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MAN VS BUS (Racing the local bus 8 miles to Nan's house)

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Afternoon $4ers, wanted to get this out to you by Friday but the maps proved an absolute nightmare to make thanks to me losing the GPX data for the bus!

Some of the local buses round my way really do "go around the Wrekin" as the locals would put it. They're meander and take their time. So, Uncle Ed came up with the idea that we have a little race. Starting in my home city of Lichfield, Ed gets on the number 8 bus to the end of my Nan's street in Rushall, and I run the most direct route possible. Based on recent race times I was pretty sure I could run the 7.8 miles in the 57 minutes required, however with several busy junctions, two big hills and an overall uphill gradient for me to negotiate, this promised to be a really close race.

*Please excuse the strange looking camera effect on my chest cam. I didn't expect it to swing so much from side to side - what you see is a hell of a lot better than it was!*

SO WHAT'S NEXT? Well, this is effectively a warm up video for a much bigger and better $4 Tier video we'll be filming in two weeks called "MAN VS KAYAK" which involves me racing Ed (who's on a kayak) 15 miles through the countryside (no roads style!) - We can expect this in 4 weeks, but I'm going to get something else done for you before then too.

Isle of Man bonus footage coming tomorrow.

MAN VS BUS (Racing the local bus 8 miles to Nan's house)

Comments

Lovely video Tom.

Nico

Cut the bit where you tampered with the bus mirror before it left eh? haha, well done.

ahoneybadger3

aww your nan reminds me of my mum, what a lovely lady.

Huw Ramsay

Nicely done! Got there faster and fitter!

Gavin Muir

This is so wholesome and fun. Great video Tom. Keep up the good work!

James H

This is absolutely incredible. I can barely keep that pace for 5k, well done Tom!

Rich

God I love Uncle Ed 😍 Great vid guys

Arrghjay

this is awesome and your nan looks lovely

violentbob

Amazing effort Mr… Get In!! Xx

Maz Gooderham

Cheers Parker!

tom davies

Thanks Lyndsay!

tom davies

Good on you Raymond. You'd be surprised how quick you'll be able to go without too much pain the fitter you get!

tom davies

Great video Tom!

Parker

Your Nan looks incredible for her age! Well done Tom.

Lyndsay Jones

Your video a while ago where you just went on a run in the country inspired me to start running (well, that and mad geezer Russ). I can currently do about 6:30 per km (but only 2 km, currently building my stamina). I can't even imagine how brutal 4:30 is, especially at that distance, against the wind and those hills... Great job!

Raymond Benjamins

Thanks Hannah I'm glad you enjoyed it!

tom davies

Absolutely will! :-)

LordLard

Wholesome, simple videos like this from you Tom always hit the spot. Wonderful. And bloody well done!

Hannah Samuels-Lyons

Cheers bab! my pleasure

tom davies

Cheers Ryun!

tom davies

That's still a fair old lick mate! Glad to have brought you some nostalgia. Cheers Stu!

tom davies

I have no idea! have you had any luck by opening it in YouTube?

tom davies

Thanks Hugh that means a lot!

tom davies

Thanks EJL we both appreciate it!

tom davies

wow two very familiar places indeed. Be sure to say hi if you bump into me!

tom davies

Thanks Joe! I certainly felt it!

tom davies

Cheers Kafe glad you enjoyed it

tom davies

I shall pass this message on Maxxie!

tom davies

I will show her this message and she'll love it! she's a star :)

tom davies

Someone's got to keep the traditions goin ay they!

tom davies

You won't be disappointed by our next offering!

tom davies

Hope you enjoy mate

tom davies

haha I know. I think those were the only times I talked though!

tom davies

hahaha do it! just don't get hit by the bus, else she'll have a point..

tom davies

Cheers Ryan, alright for some! hope it hit the spot.

tom davies

Thank you Michael! hope you enjoyed

tom davies

Love seeing my local area on your vids 😂

Alexmae

well done mate all the best from NZ!

Ryun Rich

My grandpa is 89 and looks 24 years older than she does, not 4!

Daniel Burt

Cracking run. A true inspiration. I can do 3-4 miles at a low 7 min pace per mile, but with those hills and those junctions… not a chance for me. Love your videos! Having lived in the US now for 20 years it reminds me of my first 20 in the UK. Lovely jubbly.

Stuart Duncan

Why does Patreon on my iPad say “browser doesn’t support full screen?” YouTube plays full screen but this won’t - so frustrating!

Another cracker, buzzing for the kayak vids, from someone the other side of the Wrekin in shrews

Great vid! Thanks Ed again for joining in the fun!

EJL

Brilliant stuff Tom. Living in Aldridge and working in Lichfield - so many familiar places :-)

LordLard

4:13 pace is no mean feat over that kind of distance!! Cracking

Man, you are such a beast. Congratz on beating the bus and thanks for the awesome video :)

kafe

Holy crap your grandma does NOT look 85. Good on her !

Maxxie

Great Video! Impressive in every way. But you made a mistake. Your nan can hardly be 85. When she approached you, i thought "oh, His nan is quite young!" She looks 65 year old, seriously. This is so weird!

wortwicht

Top marks for the use of the wonderful West Mids phrase ‘going round the Wrekin’, you’re a great ambassador for our region!

Joshua Minton

well done bud, hope to see more tom and ed videos.

alan doyle

this sounds class, tom

caro lam

"This is the last you'll hear from me" *Continues to talk throughout* Can't escape the content creator in you now, Tom!

Thea Haugland

This is the kind of contoi signed up for. I don't have the mobility for a straight line mission, but racing a bus seems like something I could do, as my much as my wife is insisting otherwise.

Currently in Sri Lanka about to watch this - perfect evening viewing!

Thanks Tom

Michael Durkin


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