by Lazarus Lake | Oct 24, 2023 | Race Reports
we lost yukinori yoshida this hour when he could not get back in time. so now there are 26 runners steadily closing on 300 miles less than a marathon away. . the distance bell had been mostly quiet the first couple of days. not surprising when you consider the...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 24, 2023 | Race Reports
hello, i am back. it took a while to shake off the cobwebs after 40 glorious minutes of sleep but i feel like a new man! . the 27 surviving runners can only be described one way. they are hard. there is not a second wasted when they come in off their loops and it...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 24, 2023 | Race Reports
nothing seems quite real in the night. i am standing at the scorers table i know what to do watch the clock and blow the whistle a few shadowy figures are moving in the darkness at the edge of the area illuminated by the light in the tent. i have to concentrate on the...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 23, 2023 | Race Reports
the backyard is where anything can happen, and probably will. firebuilding duties eliminated the last hour. . while i was gone we lost runners to nosebleeds and sore knees the water was repaired and we have water again. the toilet service cleaned the runners’...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 23, 2023 | Race Reports
in 2019 the winner of big’s did 60 yards. right now we have 31 people out on the 60th yard. i think this is what they mean by exponential growth. . when there is nothing in our experience to go by the only thing we can do is guess at what outcomes will be. so...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 23, 2023 | Race Reports
with everything that has happened the past two hours this will have to end up being another combined update. i dont think i can even reconstruct the sequence of events suffice it to say that: people finished loops and quit people went out on loops and came back people...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 23, 2023 | Race Reports
thembinkosi (thembi) sojola of south africa did not make it back. he wont bring back the gold coin. just a silver coin and a shiny new south african record of 55 hours. . a close second behind the problem of heat on the trail is the dust. all those footsteps have...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 23, 2023 | Race Reports
we lost dan yovichin (usa) when he did not make it back to complete the 55th yard. half the field is gone 38 have dropped 37 fight on the heat should break soon the runners need a break, because a lot are barely beating the...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 23, 2023 | Race Reports
report delayed while we waited on jennifer and tomikasu to emerge from the woods. their cause was hopeless but they refused to quit in their chair. as long as they were alive they fought. winners. now there are 38. there are others playing dangerously close to the...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 23, 2023 | Race Reports
slowly the hours slip past. the road is now only 6 hours away. but today it is hotter than yesterday and the runners more tired. every hour is a separate struggle for survival, . . sports are no respecter of age the backyard is more forgiving than most but out here on...
