George Foster didn’t run faster than Billy Bland on his BGR

OK, that is a title designed to grab your attention, but there is a serious point behind it. When I saw George Foster had run the second fastest Bob Graham Round (BGR) to Kilian Jornet, and had taken 9 minutes off Billy Bland’s 1982 time of 13-53, I was intrigued to know how he had done it, and where in fact he had made that time within the round. I decided to dig into it a bit and see what I could find.

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The BGR is nominally broken into 5 legs, with ...