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Lake went on to invent a new format of race in 2011, the backyard ultra. Participants run a 4.167-mile (6.706 km) loop every hour, on the hour and are eliminated if they fail to complete the loop in time. The distance of each loop is equal to 100 divided by 24, so that a competitor runs 100 miles for a full day of competition.
The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 50 kilometres walk, as recognised by the IAAF.. Unlike the men's 50K walk, the women's 50K walk is a new event, having been added to the IAAF World Athletics Championships for the first time in 2017.
Big's Backyard Ultra is the original backyard ultra, invented by Gary "Lazarus Lake" Cantrell of Bell Buckle, Tennessee. Participants run a 4.167-mile loop every hour, and are eliminated if they fail to complete a loop in an hour. The path of the loop is on trails during the day and along a road after dark.
The 50 kilometre race walk [2] was an Olympic athletics event that first appeared in 1932 and made its final Olympic appearance in 2021. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it.
The Lake Sonoma 50 has a 14 hour time limit, with the gun-time being 6:30am on the day of the race. [1] According to the official course website, 86% of the course is single track, 9% dirt roads, and the first 2.4 miles on a paved road. [5] There are twelve creek crossings and around 10,500 ft of elevation gain throughout the race. [1]
Runners leave the stick of the lollipop at mile 10.3, then run a 10.2 mile loop and rejoin the stick at mile 20.5. This means that runners see the first 10 or so miles twice, which contains the most elevation change in the whole race. Runners cross Suck Creek Road twice. The 50k course’s first and last 4 miles are on a jeep/dirt road.
Men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2013 World Championships Venue Luzhniki Stadium Dates 14 August (final) Competitors 60 from 34 nations Winning time 3:37:56 Medalists Robert Heffernan Ireland (IRL) Jared Tallent Australia (AUS) Ihor Hlavan Ukraine (UKR) ← 2011 2015 → Official Video Events at the 2013 World Championships Track events 100 m men women 200 m men women 400 m men women 800 m men ...
The Lake Saroma Ultramarathon is an annual 100 km and 50 km Ultramarathon foot road race held in June in the northeastern shore of Hokkaido, Japan since 1987. It is an IAU -labeled official 100 km and 50 km race, and an official JAAF race, and an AIMS (Association of International Marathons)-certified course.