Running 100 Miles - Centurion North Downs Way 100 2018!
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2018
- After two failed attempts to complete this race in 2016 and 2017, we returned to Farnham to try and get the North Downs Way 100 done!
Follow along through blistering heat, in the toughest conditions the race has ever been ran in to see if we make it all the way to Ashford!
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Just realised I didn’t actually post my finish time.. 🤦🏻♂️ it was 26:03. (That’s not 26 minutes.. it’s 26 HOURS!!!) 💤
Hello Ben, if I'm correct you are using a Garmin watch? I have a Forerunner 935 and on one of my ultra's it lasted for 18 hours and 20 minutes in normal mode. In ultratrac mode it lasts at least 20 hours (don't know the maximum in ultratrac mode yet as I haven't done any longer races yet ;-) I was just wondering if those 26:03 were in normal mode or ultratrac mode, and did you recharge somewhere during the race or not?
@@BartVandewoestyne Powerbank + charger is not that heavy.. ..I've been using to recharge my camera while being 8 days on the mountains without any electrical sources.
If I’m correct is that 15 min per mile?!
@@luisgalvan740 basically walking pace but it's hard to do consistent walking for 26 hours.
@@luisgalvan740 casual to ultra running?
This is my favourite running video on the net at present, you could easily of edited the video to show the highs from the race and just show the positive bits, but love that you edited it to show the highs and the lows and especially the tears, you hit the nail on the head during the night when you said it’s not about winning or being competitive it’s to push yourself, life will knock you down, but it’s how you get back up, you drew on your dnf from 2016 and used it to inspire yourself to finish, just like your videos inspire others, including myself to push themselves, kudos to you Ben, another top video
Great work again Ben. It’s good to see such a raw vlog especially someone who eats marathons for breakfast. 👏
I was out at Nashenden Lane late afternoon & my Garmin had temps of 35c. Congrats on getting through to the finish
Ben - the hill up from Otford that you said goes on FORREEVVEERRRRR, is part of my daily commute. I agree, some days it seems steeper than others!
Amazing effort. Love your rawness and thank you for sharing Ben
I walked the London to Brighton challenge a couple of weeks ago. It’s 106K and the effect on the body is huge, let alone a 100 mile. The feet and legs swell and stiffen up, and as for blisters and hot spots is more a matter of when rather than if, even in the best socks, shoes, powder and tape. The sleep deprivation is bad but not the worst thing, it does make time disappear at checkpoints though. Need to keep an eye on the watch.
Seriously well done for finishing, most couldn’t. The time is almost irrelevant on such a big challenge, just making it past the post is a big enough win.
Wow what a journey. So inspiring. Great job. Congratulations on the subs
Just recently discovered the channel mate. Really enjoying it, this video in particular. I am trying to get back into running but so many injuries in my way but trying my best to push through, your videos are helping!
An honest, raw and inspirational video. Well done Ben. Excellent achievement
Just discovered your channel. I really enjoyed this video. Looking forward to watching more
Love seeing the struggle and your sensitive side, very relatable and empowering for me
Great video and what an achievement. Massive congratulations. I can only imagine how tough that must have been especially in the heat but you finished strong.👍
Stunning stuff Ben...I am sitting here in awe of you for your amazing efforts...legendary...simple as that!
Thank you Jamie!
Just caught up with this one Ben, stunning. I ran parts of this with the lenham cross marathon in Feb, l cannot imagine climbing those hills after 80 miles.... awesome performance. Really nice running philosophy too . Great vid many thanks.
Great video. A mixture of all emotions. Bloody enjoyed watching that!
Wow, such a powerful and humble video. Just brilliant
Min 13 : WE GONNA GET IT DONE. I LOVE RUNNING ! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Amazing. Well done Ben
Loved watching this! Such a lovely honest video, made me laugh and brought a tear to my eye! Hoping to do my first 100 miler next year, SDW100! Can't wait to have a go!
This is the one video I come back to time and time again (aside from your Liverpool marathon one) that totally inspires my running and makes me want to immediately get the shoes on and get out the door. Ultimate running vlog
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this video. I recon it’s my most viewed video on UA-cam and probably favourite video ever on UA-cam! Unreal🎉
Well done Ben and congratulation on completing the NDW100, I ran it too and it was my first one. It was super tough conditions out there but wow what an experience.
All the best for the rest of you running and maybe catch you at a future race
Top top effort Ben. So inspiring.
Well done , amazing efforts 🤘
I must have watched this about 5 times now. Super inspiring Ben - so much so, I’m having a go at it this year. I’m late to the party, but just wanted to show appreciation - epic 💪🏼💪🏼
only just discovered your vid but they are great. warts and all. love it man
What a way to bounce back, 3rd times a charm! Well done! I stopped using tailwind as it’s just too sweet and sickly after a while and used my spring energy for the first time in my first 50k, same weekend as this race - no problems for me!
I haven't been able to go outside recently. Watching your videos really takes me there! That church looks lovely too. Thanks.
Wow Ben!! Amazing! Don’t know how you guys do it!! Huge well done!! Great video!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you Celeste! I don't know how I do it either, but managed to get it done somehow.
Super awesome, thanks for sharing :)
Great job man, awesome video
Love your videos Ben!
Fabulous effort Ben - I've never run an Ultra especially 100+ miles and my friend keeps telling you have to start to train your 'running all night' and lack of sleep running..... - this video really showed the difficulties and the food stop transitions..... Nice work Ben good effort
Just signed up for 2020 - I swore I would never run another miler and well, it just took me a few months to reconsider. Great video - the course looks beautiful but not without his difficulties! Keep the videos coming - always enjoy watching them. Happy trails.
Inspirational stuff, like the fact your a class runner but humble enough and happy to be a mid-packer on this type of event. This video has inspired me so much I’m now signing up tomorrow for a local ultra ( Punk Panther Reservoir Dogs). Keep smiling my friend, you’re a top dude.
Absolutely Great Ben! Fantastic achievement! Congrats bro!
Hey Luiz! Thank you!
Amazing effort. I can't wait to experience the highs and lows and the journey itself as my own running experience unfolds. Keep up the great work! And thanks.
Massive Kudos Ben! All the best chats happen at 2am lol so excited to see you smash 2:28 :)
Haha.. it can be a lonely place at 2am on the trails! Will give the 2:28 a good go.. who knows, but it won't be from lack of effort! Thank you for the support.. really appreciated.
Hey Ben- watched this at 8am this morning and was trying to go for a run at bewl waters in Kent- due to bank holiday traffic took detours and ended up in guildford- followed the new and came across st Martha's church. It was like fait drew me in👍 - great filming,very inspiring
Martha's church is soooo beautiful, lucky you getting to go there Mark! Hope you had a good run, despite the traffic and at least you probably didn't have to pay for parking like you do at Bewl!
Massive well done Ben! Loved the video!
Thank you Mubarak!
True grit. Well done!
Hi Ben - love your videos. With nutrition on these long runs I have always found it is important to eat solid food. I try get a sandwich down sometime before 30k. You seem to only be eating fruit and gels which won’t give you enough fuel.
Very inspiring, my wife is doing a 24hr race in september. I think its helped motivate her. Congratulation to you, those finish line moments are why we bother 🙂
You are a real inspiration. Thank you! And a massive well done :-)
Thank you Julia, very kind words!
Incredible. Crazy, but incredible all the same! Big respect.
Well done. Inspiration.
Absolutely amazing 🙌🙏 you are a warrior
Your videos are really inspiring. Going for such distances is somewhat crazy, though ;-)!
Thanks for the video. Just completed NDW100 this weekend. Really helpful to see your take on the event and the distance given I hadn't done more than 100km before this weekend.
Glad it was helpful! And congratulations Tom!
Congratulations! Epic achievement. I’m 15 and it’s my dream to be doing this kind of thing. Do you think filming the race and talking to the camera helped you stay positive and helped get you through?
Jessica Robson Hey Jessica. That would be amazing.. the sport needs more ladies.. I think only about 15% of the field were ladies in this race!
I think filming helps.. even though I know no one will see the footage for a few days after, you just never feel alone.. always got someone to speak to!
Keep running, keep those dreams alive!
How’s your running going at age 17 now?🙂
Incredibly inspiring
Great video Ben, got NDW100 in 6 weeks time. Entering the unknown 100 mile territory 😢 excited and a little scared.
Thanks I really enjoyed the this video
Thanks for this inspirational video pal!
I've done a couple of 100km runs (The Wall) and so the next step for me would be the 100 miler -- but I've been having doubts recently about my abilities and my slower pace (69 miles in 17h 40m) so was gonna wimp out! But your words have given me some new grit so I'm going to run SDW100 next year now!
Think the entries open in a couple of weeks. Awesome that you're going to give it a go. The centurion events are so good, lots of help and support to get you round!!! It will be an incredible experience!
You should come out and try Oxfam Trailwalker in Hong Kong. Do it every year. It's fantastic. Talk about steps.. there are quite a few.
Our fastest time (2nd place overall) is just under 12 hours for the 100km.
Absolutely inspirational super well done 👍 I run marathons and 10km races but could never do that x
Never say never! That's what I would have said 3 years ago and just did this!
Great race.. Ben !
Well done!!!
Well done Ben, another landmark achieved. Inspirational stuff. Your comments throughout this video have inspired me to try and ultra. Only ever done marathon distance but your so right when u say about putting yourself out of your comfort zone. Keep on inspiring others 👍🏻
Yes Kevin, that's made my evening. If you need some help and advice then get in touch. So many wonderful 50k's to dip your toe in the ultra world. All the best.
Ben Parkes thanks Ben, appreciate that. Have u you got any u would recommend for a first timer?
Also massive respect for coming back to do that again after DNF previous, shows great courage!
kevin Willsher the Race to the.. series are good. So race to the stones, race to the king and there is another one I can’t remember the name of. They are perfect for first timers.. they’ll really look after you. They are long, but you can choose to do Day 1, day 2, both days.. or try and do it all in one go!
Thanks Ben. I know someone who did race to the stones and they said it was awesome. I think this might be the one. 100k sounds really tough so can only imagine how tough 100 miles is. Recover well 👍🏻
Talking about comfort zone ,never imagined in my dreams that 12 ,14 mile runs etc start to become normal,althou not particularly fast
My Mum dome this race in 2015 in sub 24 hours and hasn’t been able to run since! These longer races really either agree with you or they don’t I’m still plucking up the courage to do an ultra we will see if I’ll follow in my mums footsteps lol! Just discovered you and I think I’ve watched most of your videos in the last week, great channel!
Great job, keep it up!
Thank you Brent! Hope you're running is going well!
Very inspiring! My local area also :)
Dude you are like me. Fit, strong, trained for years/months. My nutrition has also let me down every single time. Finished a 100 in 2016, but lots of puking along the way. 2017, 2018, 2019, fail. I've tried plain water, salt tablets and gels, I've tried tailwind (couldn't stomach it after 20k). I can't stand "fruity" flavoured drinks after a while. This year, well in a month from now, I'm going again. I'm using 32gi Race Pro, it is a chocolate flavoured drink. Contains very good carbs as well as lots of protein so its what they call "single feed" solution, no other foods required. Did all my training on it. And we all know chocolate milk (this is obviously water based), and it goes down very well. I will have that in one flask, clear water in another flask, and electrolyte gels every 1-2 hours. Also plan to snack at aid stations on anything that looks yummy. I will let you know how things went. You speak about heat... down here it gets 50+ degrees C.
Sooooo inspiring!!
Well done Ben! Id love to be able to do somthing like this one day!
Takes a lot of hard work.. but certainly possible for anyone to do it!!
Wow , you done it my target for Next year! Absolutely legend! I hope one day I can meet you in some course in person, it will be such a honour !
S caps (electrolytes) help me prevent nausea and I can thereby eat more. 2 per hour with fluid when it's hot. When appetite goes, Kendal Mint Cake has peppermint oil which helps the stomach. BTW, in your video some sections I could scarcely stay upright on in 2017, let alone move forward, looked dry as a bone. I suspect I'd choose decent footing in the heat :-)
Well done! Excellent video, filming is good but also takes a lot of concentration and will make you go slower, it has happened to me when i have filmed some of my runs. Again fantastic effort.
Thank you Victor.. great to hear you liked the video! I'll have to check out some of yours too!
Well done!
Watching old race videos. I didn’t realize you also were a 100 mile finisher. 👍
I ditched Tailwind for GU Roctane powder as my primary fuel source for ultras having always felt slightly undernourished when using it . 250 cals per sachet. Got me through a very hot 100k recently with no stomach issues.
Thanks Geoff. I think a lot more trial and error is needed. It's hard as never really get any problems until 70-80k into a race and you can't really simulate that in training. Will look up the Roctane, as like their gels. Appreciate the suggestion, thank you!
very inspirational
Grande!!!
Great video Ben. I dropped out of my first ultra (RTTS 100k) this year at the 67k mark, had nothing left to give but was happy. I’ve be wondering about whether I can go back next year ever since. Now I just might...
Good to hear about going back Ben. As you saw here, I DNF's on my first NDW, went away, learnt more, trained better and came back stronger to finish it off! It will feel amazing when you reach those stones in 2019!
Epic achievement!
Hi Ben. Just watched you video and very inspiring. I am moving from triathlon into ultra and multi day racing. Do you have and tips on training etc. I know the vid was posted sometime ago but had wondered if you had ever tried a keto diet . Get off the gels might help with your nutrition. I have been doing it for the last few years and found it very good ?
Great job done. Congratulations. How did you charge your watch during this race? Was it easy to find the trail? Did you use a map? How did you charge your watch/mobile phone? Did they provided runners with SIS of High5 and proteins in drinking stations?
It’s better to burnout , then fade away. Great video Ben.
It may or may not work, but I completely cut out sweet stuff. Pretty much only eat potatoes, bananas, noodles. No Gels for me works well. A sandwich here and there. Both tailwind and water. This strategy has got me through 3x 100 mile races in down here in South Africa, which I know, you know, is pretty tough. Now I just need to sort out all the other things that go wrong. 🙂
Ben, did you find out how to get the feeling right? Just signed up for that exact race next year... thanks for this
What a great and honest video!! Best thing about you, you still stay modest and are willing to help anybody. Congratulations on a massive achievement! I'm not an expert on race nutrition, but have you thought about fat adaptation for super long races like that?
I have done a lot of reading about fat adaptation, LCHF etc, but its hard on a vegetarian diet and almost impossible on a vegan one. Eating animals isn't possible for me, but if I wasn't fussed about that issue then I'd certainly give it a go, as there is a lot of evidence that it's very good in ultras. Thanks for your kind comments as always!
Great video and congratulations Ben. My take on nutrition is to eat while you can. So the first part of the race should really be more about eatimg than running. To me you seemed too eat too little at the start.
Hey Ben
Congrats on completing the race!great video!
I sure have found your channel at the right time!i have literally just signed up to my first half and full Brighton marathons and had never even ran 5k up until 2 months ago!My dad has terminal cancer so i am raising money for the hospice! I have just purchased your plan from your website so hopefully that will help keep me on track!you deserve way more subscribers you seem a really humble nice guy and the content is great!cant wait to learn more from you!you are one of my favourite you-tubers already!do you have any tips on runners knee?my knees get really sore after my long runs. Also I would like to shred some fat so I’m a bit more in shape how would I go about finding out how many calories I should be consuming with me training?thank you
Hey! For runners knee I've found that stretching is best. This video is great in my opinion. Very basic, but top content. ua-cam.com/video/LDhKVtkfnsg/v-deo.html This may not be the answer you want, but I'd advice against counting calories. I personally find it a bit of a waste of time. Instead simply focus your time on getting in healthy, simple foods in, with a rough equal balance of carbs, protein and healthy fats. Eating food in it's simplest form, unprocessed.
Of course life gets in the way and you can't do this 7 days a week. There are days when convenance food comes in, but try to get the diet right 5 days a week. A good diet and then the two sessions a week in the plan will really help accelerate your weight loss.
All the best for your training and thank you for your support!!
Ben Parkes thank you so much for the reply. Could you do a video on motivation at some point too?i couldn’t even imagine how you battled through the race in this video!keep up the great videos!
Will add it to the list of upcoming videos!
Hi Ben also I just got a Garmin after your recommendation I was wondering how to use it to maximum potential to really improve my running/times any tips?thank you
Great video thanks for sharing highly recommend spring energy gels amazing all natural ! taste great not sticky sweet like most and now available in the uk ! Do u use a watch to follow your route ? I use my phone but can be awkward sometimes ? Many thanks
Hey Nik. Thank you for the suggestion with Spring. I have used them and got on well, but at the time it was a faff getting them imported. But now there are stockists in the UK it will be easier, so may well get some more in. I put the GPX file on my Garmin and follow it along. These events are really well marked, but I like it to count me down to the end. Glad you enjoyed it, good luck in your next race!
I am vet of NDW 100, SDW 100 + Spartathon & WS100. But now help out at ultra races.
I'm going to be taking on the NDW100 as my first 100 miler, tips on fuel...have you gotten any further on that? Suggestions for the drop bag?
We had 49C this last summer as well as the choking smoke from all the bushfires - it was 26C today.. and we are in winter - cheers from Australia.
1 minute into the video and I get an advert for a foot long Subway. Nice.
Incredible achievement Ben, well done. How did Sarah get on? Just catching up on your past races......
27 ish hours I think.. she did well! It’s a tough race for sure!
Hi Ben
Wanted to ask your advice, with 5 weeks out from NDW100 and a very solid training block up untill this point ,do you see any value of doing a 70km - 80km training run as a last big run and then begin a gradual taper?
Thanks mate 👍🏻
Great effort Ben. Is there like a certain gradient you start to walk instead of run? Thanks
Not really.. just when I'm feeling tired. A lot of people like to walk the hills in these longer races.. helps break up the relentless nature of it.
Hi Ben have you ever thaught about taking sea legs anti sickness tablets with you on the long runs?
Oh I know that hill up to St Martha’s Church. That’s a steep one 💪
OMG AND Box Hill 😱😱😱
Do you think the nausea could come from riding the blood sugar rollercoaster, with having those gels plus fruit in the early stages? Maybe trying more savoury food... I think Stephen Cousins (film my run) uses baby food pouches for ultra fuel.
Hey Sarah.. could well be. Going to be trying out some more savoury options on my test runs. Lots of successful trail running use baby food, so that will be on my list! Thanks for the advice!
Hi Ben, I'm guessing you have sorted your nutrition by now as this is over a year old, but I was surprised you weren't eating more solids. I've very little experience compared to you (only 1 100k race: Oxfam Sydney) but as well as the Tailwind and water I was eating complex carbs at each checkpoint and eating candy while running. But I was also popping ibuprofen regularly because of joint pain so needed stuff in my stomach. Inspirational, as ever. Well done.
That extra 3 miles would do my head in…
Good to see some man tears
Great video - what compression socks are you wearing? Thanks
They are Compressport Calf Sleeves!
What model of Salomon back do you wear?
Wow nice love you 💕💕
Hi Ben, do you believe someone could go from running 0 miles a year to 100 miles in 1 years time?