photo by Bryan Derballa
for The Wall Street Journal
After ten days, Asprihanal Aalto and Peter Spacil have passed 700 miles, with the former reaching it in 9 days+14:35:26, and the latter in 9 days+15:44:00. The day was punctuated by summer skies of sun and haze, followed by evening clouds and a fast moving rainstorm. In all eight made it past the 60 mile barrier with Messrs. Aalto and Spacil dead even for the day with 70.24 miles. The runners were buoyed by the Wall Street Journal article about the race, both in print and online. Many photos accompanied the thoughtful article.