Category: 3100 Mile Race

Grahak Cunningham moved a day closer to his personal record breaking run, finishing with a 69.14 mile day. Mr. C led a group of six runners to get above 60 miles for the day.The 90º temps and high,sticky humidity finally left for a string of thunderstorms that hit the Northeast. The end of Heat wave #4 was a welcome sign for runners to breathe a little easier.

Heat wave 4 has been taking its toll on our band of runners. Only two men made it past 60 miles-Grahak Cunningham with 71.34, and Pranjal Milovnik with 65.30.The rest of the field did what they could to keep cool and hydrated and accept depleted returns with high temps, higher humidity and very little breezes.. You just can’t mess with Mother Nature, as the saying goes. One more day and then the weather will clear out a bit. Until then, let’s hope everyone makes it to the start tomorrow.

Grahak Cunningham has been brilliant all race. With heat wave 4.0 in town(94º,sticky, no breeze, more tomorrow)n Mr C put pedal to the heated tarmac and completed 75.18 miles. Sarvagata Ukrainskyi came closest with 72.99. Pranjal Milovnik ran 65.85 and Pushkar Mullauer completed 64.2 miles. The top seven all bested 60 miles, so whether or not, the weather did not affect our weary travelers.But can they handle another hot day or two? Stay tuned…

Medur, our indispensable ‘computer guy’, has generated two somewhat confusing looking charts. Actually, as you look closer at the charts, it becomes clear as to what is going on. As it states below the first chart: “The above chart displays the relative position of the runners as a percentage of the total combined cumulative distance run each day.  The cutoff is the distance required to finish the race within the official race duration of 52 days.” And the second chart: “This chart plots the actual daily mileage of each runner. The cutoff is the daily distance of 59.6 miles required to complete the race in 52 days.” Also included is the color associated with each runner. So, I hope this is clear to you. I am still looking for the green line in chart one. To get a clearer picture of the charts please link to http://3100.srichinmoyraces.org/3100-results-2012.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The preamble to the next heatwave (HW4) today was in the high eighties with high humidity and nary a breeze. Yet, Grahak Cunningham fashioned a 72.99 mile day to take back nearly six and a half miles for his lead over Sarvagata Ukrainsky. The latter went past the 2000 mile split for the second time in his brief multi day career( 2000 miles = 28 days +10:00:00). Five of the weary warriors went past 60 miles on a very difficult breathing day.Only late evening thunderstorms returned a little cool air to the mix.

While  Stutisheel keeps piling on the miles, his countryman and handler Satyagraha tries his best to keep up with him. It is not an easy job to keep up with one of the top runners but Satyagraha seems to be doing fine. But just how busy is Satyagraha?  To determine how many miles he runs just keeping up with Stutisheel, a GPS Athletic Performance Monitor was attached to Satyagraha. And, by the end of a normal day Satyagraha accumulated 27 Km. Not bad for someone who is suppose to just hand his runner food and water!

While taking a year off from the 3,100 Mile Race,  seven time winner Ashprihanal of Finland stopped by the race en route to a one month climb in Peru. He promises to be back next year, but needed some time off. A challenging climb in Peru is just what the doctor ordered. Posing with the seven time champion is the second place runner, Sarvagata.

Pretty impressive group of runners, these guys are. Grahak Cunningham, the little engine that could, with a big heart mind you, passed 2000 miles today (27 days+17:21:08), which means his second 1000 miles was run in 14+00:41:46, which is a great time in its own right. Sarvagata Ukrainskyi, who is trying to catch Grahak,, led the way yet again today with 71.34 miles, his seventh straight day above 70 miles. Grahak and Sarvagata are averaging 71.501 miles and 70.038 miles per day, respectively. Today the first seven men went past 60 miles for the day, and they represent the most likely to reach the distant goal of 3100 miles.More later

On a sticky, warm New York summer day,Grahak Cunningham and Sarvagata Ukrainskyi waged a friendly joust, with both men passing seventy miles(72.44 versus 77.38).Sarvagata has gone over 75 miles per day the last six days in a row In all, seven men went past the sixty mile barrier again. Pushkar Mullauer is having his best race ever, fashioning another 68 mile day.

Day 26 ended with half the field dreaming of sugar plums or perhaps finishing, and the other half not so sure. Sarvagata Ukrainskyi fashioned his fifth straight day over 75 miles as he has whittled a 77 mile lead from Grahak Cunningham down to 47 miles. This is still a formidable challenge but Mr. Ukrainskyi does not back down from challenges, so the race could be tight at the end .Pushkar Mullauer ran 67.5 miles to continue his fine journey and Vasu Duzhiy reached 65.3 miles, his best total since Day 5. In all, six men topped 60+ miles on a warm, sunny day.