2017/2018 Across The Years – Day 3.5

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The women’s top 2 in the 24 hour *seem* safe but 3rd is definitely not secure with Kaitlin Reed on pace to do more than 100 miles. Even if she stops at 100 it will still put her on the podium as of today. Record Watch: Pamela Chapman-Markle is looking at the USATF Women’s 60-64 road 24 hour record and would need 106.55+ miles. Pamela already holds the USATF Women’s 60-64 100 mile record with 21:29:00 which she set last December. The current men’s 24-hour podium is not quite as safe. Florian Nattero, Tom Davies, and Vlad Henzl are all just over the 100km mark at 12 hours and could post more than 103.92 miles …

2017/2018 Across The Years – Day 3

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Dave Proctor holds yet another Canadian Men’s Open Record with his 72-hour total of 309.66 miles. This breaks Richard Lacouse’s 1881 record of 308.5 miles.  Dave now has 330 miles in 76.5 hours and is moving better than even the hours leading up to this record with 11:30 lap splits. Ed Ettinghausen holds second with a more commanding gap on 3rd than last night with 262 miles. Iso Yucra is 3rd with 225 miles having taken a 10-hour break. Annabel Hepworth has 224 miles in 76.5 hours and continues to hold the women’s lead. It’s the remainder of the podium that continues to shuffle. Edda Bauer is now 2nd with 190 accumulated miles and Martina …

2017/2018 Across The Years – Day 2.5

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  62 hours into Across the Years. Warm days, cool nights are the trend and it looks to stay that way the remainder of the race. Not a lot of shuffling happening right at the moment. Australia’s Annabel Hepworth continues to lead the 6-day women with 193 miles and Yolanda Holder remains a strong second with 174 miles.  73-year-old Edda Bauer of Germany has moved back into 3rd place with 160 miles. Her fellow country-woman, Martina Hausmann is 4th with 151 miles and needs 305 miles for her 6-day total to reach 4,000 lifetimes miles. Dave Proctor’s commanding lead continues to grow as he aims for the Canadian 72-hour record of 308 miles which has …

2017/2018 Across The Years – Day 2

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Record down! Dave Proctor hit his first goal by bettering the Canadian Men’s 48 record which was previously 221.1 miles with 223 miles (unofficial) – Dave did hit the back timing mats which are officially measured to 844.75 meters from the main timing point so this is included in this calculation. Next up for Dave is the Canadian 72-hour record which has stood (this is not a type-o) since 1881! Canada seems to be one of the few record-keeping countries that tracks the 72-hour but nothing like having a 130+ year old record. The record stands at 308.5 miles set by Richard Lacouse of Quebec on December 26-28, 1881 in New York. Dave currently has …

2017/2018 Across The Years – Day 1.5

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Half way through the second day. The first update, unfortunately, needs to be that Liz Bauer has ended her 6-day early with a bum ankle as she doesn’t want to do any more damage. Hope you heal quickly, Liz! That means there are some 6-day changes. Annabel Hepworth is back in the lead with 118 miles accumulated in 34 hours. Yolanda Holder has walked herself to 103 miles and will soon surpass Liz Bauer to officially take 2nd position. Edda Bauer is keeping the spread at 5 miles and is at 98 miles. Dave Proctor is looking good for his first record, the Canadian 48 Hour of 221 miles, and has racked up 175 miles …

2017/2018 Across The Years – Day 1

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When to catch a few minutes of shut-eye and when to give your feet a few moments off the ground becomes one of the biggest strategies during 144 hours. The first night is done and many went straight through or caught just a quick break here and there. Full results in real-time available here: http://my3.raceresult.com/88297/ So far Liz Bauer has taken zero breaks, not logging a lap longer 22:47. This has moved her into 1st place for the women 6-day’ers’ at 97 miles in 25:55:57 ahead of Annabel Hepworth who did take an extended 5 and half hour break right around 12am last night and was back out there about 6am this morning. Annabel sits at …

2017/2018 Across the Years – The Start

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We’ve only just begun. There’s a mix of excitement, determination and patience among the competitors. All 6-day participants started at 9am this morning (December 28th) but there is also a contingent of 24, 48 and 72 hour runners.   Chavet Breslin leads the 24-hour women, about two laps behind the overall. With her December 9th 16:46:21 2nd place finish at Daytona 100 she knows she’s asking a lot of herself but she also knows the course and has been 3rd and 1st in the last two editions of the 24-hour. Chavet is looking at the Camelback Ranch Across the Years course record of 127.03 miles as her “A” goal. Still a lot of time left …