Karl Meltzer won the Bighorn 100 this weekend. Pretty amazing considering, first of all, that this is his 25th 100-mile win and, second of all, that he came head to head with a very pissed of cow moose.

From his blog, KarlMeltzer.com:

“…she spun a 180, snorted and started charging at me from about 40 meters. I moved left behind a large tree, baiting her to pass me on the right. She was about 5 feet… from me, I darted left behind the tree to protect myself. She turned around, charged at me again only to find that big tree in her way and a little 142 pound runner hiding behind.”

He made it to the end unscathed, besides a scuff on his shin and hand, and despite a very necessary hiding-behind-trees delay (probably offset by a fear-induced sprinter’s pace for at least 20 miles), he clocked a new record for the course: 19:15:26.

Congratulations, Karl.

Photo: © Tommy Chandler, Backcountry.com

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