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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Day 28 of the Sri Chinmoy 3100 Mile Race saw light rain in the morning, humidity rising throughout the day and a string of landmarks reached for most of the runners.

Andrea Marcato continues to lead the way and, at around 11 am this morning, reached 2,000 miles in 27 days 6 Hours, 24 Minutes 13 Seconds.

His 1000 mile splits are

1st 1,000 Miles 13 Days 03 Hours 02 Minutes 08 seconds
2nd 1,000 Miles 14 Days 03 Hours 22 Minutes 05 seconds

“This is the middle part of the race, and I have had ups and downs. I have been unable to keep up the 70-mile-a-day standard I set myself. I expect the last part of the race to be a little more difficult because we pushed extremely hard for the first 1,000 Miles, so now we have to pay a little, but let's see what happens.” - Andrea

Radu continues to stack up the National multi-day records for Moldova. Since he passed 1,000 miles, he has been setting new marks at all intermediate distances. He passed 1,800 miles in 27:06:02:50 and 2,900 Km in 27:06:51:42. He should rack up several more records before the end of the race.

Wei-Ming likewise is re-writing the longer World Masters 60-year age-group records, most of which were set by Scotland’s William Sichel when he ran the race in 2014. The Taiwanese went through 3,000 Km in 27 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes and 14 seconds.

Annabel Hepworth continues to rewrite the Australian National and over 50 records and push her own boundaries. Today, she completed 1700 miles in 27:03:40:53

Budjargal keeps pushing out the furthest distance run by a Mongolian to reach 2,900 km in 27 Days 15:17:27

Away from the record-setting, the other runners reached their own personal landmarks.

Australian Grahak Cunningham reached halfway earlier in the morning, recording 26 Days, 1 hour, 35 minutes and 31 seconds.
Pushkar Mullauer reached 3,000km in 27 Days 10:08:51.
Stutisheel reached 1400 Miles in 27 Days 09:11:40
Ananda-Lahari reached 1,300 Miles in 27 Days 08:30:51 and 2,100km in 27 Days 10:22:17.

- Tarit

Andrea Passes 2,000 miles

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Budjargal Byambaa was the day's leader with a mighty impressive 79.5 miles. Andrea Marcato from Italy retains the overall lead and should pass 2,000 miles today. The 2nd best runner of the day was Wei Ming Lo who ran 69.6 miles to consolidate 3rd place. It is the same as 2023 when Wei Ming Lo got stronger as the race went on. Pushkar Mullauer, back to the race after a long absence has been remarkably steady, consistently posting 65+ mile days. Vasu Duzhiy, a three-time winner is also posting consistent days of 60+ miles to leave him poised with 1,783 miles after 27 days.

Radu Budan is a first-time entrant and has really grown into the race managing to average 65.7 miles so far. First lady and also first-time entrant, Annabel Hepworth from Australia is also managing to produce a consistent daily mileage. She averages 62.4 miles to give herself a good buffer. Stutisheel, Ananda and Nina all have great experiences with this race and persevere with their own daily self-transcendence on this famous course.

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