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History Made At Backyard Ultra World Championship After Phil Gore Ran 475 Miles To Become The Last Man Standing
ultra marathon runner on the trail The Backyard Ultra Marathon World Championships just wrapped up in the wee hours of Thursday morning. 39-year-old Australian runner Phil Gore made history by running 475 miles! For those unfamiliar with the Backyard Ultra Marathon format, it is pretty straight-forward. The course is a loop. Each runner has to run that loop once an hour. The lap (or ‘Yards’ as they’re called here) is 4.167 miles long, or 6.706 k…
The Backyard Ultra, or the last men's ultra running world championship, where Karl Kevin Ruul set an Estonian record of 56 hours of running, was won by world record holder Philip Gore from Australia in 114 hours. Starting every hour for almost five consecutive days, the winner covered 764.438 kilometers. The previous women's world record was broken by two runners.
Australian Phil Gore is the new world champion in backyard running, having secured the title in Lazarus Lake [Gary Cantrell]'s backyard in Tennessee, USA.
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