by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 26. . the backyard is without mercy. the clock stops for no one. . the number of perfect teams is down to 6. denmark lost 2 after the 25th yard. . here in tennessee under rainy skies we have one in trouble. he finished 25 just seconds before the final whistle and...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 25 . we have made it around the clock. everyone is back to the time they started. new zealand and australia are deep in the desperate hours of night. the next 5 or 6 hours will be a critical time for their teams. . japan and the southeat asians are heading into...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 24 ‘ this is the big hour, finally! . everyone who finishes this hour will have guaranteed themselves a spot on the at large list for the 2022-2023 season. . it looks like only 9 teams will make it to 24 hours unbroken, as sweden lost one in hour 23. i am...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 23 . quick and short update this hour as i am hoping for a short nap… . according to the scoresheet iceland is clinging to their 6 yard lead, but are down a man to second place finland. finland is down a man to third place norway. austria is a single yard...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 22 . so we have our first team reaching the end. mauritius is down to one this hour, julien law hin chin; mauritius’ national record holder and number one seed has only to complete the 22nd hour to secure the first golden ticket of the 2022 satellite...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 21 . at last we are beginning to close on that first 100 miles. . the small team competition is reaching a critical stage. any team that could stop the losses would move up rapidly, but the casualties continue to mount. . iceland’s lead looked vulnerable...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 20 . down to only 10 unscathed teams at most… . australia and sweden are late checking in, so it could be less. . portugal lost their number 2. . at this point 18 teams have lost 2 or fewer runners. . back in the small division iceland had a tough hour 19....
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 19 . so the number of intact teams is down to 11. spain finally lost a runner. . it had been my thinking that the small country competition would provide excitement to help me survive the long first night. and indeed that has turned out exactly as expected. ....
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 18 . and then there were 12. iceland finally fell from the ranks of unscathed teams. . but they continue to build on their lead, now 11 yards ahead of malta. switzerland and vietnam are still inching up on malta. finland finally lost a runner, and they are now 1...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 17.2/3 of the way to 24 hours.experienced ultrarunners will tell you;”100 miles is never easy”.and doing it under 24 hours is harder still..451 runners remain,and the dream of seeing 400 people break 24 hours for 100 miles in the same event are...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 16. . i could not understand how i got off… . but a quick look back shows that i counted hour 13 twice! so now we are back on track. we are down to 12 intact teams, and iceland is still one of them. how can you not love the icelanders? . now only finland is...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 14 . it is a slow beating. like boiling a frog. they barely notice the temperature slowly rising around them. 15 come in and 15 go out. again and again. . 12 intact teams remain. iceland stands alone atop the small countries leaderboard. they said going in they...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 13 . 50 miles in the bank. by now everyone knows they have been on their feet. . but, for perspective; 100 hours is still 88 hours away! . i got it wrong last hour. there are still 16 intact teams, three of them in the small division. for some reason...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 12 . not much time for an update. the sun is setting and it was time to build a fire. . overall, now only 15 intact teams… . two of them are malta and iceland! the combined population is less than a million. GO TINY ISLANDS!!! . among the small countries,...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 11 . now we are down to 3 intact teams in the small country division: iceland, malta, and switzerland! . amazing iceland is still running top 5 in the open division. they have come to play. . there are still 18 intact teams overall… . but i have to let you...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 10 . now the intact small teams are 5. vietnam lost their number 14 runner. still tied at 135, so it was another casualty of that enormous climb between the chair and the starting corral… . that is the hardest part of every course. . in the large division...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 9 . only 6 of the small teams remain intact. singapore, vietnam, malta, switzerland, and morocco. austria is still tied at 120, but they have one who has dropped. they wont be tied at the end of 9. . every yard we run now, more of the small country runners have...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 8 . mauritius lost their number 6 runner on hour 7. so there is one less intact team. malaysia, who already started down by 4 has lost 2 more, as they continue to run in a pouring rain. . weather is all over the place. but the race goes on. . before the race...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 6..the runners will be at 25 miles at the end of this one.basically a 6 hour marathon.easy enough,anyone can do that….once.each succeeding 6 hour 25 miler will get harder!.looking at the teams,it would seem that austria has passed hungary in the team speed...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
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