Scott Jurek ganó nuevamente el Spartathlon

"Ultramarathoner covers 152.4 miles in less than 24 hours: Scott Jurek of Seattle captured his second straight Spartathlon ultramarathon in Greece on Saturday, winning a 152.4-mile race that attempts to retrace the journey of the legendary messenger Pheidippides 2,500 years ago.

Jurek completed the run from Athens to Sparta in 23 hours, 12 minutes, 14 seconds.

He was among 332 runners at the foot of the Acropolis on Friday to start the race. The route covers highways, rural roads and mountain paths.

Jurek won last year's event in 22:52:18 and owns the fifth- and sixth-fastest winning times in Spartathlon history. The first international Spartathlon was in 1983." // The Seattle Times

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Información en el sitio oficial:

"Scott Jurek is the winner of Spartathlon for the seccond time.
Scott Jurek did it again, finishing first in 23:12:14. Although after Sangas he was part of the leading group, which included former winners like Valmir Nunes, Marcus Thalman and Jens Lucas, he managed to take the lead after Tegea increrasing his distance from the 2nd runner in every check point.

Scott Jurek from U.S.A. now holds the 5th fastest time from last year and the 6th from this years race.

Piotr Kurylo from Poland finished seccond in 24:29:41, followed by Valmir Nunes 3rd in 25:37:40."
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Sitio oficial de Scott Jurek: http://www.scottjurek.com/