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...
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...
