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...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 23, 2023 | Race Reports
and so we lose niklas sjoblom of sweden and angelika huemer-toff, the austrian champion. angelika had a splendid outing, improving her best performance by 18 yards from 44 to 52. still there were tears. it gets harder with each runner they have invested so much of...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 23, 2023 | Race Reports
i told you there would be casualties. and not even the ones we expected. . every runner in the field is operating on a margin so thin that anything can take them down. the belgian brecht vandamme is gone. victim of the hills the uk’s john stocker is gone. victim...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 23, 2023 | Race Reports
we are going to lose some today. of course we know there will be casualties on the trail. they are into their third day of running without a break but somehow it is different watching it in progress. . some of the runners are working hard to make the cutoffs they are...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 23, 2023 | Race Reports
at last a number that looks impressive. willie david christopher from malaysia was unable to make the cutoff. the surviving 45 went on when the bell rang. now we are down to the ones who came to play. no one will be giving up easy. they arent going to hit a bad...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 23, 2023 | Race Reports
only one runner stopped at 48. so obviously the other 46 have come to play. . the lone athlete to stop at 48 hours was niki micallef. niki earned his place at big’s as the maltese champion. but he stepped into the starting corral two days ago with the smallest...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 23, 2023 | Race Reports
so all 47 started the 48th yard. no one was in any apparent trouble coming out of 47, so it seems likely they will all make it. . as exciting as it is to see this sort of a mass accomplishment what makes it sweetest is the performances of the women. . all 4 are still...
