Day 40

Only three made it past 60+ miles today, as a last-gasp, summer past, warm front visited the area.

Andrea Marcato continued the speed journey phase of his run, adding a third 74.08 miles total (119,23km) in three days, Vasu Duzhiy went past the 4000 km and 2500 mile marks for the ninth time in his 3100 saga.

Vasu Duzhiy- 4000km- 39:12:46:21

2500 miles- 39:16:46:24

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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.

Andrea Marcato reached the 2,900 mile mark in 40:03:53:30. About six hours later he reached 4,700 km in 40:09:15:15. He has about 149 miles to finish the 3100 mile race. Budjargal Byambaa reached another consecutive 80-mile day, so he is definitely scheduled to finish, at least in seventh place, or even faster, as there are onl 11 days remaining of the 52 day event. Budja is averaging 63.361 miles per day/101.97 km.

Ashprihanal Aalto went past 2800 miles in 40:01:05:26 today, as it was his 17th time past 2800 miles, and a 300-mile distance to his next finish line of 3100-mile races.

Wei-Ming Lo went past 4000 km this morning in 40:03:14:02.
Pushkar Mullour went past 4000km in 40:00:50:06 today. He also reached the 2700 miles mark in 40:08:11:56.

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The surprise today was the excellent performance by Budjargal Byambaa who reached 149 laps, which resulted in 81.7 miles/ 131.48km. He reached the 4000 km mark in 39:11:26:00 in the late afternoon. Then around 8 pm he became on fire while reaching the 2500 mile mark in 39:14:31:30. His laps were from 6:00 to 7:00 minutes each, which pilled up a great running day. His overall daily totals now reached 62.943 miles/ 101.2 9 km per day. He has moved into the finish realm, as there are still 12 days left in the race.

Meanwhile #1 Andrea Marcato reached 4600 km in 39:11:04:30. He is planning to finish his 3100 this Friday night or Saturday morning. He is only 217 miles away from the finish line, so he has options when his fifth finish line happens. He is averaging 72.1 miles per day. Wei-Ming Lo reached 2700 miles for the fourth time in his brilliant running career, the numbers were 39:13:12:32. He is averaging 67.97 miles per day/ 109.39 km. Radu Budan reached 2600 miles today for the first time in his running life as a first-time 3100-mile runner- 38:16:44:57. He has 12 days to reach the 3100-mile finish line. Right now he is averaging 65.04 miles per day/104.67 km.

Averages After Day 40