Running from Cambridge to Oxford: 127 km in 13 hours

A video diary of my run from Queens' College, Cambridge - where I studied for my PhD - to St Edmund Hall, Oxford - where I now work - covering 127km in 13 hours 22 minutes and 13 seconds.

Day 1 - 61 km
Leg 1: Cambridge to Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth 21 km
Leg 2: Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth to Letchworth Garden City 20 km
Leg 3: Letchworth Garden to Luton 20 km

Day 2 - 66 km
Leg 1: Luton to Aylesbury 28 km
Leg 2: Aylesbury to Long Crendon 15 km
Leg 3: Long Crendon to Wheatley 14 km
Leg 4: Wheatley to Oxford 9 km

HUGE thanks to my brother, George Crawford, for planning the route and dragging me through to the end, and also to my Dad, Thomas Crawford, for cycling with us as the support team. I wouldn't have made it without either of you.

Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford.

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All GoPro footage played at 10x speed.

[chiro]

Someone please contact the BBC so that Tom and his video receives the coverage he deserves!! What an incredible role model, inspiration and human-being. Oxford and his students should be so proud of him. 👍👏👏

[enigma]

What a great role model! This guy needs to be on TV teaching our kids. He not only teaches math but also how to live life and be ever upbeat. Tom is our happy space on U Tube. Math was a long time ago for me but just listening to him makes me curious about how things work.

[DrTrefor]

Cool! I'm training for my first ever half marathon, now I kind of want to post a vlog about it too:D

[Romulo_Cunha]

Congratz Mr Rocks. I really enjoyed the video, especially getting to see more of the country's landscape. England is awesome. Thanks for sharing this experience

[marika]

Great pace, 127kms, so speedy! ! I'm running my second ultra in November, glad the sport is getting some publicity 🤟🏻

[EveryOtherIsInUse]

"I'm never doing it again" cue to some months from now, when you may end up doing something even crazier 🙈🙈 congratulations though, well deserved! And thanks for editing this in a way that was sheer pleasure to watch 🚀

[henrymarkson]

The Fundamental Theorem of Running: The last kilometre is much tougher than the first.

[nkhdrmv]

great effort! really inspiring
and shout out to your brother and dad 🙌

[ptrlatte]

What a great idea and what a beautiful course. You’ve inspired me to get back in shape.

[Lyduf]

What an effort!! Im really happy you could achieve that running!!! Best regards from Argentina!

[markn.]

Well done! I wouldn’t expect any less from you

[arribus]

Incredible achievement. I could feel the weight and pain in your legs in the last stretch!

[iteerrex]

Awesome! I haven’t done much running but I have lots of biking. That last km looked awful, when the body doesn’t even have the energy to scream at you anymore, and you’re going purely on well power lol. Congratulations! 🏆
You know, a sponsor with a team-van full of food water first-aid, and a mattress would’ve been super.

[lucbian]

Whilst this indeed an amazing accomplishment, I wish people were as proud and inspired by your PhD in mathematics as they are by you running 127km in 2 days.

[aminsabir]

Amazing and at such a great pace too😯😯😯 I did the Big Half marathon on Sunday at slower pace and that was tough so fair play to you and your brother 😄

[amansinghchoudhary]

ngl it was pretty inspiring to watch. I too would consider running every now and then, coz sitting all day doing questions is taking a toll on my back

[NP-zldz]

Aw I love how this was a family affair too, ngl when you first said this happened I thought your brother was your boyfriend. Well done to you both Sir!

[DanHaines-kwbl]

Your are the coolest guy I’ve saw who’ve got a PHD!!

[annajones]

Insane 80 miles approx. So more than 3 marathons. Faster than 3 sub 4 hour marathons back to back. Dad sounds Yorkshire

[wtspman]

Congratulations! 🏆

You’ve inspired me for the 100-mile bike ride I’m planning in a little over a week.

When you got to the end of the first day I was wondering what you would do to ease the stiffness in your muscles and joints. After a ride, I rely on a good long walk to get some relief in my legs. I can’t imagine there’d be any appeal in a walk after a full day of running.