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After a record-tying 68 yards (remember, there& #39;s 4.1 miles per yard!), Courtney Dauwalter wins the Backyard Ultra for the Americans.
A few observations:
A few observations:
- The leaderboard and tech ( http://bigsbackyardultra.com"> http://bigsbackyardultra.com ) were great. Made it easy to understand track "leaders." As always, Keith Dunn (and Jamil Coury) did a hell of a job on the Twitter machine.
UPDATE: The leaderboard seems to have crashed, but Karel Sabbe is posting to Facebook here ( https://www.facebook.com/100012090133715/videos/1022645794815082/).">https://www.facebook.com/100012090...
- Seven of the 20 countries competing had a female winner. Those countries are US, Germany, Finland, Canada, Denmark, Russia, and Belarus. I don& #39;t have the time to figure out what percentage of the starters were women.
- I said yesterday that I& #39;d take Belgian runner Karel Sabbe for the win and yep, he& #39;s still out there. Last update (see above) was from hour 72(!) and was aiming for 100. WOW. I don& #39;t know much about Merjin (the other runner) though. Anyone have more info?
SCMP Humor: ( https://www.scmp.com/sport/outdoor/how-guides/article/3106020/how-become-badass-runner-without-doing-much-running-lot)">https://www.scmp.com/sport/out... How to be a badass runner without doing much running. Sadly, much of this is true.
Tommy Puzey update ( https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/2020/10/08/elite-runner-tommy-puzey-improves-prepares-bone-marrow-transplant/5918922002/):">https://www.azcentral.com/story/spo... Doing better, communicating, and getting ready for bone marrow transplant. Man, that& #39;s great news!
Tommy Puzey update ( https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/2020/10/08/elite-runner-tommy-puzey-improves-prepares-bone-marrow-transplant/5918922002/):">https://www.azcentral.com/story/spo... Doing better, communicating, and getting ready for bone marrow transplant. Man, that& #39;s great news!
LetsRun ( https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=10252787):">https://www.letsrun.com/forum/fla... Franklin Pierce University rescinds policy that allowed athlete who previously competed as male to win female NCAA title. To me, that& #39;s common sense.
Haven& #39;t read the thread (and I won& #39;t), but I& #39;ve followed this case and agree with the decision.
Trailsisters ( https://www.trailsisters.net/2020/10/08/dont-do-as-i-did/):">https://www.trailsisters.net/2020/10/0... Anish lists some mistakes she& #39;s made along the way.
Trailsisters ( https://www.trailsisters.net/2020/10/08/dont-do-as-i-did/):">https://www.trailsisters.net/2020/10/0... Anish lists some mistakes she& #39;s made along the way.
