Available in Italy!!
The Endurance Artist, the story of Lazarus Lake and his endurance crucibles, is now in Italian!
Somebody please take a picture of the book in a café in Rome! 🙏
LINK: www.amazon.it/Larte-della-...
Seven Million, 350-thousand steps so far. 💥
Lazarus Lake, 71, is now closing in on Nevada on his walk across America.
"Just survive tomorrow. That's all I have to do."
#lazcon Final Leg, Day 20
Laz has his best day yet. Good weather. Compliant feet. A straight road.
Walking across America...
#lazcon Final Leg, Day 19
"Every day is a bonus."
A conversation we had with Lazarus Lake in Murfreesboro.
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Currently, Laz is able to make 18 map miles a day. That will put him in San Francisco on May 30th.
The question is whether he can maintain.
Note, Laz is walking with: a blocked femoral artery, a stent in a carotid, Graves Disease, and a herniated disk...
The landscape is changing!!
Laz puts in another solid effort.
#lazcon Final Leg, Day 17
Rain, snow, 30mph winds... Laz dubs Utah "Brutah." Brutal + Utah. Ok, moving on. He still got his 20 miles.
#lazcon Final Leg, Day 16
In 1991, Al Howie ran across Canada in 72 days 10 hours. In these racing flats.
Two weeks later he entered a 1,300-mile race. And won.
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In 1987, Al Howie ran 360 miles nonstop around a 400-meter track. 1,422 laps. A record. He was monitored by the University of Victoria.
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Just can't make it up
A strong day for Laz, yesterday. Second-best of this final leg so far.
The Endurance Artist has made the Great Basin.
#lazcon Day 15
Yesterday, Laz made Salina. Soon, he'll be closing in on Nevada.
#lazcon Final Leg, Day 14
"If fatigue wins today, age wins tomorrow... not without a fight." Laz puts 17-and-a-half miles in on a snow day.
#lazcon Final Leg, Day 13
OUT TODAY: In Search of Al Howie: The Man Who Ran Forever
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Forever broke, he traversed thousands of miles, broke countless records, and finished a race Frank Shorter called Impossible.
He was also on the verge of sanity.
#ultrarunning #booktok
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The Backyard Ultra is the invention of an out-of-work accountant in Tennessee. At 57, the ultra veteran and Barkley creator, couldn't even get hired at Fleet Feet. So, he created a new race format and held it in his backyard.
I published a book on him last year 👉
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Mark Dowdle, USA, wins the Go One More Backyard Ultra. 73 Yrads, 73 hours, 304 miles.
"First time I've been in the medical tent on my birthday." - Harvey Lewis
Two still going at Go One More Backyard Ultra. Yard 73.
PC: Randy Kreill
"My shoes feel like bricks." Mark Dowdle on approaching the 300-mile mark. Two remain at Go One More Backyard Ultra. Yard 71.
PC: Mark Dowdle
The inevitable detours "and Utah!" have got Laz three days behind schedule. But he is moving, hoping to reach Salina by sundown.
#lazcon Final Leg, Day 12
Two runners remain at the Go One More Backyard Ultra. Yard 67 underway.
Four runners at the Go One More Backyard Ultra have matched the course record. They are currently on the 57th Yard.
BREAKING: Hungary just saw a stunning political shakeup. Opposition leader Péter Magyar says Prime Minister Viktor Orbán personally called to congratulate him on his victory, marking the imminent end to Orbán’s long grip on power.
Down to four at Go One More Backyard Ultra. Yard 51 underway.
Correction: course record is 56 yards.
Five runners still goibg at Go One More Backyard Ultra. 204 miles in the bag.
Yard 50 has started.
Laz is continuing to lose ground. Not moving fast enough to make his 20 miles a day. Still, he continues.
"Maybe Utah will be kinder to us tomorrow. But I'm not banking on it. "
#lazcon Final Leg, Day 11
They are running in soup at the Go One More Backyard Ultra. Yard 47. Five runners remain. Harvey Lewis still in.
PC: Harvey Lewis
The 44th Yard has started. Six runners remain at the Go One More Backyard Ultra.
Marine combat veteran Mike Egan made it 26 hours, 108 miles at Go One More Backyard Ultra.
It took a downpour to clog up his wheels.
Bravo 👏
PC: Harvey Lewis
32 hours into Go One More Backyard Ultra. They're running in three inches of mud. 15 left. Harvey Lewis still in.