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The Running Channel, My First Ultra Marathon

My First Ultra Marathon

it feels like time is standing still.

Guess what?

We're still climbing.

Oh, this is so hard.

And we've been out here for so long.

Hi, I'm Sarah.

And welcome to my biggest challenge to date.

Taking on my first ever ultramarathon.

The Running Channel team have challenged me to take on the Inthanon 3, a 54

kilometre race with 2,800 metres of elevation at Thailand by

UTMB. With the help of inov-8, I'm going to be taking on this race in just a few days time.

But first it's time to head off and catch the flight.

Welcome to Thailand.

I can't believe I'm saying that. It feels so surreal to be here.

We've been here for a few days now, mainly sleeping to catch up on the jet lag and just trying to take in as many sights as we can.

For now, though, it's time to see a little bit more of Thailand,

and I'm gonna put my trainers on and head out on a shakeout run, so let's go.

Shakeout run's all complete.

And now it is time to prepare for the race.

Now, this is a little bit more involved than some other races Because of the mandatory kit list.

It's important to remember that ultras are often in extreme conditions with tricky terrain.

And so that kit list is there to keep you safe. It does, however, mean that it's a little bit like playing Tetris.

So I've got long sleeve top and bottoms, fuel, head torches, safety kit,

hat, poles, gels, masks, all to fit into my pack,

which is gonna take a little bit of time.

So I'm going to get started on that now because I have to be up super early tomorrow to head to the race.

So let's get packing.

There we go.

Ten seconds.

How do you run an ultra?

I think we're about to find out.

Constantly trying to remember what Paul said.

And I remember one of the things about going uphill and downhill was lean into it.

So I am leaning

on this ascent. I want to be running.

But equally, I don't want to burn out.

And these ascents are savage.

You can get a little glimpse of sunrise in the background.

Pretty special, huh?

Okay.

Checkpoint one, tick.

Took off my head torch.

Took off the light that goes on the GoPro - morning!

Just to give you an idea of time.

Even though I think time is a lost concept in an ultra,

We're 36 minutes in, just gone through 4K.

I'm probably looking to average five k an hour.

So on track, however, the first bit is the easy bit.

So you gotta stay-

Gotta keep your legs fresh.

There's still 50k to go.

So even on little bits like this, I'm going to walk.

My strategy is first half super easy.

Super chill.

Don't try and waste any energy.

Second half, we start to play.

Can I get away with saying that?

Probably not cool enough.

5k done.

44 minutes.

Which is funny, because when I started running in

probably about 2018, that was my first ever 5K time.

Took about 45 minutes on the canal.

I ran with a friend from uni and we were so chuffed that we

managed to do 5k and that was a huge achievement for me.

I did not run before that point.

And now, 2019, 2020, 2021- hello!

Three years later.

44 minutes for five k with....

I have no idea what that elevation was, but crazy amount of

elevation, and we've still got 49k to go.

It's amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it.

I've gotta prove my own point now and get across the line.

But hopefully...

Pretty views, but savage hills.

That's what you get with an ultra.

There are photographers the whole way along this ridge.

And everyone is like speeding up, running, smiling as they go past them.

And then just slowing down to walk. Case in point, smile for the

camera, and then walk.

Nah, I'll carry on running.

This bit's beautiful.

I mean, look at that.

we have just come through 10K in one hour,

31 minutes, so nice and within my five

k an hour plan.

But I'm sure with all of these mountains

around, there's going to be some savage ascents which will

eat into that time later on.

Go, go, go.

Checkpoint two.

So this is the next checkpoint. At checkpoint 12, 9k.

Let's not worry about the hills.

Mm.

Let's do it.

This is honestly the best thing

I've ever done.

I can see why Anna loves this so much.

Because it's just beautiful.

It's hard to put into words how you feel doing something like this, but...

I don't know.

It's just that you feel at peace.

It's tough.

It's really tough.

But there's something, there's something so calming about,

you have one thing to do.

You get to the start, you cross the line, you get to the finish and

you have a magical journey along the way.

What am I saying?

I believe it, it's true.

Oooh, parkour.

Savage climb between checkpoint two and three complete.

Now I feel a view coming on.

Dunno if you can.

Oh, yeah.

There you go.

That's why I was getting my camera out.

I was like, oh, hang on a second.

That's just cloud.

No, it's mountain, lots of mountains.

Stunning.

Of course, we now do have the heat of the day to contend

with, and I'm not planning on finishing

before midday, so it's about to get hot.

Oh hello?

It's only the next checkpoint.

I thought that wasn't going to be for another, like 10 15 minutes.

Feeling good?

It's tough It's really tough, but it's beautiful.

So beautiful. And there's music!

What a day.

Okay, checkpoint three.

tick.

Let's go.

Thank you. Bye.

Man, when you descend in Thailand, you descend.

Look at this.

24K down in three hours and 59 minutes.

We are getting close

to the longest time I've ever been

out for on a run.

Um, so the marathon, obviously, I was pretty much running the whole time there.

It was the longest run I've ever done.

That was four hours, 27 minutes.

If I'm remembering correctly. So in half an hour's

time, we're a little bit into the unknown.

Alright. OK, big jump. Here we go.

Ah.

Made it

Welcome to 'Running An Ultra'.

It's a, uh, multi-discipline sport.

As a shoe geek,

I've been looking at everyone shoes as they've been whizzing past me.

And you know, there are some with lots of cushioning.

Some, um yeah, that have, like high stack heights, some with high drops.

Other people in zero drops.

I've gone for zero drop.

Excuse me.

A pair of inov-8s, which are perfect. They're,

they keep me quite low to the ground,

obviously, because of the drop.

They've got great grip for all the different terrains that we're going over.

And it means that you can really feel the ground.

I love a shoe with cushioning, but I think for something like this,

you want to feel it.

You want your foot to be doing the work.

But you've also got that layer of, that layer of cushioning on the sole of the shoe

with graphene.

Um, which is giving you that grip that my foot obviously

doesn't have.

And we're squelching.

So we're still between checkpoints three and four.

Um, just on this lovely, long section of

road.

But we're running through little villages and seeing all the local

people saying hello.

This race is a huge thing in Thailand.

Um, not only for the people running it, but also, like, it's big in the

media.

Um, and so there are so many lovely people who are just

excited to see runners.

Right. Here

is where I need to be going.

I don't know why I've been reluctant to do this, but I have poles in my bag, and

people around me have been using polls for the entire race, but I think it's like, you know when you're a teenager and

you think it's really cool

to, like, wear your coat indoors and your parents say take it off or you won't feel the benefit when you go back outside.

I think that's kind of what I've been doing.

I've been like, oh, I won't feel the benefit If I have it on- if I have my poles out for the whole race.

It's time to feel the benefit.

They're coming out.

Pole number one.

Let's climb. Woah, fly.

Half marathon to go.

Whoop whoop! Can't believe it.

That doesn't feel that long.

I'm sure it will.

With the elevation we've got to do.

We're just on a little bit of respite from the climb getting into checkpoint four.

18 k to go. We've

just popped out onto the road, having a little run.

It's a very different type of run.

More of a waddle.

Um, getting into the pain cave now.

I'm not gonna lie.

I'm excited for this ascent.

This next ascent though, mainly because the checkpoint comes first.

So gonna fuel up.

Have a little sit down.

Readjust myself and then time for a climb.

Okay.

Penultimate checkpoint.

Um, eat what you fancy.

I'm gonna have my sausages.

I want to get out some of my other fuel though.

Because the next bit, it's gonna be savage.

Uphill now.

Yeah.

Up, up, up.

Okay.

Been scanned out

at checkpoint, point, point.

* lovely.

I love a checkpoint.

I came into that feeling a little bit deflated.

Not gonna lie.

Been a tough climb.

Been overtaken by a few people. Did overtake them back on the hill.

They overtook me on a flat, and then I re-overtook them on the hill.

So petty, but ah, makes you feel good.

But then pop into the checkpoint, Got some water, said

hello to a few people, ate those sausages.

Oh, my God.

It was so good.

Called in the cavalry of my headphone. Just got the one in.

Oh, my God!

Music makes a difference.

Starting off with the song that was in Anna's Berlin

Marathon video. Look out, cause here I come.

It was also suggested on Instagram when I asked for song suggestions. Really does get you moving.

This is me.

Oh, onwards and upwards.

Oh, this is relentless.

I've done about 400 metres in what feels like four hours.

Just got a good song come on, though.

Don't stop me now. To survive,

like Lady Godiva. I don't know what the words are.

There's no stoppin' me.

Call him Mr Fahrenheit.

Oh. Oh, no, I'm off course.

I thought that was gonna be a,

you've gone through a kilometre.

Oh, don't stop me now.

I'm having such a good time, having a ball.

Taking a break on a log because

it feels like time is standing still.

Guess what?

We're still climbing.

Oh, some of the elites yesterday were saying that when you're in the pain

cave, um it's good to smile and laugh, and that gets you out

of it, So... Oh, there's a big wasp on me.

Um, without looking like a weirdo.

Ha!

This is really giving me feels of, Simba,

everything the light touches is yours.

Eh, name that reference.

Go, in

the comments, quick,

name that reference.

So, probably got about a k to go until the final

checkpoint. Yeah. Well, the good news is,

is we are over the nine hour mark and we are

over the marathon mark. I forgot to check when we actually hit it.

But we're now on 43k in nine hours and 18 minutes.

So, ladies and gentlemen, I have done an

ultra marathon.

Does this mean I can stop now?

Yeah.

I mean, this is a bit savage that you have to walk over a bridge.

Oh, but pretty.

Very pretty.

Okay, final checkpoint complete.

I had sausages and ketchup. Man,

I love an ultra.

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it feels like time is standing still. |||die Zeit||still| it||as if||verb|standing|still |||||detenida| |відчувається||||зупинився|зупинився يبدو الأمر وكأن الوقت لا يزال قائما. fühlt es sich an, als ob die Zeit stehen bleibt. it feels like time is standing still. se siente como si el tiempo estuviera detenido. on a l'impression que le temps s'arrête. sembra che il tempo si sia fermato. 時間が止まっているように感じる。 кажется, что время остановилось. 感觉时间仿佛静止了。 感覺時間都靜止了。

Guess what? Rate mal| 추측해봐| Вгадай що?|Вгадай що? Raten Sie mal! ¿Adivina qué? 何だと思う? Угадайте, что? Bil bakalım ne oldu? Вгадай, що?

We're still climbing. |immer noch| ||subindo ||Ми все ще піднімаємось. Wir klettern immer noch. Todavía estamos subiendo. まだ登っている。 Wciąż się wspinamy. Мы все еще поднимаемся. Ми все ще підіймаємося. 我們還在攀登。

Oh, this is so hard. Ох||||О, це так важко. Oh, das ist so schwer. О, це так важко. 哦,這太難了。

And we've been out here for so long. 그리고||||||| |ми вже|були||||| Und wir sind schon so lange hier draußen. А мы здесь уже столько времени. 我們已經在這裡待了這麼久。

Hi, I'm Sarah. 嗨,我是莎拉。

And welcome to my biggest challenge to date. |||||||bis heute Und willkommen bei meiner bisher größten Herausforderung. Y bienvenidos a mi mayor desafío hasta la fecha. 歡迎來到我迄今為止最大的挑戰。

Taking on my first ever ultramarathon. |||||Ultramarathon |||||ألترا ماراثون |||||울트라마라톤 |||||ultramaratón Ich nehme meinen ersten Ultramarathon überhaupt in Angriff. Enfrentando mi primer ultramaratón. 參加我的第一次超級馬拉鬆比賽。

The Running Channel team have challenged me to take on the Inthanon 3, a 54 |||||||||||因他农| |||||||||||Inthanon 3| |||||||||||إنثانون| |||||||||||인타논| |||||||||||Inthanon| Das Team von Running Channel hat mich herausgefordert, den Inthanon 3 zu laufen, einen 54 El equipo de The Running Channel me ha desafiado a participar en el Inthanon 3, un 54 ランニングチャンネルのチームが、インタノン3(54km)に挑戦してくれた。 Ekipa Running Channel me je izzvala, da se pomerim z Inthanon 3, 54 Running Channel 團隊向我提出挑戰,讓我挑戰 Inthanon 3,54

kilometre race with 2,800 metres of elevation at Thailand by 公里|||||海拔||泰国| Kilometerrennen mit 2.800 Metern|Rennen||||Höhenunterschied||Thailand| |||||ارتفاع||| kilómetro|||||||| Kilometer-Rennen mit 2.800 Höhenmetern in Thailand durch kilometrsko tekmo z 2800 metri nadmorske višine na Tajskem ob 泰國海拔2800米的公里賽

UTMB. With the help of inov-8, I'm going to be taking on this race in just a few days time. |||||inov|||||||||||||| UTMB-Rennen|||||inov-8||||||||||||wenigen|| 울트라 트레일 몽블랑|||||이노브-8|||||||||||||| UTMB|||||inov|||||||||||||| UTMB. Mit der Hilfe von inov-8 werde ich dieses Rennen in ein paar Tagen in Angriff nehmen. UTMB。inov-8の助けを借りて、数日後にこのレースに挑むつもりだ。 UTMB. S pomočjo inov-8 se bom udeležil te dirke čez nekaj dni. UTMB。在 inov-8 的幫助下,我將在短短幾天內參加這場比賽。

But first it's time to head off and catch the flight. |||||aufbrechen|||||Flug |||||dirigir||||| Aber zuerst ist es Zeit, den Flug zu erwischen. でも、その前に飛行機に乗らなければならない。 Но сначала нужно отправиться в путь и успеть на самолет. Toda najprej je čas, da se odpravite in ujamete let. 但首先是時候啟程趕飛機了。

Welcome to Thailand. Willkommen in Thailand. 歡迎來到泰國。

I can't believe I'm saying that. It feels so surreal to be here. |||||||||超现实||| ||glauben|||||||unwirklich||| |||||||||비현실적이다||| |||||||||surreal||| Ich kann nicht glauben, dass ich das sage. Es fühlt sich so unwirklich an, hier zu sein. No puedo creer lo que estoy diciendo. Se siente tan surrealista estar aquí. こんなことを言うなんて信じられない。ここにいることがとても非現実的に感じる。 Ne morem verjeti, da to govorim. Tako nadrealistično je biti tukaj. 我不敢相信我會這麼說。來到這裡感覺很超現實。

We've been here for a few days now, mainly sleeping to catch up on the jet lag and just trying to take in as many sights as we can. |||||||||||||||||||||||||المعالم||| |||||||||||||||时差|时差|||||||||||| Wir sind|gewesen|hier||||||hauptsächlich|||||||Zeitverschiebung|Jetlag|||||||||Sehenswürdigkeiten||| |||||||||||||||비행기|시차 적응 문제|||||||||||| ||||||||principalmente|||||||desfase|desfase||||||en|||||| Wir sind jetzt seit ein paar Tagen hier und haben hauptsächlich geschlafen, um den Jetlag auszugleichen, und versucht, so viele Sehenswürdigkeiten wie möglich zu sehen. Llevamos aquí unos días, principalmente durmiendo para recuperarnos del jet lag y tratando de ver todo lo que podemos. 時差ぼけを取り戻すために主に睡眠をとり、できる限り多くの名所を見ようとしている。 Tukaj smo že nekaj dni, večinoma spimo, da nadoknadimo čas časovnega zamika in poskušamo videti čim več znamenitosti. 我們已經在這裡待了幾天了,主要是為了趕上時差而睡覺,只是想盡可能多地看看風景。

For now, though, it's time to see a little bit more of Thailand, ||不过|||||||||| ||aber|||||||||| Jetzt ist es aber erst einmal an der Zeit, ein bisschen mehr von Thailand zu sehen, とはいえ、今はタイをもう少し見て回る時期だ、

and I'm gonna put my trainers on and head out on a shakeout run, so let's go. ||||||||||||热身|||| ||werde|||Turnschuhe|||||||Auflockerungslauf|||| ||||||||||||جولة|||| ||||||||||||정리 운동|||| |||||zapatillas|||||||carrera ligera|||| und ich werde meine Turnschuhe anziehen und einen Shakeout-Lauf machen, also los geht's. トレーナーを履いてシェイクアウトランに出るよ。 我要穿上我的運動鞋並開始跑步,所以我們走吧。

Shakeout run's all complete. |의 모든 완료|| Testlauf abgeschlossen.|Lauf|| Test run||| zavrtite se||| Der Shakeout-Lauf ist abgeschlossen. シェイクアウトランはすべて完了した。 Sarsıntı çalışması tamamlandı.

And now it is time to prepare for the race. ||||||vorbereiten|||Rennen Und nun ist es an der Zeit, sich auf das Rennen vorzubereiten.

Now, this is a little bit more involved than some other races Because of the mandatory kit list. |||||||||||||||强制的|| |||||||aufwändiger||||Rennen||||verpflichtend|| |||||||complicado|||||||||kit| |||||||zahtevno|||||||||| Aufgrund der vorgeschriebenen Ausrüstungsliste ist dies etwas aufwändiger als andere Rennen. キットのリストが必須なので、他のレースより少し手間がかかる。

It's important to remember that ultras are often in extreme conditions with tricky terrain. |||||超跑||||极端|||困难的|地形 |||||Ultrasportler||||extremen|Bedingungen||schwieriges|Gelände |||||울트라||||||||지형 Es ist wichtig, daran zu denken, dass Ultraläufe oft unter extremen Bedingungen und in schwierigem Terrain stattfinden. ウルトラは多くの場合、トリッキーな地形で極限状態にあることを忘れてはならない。

And so that kit list is there to keep you safe. It does, however, mean that it's a little bit like playing Tetris. |||工具包|||||||||||||||||||俄罗斯方块 ||||||||||||||||||||||Tetris spielen ||||||||||||||||||||||테트리스 Die Ausrüstungsliste ist also da, um Sie zu schützen. Das bedeutet aber auch, dass es ein bisschen wie Tetris spielen ist. だから、そのキットリストはあなたの安全を守るためにあるんだ。しかし、それはテトリスをプレイするようなものだ。

So I've got long sleeve top and bottoms, fuel, head torches, safety kit, ||||袖子||||燃料||头灯||安全装备 ||||langärmlig|||Hosen|Treibstoff||Stirnlampen|Sicherheitsausrüstung| |||||||하의||||| ||||mangas|||pantalones|||linternas|| ||||||||||svetilke|| Ich habe also ein langärmeliges Oberteil und eine lange Hose, Benzin, Stirnlampen, Sicherheitsausrüstung, だから、長袖の上下、燃料、ヘッド・トーチ、セーフティ・キットを持っている、

hat, poles, gels, masks, all to fit into my pack, |杆|凝胶||||||| Hut|Stöcke|Gele|Masken||||||Rucksack Hut, Stöcke, Gels, Masken, alles muss in meinen Rucksack passen, 帽子、ストック、ジェル、マスク、

which is gonna take a little bit of time. was ein wenig Zeit in Anspruch nehmen wird. 少し時間がかかりそうだ。

So I'm going to get started on that now because I have to be up super early tomorrow to head to the race. |||||||||||||||非常||||||| |||||||||||||||sehr||||||| Also werde ich jetzt damit anfangen, denn morgen muss ich sehr früh aufstehen, um zum Rennen zu fahren. 明日は超早起きしてレースに向かわなければならないから、今からそれに取り掛かるつもりだ。

So let's get packing. |||Also, packen wir. Also lasst uns packen.

There we go. Da sind wir.|| Da gehen wir. これでよし。

Ten seconds. |Sekunden Zehn Sekunden. 10秒だ。

How do you run an ultra? |||||울트라 Wie läuft man ein Ultramarathon? ウルトラはどうやって走るの?

I think we're about to find out. |||kurz davor||| Ich glaube, das werden wir gleich herausfinden. これから分かると思う。

Constantly trying to remember what Paul said. 不断|||||| ständig|||||Paul|

And I remember one of the things about going uphill and downhill was lean into it. |||||||||上坡||下坡||倾斜|| |||||||||bergauf||bergab||sich lehnen|| |||||||||||||inclinarse|| Und ich erinnere mich, dass man sich beim Bergauf- und Bergabfahren in die Kurve legen muss. 上り坂や下り坂では、体を傾けることが大事だった。

So I am leaning |||neige |||nagnjen Ich lehne mich also an

on this ascent. I want to be running. ||上坡||||| ||auf diesem Aufstieg||||| ||오르막||||| ||ascenso||||| an diesem Aufstieg. Ich möchte rennen. この上り坂で。走っていたい。

But equally, I don't want to burn out. |Aber genauso|||||ausbrennen| Aber gleichzeitig will ich nicht ausbrennen. でも同じように、燃え尽きたくはないんだ。

And these ascents are savage. ||攀登||凶猛 ||Aufstiege||Und diese Anstiege sind brutal. ||오르막길||야만적인 ||ascensos||salvajes そして、これらの上り坂は野蛮だ。

You can get a little glimpse of sunrise in the background. |||||一瞥||||| |||||einen kleinen Blick||Sonnenaufgang|||Hintergrund |||||||일출||| |||||vistazo||amanecer||| |||||pogled||||| 背景には日の出が少し見える。

Pretty special, huh? |Ziemlich besonders, oder?| Ziemlich speziell, oder? かなり特別だろう?

Okay. Okay.

Checkpoint one, tick. Kontrollpunkt eins, abgehakt.|| 체크포인트|| Checkpoint(1)||marca Checkpoint eins abgehakt. チェックポイント1、チック。

Took off my head torch. ||||灯 ||||Stirnlampe ヘッドトーチを外した。 摘下我的頭燈。

Took off the light that goes on the GoPro - morning! ||||||||GoPro| ||||||||GoPro-Kamera| ||||||||고프로| GoProのライトを外した! 取下 GoPro 上的燈 - 早上!

Just to give you an idea of time. 時間の見当をつけるためだ。 只是為了讓您了解時間。

Even though I think time is a lost concept in an ultra, ||||||||概念||| ||||||||Begriff||| ||||||||잃어버린 개념||| ウルトラの世界では時間は失われた概念だと思う、 儘管我認為時間在超跑中是一個消失的概念,

We're 36 minutes in, just gone through 4K. |||||prešli| 我們已經播放了 36 分鐘,剛剛看完 4K。

I'm probably looking to average five k an hour. ||||im Durchschnitt|||| ||||povprečno|||| おそらく平均時給は5キロくらいになると思う。 我可能希望平均每小時能跑五公里。

So on track, however, the first bit is the easy bit. ||轨道||||部分|||| ||auf Kurs|||||||| しかし、コース上では、最初の少しは簡単なことだ。 然而,在正軌上,第一步是容易的。

So you gotta stay- ||得| ||musst| 所以你必須留下來——

Gotta keep your legs fresh. ||||精神 Muss|||| 足をフレッシュに保つんだ。 一定要保持雙腿清爽。

There's still 50k to go. まだ5万ドルある。 還有 50k 要做。

So even on little bits like this, I'm going to walk. 所以即使是這樣的小事,我也會走路。

My strategy is first half super easy. |策略||||| |Strategie||||| Meine Strategie ist die erste Halbzeit super einfach. My strategy is first half super easy. 私の戦略は、前半は超楽勝。 我的策略是上半場超簡單。

Super chill. |super entspannt Super entspannt. 超寒い。 超級寒冷。

Don't try and waste any energy. |||verschwende||Energie Versuche nicht, Energie zu verschwenden. 不要試圖浪費任何能量。

Second half, we start to play. Zweite Hälfte, wir fangen an zu spielen. 下半場,我們開始比賽。

Can I get away with saying that? ||피할 수|||| Darf ich das so sagen? そう言って逃げてもいいですか? 我能這麼說嗎?

Probably not cool enough. Wahrscheinlich nicht cool genug. おそらくクールさが足りない。 可能還不夠酷。

5k done. 5k 完成。

44 minutes. 44分鐘。

Which is funny, because when I started running in 這很有趣,因為當我開始跑步時

probably about 2018, that was my first ever 5K time. 大概是2018年左右,那是我第一次跑5K。

Took about 45 minutes on the canal. |||||运河 |||||Kanal |||||운하 |||||canal |||||kanalu Es dauerte etwa 45 Minuten auf dem Kanal. 在運河上行駛了大約45分鐘。

I ran with a friend from uni and we were so chuffed that we ||||||大学|||||高兴|| ||||||Uni|||||begeistert|| |||||||||||기쁘다|| |||||||||||contentos|| |||||||||||veseli|| Ich bin mit einem Freund von der Uni gelaufen und wir waren so begeistert, dass wir 大学時代の友人と一緒に走ったんだけど、とても嬉しかったよ。 我和一個大學朋友一起跑步,我們很高興

managed to do 5k and that was a huge achievement for me. |||||||||Errungenschaft|| es geschafft haben, 5 km zu laufen, und das war eine riesige Leistung für mich. 成功完成了 5 公里,這對我來說是一個巨大的成就。

I did not run before that point. それまでは走らなかった。 在那之前我沒有跑步。

And now, 2019, 2020, 2021- hello!

Three years later. 三年後。

44 minutes for five k with.... 44 分鐘 5 公里,......

I have no idea what that elevation was, but crazy amount of ||||||高度||||| |||||||||verrückt|| ||||||||||količina| Bu yüksekliğin ne olduğu hakkında hiçbir fikrim yok, ama çılgın miktarda

elevation, and we've still got 49k to go. 標高はまだ4万9000メートル。

It's amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it. Aklınıza koyduğunuzda yapabilecekleriniz inanılmaz. 當你全神貫注時,你能做出令人驚奇的事。

I've gotta prove my own point now and get across the line. ||beweisen|||||||||Ziel erreichen 我現在必須證明自己的觀點並越過界限。

But hopefully... |upajmo da 但希望...

Pretty views, but savage hills. |||崎岖| |Aussichten||raue| 景色很美,但山巒崎嶇。

That's what you get with an ultra. Ultra ile elde edeceğin şey bu. 這就是你用 ultra 得到的。

There are photographers the whole way along this ridge. ||||||||山脊 ||Fotografen|||||| ||사진작가들|||||| ||fotógrafos||||||cresta ||||||||grebenu Bu sırt boyunca tüm yol boyunca fotoğrafçılar var. 沿著這條山脊一路都有攝影師。

And everyone is like speeding up, running, smiling as they go past them. ||||rasen|||||||| ||||속도를 내며|||||||| Ve herkes hızlanıyor, koşuyor, yanlarından geçerken gülümsüyor. 而每個人從他們身邊走過時,都像是在加速、奔跑、微笑。

And then just slowing down to walk. Case in point, smile for the |||verlangsamen||||||||| |||||||사례||||| |||desacelerando||||||||| Ve sonra yürümek için yavaşlamak. Örnek olarak, gülümseyin 然後就放慢腳步。舉個例子,微笑

camera, and then walk. 拍照,然後步行。

Nah, I'll carry on running. ||weiterlaufen|| 아니 계속 달릴게|||| |yo||seguir| Naja, ich werde weiterlaufen. 嗯,我還是繼續跑吧。

This bit's beautiful. |dieses Stück| |이 부분은| |de| Dieser Abschnitt ist wunderschön. 這一點很漂亮。

I mean, look at that. Ich meine, schau dir das an. 我的意思是,看看那個。

we have just come through 10K in one hour, 我們一小時內剛完成了 10K,

31 minutes, so nice and within my five

k an hour plan. k 一小時計劃。

But I'm sure with all of these mountains Ama eminim ki tüm bu dağlar 但我確信所有這些山

around, there's going to be some savage ascents which will ||||||heftige||| このあたりで、いくつかの野蛮な上り坂があるだろう。

eat into that time later on. 後でその時間を食い潰すことになる。

Go, go, go.

Checkpoint two.

So this is the next checkpoint. At checkpoint 12, 9k. Bir sonraki kontrol noktası burası. Kontrol noktası 12'de, 9 km.

Let's not worry about the hills. Tepeler için endişelenmeyelim.

Mm.

Let's do it.

This is honestly the best thing Bu gerçekten en iyi şey 老實說,這是最好的事情

I've ever done.

I can see why Anna loves this so much. Anna'nın bunu neden bu kadar çok sevdiğini anlayabiliyorum. 我明白為什麼安娜如此喜歡這個。

Because it's just beautiful. 因為它很漂亮。

It's hard to put into words how you feel doing something like this, but... このようなことをする気持ちを言葉にするのは難しいが...。 Böyle bir şeyi yaparken nasıl hissettiğinizi kelimelere dökmek zor ama... 很難用語言表達你做這樣的事情的感受,但是......

I don't know. 分からないよ。

It's just that you feel at peace. ただ、安らぎを感じるんだ。 Sadece huzurlu hissediyorsun.

It's tough. |困难 |hart 它太硬。

It's really tough.

But there's something, there's something so calming about, ||||||令人平静| ||||||beruhigend| ||||||차분한| ||||||tranquilizador| でも、何か落ち着くんだ、

you have one thing to do. やるべきことは一つだ。

You get to the start, you cross the line, you get to the finish and スタート地点に立ち、ゴールラインを越え、そしてゴールする。

you have a magical journey along the way. ||||potovanje||| その道中には魔法のような旅が待っている。

What am I saying? 私は何を言っているんだ? 我在說什麼呢?

I believe it, it's true.

Oooh, parkour. |跑酷 |파쿠르 |parkour |parkour パルクールか。 哦,跑酷。

Savage climb between checkpoint two and three complete. 野蛮||||||| |ascenso|||||| チェックポイント2と3の間のサベージ・クライム完了。 İkinci ve üçüncü kontrol noktaları arasındaki vahşi tırmanış tamamlandı. 第二和第三個檢查站之間的野蠻攀登已完成。

Now I feel a view coming on. 今、景色が見えてきた気がする。 現在我感覺到一種觀點正在出現。

Dunno if you can. 不知道||| Weiß nicht||| できるかどうかはわからない。

Oh, yeah.

There you go. そうだ。

That's why I was getting my camera out. だからカメラを取り出したんだ。 Bu yüzden kameramı çıkarıyordum.

I was like, oh, hang on a second. ||||等||| 私は、ああ、ちょっと待ってくれ、と思った。 我當時想,哦,等一下。

That's just cloud. ただの雲だ。 那隻是雲。

No, it's mountain, lots of mountains.

Stunning. 惊人的 놀라운 asombroso osupljivo 見事だ。

Of course, we now do have the heat of the day to contend ||||||||||||应对 ||||||||||||대처하다 ||||||||||||lidiar もちろん、今は暑い日が続いている。 Tabii ki, şimdi mücadele etmemiz gereken günün sıcağı var 當然,我們現在確實有要應付的炎熱天氣

with, and I'm not planning on finishing ||||||beenden ve bitirmeyi planlamıyorum

before midday, so it's about to get hot. |mediodía|||||| |opoldne||||||

Oh hello?

It's only the next checkpoint. Bu sadece bir sonraki kontrol noktası.

I thought that wasn't going to be for another, like 10 15 minutes. あと10分15分はないと思っていた。 Bunun 10-15 dakika daha sürmeyeceğini düşünmüştüm.

Feeling good? İyi hissediyor musun?

It's tough It's really tough, but it's beautiful. |težko|||||| Zor. Gerçekten zor ama çok güzel.

So beautiful. And there's music!

What a day. なんて日だ。 Ne gündü ama.

Okay, checkpoint three.

tick.

Let's go.

Thank you. Bye.

Man, when you descend in Thailand, you descend. |||下|||| |||absteigst|||| |||desciendes|||| |||||||prideš dol タイで下山するときは下山するんだ。 Dostum, Tayland'da alçalırsan, alçalırsın. 夥計,當你下降到泰國時,你就下降了。

Look at this.

24K down in three hours and 59 minutes. 3時間59分で24Kダウン。 Üç saat 59 dakikada 24 bin dolar.

We are getting close Yaklaşıyoruz

to the longest time I've ever been 今までで一番長い時間

out for on a run. を走った。 出去跑步。

Um, so the marathon, obviously, I was pretty much running the whole time there. ||||offensichtlich||||||||| マラソンでは、当然、ずっと走っていた。 Maratonda açıkçası bütün zamanımı koşarak geçirdim. 嗯,顯然,馬拉鬆比賽期間我幾乎一直在跑步。

It was the longest run I've ever done.

That was four hours, 27 minutes. Dört saat 27 dakika sürdü.

If I'm remembering correctly. So in half an hour's 私の記憶が正しければね。だから30分後には Eğer doğru hatırlıyorsam. Yani yarım saat içinde

time, we're a little bit into the unknown. この時間は未知の世界だ。

Alright. OK, big jump. Here we go.

Ah.

Made it 도착했다|

Welcome to 'Running An Ultra'.

It's a, uh, multi-discipline sport. |||다학제적인|| これはその......複合種目のスポーツなんだ。 Bu çok disiplinli bir spor.

As a shoe geek, |||爱好者 |||Schuhliebhaber |||aficionado 靴オタクとして、 Bir ayakkabı meraklısı olarak,

I've been looking at everyone shoes as they've been whizzing past me. |||||||||飞驰|| |||||||||vorbeiflitzen|| |||||||||스쳐 지나가며|| |||||||||zumbando|| |||||||||pihajo|| みんなの靴が私の前を通り過ぎるのをずっと見ていた。 Yanımdan vızır vızır geçen herkesin ayakkabılarına bakıyordum.

And you know, there are some with lots of cushioning. |||||||||缓冲 |||||||||Polsterung |||||||||쿠션 |||||||||amortiguación それに、クッション性の高いものもある。

Some, um yeah, that have, like high stack heights, some with high drops. |||||||堆|高度|||| |||||||Höhen|Höhen||||Abstürze |||||||pilas|alturas||||caídas Manche, ähm, ja, die haben hohe Stapelhöhen, manche mit hohen Fallhöhen. スタックの高さが高いものや、落差のあるものもある。 有些,嗯,是的,例如高堆疊高度,有些有高落差。

Other people in zero drops. ||||掉落 |||null(1)| Sıfır düşüşteki diğer insanlar.

I've gone for zero drop.

Excuse me.

A pair of inov-8s, which are perfect. They're, Bir çift inov-8, ki mükemmeller. Onlar,

they keep me quite low to the ground,

obviously, because of the drop.

They've got great grip for all the different terrains that we're going over. ||||||||地形|||| ||||||||지형|||| |||agarre|||||terrenos|||| Üzerinden geçtiğimiz tüm farklı araziler için harika bir tutuşa sahipler.

And it means that you can really feel the ground. Bu da zemini gerçekten hissedebileceğiniz anlamına geliyor.

I love a shoe with cushioning, but I think for something like this, |||||缓冲||||||| |||||amortiguación||||||| Yastıklamalı ayakkabılara bayılırım ama böyle bir şey için bence,

you want to feel it.

You want your foot to be doing the work.

But you've also got that layer of, that layer of cushioning on the sole of the shoe |||||层|||||缓冲|||||| |||||||||||||바닥||| |||||capa||||||||suela||| Ama aynı zamanda ayakkabının tabanında yastıklama tabakası da var. 但鞋底上也有一層緩衝層

with graphene. |石墨烯 |Graphen(1) |그래핀 |grafeno

Um, which is giving you that grip that my foot obviously Bu da ayağımın sana verdiği tutuşu sağlıyor.

doesn't have.

And we're squelching. ||发出咯吱声 ||schmatzen ||억누르고 있다 ||squelchando ||mukamo

So we're still between checkpoints three and four. ||||체크포인트|||

Um, just on this lovely, long section of

road.

But we're running through little villages and seeing all the local

people saying hello.

This race is a huge thing in Thailand. Bu yarış Tayland'da çok büyük bir olay.

Um, not only for the people running it, but also, like, it's big in the Sadece işleten insanlar için değil, aynı zamanda

media.

Um, and so there are so many lovely people who are just Bir sürü güzel insan var.

excited to see runners. |||주자들 koşucuları görmek için heyecanlıyım.

Right. Here

is where I need to be going.

I don't know why I've been reluctant to do this, but I have poles in my bag, and ||||||不情愿|||||||杆|||| |||||||||||||Polen (1)|||| ||||||reacio|||||||palos||||

people around me have been using polls for the entire race, but I think it's like, you know when you're a teenager and

you think it's really cool

to, like, wear your coat indoors and your parents say take it off or you won't feel the benefit when you go back outside. ||||abrigo|||||||||||||||||||

I think that's kind of what I've been doing.

I've been like, oh, I won't feel the benefit If I have it on- if I have my poles out for the whole race. ||||||||||||||||||Stöcke||||| Ich habe mir gedacht, oh, ich werde den Vorteil nicht spüren, wenn ich ihn anhabe, wenn ich meine Stöcke während des gesamten Rennens draußen habe.

It's time to feel the benefit.

They're coming out.

Pole number one.

Let's climb. Woah, fly.

Half marathon to go.

Whoop whoop! Can't believe it.

That doesn't feel that long.

I'm sure it will.

With the elevation we've got to do. ||提升||||

We're just on a little bit of respite from the climb getting into checkpoint four. |||||||休息||||||| |||||||respiro|||subida||||

18 k to go. We've

just popped out onto the road, having a little run. |跳出来|||||||| |||a||||||

It's a very different type of run.

More of a waddle. |||摇摆 |||movimiento torpe |||več kot klobasen

Um, getting into the pain cave now. |||||洞| |||||caverna| 嗯,現在就進入痛苦洞穴了。

I'm not gonna lie. |||说谎

I'm excited for this ascent. ||||vzpon

This next ascent though, mainly because the checkpoint comes first.

So gonna fuel up.

Have a little sit down. verbo auxiliar||||

Readjust myself and then time for a climb. 调整||||||| reajustaré||||||| prilagodim se|||||||

Okay.

Penultimate checkpoint. penúltimo|

Um, eat what you fancy. ||||apetezcas

I'm gonna have my sausages. ||||香肠 ||||Würstchen ||||salchichas ||||klobase

I want to get out some of my other fuel though.

Because the next bit, it's gonna be savage.

Uphill now.

Yeah.

Up, up, up.

Okay.

Been scanned out |扫描| |escaneado|

at checkpoint, point, point.

******* lovely.

I love a checkpoint.

I came into that feeling a little bit deflated. ||||||||泄气 ||||||||entmutigt ||||||||desinflado ||||||||izpraznjen

Not gonna lie.

Been a tough climb.

Been overtaken by a few people. Did overtake them back on the hill. |超过||||||||||| |adelantado|||||||||||

They overtook me on a flat, and then I re-overtook them on the hill.

So petty, but ah, makes you feel good. |insignificante||||||

But then pop into the checkpoint, Got some water, said |||a||||||

hello to a few people, ate those sausages. |||||||香肠

Oh, my God.

It was so good.

Called in the cavalry of my headphone. Just got the one in. |||骑兵|||耳机||||| |||caballería|||||||| |||kavalirji||||||||

Oh, my God!

Music makes a difference.

Starting off with the song that was in Anna's Berlin

Marathon video. Look out, cause here I come.

It was also suggested on Instagram when I asked for song suggestions. Really does get you moving. |||sugerido|||||||||||||

This is me.

Oh, onwards and upwards. |向前||向上 |hacia adelante||hacia arriba

Oh, this is relentless. |||无情 |||implacable

I've done about 400 metres in what feels like four hours.

Just got a good song come on, though.

Don't stop me now. To survive, |||||生存

like Lady Godiva. I don't know what the words are.

There's no stoppin' me. ||阻止|

Call him Mr Fahrenheit.

Oh. Oh, no, I'm off course.

I thought that was gonna be a,

you've gone through a kilometre.

Oh, don't stop me now.

I'm having such a good time, having a ball.

Taking a break on a log because |||||原木|

it feels like time is standing still.

Guess what?

We're still climbing.

Oh, some of the elites yesterday were saying that when you're in the pain ||||精英|||||||||

cave, um it's good to smile and laugh, and that gets you out

of it, So... Oh, there's a big wasp on me. |||||||黄蜂|| |||||||osa||

Um, without looking like a weirdo. |||||怪人 |||||čudak

Ha!

This is really giving me feels of, Simba,

everything the light touches is yours.

Eh, name that reference. |||引用

Go, in

the comments, quick,

name that reference.

So, probably got about a k to go until the final

checkpoint. Yeah. Well, the good news is,

is we are over the nine hour mark and we are

over the marathon mark. I forgot to check when we actually hit it. ||马拉松||||||||||

But we're now on 43k in nine hours and 18 minutes.

So, ladies and gentlemen, I have done an

ultra marathon.

Does this mean I can stop now?

Yeah.

I mean, this is a bit savage that you have to walk over a bridge. ||||||残忍||||||||

Oh, but pretty.

Very pretty.

Okay, final checkpoint complete.

I had sausages and ketchup. Man, ||||番茄酱|

I love an ultra.