photo by Arpan
On a warm, humid sticky day in Queens, NY, Aussie Grahak Cunningham ran to a new Australian record by finishing second in the 3100 mile race in 44 days+09:08:58. Grahak averaged 69.857 miles per day (112.417 km). He becomes the third-ranked runner at the distance in the world, moving up from the fifth spot and besting his previous outing by over two days. Czech Republic runner Petr Spacil led the day with 71.34 miles and is poised to finish his journey around 10am on Wednesday morning. The battle for fourth spot still wages on as Vladimir Balatsky leads Pranjal Milovnik by 11 laps.