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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

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…)

Results are available on Guy Drew’s website for the Paul Selby 12 & 24 Hour races that took place last weekend. First place went to Derek Reyneke with 170 km. First lady and second overall was Susan Hurter with 150 km.

See the complete results on Championchip
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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

You can download the Paul Selby 2006 24 hour race results as an excel file.

The Paul Selby 24 hour takes place February 16th, 2007 (more…)