On a day mixed with injuries to several runners, flights of sticky heat and cooling thunderstorms, and an athlete oblivious to all that stuff, the race continued on. Ashprihanal Aalto was going great guns until about 9:00 pm when the first thunderstorm hit. He managed to call it a day an hour and a quarter later with 70 miles in hand, and the feeling he could go for much more. Leader Atmavir Spacil danced through the raindrops for 65.8 miles before calling it quits. Pranjal Milovnik slogged on until just before midnight with 65.3 miles, solidly in fifth place and looking upwardly mobile for the time being. I knew he was feeling pretty good when we put out some fresh baked blueberry pie and he quipped,”Ah, finally some real health food.” The race is just starting to take shape. Can’t wait to se how it unfolds. Every year is different, so hang on folks. It is bound to be entertaining if nothing else. And a shout-out to all the folks who brought extra food, goodies and snacks. We love you and so do the runners.