GET THOSE RUNNING SHOES ON & HAVE YOURSELF AN ADVENTURE
We are so glad you have stumbled upon our little Youtube channel and welcome to the Run4Adventure family!
We are a running related Youtube channel featuring informative but fun running kit reviews, capturing epic race day videos, creating inspiring short films about running and lots more...
The channel was started back in 2018 when I thought it would be a great idea to document my prep, training and race day at UTMB – a 104 mile ultra marathon with 10,000m of elevation starting in Chamonix, France and running/hiking around the Mont Blanc mountain range. We loved documenting it so much, the channel was born!
Our mission statement is to try and make quality content for you, guys and girls, at home to inspire you to go on your running journeys and have lots of amazing adventures along the way, just like we do.
So stay safe and keep on running!
Running is so much more than just putting one foot in front of the other for me, like I'm sure it is for a lot of you. Some of my earliest memories are of running as a child, whether it be playing tag with friends in the playground or running a hard 1500m for my school athletics team, I've always wanted to run!
Well, maybe not always, because there was a big period in my life where the joy of running was taken away from me when I got struck down with pretty severe asthma! I remember it like it was yesterday, running a 800m event for the school team, I was having a great race but with around 300m to go all of a sudden I couldn't catch my breath. I was forced to drop from the race and I really couldn't understand what had just happened - welcome to the world of asthma, Loyd!
From the age of 12 to when I moved to Cornwall at the age of 31 I suffered with exercise induced asthma and became pretty dependant on my inhaler. But as if my magic when moving to the fresh air of Cornish coast, it just stopped! My lungs started to free up and I didn't need my inhaler any more - it was such a pivital moment in my life, it was like I was 12 years old all over again and I haven't stopped running since!
“I can’t even run a mile!”
That's what I told Loyd back in 2012 and genuinely believed that. After his response Of course you can! and a bit of pondering, I entered Race for Life 5k and along with a good friend of mine started following a 0 to 5k training plan. The plan goes like this: you run 1 minute and walk 2 minutes x 5 in one session 3 times a week. The second week you run 2 minutes and walk for 1 minute x 5. I will never forget how long running non-stop for 2 minutes felt! Within one month we slowly built up our fitness and we were absolutely buzzing on the race day! That buzz and being surrounded by inspiring people has lead me to eventually complete mountain marathons and a 100km ultramarathon!
I'm not fast but I run for adventure and keeping my fitness going has enabled me to do exciting adventures such as running from sea level to 2000m up a volcano in La Palma, run the MCC by UTMB® and run an impromptu 18 miles up and down Vojak followed by jumping in the sea to cool down in Učka Nature Park in Croatia.
My role at R4A includes designing this website, creating graphics for print and merch, editing videos and enjoying running adventures with Loyd!
Everybody runs for different reasons but whether you’re running for ambition, fitness, adventure, the feeling of freedom or running to you simply means living more, we are so glad to be a part of your journey!
Nothing makes us happier than meeting you at races and seeing you complete your first ever trail 10km or when you tell us that our running tips came in handy helping you to cross the finish line of your first ultra marathon.
Your personal achievements and running adventures inspire us and your positive comments keep reminding us why we started Run4Adventure in the first place. Thank you for being a part of the Run4Adventure Family!
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