Fell Racing in the Lake District - Training Diaries // Ep 05

[@JeffPelletier]

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[@jamesbatterley2366]

Someone needs to tell Jeff to let his Guinness completely settle before taking the first sip.

[@JeffPelletier]

I think you just did 😂

[@Gopiciko2]

like, for real? how much time does it take? because I never got people who thought Guiness is the best beer :D I have to try it the right way now as Im reading your comment haha

[@richardantrobus7186]

I hope the lake district tourist board are also paying you for this! Best advert for the lakes I've ever seen.

[@Cobbleswl]

I’ve been watching you run all all over the world and now you’re in my training ground! Well done on your first fell race and good luck with the Bob.

[@Jamtoastbutterlovely]

So awesome to see the guy who inspired me to start running and find a passion in life now running along the same routes with Nat Geo quality film making! Thanks Jeff!

[@anerfelitedart8273]

Dude Jeff, you have no idea how inspiring you are. Because of you, you inspired me to run my first 10k in 48 minutes, the stuff you do man is amazing, please keep it up!

[@ashleaoutdoors1163]

I've never seen someone having so much fun falling over 😂 great video Jeff! The Lake District is stunning. Can't wait to run there again 🎉

[@nataliekeller]

Love love LOVE your videos!

[@jameseden9380]

Thanks for making the UK look cool.

[@elecrazyme]

Jeff I came across your videos a few months and been watching almost every single one of them as I'm starting to get into running - ran my first 10k in April this year and plan to do another one in October. I have to say you've ruined me for other running and ultra videos as yours are so amazingly produced and filmed, that now I'm just comparing the quality with anything else I watch. Keep up this amazing work and can't wait to see what you get up this summer!

[@JeffPelletier]

🙏

[@TheWelshtart]

Nice video. I can still remember my bruised ribs from my first fell race!

[@danielbye1]

Nice to see this Jeff! Beautiful stuff. And that’s me coming past at about 15:30 in the blue and yellow vest. I know what you mean about the challenge of pacing these short races. My strategy is to cling on for dear life on the climbs then go absolutely hell for leather on the descents 😂

[@JasonChambersPhoto]

Great to see you in the incredible English Lake District Jeff.

[@bildotunechi]

Absolutely fantastic video, and truly refreshing to see a fell race from a realistic perspective, rather than just the elites/highlights. It makes it look a little less intimidating than it may seem! Best of luck with the rest of the BGR. Word of caution - if it says it's going to rain, it most probably will! This dry spell has been crazy.

[@OlgasBritishFells]

I agree, it's an amazing video. By the way, if you want to see fell races from not elite high lights point of view, all mine ones are from the nearly at the back perspective. In this particular one I was last :-)) and just grateful they didn't cut me off and let me finish the race. I am a slow coach.

[@markharris7804]

Absolutely brilliant video! One of the best tourist information films around - superb scenes. Thank you, Jeff. Can’t wait for the next installment. All the best and good luck.

[@jimp9991]

Great to see in in my other homeland Jeff. All the best for your big race in the stunning Lake District. Be inspired as you inspire 💪🏻

[@TobyTheJug]

Welcome to the UK - been following you for a couple of years now. Good luck with the Bob. I successfully completed it 3 weeks ago - just! (23:50)😰. Became only the 5th person over 60 to complete, and the 1st over 60 to do it anticlockwise (data accurate to end of 2022). Let me know if you need a pacer (a steady one!) and hope to join the meet-up at the end of June.

[@JeffPelletier]

Congratulations! That’s a huge achievement and very inspiring.

[@sibroads]

To be clear the lakes are normally covered in rain clouds, you timed it right Jeff.

[@davidhayward1261]

Brilliantly put together. Looked like you had fun. Very lucky with the weather. 👍🏃🏻‍♂️😎

[@beachs7210]

That was insane! Great job ❤

[@jonfun84]

Great to see you in the UK Jeff, Brilliant video as ever! You’ve really lucked out with the weather and the views 👌🏻

[@thedevilspotato]

Brilliant video showcasing all that’s great about fell running! Love that you stopped off in Stratford - always intriguing to see what interests people from outside the UK about us.

[@stevenmcfarlane6010]

Brilliant film - the smile on your face coming off the fells tells its own story ! Good luck for your Bob attempt next time come a bit further north for the big hills on the Ramsay Round

[@dyezem2245]

Great to see you over here in the UK Jeff. Hope you have a fab time and good luck with the BG.

[@joshrobo1000]

Great to see you in the Lakes Jeff! Currently on 157/214 Wainwrights.

[@graeme-e9]

I did this race a few years ago but couldn't see a thing in the mist. Nice to enjoy the views we missed! That last descent is a bit nuts in the wet :)

[@bestside4346]

2day I boght my first shoes at a Salomon shop beacuse of you...Thanx 4 the videos

[@mattyiredale8027]

your pronunciation of local spots tickled me, awesome videos very inspiring

[@JeffPelletier]

Hah, I did my best with the pronunciation 😜

[@mattyiredale8027]

@JeffPelletier the general rule in cumbria is pronounce it no where near how it is spelled, I've recently started running again after several years messing around as an amateur strongman competitor and your videos have been playing on a loop since I discovered your channel keep up the great work big love from Flimby west cumbria

[@danwilson1838]

I am biased coming from the North of the UK, but that was epic. Best five quid you've ever spent. Good luck on the BG, looking forward to seeing that!

[@Crimpitsucka]

You looked incredibly happy on that downhill

[@Glasshousebc]

New viewer, that was awesome mate. Ex 🇬🇧 now living in the East Kootenays here in BC 🇨🇦 On a journey to getting fit again, and have a 20km round the mountain trail run this weekend, so this was great to watch. Now subscribed. All the best Steve.

[@JamesSmith-iz3pl]

Hi Jeff, I'm here watching my first video of yours because Ben Parkes mentioned you in his latest vblog. As a Pom now living in Sydney, but having spent several weeks in the Lakes in the past, I'm astonished by the dry sunny cloudless conditions. What have you done with the real Lake District! Loved the vid, nostalgic for the scenery. Good luck for the Round.

[@ericg3375]

Thanks for these vidoe, as a new runner these are very motivating!

[@brianreiter5572]

Spectacular!

[@callumfd]

Thoroughly enjoyed this jeff, amazing story telling as usual!

[@CoachMarcusScotney]

Great to see you're over here in the UK Jeff and enjoying the drier weather! Good luck with the final few weeks of prep for the BG, getting a good team around you is so important and as I always say to coached athletes doing the BG its more an eating competition as a running one, if you nail your nutrition right you smash the BG. Good Luck.

[@longstrideillustration]

This made me so happy to watch! those slippery descents are steeper than they look as I recall and lots of presents from the 🐑 Good luck with your big run!

[@grennangoeshiking]

That looks SOOO fun. Fell racing has entered the bucket list. Thanks for sharing!

[@enchantedmindmeditation]

You make the best videos! So much fun to watch 😊

[@novio8]

Amazing video Jeff, thanks for sharing

[@mikeplace9125]

One of my favourite places to go! I hate that I don't get there nearly as much as I'd like.

[@agamemnonroumeliotis5511]

Dear Jeff, another excellent video, well done!! We are very fortunate to have you & your content, you really manage to fill us up with positive energy!! Regarding this video, you are very fortunate with the terrain you encountered, quite dry!! A month ago I was lucky to do the Cape Wrath Ultra, an 8-day stage race at the Scottish Highlands and I was literally swimming in the boggy areas and the mud!!🤣🤣🤣

[@Between2aidstations]

Love these travel diaries! Keep it up!

[@MsAcreage]

I love watching your adventures! They make me feel part of it as well!

[@kgenest100]

You deserve many accolades for this video Jeff, one of which is for being able to film while running so fast in such a steep downhill in very narrow SLAB Pulsar SG!! Then you editing and musical choices are so refined! Wow! You just added yet another destination to my bucket list!

[@JeffPelletier]

Thanks Karl, I’m sure you’d have a great time here as well!

[@HkFinn83]

Agreed, beautifully shot, as good as many professionally produced things you’d see on TV:)

[@peaksandpaws]

That looked SOOOO FUN!

[@Julian-pj2zi]

Brilliant video and great to see you out enjoying the fells! Looking forward to the coming BG videos!

[@EHughes0658]

Glad you enjoyed your first race, Jeff. May see you out on legs 3 & 4 as I do my Bob Saturday. Enjoy our fells 😊🙏

[@TheDeclancox]

Magnificent Jeff, wonderful work and such magnificent country - your videos are a real treat. Well done on your first fell race and good luck with the Bob !!

[@AshRolls]

Great video, really interesting thanks. Good luck with your Bob Graham.

[@mpelletier62]

What a great event, my ankles were hurting just watching you run outside of the trails

[@anaisr1804]

Super fun!

[@xchurricane]

New bucket list race unlocked! I've wanted to visit England anyhow, gotta find one of these whenever I get there!

[@RaiinoX]

Another lovely Video Jeff. Thank you for all the insights you are giving us! Much love from Germany

[@mikeenjoyberryfarm6249]

Love it!

[@wingtaylor9175]

Looks like so much fun!

[@patcarroll280]

Awesome.

[@severiner7168]

I'm glad you are having such a good time over here. I learned the word sub-summit. I didn't realise there was a word for the disappointment of it not being the summit, sometimes several times in a row!

[@severiner7168]

@@benmapplebeck they are generally accompanied by some gentle swearing too...

[@mmaexposed3888]

Another great vid!

[@ianrussell2035]

Great video Jeff looks like u had a lot of fun on the fells 👊

[@H3O.]

Awesome video Jeff, Exited to see you try the round

[@JDuffy1994]

Went from stumbling across your UTMB video and being captivated by the entire thing to the next video i see you're in my hometown (Whitehaven) 😂 hope you enjoyed the lakes!

[@xmajicmanx]

Unbelievable Jeff! Have a blast and enjoy it while its dry :D

[@outinthesun]

Cornwall is stunning as well.

[@beeclimbing9954]

@jeffpelletier, welcome to England! If you want to understand fell running (& for instance, the significance of Pete Bland, your Blencathra fell run sponsor) and his phenominal brother Bobby, ck out Richard Askwith's "Feet in the Clouds". It'll also give you the full history of The Bob 😉 Enjoy this high pressure system! It's as rare as when I visited Vancouver Island in 2009 and they'd not had rain in a month 😳

[@jimp9991]

Wow, like climbing a wall up that first fell 😂 Nicely done Jeff 💪🏻

[@janescutt636]

Welcome to the Lakes.

[@PoetWithPace]

Gotta love Cockermouth! Was there on a freezing January morning for a 10k road race 😱

[@OlgasBritishFells]

Oh did you reload it? It was already great but with the slight changes it looks even better.

[@JeffPelletier]

I did! There were two mistakes in the voice over that were going to forever drive me crazy 😂

[@OlgasBritishFells]

@@JeffPelletier all the best with the Bob Graham's but it's so hot at the moment it's unbearable to be running.

[@andrewpiva8920]

I don't know how you can run like that and film. I would either break the camera or a bone (probably both). Great work as always, Jeff.

[@JeffPelletier]

Hah, it certainly has taken a lot of practice!

[@daniellimaribeiro7387]

Thanks Jeff. I think this is my favorite video so far. Pure joy, and you nailed the music! 2 questions: curious to know why no one uses poles there. Perhaps you could address this in a next video. 2) is this the adv skin 12?

[@JeffPelletier]

The Adv Skin 12, yep. Poles aren’t used in fell running, partly I suspect for safety around other runners and partly because they’d only get in the way on the descents. But I will be using them during the Bob Graham Round, as is common.

[@rebeccaquelch]

Great to see a video from the Lakes! How can we get details of the group run/meet up for those local? 😄

[@JeffPelletier]

I’ll make a post here on KZbin - likely will be Tuesday, June 27th (location and time TBD).

[@MikeLukins]

Great name for that town

[@JeffPelletier]

😂

[@PeteMP3]

Hi Jeff, from Keswick!

[@humphrer2]

The bloke who finished behind you (and looks like you ran with) is Paul Wilson who is the secretary for the Bob Graham club.

[@danterrarun]

How beautiful was it to wash all that pain down with a pint of Guiness? Cheers, pal 🍻

[@andrewjohnston9115]

I was up Bannerdale crags and Blencathra a couple of days ago, You've managed to get the best weather the Lakes has to offer (too hot for us Cumbrians), the normally boggy ground is bone dry. Enjoy the Lakes it's a superb place. Did you get bitten by the swarms of Horseflies?

[@JeffPelletier]

I’m super lucky, I know. I haven’t been getting bit either! To be honest though, I find this weather a little warm myself 🥵

[@maychoc123]

Mad that you’re doing the Bob Graham too! Let me know if you need any help with local pacers etc

[@albionicperpetrator1]

Reminds me of an Age of Empires army ascending

[@Nbstevens78]

Nice one Jeff, ha ha lal Rowan he's a top lad, and you had the Bob G secretary Paul Wilson behind you on the first decent... Good look on your Bobbi G fella

[@patcarroll280]

Damn bud I live in Whitehaven. Wish I had known you were about. Next time

[@Kerase]

Great video! Gets me motivated to hit the trails! I'm a bit newer to the channel, does anyone know what Jeff has on his hands during the runs?

[@JeffPelletier]

Thanks! Those are the gloves for my Leki poles. They have a little loop to clip in.

[@ozenfant_ozn]

that looks fun! cat.B

[@Shevock]

Fell running is a great culture. I've been following Olga British Fell Running channel for some time now. Great Channel.

[@zerofugz1621]

I always ask this. Shoes used? Thanks

[@JeffPelletier]

Salomon S/Lab Pulsar SG

[@donnellduck1163]

You’ve got to get some Kendal mint cake in the area

[@davidryan4454]

Welcome to Blighty. Look up Joss Naylor - a local legend in the 70's & 80's. Compare your times to his 👍🏻

[@obsidiantain]

Unseasonably dry and hot! Very fortunate! Great video, I was raised in South West Scotland and spent much time in the Lakes and Peaks as a youngster! A beautiful part of the country!

[@reluctantfellrunner]

Best wishes on your Bob attempt. Keep those fluids topped up in this. I've put up a fell running comedy on KZbin if you would care to check it out. When you are not so busy! Good luck.

[@gcsScotland]

Superb - captured Lakeland Fell running superbly Jeff. Amazing footage as you ran and from the drone. Blencathra was my after work fell until moving to the Scottish highlands 2 years ago. Hope the Bob Round goes well. 👍👍👍

[@roxannemcallister7026]

Great video! Nice to see our beautiful Lake District from an outsiders point of view 😍 would love to join you on a group run in Keswick

[@jalenoutside]

Hi Jeff, I really enjoy these training diaries. How do you record your audio for the action camera vlog shots? Is it straight from the GoPro/360 or is it from a lav mic?

[@JeffPelletier]

I’ve tried a few solutions over the years, but this was all filmed directly to the camera. I use a filter to isolate the voices a bit in postproduction.

[@jalenoutside]

@@JeffPelletier Wow the audio sounds great! Nice job with filtering out the wind. Thanks for the info!

[@investingjim2801]

Ha! I thought "Fell" was a verb. I need to pay closer attention. Ha! He Fell on the Fell.

[@moeezmalik3666]

Great to see you here in my home county Jeff! Hopefully my fellow Cumbrians have made you feel welcome!😀

[@zerofugz1621]

There's always the PB athlete repeating it every third word 😂😂😂

[@stephenparkinson4419]

Just to say Jeff the weather is certainly not like this very often! Glad you're enjoying England.

[@vivekagarwal9653]

Hi Jeff; don’t you find dogs and other animals / wildlife there. Asking since you went all alone for the recce run.

[@JeffPelletier]

There don’t seem to be any dogs in the lakes, not like in the Alps or in Georgia. I suspect it’s because you don’t find many wolves there anymore so no need to protect the sheep.

[@brunoneves5737]

How are the knees?

[@JeffPelletier]

The quads were a little tender for sure, but my knees are pretty well conditioned at this point.

[@robertodattola8197]

Hello congratulations for your videos, they are very motivational. I point out the Etna Trail, a 64k race that takes place here in Sicily, near the largest volcano in Europe.

[@kamanyau1560]

It looks like you had so much fun Jeff! Out of interest, what shoes did you race in? Luckily it was dry otherwise it would have been really boggy.

[@JeffPelletier]

I had a great time indeed. I ran in the Salomon Slab Pulsar SG’s.