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The 26.2-mile marathon is a challenging running event because of its duration. After two hours of running (by the 20-mile mark for fast runners), the body runs out of carbohydrates and glycogen (sugar stored energy in the muscles,) and begins burning fat stores in the body for fuel.Humidity matters too, since the more vapor there is in the air, the harder it is for a runner to dissipate heat. Boston’s weather in the spring is famously unpredictable.
In 2004, temperatures.Inspired by an infamous assassin’s escape from prison, the Barkley Marathons just might be the toughest race on the planet: a 100-mile-long, unsupported slog through the Tennessee backcountry that.The Marathon des Sables is a six-day, 156-mile race across the Sahara Desert.
The Hardrock 100 is a high-altitude hundredmiler amid lightning storms and avalanches. And then there is.Postponing Boston Marathon ‘right call’ but tough to take for ambassador Greg Meyer.
Updated Apr 20, 2020; “It’s important to so many people on so many levels the runners, the hotel.I’m so thankful it was the first one, because further along it became really hard to fight to be present.” Another highlight of that marathon was that Samson helped McGillivray, longtime Boston Marathon race director and fellow member of Team Hold the Plane, set a personal record.The Marathon water heater features a seamless, blow-molded plastic inner tank, so it won’t rust or corrode.
Tough Outer Jacket Multiple layers of filament wound fiberglass give.What makes a “tough” race? For starters, if you cringe when reading the race description, that’s a strong indication that you’ll need months of training to complete the route that’s ahead.Dwight Freeney explained what makes the Patriots so tough to defend 3,130 days after being shot in Afghanistan, Kevin Flike is running the Boston Marathon March 4, 2020 | 10:02 AM.
These are all things that make us believe we’re better than everyone else because we know that we have it tough, but that’s what makes us so damn good. Even something as simple as morning PT sucks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Carlos Cruz Jr.) Humility.This is what makes me so tough the story of finishing a 70.3 race, through the last 9km of the bike course and then the half marathon, with a collar bone that was broken into (at least) 5 pieces.
The Boston Marathon isn’t so tough for some. Denise Brehm, News Office April 28, 2004. Share.
Share. Comment Leave a comment. A lot of runners wanted a piece of the action last Monday. But for at least one MIT runner, the marathon is just that a piece of the action, not the whole show.Having some motivation can help you make it through anything—whether it’s a long run or physical distancing. “Tough times don’t last, So, make the best of it.
First, make sure the plants have good growing conditions. If they’re underwatered or underfertilized, their tissues will be tougher. Check the pH of the soil, and add lime if a soil test recommends it.
Calcium in the lime contributes to cell strength.The Boston Marathon ain’t so tough. Denise Brehm, News Office April 16, 2004. Share. Share.
Comment Leave a comment. UPDATE April 20, 2004: Ken Ross finished the Boston Marathon in 3:13, maintaining a pace of just over seven minutes per mile in difficult weather conditions. Temperature at the finish line was 85 degrees, with a 25 mph wind and.
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Incredible and Inspirational! God Bless You Athlete’s! May The Lord Walk With You Always!
Run away before things get worse
Run away before hatred rolls����
Fabulous, exhausting and overwhelming run but well done….. what next! ��
Well its definitely on my bucket list…. unless this the
Marathon des Sables….. then I wish my family would back me as this is also on my bucket list (my list is so long)… lol if you ve been in a coma your life becomes such a challenge (again)!!
Is the whole coughing on any and all food thing some sort of ritual unique to the race?
Love that ex forces blokes attitude, cheerful in the face of adversity sums it up!
Looks like a great race. Damn shame it’s £2500! And that’s probably before the cost of flying out there. I mean bloody hell. For that price I could do Badwater, one of the US 200 milers and just about any 100 miler.
They’re All Winners..: >).. Namibia very cool terrain..
I’m 13 but I think I can do it. It seems unrealistic but I am a runner anyway
i assume these are just rich london people? seems like an expensive holiday.
Clarification: In our discussion of the 2010 race, our video neglected to mention that Alberto Contador was later stripped of the title because he had tested positive for using a performance-enhancing drug.
-Sam
Music track way too loud. But with volume turned down, the scenes are visually attractive.
tour de france, you mean the bore de France? Its super boring to watch dudes cycling for 4 hours. However those guys are extraordinary athletes
Fantastic documentary guys. Brought back some great memories from 2017 and I can’t wait to take on my next BTU race sometime soon!:-)
November seems like a long way off but this video has me primed. Look forward now to Namibia!
That’s a great film showing what looks to be an awesome adventure! ����
So rad! Kudos to everyone involved and to Ryan Lovejoy for putting together an amazing film! See you in the Desert!
Awesome work team BTU you’ve almost tempted an 800m runner to sign up ��
It’s been a while since I was in the desert. Looking forward to this film and running in the next Desert Ultra!
Looking forward to settling down and watching this Friday night!
Stewart household Friday takeaway will be replaced with Firepot Orzo Bolognese! MRS Stewart tells me I’m not allowed to watch it, as it will only make me want that hat trick.
I’ll be watching with some lukewarm regurgitated porrige and a sandy plastic bottle of hot squash.
This dude is amazing.. but can I say.. couple goals? The support his wife gave and the way they worked as a team. That’s the dream
The saddest thing about this, is that he still didnt finished Barkley.
Gary probably wouldn’t have made even 1 loop if he hadn’t had Jared to hold his hand for the first 4 loops
Is there an advantage of eating burgers and yogurt before a run, or am I missing something? That combination doesn’t seem like it would settle in the stomach too well. I would have carbed up.
Seriously, I’ve watched this twice! So much respect for all the Barkley participants!
This dude has one of the best support team of all the competition. He did not miss it by 6 sec but a whole 2 miles cause he went the wrong direction
A few questions, Ive noticed Gary has short, bad coughing fits. Ive seen it in videos spanning three years at least. Is that something that just Gary does? Perhaps from asthma or suchlike? Or is that most marathon runners endure? Is he saying “race milk” or “rice milk”? Rice would make more sense, I just cant quite hear it.
You got to the cup. You just didnt win it. I’m still proud of the effort. And of you and yours… good job ginger minge. I’m rooting for you.������
Talk about the guy with the best attitude in the world, do you want to run for president next? This was something to watch. Inspiring in the battle fought, coughing all the way, and just the power of the human spirit. Mind over matter, but humans need sleep, how was he going 96 hrs with no sleep?
Looks like a great experience. Would love to try. The whole cigarette thing just takes something away from it. I think if I ran up there to turn in my pages and smelled that shit I would hurl. Cant imagine anything more repulsive than smelling cigarettes after a run.
the Barkley marathon has such a massive element of not only ridiculous physical ability, but I’d say it’s just as mentally demanding if not more. It feels like some sort of subtle unknowable horror with how it leaves the runners looking after they’ve been spat out by the loop(s)
I have watched every video about the Barkley marathons and this is a superb production. The video was supposed to be much shorter except for the eccentric behaviour of the central character. It’s not difficult to see why he failed twice, once miserably and once in grotesquely childish fashion. The Barkley Marathons event is meant for people who are not at all sure of their limitations, whereas Gary Robbins, who has been blessed with great physical attributes, believes that what it takes to complete the race is preparation. He will never complete the Barkley and the reason I know is because he has never entered the Big backyard ultra. He has no backbone.
Gary Robbins, I never heard of you before watching this video. You are now my hero. Your dedication and perseverance is absolutely astounding ��
I watched this and it made me hit up my friends and plan to go on a hike
Kelly and Campbell were studs dragging that goat as far they could
I ran my first this year in June. When I ran (stumbled) over the finish line and met my mom and two friends, I started laughing uncontrollably. Then came the tears… �� They gushed down my cheeks. Then I started laughing again… So. Much. Emotion!
1:00:00 mans made me want to cry, like when his wife tried to motivate him and he rejected it because he was mentally broken (in these ultras u get raw and the mind is not your friend. my mantra: you are not your mind, you are not this body, thank them). i admire how focused you are @thegingerrunner between laps still able to tell the team what to pack and to eat so much. I pray my training takes me through this.
31:00 That must be quite the feeling:-) To be able to complete such a challenge and also be the only one who is able to finish it:-)
Realistically these are the only people that will be surviving any kind of zombie apocalypse
With the added distance from getting lost & being only 6 seconds over; that’s a Finish. Maybe not officially, but a Finish nevertheless. Sorta kinda like when a fighter definitively beats another fighter but loses due to a crappy decision by the judges…
This movie is like a great book, so well told the picture is just there to realize how tears blurr vision.
Let’s see someone do this without coffee or stims? Has someone done it?
You peeps are mad! I’ve been at the finish line for classics like the Knee Knocker in North Vancouver 50km, 5000m vert. There’s 3 ambulances waiting, that’s only six paramedics to save your broken ass if you finish. And they’re all busy lol.
As a man we suck at time frames so I believe her when she said it took him 24hrs to decide to go again. Believe the wife
I am absolutely blown away by the quality of the production!!! What an incredible job, absolutely top-notch professional documentary bringing out all the emotion and pathos… I was totally in tears at the end there when John Kelly won and waiting for Gary to appear!!
I have done a little bit of extreme marathon swimming (and am not able to run due to disability) but I loved this documentary. Your wife and your support crew has my utmost respect as that must be gutting watching a loved one push himself to the limit. Just shows how slender the gap is between success and having to return to achieve success. Hats off to all of you.
What kind of stimulants are these guys taking? So much energy on loop five…
Man i love this stuff. Great film, thank you for making it:)
this is bullshit, nobody starts this fast.first time runnning 3 miles 27 minutes? fuck off
That kid running in just a t shirt and shorts in the bitter cold night!
This was such an amazing feature, and truely awe inspiring! Great work!
Marathon racing, as opposed to marathon running, requires a certain body type to compete. If you have the physical traits necessary and the will to endure the pain of doing it you deserve the accolades you will recieve when you win. Those who lacks the inherent physical requirements to finish the course in the alloted time are simply not given a chance to compete and that makes this a course that discriminates against against all but the most physically capable from competing. This is unfair in a very broad sense and contributes to an elitist conception of the limits of human physical accomplishment. Paraplegics must be given an opportunity to compete. Someone should sue the hell out of the promoters and sponsors of this outrageously discriminatory event.
COME ON GARY!!!!!!! 2020 or 2021 WILL BE YOUR FUCKING YEAR MAN
MAKE
IT
HAPPEN!
Man respect, I’ve run a viking run for about 7 km after not running for 10 + years, and i truely felt alive again. I hope to one day come close to a pinch of what you achieved here.
But for now i’ll stick to my 50 km bike rides daily:D Running is so much harder i’ll take it slowly.
Jesus on a bike, what on earth I was thinking by running 10k park run, I can’t even finish them Burgers and bacons.
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next time add half maple syrup half water with added salt and mollases.
Great story. Epic race, Top athletes. I’m to old but like to see others do it. Keep the stories coming.
Man the determination of this man and the support of his wife are crazy
Amazing, horrifying, and uplifting documentary. Thank you to everyone involved.
This is a pretty good chronicle of obsession and functional mental illness.
The reward in an endeavor like this is the process, confronting an impossible task, doing your best and finding out in just what regard the capricious gods hold you. Gary completed the course in 60:00:06, behind the only other competitor out of 40 to finish the course. Somehow, his mind processes this as a failure. How Western.
So… It looks like he’s going to devote a third year to obeying the instructions issued by his mental illness, adding to the total of irredeemable years he has not spent with his wife, or spent with his son, sculpting the character of the man his son is to become. My 30 year old son is a brilliant, accomplished educator in San Francisco, universally admired for his work. However, he is also the most contented, happy, self-confident and universally liked young man I’ve ever met. The reason, I believe — no, I KNOW — is that I, a physician working 70 hours per week, and my wife made it our top priority to spend an unbelievable amount of time with him, from birth to age 18. I read to him every night, we played innumerable games of our and his invention, many of them utterly silly, I taught him skiing soccer, basketball, chess, tennis and cycling, but now he’s a devoted rock climber. At least he stoped caving. I imparted my love of music to him — from Hanni El Khatib to Peter Tosh to Handel. We went backpacking and trout fishing whenever possible, and did martial arts (he got his black belt at 14) together.
Gary can spend another year obsessed with reclaiming that 6 seconds, but I doubt he, or his wife or his son will be any happier for it.
So much respect for all the contestants and the support staff. And thank you for people who made the film. Truely inspiring.
His wife is as inspiring as him. Everything a spouse should be.
Awesome Documentary, inspirational athlete(s) but heartbreaking conclusion. You have to be a certain sort of person to be able to compete at this level……….its purely about mettle! Props to Gary for being so close, twice, and to his wife and team for being so solid!
I saw the title of the video and thought, “Oh someone’s made a documentary about the place I work at.”
oh, stopped watching when i saw the confederate flag with no explanation
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that who ever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life for God did not send his son into the world to condemn it but that the world through him can be saved.
We must be willing to turn from sin to receive Jesus forgiveness, and to know and live out his teachings. He who does the will of God abides for eternity. NKJV ������
This marathon is epic not because of the distance nor elevation, it’s these mindfucked rules of collecting pages from in the middle of sheer woods…
“I haven’t slept for 96 hours I couldn’t recognise anything am I making sense right now” says man behind wheel of vehicle
HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT GINGER THAT WENT TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP?!, He still couldn’t get a soul!
It made me really sad to google finishers of Barkley Marathons and see that Gary still haven’t finished:(
You need a beard to run fast. It has been proven. Thats why men run faster than women.
Who else is watching this when they can barely run 5 miles nonstop.
What are YOU training for right now? Tell me below… ������
for me it is mental. I can easily hit 5k, 3k goal paces on tired legs if I’m with a running group at the track. Motivating myself to run MP when on a long run on my own is another matter.
Why are you performing a tempo run the day before a key focus long run with a Marathon Goal Pace execution? Seems like it could effect the quality of that key long run workout.
Easy pace is conversational breathing. How should the breathing feel like at marathon pace? I am able to meet all my training targets but my marathon pace still feels hard and the breathing is certainly not calm. Can talk in short sentences only. Marathon in 10 days:(
Looking fit James, well done, how much weight have you lost?
phidippides ran 150 miles to sparta then 150 miles back then fought in the battle then ran 26 miles to athens that’s why he died
James another great video thanks very much for these helpful points. I am currently training for the London Marathon 2018
If he has pain in the legs it might be because he has a wrong running technique. He has to land on his forefoot and not on his heel.. If he is reading it TRY IT because it makes you run faster + can cure back pain, leg pain, knee pain, literally everything + every elite runner uses this technique too.
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preparing for Paris marathon and thanks for the advice.
Love from Paris!
when he took that shortcut that shit urked me dude never completed the marathon! why would you do that? good effert in all though just whyyyyy
Well? Did you do another marathon or something like that? I’d love a sequel…you did amazing,especially with that bad knee.i know how brutal that is. When my knees hurt i feel like I’m dying to
My brother did the track meet. He got a trophy in middle school.
If you can do it in a week, you can do it in a day. Black out, don’t back out.
its all in the long, long easy miles. Easy running is your friend when it comes to these distances.
Complete bullshit. You can never finish a marathon without training. Trust me.
I prepped for the half marathon and changed it to full on race day. Bad move! I was feeling pretty good until around mile 21. My left hip started giving out then. I finished in 3:45 but it took me an hour to finish the last 5 miles. After that I couldn’t run for 2 years!
You’re good till mile 17-20. Once you get there you are fucked!!!
You actually lost 30 lbs!!! Wow. Do you still run nowadays? Great video.
“I’m pretty sure it’s my ileotibial band…yeah I’m smart, I said words!” He’s low key hilarious!����������
I cant run 100m. If I put every ounce of energy I have into it i can do 200m and be exhausted. In the summer I biked with a bag on my back about 1km every day. I never got any better, always hurt, been exhausted (flop onto sofa and did nothing for 15 mins). Wtf is wrog with me?
I ran mine in the same amount of time, i was literally dieing…But i made it and it was still awesome. Up until that day, the farthest i had ever ran was 15 miles (my last training run)
I wish I saw this video before running a marathon, the bandages on the nipples are important. I had bleeding nipples afterwards
I finished my marathon in the same exact time…. When i crossed the finish line, i literally had nothing left. It’s kind of hard to explain to people that havent pushed themselves that far before, but my legs just stopped working
hey,if anyone else trying to find out best marathon plan try Sarparder Running Expert Starter (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now )? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my mate got amazing results with it.
I did it on a dare about 6 years ago from my gym partner who insisted I couldn’t do it without training. I finished, but my time wasn’t wonderful. I was beyond sore for days. I had an ego then, the marathon helped cure that. ��♂️
Great video, good job! I’ve done forty now… I’m 60. My best had long runs on the weekends of up to 24 miles. If you care about speed, add it in the last 1/3 or 1/4 of your training. (Track). Speed work was the only way I became faster. Knees: if you can, ppl do run on the grass median during parts as long as you don’t cut tangent length and it’s clear to participants you are RIGHT THERE with them. Hits the mats, we all know that. Awesome. Congrats.
Las vegas marathon was my first, done it every year since 2005.
ITS ON THE STRIP, NIGHT START. great, flat Marathon for first timers. I live in las vegas since 2001, GREAT CITY
Btw many marathons have elevation gains and losses, so this was a very easy course.
seeing the process from day 1 to the actual marathon was so inspiring ����
Jajajjajajajaja “maybe I won’t be able to walk in 5 days”. Made me laugh so hard that part. Sorry ��
That’s not the definition of insanity! People only say that because it’s something that other people say that Einstein said. He probably never said that. Please, stop. I know that it was probably just to help develop the story, but no dictionary, except for Urban Dictionary, will give that as a definition. I didn’t watch past that screen.
IT TAKES ME 37 MINUTES TO “RUN” 3 MILES. WTF? I feel lazy now
Feel so goddamn guilty right now, watching this from my chair!
What’s most amazing about this is that if he alternated running and walking each mile he would’ve finished so much faster and with more energy.
I LOVE the feeling of crossing the finish line… its like.. its over…
Your defination of insanity is actually a quote by Einstien.
The truly incredible feat here is that he managed to drink from a paper cup while running without spilling a drop on himself.
old video, but as someone who is getting into competitive marathons, his is inpirational, great job man, you really did a great job and are just overal an amazing person
hey man, looking at your form at 4:49, you land too far in front of your body which is causing you to land on your heel. That’s the reason your knees always hurt. If you don’t stick your legs too far out and land right under your center of gravity (and instead increase your turnover rate) you will naturally land on your mid-foot and you won’t hurt your knee. It may cause your calfs to hurt a bit initially but in general it’s the safer way to run.
Has anyone that knows even a tiny bit about cycling ever asked the title question? Isn’t it kind of obvious?
When I took 2nd in x-c running in my state in high school I could run about 15 miles max. 26 miles is a long damn way. I know one guy who tried it and he spent the next 3 weeks in bed. People are way over ambitious about marathons!
Hell yeah! I started running 4 months ago. Started off 1km every 2nd day (3km a week). 10km a week then 25, then 40km. I’m now running 10km a day. I can’t function without it. Makes me feel goood!
2:38 Did he say he ran 9 miles in an hour and 27 seconds? That’s approx 6:30 min/mile pace. He’s no beginner.
If I could finish a marathon in 5:24, I’d buy everyone I know a steak and lobster dinner. My dream is to finish one in 6 hours and I’ve done over 40 races being in the back of the pack with multiple sub 3 halves. As the kids say now a days, you are “lit.” Congrats
great video good to glorify doing hard, constructive stuff
Thank you for posting this incredible journey. I’m two weeks out from my first and this really helped me. I hope your knees have since learned to behave and that you can run more easily now!
Very inspirational! Good for you for finishing! I’m over her just training for a 5 K!
2018… just watched this video.. and I will totally run a marathon in the future ����
You crack me up. Love your personality and love watching you, very entertaining
Yeah, sure, walk it after the half marathon mark and then say “I ran a marathon”. No sweetie, you power walked it, that’s different.
I started crying uncontrollably when you hit 20 miles. The tears made my second grilled cheese sandwich soggy.
Classic beginners mistake, starting out too fast. Start slowly and then pick up pace as you get into a rhythm. Also, I notice your cadence is kind of slow. Try a faster cadence ie. 170 to 180 steps per minute. This lowers the impact and your legs are going to hurt less.
Oh, did anybody mentioned that it’s not running a marathon of you walk? ��
Pheidipides ran about 25 miles from Marathon to Athens, then he died. In 1908, the London Olympics, distance laid out 1.2miles to the White City Stadium, where the Queen would be able to see the finishers. “God save the Queen” Until 1908 the distance of the marathon was 25miles.