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The Cliff Young shuffling running style was later analysed and found to be highly efficient.

Sharing his cash winnings with other runners - Ultimate Gentleman

Am an Aussie & I remember when he won this race. LoL Bastard! Gave my sadistic school sports teacher another reason to push us non-athletic types harder - "if a 61 yr old can do it..." 😐

@ilanzatonski8826

6 жыл бұрын

FoXii ToXii lol how old were u:0

@foxiitoxii119

6 жыл бұрын

Я Ilan Zatonski I was 11yrs old at the time. Admittedly she didnt want us to do THAT marathon but made us do weekly mini marathons which she did also..in her car..behind us..keeping us moving forward by driving very close & honking the horn **shudders** - the stuff of nightmares 😨

@mouminosman7992

6 жыл бұрын

hahahahahh

@minitea4315

Жыл бұрын

So she should have done it.

I remember watching the pre-race interview with this bloke. His style was noticeably slower than the other competitors, but it uses so little energy...no lifting his feet any higher than absolutely necessary, no springing off with the toe, etc...and while it won't win any sprints, it's always going to give the edge in a race where stamina is the primary resource. :-)

Our head teacher loved this guy and we had a room named after him in our school

Farmers were damn tough back in the day. Impressive.

@T9RX3

3 жыл бұрын

They still are tough.

@mcchuggernaut9378

3 жыл бұрын

@@T9RX3 Depends. My grandfather lived to 102 years old and farmed his land with no machinery, just horse and plow. That man was tough as old boots. The guy that lives beside my family now farms too, but I don't think I have ever seen him without a tractor, ATV, truck, or backhoe doing the work for him, and he's fatter than his own pigs!

@arealfootballplayer8052

9 ай бұрын

They ain’t farmin for the same reason, they want the luxury nowadays… Head to the city then!

@mcchuggernaut9378

9 ай бұрын

@@arealfootballplayer8052 Well, we use the tools available to us now, and honestly I would prefer to farm the easy way with tractors and modern tools than live in a city and make the same money. The country is a much quieter, less expensive, more beautiful place to live.

He was farming all that XP M8

@XyloTears

6 жыл бұрын

Knyq Barbosa lol

@Skraeling1000

6 жыл бұрын

lol, and maxed out his ST for sure.

*AND NOW FOR ANOTHER BONUS FACT*

Lvl 999 farmer

@CarsSimplified

6 жыл бұрын

How many re-specs, though?

@musicalneptunian

6 жыл бұрын

level 999 farmer perk: gum boot magic for extreme endurance.

@williamphillips6235

6 жыл бұрын

He’s over 9000

@fastinradfordable

5 жыл бұрын

fuckin hilarious

@amgmg2521

3 жыл бұрын

A Lead Farmer.

I had a Master Sergeant that shuffle ran. No one could ever run longer and he could carry a conversation at any point without the slightest indication of being out of breath. I could beat him in a dead sprint, but probably only because he was pretty short and two decades my elder.

He's a sheep farmer, AND a potato? I'm very impressed that he won.

@codename9824

6 жыл бұрын

Melody sheep rancher and potato farmer

@blackbird5634

2 жыл бұрын

The artist is a potato, French Fries are art. -will crow

@saulradebe9232

2 жыл бұрын

Makes his win all the more impressive 🤣😂

@ES-yi4pe

2 сағат бұрын

Why are you impressed. Farmers work there ass off.

A teacher subbing for my math class told us about this and haven’t forgotten since, nice to see it’s not too unknown.

@pickledirick8338

6 жыл бұрын

Grunkle Stalin It’s a very well known story.

And a Fifth bonus fact: When offered a ride by motorcar from the hospital to his home, mr Clifford politely declined, saying that it was a nice wheather for a brisk walk. Besides, he added, having suffered this hospital commitment he hadn't finished rounding up his imaginary sheep yet and so was frankly quite anxious to get them before the imaginary storm would hit. With that he was off, the sound of his rubber-johnnys fading in the distance.

I remember this. It was awesome to watch Cliff (as he was known) each night on the news. It was great to see a humble Aussie being feature in a KZread video. I didn't think anyone outside Australia knew of Cliff.

Impressive! I can barely muster the energy to get up the stairs to the video editing room sometimes.

@neurofiedyamato8763

6 жыл бұрын

stairs are hard, you fight against the whole weight of your body! No more than 5 flights for me.

@talaverajr391

6 жыл бұрын

Mac Kobalt first.

@eugenetswong

6 жыл бұрын

It took me so much stamina to just scroll down to this comment section.

@NJ-wb1cz

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys! I immediately felt 100x better about myself!

I remember this and him fondly........he was a lovely man and very inspirational

Now that’s someone that doesn’t give up

Farmer - YAY, I won !!!. Farmers Wife - Dear there's a storm coming, time to round up the sheep. Farmer - OHHHhhhh...........

@oliverhees4076

6 жыл бұрын

Honey, off for a run! Be back before dinner!

@NotTheCIA1961

6 жыл бұрын

(It's Thursday) Should be back before Church!

@musicalneptunian

6 жыл бұрын

farmers wife: when are we gonna end your virginity cliff? Cliff : just let me do one more shuffle. Gotta use my gum boots. farmers wife: Jesus fucking Christ Cliff, can't we just have some sex?

@peterm6737

6 жыл бұрын

This comment section got weird real quick...

@musicalneptunian

6 жыл бұрын

Cliff Young. Sex Life. Sheep.

His real name was forest gump

@DheerajBhaskar

6 жыл бұрын

Rob-karen Kennedy-parker funny but not true (just to be clear) 😀

@Muhd4iman

6 жыл бұрын

I got the joke 😂

@l-l

6 жыл бұрын

Dheeraj Bhaskar No shit.

@RadioSnivins

6 жыл бұрын

Beech Forest Gump.

@neeneec5394

6 жыл бұрын

Anson D. Grimes its a dang joke!!! it made me laugh. sense of humor classes need to be taught in school.

This man is a low tier God, confirmed.

@Adam-yo3bt

6 жыл бұрын

Person Human no

I was in primary school when he won in 83. Everyone was glued to the TV watching Cliffy shuffling along. He was a VIRGIN until he won (maybe this helped his stamina lol) he grew up & lived in Beech Forest running up and down hills after the sheep. He was a very very fit man before taking up ruining a fact that his fellow competitors failed to really grasp. RIP Cliffy a true blue Aussie champion!! His shuffling style was soon adopted by marathon runners across the world.

Remember him well, showed up a lot of professional runners up.

The 61 year old virgin... Someone make this a movie.

@CyberiusT

6 жыл бұрын

Isaac Newton, the supergenius associated with falling apples and calculus, died a virgin at 84. It's rare, but some people just don't feel any need for sex - though in Newton's case, he may not have been able to stand the company of anyone else long enough to get any. Or they his, for that matter.

Rest in peace Cliff aka Albert Ernest Clifford "Cliff" Young. Ultra Marathon winner at the age of 61! Albert Ernest Clifford Young, Born 8/2/1922, Died 2/11/2003

Cliff Young: 61 year old virgin ultra marathon champ! A marathon runner who gets up early and never quits prematurely.

@1CJMac1

6 жыл бұрын

Truly he was an Arch-Warlock and used his powers to gain incredible endurance

@musicalneptunian

6 жыл бұрын

He was a level 60 mage in WOW. He didn't run; he cast levitation spells and whistled.

It's really not surprising considering farmers do more work before lunch in one day, than i do all week. Maybe even all month... lol

@ryanvalentine4151

6 жыл бұрын

Ben Masta Possibly even a year

@Fuzzycat16

6 жыл бұрын

Saying they have no training is false...They train all their lives just by working the farm.

@Kanelle88

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I read the title and was like 'NO DUH'. He's a farmer!!! Farm work is hard work...

The most I have gone is 50 miles in 17.5 hours in the mountains of West Germany and 140 miles in four days in eastern Netherlands. I did swim 17 miles, as well. Everything seems so insignificant compared to this man. Especially since he was 40 years older! And then even older. I did live the life as a professional athlete as a career combat firefightrer/advanced trauma & cardiac paramedic (it's really the job of an athlete). My hat's off to him! Respect. May he rest in peace.

Fun fact, my father and his side of the family used to live down the road from him. And my mother and her side of the family used to live in Gellibrand, also somewhat near him. :)

"And now for another bonus fact"

SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK🔥🔥🔥

@EffectPlaceboThe

5 жыл бұрын

And sane

If you haven't met a Sheep Rancher before lemme tell you something, they Work hard and don't quit till a job is done well and right the first time, they get up early and stay up the whole day. Laziness runs in fear at the sight of a Rancher and sluggishness hides it's ulgly face. Respect is instantly given because it has long since been earned, if you know a rancher, thank them for the hard work they do day and night!

Wow this guy is amazing. Beat the record by two days lol. He ran slowly but didn't sleep. The faster runners did. What is this? The rabbit and the turtle story? 877 km long in 5 days? 7.3 Kmh actually not that fast but hell a lot of endurance.

He's a bloody aussie ledgend!! Fun fact. His running style was nicknamed the gumboot shuffle because it developed from running in gum boots. If you lift your feet to high they fall off, hence the shuffle.

Cliffy jogged about 8 miles a day for fun, he was a lifelong vegetarian and teetotaler, and underweight all his life. He had no preconceptions about the run, no one told him the limitations of other runners so his head wasn't full of that nonsense.

My nanas cousin! Such an inspiration to me always. Miss you Cliffy

farmers are know for their super strenght this is their proof.

@howardbaxter2514

6 жыл бұрын

It’s also raw strength they have instead of weight room strength.

You should do a piece on Courtney Dauwalter who recently won the Moab 240, beating the second place man by 10 hours and a marathon in distance. She states her diet consists largely of nachos and beer.

Hearing that he found a wife at age 61 makes me feel a little bit better.

@manhoosnick

6 жыл бұрын

Ego Proxy well, but you saw what happened because of his wife then?

@ronindebeatrice

6 жыл бұрын

Tri-Shake-Atops For keeping it in perspective, cheers.

@chunkyMunky329

6 жыл бұрын

doesn't make me feel any better. who wants to run for five days to get a wife?

@Me4-gc8qs

3 жыл бұрын

Not until you hear how she spent all his money and left him to die penniless, that bitch is still hated in Australia to this day.

@gibbethoskins8621

3 жыл бұрын

Better start running 😆

81 years? Good run for a great runner.

We used to call it "The Cliff Young shuffle".

Ok , this is one heck of a fact snack. 👍 Never heard this before now, yet I won’t soon forget it, neither! Made my day -wowww! Love 💕 this farmer, and his entire family!

I'm 58 years old. Maybe I should get on with it.

@neurofiedyamato8763

6 жыл бұрын

Its never too late to enjoy life.

@musicalneptunian

6 жыл бұрын

But are you a virgin? First, get laid. Only then, be the ultra marathon champ that you were born to be.

@chickenfarmer296

6 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not you are actually in the prime for distance running. Best distance runners in the world are in their 20s and 60’s😁

@thejavaman53

6 жыл бұрын

Francois Lacombe Go for it.

I remember him he was a unsung hero in our eyes ♥️♥️♥️

that's 50 deg celsius in Sahara, -18 in Antarctica for us simpletons

@GodplayGamerZulul

6 жыл бұрын

Rather, for us intellectuals who are fluent in Celsius.

@calinguga

6 жыл бұрын

actually i'm guessing intellectuals would go for 323 and 255.

@sinclap2

6 жыл бұрын

oooh bazinga, droppin' the Kelvins!

Love the channel Simon! Really one of my youtube faves. 👍

Cliffy boi!!! He lived a few towns over from me, never knew he was a sheep farmer just a potato man lol.

@darrenlucas804

6 жыл бұрын

yeah, in Oz they often referred to him as a potato farmer... the sheep story is way more interesting

@LouisTheBlackCat

6 жыл бұрын

Darren Lucas agreed!! But as a native kiwi maybe I have a thing for heating about sheep 😹😹😹

@darrenlucas804

6 жыл бұрын

lol

Wow, what tough guy!

Wow, what an incredible guy!

Sweet video and the bonus facts were particularly interesting; thanks for the great vid yet again

Bonus fact Buller ice cream come from Colac

@midnite_rambler

6 жыл бұрын

Bonus fact. It's spelled Bulla.

Its not surprising. He’s from Australia. Knowing the Native Flora and Fauna, running isn’t for fun, its a matter of survival. Some fun facts about Australia. 1. Australia is the largest island nation in the world, straddling the border of the Pacific and Indian Ocean. 2. It has a rich and exotic ecosystem supporting fantastic flora and fauna...all of which were unfortunately eaten by the monsters that live there. 3. Its primary spoken language is screaming. [Source: Cracked.com]

1:40 Rounding up sheep is not what they call it in Australia. There it's called "securing the Harem".

I have never been so early before! And I am so glad to learn this.

Cliff Young what a legend.

it's all in your hands what the limitations will be, nice story

Cliff doing the Cliffie shuffle!

This is probably where they got that bit in Forrest Gump where he ran and ran and then he had enough.

Respect farmers, farming is one of the toughest occupations on the planet💯

Take that! Even if I run that much I still will die, so might as well be semi lazy and live my life.

@chris-hayes

6 жыл бұрын

Lord Gronor I mean he did spend years training, there's always time to pick up something new

Here in Utah as a young kid my family ran an aid station for the Wasatch 100 starting somewhere in Idaho and ending at Sundance ski resort in Utah. We were about 80 miles in. I saw countless people life flighted out and even a few pass. My brother helped land the helicopter and that’s what gave him the passion to help people. He is now a firefighter/paramedic.

I remember him when i was a kid, everyone was out on the street when he went by, it was a big deal

This story just gave me new life goals! I better start training. :-)

End of the race was in Doncaster in the eastern suburbs... Not far from where i grew up and even closer to where i am now!

“I’ll convert miles to kilometres (for basically everyone watching), but for no reason I’ll give temperature in Fahrenheit only.” WTF

People forget the fact that farmers have developed their body on much more stress environment due to their work like the man stated he run like 2 days just rounding sheep thats insanse

As a nurses aid I walk about 5 to 6 miles in a eight hour shift. Actually have to consume more calories not to be under weight. Don't use the elevator run up and down stairs walking fast all damn day. Plus physically lift residents bigger than myself. 57 on no medication or rarely get sick. Never got covid. The healthiest thing is to keep moving stay busy. Also chilling out time is very important.

He died at 81. If you're looking for the fountain of youth, this isn't it.

So he skilled all endurance all his live.

virgin sheep farmer is an oxymoron

@tncorgi92

6 жыл бұрын

Marcelo Dezem guess that's why he chased his sheep for 3 days... they were playing hard to get.

@jeroldproductions6367

6 жыл бұрын

Marcelo Dezem Oh Mein gott really? Think you where a West Country farmer.

@Firguy

5 жыл бұрын

Only if you're Welsh.

"no training".. except he trained for 4 years and before that had an entire life of physically intense work.

Please state the temperature in Celsius as well as Fahrenheit

Wow its so trippy hearing colac named droped in a video my familys farm is their i didn't grow up their thankfully but its such a tiny farming town only about 6 farms or so are their.

That whistle at 0:36

This sounds really good

So many bonus factssss

You might want to take a look at the 'Bad Water" race. It starts in July in Death Valley and goes to 14,505 FEET on mt. Whitney. not many of those invited to participate finish.

More running vids please :) 'The Cliff Young shuffle' is famous here among ultra runners

Cliff Young's main rival in these ultra marathons was a Greek guy called Yannis Kouros. I think that Kouros won once and Greek people in Melbourne went nuts chanting Kouros!

@oj8111

6 жыл бұрын

Yannis Kouros won a number of times( no one beat him and or even got close to him) and cliff was no rival to Yannis. Yannis Kouros was in a league of his own. Regarded as the best ultra marathon runner that has ever lived. In fact to highlight that statement, they had to start Yannis 12-24 hours after the main field started a couple of times because he was just too good. Yep he overtook the whole field and still won.

Marathon running is pure genetics. You wouldn't think it looking at them because they look weak and bony, but that's the ideal body type for it. There's lots of stories of people with basically zero competitve training smashing world records because they have perfect metabolism.

@spencerbush1474

6 жыл бұрын

It's not purely genetic. Yes, genetics do play a role in how fast you can run and maintain your pace, however, without training or practice, no one, no matter how genetically gifted, would be smashing any world records. In order to even compete at a professional level, it takes an incredible amount of work and training no matter how genetically gifted you are. There's much more to it than they were just born that way.

@FeedMeSalt

6 жыл бұрын

Shaun Diebel you literally can be proven wrong by Google in twenty seconds. There are a shit ton of record breakers who where generally healthy but no experience in real competitions. Genetics are 70% of it easily.

@chunkyMunky329

6 жыл бұрын

Nero_Faintly you don't have to be in a "real competition" for it to be valuable experience. what matters is how much effort you put in and how consistently you do it. if you listen to this video, you hear that the guy did a lot of running in his life because they couldn't afford a horse or vehicle. A lot of long distance runners come from third world countries where they too can't afford a vehicle.

@pumped2run

6 жыл бұрын

weak and bony? Have you seen Yiannis Kouros? I ran for quite a while, lots of 24hr races and 3 6 day races. I wouldn't describe most of the people I ran against as weak and bony. For most, it isn't a perfect metabolism, but putting in the work to run as efficiently as possible. William Sichel is an example of that. Yes, he is a smaller guy, but he is one of the most efficient runners I have ever witnessed, and that work has granted him several world records.

@Areanyusernamesleft

6 жыл бұрын

Limey Lassen while I think you are exaggerating a bit, genetic factors like metabolism and skeletal frame matter quite a bit. Of course, compared to most land mammals, any adult human in decent shape would be a superior endurance runner. While many other animals are faster runners over short dustances, and others have greater resistance extremes of heat and cold, there are actually only a few that could travel 5 km race continually moving at more than a walking pace even in mild conditions. Also noteworthy, of the few mammals that are on average as good or better at endurance running, humans domesticated two of them equines and canines thousands of years ago.

This is my favorite KZread channel

He married a 23 year old… dudes crushing life

Impressive, most impressive.

this man was a boss ass bitch. he could have ran from New York to Florida in just over 10 days. farmers are the backbone of America

The Sydney to Melbourne ultramarathon was hardcore. Most years, a lot of the participants didn't even finish.

So... He was basically a old forrest gump? Mad respect for that guy. I would never be able to beat that marathon.

My father ran in the 1991 Sydney to Melbourne, ending up running 870km, withdrew to Tendonitis. Cliff young had been running his entire life, he deserved the win.

I remember the movie based on this guy. ‘Cliffy’? With thingo, that guy that’s in everything made in Australia...Colin something? There’s a c in his name somewhere

And I get out of breath when walking from my bed to the fridge

This guy's a boss!!

Would have liked to have seen some pictures of the guy and of the event he won. That being said, thanks for the upload.

explain this please, no matter how loud our speaker or on a movie what we eat always louder than the sound of the movie or the speaker

@fruit5003

6 жыл бұрын

Sound coming inside of you is louder than sound coming from 1-2 meters away

@myspelled8489

6 жыл бұрын

Its like if I tree dropped in the woods would it make a sound. Yes, but it's too far away and other sounds are closer, therefore blocking out the other.

@codename9824

6 жыл бұрын

Sound is vibration, bone transmits vibration and that’s why you can hear a tap on your head, your teeth grinding, when you chew or swallow.

Did Simon just call that guy a "61 year old potato"?

Simon in pre-school, "Today I found Out, 2 is a Number."

I love having lots of bonuses

Obviously the number of injuries means that humans are not suppose to run for days at a time

watched the movie 3 days ago, absolutely one of those good for the soul movies, beautiful, and it is a true story! aussies and brits in my opinion make the greatest movies!

I literally just finished your video on JFK's sister and this is in my sub box.

driving that far wears me out.

Gee how did you find ol Cliff. I remember all that well, he was a legend. I seen him run past once.