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DP - Golden ultrarunner Courtney Dauwalter has made a habit of winning races, not just beating the women but all the men, too. She may be on the verge of another big win, a race in Tennessee that has no finish line.
At the Big’s Backyard Ultra in Bell Buckle, Tenn., competitors run around a roughly 4-mile loop over and over again. The race ends when all the runners but one have dropped out. The race started Oct. 20 and by 9:30 p.m. Monday, more than 70 runners had given up, leaving only three in the running. Dauwalter was in first place, ahead of two men. At last check, Dauwalter had run 266.7 miles in 52 hours, 10 minutes and 52 seconds. She held a lead of 11 minutes, 5 seconds over Johan Steene of Stockholm, Sweden. Gavin Woody of Bellevue, Wash. was in third, nearly an hour and a half behind her. Her last female competitor dropped out after 183.3 miles. Dauwalter, 33, has won 29 of 54 women’s races since 2011, topping the men’s winner in 10 of those races. On June 23, she was the first woman to cross the line at the prestigious Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run in northern California. Her time — 17 hours, 27 minutes — was the second-fastest for a female in that race’s history. I respect the hell out of this lady. Imagine running almost 300 miles just because you refuse to lose. That's a determination and competitive level that I just have to tip my cap to. There are certain times on these internet streets where you come across something and you immediately know that you could never do that. That's what happened to me when I read this story. Courtney is a tougher person than I'll ever be. I'm way to lazy of a person to even think about attempting what Courtney is doing. I could probably do it for a day sure, maybe even two. But by the third day you'll find me posted up at the local dive, 4 beers deep with a face full of wing sauce by 1pm at the latest.
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