Will Roberts

THE SPORTING EVENT OF THE YEAR

#Sheffield Rice Cake Eating Championship!

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Screenshot from Dead Cow Gully Backyard Ultra Facebook page. 2 runners chat in the dark with a few spectators around them. The caption reads: LAST ONE STANDING Phil Gore with 119 Loops (WR) Sam Harvey with the 118 Loop ASSIST

Last night a Dead Cow Gully, Phil Gore got a new #backyardultra world record with 119 Loops.
Sam Harvey with the 118 Loop assist.

#ultrarunning

On waking up this morning I find the answer to my question, in the case of Sam Harvey anyway, was ‘probably not’.

A screenshot of a Facebook post which has a photo of two runners in the dark at the start line of the Dead Cow Gully backyard ultra, and the following text: LOOP 116 Sam Harvey and Phil Gore take off on another night loop. When they return, they will equal the current WORLD RECORD.

Yeah, but are they having fun?

Almost new world record time in Australia…

#ultrarunning #backyardultra

Loop 115 now!!!

Sam Harvey and Phil Gore are into loop 108, on night FIVE of #DeadCowGully #BackyardUltra

The record is 116 loops.

I feel tired this morning because I unconsciously pulled the blanket off my fiancée a couple of times in the night and she had to wake me up to get it back 🤣

#ultrarunning #running

I’ve had a full night’s sleep since the last post. 2 still standing on loop 106 at #DeadCowGully

#ultrarunning

A pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

May the cool sound reach you as well.

Meanwhile in Australia 👀

#ultrarunning

It’s been a really, really, really good evening 🤩

If ever you need to have your faith in humans restored, come to the @spinerace.bsky.social

Run it, volunteer at it, hand out flapjacks on the course. Whatever you put into the #SpineRace you get back in buckets ❤️

➡️ The Montane Summer Spine Challenger North begins at 08:00

In Hardraw, one group of runners are anxiously anticipating the start of their 160 mile test on the trails…

#SummerSpine #BritainsMostBrutal

As the runners in the Montane Summer Spine Challenger North and MRT Challenge North start their journey toward Kirk Yetholm and glory, here’s your Monday morning update from @willbaldlygo.bsky.social

Part 1…
#SpineRace #SummerSpine

A blow up mattress, sleeping bag and other kit strewn on the floor, behind the registration desks at Edale Village Hall #SpineRace

My usual pre #spinerace digs are set up, my spreadsheets have been wrestled into cooperation and my camera batteries are charging.
1 sleep until #summerspine 2025 🎉

Me every time I walk into a room for the next 10 days…

It’s nearly Summer #SpineRace time!

A paper flyer stuck to a pedestrian crossing. It says: ‘Come to Weston Park bandstand on Friday the 25th of July at 2:45pm to see two people attempt to eat a whole pack of dry/salted rice cakes each in under 30 minutes’

➡️ THE SPORTING EVENT OF THE YEAR…

#sheffield

I’m ADHD with autistic traits if that counts?
I mainly use it for task initiation and to turn audio files of me explaining my ideas into editable text. Sometimes I use it to critique my written work and suggest changes - which is productive and occasionally humbling.

I’ve been a bit accidentally ageist haven’t I 🤣
The ducks welcome all people equally!

If you find yourself still struggling later on just let me know

I’ve got about 40s of another duck having a good old preen and a big old stretch and it’s powerful stuff 🦆

For anyone else wishing the May bank holiday was a week longer, here is a delightful family of ducks to soothe you.

#timelinecleanse

*The UK team for World Mountain and Trail Running Championships is crowdfunding their airfares and expenses here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-fund-...

#trailrunning #running

The UK is the 5th biggest #trailrunning market in the world. Yet financial support for British runners is being cut* and race organisers could be set to watch UTMB bring UK races to our screens, whilst presumably hoovering up a sizeable chunk of the revenue that comes with it…

‘for those who prefer smaller races with a more local vibe, there’s a fantastic range to choose from right across the UK’

They’ll stay smaller races if UTMB take charge of #trailrunning #ultrarunning in the UK.

I want to see coverage of unique, independent races with all their local character!

This is one for Green Runners living in the SE of England.

Looking for a new running challenge with easy access using public transport?

Look no further than the London Spiral.

PS Ultra runners please note, there’s no Thames crossing between crossing at Dartford and Purfleet.

#HowWeMove

Seems it’s time to dust off the Lady Hale T-Shirt again!

True! Even spectating is a feat of endurance in the #ultrarunning world 🤣

Feel free to ignore these thoughts, I just needed to write them to understand them. But I respect and value the thoughts you post here and I’m 100% open to dialogue on this. This process is a cycle of feeling like a wizard as I build, then feeling like a fraud as I reflect on how I’m doing it.