 Good morning everyone It's about five o'clock in the morning, and I'm about to set off on a journey Come a little bag packed here. I don't know when I'll be back But it's New Year's Eve today, and I'm gonna ring in the new year with a very long Epic run Let's do it I'm ready. All right, so I've got the route roughly planned out. I'm gonna start from here Do a massive loop and be back Bye after dark Okay, so This has been a very slow pace as you can see there's nowhere to run on this road There's cars coming And I'm having to slide off on this slippery wet stodgy grass. That's like running through sand, but I just want to be safe So I've got my head torch on but as you can see big trucks and stuff are coming down this road So I just want to be careful So I'm going at a very slow pace at the moment. It's very annoying Both sides and there's nowhere to run. I probably wouldn't want to come this way next time It's very hilly and there's nowhere to run. It's not very safe. So I'm just gonna keep Banging it out. Hopefully the pace picks up as we go All right, we're at 25 K's in I don't know if you can see that there But the Sun is actually up, but it's so foggy here in cold. Can't see anything I'm one quarter of the way in to my 100 kilometer run. I Absolutely smashed it on the Stairmaster yesterday for two hours. So my legs are still kind of fatigued Going for two hours on the Stairmaster Vegan protein deficiency mate. My ankles are starting to feel it and my knee is starting to feel it But I don't want to give any excuses I just want to keep banging it out. So I just want to remind you that I've got minimal training under my belt Ran my first marathon four months ago three or four months ago, and I hadn't ran for about two years before that so doing this all on a vegan diet and Just sheer will and there's cars coming. So I've got to move out into the stodge That's why my pace obviously is a little bit slower, but I think this pace is good If I keep it up up at this pace I should hopefully be back In another nine hours So I'm gonna keep moving. I'm gonna have some dates and a gel a bit of water and See if we can bang out The next 25 K's and I have to put on some motivational music. Let's do this Hey, good morning Good morning family Hey, darling always enough time to say hello to the sheeps How do people eat sheeps? Gorgeous. Yeah, the folk first little town here Melting now, bro. We're at marathon distance now I'm gonna have another little break it halfway, which will be 50 K's. Let's do it I'm looking for some water There's just a big dairy farm now. I can't see no tap there though But you know how many how much water dairy farms use but yeah, I just there's a long run big hill up there But I I'm out of water. I'm gonna try to do it though I'm gonna have to I can't see a tap or I found some at the back of this house. Thank you Thank the Lord. Okay. Now I'm gonna try to do this big hill Nearly halfway. Gotta go out that big hill there It doesn't look very high, but it's It's quite a climb there I'm gonna get to the top of that hill Let's do it. Then I can have some food We're nearly there Nearly at the top of the hill All right, that's the that's where I got the water from that barn All the way down there. That's where that dairy farm was That's where I come up We're 50 kilometers in It's been six and a half hours. I'm pretty happy with the pace. I'm just respecting the distance. You know what I mean? I'm not stopping. I'm just what I'm doing every five kilometers I'm doing some squats just to get the blood running through my legs Stretch out a little bit. I'm trying to Chunk it out in five kilometer chunks. I'm a beginner runner. So I'm not experienced in this I don't really know that much about ultra running having a couple of gels The reason I'm having gels and not fruits and vegetables, obviously I can't carry fruits and vegetables with me I had a big handful of dates dates are full of fiber very compact and they've got a great Nutrient spectrum, but I can only carry so many dates So I've got gels and dates and the next town I'm gonna get some more food I'm feeling pretty good Feeling pretty good, mate. I Haven't died of protein deficiency yet But you know, there's still time You never know six years vegan Just decided to be an ultra runner in the space of four months Anyways, I don't want to become Too cocky because I'm only halfway so I just want to stay in respect of this type of distance running This is completely solo and unsupported as you can see I'm by myself. I'm gonna keep moving and Finish these gels and then try to chunk out the next 25 kilometers Let's do it. There's another big ass hill right here Just when you think it's over there's another hill you got across that's what I may never get complacent. There's always another hill to climb Use that analogy for life. Hey Just when you think you're at the top of the hill you got another one to climb Keep pushing yourself. Wow Look at this beautiful lake Beautiful, I'll get your better look at it. It's so beautiful There's the Sun Beautiful Lake England is just a beautiful country in many ways the countryside beautiful pity There's so many animals being exploited across the countryside though, but beautiful lakes like that Amazing. Here it is This is a cemetery We're all gonna die My father died in my arms I he was the last person he's seen before he faded away in the hospital bed We're all going to die I'm gonna die. You're gonna die And if that isn't motivation enough for you, I don't know what is If you don't have an impending sense of your own demise Then you're not gonna act in a way that's going to fulfill you in your life What sort of legacy do you want to leave behind? Let go of fear because we all end up there in the end Don't let fear hold you back You don't want to be on your deathbed with any regrets So let's do this The Sun's coming down 68 k's in We're nearly three-quarters of the way there Let's hit it. Saw the Sun rise I'm still running as the Sun is setting Now ain't that a good feeling That's what life's all about, eh? Nothing else comes close to this feeling Amazing 10 hours in 75 kilometers Down I've got another 25 kilometers to go feeling like I can do this. Hey Suffering is only temporary but quitting May you remember that shit forever so An amazing thing Fiona said Fiona Oaks world record holding marathon runner with running We're we're making a choice to suffer and we can we have the freedom to make that suffering stop We can stop at any time the animals Who are being enslaved and exploited and killed for food? They are forced into suffering and they have no choice. They can't make that stop so There's something to think about Also while I'm suffering I think of the suffering my father went through when he was sick so I know that um We can put ourselves through more suffering than we think I'm actually feeling better at the end of the run Then I did at the start of the run How crazy is that? Well, it's not the end of the run yet I've still got a half marathon to go Sun's nearly down I ran from dark to dark Let's hit it Never give up. Okay. It's freezing cold and pitch black. Sorry if the camera's a bit foggy I'm just having a little some naked bars are some little fruit and nut bars It's about 83 kilometers in I've got about 17 k's to go. I've been running for 11 hours or so. So I'm just gonna have another gel I'm starting to get quite hungry. So I'm gonna try to bang this last part out Whoo Let's do this All right, I just stopped at the gas station got some vegan flapjacks and a lucasade And now I'm back off. Let's do it. All right, we're about We're 90 k's in now I've got exactly a 10 k to go So we're on the home stretch guys Let's do it. All right 94.7 k's in At about five kilometers to go My legs and quads are absolutely dead um I'm really feeling it right now so I'm hoping that if I have some carbohydrates It might go straight to my legs and give them that last boost that I need But I am absolutely You know, you know I'm in a bit of pain right now But we're gonna keep pushing because there's not far to go What an achievement if I get through this, I'll be really happy. So let's do it All right Here we are 99 k's in from the last kilometer One more kilometer to go and then it's victory Vegan victory Oh my god How crazy is this 100 kilometers on the vegan diet Really there See what's possible if you believe in yourself Let's do this Woohoo come on Not a long stretch to go now Where are these little feet? Push along The little vegan footsies Boom Literally another 30 meters 20 meters Come on My legs are very sore right now Oh Come on 10 meters Oh my god There we go I just ticked over 100 kilometers in 13 Hours and 36 minutes Oh my god That is A really good feeling right now I didn't give up I didn't quit I kept pushing through I did this on New Year's Eve Because this is a way To set the year 2020 I'm going to attack 2020 like I just attacked that 100 kilometer run I just turned myself into an ultra runner in four months on minimal training On a vegan diet Oh my god All right, there we go. I'm back Back in civilization Back in the household That was a journey That was really hardcore The longest run I had done before this one was the 55k ultra that I did Now If people don't believe you can recover on a vegan diet and do these ultra endurance feats Why have I improved? Why have I improved now? I can do this 100k run I've obviously improved in a short amount of time in my running So there you go What more do I need to do to prove that vegan diets are completely fine for athletes? Four months ago, I hadn't even ran a marathon Now I'm doing these I'd say I've classed myself as an ultra runner In four months So I think it's going to be a fair while before I do something big like that again It's New Year's Eve And we're getting ready to go out I'm about to take off my sock for the first time Let's see what it looks like on my foot It looks very wrinkly But it doesn't look too bad Oh wait, what's that in between there? They look like old men's feet Okay, so I'm really sorry for this but My right one has blisters all over it. So there you go I'd like to dedicate that run to Tower Hill Stables Fiona Oaks is just an amazing human being Who dedicates her life to putting herself through suffering in her running To prove that you can be an endurance athlete without harming animals So I'll leave the link to the sanctuary down below And maybe if you could put in a quid for every kilometer that I run That would be really good That would feed a lot of the animals for a few weeks though Thank you so much everyone, all right I'm gonna lie down for one sec because my head's a little bit fizzy after just Doing nothing, but doop-doop-doop-doop Running Oh god, love you all Happy New Year's I am the next morning This is a oat bran berries, flax, mashed banana And I'm feeling pretty good So I don't look that bad But I got up out of bed and I'm standing up And I can squat up and down Don't feel that bad I feel much more recovered than I did like my last Marathon my last ultra and I ran twice as long. So yeah, there you go berries for recovery vegan diet Good for ultra running Don't be silly. I haven't made it to a new year's party last night. That's how much energy I still had I was trashed Here I am the next day walking Went to the shops to get some more food some vegan food for recovery Lots of berries, lots of grains. I'm actually my feet have some blisters on them But yeah, just to show that I'm not completely ruined And that I'm recovering faster now From bigger runs Okay, so this is the second meal post run of the day. I've had another little nap and look at this Whole meal bread Tofu and vegetables and the potatoes Yum And of course, don't forget Ever forget the ketchup