Dipali Cunningham Photo by Utpal Marshall
Day 8 of the Self-Transcendence 10 & 6 Day Races saw Shamita cut Sarah’s lead to 17 miles yet still leads the race overall while New Zealander Harita Davies took advantage of Pati Ibinova having a bad day in the women’s Self-Transcendence 10 day race.
In the mens 10 day Aidas Ardzijauskas has had the top mileage for three days in a row with yesterday covering a very impressive 78 miles to place himself 2 miles behind Baladev Saraz. Austrian Ushika Muckenhumer remains steady in third place.
In the 6 day race Dipali Cunningham ran 67 miles to put herself 61 miles ahead of second placed Nataliya Hlushchuk who along with Vera Kalishmanova is coming under pressure from Divyata Kryuchkova who ran 70 miles to pull away from Gautami Sykorova in fifth place.
In the mens 6 day Rimas had a great day with 75 miles to cut into John Geeslers lead while Mark McCaslin has 10 miles on Michael Korol.
Less than two days to go
Pos Name Surname Nat 192 Hours
10 Day Women
1 Sarah Barnett AUS 524
2 Shamita Achenbach-Konig AUT 507
3 Harita Davies NZL 433
10 Day Men
1 Baladev Saraz SVK 521
2 Aidas Ardzijauskas UKR 519
3 Ushika Muckenhumer AUT 490
6 Day Women
1 Dipali Cunningham USA 317
2 Nataliya Hlushchuk UKR 256
3 Vera Kalishmanova RUS 253
6 Day Men
1 John Geesler USA 305
2 Rimas Jakelaitis LTU 275
3 Mark McCaslin USA 253
