Are we there, yet?
Joe Fejes at 317.04 and Eoin Keith at 300.24 according to the Arapaipa Ultracast.
2024 Races:
03/09 - Livingston Oval Ultra 6-Hour, 22.88 miles
05/11 - D3 50K 05/25 - What the Duck 12-Hour
06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.
Uh oh... now what?
Joe Fejes at 324.39 with approximately 84 minutes to go.A Kouros record has fallen---really big wow factor.
Eoin Keith, 300.24 and called it done, only the fourthto cross 300 miles in 72 hours (or less).
Vikena Yutz -- 249.85 at 70:43:57 andCharlotte Vasarhelyi -- 246.7 at 70:42:43are both on track (schedule?) to break Tracy Thomas'women's record.
Approximately an hour to go.
rgot
Is that 4th ever or 4th at ATY?
Kalsarikännit
I am absolutely floored what Joe and Charlotte have been able to do. It is fantastic on its own, but so soon after Desert Solstice? Wow. I am really amazed.
I have been following the races for the past three days, and this just makes me want to go longer. Probably a 48 hour. I would not be able to sleep if I tried to get in tiny naps during a 72 hour. I am curious what kind of down time the top people had. I went 48 hours straight at an endurance hike this spring, and was hallucinating my ass off. I wonder how their brains are functioning. There may be some interesting race reports from this.
Also, not knowing the results of Freedom Park is driving me batty.
I want to do it because I want to do it. -Amelia Earhart
I think it is the fourth ever at ATY.
I think (not quite as sketchy a think as in the previous sentence) John Geesler
got to the 300-mile mark when ATY was on the short course. After that is the
even vaguer memory of Pam Reed doing a 300-mile something on a course
just outside of Tucson. There is also something about Karnazes and the
number 300, but I am too lazy (just straightened up all the book/magazine
shelves last year) to chase it down.
The 72-hour event is not generally tracked as a world record event--just a
course record sort of thing. The IAU skips it on their "world best" lists.
Bacon Party!
Freedom Park results are up ...
Traci Falbo - overall winner - 137.98
Liz
pace sera, sera
Traci did amazing. It is always interesting to see what happens when a really good runner tries a new distance. I have always embarrassed myself whenever I tried something new. . At least I am consistant.
Speaking of National Teams, I just saw something on the IAU site about the 100k championship being cancelled. Is this the big World Championship? Could this really be happening to ultrarunning again? http://www.iau-ultramarathon.org/
Confirmed with a member of the 100k team. The world championships have been cancelled and they are looking for a new venue. Crazy.
That is such a shame for those who've worked so hard ... disheartening, to say the least.
I hope another venue steps up.
Vikena Yutz -- 249.85 at 70:43:57 and
Nice
Long dead ... But my stench lingers !
I always worry about the frequency people race - Joe has been a terror this year. Just because you can, does not mean you should ... Sometimes there are long term implications (Geoff Roes) of over-racing. On the other hand at Joe's age maybe you take all you can get while the getting is good.
Big Horse, I reallyworry about the frequency too! Admittedly I was been mentally and physically burned out after ATY. Many of the 24 hour races I completed last year were not planned by design. I did not plan on running either the Shazam 24 hour on Dec. 1 and/or the Desert Solstice 24 on Dec. 15. The only reason I ran these two races is because I thought my #5 spot on the team was in jeopardy and that 150 miles would be a minimum mileage to make the team. I am planning on running only a few races in 2013 although as you point out--at my advanced age of 47, I may only have a couple competitive years left. Times a runnin out...
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Any idea if any of the top 6 men or women said no? Haven't seen anything official from the USATF today.
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Anne Lundblad already said she wasn't able to go. I didn't hear anything from USATF, which means that two other women also didn't back out. I was hoping that a couple of women would decide that running in a world championship just WOULD NOT be a good time.