THE GRAND ROUND - FEATURING JOHN KELLY ULTRA-RUNNER & BARKLEY MARATHONS FINISHER

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  • čas přidán 19. 11. 2020
  • 5 DAYS - 3 COUNTRIES - 590 MILES - 113 PEAKS - OVER 100,000 FT ELEVATION
    After completing the Barkley Marathons, legendary ultra-runner John Kelly asked himself ‘What do I do now?’ Join John on a discovery of what he can achieve as he enters his ‘Goldilocks Zone’ with his self-devised Grand Round challenge. This film is the first Run Show Original Film. Subscribe now for future alerts.
    During this challenge John was raising funds for The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust because everyone deserves a fair start. His fundraising page is still open -
    www.justgiving.com/fundraisin...
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Komentáře • 117

  • @chrism2996
    @chrism2996 Před 3 lety +19

    Amazing. Anything with John Kelly gets a like from me, he could just be sat eating his dinner and I'll be content. Such a humble man and I've been a fan ever since I first heard of him falling out of the trees with a bin bag on at the barkley's.

  • @townshendj
    @townshendj Před 3 lety +10

    really cool to see Damo as support! that is comradery personified

  • @JavierISampedroTNF
    @JavierISampedroTNF Před 3 lety +12

    I cannot imagine what it was going through his mind in the final moments after that descent. So much grit and determination. I think that the idea of being back with his family was one of the most powerful reasons to finish. For them and for him, and finally able to get that well deserved rest.
    Amazing achievement John!

  • @rokerman
    @rokerman Před 3 lety +4

    I am out of breath watching this. John you are a machine!

  • @kaladinstormblessed1055

    Incredible talent! What a champion

  • @michaellaverty1844
    @michaellaverty1844 Před rokem +1

    When I was a child I dreamed I’m was Mickey Mantle. As an Old Man (68) I dream I’m a Ultra Runner. People like John, Courtney, Dylan and many more like me motivated to keep running. When I’m injured or feeling my age. I’ll watch one of these videos or listen to a Podcast and I can’t wait to get back out there.

  • @Extolguitarest
    @Extolguitarest Před 3 lety +15

    John Kelly is a truly humble man. This was a great inspiration.

  • @indral8598
    @indral8598 Před 3 lety +7

    Beside the sheer limit of this endeavor, John’s statements about using and exceeding g our gifts and expectations in all areas of life impressed me most

  • @mikegallagher2732
    @mikegallagher2732 Před 3 lety +3

    John, you are going to be a GREAT father !!!!! YOU sir have been MY inspiration ever since you won Barkeley ... GREAT, GREAT FILM.... JUST AWESOME.

  • @patcarroll280
    @patcarroll280 Před 3 lety +18

    Inspiring emotional humbling thank you John for showing us all that we are capable of great things. Bravo Sir.

  • @brendanhogan9881
    @brendanhogan9881 Před 3 lety +5

    John started his run on Sunday 16 August 2020 and finished on Friday 21 August 2020 in a total time of 5 days, 10 hours and 43 minutes (130:43). Fantastic.

  • @garydavies44
    @garydavies44 Před 3 lety +10

    Probably the best video of it’s type that I’ve seen. Not only an amazing achievement but John’s words about challenges, the sweet spot and motivation rings true with me too. Martin Stone’s words at the end were very touching too.

  • @michellagrand1467
    @michellagrand1467 Před 9 měsíci

    John Kelly you are a living legend! ❤

  • @jitkajenikova5084
    @jitkajenikova5084 Před 3 lety +13

    Whow, what a legend! John, you humble, inconspicuous beast! Great film, thank you.

  • @MrStjn
    @MrStjn Před 3 lety +7

    You sir are a bloody legend, I thought the Barkley marathon was impressive!!!!

  • @joshholgate3074
    @joshholgate3074 Před měsícem

    John Kelly is one of the best to ever do it. And so unnoticed

  • @kevinhewitt3907
    @kevinhewitt3907 Před 3 lety +7

    So inspiring. I am planning a Bob Graham for next summer and didn't realise how small minded I was being. I cried liked a baby when I finished a 100- miler last year and can't believe how together he was at the end! Serious respect

    • @cookface
      @cookface Před rokem

      I cried like a baby at the end of a 50k race, it’s all relative I guess! That was the furthest I had ever run at the time…

  • @KevinHoegler
    @KevinHoegler Před 3 lety +4

    Unreal video. His explanation of how he got to running this event is so spot on. John is an amazing athlete

  • @bish_bosh
    @bish_bosh Před měsícem

    Amazing, inspiring achievement.

  • @movemorenowjames
    @movemorenowjames Před 3 lety +20

    Great film. Epic achievement. Such a humble guy...

  • @lindsaynewell6319
    @lindsaynewell6319 Před 3 lety +2

    If the average human outer edge is somewhere on earth, John Kelly’s is somewhere in a galaxy far far away. Incredible achievement and a huge inspiration as I seek my own outer edge (currently shooting for R2R2R in 2021).

  • @ChoosingYourUni
    @ChoosingYourUni Před 3 lety +4

    EXCEPTIONAL. A great physical and logistical feat and fantastic doco. Well done all.

  • @lisaelliott1085
    @lisaelliott1085 Před 3 lety +4

    What a legend!!!!!!

  • @jopavey824
    @jopavey824 Před 3 lety +9

    This is so inspirational and beautifully filmed. Well done to John on an awesome achievement.

  • @susanbitner1103
    @susanbitner1103 Před 3 lety +7

    John is truly amazing. Congratulations to him and to his support crew.

  • @steveruppel
    @steveruppel Před 3 lety +4

    This is such an incredible video. Such an inspirational piece.

  • @MuseRunner
    @MuseRunner Před 3 lety +6

    An amazing feat of endurance and grit. Thanks for sharing 👌 😊

  • @PaulMcC
    @PaulMcC Před 3 lety +7

    listened to John on a podcast yesterday with James Elson whilst i ran 100 miles, and was desperate to get back and watch this. Brilliant documentary full of inspiration - well done John Kelly, so true the words you used about setting the bar.

  • @willbritt1982
    @willbritt1982 Před 3 lety +3

    Just amazing. Thank you for this.

  • @cerys2434
    @cerys2434 Před 3 lety +8

    Just so inspiring. Great film.

  • @adehardcastle9229
    @adehardcastle9229 Před 3 lety +3

    Awesome, just bloody Awesome.

  • @mchaymer1
    @mchaymer1 Před 3 lety +10

    Fantastic documentary, big up John Kelly legend in distance running

  • @larslaird
    @larslaird Před 3 lety +3

    That was great!

  • @ossianbutler8033
    @ossianbutler8033 Před 3 lety +3

    absolutely wild!

  • @chucks263
    @chucks263 Před 3 lety +3

    Loved that! Inspirational! Well done John!! 👍👏

  • @DavidMcClellandPhotography

    Incredible. Just incredible. What an achievement and so humble with it too. Beautifully documented as well.

  • @ultrarunneradam
    @ultrarunneradam Před 3 lety +2

    A great watch. Dread to think the mental games John had to deal with. The filming and production was top notch. Congrats 🥳

  • @irunovermountains
    @irunovermountains Před 3 lety +2

    What a great film. Enjoyed recounting this after following the tracker at the time of the Grand Round. Epic

  • @thomasmcloughlin5652
    @thomasmcloughlin5652 Před 3 lety +1

    Incredible!

  • @bendhiman4190
    @bendhiman4190 Před 3 lety +3

    bonkers. thanks for the ride

  • @marlinweekley51
    @marlinweekley51 Před 3 lety +2

    Speechless. This is without a doubt - no , iam simply speechless. 😊🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

  • @sonjauran8046
    @sonjauran8046 Před 3 lety +3

    Brilliant film, what a great story and what an unbelievably savage challenge!

  • @JonDyas
    @JonDyas Před 3 lety +2

    Truly inspirational - remarkable story, beautifully told. Well done John, and all the team supporting this incredible achievement!

  • @TheDaveswift
    @TheDaveswift Před 3 lety +2

    Inspiring, an absolutely amazing.

  • @willisnjim
    @willisnjim Před 3 lety +2

    Staggering and inspiring. What a trail blazer. Everyone can take something from this.

  • @Leeflow88
    @Leeflow88 Před 3 lety +3

    Well done for your achievement!!
    You are a inspiration for everyone !

  • @38sep
    @38sep Před 3 lety +3

    Great film. Fantastic effort John

  • @tomrankin2564
    @tomrankin2564 Před 3 lety +2

    What a legend! fantastic 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @gollumei
    @gollumei Před 3 lety +3

    Amazing.

  • @jeremywelwood818
    @jeremywelwood818 Před 3 lety +2

    Amazing achievement John!!

  • @danielgembski4487
    @danielgembski4487 Před 3 lety +2

    Legend
    You
    Are
    Inspiring ...... simply the best !!!

  • @motivationtheoryrunning
    @motivationtheoryrunning Před 3 lety +2

    Great video, well done!!

  • @IBXRunning
    @IBXRunning Před 3 lety +2

    Incredible. Just incredible.

  • @TomLarkin_
    @TomLarkin_ Před 3 lety +2

    Great film. A really interesting and inspirational guy.

  • @kevinlance1813
    @kevinlance1813 Před 3 lety +2

    What a great film about an extraordinary man.

  • @danwarren441
    @danwarren441 Před 3 lety +3

    Fantastic film

  • @ScottMoyse
    @ScottMoyse Před 3 lety +2

    Amazing accomplishment.

  • @ajnumber
    @ajnumber Před 3 lety +2

    Stumbled across this vid, delightfully surprised to hear he lives in Bristol as I do to

  • @masherida
    @masherida Před 3 lety +1

    I am unable to run but have done a fair amount of extreme marathon swimming - John is certainly someone I admire and enjoy listening to his views on endurance sport in general (and how he cracked the Berkley in particular). Hope our paths meet one day - comes across as a top geezer.

  • @theurbanalgorithm
    @theurbanalgorithm Před 3 lety +3

    John, ive been following your racing since your first Barkley win. You’re determination is incredible.

  • @teemuperatalo4410
    @teemuperatalo4410 Před 3 lety +13

    Thank you for this documentary. Let’s keep pushing our indivitual limits.

  • @TheDeterminedRunner
    @TheDeterminedRunner Před 3 lety +2

    Great job with the film & a huge well done to John, he seems such a nice humble guy. Hopefully he'll get chance to do the Mark Rigby round at some point 👍🏃

  • @xaviervermeulen9586
    @xaviervermeulen9586 Před 3 lety +3

    Apart from the incredible achievement, that's a steezy looking bike

  • @heymrguitarman7637
    @heymrguitarman7637 Před 5 měsíci

    I knew he was made differently from the Barkley documentaries but this is something else. What a feat of physical and mental endurance. Hard to imagine what it takes

  • @mistymountains360
    @mistymountains360 Před 3 měsíci

    Wow , amazing feat of strength ,endurance ,and what a humble person .. God bless ❤

  • @DanRuns
    @DanRuns Před 3 lety +2

    What a video!

  • @Morfeusm
    @Morfeusm Před 3 lety +3

    Thank You 🙏
    Also I was wondering at what point he adds swimming into his challenges 😉

  • @johnlogan772
    @johnlogan772 Před 3 lety

    Different gravy!!!

  • @chengalvalavenkata2401
    @chengalvalavenkata2401 Před 5 měsíci

    For many people, even a 10k run is hard. Your feat is incredible

  • @Jonnnyyyy23
    @Jonnnyyyy23 Před 3 lety +4

    Just watching this before my 10k run this morning 😂

    • @jikalau8753
      @jikalau8753 Před 3 lety +1

      Same here, but before my 10 k night run haha

  • @Samuelclark11
    @Samuelclark11 Před 3 lety +3

    If I had 4 kids I’d start doing 600 miles races 😂😂Respect though - good effort!

  • @dbc3141
    @dbc3141 Před 2 lety +1

    Great film and a great achievement. CZcams, please learn to put the next video insets away from the credits. A bit unfair on those names I cannot read…

  • @itstheterranaut
    @itstheterranaut Před 3 lety +1

    22:15, the legend that is Gary Tompsett.

  • @ryanem969
    @ryanem969 Před 3 lety +1

    1:25 the secret stash haha

  • @pontericky3506
    @pontericky3506 Před 3 lety +2

    Suggestion for John: add a swim over to northern Ireland and add the Dennis Rankin round and then cycle down to Wicklow and do he wicklow round 😳

    • @jamessieker1712
      @jamessieker1712 Před 3 lety

      I think you have something there, the "Utra-Ultra-Ultra-man". Run 5 rounds, bike 1000 miles, swim from Mull of Kinyre to Ballycastle, all in 7 days. Epic.

  • @nxmrjake
    @nxmrjake Před 3 lety +5

    Hey- if John's fundraising is still open can you post a link in the description pls? :-) Thanks!

    • @THERUNSHOW
      @THERUNSHOW  Před 3 lety +1

      It's still live www.justgiving.com/fundraising/hartleyslam?fbclid=IwAR3LrXWtiIWlmlfSPaHyFXdbnn-Jyb98wQgTZfDD2-JtkUBj9jAETP4UE44. We will also add to the description. Thank you.

  • @MrRohit639u
    @MrRohit639u Před 3 lety

    His crew carrying luggage and still doing it. They deserve it too

  • @Mannaz82
    @Mannaz82 Před 2 lety

    Interested to know the 18 people who dislike this video. Maybe they’re scared to seek their true potential, and so disliking this makes them feel less of a failure 🤷‍♂️

  • @angelicanail6632
    @angelicanail6632 Před měsícem

    el muro de Adriano es ese?

  • @robertsmith7667
    @robertsmith7667 Před měsícem

    Pro tip dont skip arms and chest day.

  • @peterlewis3540
    @peterlewis3540 Před 3 lety +1

    What do i do NOW ?
    Attempt a sub 4day Pennine Way.

  • @hikerJohn
    @hikerJohn Před 2 lety

    I know I CAN do most of the things I challenge myself to do. The question is, how WELL can I do them. I've hikes 3,000 miles but how many miles can I do in one month? Even at 66 years old I keep getting faster little bits at a time and I did not even start hiking till I was 63. But I wont do anything that's likely to break my body. Not at my age. I want to keep at it as LONG as I can not break myself doing one event. I love hiking but it's not the most important thing in life. I like trail running so that's my next goal . . . to do a half marathon. I can already run/walk a half marathon but I would like to run the whole thing and I don't care what the time will be on the first try. I could not run more than 50 yards last year, now I can run a mile or two (depending on terrain) non stop.

  • @cf4390
    @cf4390 Před 3 lety +2

    Does anyone know name of the watch John is wearing?

    • @michaelseaman286
      @michaelseaman286 Před 3 lety +1

      Coros Vertix apparently - www.runultra.co.uk/Articles/November-2020/Interview-with-John-Kelly-COROS-Pro-Athlete-Ambass

  • @JamaicaPlain
    @JamaicaPlain Před 3 lety

    The only way this documentary could be improved is even more adverts

  • @paulfield7619
    @paulfield7619 Před 3 lety +3

    The strange thing about this is 6 people felt the need to give this a thumbs down. I can only assume its kids with parents devices making random clicks or utter morons.

    • @jikalau8753
      @jikalau8753 Před 3 lety +1

      True

    • @randyholloway920
      @randyholloway920 Před 3 lety

      False

    • @paulfield7619
      @paulfield7619 Před 3 lety

      @@randyholloway920 Ok, please enlighten us. I'm guessing you're one who disliked it? Not after an online war here - we're all entitled to our opinions, just genuinely curious what the reason was?

  • @tightropetomg
    @tightropetomg Před 3 lety +2

    A small correction: Scafell isn't England's highest summit, Scafell Pike is.

  • @estlacoob2190
    @estlacoob2190 Před 3 lety

    This week we're joined by Mariah Carey, Nadiya Hussain, Tim Peake, Richard Osman and Gary Barlow! #TheGNShow

  • @Simco_
    @Simco_ Před 3 lety +1

    "He needs to avoid tripping and falling." haha

  • @sbsb4995
    @sbsb4995 Před 3 lety +2

    Amazing guy. His legs structures are not suitable to be good runner but he did it.

  • @jonathansandberg5983
    @jonathansandberg5983 Před 3 lety +2

    Why didn’t they wait for a week of perfect weather to do this? Does that not ever exist in England?

    • @THERUNSHOW
      @THERUNSHOW  Před 3 lety +2

      Not really Jonathan!

    • @AncoraImparoPiper
      @AncoraImparoPiper Před 3 lety +1

      😂

    • @emlynowen5649
      @emlynowen5649 Před 3 lety +1

      The challenge also includes Wales (Paddy Buckley) & Scotland (Ramsey), so definitely no such thing as a week of perfect weather.

    • @jacklurcher5813
      @jacklurcher5813 Před 3 lety +5

      That is good weather in the UK...

  • @jusidit
    @jusidit Před 3 lety +3

    So what was his time

    • @THERUNSHOW
      @THERUNSHOW  Před 3 lety +1

      Just in case you didn't see other comment on this: John started his run on Sunday 16 August 2020 and finished on Friday 21 August 2020 in a total time of 5 days, 10 hours and 43 minutes (130:43).

    • @jusidit
      @jusidit Před 3 lety

      @@THERUNSHOW That's unreal! I'm a Kelly from Scotland who runs. Love hearing about John Kellys exploits, such physical and mental strength thatboy has.

  • @braddenty503
    @braddenty503 Před rokem

    With a big pacer like that I might be able to do it to. Try solo

  • @azcardguy7825
    @azcardguy7825 Před 11 měsíci

    How does this 13 year old boy have four kids?

  • @georgeproudian4073
    @georgeproudian4073 Před 3 lety +1

    If you think John is a legend !! How about we talk about Emile Zatopek- ?

  • @danielrodgers3002
    @danielrodgers3002 Před 2 lety

    too many ads. 4 ads in 5 minutes, i'm out...

  • @agnidas5816
    @agnidas5816 Před 3 lety

    19:05 .... but it doesn't have to be self destructive in the process. Actually there should be a focus on non harm. Try to see how much love you can fathom in the span of 5 days instead of how much you can beat your legs up. How much good can you squeeze into a week? How much peace? Mhm... hope you'll see the folly of your current course one day ..

  • @randyholloway920
    @randyholloway920 Před 3 lety

    Poor character displayed when he insulted the female record holder of the Spine race. Poor sport, misogynist.

    • @jakebrewer8000
      @jakebrewer8000 Před 3 lety +1

      I doubt John would insult anyone... at which timestamp does this occur?

    • @RandomForestRunner
      @RandomForestRunner Před 3 lety +5

      Someone pointed me to this, and while I would normally ignore trolls, you've come here to post slander on a video of one of my proudest moments that I hope will be here to view for many years to come. Jasmin and I are highly supportive of one another and I have never been anything but complimentary and in awe of her incredible achievements including her Spine performance (*the* record, period). I honestly have no idea what I could have said that you could even twist into that comment. I'm not sure who you are or what you're angry about, but I truly hope you find some means of lifting yourself up rather than using baseless internet attacks to try to bring down people you obviously know nothing about.

  • @anitaberendsen2425
    @anitaberendsen2425 Před 3 lety

    4 children...stopped watching.

  • @estlacoob2190
    @estlacoob2190 Před 3 lety +3

    This is so inspirational and beautifully filmed. Well done to John on an awesome achievement.

  • @PerkinJoel
    @PerkinJoel Před 3 lety +3

    Brilliant film, what a great story and what an unbelievably savage challenge!