Reports indicated a fast first half, and then plenty of inclines.
What a spectacular effort by the entire team at what is a tough course, congratulations to everyone!
Abroad again, but this time in Hungary, AURA’s own Mick Thwaites scored himself an amazing 837.605kms after completing 903 laps in the EMU 6 Day Race. It was a whopping 35.486kms lead over France’s Didier Sessegolo who claimed second, and an even bigger difference of 50.861kms over USA’s Ivo Majetic.
Seems the Aussies were full of smiles at the weekend, as no one could wipe the grin off Thwaites’ face either.
Over in Brisbane, Qld Matthew Eckford attempted to break the Guinness World Record for greatest distance run (male) on a treadmill in 12 hours – and he broke it (yet to be ratified).
He successfully ran 147kms in the allocated time, beating the previous record of 143kms set by American Ronnie Delzer back in August, 2016.
It certainly was a weekend worthy of celebrating Australian success in the ultra running community on a global scale.
Pictured: Mick Thwaites wins the EMU 6 Day Race in Hungary. Photograph – Szilvia Oszi.
Pictured Above Right: The AURA Australian Trails Team in Spain. Photograph – Supplied/Facebook.
