by Lazarus Lake | Oct 24, 2022 | Race Reports
recurring dream the past two days/nights. nightmare actually, in it i wake up to find out there are still runners going. somehow i had not noticed they were there and now they are just running by them selves, and we dont have any count on their yards. . well turns out...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 24, 2022 | Race Reports
as we had discussed going in each member of each team was seeded 1-15 according to their best qualifying result. the runner from each seed with the highest number of yards in the actual competition was named to the all-world team. this recognizes the contribution each...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 24, 2022 | Race Reports
544 starters 263 (48.3%) set personal bests (by an average of 10 yards) . 37 countries participating 18 national records (48.6%)
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 24, 2022 | How To, Race Reports
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by Lazarus Lake | Oct 19, 2022 | Race Reports
welcome to the backyard family . how do you sum up a weekend like this? it is impossible to even start a list of the accomplishments. the number of records set; world, national, and personal. . the number of runners who went out for one more yard, not to add to their...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 19, 2022 | Race Reports
what’s on my mind? . so many thoughts are racing thru my mind right now. every year when the championships happen we think the ultimate winner is feeling no pain that they can go forever. and then they finish… . only then do we become aware of the...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 19, 2022 | Race Reports
as i write this meryjn and ivo are working on their 99th consecutive hour of running. the once almost unimaginable mark of 100 hours seems certainly only another hour away. . the numbers boggle the mind: 416-2/3 miles 670-1/2 kilometers 100 miles in less than 24 hours...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 19, 2022 | Race Reports
. i am just making a quick post for those who might want to see history equaled, only 2 runners remain. the belgians; ivo and meryjn are now out on their 90th yard. when they come in they will equal the world record of 90 hours currently held by meryjn. this is coming...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 19, 2022 | Race Reports
. and the beat(ing) goes on. . the satellite championships is down to 4 runners. as it has been for hours now. a pair of belgians are in pursuit of the 100 hour barrier. 17 hours of running is all that stands between them and infamy. . a pair of japanese runners are...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 18, 2022 | Race Reports
two coins left in the us. one gold one silver . it looks like harvey will get the silver. he went out but it was obvious he was in trouble… . even now he is hiking back slowly not on course. now it is up to piotr to complete the yard and claim the gold… ....
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 18, 2022 | Race Reports
. 300 miles. it is simply mind boggling. that may not sound like much, but it is really far! it looks like i will see on the next scoreboard that a dozen runners have completed 300 miles in these races. what an incredible achievement for those athletes! . one thing...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 18, 2022 | Race Reports
. some history was made tonight. we believe all 13 runners made it to yard 70, a mark that had only been surpassed 7 times in history! . we lost yovichin after that so we are continuing on with 4. i know both belgians went on, am pretty sure all 3 australians. and the...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 18, 2022 | Race Reports
. we have some sort of issue with the leaderboard. both the guys who know how to work it have gone to bed, so we are a little uncertain of the scoring at the moment. . what we do know, belgium got within a single yard of australia before losing their extra runner....
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2022 | Race Reports
. tighten the screws . it comes on slowly sometimes. sometimes things happen with startling speed. other times it just sort of creeps up on you… . we now officially have a dogfight going on for second place. . belgium is now only 2 yards back and still making up...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2022 | Race Reports
. it aint over till its over. and in the backyard satellites it ends when you run out of runners. then all you can do is sit and watch, wondering just how long your active pursuers can go. . many hours ago it seemed that mexico had caught the last team they could...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2022 | Race Reports
watching the runners come inn off the trail loop all day i started to feel a little concern as the afternoon wore on. now on their third day of running they are not as chipper as they once were. and as the yards kept adding up the times kept getting slower. by the...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2022 | Race Reports
34 runners remain on course in 10 countries. the us has all but locked up the win australia, belgium, and japan will more than likely follow in that order (dont forget this is the backyard, and nothing is certain until the last yard is run!) canada will probably catch...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2022 | Race Reports
. nesting dolls . one of the fun things about the satellite races is the many layers of things going on. . you can look at the leaderboard and tell that australia is ever less likely to catch the us. we have to much manpower advantage. but they have more than the us...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2022 | Race Reports
backyard is famous for the great duels when two stubborn individuals lock horns and neither will give up. . these contests of the will can happen at championship races or can spontaneously combust at any backyard. . the first of these was the memorable 19 hour duel...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2022 | Race Reports
in addition to the champions already named and the ones yet to be determined, a number of national championships have come down to two runners… . one will punch their ticket to the individual world championships at the big’s trail in october of 2023. one...
