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Finnish legend Ashprihanal Aalto made race history again, becoming the first male to ever finish the 3100 mile race twelve times, trailing the immortal Suprabha Beckjord by only one finish. Mr. Aalto placed third this year but remained cheerful throughout the race. Today he ran 65.3 miles to reach the goal in 48 days+16:14:33. He is still the second fastest runner to ever attempt the world’s longest certified footrace, and has the most first places with seven. Pranjal Milovnik will finish on Sunday in the mid-afternoon. He has been a model of consistency and fears nothing that the race can throw at him. Good luck to all ultra runners….

Atmavir Spacil from the Czech Republic finished second in the 3100 Mile Race in a time of 47 days+16:24:52. This was the seventh time in a row that Atmavir completed the 3100.He averaged 65.01 miles per day(104.63 km). He is still ranked seventh all-time for 3100 miles( 45 days,three hours).A large throng attended both finishes of the first and second place men, capping a busy day full of sun and clouds. Ashprihanal will probably finish on Sunday morning, as well as Pranjal Milovnik in the late afternoon. It has been an interesting race, with six finishers still to come. Good luck to all ultra runners.

Vasu Duzhiy,47, from St. Petersburg,Russia won the Seventeenth Annual Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race today, finishing the 5649 laps in 47 days +05:39:00. The race started on June 16th with 12 runners circumnavigating a 0.5488 mile (883 meters) loop in the neighborhood. Mr Duzhiy averaged 65.6 miles per day(105.6 km). He was trailing by over 20 miles with only seven days of running left but made a charge that included four days over 70 miles out of the last six. The whole field had been reeling from a second heat wave lasting seven days in the middle of July. Vasu ran four days faster than his first-time finish of last year(51 days 10 hours). Tonight Atmavir Spacil will finish late in the evening which will be his seventh completion of the longest footrace and his highest placing ever. Stay tuned….

Running his third consecutive day of over 70 miles(72.44) to his total has placed Vasu Duzhiy just 44 laps(24.09 miles) shy of finishing his second straight 3100 miler. The strong Russian has assumed the lead and will finish around 11:00am local time. Second place man Atmavir Spacil should also finish Friday evening, adding to his total finishes at seven straight.On the women’s side, Surasa Mairer ran 64.2 miles to move into fifth place overall. The tough Austrian is getting stronger as the race goes on. Surprisingly,Ananda-Lahari Zuscin had the second best total of the day with 67.5 miles.Mr. Zuscin may be down the list of runners but has the talent to dazzle at any given moment.In all seven runners went past 60 miles on a mostly rainy, cool day and night. The best is yet to come…

On a cloudy, hazy, not too hot but sticky day, Vasu Duzhiy all but cemented an insurmountable lead with a 72.9 mile total. His lead is nearly 20 miles over Atmavir Spacil as the race heads to a conclusion. His mileage today was his best since Day 1. Vasu will probably finish in the noon hour on Friday, barring any health issues or acts of God. In the meantime Surasa Mairer had second best total with 63.6 miles and is within three laps of fifth place. More later…
Vasu Duzhiy: 3000 miles = 45 days+16:55:52

On the 45th day of running towards 3100 miles, the 12 runners continued their quest. Ever-steady Vasu Duzhiy of St. Petersburg,Russia moved into the lead with a sparkling 71.3 miles. With 170 miles to go small leads are not guaranteed. This is the closest the top two men have been this late in the race since 1998, when Hungarian Istvan Sipos dueled two-time winner, American Ed Kelley. Mr. Sipos won in the last two days. Vasu is 7 miles ahead of Atmavir Spacil, who has led this race for a few weeks. Nidhruvi Zimmerman continues to amaze, reaching 2700 miles for the first time in her long running career. Stay tuned as the runners head for the goal….
Yuri Trostenyuk: 2700 miles = 44 days+12:00:05
Nidhruvi Zimmerman: 2700 miles = 44 days+16:58:13

On a deceptively warm afternoon of an otherwise pleasant summer day, the group of 12 runners continued on towards their goals of destiny. Vasu Duzhiy crept within 3.85 miles of the lead(7 laps) with a very strong 64.7 miles. Ashprihanal Aalto ran 62.01 miles to remain solid in third place. Pranjal Milovnik remains ever-steady in fourth. Sarvagata Ukrainskyi rebounded off a poor day before to hold fifth, while the ever steady Surasa Mairer dazzled again with 60.9 and her fastest 2700 mile split. Eight days remain and should yield eight finishers and 12 happy souls as the racers move towards their invisible finish line.Beach days beckon…..
Sarvagata Ukrainskyi: 2700 miles = 43 days+09:11:01
Surasa Mairer: 2700 miles = 43 days+17:41:31

On a hazy, warm summer day with a lot of upper clouds, the pack of 12 put on their survival bibs and carried on. With only nine days left, Vasu Duzhiy pushed on to take day leader honors with 68.6 miles. With a maximum of eight possible finishers in the next week and a half the runners realize that this race is winding down. Atmavir Spacil maintains a large lead and should finish on Friday midday or afternoon. It is almost inconceivable that the race will end soon, but it must.
Ashprihanal Aalto: 2700 miles = 42 days+04:28:57
Pranjal Milovnik: 2700 miles = 42 days+17:27:44

On the special 42nd day of the race, the day Madhupran Wolfgang Schwerk of Germany set the current record for the 3100 miler in 2006(41 days+8 hours), six people went past 60 miles to continue their quest to finish this race in good standing. Vasu Duzhiy and Atmavir Spacil continued their excellence, running 71.3 and 69.6 miles,respectively. These two men also slipped past the 2700 mile barrier, invoking that one-year event( the forerunner of this event) in 1996. The weather cooperated yet another day, with cool pleasant conditions in the early morning and early evening. The days are growing a little shorter and the intensity of the sun has diminished a little. Ten days left….
Atmavir Spacil: 2700 miles = 41 days+04:45:47
Vasu Duzhiy: 2700 miles = 41 days+12:15:50

After 41 days of struggle with the elements, super high mileage on the legs,doubts and fears, Atmavir Spacil looks poised to get this horse in the barn. Mr.Spacil took day honors with 69.6 miles and was as smooth as silk on the tough concrete surface.With only 420 miles to go he is poised to finish on Friday of next week as his lead continues to widen. Pranjal Milovnik shuffled into fourth place with a routine 61 miles. He is aiming for his ninth straight finish. Five of the dozen topped 60 miles as the overall fatigue level is wearing on everyone. Their cheerful spirit, determination and inner strength are keeping them moving forward as the days wind down. Eleven days remain. Keep it going, great souls all.