The Long Road to Ultra
"We choose to do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..." JF Kennedy
Welcome to my journey from 0 to 300km
Dec 31st 2020 saw me start to train to run the 100Km Jurassic Challenge 5 months later. At 46 years old, I was out of shape, recovering from ankle injury, and weighing in overweight at 112kg, there was a long way to go.
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This is a blog documenting my weight loss, training and fitness journey. The challenges, the lessons and the ups & downs in taking on extraordinary challenges well out of my comfort zone.
I started at Zero and since starting this blog, I have run one 300km, one 100km, one 84Km one 60km and five 50km ultramarathons. This culminated in finishing a 300km multi-stage-ultra monster that I faced in September 2023 after deferring from 2022 after a cascade of injuries.
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To know more about me click here, and would recommend looking at the blogs (will number them to help) where I can go into more detail.
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Mud run -Wk2 training for 300km Ultramarathon
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In 2022, I’ll be running 3 challenges for Cancer Research UK April - 50km Ultramarathon - Windsor, England May - 100km Ultramarathon/ Jurassic Coast England Sept - 300km Uktramarathon - Outer Hebrides, Scotland This is Wk2 of training - 18km run in mud Video - Insta360 GO2 CameraSports
Stevenage Orbital 50k Ultra Route
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3D flythrough of 50K Ultra Marathon route on the STOOP - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path I'm running for both charity and as part of my training for the 100km Jurassic Coast Challenge in May 2021. Songs in background: Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It 21 Pilots - Simply LocalSports
2021 Jurassic Coast Challenge - 100km Ultra Marathon - 3D Flythrough
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This is a 3d Flythrough of the Jurassic Coast Challenge - 100km Ultramarathon in May 2021. Organised by Action Challenge. I've added music as the course is pretty long (but stunning). It shows the sheer scale of the route and the terrain we are taking on. This is a challenge I am taking on for charity - Cancer Research UK, which is the culmination of a two year journey resulting in a dramatic change in my life. What I've called 'my long road to ultra'. I talk about this journey as a middle aged guy doing something waaaay out of my comfort zone on my blog website www.longroadtoultra.com where I cover my: - training - progress - good and bad days - kit - rehabilitation of injury - weight loss and many other things associated with this experience. Please check out my progress towards this then please check out my journey in detail at www.longroadtoultra.com For those kind enough to wish to support my charity, you can find the donation page for - Cancer Research UK: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/richard-cash-doing-something-crazy Thank you. [I am not receiving any financial revenue for this video, and purely for entertainment purposes] Music Credits: 1. Robot Boy by Linkin Park 2. Sledgehammer by Rihanna 3. Get the Message by ElectronicSports
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