Runners have been logging miles around a 443-meter running track all week. Last year’s winner ran 437 miles.
. “That’s part of the challenge. How deep into yourself will you go? How deep into the pain cave can you handle? How can you manage the sleep deprivation, the miles you want to do? Everyone’s motivation is something different, something unique.”
As Saturday night looms, athletes are nearing the end of the nearly weeklong competition, which began on June 18. The stakes are high, as those who place in the top six will secure their place on the. As of Wednesday afternoon, Romania’s Nicolae Buceanu and Sandra Villines-Burruss from Florida were in the lead, at 268.268 and 243.243 miles, respectively.
Canadian Viktoria Brown took the win last year with a total of 457.4135 miles, setting two Canadian records and one world record in the process, but she didn’t return to defend her title, so the multi-day competition is anyone’s game at this point. In addition to the six-day competition, there are 12, 24, 48, and 72-hour categories, and several attempts at records have been pursued. New Delhi’s Meenal Kotak was cheered on Wednesday afternoon as she completed her 72-hour attempt, recording just over 235 miles and setting a women’s record for India.Abby Carney is a writer and journalist in New York.
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