Day 8 - 3100 Mile Race

By Tarit Stott
6 September

Andrea first to 500 miles

At around 2 pm this afternoon, Andrea Marcato became the first runner to reach 500 miles, in a time of 6 days, 9 hours, 1 minute and 18 seconds.

He first ran 500 miles in a 10-day race back in 2017. As far as we can make out, this is the 17th time he has reached the distance in a competitive race: seven times in the 3,100 Mile Race, five times in the Sri Chinmoy 10-Day Race in Sofia, Bulgaria, and five times in the Sri Chinmoy 10-Day Race in New York. It is an impressive record.

Some years the 500-mile efforts come just a few days apart. He has been known to run the Sri Chinmoy 10-Day in New York in the last week of April, then line up again in early May for the Sri Chinmoy 10-Day in Sofia. It is all part of preparing his body to run for weeks on end when he takes on the 3,100. He certainly has the capacity to recover quickly from these remarkable distances.

Because the exact 500-mile mark isn't always recorded when a runner carries on to a longer distance, it is hard to know what his best time for the distance really is. One can only wonder how fast he might run it if he prepared specifically for a 500-mile race, rather than treating these as training runs for future adventures.

This table shows average mileage after week 1. To finish within 52 days requires daily average of 59.6. This shows how the top 7 runners are above the minimum daily average and have a positive mileage buffer.

DAILY STATS

A busy day for milestones. Five runners went through 400 miles, and there was a change in the top five.

  • Andrea Marcato recorded 65.9 miles, his lowest daily total of the race so far, but it still leaves him on 530.9 miles and comfortably clear at the front.
  • Radu Budan was again within touching distance of the leader's daily figure, adding 66.9 miles for a cumulative total of 484.2 miles. He remains second, 46.7 miles behind.
  • Annabel Hepworth did exactly as expected and passed 400 miles, closing the day with 63.1 miles and a total of 459.0. Seven days in, every one of her daily totals has fallen between 62.5 and 64.7 miles, apart from her opening 80.1 — remarkable consistency.
  • Wei Ming Lo had the best day in the field with 67.4 miles, his highest of the race. It moves him past Vasu and into fourth place on 449.1 miles.
  • Vasu Duzhiy bounced back from yesterday's low with 63.6 miles, for a total of 445.3 miles. He slips to fifth, but only 3.8 miles separates him from Wei Ming Lo.
  • Nayaja Perugini added 61.5 miles to reach 440.4. Having trailed Nina by a single lap on day 4, she now leads their private contest by just over six miles.
  • Nina Huang-Lan recorded 59.2 miles for a total of 434.3 miles, and is still well within range of Nayaja.
  • Ananda-Lahari Zuscin improved again with 52.6 miles, taking him to 386.6 and leaving him poised to pass 400 tomorrow.
  • Stutisheel Lebedev followed yesterday's season-best with another strong day of 56.4 miles, closing on 364.1 miles.

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