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...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2022 | Race Reports
beyond just serving as team championships each satellite event is also a national championship. . along with being a national champion each winner gets a golden ticket to bigs the following year to participate in the world individual championships. winners so far:...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2022 | Race Reports
at this point it looks like it will be the us and australia down the home stretch. australia still has 10 running and the us has 12. . the question about the us team is what happens at 48 hours when the race switches back to the trail? it isnt an easy trail, and some...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 46.grinding away towards the 48 hour landmark.this is where the runner has t have perfected the art of only doing one yard at a time..back to back sub 24 hour 100 milers is no joke.here on the USA course in tennessee there are a lot of challenges that come at the...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2022 | Race Reports
justin is gone,leaving us with 12.he managed to add 8 more yards after he was ready to quit….one at a time..and he started the 9th,but could not complete it.he went out with honour,on the field of battle..after this yard the runners only face two more yards of...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 44.dont blink.i took off hour 43,thinking a nap would be a better use of the time.even tho this is only the second nighti was feeling the fatigue and needed to catch some sleep…..and the large country competition has not turned out at all like the small...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 42.the us has taken what seems to be a commanding lead.it isnt the margin,it is the number of runners still active..our team is really battered,but no one will quit.and i think the sight of us on the leaderboardhour after hour with 14then 13 runnersbecame...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 42 . the us has taken what seems to be a commanding lead. it isnt the margin, it is the number of runners still active. . our team is really battered, but no one will quit. and i think the sight of us on the leaderboard hour after hour with 14 then 13 runners...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
. how good is the field in the satellite championships? 117 runners are starting their 40th yard. last year there were a total of 102 forty yard or better performances in the entire year. we will top that in a single weekend. 358 runners reached 24 hours. 104 of them...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 39 . every lap . justin is hurt. no question he is hurt. . the last couple of hours it has been all he could do to drag himself into the starting corral… . but, when the bell sounds he goes. every time we think he wont make it back under the time...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
so the small country title is pretty much decided. iceland assist finally gave in, and thorleisson won the iceland championship. norway is going to take the small country title. . the nearest competitor now is austria, also with two. if norway’s two did stop it...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 36. update short so i could overeat: belgium and the us did pass hungary.us about 5 yards behind. i think we are all just holding serve and waiting for someone to make the next move. iceland continued to peck away at norwayas lead, now down to 6 yards. almost...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 35 , amidst the insanity it also came a pretty good rainfall here. very concerned about our guys and gal safely negotiating the slippery wet trails on the last trail loop. it will be a relief if we get them all back in time for the relative comfort of the road....
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 34. . the backyard can turn on a dime. hungary looked invincible but just like that they are down to 11. the us and belgium still have 14. . talk about lifting spirits. . of course we are just on hour 34. it is still early in the race. and when we look back at he...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 33 . we have a new name for the backyard (not the race, the actual yard) we are calling it disneyworld on crack… . only one ride, but it is a doozey! (do not exit until ride has come to a complete stop) . obviously my glasses are at least tentatively fixed....
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 32 . not to belabor a point, but when belgium lost a member hungary became the last full team in the race. . so the last full team in both divisions had the most women on their teams of anyone. each team had 5! . and my glasses just broke. i will have to get them...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 31 . still belgium and hungary are unscathed. is this the right time to point out that 6 of the 30 runners on those two teams are women? or that 5 of them are on team hungary,,, . fully one third? . how about the 5 women on team iceland? or that team...
