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Tejvan organises short-distance running and cycling races for the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team in his home city of Oxford. He is also a very good cyclist, having won the National hill climb championships in 2013 and finished 3rd in the National 100 Mile Time Trials in 2014.
Andrea Marcato had a very good day today, as he reached 4100 KMs in 35:03:37:39. Then 14 hours later he reached 2600 miles in 35:17:05:46. He ran 72.6 miles to lead the group, and finished his total with 2604.38 miles. Thus, he needs 495.62 miles to reach 3100 miles and finish first for the fifth straight time. He could finish next Friday if he averages 70.803 miles per day for 7 days. Ashprihanal Aalto reached 4000km in 35:06:28:23. Then about four hours later he went past 2500 miles for the 17th time of his running career in 35:10:25:38.Wei-Ming Lo reached 3900 km in 35:10:10:00. He had another good day with 66.9 miles, reaching 2450.28 miles after Day 36. He is averaging 68.063 miles/ 109.54 km per day.
Pushkar Mullaer, solid placed in fourth place, went past 3800 km in 35:02:32:31. About 11 hours later he reached 2,400 miles in 35:13:22:58.Radu Budan from Moldova has been in fifth or sixth place for most of the race so far. Today he reached 3700 km in 35:03:25:10. Then he reached 2,300 miles in 35:03: 32:35. Vadu Duzhiy from Russia moved ahead of Radu this morning as he reached 3,700 km in 35:01:48:56. The 11-time finisher of the 3100 mile race reached the 2,300 mile mark in 35:03:32:36.
By Sahishnu
The challenges of running 52 days
Annabel Hepworth had a challenging day today.An original blister issue on the ball of her foot, together with the continual impact on the hard concrete surface, has led to some minor tissue damage, deeper in the foot. She is ahead of the curve to finish with a small cushion in her hand, so in mid-afternoon, she decided to go and rest for the rest of the day. It was a wise decision.
The race has a mandatory 6-hour break between 12 midnight and 6 am. Runners also plan short power naps into their day. These can be anything from 15 minutes to an hour. Adequate rest between long days on your feet is never enough to recover fully. That, in some ways, is the wonderful challenge of Multi-day running. Knowing that throughout the race, your body is deteriorating a little each day, and you are just managing that deterioration
Although the 3,100 runners pride themselves on hitting their targets each day, the effort required is immense, and every runner knows that in an event of this distance, on any given day, something can happen to bring them to a standstill. Annabel came to that point today. The support crew and the medics do their utmost to keep all the runners “out there “ logging up the miles. The runners also realise in a race with a time cut-off, if you take a long break, the clock doesn’t stop and keeps ticking. Sometimes the body just yells,“ I need a time out.” Rest is something , the 3,100 runners do not get a lot of. In five weeks pounding the concrete course, you never get enough rest to totally recover each day. Annabel will return in the morning, rested and rejuvenated, ready to resume running further than she has ever run before.
by Tarit
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