Hey Ben, congrats on your South Downs Way 50 race! Your pacing strategy was impressive, and it's great to see that it paid off in achieving your A goal of beating your PB time. Your tips on taking care of your feet and packing lightly are really helpful for those of us who are new to ultra-running. Thanks for sharing your experience, and good luck with the South Downs Way 100!
Thanks so much Mihai. This was a really enjoyable race, great to get out there and have a good race on my local trails! Thanks for the good wishes on the 100, not too long to go now
8.14s was great running Ben. Especially as the hills felt much higher this year. Thanks for including me and my lovely Dinosaur 🦖 wife at the finish line!
Boom! Ben you crushed it despite the challenges! So inspiring! Just what I needed to stay fired up after a rough week! Keep pushing my friend! Congratulations!
Thanks Paul! Really pleased with this and what a special event with the weather and amazing volunteers. Hope you're week is on the up from here on in my friend 🌞
Fabulous running and delighted to chat with you before the start Ben. What a great run!! I also got a 50 mile pb despite my finishing antibiotics the day before ! We must have had some kind of kick back boost after illnesses ! 🏃🏻♂️👊
🎉BRAVO 🎊 BRAVO 🎊 BRAVO Ben!!!🎉GLORIOUS day!!! I don’t know how you can talk at ALL during a 50miler, AND film too, it’s incredible!!! I bet that track felt longer than 400m!!! So glad you enjoyed those NF Vectiv Enduris, I’m not surprised they did well for you!!!
Thanks Bev! I find it can help in the later stages with filming as you can vocalise how you're feeling and also have something to focus on as well. Definitely couldn't film through aid stations though as it'd probably be bottles, food and gopro falling everywhere 😅 they're a great shoe. Definitely not as bouncy as what I usually go for but just plain comfy. Thanks for watching and the support Bev, much appreciated 🙏
A great result was never in doubt mate! You are a running legend Ben. You really had a top class run and you really did yourself proud. 👏 Roll on the big boy now! 💪 Good to see you're a fan of the Injinjis mate. I swear by them. Even in the wet conditions they have kept me blister free. Huge kudos once again bud! 👏😎🤘
Cheers Ben! And thanks for the support too, really helps with getting out there and giving it a good go 😀 Really like the Injinji socks, the mid weight I've found the best, heavy weight my feet were overheating a bit but these are spot on 👌
Ben, I am so happy for you that you did this 50 miler and even beat your previous time by 25 minutes. Good tactic to have the times to be keeping an eye on from the previous runner and also very clever of you to tape your toes not to trash them. I wish you could film the aid station too, but I guess you had a strict schedule to follow and couldn't mess about at the station for too long. Incredible effort, very proud of you, especially after your chest infection.
Thanks so much Olga, it was great to get out there and race again on such an amazing route in perfect conditions. I'll try and capture some more of the aid station action in the future, it's hard as that tends to be where my hands are trying to juggle water and food too but in Centurion races the aid stations are excellent with a great spread so will hope to get some of this captured in future. Thanks for the support!
@@OlgasBritishFells It's all good Olga, there are some races where it's easier like with the 100 I'll be moving a lot slower through aid stations and will be glad to take a bit of a break 😂 I won't if I'm trying to get through quickly though!
Cheers Jay, great to see you out there, nice boost at 33 miles in! Looking forward to checking out your vid this evening to see what the rest of the field were up to 👍
As I said, you were looking super relaxed at Alfriston... 👏 What would be super useful for me (doing NDW50 in May) is a bit more info on the food/gels you took with you? Looked at it today, and I think I'll also have enough for a boat load of Channel-crossers!
Cheers Carl. I took 2 packs of Veloforte Chews, a Trek chocolate Flapjack, sesame snap bar. From the aid stations I took potatoes and water melon. In the bottles was tailwind. I ate from 1 hour in and had something every 30 mins. I was having liquid from 30 mins in every 10 mins. In the end I got through 3 sachets of tailwind (1500mls) and about the same of water
congratulation on a brilliant run and loved the video.. I saw you at the start but didnt want to interrupt your filming... what a day out there. it was perfect
Huge well done Ben, Absolutely smashed it. No doubt that your baseline fitness will stick with you through short dips in training, thats what all those winter runs in the morning rain are for! Great to see you out on the trails again smiling - take away lesson from this for me has to be BACK YOURSELF! So inspiring!
Cheers Will! For sure, those winter runs in grim weather paid off 😊 will definitely remember this for the future, sometimes you can get residual fitness which can get you through! Hope you had a good time at Manchester 👍
Well done Ben. A great run on a glorious day. So glad it went well for you. I remember how long that one lap of the track at the end of a race felt, more like a mile. Interesting what you say about fitness levels being maintained. I have found in my advanced years that any inability to train, even for a short time, dramatically affects my fitness level. As I currently have covid, I expect it will be some time before I get back to even the low level I was at before. Hope your recovery is going well. Take care.
Thanks Peter. We were so lucky, just perfect running conditions. The track definitely looked bigger than the regular one I'm used to training on with my club, just shows how much your mind can distort things when you're exhausted 😅 I hope you recover from Covid quickly, I found it lingered a while when I had it but easing back into things gently helped. Thanks for watching and for the support 👍
Thanks both. It was the perfect day for it with the conditions out there, was really thankful for that. Lots of lessons to take from the race as always
Woohoo! So glad it all went well for you, mate. I know you had a bit of a rough run in, but sometimes that can when in your favour. So pleased it all came together for you, races like that are ones to savour for the future. I'm a long way off doing ultras again, but this will be on the list for sure!
Cheers Ian! Definitely, I think it allowed me to have a bit more of a proper taper and rest with being ill. Would really recommend this one to add to your list. Probably a bit biased of course with it being on the South Downs but really is a super route 😀
Congrats on the pb!!! Really nice video, the course looks really nice with perfect weather. Keep up the solid work ,your channel is inspiring many people including myself. I will have to do SDW 50 next year. Good luck on the SDW100!!!
Thanks Oscar. Great to hear that :) And thanks for your support. It's such a good race, would definitely recommend it to add to your list for next year!
I thoroughly enjoyed that video mate, great stuff. Hopefully it's not more than 16 degrees in June 😅 Really appreciate the tips and things you learned at the end 👍🏻 Did you get the phone back to the owner? Remember to have 2 weeks off sick before the next race 😁👍🏻🏃♂️
Cheers Mark! 17 degrees and I'll be done in June 😀 I handed the phone into the next aid station and I think it got back to its owner OK, the centurion team sorted it out. Definitely, I need to schedule in the illness 🤓
What an incredible performance Ben! I get that you were nervous going into it after being ill, but looks like you had enough training under your belt to get that PB! Interesting to hear how you optimised your time at the aid stations, and good news about your feet not feeling as battered as previously! A great confidence boost ahead of the 100 miler!
Thanks Chloe! Yes I think sometimes you can assume the worst with illness but always worth trying to think as positively as possible I've learnt from this. Thanks for watching 😀
Brilliant Mate!! That last 400m must have felt like a mile lol. Felt like I ran that with you great vlog thanks for sharing with us. Well done on that PB 👏. I remember you using that Pacing system before. Seems to really work for you buddy. Big Kudos mate 👏 👍
Thanks Stephen, certainly did 😅 It seemed like the longest 400m but also quite nice to have an even surface to run on after the stones and hills! It's a tactic I got from Dan Runs and has really worked well so great tip from him 👌 Thanks for watching mate
AMAZING Ben!! 😍 I'm so pleased you managed to feel ok for the race and you absolutely smashed your goal A!!! you must be delighted, esp given you not feeling great for the last few weeks. I run in North Face Vectiv as well, I love them!😀 This looks such a lovely route (I love anything on the SDW, I wish I lived closer so I could train on it). Maybe one to add to my list of runs in the future. I have 3 x 50kms this year (only did my first last year) so would ideally like to get better at them and find something inbetween a 50km and a 50 miler to test me before taking on such an epic adventure but maybe I need to back myself more and just do it. I'll be 45 next year so maybe that's my target to aim and train for and it'd be a great present to myself! 😁
Thanks Nic! Yes definitely pleased with how it all went in the end. They're a great shoe, hadn't tried any North Face shoes before but saw them going pretty cheap and thought I'd give them a go. Good to hear about your race plans for this year, hope the training is going well so far. I did a 38 mile race once (the Downslink Ultra) which you could check out, there must be others out there that are in between 50k and 50 mile. Will let you know if I spot any other good ones
@@timeonfeet yep, that's how I found out about them too but now I have a couple of pairs. Training is going ok although def could be better, I need to really get my butt in gear and hold myself accountable so that the races are enjoyable rather than endured. Ohhh Downslink Ultra sounds great, thank you i'll check that one out 😁 but yes if you hear of any others then please shout. I know there is a 40 mile one in Warwickshire later in the year so also need to check that one out.
@@nicmarlow6388 That can often be the hardest thing, just finding a rhythm and establishing good habits with training but once in the flow I've found it becomes much easier. No worries, I'll keep an eye out!
Thanks Terry. Ah good to hear 😅 Beachy Head is a classic in October and great atmosphere. Endurance Life Marathon in March is a similar route and also good. The Moyleman is also great starting in Lewes, haven't done myself but know a lot of people who have. All very hilly by the way! But then good views of course 😀
Great job on the race and fantastic coverage too. Kudos to all the race coordinators and volunteers. Question, what was that orange thing taped to your vest? Thank you for the recap at the end too, lots of helpful tips. Come on folks subscribe and let's get Ben to a 1000 subs!!!!
Cheers Sage! The race organisers and volunteers at Centurion are amazing, really top people. It was a tracker which allows people to see where you are in the course. It registers the time you get through each aid station too and also can recognise when you're stopped or have gone off course!
Good job, nice to see the finish in daylight, It was not my day, but i finished 14 mins before cut off, i found SDW tougher then NDW 50. good luck in the 100
Thanks Adrian and congrats on the finish. Do you think the SDW50 is harder all in all than the NDW50? Been debating this with a couple of people recently so interested to hear people's thoughts who've done both
@@timeonfeet Hello, For me yes, ok it did have lots of down hills, but lots of these I could not run, i guess a lack of confidence running on sharp flint did not help. 2nd half was in fact a faster split for me. I hope to be under 12 hours for NDW in 5 weeks time. Long long hills at times, OK NDW has hills, but not as many as SDW and not as long it feels. Thanks for the Vids, these are great all the best Adrian
@@adriangreen1211 Cheers Adrian. Yes I agree, I did the North Downs Way 50 last year and found the hills were sharper but there's fewer and you get them out the way more quickly. Whereas the SDW50 has quite a few sneaky hills that go on for a good while! Best of luck with the NDW50, hope the rest of the training goes well
Great video and great effort sir, congrats!🙌🏻 NDW50 will be my first 50 miler and I’m taking your advice by copying your very own aid station splits from last yr, which is probably a little ambitious!🤣 I noticed the times at the SDW50 seem to be a fair bit quicker than NDW50 despite similar elevation. Would you say the SDW50 is more runnable than the NDW50?
Thanks Jim 👍 The other thing I would say is to find splits of someone who did the time you're going for who seemed to pace it fairly evenly or went through each aid station in a similar position because of course if you find someone who went through the first station in 1st and ended up 40th for example probably suggests they went off too fast 😅 Yes, the SDW50 is definitely more runnable, the trails are more open too which means easier to find a rhythm and the descents more gentle. There's also fewer gates and the course as far as I can tell from everyone's strava data is actually at least 1.5 miles less than the NDW50 which also helps!
@@timeonfeet yeah that’s a very good point re the splits. I watched your NDW50 video and you seemed to pace it pretty well so hopefully will give me a good idea. Interesting that the SDW50 is more runnable and perhaps a little shorter, maybe I should’ve opted for that for my first 50 miler!🤣
@@jimgoldie4338 You'll be pleased to know the NDW50 does have a couple of advantages over the SDW50 though! It is more covered so on a really windy or sunny say you're a bit more protected. The climbs are also sharper on the NDW50 which makes it easier to know when you should be walking or not. On the SDW there are quite a few gradual or 'sneaky' climbs where you think to yourself 'should I be running or walking this?'
@@timeonfeet that’s def good to know, ty sir! I did the Sussex ultra a few weeks back and despite a similar elevation to the NDW over a much shorter distance, I actually found it more difficult at times to know when to run or walk. Anything that keeps the sun away is a bonus tho, as a bald and ginger bearded Scotsman, I’m not built for 9hrs of running in the sun!🤣
@@jimgoldie4338 😂 The Sussex ultra is great prep for NDW50, I found that last year. Especially with that massive hill around 28 miles to test your spirit! Hope the rest of the prep goes well 👍
Hey Ben, congrats on your South Downs Way 50 race! Your pacing strategy was impressive, and it's great to see that it paid off in achieving your A goal of beating your PB time. Your tips on taking care of your feet and packing lightly are really helpful for those of us who are new to ultra-running. Thanks for sharing your experience, and good luck with the South Downs Way 100!
Thanks so much Mihai. This was a really enjoyable race, great to get out there and have a good race on my local trails! Thanks for the good wishes on the 100, not too long to go now
8.14s was great running Ben. Especially as the hills felt much higher this year. Thanks for including me and my lovely Dinosaur 🦖 wife at the finish line!
Thanks Cian and congrats on the race 👍 Great effort from your wife too, making your finish line experience even more memorable 😅
@@timeonfeet yeah - Marie knocked this one out of the park - running Dinosaurs are hilarious!
Boom! Ben you crushed it despite the challenges! So inspiring! Just what I needed to stay fired up after a rough week! Keep pushing my friend! Congratulations!
Thanks Paul! Really pleased with this and what a special event with the weather and amazing volunteers. Hope you're week is on the up from here on in my friend 🌞
@@timeonfeet Happy to be tapering! LOL!
Fabulous running and delighted to chat with you before the start Ben. What a great run!! I also got a 50 mile pb despite my finishing antibiotics the day before ! We must have had some kind of kick back boost after illnesses ! 🏃🏻♂️👊
Thanks Michael, you too! And congrats on the PB 🎉 Definitely, I think we both need to be ill more often 😀
🎉BRAVO 🎊 BRAVO 🎊 BRAVO Ben!!!🎉GLORIOUS day!!! I don’t know how you can talk at ALL during a 50miler, AND film too, it’s incredible!!! I bet that track felt longer than 400m!!! So glad you enjoyed those NF Vectiv Enduris, I’m not surprised they did well for you!!!
Thanks Bev! I find it can help in the later stages with filming as you can vocalise how you're feeling and also have something to focus on as well. Definitely couldn't film through aid stations though as it'd probably be bottles, food and gopro falling everywhere 😅 they're a great shoe. Definitely not as bouncy as what I usually go for but just plain comfy. Thanks for watching and the support Bev, much appreciated 🙏
A great result was never in doubt mate! You are a running legend Ben. You really had a top class run and you really did yourself proud. 👏 Roll on the big boy now! 💪 Good to see you're a fan of the Injinjis mate. I swear by them. Even in the wet conditions they have kept me blister free. Huge kudos once again bud! 👏😎🤘
Cheers Ben! And thanks for the support too, really helps with getting out there and giving it a good go 😀 Really like the Injinji socks, the mid weight I've found the best, heavy weight my feet were overheating a bit but these are spot on 👌
Ben, I am so happy for you that you did this 50 miler and even beat your previous time by 25 minutes. Good tactic to have the times to be keeping an eye on from the previous runner and also very clever of you to tape your toes not to trash them. I wish you could film the aid station too, but I guess you had a strict schedule to follow and couldn't mess about at the station for too long. Incredible effort, very proud of you, especially after your chest infection.
Thanks so much Olga, it was great to get out there and race again on such an amazing route in perfect conditions. I'll try and capture some more of the aid station action in the future, it's hard as that tends to be where my hands are trying to juggle water and food too but in Centurion races the aid stations are excellent with a great spread so will hope to get some of this captured in future. Thanks for the support!
@@timeonfeet please, don't worry about filming it if it impedes your racing. I understand.
@@OlgasBritishFells It's all good Olga, there are some races where it's easier like with the 100 I'll be moving a lot slower through aid stations and will be glad to take a bit of a break 😂 I won't if I'm trying to get through quickly though!
Brilliant effort! I’ve got my first ultra in 6 weeks so taking on any tips I can
Cheers Matt. Best of luck with your race, hope it goes well and you enjoy it!
Absolutely brilliant Ben this is superb ! Great performance so soon after being ill
Cheers Jay, great to see you out there, nice boost at 33 miles in! Looking forward to checking out your vid this evening to see what the rest of the field were up to 👍
As I said, you were looking super relaxed at Alfriston... 👏 What would be super useful for me (doing NDW50 in May) is a bit more info on the food/gels you took with you? Looked at it today, and I think I'll also have enough for a boat load of Channel-crossers!
Cheers Carl. I took 2 packs of Veloforte Chews, a Trek chocolate Flapjack, sesame snap bar. From the aid stations I took potatoes and water melon. In the bottles was tailwind. I ate from 1 hour in and had something every 30 mins. I was having liquid from 30 mins in every 10 mins. In the end I got through 3 sachets of tailwind (1500mls) and about the same of water
congratulation on a brilliant run and loved the video.. I saw you at the start but didnt want to interrupt your filming... what a day out there. it was perfect
Thanks so much Liam. Hope you had a great day out there. For sure, such a perfect day for it. Looking forward to the next one!
Absolutely smashed it Ben, well done!! Looked like a perfect day for it too!!
Digging the D&B tunes ! 👍
Thanks James! Was such a great day out there for it. Cheers, drum n bass always make me want to get out for a run 😀
Huge well done Ben, Absolutely smashed it. No doubt that your baseline fitness will stick with you through short dips in training, thats what all those winter runs in the morning rain are for! Great to see you out on the trails again smiling - take away lesson from this for me has to be BACK YOURSELF! So inspiring!
Cheers Will! For sure, those winter runs in grim weather paid off 😊 will definitely remember this for the future, sometimes you can get residual fitness which can get you through! Hope you had a good time at Manchester 👍
Well done Ben. A great run on a glorious day. So glad it went well for you. I remember how long that one lap of the track at the end of a race felt, more like a mile. Interesting what you say about fitness levels being maintained. I have found in my advanced years that any inability to train, even for a short time, dramatically affects my fitness level. As I currently have covid, I expect it will be some time before I get back to even the low level I was at before. Hope your recovery is going well. Take care.
Thanks Peter. We were so lucky, just perfect running conditions. The track definitely looked bigger than the regular one I'm used to training on with my club, just shows how much your mind can distort things when you're exhausted 😅 I hope you recover from Covid quickly, I found it lingered a while when I had it but easing back into things gently helped. Thanks for watching and for the support 👍
What a beautiful day for it. Well done on the pb! Excellent strategising through the race. Lots to ponder on there on things to do and avoid.
Thanks both. It was the perfect day for it with the conditions out there, was really thankful for that. Lots of lessons to take from the race as always
Simply incredible. Congratulations! I enjoyed every minute of this video.
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Love the way this video was put together. Classy running and what a PB!
Thanks Dan! Really enjoyed putting this one together 👍
And congratulations on 1k! Thoroughly deserved!
Cheers Ian!
Woohoo! So glad it all went well for you, mate. I know you had a bit of a rough run in, but sometimes that can when in your favour. So pleased it all came together for you, races like that are ones to savour for the future. I'm a long way off doing ultras again, but this will be on the list for sure!
Cheers Ian! Definitely, I think it allowed me to have a bit more of a proper taper and rest with being ill. Would really recommend this one to add to your list. Probably a bit biased of course with it being on the South Downs but really is a super route 😀
Congrats on the pb!!! Really nice video, the course looks really nice with perfect weather. Keep up the solid work ,your channel is inspiring many people including myself. I will have to do SDW 50 next year. Good luck on the SDW100!!!
Thanks Oscar. Great to hear that :) And thanks for your support. It's such a good race, would definitely recommend it to add to your list for next year!
I saw your strava feed, epic run buddy. Loving the recap … perfect conditions for a great day out
Cheers James! We were so lucky with the conditions, perfect :) Hope your training's going good
Great video Ben Excellent running and great tips on feet care before races
Thanks James, definitely going to use some of those feet care tips more in the future, found they helped loads!
I like the idea of having someone who has done a time you are aiming for's...split times written down. Thats a really good idea !!
I got the idea from Dan Runs - really neat trick!
Congratulations. Great effort and well deserved.
Thanks 👍
I thoroughly enjoyed that video mate, great stuff. Hopefully it's not more than 16 degrees in June 😅
Really appreciate the tips and things you learned at the end 👍🏻
Did you get the phone back to the owner?
Remember to have 2 weeks off sick before the next race 😁👍🏻🏃♂️
Cheers Mark! 17 degrees and I'll be done in June 😀 I handed the phone into the next aid station and I think it got back to its owner OK, the centurion team sorted it out. Definitely, I need to schedule in the illness 🤓
Nice running, great film!
Cheers Tim!
Great running and time Ben! Wasn’t for me this year, but fingers crossed for next year!
Thanks Gez! Hope to see you back out there next year with it. Such a great route 😀
What an incredible performance Ben! I get that you were nervous going into it after being ill, but looks like you had enough training under your belt to get that PB! Interesting to hear how you optimised your time at the aid stations, and good news about your feet not feeling as battered as previously! A great confidence boost ahead of the 100 miler!
Thanks Chloe! Yes I think sometimes you can assume the worst with illness but always worth trying to think as positively as possible I've learnt from this. Thanks for watching 😀
Great video! I think I passed you when you were having that stretch-out. Good luck for the longer one - I might give it a go next year 😬
Thanks Gareth and congrats on the race. Yes I'm looking forward to the 100 - I think!
Brilliant Mate!! That last 400m must have felt like a mile lol. Felt like I ran that with you great vlog thanks for sharing with us. Well done on that PB 👏. I remember you using that Pacing system before. Seems to really work for you buddy. Big Kudos mate 👏 👍
Thanks Stephen, certainly did 😅 It seemed like the longest 400m but also quite nice to have an even surface to run on after the stones and hills! It's a tactic I got from Dan Runs and has really worked well so great tip from him 👌 Thanks for watching mate
AMAZING Ben!! 😍 I'm so pleased you managed to feel ok for the race and you absolutely smashed your goal A!!! you must be delighted, esp given you not feeling great for the last few weeks. I run in North Face Vectiv as well, I love them!😀 This looks such a lovely route (I love anything on the SDW, I wish I lived closer so I could train on it). Maybe one to add to my list of runs in the future. I have 3 x 50kms this year (only did my first last year) so would ideally like to get better at them and find something inbetween a 50km and a 50 miler to test me before taking on such an epic adventure but maybe I need to back myself more and just do it. I'll be 45 next year so maybe that's my target to aim and train for and it'd be a great present to myself! 😁
Thanks Nic! Yes definitely pleased with how it all went in the end. They're a great shoe, hadn't tried any North Face shoes before but saw them going pretty cheap and thought I'd give them a go. Good to hear about your race plans for this year, hope the training is going well so far. I did a 38 mile race once (the Downslink Ultra) which you could check out, there must be others out there that are in between 50k and 50 mile. Will let you know if I spot any other good ones
@@timeonfeet yep, that's how I found out about them too but now I have a couple of pairs. Training is going ok although def could be better, I need to really get my butt in gear and hold myself accountable so that the races are enjoyable rather than endured. Ohhh Downslink Ultra sounds great, thank you i'll check that one out 😁 but yes if you hear of any others then please shout. I know there is a 40 mile one in Warwickshire later in the year so also need to check that one out.
@@nicmarlow6388 That can often be the hardest thing, just finding a rhythm and establishing good habits with training but once in the flow I've found it becomes much easier. No worries, I'll keep an eye out!
Amazing, feel almost inspired to sign up for a trail marathon 😂 any recommendations Ben would be welcome
Thanks Terry. Ah good to hear 😅 Beachy Head is a classic in October and great atmosphere. Endurance Life Marathon in March is a similar route and also good. The Moyleman is also great starting in Lewes, haven't done myself but know a lot of people who have. All very hilly by the way! But then good views of course 😀
Great job on the race and fantastic coverage too. Kudos to all the race coordinators and volunteers. Question, what was that orange thing taped to your vest? Thank you for the recap at the end too, lots of helpful tips. Come on folks subscribe and let's get Ben to a 1000 subs!!!!
Cheers Sage! The race organisers and volunteers at Centurion are amazing, really top people. It was a tracker which allows people to see where you are in the course. It registers the time you get through each aid station too and also can recognise when you're stopped or have gone off course!
Good job, nice to see the finish in daylight, It was not my day, but i finished 14 mins before cut off, i found SDW tougher then NDW 50. good luck in the 100
Thanks Adrian and congrats on the finish. Do you think the SDW50 is harder all in all than the NDW50? Been debating this with a couple of people recently so interested to hear people's thoughts who've done both
@@timeonfeet Hello, For me yes, ok it did have lots of down hills, but lots of these I could not run, i guess a lack of confidence running on sharp flint did not help. 2nd half was in fact a faster split for me. I hope to be under 12 hours for NDW in 5 weeks time. Long long hills at times, OK NDW has hills, but not as many as SDW and not as long it feels. Thanks for the Vids, these are great all the best Adrian
@@adriangreen1211 Cheers Adrian. Yes I agree, I did the North Downs Way 50 last year and found the hills were sharper but there's fewer and you get them out the way more quickly. Whereas the SDW50 has quite a few sneaky hills that go on for a good while! Best of luck with the NDW50, hope the rest of the training goes well
Interesting video! keep it up with your content! stay safe there! stay in touch with you!
Thanks for watching!
Ever considered trying Garmin pace pro to plan pace splits
I've got a Coros so not sure if they do something similar
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Great video and great effort sir, congrats!🙌🏻 NDW50 will be my first 50 miler and I’m taking your advice by copying your very own aid station splits from last yr, which is probably a little ambitious!🤣 I noticed the times at the SDW50 seem to be a fair bit quicker than NDW50 despite similar elevation. Would you say the SDW50 is more runnable than the NDW50?
Thanks Jim 👍 The other thing I would say is to find splits of someone who did the time you're going for who seemed to pace it fairly evenly or went through each aid station in a similar position because of course if you find someone who went through the first station in 1st and ended up 40th for example probably suggests they went off too fast 😅 Yes, the SDW50 is definitely more runnable, the trails are more open too which means easier to find a rhythm and the descents more gentle. There's also fewer gates and the course as far as I can tell from everyone's strava data is actually at least 1.5 miles less than the NDW50 which also helps!
@@timeonfeet yeah that’s a very good point re the splits. I watched your NDW50 video and you seemed to pace it pretty well so hopefully will give me a good idea. Interesting that the SDW50 is more runnable and perhaps a little shorter, maybe I should’ve opted for that for my first 50 miler!🤣
@@jimgoldie4338 You'll be pleased to know the NDW50 does have a couple of advantages over the SDW50 though! It is more covered so on a really windy or sunny say you're a bit more protected. The climbs are also sharper on the NDW50 which makes it easier to know when you should be walking or not. On the SDW there are quite a few gradual or 'sneaky' climbs where you think to yourself 'should I be running or walking this?'
@@timeonfeet that’s def good to know, ty sir! I did the Sussex ultra a few weeks back and despite a similar elevation to the NDW over a much shorter distance, I actually found it more difficult at times to know when to run or walk. Anything that keeps the sun away is a bonus tho, as a bald and ginger bearded Scotsman, I’m not built for 9hrs of running in the sun!🤣
@@jimgoldie4338 😂 The Sussex ultra is great prep for NDW50, I found that last year. Especially with that massive hill around 28 miles to test your spirit! Hope the rest of the prep goes well 👍
Have the dates changed for the SDW 100? My entry still says May ?!
10th June for the Centurion South Downs Way 100 it says on the website 👍
Thank you for showing my proud finish line moment! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
No probs at all, great finish! Congrats on the race too, hope the recovery is going well
Didn't recognise you without the beard 😮
I thought losing it might have saved me a couple of seconds at least 😂