This 61 Year Old Farmer Accidentally Changed Running Forever

[@timjones8084]

Great vid as always - Zatopek is a name worth mentioning, not least since he eclipsed Sifan with golds in the 5, 10 and marathon in 1952!

[@judithricken5447]

I think Emil Zatopec won the Gold Medal in 5.000, 10.000 and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics, so it had been done before. Other than that, again very inspiring video, making the link from giant hero's in the past to us normal people I liked it!

[@farshidfarmandeh]

And finally 100k subscribers 🎉 Well done and deserved. Thank you for the channel both of you

[@andershoenisch1665]

And Mary just went sub-90minutes on her Half Marathon! Amazing. Thanks for the videos guys, we love your content

[@Fitzavig]

Bro, he literally did the tortoise and the hare in real life. What a mad lad.

[@benbooth598]

I can imagine that was the conversation that was had in 490 BC about the marathon Have a great Christmas

[@ThisMessyHappy]

I’m almost certain it was that verbatim 😂 have a great Xmas 😊

[@bessmay5353]

I love the stories along with training advice and both your running journeys. I have been following the channel before Thailand. Great job, your channel is informative and entertaining! Smiles, from a runner in Texas.

[@anna-zw7ek]

Amazing video, so motivating 😍 Started running in 2022 thanks to you guys (your couch to 5k plan) and really fell in love with it. It's easy to feel demotivated when the initial progress slows down or you can't hit certain goal times, but I just keep telling myself that as long as I stick to it, I will keep moving the needle and achieve better outcomes 😊

[@dardevle]

Amazing video...Thanks!

[@L_niel_1003]

I needed this today. Thanks!

[@wilmertsch]

Always interesting Ben and Mary, keep those Vlogs coming!

[@juliemckie72]

Great fun and interesting video!

[@deshall1885]

Amazing video. Merry Christmas 🎉

[@irawhitlock1084]

Great vid! At this point my impossible goal will be to run at least once a week for the rest of my life😂. It’s not much but I’m honored to be a part of this community and to be able to watch all of you higher functioning ( higher than me at least 😂) runners do amazing things! Runners unite! 💪❤️🙏

[@TadeuszCantwell]

Pedantry alert, the marathon distance wasn't exceptional at the time, Pheidippideses was a professional messenger who had delivered the news of the victory at Marathon. He had first run to Sparta 153 miles away to ask for their aid, was refused, ran back to Athens, then the 25 miles to marathon and then back to Athens after the battle. I would argue that people in Europe lost the necessity to run so it was lost from cultural memory. The Tarahumara kept that ability in their isolationed home and where able to compete in Leadville without training in a similar way to everyone else. In a way the training of the Tarahumara and Cliff Young's was similarly based off everyday survival.

[@NewSmyrnaSpine]

Great vid guys

[@angelafosse5955]

Jasmine Paris, amazing, I choke up at that finish

[@neilhulme8426]

watch the documentary about Terry Fox. That’s who i think about when the marathon gets tough.

[@karlbratby4349]

Cool video Ben... I will use your Line Of Possible and keep telling myself it is possible to fix my body and all its niggles 🤪🤪🤪🤪.. You and Mary are both an inspiration to all your viewers.

[@johndepledge1811]

Runners were getting very, very close to 4:00 for the mile before Roger Bannister. It was clear it was going to fall imminently. There was no psychological barrier.

[@lcpholman]

I remember this from when I was a kid in Aus. The entire nation was completely engrossed.

[@allanriggs788]

As kids we had Doable. Climbing trees, jumping bmxs, anything. We would try to do things, bigger and sillier things. Things were Doable, or impossible. But as soon as someone did something new - they put in the Doable list. You broke it down, worked it out, gave it a go - but that mental barrier of KNOWING it was Doable, made it different.

[@NewBeginnings-vx6ic]

Correction: When Pheidippides ran from Athens to Sparta, that was 150 miles, not 26.2. The name came from there, but the actual distance was done so the british royal family wanting to watch the olympic marathon from their balcony, thus, a special route was created which happened to be the iconic 26.2 miles (before it was 25 miles).

[@A-betterMe]

this is exactly what i thought when Kipchoge broke the 2hr mark... 'it wont be long now, till its done in a race'.... the psychology has always been the biggest barrier

[@drone9082]

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[@toddboucher3302]

We’re constantly seeing these distances get shattered of an ultramarathons and the United States anyways of what was possible hundreds and now 200s are common and one guy is preparing you know 500 miles. They’re doing there’s a guy I heard in Colorado that training to run across America and back Also another KZbinr this guy Simon I think ultra Cheryl Simon or something. He runs 100 mile race about every three weeks on average last year he did Mount Fuji, which is really hard right after that he did code Codona 250 and then right after that this is three weeks in a row. He did another really challenging. I think Bryson another really challenging hundred mile race so in three weeks you know he did 450 miles of racingso I don’t think we actually do know what the limit is and hopefully we never will great video really enjoyed this one.

[@abbyschwendler1107]

Im facinated by speedy runners I love running and have been running for years, but I'm not fast at all. I started doing more dedicated speed work. Some if my sprints, which killed me, were not even as fast as the top elite marathoners. I couldn't hold that pace for a minute let alone 26 miles. Lots of love for you fast folks. now its time for me to get out and run. Its 5 degrees F out there ... Burrrrr

[@Leeroy49]

Yep that was my year of birth 😂 valuable stories. Sifan Hassan joyned Paavo Nurmi with her Olympic performances. So it's not exactly unheard of. 🎉

[@grantmckay7014]

Phiedippides ran 240km on 2 days. Marathon to Athens was simply his last leg. No wonder he died, it was not "just a Marathon".

[@Veroweithofer]

You certainly know that the 26,2 marathon distance was created by the British, not the actual distance in ancient Greece?

[@stenblann9784]

Run, Forrest, run! I meant Cliff.

[@TadeuszCantwell]

Fun fact Cliff had to run so much as a farmer because he came from a poor family who didn't own any horses which would have speed up the job.

[@0Laura199101]

I do like this history topic video ❤

[@DanijelNovakovic-o2h]

Today We Die a Little - well worth a read 👍

[@scotthair7458]

The music is too loud! It's like trying to hear you in a nightclub. Great content. Annoying music over your speaking.

[@ThisMessyHappy]

Thanks Scott, it’s always a delicate balance. I think in this video the more annoying thing is some of the background traffic but I did my best 😂

[@RunSteveRun]

​@@ThisMessyHappy I liked it. Scott Hair sounds like a virgin's name anyway

[@timtamothy51]

You might want to fix up your speaker settings? I don't have any issues.

[@oliverdking]

6 hours does seem like a lot if you are trying to win a race 😅

[@Ben.StevenswithaV]

And then Yiannis Kouros came along...