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The Sri Chinmoy 70/100 Mile Races, September 19, 1987

By Rupantar LaRusso author bio »
20 November

About the author:

Rupantar has been the race director of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team since 1985, having been asked by Sri Chinmoy to serve in that capacity. As well as working on the big races the US Marathon Team organise each year - the 3100 Mile Race and the Six and 10 Day Race - he also spends a considerable amount of time archiving the Marathon Team's 40 year history on this website.

From our original press release:

Frank Deleo ran a great hundred against winner Cahit Yeter in the Sri Chinmoy 70/100 Mile Races. An ultra prodigy at the tender age of 31, Deleo shaved 20 minutes off his previous best in an effort to stay within a two-mile striking distance of Yeter. His time was 15:12:40 against Yeter's 14:42:48. Both seemed more pleased with Deleo's performance than with the place finishes. Third was John Kenul - turning in a super race for his 152nd ultra - evidently a world record for the most ultras run, though in his typical non-assuming way John says, "I won't claim a record till 200."

Jeff Spera led from the start of the Sri Chinmoy 70-Mile "Fun Run" - affectionately dubbed as the shorter of the back-to-back races. Spera clocked 11:37:48 with Al Prawda, running frontward this time, as runnerup in 11:59:59. Reportedly buddies (Jeff handled Al during his 500+ La Rochelle 6-Day), the two battled from the beginning, though Al did the nudging from behind. Jeff ended up with a PR and his first ultra win.

First woman Mallika Henry topped a great, even paced race in 13:21:04. Favored woman Diane Hawkins once again faced her old foe, stomach problems, and pulled up after 50 miles. It was a valiant effort, however, as she, as well as many of the New York locals had just come off the Pioneer 3-day 100-Mile Stage Race. And Ultrarunning contributor Atala Toy, known to readers from her many years of pencil pushing, finished her first "professional" ultra in 16:23:19. Her official comment was, "These things are a whole lot more fun to run in than to write up."

No female finishers in the 100 - Pragati Pascale, a relative newcomer fast becoming an old pro, came closest to it with 96 miles at the 24-hour cutoff. "I miscalculated," she said, "thinking I had to do 4 mph the last three hours to reach the mark."

Thirty-four hale and hearty runners turned out for the races under threatening skies but the forecasted thunderstorms turned into a gentle mist - just enough to soften the way around the one-mile paved course.

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