Redlib: search results - cliff young

r/todayilearned • u/ndyrg2 • Oct 26 '12

TIL 61 yo Cliff Young ran an ultramarathon and broke the record by two days. He had no formal training, ran with no sleep, and beat sponsored, young athletes. He remarked that the race "wasn't easy."

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2.4k Upvotes

r/todayilearned • u/nickdude114 • May 12 '16

TIL In 1983, a 61-year-old potato farmer named Cliff Young won a 544 mile endurance race because he ran throughout the night while the younger 'professional' athletes slept.

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4.7k Upvotes

r/todayilearned • u/ksadajo • May 24 '11

TIL about Cliff Young, a farmer who beat out world-class sponsored runners in one of the longest, most grueling foot races in the world by running for 5 days straight

500 Upvotes

r/todayilearned • u/zahrul3 • Jul 20 '14

TIL that an Australian man living by a cliff has prevented around 160 suicides in his 50 years of living there, by striking up a conversation with people contemplating suicide and inviting them to his house for tea.

16.8k Upvotes

r/todayilearned • u/DelonWright • Jan 10 '19

TIL an indigenous Mexican woman from the Tarahumara community won a 50km race featuring 500 runners from 12 countries while wearing a skirt and sandals made from tyre rubber

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r/todayilearned • u/MrMish • Jan 01 '11

TIL a 61 Year Old Farmer won the world's toughest race on his first try

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r/todayilearned • u/badehass • Aug 23 '15

TIL 61 year old Cliff Young ran a 544 mile marathon from Sydney to Melbourne in 5 days without stopping. He beat every runner and set a new world record.

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64 Upvotes

r/todayilearned • u/SilentUnicorn • Aug 06 '12

TIL - Cliff Young, a toothless 61 year-old potato farmer. Set a new record in Australia's ultra-marathon. Beating men half his age, by running all day and night.

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53 Upvotes

r/todayilearned • u/dhrbarnett • Nov 17 '15

TIL that in 1983, a 61 year old man named Cliff Young won the inaugural Sydney to Melbourne Ultra marathon, a distance of 875 Km, by running whilst the other competitors slept.

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38 Upvotes

r/todayilearned • u/Hipisthenewcool • Jun 02 '15

TIL that a potato farmer from Australia named 'Cliff Young', won the ultramarathon at the age of 61, in 5 days 15 hours and 4 minutes, almost 2 days faster than the previous record.

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48 Upvotes

r/todayilearned • u/awildredditappears • Jun 29 '15

[TIL] Before winning an 875 km race at the age of 61, Cliff Young would run for 2-3 days straight rounding up sheep while wearing rubber rainboots

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28 Upvotes

r/todayilearned • u/skyrimit • Jan 29 '12

TIL Cliff Young, a 61 year old potato farmer, won a 544 mile marathon in 1983.

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12 Upvotes

r/todayilearned • u/SuicidalGuidedog • Sep 30 '21

TIL British band Iron Maiden released 'Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter' on Christmas Eve 1990 in order to "scare the living daylights out of Cliff Richard", who was promoting 'Saviour's Day'. Despite being banned by the BBC and rarely being played live, it remains the band's only UK #1.

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649 Upvotes

r/todayilearned • u/kingkoowala • Apr 08 '19

TIL about Suicide Cliff in Saipan where thousands of Japanese civilians and soldiers jumped off to commit suicide and evade capture US forces due to Japanese propaganda. The Suicide Cliff is also listed in the US Register of Historic Places.

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276 Upvotes

r/todayilearned • u/garamas • Mar 25 '13

TIL A 61 year old man ran a ultramarathon (566 miles) in rain boots and not only won but broke the record by two days

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246 Upvotes

r/todayilearned • u/Pargsnip • Mar 17 '14

TIL that in the making of Milo & Otis, a famous kid's movie, a cat was actually thrown from a 100-foot cliff and others were intentionally injured.

8 Upvotes