TOP 20 at the North Downs Way 50 2022
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ค. 2024
- Tackling my first 50 mile ultra, the North Downs Way 50 by Centurion Running.
This one is dedicated to Arlo Charlie-Gray Stevens.
00:00 - Intro
02:10 - Race Start
02:56 - 4 Miles
03:31 - 8 Miles
03:57 - St Martha's Hill
05:24 - 18 Miles at Blatchford Down
05:56 - 22 Miles at Denbeigh's Vineyard
07:23 - Climb up to Box Hill
08:30 - Marathon Distance (26.2)
09:40 - 33 Miles
10:43 - 38 Miles
11:31 - 43 Miles
12:01 - 46 Miles
13:11 - To the Finish!
14:42 - Race Reflections
Running TH-camrs spotted along the North Downs Way...
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I completed my first marathon in April 2021 and shortly after got into trail running and ultra marathons. My training is mainly along the trails of the South Downs Way near where I live in Brighton, UK.
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Well done dude! I was marshalling at Reigate hill and remember you coming through. Congrats on a great race! I was hoping to run it this year but injuries put a stop to it. Marshalling and helping guys like yourself achieve their goals was really inspiring and seeing what you went through gets me amped for next year 👊
Thanks Jordan, I really appreciate that. And thank you so much for marshalling on the day. Like I said in the video, it makes such a difference to have the support of the marshals and volunteers. Definitely couldn't do it without you guys! Hope the recovery from the injury is going well and look forward to seeing you out there at next year's race.
Absolutely epic Ben! You truly nailed it mate. That was a real masterclass in racing there mate. You looked strong throughout even in the moments where you said you were struggling. You really did yourself proud mate! So inspiring. Great to see you in the flesh on the day too I am sure we will cross paths again in the future. Glad that you managed to get the help to get up to London to see your family member in hospital and huge kudos for the Centurion staff member for helping you out. Great video and a truly inspiring run. Enjoy your rest and recovery buddy! 😎🤘🏻
Thanks Ben - good to see you at the top of St. Martha's Hill in full 3D for the first time! Cheers for the support there and I'm sure the other runners will have appreciated your support there too. The Centurion staff were great, just really supportive and wanting to do everything they could to support us, really super. Hope the start of your taper is going good
Well captured, Ben. That's an epic looking course. Well done on the race strategy. You totally nailed it but only after meticulous preparation. Well done!
I know Box Hill well from my days living in London. I've cycled it many times.
Stoked to hear you nailed the A goal!!
Cheers Neil. I know it's a really popular cycling spot around Box Hill though I know a lot of them like the ride down more than the ride up! Was very pleased with the training and outcome. It was always going to be a bit of an unknown this distance but came together. Loved exploring a new set of trails too, beautiful along the North Downs. Thanks for the support
Awesome time Ben - well done 👏👏💪💪 I wasn’t expecting to see you so early at Caterham!! Great video too 👍
Thanks to you and all the volunteers Ben, really appreciate it. Makes such a difference seeing friendly faces on the aid stations who load you up with snacks especially in the later miles where you were at Caterham!
Awesome Ben! It’s such an epic time and distance - as you say, very strange when you look down at your watch and see such huge numbers. Well done pal - fantastic time and effort 👍👏
Thanks Lee. Got a bit delirious towards the end as you can see but was really happy with how it went on the day! Was such a great route as well and epic support from the volunteers which always helps
I have enjoyed very much by watching thank you my dear friend I would love to see you again
Thanks for watching
congratulations to a great race. You did amazingly well. You made it look like a walk in the park, but i know from my past 50 miles is a hard distance, specially with all the hills, long parts in the open fields, very very well done, Ben
Thanks so much. It's certainly not an easy distance! I've got great respect for anyone who finishes it regardless of time, it's just a long way and pretty gruelling. I tried to deal with the issues and aches and pains as they came and was pleased it turned out well in the end. Thanks for watching and the support, really appreciated.
Well done Ben! Superb first 50! The training paid off well and you coped really well when it mattered in the latter stages. I can totally relate to the water melon cravings! Onwards and upwards. Rest well. 💪🏼👍
Thanks Francois. Yes I don't know what came over me with the watermelon! - Never eat it really and certainly haven't had it on a run but my mind just decided that was it in those later miles. Just taking it easy this week, easing back into things and feeling pretty good at the mo.
Sorry mate just catching up on my "watch later " vlogs lol!! Congratulations on completing this mate you done really well. Those last few miles looked hard on the soul and as you said took forever!! Great little tip on the splits from Dan. Also great to see the GTR boys out on force supporting 👏 👍. Great work mate 👍
Thanks for watching mate. Was really happy with how it all went even though it was pretty gruelling towards the end! Definitely going to use that tip from Dan again, worked really well. Cheers for the support 👍
Well done Ben. 17th place is amazing. I am very happy that things went so well for you; you deserved it after putting in all that dedication to your training A really nice race vlog there as well. I hope you recover quickly. All the best friend.
Thanks Peter, I was really happy with it. I felt like I trained well and tried to be sensible so happy it came together in the end. Taking it very easy this week and will very slowly ease back into things! Hope you're keeping well
Brillaint video, Ben and well done on your race - top 20 in your first 50 - that's fantastic! I did the race as well but much slower than you - 11:38. I had been hoping to do sub-11 but didn't quite have the fitness on the day and didn't help myself with a wrong turn towards the end. But I did enjoy the race nevertheless, helped in no small way by the amazing volunteers. This race was a bit of a training run for me as I'm doing NDW100 in August and the 50 is the first half of that route. I do like your idea of using the splits of someone who had done your target time in a previous edition - I might use that tactic as well. Thanks and keep going!
Thanks Adewale. Congrats on the NDW50 and best of luck with your prep for the 100. That is a great challenge to take on. I know how hard the 50 is so the 100 sounds like a really epic run! I found the splits tactic really useful on the day as a good rough guide on where you are in relation to your aimed finish time. Hope your training is going well and thanks for taking the time to comment 👍
Genuinely the most inspiring effort. Your training was excellent and you deserved that result. Absolutely remarkable! I don’t think people will appreciate what it took for you to deliver such a time on a course like that based on your footage.
Thanks so much Dan and thank you for your words of encouragement and support in the lead up to it. I think I'd like to give another one a go, but maybe not for a good while 😅 Hope your recovery has been going well this week. I'm getting there but probably won't run til next week.
@@timeonfeet i think I’ll give a short run a go sometime next week also. I figure even if I feel like I can run, there is no point in pushing myself
@@DanRuns For sure, no point getting back out there with an intervals sesh as a first run back. I'll keep doing bits this week but just swim, gentle cycle, and generally eating lots I reckon.
I really enjoyed this video, huge congratulations on achieving your A goal! The training and the dedication paid off! Awesome to hear that you enjoyed most of the race and that you only had minor issues to deal with on the day. Well done again!
Thanks Chloe. Was really pleased to get my goal and enjoy a lot of the race too - maybe even most of it! Some tough sections of course but just a great route overall and super organisation by the race organisers too.
Great run Ben....all that prep definitely paid off, well done.
Thanks Tim 👍 Hope the London 2 Brighton challenge goes well this weekend, I think that's this weekend!?
Solid run Ben! I'm looking to do this race next year. Good luck with the shorter distances and the SDW50 next year. SDW50 is an amazing route but I guess you know it quite well with the South Downs on your doorstep!
Thanks James! It's a great 50 to do. Very different to the South Downs Way in that you have more tree cover on a hot day and less exposed to wind, softer trails but if it rains it holds the water more too so can be muddy though we didn't have that issue this year. Can be harder to find a rhythm on the NDW too with the amount of gates and narrow paths. Those are the key things I've found running mostly the South Downs and then the North Downs for the race too. Really looking forward to doing some trails I know well for the SDW50 next year!
Great record of your day with the Vlog and I'm not surprised you're proud, we would be too! Only John has done an ultra in our house, but Dawn would like to do one in the future. Well done on achieving your A goal. 🏃🙂
Thanks for watching! There's a really good range of ultra options out there now so great to have choice of terrain, distance etc. I've really enjoyed them since getting into it last year 😀
Brilliant running well done. And to achieve your A goal even better! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thanks so much Evelyn. It was such a good event, some really tough moments but was well pleased with it all overall
Wow, anyone would be pleased with that performance. So glad things went well for you during the run. You seemed pretty positive on camera the whole time. I can relate to that bit where you were talking but without anything to say when you were tiring :) Really well done, Ben.
Thanks Mark, was well chuffed with how it all went and it was a great event. The later miles were definitely painful and a bit of a slog but tried to 'firefight' the problems as they came up. Yes the words and ideas weren't coming so easy towards the end too 😂 Thanks for watching
Great job and great finish👍👍 You put a lot of hard work in your training, and it paid off on race day. Congratulations!!
Thanks so much. Was really pleased it came together in the end and what an event! Cheers for tuning in 👍
Great performance Ben, personally found it quite tough with the hot and humid weather. I’ll sign up again, hope to see you on the trails some day
Thanks, certainly was especially in the exposed bits where there wasn't any tree cover. Not easy at all! You too 👍
You absolutely nailed that race! Your training and preparation has been spot on and it really paid off. Top 10 next year? 😉
Thanks Ian, it was a tough day out but a good one and the support from everyone was epic which always helps! If the 10 front runners pulled out last minute next year I might be in with a shot 😅
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Thanks for watching. Hope all is good with you
Congrats .. great run! Very impressive well done. Nice idea with the split times 👍
Thanks James. It worked really well, heard about the idea from Dan (Runs) and definitely going to use it in the future! Thanks for watching
Absolutely fantastic effort Ben - took it all in your stride, looking really strong throughout. Thanks for sharing this and I'm looking forward to seeing what's next for you!
Thanks Mike and thanks for your video on the route, it's partly thanks to you that I made it round the course and did 50 miles rather than 60 or 70 😅
Great vlog, nice race, Ben! Beautiful route! Great that you met so much TH-cam friends on the route! Beautiful vineyard there! Nice song you put for the finish! Congrats, 8 hours 40 minutes so well worked! Great that you succeed to check the A goal! Cheers my Centurion friend! 🍀
Thanks Mihai. Yes it was a bit of a Runner TH-camr safari along the North Downs Way that day! Thanks for all your support during my training, really appreciate it 🙏
Brilliant - well done 👌
Thanks Graham 👍
Booooom! So there it is! I must say that you looked really strong through the whole race, even if you did get a little wonky around mile 43! 😂 Mind-blowing! Well done Ben! So inspiring! I'm hoping to go ultra in autumn 23! Keep pushing!
Thanks Paul. I felt pretty good for most of it but not those later miles where thinking was harder! Happy with how it went overall though. Thanks for your support and great to hear you've got ultra plans in the pipeline, very exciting 👍
Great video. Well done on completing it you made it look pretty manageable- for you anyway.
Thanks Tim. Tough day out but lots of good times in there too. Hope your training's going well. I've been getting back to running this week so would be good to meet up for a run soon.
Congrats on the race - I don't know how you stay so positive during races! I need to learn from you on how to keep a more optimistic mind set :)
Thanks! I've used a few tricks to help with it during training like breaking up the distance, focusing on reachable goals within the race like getting to the next aid station and just flowing with the terrain and accepting that discomfort is just a part of the process. Still working on it but those are a couple of things I find useful
@@timeonfeet Those are great strategies. I try to break runs and races into chunks too, but I struggle with the discomfort piece. I was better about it when I ran competitively in high school, but I'm finding it harder now. I need to build a little mental toughness!👍
@@OpenDoorYogaSLC Thinking about the fact it's temporary can help with the discomfort or using other things as a distraction. I also try and think about how comfortable I'll feel after once the race is done 😃
Rest in peace Arlo
Thanks Phil 🙏
Truly inspiring stuff. Congrats on an excellent finish!
Thanks Jon, hope all is going good with you 👍
Nice one mate.
Thanks very much 👍
you've got a talent for this ultra running lark, be interested to see what you do next? It was a great day, I was very nervous about the hills, so took them very easy, was ahead of schedule before box hill, but lost a lot of time over that section. Congrats on your time, amazing performance, shows what can be achieved with proper training.
Thanks Nigel and well done to you too - we made it! Good to meet you in real life on the day at the start and finish. That section from Box Hill was tough - I'd gained some time from the easier bits earlier on so tried to take my time on it. But even taking it easier didn't really make it easy. I've got a couple of ideas of things I'd like to do for the second half of the year, a couple of ultras in there but probably some shorter stuff too. I'm booked in for the SDW50 next year so that'll likely be the next 50 miler but will see. Have you got anything planned next?
@@timeonfeet I'm actually thinking of SDW100 but perhaps in 2024. Some friends are doing SBYU this weekend, so may do that next year for something different. Other than that, this year I've signed up for Suffolk 50k in September, and I'll probably do the Stort 30 again in October as its a relatively local to me. I'm sure our paths will cross again sometime, it's a close community 😁
@@nigelb1851 That sounds a great goal to have the SDW100, I'm volunteering at that in a few week's time so will be good to get a feel for the event and it's just up the road from me the 70 mile or so point so will give some support to runners at that tricky point in the race. It sounds like you've got some good plans for the rest of the year. Im running Brighton Trail Marathon with Carla next month so will be documenting her first marathon experience but need to get some races booked for me too after that. Sure I'll see you at another event soon!
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Congrats on race epic result. I have 2 questions i had to charge my fenix on the day .how did the corros do .2 need to replace my solomon 12 set .it split on the race how was the harrier. I have there poles.. 3 i had never used active root before watching your vlog .it worked amazing for me .tailwind who.. great product
Congrats to you too, hope recovery has been going well this week. Battery life on Coros Apex was amazing. I had it on map mode and at the end of the race I still had 73% battery left! The battery is meant to last about 32 hours on full maps and GPS mode though I haven't tested this myself. Harrier vest was good. It's taken me some getting used to as you have to adjust the straps and chords carefully to fit you so it doesn't bounce but once you have it nailed then it's good. Decent accessible pockets and a place for poles too. I swear by active root now, not as many carbs as Tailwind but I find it sits so much better on the stomach.
@@timeonfeet wow .maybe a upgrade is needed lol .
Thanks Ben I enjoyed that. Question for you, how long does it normally take to recover from a run like NDW50 and how soon would you race again afterwards? Cheers
Thanks Nick. I felt ready to run again after 4 days with the NDW50 but I tend to play it cautious and I said to myself I would take a full 7 days off running. I've done the same with the other 4 ultras I've done too, ready to run in 3/4 days but play it safe. I do a lot of active recovery in the first week after a race though with elevation, cold baths, sea swimming, walking, cycling but all gentle stuff. It really depends on the length and difficulty of the race for how soon after I would race again but if it was an ultra, I'd leave at least a few weeks
@@timeonfeet Thanks for that Ben.
Can u tell me which corros u have thanks
Yes it's the Coros Apex 46mm version