Great weather today, it was sunny the whole day. The evening and the night were not that cold as yesterday.
The fourth day in a row made for running well. In Abhinabhas words:
“It was a real Indian summer day with temperatures reaching 20 Celsius.
All the runners enjoyed the beautiful golden sunlight.” The helpers' highlight was playing Frisbee this afternoon.
Nirbhasa tried to get back some strength with walking and also taking little longer breaks. He closed at midnight with 83,4 km.
Andrea had difficulties in the morning. Ran better and better during the day and had a Grande finale at midnight with three 7 min laps. That brought him today’s victory and one lap more than yesterday, 116,8 km.
Abhinabha’s analysis: “Andrea looks incredibly fresh, like he just started running today. He keeps his relentless pace from morning to evening. His voice also does not betray any sign of fatigue. “
Ushika had also a rough morning but like Andrea he made a great day out of it reaching 101,2 km, which brought him again second place.
Ananda Lahari was walking again and covered 75,1 km. As always he was soulful and cheerful.
Milan is back! He was jogging in a very good mood and reached 94,9 km. Third place for the day.
Priyavadin
Stats
Andrea Marcato- 2700 miles- 38:03:22:30 NR, PB, Fifth fastest all-time
Nirbhasa Magee-2400 miles- 38:04:14:50
Ushika Muckenhumer- 3800km- 38:08:36:35
Milan Javornicky- 2000 miles- 38:14:11:08
Andrea’s 2700-mile time has meaning. In the history of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team and its exploits into multi-day running races, the 2700 Mile Race was the one-year precedent of the 3100 Mile Race. Georgs Jermolajevs of Latvia set the world best for 2700 miles in 1996, reaching the historic distance in 40days+11:49:07 (63.504miles/ 102.199km) per day. Sri Chinmoy upped the goal the following year to 3100 miles.
As the years went by and the 3100 Mile Race attracted more great runners from around the world, the extended goal was pushed to almost untouchable realms of speed. The current record for the 2700-mile split is held by Ashprihanal Aalto, set in the 2015 record year in New York- 35 days+03:34:45- an average of 76.815 mi / 123.622 km per day.
We shall see if Andrea can hold his form for about five more full days in order to reach the 3100-Mile goal. In the meantime, good luck to all five of the runners, for they are placing themselves into history collectively as well as individually. The body, when energized with inspiration and aspiration, can perform amazing feats. All 48 finishers of the 3100 in the world and many others who have run for many days of high mileage over weeks and months, from county borders to nation borders, or on a loop of 1.04366km(Salzburg) or 883.2079 meters (New York) can attest to the hope of forward movement each day, unbroken by doubt, untouched by lethargy.
Go Fab Five!
The top five at 2700 miles in event history now:
- Ashprihanal Aalto, Finland 2700 mi- 35:03:34:45
- Madhupran Wolfgang Schwerk, Germany 2700 mi- 35:14:01:21
- Galya V Balatskyy, Ukraine 2700 mi- 37:08:09:47
- Grahak Cunningham, Australia 2700 mi- 37:15:09:55
- Andrea Marcato, Italy 2700 mi- 38:03:22:30
Sahishnu
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