MAN VS BUS (Racing the local bus 8 miles to Nan's house)
Added 2024-03-11 16:19:35 +0000 UTC**Watch in 4K and with subtitles**
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.
Comments
Lovely video Tom.
Nico
2024-07-24 13:01:51 +0000 UTCCut the bit where you tampered with the bus mirror before it left eh? haha, well done.
ahoneybadger3
2024-04-15 21:16:20 +0000 UTCaww your nan reminds me of my mum, what a lovely lady.
Huw Ramsay
2024-04-13 23:22:02 +0000 UTCNicely done! Got there faster and fitter!
Gavin Muir
2024-04-07 09:53:11 +0000 UTCThis is so wholesome and fun. Great video Tom. Keep up the good work!
James H
2024-04-01 12:21:49 +0000 UTCThis is absolutely incredible. I can barely keep that pace for 5k, well done Tom!
Rich
2024-03-31 13:27:20 +0000 UTCGod I love Uncle Ed 😍 Great vid guys
Arrghjay
2024-03-29 16:40:48 +0000 UTCthis is awesome and your nan looks lovely
violentbob
2024-03-22 20:38:37 +0000 UTCAmazing effort Mr… Get In!! Xx
Maz Gooderham
2024-03-20 01:00:03 +0000 UTCCheers Parker!
tom davies
2024-03-18 09:42:38 +0000 UTCThanks Lyndsay!
tom davies
2024-03-18 09:42:33 +0000 UTCGood 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
2024-03-18 09:42:15 +0000 UTCGreat video Tom!
Parker
2024-03-15 18:37:55 +0000 UTCYour Nan looks incredible for her age! Well done Tom.
Lyndsay Jones
2024-03-13 13:04:43 +0000 UTCYour 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
2024-03-13 12:50:34 +0000 UTCThanks Hannah I'm glad you enjoyed it!
tom davies
2024-03-13 07:23:19 +0000 UTCAbsolutely will! :-)
LordLard
2024-03-12 20:47:43 +0000 UTCWholesome, simple videos like this from you Tom always hit the spot. Wonderful. And bloody well done!
Hannah Samuels-Lyons
2024-03-12 20:01:50 +0000 UTCCheers bab! my pleasure
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:12:43 +0000 UTCCheers Ryun!
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:12:31 +0000 UTCThat's still a fair old lick mate! Glad to have brought you some nostalgia. Cheers Stu!
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:12:22 +0000 UTCI have no idea! have you had any luck by opening it in YouTube?
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:10:22 +0000 UTCThanks Hugh that means a lot!
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:06:06 +0000 UTCThanks EJL we both appreciate it!
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:05:56 +0000 UTCwow two very familiar places indeed. Be sure to say hi if you bump into me!
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:05:32 +0000 UTCThanks Joe! I certainly felt it!
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:04:34 +0000 UTCCheers Kafe glad you enjoyed it
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:03:12 +0000 UTCI shall pass this message on Maxxie!
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:02:33 +0000 UTCI will show her this message and she'll love it! she's a star :)
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:02:14 +0000 UTCSomeone's got to keep the traditions goin ay they!
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:01:37 +0000 UTCYou won't be disappointed by our next offering!
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:01:13 +0000 UTCHope you enjoy mate
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:00:56 +0000 UTChaha I know. I think those were the only times I talked though!
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:00:48 +0000 UTChahaha do it! just don't get hit by the bus, else she'll have a point..
tom davies
2024-03-12 10:00:27 +0000 UTCCheers Ryan, alright for some! hope it hit the spot.
tom davies
2024-03-12 09:50:49 +0000 UTCThank you Michael! hope you enjoyed
tom davies
2024-03-12 09:50:36 +0000 UTCLove seeing my local area on your vids 😂
Alexmae
2024-03-12 07:43:07 +0000 UTCwell done mate all the best from NZ!
Ryun Rich
2024-03-12 06:11:08 +0000 UTCMy grandpa is 89 and looks 24 years older than she does, not 4!
Daniel Burt
2024-03-12 05:20:43 +0000 UTCCracking 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
2024-03-12 01:22:23 +0000 UTCWhy does Patreon on my iPad say “browser doesn’t support full screen?” YouTube plays full screen but this won’t - so frustrating!
2024-03-11 23:23:25 +0000 UTCAnother cracker, buzzing for the kayak vids, from someone the other side of the Wrekin in shrews
2024-03-11 21:34:17 +0000 UTCGreat vid! Thanks Ed again for joining in the fun!
EJL
2024-03-11 19:05:16 +0000 UTCBrilliant stuff Tom. Living in Aldridge and working in Lichfield - so many familiar places :-)
LordLard
2024-03-11 19:04:52 +0000 UTC4:13 pace is no mean feat over that kind of distance!! Cracking
2024-03-11 18:27:20 +0000 UTCMan, you are such a beast. Congratz on beating the bus and thanks for the awesome video :)
kafe
2024-03-11 18:07:18 +0000 UTCHoly crap your grandma does NOT look 85. Good on her !
Maxxie
2024-03-11 17:50:53 +0000 UTCGreat 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
2024-03-11 17:27:56 +0000 UTCTop marks for the use of the wonderful West Mids phrase ‘going round the Wrekin’, you’re a great ambassador for our region!
Joshua Minton
2024-03-11 17:10:04 +0000 UTCwell done bud, hope to see more tom and ed videos.
alan doyle
2024-03-11 16:44:42 +0000 UTCthis sounds class, tom
caro lam
2024-03-11 16:36:55 +0000 UTC"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
2024-03-11 16:35:56 +0000 UTCThis 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.
2024-03-11 16:28:16 +0000 UTCCurrently in Sri Lanka about to watch this - perfect evening viewing!
2024-03-11 16:21:30 +0000 UTCThanks Tom
Michael Durkin
2024-03-11 16:21:30 +0000 UTC
