anonymous coward wrote:
Ian Sharman, a great ultra runner himself, considered his list of great performances a few years back:
this is a good example of the lack of competitive depth in "flat road ultras". He had Nicole Struder's 14:22 100 miler at Rocky Raccoon as the 7th best female performance, but then soon after his article comes out, Camille runs 12:40ish on a "trail" 100 miler (tunnel hill, basically a flat packed dirt road) and utterly destroys the world record. sure, tunnel hill is a faster course, but not by almost 2 hours.