Australian runner Grahak Cunningham reached the podium in third place on his way to a record run of 46 days+11:53:48 in the 3100 miler today. He sliced three days,15 hours off his previous first finish from 2007. Mr C. averaged 66.676 miles(107.305 km) per day, making not only a new Aussie record but a giant leap in the alltime list- from 14th to fifth in the rankings. Petr Spacil will finish on saturday evening as the likely next runner across the line. Hot, sunny weather stayed around all day yet the runners continued- endlessly and relentlessly.