Posted on 08 January 2014. Tags: 6 Day Race, across the years, Aravaipa Running, Arizona, Glendale, Joe Fejes, ultramarathon, video, Yiannis Kouros
Aravaipa Running wasted no time in interviewing Joe Fejes just minutes after he knocked off the once immortal Yiannis Kouros at the Across The Years 6-Day endurance race in Glendale, Arizona on January 3, 2014.
In the interview, Joe discusses his strategy before and during the race, sleep, diet, and details about his 6-day indoor Alaskan race coming up in August.
The best line from Joe’s interview about what he ate during the race: “I had two buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken, original, crispy!”
Across The Years 2013/14 Results
Posted in Running, Ultra Marathon
Posted on 14 December 2013. Tags: 100 mile, 100 miler, Anthony Culpepper, Anthony Forsyth, Aravaipa Running, beth mccurdy, Connie Gardner, Desert Solstice, Ed Ettinghausen, Eric Clifton, Hung K Ng, Jon Olsen, Olivier Leblond, Pam Smith, Roy Pirrung, u.s. record, world record, Zach Bitter
Zach Bitter went down to Arizona to battle it out with the best of the best at the Desert Solstice 24 Hour in Phoenix and he’ll be going home with a new U.S. 100 Mile Open Track record after blazing 100 miles in 11:47:21.
So that must be kinda fast right? Oh, yeah, well just a 7:04 per mile pace. Run It Fast!
The previous record was recently set by Jon Olsen in 11:59.
He followed it up with the 12 Hour WORLD Record with 101.66 miles.
American Pam Smith, not to be outdone by Bitter, set the female U.S. and World 100 Mile Track Record in 14:11:26.
The Desert Solstice 24 Hour is hosted and put on by Aravaipa Running.
Overall winner of the 24 hour event was Olivier Leblond with 152.36 miles. He was followed in second place by Ed ‘the Jester’ Ettinghausen with 144.41 miles and third overall (first female) went to Connie Gardner with 110.11 miles in just 19:41:23.
2013 Desert Solstice 24 Hour Results:
- Olivier Leblond – 152.36 miles (23:57:19)
- Ed Ettinghausen – 144.41 miles (23:58:26)
- Connie Gardner – 110.11 miles (19:41:23) – 1st female
- Roy Pirrung – 106.88 miles (23:59:39)
- Hung K Ng – 103.64 miles (18:50:00)
- Zach Bitter – 101.66 miles (11:59:15)
- Pam Smith – 101.41 miles (14:44:28) – 2nd female
- Jay Smithberger – 100.91 miles (17:36:25)
- Victor Vella – 100.66 miles (17:47:14)
- Padraig Mullins – 100.17 miles (17:12:02)
- Beth McCurdy – 84.76 miles (16:57:49) – 3rd female
- Debra Horn – 82.02 miles (14:18:05)
- John Maas – 78.79 miles (12:50:09)
- Anthony Forsyth – 77.8 miles (11:12:08)
- Anthony Culpepper – 76.06 miles (12:46:24)
- David Ploskonka – 71.58 miles (12:46:02)
- Kristina Pham – 65.37 miles (10:24:50)
- Eric Clifton – 62.39 miles (10:09:47)
- John Ticer – 62.14 miles (10:39:55)
- Carilyn Johnson – 52.44 miles (8:42:57)
- Jennifer Aradi – 51.7 miles (9:18:25)
- Tracy Hoeg – 31.57 miles (5:14:03)
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Congrats to all of these elite ultramarathoners!
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Posted in Records, Results, Running, Ultra Marathon