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August 3: God’s Embrace (Utpal)

Augu 3, 2016

I greet Yuri this morning with, “we won’t be doing this again.”

It is his last full day of running and by early tomorrow his 3100 mile race will be over for this year. He starts the day with just 84 more miles left to run.

To continue, press here

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July 2: Lots of Prayers to Say and Miles to Run (Utpal)

Augu 2, 2016

“I think I felt it last week. There was a point when I was able to do 100 laps.”

That point of course was when at last Kaneenika was able to see that she would be able to complete all 3100 miles of the race. She is rightfully cautious as she expresses this optimism. There is still the very real job of taking on the last 421 miles over the course of the final 8 days.

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August 1: I Hope I Can Make It (Utpal)

Augu 1, 2016

I don’t usually ask runners questions about their day to day life while they are running. My logic, if there is any, is that if they talk about their other lives it will be a distraction from the very real pursuit which they have to face here every day for 52 days.