by Lazarus Lake | Oct 19, 2024 | Race Reports
big dog’s backyard starting hour 7:as we move into the late afternoon,the heat is greater than advertised (by the weather station)but the US runners can hardly complain.the last i heard it had reached 111 F in venezuela.(well over 40 for you C people)italy was...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 19, 2024 | Race Reports
big dog’s backyard hour 6:.made a quick trip up the hill so little dog could take a pee break.she really thought i should either stayor take her with me.one of the unpleasant aspects of putting on a race these days are the spammers that descend.every year the...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 19, 2024 | Race Reports
big dog’s backyard hour 5:groundhog hour again.time is relative.right now the hours between starts are flying past,because i have stuff to do between the bells and whistles.so it seems like i am always rushing to fit it in.then the minute spent watching the...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 19, 2024 | Race Reports
bigs backyard hour 4:teami got a chance to take a first look at the team scoring.it doesnt mean as much right now,because there are still technical issues to square away.a couple of teams havent managed to post results yet.a few more are still getting it figured...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 19, 2024 | Race Reports
big’s backyard hour 3:the routine is starting to settle in.doing the trail loop is not fastso some of the team is only arriving a couple of minutes ahead of the whistles.but these are veterans.tent city is clustered around the corraland nobody is in the corral...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 19, 2024 | Race Reports
big’s backyard hour 2:no hour one update,we were busy taking the crews around to watch the runners at several locations on the loop.and then showing them the official halfway overlook they can go to spectate over the next few days.all 15 runners showed up this...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 19, 2024 | Race Reports
big dog’s backyard ultra 30 hours:final standings in the small countries division:guatemala: 258uruguay:(-13)namibia (-19)in the mid-size division nederland seems determined to eliminate the drama.still with a division leading 12 athletes,they now have 422...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 18, 2024 | Race Reports
hoping none of the runners feel like we do here at the race workers’ bunkhouse.i am so beat.the last week has been nothing but intense.way too much time on my feetand lifting and toting for these old bones.late nights getting intimate with the keyboardand...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2024 | Race Reports
now i need to ask a favor.the post with the link to watch the broadcast;the scammers with all the fake sites and fake livestreams are sucking people in.they have a big advantage in that all they have to do with their time is try to suck people in.we have to actually...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 17, 2024 | Race Reports
at last we come to the end of the series.and we end with the seat of power in the world of backyard.if the US is the favorite,it is only because we are one huge country.if there was only one team from western europe it would annihilate the competition!the top seed...
