My Mental Strategy For Running 100 Miles
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ค. 2024
- Reflecting on 4 mental strategies I found useful for running my first 100 mile ultramarathon. Let me know in the comments what mental strategies you find useful for getting through longer runs or ultras.
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00:00 - Intro
01:47 - Strategy 1
02:47 - Strategy 2
04:54 - Strategy 3
05:55 - Strategy 4
06:55 - Outro
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Dude I really enjoy hearing your thoughts. You’re a level headed guy but also a running beast!
Thanks so much 👍 Great to hear you're finding the videos useful and hope your running and training is going good at the mo 🌞
Couldn’t have come at a better time Ben, thanks for this 🙌 some great ideas mate. A 100 miler is definitely a mental game, almost more than a physical one. Key ideas for me are to keep eating (food is mood!) and try not to succumb to “imposter” syndrome, when people fly past you in the first quarter of the race. Inevitably theyll be walking later because they’ve gone off too quickly 👍 all the best to you and Carla
Cheers Mike. Hope the final prep for next weekend is going good, will be dot watching on the day and sending good vibes over the ultrasphere. Completely with the food 😃 Really looked forward to getting good snacks in on races and it was amazing how much just some good food or drink could make me feel a lot better. Hope all is good with you
It's an incredible distance for a human being, I think I it's ok to feel negative in places during such an arduous journey. It's admirable how you make yourself stay positive by celebrating every achievement.
Definitely, it's going to happen that we don't feel great all of the time when taking on a bit challenge. Nothing wrong with that, it only becomes a problem when it stops us achieving what we want to!
Solid advice Ben! I always remind myself to run the mile I'm in. Fueling and pacing checkins are also important in shorter races. I'm amazed at your ability to cover 100 miles! Keep pushing my friend!
Thanks so much Paul! Definitely, I think a lot of these are applicable to shorter distances too. I've found them useful over the last couple of years of running. Thanks for checking out the video
Wow, what an incredible journey you've been through, Ben! Running 100 miles is no small feat, and I'm amazed by your mental strategies. Breaking up the distance into smaller checkpoints is such a clever approach to keep yourself going. And focusing on the positives, like those breathtaking views and milestone moments, must have given you a real boost when things got tough. Thank you for sharing these valuable strategies. Keep running strong and spreading that positive energy! 🏃♂
Thanks Mihai. I think a lot of these are probably used by quite a lot of others too but I find it's always useful to put out there what works for you in case others haven't tried them or find them useful. Thanks for watching my friend 😃
Very interesting analysis. What was striking to us was how many of those points are applicable to road running, even over the 5k distance.
Focusing on the moment. Realising bad patches are temporary. Celebrating the gains en route.
I guess it's the length of time and frequency you have to employ the mental strategies where one of the points of difference lies.
Definitely, I think a lot of these can be applied to shorter distances and road races just like you say on a more mirco scale. In terms of breaking up the distance for 100 I was thinking about the next checkpoint in say 7 miles time whereas for shorter distance it might be the whole 'run the mile you're in'.
Great advice. I personally like the ticking off miles (time) done = less miles (time) to go.
Cheers Carl. That's a good way to look at it. I remember seeing someone in the SDW100 with a physical checklist of aid stations that they crossed off as they went which I thought was a good little technique
Definitely worth all the celebrations. Best wishes Ben.
Thanks 🙏 hope you're keeping well
So true all of that . I felt terrible early on in NDW 100 😅last year so fully expecting anything now at any time !
Are you running it next weekend? Definitely, I know to expect anything at any point now really 😅
@@timeonfeet yes Ben - going back a second time !
@@michaelbennett6778 ah nice, have a good one out there and I'll be dot watching you on the day! Enjoy it and fingers crossed for some nice weather for you 😃
Thanks for this Ben it's really given me food for thought. Especially if and when I do eventually up my game to ultras.... which could be soon lol. Thanks again for taking time out your holiday to record and post this.
Thanks for watching Stephen. Great to hear you're thinking of getting into some ultra stuff, there are some amazing ones on offer up your way!
Fixate on the positive things is something I need to spend more time doing while running. Fantastic video, Ben. And super duper well done. Going under 24hrs is brilliant.
Thanks Neil 👍 It can be a hard one to actually do with fixating on the positives but I try and remind myself to do it as much as possible in a hard race!
@@timeonfeet so true, Ben. I'm the ultimate optimist in my day to day life and in training. Once a race starts my mind fills with negative thoughts. 🙈
@@RunSensible 😅 I know that feeling. I'm usually quite collected and able to rationalise things but a week to go before a race, the nerves are often going crazy!
That is why I book an escort at the finish location at a certain time. Keeps me motivated to finish the race, and finish it in the planned time so as not to miss my prepaid "appointment" 👍
Wonderful effort, Ben, well done and thanks for the tips on staying positive too. Great stuff!
Thanks! No probs at all, hope you found them useful
Thank you so much for this video Ben! It is perfectly timed to release 😊👍 It reminded me of some great strategies. Thanks for all the top tips mate! 😎🤘
No worries mate. I think they're probably ones most people use or have tried, but I find it's always good to remind myself of them going into a race. Hope you're enjoying the taper!
Good strategy! Greetings from Palma de Mallorca!
Thanks for watching 😃
Interesting Ben, and I'm sure that experience is something that comes back into mind regularly for you!!! I forgot to mention to you... maybe you've heard of the network of major hiking routes that criss-cross France called the Grandes Randonées, with GR + a number! The GR21, also called the Littoral de Normandie or sometimes the customs trail, follows the coast of Normandie and was voted France's favourite GR trail in 2020. I've started running certain sections with the goal of one day completing the entire coast, little by little as it's a bit far from where I live. Just thought I'd mention it in case you hadn't heard of it already... it's also probably pretty full of hikers this time of year too as I did some sections in winter (near Fécamp and also near Jobourg and Granville) and there were surprisingly a lot of hikers even then!! Le Tréport is actually the start of the first section going west, and the most popular section is from Dieppe to Fécamp. Enjoy the rest of your stay, profitez bien vous deux!! Salut!!!🙋🏻♀
This is a great insight Bev, thanks for sharing. Carla and I have been talking about doing more of the French coast path but from what I can see you can't follow it continuously in Normandie, is that right? We could see a long stretch from Le Tréport to the top of Normandie but couldn't see a continuous route around Dieppe. Where in France are you based? We definitely want to explore more trails in France!
@@timeonfeet OH me I live just outside of Paris, between Paris and Chartres. This summer I've been heading down to Burgundy a lot, running the Voies Vertes, greenway cycle paths that are totally separate from the roads ... tomorrow I'm heading off to run the Canal de Bourgogne, so see how far I get!!!
@@timeonfeet Oh yes yes it's a continuous trail all the way to Le Havre from Le Tréport, it certainly goes through Dieppe, and on along the entire Normandy coast, then continuing on the the Chemin des Douaniers which follows the entire coast of Brittany (I've also run 4 sections of that one too and will do it all one day). I tried to send you the link to an interactive map but the message will not go. On the gr-infos website , I've tried heaps of ideas but this message won't go🤷🏻♀
@@bev9708 ah nice, enjoy the Canal de Bourgogne! I think sometimes it doesn't allow you to send links on TH-cam but if you put the name of the website and the name of the route I can Google it and it should be OK to find. Thanks Bev, definitely want to give that route a go at some point
@@timeonfeet OH yes of course so for an extremely detailed map you can zoom in and out on easily just google gr-infos gr21 De Veulettes-sur-Mer à Le Tréport (Seine-Maritime) Sentier des Falaises
thanks for this Ben, really useful insights from your POV doing the SDW100. I'm going to be signing up for my longest event soon (Serpent Trail 100km on 6th July 2024 - which just happens to be ON my 45th birthday so what better present to myself!) 😂 I need to get my thoughts together, sit down with my calendar and put my training plans in. Your insights will be useful not only on the day itself but on the long runs i'll have to do ahead of it too.. thanks :) (hope you're enjoying/enjoyed France!)
Thanks Nic. That sounds like the perfect way to spend a birthday 😃 I've heard a lot of good things about the Serpant Trail, great route it sounds like. France was great thanks, really nice to get away and go somewhere new for a bit. Might be taking a short trip to Snowdon next but need to get it booked up!
Great video mate. Im still very much up for having a recorded chat with you on this subject... perhaps in a different format though. I've mentioned it in my latest video and it would be great to speak with you.
Cheer Phil. I'd definitely be up for that, just let me know when might be good for you and the format and would be great to chat
Couldn’t have come at a better time Ben, thanks for this 🙌 some great ideas mate. A 100 miler is definitely a mental game, almost more than a physical one. Key ideas for me are to keep eating (food is mood!) and try not to succumb to “imposter” syndrome, when people fly past you in the first quarter of the race. Inevitably theyll be walking later because they’ve gone off too quickly 👍 all the best to you and Carla
Couldn’t have come at a better time Ben, thanks for this 🙌 some great ideas mate. A 100 miler is definitely a mental game, almost more than a physical one. Key ideas for me are to keep eating (food is mood!) and try not to succumb to “imposter” syndrome, when people fly past you in the first quarter of the race. Inevitably theyll be walking later because they’ve gone off too quickly 👍 all the best to you and Carla
Glad to hear you found it useful and great to know your strategies too 👍 Running your own race and not getting carried away is so important! All the best