Jesse Dale Riley, who served on the crew for Al Howie when he set the Trans-Canada record in 1991, has some doubts about Dave Proctor's record attempt which is ongoing.

The 103-mile race takes place in the Alps with a route that goes through France, Italy and Switzerland. *MB: Hardrock vs UTMB Talent *MB: UTMB - Go Sage! Who you got?

De Reuck's has a strong connection to the race as she grew up very close to the race course and her father ran it 15 times and her brother finished in the top-10 in 1995.

The runners must average 59.6 miles per day – for 52 straight days. Aalto finished in a little over 40-days. The entire race is held on a high school campus in NYC, the course being open from 6AM to midnight each day. Crazy.

After a summer hiatus, the Week That Was is back. We do our best to avoid talk of the Nike Oregon Project doping investigation but can't help but criticize Nike and Mo Farah's reaction to it. All of that plus praise for Genzebe Dibaba, Alexa Efraimson, Kerri Gallagher, Eric Jenkins, Lopez Lomong and Amel Tuka.

Perhaps you heard the story last week about Reza Baluchi trying to run across the Atlantic in a bubble and having to get rescued by the Coast Guard. Now he's claiming he didn't want to be rescued, his transponder went off by accident, and he wants his bubble back.