The Montane Lakeland 50 2019: My First Ultra Marathon
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ก.ค. 2019
- Almost two years to the day since i started running, i finally did my first ultra marathon! What a fantastic experience surrounded by amazing people. Ive already started planning my next one.... shhh!!
The Lakeland 50 is a Montane sponsored event held in the Lake District of the UK and is part of the UTLD. It is a tough ultra but i highly recommend it to anyone.
Twitter: @onemanultra
Well done Sam! fantastic vid. I agree with some of the comments, you did make it look a lot easier than most would imagine.
Your 2 year journey to this has inspired me to start running, just for basic health and fitness though.. not planning any of that ultra marathon malarkey 😂. But seriously it's a good way to show people the journey and what others can achieve through chipping away little by little. Hope you smash that 100 subscribers soon. Well done again!! 🤘🙌💪
Cheers brother! Glad it's got you off your backside 😂 little by little, I started small too!
Brilliant - massive well done!! I didn’t realise how big the event was, the start looked packed. Hope you recover well 🍰
Thank you! I've recovered very well actually. Should be able to go for a run in a couple of days I think. It is a big event, a great one to do, I would consider it to be like a big family there tbh and everyone is welcome. I'll be sad I'm not here next year to do it again.
Epic! The support crew and crowds looked great. Looking forward to following your next training block!
Cheers will! Yes it's a very special event, I'll miss not being here next year but at some point in the future I'll return for the 100!
Congratulations, what a fantastic achievement! Looked like a tough ultra to pick for your first one but some great scenery. Must have been an amazing feeling to finish, epecially after all those tough moments that you had to overcome. I want to do an Ultra one day, not sure when but it's going to happen.
It was tough but absolutely loooved it! Best thing to do is book one in for next year, that way you've already committed 😂
Great video mate & great run! Training for my first 50K, so I have been watching a lot of ultra videos (doing some running too😁). I really appreciate the “just your average guy” vids. Definitely make it feel more achievable. Keep it up.
Awesome Michael! Have you been to an ultra event before? I can tell you this, almost everyone there is your average guy or gal. It is comforting to be honest when you look around and see seemingly ordinary people doing extraordinary things. If you put yourself out there, you can make some friends for life ultra running. Even though it can be lonely at times, it's an amazing bonding experience. Thanks for the sub!
Well done on completing the 50! We hope to see you in next years race!
Sadly I wont be there for a some time to come as I'm living in canada BUT I am determined to come back and do the 100 one day ;)
Well done LEGEND for completing the Lakeland 50! It was a great day and night. Congrats on completing it in under 13 hours. Think that means you can do the Lakeland 100 next year. Good luck with that! Also, well done on reaching a 100 subs. I can see you have 101 now!
I'm gutted to say I'm not going to be in the UK next year otherwise I'd definitely be mad enough to sign up for it! Yes, just dipped over the 100 subs mark so now I've got to pay the consequences somehow 😂. Enjoying a nice break in Malta right now so I'll be getting on that as soon as I'm back!
Totally awesome buddy! What a great achievement and great memories!
I will never forget it for sure! Enjoyed my rest time as much as the race!
Just watched this as part of my prep for this year's race (hoping it goes ahead). Will be my 1st 50 miler too. Got the Dalmain to Ambleside recce on Sunday. Can't wait. 😁
I just found your channel when this got suggested. Hope the running is still going well.
What a hero! That was really inspiring to watch. Damn that 'fine rain' (made me laugh when you said that)
Cheers Dan! It was a crazy weekend. Thought at more than one point about throwing in the towel but glad I didn't. It is indeed a mental game this ultra malarkey.
@@onemanultra8167 Absolutely, it's all about taking control of the mental side of things. Hopefully I can deploy the same mindset as you!
@@DanRuns no doubt mate, you can have some dark moments but just keep focusing on the end and you get through it.
Fantastic job!! Well done 👍
Thank you Julia! 👍👣🤘
I'm really hoping to do this in 2020. Thanks for sharing the video, it's good to see the course
You will love it. Such a great bunch of people and a really fantastic course. It should be on anyone's ultra list in the UK!
@@onemanultra8167 I've just watched a couple more videos and I'm definitely going to sign up. Let's just hope i get a place.
I'll return the favour and recommend a race to you. Look into the South Wales 50, I ran it this year and it was amazing. It looks very similar to Lakeland in regards to elevation and terrain.
@@TrailRunningWales cheers. Depending on the time if year, I move to Mexico in April so we will see! Going to head to Wales before then though!
I don’t think much of your Cumbrian accent “That fine rain, that soaks you through” 🤣 - I love the lakes, my kinda playground 🏃♂️- steps to Mordor 🤣🤣 it didn’t look that brutal, thought you made it look easy, well done matey 💥💥 really enjoy this Vid, the after party looked wicked but all the people jumping up and down were the checkpoint Charlie’s, don’t think many runners could jump after 😂🍻
They definitely had more energy than the rest of us but we still rocked 🤘. I seemed to smile in every photo. .. which is nice but certainly didn't help when trying to convince people it's a tough race 😂
I should put this on my list of Ultras to be fair 🤔
@@gingeral do it mate! Hard to get into so I would recommend signing up the day it goes live or going along and volunteering one year. You will get free entry to the year after 👍
Great video - I’ve just committed to doing the 2021 50 (hopefully I get a place, mind) so been watching a few of these videos and yours by far the best!
Can I ask, what did you use to film this on?
So sorry for late reply! Thankyou for your kind words :) I used a gopro hero 7 black, I just attached a short stubby grip to it so it didnt take up much room. Fingers crossed for 2021, it's tough but memories for life! Good luck!
beautiful vid, great event; perhaps you made some rookie 'mistakes' but thats how you learn and improve; what was the longest run you did in training before this event?
Hi paul, thanks for stopping by. I lived the event, I endeavour to do the 100 in a couple of years when theres no more covid haha. I think my lomhestvtraining run was either 32 or 36 miles 🤔 I did a video on the too i think haha. I have let all my training slip away but I am determined when i get back to the uk to put all my efforts into reaching the 100 mile someday.
Sorry for spoiling your view at the end. I'm the guy in the black baseball cap filming on his phone 😂
Great run, you did amazing, did you say only 50 finished :-0 far out out of how many, that’s one hard race, what’s next on the schedule? Congrats thumbs up 👍👍🏃🏼♂️👋
Thanks. Only 50% of the 100mile runners finished. The 50mile had quite a high finish number, I think around 92% from memory. You have 24hours to complete it though so it is open for those who might just want to walk it.
Next is Athens Marathon in November and then hopefully another ultra in the first quarter of next year. I'm sure I'll fit stuff in between but I'm enjoying the rest at the moment!
One Man Ultra yeah excellent finishing the 50 ultra in a good time, I remember about a month ago you were saying you had a niggly sore leg & things were going wrong, so all the training, patients & hanging in there paid off, SethJames ,s demoor latest videos are awesome race videos & his brother racing
@@gokiwi2642 yes I didn't have the most ideal last six weeks of training but still put in a pretty good time I think for the course. I think i was one position outside the top 25% so I'm pretty chuffed with that.
I don't know that person's channel. I'll have a look and see! 🤘👍👣
One Man Ultra wow! yeah top 25% :-0 you made it look easy, yep Seth James Demor he does ultra running, really cool down to earth, super inspiring, he does some of the best video footage I’ve seen, he’s got pikes peak race coming up in two weeks, only a month ago he was injured leg in a sling hardly walk, he ran his first race last week got first prize, prize money to blow BOOM!
I think you should tell us what the suggestion was for reaching 100 subscribers and who suggested it ;-0
Nope. Definitely not 😂
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