Day 28:Four Weeks in Jamaica

The top six runners all made it over 60 miles, on a sticky, warm afternoon in Jamaica,NY- not Jamaica, West Indies. Vasu Duzhiy and Kobi Oren both made it past 1900 miles. The first five of the original field of ten runners are on pace to finish 3100 miles in the 52-day time limit. Vasu again took Day Leader honors with 66.95 miles.

The runners’ averages per day:

Vasu Duzhiy- 69.658 miles/ 112.104km

Kobi Oren- 67.973 miles/ 109.392km

Sopan Tsekov- 60.682 miles/ 97.657km

Ushika Muckenhimer- 60.427 miles/ 97.247km

Surasa Mairer- 60.152 miles/ 96.806km

Kaneenika Janakova- 58.388 miles/ 93.967km

William Sichel- 57.781 miles/ 92.989km

Smarana Puntigam- 57.663 miles/ 92.799km

Ananda-Lahari Zuscin- 55.840 miles/ 89.866km

Vasu Duzhiy-1900 miles- 27:04:26:31; 3100 km- 27:11:47:45

Kobi Oren-3000km- 27:05:12:51, NR

1900 miles-27:13:47:04

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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.

At around 9.05am, Andrea Marcato finished the 2024 edition of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race in a time of 43 days, 3 hours 04 minutes 06 seconds. Andrea becomes the first competitor to finish 1st overall for five consecutive years. It is a remarkable level of consistency.

Andrea's Past 3100 Mile Races

2020 - 1st - 43 days+12:07:26
2021 - 1st - 42 days+17:38:38
2022 - 1st - 43 days+03:20:27
2023 - 1st - 43 days+13:33:23
2024 - 1st - 43 days+3:04:06

All time top 7 Finishes at the Sri Chinmoy 3,100 mile race

40 +09:06:21 Ashprihanal Aalto. 2015
41 +08:16:29 Madhupran W. Schwerk 2006
42 +17:38:38. Andrea Marcato, 2021
42 +17:39:59. Galya V. Balatskyy, 2015
43 + 03:04:06 Andrea Marcato, 2024
43 + 04:26:33 Ashprihanal Aalto 2007
43 +10:36:39. Grahak Cunningham, 2012

Race report form day 43

Ashprihanal Aalto ran past the 4800 km in 42:14:02:14. He is just close enough to top 3000 miles on Saturday, and he expects to finish in second place on Sunday, October 13.

Wei-Ming Lo reached 2900 miles in 42:10:56:21 and also passed 4700 km in 42:16:56:04.

Pushkar Mullauer reached 2,800 miles in 42:00:33:11. Some 16 hours later he reached 4600 Km in 42:16:23:52. He is still solid in fourth place overall. Grahak Cunningham reached 2200 miles in 42:14:43:52.

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Andrea Marcato reached 4800 km today, another personal total in 41:07: 31:14. Four and a half hours later, he reached 3000 miles for the fifth time in his 3100-mile race career in 41:12:14:17. He ran 68 miles for the day, which leaves him only 80.101 miles left. He has spoken that he will have a probable finish on Saturday morning. It will be known Friday evening when his finish will happen.

Budjargal Byambaa reached over 80 miles again for the third straight time, running 83.4 miles. He is now averaging 63.837 miles/102.736 km per day. He has passed 80 miles on 8 occassions in this year's 3100 Mile Race. He is in seventh place overall and is learning the way to make progress in the long, long races. Ashprihanal Aalto reached 2900 miles for the 17th time in 41:09:15:30. Shortly after that he passed 4700km in 41:09:34:14. Wei-Ming Lo is really moving well, as he reached 70.2 miles today. In the early morning he passed 4600 km in 41:01:43:00. Then he reached 2800 miles in 41:02:40:23. Pushkar was once again steady as possible, reaching 4400km in 41:00:24:45. Then in the late evening he passed 4500km in 41:16:50:08.

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