david johnston

Across the Years 6 Days Finish – Final Results – Jan 3, 2016

Israel ArchulettaNews, Press Release

By the 144th hour, world record holder Ed Ettinghausen ran 481.86 miles, marking the furthest distance he’d run in six days, and breaking an American age group record.  There are hundreds of individual stories of epic endurance that occurred on the course over the past week it’s hard to condense them all into a short update. David Johnston came back after having stomach problems for 3 days, and still ran 450 miles in 5.5 days for 2nd overall. As put out in an earlier update, David planned only to running 450 miles for his 1,000 mile jacket – in two years record time at ATY.  He’d passed Ed getting to 450, but stopped with 12 …

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Across The Years Day 6 – Jan 2, 2016 – The Lighter Side of Six Day running

Israel ArchulettaNews, Press Release

[mc4wp_form id=”7105″] Across The Years Day 6 – Jan 2, 2016 – The Lighter Side of Six Day running When Six Day Runners are stuck on a 1 mile loop for 144 hours, they tend to get loopy and throw in some fun on the last day.  Sure everyone is still running an ultramarathon or two on the last day, but at this point everyone is just  going through the motions, continually circling this dirt course. Some position places might swap a little in last minute jockeying, but for the most part everyone continually goes around.  Bill Schultz​ reached his 1,000th mile run at Across the Years and earned his coveted jacket. David Johnston and …

eileen torres

Across the Years Day 5 Update – Jan 1, 2016

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Day 5 update was a bit delayed while I tried to reach 200+ miles while my body still allowed me to keep moving forward. Jan 1st featured the finish of the 24 hour, 48 hour, and 72 hour races, while the Six Day runners got to keep going for 2 more days. Day 4 Photos are at http://photos.aravaiparunning.com/p91863371 Day 5 Photos are at http://photos.aravaiparunning.com/p717918943 Eileen Torres  had the standout performance of the day running 127 miles in 24 hours qualifying herself to possibly complete on the USA 24 Hour National Team. She also won the 24 race outright.  Vlad Henzl won the men’s race with 115.48 miles. Results below. 24 Hour Race Standings – Top …

track runners

Across the Years Day 3 and 4 Update Dec 31, 2015 – New Years Eve!

Israel ArchulettaNews, Press Release

The live results page is experiencing some technical difficulties, so this update will just be some thoughts and anecdotes observed over the last couple days.  December 31st brings the largest number of runners on the course on any day of the race. The 72 Hour, 48 Hour, and 24 hour all finish simultaneously tomorrow morning, while the Six Day runners get to endure their 4th day of torture. Today there is much excitement in the air – running a race starting in 2015 and finishing in 2016 is what this race is all about.  We’re about to go Across the Years!           As a Six Day runner, I’ve now seen 4 …

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Across the Years Day 2 Update – Dec 29-30, 2015

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Day 2 of a multi day tend to eat it’s competitors to the core, and if you make it through Day 2, you’re only going to get stronger. Day 2 has eaten it’s share of athletes, while others had quite a few spectacular performances down at Cambelback Ranch in Arizona. Ice cold nights didn’t stop Ed Ettinghausen from reaching 201 miles in 48 hours, nor Debra Horn from breaking the American 48 hours Road Record in the Women’s 55-59 age group with an astounding 170 miles breaking Liz Bauer’s 2014 mark! Davy Crocket earned his 1,000 mile lifetime jacket with over 150 miles in the 48 hour. 33 year old Marine Chavet Breslin is leading …

Across The Years – Day 1 – Dec 28-29, 2015 Update

Israel ArchulettaPress Release, Race Report

This first update is written 20 hours into Day 1; the race is still in its infancy, but I’ll provide a short update about various things going on during the first day and night. Day 1 Across the Years Photos at http://photos.aravaiparunning.com/p425842489 Aravaipa Running, Six Days to run! Live Results and placing at http://192.3.159.195:8080/ Short blurb on the Six Day, because I’m too cold to write about the 24, 48, and 72 hour right now, but see live results here https://www.aravaiparunning.com/ultracast-results/ 1 1M Ed Ettinghausen 53 100.78 162.19 18:07:12 814  Ed came here with a mission, to go out hard, he ran 476 at Icarus last month, and ran 123 miles in 24 hours last …