Day 49: A Tireless Pioneer

Stutisheel Lebedyev finished his eighth 3100 mile race in ten attempts with a personal best of 48 days+03:57:19, which averages to 64.36 miles per day(103.58 km). He moved from 20th ranked up to 16th with this fine effort. He was the fifth finisher so far in the world’s longest, continuous ultra marathon. Sarah Barnett moved to within 78 miles of finishing- probably Monday morning,late. William Sichel of Scotland is promising to finish monday evening with a flurry of activity from his arsenal of running tricks. Jayasalini Olga Abramovskikh is still on pace to finish on the last day.