I Try Running A 100km Ultramarathon (London 2 Brighton Challenge 2021)
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2024
- Two years ago, my brother Jack took part in his first ever ultramarathon: the London 2 Brighton challenge. How did it go? Not too well. Considering that the furthest he ran during training for the event was 8 miles (no joke), it’s a miracle he made it to the finish line alive and in one piece. Despite a short hospital trip the next day to get a recurrent headache checked out (it was nothing serious and just dehydration from the run), he vowed to himself that he would take it on again someday and do it properly. When my brother made this personal commitment, I said that I would join him and take on the challenge too.
Up until this London 2 Brighton challenge, I had never run further than 33 miles in one single run nor had I ever taken on an ultramarathon. With 100km being roughly 62 miles, you could say that it was an incredibly risky gamble for me to be taking on such a challenge. If you think this, I would agree with you. I’ve always thought that it sounds insane to even say ‘running from London to Brighton’ and now after having taken it on I still do!
I took part in the London 2 Brighton challenge of 2021 on the 29th May and us participants were met with incredibly harsh and hot sunshine all day that, had it not been for the excellent aid stations, would have caused severe dehydration very quickly. In addition to that, the London 2 Brighton course is loaded with lots of beautiful views, some tricky trail sections, a couple of miles of mud, and an incredibly steep hill at the end (watch the video to see how steep I mean).
Overall, I really enjoyed this challenge, and it was easily one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. It was great to take this on alongside many like minded runners, many of which I had good conversations with throughout the day.
I left Richmond in London at 6:55am and my official time was 12 hours and 30 seconds. Needless to say, I had a few cups of tea afterwards which were well deserved!
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My Strava performance on the day: / strava
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0:00 - Introduction
0:50 - Race start
1:11 - 0km - 12km
2:51 - 13km - 25km
4:39 - 26km - 40km
8:15 - 41km - 56km
10:26 - 56km - 67km
13:10 - 68km - 80km
17:20 - 81km - 90km
18:51 - 91km - 100km
22:10 - An epic finish from my bro
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Incredible to watch. I was a walker on this challenge taking *cough* 28 hours *cough* totally admire you runners! Such a tough challenge. Well done!
Thanks for watching Emma, nice one. Congratulations for finishing the challenge, the sun was proper tough right?! Thanks!
Awesome effort Craig! Great work capturing the day too! The heat and the hills absolutely killed me 🥵
Cheers Tom, it was good to meet you! The blistering sun and hills joined forces to make it an even tougher run. Beacon Hill at the end was mental! Great work and time from yourself too!
Just got this one popping up on my feed. Another cracking ultra performance, Craig, and your bro. You know how to make a good ultra video too! The delirious chat to the lambs was funny :D
Cheers mate, it was a great and challenging day for sure! Haha, the sun was hot that day!
Awesome! Well done lads. Subscribed and keen to follow more of your adventures.
Thanks so much for watching and subscribing Shaun, there will be plenty more mishaps to come!
I really enjoyed that. Excellent video - you took us along for the ride. Congrats on the achievement!
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Just had this video pop up as a suggestion. So glad I clicked on it, I really enjoyed it. Excellent bit of filming and editing and I just love your positive mental attitude. Well done on completing the run. I have subscribed to check out your other vids. All the best from Essex.
Hey mate, thanks for the kind words and for the subscribe. I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'll check your channel out, looks like you've got some good ideas for trails to explore
Well done Craig! I was with you as we were walking through the train station. Such a great race and great to see you finish so strong. I came in a few hours after you but had the greatest day and adventure possible. Well done!
Hi Mark, the train station was an unexpected but cool part of the course indeed! Thanks for watching and the kind words. It was a fantastic day with lots of obstacles thrown in to keep us busy. Nice one!
Congratulations! This was so fun to watch! Running on a horse race track has just been added to my bucket list. I've done a few mostly flat 50ks and a trail marathon. I'm definitely contemplating stepping up my distance and elevation. These videos are so inspiring!
Thanks Kelly, it was a fun event to take part in and I'm secretly gutted I'm not doing it again this year! Doing a similiar 100k, or even London 2 Brighton, would be a great challenge for sure. Thanks for watching!
Made it look easy. Had a good time watching this. Hopefull to see more of ultra marathoning from you.
Thanks so much for watching Frank and I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was a very enjoyable day, despite the challenging weather conditions! I'm excited to document and share more ultramarathon running experiences soon, cheers.
Love your videos mate, keep it up!
Cheers for that man, will do!
Young Man, you (and your brother) are a Machine! You react to the 75kms mark the way I react to 7.5kms. Well done!
I thought our Comrades Marathon (South Africa) - which I haven't been crazy enough to even consider taking part in - was considered a pretty tough race... but this is 10km longer than yours AND you're running Cross Country here for a great deal... wow! [if my calculations are correct the Comrades Marathon route is around 5,000ft more elevation though - so it might be considered tougher, I guess?]. Well done! Great to watch... and Congratulations!
Hi Jonathan, thanks so much for watching and for the comment! It was a tough race for sure but we were careful to train quite a lot before hand with some 30 mile runs. It made a big difference. Hopefully one day I'll get a chance to try the Comrades Marathon in South Africa, cheers!
Fantastic run! I wasn't so lucky, stacked it between Ardingly and Wivelsfield and haven't been able to run since.
Great video, brought back some good memories.
Thanks for watching Craig! It was a fun run indeed and it’s a shame that you stacked it! There were so many mud pits so it could have happened to anyone, I slipped twice myself. Great name by the way!
Awesome video Craig. Respect to both yourself and your brother for completing the challenge. This morning I've booked my entry for next year's L2B 100, though I'm a walker and have taken the 2 day option. I'm currently training for the Thames Path 100km in September.
Nice one Neil, thanks for watching and commenting. You will have a brilliant weekend next year when you take it on. I’m sure you will but be sure to bring plenty of sun cream as it can get hot and there’s lots of exposed spots! I’m doing the Thames 100 miler next May, hope you enjoy the 100km in September and use it as great experience for the l2b run.
Good god you made that look like a breeze! Awesome job. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks very much, it was a great ultra!
Inspiring, well done! I saw the runners coming through Ardingly this weekend just gone so was curious to see what the race was. Great video.
Thank you!
Wow what an amazing achievement well done Craig
Thank you very much!
Well done, very impressive 👏
Thank you
Congrats my friend, cool video, nice channel! Fully watched and subscribed! ✌️
Thanks so much buddy, glad you liked it. You have a cool channel yourself!
Brilliant effort and video. You made it look easy 😀
Nice one Claire, it was a fantastic day. Looking forward to doing it again soon for sure!
Very well done! You were about 7.5 hours quicker than me. Great video as well!
Thanks Will and fantastic effort, it was such a hot day! Great video from yourself too, hope the Pot Noodle was nice!
Well done! Congratulations! Your video makes memories come back. You passed me at 10:00
Nice one Pawel, cheers for watching. I remember passing you at that point. Beautiful views, right? Strong running from yourself!
@@runningcafe1 I started running On March a year ago and it was my first competition ever. Sport changed my life a bit because I don't use alcohol since last year etc, long story... I also remember you - I thought to myself, 'this guy runs 100km, records a video and talks effortlessly to the camera 😁' You are a legend! keep it up 💪👍
Super video 👍 very well done
Cheers, glad you liked it!
Great job Craig
Thanks buddy, much appreciated!
Great effort, you made it look easy!
Cheers fella!
Great effort and video! I did this last year too (walking) but had to withdraw at 43km after twisting my ankle. Signed up again this year as it’s unfinished business!
Love stories like these. If it's unfinished business, you'll be determined to beat it this time. Best of luck when you give it another try Gareth, thanks for your comment!
Well done fella, done this 3 times myself, epic course isn't it? Great cause too, massive kudos
Hi buddy, it’s a beautiful course and I loved (almost!) every minute of it. Well done for having done it 3 times, that’s massive!! Thanks very much for watching!
congrats master from philippines
Thank you!
Parabéns. Muito bom conteúdo.
I will be there in a few weeks. Can't wat!!!!
Awesome, best of luck Stephen!
Nice video, congrats.
Thanks!
Hey Craig, congratulations on completing London to Brighton - it looked liked you genuinely enjoyed (almost!) every single minute of it! Great effort to finish in daylight too 👍🏻 And well done for documenting the experience so well! I did the run in 2015, good to see Bitch Beacon hasn’t lost her touch 😏
Hey Julie, what a comment! It was a genuinely enjoyable experience for me and, barring a small 6 or so mile stretch in the middle, I loved practically every minute. It was nice to see the sun starting to make its descent as I came into Brighton for sure, even if that was during the Beacon Hill climb. Well done for completing it in 2015, ever fancy retrying your hand at it?! Thanks for watching Julie, glad you enjoyed it.
I’ve always said I would do L2B again as it was such an enjoyable run - a friend wants to do it next year so I said maybe I’d do it with her. I’ve done quite a few Action Challenge events, they are really great aren’t they?
What a nightmare of a hill at the end after 100k!! A great video of the race there mate. I notice you did exactly the same as me and tried to clean your lense with your shirt right?!!
Yeah it is a crazy hill to contend with after running 62 odd miles for sure! Cheers mate I’d highly recommend this one. Yeah you know 😂 Some dust from my chewable energy tablets got everywhere and I tried to clean the lense but it unfortunately lead to the smudged effect in the later part of the video!
@@runningcafe1 Yes it looks great. Always changing with different types of terrain would be a really good challenge!
Heroic....seriously well done. You really kept yourself together through all those challenges. Very impressive. Please do consider a post race reflections video. It would be really good to get your top tips and advice as I am planning to run it in 2022. Thanks. Btw I was looking for the results but cant find. Do you know where they are posted?
Thanks so much for watching and the encouraging words, George! It certainly was a tough day but it's always best to try and stay positive throughout the challenges. I appreciate the suggestion for future race videos. I'd definitely recommend this ultra to anyone thinking about taking it on, it was incredible and those that take part and support are all fantastic. The results are here: london2brighton.livetrail.run
@@runningcafe1 to come 17th is quite incredible. Well done. Please do consider a post-race reflections video. Saying what you learnt and top tips for anyone doing the race in the future. Thanks in advance
I did this same year. Was my first ultra. Loved it. Did get called a herd of zombies sunday by cyclists passing us xD
This is my goal first 100k.. looks epic, with not too much challenging vert.. was gonna do it next year, but have uts50 again next year as I had my first DNF attempting it last year. Think 2024 would be to close to UTS tired legs.. hopefully successful UTS legs this time.. well done on this.. think I’d need a head torch on my attempt.. I’m not 12hours fast 😂
Best of luck with UTS50 again next year, absolutely love that race and would love to do it again or the 100k at some point! I always take a head torch regardless though, never know when you might need it! Thanks for the comment and good luck for the races
You made it look easy! I've not done this one yet - one day and I can only dream of a finish time like that! x
Thanks for watching and the kind words Rachel, it's certainly a great course and I'd highly recommend it. Best of luck for when you get round to giving it a go! x
@@runningcafe1 It's the Cotswold Way attempt three next year. Managed to damage both achilles whilst training for this year's - 6 months of physio later and I'm finally running again! X
Nice one bro
Cheers fella
I will be walking this on May 25th and 26th :)
Well done. Was thinking of doing this challenge as I run for a local running club and have done a 50km circuit a few years ago. Is there a cut off time ?
Thanks mate! It’s a great challenge I’d recommend it. There are set cut off times over the weekend for different aid stations, check them out here: ultrachallenge.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/London-2-Brighton-Challenge-Factsheet-2021.pdf
Did u contemplate a different shoes like a trail running shoe with the amount of off-road running there was on this course?
I just kept to one pair of shoes throughout the entire race. Some people say that it’s ideal to bring two pairs but I didn’t want to have to lug another pair of shoes around as any additional bit of weight makes a big difference to performance over that distance. Also space is limited so I decided against it. I’ve heard it works well for those that can get family or friends to drop some extra shoes off at one of the aid station, but it worked fine for me with one pair
Good man. When's the next one?
Thanks Avinash. The next long one is my first 100 miler in May this year from London to Oxford along the River Thames. Going to be crazy but I'm up to give it a try!
How easy was it to navigate/how well signposted is the course?
The course was signposted exceptionally well with tonnes of pink flags. You'd have to be trying hard to go off course, I don't think I got lost once.
Nice vid cuz
Thanks Nathan, was a crazy race this one
@@runningcafe1 I’ve booked in for a 50k trail race in March next year then hopefully next year I’ll do my first 100km. An advert came up half way through this vid, I hope ur getting royalties now 😂
@@ultradiabetic Ah that's great! Best of luck for the 50km when the time rolls around, it's going to be a fun one I'm sure. 100km is a great goal to set, go for it if you get the chance. No royalties yet 😂
What pace were you running at in miles. I finished my 1st l2b in 20 hrs ....my 2nd l2b a year later in 18 hours ......my goal is to do what you have just achieved !!!
Just found a running calculator online and entered the overall time and distance covered, and it has come out at 11:32 per mile. Congratulations on finishing London 2 Brighton, what an achievement! Best of luck with your goal!
I want to run this too. Is it easy to get lost? Are the signs clear?
The sign placement from this company is exceptional. Never doubted where I was going once. You'd have to be trying really hard to get lost. Best of luck if you give it a shot!
Any tips on how to improve stamina while jogging
Hey, I'd recommend focusing on distance rather than speed. Try upping how much distance you can cover at a consistent pace, and the stamina will come over time. I found that as soon as I started upping the distance during training without focusing so much on pace, my endurance improved massively. Thanks for watching and best of luck with you training
may i ask what kind of shoes you wearing?
I believe I was wearing Mizuno Wave Prodigy 3s for this one mate, fantastic shoes. Wore Asics for first 2 years of proper running then switched to Mizuno. Unless I try something better, can't say I'll switch anytime soon
@@runningcafe1 is it running shoes or trail shoes mate?
@@robertpetrus2934 Road shoes for this one. In hindsight, probably would have been better to wear trail shoes as more of the course was trail than road but I managed fine on the day
@@runningcafe1 all right mate.. nice 👍