According to his new blog entry at RunnersWorld.com,“Ultramarathon Man”
Dean Karnazes has been selected to carry the Olympic torch while it passes through his hometown of San Francisco, CA.
Karnazes, an elite (and at times controversial) ultra endurance athlete, is coming off of an impressive victory at the grueling Atacama Crossing, a 275-K race across the Atacama Desert in Chile. He was also the recipient of ESPN’s 2007 ESPY Award for “Best Outdoor Athlete”.
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George Claassen, one of South Africa’s most respected ultrarunners of all time and a passionate follower of athletics for decades, turned 90 this week. Oom (Afrikaans for uncle) George, as he is affectionately known to many, won the Comrades Marathon in 1961 at the age of 44, then the second-oldest after Wally Hayward to take the title (44 years, 3 months and 5 days to be exact).
Since the death of Hayward last year, Claassen is now the oldest surviving Comrades winner.
When this reporter phoned him to congratulate him on the special occasion, he lamented the decline in the standards of the sport he loves.
“It is a tragedy, the sport is declining everywhere, especially in the schools. But fortunately people like you and me have our wonderful memories of what it was like.”
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