The top ultra runners from 14 states and Canada are expected to compete for the title, which is determined by the number of miles run around the 400-meter track. With good conditions, race director Karl Ungurean believes the men s record of 138.7 miles set in 1996 could fall. The women s mark is 124.37 miles set in 1985. There will be a pre-race dinner at 6 p.m. Friday at Lancer s Grille in Eldridge, Iowa. The awards ceremony and post-race breakfast will be held there at 8 a.m. Sunday.
Spectators are welcome to all or part of the event, which is free to the public.
Sounds like a lot of fun, as long as they don t make me run. There also will be some fun for the family going on at a track of a different kind this weekend. Megasaurus is three stories tall and weighs more than 50,000 pounds. Each of its claws has a crushing force of 15,000 pounds and its biting force also is 15,000 pounds. There will be free carnival rides for children.