Laz’s updates
Latest updates from Backyard Ultra races around the world
hour 97
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 turned to see her...
hour 96
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...
Hour 92-93-94-95
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...
hour 89-90-91 addendum
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 day but your mind...
hour 89-90-91
oriol antoli sarrau missed the cutoff on 90sam harvey came back on 91
hour 84-85-86-87-88
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...
hour 82-83
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 Morishita...
hour 81
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.
hour 79-80
big's 2023 continues to shatter our wildest expectations. 15 runners reached 80 and all 15 continued. . regrettably we are down to 14 silver medals. i guess when we run out we will have to give someone that gold one... . i hope they dont get mad
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