Oh I loved this video! I think you captured the joy of it so well in the beginning clips there and so agree - running along in the outdoors and it feeling effortless is one of the best feelings you can get. Great content!
Great video James. It is lovely to hear the joy you found in trail running. I ran my first 100k trail run in 2019 and your video brought back those feelings. I think this is one of your best videos, thank you. Keep up the good work 😀🏃🏽♂️.
Nice. Love it James. I am coming over to the UK in May 2024 to run the London to Brighton 100 as it has held my fascination for a long time so I thought, dang-it lets do this! Thanks for posting mate love your work!
Thanks Shaun! Very exciting. It looks like a great race. I've watched films of people running it in the past. Very satisfying running point to point races.
Best wishes for the race! Can very much relate to your love of ultra trail running and the sort of relaxed culture that goes with it, not stressing about pace or time and such. It's really great
Hi Amy, great question. I find the heatmap functions on strava or garmin are really useful for seeing whether other runners go. Typically people will run the nice well maintained trails so the map functions can be useful to map out routes. I also sometimes use OSmaps to check whether a path is a public right of way or not - I've accidentally run onto private property in the past without realising it. There are other websites that you can use to map out routes - some use Kamoot, I often use Plotaroute - using the trails map shows you major trails like the south downs way. Hope that helps and hope you enjoy the trail running!
Oh I loved this video! I think you captured the joy of it so well in the beginning clips there and so agree - running along in the outdoors and it feeling effortless is one of the best feelings you can get. Great content!
Thanks Liz! Completely agree!
Great video James. It is lovely to hear the joy you found in trail running. I ran my first 100k trail run in 2019 and your video brought back those feelings. I think this is one of your best videos, thank you. Keep up the good work 😀🏃🏽♂️.
Thanks David. I really appreciate that! Definitely a fun one to make.
Awesome video James, I love how infectious appreciation is!!! Once again BEST WISHES for the big day next Saturday, will be thinking of you!!! 💪🏻🏃🏼💪🏻
Thanks Bev! All ready to go now. Just have to sleep and get to the start line now 🙂 Good luck with your race as well!
Nice. Love it James. I am coming over to the UK in May 2024 to run the London to Brighton 100 as it has held my fascination for a long time so I thought, dang-it lets do this! Thanks for posting mate love your work!
Thanks Shaun! Very exciting. It looks like a great race. I've watched films of people running it in the past. Very satisfying running point to point races.
Awesome! You love the process rather than the destination. The joy you describe is pretty special
Thanks Danny! Definitely agree!
All the best for tomorrow James. Big milestone - I'm sure you'll smash it. Looking forward to the vid!
Thanks Paul! All ready now. Nervous and excited!
Best wishes for the race! Can very much relate to your love of ultra trail running and the sort of relaxed culture that goes with it, not stressing about pace or time and such. It's really great
Thanks Kristoffer! Yeah, completely agree.
Wishing you lots of effortless joyful miles at the weekend. Shame I’m not home to see it this year, but I hope it’s everything you hope it will be. 😊
Thanks Brioni! Can't wait but also pretty nervous 😅
Run with Joy!! You should try this in a race some time. I wonder just how different your time and performance would differ?
Yeah, no idea! Maybe I'll just go off feel one day and see how it goes. I suspect I'd set off too fast but might work out.
I hope you did indeed have the best event ever cause that is *e x a c t l y* what it's all about : )
Thanks! It was pretty special. I've definitely never experienced a race quite like it.
I'm trying to get into trail running (but very slow and very short runs!). How do you find trails/where to run?
Hi Amy, great question. I find the heatmap functions on strava or garmin are really useful for seeing whether other runners go. Typically people will run the nice well maintained trails so the map functions can be useful to map out routes. I also sometimes use OSmaps to check whether a path is a public right of way or not - I've accidentally run onto private property in the past without realising it. There are other websites that you can use to map out routes - some use Kamoot, I often use Plotaroute - using the trails map shows you major trails like the south downs way. Hope that helps and hope you enjoy the trail running!
I've found many trails through dog walking! Ask friends/coworkers with dogs where they go... you can often find local hidden gems that way!