What I hate about running Ultra Marathons
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- A fun look at the What I hate about running Ultra Marathons, you know, the bad things in ultramarathons that make them what they are. • What is the Minimum Tr... What is it like running ultra marathon? Lets talk about it! Watch: What is it like running ultra marathons at 45 years old? • What is it like runnin...
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"Demotivation Theory": so entertaining and true! lol
😂
Worst parts about running?
Getting up at 04:30 every day to run and dealing with your spouse's frustration at waking her up.
Sweating buckets and soaking the screen of your mobile phone so that you can't tap the screen, can't use the fingerprint scanner and can't use the camera.
Carrying empty gel packets in your back pocket (to dispose of when you find a trash can), forgetting them in said back pocket and re-discovering them after laundry.
Having to deal with your spouse's judgement at the fact that you own more pairs of shoes than she does.
Accidentally waking up your pets on the way out to a run and then leaving your family to deal with the aftermath (ok, ok, this can be hilarious too) 😜.
Seriously. I can keep going. I've got shitloads of these........
lol, are you spying on me!? hahaha, yeah all these things!!!
All of this! That’s why we can’t have nice things 🤣 JK
When I first got my hydration pack, I thought somebody was running or riding an ATV behind me. I kept looking back. Chaffing is the worst. You can never be lubed to much, can you? I used to carry a stick with me and knock down the webs when I would run this small trail close to my house. I stick to the wider trail now and it isn't so bad with the spiders. Just like recently, I don't enjoy running through 'creeks' on a trail. I've done it with snow also and it just takes so long to get those shoes dry. I also hate passing ATVs on the trail I run. Sometimes they don't slow down. I could go on but I digress. :) LOL!!! Enjoy the long weekend John.
hahahahaha!
I havent ran any ultramarathons - but I would love too. I never thought of these annoying things! Sending love from a fan in IReland 🇮🇪
Sláinte! Glad to have you here!
I switch to the soft flask bottles a couple years ago because I hate the sloshing. Soft bottles also have their our annoying issues, but no sloshing. As far as my dislike of chafing goes, I should get stock in Squirrels Nut Butter.
Yeah, SNB is a good go-to, I use a lot of just regular vaseline and it works great…
Lets talk about it! What the things you hate about running ultra marathons?? Watch: What is it like running ultra marathons at 45 years old?czcams.com/video/A_22fcwuzlA/video.html
Round 2.
Going to the gym and feeling emasculated in front of the rest of the jocks in there because you're working on your stabilizer muscles in your hips, knees and ankles.
Having to train yourself to go to the bathroom at ungodly hours because there's no way you're showing up for a run with a, shall we say, 'full lower intestine'.
Carrying wet-wipes/tissues with you on all runs because you had that 'accident' that one time.
Becoming proficient in some of the weirdest math known to man (sooooo, my sweat rate is W, my gel packs contain X calories, my drink powder contains Y calories and electrolytes - therefore I need Z milliliters of water for ever hour I run).
Getting to the trail head at 04:00, realizing you've forgotten your head torch. Deciding to run anyway. Falling on your ass multiple times.
Going into waaaaaaay too much analytical depth when deciding to buy t-shirts, shorts, socks, shoes and almost every other piece of apparel. Then buying said apparel and spending just as much time wondering whether you made the right purchase decision. Doing it all again next month.
Turning the trunk of your car into a makeshift bar, pharmacy, supermarket, apparel outlet and long-term storage locker.
Like I said - I could go on forever.
these are gold!!! hahaha!
This is was so funny!!!
I don't run ultras, my longest has been 15k, but I still want to give a little contribute to the list😀: the attacks of gadflies and flies during summer runs are for me absolutely the worst thing.
Well...I hate spiders, you're right when you talk about being the first hitting the trail😁
oh yeah, please ALWAYS contribute!! I hate horseflies with a passion!!!!
The part I hate is when they keep up with you and always in your face.
Right. If it's going to be an 8 or 10 hour race, not in the summer, start it at 10 am. If it's going to be a 30 hour, why not start any time. E.g., noon.
Lead the charge for change Dan!🏃🏃🏃💪💪🤷♂️
It's been years since I've had nails on my two outer toes on my left foot...
Both bigtoe nails are partially blue.
Chaffing ?
Learnt to handle that in the army and have never had a problem since, no matter clothing or climate.
Hmmm..., I remember once I was training, runnning dressed in a netting shirt (it was hot..., above 15 degr. C !) with my rifle hanging on my back.
After the run people stared at me as If I was a monster.
Blod dripping from me as all skin was rubbed of my back.
Didn't notice any pain, just some discomfort, until I tried to remove the shirt.
I still remember the shower after. PAIN !!! :-D
I cant stand gear that makes noises !
I always have everything compressed and removes all air from blatters and softflasks.
Yeah, one toy chaff bad you never do it again! I don’t ever really have an issue now!! Lube!!
Omg, tears in my eyes, this was great. Ninja rubs and early mornings suck, but I really love eating during ultras. I housed an Entemanns Danish during my last race, right after the fried chicken. As for tripping, I yardsale regularly- my hiking nickname was Flying Squirrel, because my buddies though it would be safer if I wore one of those flying wind suits. 😆 Something else I dislike... always wanting to upgrade gear. Much of my horse equipment is over 20 years old. Yet after 3 months using that vest/ bra/ shoes/ socks etc, I think it might be best if I get that newer model... gotta say though, those new bras might just end ninja rubs! 😆
Flying Squirrel, hahahahahaha!!! Okay maybe sometimes I like eating during but only in the interloopal races. Wait, ladies get ninja rubs too!?!?
@@motivationtheoryrunning my sports bra functioned great during training... but 32 miles in insane heat was apparently too much. Getting into that shower was one of those moments in a runners journey... like losing a toenail or having to dive off trail to fertilize the shrubbery. 😆
@@Kelly_Ben nothing like the ninja rubs the get you in the shower!!
I just ran a 100 mile relay and I was the second leg and ran 22 miles but it’s not glamorous, I mean like it’s torture. I got a blister at the bottom of my foot and it was horrible. The eating part too was like when do I eat and if it’s too late that legs cramps
Picking races to do I hate it but love it at the same time . Try to balance have enough training to do good on race day . I have a races all the way to January 2022 then I not racing till June just going to train starting February. Got a 50 miler on the 18th , a 50k October 2nd , JJ100 October 30, November a 1/2 marathon , December the Dallas 50k then bandera 100k in January. Then a 131 mile road bike race in June 4th then a 50k the next weekend then a 100k at MT Hood then after that I am not sure kind waiting to see if I get into a few lottery's. It took me weeks and weeks to figure this all out I keep on changing my mind 🤣🤣. Also trying to balance not doing to much with out the fear of missing out.
Holy SMOKES ! That is a list of fun right there!! I have the issue with wanting to do new races but not miss the ones I do every year..lol
Ninja rubs!!!
Hate it when the watch distance does not line up with the course distance.
This may be my least favorit thing...last 50k for me measured 32.5 miles...there is no way that my watch was off that much and everyone else said the same thing....race directors think this is fun...it is not...lol
I don’t like blisters... or even the thought of one. One of those can ruin your race physically and mentally.
Yeah they can take over your thinking and just ruin things for sure!
chafing sucks it was so bad once I started to bleed because my thighs rubbed together and it left a big wine stain on my leg.
ouch!! I have heard about people having parts chafe and then heal to other parts and have to be pulled apart...OUCH!
@@motivationtheoryrunning that what I forgetting to lube up LOL.
lol
after listening to all those points of things you do not like and i normally don`t experience ( except 3 or 4 black toenails since 1974) i come to the conclusion, that maybe i am no ultra runner after all.
So what is your definition of an ultra runner, or what would qualify me to advance from an old fashioned runner to an ultra runner?
You have never gotten up early ever to run, ever have to eat in ultra races, ever tripped on a trail, run into a spider web, ever had to listen to sloshing of water bottles, run up lots of vert??? It was a humorous video about the follies of running on trails and ultra races….not that serious…
@@motivationtheoryrunning actually i get up at 4:40 every morning (in deep winter at 5:10) and i love it to be outside, when the sun rises. I have fallen on the road twice ( 1985 on a 20 mile run at mile 5, and 1986 about 10 days before a marathon race and it took 2 hours to get all the small gravel out of my knee and hands, and i had put my foot in a pothole to force me to fall) , not on trails. I never experienced spider webs in my life so far. I run with small water bottles in a flip belt. They make no noise. Sometimes i carry a handheld, which i carry horizontally, and it makes no noise as well. I pretty much eat at any given time during the day, also when i run. I eat simple self prepared food, which goes well. Yes it took me some time, to find the perfect rhythm, and i got it now up to 12 hour runs. I don`t do any longer runs than 14 hours any more. At my age i need to sleep at night. I live in the mountains. The only way not to run up or down is on a track, which i almost never do. I love to go out the door and run....that still leaves my question unanswered: What is the difference between a runner and an ultra runner?
Runner is the higher level category…ultra runner is a sub category, like sprinter, marathoner…I used ultramarathon as the example because if I say runner an person who runs 3 miles a day on the roads these things may not relate….it’s how CZcams works…you have to make videos that relate to the target audience
@@motivationtheoryrunning ah ok thanks. Looking back i have run with the exception of 1992 never more than 2 or 3 runs per year longer than the marathon distance. So 99% of my running is way shorter. I guess for the time being i stick with being just an old fashioned runner....but i still like to watch ultra running channels
Lol this channel is just for runners, all runners….whether you run 10 feet or 100 miles….
Also hate that I will be spending years trying to get into Western States , Bad water or Hardrock .
Dang it, I didn't even think about that, same here, see I knew you all would come up with good ones!
The older you get, the more things swing and swang. What kind of idiot would let their back get to that point...... Oh wait, nevermind....
lol, that's the truth!! Thanks for letting me use your misfortune (and documentation) as my example!!!
wish I has a better back shot of the carnage because it would have been the thumbnail!
@@motivationtheoryrunning it's still miscolored 6 weeks later. Lesson learned!
I had a scar on my neck for probably a year because of a rub I got from my pack one time