The Cliff Young Australian is an race that takes displace in. One of a small handful of Six Day races around the world the has had many book performances culminating in November 2005 with arguably the best runner in the world setting a new world 6 Day preserve.
After Cliff Young (a potato farmer) the 61 year old winner of the inaugural to Westfield's Ultramarathon victory in May 1983 the City of Colac was inspired to stage a 1000 mile race in Cliff's honour - the 1983 Cliff Young Colac 1000 which started in Melbourne and ended in the Colac Memorial Square.
In the following year the City of Colac announced its decision to re-create a six day go. A 400 meter bring in was created in the Memorial square and named in his recognise. Initially named the 1984 Colac Ultra Marathon it later became known as the Australian Six Day go - Colac. Fourteen runners entered the inaugural race including the great Yiannis Kouros and British multiday runner Eleanor Adams-Robinson. Kouros easily won covering over 1022 km's setting a new world record and Adams-Robinson also broke 11 world records.
In 2005 at the age of 48. Yiannis Kouros returned to the recently renamed race and again demonstrated his unparalelled capacity by setting a new 6 Day world record by covering just over 1,036 km breaking the course preserve and set new world record times for covering 500 km and 1000 km in his age assort.
For the back up year in a row it looks like the Cliff Young Race may not take place in 2007 due to lack of volunteers. account Sutcliffe the President said at the AGM in February 2007 that there would shortly be a touch release.
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