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    • YMMV
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      • RE: Who are the greatest ultramarathoners in history? (Sponsored by HOKA ONE ONE) 5/18/2019 11:45AM - in reply to rojo
      • YMMV
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      • I would say #1 is Robert Young. Truly a savant of the sport.
    • tasc
      • RE: Who are the greatest ultramarathoners in history? (Sponsored by HOKA ONE ONE) 5/19/2019 10:25PM - in reply to YMMV
      • tasc
      • Historically the sport has changed.

        People used to get rewarded for running really long distances. Yiannis Kouros.

        Now the attention is with trail and mountain specialists.

        Since it said history and we can't just say "who are the greatest ultramarathoners today" I'm going with Yiannis Kouros.

        Otherwise we just fall into the trap of the current runners being seen as the best ever.
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    • ventulus
      • RE: Who are the greatest ultramarathoners in history? (Sponsored by HOKA ONE ONE) 5/19/2019 10:45PM - in reply to tasc
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      • tasc wrote:

        Historically the sport has changed.

        People used to get rewarded for running really long distances. Yiannis Kouros.

        Now the attention is with trail and mountain specialists.

        Since it said history and we can't just say "who are the greatest ultramarathoners today" I'm going with Yiannis Kouros.

        Otherwise we just fall into the trap of the current runners being seen as the best ever.

        Seconded.
    • UltraRun
      • RE: Who are the greatest ultramarathoners in history? (Sponsored by HOKA ONE ONE) 5/20/2019 2:42PM - in reply to LetsRun.com
      • UltraRun
      • Three years ago AAlto from Finland ran 3100 miles in 40 days 9 hours on a road loop race in New York, that's 76 miles per day.
    • reed
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      • RE: Who are the greatest ultramarathoners in history? (Sponsored by HOKA ONE ONE) 5/20/2019 5:42PM - in reply to UltraRun
      • reed
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      • UltraRun wrote:

        Three years ago AAlto from Finland ran 3100 miles in 40 days 9 hours on a road loop race in New York, that's 76 miles per day.

        Pete Kostelnick ran 3100 miles across the US in 42 days, by himself. Physically, that's gotta be tougher than running the same distance in 40 days on a flat loop. Mentally, they're both insane anyway.

        not saying Pete is the GOAT...

        but somebody needs to mention Ann Trason, so that's my pick.
    • Al Howie was the real deal
      • RE: Who are the greatest ultramarathoners in history? (Sponsored by HOKA ONE ONE) 5/20/2019 7:28PM - in reply to Can't omit this guy
      • Al Howie was the real deal
      • But he is Canadian.
        Are we not supposed to find the best US ultrarunner who runs in Hoka's and lives in Flagstaff?
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    • tkonvalin
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      • RE: Who are the greatest ultramarathoners in history? (Sponsored by HOKA ONE ONE) 5/21/2019 3:04PM - in reply to LetsRun.com
      • tkonvalin
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      • Phidippides - but if you want more recent then Yiannis Kouros
    • JimbobJ
      • RE: Who are the greatest ultramarathoners in history? (Sponsored by HOKA ONE ONE) 5/22/2019 1:43AM - in reply to tkonvalin
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      • tkonvalin wrote:

        Phidippides - but if you want more recent then Yiannis Kouros

        Kouros smashed his Spartathlon course record easily, and didn't die at the end ..
    • longjack
      • RE: Who are the greatest ultramarathoners in history? (Sponsored by HOKA) 5/22/2019 2:05AM - in reply to longjack
      • longjack
      • ran with max in nz, and so did my dad,
        he ran from alaska to halifax if i recall, like 60 miles a day,
        plus death valley records both way, in the hottest time.
        max is a must study if you are into ultras.
    • longjack
      • RE: Who are the greatest ultramarathoners in history? (Sponsored by HOKA) 5/22/2019 2:18AM - in reply to longjack
      • longjack
      • Six weeks ago, Dauwalter, a full-time science teacher, ran 446.67K at Big’s Backyard Ultra before conceding to Johan Steene. Earlier this year she won the Western States Endurance Run, and until this weekend she held the American 24-hour record of 155.39 miles (248.62K), set at the Riverbank One Day Classic in February 2017. (Later last year she outright won the Moab 240 race in 58 hours, 10 hours ahead of the male second-place finisher.) This weekend she may simply have been suffering from too little recovery time.

        https://runningmagazine.ca/trail-running/heres-what-races-courtney-dauwalter-has-lined-up-for-2019/