by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
what was the dirty dozen yesterday has become the magnificent 7 today! frank gielen was the last to fall…. . i did not ask him why he stopped. i think it would have required a post by itself. . the remaining 7 are now engaged in a game that is as much poker as...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
the first trail loop is a test. . new things are hard to process right now. last night they moved phil’s chair across to the opposite side… . first he looked for it and there was no chair he slowed and his wife called to him; “over here” he...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
when listing the pre-race favorites that fell by the wayside i forgot about keith russell from ireland who had done an 89 and daiki shibiwaki who had 87. . there is one common thread between the drops of russell, steyaert, and harvey… . there was no warning. no...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
all through the night they went on. every hour they assembled to the whistles and left at the bell. 8 men made of something different. they ran and they ran like some sort of mythical animals the miles falling away beneath their feet. as i write this they move through...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
we talked briefly about this thing called backyard. and the secret to the backyard he said; “i have been amazed at how far the mind can make these (legs) go” . that is the real key to the backyard. you can’t train your legs to cover a hundred miles a...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
oriol antoli sarrau missed the cutoff on 90sam harvey came back on 91
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
the march of the zombies goes on. by the fourth night everyone is operating in a haze. when the sun rises and sets 4 times in the same day things start to get really messy. the hours start to pass like in a movie. where the hands on a watch keep spinning and the scene...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 25, 2023 | Race Reports
the dirty dozen was determined on the 82nd yard here are this year’s all-world backyarders Akihiro Maeda Japan Oriol Antolí Unat Frank Gielen Belgium Jon Noll USA Robert Parsons Australia Harvey Lewis USA Ihor Verys Canada Merijn Geerts Belgium Terumichi...
by Lazarus Lake | Oct 24, 2023 | Race Reports
ivo steyaert is out leaving us with 14… . we are almost down to the dirty dozen. the last 12 runners in the race constitute the all-world selections.
