Cliff Young, The Farmer Who Won An Ultramarathon At 61 - All …
2023年7月2日 · At the start of the 1983 Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon, Cliff Young quickly fell behind and seemed on track to finish last. But while the others stopped to sleep, Young kept running at his tortoise pace for five days straight — and won.
Cliff Young (athlete) - Wikipedia
While the other competitors stopped to sleep for six hours, Young kept running. He ran continuously for five days, taking the lead during the first night and eventually winning by 10 hours. 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 ]
人物 | 从悉尼跑到墨尔本，疯狂老农夫的875公里 - 知乎
每一个职业运动员都知道，为了比赛，你需要跑18个小时，睡6个小时，可问题是，老克里夫杨不知道。 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。 完成这样一场比赛大概需要一周的时间，而参赛的队员通常都是世界级运动员，他们大多不到30岁，配备最昂贵的训练装备，并专门为比赛进行训练。 让这些顶级的跑步者们大吃一惊的是，在比赛的那天，一个叫克里夫杨的老头儿出现了。 61岁 …
Australia 543.7 mile In 1983, 61 year old Cliff Young (farm hick ...
2008年12月20日 · "Cliff kept running. Each night he came a little closer to the leading pack. By the final night, he had surpassed all of the young, world-class athletes.
The Secret that Helped an Untrained Runner Win an Ultramarathon
2014年9月2日 · When Young’s competitors caught a few winks that night, the slow and steady farmer napped for a measly two hours before quietly shuffling to the top of the leaderboard—and he never looked back....
The Unbelievable Story of Cliff Young: The Man Who Ran 544 Miles
2024年1月24日 · It was a dark and stormy night when the world first heard of Cliff Young. The wind howled and the rain lashed at the windows as news of the unlikely hero spread like wildfire. No one could believe that a 61-year-old potato farmer could accomplish such an astonishing feat.
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 …
To finish the Australian ultra-marathon, runners generally need to hit 18 hours of running a day. This leaves most participants with only six hours of sleep a night. As an inexperienced newbie, Cliff had no such targets. That first night, he put his head down and continued his slow shuffle throughout the night and into the early morning.
From the Archives, 1983: Cliff Young makes running history at 61
MELBOURNE - Having jogged non-stop for almost 26 hours, 61-year-old Cliff Young cruised gently through drizzle into the centre of Melbourne late last night, almost at the end of his 875km run from ...
A 61 Year Old Potato Farmer Once Won One of the World's Most …
2011年10月27日 · However, due to one of his crew members not wearing his contacts when he set the alarm to wake Young up, Young ended up only sleeping two hours the first night and was up and running after that. In the end, he completed the 543.7 mile long ultra-marathon in just five days, fifteen hours, and four minutes, while only sleeping for a little over ...