Atmavir Spacil of the Czech Republic increased his lead over the rest of the field with a fine 70.24 miles today, his seventh result over seventy miles since the race started on June 16. In all, nine of the dozen runners made it past the 60 mile barrier again. This was a more impressive revelation when one considers that the temps topped 93ºF for much of the afternoon. The top five men are all averaging over 65 miles a day so far. A light sprinkle was the only rain to reach the race, even at 11:35pm. We are almost at 1/5 of the race completed with much more still to go.