 Welcome to the mud crew campsite here at Porth Pian the food is starting to arrive tents are starting to go up and runners are starting to appear and I've got one runner with me now who are you Mark what race are you doing this weekend bring out your dad are you are you mad what are you most worried about with the BO ideas I'm calling it falling asleep or slipping down on the steps have you ever done this course before so have you heard of the word steps of death you're looking forward to that yes so what what what is your plan my plan is is the hair not to go out too fast not to go out too mad tell tell me about the rules of bring out your dad there are and he says more than 20 minutes if what anywhere on the course I believe anywhere on the course yes I fall asleep for more than 20 minutes sometimes I was thinking of having a little tip on the steps I've got to admit you have to finish the 24 hours or you will be disqualified yeah and I believe that if you do not finish the 24 hours they take your t-shirt off you and burn it in the fire wow this trumps the plague doesn't it does sound like oh my goodness I'm looking forward to it I feel it strong feeling fit mentally strong from from finishing the art last time should be a good event always is with mud crew can't can't think of anything more fun to do on a Friday night at 7 o'clock when I'm not being paid by night oh my goodness well listen Mark good luck thank you very much for chatting to me okay there goes Mark to prepare right so like I say things are starting to happen so the food is arriving look if you want a latte you can get a latte here what have we got over here let's have a look so these are the pods last year they didn't have these lovely brand spanking pods hello Andy as Andy you've got these hooked up to power look and they are very nice indeed they are brand new and instead of pitching a tent you could have one of these lovely pods what else have we got going on alone so so people are just arriving really because the weather has been pretty bad so people arrived a bit later than they would have done normally if it had been a lovely sunny day this will all be set up and ready now but people are only just kind of getting going there's the barn later on we've got Damien Hall coming to talk just before the start of the plague so that's where the disco is that's where the bar is and that's where the race briefing will be later so welcome to the start of the void this is bring out your dead there are 17 runners in bring out your dead and they are lined up here ready to go for 24 hours of running on the Cornish Coast path up and down some horrendous hills are you ready Laura? I'm ready to celebrate how far are you going to manage? 27 miles 27 miles good luck are you ready? yes nervous? no I'm good actually okay awesome how's it going? the music is now open in the day good luck good luck there's a boat going to take you one year running I'm not sure I'd enter this if you paid me yeah good luck buddy well done guys alright all you have to do is take off mercy on your soul being to a mud crew then before this is your taster next year you runners being led to the start line still standing after 24 hours of running that Cornish Coast path is not forgiving any of the 17 are you hoping we'll get to the end? none that's handy for you so runners will be going 2.5 miles out on the coast path and then turning round and coming 2.5 miles back it doesn't sound tough but when you think there are some hellish steps between here and there they're allowed to spend 20 minutes maximum at Sanctuary which is back here if they spend any longer than 20 minutes they are de-queued they have to get out running again 4 3 2 1 17 sorry souls on their way that is the start of the void 24 hour race so here we are in the registration area which one are you doing? the 11? and it's very busy with plague runners coming in to register I've seen anything so this is kit check here what do you need from the runners today then? what are you checking for? different races for the plague what are you checking for? plague race cup waterproof jacket tape things mobile phone emergency blanket head torch and spare battery and a red tail light they have to carry with the kit but that's all we're checking so when you are running the plague races these days most races are trying to go coupless so you need to carry a cup because they will not be providing plastic cups for you at the aid stations red tail light is becoming more and more common in this country it's popular in Europe obviously it just means you can see runners in the dark that are ahead of you as well as the ones with the white light behind you and obviously things like emergency blankets stuff like that it may feel like summer but if you have a broken leg and you are lying on the coast path it gets very very cold very very quickly these are not optional things these are things you have to carry and they're for your safety so that's the kit check thank you very much that's kit check and then once they've had their kit checked they can go over and get their race number so these are the guys and gals issuing the race numbers they can only get their race number once they've had their kit checked and you've still got loads of numbers still to collect if you know nothing about the rat but I assume you do because you're watching on the mud crew page the rat consists of the new race the boy that bring out your dead race which has gone already they've started that's a 24 hour race then you have the plague which is 100km that starts tonight at midnight then there is the black rat which starts at 8 o'clock in the morning at St Anthony's head 50km all the way back here then there's the red rat and the white rat the red rat is about 20 miles the white rat is about 11 miles so there's all those races so all those runners have to go through kit check and pick up their numbers here race what? Marshall okay, Ellie is Marshall manager Ellie ran the plague last year and I had what for what? I came fourth oh she came fourth oh you did come fourth because I was between you and third place I ran last year and every time I got to the top of the hill I looked behind me and I could see Ellie at the top of the hill before me and I was desperately trying to keep ahead of her you were speeding up towards the end weren't you and I was slowing down desperately but this is Chris who is monitoring see all these here trackers these are monitoring the Boyd runners so the Boyd runners went off about half an hour ago and they're already turning around to come back for their first lap and Chris is monitoring their trackers keeping an eye on how far they've done how many laps they'll have done and they haven't gone off in the wrong direction and you can see little blue dots there on the screen so Chris are you there you're not going to be there all night doing this are you I hope not hopefully I'll get some sleep maybe an hour an hour's sleep so normally on a rat weekend we'd all be out in the sunshine sitting and enjoying the beautiful evening summer's weather it is a bit cloudy and windy but people are still outside and there's always a lovely atmosphere at the rat weekend are you nervous there you go see that's what the rat weekend is all about are you nervous no we'll just go out and have some fun I think the coolest bit is when it's not every day you overtake Jim Walters for you really I've got to build that one that's not going to happen again yeah that's two phrases I've never thought I'd be able to say is when I caught up with Jim Walters when I caught up with Zach Miller as well Jim Walters it was he was already out of the race I think but I caught him and Zach Miller to be honest I can at least pretend that I caught him up in a commensurate way but yeah I shouldn't really be anywhere near them in the race but yeah I guess I don't know what caused them to have the races they wanted but I'm just I'm quite slow really so what's great is all these fast dudes they dash off sometimes they go a bit too fast and the long pier at the back the long pier at the back well secretly I'm just I used to be a hiker and that's really what I like doing like a long lazy hike on the hill me too yeah nothing that's coming up it's all a bit towering and sweaty isn't it sometimes so yeah that's sort of why I like UTMB's there's lots of long hikers really so it's a bit annoying when all these fast dudes come along and travel on bits evening everybody we are live at the mud crew campsite for the start of the plague 100km 50km all the way out from here in Port Peer all the way to Antony's head turn round 50km all the way back it's out in the dark and the rain and back hopefully tomorrow morning in the sunshine are you ready just about doesn't sound confident enough to me I want yes absolutely I'm ready absolutely I'm ready okay what's your furthest distance so far so you've done 100km before selfie's being taken everybody is everybody's just like trying to quell their nerves a bit just calm down are you ready how you feeling raring to go at least it's not pouring with rain is it what's your what's your ultra experience okay so you know the course what's your name Murray hello Murray nice to meet you have a good run what's your name Andy have you done 100km before is this your first ultra okay so we've started on the ultra path first 100km are you feeling nervous it is a bit up and down yes there are one or two hills don't let it frighten you off it'll be fine good look Naomi have you done an ultra before have you done 100km before so what are you worried about have you not done hills before where are you from Essex right you don't know what a hill is in Essex do you have you run on the south west coast path before okay so you've similar kind of terrain well good look have a good race well done so this is radiation man most people have the plague he's disinfecting everybody to make sure that they are sanitised those running the plague obviously they're already infected they have to go all runners who finish the plague have to do this at the end or they don't get their medal Andy try to steal the limelight with his drum like me see Andy is an average ultra runner with a little talent not like Ellie we are a couple of minutes away now from the start of the plague 100 2019 if you want to be part of this next year mudcrew.co.uk go and find out how you can get involved in the rat weekend next year the runners will come through this trail head torches on this is where the nerves really ramp up the flares are lit less than a minute to go now and they'll be off into the night and they're off here we go see you at the turnaround good luck guys that they are into the night yes it is nice to see daylight you're right what's that you're hoping for a particular time nah not really I was hoping to do about 12 and a half so we'll see the hardest bit is yet to come in it yes yes so Thomas pick up any nutrition he needs he said he can't really still look at bacon sandwich at the moment right time to go for it take care good luck buddy get you off in 45 seconds have a great run stay safe out there look after each other and we'll see you all at 4 p.m. so this is the start of the black rat this is 50k 32 miles it's the second half of the plague they're doing it in daylight so it shouldn't be too bad but the wind is all over the place it's not really behind you at all guys good luck guys enjoy yourselves have fun take care well done yeah you'll be walking like this for a few hundred meters I'll tell you that it gets a bit narrow in a minute enjoy have fun take care come on you're late you're late get on with it get on with it so you're looking forward to this now it looks so exciting no it does look exciting you look a bit too excited have you done 50k before okay so you know what you're doing you did it last year so why aren't you doing the plague this year then no no people don't look happy when they start the plague well good luck have a great race and here we are on to St Antony's head so you've got plague runners down there turning round and going back I haven't done 50k already and then the 50k runners just starting out here right down here this is where the plague runners come how are you doing yeah and then you're off well done guys keep it up keep going so this isn't really a checkpoint it's just a cut it's just the turn around point they can get a bit of water but nothing else really you have to wait to get back to Port Scathow in about 4 miles and then they can have a bacon sandwich back there what's that so see there well done there's medics here there he is look and then the the tail runners are here so when the last plague runner comes through these ladies are going to follow on thanks guys well done guys good job well done excuse us guys thank you anyone in the black rat follow me come on come on black rat and film crew coming through black rat and film crew black rat and film crew coming through black rat and film crew film crew coming through right so here we are at the top have a good run girls so this is a beautiful view you can see the black rat runners coming down the hill there as well and any plague runners there are hi guys have a good race so all these people are 20 mile runners the red rat runners hi there so they're right at the start of their race 20 miles to go from Port Lou back to Port Prian hi there morning good morning have a good race guys it is still very windy here but at least it's not pouring with rain which it was a minute or two ago and they're keeping on coming there's no let up hi guys keep coming beautiful view here over Port Lou absolutely gorgeous well done guys hi there you're right hopefully my wife will film Tom crossing the line at the end of the plague finishing shortly and the white rat runners will be going off in a couple of hours time hi there hi gang keep coming that's alright no problem hi mate hi there enjoy your race have a great day there's a few more of these steps to come you know and here's some plague runners always good that they're wearing the green vests you can tell who they are you know they've worked the hardest out of everybody these guys are now at oh what 80k now no 70k yeah 70k they've got 20 miles to go you've worked hard as well I know you're running faster aren't you half the distance but twice as fast yeah come on you're going well done guys and there in the distance there that is the rat so called because it's shaped a little bit like a rat guys we'll see you back at the finish line for everyone crossing the line and we'll be live from there in about an hour's time take care bye time to the finish now well done Tom that must be a negative split Tom from the turnaround you turned around about 10 to 6 this morning that's I think it was a myth I've got two things for you you better sign up for that how'd you feel Tom yeah were you pushing it hard all the way I felt pretty strong on the hills to be fair I was trying to just plod there but then run what I could on the straight to make up time I had no idea I was in the lead no one told me you didn't know you were in the lead until at what point you're kidding so that gave me a lift when I came back I was on the next guy because you were quite a way you were quite a way ahead for most of the race to be fair Tom how long have you been ultra running the classic quarter 2017 from the black rat it's about it I've done two or three I think first race win one more local races are on informal but that's a big one where are you from Falmouth so you're a local lad is there a race are you thinking of the archivatrician is that something that's on your mind now that you've got the invite that hurts so much I can't imagine doing another well that was 100km you've got another 40 miles to do the missus has done it well you can't let the missus get away with that can you so other than thought thinking about the arch what are your plans for future ultra running you have discovered now after three ultras that you're quite good at it I'll just sign that to the Ben Nevis Ultra Salomon oh I'll see you there I think I'm doing that yeah excellent you need a rest don't you buddy need to lie down thank you very much absolutely well done congratulations on your first major ultra win really well done and we'll see you at the Ben Nevis Ultra and hopefully the archivatrician yeah we'll see well done Damien we were just saying the young ones were going to pull away from you in the end they were going to beat you oh well I'm only 7 in running years you see we were honestly we were thinking would you want it that much but you did you did want it how far ahead are you yeah we'll see someone maybe a minute behind yeah we've been dueling quite a bit well I mean I was with you at Cahaze you were all together at Cahaze then apparently you were all together at Gorin Haven I don't know where that was about 9 miles away so we've been discussing where you might all be me and the guy with the beard sort of pushed on a little bit Jamie yeah he's a really good runner he was better than me on the flats he was probably about equal on the downs he was like better on the climbs good for you but have you have you done any climbing before come on how does this rank this must be right up there there you go do you know what though it has been perfect weather really actually it's quite it's quite deceptively hot for a while it's sweating I smell very bad I won't nice breeze nice refreshing showers go and get a drink well done Damien now there's a question you've qualified for the art yeah you've qualified I will definitely do the art one day you have that on whether it's next year I'm not sure Damien Hall says he sorry he will definitely do the art one day Damien Hall winner of the 2019 Black Rat well done buddy and Jane heard it as well so these guys in the great tops these guys are the 24 hour bring out your dead runners they've been going since 7 o'clock yesterday evening they're now 16 hours in 16 hours or so in to their run they've covered between 40 and 60 miles some of the runners ok so here comes second place in the 50k well done good job Jamie well done well done well done well done well done well done until the last 10k everyone says that I want to appreciate how do you feel really good for finishing so when you say you loved it what did you love chasing him wouldn't it have been better him you would have been better just getting out there on the coast path have you done the course before so what about the coast path before I needed a pen to hear it was horrible I knew the first 12k it was alright and it was alright we didn't know anything in between good fun I recognise you have watched your videos on youtube from some people have I'll get off with you Damien last year was it I've done this a couple of times and I was worse than you when I finished I fell on the floor for 20 minutes and I was 3 hours slower than you well done buddy what's your surname Jamie Stevenson second place in the 2019 Black Rat well done mate good job well done Colin well done Colin Colin how you doing we want to see your apple we have an apple ok what does the apple sorry I'm clueless what does the apple signify 3 more laps then really 2 more laps so that's just you those apples it's an apple pie afterwards ok right so Colin Bave is on 60 miles now with another 7 hours left to run this is tailwind are you surviving on tailwind still I've got tailwind and I'm eating sandwiches oh ok at least you've got something solid and it's coming yes well done Anna well done Anna good job now who are you your second in the 2019 plague where does that rank in your history of ultra running I won one of their events before ok what did you win I won the quest in 2016 ok cool and I've had the odd seconds but I don't race much are you pleased with this what were you expecting from today what were you hoping for from today finish everybody says I just wanted to finish do you must have had a time in 90 I was expecting it I just wanted to finish so I didn't expect the penta got seeded ok ok and fourth place in the black rank well done now 450 450 excellent so what were you hoping for what were you expecting I wasn't sure about time I was hoping for podium if I could I think I missed it by a couple of minutes yeah I think with the field we had some quick runners and you did astonishingly well 450 on that course can't argue really can you well done good job buddy alright how was that that's horrible isn't it you've done 20 miles quicker than that before Dan the first half was real it just gets a bit more tricky on the second it was all great but it's just hard to run hard on that last yeah you can't can you because I think it's only people that are really churned up but it makes it fun because you're kind of coasting and then all of a sudden it gets not only the elevation but just underground yeah and with it being rainy and then dry and then rainy and then dry this ground is a bit weird isn't it I mean the first half is all really that fast vulnerable it's not too wet I had a brilliant did you go over yeah but I was on top of a grassy hill and I just slid on my bum down it's grassy hill and it managed to get up and carry on good stuff so Dan you didn't take a medal just for the people watching explain why you didn't take a medal and the shirt that you're wearing and just I know you're tired give me two minutes we run a social enterprise called RERUN which kind of encourages as little waste as possible in the running community and I then take a medal because it's fine I'm happy me personally I don't need a momentum of the race the momentum is in my mind it's my memories so I don't need to take something that I don't need and I think RERUN is about spreading awareness about that don't buy too much kit don't take race shirts if you don't want them as runners consume less because the least we consume our trails last longer do you know what I mean does that make sense so my t-shirt is a mashup of two race t-shirts and it's kind of like a statement t-shirt to say that we've got too many of these race t-shirts and I'm not against race t-shirts and we don't need them or don't want them so if people want to join that movement if people want to take part what do they do how do they get involved in RERUN the best thing is to consume less and to lobby their race organisers to give people an option whether they want medals or whether they want race t-shirts because we get given things we don't necessarily want first of all we don't necessarily need and second we don't necessarily want we get thousands of donations of race t-shirts that have never ever been used so it's about it's not like coming by a second hand stuff from us it's about just think about what you're doing and ask yourself the question before you purchase anything do I really need this and if the answer is yes then buy it, if the answer is no then don't flood the world with more and more stuff that we don't need of course Dan well done, what race have you got coming up next Ultra, the same one as David Ultra Tour or Monterosa I've been doing four of these I've been doing them over four days the 24 hour world championship excellent are you great britain shirt for that yeah yeah yeah me and Paul Paul's here he's at Goren Haven isn't he doing the aid station there helping out there so me and him will be on the team and another lady that would have run Sarah and Warwood is on the team as well so the mud crew is well represented she's a mud crew runner and I can see them myself like a good friend of mud crew if you don't know Dan also does the british ultra running podcast with James do you know where the next one is no James if you're watching yeah he needs to sort out another one well done mate good job buddy so that's Dan Lawson winner of the red rat 20 mile race any soul any soul well done well done Megan Amy how are you yeah no of course you are I always cry at the end of my ultras are you coming yes you are oh please come come on you can do it what position were you for third well done mate great stuff well done buddy how are you feeling you do have to continue all the way to 8 o'clock though don't you 25 yeah but you'll get your 64 miles done well before that won't you good for you yeah and then get out quick good job you alright what was that did you white the white rat was that the first time you've done the race the first time you've ever done a trail race the first time you've ever done a trail what's your name Freddie Brown nice to meet you Freddie so does that inspire you to go on and do more yeah well that was 11 miles of it two years two three years time do the whole 64 so that you do you know what you look really fresh and you look like you thoroughly enjoyed that yeah recommend it to people there you go there you go live on facebook you will not regret coming and doing one of these races at the rat weekend sit down sit down sit down get him on a chair get him on a chair yeah yeah that's what it means to people I miss you so much it's the last time I'm doing it next time I'm with you well done that's what it means to people some people they put their absolute all into these races and almost breaks them it's such an achievement to finish these things sometimes and sometimes the emotion just overwhelms you and I know it does me sometimes when I finish races like this good job buddy you alright buddy I thought you were cramping up there which one did you do yeah oh that's why okay well the first one of the rat or the first trail race oh that's okay you're the second person I've spoken to just in the past 5 minutes who said that was their first ever trail race enjoyed it then so the hills didn't put you off I'm pretty good for the first half it's the second half I think we've said to everyone whether you're doing the plague the 64 mile or the the 31 mile or whatever the last everyone does those last 10 miles and everyone feels the hills what's your name Mike Gettings well done Mike good job I hope to see you again either at another rat or another event glad you enjoyed it cheers buddy there we are do a double interview obviously the last time I saw you the competitors were up I guess you had a fairly busy night as well actually I thought I'd get to St Anthony's head nice and early to catch the leader in the plague at the turnaround point and I got there really early and fell asleep in my car and missed him so I then had to get in my car and catch him there and you didn't tell me Stephen you were desperate to make sure we caught the first plague runner at the finish and I never going to receive your own smas I'd phoned my wife to say if I don't make it back to the finish line can you please video the plague Tom when he crosses the finish line luckily I made it back just in time I've never seen his legs move smas everyone so there we go we're going to be interviewing Stephen because I'm going to be interviewing me going live on Facebook right now enjoy that guys kind of would you come again next year it's got to be a plague next year isn't it you going to do the plague I might get to talk to you I've got something to think about are you going to I'm already doing the 50 so you can upgrade it's already said to me that they made me something to do I might be able to do it hope you enjoyed it today well done guys how was that for you hard well it's supposed to be hard it's a trail race on the coastal path what did you do today the red have you done that 20 miles before and you did the black last year so when are you doing the plague never no answer would you recommend the coast path to a new ultra runner well done guys what did you do how did you find it it's supposed to be tough but it's brilliant now what do you think 40 I would have said 20 I would have said 20 so is 11 miles a distance you're used to no oh brilliant you chose the coastal path to do it on we're locals so we do train a bit on the coastal path but we've never done this distance before well done would you do it again are you going to step up to the 20 I don't know about that 20 is just about the 20 well this is very well done today take care bye bye how did you do today really well have you done the 20 before have you done a rat event before brilliant excellent how did you find it really good support has it made you think about doing another rat event a longer distance or would you go and do another trail event somewhere else what do you think I would definitely do this one again next year if you've done 20 miles on the coast path does that mean you can do a flat fast road marathon I've entered the Cornish in October so we'll soon find out excellent well done well done today how did you all do today please would you recommend mud crew events to anyone which what did you do 20 mile okay so what would you say would you prefer would you like 20 miles on a coast path or would you like a marathon on the flat road coast path for sure coast path every time oh you look give me a flat road marathon any day she says I was thinking yeah I know like the last mile climbing I know really good though I'm glad you enjoyed it today bye bye hello what did you do today 20 miles did you do it together awesome is that the first run you've done together or do you run together a lot done a few are you gradually increasing the distances so next year we're going to go for the 50k are we I'm I'm staying on triathlon long distance triathlon you might go for the 30k I don't think I will yeah that's dad pushing daughter into it it was a very good event I enjoyed it have you done a rat event before have you done a mud crew event before where are you from good luck with your triathlons and good luck with training for the black rats next year hi guys how did you find that what did you do the red rats 20 miles have you done 20 miles before have you done trail races before you've done the plague this is easy easy for you I don't know we've stopped for half a side of that why not why not you were with yourself today it was good so has she convinced you to do the plague next year then no I've done 50 and that's my limit well you look like you've enjoyed yourself anyway well done thanks for chatting guys well done you've done the white rat today is that a distance that you're used to never done it before never on the trails so how would you compare running 10 miles on the road to 10 miles on the trail way harder on the trails way harder on the trails but more enjoyable everyone's so nice it's been a real good camaraderie out there you'll be back excellent stuff thank you very much guys well done what have you done today 32 excellent stuff is that the first time you've done 50k no that was the hard one so what are the 50k's have you done before what are the distances three man in Bristol you've done a couple in Italy yeah oh right what have you done Dolomites Dolomites extreme excellent this is pretty extreme though it's hard work especially that last 10 miles isn't it last 10k or so I know the cocktail girls were there so would you recommend my crew events of course brilliant spectacular brilliant excellent well hopefully we'll see you again next year take care thank you bye bye well done guys how did you do tired 20 miles a day and did you did you run today you did a bit of running with daddy daddy's faster than nana well done today enjoyed it yeah really good well done good job well done how was it for you the last few miles were quite tough the last few miles are tough that is everybody saying that that was good though I really enjoyed it is 50k a distance you're used to I've done it once before do it again or are you going to step up I'll do that one again are you tempted by the plague not yet how are your legs you look like you're stretching them out a bit keep moving yeah I'm feeling a little bit sore now so I just want to stretch it out great stuff well done thank you hello who are you Susie what have you just done today the white rat is that the first time that you've done that distance before what got you into running in the first place I was losing weight and I needed to lose more weight and still eat and drink my partner runs as well so he's doing the black rat at the moment is he still out there good for him yeah and I have watched the rat in supporting people it's always exciting was it something that was always in your head something you wanted to do and how do you feel now that you've completed the white rat quite exhausted even though we have run that distance in total it's tough do you think that at some point you would try the red rat we'll see oh that wasn't a no he's never a no we'll see I'm mad Susie really well done today thank you for talking to me bye bye these are the feet of a man who's just run 100 kilometers on the south west coast path and finished the plague are you mad so how long have you been running in sandals about 18 months now 18 months actually not all that long then what made you what made you go for sandals you see my feet yeah now that just enjoy is this the gnarliest race you've done with sandals were you at all worried before starting and were there any dodgy moments going out when it was proper wet and slippery I had to like take it easy on the dance but other than that yeah we've got this group of runners over here who are all looking at you like you are a complete what do you think of him running in sandals running in sandals you're insane sir yeah are you doing the archivatrician in sandals never say never mate what's your next race nothing planned the archivatrician then congratulations well done monumental effort in those sandals mate cheers right so this is the finish of the boyd race they've all timed it they're allowed to stay in sanctuary here for 20 minutes they've all timed it so that they get in across the finish line just around about 20 minutes before if they got in early earlier they'd have to wait 20 minutes and then go out for another lap so that's why they've timed it all to come in now so they've been running for 24 hours here they come here some more coming in now Chris Wade making white room you alright Bec yeah really pleased well done you how many miles did you do do you think in the end so 65 65 miles so that qualifies you for the arch good for you Steve alright happy I'm not going to touch you just because you smell not because of any outside assistance well done mate what do you do what do you think 75 lunatic so we think that Colin is the winner of the boyd because we think he's done more miles than anyone else and he's been collecting an apple per lap so the boyd takes in basically the hardest bit of the whole course so every single runner whether you've run the 100k the 20 miler the 11 miler, the 50k all the boys you all do this last little bit which involves a ton of steps but the boyd runners are basically just doing that for the whole course up and down hundreds of steps and that's what they've done for 24 hours come on do you want to they miss all the other steps do you want to go over there and tell them run away run away really fast they're not going to catch you they won't catch you these are the hardcore fans I've stuck it out till 8 o'clock to see everybody home have you enjoyed your weekend everybody so race directors here frantically working out distances and times and who's won who's come second Andy's just rubbing his chin because he needs a shave he's not really thinking after 36 hours of James just rubbing her chin because she needs a shave and there's the tail runners there's our tail runners well done girls and this is what it's all about guys if you ever think that you can't do something this is proof that you can and the emotional comes out and you can see how hard this lady's worked to get in 10 minutes before the cutoff a massive achievement for some people a massive achievement for anyone who completes a 50k run over that kind of terrain hello what's your name Michelle Michelle you did the black rat first was it your first 50k and Jane hi you're Jane so you did it together how much of it did you do together the whole thing well done so you pulled each other through was it your first 50k as well well done to both of you absolutely fantastic job well done enjoy it that's what it's all about isn't it that is what it's all about and the winner is bring out your debt 2019 with a distance of 70 miles and in first place and the winner of the men's bring out your debt 2019 with a distance of 80 miles Colin Beggie is Tom Carthy is Rebecca and I may like it last five years she's been out as logistics director general dogs body organises everything that we haven't got time to organise and we have a memorial trophy that we sometimes give to a runner who's done something or has achieved something special but this year we're not going to give it to a runner we're going to well she does run but we're going to give it to Melissa because without Melissa we couldn't hold this event get drunk and do a live broadcast of dad dancing in the barn in the disco tonight that is it for live broadcasts of the rat weekend it's been a blast even though I haven't run I've thoroughly enjoyed it come and join the festivities next year come and run one of the rat events if you're brave enough to do the boid or the plague then great otherwise come and do the 11 mile or the 20 mile you'll thoroughly enjoy it promise you it's horrible like I say there may be some live broadcasting tonight from a drunken barn but that's only a possibility so take care from the mud crew from the rat weekend have a safe one enjoy trails take care bye bye