0:00:27 > 0:00:29This is our race pace.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Hello and a very warm welcome to The Adventure Show.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34This month, we're back where it all began,
0:00:34 > 0:00:36the Original Mountain Marathon.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38This is the race that laid the foundation
0:00:38 > 0:00:42for the thriving world of adventure racing we know today.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43It's a great day. Loving it.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45It's absolutely gorgeous.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Almost half a century after the original Mountain Marathon,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52we're here at the Galloway Forest Park, just outside Newton Stewart,
0:00:52 > 0:00:55for the 2016 event.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And let me tell you one thing -
0:00:57 > 0:01:01this race is as tough now as it was back then.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02It started in 1968.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06We aren't aware of any other two-day mountain marathon events
0:01:06 > 0:01:08in the world at that time.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10And that's why it's called "the Original".
0:01:10 > 0:01:11- Nice day for it.- Is it?!
0:01:11 > 0:01:13THEY LAUGH
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Could be worse.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18A group of guys wanted to find a competition
0:01:18 > 0:01:21to see who had the best bragging rights
0:01:21 > 0:01:23for being able to operate on a mountain.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Part of that test is the navigation and the endurance,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28strength and character that you need to keep pushing
0:01:28 > 0:01:29when conditions are hard.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- Yes! - HE CHUCKLES
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Originally designed as a test of map reading,
0:01:34 > 0:01:36teamwork and mountain skills,
0:01:36 > 0:01:40competitors have to find their way between set points on the hill.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44So this really is a challenge of orienteering, fell running,
0:01:44 > 0:01:49endurance and the ability to keep a cool head under intense pressure.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51This is the main goal. You don't have a track -
0:01:51 > 0:01:53you have to find your own.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55That's the most beautiful part, probably.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58It's going to be quite long and quite difficult, it seems,
0:01:58 > 0:02:02but we are here exactly for this, so no problem.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Each year, the OMM goes to a different part of the country.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07And this time, we're in the Galloway hills.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Over the course of two days,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11competitors need to be entirely self-sufficient,
0:02:11 > 0:02:15including carrying all of their kit for an overnight camp.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17You get your wet and dirty clothes off,
0:02:17 > 0:02:18get the next day's clothes on,
0:02:18 > 0:02:20have something to eat, get in your tent...
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- And that's it! - ..out by six - that's it!
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Also in this month's Adventure Show,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28we'll be finding out just how little gear the fastest runners can take
0:02:28 > 0:02:30to survive a night under canvas.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32My rucksack now weighs about three kilos,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34with everything in for the weekend,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37including stove, fuel, food, tent, sleeping bag, everything.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41And we're joining one of Scotland's top athletes, Donnie Campbell,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44as he attempts to set a new record in the mountains.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47I'm really looking forward to it in one way,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49but I'm really nervous and scared as well.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54But first to the Original Mountain Marathon.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57While competitors know the general area in which they'll be racing,
0:02:57 > 0:03:00they're only given the final route on the start line.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02So they have to be pretty quick
0:03:02 > 0:03:04working out the best option for the day.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06This is just like doing a parachute jump.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Unfortunately, it's a long drop! THEY LAUGH
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- Aye!- It takes all weekend to get to the bottom.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15You might think an event like the OMM is just for the select few.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17But you'd be wrong.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Almost 1,800 people have entered this year.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22And they're split up into eight different classes.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24SENSOR BEEPS
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Everyone races in teams of two.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29And we're concentrating on the elite category,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31where the competition is incredibly fierce.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35There are 66 hardy folk in this group,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38and ahead of them is nearly 60km of running.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40But that's not all.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43There's 4,600 metres of ascent
0:03:43 > 0:03:46over extremely rough and challenging terrain.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49And, just to make things interesting,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52competitors choose their own route between checkpoints.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56It's here that the race can be won or lost.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Setting the courses for the elite
0:03:58 > 0:04:01is very much about setting sequential points
0:04:01 > 0:04:03that they've got to find their way between.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08But doing that in such a way that there are alternative routings,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11whether you run round the left-hand side of the hill,
0:04:11 > 0:04:13or the right-hand side of the hill.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Whether you stay low in the valley, or whether you go over the tops.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21To make it even tougher, the OMM is held at the end of October,
0:04:21 > 0:04:25when the nights are lengthening and the weather can be at its worst.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Yet competitors flock here from all over the world.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32We come from China to take part in this.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34And we want to enjoy this.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39And this race is clearly addictive - many come back time after time.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42You'll even find people who've done almost every one.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43It's actually my 43rd.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45I thought it was my 44th, but it's my 43rd.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Heavens above! What brings you back?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Why do you keep coming and doing this?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Enjoy it, particularly the Scottish ones.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Wilder country.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Less people.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58More opportunities for it to go wrong and to go right.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01What we really love is, you know how you get that extra hour in bed,
0:05:01 > 0:05:03normally, at the end of October?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05We actually spend it in a tent in a muddy field.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08That's what brings you back.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09OK, ladies and gentlemen,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12please ensure you hit one of the two start boxes on the gantry,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14then you can get going.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Enjoy your day.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Racers are set off at timed intervals so that they're not -
0:05:20 > 0:05:23how can we say this? - inspired by other competitors' route choices.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25It's just before eight o'clock in the morning,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28and the first competitors are just about to head out on the course.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Good luck, guys. Go on.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31- Got the map, guys?- Yep.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Where are you heading off to now?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Um...vaguely....that way, somewhere!
0:05:36 > 0:05:38That way? I think that's a good way.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41That way, left or right, and up a hill somewhere!
0:05:41 > 0:05:43What could possibly go wrong?!
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Just check it's the right course, please.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- So how you feeling?- I think the course is reasonable.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50It doesn't look like it's, er...
0:05:50 > 0:05:52too long. We hope.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54But the ground, we know, is very tussocky.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57So we're just keen to get going and see what it's like.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I'd always wanted to do the elite, and especially with ladies,
0:06:00 > 0:06:04so when I found a lady that would do it with me, we've moved up.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05Last year, we were timed out.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08So this year it's like, come back and do it properly,
0:06:08 > 0:06:10and not get timed out and finish.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- Morning, ladies. How are we? - Good morning.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Yeah, we are fine.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16A bit nervous about this. But it'll be good.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18- Where have you come from?- Sweden.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20You've come from Sweden? All the way from Sweden for this event?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- Yes.- Why? What's the attraction?
0:06:22 > 0:06:27This, all this! Beautiful weather, nice mountains, yeah.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28No, just having fun.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31What's your strategy? Who's navigating and who does the...?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33- Both of us.- Both?- Yeah.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35And do you agree on everything?
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- We don't know yet.- It's the first time for us running together! So...
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- We'll see.- ..we'll manage.- Listen, I'll let you have a great day.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- On you go. Have a fantastic time. - Thank you.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45We'll speak to you later. Cheers.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47It's very unlike Formula One, this, the competition,
0:06:47 > 0:06:52because people actually start, tend to walk forward - they've run! -
0:06:52 > 0:06:55and more often than not, if you walk around here with me,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58people just stop. After about ten yards, they stop.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Because they have to look at the map. Navigation is key.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01If you make a mistake here,
0:07:01 > 0:07:05it's going to be a very, very long weekend.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07How are you feeling, guys, this morning?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- Cracking weather. Perfect. - Absolutely perfect.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10- We want fog, yeah.- You like fog?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- Yeah, I don't want anybody following us!- Oh, I see.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Don't want anybody to be able to see where we're going,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16and I don't want to see anybody else.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18'I want it to be hard.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20'I wouldn't enjoy it if it was easy.'
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I don't believe anything that's easy is fun, really.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26You need things to be hard, to be challenging, to make it worthwhile.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Are you all right?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30'I love it. It's escapism, isn't it?
0:07:30 > 0:07:34'It's just nice to get on the mountains and get away from work,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36'and go wild for a couple of days, really.'
0:07:36 > 0:07:39So, guys, how you feeling this morning?
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- A bit nervous.- Quite nervous, yeah. - Apprehensive, but excited as well.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44It's good to see you smiling at this point.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46How do you keep each other motivated?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49We've not actually run together before, so we'll find out.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Keep eating and talking to each other.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55We're both quite good at talking, so it'll be quite...
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Knowing you've been through bad patches before
0:07:57 > 0:08:00and got to the other side, gives you a bit of confidence that,
0:08:00 > 0:08:02"I know it feels bad now but in an hour's time,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04"I'll perk up and I'll be back on a high."
0:08:04 > 0:08:06So I think you've just got to keep that in mind,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08that it's going to get better.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12So I think it's straight on where there's the path.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Let's go.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17You need a whole range of skills to be successful in the OMM.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18And at the top of that list
0:08:18 > 0:08:22is the balance between speed and accurate map reading.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25You can waste so much time if you get your navigation wrong.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28I think some of the orienteers are very good at that.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31You know - see the terrain, eye to map really quickly.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Whereas I think we know what we're doing,
0:08:34 > 0:08:35we can read the map really well.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39But it just takes that little bit more time to make sure we're right.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41'We try to get moving fairly quickly,
0:08:41 > 0:08:45'maybe have a general idea for a couple of the controls in advance.'
0:08:45 > 0:08:49And, as we move forward, then we keep on checking on the map.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Always looking ahead to the next control
0:08:51 > 0:08:55and trying to get a bit more of a refined route.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58'What you don't want to do is get into the checkpoint
0:08:58 > 0:09:00'and then be lingering around there for ages,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02'because you can lead other teams in,
0:09:02 > 0:09:04'and you don't want to be giving other teams an advantage.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07'Try to get into the control and out again as quickly as you can.'
0:09:09 > 0:09:11I'm near the first of 12 checkpoints that make up the course
0:09:11 > 0:09:14for the elite runners on day one of this race.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17And it looks like it'll be a really demanding course this year,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19especially with today's weather conditions.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22These runners are the very best of the best.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25But, last year, nearly half didn't complete the course,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28which shows just how tough this event really is.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- What's the first control point been like to find?- Very hard.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34We kind of missed a trick with the broken fence on the map.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Till some kind, anonymous people...
0:09:37 > 0:09:38THEY LAUGH
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Early morning light, it looked like a stream, but it was a broken fence.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45But it's OK, we now know the grey lines are fences, so...
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Oh, well, it's a long day!
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- Hi, all right? - How are you getting on?
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Not too bad. A bit of trouble on that one, but...you know.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54- Oh!- Missed it.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58'We've done a lot of mistakes in previous competitions
0:09:58 > 0:09:59'where you grab the map'
0:09:59 > 0:10:01and you just, you know, start running.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03And that's really bad idea,
0:10:03 > 0:10:06except for sometimes you can drag some other teams along. But...
0:10:06 > 0:10:08THEY LAUGH
0:10:08 > 0:10:12But it's not a good way of doing it. You need to be in control.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16So, usually, when we pick the first control,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19we'll go a little bit slower than on the rest of the course,
0:10:19 > 0:10:21just make sure you get a good start.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Normally, in the beginning of the race, the first checkpoint,
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Bjorn will be a little bit confused.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29He's the main navigator.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32And I will try maybe to get a little bit...
0:10:32 > 0:10:36"Calm down," and then we get going and then everything will be OK.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39And then later on, Bjorn will be dragging me along.
0:10:40 > 0:10:46Sometimes, you know, you can be the friendly guy to watch your mate
0:10:46 > 0:10:49and sometimes, you can also be the nasty guy.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53From the very start, this is a formidable course.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56There's less than 30 feet of visibility,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59masses of bog, endless tussocks,
0:10:59 > 0:11:03and finding your way demands precise navigation.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Three hours into the race,
0:11:04 > 0:11:08and everyone's now spread out across the hills.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10The first elite runners to checkpoint four
0:11:10 > 0:11:13are Jessica Tullie and Kerstin Leslie.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16They're both members of the Scottish Orienteering team
0:11:16 > 0:11:19and are used to competing at international level,
0:11:19 > 0:11:23but they know that picking the best route can be tricky.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25You can make a best guess,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28but you can't tell exactly what the terrain's going to be like
0:11:28 > 0:11:32until you get there so, sometimes, you might pick an option, thinking,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35"Oh, it's definitely going to be faster to go round,"
0:11:35 > 0:11:38but if you end up on some very rough ground that you weren't expecting,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40then it might not have been the right choice
0:11:40 > 0:11:44but you made the best decision you could at the time.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Duncan Archer and Shane Ohly from south of the border
0:11:47 > 0:11:49are right behind.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51They started almost an hour later,
0:11:51 > 0:11:55and they've already pushed through to the front of this select field.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59But they know how hard it is to maintain that advantage.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Everyone makes mistakes, so even when you're running in a group,
0:12:02 > 0:12:06you're still all navigating and you're still second-guessing
0:12:06 > 0:12:08whoever's leading the navigation,
0:12:08 > 0:12:10because people make amazing mistakes,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13so you've always got to be prepared on a split second
0:12:13 > 0:12:16to change and do something separate to the people you're running with.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Just seconds behind the leading runners,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Jim Mann and Nic Barbour, also from south of the border,
0:12:22 > 0:12:25are powering through checkpoint four.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29But they set off more than 30 minutes before Duncan and Shane
0:12:29 > 0:12:34and, like many competitors today, are finding conditions challenging.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35When it's clear, it's all right.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38You can pick out big features and just run towards them.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41When it's claggy, and especially when it's detailed on the map,
0:12:41 > 0:12:42it can be really difficult.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45You've got to sort of hope, you've got to use a bit of cunning
0:12:45 > 0:12:48and you've got to get a little bit lucky at times as well.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- Hello.- All right?- Yeah.
0:12:51 > 0:12:5318 minutes after the frontrunners,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Kerstin Rosenqvist and Pernilla Berg, from Sweden,
0:12:56 > 0:12:59are the second women's team through the checkpoint.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Right behind them, also from Sweden,
0:13:01 > 0:13:05are Bjorn Rydvall and Sebastian Ljungdahl.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08They're currently in third place in the men's elite race,
0:13:08 > 0:13:12but they're under no illusion as to the task ahead.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14We know it's going to be very, very difficult navigation,
0:13:14 > 0:13:17and we know the weather could be truly challenging.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21It's nice to put yourself into some challenges once in a while.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23It's a big competition.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26I think it's pretty prestigious to make it good...
0:13:26 > 0:13:28make it good here.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33With 1,800 competitors spread out across these Galloway Hills,
0:13:33 > 0:13:35we're taking a short break from the OMM
0:13:35 > 0:13:37but we'll be back to see how everyone's getting on later.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Now we're heading to Glen Nevis to join top endurance athlete
0:13:53 > 0:13:56and ex-marine Donnie Campbell as he takes on
0:13:56 > 0:13:59one of Scotland's toughest challenges.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01It's the beginning of December,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04and Donnie's about to tackle Ramsay's Round.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08This is a circuit of 24 Munros in the Lochaber area
0:14:08 > 0:14:12that must be completed within 24 hours.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Currently, the winter record is 23 hours and 18 minutes.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19And that's the time Donnie hopes to beat.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22The thing that's concerning me most is...
0:14:22 > 0:14:26how am I going to cope with 12 hours of darkness by myself
0:14:26 > 0:14:28in the Scottish winter, in the Scottish mountains?
0:14:28 > 0:14:31You know, am I going to be able to cope with the elements?
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Mentally, that's probably the biggest challenge I'm facing.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39It's just before nine in the evening here at the start line in Glen Nevis
0:14:39 > 0:14:42and it's nearly time for the off.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44It's been a bit of a crazy drive up,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46trying to get things sorted at the last minute.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48I was waiting for a kit to arrive today.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50It didn't arrive till 4:30pm,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54so not the best preparation but you make do with these things.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57It's going to take my mind off what actually lies ahead.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Only ten minutes late. Skye time.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Running on Skye time.
0:15:02 > 0:15:09- SUPPORTERS:- Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five,
0:15:09 > 0:15:13four, three, two, one.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18- Go.- Allez, allez! Good luck, mate. - Cheers.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22This challenge was created by Charlie Ramsay in 1978.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25He defines a winter run as one undertaken
0:15:25 > 0:15:29any time between the 1st of December and the end of February.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Today's conditions look good,
0:15:32 > 0:15:34but Donnie will still have to contend
0:15:34 > 0:15:37with treacherous snow and ice on the summits,
0:15:37 > 0:15:40whilst undertaking most of the challenge in the dark.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Well, we've started.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47Pretty tough going.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Just looking back, over towards Fort William now.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54It's going to be a very lonely and cold night, I think.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Later on, Donnie will be joined
0:15:57 > 0:16:00by fellow endurance runners Tom Owens and Andrew Murray
0:16:00 > 0:16:04but for the first 12 hours or so of darkness,
0:16:04 > 0:16:06it will be just him, his camera
0:16:06 > 0:16:09and, as you'll see, an improvised lighting kit -
0:16:09 > 0:16:11all carried by Donnie.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15The Ramsay Round in winter is an incredible challenge.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Donnie and myself ran
0:16:17 > 0:16:20the ten highest mountains in Scotland in a day,
0:16:20 > 0:16:22and this is going to be significantly harder.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23Not only cos it's in winter,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26but also there's just so many more mountains.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28You'll be tired, you're running through the night,
0:16:28 > 0:16:29there are navigational issues,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32so I think if he gets himself to the finish,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35he'll deserve a hearty handshake and a cold beer.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Woohoo!
0:16:40 > 0:16:41Munro number one done.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Happy with that.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50OK. Game face on.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51Er...
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Heading off in that direction, where the poles are pointing.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Just trying to find the right way again.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Yeah, I think I came over that way.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09'When you're running in winter, the key is not to actually sweat.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11'As soon as you start sweating, if you stop,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14'that moisture gets really cold and really chills you,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16'so that the key is to be layering up correctly
0:17:16 > 0:17:19'and kind of getting that right balance
0:17:19 > 0:17:22'where you're comfortable but not sweating.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27'I know I can cover the distance and the ascent.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29'It's whether I can put up with the weather conditions
0:17:29 > 0:17:32'the Scottish winter's going to throw at me.'
0:17:32 > 0:17:33Starting to snow.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Been on the go for four hours and six minutes now.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Yeah, it's a quarter past one in the morning.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Stressful start, keeps you on the go.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50'Being out there on your own,
0:17:50 > 0:17:55'in dark, cold conditions is just about as extreme as it can get.'
0:17:57 > 0:17:58This is some slippy path.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01I think there was snow last night,
0:18:01 > 0:18:05and there's a bit more ice than he probably expected.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Doing it in the summer would be more pleasurable if possible
0:18:09 > 0:18:14but, yeah, for pure challenge, the winter has got to be pretty full-on.
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Thirsty work.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Ran out of water on the ridge there.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28Been dying for this water stop for an hour or so now.
0:18:28 > 0:18:33Pretty dehydrated, so I need to kind of...start drinking again.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Cold and refreshing, though.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44It is eight hours and 19 minutes on the clock.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I am heading over for my first river crossing,
0:18:46 > 0:18:48which I'm not looking forward to,
0:18:48 > 0:18:52and then I've got three more Munros until I see the support crew again.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54So the last section of the night,
0:18:54 > 0:18:56looking forward to a bit of daylight.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00I'm not looking forward to cold feet in the next ten minutes.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02'You kind of think, "Yeah, the summer,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04' "a lot of people have done it.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06' "It's straightforward to a certain extent." '
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Winter, now that's different.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Now you've got loads of elements
0:19:10 > 0:19:12and it's kind of that hardship, you know,
0:19:12 > 0:19:16at the time, it's going to... Might be miserable, cold and wet,
0:19:16 > 0:19:18but the sense of achievement once you've completed it
0:19:18 > 0:19:19or even the sense of achievement
0:19:19 > 0:19:23once you get back into a warm van not completing it, knowing,
0:19:23 > 0:19:25"Well, yes, I survived that. That wasn't too bad."
0:19:25 > 0:19:29That's kind of just being out in the winter in the mountains.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Summit number 13...
0:19:34 > 0:19:36HE PUFFS
0:19:36 > 0:19:37..Chno Dearg.
0:19:40 > 0:19:4211 hours 58 so far.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Oh, man.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Feeling a bit sick.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Just got to keep cracking on.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Really suffering now, but...
0:19:57 > 0:19:59..got to keep going. Toughing it out.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07As Donnie approaches the dam at Loch Eilde Mor,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10he's not even halfway through the challenge.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13And he's already around two hours behind schedule.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16He's been going for about 12 hours now.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Then he's done a big section on his own in the dark
0:20:19 > 0:20:22and probably encountered a little more ice and snow
0:20:22 > 0:20:24than he expected overnight.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26He's up against it. I mean, he'll be just working out,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28"Where I can take little short cuts?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31"How can I make sure that my nutrition is absolutely spot-on?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33"How can I get back that hour or two that I really need
0:20:33 > 0:20:36"to get to the finish under that record?"
0:20:36 > 0:20:38'It's going to be tough, but I wouldn't put it past him.'
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- Well done, mate.- Yeah, well done. You did great.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43APPLAUSE
0:20:43 > 0:20:45The Munros were really icy.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47I got to the top of the first one
0:20:47 > 0:20:49and the storm alarm went off on my watch,
0:20:49 > 0:20:51and it started to snow.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54And then it stopped snowing, and then the dusting of snow froze.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57So any downhills were like, just...
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Thanks.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- Need some food in me. - Yeah.- My stomach's struggling.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Do you want some brioche?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05No, I'll just, kind of, let my stomach settle down for a bit.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- There's some bread as well? - I'm feeling a bit queasy.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- There is only a couple of bits where I went round in circles.- Right.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14And that was going on Binnein Beag,
0:21:14 > 0:21:18kind of got confused with all the lochs... It was like...
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Started running round one loch, and I thought, "Wait a minute -
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- "I'm going back on myself." - LAUGHTER
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Donnie may be fighting against the clock,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28but at least he'll have company for the second half of Ramsay's Round.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31And we'll be back later in the programme
0:21:31 > 0:21:34to see if he can succeed in beating John Gay's winter record.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44- Beautiful. - Tick it off. Well done, mate.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Tick it off. Right.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Welcome back to the Original Mountain Marathon.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I'm now near checkpoint ten, although I have to be really careful
0:21:52 > 0:21:55not to give its exact position away to the competitors,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58as this race is as much about pin-sharp navigation
0:21:58 > 0:21:59as it is about speed.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01And we're probably about to get lost.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03We're not as lost as we were earlier.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05The first one was really hard.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07There were a lot of people wandering around in the fog.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- It's very hard to follow people when you can't see them.- Yeah.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12THEY LAUGH
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Enjoying this lovely fog. It's really helping(!)
0:22:15 > 0:22:17'You're trying to move as quickly as you can,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19'but you need to keep in touch with the map,'
0:22:19 > 0:22:21particularly if you're racing with other teams
0:22:21 > 0:22:24and you're starting to watch what the other teams do.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26It's really easy to quickly lose touch with where you are.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28And, of course, they could be on a different course.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30You don't know that they're necessarily
0:22:30 > 0:22:32going to the same control that you're going to.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Points us in the right direction, which we're going to go...
0:22:35 > 0:22:36Well, that white cloud.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- That way.- Good.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41You've got a problem to solve each day,
0:22:41 > 0:22:44and you have to be physically up to solving it,
0:22:44 > 0:22:48and then you have to stay on top of it concentration-wise.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51There's focus and then there's the emotional side as well.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Like, not getting too unhappy when you're lost and stuff like that.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58It can be a bit devastating, really, when you know you've lost time,
0:22:58 > 0:23:02and you're going backwards in the field, but it happens.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04It's just like life, isn't it? You have setbacks.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Oh, I can see it in the corner.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08I can see it in the corner. Well done, boy.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15One thing is for sure - these Galloway hills are not easy to walk,
0:23:15 > 0:23:17let alone run across.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22They're boggy, rough, tussocky and totally pathless.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25These OMM competitors are hardy folk.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27We've been knee-deep in bog...
0:23:27 > 0:23:31- Only once.- ..and it took us an hour to do a kilometre.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35I think this is one of the most challenging terrains
0:23:35 > 0:23:38I've ever been to, in terms of those bumps,
0:23:38 > 0:23:42and holes, and the amount of water.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- Hello.- All right?- This one was really hard for us.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48We messed it up.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52It will be hard on our feet
0:23:52 > 0:23:56because when you go uphill, it's not technical,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59but when you go down, you need to train that a lot,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01and we don't have that possibility in Denmark.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04That's the hard part for us, I think.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08In the elite class, Duncan Archer and Shane Ohly
0:24:08 > 0:24:10are still the fastest team.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13They won the OMM in 2011,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16and are expert at navigating over complex terrain.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18A lot of the skill with the route choice
0:24:18 > 0:24:20is actually things that aren't even clear with the map.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22It's where the good running is going to be,
0:24:22 > 0:24:24so maybe you see a flat area that's a bit marshy
0:24:24 > 0:24:26and you think, "Oh, that's going to be
0:24:26 > 0:24:28"really tough running through there."
0:24:28 > 0:24:30We went over the top of Merrick, which is a big hill here,
0:24:30 > 0:24:32and it was actually really good running.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34There's a good walkers' path goes over the top,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37so those sort of route choices make a big difference.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39But they know they're up against
0:24:39 > 0:24:41some of the best runners in the world,
0:24:41 > 0:24:44including Nic Barber and Jim Mann.
0:24:44 > 0:24:50Strategy is key here, and Duncan and Shane are masters of this as well.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53We overtook Nic and Jim and they caught us back up,
0:24:53 > 0:24:55and then it becomes a tactical battle.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57We know we're in front of them cos we started later,
0:24:57 > 0:24:59so we don't actually need to push,
0:24:59 > 0:25:03so we just sat behind them and let them work for us.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06And I thought running was meant to be a friendly sport!
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Ah, well.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10But these four have raced against each other many times,
0:25:10 > 0:25:13and know each person's strengths and weaknesses.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15I'd say that actually letting me and Jim do the work
0:25:15 > 0:25:17is probably a risky manoeuvre,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19but, yeah, we took on a really steep climb at the end,
0:25:19 > 0:25:21and I tried to break the group apart,
0:25:21 > 0:25:22but Jim couldn't quite come with me.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Yeah, I've not had a great season.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27I was sick earlier in the season and I'm just getting back now,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29so it was touch-and-go whether I'd run.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31It would have been nice to have a little bit more
0:25:31 > 0:25:35and just make them suffer a bit more, if nothing else.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39There's a few times when you can feel them pushing to move away,
0:25:39 > 0:25:40when we just say to each other,
0:25:40 > 0:25:44"We've just got to stay with them, no matter what it costs,"
0:25:44 > 0:25:47and then at the moment we thought we were ready to go again,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49we'd left them for dead, which was nice.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50THEY LAUGH
0:25:51 > 0:25:53It's just before three o'clock
0:25:53 > 0:25:55and we're waiting for the first of the elite competitors
0:25:55 > 0:25:56to cross the line.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Now, everybody's been out on the course for over six hours,
0:25:59 > 0:26:00but when they get here, there's no rest -
0:26:00 > 0:26:02they'll have to set up camp, make some food
0:26:02 > 0:26:05and then spend the night in fairly soggy conditions.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Five hours and 59 minutes after setting off this morning,
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Shane Ohly and Duncan Archer are the first of the elites
0:26:13 > 0:26:17to complete today's race and reach the overnight camp.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- How was that, guys?- Very hard.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23- Yeah.- We were together with Jim and Nic until 11,
0:26:23 > 0:26:26and the second we punched 11, we just hit the turbochargers.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27I'm not sure what's happened to them.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29So who knows how that'll feel tomorrow?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31You might have broken them emotionally, I think.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- Well, we'll see.- That was the plan. - Yeah.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Jim Mann and Nic Barber just couldn't match that phenomenal pace.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Today, they're 18 minutes slower than Shane and Duncan.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- Well done, guys. - That looked like hard going.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46A few nav errors early on,
0:26:46 > 0:26:49then we caught Shane and Duncan up and we just trod along together.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52We tried to attack but they wouldn't shake off.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55It was the last...K and a half, wasn't it,
0:26:55 > 0:26:56- when I was really suffering.- Yeah.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Obviously, you'll get to recover now, get some food on board,
0:26:58 > 0:27:02- get a decent sleep and... - Food.- Food. Clothes.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Yeah, warm clothes, food and then more of the same.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06Yeah, more of the same.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Are you guys enjoying the course?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14HE SPEAKS IN SWEDISH
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Third back are the two Swedes,
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Bjorn Rydvall and Sebastian Ljungdahl.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22They're 30 minutes slower than the leading team
0:27:22 > 0:27:24and were hoping for a better time.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27I'm really disappointed about my orienteering technique.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- We made a bit too many mistakes. - Er...
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Well, we had too much time orienteering.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34- Really?- Yeah.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Was it that was the fact that you couldn't see much today?
0:27:37 > 0:27:39- Was that a problem? - Yeah, we made the mistakes
0:27:39 > 0:27:43very close to the checkpoints, but we lost too much time.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46In the women's race, the Scottish orienteers
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Kerstin Leslie and Jessica Tullie are having a great day,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53but, before the start, they were less sure of how they'd cope
0:27:53 > 0:27:56in this tough, ultracompetitive class.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59I've done quite a few Mountain Marathons,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02and it's always seemed like something impossible, you know,
0:28:02 > 0:28:03the elite category.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06I used to see all these runners after finishing the course
0:28:06 > 0:28:09and think, "That just looks impossible. How do they do it?"
0:28:09 > 0:28:13And so to get to that stage, to think, "Maybe I could do that."
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Well done, girls.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18The mist has caused us to make a few wee mistakes, though.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- OK.- But hopefully nothing too... Nothing too drastic.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23You're both still smiling, so that's great.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25- Yeah. - THEY LAUGH
0:28:25 > 0:28:27- Yeah. Right.- OK. - Downhill all the way now.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34This year, three women's teams signed up for the elite class.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38Currently, Nicky Spinks and Jean Brown are in second place,
0:28:38 > 0:28:41and they'd both like to see more women competing.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44I'm not a fast runner, and I want to show the other women, you know,
0:28:44 > 0:28:45this is possible for us.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48You know, if you... Yeah. If I can do it, you can do it, really.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51So to have the two Scottish orienteers
0:28:51 > 0:28:54actually have the courage to enter it is really good.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56And it's great, pairing up with another lady for these things.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00- It is.- So, the paired events, you know, it makes so much difference.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01- Yeah.- Cos it's... If you're in a mixed team,
0:29:01 > 0:29:03there's always this thing that people think,
0:29:03 > 0:29:05"Oh, well, the chap's carried everything
0:29:05 > 0:29:07- "and done all the navigating," even if they haven't.- Yeah.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Whereas, a ladies' team, you've had to do it all yourselves, and we can.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14The third women's team to brave the elites
0:29:14 > 0:29:17are Swedish runners Pernilla Berg and Kerstin Rosenqvist.
0:29:17 > 0:29:18Are you enjoying it?
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- Yeah.- Kind of.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24But it's Jessica Tullie and Kerstin Leslie
0:29:24 > 0:29:26who've got the fastest time today.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27CHEERING
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Thought we might be a bit longer than that, so...
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Yeah, pleased to get back in a decent time.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34We were worried we might have needed our head-torches!
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Did it feel like a pretty long course?
0:29:36 > 0:29:38It didn't feel, like, long, like, distance-wise,
0:29:38 > 0:29:40- but it felt pretty tough. - Tough, yeah.- Uh-huh.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43- Underfoot was really, really tough. - Yeah.- Right.- I was surprised.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45They're such rough hills - they managed to get a course
0:29:45 > 0:29:47with actually quite a lot of running in it.
0:29:47 > 0:29:48- Yeah.- Which surprised me.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50I thought it would have been too... too rough to run,
0:29:50 > 0:29:53but we ran quite a lot, actually.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56So these are the positions at the end of day one.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Shane Ohly and Duncan Archer were the fastest men
0:29:59 > 0:30:02in five hours, 59 minutes exactly.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07Nic Barber and Jim Mann were second in six hours, 17:44.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10And in a time of 6:30:43,
0:30:10 > 0:30:15Bjorn Rydvall and Sebastian Ljungdahl are currently in third.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19For the women, Kerstin Leslie and Jessica Tullie finished first today
0:30:19 > 0:30:23in a time of 7:28:38.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28Nicky Spinks and Jean Brown were second-fastest in 9:09:25.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30And just 25 minutes slower,
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Kerstin Rosenqvist and Pernilla Berg came in third.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39A tented city has sprung up in the Galloway Forest Park,
0:30:39 > 0:30:42as all the competitors now have a night under canvas.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46What you carry on your back makes a crucial difference
0:30:46 > 0:30:49to how comfortable you are, and also to your performance.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51I did my first event in 1984,
0:30:51 > 0:30:54and I had a 60-litre backpacking rucksack,
0:30:54 > 0:30:57crammed full of the kit I assumed one needed in the overnight,
0:30:57 > 0:30:59and I'm now down to a 20-litre rucksack,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02including stove, fuel, food, tents, sleeping bag, everything.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06So there's a minimum kit list for the OMM that requires everything,
0:31:06 > 0:31:09so that is a waterproof jacket.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13It's the lightest one in the world at the moment, it's about 100g.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15And that is a pair of waterproof trousers,
0:31:15 > 0:31:16similarly at about 100g.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18That's my food for the overnight,
0:31:18 > 0:31:20so all you need to do is put boiling water in,
0:31:20 > 0:31:22eat straight out of that.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24I've got my breakfast and my brew kit here,
0:31:24 > 0:31:27so I've got a soup and a breakfast bar,
0:31:27 > 0:31:29and then this is an old insider trick.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32These are two cut-down carrier bags.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35When you get to the overnight, you take your wet socks off,
0:31:35 > 0:31:38put these on and put them back into your soaking wet shoes
0:31:38 > 0:31:40so that you get dry feet when you're on the overnight.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45That's my tent. This is for both of us, for two people.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49Weighs 800g, with carbon poles and titanium pegs,
0:31:49 > 0:31:50and is comfortable for two, but...
0:31:50 > 0:31:53but not roomy and spacious, should we say?
0:31:53 > 0:31:56That's my first-aid kit, which is pretty minimal.
0:31:56 > 0:32:01Some painkillers, some blisters, a little bit of cream for rubbing -
0:32:01 > 0:32:03which you can get blisters or other rubbing things,
0:32:03 > 0:32:07as one does in a marathon - and a little bit of spare toilet paper.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10This is my brew kit, so this is everything in here -
0:32:10 > 0:32:13fuel, stove, matches, food, kettle.
0:32:13 > 0:32:19So a titanium microlight stove, and some little cubes of solid fuel,
0:32:19 > 0:32:22which is the latest way of creating enough heat
0:32:22 > 0:32:23to boil a kettle of water.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26And a windbreaker around it made of foil.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31And then the OMM requires a minimum of warm spare clothing,
0:32:31 > 0:32:35so that's some tights, a T-shirt and a pair of socks.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38And the lightest head-torch one can buy, 28g,
0:32:38 > 0:32:41and if you need this, it's gone horribly wrong.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43You should be well tucked up before you need a head-torch.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46And then your last bit, that keeps you the warmest,
0:32:46 > 0:32:48an ultralight sleeping bag.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51So that's 250g of down,
0:32:51 > 0:32:53which should keep you warm down to freezing point.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57The modern equipment is so light, so warm, so fast-drying,
0:32:57 > 0:32:59that makes a massive difference.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01My rucksack now weighs about three kilos
0:33:01 > 0:33:04with everything in for the weekend. And it is a compromise -
0:33:04 > 0:33:07there's no doubt at all I will be fairly chilly and fairly hungry
0:33:07 > 0:33:08and fairly thirsty by the end of it,
0:33:08 > 0:33:10but I will have sufficient to get round,
0:33:10 > 0:33:14and it's finding that fine, fine line.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18BAGPIPES PLAY
0:33:25 > 0:33:26Hi.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Day two of the OMM starts off in style.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32There is no rest for any of the 1,800 competitors.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Good morning, good morning. What was breakfast this morning?
0:33:36 > 0:33:37Breakfast was brown porridge.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40I'm not sure if it was brown owing to the burning
0:33:40 > 0:33:43- or to the chocolate but...- Right. - ..it was brown.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45- How was your evening? - It was really good.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Yeah, we slept very well, surprisingly.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49- Everyone said that. - From, like, 7pm.- Yeah.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52From 7pm to...? Oh, really, you slept that long?
0:33:52 > 0:33:56- Yeah, we keeled over and, just... That was it, you know?- Great.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58And then the bagpipes was a treat.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00- Plenty warm enough, that's not a problem.- Right.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02There's now quite a lot of condensation in here,
0:34:02 > 0:34:04so it's quite damp in here this morning.
0:34:04 > 0:34:05Well, putting the dry clothes on was good.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Now I've just got to get through the aches and pains of today,
0:34:08 > 0:34:11and try and muster up the courage to go and run up another mountain.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14We've brought new mattresses and they're about that thick,
0:34:14 > 0:34:16and - ah! - the bee's knees.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Better than the bubble wrap that we had last time.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21The OMM isn't about people having a good night's sleep
0:34:21 > 0:34:23and being comfortable, it's about misery.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27Unusual this year - end of October, almost November,
0:34:27 > 0:34:29and it's really, really warm here.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Good morning, everybody.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35Anyone for the seven o'clock start, that is the seven o'clock start,
0:34:35 > 0:34:37please proceed through.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41Once again, there's a staggered start for all the classes,
0:34:41 > 0:34:45but today the top five elite teams are set off sequentially,
0:34:45 > 0:34:47with the fastest heading out first.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51For obvious reasons, it's known as a chasing start.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53So, gentlemen, how are you feeling today?
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Apprehensive but, yeah, looking forward to it.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57- Yeah, we are fairly rested. Had a lot to eat last night.- Uh-huh.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00- That's the main thing. - We just want to get on with it now.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03- Yeah, it's...- Just go out and do it.
0:35:03 > 0:35:04AIR HORN BLARES
0:35:04 > 0:35:06We know what's coming. We've done this a lot.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08We know the second day's hard,
0:35:08 > 0:35:10but you also know that you just have to dig in
0:35:10 > 0:35:12and get on with it and suffer a bit.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16After their struggle with Shane and Duncan yesterday,
0:35:16 > 0:35:20Jim Mann and Nic Barber aren't wasting any time this morning.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22A quick look at the map and they're off.
0:35:22 > 0:35:23Have a good day!
0:35:23 > 0:35:26They've got to make up 18 minutes to take the lead,
0:35:26 > 0:35:28and they also know that the Swedish team,
0:35:28 > 0:35:32who are just 13 minutes behind, are psyched up for the battle.
0:35:32 > 0:35:33Hope for a better race today.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36- We're going to find the checkpoints directly today.- OK.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Oh, we messed it up quite much yesterday, but that's the way it is.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43- Yeah.- It's part of the game. - Good positivity today?- Yes.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45- 43. - SENSOR BEEPS
0:35:45 > 0:35:46- Yup.- Have a good day!
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Good luck, guys.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50We had a plan and we tried to be very accurate,
0:35:50 > 0:35:54but still we made big mistakes very close to checkpoints,
0:35:54 > 0:35:56and especially the second one,
0:35:56 > 0:35:59we went to the right spot but we couldn't find it,
0:35:59 > 0:36:01and we messed around for a long time afterwards,
0:36:01 > 0:36:04so we were not happy with that.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07THEY SPEAK IN SWEDISH
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Morning. How are we doing? How are we feeling?
0:36:09 > 0:36:11- Good. Yeah. - How was yesterday for you?
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Yeah, it was all good. It was a bit tough that it was all right.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Second yesterday for the women,
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Nicky Spinks and Jean Brown know that their Swedish rivals,
0:36:18 > 0:36:22Pernilla Berg and Kerstin Rosenqvist, aren't far behind.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Now lining up at the start are yesterday's fastest women,
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Jessica Tullie and Kerstin Leslie.
0:36:29 > 0:36:30They've currently got a strong lead,
0:36:30 > 0:36:33but one mistake and that could vanish.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Had a quick look - what are you thinking?
0:36:36 > 0:36:37I think this bit looks tough.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39And then forestry.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41- Forestry can...- Oh, at the end.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42What's the issue with forestry?
0:36:42 > 0:36:44I guess that out in the open, the contours,
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- you can kind of see them a bit more and...- Yeah.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48..see what's going on, whereas the forestry,
0:36:48 > 0:36:50there's tracks and the rides, and you think it's going to be easy,
0:36:50 > 0:36:52and you're running faster cos you're on the tracks
0:36:52 > 0:36:54and you're on a downhill to the end,
0:36:54 > 0:36:57but we need to be careful and not do anything stupid out there.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59- We'll let you concentrate, guys. Have a great day.- Cool.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- Thanks very much.- Thank you.
0:37:01 > 0:37:08Ahead is 24.7K of running with 2,025 metres of ascent.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10It's a shorter course than yesterday
0:37:10 > 0:37:14but, with stiff, tired legs and a night under canvas,
0:37:14 > 0:37:17this will be an extremely hard day.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19We're on the uphill.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23We're used to that, but the soft terrain is killing us.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- Me, at least. - HE LAUGHS
0:37:25 > 0:37:27The... The terrain we've got here
0:37:27 > 0:37:29is some of the toughest we've got in the country
0:37:29 > 0:37:33that we use for this event. It's a lot of steep-sided hills.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36It's got a lot of tussock grass.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38It's got a lot of heather.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40There's a lot of streams running underneath it,
0:37:40 > 0:37:42which means that when you put your foot down,
0:37:42 > 0:37:45often you don't know where there's a hole underneath.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48So, from the point of view of ability to run fast
0:37:48 > 0:37:51through the terrain, it really is a challenge.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Oops! That's our camera person down, too.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59It's never easy. The circumstances are often really trying
0:37:59 > 0:38:02in terms of, you know, the endurance -
0:38:02 > 0:38:05tired and wet and cold -
0:38:05 > 0:38:07and it's a good, good friendship tester.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Can you smell us from there?
0:38:09 > 0:38:13Lucky the technology for Smell-O-Vision hasn't arrived yet.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Have a good day.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18The first year we did it, we turned up and we really had no idea.
0:38:18 > 0:38:19We had trained to the nth degree.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22We'd been out weekend after weekend.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25We'd put the mileage in and, physically, we were up to it.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27And we turned up at the start line
0:38:27 > 0:38:31and there was a man who probably was as old as I am now,
0:38:31 > 0:38:33who said, "So, lads, have you done a lot of training?"
0:38:33 > 0:38:34And we went, "Yes."
0:38:34 > 0:38:37And he says, "You have no idea what you're letting yourself in for."
0:38:37 > 0:38:40And we're thinking, "Well, yeah, we are, because we can run.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42"We can do this." And we set off and it hit us...
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- HE CLICKS HIS FINGERS - ..like that. You're on your own.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48If anything goes wrong, it's up to you to get out of it.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51I've made my way back up into the hills
0:38:51 > 0:38:55in anticipation of the first runners arriving through checkpoint four,
0:38:55 > 0:38:57about a third of the way along this route.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00As you can see, we're still in the mist at the moment,
0:39:00 > 0:39:02but we're hoping the clouds will lift later
0:39:02 > 0:39:05and give us some great views of the Galloway hills.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Right now, we're taking a short break from the OMM,
0:39:07 > 0:39:10but we'll be back soon to see how our racers are getting on.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Now we're back again with Donnie Campbell
0:39:22 > 0:39:25as he attempts to set a new record for completing Ramsay's Round.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29That's 24 Munros in 24 hours.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31He's done the first night-time section,
0:39:31 > 0:39:34but is currently behind schedule.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36He's now got a few hours of daylight,
0:39:36 > 0:39:39and he's been joined by two experts fell runners,
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Andrew Murray and Tom Owens.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45It's a lot of concentration to be out there on your own.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48I think having a bit of company and a bit of banter -
0:39:48 > 0:39:51to take your mind off things a little bit - will help enormously,
0:39:51 > 0:39:53and hopefully help him, you know,
0:39:53 > 0:39:56make sure he's looking after himself all right
0:39:56 > 0:39:58and keep him en route as best we can.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00There's no coming out of that one.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05In the summer, you can do Ramsay Rounds unsupported.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09In the winter, since you're out for so long in the dark and cold,
0:40:09 > 0:40:12you know, even just meeting someone with a hot cup of tea
0:40:12 > 0:40:14or, say, a hot cup of soup,
0:40:14 > 0:40:16it's such a boost to morale,
0:40:16 > 0:40:19and, again, seeing someone that cares about you,
0:40:19 > 0:40:20and just having someone to talk to
0:40:20 > 0:40:22or share what you've just gone through in the last
0:40:22 > 0:40:26five, six, seven hours, is going to be great as well.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29So we've been climbing with Donnie for about an hour.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31We are just coming up to our first Munro.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35It's very, very boggy, and very, very heavy underfoot.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37He looks strong but it's tough.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42After this Munro, Donnie's only got ten more to go,
0:40:42 > 0:40:44and he's done 14.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47We've maybe got ten more to go and we've done not even one.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52By this stage, Donnie is rapidly getting exhausted
0:40:52 > 0:40:54and struggling to keep fuelled up.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59Even so, it's hard not to notice the wonderful surroundings.
0:40:59 > 0:41:00Oh, it's a cracking route.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03You know, the views you can get are absolutely stunning,
0:41:03 > 0:41:05and the remoteness as well.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08When I was recceing it in the autumn, I seen stags rutting,
0:41:08 > 0:41:10and it was just an incredible place to be.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11You know, very remote.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Not many other walkers on some of the Monros,
0:41:14 > 0:41:15cos they're so remote.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18It's great. You've got the whole place to yourself, just about.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22Ramsay's Round follows in the footsteps of another famous route
0:41:22 > 0:41:27created in the Lake District by Bob Graham in 1932.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29It was while undertaking this challenge
0:41:29 > 0:41:33that Charlie Ramsay decided to create his own round in Scotland,
0:41:33 > 0:41:36which he completed in 1978,
0:41:36 > 0:41:39two minutes under his 24-hour target.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43I was in the Lake District several years ago with Chris Brasher
0:41:43 > 0:41:48when he took on the Bob Graham Round and I got through in about 22 hours.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50After dinner, Chris said to me,
0:41:50 > 0:41:53"Why didn't you look at a possible challenge,
0:41:53 > 0:41:57"similar to the Bob Graham, but, in fact, in Scotland?"
0:41:57 > 0:41:59And I went home and I thought about it over the winter
0:41:59 > 0:42:04and I came with the idea of simply extending Philip Tranter's Round -
0:42:04 > 0:42:07the Mamores, Grey Corries and Aonachs and the Dearg -
0:42:07 > 0:42:12and all I had to do was to extend that by going round Loch Treig.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16So, Donnie, 20 Munros done, we're coming up to 3:30pm,
0:42:16 > 0:42:17we're going into your second night.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Excited, terrified, knackered?
0:42:20 > 0:42:23- BREATHLESS:- Knackered. I'm knackered.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27- CHARLIE:- 'Bob Graham had to do 42 peaks in the Lakes within 24 hours,
0:42:27 > 0:42:32'so the magic is as many as you can do within 24 hours.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35'So I have just simply lifted that and planted it on Ramsay's Round.'
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Numerous people have done it over several days,
0:42:40 > 0:42:42over several years, etc -
0:42:42 > 0:42:45that's fine, but to go on to my list of finishers,
0:42:45 > 0:42:49you've got to have completed the Round within 24 hours.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52It's really slippy going on the rocks.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56There's a light dusting of snow, which makes it like ice,
0:42:56 > 0:42:58but we're moving along.
0:43:00 > 0:43:05If I don't make 24 hours, if I'm slipping down the timescale,
0:43:05 > 0:43:07I still want to finish it.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10So even if it takes me 24, 25 hours,
0:43:10 > 0:43:13for me, it'd still be a great achievement.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15This might actually be the top, then.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19'It's definitely not a race, it is only a challenge.
0:43:19 > 0:43:20'People are looking at the Round,
0:43:20 > 0:43:24'taking on board the challenges that are faced with them, you know,
0:43:24 > 0:43:26'and there's the distance, there's the height,
0:43:26 > 0:43:28'there's the overnight section,
0:43:28 > 0:43:30'there's the planning and the scheming
0:43:30 > 0:43:33'and all the preparation that goes into the challenge.'
0:43:33 > 0:43:37So, taking all the elements of the challenge, putting it all together,
0:43:37 > 0:43:41to get in and under 24 hours is a remarkable achievement.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Just try and get up.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47Donnie and Tom are still pushing hard, trying to make up lost time.
0:43:47 > 0:43:52But, as night falls, the Round has claimed its first casualty.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54Andrew's been suffering from a sickness bug
0:43:54 > 0:43:57and has had to retire from the mountains.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59It's just absolutely amazing out there.
0:43:59 > 0:44:01You can see for miles.
0:44:01 > 0:44:05But it's really hard. It's like much, much harder
0:44:05 > 0:44:07than this sort of thing would be in summer.
0:44:07 > 0:44:11Just feel as if you're pretty much running through treacle constantly.
0:44:11 > 0:44:12It's not bad, is it?
0:44:12 > 0:44:14When you get up on the ridges and stuff,
0:44:14 > 0:44:16there's that little bit of snow and that little bit of ice
0:44:16 > 0:44:19that you just spend a lot of time on your backside.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22And Donnie is hardly managing to get anything down,
0:44:22 > 0:44:24so it's on a total knife edge.
0:44:24 > 0:44:25Quite excited, actually.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27Follow it on the tracker and we'll see how he gets on,
0:44:27 > 0:44:30But fair play to him, I mean, like him and Tom are tough boys.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32Good stuff, Donnie.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34Penultimate Munro coming up.
0:44:34 > 0:44:39I don't know how he's managed to run 20 Munros already.
0:44:39 > 0:44:44I think I've run like two or three and it's just so heavy underfoot.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46If he gets this done, it'll be pretty special.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Donnie's still in shorts.
0:44:50 > 0:44:54We think he might be the first winter Ramsay Round in shorts.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57Right now, the end is tantalisingly close.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00Now in complete darkness,
0:45:00 > 0:45:04Donnie and Tom are nearly down Ben Nevis and onto the final sprint.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07It's coming right down to the wire.
0:45:07 > 0:45:11Get to the other stile. Got the river crossing here.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13The path's the other side for you.
0:45:15 > 0:45:16Go on, kick it.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18Let's go.
0:45:19 > 0:45:20Go!
0:45:24 > 0:45:26Get down, Donnie, get down.
0:45:31 > 0:45:32Well done!
0:45:32 > 0:45:34Nearly there!
0:45:34 > 0:45:35Up that way, up that way.
0:45:35 > 0:45:37CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:45:40 > 0:45:45- You've done it. You've done it. - CHEERING
0:45:45 > 0:45:46You OK? OK?
0:45:46 > 0:45:48Yeah, I'm all right.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51Oh, wow.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54- Well done.- Well done, Donnie. Get this thing off.
0:45:55 > 0:46:00- Do you want a drink? - No, he's all right.- Are you OK?
0:46:00 > 0:46:01HE EXHALES
0:46:01 > 0:46:05Well done. Great. You've done it.
0:46:05 > 0:46:0823 hours, six minutes.
0:46:08 > 0:46:0923 hours, six minutes.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12- That is the hardest thing I've ever done.- Each side, mate.
0:46:12 > 0:46:13DONNIE GROANS
0:46:13 > 0:46:15- Well done.- Hey.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22Donnie's done it. 23 hours and six minutes.
0:46:22 > 0:46:27He's created a new winter record - what an amazing achievement.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30But Donnie's record wasn't to last long.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32Just seven weeks later, Jim Mann,
0:46:32 > 0:46:35who's currently sitting in second place in the OMM,
0:46:35 > 0:46:39completed the Round in 22 hours and 23 minutes.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41Well done, Jim.
0:46:41 > 0:46:42LAUGHTER
0:46:42 > 0:46:44- Thank you very much, guys. - That was fantastic.
0:46:44 > 0:46:47I think that earns a hug, not just a...
0:46:47 > 0:46:49That's fantastic.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52Our congratulations to both Jim and Donnie.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55A fantastic effort and the big question -
0:46:55 > 0:46:59will Donnie be back next year to see if he can reclaim that record?
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0:47:02 > 0:47:05and to keep up-to-date with all our Adventure Show news,
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0:47:16 > 0:47:18Welcome back to the OMM, where the frontrunners
0:47:18 > 0:47:20are just coming through checkpoint five now.
0:47:20 > 0:47:22The terrain is a bit more forgiving today
0:47:22 > 0:47:24but the navigation's still really tough
0:47:24 > 0:47:27and the route choices will make all the difference
0:47:27 > 0:47:28in a tight event like this.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30- Hiya.- Hiya.
0:47:30 > 0:47:33For the higher teams in the elite corps certainly,
0:47:33 > 0:47:36they will be doing this flat out and they will be navigating
0:47:36 > 0:47:39and making their decisions whilst running flat out
0:47:39 > 0:47:42and for the elites, they'll be running in as straight a line
0:47:42 > 0:47:44as they can between those checkpoints
0:47:44 > 0:47:47and they will not want to move off that direct line,
0:47:47 > 0:47:50which will take them through some incredibly difficult terrain,
0:47:50 > 0:47:52especially in an environment like this.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54- Hi there.- How are you doing today?
0:47:54 > 0:47:56Yeah, good.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58Duncan Archer and Shane Ohly set off today
0:47:58 > 0:48:02with an 18-minute advantage over their nearest rivals,
0:48:02 > 0:48:04and they're still in the lead at this point.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07But, for Shane, this race is about far more
0:48:07 > 0:48:10than being first over the finishing line.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13I actually think these are life-affirming experiences
0:48:13 > 0:48:15and it's fantastic to come away for a weekend
0:48:15 > 0:48:18and park everything else that's going on in your life
0:48:18 > 0:48:20and you push yourself physically and mentally
0:48:20 > 0:48:23and you're challenged and I'm a really strong believer
0:48:23 > 0:48:26in, actually, the result doesn't matter, you do your best.
0:48:26 > 0:48:27And you can't control other people,
0:48:27 > 0:48:31so you do your best and whatever happens at the end happens.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34Being able to read the map
0:48:34 > 0:48:37whilst you're running over these big tussocks is... It's hard.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40But I guess you just sort of develop this peripheral vision
0:48:40 > 0:48:41and you sort of see stuff coming and you see,
0:48:41 > 0:48:43"Oh, there's bit of a clear bit here,
0:48:43 > 0:48:46"I can read the map in the next ten metres or something."
0:48:46 > 0:48:48And you're really not looking at the map for long,
0:48:48 > 0:48:50so you have to take a lot of information off the map
0:48:50 > 0:48:52in those ten seconds.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55We were falling over, we must have each fallen over a dozen times,
0:48:55 > 0:48:57you put your foot down a big hole and you're just on your face
0:48:57 > 0:49:00and, you know, you've just got to pick yourself up and get on with it.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03But there's still a long way to go,
0:49:03 > 0:49:06and other teams are pushing hard to overtake Duncan and Shane.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08Hi, guys, how are you getting on today?
0:49:08 > 0:49:10Yeah, it's good today.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12In fact, Nic Barber and Jim Mann
0:49:12 > 0:49:16are only 37 seconds slower to checkpoint five.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18When you're going well, it's magic, isn't it?
0:49:18 > 0:49:20Yeah, yeah, when you're going really well,
0:49:20 > 0:49:22there's not much better in any kind of race,
0:49:22 > 0:49:25whether it's a 5K road race or something like this
0:49:25 > 0:49:29but when you're just cruising along and you're feeling really good
0:49:29 > 0:49:32and there's views and it's... Yeah, it's just really good.
0:49:32 > 0:49:34You know you're going to have tough times, don't you,
0:49:34 > 0:49:38you always know that even if you're the stronger of the pair,
0:49:38 > 0:49:41you're going to have down times when you're really suffering
0:49:41 > 0:49:44and there's something about coming through those,
0:49:44 > 0:49:47you know you've had a proper weekend.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50In third place yesterday, the Swedish team,
0:49:50 > 0:49:53Bjorn Rydvall and Sebastian Ljungdahl,
0:49:53 > 0:49:55are pounding round the course.
0:49:55 > 0:49:57They're currently the fastest team today,
0:49:57 > 0:50:01but they've got to make up over 30 minutes to take the lead.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03It's a huge ask.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05Hi, guys, how's the race going today?
0:50:05 > 0:50:07Yeah, so far much better than yesterday.
0:50:07 > 0:50:08Yeah. Why is it better?
0:50:08 > 0:50:10- Because we're... - No mistakes so far.- Yeah.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12- OK.- We found, er... found the controls.
0:50:12 > 0:50:16OK. Better conditions today for running?
0:50:16 > 0:50:18Yeah.
0:50:18 > 0:50:22'I think what's very important is that you're good on your feet.'
0:50:22 > 0:50:25The less time you have to spend to check where you put your feet,
0:50:25 > 0:50:27the more time you can spend looking at the map.
0:50:27 > 0:50:28In the women's race,
0:50:28 > 0:50:32the Scottish orienteers, Jess Tullie and Kerstin Leslie,
0:50:32 > 0:50:36are keeping up the pace and they're still well out in the lead.
0:50:36 > 0:50:39- How are you today?- Not too bad.
0:50:39 > 0:50:43- That was a big climb, though.- OK. - A few aches and pains.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46- You can see a bit more today. - OK.- A little bit less mist.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48It's not helping us right now, though,
0:50:48 > 0:50:50cos right now we need to find this control.
0:50:50 > 0:50:53- Oh, it's up here! - SHE LAUGHS
0:50:53 > 0:50:56I can't see it for looking.
0:50:56 > 0:51:00Are you still feeling as enthusiastic as yesterday?
0:51:00 > 0:51:02Well, it's good on the second day cos you know when you finish,
0:51:02 > 0:51:04that's it all finished, so that's quite nice.
0:51:04 > 0:51:08- Have a good day, girls.- Thanks. - Thanks very much.
0:51:08 > 0:51:12Jess is definitely more of the expert navigator
0:51:12 > 0:51:14and I've done a bit more hill work,
0:51:14 > 0:51:20so I'm probably more used to sort of being out for longer days
0:51:20 > 0:51:25in the hills and using maps that are bigger scale as well.
0:51:25 > 0:51:26Right, this looks like the bog.
0:51:26 > 0:51:31- We head around the left there. - Yeah, yeah.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33- Hi there, how are you getting on today?- All right? Yeah, good.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36- Are you enjoying the views? - I am, yeah.- Yeah?
0:51:36 > 0:51:40Nicky Spinks and Jean Brown are currently in second place.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43They're both very experienced fell runners
0:51:43 > 0:51:45and Nicky's set many new records,
0:51:45 > 0:51:49including being the fastest person - man or woman -
0:51:49 > 0:51:52to complete a double circuit of the Bob Graham Round
0:51:52 > 0:51:53in the Lake District.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57That would be an amazing achievement for anyone,
0:51:57 > 0:52:01but especially for someone who's suffered a major illness.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04It was ten years ago when I got the breast cancer,
0:52:04 > 0:52:07and so this year's been a really special year.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09I got the breast cancer when I was only 39,
0:52:09 > 0:52:12so I think since then I've really appreciated life
0:52:12 > 0:52:16and even today, when it's not been going right, or yesterday...
0:52:16 > 0:52:19I think it was a bit harder work yesterday with the weather, I think,
0:52:19 > 0:52:23and just longest course, I can still look out and think,
0:52:23 > 0:52:25"Well, here I am, you know, I'm really not enjoying it
0:52:25 > 0:52:27"but I'm enjoying it, I'm still here."
0:52:29 > 0:52:31When the OMM was first held in 1968,
0:52:31 > 0:52:34events like this were virtually unheard of.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36And even 30 years ago,
0:52:36 > 0:52:39they were still the preserve of just a few enthusiasts.
0:52:40 > 0:52:44Today, adventure races are a rapidly growing sport,
0:52:44 > 0:52:47but this event is still considered to be one of the toughest.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50Try and explain it to people and it's very, very difficult.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52You say, "I'm doing a two-day mountain marathon."
0:52:52 > 0:52:55"Oh, are you going to run round for 26 miles twice?"
0:52:55 > 0:52:58"No, that's not actually what I'm going to do at all."
0:52:58 > 0:52:59"Well, what are you going to do?"
0:52:59 > 0:53:01"I'm going to run up and down mountains.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04"I don't know where I'm going half the time, or where I'm going to be."
0:53:04 > 0:53:06"And how far are you going to go?" "Couldn't tell you."
0:53:06 > 0:53:09Fell runners as a general breed aren't...
0:53:09 > 0:53:12aren't normal.
0:53:12 > 0:53:14They're all a little bit odd, and like their own company,
0:53:14 > 0:53:17they like being in the mountains, they like the on their own a bit.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19And I think that's part of the reason
0:53:19 > 0:53:21they like being in the mountains.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24How are you today?
0:53:24 > 0:53:26Oh, a bit tired.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29Hopefully the orienteering is better today than it was yesterday.
0:53:31 > 0:53:35A lot of hills, of course, but it's tough and fun.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37- It's fun.- We will come back.
0:53:38 > 0:53:39Rargh!
0:53:39 > 0:53:42It mirrors all the elements of daily life.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45There's all the aggravation, the difficulty,
0:53:45 > 0:53:48the mental stress of it
0:53:48 > 0:53:51but also there's a huge physical outlet there,
0:53:51 > 0:53:55which is just wonderful and it's good for your mental health
0:53:55 > 0:53:57in the long run.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00It's a great way to explore the country.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02If you're being an adventure tourist,
0:54:02 > 0:54:05it will take us like three, four days
0:54:05 > 0:54:07to cover the area we can do in two days here.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12Hi, guys, how's the navigation going today?
0:54:12 > 0:54:16It's all right but we've just hit the clag, haven't we, so...
0:54:18 > 0:54:22It's the adventure and drive to succeed and to push your limits,
0:54:22 > 0:54:25your boundaries and to be in the mountains alone.
0:54:25 > 0:54:26It's fun.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28- Hey.- You all right?
0:54:30 > 0:54:33And now it's nearly all over for the fastest men -
0:54:33 > 0:54:35four hours, 52 minutes and eight seconds
0:54:35 > 0:54:37after leaving camp this morning,
0:54:37 > 0:54:40Shane Ohly and Duncan Archer are on the final straight.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45Over the two days, they've been on the go for ten hours, 51 minutes
0:54:45 > 0:54:48and are the first of the elites to cross the finish line.
0:54:48 > 0:54:51What a fantastic race they've had. APPLAUSE
0:54:51 > 0:54:54Well, well, well, boys. You went for it.
0:54:54 > 0:54:59We did. I'd no idea where they'd be.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01Yeah, we've just given it everything today, you know.
0:55:01 > 0:55:05There was a really long leg in the middle, big route choice,
0:55:05 > 0:55:09didn't know which way they'd go, so you just had to keep pushing
0:55:09 > 0:55:10and it went all right.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13I just, I think, if I looked over my shoulder once,
0:55:13 > 0:55:15I looked over a thousand times today.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17'And with good reason -
0:55:17 > 0:55:21'Jim Mann and Nic Barber have had a much better run today.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23'They couldn't match that winning time,
0:55:23 > 0:55:24'but heading over the finishing line,
0:55:24 > 0:55:28'they're just eight minutes slower than Duncan and Shane.
0:55:28 > 0:55:31'And that gives them a well-deserved second place.'
0:55:31 > 0:55:34Well done, guys. That looked like hard going today.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36And the fact you were doing that chase as well, it makes it tricky,
0:55:36 > 0:55:39doesn't it, when you know these guys are 18 minutes ahead?
0:55:39 > 0:55:41- Well, we know them well as well. - Yeah.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43And we know the guys 30 minutes behind us are strong.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46They're really strong as well. Are we second in?
0:55:46 > 0:55:48- You're second in. - Yeah, great, well done.- Yeah.
0:55:48 > 0:55:52The Swedish team, Bjorn Rydvall and Sebastian Ljungdahl,
0:55:52 > 0:55:54also improved on yesterday's run.
0:55:54 > 0:55:56They're the second fastest today,
0:55:56 > 0:55:59just two minutes slower than the leaders.
0:55:59 > 0:56:03But they had 30 minutes to make up, so they're in third place overall.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05Well done, Sweden.
0:56:05 > 0:56:06Today was better.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09Yeah, I think we didn't have so much mistake today.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12And in the women's race, no-one's been able to match
0:56:12 > 0:56:16the two Scottish athletes, Jess Tullie and Kerstin Leslie.
0:56:16 > 0:56:17They've completed today's course
0:56:17 > 0:56:21in six hours, 19 minutes, and 16 seconds.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24And they've not only come in first for the women,
0:56:24 > 0:56:29but they're the ninth fastest team overall, a tremendous result.
0:56:29 > 0:56:32- Well done, girls.- Thank you. - Fantastic race.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34That was a tough finish.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37Jess did a good job of pulling me along in the last couple of Ks.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40I found it quite a lot tougher today, you know,
0:56:40 > 0:56:44a lot more steep ups and downs, seemed pretty unrelenting.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46Yeah, we saw a lot of the guys' teams out there,
0:56:46 > 0:56:51so we kept trying to keep an eye on them and see if we were gaining
0:56:51 > 0:56:52- or falling behind but...- Yeah.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54You must be delighted.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57- Yeah.- Yeah. Delighted to be here at the finish.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59Delighted to have finished, yeah.
0:56:59 > 0:57:03Nicky Spinks and Jean Brown are the second fastest women over the line.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06With over nine hours of running in their legs from yesterday,
0:57:06 > 0:57:08it's another fantastic achievement.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12- Need a drink.- Yeah.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14So confirmation of those final results.
0:57:14 > 0:57:19For the men, Bjorn Rydvall and Sebastian Ljungdahl came in third
0:57:19 > 0:57:24with an overall time of 11 hours, 24 minutes and 58 seconds.
0:57:24 > 0:57:29In second place was Nic Barber and Jim Mann in 11:18:29.
0:57:29 > 0:57:34But, in 10:51:08, Shane Ohly and Duncan Archer
0:57:34 > 0:57:39were over 27 minutes ahead of everyone else to finish first.
0:57:39 > 0:57:40In the women's race,
0:57:40 > 0:57:44Swedish runners Kerstin Rosenqvist and Pernilla Berg came in third
0:57:44 > 0:57:47in 18:14:28.
0:57:47 > 0:57:50Second place went to Nicky Spinks and Jean Brown
0:57:50 > 0:57:53with their time of 16:49:08.
0:57:53 > 0:57:58But in a time of 13 hours, 47 minutes and 54 seconds,
0:57:58 > 0:58:01Jessica Tullie and Kerstin Leslie took the top spot.
0:58:01 > 0:58:04CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:58:04 > 0:58:07As always, every single person who took part in this race,
0:58:07 > 0:58:09in my opinion, deserves a medal.
0:58:10 > 0:58:12Amazing effort from all the competitors
0:58:12 > 0:58:14at the Original Mountain Marathon.
0:58:14 > 0:58:16I'm sure they'll want a warm bath,
0:58:16 > 0:58:18some hot food and perhaps a cool drink.
0:58:18 > 0:58:21Next time around, we'll have an Adventure Show special
0:58:21 > 0:58:24with landscape photographer Colin Prior
0:58:24 > 0:58:26as he explores the Scottish mountains.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28In the meantime, from all the team here in Glentrool,
0:58:28 > 0:58:31thank you so much for your company. Bye for now.