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Jesper Olsen, one of Denmarks finest ultrarunners, has won the George Archer 6 day race North of Johannesburg, South Africa. Jesper totalled 685 km, 425 miles. Second place was Vlastimil Dvoracek from the Czech Republic with 656 km. Third place was Bongani Ndlovu from South Africa.

Fourth overall and first lady, setting a new course record was Australia’s Sarah Barnett from the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team with 634 km. Barbara Tims was second with 492 km and Susan Hurter was third lady with 472 km.

Jesper has written a great account of his race which can be found on Phil Essam’s site, Planetultramarathon

Full results are available at Ultradistance Running

Jesper & Sarah

Last weekend saw the fourth running of the 24 hours of Boulder race. Results are available on the site. Race includes solo, duo and team categories plus a 100 mile race.

Ryan Cooper was first with 114 miles and first lady appears to be Lori Cooper who finished with 64 miles.

Checkout the full results at Geminiadventures.com

Guy Drew Writes:

The Six Day Circuit Race which was cancelled for financial reasons for 2007, has been put on the calendar for March/April 2008. The final date will be confirmed as soon as the 2008 school holiday dates are available. (more…)

Thursday 18th January 2007

Hot on the heels of the latest ruling by the ASA concerning a ban on “any marathon or ultramarathon occuring within 6 weeks of any other ASA marathon.”

The 2007 Six Day Race and 12/24 Hour Circuit Races have been postponed as a result of certain administrative difficulties which have not yet been overcome.

Read more on ultradistance.co.za/

Guy Drew has created a gallery of photos stretching back to 1995. The photos are from 10 different races and bring to life the multiday running scene in South Africa.

Checkout the archive at www.ultradistance.co.za

An update has been posted on the site on the 23th day of the journey. Scroll down the page until you get to : Message from the road.

Running The Sahara

This weekend sees three big events in the 24 hour calendar beginning with the No Finish Line in Monaco.

The seventh edition of the No Line Finish will be held from the 18 to November 26, 2006 in order to celebrate as it should be National Child Day, which is on November 20. The Edition 2006 is under the the Patronage of SAS the Prince Souverain Albert II, the Stéphanie Princess being the godmother of the NFL who will be present throughout the week.

This non-commercial event is a fundraiser for childrens charities and runners can run a 24 hour race on any of the days. Some well known runners will be appearing to make this a competitive event including William Sichel from Orkney, Claude Hardel, Christine Bodet-David and Serge Girard from France.

In South Africa the inaugural Coaldust 12/24 race will be taking place at W.H. De Klerk School , Witbank at 6:00 pm on Friday 17th of November.

This year’s  American 24 hour National Championships will be taking place in Grapevine,Texas. This event will be an opportunity for runners to be selected for the World 24 hour Champinships next year in Canada. This will also be a well contested race with 70-80 runners signed up.

No Finish Line

Coaldust 24/12 Info

Ultracentric 48/24/12/6

Flyer is available on UltraDistance running for a new 24/12 hour South African ultra with other distances being hosted. Races to take place 17-18 November in W.h. De Klerk School , Witbank.