Geoff Roes broke Scott Jurek's course record at the annual Western States 100, posting a 15:07:04 winning time. Not feeling good and 12 minutes behind leaders Anton Krupicka and Kilian Jornet at about mile 75, Roes eventually caught them at mile 89 and never looked back.
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Runner from Nepal Dawa Sherpa won the Drayes du Vercors, completing the race
in 05:53:08, over 10 minutes ahead of Vincent Delebarre who placed 2nd. Runners
suffered with the first high temperatures, many of them crossing the finnish
line exhausted.
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Scott Jurek broke the American record for 24 hours at the IAU 24-Hour World Championship. Jurek logged 165.705 miles, breaking record set by Mark Godale in 1999. He placed 2nd behind Japanese Shingo Inoue who ran 170.074 miles and set a Japanese national record.