In this episode, I answer the questions put to me by my social media audience after completing a 250km Ultramarathon in one go.
The discussion focuses on many topics, including my recovery, my mindset over the 3 days, hallucinations, how we dealt with the many challenges along the way, what I’d do differently, what my next goal is, and much much more…
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00:42 Favourite Hallucinations?
01:52 Did you ever doubt that you would finish?
03:10 What would you have done differently?
04:52 What was internal dialogue when you thought you could go no further?
08:20 How did you keep the watch alive?
09:50 What was the funniest thing that happened?
13:00 What’s next?
13:45 What is driving the growth in extreme endurance sports?
16:40 Did you meet anyone along the way that helped to boost morale?
19:30 What aspect of training did you struggle the most with?
21:47 What was most difficult part of run?
24:10 When the pain comes what helps you focus on the mission?
26:40 Any stretches to help recovery or just sit and rest?
27:11 How do you recover after such an epic run?
28:55 How to continue when you hit the wall?
30:50 How many times did you go number 2?
32:05 How do you deal with long solo stints?
35:30 Do you feel the never enoughness of these events?
38:52 What did you eat post run?
41:00 How many pairs of socks did you use?
44:00 As the wins and challenges get bigger, do the wins feel the same?
45:40 Did any food bring you out of hole?
47:55 When can we buy the Omnia hat?
48:10 What happened with Ben Nevis?
51:21 Top 3 tips for Hybrid Training Coaches?
53:10 How did it feel, how much sleep did you get?
54:40 If you could relive one moment what would it be?
55:50 Are you happy with what you achieved?
58:07 Hardest Kilometre?
59:40 How long will you rest before getting back to training?
1:01:02 Do you think recovery will take as long as Double Brutal?
1:03:17 Did you listen to anything during the run?
1:05:02 Did you regret doing deadlifts earlier in the week?
1:06:34 At what point did it feel like shit got real?
1:07:18 Were you confident beforehand?
1:09:50 Fuel strategy for the run?
1:14:00 How many hours a week training before this?
15 Comments
WoW , amazing 👌
sick bro
Even after watching the video on your main channel and being half way through this video, I don’t think i can even grasp how long of a journey that was. Really enjoyed seeing the whole prep and content for it, thanks for sharing and well done on such an achievement. You’ve inspired me and I’ve started running again for better mental health 😊
Great main video and loved the Q&a thanks for answering my questions, was great seeing you along the way
Thanks to everyone for all their questions!
"it's a beautiful sight when the sun's out, but the sun isn't out" – quite an iconic line I'm going to keep with me from Jonny.
Maybe one more question, seeing you talk about jamie and your wife. How does events make you love your loved ones more?
How is your recovery going? Did you suffer any overuse injury or tendinitis?
Ur an animal congrats
More community days would be great
Ring girl makes for fantastic motivation, I’ve no doubt about that
Loved watching this and can really appreciate that anticipation prior to a large scale event, questioning whether you can do it. 5 marathons in 5 days (nothing in comparison to your 250km!) starting on May 8th has got me seriously worried…however, I feel that the breakdown of your mental and physical approach could help me massively. Thanks and congrats…plus you still need to come to Liverpool after cancelling your last run here!
really wanted to know how long you slept after the challenge but it wasn't a question unfortunately
Absolute machine. Maybe its too early to ask, but are you going to do an even longer run, in the future ??
when watching the 250km video I couldn't help but think that doing this a little later in the year when the nights are much shorted would have potentially made things a lot or at least a little easier mentally. I have never done anything remotely close to as difficult as that, but, and this may seem like a tenuous link, I do a lot a sea fishing and when I do mammoth session that last through the night and I am not catching anything and it's cold and I don't want to change baits and I just wat to go home, nothing invigorates me more than seeing that sun rise. So if those night shifts where a few hours shorter in terms of darkness, do you think it would have helped? I know later in the year you run the risk of having warmer weather (not that likely around the highlands) but even the end of may would have shaved 2 hours of darkness off the night shift. None the less absolutely incredible achievement.