The rain relents, Andrea reaches 3,000 miles, and Nayaja seems rejuvenated.

The Sunday storm relented, giving way to a wonderful sunny day. The battering the runners took in the storm had taken its toll, both physically and mentally, and all of them seemed grateful for the chance to reset and relax into a good day’s running with no weather to contend with.

• Andrea Marcato continues to forge ahead. Today he passed 3,000 miles in 43 days, 11 hours, 50 minutes and 28 seconds. He finished the day with 68.5 miles — the highest daily total — and a cumulative total of 3,022.2 miles. If he continues at a similar pace, he will finish early on Wednesday morning.
• Radu Budan reached 2,900 miles in 43 days, 11 hours, 09 minutes and 17 seconds. His daily total was 67.4 miles, leaving him on a cumulative total of 2,924.6 miles.
• Lo Wei Ming reached 4,500km in 43 days, 15 hours, 58 minutes and 51 seconds. He ran 63 miles for the day to give him a total of 2,803.4 miles.
• Annabel Hepworth ran strongly all day and clocked up 61.9 miles to leave her on 2,767.2 miles.
• Vasu has found the last few days difficult but still managed 55.9 miles, leaving him on a cumulative total of 2,689.3 miles.
• Nayaja Perugini was looking much stronger today, despite her lingering foot issue. She completed 47.1 miles and now sits on a total of 2,567.6 miles.
• Nina just missed the 50-mile mark with 49.9 miles, leaving her on 2,250.6 miles.
• Stutisheel and Ananda-Lahari both reached 2,000 miles today. Stutisheel led the way in 43 days, 05 hours, 17 minutes and 05 seconds; Ananda-Lahari followed in 43 days, 07 hours, 44 minutes and 22 seconds. Stutisheel ran 50.4 miles to leave him on a cumulative 2,031.8 miles, while Ananda-Lahari, with 38.3 miles, now sits on 2,018.6 miles.

Radu Interview

Q: So, are you enjoying the race?

Yes, a lot. And this year it’s a discovery for me. Many hours I was running in some flow, some new reality from the running. It opens up — I don’t know — in my heart, in my body, in my soul. And this is a very, very good discovery for me. I can feel how good it is, like a new reality, how to be. It’s running, but it’s one more mode of being. And this is amazing. Something which was real before, but was just some moments — and now it can be hours.

Q: Why do you like to do such a difficult race?

It’s an inner feeling, to do it. This race is so big, and if only a few people can do it, then they have to do it — to show other people it’s possible, to inspire them, to motivate them to come and try. And here you can develop some capacity you didn’t know you had.

Q: And what do you expect to get from doing a race like this? What do you hope to achieve or gain, if anything?

Transformation. To discover yourself, and some transformation. You see how the body transforms itself, how it calms the mind.

Because yesterday I discovered — when there was a lot of rain, I don’t know, 16 hours of rain — and in the evening I started to shout: “Ah, why? Why do we have to suffer?” And then you discover another part of you. You think you are very soft, very zen — but it’s not like this, and you discover this other part. And you say, “Oh, oh, we have to transform [this]. How to work with that, to be better in the future?”

Average mileage and potential projected finishes

Note: the estimated finish is only a projection based on current daily averages and will of course change as the race progresses.

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