Day 3: Steady As She Goes

The weather was near perfect again today, the temps stayed moderate, the runners felt a little better and more engaged, since this chosen sport of multi-day running and racing requires deep commitment and a strong will to surmount the toughest of obstacles. Andrea Marcato, the Italian athlete with impressive performances, is beginning to click. He reached 75.1856 (120.99km) miles today, again running the last two laps in 9:00 minutes like the previous two nights. He does not look worse for wear when the night is over. He is the new wave of runners who challenge the difficult events with confidence, and sheer energy, as well as remarkable powers of recovery. He is not wearing carbon-plated, controversial shoes, he is just unveiling his abilities, lap after lap, often without someone to hand him food or a few drinks of fruit juice as he wizzes past. Meanwhile, Vasu Duzhiy, in second position, had to settle for 68.05 miles (109.51km), and dropped back about 6 miles more to the Italian leader Andrea. Wei Ming Lo ran 62.56 miles (100.68km) to keep in the mix for a solid finish. Harita Davies remained in fourth overall, but worked hard to get the 109 laps needed to maintain her cushion of laps. Overall, five runners made it past 60 miles. Takasumi Senoo from Japan showed more snap in his step, running well throughout the day.

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Results

Laps total miles miles total km km total

Andrea Marcato

Day

1 149 149 81.7712 81.7712 131.5979 131.5979

2 147 296 80.6736 162.4448 129.8315 261.4294

3 137 433 75.1856 237.6304 120.9994 382.4288

Vasu Duzhiy

1 153 153 83.9664 83.9664 135.1308 135.1308

2 140 293 76.8320 160.7984 123.6491 258.7799

3 124 417 68.0512 228.8496 109.5177 368.2976

Wei Ming Lo

1 147 147 80.6736 80.6736 129.8315 129.8315

2 122 269 66.9536 147.6272 107.7513 237.5828

3 114 383 62.5632 210.1904 100.6857 338.2685

Harita Davies

1 128 128 70.2464 70.2464 113.0506 113.0506

2 120 248 65.8560 136.1024 105.9849 219.0355

3 109 357 59.8192 195.9216 96.2696 315.3051

Ananda-Lahari Zuscin

1 115 115 63.1120 63.1120 101.5689 101.5689

2 121 236 66.4048 129.5168 106.8681 208.7362

3 113 349 62.0144 191.5312 99.8024 308.5386

Stutisheel Lebedev

1 130 130 71.3440 71.3440 114.8170 114.8170

2 103 233 56.5264 127.8704 90.9712 205.7882

3 108 341 59.2704 187.1408 95.3872 301.1754

Takasumi Senoo

1 118 118 64.7584 64.7584 104.2185 104.2185

2 108 226 59.2704 124.0288 95.3864 199.6049

3 110 336 60.3680 184.3968 97.1528 296.7577

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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.

It was Day 49, and Budjargal Byambaa from Mongolia was on pace to finish the 3100 Mile Race for the first time. Just a few minutes after six-thirty pm the 41-year-old man fulfilled his major goal-in 48:12:44:05- to join the 45 great men runners and 10 women who have finished the longest certified race on the famous course in Jamaica, New York. It was the 28th version of the event, and Budja was the seventh runner to finish this year. He has had a history of excellent Six and 10-day race performances. However, he had never finished a race of 1000 miles or beyond 20 or even 30 days, so it took a lot of perseverance and understanding of the course to put together his daily efforts.

When he reached the 3100 finish line, he was filled with joy and gratitude. Budjargal read out his story in Mongolian and a staff member of the Permanent Mission of Mongolia to the United Nations read it in in English, to honor the runner’s First National Record. Afterwards Mr. Chinuukhei Bat-Erdene, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations, congratulated him with the words: “My message is very simple. I am very proud of him, for Budjargal. He has done a terrific job. He made Mongolians very proud, you know.”

Finishers so far

Andrea Marcato - 43 days +03:04:06.
Ashprihanal Aalto - 44 days +09:22:13.
Wei-Ming Lo - 45 days +12:37:55.
Pushkar Mullauer - 46 days +10:41:04
Radu Budan - 47 days +05:58:18
Vasu Duzhiy - 47 days 10:51:33
Budjargal Byambaa - 48 days+15:13:10

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Radu Budan reached his dream of finishing the 3100 Mile Race today, making it to the finish line in 47:05:58:18. He was amazed to be observed by the Moldovan Ambassador Gheorghe Leuca and his wife Alla Leuca as he passed the finish line. Radu was the first Moldovan runner to ever finish the 3100 Mile Race, while he averaged 65.613 miles per day/ 105.509 km. His performance resulted in him being the 19th fastest of all time in the 28th Year of the 3100 Mile Race. After the celebration, Radu ran the 13 laps to reach the 5000km mark- 47:08:39:37.

Some four hours later. The great Vasu Duzhiy from St Petersburg reached his 12th finish of the 3100 Mile Race in a time of 47:10:51:33. Vasu was extremely grateful to all the helpers and friends who donated their time and helpfulness in this test of the longest race. He continued the 13 laps-journey to the 5000km mark- 47:13:39:45. At age 58 he has been one of the finest runners over the years of the longest race in the world.

Thursday Budjargal Byambaa from Mongolia will most likely finish the 3100 Mile Race in the late afternoon. Today he reached 4,900 Km in 47:15:00:09. He has shown great inner and outer strength to overcome the difficulties in such a difficult event - in his first try.

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