The winner, vegan ultrarunner Harvey Lewis, is a school teacher in Ohio who famously run commutes to and from work. After finishing the 450 miles on Tuesday he traveled home to Ohio on Wednesday and then the 47yo ran (run commuted) to school like normal on Thursday. Legend.
@philipeick-vocalmusic9 ай бұрын
Vegan power!
@DavidGoggins-ne1xo9 ай бұрын
@@philipeick-vocalmusiche would've ran 100 miles more if he decided to eat meat on that day
@Rareos9 ай бұрын
Well he did have a rest day so
@joe10719 ай бұрын
Yeah, and the commute is no short distance, like 15 miles one way or something like that. And he runs it with a big backpacking pack with his gear for work and food. To rinse and repeat that everyday is just incredible
@james55539 ай бұрын
Go Harvey ! I am a fellow teacher and cycled over 200miles a week commuting and racing for a decade before I got a chronic illness. I just recovered from the illness and accompanying addiction to pain meds after an eight year battle and am back at it. Harvey is a big inspiration - I had given up all hope of even cycling again, let alone racing, but to see him crush this at 47 gives me so much hope. Legend indeed!
@JeffWurst9 ай бұрын
The race is over as soon as he completes one lap beyond 2nd place. He's not allowed to continue. Thus, we know Ihor Verys reached his limit at 107, but we have no idea how much farther Harvey could've gone. I love how the results board on Ultra Signups lists everyone but Harvey as a DNF--Cruel.
@florentraynaud69229 ай бұрын
This deserved to be on the main channel. Amazing race !
@james55539 ай бұрын
crazy to follow live; every morning I woke up and saw it was still going!
@SuperFuzzyDunlop9 ай бұрын
I can't wait to enter all this crazy shit when I hit my midlife crisis!
@koosbusters23485 ай бұрын
This hurts lol
@Kelly_Ben4 ай бұрын
You laugh… I started ultras when I hit 40 and got tired of competing with my faster younger self. Wish I’d swapped 5ks for 50ks/miles DECADES ago, so much more fun! 😂
@adamturner68569 ай бұрын
Harvey is an absolute legend and all-round great guy. Had the pleasure of being on his crew when he came over to Australia for our National championships where he ran a then PB of 90 yards before he broke the world record set at the same event by Phil Gore (102 yards)
@jameskerr18029 ай бұрын
This was a unique event in it was the best of the best running. One thing key about a backyard ultra is you can only go as far as the assist (2nd last one to bow out) can go, so if you don't have a strong field then you may not be able to push to your limits.
@jason5611209 ай бұрын
True, because at the crazy distances these guys are capable of, it would be almost impossible for a person to motivate themselves to keep going after they have one.
@Kelly_Ben4 ай бұрын
I saw some backyard races with limited fields or severe weather that only got up to 40 ish miles!
@itsbotirlll9 ай бұрын
I’ve met Gary personally! He lives in the same town I do, and he hosts races around where I live all the time. Pretty cool guy
@1519Spring9 ай бұрын
Gary = Gary Cantrell = Lazarus Lake
@CSalisbury9 ай бұрын
This is a really tough form of ultra - the constant stop-and-start means you're always either getting cold or warming up. Not to mention, it's a killer mentally to get yourself moving again. Massive kudos
@LesserAndrewАй бұрын
For sure. If you're running a 200 mile traditional ultra, you can have a bad hour and make up for it. And there are stretches where you find yourself in the flow and suddenly find yourself 10 miles down the trail without thinking about it. Not so at a backyard. Having a good time? Too bad, you need to stop and wait for the next hour. Need an extra five minutes to retape your feet? Too bad, you need to be in the starting corral on the hour. It's brutal. Honestly, my only issue is that it doesn't scale. You can't fit thousands of people in the starting gate. I wish I could try a backyard just to see if I could set a PB for distance, but there's no way I'd finish anywhere near the top, so it's not worth me trying to enter one.
@Ougagagoubou9 ай бұрын
Hope to see more ultra marathon coverage!
@ginoskotheon39 ай бұрын
Ihor Verys with the amazing assist!
@Nashvillain10SE9 ай бұрын
First place loser, as they say.
@Nashvillain10SE9 ай бұрын
I said "as they say"
@bobdavidson7564 ай бұрын
Well, he won the Barkley's Marathons, so 2nd in the Big Dog & winner of the Barkley's in the same year - unbelievable
@robertfurman97519 ай бұрын
Imagine running more than 700km and still being placed 2nd
@philmillman9 ай бұрын
not even 2nd, you get a DNF! lol
@janeyloubylou4 ай бұрын
DNF 😅
@user-ke6bm2kc8g9 ай бұрын
I like that everyone gets a DNF except 1 runner
@spdun22879 ай бұрын
you should make another video going into the history of Phil Gore (old record holder)
@james55539 ай бұрын
was that the race in australia where the guy from new Zeeland's lungs gave up, but he pushed just so the other guy could beat the record. Absolutely epic shit !
@robjcurran9 ай бұрын
Irish runner Keith Russell managed 74 yards (nearly 500), then travelled back to Ireland, landing home on Saturday morning, and ran the Dublin Marathon Sunday morning (yes, one day later), in a personal best time of sub 3 hours… absolutely nuts!!!!
@spencergambrell78199 ай бұрын
imagine putting this on strava. Just every hour you post a 4 mile run. People would see the first few and be like "ok". Then they'd see them keep coming and be like "what?" Then "Holy cow"
@Kelly_Ben4 ай бұрын
When you’re as slow as I am, it’s just one long race with a few minutes at the aid station every 4 miles. 😂
@charlottehardy8229 ай бұрын
Incredible
@TerjeMathisen4 ай бұрын
Even though everyone else is listed as DNF, Ihor Verys is in fact credited with the "assist", since you cannot run more than one loop more than the assister.
@cliffclermont9 ай бұрын
I love watching the Backyard races.....truly nutty
@bev97084 ай бұрын
Not to diminish Harvey's phenomenal accomplishment, I still find it kinda sad that runner up Ihor Verysll is rarely if ever mentioned. I feel that all backyard ultra records should be shown WITH the second place runner who effectively "assists" the winner for all but one loop ... Ihor ran 107 loops with Harvey after all = 446miles!!!!
@ps3udologue4 ай бұрын
Well, they are shown on wikipedia so the assists are official. Even Laz says that assists are important so they're definitely on record.
@JaySizz9 ай бұрын
Cool to see this on your channel. I will just mention... since you stated that Big's Backyard is unlike any other race in the world... there are currently more than 400 Backyard Ultras around the world that have sprung up since Laz originated the concept.
@MakoTheFrog9 ай бұрын
Anyone interested in this please go watch "BREAKING POINT | A DEAD COW GULLY DOCUMENTARY" here on youtube, it's one of the best sport documentaries i've ever seen and I'm not even a fan of running, theres a part at the end where a man called Sam Harvey is about the break the world record, he is wrecked, sleep deprived, starving, has pneumonia and probably a million other things wrong and he is slumped in a chair waiting for the next loop to start, his mother stroking his face and begging him not to put his health at anymore risk and he just keeps telling her "it's okay". He has just ran 420 MILES! and STILL has the determination to push on. It's one of the most inspiring things i have ever seen. It had me in tears.
@frankcanzanella67539 ай бұрын
In 1996 I ran the NYC Marathon in around 3:52 minutes. I then walked across town to get to my health club to shower . Then I went to my NYC taxi and went to work picking up passengers. I was wearing my finishing medal around my neck. I met during the night a group of people , one of which had also run the marathon. He said he was also an ultra marathoner. That the second time he attempted a 100 mile race they had to pull him off the desert. Maybe he had attempted the Death Valley ultra 135 mile race.
@PeterReefman4 ай бұрын
I can't do this format. I've run a few 100km races, have sleep-ran during 3-day "sleepmonster" adventure races, completed the Hawaiian Ironman. and once did 200k within 24 hours, but this... the constant stopping and cooling down then getting up again, over and over... I've never been able to get more than about 12 loops.... But I'm keen to try again. Unfinished business. But still.... 108 laps. My God - that's off the charts. Never in my wildest.
@benwatts63615 ай бұрын
Ihor just finished Barkley too. What a beast.
@InfinityCuberRS3M9 ай бұрын
dude i can't even imagine that
@kwd-20239 ай бұрын
I would suffer more from the sleep deprivation than the running exhaustion.
@khumokwezimashapa22459 ай бұрын
Bro was inspired to make races like his trips from home to school and back
@martinst87649 ай бұрын
That's amazing - and amuzing too, cos he dont look like a tough guy at all. Respect.
@brianmessemer29739 ай бұрын
Please cover more ultra stuff! 💯
@deanakalova30634 ай бұрын
I'm having a little trouble talking myself into walking into the kitchen for an ice tea 😁
@benjamin.kelley9 ай бұрын
My man Harvey is wearing Newton Running shoes, my go to running shoes!
@thechosenone825177 ай бұрын
much more impressive then a 2:15h marathon! much more!
@kimjongunmoresubsthant-ser28129 ай бұрын
That’s why Leon edwards has the most aesthetic physique
@gabepattacini2049 ай бұрын
Where did this come from😭
@jaredbowen35279 ай бұрын
@@gabepattacini204 Mario Rios
@andrearatkovic40489 ай бұрын
😂🤣☠️💀
@stensballe36838 ай бұрын
4 and a half days. bro got some demons to fight in his mind ❤️💀🔥
@judsdragon9 ай бұрын
i cant even imagine driving that far in 4 days never mind running it jeezus
@RunningWithDanny2 ай бұрын
And Harvey was part of the last 3 runners, then down to the last 2 and then 1, who got the previous world record
@drumtoe9 ай бұрын
Ode to Laz race in a Michigan did this a few years ago
@tritondriver19 ай бұрын
He still looks ready to go
@Southerncyclist9 ай бұрын
Crazy
@softpool12864 ай бұрын
"just imagine running 450 miles in 4 1/2 days" uhhhh, nah im alright
@albertoduqe6 ай бұрын
Explanation is wrong: you do not finish before the hour and then rest for an hour. No my friend. Every hour you must complete the loop and start the next one. Just rest the time spared from the hour (10 minutes if it takes you 50 to finish).
@Eric-en9hk4 ай бұрын
I thought the explanation you gave is the same one given in the video. At least that's how I understood it.
@barnumcastillo27893 ай бұрын
724.2 km ... WTF
@drdavidlieb19 ай бұрын
I am surprised Courtney Dauwalter has not done this race. She beat the males in 250.mile races by hours!
@1519Spring9 ай бұрын
Courtney has done this race. She was 2nd in 2018 and won in 2019 (68 loops aka yards).
@codysadler97189 ай бұрын
TRP overuses the word "INSANE" lol
@grandmastermario36959 ай бұрын
And hes 47 years old legend
@joseph_thacker9 ай бұрын
how much did he sleep? doesnt anyone know?
@sayanbhowmik45359 ай бұрын
Still he isnt paid much 🙂💔💔. And only a very few peoples know him🙂💔💔
@peasthree5469 ай бұрын
I will beat this one day watch putting it into words
@TheMediaCA9 ай бұрын
Screenshotted. Don’t disappoint
@elidenmarkcollins18979 ай бұрын
That’s why Leon edwards has the most astetic physique
@andrearatkovic40489 ай бұрын
☠️💀
@Boppo1014 ай бұрын
1:41 - I’m confused by the 24hr = 100 miles calculation … if its 4.167 miles every second hour, isn’t that 50 miles (12 x 4.167) per 24hr period? Still incredible!
@TerjeMathisen4 ай бұрын
Check again, it is in fact 4+1/6 mile every hour.
@Boppo1014 ай бұрын
@@TerjeMathisen - no, its one hour for 4.167 miles, then an hour’s rest before starting again on the next hour … and so on (see 0:58 to 1:24).
@TerjeMathisen4 ай бұрын
Check the original thumbnail: 450 miles in 4.5 days looks a lot like 100 miles/day, right? Laz came up with the concept due to all the 100 mile Ultras that have a 24-hour cutoff: This was a Covid-compatible way for a small group to have their own 100 mile Ultra without having to travel or meet up with a lot of other people. Laz being Laz he also didn't put any actual limit on the total time/length, just that the winner has to stop after running one extra loop when the assister gives up.
@Boppo1014 ай бұрын
@@TerjeMathisen - cheers, its poorly worded in the video, saying that there’s one hour to complete a loop then after the one hour mark competitors can do as they please before starting again on the following hour mark.
@bobdavidson7564 ай бұрын
@@Boppo101 Agreed - it should say you have 1 hour to complete a loop, and then a new loop starts on the next hour, and so on. If you finish any one particular loop in less than an hour, then whatever time remains until the next hour starts, yes, you can rest/eat/etc.
@bailey98389 ай бұрын
Why
@Nashvillain10SE9 ай бұрын
Excuse me, ma'am, this is a Total Running Productions channel.
@keshmo129 ай бұрын
Good old question of why anyone does anything. Just because. Like why would you do a 400m race on a track? You're racing to a spot where you already are.