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L’any 1983<\/strong>, la primera edici\u00f3 de la ultramarat\u00f3 entre Sydney i Melbourne<\/strong> va presentar un repte colossal: 875<\/strong> quil\u00f2metres<\/strong> de resist\u00e8ncia extrema. A la l\u00ednia de sortida s’hi aplegaven els millors atletes del m\u00f3n, joves patrocinats, equipats amb l’\u00faltima tecnologia i acompanyats d’equips m\u00e8dics. Per\u00f2, entre tots ells, hi destacava una figura inusual: Cliff Young<\/strong>, un granger<\/strong> de seixanta-un anys<\/strong> de l’estat de Vict\u00f2ria<\/strong> que s’hi va presentar amb granota de treball i botes, sense cap mena d’equip de suport al darrere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davant l’escepticisme de la premsa, que veia la seva participaci\u00f3 com una bogeria<\/strong> passatgera, en Cliff va explicar que estava acostumat a c\u00f3rrer. A la seva granja, durant les tempestes, havia de recollir milers d’ovelles<\/strong> repartides per grans extensions de terreny, cosa que l’obligava a trotar darrere dels animals durant tres o quatre dies seguits sense dormir per evitar que es perdessin. Tot i l’explicaci\u00f3, ben pocs el van prendre seriosament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En donar-se el tret de sortida, els professionals van arrencar a gran velocitat. En Cliff<\/strong>, en canvi, avan\u00e7ava amb un trot lent, gaireb\u00e9 arrossegant<\/strong> els peus, molt lluny de la t\u00e8cnica depurada dels atletes d’elit. La regla no escrita d’aquestes competicions dictava que els participants havien de c\u00f3rrer divuit hores<\/strong> i dormir-ne sis<\/strong>. Per\u00f2 com que ning\u00fa va avisar en Cliff d’aquesta norma, quan va caure la primera nit i els l\u00edders es van aturar a descansar, el granger va continuar<\/strong> trotant a les fosques<\/strong> a un ritme absolutament constant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L’endem\u00e0 al mat\u00ed, els esportistes van descobrir amb estupor que l’anci\u00e0 els havia avan\u00e7at mentre dormien. Aquesta din\u00e0mica es va repetir<\/strong> nit rere nit; mentre la resta descansava, ell no s’aturava sota cap concepte. La seva peculiar manera de c\u00f3rrer, batejada anys despr\u00e9s com el \u00abpas de Cliff Young<\/strong>\u00ab, va resultar ser biomec\u00e0nicament molt eficient, ja que redu\u00efa l’impacte articular i minimitzava la despesa energ\u00e8tica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despr\u00e9s de cinc dies<\/strong>, quinze hores<\/strong> i quatre minuts<\/strong> de cursa ininterrompuda, Cliff Young va creuar la meta com a campi\u00f3<\/strong> indiscutible, polvoritzant el r\u00e8cord previ de la dist\u00e0ncia per gaireb\u00e9 dos dies d’avantatge. Per culminar aquesta gesta inoblidable, en assabentar-se que hi havia un premi de deu mil d\u00f2lars<\/strong> que ell desconeixia<\/strong> completament, va decidir repartir-lo a parts iguals entre els altres corredors que van acabar la prova. Aquell dia, un humil granger no nom\u00e9s va revolucionar per sempre les t\u00e0ctiques de les curses de llarga dist\u00e0ncia, sin\u00f3 que va donar al m\u00f3n una lli\u00e7\u00f3<\/strong> magistral de perseveran\u00e7a<\/strong> i mod\u00e8stia<\/strong>. (CIEIB)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Memorial dedicat a l’atleta amateur Albert Ernest Clifford Young<\/strong>\u00a0(Beech Forest, Vict\u00f2ria, Austr\u00e0lia, 1922-2003)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

L’any 1983, la primera edici\u00f3 de la ultramarat\u00f3 entre Sydney i Melbourne va presentar un repte colossal: 875 quil\u00f2metres de resist\u00e8ncia extrema. A la l\u00ednia de sortida s’hi aplegaven els millors atletes del m\u00f3n, joves patrocinats, equipats amb l’\u00faltima tecnologia i acompanyats d’equips m\u00e8dics. Per\u00f2, entre tots ells, hi destacava una figura inusual: Cliff Young,<\/p>\n

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