Running One of Canada’s Toughest Ultramarathons - QUEBEC MEGA TRAIL 100
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- New for 2021, the 100 mile course has over 6,500 metres of elevation gain, taking runners from the banks of the St. Lawrence River to the top of Mont-Saint-Anne through beautiful boreal forests and technical single track trails. While Quebec might be known for its extremely cold temperatures in the winter, in the summer runners could expect heat and humidity. My girlfriend Audrée and I couldn't pass up the chance to run what would prove to be one of the most challenging races in Canada.
Event drone footage courtesy of Loup-William Théberge.
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Audree’s honesty about her butt crack maintenance will keep me coming back to your channel again and again Jeff.
Her parents helped her with it 💀
Have to say it’s refreshing to watch a running documentary that isn’t full of overly dramatic “inspiring” “blessed” music and framing. You do a great job of letting the footage speak for itself and instill a balanced set of emotions.
I second this!!!
Wow what an incredible effort from Audree. Can we take a second to acknowledge she run her first 100miler! Incredible, upbeat all the way. She should be really proud
Totally incredible indeed, great execution.
You have a rare gift when it comes to telling long form stories.
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People who haven't lived in humid climes really underestimate the effect that high humidity can have. I have lived in both Phoenix AZ and Cleveland, Ohio, and I'll take Phoenix at 100 degrees F over Cleveland at 80 F when it is humid. As you said, it really robs your body of the ability to cool itself.
I’m thankful that I got into running when I lived in Hawaii, now everywhere else feels easy, well except florida lol
Honestly, one of the best running videos on YT. The history lesson and Quebec city tour was the cherry on top. Well done, the tourism board owes you big!!
Oh yeah, congrats on the fantastic finishes!
Wow, thank you!
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How have I only just found this channel. The footage and the commentary from you both during the race was spot on. Not over the top but just describing what you’re doing, how you’re feeling and reacting to the situation. All done with a smile. Top quality stuff subscribed.
120k in "The Energy Level might have dropped". Yeah. Mine to zero. 100km before that point. What a run and thanks for the wonderful video :-)
I love Audree's commentary about her emotions throughout the race. You can anything physically if you have the right mindset. Her commentaries were real and honest. Bravo Audree! ❤
Incredible film!!! Huge congrats for Audree for not only her first 100 miler, first win but also for shooting so much content on the way :) It's so inspiring to see you two pull this one off together with the support of Audree's family. Thanks for the Quebec and history topping. To me that's what makes your films unique - it's not just the running, but the nature, the places and the people. When I saw you walk up these stairs I wondered how was it climbing down ;) Thanks for taking us to that amazing place!
Thanks so much! I've been trying to incorporate more of the backstory of an area into my films. Glad to hear you enjoy it.
I first watched this film in 2022. It was how I discovered Jeff and the QMT. At the time I had just run my first 10k, this year (2024), I did the QMT 50k. I still come back and watch this film because I love it so much
Being from Quebec, your filming, editing and overall appreciation for the province made me really happy and proud. Great film making! And the historic part at the end was really awesome😁
That region of Quebec is one of the most beautiful in Canada-amazing film and cinematography Jeff!
Thanks! It really is a beautiful region.
I've got only smile on my face at the end of this film. Merci beaucoup!
Thank you TH-cam algorithm for bringing me these amazing running docs! Fantastic and well edited video
Wow! Also at 59:50 the sportsmanship. Just astounding how much this is like a community wishing eachother the best.
The Music and the Video. Just Wow, i nearly cried. It inspired me as well! I am 18 running Half Marathon at the moment. The beauty of the nature, the endurance of the body, the fight with and against yourself. It showed me what is possible(theoreticly of course).
Sooo nice to watch. Also super cool to see audreé's perspective.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Im lovin it , the last few weeks ive been catching these when i could and loving the running ,the scenery ,the content is spot on for me and you make a great narrator also ,keep running and keep these coming ,thank you ❤
This just happened to pop up on my timeline. How didn’t I know about this race? This was amazing to watch!!!
Damn!!! What a film! I don't even know where to start... oh wait, I do: HOLY CR*P, Audrée!! I can't believe you won your first 100-miler! That is so freaking awesome! Congrats, to you as well, Jeff! 8th place is pretty damn good! Ok, that's enough exclamation marks. Haha... That race looked really cool. Very pretty, great landscapes. And then you finish the film with a little history lesson on the Pelletiers and Lafrenières? I totally loved it. I had no idea actually, how beautiful Quebec is. I may have to put that on my travel to-do list. :) Either way... Fantastic film, Jeff! I always get excited when you put one out! :)
Yes I agree, what a phenomenonal effort, both the race and the film. Makes me so proud to be a Quebecer!
Deadset the best race report/docco I've watched on any platform! Incredible insight into what it must have been like for you 2. Cracking stuff!
Jeff, thank you for the amazing videos. I started running a couple months ago due to circumstances in my life that required me to gain mental clarity. These videos are not just inspiration but they are full of life, I’m tearing up as I write this watching your guys’ journey, knowing next year I will tackle my first 100 miler. These videos give me the vision of myself finishing and wanting to gain that feeling. So thank you..
french, my native language that I dont speak anymore ... feel like I'm forgetting it a bit ...
and dont even think I would know what to say to another runner in french in a race ... chapeau bas Monsieur Pelletier ! tres impressionant
Well done Jeff and huge congrats to Audree! Y’all are a power couple - super inspiring.
Thanks Matt!
Wow, how coool is that!!! Audree ran on the podiums first place. Soooo stoked for you both! Big congratulations and greetings from Europe ☺️
Thanks so much!
One of my favorites movies on your channel, I like that you included so much about the community around, not only the race and running! Many thanks Jeff!
Awesome, happy to hear that. I was trying something a little different with this one.
Beautiful video and félicitations Audrée. Just getting into trail running in Australia and this footage from my native Québec brought back memories of lusher trails. Could almost smell it!!
Hey Jeff. What a wonderful film. You spoilt us with this long film. Loved the footage and storytelling particular with your ancestors history. Huge congratulations to you and Audree with the completion of this race but also the creation of this beautiful piece of content! Much love from London, UK.
Thanks Danny! I’m glad to hear the longer runtime didn’t scare people away 😅
Another fabulous film Jeff! Congrats to both of you on your races! I love how you included historical and cultural aspects into a running film. Quote of the film goes to Audree - after 20 hours and 104 km of running, "This climb is very gnarly, maybe I'm just tired." Oh and poutine is everywhere these days but somehow always tastes better in Quebec.
It's all about the cheese curds from Quebec! Thanks Gary.
Oh my goodness! We were there getting ready to do our first 80k and saw you both taking a photo before going off to the bus for the start and said 'they look like pros'. So awesome! And happy to hear you say it is one of the hardest races as we found it quite challenging but were so happy it was our first! Great to know we saw you guys 😀
Hi Jeff, watched this video after you talked about it in your 2022 goals video - must say I absolutely love the double take - following the two of you on the same race is very enjoyable and insightful!
That was a great movie indeed. It made me feel I was there on the trails with you & in Quebéc, too - congratulatoins to Audrée and many thanks Jeff for this awesome film!
By far the best ever trail running documentary I've watched, the people, the landscape, the music, the emotion and love, all touched my soul so badly, can't wait to continue my trail running training tomorrow in Shawka hump, U.A.E., haha.😄
Congratulations Audree on the win! Well, congrats to both! You guys made this feat look way too easy! Amazing!
I live in Montreal & watching this trail run put a smile on my face. What an adventure and beautiful views. Trail season is on!
Great film (as always), thank you! Congratulations to you both and wow, Audrée, incredibly well done to place 1st on your first 100 miler (and whilst doing some filming as well)! As others have said, it was also nice to see some context of Quebec and hear a bit more about both your families :-)
Thank you so much!
Well worth the watch. Congrats on the win and 8th is nothing to sneeze at. Well done for both of you. Enjoyed the tour after. As I get older I realise alot of family history is lost. Glad you know yours.
Thanks Alan!
Long time runner here but I am just now diving into world of endurance running at the ripe old age of 38. I am also new your channel. This is your first video I’ve watched. Enjoyed the beautiful cinematography and really appreciated y’all’s positive and cheerful attitudes. I enjoy watching these kinds of videos with 3 oldest children (10, 8, 6) to help inspire and encourage them to be active, embrace challenges and appreciate nature, but there are so few we can watch together because most have lots of un-bleeped adult language. Thankful my whole family could enjoy this together. Will be subscribing!
I am a native Texan but lived in Alberta for 4 years as a teenager. I never was able to visit Quebec but would love to travel to this beautiful province with my family. I have always been intimidated that not knowing French would not be received well, but I was so encouraged to see all the friendly race volunteers. Maybe I can run this race someday!
Welcome to the channel Erin! Lots more content like this on the way. I love that you’re watching it with your kids too!
Thank you for representing QMT so well! Once again your film-documentary is so well done
Thanks Marie-Claude, glad you feel that way.
Absolutely loved coming along on both of your journeys. Keep up the great work you are doing to promote and inspire this sport.
Amazing. Nice work Jeff and Audree! You're an inspiration.
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Perfect! One of the best ultra trail videos I've watched. Pre-race tips on food and gear; different points of view of the race you two got; soundtrack; images edition; organization of the race crew. Congratulations!
What an amazing film you have done. Litteraly one of the best i have ever seen ´bout trail running. Loved it
Thank you for this great film Jeff! It's awesome to see the inside of QMT by two exceptional trail runners. So glad that you put a part on Quebec City which is a must to visit when coming at QMT.
Absolutely fantastic as usual. Congratulations to the champion Audree. Hard work always pays off
It sure does. Thanks!
A 1h Jeff Pelletier video - what a treat! Congrats to Audree for winning! Can't wait to see Jeff's next race. Good luck with the recovery/training :)
Thanks so much!
I simply had to subscribe. This is the second video with you guys and it is sooo addictive...😂❤🇩🇰
My brother is doing this race in 3 weeks! What a gem of information this video is!! Wow great job guys and thanks for uploading this!
First time here and I subscribed! This format really works for me. Having two different runners makes a huge difference to me because I can witness the same situations from entirely different viewpoints. This area of Canada is also stunning. Great race. Great location.
Currently living in BC, but went to school in Ottawa and spent a ton of time in the Quebec woods while there. This is not only an inspiration for me to get outside and run, but also a visual treat featuring an ecosystem I miss despite appreciating the unspeakable beauty around me on Vancouver Island. You just gave me a perfect Sunday morning viewing experience. :)
The humidity this year has been unreal in the Maritimes and QC. But we are having a great shoulder season. I went camping last weekend and am treking this weekend. We were swimming in the ocean and it was beautiful and warm thanks to the Hurricane pushing up some tropical water for us. to delight in.
I just fell in love with this sport. Me and my husky puppy are about to start training for this today. Thanks for that.
What the heck! I’m amazed by your videos. So well made. I was so happy for Audree!
One of your best (so far!!). Loved the back and forth between the 2 stories. Félicitations Audrée 👏👏
Thanks Damian!
Congratulations to both of you. Audree - incroyable! First in your first 100, and filming all the way. I really enjoyed the back and forth between the two of you - excellent editing and wonderful footage. One hundred miles is a very long way - thank you for taking all of us along with you.
Thanks Natasha. I had fun putting this together with the two perspectives.
major congrats to you both!! Audree - omg you won!!!! and with your whole family there too!! ahhh what a feeling! tho, lol, it seems cruel that they made you step up onto that giant podium after all that haha... srsly tho, beautiful film, i love the perspective you both share about your insane dedication to a punishing sport. and.... omg that porcupine, what they climb TREES?!
Haha... I had the exact same thought about that podium! :D Very cruel!
Wow! Another incredible film, Jeff! BC ultra runners are having quite the summer season in Quebec.
Merci de m'avoir permis de revivre cette incroyable aventure d'une autre façon! Félicitations pour vos performances époustouflantes et surtout pour votre attitude rafraîchissante et inspirante!
Et bravo à toi pour ta 3ième place! :D
Really enjoyed last bit of video. Looking forward to visit Quebec looks like a really interesting place
Greetings from Europe ! First, huge congratulations to both of you for the QMT (and the 1st place!!!), great crewing as well. :) This video particularly struck home for I lived many years in QC and have regularly returned to visit. Your video certainly awakened fond memories from numerous hikes and trail runs in the area from Baie-Saint-Paul all the way to Mont-Sainte-Anne, not to mention QC, l'île d'Orléans, les chutes Montmorency... Beautiful video, loved the way you edited it. I felt for you on some of the more technical and tortuous sections of the trails, especially in those humid conditions! And in the Petit Champlain stairs at the end! Looking forward to run the QMT one day in this beautiful part of the world. Thanks for sharing and all the best to both of you for what's next. Happy trails!!!
Wow - more compelling viewing from you amazing pair! Congratulations on not only completing but for your incredible placements! We also loved the city and genealogy tour. It was also interesting to note your very different mindsets during the race, or at least as we perceived them. Jeff - you seem quite the analytical thinker, articulating with great precision about each element - nutrition intake etc. and Audrée, we also loved your bouyant spirit as you seemingly floated through the course, your commentary of a more emotional style. Together you are wonderfully complimentary! Keep up the good work and know that your huge efforts in producing these are creating inspirational waves everywhere, even here in Sydney, Oz! Cheers and thank you - Dave and family
Hi sir! Thank you for sharing, You inspired me not only to be a better runner but also to better person. Bless you
What a race! beautiful but some tough sections indeed. Very good start for Audree first 100 miler.
Québec Tourism should hire you ahaha! Great movie and thank you for showing my beautiful city like this! Merci Jeff :)
Running in Canada forests and hills at night, I would not feel that comfortable with all animals that possess danger, like bears. You did great!
LOL. You people give me a good laugh.
Another fantastic film Jeff and huge congratulations to you both! I really enjoyed the simultaneous perspectives of Audree and yourself during the race. The tour of Quebec was a really nice at the end as well. Looking forward to your next adventure!
Thanks Andrew! This was a fun one to edit.
Hi Jeff and Audrey! Thoroughly enjoyed this video! Thanks for excellent content and sharing your adventures with us.
Thanks Laurine! Glad you enjoyed it.
*Audrée ☺
Awesome video Jeff! Great narration, filming while racing & winning Audrée! You two are wild
Another epic Jeff Pelletier video! Thanks for all the hard work that goes into sharing these race experiences!
Thanks Greg as always.
Very belated congratulations to Audree. Very happy to see her succeeded.
Enjoyed the video - looked amazing but then I got to 1:03:14 and had to have a second look at that sign to your right!
Very nice images , those emerald forests are beautiful ! 🌲🌲🌳🌳🌲🌲💚
They sure are!
Great video! It was cool to see both of you run on some trails I've been on too!
Awesome film, Jeff (and Audrée). Very captivating and inspiring.
Looking forward to your next one.
I liked that you talked about things like going to the bathroom and chafing in the butt crack. These may not be the sexiest topics, but certainly important to the runner. Learning what a runner is going through physically and mentally during such a race is a big part of what makes such documentaries so interesting to me.
Thanks Rolf, that was my thinking as well. Lots of details that we can take for granted that newer runners could learn from.
Ohh wow, a friend talked about your content to me and I'm discovering slowly all of it... This video is the first one I've watched, for two reasons, first I was running behind you in 2021, I was running my first ultra, the 110k parcour and also I'm doing the 100 miles this year. I can't tell you how grateful I am. Being with you on your journey, I've traveled my own ultra that I did last year and brought back many teary eyes eheheh. Thank you for putting togheter awsome documentary, they are so enjoyable!! Also It does inspire me to gather some content along my own path because I'm lacking in this area and my memory is fine but having more seems a wise idea at this time!
Thank you again Jeff and have fun on the trails!!
Another epic capture Jeff and Audree!! Congrats to you both on epic races, and especially to your first 100miler and WIN Audree!!! ps. those stairs around old Quebec city post race looked just cruel!!!
Thanks Jeanelle! Runners from BC have had quite the month in QC.
Despite being a little late to the party, I just found this and already am loving it 25 minutes in. Amazing movie!
What strikes me most though is how incredibly friendly everyone is, for real. Is that a canada thing or an ultrarunning thing? Haha.
Anyways, keep it up :o
Thanks Stephen. Maybe that’s a little bit of both? 😉
masterful production! definitly looks like an awesome but brutal course. but makes you wanna race there next time round.
congrats Audrée on the win!
Thanks! It was a beautiful but challenging course for sure. Definitely would love to go back to spend some time on these trails at a more leisurely pace.
Great video, love the filming from both perspectives. Well done to the lady!
This was awesome. Audree has the best attitude, so positive and peppy. Enjoyed watching this so much and have shared with many. Nice looking race route.
Thanks Renee!
It’s a great pleasure to watch your trail adventures and all the background stories!
Thanks so much!
Great video and congrats to both of you for your amazing performances. Love from France
Nothing short of AMAZING.
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This is amazing Jeff! Great film, scenery, story, and race! I enjoyed every minute of this video!!!
Congrats on a successful trip and race. Audree won her first 100…that’s amazing. She looked so smooth through the race….it was kind of nice to see her gingerly walking the next day…a relief that she is human after all. Great drone footage….did you have help? The post race was cool too…looks like another bucket list location to visit!
Thanks! The drone footage from the event itself was generously provided by the race actually, filmed by Loup-William Théberge. The rest was actually stock footage - I didn't bring my drone for this trip at all.
@@JeffPelletier couldn’t tell at all that it was stock. Congrats
Beau film! Merci d’avoir aussi bien représenté Québec et ses environs.
One of my favourite running videos
Really enjoyed the movie! Your french is really impressive! You're giving me the last kick in the... I needed to begin trail running! :)
great race and dedication and effort and congrats to you both! another great job of taking us on a cool adventurous challenge! so happy for Audree!
Loved the extra layers to this film, Jeff. Très Bien
Thanks Aaron! Tried something new here, as there's only so many ways to document a race ;)
Loved this video. Enjoyed the perspective from both of you.
Loved the video! ! Very Inspiring! Massive congrats to you both from Sydney! 👏
Wow the Google Earth animations explaining the route are the best I've ever seen, really well done!
This was one hour very well spent, cheers guys
10 minutes in an I love it already. I just love your films Jeff! Plus I love Quebec and I now really want to do that one some day. Thanks man!
Your videos are motivation for me to stay off the couch a little more each day! lol
Your journey has been extremely inspiring ❤
A really cool movie and a very relaxed attitude, I really appreciate your approach to ultra running. Great couple, you make look running 100 miles easy! Congrats to you both!
Loved this film. One of your best. I wonder how many noticed the "Fuck la Mode' sign you passed while eating ice cream. Made me smile.
Thanks! Good catch 😉
Inspirational videos really enjoyed watching .