Day 38 – The Heat Continues
Post by Sahishnu: The heat continued but skies were hazy and cloudy as Asprihanal Aalto again reached 70 miles and the leading three set the standard again with fine performances. Asprihanal garnered 70.24 miles, followed by Galya Balatskyy with 67.5 and then Pranjal Milovnik with 64.75 miles. Atmavir Petr Spacil went for 61.46 miles on [...]
Day 37 – Hellish Conditions
Day 37 Post by Sahishnu: The hellish conditions could not dampen the fire of Asprihanal Aalto as the slender Finn maintained good form throughout and reached 71.34 miles. He has extended the lead to 18 and a half miles and counting.That is four consecutive days of 70+ miles or . Galya Balatskyy ran 66.40 miles [...]
Day 36 Another Roaring Hot Day in New York
Post by Sahishnu: On a roaring hot day in New York, Asprihanal Aalto ran his third consecutive day over 70 miles with a 71.89 mile day, extending his lead to 14 miles over both Pranjal Milovnik and Galya Balatskyy. Mr. Balatskyy moved into second place by one thin lap (68.6 miles to 63.6 miles on [...]
Aalto Reclaims the Top Branch
Sahishnu’s internet connection is down. I am publishing his posts for the time-being . . . [Medur] Post by Sahishnu: Day 35: Aalto Reclaims the Top Branch Asprihanal Aalto wasted little time in exerting his influence on the topmost branches of the race-tree today by whipping out a 71.8928 mile day- under oppressive heat and [...]
Cathy Oerter and Stutisheel
By Stutisheel The nineteenth day of the race. 5.23pm local time. The weather has been indulging these days: it’s only moderately hot, even cool and a little windy. However, the runners are having different paces. Petya has recovered and is hopping like a rabbit. Balatsky had stomach problems yesterday, but did manage to do a [...]
Thoughts from a Champion, Dipali Cunningham
By Dipali Cunningham My name is Dipali Cunningham and I have been a member of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team for 30 years and competing in multiday events for nearly twenty years. My first multiday was a seven day race and like any beginner I endured the challenges and discomforts of running nearly twenty hours [...]
Bobybuilding Legend Mahasamrat Bill Pearl Visits the Race
Mahasamrat Bill Pearl and his wife Bhavatarini Judy Pearl take time from their busy schedule to say hello to the runners and offer them encouragement.
Queens Borough President Visits the Race
During the inauguration of the new ballfield at Joe Austin Park in early July, City Councilman Jimmy Gennaro and Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall found time to say hello to the runners and wish them well.
Day 34: The Race is Warming Up
Colorful Bottles photo by ArpanPost by Sahishnu Asprihanal Aalto again led the way with 70.79 miles as the temps and humidity increased. Galya Balatskyy hustled to reach 68.6 miles and draw within six miles of the overall leader – Pranjal Milovnik. Dharbhasana Lynn reached 2000 miles for the first time and looked great doing it [...]
Day 33: Top Three and More
Purna-Samarpan and Pushkar photo by Jowan The top three had good days but are quite close to one another in miles and laps completed. Pranjal Milovnik leads six-time winner Asprihanal Aalto by seven miles but dropped three miles to the thin Finn. Ukrainian Galya V. Balatskyy ran 66.95 miles to close within 19 laps of [...]