by Lazarus Lake | Oct 16, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 17.2/3 of the way to 24 hours.experienced ultrarunners will tell you;”100 miles is never easy”.and doing it under 24 hours is harder still..451 runners remain,and the dream of seeing 400 people break 24 hours for 100 miles in the same event are...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 16. . i could not understand how i got off… . but a quick look back shows that i counted hour 13 twice! so now we are back on track. we are down to 12 intact teams, and iceland is still one of them. how can you not love the icelanders? . now only finland is...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 14 . it is a slow beating. like boiling a frog. they barely notice the temperature slowly rising around them. 15 come in and 15 go out. again and again. . 12 intact teams remain. iceland stands alone atop the small countries leaderboard. they said going in they...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 13 . 50 miles in the bank. by now everyone knows they have been on their feet. . but, for perspective; 100 hours is still 88 hours away! . i got it wrong last hour. there are still 16 intact teams, three of them in the small division. for some reason...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 12 . not much time for an update. the sun is setting and it was time to build a fire. . overall, now only 15 intact teams… . two of them are malta and iceland! the combined population is less than a million. GO TINY ISLANDS!!! . among the small countries,...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 11 . now we are down to 3 intact teams in the small country division: iceland, malta, and switzerland! . amazing iceland is still running top 5 in the open division. they have come to play. . there are still 18 intact teams overall… . but i have to let you...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 10 . now the intact small teams are 5. vietnam lost their number 14 runner. still tied at 135, so it was another casualty of that enormous climb between the chair and the starting corral… . that is the hardest part of every course. . in the large division...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 9 . only 6 of the small teams remain intact. singapore, vietnam, malta, switzerland, and morocco. austria is still tied at 120, but they have one who has dropped. they wont be tied at the end of 9. . every yard we run now, more of the small country runners have...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Race Reports
hour 8 . mauritius lost their number 6 runner on hour 7. so there is one less intact team. malaysia, who already started down by 4 has lost 2 more, as they continue to run in a pouring rain. . weather is all over the place. but the race goes on. . before the race...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
hour 7 . small country update! . while the big countries are going to be many hours reaching the significant action, the small countries have team members who have never done 24 hours. . if you want to follow the action, you can go to backyardultra.com and click on...
