Category: 3100 Mile Race

Grahak Cunningham and Sarvagata Ukrainskyi are dueling for supremacy, but Grahak still clings to the lead. 74.63 miles normally will win the day, But today Sarvagara’s 76.83 miles are at the top of the group. Pranjal Milovnik slipped by with 68.5 miles. Six men were fortunate to get past 60 miles as temperatures and sticky air are lower than normal.

Seven of eleven made it past sixty miles today, led by the indomitable will of Sarvagata UkrainskyI . The young man from Verdansk,Ukraine reached 79.57 miles today, which was farther than anyone else could do. Thirteen of the last 15 days Sarvagata has run beyond 70 miles for each day.

No rain this time;no humidity. Just pure, inspiring competition. Sarvagata Ukrainskyi led with 77.92, followed closely by leader Grahak Cunningham with 77.38. Both men stayed until the stroke of midnight. No quarter given. Just inspired running that pulled the first eight men past 60 miles as well. Sarvagata glided past the halfway point in 22 days+10:57:15. Grahak has put up 70 miles or more in 15 of the last 17 days; Sarvagata 12 of the last 14.

Grahak Cunningham slipped past the halfway point of the race in 21 days+11:04:33. He is averaging 71.67 miles per day(115.34 km). Sarvagata Ukrainskyi ran 75.18 miles to become day leader, but he only gained six laps on the determined Aussie.By nightfall the humidity levels were lower and breathing was not a problem for any of the runners.

With half the field getting over 60 miles and Aussie Grahak Cunningham lighting up 76.28 miles on his card the inimitable eleven
ran on, impervious to heat wave 3. Grahak will reach halfway (1550 miles) Sunday afternoon some time, so his prognosis for a fast time three weeks down the road looks good. Grahak has only four days below seventy miles for the entire race. Top tier stuff. The 95 to 98º day did not stop the runners, nor the late evening thunderstorm that moved in and drenched the remaining late night competitors. After a last gasp hot day the coming storms tomorrow will bring relief and cooler temps to the area. More later.

New York summers do not forget to be hot and humid. Today was hot and a little less humid as our intrepid runners circumnavigated their playground de Jour. Sarvagata Ukrainskyi resumed running a solid outing with 75.18 miles to lead the pack of eleven. Not the usual suspect Ananda-Lahari Zuscin emerged from his cocoon to notch 70.24 miles, his best total in nearly three years. Grahak Cunningham managed damage control well by netting 68 miles a day after a spectacular 77.92 miles from Thursday. Grahak ran 706 the first 10 days of this race, 722 the second 10 days. Sarvagata improved from 643 miles for the first ten days to 717 miles for the second.

On a sizzling hot day with none too much the breezes, Grahak Cunningham had his best day since Day 1 with 77.92 miles. The rest of the field scaled back as high nineties and medium humidity affected most mortals. Only three other men were valiant enough to top 60 miles. Grahak has now run over seventy miles 12 out of the last thirteen days. He is averaging 71.60 miles per day(115.23 km) for the 19 days completed. The current heat wave has three more days before some relief arrives. Hello tropics.

Day 17 saw the continued gentle skirmish at the top with two men in complete control of their fitness. Leader Grahak Cunningham had an excellent day with 72.99 miles and a relatively early exit for home(11:05 pm). About an hour before was when Sarvagata Ukrainskyi shifted gears and began running 6 minute or under laps to reach 73.54 miles just before the digits on the clock read midnight.He has run eight straight days of seventy miles or more. Pranjal Milovnik, the seven-time finisher from Slovakia ran 65.3 miles after two days with shin splints and big blisters.And Czech Republican Atmavir Spacil is doing well in the heat and topped 67 miles. In all, seven men passed 60 miles as sultry weather moved into the area for the next few days.The race is surely heating up, warm weather or not.

As the bad weather is in the rearview mirror, our intrepid runners carried on, fighting little aches and pains or the tide of shinsplints . Sarvagata Ukrainskyi led the day with 70.24 miles and moved into second place overall. Four men went past the 1000 mile mark: Pranjal Milovnik-1000miles = 15 days+01:15:47; Vasu Duzhiy-1000miles= 15 days+09:54:48;Atmavir Spacil-1000 miles= 15 days+14:44:57;Stutisheel Lebedyev-1000 miles=15 days+ 16:10:13.

Pushkar Mullauer went past the 1000 mile split in 14 days+16:10:31 while running 63.66 miles during the heat wave today. He was followed by Sarvagata Ukrasinskyi who passed the unseen barrier in 14 days+16:27:06. Overall race leader Grahak Cunningham ran 70.24 miles for his ninth straight day over 70 miles. As the temps lower a bit for a few days the runners can regroup or think about their remaining journey.Three more should pass 1000 miles tomorrow.