 Hello everyone welcome to another video So I thought I'd make this video to explain why I would do something so stupid as to run nearly 100 kilometers in a space of around 10 days So I thought I'd make this video to show you What my mindset was like going into this? Why I actually did it how I'm feeling right now and here. Yes, I do have the commemorative What says the ultra London medal right here? Actually quite proud of this to be honest ultra London 55 case now Max max you were involved with this with me max was my support crew and He was there by my side handing me gels handing me water looking after me. You got some questions for me max Let's ask the questions that people In the comment section, I'm going to say there was about 50% people Criticizing what I did and 50% people supporting the challenge. I understand I completely understand people Being critical because I would say the same thing that the critics would be saying is why the hell would you do something so stupid? You could cause a long-term injury But what he got for me max Quite simply why did I do it why now this started basically this type of it was more about a mental challenge And it started with the guy called David Goggins, which I was Consuming his content basically and this guy He hadn't done any type of running for about a year and he was really overweight and he ran a hundred miles around running track without no running training prior to that and he caused these stress fractures on his shins and He kind of went to a different place in his mind to overcome this feat And he wanted to qualify for some crazy ultra rays called bad waters But to do that he had to run a hundred miles So he did and I thought that was crazy what he did what he put himself through what he put his body through He taped up stress stress fractures on his legs He was you know, he put his body through he had to go to hospital afterwards basically, but I never thought It was humanly possible To do what I did. I went 70 miles in that 70 miles. I was dead I was at a hundred percent what I thought what I thought was a hundred percent I went 30 I went 31 more miles after being in the worst physical shape I've ever been in in my life. So I thought that's crazy a hundred miles. What's that 160 kilometers, you know So he kind of put it in my mind that your body is actually capable of much more than we actually give it credit for Now we did the marathon didn't we did the marathon I did it the next day I was like, you know, why can't I run a marathon basically on no training? Let's give it a go gave it a crack my knee started to cause problems and I'm basically I think Instead of it being actually an injury. I think it's more my IT band you know Cramping up and causing the knee pain So I think we should move into the next question. How is your knee? How is my knee? Everyone's worried about money because basically the 55 kilometer run video is just basically me Running with a sore knee the whole time nearly and that was exactly how it happened after about the second kilometer in My knee started to hurt and we already preemptively planned that I knew money was going to start to hurt because I did a little treadmill run The day before and I could only last four kilometers without money with money Causing me issues. So we got these knee straps. I've got this support thing for money And we have to strap it up straight away. So basically I ran that the whole time with Sony We interviewed Fiona Oaks literally the day before All right, Fiona Oaks is missing a kneecap, right? She's never gone to the start line of a marathon without a Sony and she says that I will show you a clip right here So you always have that's what some people say to me about my knee I know somebody once said you never go to the start line of a marathon No, are you carrying an injury? And I've never been knowing I'm not carrying one. I've always got a bad knee So but I've got so many other Worries going on that I don't kind of notice money because them it's like this hurts and that hurts and the packs heavy So she always has a sore knee so she was in the back of my mind too now She did one of the toughest foot races on earth called Marathon disables in the Sahara desert running through the Sahara desert It's how many how many cases it 250 K's through the desert up sand dunes. They only give her like small amounts of water You know, it's crazy. You camp out there in the sandstorms. It's crazy She didn't have I think it was her first one She did with a broken toe fractured foot her horse stood on her foot So she had the bone sticking out of her foot through this marathon marathon that You know men in the military quit from and cry. It's just crazy crazy thing So that was in the back of my mind too One of the things that was actually in the forefront of my mind was the fact that animals are suffering They don't choose that suffering and I was choosing to run this race So that was sort of in the back of my mind too. So my knee Basically, we get to the question of the house money money's okay. Like let's let's pan out. I'll show you. Okay, so there's my knees Let's just do a squat We good Boom squat boom jumping squat Jumping squat came on these are right. This is about a week later to be honest, it took me a long Fair few days to recover from this one because I did it back to back from the marathon basically so anyways I'm watching the Fiona Oaks movie and I'm like, I'm gonna look up if there's an ultra marathon So I think the start of the movie a movie. I looked it up the end of the movie. I've already signed up So it was more a very spontaneous thing now I don't know like What you're saying like all the experienced runners out there You can't just go out and run a ultra marathon after a marathon look at your suffering the whole time The whole point was that to me to put myself through that suffering to challenge myself mentally to see what my body's actually capable of Obviously, I know I'm on the right diet so my diet can sustain this obviously. I had no base level running training I haven't ran for about three years. I think something like that But my body pushed through it and it was only to the very end like the last couple of kilometers That my knee really couldn't take it anymore. I think that the muscles were tightening up my RT band and it was just causing money Pain so it wasn't an injury. It was more my muscles or something like that because money is actually okay so it's interesting how your tightening of your muscles can cause pain excruciating pain and It might not be an actual knee injury Max you got any more Questions what inspired you to yeah so my inspiration was this David Goggins guy and finishing with Fiona Oaks and also like I wanted to Sort of show people that hey, you know, I'm not even an athlete and if you think vegan diets are deficient I'm not even an athlete. I don't even do any type of running I do weights mostly upper body right and I can run nearly a hundred kilometers in a space of You know just under two weeks without any running training. So the diets fired obviously like I've got some Pain, but I haven't got no running base. I'm doing some crazy ultra marathon after I've done a marathon with no running train Of course, I'm gonna have pain, but it just showed that I could go the distance on Vegan diet. Yeah, what I felt like before the race I guess I felt really inspired and motivated and I really wanted to push myself You know, oh, I wanted to push myself. Do I recommend other people do this to themself? No, of course not you're gonna hurt yourself basically. So the whole video right was a warning at the start and Was like wow, I'm in pain. This wasn't a smart idea You know so not not I'm not coming out here going. Hey guys do this. This is smart This is yeah, obviously you can cause yourself serious injury. I didn't luckily I Was in pain. Yeah, but I pushed through the pain But as soon as I literally thought that I had done something wrong, I couldn't land on the knee anymore I stopped I was started walking and but uh, yeah, you could seriously hurt yourself doing something like this But I actually feel really accomplished I really feel like I done something that I didn't actually thought I was capable of and It's crazy how you can push yourself past your limits But going into it, I don't know. I was just like, you know, what what if I can complete this, you know what if this is possible and You know all the things Fiona said to me just put like a bit of knee pain into perspective for me She has no kneecap. She runs up sand dunes. It's crazy The hardest part of running 55 kilometers, I don't know if I had a bit more of a running base I'm sure it would have been a lot easier. But basically The the hardest part is the niggles Mentally trying to overcome those niggles because I think like it wasn't just my knee that was sore my back my foot shins muscle pain, you know, my Stomach was kind of cramping up The hardest part of it is like trying to mentally overcome those those little niggles in your body For a long time, so I ran for seven hours straight I didn't stop at the checkpoints because I was afraid that if I stopped my little Muscles in my legs might hurt my knees and stop my knees from you know, I wanted to stay warm basically so Yeah, it's more of a mental challenge because really I'm running at a really slow pace. It was nothing to do with my cardio it's it's my Nutrition okay, and can I mentally overcome the pain barriers? So like look I just want to tell everyone that is worried and concerned that I would have shared the same worries as you You know, I used to tell people don't do running. It's really high impact You can cause knee problems, especially people who are a bit overweight and I knew to exercise I would say like to cycle maybe walk up hills or but you know, I Really think that a lot of the fear is in your mind So be obviously be smart, but I for me personally I did not think I was capable of Running the ultra straight after a matter if you asked me before the marathon. Could you do an ultra? I'll just said oh Not right away But um, it's it's amazing that I'm you know, I was capable of pushing myself through that Like I just think that that's amazing and I'm feeling pretty good like I'm feeling pretty recovered Obviously, I'm not going to go running a another You know big right race anytime soon, you know I'm definitely going to challenge myself again because I feel like they're that I've broken through some mental barrier And maybe we can do something a bit bigger next time Maybe even a bigger run a longer run or maybe even something else, but we'll see but yeah, thanks for everyone's worry Obviously there's a warning at the video for us for for a reason like I don't recommend people You know put themselves through that it might be hard seeing me in pain and suffering But I thought I hope that it inspires you if you you know if I can do something like that Maybe you can get into something a little bit, you know less intense and less Physically taxing don't let your your mind Be the reason that you give up when something gets tough because your mind tells you lies It tells you oh like, you know, this is a little bit painful Maybe you should stop or all exercises a little bit hard Maybe I would rather lay on the couch today or and also like to all those people who think think vegan diets are deficient I want you right now to get off your butt and go run a marathon, you know Without training see if you can do that on your you know bacon rich diet You know, obviously the vegan diet. I'm on is working for me. I'm recovering of building muscle work and run around the track Probably longer than you can So yeah, if you want to be critical of the vegan diet, you know, I've Basically Approved that you know after being six years vegan I can still do these things without even being an athlete without even being in it, you know a runner I'll be a little bit smarter next time Maybe I might even get a little bit of running training behind me before I do the next big thing But yeah, thanks again for everyone This is just basically an explanation as to what was going through my mind Obviously, it's not the smartest thing to do straight after a marathon when you're not completely recovered But yeah, I loved it. I feel really accomplished by it. I've got my little got my little metal here. There you go Not even a runner ran an ultra. How do you like that? I love it and Yeah, you know max as well max was there supporting me I would have done it with or without if max was telling me to stop I would have kept going anyway, you know, I think we discussed this very thoroughly And I really wanted to push past the limits and Yeah, I think your body is just your body is really really Capable of much more than we give it credit for so yeah, thank you all I'll leave the video link below if you haven't yet seen it. I hope it inspires you I hope you when when you're going through something that's a little bit tough You have the perspective of what the animals are forced to endure check out my podcast with Fiona Oaks Check out David Goggins to for the you know sort of overcoming these mental struggles. He's not a vegan I hope he does go vegan one day But yeah, thanks again, and I'll see you in the next challenge video. Peace