! Hopefully all is well with you. I just ran a half marathon yesterday. Hoping to see more videos.
Thanks for sharing! some great advice there! and yes I totally agree when I did my marathon I got to the end and wanted to burn my shoes XD great video, looking forward to checking out more of your channel!
Hi Sarah
Great video as per usual!
Thought I’d let you know I took your advice on the Garmin 945. Awesome so far! Thanks for the advice 👍🏼
Great to see you back love your videos x
Oh I so want to do this. Ran a 50km but can’t imagine doing double!
My first ultra 57km I didnt fuel up with whater. I wasnt thirsty and it wasnt sunny. Ended up with cramps in both calves. I have never have cramp during a marathon(s) And later on I have problem to take deep breath bcause pain in the back hit the kidney.. sort of. So lesson learn Fuel up before start and during the race
Brilliant video thanks for all the tips Sarah 😊👍🏻
Best advice I got from my ultra friend for my first: walk the hills. This is counter to a marathoner’s mentality.
Nice to see you back Sarah!
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thanks michael!
Will definitely be using that trick with the Coca-Cola next 😎
ah you’re back! so happy! please keep it up! it’s so refreshing and inspiring to see a female runner on youtube 💪🏻
Yay ! Great to see you back. Love your videos Sarah, really interesting and informative and you're a natural infront of the camera.
So pleased when I saw you had a new video up and the perfect one too, as I have just started training for my first ultra. Thank you Sarah
Everybody says "Don't go out too fast," but it's hard to know what that means. My rule of thumb for is that for the first half of an ultra I should never feel like I'm "working". This means I do lots of flat miles at a 10+ or even 11+ pace, but for a 50mi or 100k it's still a lot faster than I've moving by the end.
It's been so long! I hope you come back and remain in front of the camera. You're my favorite running youtuber. We need you back!
Great video Sarah - I totally agree about not stopping long at aid stations, and sitting down is the worse thing you can do - just keep moving. And that’s a great tip about not putting food in the back of your pack, what seems quite ‘easy’ to do at any other time can be a massive faff when you’re running an ultra!! You need to do everything you can to minimise the faff-factor! Best of luck next Saturday ☺️
My top tip would be ‘look after your feet’. I thought I had done it all right before my 50k back in Feb, but ended up with the worst blisters in my life. The discomfort certainly made the last ten k,s ‘interesting’.
Two causes I think - Shoes may not have been fully broken in (rookie mistake ) and I didn’t put any Vaseline or other anti chafe on. Have since been introduced to a product called ‘Gurneygoo’, which is great!
Also, good to see you back Sarah and keep the vids coming 👍
I was going to say the same thing. Good feet care is essential. If it is going to be a wet race (and I believe you are in the Arc @Sarah Place) then something to protect your feet is really needed. I'm a fan of Vaseline - and a lot of it - but there is other stuff out there.
I love your friendly and inviting approach to ultrarunning! You make me want to leap into that world... But first I want a new road marathon PR... 😆! Keep pushing!
Is this the same Salomon 12L backpack that you had in the Packing for Ultramarathon video last year?
yes it is!
Looking forward to sharing the NDW50 course with you. Thanks for the tips!
woohoo can't wait!!
@@SarahPlace Bring some sunshine please!
The best and easiest way to do an Ultra distance is by train I think. But 1st class definitely improves the experience - and I agree completely, have your food in front of you, maybe on the table if you can get one. All jokes aside, great videos, but I really need to stop watching them as I fear I'll sign up to do one.
Please keep the videos coming Sarah! 😁 You and Ben are a breath of fresh air on TH-cam, and always have been.
quicker way to flatten a fizzy drink is pouring fine powder into it, creating thousands of nucleation points. can explode if you aren't quick with the lid though
Good to have you back!...Some advice, don't be so reliant on food/drink. You stopped over and over again, even with only 4 miles to go. Sometimes you just gotta grind it out. That's training in and of itself!
Great tips Sarah really nice to have all the advice out on the trails!
My 4 tips:
Cycling gloves on trail ultras have saved my hands countless times.
Planning what you’ll do at aid stations as you approach: bottles out, lids off, etc. helps me (it’s like choreographing triathlon transitions).
Also, for pacing when I’ve done a race before, having aid station splits written on my number or pinned to my vest helps me have something to aim for.
Finally, having a goal of getting the right ratio of walking from the beginning and training for uphill power walking really seemed to help my endurance.
Lovely and positive. Bravo. ( In a moment of madness am going from almost Zero to 50 miles race [North Canum, 3rd July] in a month. That said I am getting fitter just watching these informative videos.]
Do you have any experience in creating training plans for runners with multiple sclerosis? I have a spot in the London marathon, my first marathon race and second race since diagnosis.
Lovely to see you back btw. ❤️
Have you considered switching to swimming? From my experience with my sister, who has MS, getting over heated is not a good idea.
Any chance you could do a video explaining the journey to UTMB? Trying to navigate the process (hope to start with a
Smaller race in 2 years or so), and the various races and how to find races for qualifying points is fairly daunting.
Resting at the moment as I have strained abs. Was hoping to run my first ever ultra trail (unofficial) but that's on hold. If you let coke fizz out overnight in fridge great for all manner of things, stops the runs while you run!
I suffer a lot from jogger's nip, so carry stuff in hydration pack rather than vest, comfort beats style.
Congrats on completing UTMB. Bring back your videos :-)
I ran my first 40km run the other day if I had known about it and and also had enough batter I would have ran 2 more km to do a full marathon anyway I completed it and I was super high about it. I'm going to run next week a 50 km run haa
Great to see you back on TH-cam Sarah👍 Good luck with your 50 miler next weekend. Say hi to @danruns for me if you see him
thank you will do!
@@SarahPlace I’ll be there cheering you on with @BenNotley in Guildford
How do you re apply sunscreen every few hours of running when your sweating? When I'm sweaty I can't rub it in. How do you get around that when your in the sun whole day.
When consuming gels during an ultra, is it best to drink electrolytes with it or just stick to water, or alternate?? you are amazing!
Hi Sarah, great vid thanks. What's the Training Log you showed at 1:20?
Great video again. How much would your pace differ for a 50km to a 100km run?
Any tips on shoe choice for a 100k road ultra... would you use the same as a marathon or use a more max cushion trainer instead?
My first 100k coming in in a month... anxiety slowly starting to kick in.
Cool video weird seeing so many places I run on TH-cam! Haha
Too much gel destroys the teeth, at least I destroyed mine.
Glad to see you back.. Pls make lots more videos, they are fun to watch x
Welcome back - great video !
Doing my 1st ultra Run to Sea (Brighton ) at beginning of June !
Trying to make that transition from road/track to trail!
Miss your videos - top quality and great runs and routes
thank you david! best of luck with your race, sounds like a fun one! will have to look it up!
Great vid. Was wondering when you would post your thoughts on training distances for ultra.
Definitely agree on not spending too much time at aid stations. Been there, done that. Tell myself never to sit down at them again.
yeah it's so easy to get carried away, browsing all the snacks and chatting to the marshalls!
Fab video, Sarah! It's great to see you again too
thank you, glad you enjoyed!
So wonderful to see you back with a new vid! Love them :)
Was that 4 gels (approx 1 per hour and 2 tailwind bottles, plus coke (my fav at back end of a run) crisps. Seems light carb/gel wise? Although not got into tailwind yet?
The coke trick blew my mind! Thanks
having just run my first 50k I'd love to hear how you recover from one. What's the first week of recover like? When do you start running the same milage again? How soon would you run a longer race (say 50miles or 100k) after a 50km run?
Love the channel keep it up!
thanks peter! with recovering from races, i have a rule of having 1 full day off per 10 miles raced, but to be honest i think i will have a full week off after this one! and then just slowly ease back into it after that. with the 50k run i would put it in around 3-5 weeks before the race ideally. hope that helps :)
@@SarahPlace thank you! It sure helps. I have until 3 June so it should work out beautifully.
What app do you use to track your training please?
What’s a “marathin”?
Great video.
I'll be running rim to rim to rim in the grand canyon in the U.S. in the spring and your videos are so helpful. Great tips. I've never run an "official" ultra, and I've definitely never trained for one, llthough I have run ultra-distances before. your tips for running and training are so helpful for me right now! Maybe I'll start sharing my experience just to hold myself accountable because it's so much this first time around!
Nice Sarah! your Video so Motivating. Thank you for sharing this!
I am glad to see you back. You are an inspiration. I have my half marathon in July.
thank you manuel!! best of luck for the half!
@@SarahPlace thanks.
Do you use any run/walk strategies?
Do you have maps on your Garmin or just learn the route beforehand?
Yes I’d like to know aswell did you upload the route on ur garmin 945
yep got maps on my watch so just plotted the route and uploaded it to my watch beforehand. i would be utterly useless without it
Love this! Thank you for your honesty. Trying to learn how to trail!! sending a like love and sub from Ireland 🇮🇪
It’s fun and informative to watch your videos. I really enjoy the scenery. 👍
Sarah, I am going to walk/run 100k (2500+) in the late of June. My background is - I've never doing any sports before last summer, when I was 100kg (183cm) 37 years old. Suddenly last summer I decided to walk 100km (only walk), I had 50 days to prepare, so I walked every day a lot and finished 100k in 18 hours. After that I started running, now I am 83kg, but in March after a lot of weeks with 60-70km per week I got shin split. So I stopped running, because it was too painful (I couldn't even walk after that running session for several days), started biking, walking, other activities. Now I again have approximately 50 days before 100k, I am feeling I can run some part of it (20? 30? 50km?), and I am thinking if I should walk a lot again like in previous year. Is it helpful, what is your experience? I saw opposite opinions about mixing walking and running, some people think it is not good.
Great video Sarah. I am so impressed with your ability to find routes where ever you happen to be. 😃 and to run them by yourself.
I wish I was that brave 🙂 Good luck for the 22nd.
ah it's no biggie, i just love exploring and having some time to myself 😅
@@SarahPlace You are very modest ! Any tips would be welcomed, especially those of us that don't have a map on our wrists. Thanks in advance 😀
What a beautiful place to run! Thanks for the tips. When I was training for my first 50k, I put lightly carbonated Nuun into a hard flask and tucked it into the top back of my vest. Just after starting my long run it exploded, covering my hair with fruity goodness.
ahahahah amazing! at least your hair will have been beautifully hydrated!
@@SarahPlace 😂
How much water do you bring on training runs? I see the two bottles on your vest; do you have extra in the back? I'm not too worried about water in races with all the aid stations, but on longer training runs, I've definitely run out of water (1.5L on a 37K run).
I'm also running the NDW50 on Saturday. It's going to be my first Ultra race, I've run 50K twice before. Thanks for the tips, I'm sure they'll help and I know I'll also learn lots from the experience on the day. Can't wait to get to the start line now. Best of luck 👍
ah you will love it, it's such a great route! best of luck for it!
I haven't ran an ultra before but i have done a 62 mile walk for Oxfam (Trailwalker) Running I have done a couple of marathons. I plan on doing an Ultra next year, probably the 100k from Weymouth to Exmouth with Climb South West. Videos like this are brilliant. Thank you for making them and sharing them with us.
So I was wondering, what sort of temperature range on this particular run? from where I live you'd be pretty much baked at 9am (till 5pm)
Thanks for the video and the advice! Great job on your training as well! I've got an up-and-coming 50k race so this video is very timely. It's technically my first ultra race but not my first ultra distance. I'm very excited!
Thanks for the tips, great video! First 100km in three weeks so trying to get as much advice as possible. 😂
What a fun video to watch! 🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️ Beautiful area to run in.... all I have is local track to run on 😢 I have never ran an ultra but would love to try it! I have ran 6 marathons
Always great to have some insight! Got my first ultra coming up in October (hopefully!)
Great Video!! Loved the scenery!! I haven’t run a ultra yet. One mistake I make with marathons is taking off too fast. Good luck to your race!! Welcome back!!
Great energy and amazing smile :) i ran my first ultra last September , a 56k with about 6500 feet of elevation.Lesson learned : never eat something cooked by the organisers if you don`t know the source.Saves you from extra time in the bushes :))
Thanks for the video, Sarah! How many days of rest would you recommend when you do a run like this when training for an ultra? Cheers
wow ,amazing,2 years ago,I had an idea to run 100 k,but now 2 years past,I have only ran 21K...
Thank you so much. I'm truly inspired
50K, that a year ago for me. 😅🤭
Now I'm only running 5K three times a week, because lots of parks, hiking trails closed.
Running my first ultra in Oct. Sooooo good to hear your first comment if you can run a marathon you can run a 50mile or 100km. That’s me sorted (in my head at least!)
Loving your videos! Please keep making them 🙏 Makes such a nice change from the ego and testosterone-fuelled videos of some of the male ultra runners! 😉😂
Another great video with more useful tips. I'm definitely going to start planning my training runs with plenty of Co-ops en route 😉😂
Some gorgeous countryside there. Beautiful day too. Impossible not to enjoy running on days like those.
Sarah, great stuff and I agree about the Huma gels they are amazing. You videos are consistently high quality, please keep them up because even if you do like the editing you are a natural vlogger too. Good luck on the North Downs 50 👍