EXAMPLE This is an example of the backyard and last one standing layout. Every name and number here is made up.
Lena Marsh
Burlington, VT · Middle school music teacher
Chose to stop at yard 34, upright and smiling, with 137 miles done.
The story
Lena said before the race that 34 yards · 34 hours · 141.7 mi would be the most she would ever ask of herself, and at yard 34 she stood at the line, thanked the corral and stepped off. It was her number. She went 29 the year before and conducts a school band on Monday morning.
The pre race interview
- How far do you think you can go?
- 30 yards · 30 hours · 125 mi.
- What is the farthest you are willing to go?
- 34 yards · 34 hours · 141.7 mi.
- What gets you through the night yards?
- Humming. I conduct the band in my head, one piece per yard.
- What is in your kit?
- Maple syrup packets, pretzels, hand warmers, a chair, a headlamp and a tuning fork, as a joke.
- What are you wearing for the race?
- Road shoes, a windbreaker, a beanie and the same gloves every night yard.
- Who is crewing you?
- My students sent letters. My brother Nico reads me one each yard.
Yard by yard
Taller is closer to the bell- Yards
- 33 33 hours · 137.5 mi
- Fastest
- 43:24 yard 1
- Slowest
- 59:41 yard 33
- Average
- 50:57
- Last 3 yards
- ↓ slower