Photos Day 45 – Sarvagata is #1 (44 days+13:38:52)
July 26, 2011
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День 45
July 26, 2011Today at 7:38 pm Sarvagata crossed the 3100 finish line (44 days + 13:38:52). It’s the best time for the first-time finisher and the 5th best overall. This is also a new record for Ukraine and CIS. Somebody compared him to a running monk with a more of a monk component. Maybe it is so… Others are having a good day. It’s moderately hot. An hour after Sarvagata’s finish, we had a torrential rain. Igor is finishing tomorrow morning.
Happiness Has To Come
July 26, 2011Do you remember how your mother used to wake you up on schooldays. My Mom had just that special kind of tone to her voice that I assume most mothers just naturally use with their children. It was a blend of affection, tireless support, and just the right hint of the much tougher parenting material. Every morning here for the past 40 days Rupantar has had a similar kind of tone to roust exhausted runners out of chairs and gradually get them shuffling towards the starting line. Today he was using some of the tough love talk that I have rarely heard him use before. Read more
Day 44
July 26, 2011 Day 44. 10:46pm. It’s been a good day. The weather has cooled down. In the afternoon we got some rain which lasted about 4 hours. Tomorrow Sarvagata will have another 60 miles to go before the finish. It will be the first one. Ashprihanal has been walking today which is unusual. When I caught up with him, he looked distressed. He says he’s lost motivation. It normally happens to him in the middle of the race. He’s had it this year too. But when something like this happens just before the finish… Everybody is getting their own lessons here. Ananda-Lahari was walking too. Later in the day Pradeep slowed down a bit. Yesterday he did an impressive 122 laps. Others, including myself had a good run yesterday. In the past few day we’ve received really nice letters of support. Some of them are so touching! We are so grateful to those who have been following the race and those who’ve sent us letters. Thank you for your oneness!
