Day 30, September 28

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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.

The New York Weather gods brought rain to the 3,100-mile race today. A light drizzle in the early morning became steady rain by lunchtime. It didn't seem to dampen the spirits of the runners who keep progressing onwards. Two more of our runners reached the 2,000-mile barrier today.

Wei-Ming, in 29 days and 7 Hours exactly, still holds third place and
Pushkar in 29 days, 11 Hours, 25 minutes and 25 Seconds. Still, hold forth

Andrea Marcato continues to lead the way. He went through 3,500km in 29 days, 15 Hours, 28 Minutes and 49 Seconds to finish the day on 2,184.3 Miles.

Ashprihanal Aalto after going through 3,300 km early in the morning in 29 days 00 Hours 41 Minutes, 12 Seconds. Finished the day on 2117.3 Miles

Our trio vying for 5th, 6th and 7th position all went through 3,100 Km throughout the day.

Vasu in 29 Days, 03 Hours, 19 Minutes and 31Seconds.
Radu in 29 Days, 04 Hours, 59 Minutes and 09 Seconds.
Budjargal in 29 Days. 07 Hours, 55 Minutes, 18 Seconds.

The nature of all multi-day races but especially the 3,100-mile race is that one minor niggle, or blister can affect a whole couple of days with reduced mileage. Meaning positions can change very quickly. Budjargal, after three days in succession of 79.5 Miles, 70.2 Miles and a stellar 82.8 Miles, seemed to struggle in the morning but was strong again in the evening. He was well done on his 80+ mile clocking from yesterday. The wisdom of aiming for an even pace holds in this race as much as in a marathon. Any increase in pace, although giving short-term gains, can be neutralised in minutes as the body pays the price for over-exuberance.

Annabel Hepworth reached 3,000 km in 29 days, 15 Hours, 42 Minutes, 22 Seconds.

More milestones were reached by

Stutisheel who went through 2,400Km in 29 days. 11 Hours 26 Minutes, 34 Seconds. And 1500 Miles in 29 Days, 15 Hours, 30 Minutes, 16 Seconds.
Ananda Lahari 1400 miles in 29 days. 11Hours 48Minutes, 11 Seconds. Nina reached 2,000km in 29 Days, 15 Hours, 26 minutes and 48 Seconds.

Average Mileage after 30 days

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Sunday and day 31 at the 3100 Mile race it rained. It rained a lot. The heavy New York rain that leaves rivers running down the sidewalks and the roads. The runners seemed unphased, taking it all in their stride and for most, daily mileage was not affected much, if at all. Early evening it had eased off and evening conditions were more favourable.

Wei-Ming racked up the most miles today with a solid 66.9. He also surpassed another world over 60 men's record, reaching 3,300 Km in 30 Days, 02 Hours,18 Minutes and 56 Seconds and before the end of the day, reached 2,100 Miles. 30 Days, Hours Minutes and Seconds. He finished the day on 2107 miles.

Andrea continues to lead running through 2,200 Miles in 30 Days 4 Hours 24 Minutes and 29 seconds and finishing the day with 63.1 miles and his cumulative total of 2274 Miles. The Flying Finn Ashprihanal Aalto retains second and reached 3,500km in 30 Days, 15 hours 13 Minutes and 54 Seconds, and finished the day on 2183 miles

Today also saw a minor “2,000 Mile Fest” with 3 runners passing the milestone and heading for the final stretch!

Vasu Duzhiy was first, in the middle of the day, recording 30 Days, 6 Hours, 57 Minutes and 12 Seconds.
Next Radu Budan followed less than 30 minutes later recording 30 Days, 7 Hours, 25 Minutes and 33 Seconds
Early in the evening, Budjargal recorded 30 Days 13 Hours 40 Minutes and 19 seconds.

Before taking on the 3100, Budjargol had only raced up to 10 day races with the furthest distance of 1315.509 Km /817.4194 Miles. When asked how it felt to have run 2,000 miles for the first time, he simply replied “Good!” And set off to run another loop. Annabel Hepworth is flying the flag for Australia and went through 1,900 miles in 30 Days, 9 Hours, 37 Minutes and 42 Seconds. Late in the evening another landmark was reached when she reached 3,600 km.

Like many of the runners, she has blister issues, which today’s wet weather didn’t help.

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Another overcast morning greeted the runners at the 3100-mile race, making for good running conditions. Budjargal Byamba again had the highest daily total, with 82.8 Miles. After his impressive start to the race, followed by injury issues, he has slowly grown stronger again, and this was his third straight day over 70 miles. He reached the landmark of 3,000 kilometres in 28 Days,10 Hours, 19 minutes and 45 seconds.

Behind him, Andrea Marcato maintained the race lead, ending the day with 2113 Miles Miles after logging up 68.5 Miles for the day. He passed 2,100 miles in 28 Days, 14 Hours, 36 minutes and 85 seconds. He remains 60 miles ahead of Ashprihanal Aalto.

The Flying Finn became the second runner to reach 2,000 miles in this year's race, recording 28 Days 4 Hours, 37 Minutes and 53 Seconds. It is the 17th time he has reached this milestone in his running career, and he is still comfortably in second place.

Lo Wei-Ming continued his relentless forward progress, going through 3,100 km in 28 Days, 5 hours, 35 minutes and 51 seconds on his way to logging 68.5 Miles for the day. He remains in third place, though Puskar Mullauer finished the day only 16 miles behind him on 1,955 Miles to stay fourth.

Also reaching the 3,000 km mark were the Maldovan Radu Budan along with Vasu Duzhiy. Radu was timed at 28 Days +6:06:33, with Vasu at 28 Days + 05:09:32.

At the end of day 28 and 4 weeks of running, just 5 miles separates them.

The Awesome Australian, Annabel Hepworth, continued in her usual impressive manner, logging 59.7 miles for the day, breezing through 1,800 Miles in 28 Days, + 14:40:48 to finish the day on 1806.4 Miles.