Attempting to run 20miles for an experiment- Ranty Runs No.16

Attempting a running challenge through Belfast while thinking about how the sinking of the Titanic tenuously relates to managing to do difficult things.
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[@JasonHollis-hg6vg]

Everything you're describing on this run. Is what goes through my mind. Also the woozy feeling. I always put it down to my ADHD. I have so much energy but then when it's gone. It's like a smuck in the face and I start panicking and thinking I'm going to die 😅😅😅

[@littleoldmanrunning105]

Best of luck with your first ultra. I still remember mine - a totally epic day! It will all go terribly wrong pretty early on and you'll be left with a choice - quit or carry on. If you're not actually injured, carry on. you never know what will happen later on. I should have quit in my first ultra - i started way too fast (a 1km steep uphill race to the top of a mountain) and that screwed me for the rest of the race. I finished dead last, and i still hold the course record for the longest time on the course. So for your first one, set some goals by all means, but be prepared to set other ones during the race. The only goal you need to stick to is finishing. There is no other feeling like crossing the finish line with nothing left in the tank, after everyone else has gone home, had a shower, gone out for dinner, maybe started a family and generally moved on with their lives. Starting slow is the key. Keeping moving is the answer, enjoying the crap out of the day is the secret, that will keep you coming back for more. 🙂 Best of luck.

[@StephenJReid]

Thanks for the advice! Deliberately going with a very non technical one to start with so all I need to worry about is keeping on moving and thankfully no cut-offs so if I can move, I'll be making it over the line! Plan to take it really easy.

[@Keith-TerraVenture]

I literally went for my first run in ages yesterday, 8k, got right knee pain and then saw this video today 😂. No ultras on the horizon for me though. Just cross training for bike packing. I've bonked on the bike more than a few times on that tow path as my friend lived in Lisburn.

[@StephenJReid]

I'm doing to opposite, easy bike rides as recovery and also to slowly build up for bikepacking later in the year.

[@MrWrob32]

Give this man his own TV show. UTV sign him up

[@StephenJReid]

ha thanks 🤣

[@andypotts8062]

Great tour of Belfast...excellent quality video as usual...hope you managed to have a poo lol...very best wishes for the ultra marathon.

[@phil.clarke]

Wow Belfast has changed quite a bit since I was last there - I left in the summer of 2001 after living there for nearly eight years, and just haven't managed to get back since; need to change that.

[@StephenJReid]

Yeah it’s changed a lot in the last 20years. Titanic Quarter and cathedral quarter especially very different

[@daveandemmaoutdoors3171]

riveting stuff 😂😂. someone had to say it .

[@user-Bee3939]

😂

[@StephenJReid]

oh dear 🤣

[@SalopianBivvyman]

😂😂😂

[@krispysox]

I suspect this channel will be huge one day, very nice stuff. Well presented and most interesting. :)

[@markpatterson575]

Fantastic Stephen, will look forward to watching your progress.

[@StephenJReid]

ThankS!

[@colinp5248]

Great running stephen, looked tough. Ive completely lost my mojo for running and i keep watching videos like yours in the hope it will come back. I miss the trails and mountains soo much.. anyway good luck in your ultra and are you going to youtube it?

[@StephenJReid]

Thanks Colin. I lost my running mojo for nearly a year, only thing that kept me at it was the fact I was being paid to promote races. This year I want to run, got back to the club too. Hope you get back out soon. Yeah the ultra will be vlogged 🥵

[@steveschnetzler5471]

Besides doing something 1 step at a time, it helps to have listeners who acknowledges you did it. So, congratulations for step 1.

[@StephenJReid]

Thanks Steve!

[@user-Bee3939]

“I have the attention span of a small dog” 😂😂 Made my day!

[@StephenJReid]

I'm very easy to distract

[@nigelmcardle4112]

Loved the video Stephen, always good fun, good luck with your training!

[@StephenJReid]

Thanks nigel

[@SVFresh2Salty]

You’re a brave man…Good luck with the training and the marathon

[@StephenJReid]

Thanks!

[@Neohurricane]

Nice to see yoh running along the Laggan and around the Titanic Quarter, i always run around these paths when I'm in Belfast for work 😊❤️

[@StephenJReid]

Ran them loads when I was a student, was nice to be back. Only run there a couple times a year now

[@lifesahobby]

500 ml per hour , no sipping. Good man . Get it done brother . . I cant run for god nor money . Your oretend running is really good . I call that wogging . Walk when nobody is watching and run if you see a car or oerson . Best of luck m thanks for the inspiration

[@StephenJReid]

thanks! and you're welcome

[@user-pk5bg7ow6m]

Great memories of running along that path Stephen, some years ago now though. Having barely run in 14 years, I've brushed the dust off my Inov8's and signed up to the Malvern Hills Ultra, 12 training weeks left, did a 17 miler over the first part of the route on Saturday through a sea of mud, half way point was a brewery with a wood fired pizza bus outside so a jolly day out! Looking forward to your next episode. It's definately all about nutrition. Train hard, fight easy!

[@StephenJReid]

Thanks! I think I'll get back to long distance hill racing eventually but difficult to train for me

[@user-pk5bg7ow6m]

we spotted a heron on that path last we were down there, near the holy lands, it had caught the biggest eel id ever seen, and because we startled it, the thing tried to swallow it and fly off. I swear it was about 4 feet long! @@StephenJReid

[@thomasbjohnston]

More like a Rambly Run than a Ranty Run, but I'll allow it!

[@StephenJReid]

Haha, hadn't originally started as a rant run. It was supposed to be a simple 10min announcement video and then I got carried away talking about Titanic

[@mattycarleton]

Th Thomspon Dry dock is where Titanic was fitted out the hull was built on the slipway but loved the video

[@StephenJReid]

Good point! Was winging the history a bit

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[@Roadrunner9265]

Great vid and very entertaining as usual . Good luck with the training, I look forward to watching your progress. 😄

[@StephenJReid]

Thanks!

[@Kenbur]

respect - looking forward to seeing the journey. you can!

[@StephenJReid]

Thanks Ken

[@alanrobertson5497]

Very entertaining, fair play, love watching. ❤❤

[@StephenJReid]

thanks Alan

[@daveandemmaoutdoors3171]

fair play 20 miles is quite a run especially talking and recording at the same time 👌

[@StephenJReid]

Thanks! The talking distracted somewhat from the distance

[@ozenfant_ozn]

harrier have some great value kit

[@StephenJReid]

Yup they do!

[@nejcpilih]

good luck on the ultra, Stephen. 💪 i´m running a half marathon in 11 days so can take some points of your training here. Running slower than the usual pace helps a lot 😅 have to do a test long run with liquid and gels to see how my body will respond to it still. P.S. do you know of any good trail running company from (Northern) Ireland? (don´t want all the stupid Brexit hassle with companies from UK😬)

[@StephenJReid]

Best of luck in 11 days! Hmmm there aren't really any trail running companies from Northern Ireland, if by that you mean ones that sell products. Plus we are in the UK. There are a couple of cycling brands though. The Republic or Ireland, is not in the UK and is in the EU. Yes its very confusing.

[@nejcpilih]

@@StephenJReid I know the confusion. but as far as I know, Northern Ireland has a special thing going on, where companies form there can sell to EU and UK market without any obstacles. so i thought maybe you have there anything similar to Harrier Trail running thing, which would give us (EU people) some good products. 😅 I´ll try to do some research more on EU brands👍

[@squidwurf]

I watched a documentary last week about how ships are built. Riveting.

[@StephenJReid]

ba dum tishh

[@Hikingjoe383]

Great video 📹

[@StephenJReid]

Thanks Joe

[@davidpoots8362]

Very inspirational, life on planet Stephen is never dull, but are you sure those were just ibuprofen?

[@StephenJReid]

They better have just been ibuprofen or Tesco will have some questions to answer 🤣

[@garydubhda33144]

33 👍🤷‍♀️

[@charver1]

Enjoyed that. Do you warm down afterwards or day after? Worked with a guy who did triathlons once and he done a 10k as a warm down the day after a race😂

[@StephenJReid]

I walked a mile back to my van afterwards and then went out on my e-bike for a 2hour gravel ride the next day. Definitely helps with recovery.

[@TomMcClean]

Hi Stephen. Just signed for you. I'm lying in the Ulster recovering fro a heart attack on Wed. All good stents have made me new. Keep her lit. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh Hills.

[@StephenJReid]

Thanks Tom and oh no, I hope you’re back to normal soon! 🙏 That’s awful. Did you manage to sneak the camera in?

[@TomMcClean]

It did cross my mind Stephen! My consultant asked the very same question! Lol I will do avideo on my experience but no actual footage this time! Lol I have to get another stent put in on Tues coming so the job is still ongoing. Thanks for getting back to me. No videos for a week or so. Take care you two!

[@t3chrs]

Great video. What did you shot this on? Action cam? Phone?

[@StephenJReid]

Insta360 Ace Pro, currently testing it out

[@t3chrs]

@@StephenJReid I look forward to your thoughts on it. Seems to be getting some positive buzz.

[@cirkuscederstrom]

Do you use the mic in the headset with the DJI action while running or how do you get so good audio without wind noise? The race Will be fine, you have the Capacity from all trail running!

[@StephenJReid]

Shot this on the Insta360 Ace Pro, testing it currently. Stuck on some wind shields, turned on wind reduction and then also used an AI powered wind reduction when editing.

[@cirkuscederstrom]

@@StephenJReid great results id say. no ai enhanced running workout in sight though, keep it up !

[@JasonHollis-hg6vg]

If you can only add 10% at a time. How would you ever build up to doing an ultra marathon 🤷 so you can only do one mile extra each week and you need to be able to do say 31 miles. Then if y'all are planning on doing say 50 miles. So I guess it would take you like a year to build up to maybe 50 mi. After writing all this I've seen that maybe it is possible 🤣😜