My First Ultra Marathon أول ماراثون لي Mein erster Ultra-Marathon My First Ultra Marathon Mi primer ultramaratón Mon premier ultra-marathon La mia prima ultramaratona 初めてのウルトラマラソン 나의 첫 울트라 마라톤 Mijn eerste ultramarathon Mój pierwszy ultra maraton Minha Primeira Ultra Maratona Мой первый ультрамарафон İlk Ultra Maratonum Мій перший ультрамарафон 我的第一次超级马拉松 我的第一次超级马拉松

it feels like time is standing still. يبدو الأمر وكأن الوقت لا يزال قائما. it feels like time is standing still. 時間が止まっているように感じる。 кажется, что время остановилось. 感觉时间仿佛静止了。 感覺時間都靜止了。

Guess what? Raten Sie mal! 何だと思う？ Угадайте, что? Bil bakalım ne oldu?

We're still climbing. Wir klettern immer noch. まだ登っている。 Wciąż się wspinamy. Мы все еще поднимаемся. 我們還在攀登。

Oh, this is so hard. 哦，這太難了。

And we've been out here for so long. А мы здесь уже столько времени. 我們已經在這裡待了這麼久。

Hi, I'm Sarah. 嗨，我是莎拉。

And welcome to my biggest challenge to date. Und willkommen bei meiner bisher größten Herausforderung. 歡迎來到我迄今為止最大的挑戰。

Taking on my first ever ultramarathon. Ich nehme meinen ersten Ultramarathon überhaupt in Angriff. 參加我的第一次超級馬拉鬆比賽。

The Running Channel team have challenged me to take on the Inthanon 3, a 54 Das Team von Running Channel hat mich herausgefordert, den Inthanon 3 zu laufen, einen 54 ランニングチャンネルのチームが、インタノン3（54km）に挑戦してくれた。 Ekipa Running Channel me je izzvala, da se pomerim z Inthanon 3, 54 Running Channel 團隊向我提出挑戰，讓我挑戰 Inthanon 3，54

kilometre race with 2,800 metres of elevation at Thailand by Kilometer-Rennen mit 2.800 Höhenmetern in Thailand durch kilometrsko tekmo z 2800 metri nadmorske višine na Tajskem ob 泰國海拔2800米的公里賽

UTMB. With the help of inov-8, I'm going to be taking on this race in just a few days time. UTMB. Mit der Hilfe von inov-8 werde ich dieses Rennen in ein paar Tagen in Angriff nehmen. UTMB。inov-8の助けを借りて、数日後にこのレースに挑むつもりだ。 UTMB. S pomočjo inov-8 se bom udeležil te dirke čez nekaj dni. UTMB。在 inov-8 的幫助下，我將在短短幾天內參加這場比賽。

But first it's time to head off and catch the flight. Aber zuerst ist es Zeit, den Flug zu erwischen. でも、その前に飛行機に乗らなければならない。 Но сначала нужно отправиться в путь и успеть на самолет. Toda najprej je čas, da se odpravite in ujamete let. 但首先是時候啟程趕飛機了。

Welcome to Thailand.

I can't believe I'm saying that. It feels so surreal to be here. Ich kann nicht glauben, dass ich das sage. Es fühlt sich so unwirklich an, hier zu sein. No puedo creer lo que estoy diciendo. Se siente tan surrealista estar aquí. こんなことを言うなんて信じられない。ここにいることがとても非現実的に感じる。 Ne morem verjeti, da to govorim. Tako nadrealistično je biti tukaj. 我不敢相信我會這麼說。來到這裡感覺很超現實。

We've been here for a few days now, mainly sleeping to catch up on the jet lag and just trying to take in as many sights as we can. Wir sind jetzt seit ein paar Tagen hier und haben hauptsächlich geschlafen, um den Jetlag auszugleichen, und versucht, so viele Sehenswürdigkeiten wie möglich zu sehen. Llevamos aquí unos días, principalmente durmiendo para recuperarnos del jet lag y tratando de ver todo lo que podemos. 時差ぼけを取り戻すために主に睡眠をとり、できる限り多くの名所を見ようとしている。 Tukaj smo že nekaj dni, večinoma spimo, da nadoknadimo čas časovnega zamika in poskušamo videti čim več znamenitosti. 我們已經在這裡待了幾天了，主要是為了趕上時差而睡覺，只是想盡可能多地看看風景。

For now, though, it's time to see a little bit more of Thailand, Jetzt ist es aber erst einmal an der Zeit, ein bisschen mehr von Thailand zu sehen, とはいえ、今はタイをもう少し見て回る時期だ、

and I'm gonna put my trainers on and head out on a shakeout run, so let's go. und ich werde meine Turnschuhe anziehen und einen Shakeout-Lauf machen, also los geht's. トレーナーを履いてシェイクアウトランに出るよ。 我要穿上我的運動鞋並開始跑步，所以我們走吧。

Shakeout run's all complete. Der Shakeout-Lauf ist abgeschlossen. シェイクアウトランはすべて完了した。 Sarsıntı çalışması tamamlandı.

And now it is time to prepare for the race. Und nun ist es an der Zeit, sich auf das Rennen vorzubereiten.

Now, this is a little bit more involved than some other races Because of the mandatory kit list. Aufgrund der vorgeschriebenen Ausrüstungsliste ist dies etwas aufwändiger als andere Rennen. キットのリストが必須なので、他のレースより少し手間がかかる。

It's important to remember that ultras are often in extreme conditions with tricky terrain. Es ist wichtig, daran zu denken, dass Ultraläufe oft unter extremen Bedingungen und in schwierigem Terrain stattfinden. ウルトラは多くの場合、トリッキーな地形で極限状態にあることを忘れてはならない。

And so that kit list is there to keep you safe. It does, however, mean that it's a little bit like playing Tetris. Die Ausrüstungsliste ist also da, um Sie zu schützen. Das bedeutet aber auch, dass es ein bisschen wie Tetris spielen ist. だから、そのキットリストはあなたの安全を守るためにあるんだ。しかし、それはテトリスをプレイするようなものだ。

So I've got long sleeve top and bottoms, fuel, head torches, safety kit, Ich habe also ein langärmeliges Oberteil und eine lange Hose, Benzin, Stirnlampen, Sicherheitsausrüstung, だから、長袖の上下、燃料、ヘッド・トーチ、セーフティ・キットを持っている、

hat, poles, gels, masks, all to fit into my pack, Hut, Stöcke, Gels, Masken, alles muss in meinen Rucksack passen, 帽子、ストック、ジェル、マスク、

which is gonna take a little bit of time. was ein wenig Zeit in Anspruch nehmen wird. 少し時間がかかりそうだ。

So I'm going to get started on that now because I have to be up super early tomorrow to head to the race. Also werde ich jetzt damit anfangen, denn morgen muss ich sehr früh aufstehen, um zum Rennen zu fahren. 明日は超早起きしてレースに向かわなければならないから、今からそれに取り掛かるつもりだ。

So let's get packing.

There we go. これでよし。

Ten seconds. 10秒だ。

How do you run an ultra? ウルトラはどうやって走るの？

I think we're about to find out. これから分かると思う。

Constantly trying to remember what Paul said.

And I remember one of the things about going uphill and downhill was lean into it. Und ich erinnere mich, dass man sich beim Bergauf- und Bergabfahren in die Kurve legen muss. 上り坂や下り坂では、体を傾けることが大事だった。

So I am leaning

on this ascent. I want to be running. この上り坂で。走っていたい。

But equally, I don't want to burn out. でも同じように、燃え尽きたくはないんだ。

And these ascents are savage. そして、これらの上り坂は野蛮だ。

You can get a little glimpse of sunrise in the background. 背景には日の出が少し見える。

Pretty special, huh? かなり特別だろう？

Okay.

Checkpoint one, tick. チェックポイント1、チック。

Took off my head torch. ヘッドトーチを外した。

Took off the light that goes on the GoPro - morning! GoProのライトを外した！

Just to give you an idea of time. 時間の見当をつけるためだ。

Even though I think time is a lost concept in an ultra, ウルトラの世界では時間は失われた概念だと思う、

We're 36 minutes in, just gone through 4K.

I'm probably looking to average five k an hour. おそらく平均時給は5キロくらいになると思う。

So on track, however, the first bit is the easy bit. しかし、コース上では、最初の少しは簡単なことだ。

So you gotta stay-

Gotta keep your legs fresh. 足をフレッシュに保つんだ。

There's still 50k to go. まだ5万ドルある。

So even on little bits like this, I'm going to walk.

My strategy is first half super easy. My strategy is first half super easy. 私の戦略は、前半は超楽勝。

Super chill. 超寒い。

Don't try and waste any energy.

Second half, we start to play.

Can I get away with saying that? そう言って逃げてもいいですか？

Probably not cool enough. おそらくクールさが足りない。

5k done.

44 minutes.

Which is funny, because when I started running in

probably about 2018, that was my first ever 5K time.

Took about 45 minutes on the canal.

I ran with a friend from uni and we were so chuffed that we 大学時代の友人と一緒に走ったんだけど、とても嬉しかったよ。

managed to do 5k and that was a huge achievement for me.

I did not run before that point. それまでは走らなかった。

And now, 2019, 2020, 2021- hello!

Three years later.

44 minutes for five k with....

I have no idea what that elevation was, but crazy amount of Bu yüksekliğin ne olduğu hakkında hiçbir fikrim yok, ama çılgın miktarda

elevation, and we've still got 49k to go. 標高はまだ4万9000メートル。

It's amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it. Aklınıza koyduğunuzda yapabilecekleriniz inanılmaz.

I've gotta prove my own point now and get across the line.

But hopefully...

Pretty views, but savage hills.

That's what you get with an ultra. Ultra ile elde edeceğin şey bu.

There are photographers the whole way along this ridge. Bu sırt boyunca tüm yol boyunca fotoğrafçılar var.

And everyone is like speeding up, running, smiling as they go past them. Ve herkes hızlanıyor, koşuyor, yanlarından geçerken gülümsüyor.

And then just slowing down to walk. Case in point, smile for the Ve sonra yürümek için yavaşlamak. Örnek olarak, gülümseyin

camera, and then walk.

Nah, I'll carry on running.

This bit's beautiful.

I mean, look at that.

we have just come through 10K in one hour,

31 minutes, so nice and within my five

k an hour plan.

But I'm sure with all of these mountains Ama eminim ki tüm bu dağlar

around, there's going to be some savage ascents which will このあたりで、いくつかの野蛮な上り坂があるだろう。

eat into that time later on. 後でその時間を食い潰すことになる。

Go, go, go.

Checkpoint two.

So this is the next checkpoint. At checkpoint 12, 9k. Bir sonraki kontrol noktası burası. Kontrol noktası 12'de, 9 km.

Let's not worry about the hills. Tepeler için endişelenmeyelim.

Mm.

Let's do it.

This is honestly the best thing Bu gerçekten en iyi şey

I've ever done.

I can see why Anna loves this so much. Anna'nın bunu neden bu kadar çok sevdiğini anlayabiliyorum.

Because it's just beautiful.

It's hard to put into words how you feel doing something like this, but... このようなことをする気持ちを言葉にするのは難しいが...。 Böyle bir şeyi yaparken nasıl hissettiğinizi kelimelere dökmek zor ama...

I don't know. 分からないよ。

It's just that you feel at peace. ただ、安らぎを感じるんだ。 Sadece huzurlu hissediyorsun.

It's tough.

It's really tough.

But there's something, there's something so calming about, でも、何か落ち着くんだ、

you have one thing to do. やるべきことは一つだ。

You get to the start, you cross the line, you get to the finish and スタート地点に立ち、ゴールラインを越え、そしてゴールする。

you have a magical journey along the way. その道中には魔法のような旅が待っている。

What am I saying? 私は何を言っているんだ？

I believe it, it's true.

Oooh, parkour. パルクールか。

Savage climb between checkpoint two and three complete. チェックポイント2と3の間のサベージ・クライム完了。 İkinci ve üçüncü kontrol noktaları arasındaki vahşi tırmanış tamamlandı.

Now I feel a view coming on. 今、景色が見えてきた気がする。

Dunno if you can. できるかどうかはわからない。

Oh, yeah.

There you go. そうだ。

That's why I was getting my camera out. だからカメラを取り出したんだ。 Bu yüzden kameramı çıkarıyordum.

I was like, oh, hang on a second. 私は、ああ、ちょっと待ってくれ、と思った。

That's just cloud. ただの雲だ。

No, it's mountain, lots of mountains.

Stunning. 見事だ。

Of course, we now do have the heat of the day to contend もちろん、今は暑い日が続いている。 Tabii ki, şimdi mücadele etmemiz gereken günün sıcağı var 當然，我們現在確實有要應付的炎熱天氣

with, and I'm not planning on finishing ve bitirmeyi planlamıyorum

before midday, so it's about to get hot.

Oh hello?

It's only the next checkpoint. Bu sadece bir sonraki kontrol noktası.

I thought that wasn't going to be for another, like 10 15 minutes. あと10分15分はないと思っていた。 Bunun 10-15 dakika daha sürmeyeceğini düşünmüştüm.

Feeling good? İyi hissediyor musun?

It's tough It's really tough, but it's beautiful. Zor. Gerçekten zor ama çok güzel.

So beautiful. And there's music!

What a day. なんて日だ。 Ne gündü ama.

Okay, checkpoint three.

tick.

Let's go.

Thank you. Bye.

Man, when you descend in Thailand, you descend. タイで下山するときは下山するんだ。 Dostum, Tayland'da alçalırsan, alçalırsın. 夥計，當你下降到泰國時，你就下降了。

Look at this.

24K down in three hours and 59 minutes. 3時間59分で24Kダウン。 Üç saat 59 dakikada 24 bin dolar.

We are getting close Yaklaşıyoruz

to the longest time I've ever been 今までで一番長い時間

out for on a run. を走った。

Um, so the marathon, obviously, I was pretty much running the whole time there. マラソンでは、当然、ずっと走っていた。 Maratonda açıkçası bütün zamanımı koşarak geçirdim.

It was the longest run I've ever done.

That was four hours, 27 minutes. Dört saat 27 dakika sürdü.

If I'm remembering correctly. So in half an hour's 私の記憶が正しければね。だから30分後には Eğer doğru hatırlıyorsam. Yani yarım saat içinde

time, we're a little bit into the unknown. この時間は未知の世界だ。

Alright. OK, big jump. Here we go.

Ah.

Made it

Welcome to 'Running An Ultra'.

It's a, uh, multi-discipline sport. これはその......複合種目のスポーツなんだ。 Bu çok disiplinli bir spor.

As a shoe geek, 靴オタクとして、 Bir ayakkabı meraklısı olarak,

I've been looking at everyone shoes as they've been whizzing past me. みんなの靴が私の前を通り過ぎるのをずっと見ていた。 Yanımdan vızır vızır geçen herkesin ayakkabılarına bakıyordum.

And you know, there are some with lots of cushioning. それに、クッション性の高いものもある。

Some, um yeah, that have, like high stack heights, some with high drops. スタックの高さが高いものや、落差のあるものもある。 有些，嗯，是的，例如高堆疊高度，有些有高落差。

Other people in zero drops. Sıfır düşüşteki diğer insanlar.

I've gone for zero drop.

Excuse me.

A pair of inov-8s, which are perfect. They're, Bir çift inov-8, ki mükemmeller. Onlar,

they keep me quite low to the ground,

obviously, because of the drop.

They've got great grip for all the different terrains that we're going over. Üzerinden geçtiğimiz tüm farklı araziler için harika bir tutuşa sahipler.

And it means that you can really feel the ground. Bu da zemini gerçekten hissedebileceğiniz anlamına geliyor.

I love a shoe with cushioning, but I think for something like this, Yastıklamalı ayakkabılara bayılırım ama böyle bir şey için bence,

you want to feel it.

You want your foot to be doing the work.

But you've also got that layer of, that layer of cushioning on the sole of the shoe Ama aynı zamanda ayakkabının tabanında yastıklama tabakası da var. 但鞋底上也有一層緩衝層

with graphene.

Um, which is giving you that grip that my foot obviously Bu da ayağımın sana verdiği tutuşu sağlıyor.

doesn't have.

And we're squelching.

So we're still between checkpoints three and four.

Um, just on this lovely, long section of

road.

But we're running through little villages and seeing all the local

people saying hello.

This race is a huge thing in Thailand. Bu yarış Tayland'da çok büyük bir olay.

Um, not only for the people running it, but also, like, it's big in the Sadece işleten insanlar için değil, aynı zamanda

media.

Um, and so there are so many lovely people who are just Bir sürü güzel insan var.

excited to see runners. koşucuları görmek için heyecanlıyım.

Right. Here

is where I need to be going.

I don't know why I've been reluctant to do this, but I have poles in my bag, and

people around me have been using polls for the entire race, but I think it's like, you know when you're a teenager and

you think it's really cool

to, like, wear your coat indoors and your parents say take it off or you won't feel the benefit when you go back outside.

I think that's kind of what I've been doing.

I've been like, oh, I won't feel the benefit If I have it on- if I have my poles out for the whole race.

It's time to feel the benefit.

They're coming out.

Pole number one.

Let's climb. Woah, fly.

Half marathon to go.

Whoop whoop! Can't believe it.

That doesn't feel that long.

I'm sure it will.

With the elevation we've got to do.

We're just on a little bit of respite from the climb getting into checkpoint four.

18 k to go. We've

just popped out onto the road, having a little run.

It's a very different type of run.

More of a waddle.

Um, getting into the pain cave now. 嗯，現在就進入痛苦洞穴了。

I'm not gonna lie.

I'm excited for this ascent.

This next ascent though, mainly because the checkpoint comes first.

So gonna fuel up.

Have a little sit down.

Readjust myself and then time for a climb.

Okay.

Penultimate checkpoint.

Um, eat what you fancy.

I'm gonna have my sausages.

I want to get out some of my other fuel though.

Because the next bit, it's gonna be savage.

Uphill now.

Yeah.

Up, up, up.

Okay.

Been scanned out

at checkpoint, point, point.

******* lovely.

I love a checkpoint.

I came into that feeling a little bit deflated.

Not gonna lie.

Been a tough climb.

Been overtaken by a few people. Did overtake them back on the hill.

They overtook me on a flat, and then I re-overtook them on the hill.

So petty, but ah, makes you feel good.

But then pop into the checkpoint, Got some water, said

hello to a few people, ate those sausages.

Oh, my God.

It was so good.

Called in the cavalry of my headphone. Just got the one in.

Oh, my God!

Music makes a difference.

Starting off with the song that was in Anna's Berlin

Marathon video. Look out, cause here I come.

It was also suggested on Instagram when I asked for song suggestions. Really does get you moving.

This is me.

Oh, onwards and upwards.

Oh, this is relentless.

I've done about 400 metres in what feels like four hours.

Just got a good song come on, though.

Don't stop me now. To survive,

like Lady Godiva. I don't know what the words are.

There's no stoppin' me.

Call him Mr Fahrenheit.

Oh. Oh, no, I'm off course.

I thought that was gonna be a,

you've gone through a kilometre.

Oh, don't stop me now.

I'm having such a good time, having a ball.

Taking a break on a log because

it feels like time is standing still.

Guess what?

We're still climbing.

Oh, some of the elites yesterday were saying that when you're in the pain

cave, um it's good to smile and laugh, and that gets you out

of it, So... Oh, there's a big wasp on me.

Um, without looking like a weirdo.

Ha!

This is really giving me feels of, Simba,

everything the light touches is yours.

Eh, name that reference.

Go, in

the comments, quick,

name that reference.

So, probably got about a k to go until the final

checkpoint. Yeah. Well, the good news is,

is we are over the nine hour mark and we are

over the marathon mark. I forgot to check when we actually hit it.

But we're now on 43k in nine hours and 18 minutes.

So, ladies and gentlemen, I have done an

ultra marathon.

Does this mean I can stop now?

Yeah.

I mean, this is a bit savage that you have to walk over a bridge.

Oh, but pretty.

Very pretty.

Okay, final checkpoint complete.

I had sausages and ketchup. Man,

I love an ultra.