The weather was near perfect again today, the temps stayed moderate, the runners felt a little better and more engaged, since this chosen sport of multi-day running and racing requires deep commitment and a strong will to surmount the toughest of obstacles. Andrea Marcato, the Italian athlete with impressive performances, is beginning to click. He reached 75.1856 (120.99km) miles today, again running the last two laps in 9:00 minutes like the previous two nights. He does not look worse for wear when the night is over. He is the new wave of runners who challenge the difficult events with confidence, and sheer energy, as well as remarkable powers of recovery. He is not wearing carbon-plated, controversial shoes, he is just unveiling his abilities, lap after lap, often without someone to hand him food or a few drinks of fruit juice as he wizzes past. Meanwhile, Vasu Duzhiy, in second position, had to settle for 68.05 miles (109.51km), and dropped back about 6 miles more to the Italian leader Andrea. Wei Ming Lo ran 62.56 miles (100.68km) to keep in the mix for a solid finish. Harita Davies remained in fourth overall, but worked hard to get the 109 laps needed to maintain her cushion of laps. Overall, five runners made it past 60 miles. Takasumi Senoo from Japan showed more snap in his step, running well throughout the day. 

More later

Results

   Laps   total     miles     miles total      km          km total               

Andrea Marcato

Day

1  149   149       81.7712    81.7712    131.5979  131.5979

2  147   296       80.6736  162.4448    129.8315  261.4294

3  137   433       75.1856  237.6304    120.9994  382.4288

 

Vasu Duzhiy

1  153   153       83.9664    83.9664   135.1308   135.1308

2 140    293     76.8320  160.7984   123.6491   258.7799 

3  124   417       68.0512   228.8496  109.5177   368.2976

 

Wei Ming Lo

1 147   147      80.6736     80.6736   129.8315   129.8315

2 122   269      66.9536   147.6272   107.7513   237.5828

3 114   383      62.5632   210.1904   100.6857   338.2685

 

Harita Davies

1 128   128     70.2464     70.2464     113.0506  113.0506

2 120   248     65.8560   136.1024     105.9849  219.0355

3 109   357     59.8192   195.9216       96.2696  315.3051

 

Ananda-Lahari Zuscin

1 115   115     63.1120     63.1120    101.5689    101.5689

2 121   236     66.4048   129.5168    106.8681    208.7362

3 113   349     62.0144   191.5312      99.8024    308.5386

   

Stutisheel Lebedev

1 130   130      71.3440     71.3440    114.8170   114.8170

2 103   233      56.5264   127.8704      90.9712   205.7882

3 108   341      59.2704   187.1408      95.3872   301.1754

 

Takasumi Senoo

1 118   118     64.7584     64.7584    104.2185   104.2185

2 108   226     59.2704   124.0288      95.3864   199.6049

3 110   336     60.3680   184.3968      97.1528   296.7577

An overcast but non-threatening weather summary for the runners of the Infinite road was squashed by slight breezes, which pushed any showers out of the picture. Andrea Marcato is transending his race into faster and more powerful runs. He ran 76.28 miles/122.76 km enroute to his third-best day of the entire 32 so far. In distant second-place rocks the light sandals of Wei-Ming Lo to his own drumbeat, a quick, almost jovial arm suggests he is in the moment, regardless of the time.

Vasu Duzhiy is pulling out all the stops to remain on the podium. He has had his share of difficult injuries this race, but right now he seems to be firing on all cylinders. He will hit 2000 miles mid-morning. 

Wei-Ming Lo- 2000 miles- 31:03:11:29

Takasumi Senoo- 3000km- 31:04:37:13

5 September

Seven runners started at 6:00am EDT from the start-line on a sidewalk course known as the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, a 0.5488 of a mile loop that would be duplicated 5649 times in the span of seven and a half weeks, if you were lucky to finish. The race had missed its usual venue in the Queens, New York suburbs in 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic which hit the Big Apple extremely hard.

Miraculously, the SCMT from Salzburg, Austria ventured into the multi-day running world and sponsored the 3100 Mile race in a beautiful park setting with a small field to keep the streak going.

Neighbors and passers-by expressed their joy and positive vibes as the race returned to its customary position, a fixture for 24 years previously.

Taiwan icon Wei-Ming Lo led the charge for nearly 10 hours before the effort of a few younger runners brought them close to equaling Mr Lo. 

Ultimately, Vasu Duzhiy from St.Petersburg, Russia prevailed with 83.9664 miles (138.1308km) for the day. Andrea Marcato, the erstwhile runner from Italy who won the Salzburg race last fall in sparkling effort in 43 days, 12 hours, throttled up late in Day 1 to notch 81.77 miles (131.59 km). Wei Ming Lo, happy with his effort, topped 80.6736 miles (129.8315km) to open his journey. Stutisheel Lebedev from Kiev, Ukraine a nine-time finisher, capped off a solid day with 71.344 miles (114.817km), and held fourth place. Harita Davies, the only woman in the race this year went for an opening PB of 70.2464 miles(113.0506 km).

World Rankings for 3100 Mile Finishers:  1997- 2022  43 Men, 9  Women     All Venues

All events by Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team except Athens 2020

• Results of Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race (1997-2022)

Also as pdf - World Rankings for 3100 Mile Finishers

 Rank   Time             Name                                                     Daily average- miles         km          month, year         venue              

   days,hours,min,sec                                                                                                                                                                                          # finishes

1.   40 +09:06:21  Ashprihanal Aalto,44,Finland                                    76.776     123.559   6/14-7/24-15    New York                     16

2.   41 +08:16:29  Madhupran W. Schwerk,50,Germany                      74.983     120.674   6/11-7/22-06    New York                       4

3.   42 +17:38:38  Andrea Marcato,39, Italy                                             72.544    116.748    9/5-10/17-21    New York                       3

4.   42 +17:39:59  Galya V. Balatskyy,43,Ukraine                                   72.542    116.745    6/14-7/26-15    New York                       3

5.   43 +10:36:39  Grahak Cunningham,35,Australia                            71.363    114.848    6/17-7/30-12    New York                       4   

6.   44 +06:10:42  Vasu Duzhiy,49,Russia                                        70.049    112.732    6/14-7/28-15    New York                     10

7.   44 +06:58:10  Sarvagata Ukrainskyi,41,Ukraine                             69.996    112.648    6/15-7/29-14    New York                       4

8.   44 +13:32:04  Ayojan Stojanovich,43,Serbia                                                     69.566    111.956    6/11-7/27-06    New York                       3

9.   45 +02:30:07  Igor Mudryck,37, Ukraine                                           68.733    110.615    6/12-7/27-11    New York                       1

10. 45 +03:44:21  Atmavir P. Spacil,30, Czech Republic                      68.655    110.489    6/14-7/29-09    New York                       9

11. 45 +13:49:54  Pranab Vladovic,32, Slovakia                                                      68.022    109.470    6/15-7/30-08    New York                       4

12. 45 +16:45:21  Yuri Trostenyuk,50, Ukraine                                     67.840    109.178    6/14-7/29-15    New York                       4

13. 46 +03:24:48  Kobi Oren,26, Israel                                                     67.187    108.127    6/17-8/02-18    New York                       1

14. 46 +15:01:43  Wei-Ming Lo,58, Taiwan (ROC)                                66.489    107.005    9/04-10/19-22  New York                      2

15. 46 +17:02:06  Istvan Sipos, 39, Hungary                                           66.367    106.808    6/13-7/29-98    New York                       1

16. 47 +04:10:35  Hans-Jurgen Schlotter,43, Germany                       65.717    105.762    6/11-7/28-06    New York                       1

17. 47 +04:19:49  Pranjal Milovnik,38, Slovakia                                    65.709    105.748    6/13-7/30-10    New York                     10

18. 47 +05:39:58  Edward Kelley,41, USA                                                65.628    105.618    6/13-7/30-98    New York                       3

19. 47 +17:10:25  Nicolae Buceanu,40, Romania                                   64.969    104.557    1/16-3/04-20    Athens                           1

20. 48 +03:57:19  Stutisheel Lebedyev,44, Ukraine                              64.366    103.587    6/15-8/02-14    New York                     10

21. 48 +04:13:54  Smarana Puntigam,36, Austria                                 64.351    103.562    6/17-8/04-07    New York                       8

22. 48 +04:18:38  Namitabha Arsic,35, Serbia                                       64.346    103.555    6/18-8/05-00    New York                       5

23. 48 +05:02:44  Kurunga Michael Peel,37, Austria                            64.305    103.489    6/13-7/31-04    New York                       1

24. 48 +08:22:16  Pushkar C. Mullauer,40, Switzerland                      64.121    103.192    6/17-8/04-12    New York                       3

25. 48+ 09:04:57  Nirbhasa Magee,39, Ireland                                       64.082    103.129    6/16-8/03-19    New York                      4

26. 48 +14:24:10  Kaneenika Janakova,47, Slovakia   +1 W                63.789    102.659    6/18-8/05-17    New York                       3

27. 49 +04;34:21  Pawel Zuk,45, Poland                                                  63.021    101.422    1/16-3/05-20    Athens                            1

28. 49 +07:52:01  Surasa Mairer,56, Austria                 +2 W               62.848    101.144    6/14-8/02-15    New York                       4

29. 49 +09:42:19  Ananda-Lahari Zuscin,44, Slovakia                         62.751    100.988    6/16-8/04-19    New York                       6

30. 49 +11:27:55  Ushika Muckenhumer,53, Austria                           62.666    100.852    9/13-11/1-20    Salzburg                         2

31. 49 +14:30:54  Suprabha Beckjord,42, USA              +3 W               62.494    100.574    6/13-8/01-98    New York                     13

32. 50 +02:44:08  Rimas Jakelaitis,47, Lithuania                                   61.862       99.558    6/16-8/05-02    New York                      1

33. 50 +03:36:01  Trishul Cherns,42, Canada                                         61.815       99.481    6/20-8/09-99    New York                      3

34. 50 +03:55:08  Sarah Barnett,38,Australia                +4 W              61.802       99.460    6/15-8/04-14    New York                     1

35. 50 +11:52:27  Digantha Adhikari,26, Austria                                   61.395       98.807    6/11-7/31-06    New York                     4

36. 50 +13:23:14  Harita Davies,44, New Zealand        +5 W              61.319       98.683  9/5-10/25-21    New York                       3

37. 50 +15:06:04  William Sichel,60,Scotland UK                                  61.233       98.545    6/15-8/04-14    New York                      1

38. 50 +13:48:57  Sopan Tsekov,25,Bulgaria                                          61.297       98.649    6/11-7/31-06    New York                      2

39.  50: +16:23:53    Susan Marshall,38, New Zeland        +6 W              61.087       98.311    9/4-24/10-22   New York                       1

40. 51 +09:54:59  Nidhruvi Zimmerman,47,Austria     +7 W              60.299       97.042    6/16-8/06-13    New York                      1

41. 51 +10:04:37  Arpan DeAngelo,52, USA                                            60.291       97.028    6/13-8/03-04    New York                      1

42. 51 +12:30:32  Jayasalini Abramovskikh,33 Russia +8 W             60.173       96.839    6/15-8/05-14    New York                      1

43. 51 +12:50:52  Takasumi Senoo, 39,Japan                                         60.156       96.812  9/5-10/26-21    New York                       1

44. 51 +13:17:32  Dharbhasana Lynn,34 New Zealand                       60.134       96.777    6/13-8/03-10    New York                      1

45. 51 +17:00:13  Yolanda Holder,59, USA                        +9W             59.955       96.488    6/18-8/08-17    New York                      1

46. 51 +17:08:38  Todor Dimitrov, 44, Bulgaria                                    59.948       96.477    6/16-8/06-19    New York                       1

47. 53 +09:03:25  Pradeep Hoogakker,33,Netherlands                       58.080       93.471    6/12-8/04-11    New York                       1

48. 54 +11:34:37  Abichal Watkins,47,Wales-UK                                 56.902       91.575    6/15-8/08-08    New York                       5

49. 54 +14:26:40  Baladev P. Saraz,33,Slovakia                                     56.777       91.375    6/14-8/07-09    New York                       1

50. 54 +15:39:14  Rathin M Boulton,31, Australia                                56.725       91.289    6/13-8/06-06    New York                       3

51. 54 +23:45:28  Clerberton Souza Oliveira, 41, Brazil                      56.374       90.726    1/16-3/11-20    Athens                             1

52. 59 +05:51:19  Daniele Alimonti, 54, Italy                                          52.326       84.211    1/16-3/15-20    Athens                             1