THE HIGHLAND ULTRA | 125km ultramarathon | DAY 1

[@jungtao]

3 things I like about your videos. 1 wonderful adventures. 2. Food is part of the videos. 3. Beautiful scenery. Oh actually 4 cuz love the music selection that you add.

[@FloraBeverley]

So glad you enjoy them! 🤗

[@teapottia1]

Well done, great video! love Scotland

[@Kelly_Ben]

This was AMAZING to watch!! Congrats on 2nd place woman on Day 1!! This video encapsulates why you're one of my all time favorite channels... epic adventures in incredible locations with positive vibes and an eye toward sustainability. I can't wait to see the rest, and hear after about any recommendations on dealing with the constant wet, etc. Love what you said about "everything hurts, but nothing specific". That is when you know an ultra is going well. 😆 And as far as being poorly prepared, I've come to the realization that most of the very best parts of my life would never have happened if I'd waited until I was "ready".

[@FloraBeverley]

Thanks so much Kelly! And yes totally agree haha, there's something to be said for doing things when completely unprepared 😅

[@topoisomerace]

The wet foot part of this would be a dealbreaker for me, but that scenery though! You did a great job sharing the experience, thanks!

[@FloraBeverley]

Haha you get used to it pretty quickly!

[@timmcilveen1246]

I am doing this ultra next weekend. This is part of the route. I knew it was wet underfoot, but this takes it to a new level haha :-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/enKQqpupqqtop68

[@DaanVerhaar]

Thanks for sharing, great scenery and I love your optimism and perseverance. Looking forward to the capture of day 2!

[@hamwhacker]

25:35 Shout out (!) for the Yorkshire 3 Peaks (epic 25 mile trail near Settle) ❤

[@jensmith3719]

Love this., amazing scenery, just beautiful and you have a fantastic way of sharing this that makes me feel i am out there too !!! although without the effort you are putting in. Hope you get a good nights rest and tomorrows adventure goes well, best wishes from Somerset

[@petersavage9938]

Wonderful. Your best video. More similar stuff please and well done!

[@FloraBeverley]

Part 2 coming soon! 🙏🏼

[@DerekGreen123]

Another amazing bit of running and a fantastic part-1 video... well done Flora 👍😊 Wonderful job capturing the glorious scenery as well as the trials & tribulations that long-distance trail running puts you through. Brilliant inspiring gritty performance keeping it together as well as showing us your journey 🤓 Looking forward to seeing parts 2 and 3 as they are released! Cheers DEZ 😎

[@DerekGreen123]

P.S. Big congrats on the amazing result 🏆👍

[@DerekGreen123]

(And just a quick editorial note for Rhian/Flora... The absolutely amazing Carla Molinaro [Go Clapham Chasers 💙💚🤍😁] is the current LEJOG world record holder from her 12-day + 30-minute 874-mile run in July 2020. So the wonderful Mimi Anderson is now a former WR holder!)

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you Dez! And yes I meant that she held a world record - not necessarily that it still stands as THE world record. Also she has a few more WRs under her belt! Pretty tough stuff 🙌🏼

[@kevinw1129]

Great video Flora. I know the area well - Inverie to Kinloch Hourn. I've done the Munros in that area, two from the Barrisdale side and one from Inverie when we camped at the site you used. BTW it was the bealach Mam Barrisdale that you slogged over. Cant wait to see the rest of your trip. I travel at a more sedate pace - trail running is for you younger guys! I used to live outside Bristol (Wells) but moved to the Highlands 5 years ago.😀

[@AncoraImparoPiper]

Stunning scenery. I wish I lived near there. Thank so much for sharing.

[@amysutherland5627]

Loved this Flora!! Captured it really well!!! So nice to see to look back on! Well done on fab blogging an running !!

[@FloraBeverley]

Thanks Amy, and thanks for keeping me company! :) part 2 out soon

[@youcanrun9109]

Great Video Flora. Super chilled with the challenges coming your way!

[@FloraBeverley]

I was absolutely not chilled in the lead up but had made peace with imminent pain/death by this point 😅

[@charlesmichaelornopia7422]

Wow! What a cool race! Congratulations on finishing it.

[@sarahswims]

I knew this would be up, I'm in the kitchen cooking dinner and ready to watch/burn my food 😄👌🏻

[@FloraBeverley]

Hahah enjoy the charcoal

[@Kelly_Ben]

I'm burning my breakfast and watching right now! 😆

[@jon_shield_runs_ultras]

It’s nice to relive this now the event is done 🤪 Great video 👍🏼

[@FloraBeverley]

Haha gorgeous in retrospect 😂

[@jon_shield_runs_ultras]

@@FloraBeverley any pain is forgotten just had a stinking cold since being soaked and cold 😂

[@Paheena1]

Beast! Thanks for documenting/posting, fun to see the details of this type of event

[@hannahgraceoutdoors]

I actually teared up when you got the the end! How amazing. Well done !

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you so much! I was also very relieved haha

[@lilu9194]

A trick I learned from a climbing/camping trip last weekend is to fill a spare nalgene bottle with hot (not boiling) water and put in insulated sleeping bag with you on cold nights. Might not be so helpful for those packing light but it made all the difference in sleeping warmly during winter camping!

[@FloraBeverley]

Yes I should have done this! Wasn't sure if it would work with my soft flasks but will try next time!

[@michellemaclennan326]

Congratulations!! And truly spectacular footage, so impressed that you managed to capture such great content despite the rough trail and bogs!

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you! I could only really film on the easier parts but I was happy to capture some of it :)

[@stuartgunn5350]

Awesome as always!

[@FloraBeverley]

Thanks for watching!

[@weekendzeebees]

Wooo amazing, can’t wait for part 2! Well done!

[@dannygrays]

Great Vlog Flora. Such determination and grit. And here I am in London procrastinating whether to go on my long run coz its raining!!! Truely inspiring stuff. Thank you so so much for documenting. It gives us all valuable insights for these kind of races. Look forward to part 2! Cheers.

[@FloraBeverley]

Thanks for watching! Go get it done!! 🤗🤗🤗🏃🏼‍♀️

[@velociraptor3350]

Congrats Flora! An absolutely incredible achievement! I love how positive you manage to stay - even when things get tough. I think your positive mindset is your greatest asset in these types of events. Very inspiring!

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you! Yes it definitely is important to keep positive, even if internally you don't necessarily feel that way. Thanks for watching!

[@beverlycole4836]

Wow you've got a lot of 💥 grit out there! Keep pressing on! I honestly love watching this :'D

[@davidbreen7466]

Your channel came up as suggested glad it did. Will be 3atching more of your content. I dud a trail half last weekend and that was enough for me. Well impressed.

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you and welcome to the channel!

[@laurad8077]

Wow amazing job Flora! You are an inspiration and those views 😍😍😍😍🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you so much! Twas gorgeous

[@connibh6703]

Sooo inspiring! cant wait for part 2!

[@rizmaslen]

Amazing Flora! What an incredible landscape! Rest up and look forward to your next vlog of the journey!

[@FloraBeverley]

It was stunning. Looking forward to sharing the next part!

[@sarahbird9576]

So Amazing and inspiring! I can't wait for the next instalment! yay, love your work

[@zielonebieganie]

OMG! Sooooo freaking windy! Amazing video, inspiring !!!! :)

[@brianm3510]

Welcome to Scotland Flora!! I live in Aviemore amazing here for running

[@TheOnlyMosesMalone]

Awesome video Flora, here's me wishing you good weather and you're already done! I should've thought to recommend the Wildcat, it's awesome and you were definitely in the right place for buying outdoor kit! Looking forward to part 2. Cheers, Morgan

[@drumb001]

I hope you recover well and can continue this ultra in the am , great job today 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[@aidananderson1697]

Awesome, well done Flora!

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you! :)

[@Robbie..67]

This is brilliant, so inspiring!, well done Flora

[@gwilymeades]

Awesome!

[@ldburn]

Ahhh lovely... highland rain in October :p Who doesn't love a good bit of ice rain!? The fact you made it having just had covid is pretty spectacular. You'll sleep for days when you're done :'D

[@coops111s]

Wow you is one crazy lady 🙈 absolutely brilliant to watch, hope you rest up well tonight and I’m looking forward to tomorrows vlog 💪🏃‍♀️

[@FloraBeverley]

Hope you enjoyed the vlog :) sadly second one won't be out for another week as my editor is on holiday but it'll be worth it i hope!

[@coops111s]

Editors hey 😜 you just can’t get a good one anymore 🤣

[@FloraBeverley]

@@coops111s haha tbf she literally never takes holidays - it's the reason I can vlog every week! She's fab 🤗

[@coops111s]

@@FloraBeverley once again good luck, what you are doing especially after Covid is extraordinary

[@izzymears9748]

well done Flora, amazing!! xxx

[@notjustamumfromcumbria2563]

Amazing Flora. Can’t wait to see day 2 and 3 👍🏻👍🏻x

[@oddietyrsson8804]

Wow, I truly admire You..

[@ludovicpiejos4379]

Amazing and inspiring, thank you for sharing the journey.

[@dancingcowgirl85]

I must be crazy cuz this looks like so much fun. I don’t do well I heat but I’m good with cold and love running the rain tho this rain looked colder than I like.

[@FloraBeverley]

You'd love it, it was so great!

[@hannahgraceoutdoors]

Also, shout out to the man you ran with :) lovely that he gets to have some footage of his run!

[@FloraBeverley]

Stu was FAB!

[@pegcaptain]

To the trails.

[@gareth6861]

looks intense!

[@JimMoyle]

I had a very similar day recently at the end of the 50km day 2 of the Cape Wrath Ultra, so I literally ran the same last 10km as you 2 months ago at the end of a long day. It was hot and sunny for us though! Even so that last 10km along the loch is an absolute killer!

[@FloraBeverley]

Ahhhh no way, thats awesome! Yes it's surprisingly tough isn't it? Hellish terrain!

[@Tonyr2]

Kudos to you Flora. I love running but detest camping, scarred as a kid by camping trips, so would not do this. Scenery looks stunning takes me back to last weekend where I ran beachy head marathon.

[@FloraBeverley]

Haha yes I'm.not the greatest camping fan myself, but worth it to be able to do something like this!

[@kerricappy4890]

What an amazing experience! Even though my coach says that 99% of ultra running is glorified bush walking, that looks sufficiently challenging enough to satisfy the most ardent adventurer. Just a different kind of running/ bush walking is all. You will feel amazing when it's done. Completely exhausted but in an amazing way 😊

[@FloraBeverley]

Hahah your coach knows whats up 😂 nice bush walking though! Thanks for watching 🤗

[@willneverforgets3341]

oh f*** what a weather for running, here it is moslty the opposite, super hot.

[@clementinepetit8258]

Love this, well done that’s such a great achievement!! 🥳 Was it hard finding the route, like is it manageable if you don’t know how tu use a compass?

[@FloraBeverley]

Thank you! Yes sometimes, but we got instructions at each checkpoint, and for the mostpart we could see the runners in front :)

[@tunwert]

So beautiful!! 🌦

[@Dora-bmrwarrior]

You have plenty of courage and grit to be doing such a tough event when recovering from Covid plus having those lingering symptoms, especially high heart rate. Braver than me! Hope you are feeling much better now :)

[@fatrunner]

Amazing, really want to do something like this one day.

[@kierenkd]

Great video. On getting lost, are runners required to have navigation skills, map & compass? I'd like to do a single day event like this but can't navigate. Just bought 2 books to try and learn and am practicing on routes I know.

[@FloraBeverley]

You don't need to be able to navigate - we don't know the route so map and compass would be useless in this specific route. We just followed red flags and verbal instructions at aid stations!

[@kierenkd]

@@FloraBeverley wow. Kudos the organisers - it must be a lot of work to mark the course

[@niamhbradley97]

Loved this Flora! What shoes are you wearing?

[@FloraBeverley]

These are the columbia caldorado III 🤗

[@EmmaSpears]

Great video, thank you Flora! I'm curious - how do strangers react when you ask them to film you? (I assume that's what you do for the shots of you running where you're not holding the camera) I'd feel too awkward to do that! Also - did you have to carry all of your food or was that part of what you left at camp?

[@FloraBeverley]

Haha well after several hours of running with them they're rarely strangers anymore - it's one thing I love about these things! And people tend to be happy to help :) and we had to carry ALL the food we had while out there. Was heavy!

[@RickardNilsson]

Very inspiring video! I've just bought a GoPro but I feel like the battery is running low very fast. How many extra batteries do you carry on these long runs? What settings do you use?

[@FloraBeverley]

The batteries are much worse when it's cold - I've had this issue with every gopro I've ever had. I take a power-pack and use it to charge the gopro at the end of each day (along with my phone).

[@RickardNilsson]

@@FloraBeverley Thanks! I think I'll give the new endurance batteries a go.

[@neilreynolds432]

Love the rain if I am not there

[@BeyondTheUltimateRaces]

Just here to remind ourselves of the adventure! ❤

[@FloraBeverley]

And what an adventure it was 😍 good luck to everyone completing this in April!

[@gokiwi2642]

Great job on your first day ultra, you will be getting super fit, when you do another road marathon, should be able to fly along, when is your next road marathon, probably not a good time to ask while you’re in the middle of a three day Ultra 👍🥳👊🏼🍀😀🏃🏼‍♂️🍀🌴

[@markthomasson5077]

Well done, and a very respectable time. Curiously how much walking on the video yet you weren’t slow. Looks like you had plenty of ‘Scottish sunshine’! Think you should have had waterproof socks, not perfect but your feet stay a lot warmer. Also twice as much food, and a winter sleeping bag. Oh and forget the water bladder, no shortage of fresh supplies

[@FloraBeverley]

Thanks Mark! Yes I could mostly only film when I was walking so it looks like i walked the whole thing 😂 Tempted to try waterproof socks but nothing is waterproof when you're wading thoguh rivers. I defo had enough food (don't want to run with any more weight than I had) but yes awesome about the rivers! Some areas had cattle so not suitable for drinking (I saw a dead sheep in one river) but most were clean and I did refill from them :)

[@markthomasson5077]

I run in the Mamores, love my waterproof socks, especially at this time of year. But, yes if the water is over the top, you have a problem. The longer ones better, and I think there is one that seals at the top, perhaps no good for running. I am normally high up, so no worries about clean water. Didn’t realise you had to carry all your food, (just don’t get tempted by the dead sheep) was that for all the days / camp food. If you are liking Scotland, how about the Skyline Scotland series next year, I have done the Vertical K, the Ring of Steall, and this year attempted the Ben Nevis Ultra…it’s hard.

[@FloraBeverley]

@@markthomasson5077 yes we had to carry any food we wanted while we were in Scotland. Lots of weight!

[@GraceRoberts4]

Loved this!! How do you guys know where to go and not get lost? I for sure would end up off the route 😂

[@FloraBeverley]

Haha there are red flags to mark most of the route :) I still got lost tho

[@alisonlish]

That was my question too!! How to avoid getting lost. So great that you stuck with that guy and the others you ran with. I’ve always been concerned about going off on my own to run these races but none of my friends want to do the work or train for the longer distances. I don’t get not wanting that kind of adventure. I’m so intrigued by your race. Such a good video.

[@thebluechimera]

Whenever you translate the distance to miles as an American I feel so seen 😄

[@FloraBeverley]

Hahaha I was trying to do it as much as poss 🙈

[@hanphilnoffz8827]

125 kilometers are scary I'm only 20 years old my Young leg can't handle marathon yet

[@FloraBeverley]

You have the whole of your life, take it easy! You'll get there 🤗

[@thisismetoday]

This is really not meant to be offensive, but I always thought you're meant to run marathons. But I see most of the guys participating in this run, walking quite a bit of it. When I did my first half marathon last year, I was surprised because I had trained to be able to run the entire distance, but I saw SO many people walk constantly. Is it me that is just having too high expectations? Or being super unrealistic?

[@FloraBeverley]

Road marathons and ultramarathons are very different beasts. It's generally recommended to walk plenty in hilly ultras to keep HR low, otherwise hills cause HR spikes which means you're less likely to be able to finish. Tough terrain just adds to the issues, and walking is often faster as well as more efficient! FWIW everyone in this race walked sections, and some of the runners are elite/semi-elite, so they know how it's done! I came in the top 10 each day and walked loads as you can see :) Hope that helps!

[@jungtao]

How do u step in knee deep cow poo? I figure that much poo can be avoided? 😂 “meyhhh”

[@FloraBeverley]

It was entirely unavoidable 😅

[@jungtao]

@@FloraBeverley love this answer! Hahaha

[@eng9040]

A radio 4 programme I listened to about all this dismayed me. "Ultra" marathon 4 days, entrance fee £9000, six month training course £6000. I reckon these folk should be monitored and secure them as insane. Why should a helicopter rescue prats like this.

[@FloraBeverley]

Which ultramarathon were they talking about?? There are some insanely expensive ones and some slightly more reasonable ones (though they're rarely cheap). This one is £700, not £9000 😅

[@eng9040]

@Flora Beverley It was a west Highland one, was on radio 4 programme Easter Monday. I thought it was an April fools thing, but apparently you get luxury accommodation and Mitchelen star meals, over a four day event. Mind boggles.

[@FloraBeverley]

@ENG oh yeah, that one is a bit of a joke in the industry. It's for people who want to do something epic and have all the money in the world. It's not this one!! Most ultras are expensive, but nothing like that.

[@timeonfeet]

Really great to get an insight into this kind of event - very different and a whole other kind of challenge to single day events. Thanks for sharing Flora.

[@FloraBeverley]

Thanks for watching! :) so glad you enjoyed