Day 39, October 7

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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 cloudy in the morning hours today, but the sun finally came out, and the runners started taking advantage of the clear skies. Andrea Marcato was among the leaders, as he usually does. He reached 4500 km in 38:13:05:57. A few hours later Andrea reached the 2,800 mile mark in 38:14:10:00.

Ashprihanal Aalto actually became the Day winner with 68.0 miles on his daily effort. He reached 4300 km in 38:02:43:55, followed by his 17th time reaching the 2,700 mile mark in 38:10:14:00. Wei-Ming Lo reached 2600 miles in 38:05:00:16. Then he encountered the 4200 km in 38:07:05:31 to increase his own third place efforts. Pushkar Mulleur reached 4,100 km in 38:01:12:51. Later he reached 2600 miles in 38:15:36:35.

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The weather was not bad again today, and the middle of the day allowed the runners to get along well with running on the 0.48406 of a mile course. Ashprihanal Aalto was able to resume his excellent running after two days of a head and throat cold.

He and Andrea Marcato eventually reached 132 laps each, around the course. They both moved nine laps closer to the Mongolian wizard Budjargal Byambaa who has led for the last two days. These three men ahead in the race have also pulled the rest of the field forward to their own discovery, as each 3100 mile race has its own exploits revealed in so many ways.

There are still 10 people out of the 12 runners who can at least have a chance to make the last day, or even sooner a happy if not glorious final result. The past history of this event shows an average of about 60 percent will finish the 5,653 laps within the 52 days. There are still 44 days left. We certainly wish all the runners a chance to reach their goals.

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Budjargal Byambaa from Mongolia continued to lead the 3100 with a fine run of 71.3 miles. Ashprihanal Aalto managed 63.07 miles as his strange head cold was starting to fade away.

Andrea Marcato led all 12 runners with 134 laps today, which added him 73.48 miles.

He is now only 4.4 km behind Ashprihanal. Pushkar Muellower maintained another day in fourth place, reaching 504 miles after his solid 7 days. He is still averaging 72.07 miles per day. The very steady Vasu Duzhiyran 69.91 miles today, as a 58-year-old runner, was as smooth as ever. Don’t forget 60-year-old Lo Wei-Ming, the Taiwanese hero who ran 66.98 miles today, which ironically was the same distance as first-timer Radu Budan reached. Annabel Hepworth reached 65.72 miles(105.77 km) as her daily average. And don't forget Nina Huang-Lan Yang has been as steady as any through 7 days, She is averaging 59.38 miles/95.57 km. And after a difficult start, the crowd favourite Grahak Cunningham is now running well above 60 miles a day bringing his average up to 57.42 miles per day, and passing over 400 miles, so Australia is still breathing hope for their all-time national 3100-mile runner.

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