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LloydRunningFree
Добавлен 9 фев 2014
"Developing resilience through hard work and endurance."
I am an ultra running, fitness and health enthusiast. I want to show people how much they can achieve by pushing beyond their comfort zones. Some of my favourite challenges are elite and special forces military ones, as they teach you how tough and resilient your body and mind are.
My mantra is "to strive, to suffer, to endure"
If you have any questions, or wish to collab, reach out to me.
Insta - lloydrunningfree
I am an ultra running, fitness and health enthusiast. I want to show people how much they can achieve by pushing beyond their comfort zones. Some of my favourite challenges are elite and special forces military ones, as they teach you how tough and resilient your body and mind are.
My mantra is "to strive, to suffer, to endure"
If you have any questions, or wish to collab, reach out to me.
Insta - lloydrunningfree
Racing the special forces - Fan Dance (First in Events: Summer 2024 edition)
What a tough event this was - running the infamous UK special forces selection event named Fan Dance. It is a 14 mile out and back ruck / tab with over 1,000 meters of climbing, whilst carrying 35lbs of kit, plus at least 3litres water and food.
Finished it off in 3hr 46mins, which is well within the selection time of 4hr 10mins. A hard and rewarding challenge! Finished 2nd overall for "Loaded" runners.
Event run by First in Events, whose founder is Tom Blakey, aka Prepared Pathfinder. Check out the organisation, and also Tom's youtube and IG channels.
Finished it off in 3hr 46mins, which is well within the selection time of 4hr 10mins. A hard and rewarding challenge! Finished 2nd overall for "Loaded" runners.
Event run by First in Events, whose founder is Tom Blakey, aka Prepared Pathfinder. Check out the organisation, and also Tom's youtube and IG channels.
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My first Parachute jump. Static line at Skydive Tilstock.
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my first ever para jump. did a full day's training a couple of weeks ago, and first line today. the exit was far from text book, but I will learn from the experience. main thing is chute opened well and a flew it down to a soft landing in the correct landing zone
Norwegian Foot March (aka Death March ruck) #rucking #tabbing #challenge #armychallenge
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Took on the Norwegian Foot March after watching Austen Alexander doing it, and also in preparation for taking on the Fan Dance in a few weeks time. It is a tough rucking challenge that comes, unsurprisingly, from Norway. However, it is not just their military that completes it, so do civilians, and also other militaries from around the world. The weighted run is 18.6 miles, whilst carrying an 1...
Shakespeare Half Marathon 2024: wearing a 10kg Yomp tactical weight vest #running #resilience #run
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Not been able to train much since the ankle ligament injury sustained in October. But back with a bang taking on the Stratford upon Avon Half Marathon, wearing a weighted vest, and raising funds for Mind charity. Feel like my fitness is slowly coming back - onwards and upwards :)
packing your sleeping and/or bivvi bag into the bergen / ruck #outdooradventures #tips #rucking
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a short video on how to pack your sleeping bag into your bergen / ruck. this includes using a compression sack. it is very important to get this right to ensure your kit stays dry and you don't take up too much room.
Finding pirate treasure at Watergate Bay - fun in the caves looking for buried gold! #familytime
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Out on Watergate Bay beach searching for hidden treasure, buried by pirates and smugglers in the caves.
getting back from injury and illness: an update #running #resilience #endurance #athlete #mentality
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getting back from injury and illness: an update #running #resilience #endurance #athlete #mentality
First In Events Fan Dance - Winter 2024 highlights - SAS challenge (special forces test march)
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First In Events Fan Dance - Winter 2024 highlights - SAS challenge (special forces test march)
The Last Nazi Hunter book series ad - #worldwar2 #sas #specialforces #army #adventure #thriller
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The Last Nazi Hunter book series ad - #worldwar2 #sas #specialforces #army #adventure #thriller
Rucking around Broadway, Cotswolds (hill tabbing, extreme fitness) #running #fitness #motivation
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Rucking around Broadway, Cotswolds (hill tabbing, extreme fitness) #running #fitness #motivation
Equinox 24 - 2023 (ultra marathon, run) #running #fitness #ultramarathon
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Equinox 24 - 2023 (ultra marathon, run) #running #fitness #ultramarathon
Kit Review - Yomp Tactical Plate Carrier Vest (rucking, tabbing, weighted vest)
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Kit Review - Yomp Tactical Plate Carrier Vest (rucking, tabbing, weighted vest)
Beast mode - 4 days of ultra marathon back to back training sessions
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Beast mode - 4 days of ultra marathon back to back training sessions
Unboxing the Yomp Co Tactical Plate Carrier Vest (Yomp_Co weighted vest)
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Unboxing the Yomp Co Tactical Plate Carrier Vest (Yomp_Co weighted vest)
US Army Airborne Rangers 12 mile ruck test (RASP) - civilian vs special forces military challenge
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US Army Airborne Rangers 12 mile ruck test (RASP) - civilian vs special forces military challenge
LloydRunningFree v US Army 75th Rangers Regiment - pre selection challenges (Airborne Ranger tests)
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LloydRunningFree v US Army 75th Rangers Regiment - pre selection challenges (Airborne Ranger tests)
Watergate Bay - early morning dog walk (Cornwall with a cockapoo)
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Watergate Bay - early morning dog walk (Cornwall with a cockapoo)
LloydRunningFree v French Foreign Legion. Elite military selection challenge. Légion étrangère tests
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LloydRunningFree v French Foreign Legion. Elite military selection challenge. Légion étrangère tests
Coastal Run - Watergate Bay Hotel to Beacon Cove (full video. trail running. motivation)
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Coastal Run - Watergate Bay Hotel to Beacon Cove (full video. trail running. motivation)
Watergate Bay - 10 minute beach circuit workout (bodyweight, rock and run interval training)
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Watergate Bay - 10 minute beach circuit workout (bodyweight, rock and run interval training)
4x4x48 LOADED - ultimate rucking ultra marathon (Goggins challenge . Extreme weighted running event)
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4x4x48 LOADED - ultimate rucking ultra marathon (Goggins challenge . Extreme weighted running event)
Lloyd v British Police fitness test (treadmill / running challenge - Police selection / annual test)
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Lloyd v British Police fitness test (treadmill / running challenge - Police selection / annual test)
Your first 100 mile ultra marathon - cheats guide part 1 - Training
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Your first 100 mile ultra marathon - cheats guide part 1 - Training
Update - training for 4x4x48: LOADED (post Fan Dance, tabbing, rucking)
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Update - training for 4x4x48: LOADED (post Fan Dance, tabbing, rucking)
Buggy Park Run (Stratford upon Avon Park Run)
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Buggy Park Run (Stratford upon Avon Park Run)
Fan Dance - Winter 2023 Edition (civvie taking on SAS test march / run / ruck / TAB / yomp)
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Fan Dance - Winter 2023 Edition (civvie taking on SAS test march / run / ruck / TAB / yomp)
Building resilience and endurance through tabbing (rucking) at 4AM in -4 degrees C
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Building resilience and endurance through tabbing (rucking) at 4AM in -4 degrees C
Paras10 Arnhem ( Virtual ) Event: Tabbing / Rucking
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Paras10 Arnhem ( Virtual ) Event: Tabbing / Rucking
Fan Dance Trident - what is it? And a little on training.
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Fan Dance Trident - what is it? And a little on training.
Why is he kicking his feet? LOLOLOL.
@SOLDOZER trying to run and keep up with the plane 🤣
Awesome video mate and congratulations! Did you run at all on the way up to pen y fan on first ascent? I did it with a different company this summer, loved it but got my tactics totally wrong! Jacob’s ladder blind summit still haunts me!
@ridermacleod423 thanks 😊 nope, just fast walked the whole way up. Didn't run until descending the Roman Road and the forest track. I did the same and got my tactics wrong the first time - went too quick up first ascent, and then ran too hard down Jacob's. My legs never recovered and was only 3 miles in! Well done on your Fan Dance, it is a brutal event! Especially that final climb up Jacob's....
@@lloydrunningfree thank you. I’ve entered the winter one so will try again! Brutal doesn’t come into it does it? And no pictures or videos do Jacob’s ladder justice! We had a slightly different finish to yours, finished where we started.
@ridermacleod423 it is a hard route regardless, and you should always be proud just to finish! Did the AEE Fan last year - that finished at the phone box. It's definitely a harder route. Probably 5-10 mins longer.
@@lloydrunningfree 100% agree! Tbh I found it as hard to go down hill towards the end as I did to go up! Proper cramp
Try the First in Events P company Brecon event in October. I compete in the fan dance Gemini with TSFE, but I am going to try these guys next as it's a different route up to the Fan from Cwm Gwdi .👍 I have tabbed a couple of times around Stratford 😀 .
@@jimbrace5102 have signed up bud. See you there!
I don't remember it as a Test March, more of an Education, every day's a school day😊
I don’t know what the forests are like in the UK, I imagine there are some that are pretty remote and dangerous, but I find people really underestimate the expanses of wilds that we are fortunate to still have in the Western Hemisphere. My aid kit is generally in three pieces for long treks, but all contain the same things (or rather are complete) I have a small/medium that is accessible to me without taking a pack off (this will include small sunscreen and bug sprays, wipes, minor wounds, stings, meds, and the basics you’d keep in your car for a day trip, the second is almost the same as the first but is deep in my pack and just right where yours is with the cookware, the third have some minor boo boo stuff, but is always bright orange or red and is in a separate waterproof pouch with a carabiner or quick release with a 6ft string tied to it. This way, if someone finds me injured they hopefully see oh his aid kit is right here and aren’t digging around getting thrown off by pots and pans while I’m bleeding out or having severe anaphylaxis or something. The other thing is is I were to find another person in severe distress, with all that adrenaline I can take off my bag, set it down, pull it off I have 6 feet to work with before I gotta cut a string but everything is labeled with the expectation that somebody who isn’t me and doesn’t know what is in there can find everything… this helps when you’re shaking and terrified to work on someone else but god forbid you’re not just their best option, you’re the only option. I NEVER ever ever ever touch the red aid kit unless I absolutely have to, and if I have need to open it to get an item… I now know I need to buy 3. For the other two kits.
@thegrandlevel313 Thanks for your comments and great insight. nice kit and prep! We have a few forests, but they have been cut back extensively from what they were. All the "wild" dangerous animal have been hunted to extinction as well. That said, you can get injured and/or lost within a mile of car park in the wild, so always best to be prepared.
I was in my fifties when I did my first FD. My older son did it with me but he left me well behind. He completed it about 40 minutes before I did. That made me determined to improve my time and over the next year or so it became easier (but never easy) and I was eventually able to match his time. I came to love endurance mountain running but it all came to a screeching halt 10 years ago when I was hit by a car while crossing a road in my home village. Wrecked my right knee, dislocated my left shoulder and fractured my left clavicle. Now, I don't think I could make it from Storey Arms to the top of Pen Y Fan even at a gentle walking pace. I miss my trail running every damned day.😢
In the past I have done the FD several times in well under 4 hours each time. Though I have to say I had been into endurance hill running for years and I was very fit. Living only 20 miles away, on average I spent two weekends a month running the BBNP mountain trails for well over a decade and I always travelled light carrying only water, sandwiches, a small first aid pack and 2 mobile phones, each with a different service provider. I would also run 10 miles three times a week on the countryside trails around the village where I live. Added to that, I started each FD completely fresh and rested. I don't think I could ever have "qualified" for SAS training if I had been one of those squaddies who had been through the demanding beat up they have to endure in the days before the FD and I have nothing but admiration for those lads who attempt that fitness test, whether they pass or fail.
Absolutely mate, well said! 👍
Well done mate, great effort! 👍
Cheers Tom. See you in October for Paras Trilogy 👍
Great video mate .congrats
@@orangecake68 cheers mate 👍
Can I get a translation, I don't speak this kind of English.
Nice sandwich 🥪 😂
Great job Lloyd. I'm 60 years old and can ruck 12 miles carrying 50 pounds in just over 3 hours. I need to pick up the pace a little bit.
Hello mate ,you doing the fan dance , in next couple weeks , second time for me , proper training ,hope to beat my time , iam 58 ,carring 35 lbs , hope to get 4 40 or better , had a really bad cramp , 20 mins to end good luck with everything you do
Good luck! Get out there and smash it 💪 I'm not doing that one, next Fan Dance is First In Events one in August for me.
Ah Lloyd, I've only just seen this! You guys did awesome! Hope to see you both again soon. Jo x
Cheers Jo. I will be at Summer Fan - can't wait 😁
Its amazing these people invented the language of English, yet none of them effin speak it! 😁
The test you have just done is actually the Specialist Firearms Officer treadmill test, an alternative to the bleep test which they run to level 10.5. The treadmill test IS run at 10.4kmph but the gradient is as follows: 0-2 mins 0% 2-4 mins 2% 4-6 mins 4% 6-8 mins 5% 8-10 mins 8%. I'm reasonably fit, I ran this today. It isn't especially hard but like all fitness you have to work at it and I very much doubt the vast majority of people of average fitness would pass it first time if asked to do it this very minute....for you to finish this without breaking a sweat and talking easily shows you to be very fit but perhaps do another video from the start of the 10 minutes to the end, with the gradient showing at each stage. But i agree level 5.4 on the bleep test is too low.
This is madness. Respect 👊
Cheers bud 👍 next Half I am definitely running without weight 🤣
Thanks mate great vid keep up the good work
No problems, hope it helped 👍
😂
Quality mate , done fan dance , June,23 , I think you done the winter 1 20 missed , ya ,,, but top respect love your mortervational rants ,, see ya at the summer June 2024
May bump into you at future ones mate. Thinking of doing First In Events summer Fan, depends on dates. Keep pushing bud 💪
@@lloydrunningfree doing sat June this year sse ya there
Can you show how to get the medium bag with bivvy in the bag as can’t do it for anything thanks
Will put a vid up at the weekend bud 👌👍
@noah-xo2zh video just uploaded. Hope it helps
I dont need a 10kg vest. Ive got a belly 😂😂
Hahaha 😆
Keep up the good work pal. Very inspiring ❤
Thank you 🙌💪
Well done to you both! What shoes did you both wear?
Thanks. Em wore Asics Gel Fuji Attack. I am wearing Inov8 Gel TrailFly.
Well dones to both of you!
Great vid pal see you on the next one
Cheers mate. Awaiting permission from the boss for August 😁👍
Chwarae teg, well done , didnt realise Phil promotes this event ,
Think he came along as is a mate of the event organiser. Phil gave a motivational speech at the start, wish I had of filmed it!!
Great video, thanks! This has really pumped me up for this weekend!
Good luck, go well 👍 💪
Keep posting. Inspirational. Thanks.
What brand is your jacket 🧥?
Ronhill. It's waterproof and rainproof - decent bit of kit 👌
@@lloydrunningfree thanks.
Mate I want to have a go at fan dance because of you. Keep it up pal.
Cheers bud, if I can do the Fan, then you definitely can. Hope your training is going well.
That's a really good time! I did the summer one just gone in 4.34 and g=felt could have gone quicker as we were guilty a bit of strolling off the first Pen y Fan summit and then stopped too long at half way, not least because I needed to treat a blister. Anyway qq: i'm doing the winter event this year and your time would be a great target... did you fast hike all the way or did you run any of it? cheers
That is a great time bud, good luck for the winter edition. I ran bits, but wasn't as fit as I should have been.
This review is excellent. Thanks. Every success with your channel.
Thanks bud 👍 glad you found it useful.
Tremendous. Congratulations.
This is an excellent video. Great advice. Every success to you.
Sorry motivational.
I find all of you videos highly motivated.
Give it up lol join girls brigade lol
Thx for the inspiration my friend 👏🏼👊🏼🤙🏼
Top effort man 👏. I'm doing the fan in January and I'm currently running 8-10 miles twice a week and tabbing once a week. How much of the route did you run/shuffle?
No more than 20% I would say. Didn't train hills enough and descent off Jacobs ruined me. Thankfully, my walking pace is pretty decent. Good luck - it is one heck of an experience!!!
@@lloydrunningfree Cheers man. I'm been training mainly hills and the odd bits of shuffling on flats and downhill sections. Trouble is, the surface on the Fan looks way more uneven to what I'm currently training on so I'm not sure what to expect.
@@richarddorries7464 it is uneven, and Jacobs is big steps, so harder to train for. Just make sure you do plenty of weighted hill reps - walk up, then run down. That will build up the muscles for the Fan's brutality.
@@lloydrunningfree I've done Jacob's before, did the Horseshoe walk along the four peaks earlier in the year, albeit only carrying a few kilos. I've been training on hills in Snowdonia so I'm hoping I should be as prepared as I can be. I spoke to a guy the other day from central London who's mainly training on a treadmill and felt a bit sorry for him. Quite lucky really living so close to some great spots.
@richarddorries7464 yeah, makes a big difference. I can run 10 miles with 35lbs on flat in 90mins, but no hills near me, so as soon as I hit the Fan my leg strength was found out. You are definitely doing the right thing concentrating on elevation in Snowdonia
Respect to you and to everyone else.
Well done and congratulations to both of you!
Nice work son
Brilliant effort, well done. Back in Summer 90/ Winter 91 I did the 21 SAS version...which is actually longer....you go over the Fan three times. Failed the summer , passed the winter...alot easier for me. The Summer one in 90 was really hot.
Wow, that is some effort. Well done bud! 3 times, ouch!
@@lloydrunningfree obviously we had longer to do it. But I remember going up the Fan for the last time. The RSM came out of the mist and told me get a move on. I jogged all the way down to Storey Arms...made it...just. I think it was 6 hours. Four hours later we then had to do a night march, about 15k. If you are a reader have a look at 'The Quiet Soldier' by Adam Ballinger...its his journey through 21 Selection at about the same time as me. I'm 58 now, with 2 new knees...I don't think i would make it lol
@jimbo658 have got the book, it's a cracking read. Haha, life of tabbing definitely isn't kind on the knees!!!
@@lloydrunningfree There's another little known book called Playing for England by David Black...another cracking read. On kindle.
Are you familiar with Force Fit? Another British company producing rucking gear. I have their rucksack and it's a great piece of kit. The weighted vest looks very similar to yours, but they also do a nice looking plate carrier - it has such a low profile it looks like it could be worn under a jacket.
I have heard of them. Will check out their range - always after new kit 😄👍
Well done mate I did this twice in winter and it’s a tough old event. Always seems to be pissing it down and 50 mph winds 😂
One heck of a hard-core event, especially in the winter. Hahaha, weather always piss poor on the Fan 🤣
'Promo sm' 🏃
Superb effort 👊
Try some heavy squats, way more effective at improving your running than that