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Day 37

Asprihanal about to perform his Parrot impressionHot and humid and something of a recovery day.The race has stabilised into a holding pattern after 5 weeks and the days still seem to pass fairly quickly and… Day 37

Day 36

Stutisheel and his daughter Nastia Very humid day today. Overcast almost the whole day and a T-storm that began at 7:30 a.m. and finished at 10: a.m.Not wanting to run during the storm, I walked… Day 36

Day 35

Sri Chinmoy looks at the daily results with Ted Corbitt and Race Director Rupantar LaRusso 94 laps again today. We will see in the morning how everyone fared today. Suprabha looks like she will take… Day 35

Day 33

Stutisheel hit the 2000 mile mark today and Srdjan has already dropped into the 3 digit zone: the long countdown has begun though it is still a long way off for us backpackers. People have… Day 33

Day 32

Darticus, Trishul and Karen I didn’t mention Dr.John Rousseau who kindly dropped by the race yesterday and gave me a Chiropractic treatment. Also, later in the afternoon Dr. Pradhan Balter arrived from Chicago for a… Day 32

Day 32

Cool temps and T-storms and a particularly difficult morning finally amount to 92 laps. Srdjan hits 2100 and Asprihanal reaches 2000 miles.Its getting harder to write…

Day 31

Chanakhya and myself.Having a helper makes a big difference and I have been very fortunate in having Chanakhya to help in the evenings. Chanakhya has his own blog – the life of an Englishman in… Day 31

Day 30

This is how the start looks every other morning. Today was fairly hot. Srdjan continues his tremendous progress with Asprihanal in second. Today I only managed 96 laps but thats ok. Went over 1600. Each… Day 30

Day 29

Suprabha Beckjord Today was another improvement for me as I hit 100 laps again and also today there was the halfway point at 1550 miles.Temps were great today but we are all watching to see… Day 29

Day 28

Finally I figured out how to put pictures here. This is the Indian festival last Saturday that kept us entertained all day.The weather was almost perfect today and we had a close shave with a… Day 28