The First Night
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 92.38 miles in 26:13:11. Yolanda Holder maintains 3rd place but has moved one lap ahead of Edda Bauer who she was tied with at the 13 hour mark last night. Yolanda has also taken a combined total of about 5.5 hours off her feet and has accumulated 79.78 miles in 26:22:11.
Yolanda Holder & Liz Bauer
The men’s 6-day has shuffled a bit overnight but that top spot remains Dave Proctor’s to lose. Dave’s first goal of the event is the Canadian 48-hour record of 221.13 miles set by Trishul Cherns in May of 1995. At 26 hours Dave has recorded 139.6 miles and will need to do another 82+ miles over the next 22 hours. His current mileage includes a 3.5 hour break and pretty consistent lap splits between 10:30-11:30 (lap = 1.0497 miles)
Ed Ettinghausen is 16 laps behind Dave with 128.8 miles. The USATF Men’s road 48-hour 55-59 mark is 217 miles. He will want to not let Dave get too far ahead of him and it looks like he’s playing long ball with sleep having just an hour lap as his longest thus far. Iso Yucra is 5 laps behind Ed and has taken 2 breaks for a total of 3 hours and is moving well. At the 13 hour check-in Anthony Culpepper was in 2nd but he’s now got more than 8 hours of rest and has fallen to 5th also behind 71-year-old Bill Heldenbrand so it will be interesting to see how that plays out over today.
Ed Ettinghausen
The first day of the 24-hour wrapped up this morning at 9am with Chavet Breslin taking the top mark overall with 114.43 miles covered. Impressive given her short turn around from Daytona 100 a few weeks ago. Two other competitors both earned themselves 100-mile buckles with Marko Heinila logging 103.93 miles and Andrei Nana completing 102.88 miles.
Chavet Breslin
Notable 24-hour starter today is Adela Salt (Aravaipa Racing Team) who is looking for either the A or B standard for the Great Britain 24-hour team. Adela has seen success on the Across the Years course before logging a 16:50 100-mile split two years ago and 116.53 total miles. The A standard is 139 miles and in her own words she says this is a stretch but she’s “stubborn” and is putting it out there.
Update on the 24-hour as it unfolds will come later today once there is more to report!
The 48-hour still has Diana Sigrist leading the ladies with 93.4 miles complete and it still remains to be seen if her goal of a 100-miles, which she should hit well before the 30 hour mark, will see her call it good, or if she’ll continue for the full 48. There are 3 men all tied with the exact same mileage: all 100.78 miles with David Mickelsen having hit first and not having logged a lap since, Davy Crockett next and still out running and Mark Dangerfield third – also still out running. So by the time this post is published there should only be 2 men in the lead between Davy and Mark (that’s the problem trying to write updates on a race that’s currently ongoing!).
The 72-hour saw 18 more starters today for a total of 27 runners in the 72 out on course. Melissa Soper is ahead of the entire field currently with 101.8 miles, followed by Carilyn Johnson with 96.57 miles.
Photos by: Jubilee Paige