by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 26. . the backyard is without mercy. the clock stops for no one. . the number of perfect teams is down to 6. denmark lost 2 after the 25th yard. . here in tennessee under rainy skies we have one in trouble. he finished 25 just seconds before the final whistle and...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 25 . we have made it around the clock. everyone is back to the time they started. new zealand and australia are deep in the desperate hours of night. the next 5 or 6 hours will be a critical time for their teams. . japan and the southeat asians are heading into...
by Naresh KN | Oct 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
hour 25 . we have made it around the clock. everyone is back to the time they started. new zealand and australia are deep in the desperate hours of night. the next 5 or 6 hours will be a critical time for their teams. . japan and the southeat asians are heading into...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 24 ‘ this is the big hour, finally! . everyone who finishes this hour will have guaranteed themselves a spot on the at large list for the 2022-2023 season. . it looks like only 9 teams will make it to 24 hours unbroken, as sweden lost one in hour 23. i am...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 23 . quick and short update this hour as i am hoping for a short nap… . according to the scoresheet iceland is clinging to their 6 yard lead, but are down a man to second place finland. finland is down a man to third place norway. austria is a single yard...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 22 . so we have our first team reaching the end. mauritius is down to one this hour, julien law hin chin; mauritius’ national record holder and number one seed has only to complete the 22nd hour to secure the first golden ticket of the 2022 satellite...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 21 . at last we are beginning to close on that first 100 miles. . the small team competition is reaching a critical stage. any team that could stop the losses would move up rapidly, but the casualties continue to mount. . iceland’s lead looked vulnerable...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 20 . down to only 10 unscathed teams at most… . australia and sweden are late checking in, so it could be less. . portugal lost their number 2. . at this point 18 teams have lost 2 or fewer runners. . back in the small division iceland had a tough hour 19....
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 19 . so the number of intact teams is down to 11. spain finally lost a runner. . it had been my thinking that the small country competition would provide excitement to help me survive the long first night. and indeed that has turned out exactly as expected. ....
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 18 . and then there were 12. iceland finally fell from the ranks of unscathed teams. . but they continue to build on their lead, now 11 yards ahead of malta. switzerland and vietnam are still inching up on malta. finland finally lost a runner, and they are now 1...
