At a few minutes before midnight, American woman Suprabha Beckjord,52,completed the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race for a record 12th time, reaching the line in 56 days+17:51:22. The petite gift-shop owner from Washington,DC averaged 54.634 miles per day(87.925 km). She has run 39,900 miles on the concrete half-mile loop around the neighborhood the last 13 summers, and is also the oldest finisher of 3100 miles in race history. A total of eleven runners completed the distance this year out of a field of 14, with six claiming personal bests from one hour to four days better.
On a pleasant evening, Ananda Lahari Zuscin knocked out 66.40 miles to reach the 3100 mile goal for the fourth time in his multiday career (55 days +16:47:36). He averaged 55.658 miles per day(89.573 km) and was finisher number 10. Earlier in the evening, Pavol Saraz reached his secondary goal of 2700 miles, the longest distance he has ever covered. Suprabha Beckjord needs 50.3 miles on Sunday to complete the 3100 mile race for the twelveth time in a row -an amazing record.
Austrian distance runner Diganta Adhikari finished the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race in 53 days+11:39:50 today, his third finish in three attempts. Welshman Abichal Watkins should reach the summit by 6:00 pm Friday, as he has only 37+ miles to go.
Petr Spacil led the charge with 65.85 miles today, leaving himself with only 85 laps(47+ miles) to go for a new PB at superlong distance. Steady performer Pranjal Milovnik has moved only one lap behind fifth place with only 103 miles left to run. Six of the ten remaining athletes reached 60 miles or better.
Asprihanal Aalto moved ever closer to the 3100 mile finish line with another 71.89 mile day-equalled by Pranab Vladovic who has a streak going of six straight days over 70 miles. The star of the moment may have been Stutisheel Lebedyev’s 126 lap, 69.15 mile day- his best distance of the race! It appears likely that Asprihanal will finish on Tuesday morning. Mr Aalto is still averaging over 70 miles per day this year.
Pranab Vladovic copped day honors again with 68.05 miles, gaining about three miles on leader Asprihanal Aalto. Yet, he remains 118 miles behind the Finn. Asprihanal went through the 2000 mile split for the eighth time in his sparkling running life (28 days+08:49:59). Asprihanal remarked ” I realized again today that this is a long race. I hope that I can continue to tell jokes and be cheerful through the long days.” If this race is long for the elite, it must be even longer for the average super-long distance runner. God bless them all.
One feature about the 3100 mile race is that it hard to comprehend the distance of the race; it is something far beyond our usual concept of a running race. It is widely accepted that several months of training are required to run a marathon; to complete a marathon of 26 miles is no mean feat. The 3100 mile race is the equivalent of running 118 marathons back to back.
To many of us it is hard enough to run 2 miles everyday. If we ran 2 miles everyday it would take 4 years, 2 months (or 1,550 days) to complete the race. It will take some of the runners less than 50 days to complete the race averaging 60-70 miles a day. The record for the 3100 mile race is 41 days set by Madhupran Wolfgang Schwerk of Germany in 2006.
The 3100 Mile race is run on a short .5488 loop. But, if it was place to place. 3100 miles could involve:
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