Mike Wardian runs 63 laps for 422K to win the Quarantine Backyard Ultra
The Quarantine Backyard Ultra started on, April 4, and over 2, 400 runners from more than 50 countries joined the virt ual race. Runners ran 6.706k ever y hour for as long as they could, and over 60 hours later, only two runners remained: Americ a n Mike Wardian and Radek Brunner of the Czech Republic. Brunner missed the start of the 63rd lap and was therefore disqualified, making Wardian the winner after 422k.
After 46 hours, only Wardian and Brunner remained, and they ran for almost 20 more laps. The winner of multiple U. S. national titles at ultra distances, Wardian is well known in the running community. He has run the Western States 100 and the utmb multiple times, and he finished 11th at the 2011 Comrades Marathon and third at the 2010 Marathon des Sables.