Asprihanal Aalto again padded his lead with 70.24 miles today, his seventh straight day of 70+ miles. Many in the field struggled mightily as the adjustment to high mileage and stress allowed for only seven runners to pass 60+ miles. There were some queasy stomachs and tired muscles which forced a few athletes to back off and retire early for the night. In other words-business as usual. The long term prognosis is good, however, for this band of warriors will face many a test before they reach the goal- you can bank on it! Smarana Puntigam and Stutisheel Lebedyev both ran 65.85 miles to move up the ranks a little.