Day 23 With temperatures remaining at or below 80ºF, the runners were able to continue the journey with good mileage forecast. Ashprihanal Aalto ran 76.83 miles to extend his lead over second place to 100 miles. Galya Balatskyy extended his terrific streak to 23 straight days over 70 miles with another 72.44 outing. Vasu Duzhiy in third equaled Galya's total for his seventh foray over 70 in the last nine days. Yuri trostenyuk was still solid in fourth place with 67.5 miles. The first four men are all on PB's up to this point. Surasa Mairer has also been solid for the ladies with 64.2 today as she continues her consecutive days-over -60 streak to 14. Kaneenika Janakova had her best day since Day 16 with 63.1 miles. She is now on the plus side of the mileage barrier needed to finish the race. 

Galya V.  Balatskyy-halfway-21 days+06:30:25  Vasu Duzhiy-halfway-22 days+08:12:48

Yuri Trostenyuk-halfway-22 days+09:53:30

Ashprihanal Aalto-1700 miles-new record-22+01:48:51

old record-Madhupran Schwerk-22 days+08:18:34

Ashprihanal Aalto-2800 km-new record-22 days+09:56:06

old record-Madhupran Schwerk-23 days+00:34:18

Ashprihanal Aalto- 23 days total-new record-1768.2336 miles(2845.6959 km)

old record-Madhupran Schwerk-1737.5008 miles (2796.2363 km)

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The 27th Annual Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race

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