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Reminds me of another great challenge to conventional wisdom: potato farmer and marathon newbie Cliff Young winning the 1983 Sydney-to-Melbourne ultra marathon
by dtf 17y ago
Reminds me of another great challenge to conventional wisdom: potato farmer and marathon newbie Cliff Young winning the 1983 Sydney-to-Melbourne ultra marathon in overalls and a pair of gumboots:
http://www.elitefeet.com/the-legend-of-cliff-young-the-61-year-old-farmer-that-won-the-worlds-toughest-race http://www.elitefeet.com/the-legend-of-cliff-young-the-61-ye...
- mgrouchy 17y agoMan, I had never heard of this guy before. That is absolutely incredible. Thanks for posting that.
- ErrantX 17y agoReading that it sounds like his main feat was to keep running. If you do the math a 5 day/4 night race with 18hrs running a day by the other competitors gave him a 24 hour time advantage over them. That's real endurance!