Call from the crew: Walsh is 9 miles out, preparing to pick up his police escort to the finish line.
Stay tuned…
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The stats aren’t updated yet, but just heard from crew: Walsh is at McKee City NJ, 14 miles away. Stay tuned… Check out that average MPH over on the right. Finish ETA as of TS 55 arrival: AVG MPH 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Now just past TS 54 in Georgetown, PA, Walsh just needs to hold steady. If he does, he will take 5th in his division and come in just a couple of hours ahead of Female Solo competitor Shanna Armstrong. Here’s the latest finish ETA info for Bryce: AVG MPH 9 10 11 Congratulations to Kenny Souza, who just crossed the finish line a little bit ago. Kenny, to say you “ran a hard race” is the understatement of the year. Everyone on this site has come to the conclusion that you’re built out of some sort of space-age, bulletproof material. Well done! Things are looking up for Mr. Walsh. He just passed TS 53 in Hanover, PA, and the man looks strong. “He’s running better right now than he has in a long time,” said crew lead Thomas Bérubé. “He can smell the finish line from here, I think.” Don’t let that low 6.82MPH average fool you: if [...] UPDATE: Voicemail added from Thomas Bérubé. See the end of this post to listen to it. Bryce has left Maryland and passed TS 52 in Rouzerville, PA. Imagine being one thousand times more exhausted than you’ve ever been in your life. Your body started making outright demands for real sleep over 6 [...] Bryce has now made it out of West Virginia and is past TS 50 in La Vale, MD. Shortly after, Souza reached TS 51 and with it, a fat four hour lead over Walsh. Barring some sort of catastrophe, Sousa appears to have secured the 4th position. Souza earned it. But, Walsh has damn well earned [...] Bryce just reported at TS 49 in Gormania, WV. Souza has extended his lead to 109 minutes. Crew lead Thomas Bérubé just reported in with the following text message: “No phone service. Bryce in Gormania. Totally exhausted. Will call later.” Bryce’s average speed on the last leg was down significantly, at 9.7 MPH to Souza’s 14.7. If you [...] Just a quick update: As of this writing, the RAAM website has not yet reported Bryce’s arrival at the next time station (TS 49), which he should have made over an hour ago (Souza made it almost 2 hours ago). There could be two reasons for this: He hasn’t hit the next time station yet, OR; |
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