Its a fair point but I wouldn't exactly say Harvey Lewis is just a 'normal schoolteacher'. He certainly is no Jim Walmsley but he is a prolific ultra runner with a long list of accomplishments including the CR at Badwater. He was certainly one of the favorites going into this as he was '2nd place' in 2020.
Makes Paper wrote:
What I love about this race is that some normal schoolteacher from Ohio (and his racing buddies) did some superhuman things. Say what you will about the average pace, or ultras being walkathons, but this win makes Harvey one of the toughest endurance racers in the country. (And I use him as just an example, because Chris's effort in second was astonishing; with the abuse his body took, I wrote him off more than 14 hours before he actually finished.) It's amazing what a mental and physical feat this is, and Harvey is just some (tough as freaking nails) guy who needed to get a substitute teacher so he could come race.
Kudos.
Harvey Lewis is one of the best 24 hour racers the US has.
Not sure, if this is normal with schoolteachers from Ohio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Lewis_(ultrarunner)This is Jim Kiler wrote:
How the heck can you DNF after "2 yards" at this thing? Someone did, I missed the name, but come on, you're going to this idiotic thing, this is like tripping over the gate at the other insane (one of the other insane things) this Laz dude comes up with.
I think Derek from marathoninvestigation DNFed after 1 yard a couple years ago, but he wasn't really there to race.
Congrats Harvey. Cool guy. I met him on the Appalachian Trail a few years back when he was going for the AT record (didn't get it). He stopped, took photos, asked my kids questions. I'm like, um, don't you kinda need to get back to running? Events like this and Badwater are his thing.
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