Day 18: Cool and the Dust
photo by Arpan It cooled off nicely for our merry band of thrill-seeker runners as they are negotiating their way through the third week of high-mileage running. Asprihanal Aalto again led the way with 71.344 miles as the weather reminded him of summers in Finland along the fjords and flatlands of Scandinavia. Pranjal Milovnik again [...]
Day 17: Moving Day
photo by Nandana Seven runners passed 60 miles as the last remnants of the four day heatwave left the area. Asprihanal Aalto again topped 70 miles for the fourth straight day with 71.34. Galya V. Balatskyy moved into second place with a 67.50 mile day, a few laps ahead of Pranjal Milovnik who reached 64.75 [...]
The Wall Street Journal did an article on the 3100 mile race which is pretty cool really. Because from that article we’ve had several visitors including a couple that drove all the way down from Boston just to check us out. Another guy came by train from Brooklyn and ran for an hour with Dharbhasana [...]
Day 16; The Heat Continues
photo by Arpan With the heat wave lingering with mid-nineties(30C) temps, our brave if not delirious crew managed to survive and move on. Asprihanal Aalto again ran 70.24 miles to lead the pack, followed by the relentless Pranjal Milovnik with 68.02 miles. Stutisheel Lebedyev(15 days+08:51:31) and Pushkar Mullauer(15 days+14:14:32) both glided through the 1000 mile [...]
Day 15: Thousands of Miles Done: More to Do
photo by Jowan The first four runners went past the 1000 mile split today, something that has not happened in the race in years. Asprihanal Aalto has increased his lead with another 71.34 mile day to nearly 16 miles ahead of Petr Spacil in second place. Pranjal Milovnik is creeping ever so slightly closer to [...]
Two weeks down…
Well, here we are, fourteen days later and still goin. Already the runners are starting to get stronger and stronger. Even with the killer heat they manage to knock those miles back each day. Luckily, each day they change directions adding a little something different. For me though I’m always confused when I arrive as [...]
Day 14: Eight Flog Sixty!
photo by Arpan On a deceptively hot summer day, Asprihanal Aalto regained his touch with 71.3440 miles to pad his first place lead to over ten miles.Nine men survived the competition wars beyond 60 miles. Pranjal Milovnik eventually reached 69.14 miles to impress the crowds for the second time. Surasa Mairer passed 700 miles (700 [...]
Journey To The Unknown
Journey To The Unknown Many people try to understand why a handful of runners would want to run day after day for almost two months around about one half mile concrete surface during the summer months in New York City. Most of these runners have done it more than once, so there is even more [...]
Day 13: Eight Climb Over Sixty
photo by Jowan On a somewhat cooler day than earlier this week, eight of our warrior-runners topped 60 miles. Petr Spacil and Pranjal Milovnik tied for day leader with 69.14 miles. First-timer Dharbhasana Lynn ran his best total today by one lap more(62.5632 miles) as the levels of fitness are revealing new talent within. He [...]
Day 12 – St. Nick in June?
I noticed the faces change of the runners at a certain part of the day. Just before dusk, a little after dinner, the time of day when… Sahishnu arrives. Sahishnu is sort of like Santa Claus I suppose, but instead of bringing wrapped up gifts with ribbons and bows, he brings a better gift, and [...]