I Entered my First 100 Mile (160km) Ultramarathon *emotional*

hey my friends so we're currently in south of France this is close to where my family lives and tomorrow I'm going to be running my first 100m ultramarathon race I'm really looking forward to it my ankle I feel confident about my ankle it's taken a lot of rehab to get to this point but we're here and I'm excited and I am also nervous yeah I'm going to try and get to sleep now um hopefully I can get to sleep I just need to calm myself down and I'll will see you tomorrow welcome to the kitchen got a little bit of pink everywhere in your outfit I don't win I want to win best fashion goes to I love how you have creps hanging out of your vest everyone else has got water I've got the essential I'm so and the music is making it so like emotional as okay I just need to remember to stay slow at the start now that the race has started I'm not really too nervous anymore this is probably the most time we'll see people on the road cuz 160k it's a long way so people just spread themselves out what I feel I can do to you and I can tell I feel great I feel better than great the temperature is really nice this morning but it's hot they're going through a heat wave at the moment so they've got sponges and stuff to keep our body temperatures cool I've got so much hydration stuff but I'm trying to calm my heart rate down because I'm just really excited I actually can't stop sming not very ConEd it was a number one time for that my goal with this 100 miles is to enjoy it and to finish it and if possible to the ultra Gods I'm praying to get it below 24 hours teamwork stretching my hamstring in the meantime through over that I my after R make love I can wait I I still got your creps hanging out the front of the vest can't be relying to you having on those gels cuz we all know what happens and in case you don't know it includes my right you feeling good yeah I am actually yeah can't have aite my period though oh [ __ ] really what like now yeah that was just a feed station they had watermelon oh that went down so well okay so yeah no one's around um I think it's time for my third sh of the day I have already gone for two it's 11:00 now and it's just going to keep getting hotter and hotter feeling good no complaints here we are feeling very good very you can give me your number when it's over I let you know ey this looks like a painting or something how is this real I had to go and twist the same [ __ ] ankle again same [ __ ] style of like pothole it's

like nothing it's like a small like crack in the road I just took my eyes off the road really briefly and then it's just a big block 80 oh I don't even know what to say um I didn't think this year has just not gone how I thought it would go I didn't think I'd be spending most of the year rehabbing my uncle only need to get to the race and then a marathon in retwist my ankle in exactly the same silly like nothing way that I did the first time and I tried to be really positive like I was like no it's okay we can run this off but then with every mile it just kept getting worse I didn't have my physio there and I got to mile 50 and I was like it's really bad now and I really don't want to reset it back to day one where I had all of that rehab to do so I decided to call it a day at Mile 50 and now I'm here and I have some rehab to do I don't know how long it's going to take but I really want to do this so I stopped any immediate sring awesome um can you do notice how this feels even nobody being honest with you till I evaporate my whole body see through Transportation hand and I know it better than most people I don't trust them anyways you can't break the law with them get some good she have a calm night shter killing left and right through your back to ramping up the training I hope the is Fuller fing in 30k today I'm [ __ ] up spend it when I get I try to keep you can't keep up a no you your eyes did you call me from a you from my life hope you're doing have my little period packets as well a that's cute is that um last race was on your period I know you're planning on having a lot of pretzels you know that I love a pretzel you know look like a pretzel dealer or something you're just portioning them out meet me at 30 miles I'll give you the dry stuff it's $30 an oun it's quite pricey is it round two love you I'm proud of you love you here we go again here we go again to see again we are always running for the Dr of it always pushing up the hill searching for the drill of it all and all we are calling out now again everything here is so Qui to perfect key Landings from the last 100 miles stay really present don't get too distracted by the natural surroundings look more at the floor even though it's so pretty here that's not a picture perfect setting of autumn then I don't know what it's all I'm missing now these are pumpkins by to 20 we in E of the w feeling you guys you look so cozy some people are shirtless like literally nips out that's what I'm a warm-blooded person I don't F Well in the cold okay come get some snacks you feeling loose groov I made you a playlist I tell you what is in full function there h m the poop schedule we nailed it this morning we nailed it again quarter of the way

through I never been so regular and I'm laughing it everyone knows you poop good you feel good yeah still cold how are your period cramps they are there they're present are they going down or are they just like consistent I mean I'm not giving them power did the accent Give It Away Eddie they're from the UK they came over here just for this race no way that's awesome you'll be losing your virginity if you haven't done 100 before you're losing your virginity that's what I'm Hing have you listen to any of your music I have how's the playlist is it just Banger after down though you're running 100 miles love this the I feel really happy at the moment I get so emotional in these um events that like I end up having like butterflies in my stomach and everything but that's not very helpful when you're just trying to keep the food down so just trying to call myself to the I tell you what changing that in a portter potty is not the most appealing thing that I can imagine glamorous it ain't glamorous every 4 hours we have to swap out all of these gels ins and the trick with these jws is to consume them fast so don't let them linger in the mouth must have tried about so many different brands in training none of them tastes good I still haven't found one that tastes good I honestly wish there was one that tasted of nothing that would be so ideal jailbreak over jailbreak complete makes me feel so one Edge dude you've been smiling for hours your cheeks are going to cramp the cheek work out in all four cheeks yeah going to get Ramen they've got ramen here come on give me your best British okay I'll do my American accent oh my God I think it's pretty awful so good absolutely you even sit in a chairs I might sit in a chair sorry thank you I feel like careful he's really mean hello just me again checking in I think this is my Delirious phase 76. 9 one km in spirit's high body feels good wow we're at the halfway mark and the sun's going down well VES of Darkness hello started raining you ready boss been thinking about this all night was right your to die we're keeping the H rate down we're keeping the music flowing the music is really good for me look at that smile I love you wow you guys cannot see us but Natasha is here anle feeling good an's feeling good yeah it giving you any feedback no feedback hell yeah oh what do I know saying that you want to know what it feels like to let go everything that before still beight and feel the truth with the seron set loose when I'm looking in your face you me like 3 hours of straight

rain wow we're over some kind of Lake but we can't really see it it's just pitch black just for the record my shoes are squiring I need some I need a witness your eyes you see the VIS I need somebody I need a witness wit that foot is moist okay we're going to swap the socks out swap the shoes yeah you guys I don't know if I made a mistake so it's a couple days after the race and I didn't make it I got to about 82 and 1/2 miles within like 20 hours or so and that's at the point where I decided to stop I had to walk back to the Aid Station um to let them know that I was not going to continue I mean I was basically on my pace for 24 hours and I just I keep changing my mind about whether I should have just pushed through or whether I made the right decision essentially it got to the point where it had been raining from about 7:00 p. m. to 3:00 a. m. which is when I stopped and the cold just got to me and this is just I will just preface this like I'm a warm-blooded person running in the heat for me is fine like when I was in France in summer I was fine I was doing fine Vegas last year the cold just goes straight through me I'm just not great in the cold I never have been ever since I was little great in the heat looking back I definitely don't think my gear was perfect for how wet it got for how long I was going to be spending in the rain like I've run marathons where it's rained the whole time and I've been okay but that was started raining at 7:00 kept going to 3:00 a. m. so what's that that's 8 hours of running in the rain and my feet I didn't know that waterproof socks existed until yesterday my feet got so water logged I got immersion foot which was really bizarre and I just the cold once you're so wet like the cold felt even colder and all of my stuff in all my drop bags were drenched as well um so I didn't have a dry change of clothes I was shivering and I just thought maybe the smart thing to do here is to stop I had about 4 hours to go and I this is why I don't know if I made a mistake I'm new at this and I I don't know and I was not really in a state of thinking clearly either I was just shivering so much in the end I just decided to choose the safe path there's nothing I can do now I'm just going to take away the positives which is that I think I've built the fitness to be able to run 100 miles in 24 hours which I'm really happy with because my ankle has made the training not go how I thought it would go or want to go now I'm just going into my next race more experienced and I know about waterproof socks guess who's back I should be a pro at this but I'm still nervous that I've forgotten something oh the fashion element of this is really quite important to you as isn't it it's about performance achievement Women's Health and looking up seat swag these are the really important hours I think yeah you want to spend a lot of time in this phase and then not worry much about like your nutrition nothing gets Natasha C like parks and wck bagels big skis I'm so warm you're oh now I'm just ready I hey love you yeah okay so the crowd has died down now I put my headphones in I've got my spa music on now it's just cruise control look how lovely and orange it is I just keep seeing guys just Scuttle off on the side of the pavement and do a we and it's so much easier if you're a guy there's no foliage to help protect you when you

need to do a squat if you're a girl so I guess I'll have to wait for the a station that's what I like yes a highly effective stretch up lucky for you that's what I like out the toilet my best moment running into subscribers outside the toilet is a special move okay bye you to the marath go that's the first one down three more to go dude wearing so many layers have you seen the shirtless guy yeah there a shirt shirtless guy he's got a rig on him yeah he's absolutely jacked if I was that jacked i' always sh no you wouldn't you get too that woman is a huge inspiration she's just amazing keep going my spot I'm so sorry to film you but okay I'm going to save you the time that third attempt was not happen a few weeks ago I caught viral gastroenteritis something felt like the symptoms were bad something felt off like it even made my back go into spasm so I was like okay I'm going to see a doctor and we did a ton of tests we did an MRI blood tests urine tests stall tests and the good news is all of the tests on my organs and my General Health came out great it just confirmed that yeah I had viral gastro andrius so I just have to wait it out but the nature of these races is you do get quite committed to a date cuz you have to book it early to make sure you get a place then you book your travel your time off work you periodize your training to build up to the event and then taper off at the right time and because everything was already set in place and i' done a few training runs and things felt fine I was like let's just go for it and as much as these races are like a physical uh Challenge on your muscles like your stomach is also going through a workout in itself like I need to consume about 70 to 80 g of carbs per hour so I really rely on gels and powders in my water and consuming them constantly so after about 6 hours my stomach just kind of said no let's just say everything just kind of came back up and I got to revisit some old friends and from that point I just was dry heaving regularly and my stomach muscles were just spasming so I just couldn't get more food in so I did my 50 miles in 12 hours which is my strategy for a 24-hour finish like holding back and keeping reserves for the next 12 hours but the problem is like i' stopped eating from hour8 and everyone knows in the ultra running world one of the core tenants of the religion is you got keep eating aggressively taking in calories to be honest I shouldn't have really attempted this third try especially cuz my ankle felt a little bit aggravated but I don't know I just I felt confident you know like i' done the 83 miles a few weeks before I recovered really quickly from it I know I've got the fitness now for my go time I shouldn't have gone for it but then I think I would have regretted it if I hadn't tried it you know the 100 miles is just so unforgiving and in that sense it's really different to the Iron Man like with the Iron Man I did two to three months of hard Iron Man specific training I went out I was just looking to have a good time not get a good time just have a good time my nutrition wasn't on point lots of things like could have been improved that weren't streamlined like and it was fine but the 100 miles doesn't forgive any of your sins so any little thing that you might have is going to resurface but that is the journey I think it would be so boring if it was easy like I think that's what I specifically love about this event is that it's just so ruthless and you have to learn this stuff be patient if I'm honest like I don't really love feeling like I'm talking about something without any action like in general I don't like talking about something before it's done I really want to show this though cuz I want to show that the journey is the same for all of us we don't always get it right first time or second or third in my case like we mess things up things

take way longer than we expected yeah way longer but I'm kind of used to it like I don't really have that much natural Talent my whole life I've just kind of relied on being persistent and just not giving up and so I just know that this is going to make me stronger and faster and with that I love you so much thank you so much for being very patient with me if you enjoyed this video please give me a big thumbs up hit the Subscribe button to join our Incredible family and I will see you very soon I love you bye