Cliff Young 6 Day Race

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The Cliff Young Australian 6 Day Race is an ultramarathon race that takes place in Colac, Victoria. One of a small handful of Six Day races around the world, the Cliff Young has had many fine performances culminating in November 2005 with Yiannis Kouros, arguably the best multiday runner in the world, setting a new world 6 Day record.

This event is not currently taking place.

History

After Cliff Young, the 62 year old winner of the inaugural Westfield's Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon victory in May 1983, the City of Colac was inspired to stage a 1000 mile race in Cliff's honour - the 1983 Cliff Young Colac 1000 which started in Melbourne and ended in the Colac Memorial Square.

In the following year, the City of Colac announced its decision to stage a six day race. A 400 meter track was created in the Memorial square and named in his honour. Initially named the 1984 Colac Ultra Marathon, it later became known as the Australian Six Day Race - Colac. Fourteen runners entered the inaugural race including the great Yiannis Kouros and British multiday runner Eleanor Adams-Robinson. Kouros easily won, covering over 1022 km's, setting a new world record and Adams-Robinson also broke 11 world records.

The race was renamed in early 2004 in honour of Cliff Young, who died in 2003.

In 2005, at the age of 48, Yiannis Kouros returned to the recently renamed race and again demonstrated his unparalelled capacity by setting a new 6 Day world record by covering just over 1,036 km, breaking the course record and set new world record times for covering 500 km and 1000 km in his age group.

Course

Grass Track

Course Records

  • Men - Yiannis Kouros, 1036 km, 2005
  • Ladies -

Location

Memorial Square,Colac, Victoria

Race reports

10 days in November Phil Essam

References

Websites

Organisations

Other 6 Day races

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