Day 24: Keep On Keepin’ On

It hit 90º F (29-30 C) today, with a strong sun and light breezes, enough to force people on holiday to the beach, but not enough to stop our splendid runners from applying their best to the task. Six runners made it past the 60-mile plateau, but only the first five are on pace to finish. Sopan Tsekov and Surasa Mairer are only three miles apart, in 3rdand 4th place , respectively, and both put up 62 mile days to pad their cushion. Ushika Muckenhumer has a ten-mile cushion on the needed pace to finish, and looks steady and ready to move along at fifth place.

Kaneenika Janakova had her best day since Day 13, also touching 62 miles. She is over 40 miles behind pace, but has the capability to claw back to even par by the last week if all goes well. William Sichel is just over 30 miles off the pace, and he, too, has the chops needed to bring back the deficit. We will see how the race plays out, and who has the determination to triumph over adversity- and themselves!

Good luck to all ultra-runners out there, and to lovers of self-transcendence. The surf is up!