{"id":118579,"date":"2026-04-21T11:13:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/watch-our-new-short-documentary-running-without-limits-with-ultra-runner-dougie-selman-scottish-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:13:56","slug":"watch-our-new-short-documentary-running-without-limits-with-ultra-runner-dougie-selman-scottish-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/watch-our-new-short-documentary-running-without-limits-with-ultra-runner-dougie-selman-scottish-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH our new short documentary: &#8216;Running Without Limits&#8217; &#8211; with ultra runner Dougie Selman &#8211; Scottish Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"meta-date\">Tuesday 21st April 2026<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dougie Selman is a former Loch Ness Marathon champion (photo via Loch Ness Marathon)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@scottishathletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join us on our YouTube channel (FREE to subscribe)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Peter Jardine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Running has no limits and can take you all kinds of places \u2013 both physically and mentally.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the over-riding theme in the latest short documentary in our series on athletics in Scotland created by Urbane Media.<\/p>\n<p>Ultra runner <strong>Dougie Selman<\/strong>, the Scottish Record holder over the 100k distance, is the focus as he talks about his running journey.<\/p>\n<p>The Corstorphine AAC athlete, who raced 800-1500m on the track a number of years ago, won the British title at 100k in Perth in 2024. he clocked 6:34:28 and with that performance is third in the Scottish all-time list for the ultra event.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think running is the sort of sport where you can always have an aspiration,\u2019 he tells videographer <strong>Calum McCready<\/strong> in our new film.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There\u2019s always something that you can aim for, and I don\u2019t really tend to struggle for motivation to get out the door.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Running Without Limits - Dougie Selman\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zNn9D3QsQKo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dougie, who is coached by <strong>Lewis Walker<\/strong>, explains how training for 100k races presents obvious challenges in physical capacity.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Running 100k is what my current event is, but I guess I just view myself as a runner,\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think to someone who doesn\u2019t want to run 100K, it seems like it\u2019s quite hard to explain to them why you enjoy it. It still seems quite like an overwhelming thing to plan to do, but once I get into the training block and into the race itself, I get more and more involved in it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I guess it\u2019s just one of the quirks of who I am. You can do a lot of training for it, but it\u2019s only really when you get to the race that you find out what it\u2019s really like.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/perth-acp-selman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dougie wins British 100k title by ten seconds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dougie-Selman-1-Wins-Sri-Chinmoy-100km-Perth-mar-242024-Pic-Rob-Sara-1-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dougie-Selman-1-Wins-Sri-Chinmoy-100km-Perth-mar-242024-Pic-Rob-Sara-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dougie-Selman-1-Wins-Sri-Chinmoy-100km-Perth-mar-242024-Pic-Rob-Sara-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dougie-Selman-1-Wins-Sri-Chinmoy-100km-Perth-mar-242024-Pic-Rob-Sara-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dougie-Selman-1-Wins-Sri-Chinmoy-100km-Perth-mar-242024-Pic-Rob-Sara-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dougie-Selman-1-Wins-Sri-Chinmoy-100km-Perth-mar-242024-Pic-Rob-Sara-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Dougie-Selman-1-Wins-Sri-Chinmoy-100km-Perth-mar-242024-Pic-Rob-Sara-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo by Rob Sara<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regular training weeks hit a high mileage, clearly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You have to have a lot of time on feet training for it,\u2019 adds Dougie, who represented GB and NI at the World 100k Champs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You also need to just try and find ways of conditioning your legs to be able to run for six and a half hours on the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You\u2019re trying to find different ways of doing that without actually running 100K because the recovery cost of doing that is really high.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018So I try and do runs on hilly terrain. I\u2019ll try and do runs when I\u2019m tired; so running quite a long way on one day and then quite a long way again the next day.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ccf1d54d-0427-4a91-a1c2-c159103f5708-1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-102043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ccf1d54d-0427-4a91-a1c2-c159103f5708-1-1024x741.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ccf1d54d-0427-4a91-a1c2-c159103f5708-1-1024x741.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ccf1d54d-0427-4a91-a1c2-c159103f5708-1-300x217.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ccf1d54d-0427-4a91-a1c2-c159103f5708-1-768x556.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ccf1d54d-0427-4a91-a1c2-c159103f5708-1.jpeg 1451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dougie (right) with GB and NI team-mate and fellow Scot Chris Richardson at the World 100k Champs in December 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/dougie-selman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dougie Selman<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function ( d, s, id ) {\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName( s )[0];\n        if ( d.getElementById( id ) ) return;\n        js = d.createElement( s );\n        js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=234654626717555\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore( js, fjs );\n    }( document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk' ));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/run-without-limits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday 21st April 2026 Dougie Selman is a former Loch Ness Marathon champion (photo via Loch Ness Marathon) Join us on our YouTube channel (FREE to subscribe) By Peter Jardine Running has no limits and can take you all kinds of places \u2013 both physically and mentally. 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