Wow, the Dolomites look beautiful! Next up on my list. Great video as always.

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Jeff. The Dolomites are indeed beautiful, very different to the rest of the Alpes. Pretty intimidating. Well worth the ride!

well done! i loved the part of the soul fire burning all pain, all obstacles. It is main reason i started running and did my first ultra-maraton this year to find more of my inner strenght and stop quitting quickly in different areas of life. You did amazing to manage your mind and run so many km inspite of pain. It would have been very easy to quit.

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Sebastian! Really appreciated! Super stoked you share that philosophy of finding that inner fire 🔥 kudos to you for doing your first Ultra! 🙌

High Five from south germany Rafael! Thank you for that nice work!

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! 🙏

Great race Rafael! I did the 120k race this year (I managed to film that race a bit) - my second one. I just love the race, the amazing Dolomites and the whole area. I might race the 80k race in the future. I heard that the race course is spectacular as well. I had the "plasure" to experience the knee issue that you had as well. I cured mine with a 100 mile race in Istria. My best guess is that my problem was the weak glutes and the overall weak core if compared with my legs that created a huge strength imbalance with muscles, ligaments and joints. Thankfully, I managed to get more balance but my UTMB did't went well due to GI distress. In that particular occasion there was unfortunately little to be done. I did 15k with more or less just fluids and nothing more. Crazy sport indeed, but we love it! :)

@rafaelhidalgo

8 ай бұрын

Awesome that you did the 120k! Congrats! Beautiful race indeed! Love that region!! Good to hear you sorted the knee issue! Not easy to manage those problems! But sorry to hear about UTMB… several people had issues… many vomiting… was a tough but beautiful experience. Thanks for dropping a message here 🙌

Strange you only have 2.1k subscribers...another very nice video!

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! Appreciate the support. Hopefully we can build the community 🙌

Another great and inspirational video!!! I just signed up for Lavaredo 50k so can’t wait to see the race in real :) Looking forward for your next video!!!

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Alex! That’s Fantastic you’re gonna love it! Try and and get there a few days before or stay a few days after to explore the beautiful area 🙌

Watching this video while I eat breakfast after running my first 50-miler yesterday with 11,000 feet of gain. Thanks for the views and perspective and keep up the good work.

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Awesome congrats mate!! Kudos to you for the 50 miler with some nice elevation! 🙌 thanks for following!

Congratulations for the race!!! Well done! now we're waiting for your UTMB adventure

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Jose! Zermatt and Verbier races coming up before the big one 😁

Your fans would already know you completed the ultimate goal. Congrats and look forward to that video!

@rafaelhidalgo

10 ай бұрын

Haha thanks! true! Looking forward to putting it together. “supporters” rather than fans 😉 I’m no celebrity 😄 just a normal dude sharing his adventures in the hope of inspiring other normal women and men follow their dreams 🤩

@caninecarecentral

10 ай бұрын

What’s next? Would you be sharing your plans too?

@rafaelhidalgo

10 ай бұрын

@@caninecarecentral yup will be sharing once the series is over 😉

Incredible video as always, Rafael. Such a beautiful race with amazing scenery. Well done and thank you.

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Noel! 🙌 stoked you enjoyed it!

Congratulations on completing the UTMB, your ultimate goal!

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Haha thanks! The big question is HOW I’m going to complete. As they say: it’s not the destination that is important it’s the journey.

Congratulations Rafael! 🎉And beautiful Dolomite, thank you. Well done to you and your crew Seb! Take care of that knee now. The KT tape worked in Mont Blanc too.

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Cristina! Indeed we loved the Dolomites 🙌 yup the knee thing will be covered in the next films 😉

Brilliant…thank you for sharing 👏

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Thanks! More adventures to come on the road to UTMB 🙌

I thought this was going to be 'the big one' 😉. Well done on another race and another piece of the puzzle. Some lovely views, shame about the mud! Another excellent film.

@rafaelhidalgo

10 ай бұрын

Haha suspense until the Big One 😁 i have a backlog of films to produce. Zermatt and Verbier up next. Those were epic 🙌 and i still need to process “the big one” mentally haha so much happened in my head during that race.

Hello Rafael, loved the story telling, and you crushed the UTMB so the knee did hold up......

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Haha thanks! Will see about the knee in the next films and how that panned out during UTMB. The biggest ever pain cave in on it’s way 😄

Rafael you champ! Great video as always! Btw we followed you on your UTMB journey live - cheering you on! 🎉

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Anastasia! So cool you were able to follow me live during the big one! 🙌 thanks for you support ! looking forward to sharing that race. In the meantime still have a couple of races to share with you guys as that journey to UTMB was grueling 😰

@anastasiafua

9 ай бұрын

I can’t even imagine how UTMB would’ve been, an extremely tough race but you got through it 👏🏽 despite the challenges. Looking forward to your Zermatt race video ✨🙏🏽🙏🏽

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

@@anastasiafua 🙌 thanks Anastasia! 🤗

Super video, I really love to see your journeys. What jacket are you using when it is raining?

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! More to come! I use the Salomon bonatti www.salomon.com/en-us/shop/product/bonatti-waterproof-lc11935.html#color=70222

Great content Rafael, and congrats on UTMB a fantastic achievement, will you be posting any content from UTMB

@rafaelhidalgo

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Absolutely! Working hard on the UTMB film. Loads of footage that I need to edit and build the story that best reflects the adventure.

@snick1966

7 ай бұрын

@@rafaelhidalgo thats great looking forward to it

🎉 the videos are superbe like always! What are the gopro settings? And how do you post process it?

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Thanks! I used standard settings for the gopro11. Its the wide view. Not the superwide setting. I then use final cut pro and also adobe after effects for the map annimation.

Great video! Congrats on the finish 🎉 Will you be covering what happened with the knee between this finish and the next race in the coming video? Experienced something similar in my last race so I'm curious what you did to recover/prepare!

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!! Absolutely, the knee thing is going to be a running theme until the end of the series 🙌

@mcel85

9 ай бұрын

@@rafaelhidalgo haha damn, that does not bode well 😂😭

@rafaelhidalgo

9 ай бұрын

@@mcel85 haha indeed; you will see 😁

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@rafaelhidalgo

10 ай бұрын

Sound is on :) you were probably too fast for the video. It just loaded.