MY 2017 TDS 119KM | UTMB SERIES

[@xempo7385]

That bit at 49 miles when you said you were bored and didn't have anyone to talk to - I was the next person just a few yards behind you; you walked past me on the climb up onto that road/track. Would have been well up for a chat as I was feeling much the same!! You ended up beating me by a good hour anyway. Superbly paced run; thanks for sharing your journey. Brings back some great memories. Will make a point of saying hi next year if I get into UTMB (and presuming you'll do likewise).

[@tubesockets120v]

Jamil cracks me up how he can chill, tote camera and film yet still beat 1,000 + other runners.

[@Godfadr]

He finished in 192nd place, official time 22:31:06 Great job Jamil!

[@RogerOverall]

You gave a real sense of the effort (both physical and mental) involved in running such a distance. Lovely sense of place too. Thank you, Jamil

[@runsteepgethigh]

+Roger Overall Thank you Roger

[@TheFODRunner]

"People are going balls to the wall! Not me....! love it! Great race and great run!

[@HarryRunsUK]

Top work Jamil! You've got me considering TDS for next year. Great to catch you in Chamonix, see you on the trails in the future I'm sure!

[@Simco_]

"Here's mile 1." "Here's mile 2." "Here's mile 3." *Darkness hits* "And I'm done!" Every time! :D

[@fantasescott]

Jamil, I really enjoy your race videos! The mile-by-mile check-ins makes it feel like we are racing with you. This and your Hardrock '17 should be required films for those trailers aspiring to run the toughest mountain ultras.

[@nednoriega]

Wow! Thanks for sharing your runs! Your vids reload my motivation and keep pushing me forward. Great job!!!

[@hostprods8059]

excellent effort, and a beautiful video combining the amazing scenery with the mental and physical grit you showed to get through it. it always feels so anticlimatic getting to the finish line and there's nobody there, no atmosphere, no nothing. i'm always so grateful for the people that hang out there at all hours to give some props to the finishers.

[@jdack]

Nice job man, and thank you so much for filming. I was really looking forward to it. I gotta live vicariously 'cause I'm couch-bound for a few days thanks to my psoas.

[@UltraSir]

Nice video Jamil, and great result as always. Going for the TDS this year. Cheers from Brasil.

[@lmbraga]

Thanks for the inspiration! I was there for OCC this year (first time!) and got my butt kicked by the nasty weather. Really wanting to do TDS/CCC in the coming years. Whatever place you finished, I know it wasn't as easy as you made it look on camera :) Congratulations!

[@ricksticksgaming]

Wooooooo Jamil *celebratory hands in the air* Nice run and nice video. Thanks for keepin me motivated.

[@CoolInOlympia]

This was simply amazing to watch. Amazing job! Beautiful setting for a race. Wow. Can't wait for your vlog update as to your review of how that race was for you and what those blank 20+ miles were for you. It so helps to see how you race ultras. That you walk at times and have highs and lows and your mindset and what you eat and everything. Gives me hope that what I do is ok!!!

[@dhsavage2]

I feel the need for more cow bell!! :)

[@RealG-j2q]

That was awesome Jamil! Thank you for sharing the experience with us - as real as it can get! I know how hard it is to film or even talk in moments like that. You continue to be a huge inspiratin for thousands!

[@paulchapman112]

another great video, thanks for the updates during the race. Paced it well to come 178th from 800 at the start. You are one tough son of a motherless goat.

[@GloriaKing]

Great Job !! Thanks for taking us w you.

[@JasonRobertsgoogplus]

The stoke too high to sleep! love that!

[@oliverjutzi9420]

bravo! cool recap, brings memories!! we started the big climb out of bourg st maurice together if I remember well and then you blasted past me.. eventually caught up back to you in the last stretch to chamonix. was cool to share the trail for a bit!

[@runsteepgethigh]

Oliver Jutzi Awesome!!!

[@svenahlstrom8177]

I love to follow you through the races!

[@littlebritton1]

Fantastic film, thankyou. I completed this race in 2016 in very hot temps, the climb out of Bourg St Maurice was hell. Unfortunately, I ran out of time this year at Gittaz due mainly to getting to the start too late and losing 45 minutes by the second climb stood in a non moving line (darn those toilet queues!). Will be back next year hopefully as the gilet was so much better than the one I have from 2016!

[@GRivs92]

Great video Jamil. Thanks for sharing. Very interesting to see the more remote parts of the course. Also great to hear you're mindset as you are approaching different sections. Good luck with Barkley training.

[@joannerivet3066]

superbe video thanks for sharing your UTMB 17 with us. Nice job !

[@andreaswiik9215]

Great vid, stunning scenery!👍

[@joshmillard5718]

Love these race videos. Looks beautiful but brutal!

[@MajorMajorx2]

That was great, thanks for sharing from Bend, OR.

[@sethbailey2557]

12:13 *cows start humping* nice save jamil, got to keep it family friendly :P

[@NK-ib7qh]

Guess that's what the teachers with learning by context..

[@SupremeSixes]

seth bailey lijjjhhW QAQ

[@AllKinaTing]

:)

[@shefg06]

Nice movie ! And nice run as well !

[@iLaYoga]

Nice job! Beautiful place to run. Amazing how you can document through such an effort, keep it up.

[@philliptunney3152]

thanks for sharing - did the UTMB this year but want to do TdS next year so very good insight

[@Alexander-em7kn]

Awesome brother, congratulations for making it. Thanks for sharing the video, I enjoyed it all, from start to finish!!!

[@perlashipp4251]

Pretty awesome! Jamil you rock!

[@runsteepgethigh]

+perla shipp Thank you!

[@marisol5841]

Thank you for sharing Jam!!💖

[@nassimaoudia3833]

Jamil! No sleep, no help, no crew, no pacer and you made it! BRAVO!!!Compare to hardRock which one was the most difficult?

[@itayco12]

amazing film I felt I was with you on the run. thx for sharing

[@paulashackles]

That was awesome, thanks for sharing your run!

[@LadyoAbigail]

Thank you!

[@janehalstead7437]

Just watched this. It was great, thanks for sharing Jamie.

[@christianperrier]

Amazing that for once you're filming a race that.....i know more or less by heart....:-). As usual, Jamil, your comments are awesome, it's great to see the race through your eyes. It's also amazing to see the way you handled that race, starting very slowly, very far (I remember I followed your position at the 3 or 4 first checkpoints.....).....and that you finish like a rocket (man, 22h30). I definitely *love* the moment where you compare the TDS course to Hardrock with the Passeur de Pralognan compared to Handies Peak....;-). Please come back again to France, we have so many great races *outside* UTMB week...;-). Keep up with the good job!

[@runsteepgethigh]

Christian Perrier What others do you recommend?

[@christianperrier]

A non exhauustive list would be : - Echappée Belle : 144km, 11,000meters positive climb, one way all across the "Belledonne" range in French Alps. Highly technical, the best runners complete it in about 25 hours. Late August (often same week-end than UTMB). Intermediate atmosphere between huge things such as UTMB and very intimate races - Ultra Tour du Beaufortain, 100km, 6500meters. More intimate and "familial". Still quite though. 3rd week-end of July (1 week after HardRock, most of the time) - La Montagn'hard, usually 100km/7000m but the 10th edition in 2018 will probably feature some "special" extras (up to 100miles maybe). Takes place in Les Contamines neighbourhood which you know from UTMB or TDS, but explores places where those two don't go. First week-nd of July. - UT4M (Ultra Tour des 4 Massifs), 100miler (with 10,500meters climb) around the city of Grenoble (souther than Chamonix area, then). Explores the four different moutain ranges around Grenoble. Usually one week before UTMB. If you want to see another moutain range, try the Pyrénées range (between Spain and France). Often very wild, more than Alps. I'd recommend, there the Grand Raid des Pyrénées (features a 120km as well as a 100miler that was turned to 220km this year). Usually one week before UTMB. And, even thougher and wilder, The Andorra Ultra Trail, where the 100miler (Ronda Del Cims) is considered to be one of the most difficult in Europe (this time, 13,500meters climb). First or second week-end of July. And, well, not in France, but you may want to try Tor des Géants in Val d'Aosta (starts in Courmayeur.....you know about the place..;-) )

[@christianperrier]

And a good friend of mine (Thierry) just behind you at Col Chavanne (09:36-10:00) with the red "Kikourou" hat. He says he saw you many times before you accelerated in the "freaking climb after 50k" (so your devastated face during that climb is just a fake, haha). He nearly catched up when you had hard time between Les Contamines and Les Houches (you didn't film at all at this moment, it seems..;-) )

[@wildzeromusic]

fantastic and inspirational

[@canica99]

Thank you for sharing your amazing journey. You are El Caballo de hierro- The Iron Horse.

[@simonbrown8230]

Great Vid! Race looks awesome

[@halimhasan775]

Because of this video I may be ok with not getting enough points for UTMB for next year. This race seemed fun and challenging too. Great job Jamil.

[@runsteepgethigh]

+Halim Hasan TDS is awesome. 6am start is clutch!

[@faithfulrunner9313]

Great Job Jamil! The starting of the race music just really pumps up the runners! Absolutely love it!

[@williamread8186]

Awesome journey. You are amazing

[@seanwise7464]

I enjoyed watching that. very cool, nice work!

[@runsteepgethigh]

+Sean Wise Thanks Sean!

[@josphellihsilak4588]

Too many people if it's still that congested after 20 miles. Beautiful environment but that wouldn't be enjoyable for me. Great job as always. Looked amazing.

[@AllKinaTing]

great vid. Strong Finish

[@tritondriver1]

Awesome video -Motivating me before NFC Wisconsin tomorrow I'm parked almost at the gate over night. Where's my Deep Woods off?

[@DartmoorPaul]

Another great video journey with you, Jamil. But those crowds? Yikes. Not for me. And I did chuckle at your piece to camera at the finish, not sure they'll use that as pumped, excited publicity for the TDS! 😂

[@aleksanderk6765]

great job!

[@bucketheadacdc]

Great job dude!

[@golfpunk0r]

Great seeing these videos & first hand experiences.... But where was rent-a-crowd at the finish line?! Seemed eerily quiet!

[@MrAggregata]

Great summary of the race. Pity you had such a lonely finish there with not many spectators at the end.

[@vincentdumont9]

Good rest jamil !

[@CoolInOlympia]

Congrats!!!!!

[@runsteepgethigh]

+CoolInOlympia Thanks

[@Kwinten1988]

that start music tho!

[@inkjob12]

loved the video....made me feel as if I was in the race. Loved it when you went through that town...you could have done some window shopping along the way. Curious...a couple of time you mentioned that runners near you were not to good at downhill running and again you said that on one of the later downhills you past a few runners. Do you find that European runners are not very good at downhill running? ....if so this could be one reason they seem to have some problems running here in the U S A....ie...Western is a brutal downhill race. Again...loved the vid...keep them coming and I hope to maybe see you at Silverton 1000

[@KasparsPurmalietis]

It is not connected with European vs non-European. From first 100 finishers, maybe 5 were not Europeans :) The ones living in this or similar areas did well in this one. The ones, who live in flatter places did pretty bad, like me :) Lot of French were passing me in good speed on downhills. And the podium was also all 3 French.

[@robbiereeve7916]

Rest on the climb? I didn't know that was a thing! :)

[@lukeness1596]

moved the camera right when the cows were about to get it on! haha

[@mrnjfhk]

Great work Jamil and another great film. What shorts did you wear for this race?

[@briannalia6440]

What was your final place/time? Epic effort you looked strong and composed all day. Thanks JamJam for sharing your adventures!

[@runsteepgethigh]

+BRIAN N ALIA It was something like 192nd and ~22:30

[@runthehills7858]

From 800th to 192nd over the course of the race? Nicely done and well played sir! *hat's off*

[@KasparsPurmalietis]

Nailed the mental game perfectly! Thanks for showing how to handle this correctly :D I went from 800 to 1150

[@erickienle]

Please come back Jamil

[@runsteepgethigh]

Back

[@Kennedy9614]

Group was pretty tight for a while

[@runsteepgethigh]

+Kennedy9614 So packed!

[@tubesockets120v]

Nothing gets me pumped up out on the trail like cowbell. Like if you agree.

[@adrien-pierreodent119]

Dear Jamil, Why did you run the tds with the sense ride and not the sense ultra 2017?

[@DannyPimienta]

Awesome footage....did you use any trekking poles during the race?

[@runsteepgethigh]

+Danny Pimienta no poles!

[@gregbarnett3513]

Great video, as usual. What course did you like better, TDS or CCC?

[@runsteepgethigh]

+Greg Barnett I liked TDS better.

[@didoma73]

Which running watch does Jamil wear?

[@heatherbrooks34]

UNBELIEVABLE!!! The views literally don't look real, haha.

[@runsteepgethigh]

+Heather Brooks No joke

[@VirtualLinksMedia]

What cam do you use? Audio?

[@JustAnotherRunner]

The ending tho... Haha talk about anti climactic... No one was even there hahaha

[@MarkGriffith]

Nice job! What camera setup and sound?

[@runsteepgethigh]

Mark Griffith GoPro Hero 5

[@MarkGriffith]

Cool - did you have housing? Stick? just built in sound?

[@runsteepgethigh]

Mark Griffith Just hand held, built in audio with wind fuzz

[@erickienle]

So PTL next year???

[@miniwaern]

Awesome video, you'd really been up 24h+ in the middle o that? o_O'

[@johngorveatte9272]

What shoes are you wearing?

[@runsteepgethigh]

John Gorveatte Salomon Sense Pro Ride

[@shotdoctor5869]

Can someone explain his water bottles to me please? Seems inconvenient to drink out of a bag.

[@tericnoah8836]

the polls say to take polls but you say polls off!

[@MalarkusD]

11:21 - Ruuuby Ruby Ruby Ruby Soho

[@rickruggles7735]

I grew up in the 80's so I was thinking Missing Persons.

[@agriessmann]

I about lost it when you said you were going to call the race because it was too much run low, stay flat.

[@mescaar]

[@waynewalker4431]

Mixed feelings...too many people 'running ' this with selfie sticks for self promotion instead of getting on with it.