Athletics 2024 Discussion Thread

[brunamoura 251]

Oh well, sorry, my zombie foot doesn't allow me 🤷🏻‍♀️👀😄

 

*Jokes aside, this is the kind of challenge that I would love to take part in 😯💪🏻

[heywoodu 15,152]

10 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

It would certainly be interesting if there were back-to-back multi-finisher years given the reputation of the race. 2012/2013 is the only time it’s happened before (with three and two finishers respectively).

 

When are you and @brunamoura giving this a go @heywoodu?

I'm afraid we haven't done enough insane trail runs (or any) to be known in the incredible world of ultratrails, and considering this is not an event one can register for, but for which one gets a 'letter of condolence' as invitation....yeah, not gonna happen  

 

I am definitely following it with interest again this year though, 10 runners made it onto loop four eventually, which is incredible! One (Maxime Gauduin of France) has been tapped out, for the other nine - including the by far best BM100 woman ever, Jasmin Paris - it's still a matter of waiting for any update. You know, there's no live timing or streaming or anything, it's basically waiting for one of two people to mention them  

[heywoodu 15,152]

Jasmin Paris has started the 5th and final lap, first woman ever to do so

 

Ihor Verys of Ukraine was the first one to start the last lap, after 46:06 hours, choosing to do so clockwise. John Kelly followed 15-20 minutes later, counter clockwise (the leader chooses, then it's CW - CCW - CW etc). Damian Hall and Greig Hamilton started their 5th lap barely 10 minutes later, Jasmin Paris also a bit later, just like Jared Campbell. Sebastien Raichon was the last one to enter the last lap, he started after 47:57 hours, three minutes before the cutoff time. He ran the last part of lap four wrong, so had to go back a while to correct it.

 

Apart from the first part, most of the last lap will be in daylight this time, that should help. Seems likely to have multiple finishers again, definitely helped by the good conditions (and not the usual rain and mud and everything). We'll see tonight  

[heywoodu 15,152]

Ihor Verys has just finished the 5th and final lap and is the next finisher of the Barkleys  58 hours, 44:59 minutes, so 1:15 hours within the cutoff time and look how fresh he still looks, damn!

 

 

 

By now there are 50 minutes remaining (22:17 CET). Word is that John Kelly was about 25 minutes behind Verys, Hall and Hamilton about half an hour and Paris and Campbell around 40 minutes. This is going to be godawful for next year (remember, the organizer makes it harder every time someone finishes the race), keeping in mind the extra tough parts after last year's three finishers....and this year weather was perfect, so next year with 'normal' (tough) weather, it's going to be extra hell  

Edited March 22 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 15,152]

59:15:38 and there is John Kelly for his record third finish  

[Olympian1010 7,979]

Verys trying to make himself enemy#1 of next year’s starters 

 

 

[Olympian1010 7,979]

Just now, heywoodu said:

59:15:38 and there is John Kelly for his record third finish  

This is now the second time in the race’s history that we get back-to-back years with multiple runners reaching the finish.

[heywoodu 15,152]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

This is now the second time in the race’s history that we get back-to-back years with multiple runners reaching the finish.

Yeah, and then next year we get more normal weather with mud, some of the ponds being frozen on the way etc, and it's going to be impossible to finish for a few years  

[heywoodu 15,152]

Whoops.

 

 

[Olympian1010 7,979]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Yeah, and then next year we get more normal weather with mud, some of the ponds being frozen on the way etc, and it's going to be impossible to finish for a few years  

2025, the year no one makes it to loop two?