2018 EMU 6-Day Race Women's Preview
2018 EMU 6-Day
Race
By Joe Fejes
This year’s women’s race is guaranteed to have a clean
slate on the podium as the top 3 runners-Silke Gielen (782.23 km), Tina Andersen (740.52 km) and Kristina Paltén
(667.31) from last year’s edition are not running. Gielen and Andersen’s performances were #1
and #2 in the world last year. Notwithstanding the noteworthy absentees, the
2018 EMU edition will undoubtedly be fiercely competitive for a podium spot as
there are at least 10 women that have run 600+km in a 6-day race before,
including two prior EMU winners Krisztina Bakucz Nagyne (2013) and Charlotte
Vasarhelyi (2014) along with two-time runner-up Sumie Inagaki (2015 &2016)
and 2015 bronze medalist Sonia Lutterotti. Five (5) of the women, (Martina
Hausmann,, Charlotte Vasarhelyi, Sarah Barnett, Kriztina Bakucz Nagyne, and
Sumi Inagaki) have run 700+km.
Women Entrants that
have Run 600+km in a 6-Day Race
Count
|
Runner
|
Age
|
6-day (km)
|
6-day
(mi)
|
48-hr (km)
|
48-hr
(mi)
|
24-hr
(km)
|
24-hr
(mi)
|
# Ultras
|
Country
|
1
|
Barnett, Sarah
|
43
|
714
|
443
|
259
|
160
|
166
|
103
|
50
|
Austrailia
|
2
|
Cotugno, Gabriela
|
42
|
688
|
427
|
268
|
166
|
160
|
99
|
19
|
Argentina
|
3
|
Nagyne, Bakucz Krisztina
|
56
|
714
|
443
|
302
|
187
|
187
|
116
|
Hungary
|
|
4
|
Vasarhelyi, Charlotte
|
42
|
734
|
456
|
281
|
174
|
196
|
121
|
110
|
Canada
|
5
|
Inagaki, Sumie
|
52
|
713
|
443
|
397
|
246
|
241
|
149
|
52
|
Japan
|
6
|
Hernandez, Yudith
|
29
|
628
|
390
|
na
|
234
|
145
|
13
|
Sweden
|
|
7
|
Kampe, Diana
|
44
|
613
|
380
|
267
|
165
|
206
|
128
|
16
|
Denmark
|
8
|
Lutterotti, Sonia
|
57
|
692
|
429
|
265
|
164
|
202
|
125
|
50
|
Italy
|
9
|
Hausmann, Martina
|
58
|
756
|
469
|
323
|
200
|
202
|
125
|
273
|
Germany
|
10
|
Jensen, Lena
|
51
|
647
|
402
|
291
|
180
|
158
|
98
|
16
|
Sweden
|
Past podium
performances at EMU:
1st Place 2nd
Place 3rd
Place
2017 Silke
Gielen (782.23)*/486 mi Tina Andersen (740.52) Kristina Palten (667.31)
2016 Zecchino, Luisa
(732.16)/454 mi Sumie Inagaki (713.53) Krisztina
Nagyne Bakucz (666.17)
2015 Silke Gielen (744.48)/462
mi Sumie Inagaki (706.60) Sonia Lutterotti (692.23)
2014 Charlotte
Vasarhelyi (734.22)/456 mi Silke
Gielen (720.17) Ria Buiten (557.59)
2013 Krisztina Nagyne
Bakucz (714.35)/443 mi Charlotte
Vasarhelyi (687.23) Silke Gielen
(653.45)
2012 Monica Barchetti (723.22)/449 mi Krisztina N. Bakucz (712.17) Barbara Becker (513.07)
2011 Monica Barchetti (705.25)/438 mi Krisztina Zoltanne Nagy (675.55)
Heather Hawking (633.60)
*Event
record & age 55-59 world best performance
IAU World Best Performances
World Record: 883.63 Barwick, Sandra
Age Group Distance: (km) Distance:
(miles) Runner:
(35-39) 806.00 500.82 Robinson, Eleanor
(40-44) 883.63
549.06 Barwick, Sandra
(45-49) 773.97 480.92 David-Bodet, Christine
(50-54) 714.35
443.87 Nagyné Bakucz, Krisztina
(55-59) 744.48* 462.59 Gielen, Silke
(60-64) 648.40
402.89 Lamothe, Francoise
(65-69) 552.89
343.54 Bayer, Else
(70 -74) 600.29
373.00 Klein, Helen
·
Assuming Silke’s 2017 performance is ratified by the IAU.
Noteworthy observations:
Japan’s Sumie Inagaki is primed to finally take the
“W” at EMU after finishing runner-up in 2015 and 2016. Her ultrarunning
accomplishments are legendary since she first hit the ultra scene in 2002—she
won Spartathlon in 2006 and 2009; she was the IAU 24 hour World Champion in
2004 and 2006. She won Badwater in 2011 & 2012. She is also the former 48
hour world record holder with 397 km/246 miles, whose longstanding record was
recently eclipsed earlier this year by Poland’s Patrycja Bereznowska 401 km masterpiece at Athens Ultramarathon
Festival.
Lookout for youngster Yudith Hernandez, (age 29), who
finished fourth last year in her 6-Day debut and has serious leg speed as
evidenced by her 234 km/145 mi in the Skovde 24 hour Ultrafestival in
2013. Observers of last year’s race
noted that Yudith recovered nicely in the latter stages of the race after
having crashed and burned from a blistering start. If she runs a controlled race she will be on
the podium this year.
Talk about oodles of experience:
# Ultras
273 Martina
Hausmann
110 Charlotte
Vasarhelyi
52 Sumi
Inagaki
50 Sarah
Barnett & Sonia Lutterotti
Podium Prediction:
Sumie and Charlotte will battle it out for the “W”
with youngster Yudith “Nascar-I wanna go fast” Hernandez as a threat if she can
control her pace in the first few days. If either of the three falter, then
look for the wily multiday veterans Krisztina Nagyné Bakucz, Sonia Lutterotti or Sarah
Barnett to pull carpe diems, and “seize the days”. Kampe and Cotugno have had
solid performances at EMU and both are also undoubtedly capable of stepping up
and carrying the 700km flag around the loop.
This is going to be fun!
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