by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2024 | Race Reports
asia is one of the smaller groupings,because several of the area teams belong to the small and large islands grouping.the odds on favorite among the mainland teams is vietnam.bac tran leads team vietnam with 34 yards,and they have the wily veteran van da bui to...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2024 | Race Reports
eastern europe: the balkans and the slavic countriesin this case the story is not as much who is going to playas it is how many countries are going to be there next time.backyard has been growing rapidly in this area the last couple of years,and this year’s...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 14, 2024 | Race Reports
of course we cannot address these groups without figuring out what to do with australia”they” call it a continent.but it sure looks like an island….and if we can deplanetize pluto,why cant we decontinentalize australia?even if we didn’t throw...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 12, 2024 | Race Reports
everyone knows who the baltic states are:estonia, latvia, and lithuania.but you know nothing is ever that simple.what about finland?no, no, finland belongs with the nordic states;denmark, sweden, and norway, right?well, language divides these countries a little...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 10, 2024 | Race Reports
dont think there is any lack of rivalries here.you can expect these teams to pour their heart and soul into their races,as they pour heart and soul into everything they do.of course the odds on favorite in latin america has to be mexico.they have been a player on the...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 10, 2024 | Race Reports
the satellite championships feature a race within a race.each national team trying to outstrip other countriesto seize the big prize,and take their place as the best of backyard in the world;with the individual winners seizing a place in the starting corral at...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 26, 2023 | Race Reports
quiet desperation everyone realizes the final hours are approaching. of the three remaining warriors harvey lewis is clearly in the worst condition. he has not been getting through the loops in time for more than 1 minute or two of sleep for several days. he is an...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
as always happens, when there is a lot of activity my post will be late. and any news will already be disseminated… . but how can there be no post on a record-tying yard? . three runners remain: harvey lewis looks to be the most endangered on an immediate basis,...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
anything can happen if you are new to the backyard dont get discouraged if your favorite is struggling. in the backyard anything can happen and it isnt over till its over; . having seen some of the most epic battles in backyard history the usual outcome is not; one...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
even with short time this hour has to have a post. numbers are special. numbers have great meaning for everyone especially runners. . the 100 club of backyard is fixing to more than double. . the odds are great that at least one of these runners is only hanging on to...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
what was the dirty dozen yesterday has become the magnificent 7 today! frank gielen was the last to fall…. . i did not ask him why he stopped. i think it would have required a post by itself. . the remaining 7 are now engaged in a game that is as much poker as...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
the first trail loop is a test. . new things are hard to process right now. last night they moved phil’s chair across to the opposite side… . first he looked for it and there was no chair he slowed and his wife called to him; “over here” he...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
when listing the pre-race favorites that fell by the wayside i forgot about keith russell from ireland who had done an 89 and daiki shibiwaki who had 87. . there is one common thread between the drops of russell, steyaert, and harvey… . there was no warning. no...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
all through the night they went on. every hour they assembled to the whistles and left at the bell. 8 men made of something different. they ran and they ran like some sort of mythical animals the miles falling away beneath their feet. as i write this they move through...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
we talked briefly about this thing called backyard. and the secret to the backyard he said; “i have been amazed at how far the mind can make these (legs) go” . that is the real key to the backyard. you can’t train your legs to cover a hundred miles a...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
oriol antoli sarrau missed the cutoff on 90sam harvey came back on 91
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
the march of the zombies goes on. by the fourth night everyone is operating in a haze. when the sun rises and sets 4 times in the same day things start to get really messy. the hours start to pass like in a movie. where the hands on a watch keep spinning and the scene...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
the dirty dozen was determined on the 82nd yard here are this year’s all-world backyarders Akihiro Maeda Japan Oriol Antolí Unat Frank Gielen Belgium Jon Noll USA Robert Parsons Australia Harvey Lewis USA Ihor Verys Canada Merijn Geerts Belgium Terumichi...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 24, 2023 | Race Reports
ivo steyaert is out leaving us with 14… . we are almost down to the dirty dozen. the last 12 runners in the race constitute the all-world selections.