Cliff Young (athlete) - Wikipedia
Before running the race, he had told the press that he had previously run for two to three days straight rounding up sheep in gumboots. [10] . He said afterwards that during the race he imagined he was running after sheep trying to outrun a storm.
人物 | 从悉尼跑到墨尔本，疯狂老农夫的875公里 - 知乎
克里夫·杨（Cliff Young ）澳洲的一位老农夫，61岁那年参加了一场被誉为“世界上最艰难的比赛”，全长875公里，从悉尼跑到墨尔本。
Cliff Young, The Farmer Who Won An Ultramarathon At 61 - All …
2023年7月2日 · In 1983, a 61-year-old Australian potato farmer entered the first ultramarathon between Sydney and Melbourne. Few bet on the farmer winning the race. Not only did Cliff Young have a strange, slow running stride resembling a shuffle, but he’s said to have shown up to the race wearing work boots and overalls.
The Secret that Helped an Untrained Runner Win an Ultramarathon
2014年9月2日 · Young, after all, was a running punchline. He trained by chasing cows around his farm. He jogged in rubber boots and went without teeth because his dentures rattled too much. When race day...
Cliff Young Shuffle - Ultramarathon Runner - Never Give Up!
Cliff Young participated in the 1983 Sydney to Melbourne race at the age of 61.He is a farmer and when he strolled up to the starting line, in his gumboots a...
The Legend of Cliff Young: The 61 Year Old Farmer Who Won …
But all that changed in 1983 when a 61-year-old competitor by the name of Cliff Young entered the fray. Young strolled to the starting blocks wearing overalls and work boots. He made a strange sight – standing in his everyday clothes with his race …
Cliff Young | Monument Australia - Monuments of Australia
2015年10月20日 · Albert Ernest Clifford "Cliff" Young (8 February 1922 - 2 November 2003) was an Australian potato farmer and athlete from Beech Forest, Victoria, best noted for his unexpected Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon win at 61 years of age. Cliff trained for the race by running in gumboots on his property.
Cliff Young — the farmer who outran the field - Farm Progress
2013年5月20日 · The ordinary gave birth to the extraordinary as Young beat the field by 10 hours. The story of a scrawny, socially awkward farmer who trained in gumboot galoshes chasing dairy cows and won Australia’s 1983 Sydney-to-Melbourne Ultra Marathon in Forrest Gump fashion is preposterous and outlandish — and all true.
Cliff Young - an Otways legend - otwayhistory.com
2022年9月11日 · Young was known for wearing his gumboots while in training at his potato farm and when rounding up sheep and cattle. His running style, which expends less energy became known as the The Cliff Young Shuffle and was later adopted by marathon runners who would go on to win subsequent Sydney to Melbourne marathons.
“From Gumboots to Glory” It was the iconic year of 1983 when Cliff Albert Young stormed home to win the first Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon. At 61, the untrained eye, mass media and unsuspecting public did not expect this “Boy from down Beech Forest way” to win and upstage the trained younger athletes but he did.