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#	Runner	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Day 8	Day 9	Day 10
1	Madhupran Schwerk	126.00	223.00	315.00	402.00	458.00	542.00	622.00	697.00	763.00	829.00
Germany	day total	126.00	97.00	92.00	87.00	56.00	84.00	80.00	75.00	66.00	66.00
2	Achim Heukemes	104.00	179.00	225.00	320.00	390.00	449.00	519.00	579.00	636.00	701.00
Germany	day total	104.00	75.00	46.00	95.00	70.00	59.00	70.00	60.00	57.00	65.00
5	Vladimir Balatsky	84.00	156.00	223.00	294.00	355.00	423.00	500.00	557.00	606.00	660.00
Austria(Ukraine)	day total	84.00	72.00	67.00	71.00	61.00	68.00	77.00	57.00	49.00	54.00
3	Glen Turner	83.00	153.00	219.00	296.00	362.00	413.00	483.00	521.00	588.00	647.00
CO USA	day total	83.00	70.00	66.00	77.00	66.00	51.00	70.00	38.00	67.00	59.00
4	Bob Oberkehr	102.00	155.00	203.00	258.00	292.00	361.00	423.00	483.00	545.00	603.00
NJ USA	day total	102.00	53.00	48.00	55.00	34.00	69.00	62.00	60.00	62.00	58.00
78	Rasta Ulicny	75.00	130.00	176.00	233.00	292.00	342.00	418.00	468.00	532.00	590.00
Slovakia	day total	75.00	55.00	46.00	57.00	59.00	50.00	76.00	50.00	64.00	58.00
55	Yuri Trostenyuk	77.00	139.00	196.00	255.00	307.00	362.00	420.00	472.00	526.00	582.00
Ukraine	day total	77.00	62.00	57.00	59.00	52.00	55.00	58.00	52.00	54.00	56.00
8	Donald Landry	84.00	143.00	204.00	259.00	312.00	365.00	417.00	470.00	520.00	564.00
Canada	day total	84.00	59.00	61.00	55.00	53.00	53.00	52.00	53.00	50.00	44.00
21	Michel Gouin	65.00	120.00	174.00	227.00	278.00	329.00	383.00	435.00	488.00	541.00
Quebec	day total	65.00	55.00	54.00	53.00	51.00	51.00	54.00	52.00	53.00	53.00
56	Andrey Andreyev	65.00	120.00	174.00	233.00	279.00	320.00	361.00	405.00	461.00	522.00
Russia	day total	65.00	55.00	54.00	59.00	46.00	41.00	41.00	44.00	56.00	61.00
6	Hubert Muckenhumer	74.00	121.00	174.00	227.00	279.00	325.00	377.00	426.00	467.00	518.00
Austria	day total	74.00	47.00	53.00	53.00	52.00	46.00	52.00	49.00	41.00	51.00
10	Barney McBryde	68.00	121.00	169.00	212.00	256.00	304.00	351.00	405.00	457.00	516.00
New Zealand	day total	68.00	53.00	48.00	43.00	44.00	48.00	47.00	54.00	52.00	59.00
15	Viddyut Balmer	69.00	125.00	179.00	231.00	286.00	333.00	386.00	431.00	471.00	514.00
CA USA	day total	69.00	56.00	54.00	52.00	55.00	47.00	53.00	45.00	40.00	43.00
9	Luis Rios	76.00	127.00	174.00	224.00	268.00	314.00	367.00	412.00	456.00	511.00
NY	day total	76.00	51.00	47.00	50.00	44.00	46.00	53.00	45.00	44.00	55.00
13	Frederick Davis III	82.00	143.00	176.00	212.00	267.00	303.00	349.00	404.00	444.00	504.00
Ohio USA	day total	82.00	61.00	33.00	36.00	55.00	36.00	46.00	55.00	40.00	60.00
16	Jirka Caslava	74.00	121.00	161.00	201.00	260.00	292.00	344.00	395.00	447.00	501.00
Czech Republic	day total	74.00	47.00	40.00	40.00	59.00	32.00	52.00	51.00	52.00	54.00
17	Manfred Edinger	81.00	140.00	200.00	258.00	302.00	343.00	393.00	435.00	465.00	498.00
Austria	day total	81.00	59.00	60.00	58.00	44.00	41.00	50.00	42.00	30.00	33.00
23	Vladimir Razumovskiy	75.00	127.00	172.00	218.00	265.00	306.00	344.00	381.00	423.00	490.00
Russia	day total	75.00	52.00	45.00	46.00	47.00	41.00	38.00	37.00	42.00	67.00
25	Mykhailo Ukrainskyi	62.00	115.00	164.00	208.00	245.00	284.00	336.00	386.00	426.00	483.00
Ukraine	day total	62.00	53.00	49.00	44.00	37.00	39.00	52.00	50.00	40.00	57.00
18	Pradeep Hoogakker	76.00	136.00	180.00	230.00	264.00	299.00	346.00	392.00	440.00	481.00
Netherlands	day total	76.00	60.00	44.00	50.00	34.00	35.00	47.00	46.00	48.00	41.00
24	Jewgenij Kuschnow	72.00	123.00	168.00	212.00	255.00	300.00	345.00	391.00	417.00	472.00
Austria	day total	72.00	51.00	45.00	44.00	43.00	45.00	45.00	46.00	26.00	55.00
79	Mario Komak	64.00	115.00	164.00	209.00	243.00	284.00	335.00	374.00	418.00	470.00
Slovakia	day total	64.00	51.00	49.00	45.00	34.00	41.00	51.00	39.00	44.00	52.00
19	Uwe Postler	62.00	108.00	153.00	192.00	236.00	281.00	323.00	367.00	410.00	455.00
Austria	day total	62.00	46.00	45.00	39.00	44.00	45.00	42.00	44.00	43.00	45.00
14	Valentyn Ionov	63.00	114.00	158.00	200.00	242.00	282.00	315.00	369.00	398.00	442.00
Ukraine	day total	63.00	51.00	44.00	42.00	42.00	40.00	33.00	54.00	29.00	44.00
11	Chanakhya Jakovic	63.00	105.00	147.00	183.00	232.00	273.00	311.00	350.00	392.00	427.00
NY (UK)	day total	63.00	42.00	42.00	36.00	49.00	41.00	38.00	39.00	42.00	35.00
22	Klaus Schulz	58.00	107.00	151.00	191.00	219.00	251.00	279.00	316.00	351.00	385.00
Germany	day total	58.00	49.00	44.00	40.00	28.00	32.00	28.00	37.00	35.00	34.00
20	Tamas Agoston	60.00	105.00	147.00	189.00	227.00	258.00	289.00	318.00	346.00	369.00
Hungary	day total	60.00	45.00	42.00	42.00	38.00	31.00	31.00	29.00	28.00	23.00
7	Don Winkley	61.00	108.00	143.00	183.00	213.00	230.00	259.00	288.00	314.00	342.00
Texas	day total	61.00	47.00	35.00	40.00	30.00	17.00	29.00	29.00	26.00	28.00

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#	Runner	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Day 8	Day 9	Day 10
27	Kaneenika Janakova	88.00	158.00	225.00	295.00	360.00	424.00	487.00	546.00	603.00	667.00
Slovakia	day total	88.00	70.00	67.00	70.00	65.00	64.00	63.00	59.00	57.00	64.00
32	Ivana Nemcova	91.00	156.00	218.00	281.00	342.00	400.00	460.00	515.00	572.00	634.00
Czech Republic	day total	91.00	65.00	62.00	63.00	61.00	58.00	60.00	55.00	57.00	62.00
26	Lenka Svecova	89.00	153.00	219.00	285.00	345.00	402.00	465.00	520.00	567.00	614.00
Czech Republic	day total	89.00	64.00	66.00	66.00	60.00	57.00	63.00	55.00	47.00	47.00
39	Olga Abramovskikh	69.00	126.00	186.00	246.00	305.00	354.00	396.00	445.00	505.00	563.00
Russia	day total	69.00	57.00	60.00	60.00	59.00	49.00	42.00	49.00	60.00	58.00
31	Svitlana Samarina	71.00	129.00	185.00	242.00	300.00	351.00	410.00	460.00	503.00	555.00
Ukraine	day total	71.00	58.00	56.00	57.00	58.00	51.00	59.00	50.00	43.00	52.00
42	Dagmar Grossheim	84.00	143.00	194.00	245.00	276.00	324.00	374.00	430.00	474.00	535.00
Germany	day total	84.00	59.00	51.00	51.00	31.00	48.00	50.00	56.00	44.00	61.00
29	Pratishruti Khisamoutdinova	78.00	133.00	186.00	228.00	287.00	330.00	377.00	428.00	477.00	531.00
Russia	day total	78.00	55.00	53.00	42.00	59.00	43.00	47.00	51.00	49.00	54.00
28	Nataliya Hlushchuk	81.00	140.00	195.00	245.00	291.00	338.00	385.00	431.00	477.00	525.00
Ukraine	day total	81.00	59.00	55.00	50.00	46.00	47.00	47.00	46.00	46.00	48.00
35	Marion Landry	74.00	125.00	186.00	235.00	284.00	332.00	377.00	422.00	472.00	521.00
Canada	day total	74.00	51.00	61.00	49.00	49.00	48.00	45.00	45.00	50.00	49.00
38	Sylva Stradalova	71.00	130.00	181.00	231.00	285.00	335.00	380.00	429.00	472.00	516.00
Czech Republic	day total	71.00	59.00	51.00	50.00	54.00	50.00	45.00	49.00	43.00	44.00
30	Karnayati Morison	72.00	122.00	172.00	222.00	272.00	318.00	362.00	406.00	457.00	507.00
Ontario	day total	72.00	50.00	50.00	50.00	50.00	46.00	44.00	44.00	51.00	50.00
45	Tirtha Voelckner	80.00	133.00	183.00	228.00	270.00	315.00	361.00	407.00	454.00	503.00
Germany	day total	80.00	53.00	50.00	45.00	42.00	45.00	46.00	46.00	47.00	49.00
37	Olga Soboleva	63.00	120.00	172.00	222.00	268.00	302.00	346.00	390.00	434.00	477.00
Russia	day total	63.00	57.00	52.00	50.00	46.00	34.00	44.00	44.00	44.00	43.00
41	Kateryna Krot	54.00	99.00	148.00	194.00	239.00	284.00	332.00	376.00	420.00	470.00
Ukraine	day total	54.00	45.00	49.00	46.00	45.00	45.00	48.00	44.00	44.00	50.00
33	Ingrid Kirschner	58.00	103.00	151.00	199.00	239.00	284.00	326.00	369.00	417.00	462.00
Germany	day total	58.00	45.00	48.00	48.00	40.00	45.00	42.00	43.00	48.00	45.00
44	Abhaya Field	54.00	100.00	148.00	190.00	231.00	266.00	303.00	352.00	400.00	438.00
New Zealand	day total	54.00	46.00	48.00	42.00	41.00	35.00	37.00	49.00	48.00	38.00
36	Vishuddhi Trummer	55.00	114.00	162.00	208.00	244.00	284.00	321.00	362.00	396.00	433.00
Austria	day total	55.00	59.00	48.00	46.00	36.00	40.00	37.00	41.00	34.00	37.00
40	Niribili File	60.00	103.00	124.00	186.00	218.00	261.00	303.00	350.00	379.00	411.00
New Zealand	day total	60.00	43.00	21.00	62.00	32.00	43.00	42.00	47.00	29.00	32.00
43	Kushali Tarantsova	52.00	100.00	142.00	182.00	222.00	258.00	300.00	336.00	370.00	407.00
Ukraine	day total	52.00	48.00	42.00	40.00	40.00	36.00	42.00	36.00	34.00	37.00
34	Shishaldin Hanlen	59.00	100.00	145.00	187.00	224.00	255.00	294.00	326.00	364.00	401.00
NY USA	day total	59.00	41.00	45.00	42.00	37.00	31.00	39.00	32.00	38.00	37.00
46	Alina Sikorsky	49.00	90.00	125.00	149.00	178.00	202.00	228.00	257.00	284.00	317.00
Ont. Canada	day total	49.00	41.00	35.00	24.00	29.00	24.00	26.00	29.00	27.00	33.00

#	Runner	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6
49	John Geesler	110.00	166.00	226.00	280.00	352.00	433.00
NY USA	day total	110.00	56.00	60.00	54.00	72.00	81.00
12	Igor Mudryk	82.00	146.00	215.00	281.00	349.00	420.00
Ukraine	day total	82.00	64.00	69.00	66.00	68.00	71.00
51	Pranjal Milovnik	80.00	137.00	200.00	259.00	317.00	375.00
Slovakia	day total	80.00	57.00	63.00	59.00	58.00	58.00
48	Katsuhiro Tanaka	100.00	158.00	194.00	222.00	292.00	350.00
Kanagawa Japan	day total	100.00	58.00	36.00	28.00	70.00	58.00
58	Kamil Kozub	68.00	115.00	175.00	223.00	280.00	326.00
Czech Republic	day total	68.00	47.00	60.00	48.00	57.00	46.00
50	Mark Dorion	85.00	115.00	175.00	227.00	251.00	319.00
Germany	day total	85.00	30.00	60.00	52.00	24.00	68.00
65	Petr Simicek	73.00	113.00	165.00	213.00	257.00	305.00
Texas	day total	73.00	40.00	52.00	48.00	44.00	48.00
62	Purna-Samarpan Querhammer	58.00	112.00	163.00	203.00	253.00	304.00
Czech Republic	day total	58.00	54.00	51.00	40.00	50.00	51.00
67	Dmitry Volkov	56.00	96.00	146.00	197.00	247.00	285.00
Russia	day total	56.00	40.00	50.00	51.00	50.00	38.00
66	Michal Petricek	62.00	106.00	154.00	200.00	239.00	282.00
Czech Republic	day total	62.00	44.00	48.00	46.00	39.00	43.00
60	Gabor Rongits	62.00	110.00	153.00	188.00	225.00	273.00
Hungary	day total	62.00	48.00	43.00	35.00	37.00	48.00
63	Sam Soccoli	60.00	102.00	150.00	188.00	225.00	258.00
NY USA	day total	60.00	42.00	48.00	38.00	37.00	33.00
53	Frederick Riemer	53.00	93.00	133.00	167.00	201.00	246.00
Czech Republic	day total	53.00	40.00	40.00	34.00	34.00	45.00
61	Amiya Smerda	55.00	92.00	128.00	164.00	200.00	246.00
Arizona	day total	55.00	37.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	46.00
57	Gary Cross	52.00	102.00	144.00	180.00	213.00	240.00
Utah USA	day total	52.00	50.00	42.00	36.00	33.00	27.00
54	Pavel Szymanski	52.00	92.00	126.00	164.00	193.00	223.00
Russia	day total	52.00	40.00	34.00	38.00	29.00	30.00
68	Mikhail Nemtinov	50.00	86.00	122.00	154.00	185.00	223.00
Czech Republic	day total	50.00	36.00	36.00	32.00	31.00	38.00
59	Roman Dzierlatka	43.00	68.00	104.00	140.00	171.00	208.00
CT USA	day total	43.00	25.00	36.00	36.00	31.00	37.00

#	Runner	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6
69	Dipali Cunningham	105.00	175.00	256.00	320.00	390.00	467.00
Australia	day total	105.00	70.00	81.00	64.00	70.00	77.00
74	Barbara Sorrell	68.00	115.00	164.00	217.00	267.00	319.00
NY USA	day total	68.00	47.00	49.00	53.00	50.00	52.00
72	Uljana Jevdokimova	58.00	100.00	147.00	191.00	233.00	276.00
Finland	day total	58.00	42.00	47.00	44.00	42.00	43.00
77	Sunanda Minarikova	60.00	97.00	137.00	182.00	222.00	267.10
Czech Republic	day total	60.00	37.00	40.00	45.00	40.00	45.10
71	Vedisha Papp	71.00	110.00	147.00	182.00	217.00	267.00
Russia	day total	71.00	39.00	37.00	35.00	35.00	50.00
75	Darya Nikitina	56.00	101.00	141.00	181.00	221.00	262.00
Hungary	day total	56.00	45.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	41.00
76	Ujjwala Mettrick	70.00	112.00	145.00	179.00	213.00	254.00
NZ	day total	70.00	42.00	33.00	34.00	34.00	41.00
73	Rageshri Muzychenko	47.00	87.00	128.00	168.00	200.00	240.00
Ukraine	day total	47.00	40.00	41.00	40.00	32.00	40.00

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The Runners

Ten Day Men - Race begins April 23

Madhupran Schwerk,52, Solingen,Germany
One of the world's greatest long distance runners to ever lace them up, Mr. Schwerk holds over 70 records for distances run beyond 1300 miles, as well as still holding second place with 171miles in 24 hours to the Greek legend Yiannis Kouros. In 2007 Madhupran ran 627 miles(1010.08 km) for six days to become only the 13th person to ever go over 600 miles in the last 150 years. His two victories at 3100 miles were historical jaunts- in 2002 he completed the race in 42 days,13 hours, breaking the previous record by four days. In 2006 he erased his own record by 29 hours (41 days,eight hours). He is dedicating this Ten Day race to the memory of Sri Chinmoy.

Achim Heukemes,56, Grafenberg,Germany
Achim has run 1000 miles in 11 days,18 hours and over 150 miles for 24 hours, best among his 15 multidays and over 40 ultras.He completed 4568 km (2838 miles) in the Trans Australia Race Stage Race.

Glen Turner,48,Louisville,CO USA
Glen finished second in the Ten Day last year with 654 miles. He has run over 100 ultras including several multidays. Earlier this year he completed 2630 miles pushing a custom-made â€˜surrey' with his gear inside from west coast to east in a remarkable 37 days. Maybe he has created a new sport in addition to getting into tremendous shape.

Bob Oberkher,53, Northvale,NJ USA
Last year Bob set a personal best distance of 624 miles, good for fifth place in the Ten Day. He has been running for 35 years and has five multidays among the 51 ultras and 122 marathons completed.

Vladimir Balatsky,36,Vienna,Austria(Ukraine)
Two years ago Vladimir ran his best race with 653 miles, good for second place in the Ten Day, putting pressure on event record holder and winner Rimas Jakelaitis. Mr. Balatsky has only been running for seven years, so his best events are ahead of him.

Hubert Muckenhumer,40, Salzburg, Austria
Hubert won the 2003 Ten Day race with 631 miles. He also finished with 627 miles in 2001 at Wards Island Park, where Rimas Jakelaitis set the current race record of 901 miles.

Don Winkley,70,Corpus Christi,Texas, USA
Don has run over 20 multidays in 30 years of running, and has set many age group records for various distances. Included are his two times over 1000 miles(best 14 days,23 hours) and six times finishing the Transe-Gaule race across France. Don set pending marks for 48 hours(171 miles) in 2003 age group 65-69 and had 200.5 miles in age group 60-64 in 1998. He has also run across the US in Trans-Am and won the 1997 Ten Day with 531 miles.

Luis Rios,60,Brooklyn,NY, USA
In over 30 years of running, Luis has finished over 200 ultras including 12 multidays. He ran 525 miles last year in the Ten Day, and has moved into a new age group this year. In years past he has had several fast 100 milers and has gone over 140 miles for 24 hours.

Donald Landry,62,Montreal,Canada
Donald is moving up to the Ten day after a sparkling 361 miles in the Six day last year. He has completed 63 ultras and 109 marathons in 16 years of running.

Manfred Edinger,46,Vienna,Austria
Manfred reached 542 miles in the Ten Day last year, the longest he had ever run in 12 years of training and racing. He has completed over 20 ultras and two multidays.

Barney McBryde,43, Auckland,New Zealand In 13 years of running, Barney has completed 46 ultras including three multidays. In 2006 he reached 509 miles in the Ten Day, and in 2006 he ran 373 miles in the Six Day.

Chanakhya Jakovic,54,Jamaica,NY (UK)
In 35 years of running, Chanakhya has completed over 50 ultras, including 24 multidays. His bests are 308 miles for Six days, 470 miles for Ten days, and 653 miles in the 1000 mile race(2003).

Igor Mudryk,34,Vinnitsa,Ukraine
Last year Igor ran 533 miles in the Ten Day, which was his first multiday race. he has been running for 10 years.

Frederick Davis III,60, Cleavland,Ohio USA
Another prolific athlete, Frederick has completed 214 ultras in 26 years of running. He reached 500 miles last year in the Ten Day, his fifth multiday and longest distance covered in a race.

Jirka Caslava,33,Zlin, Czech Republic
Jirka has six multidays to his credit,including 485 miles in the Ten Day.

Valentyn Ionov,37,Kiev, Ukraine
Valentyn reached 472 miles last year in the Ten Day, his first multiday in 8 years of running.

Viddyut Balmer,25,San Francisco,CA USA
In eight years of running Viddyut has completed two multidays, including 440 miles in the Ten day in 2005.

Pradeep Hoogakker,29, DenHaag,Netherlands
In eight years of running, Pradeep has completed eight ultras, including 314 miles for six days.

Uwe Postler,44,Vienna, Austria
In 2007 Uwe ran 462 miles in the Ten Day, his fourth multiday and thirty-fifth ultramarathon.

Tamas Agostin,43, Budapest, Hungary
Tamas has a best of 420 miles in five multiday races.

Michel Gouin,47,Drummondville,Quebec,Canada
Michel has completed more than 100 ultras in 29 years of running. His most acclaimed achievement is a treadmill record in the Guinness record book a few years back.

Klaus Schulz,67,Berlin,Germany
Klaus has run 43 ultras in 14 years of running, including 9 multidays. His best for the Ten day is 427 miles.

Vladimir Razumovskiy,33,Krasnodor,Russia
This will be the first multiday for Vladimir in seven years of running.

Jewgenij Kuschnow,29,Vienna,Austria
Jewgenij has run four ultras in five years of running and looks forward to his first multiday.

Mykhailo Ukrainskyi,34,Berdyansk, Ukraine
Misha will be running his first multiday this year.

Women-

Lenka Svecova,33,Brno,Czech Republic
Lenka has completed 13 multidays in 26 years of running. Her bests include 1000 miles in 15 days 15 hours, 635 miles for ten days (split), and 413 miles for six days - all national records. She won the women's division of the Ten Day race in 2004 with 621 miles.

Kaneenika Janakova,38, Bratislava,Slovakia
In thirteen years of running, Kaneenika has completed seven multidays and 17 ultras. Her bests include 422 miles for six days, 700 miles in 10 days, 19 hours, and 1000 miles in 15 days, 19 hours. All three marks are Slovakian national records.

Nataliya Hlushchuk,32, Vinnitsa, Ukraine
In 12 years of running Nataliya has excelled in ultras, including 515 miles to lead the ladies in the 2004 Ten Day, and a personal best of 600 miles in 2006.

Pratishruti Khisamoutdinova,64,Smolensk,Russia
Pratishruti ran 1090 miles to lead the women in the 1300 mile race in 2003. In 2001 she finished the 1000 mile race in 16 days 01 hours, becoming the oldest finisher of that event at that time. Pratishruti reached 1015 miles in the 2002 1300 mile race in her first attempt at the distance. She has a best of 615 miles for ten days. She was a former professor of physical culture at Smolensk Institute, and was also a champion speed skater in earlier years. Last year she still churned out 507 miles at age 63.

Svitlana Samarina,33,Kiev,Ukraine

Svitlana completed 486 miles for fifth place last year in her third multiday.

Karnayati Morison,61,Ottawa,Ontario, Canada
Karnayati has run 13 ultras in 32 years of running. Her best multidays include 324 miles for six days, and 543 miles in the Ten Day.

Ivana Nemcova,27,Prague,Czech Republic
In 2006 Ivana ran 507 miles for her best Ten Day. She has been running for five years.

Ingrid Kirschner,42,Munich,Germany
Last year Ingrid finished fourth with 503 miles, her best performance in the Ten Day.She has five multidays in 11 years of running.

Dagmar Grossheim,46,Grafenberg,Germany
Dagmar has completed over 20 ultras in her 20 year competitive career. She has excelled in the Badwater Desert crossing (146 miles), as well as in the Ten Times Ironman Triathlon championship, which she won in 2006.

Shishaldin Hanlen,26, Brooklyn,NY USA
Shishaldin has run three multidays in six years of running, including 338 miles last year in the Six Day.

Marion Landry,63,Montreal,Canada
Marion has completed 63 ultras and 93 marathons in 14 years of running.Last year she ran 330 miles in her first Six day event, which is a pending Canadian age group record.

Vishuddhi Trummer,45,Wels,Austria
Visuddhi has completed three multiday races in 19 years of running, with a best of 436 miles in the Ten Day.

Alfia Olga Soboleva,45,Smolensk,Russia
Last year Olga ran 292 miles in six days in her fifth multiday. She has been running and training for 12 years.

Sylva Stradalova,29,Zlin, Czech Republic
Sylva has done 450 miles in the Ten Day from 2006, her best of three multidays in five years of running.

Olga Abramovskikh,27,Moscow,Russia
In five years of running, Olga has completed seven ultras. Her best distance is 512 miles in the Ten Day of 2006.

Niribili File,62, Auckland,New Zealand
This will be Niribili's sixth multiday race. She has run 500 miles for ten days and 331 miles for six days, which are both New Zealand age-group(50-54) records. Last year she ran 309 miles in the Six Day in her new age group.

Kateryna Krot,32,Mariopol, Ukraine
Kateryna had a pleasant beginning last year in her first multiday, running 300 miles in the Six Day. She has five ultras in eight years of running.

Kushali Tarantsova,41,Kiev,Ukraine
Last year Kushali completed 400 miles in the Ten Day, her fourth multiday. She has run 12 ultras in 10 years of running.

Abhaya Field,63, Christchurch,New Zealand
This will be Abhaya's third multiday in 11 years of running. she has a best of 283 miles in the Six Day race.

Tirtha Voelckner,36,Munich,Germany
Tirtha will be running her first multiday. she has run five ultras in 17 years of running.

Alina Sikorsky,29,Kingston,Ont. Canada
This will be Alina's first multiday in a brief running career.

Six Day Men - race starts April 27

Asprihanal Aalto,36,Helsinki,Finland
The three-time winner of our Six Day is back to defend his title and personal best of 505 miles from last year. Asprihanal has also completed the 3100 Mile race, longest footrace in the world, an amazing seven times, with four victories including the 2007 performance in another personal best of 43 days,four hours.

Katsuhiro Tanaka,36,Yokosuka,Kanagawa Japan
Katsu-san has completed over 100 ultras and 30 multidays in 24 years of running. His best for six days is 814.4 km(506 miles). Last year he finished second in the Athens International Ultra Festival, running 885 km(550 miles) in 7 days of stage running.

John Geesler,49,St. Johnsville,NY USA
Last year John finished third in the Six Day with 412 miles, his first attempt. He has completed over 100 ultras in a sparkling 24 year running career. Bests include the US 48 hour record of 248 miles in 2004, as well as a 24 hour age-group US record of 157.9 miles. On Jan 1 of 2005 he completed 300 miles at the Across the Years 72- Hour Race, and did 287 miles at the same race in 2007.

Mark Dorion,48, El Paso,Texas, USA
Last year Mark completed 397 miles in the Six day. Mark has been running 37 years, completing over 200 ultras. Bests include 131 miles for 24 hours, 5:55 for 50 miles, 7:36 for 100 km, and 2:27 for the marathon. Mark has been a race director of many short, popular trail runs in the Southwest, and is a regular contributer to Ultrarunning magazine.

Pranjal Milovnik,35, Bratislava,Slovakia
Pranjal has run 870 miles in 15 days, including splits of 622 miles for10 days and 392 for six days. Pranjal has been running for 17 years and has completed 23 ultras, including 8 multidays and two Ironman Triathlons.He has completed the 3100 mile race three times, with a best of 51 days,16 hours.

Pete Stringer,66, Osterville,MA USA
Pete has run over 60 ultras and countless marathons in 53 years of running. Last year in his Six Day debut, he garnered 332 miles and a lot of admiration from his fellow competitors.

Frederick Riemer,60, Salt Lake City, Utah USA
In the last 30 years, Fred has run over 125 ultras including 11 multidays.Best performances include 118 miles for 24 hours, several finishes of high mountain 100 mile trail races, and completion of our Five Day Race back in 1987 (268 miles). In 2005 he ran 279 miles in the Six Day.

Andrey Andreyev,42,St. Petersburg,Russia
Andrey surprised many with a very respectable 344 miles in his first multiday last year.He has been running for 12 years.

Yuri Trostenyuk,44,Vinnitsa,Ukraine
Yuri had good debut in the Six Day last year with 337 miles.

Pavel Szymanski,36,Zlin, Czech Republic
Last year Pavel ran 242 miles in his first multiday after six years of running and seven ultras.

Gary Cross,48,Douglas,Arizona, USA
Gary has completed 16 multidays in 39 years of running. Included are various efforts at 48 hours, and six days, with a best of 421 miles.Last year he ran 272 miles in five days before leaving to serve his Air Force requirements back home. Gary has also given back to the sport by offering races for the running community. He directs a Six Day race in Arizona. Roman Dzierlatka,51, Bristol, CT USA

In 30 years of running, Roman has run over 100 ultras and 8 multidays. His best is 269 miles in 2004.

Amiya Smerda,33,Ostrava,Czech Republic
Amiya completed 260 miles in his first Six Day in 2006.

Michal Petricek,43,Brno, Czech Republic
Michal has run 11 multidays in the last five years, with a best of 423 miles in the Ten Day in 2004.

Gabor Rongits,30,Budapest,Hungary
Gabor will be running his first multiday after 12 years of running.

Kamil Kozub,32,Zlin, Czech Republic

This will be the first multiday for Kamil after 12 years of running.

Purna-Samarpan Querhammer,30, Hamburg,Germany
This will be the first six day for Purna-Samarpa. He has completed 8 ultras and several marathons as well as three Ironman triathlons.

Sam Soccoli,76,N. Babylon,NY USA
Sam has run 44 ultras in the last six years. Bests include 364 miles for 7 days in 2006 and 191 miles in 72 hours in 2004.

Petr Simicek,31,Brno,Czech Republic
Petr has completed three ultras and one multiday in 10 years of running. This is his first Six Day.

Dmitry Volkov,34,Smolensk, Russia
This will be the first multiday for Dmitry in a brief running career.

Mikhail Nemtinov,45,Moscow,Russia
Mikhail will be attempting his first multiday in ten years of running.

Women - 6 Day

Dipali Cunningham,49, Melbourne,Australia
Dipali is one of the world's best women ultra-distance runners. She has won 19 of the 22 multiday events she has entered since 1992, including five overall victories. In the spring of 2001 she set a new women's world record on the road for six days with 510 miles, defeating all the men in that race. In 2001 she ran 700 miles in 9 days 11 hours, the third fastest all-time for women. In 1998 she set a women's world best on the road for six-days with 504 miles, despite heavy rains at Wards Island Park. In 1999 she won the 700 mile race overall in 10 days, 21 hours. She is ranked third in the world for 700 miles, and third for 1000 miles, having dominated the women's 1000 mile race in 1997 in 13 days, 20 hours. She has won all ten Six Day titles in our spring-time event. She is also the women's course record holder for the Ten Day with 723 miles.In 2004,Dipali set a new women's age group 45-49 world best for six days with 479 miles. Later in the fall, she won the 700 mile race overall, her eighth victory in that event.

Vedisha Papp,42,Budapest,Hungary
Vedisha has finished two multidays in 10 years of running. Her best Six Day was 262 miles.

Uljana Jevdokimova,53,Kerava,Finland
In seven years of running Uljana has finished one Six Day race with 245 miles.

Rageshri Muzychenko,38Kiev,Ukraine
Rageshri has completed four multidays in 16 years of running, with a best of 245 miles for Six Days.

Barbara Sorrell,50,Delmar,NY USA
In over 22 years of running, barbara has finished over 50 ultras, but will be attempting her first multiday. She has run ten 100 mile trail races and finished them all, with a best of 22 hours at the Vermont 100.

Darya Nikitina,24,Moscow,Russia
This will be the multiday debut for Darya in a brief running career.

Ujjwala Mettrick,22,Christchurch,NZ
Ujjwala has completed two ultras and 10 marathons in five years of running.This will be her first Six Day.

Sunanda Minarikova,33, Prague, Czech Republic
This will be the first multiday for Sunanda after 15 years of running.

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#	Runner	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Day 8	Day 9	Day 10
6	Petr Spacil	80.00	150.00	217.00	273.00	339.00	400.00	460.00	529.00	598.00	670.00
	day total	80.00	70.00	67.00	56.00	66.00	61.00	60.00	69.00	69.00	72.00
9	Glen Turner	105.00	164.00	225.00	292.00	354.00	407.00	465.00	531.00	587.00	654.00
	day total	105.00	59.00	61.00	67.00	62.00	53.00	58.00	66.00	56.00	67.00
8	Pavel Saraz	73.00	136.00	202.00	265.00	326.00	388.00	445.00	509.00	569.00	636.00
	day total	73.00	63.00	66.00	63.00	61.00	62.00	57.00	64.00	60.00	67.00
3	Trishul Cherns	80.00	140.00	204.00	267.00	330.00	389.00	448.00	509.00	565.00	625.00
	day total	80.00	60.00	64.00	63.00	63.00	59.00	59.00	61.00	56.00	60.00
10	Bob Oberkehr	89.00	151.00	217.00	265.00	336.00	401.00	444.00	508.00	565.00	624.00
	day total	89.00	62.00	66.00	48.00	71.00	65.00	43.00	64.00	57.00	59.00
2	Vladimir Balatsky	91.00	142.00	202.00	227.00	265.00	323.00	372.00	442.00	505.00	566.00
	day total	91.00	51.00	60.00	25.00	38.00	58.00	49.00	70.00	63.00	61.00
13	Manfred Edinger	81.00	128.00	188.00	246.00	302.00	350.00	390.00	434.00	482.00	542.00
	day total	81.00	47.00	60.00	58.00	56.00	48.00	40.00	44.00	48.00	60.00
25	Igor Mudrik	85.00	140.00	202.00	251.00	317.00	377.00	432.00	465.00	504.00	533.00
	day total	85.00	55.00	62.00	49.00	66.00	60.00	55.00	33.00	39.00	29.00
15	Sergey Sydenko	77.00	118.00	170.00	221.00	271.00	318.00	365.00	417.00	470.00	531.00
	day total	77.00	41.00	52.00	51.00	50.00	47.00	47.00	52.00	53.00	61.00
12	Garry Wise	100.00	160.00	218.00	273.00	315.00	359.00	411.00	456.00	495.00	531.00
	day total	100.00	60.00	58.00	55.00	42.00	44.00	52.00	45.00	39.00	36.00
7	Luis Rios	71.00	120.00	172.00	221.00	277.00	329.00	375.00	426.00	475.00	525.00
	day total	71.00	49.00	52.00	49.00	56.00	52.00	46.00	51.00	49.00	50.00
5	Christopher Muellauer	82.00	151.00	223.00	263.00	300.00	338.00	392.00	433.00	474.00	518.00
	day total	82.00	69.00	72.00	40.00	37.00	38.00	54.00	41.00	41.00	44.00
4	David Luljak	75.00	149.00	201.00	288.00	318.00	350.00	380.00	428.00	465.00	517.00
	day total	75.00	74.00	52.00	87.00	30.00	32.00	30.00	48.00	37.00	52.00
16	Frederick Davis III	84.00	135.00	175.00	230.00	280.00	324.00	371.00	380.00	450.00	500.00
	day total	84.00	51.00	40.00	55.00	50.00	44.00	47.00	9.00	70.00	50.00
11	Zoran Marinkovic	70.00	120.00	161.00	210.00	255.00	300.00	344.00	390.00	435.00	493.00
	day total	70.00	50.00	41.00	49.00	45.00	45.00	44.00	46.00	45.00	58.00
19	Rastislav Ulicny	80.00	133.00	197.00	236.00	275.00	310.00	337.00	372.00	409.00	481.00
	day total	80.00	53.00	64.00	39.00	39.00	35.00	27.00	35.00	37.00	72.00
24	Valentyn Ionov	55.00	103.00	153.00	195.00	245.00	278.00	320.00	374.00	416.00	472.00
	day total	55.00	48.00	50.00	42.00	50.00	33.00	42.00	54.00	42.00	56.00
21	Uwe Postler	69.00	111.00	161.00	206.00	251.00	294.00	330.00	370.00	413.00	462.00
	day total	69.00	42.00	50.00	45.00	45.00	43.00	36.00	40.00	43.00	49.00
20	Jade Lynn	64.00	121.00	176.00	238.00	265.00	301.00	328.00	363.00	400.00	442.00
	day total	64.00	57.00	55.00	62.00	27.00	36.00	27.00	35.00	37.00	42.00
14	Jirka Caslava	72.00	121.00	168.00	206.00	241.00	273.00	310.00	350.00	392.00	440.00
	day total	72.00	49.00	47.00	38.00	35.00	32.00	37.00	40.00	42.00	48.00
22	Klaus Schulz	65.00	115.00	164.00	206.00	241.00	273.00	303.00	339.00	378.00	427.00
	day total	65.00	50.00	49.00	42.00	35.00	32.00	30.00	36.00	39.00	49.00
23	Tamas Agoston	56.00	100.00	141.00	180.00	219.00	260.00	300.00	338.00	375.00	420.00
	day total	56.00	44.00	41.00	39.00	39.00	41.00	40.00	38.00	37.00	45.00
17	Tom Kline	65.00	96.00	144.00	184.00	221.00	260.00	296.00	336.00	377.00	409.00
	day total	65.00	31.00	48.00	40.00	37.00	39.00	36.00	40.00	41.00	32.00
27	Alexander Arnst	55.00	99.00	144.00	181.00	212.00	244.00	270.00	310.00	344.00	384.00
	day total	55.00	44.00	45.00	37.00	31.00	32.00	26.00	40.00	34.00	40.00
18	Dragan Stojanovich	65.00	105.00	131.00	131.00	131.00	131.00	131.00	131.00	131.00	131.00
	day total	65.00	40.00	26.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1	Rimas Jakelaitis	102.00	115.00	115.00	115.00	115.00	115.00	115.00	115.00	115.00	115.00
	day total	102.00	13.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

#	Runner	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Day 8	Day 9	Day 10
28	Surasa Maier	90.00	146.00	212.00	263.00	321.00	379.00	428.00	480.00	535.00	595.00
	day total	90.00	56.00	66.00	51.00	58.00	58.00	49.00	52.00	55.00	60.00
39	Tatyana Jauk	81.00	131.00	190.00	240.00	286.00	331.00	379.00	429.00	474.00	523.00
	day total	81.00	50.00	59.00	50.00	46.00	45.00	48.00	50.00	45.00	49.00
31	Pratishruti Khisamoutdinova	75.00	120.00	179.00	234.00	292.00	342.00	383.00	430.00	467.00	507.00
	day total	75.00	45.00	59.00	55.00	58.00	50.00	41.00	47.00	37.00	40.00
38	Ingrid Kirschner	63.00	107.00	157.00	203.00	253.00	301.00	349.00	398.00	447.00	503.00
	day total	63.00	44.00	50.00	46.00	50.00	48.00	48.00	49.00	49.00	56.00
35	Svitlana Samarina	70.00	120.00	169.00	219.00	270.00	320.00	362.00	403.00	447.00	486.00
	day total	70.00	50.00	49.00	50.00	51.00	50.00	42.00	41.00	44.00	39.00
32	Dorothea Vogeli	83.00	139.00	199.00	230.00	264.00	297.00	338.00	372.00	419.00	478.00
	day total	83.00	56.00	60.00	31.00	34.00	33.00	41.00	34.00	47.00	59.00
36	Karina Ward	66.00	109.00	156.00	202.00	245.00	286.00	325.00	368.00	411.00	454.00
	day total	66.00	43.00	47.00	46.00	43.00	41.00	39.00	43.00	43.00	43.00
34	Visuddhi Trummer	61.00	103.00	138.00	181.00	223.00	264.00	308.00	350.00	393.00	436.00
	day total	61.00	42.00	35.00	43.00	42.00	41.00	44.00	42.00	43.00	43.00
29	Lenka Svecova	73.00	123.00	171.00	205.00	244.00	280.00	316.00	353.00	387.00	427.00
	day total	73.00	50.00	48.00	34.00	39.00	36.00	36.00	37.00	34.00	40.00
43	Ieva Kurzemniece	66.00	104.00	142.00	187.00	234.00	277.00	315.00	353.00	387.00	427.00
	day total	66.00	38.00	38.00	45.00	47.00	43.00	38.00	38.00	34.00	40.00
37	Sylva Stradalova	64.00	114.00	164.00	195.00	230.00	265.00	305.00	342.00	377.00	417.00
	day total	64.00	50.00	50.00	31.00	35.00	35.00	40.00	37.00	35.00	40.00
41	Kushali Taransova	56.00	96.00	137.00	178.00	219.00	256.00	294.00	330.00	368.00	400.00
	day total	56.00	40.00	41.00	41.00	41.00	37.00	38.00	36.00	38.00	32.00
42	Anastasiya Tabachnikova	47.00	84.00	117.00	147.00	178.00	211.00	238.00	268.00	298.00	330.00
	day total	47.00	37.00	33.00	30.00	31.00	33.00	27.00	30.00	30.00	32.00
40	Larysa Khramova	45.00	81.00	109.00	144.00	175.00	202.00	226.00	253.00	278.00	301.00
	day total	45.00	36.00	28.00	35.00	31.00	27.00	24.00	27.00	25.00	23.00
44	Tetyana Pasternak	38.00	63.00	84.00	109.00	129.00	148.00	170.00	191.00	210.00	229.00
	day total	38.00	25.00	21.00	25.00	20.00	19.00	22.00	21.00	19.00	19.00

#	Runner	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6
52	Asprihanal Aalto	101.00	183.00	254.00	335.00	413.00	505.00
	day total	101.00	82.00	71.00	81.00	78.00	92.00
53	Serge Arbona	132.00	213.00	273.00	299.00	370.00	450.00
	day total	132.00	81.00	60.00	26.00	71.00	80.00
51	John Geesler	113.00	172.00	225.00	286.00	365.00	412.00
	day total	113.00	59.00	53.00	61.00	79.00	47.00
54	Mark Dorion	101.00	150.00	208.00	269.00	329.00	397.00
	day total	101.00	49.00	58.00	61.00	60.00	68.00
65	Donald Landry	85.00	145.00	202.00	259.00	318.00	361.00
	day total	85.00	60.00	57.00	57.00	59.00	43.00
66	Andrey Andreev	69.00	122.00	173.00	226.00	280.00	344.00
	day total	69.00	53.00	51.00	53.00	54.00	64.00
58	Christopher Rana	75.00	150.00	191.00	231.00	265.00	342.00
	day total	75.00	75.00	41.00	40.00	34.00	77.00
67	Yuriy Trostenyuk	72.00	131.00	189.00	239.00	288.00	337.00
	day total	72.00	59.00	58.00	50.00	49.00	49.00
61	Pete Stringer	88.00	143.00	201.00	235.00	290.00	332.00
	day total	88.00	55.00	58.00	34.00	55.00	42.00
26	Mihail Vasilchenko	61.00	123.00	184.00	240.00	281.00	324.00
	day total	61.00	62.00	61.00	56.00	41.00	43.00
71	Horst Sykora	80.00	143.00	190.00	235.00	280.00	324.00
	day total	80.00	63.00	47.00	45.00	45.00	44.00
55	Hubert Muckenhumer	88.00	137.00	180.00	222.00	267.00	319.00
	day total	88.00	49.00	43.00	42.00	45.00	52.00
59	Tim Lawson	75.00	125.00	167.00	227.00	277.00	315.00
	day total	75.00	50.00	42.00	60.00	50.00	38.00
70	Mark Hoogakker	75.00	123.00	169.00	209.00	262.00	314.00
	day total	75.00	48.00	46.00	40.00	53.00	52.00
90	Mario Komak	60.00	110.00	157.00	203.00	255.00	314.00
	day total	60.00	50.00	47.00	46.00	52.00	59.00
60	Peter Elliott	66.00	121.00	169.00	218.00	265.00	313.00
	day total	66.00	55.00	48.00	49.00	47.00	48.00
56	Gary Cross	65.00	121.00	166.00	222.00	262.00	272.00
	day total	65.00	56.00	45.00	56.00	40.00	10.00
68	Michal Petricek	62.00	108.00	146.00	187.00	227.00	270.00
	day total	62.00	46.00	38.00	41.00	40.00	43.00
72	Pavel Szymanski	58.00	99.00	138.00	179.00	212.00	242.00
	day total	58.00	41.00	39.00	41.00	33.00	30.00
62	Andy Cable	78.00	103.00	125.00	160.00	185.00	235.00
	day total	78.00	25.00	22.00	35.00	25.00	50.00
69	David Rogan	56.00	95.00	128.00	159.00	188.00	220.00
	day total	56.00	39.00	33.00	31.00	29.00	32.00
63	Roman Dzierlatka	55.00	89.00	121.00	155.00	189.00	217.00
	day total	55.00	34.00	32.00	34.00	34.00	28.00

#	Runner	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6
73	Dipali Cunningham	104.00	177.00	249.00	315.00	376.00	443.00
	day total	104.00	73.00	72.00	66.00	61.00	67.00
74	Juli Aistars	92.00	160.00	211.00	275.00	333.00	387.00
	day total	92.00	68.00	51.00	64.00	58.00	54.00
76	Harita Davies	82.00	142.00	203.00	260.00	320.00	380.00
	day total	82.00	60.00	61.00	57.00	60.00	60.00
77	Petra Missbrenner	75.00	136.00	192.00	247.00	305.00	367.00
	day total	75.00	61.00	56.00	55.00	58.00	62.00
78	Shishaldin Hanlen	76.00	132.00	183.00	239.00	291.00	338.00
	day total	76.00	56.00	51.00	56.00	52.00	47.00
80	Marion Landry	73.00	125.00	171.00	222.00	280.00	330.00
	day total	73.00	52.00	46.00	51.00	58.00	50.00
79	Niribili File	66.00	116.00	167.00	213.00	255.00	309.00
	day total	66.00	50.00	51.00	46.00	42.00	54.00
88	Kateryna Krot	57.00	97.00	142.00	192.00	250.00	300.00
	day total	57.00	40.00	45.00	50.00	58.00	50.00
75	Kate Condon	77.00	120.00	158.00	199.00	243.00	300.00
	day total	77.00	43.00	38.00	41.00	44.00	57.00
85	Olga Soboleva	50.00	100.00	149.00	196.00	240.00	292.00
	day total	50.00	50.00	49.00	47.00	44.00	52.00
82	Abhaya Field	57.00	100.00	144.00	190.00	237.00	283.00
	day total	57.00	43.00	44.00	46.00	47.00	46.00
86	Stebneva Lubov	56.00	95.00	131.00	169.00	210.00	258.00
	day total	56.00	39.00	36.00	38.00	41.00	48.00
33	Elvira Janosi	66.00	112.00	148.00	180.00	222.00	254.00
	day total	66.00	46.00	36.00	32.00	42.00	32.00
89	Iris Klapper	60.00	101.00	135.00	193.00	204.00	248.00
	day total	60.00	41.00	34.00	58.00	11.00	44.00
84	Rageshri Muzychenko	52.00	94.00	130.00	172.00	201.00	230.00
	day total	52.00	42.00	36.00	42.00	29.00	29.00
81	Gael Balantyne	47.00	82.00	109.00	139.00	169.00	204.00
	day total	47.00	35.00	27.00	30.00	30.00	35.00

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TEN DAY RACE - MEN

Rimas Jakelaitis,52, Brooklyn,NY LIT

Rimas is one of the world's great superlong distance runners. Last year he won the Ten Day race for the fifth time with 665 miles.In 2001 he set the course record, running 901 miles for ten days,the second best total in history. In the process he passed 600 miles for six days, becoming only the 12th person all-time to ever do it. In 2000, Rimas astounded everyone with a world record of 16 days 00 hours in the 1300 miler, taking over 15 hours off the record as well as gaining the 2000 km world best. In 1999 he won the Six Day race with 517 miles. Rimas won the Ten Day in 2004 for the fourth time with 653 miles. He still holds the Lithuanian record for 100 km(7:20)and has run the marathon in 2:35. He even ran the 3100 miler in 2002, completing the distance in 50 days 2 hours. Over the years he has won several shorter ultras in the New York area.

Vladimir Balatsky,35, Graz,Austria UKR

Last year Vladimir finished second with 653 miles, a personal best and the longest he had ever run. He has run 386 miles for six days and seems to have the temperament for long distance racing.

Trishul Cherns,50,Middle Village,NY CAN

Canada's premier multiday specialist, and one of the world's most prolific runners, Trishul returns for another multiday event. He has completed 35 multiday races. Last year he finished third with 640 miles. In 1999 he finished third in the 3100 miler in 50 days, three hours during the hottest summer in New York in 100 years. He holds 112 Canadian national records for various distance including 1000 miles(13 days,7 hours) 1000 km(7 days,14 hours) and 48 hours(221+ miles). He has done 538 miles for six days and 130 miles for 24 hours. He has run over 160 ultras since 1978, totaling over 33,000 racing miles. He lives with his wife Kaaren in Middle Village, and works as a physiotherapist.

David Luljak,51, Chevy Chase,MD USA

The event record holder for six days at 541 miles, David moves up to the Ten for the first time. In 16 years of running he has completed 8 multidays, including 261 miles for 72 hours and 156 miles for 24 hours.

Christopher Muellauer,34, Zurich, SUI

Christopher has run 16 ultras including four multidays in the last seven years. His best was 700 miles in 10 days,17 hours in 2003.

Petr Spacil,29,Zlin, Czech Rep

Petr has run 13 ultras with good success at longer distances. In 2004 he finished fourth in the Ten day with 612 miles. He has a split of 646 miles for ten days from the mile race, where he eventually ran 1085 miles.

Luis Rios,59, Brooklyn,NY USA

Luis has run for over 30 years, including over 200 ultras and 12 multidays. He has run 646 miles for 12 days and has a best of 421 miles for six days. Last year he completed 501 miles in the Ten day.

Pavel Saraz,31,Komjatice, SLK

In 2005, Pavol finished second in the Ten day race with 540 miles. He has been running for seven years.

Glen Turner,47,Louisville,CO USA

Last year Glen led the men with 421 miles in the Six day race. He has run over 50 ultras, including three multidays.

Bob Oberkehr,52, Northvale,NJ USA

Bob has completed 42 ultras in 30 years of running, with three multidays, including 403 miles for six days last year.

Zoran Marinkovic,43, Leskovac SERBIA

Last year Zoran reached 325 miles for six days, a culmination of 10 years running and training.

Garry Wise,60, Yuendumu,NT AUS

In 2005, Garry completed 372.8 miles(600km) in the Cliff Young Six Day Race in Colac, Australia. He is a relative newcomer to multiday running, having been training for only three years.

Manfred Edinger,45,Vienna, AUT

Manfred ran 331 miles last year in the Six day race, his first multiday event in 11 years of running.

Jirka Caslava,32, Zlin, Czech Rep

Jirka has run 5 multidays, including 485 miles for 10 days.

Sergey Sydenko,34, Donetsk UKR

Last year in his multiday debut, Sergey completed 322 miles for six days.

Frederick Davis III, 59, Bedford, OH USA

In over 25 years of running, Frederick has completed over 200 ultra events, including 3 multidays. In 2002 he ran 172 miles in the ATY 72 hour race.

Tom Kline,62, Sunny Isles Beach, FL USA

Tom has been a competitive racewalker for nearly 40 years, and has logged over 43,000 miles in his 46 ultras and many journey runs. In 2003 he walked 326 miles for six days here in NY. He has walked from Tijuana, Mexico to San Francisco(628 miles) and Arctic Ocean to Fairbanks, Alaska (415 miles last August), among his many journeys.

Dragan Stojanovich,35,Belgrade,SERBIA

Dragan has run six ultras in six years of running, including 270 miles for six days and 456 miles for 10 days.

Rastislav Ulicny,26, Presov,SLK

Rasta has completed six ultras in 11 years of running, including 223 miles for three days.

Jade Lynn,31, Auckland,NZ

Jade completed 300 miles for six days in 2005, his only multiday in 9 years of running.

Uwe Postler,43, Innsbruck,AUT

In 15 years of running Uwe has finished three multidays, with a best of 458 miles for 10 days.

Klaus Schulz,66, Berlin GER

Klaus has a best of 479 miles for 10 days set in 2005, as well as a split of 311 miles for six days. He has completed over 30 ultras in 13 years of running and will be the Race Director for the inaugural Self-Transcendence 24 Hour race in Berlin in October.

Tamas Agoston,42, Budapest, HUN

Tamas has completed three multidays in 17 years of running, with a best of 400 miles for 10 days.

Valentyn Ionov,36,Kiev, UKR

Valentyn has run five ultras and numerous marathons and will be experiencing his first multiday.

Igor Mudrik,33, Vinnitsa,UKR

Igor will also be experiencing his first multiday in 10 years of running.

Mihail Vasilchenko,41, Omsk, RUS

Mihail will be running his first multiday.

Alexander Arnst,52, Omsk, RUS

Alexander is making his mutiday debut as well.

TEN DAY RACE - WOMEN

Surasa Maier,48,Salzburg, AUT

In 2002 Surasa broke two long-standing records for women, setting new world bests at 1000 km (7+16:08:37) and 700 miles (8+15:34:13). In 2001 she broke the women's world record for 1300 miles by completing the distance in 17 days 21 hours, nearly an hour and a half under the record. Her split for 1000 miles (13 days 17 hours) ranks second all-time. Surasa won the 1000 miler for the women in 2000 in 14 days 12 hours, the only finisher of that race. She has won every multiday race she has entered.

Lenka Svecova,32,Brno,Czech Rep

Lenka has completed 19 multidays in 24 years of running. Her bests include 1000 miles in 15 days 15 hours, 635 miles for ten days (split), and 413 miles for six days - all national records. She won the women's division of the Ten Day race in 2004 with 621 miles.

Pratishruti Khisamoutdinova,63,Smolensk RUS

Pratishruti ran 1090 miles to lead the women in the 1300 mile race in 2003. In 2001 she finished the 1000 mile race in 16 days 01 hours, becoming the oldest finisher of that event at that time. Pratishruti reached 1015 miles in the mile race in her first attempt at the distance. She has a best of 615 miles for ten days. She was a former professor of physical culture at Smolensk Institute, and was also a champion speed skater in earlier years.

Dorothea Vogeli,43,Ettingen, SUI

Dorothea has run 29 ultras, including 8 multidays. Her farthest distance was 901 miles in the 1000 mile race in 2002. She has run 577 miles for ten days and 106 miles (172 km) for 24 hours.

Visuddhi Trummer,44,Wels, AUT

Visuddhi has completed two six day races in 18 years of running, with a best of 331 miles.

Svitlana Samarina,32, Kiev, UKR

Svitlana ran 303 miles in the Six day race last year in her second multiday event. She has been running ten years.

Karina Ward,31, Canberra, AUS

In 2005 Karina ran 471 miles in the Ten day for fourth place among the ladies.

Sylva Stradalova,28, Zlin, Cz Reb

Sylva completed 450 miles in the 10 Day race, her second multiday.

Ingrid Kirschner,41, Munich GER

Ingrid ran 465 miles in the Ten day race last year, and has run four multiday races in 10 years of running.

Tatyana Jauk, 36, Graz , AUT (Slovenia)

This will be Tatyana's first multiday race. She has excelled in the sport of Karate, having been 8-time National Champion in her home country of Slovenia.

Larysa Khramova,43, Nilolaev, UKR

Larysa has twice finished the Ten Day, with a best of 444 miles in 2005, good for fourth place.

Kushali Taransova,40, Kiev, UKR

Kushali has run thee multidays, with the longest distance being 403 miles in last year's Ten day race.

Anastasiya Tabachnikova,25,Cheyabinsk, RUS

This will be the first multiday for Anastasiya.

Ieva Kurzemniece,42, Riga, LAT

This will be the third ultra but first multiday for Ieva.

Tetyana Pasternak,44, Donetsk, UKR

Last year Tetyana ran 147 miles in the Six day race.

SIX DAY RACE - MEN

John Geesler,48,St. Johnsville,NY USA

John has completed over 80 ultras in a sparkling 23 year running career. Bests include the US 48 hour record of 248 miles in 2004, as well as a 24 hour age-group US record of 157.9 miles. On Jan 1 of 2005 he completed 300 miles at the Across the Years 72-Hour Race, and did 287 miles at the same race this year. This will be his first attempt at six days.

Asprihanal Aalto,35, Helsinki,FIN

Asprihanal has emerged victorious in the Six Day Race two times, (2003 -457 miles and miles) winning each race with supreme efforts on the last day. One of the best endurance runners in the world, Asprihanal is ranked second all-time for 3100 miles (43 days 15 hours), has won the 700 mile race three times with a best of 9 days five hours, and has won the 3100 race three times (2000, 2001, 2004). For three straight years he ran all three yearly Self-Transcendence multidays in New York (six days, 3100 miles, 700 miles)- a feat unprecedented in multiday annals. He has also hiked the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail in solo fashion, covering 60 km per day for up to twelve weeks. Asprihanal works as a courier and delivery man back in Helsinki.

Serge Arbona,42, Baltimore, MD USA

Serge has completed nearly 70 ultras, with good speed and stamina. He won the Umstead 100 mile Trail Race in 2004, and held the 24 hour treadmill record of 152.2 miles, which was also set in 2004. With good speed for 100 miles(14:35) and trail strengths, Serge could be headed for a good six-day debut on the flats of Flushing Meadows.

Mark Dorion,47, El Paso, TX USA

Last year Mark completed 383 miles in the Six Day. Mark has been running 36 years, completing over 200 ultras. Bests include 131 miles for 24 hours, 5:55 for 50 miles, 7:36 for 100 km, and 2:27 for the marathon. Mark has been a race director of many short, popular trail runs in the Southwest.

Hubert Muckenhumer,39,Salzburg,AUT

Hubert won the Ten day race in 2003 with 631 miles, his best effort. Hubert has completed over 30 ultras in 15 years of running, including a third place finish in the Ten Day in 2001 with 627 miles, a third place finish in the 700 miler in 1999 (10 days, 2 hours), and 884 miles in the 1000 miler in 2001.

Gary Cross, 47, Douglas, AZ USA

Gary has completed 15 multidays in 38 years of running. Included are various efforts at 48 hours, and six days, with a best of 421 miles. Gary has also given back to the sport by offering races for the running community. He is the Race Director of the Arizona Six Day Race.

Harald Reisecker,37,Salzburg, AUT

Harald has run 550 miles for ten days, 360 for six days, and completed the 700 miler in 2001 in 10 days,22 hours.

Christopher Rana,30, Salzburg, AUT

In seven years of running, Christopher has run five multidays, including 700 miles in 11 days 14 hours, and 386 miles for six days.

Mario Komak,32, Bratislava, SLK

Mario has finished two multidays in 9 years of running, including 293 miles for six days.

Tim Lawson,21, Portland, OR USA

Last year Tim ran 285 miles in his first six day race at the tender age of 20. This year the seasoned veteran is back for more.

Peter Elliott,41, Melbourne,AUS

Peter has completed two multidays in seven years of running, including 300 miles for six days, and 460 miles in the Ten day in 2005.

Pete Stringer,65, Osterville,MA USA

Pete has been running for 56 years, including 35 ultras and many marathons, but at the young age of 65 is trying his first multiday. He has completed many trail runs of 100 miles including Leadville, Vermont and Umstead.

Andy Cable,41,Shelton,CT USA

In nine years of running, Andy has finished 23 ultras, including the Vermont 100, but is attaempting his first multiday.

Roman Dzierlatka,Bristol,CT USA

Roman has completed six multidays in over 30 years of running.His best six day was 269 miles in 2004. Over 20 years ago he ran 100 miles in 18 hours at Shea Stadium, only a half mile away from Meadow Lake.

Dennis Hopkins,27,Astoria,NY USA

In 11 years of running, Dennis has completed 12 ultras and a few journey runs but is attempting his first six day race.

Donald Landry,61, Montreal, Quebec, CAN

Don has managed to complete 56 ultras in 15 years of running, including bests of 200 miles in 72 hours(2005) and 140 miles(226 km) in 24 hours.

Andrey Andreev,41,St Petersburg RUS

Andrey is trying his first multiday after a decade of running marathons and short ultras.

Yuriy Trostenyuk,43, Vinnitsa, UKR

Yuriy is moving up to six days after having completed 24 hour races and many marathons.

Michal Petricek,42, Brno, Czech Rep

Michal has completed three multidays in five years of running, including 423 miles for 10 days and 277 miles for six days.

David Rogan,40,Florence,Italy (AUS)

This will be the first multiday for David, who has been running for 10 years.

Mark Hoogakker,28,Den Haag, NETH

Mark is running his first multiday after seven years of running and seven ultras.

Horst Sykora,46,Vienna, Austria

Horst is attempting his first 6 day race after 10 years of running.

Pavel Szymanski,35,Zlin. Czech Rep

Pavel is inspired to attempt his first multiday after five years of running.

SIX DAY RACE - WOMEN

Dipali Cunningham,48,Melbourne, AUS

Dipali is one of the world's best women ultra-distance runners. She has won 18 of the 21 multiday events she has entered since 1992, including five overall victories. In the spring of 2001 she set a new women's world record on the road for six days with 510 miles, defeating all the men in that race. In 2001 she ran 700 miles in 9 days 11 hours, the third fastest all-time for women. In 1998 she set a women's world best on the road for six-days with 504 miles, despite heavy rains at Wards Island Park. In 1999 she won the 700 mile race overall in 10 days, 21 hours. She is ranked third in the world for 700 miles, and third for 1000 miles, having dominated the women's 1000 mile race in 1997 in 13 days, 20 hours. She has won all nine Six-Day titles in our spring-time event. She is also the women's course record holder for the Ten day with 723 miles. In 2004, Dipali set a new women's age group 45-49 world best for six days with 479 miles. Later in the fall, she won the 700 mile race overall, her eighth victory in that event.

Juli Aistars,48,Lake Zurich, IL USA

Juli has completed 26 ultras in nine years of running, including 153 miles for 48 hours and 21 hours for 100 miles.

Elvira Janosi,51, Palic SERBIA

In a long running career of over 30 years, Elvira has completed 77 ultras, including 41 events of 24 hours or longer. In the 700 mile race in 2000, Elvira ran 700 miles for the second time in 12 days four hours. In the 10 day in 2000 she won the women's division for the third time in a row with 550 miles. She set a personal best of 621 km (385 miles) in the Colac Six Day race in Australia in 2005. Born in Hungary, she and her husband Tibor live near the beautiful town of Subotica, Serbia..

Kate Condon,51, Chichester, UK

Kate covered 801 miles in 2004 on this same course in the 1300 mile race. She has run five multidays in nearly 20 years of running, including 351 miles in six days.

Harita Davies,32, Christchurch,NZ

Last year Harita ran 347 miles in the six day, good for fourth place for the ladies and seventh overall. She has finished three multidays in 12 tears of running.

Petra Missbrenner,37,Vienna, AUT

Petra ran 302 miles in her first six day race in 2005, and looks forward to the challenge of six days again.

Shishaldin Hanlen,26, Brooklyn,NY USA

Shishaldin completed 262 miles last year in the six day race, her first multiday in five years of running.

Niribili File,61, Auckland,NZ

This will be Niribili's fifth multiday race. She has run 500 miles for ten days and 331 miles for six days, which are both New Zealand age-group(50-54) records.

Marion Landry,62,Montreal,Quebec, CAN

Marion has run over 50 ultras in the last 13 years of running, including 161 miles for 72 hours and 124 miles for 48 hours.

Gael Balantyne,43, Auckland, NZ

In the last ten years, Gael has completed 15 ultras, including two multidays. She has a best of 254 miles for six days.

Abhaya Field,62, Christchurch,NZ

Last year Abhaya ran 278 miles at age 61 in the six day, so naturally she is looking at an even better result this year.

Rageshri Muzychenko,37, Kiev, Ukraine

Last year Rageshri completed 245 miles in the Six Day. She has run three multidays in 15 years of running.

Olga Soboleva,44,Smolensk, Russia

This will be Olga's first multiday after a brief running career.

Stebneva Lubov,50, St. Petersburg,RUS

Stebneva has run three ultras and looks forward to the challenge of the six day.

Regina Plyavinskaya,41, St. Petersburg RUS

Regina is running her first multiday.

Kateryna Krot,31,Mariopol, Ukraine

This will be Kateryna's first multiday after six years of running. She has completed five ultras.

Iris Klapper,32, Christchurch, NZ

This will be Iris's second ultra and first multiday.

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The 2006 Self-Transcendence 6 & 10 Day Races

10 Day April 26 - May 6

6 Day April 30 - May 6

Daily Results

Self-Transcendence 10 Day Men	Day1	Day2	Day3	Day4	Day 5	Day6	Day7	Day8	Day9	Day10

Rimas Jakelaitis	111	123	225	285	356	413	484	540	598	665
Vladimir Balatsky	81	141	201	258	325	386	450	514	580	653
Trishul Cherns	73	144	214	279	345	410	478	527	588	640
Barney McBryde	93	144	188	234	279	323	372	409	460	509
Luis Rios	73	126	172	219	278	326	386	411	459	501
Borys Nikolayev	72	121	174	222	269	310	355	398	443	496
Pavol Saraz	81	135	186	241	300	348	386	416	442	481
Tibor Malits	66	118	158	200	241	280	323	362	403	463
Uwe Postler	64	105	146	186	230	267	312	352	400	457
Dragan Stojanovich	60	103	137	180	212	242	297	332	394	456
Dennis Kranz	59	105	125	dnf



Self-Transcendence 10 Day Women	Day1	Day2	Day3	Day4	Day5	Day6	Day7	Day8	Day9	Day10

Sarah Barnett	76	131	190	248	304	370	431	487	547	611
Nataliya Hlushchuk	83	152	212	272	329	385	444	500	550	600
Karnayati Morison	73	125	175	231	284	335	384	435	486	543
Pratishruti Khisamoutdinova	84	131	186	242	296	342	394	433	482	543
Olga Abramovskikh	54	99	148	199	250	298	350	398	448	512
Stela Doni	62	122	175	220	271	320	367	420	463	510
Ivana Nemcova	72	111	169	220	274	327	372	417	456	507
Ingrid Kirschner	62	110	156	196	240	285	328	370	415	465
Silva Stradalova	70	117	175	203	243	279	319	361	396	450
Kushali Tarantsova	55	101	146	187	230	268	308	338	370	403
Larysa Khramova	51	97	131	164	203	246	291	329	368	393


Self-Transcendence 6 Day Men	Day1	Day2	Day3	Day4	Day5	Day6

Glen Turner	93	148	221	287	351	421
Bob Oberkehr	97	159	213	266	333	403
Mark Dorion	91	147	209	251	327	383
Manfred Edinger	72	129	186	230	280	331
Sergey Sydenko	69	118	170	222	270	322
Mike Brooks	76	136	186	232	275	320
Mario Komak	70	117	163	206	244	293
Tim Lawson	65	110	152	193	235	285
Chanakhya Jakovic	66	112	159	202	241	278
Michal Petricek	61	106	147	186	224	267
Amiya Smerda	67	105	139	174	207	260
Roman Dzierlatka	53	98	142	176	215	255


Self-Transcendence 6 Day Women	Day1	Day2	Day3	Day4	Day5	Day6

Dipali Cunningham	104	178	250	320	388	458
Kaneenika Janakova	92	157	221	286	350	422
Friederike Makowka	72	128	201	262	310	354
Harita Davies	74	132	188	245	292	347
Tetyana Pekhovych	62	112	164	211	258	307
Svetlana Samarina	69	114	162	210	257	303
Jackie Broderick	50	97	142	191	245	294
Zuzana Tobolkova	81	133	179	216	254	289
Eta Field	55	100	150	200	243	278
Sophie Butler	58	100	142	187	226	274
Shishaldin Hanlen	57	101	142	185	227	262
Uljana Jevdorimova	56	97	137	172	212	245
Rageshri Muzychenko	58	98	136	173	210	245
Tetyana Pasteznak	32	53	73	95	116	147

The Runners
Ten-Day Race - starts April 26, 12 NOON

Ten Day Men

Rimas Jakelaitis,51,Brooklyn,NY (Lithuania)
We are happy to welcome back Rimas, one of the world's great superlong distance runners. In 2000, Rimas astounded everyone with a world record of 16 days 00 hours in the 1300 miler, taking over 15 hours off the record as well as gaining the 2000 km world best. In 2001 he won the Ten Day race, running 901 miles for ten days,the second best total in history. In the process he passed 600 miles for six days,becoming only the 12th person alltime to ever do it. In 1999 he won the Six-day race with 517 miles. Rimas won the Ten Day in 2004 for the fourth time with 653 miles. He holds the Lithuanian record for 100 km(7:20)and has run the marathon in 2:35. He even ran the 3100 miler in 2002, completing the distance in 50 days 2 hours. He has also won several shorter ultras in the New York area.

Trishul Cherns,49, Middle Village,NY (Canada)
Canada's premier multiday specialist, and one of the world's most prolific runners, Trishul returns for another multiday event.. He has completed 32 multiday events. In 1999 he finished third in the 3100 miler in 50 days,three hours during the hottest summer in New York in 100 years. He holds 112 Canadian national records for various distance including 1000 miles(13 days,7 hours) 1000 km(7 days,14 hours) and 48 hours(221+ miles). He has done 538 miles for six days and 130 miles for 24 hours. he has a ten day best of 605 miles.He has run over 160 ultras since 1978, totalling over 33,000 racing miles. He lives with his wife Kaaren in Middle Village, and works as a physiotherapist.

Luis Rios,58, Brooklyn, NY USA
In 2004 Luis ran 646 miles in the 700 mile race,the farthest he has gone in a multiday event. A fixture at all shorter ultras in the New York area, Luis has had a long and prolific running journey. He has completed over 200 ultras, including a best at 24 hours-140 miles, and several fast 100 milers to his credit. He has done ten multiday events, with a best of 421 miles for six days. He ran 525 miles in the Ten Day race in 2001 as well as in 2003. Last year he ran 480 miles in the Ten day,but was hampered by a sore back.

Barney McBryde,41, Auckland, New Zealand
Barney has run 34 ultras, including 373 miles for six days(2004) and 180 km(111 miles) for 24 hours.This will be his first attempt at ten days

Tibor Malits,34, Szekesfehervar, Hungary
A veteran of 11 multidays and 45 ultras, Tibor has best of 564 miles in the Ten Day, and completed the 700 miler in 11 days 13 hours, both in 2001.

Vladimir Balatsky, 34, Graz, Austria (Ukraine)
Vladimir has run four ultras in seven years of running, including 336 miles for six days in the 2005 race, which was a good multiday baptism.

Borys Nikolayev,46,Donetsk, Ukraine
Boris has been running for 15 years, and has completed five ultras, including six days last year with 296 miles.

Dennis Kranz,59, Bellvedere,Ill USA
Dennis has run over 25 ultras ultras. Bests include 280 miles for six days (2001),142 miles for 48 hours and 195 miles for three days.

Dragan Stojanovich,34, Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro
Dragan has run six ultras in six years of running. He has completed 270 miles for six days.This will be his first attempt at ten days.

Mario Komak,31, Bratislava,Slovakia
Mario has completed three ultras, with a best of 264 miles for six days.

Pavol Saraz,30,Bratislava, Slovakia
In six years of running, Pavol has completed seven ultras and three multidays.He finished second in the Ten day with 540 miles last year. He has run 321 miles for six days and 231 miles in four days. This will be his first attempt at ten days.

Ten Day Women

Pratishruti Khisamoutdinova,62, Smolensk,Russia
Pratishrutiran ran 1090 miles to lead the women in the 1300 mile race in 2003. In 2001 she finished the 1000 mile race in 16 days 01 hours, becoming the oldest finisher of that event at that time. Pratishruti reached 1015 miles in the 2002 1300 mile race in her first attempt at the distance. Pratishruti has run 20 ultras in the last few years, including 382 miles for six days, as well as 872 miles in the 1000 mile race in 2000. She has a best of 572 miles for ten days. She was a former professor of physical culture at Smolensk Institute, and was also a champion speed skater in earlier years.

Nataliya Hlushchuk,30, Kiev, Ukraine
Nataliya surprised many with a win for the women in the 2005 Ten day race, garnering 515 miles. She has run four ultras in ten years of running.

Sarah Barnett,30, Melbourne, Australia
Sarah has completed four ultras, including 338 miles for six days, and 475 miles in ten days.

Ingrid Kirschner,40, Munich,Germany
In nine years of running, Ingrid has completed five ultras and two multidays, with a best of 430 miles for ten days.

Karnayati Morison,58,Ottawa,Ont. Canada
Karnayati has run 11 ultras in 30 years of running.Her three multidays include 324 miles for six days, and 508 miles in the 700 mile race.

Kushali Tarantsova,38, Kiev, Ukraine
Kushali has been running for twelve years. She has run two multidays, with a best of 413 miles in ten days, and 294 miles for six days.

Ivana Nemcova, 24, Prague, Czech Republic
Ivana has finished two multidays and five ultras in four years of running. She has done 265 miles for six days and 402 km(249.7 miles)in four days.

Sylva Stradalova,26, Zlin, Czech Republic
Sylvia has run one multiday in five years of running.She competed the Six day last year with 258 miles.

Stela Doni,32,Schlieren, Switzerland(Ukraine)
Stela will be running her first Ten Day race. She has done four ultras and one multiday in ten years of running.She ran 253 miles in the Six day race last year.

Six-Day Race - starts April 30, 12 NOON

Six Day Men

John Geesler,47, St. Johnsville, NY USA
John has completed over 85 ultras, including an American record 248 miles for 48 hours and an age-group record 157+ miles for 24 hours.Last year he ran 300 miles in 72 hours in the Across the Years event in Arizona. John has also won the US National Championship for 24 hours.and has run under 15 hours for 100 miles.

Glen Turner, 46, Boulder,Colorado, USA
Glen has completed over 50 ultras in 32 years of running.His bests include 300km(186 miles) for 48 hours and 130.8 miles for 24 hours.This will be his six day coming out party.

Mark Dorion,46, El Paso,TX USA
Last year Mark completed 318 miles in the Six day. Mark has been running 35 years, completing over 150 ultras. Bests include 131 miles for 24 hours, 5:55 for 50 miles, 7:36 for 100 km, and 2:27 for the marathon. He has twice attempted the Barkley Marathon in Tennesee, the toughest 100 miler in the world.

Bob Oberkehr,51,Northvale, NJ USA
Last year Bob reached 384 miles in his multiday debut.He has run 32 ultras in 30 years of running. His best 24 hours was 119 miles(2003).

Chanakhya Jakovic,52,Jamaica, NY (UK)
In 33 years of running, Chanakhya has completed over 50 ultras, including 21 multidays. His bests are 308 miles for six days, and 653 miles in the 1000 mile race(2003)

Mike Brooks,60, Danville, Maine USA
Mike has run three multidays in 11 years of running.Bests include 180+ miles for 72 hours, the difficult Badwater Mohave Desert run-135 miles in 46 hours, and 153 miles in 48 hours. Mike is running to raise money for critically ill children.

Roman Dzierlatka,49,Bristol,CT USA
Roman has completed over 40 ultras, including four multidays in his 30 years of running. In 2004 he ran 269 miles for six days.

Michal Petricek,41, Brno, Czech Republic
Michal has completed 424 miles in the Ten day and 277 miles for six days in four years of running ultras.

Manfred Edinger,44, Vienna, Austria
Manfred has run 15 ultras in 10 years of running.He will be running six days for the first time.

Tim Lawson,20, Tigard, Oregon USA

Amiya Smerda,31,Fresh Meadows,NY
Amiya will be trying his first multiday in eight years of running and five ultras.

Sergey Sydenco,33,Donetsk,Ukraine
This will be Sergey's first multiday after 12 years of running and two ultras.

Six Day Women

Dipali Cunningham,47, Melbourne, Australia
Dipali is one of the world's best women ultra-distance runners. She has won 17 of the 20 multiday events she has entered since 1992, including four overall victories. In the spring of 2001 she set a new women's world record on the road for six days with 510 miles, defeating all the men in that race. In 2001 she ran 700 miles in 9 days 11 hours, the third fastest all-time for women. She has completed the 700 mile race eight times. In 1998 she set a women's world best on the road for six-days with 504 miles, despite heavy rains at Wards Island Park. In 1999 she won the 700 mile race overall in 10 days, 21 hours. She is ranked third in the world for 700 miles, and third for 1000 miles, having dominated the women's 1000 mile race in 1997 in 13 days, 20 hours. She has won all eight Six-Day titles in our spring-time event. In 2004,Dipali set a new women's age group 45-49 world best for six days with 479 miles.Later iin the fall, she won the 700 mile race overall, her eighth victory in that event.

Kaneenika Janakova,36,Bratislava,Slovakia
In eleven years of running, Kaneenika has completed six multidays and 12 ultras. Her bests include 407 miles for six days, 700 miles in 10 days, 19 hours, and 1000 miles in 15 days, 19 hours. All three marks are Slovakian national records.

Friederike Makowka,46, Geneva,Switerland
In 2004r Friederike finished third in the Ten Day with 481 miles.Last year she ran 393 miles in the Six day. In 2003 she ran 340 miles for six days. She has run four multidays in ten years of running.

Harita Davies,31, Christchurch, New Zealand
Harita finished in third place in 2000 with 337 miles in the Six day. She has run six ultras in 10 years of running.

Tatyana Pekhovych, 52, Donetsk, Ukraine
This will be the second multiday race for Tatyana, who has three ultras to her credit in seven years of running.She has done 242 miles for six days.

Rageshri Muzychenko,36, Kiev, Ukraine
Rageshri ran 205 miles in her multiday debut last year.

Sophie Butler,37,Auckland, New Zealand
Sophie has completed five ultras in 20 years of running. This is her first multiday.

Jackie Broderick,54, SanDiego,CA USA
Jackie makes her multiday debut after 20 years of running. On May 6, she finishes the race and joins a new age group!

Shishaldin Hanlen,25, Brooklyn,NY USA
After four years of running, Shishaldin will attempt her first multiday and second ultra.

Uljana Jevdorimova,50,Kerava,Finland
Uljana will be running her first multiday after five years of running.

Zuzana Tobolkova,25,Pardubice, Czech Republic
This will be Zuzana's first multiday after eight years of running.

Harieta Field,61, Christchurch, New Zealand
â€˜Eta', as she is affectionately known,will be on the other side of the counter, running her first multiday, after helping out for years as a great volunteer. She has been dabbling in running for nine years.

Tetyana Pasteznak,43,Donetsk, Ukraine
Tetyana will be starting her first multiday after eight years of running and one other ultra.

10 day Men	Race No.

Rimas Jakelaitis	10
Trishul Cherns	11
Luis Rios	12
Tibor Malits	13
Vladimir Balatsky	14
Barney McBryde	15
Dennis Kranz	16
Borys Nikolayev	17
Pavol Saraz	18
Uwe Postler	19
Dragan Stojanovich	20

10 day Women

Pratishruti Khisamoutdinova	25
Nataliya Hlushchuk	26
Sarah Barnett	27
Karnayati Morison	28
Ivana Nemcova	29
Silva Stradalova	30
Ingrid Kirschner	31
Stela Doni	32
Kushali Tarantsova	33
Olga Abramovskikh	34
Larysa Khramova	35

The Runners
Ten-Day Race - starts April 26, 12 NOON

Ten Day Men

Six-Day Race - starts April 30, 12 NOON

Six Day Men

John Geesler,47, St. Johnsville, NY USA
John has completed over 85 ultras, including an American record 248 miles for 48 hours and an age-group record 157+ miles for 24 hours.Last year he ran 300 miles in 72 hours in the Across the Years event in Arizona. John has also won the US National Championship for 24 hours.and has run under 15 hours for 100 miles.

Glen Turner, 46, Boulder,Colorado, USA
Glen has completed over 50 ultras in 32 years of running.His bests include 300km(186 miles) for 48 hours and 130.8 miles for 24 hours.This will be his six day coming out party.

Mark Dorion,46, El Paso,TX USA
Last year Mark completed 318 miles in the Six day. Mark has been running 35 years, completing over 150 ultras. Bests include 131 miles for 24 hours, 5:55 for 50 miles, 7:36 for 100 km, and 2:27 for the marathon. He has twice attempted the Barkley Marathon in Tennesee, the toughest 100 miler in the world.

Bob Oberkehr,51,Northvale, NJ USA
Last year Bob reached 384 miles in his multiday debut.He has run 32 ultras in 30 years of running. His best 24 hours was 119 miles(2003).

Chanakhya Jakovic,52,Jamaica, NY (UK)
In 33 years of running, Chanakhya has completed over 50 ultras, including 21 multidays. His bests are 308 miles for six days, and 653 miles in the 1000 mile race(2003)

Mike Brooks,60, Danville, Maine USA
Mike has run three multidays in 11 years of running.Bests include 180+ miles for 72 hours, the difficult Badwater Mohave Desert run-135 miles in 46 hours, and 153 miles in 48 hours. Mike is running to raise money for critically ill children.

Roman Dzierlatka,49,Bristol,CT USA
Roman has completed over 40 ultras, including four multidays in his 30 years of running. In 2004 he ran 269 miles for six days.

Michal Petricek,41, Brno, Czech Republic
Michal has completed 424 miles in the Ten day and 277 miles for six days in four years of running ultras.

Manfred Edinger,44, Vienna, Austria
Manfred has run 15 ultras in 10 years of running.He will be running six days for the first time.

Tim Lawson,20, Tigard, Oregon USA

Amiya Smerda,31,Zlin,Czech Republic
Amiya will be trying his first multiday in eight years of running and five ultras.

Sergey Sydenco,33,Donetsk,Ukraine
This will be Sergey's first multiday after 12 years of running and two ultras.

Six Day Women

Dipali Cunningham,47, Melbourne, Australia
Dipali is one of the world's best women ultra-distance runners. She has won 17 of the 20 multiday events she has entered since 1992, including four overall victories. In the spring of 2001 she set a new women's world record on the road for six days with 510 miles, defeating all the men in that race. In 2001 she ran 700 miles in 9 days 11 hours, the third fastest all-time for women. She has completed the 700 mile race eight times. In 1998 she set a women's world best on the road for six-days with 504 miles, despite heavy rains at Wards Island Park. In 1999 she won the 700 mile race overall in 10 days, 21 hours. She is ranked third in the world for 700 miles, and third for 1000 miles, having dominated the women's 1000 mile race in 1997 in 13 days, 20 hours. She has won all eight Six-Day titles in our spring-time event. In 2004,Dipali set a new women's age group 45-49 world best for six days with 479 miles.Later iin the fall, she won the 700 mile race overall, her eighth victory in that event.

Kaneenika Janakova,36,Bratislava,Slovakia
In eleven years of running, Kaneenika has completed six multidays and 12 ultras. Her bests include 407 miles for six days, 700 miles in 10 days, 19 hours, and 1000 miles in 15 days, 19 hours. All three marks are Slovakian national records.

Friederike Makowka,46, Geneva,Switerland
In 2004r Friederike finished third in the Ten Day with 481 miles.Last year she ran 393 miles in the Six day. In 2003 she ran 340 miles for six days. She has run four multidays in ten years of running.

Harita Davies,31, Christchurch, New Zealand
Harita finished in third place in 2000 with 337 miles in the Six day. She has run six ultras in 10 years of running.

Tatyana Pekhovych, 52, Donetsk, Ukraine
This will be the second multiday race for Tatyana, who has three ultras to her credit in seven years of running.She has done 242 miles for six days.

Rageshri Muzychenko,36, Kiev, Ukraine
Rageshri ran 205 miles in her multiday debut last year.

Sophie Butler,37,Auckland, New Zealand
Sophie has completed five ultras in 20 years of running. This is her first multiday.

Jackie Broderick,54, SanDiego,CA USA
Jackie makes her multiday debut after 20 years of running. On May 6, she finishes the race and joins a new age group!

Shishaldin Hanlen,25, Brooklyn,NY USA
After four years of running, Shishaldin will attempt her first multiday and second ultra.

Uljana Jevdorimova,50,Kerava,Finland
Uljana will be running her first multiday after five years of running.

Zuzana Tobolkova,25,Pardubice, Czech Republic
This will be Zuzana's first multiday after eight years of running.

Harieta Field,61, Christchurch, New Zealand
â€˜Eta', as she is affectionately known,will be on the other side of the counter, running her first multiday, after helping out for years as a great volunteer. She has been dabbling in running for nine years.

Tetyana Pasteznak,43,Donetsk, Ukraine
Tetyana will be starting her first multiday after eight years of running and one other ultra.

Ten and Six day Race - Short List April 27 - May 7, 2007 (may not reflect actual day of race runners)

Photoes from 2005 Six and Ten Day Races

The following is a list of the runners for both the 6 and 10 day races, followed by their appropriate biography:

Ten Day Men

1. Luis Rios,57, Brooklyn, NY USA
2. Uwe Postler,41, Innsbruck, Austria
3. Petr Spacil,26, Brno, Czech Republic
4. Michal Petricek,40, Brno, Czech Republic
5. Tamas Agostin,40, Budapest, Hungary
6. Miroslav Pospisek,44, Prague, Czech Republic
7. Tibor Malits,33, Szekesfehervar, Hungary
8. Gabor Kalman,39,Szeged, Hungary
9. Pavol Saraz,29,Bratislava, Slovakia
10 Lucian Balmer,22,San Francisco,CA USA
11 Krastin Vasilev,25, Sofia, Bulgaria
12 Klaus Schulz,64,Berlin, Germany
13 Robert Jaros,29, Zilina, Slovakia
14 Jozef Jaros, Zilina, Slovakia

Ten Day Women

1. Kushali Tarantsova,38, Kiev, Ukraine
2. Vedisha Papp,39, Budapest, Hungary
3. Karina Ward,29,Canberra, Australia
4. Nataliya Hlushchuk,29, Kiev, Ukraine
5. Sarah Barnett,29, Melbourne, Australia
6. Larisa Khramova,41, Nikolaev, Ukraine

Six Day Men

1. Martin Wagen,25, Oberwil, Switzerland
2. Danny Ripka,47,Naples, FL. USA
3. Bob Oberkehr,50,Northvale, NJ USA
4. Fred Riemer,57, Salt Lake City, UT USA
5. Jade Lynn, 29, Auckland, New Zealand
6. Andres Ramon,26,Reykjavik, Iceland
7. Chanakhya Jakovic,51,Jamaica, NY (UK)
8. Zoran Marinkovic, 41, Leskovac, Serbia Montenegro
9. Vladimir Balatsky, 33, Graz, Austria (Ukraine)
10 Fredy Marcelo Cazar, 35, Macas, Ecuador
11 Edison Fernando Samaniego,41, Macas, Ecuador
12 Walter Homero Toledo,35,Macas, Ecuador
13 Enrique Marcelo Haro Villarreal, 40, Macas, Ecuador
14 Roman Dzierlatka,48,Bristol,CT USA
15 Christopher Rana, 28, Hamburg, Germany
16 Peter Elliott,39, Melbourne, Australia
17 Borys Nikolayev,44,Donetsk, Ukraine
18 Mark Dorion,45, El Paso,TX USA

Six Day Women

1. Dipali Cunningham,46, Melbourne, Australia
2. Kaneenika Janakova,35,Bratislava,Slovakia
3. Elvira Janosi,49, Palic, Serbia-Montenegro
4. Petra Missbrenner,35, Vienna, Austria
5. Dharmaputri Zwetzbacher,37,Oberengstringen, Switzerland
6. Tatyana Pekhovych, 52, Donetsk, Ukraine
7. Ivana Nemcova, 24, Prague, Czech Republic
8. Sonja Muller,38, Vienna, Austria
9. Sylvia Stradalova,26, Zlin, Czech Republic
10 Karnayati Morison,58,Ottawa,Ont. Canada
11 Rageshri Muzychenko,35, Kiev, Ukraine
12 Svetlana Samarina,31, Kiev, Ukraine

The Runners
Ten-Day Race - starts April 27, 12 NOON

Ten Day Men

Petr Spacil,26, Brno, Czech Republic
In a promising running career, Petr has completed ten ultras and five multidays. He ran 1085 miles in eighteen days of the 1300 miler last yearas well as 612 miles in theTen Day Race, where he finished in fourth place. his best for six days is 400 miles.
Luis Rios,57, Brooklyn, NY USA
In 2004 Luis ran 646 miles in the 700 mile race,the furthest he has gone in a multiday event. A fixture at all shorter ultras in the New York area, Luis has had a long and prolific running journey. He has completed over 200 ultras, including a best at 24 hours-140 miles, and several fast 100 milers to his credit. He has done ten multiday events, with a best of 421 miles for six days. He ran 525 miles in the Ten Day race in 2001 as well as in 2003.
Tibor Malits,33, Szekesfehervar, Hungary
A veteran of 10 multidays and 40 ultras, Tibor has best of 564 miles in the Ten Day, and completed the 700 miler in 11 days 13 hours, both in 2001.

Miroslav Pospisek,44, Prague, Czech Republic
Last year Miroslav ran 326 miles in the Six Day event, good for seventh place for the men. He has completed three multidays and 13 ultras oin nine years of running.
Tamas Agostin,40, Budapest, Hungary
Tamas completed 404 miles last year in the Ten Day, and 420 miles in the 700 miler, his first two multidays in 15 years of running.
Gabor Kalman,39,Szeged, Hungary
Gabor completd 387 miles in the Ten Day, his first splash in the multiday waters. He has been running for five years.
Uwe Postler,41, Innsbruck, Austria
Last year Uwe ran 273 miles in the Six day event, his first multiday. He has run over 30 ultras in 13 years of running.
Lucian Balmer,22,San Francisco,CA USA
Lucian made his multiday debut with 252 mile in the six day last year. He has been running for five years.
Krastin Vasilev,25, Sofia, Bulgaria
Last year, Krastin managed two multidays: 252 miles in the Six Day, and then 510 miles in his first 700 mile race.He has been running for 13 years.
Klaus Schulz,64,Berlin, Germany
Klaus has been running for 11 years, including 29 ultras and 26 marathons.In 2004 he completed 395 miles in the Ten Day race, including 256 miles for six days.
Robert Jaros,29, Zilina, Slovakia
In a brief running career, Robert will be attempting his first multiday event.
Jozef Jaros, Zilina, Slovakia
Brother to Robert, Jozef is also running his first multiday race.This is the first brother combunation in our race history.
Pavol Saraz,29,Bratislava, Slovakia
In five years of running, Pavol has completed seven ultras and two multidays. His best is 373 km(231 miles)in four days. This will be his first attempt at ten days.

Ten Day Women

Vedisha Papp,39, Budapest, Hungary
Vedisha ran the 2003 Six Day race, finishing 277 miles. She has been running seven years.
Karina Ward,29,Canberra, Australia
Karina returns to the Ten Day after having run 423 miles last year. She has been running for 12 years.
Kushali Tarantsova,38, Kiev, Ukraine
Kushali has been running for ten years. Her multiday debut was last year, when she completed 234 miles.
Nataliya Hlushchuk,29, Kiev, Ukraine
Nataliya has run four ultras in ten years but is making her first multiday in this race.
Sarah Barnett,29, Melbourne, Australia
Sarah is venturing past 24 hours for the first time in this race. She has been running for 12 years.
Larisa Khramova,41, Nikolaev, Ukraine
Larisa has accumulated three ultras and seven marathons in five years of running.

Six-Day Race - starts May 1, 12 NOON

Six Day Men

Rimas Jakelaitis,49,Brooklyn,NY (Lithuania)
Rimas won the Ten Day last year for the fourth time with 653 miles. In 2000, Rimas astounded everyone with a world record of 16 days 00 hours in the 1300 miler, taking over 15 hours off the record as well as gaining the 2000 km world best. In 2001 he won the Ten Day race, running 901 miles for ten days, in the process passing 600 miles for six days, an Herculean feat. In 1999 he won the Six-day race with 517 miles, as well as running 954 miles in the fall 1300 miler. He holds the Lithuanian record for 100 km( 7:20)and has run the marathon in 2:35. He even ran the 3100 miler in 2002, completing the distance in 50 fays 2 hours.He has also won several shorter ultras in the New York area.
Martin Wagen,25, Oberwil, Switzerland
In seven years of running, Martin has become an accomplished runner. In 2002 he won the Run Across America race 4860 km(3020 miles) in 71 stages. The following year he placed second in the only Trans Europe Footrace(5036 km(3129 miles) in 64 stages. He has run 226 km(140 miles) for 24 hours.
Danny Ripka,47,Naples, FL. USA
In nine years of running ultras, Danny has completed fifty races.. Noteworthy results include a second place in the 2004 US National Championship 24 Hour race with 136.8 miles, 142 miles in 24 hours in 1997, a first place in the F.A.N.S. 24 hour(127 miles) in 2004, and 216 miles in the 48 hour at Surgeres(2000). This will be his first attempt at six days.
Christopher Rana, 28, Hamburg, Germany
In five years of running, Christopher has completed four multidays. His bests include 603 miles for ten days, 385 miles for six days, and 700 miles in 11 days,14 hours.
Mark Dorion,45, El Paso,TX USA
Mark has been running 34 years, completing over 100 ultras. Bests include 131 miles for 24 hours, 5:55 for 50 miles, 7:36 for 100 km, and 2:27 for the marathon. He has twice attempted the Barkley Marathon in Tennesee, the toughest 100 miler in the world. This will be his first attempt at six days.
Bob Oberkehr,50,Northvale, NJ USA
Bob has run 32 ultras in 30 years of running. His best 24 hours was 119 miles(2003). This will be his first multiday.
Fred Riemer,57, Salt Lake City, UT USA
Fred has completed over130 ultras in 28 years of running. Best performances include 118 miles for 24 hours, several finishes of high mountain 100 mile races, and completion of our Five Day Race back in 1987 (268 miles). Welcome back, Fred!
Chanakhya Jakovic,51,Jamaica, NY (UK)
In 32 years of running, Chanakhya has completed over 50 ultras, including 20 multidays. His bests are 308 miles for six days, and 653 miles in the 1000 mile race(2003).
Peter Elliott,39, Melbourne, Australia
Peter was able to complete 300 miles in the Six Day race last year. He has been running for four years.
Zoran Marinkovic, 41, Leskovac, Serbia Montenegro
Zoran has completed four multidays in five years of running. last year he ran 255 miles for six days.
Jade Lynn, 29, Auckland, New Zealand
Jade will be running his first multiday race. He has run several marathons and a few ultras in eight years of running.
Andres Ramon,26,Reykjavik, Iceland
Andres is running his first multiday race after six years of running.
Vladimir Balatsky, 33, Graz, Austria (Ukraine)
This will be the first multiday for Vladimir, who has run three ultras in Seven yeras of running.
Fredy Marcelo Cazar, 35, Macas, Ecuador
Frederico has completed three multidays and six ultras in 15 years of running.
Edison Fernando Samaniego,41, Macas, Ecuador
Edison has run six ultras. He is the president of the Provincial Sport Federation of the state of Morona Santiago, Ecuador.
Walter Homero Toledo,35,Macas, Ecuador
Walter ran 159 miles before injury forced him out of the 2004 700 Mile Race. he has been running for 19 years.
Enrique Marcelo Haro Villarreal, 40, Macas, Ecuador
Enrique Marcelo has run six ultras. he is the president of the Provincial Commitee of Athletes for Morona Santiago, Ecuador.
Roman Dzierlatka,48,Bristol,CT USA
Roman has completed over 40 ultras, including four multidays in his 27 years of running. Last year he ran 269 miles for six days.
Michal Petricek,40, Brno, Czech Republic
Michal completed 424 miles in the Ten day, his fifth multiday event in three years of running ultras.
Borys Nikolayev,44,Donetsk, Ukraine
Boris has been running for ten years, and has completed three ultras, but no multiday races.
Alexander Ponomarev,27 Donetsk, Ukraine
Boris Jakobson,41, Florence,Italy(Serbia-Montenegro)

Six Day Women

Dipali Cunningham,46, Melbourne, Australia
Dipali is one of the world's best women ultra-distance runners. She has won 16 of the 19 multiday events she has entered since 1992, including four overall victories. In the spring of 2001 she set a new women's world record on the road for six days with 510 miles, defeating all the men in that race. In 2001 she ran 700 miles in 9 days 11 hours, the third fastest all-time for women. She has completed the 700 mile race eight times. In 1998 she set a women's world best on the road for six-days with 504 miles, despite heavy rains at Wards Island Park. In 1999 she won the 700 mile race overall in 10 days, 21 hours. She is ranked third in the world for 700 miles, and third for 1000 miles, having dominated the women's 1000 mile race in 1997 in 13 days, 20 hours. She has won all seven Six-Day titles in our spring-time event.Last May, Dipali set a new women's age group 45-49 world best for six days with 479 miles.In the fall, she won the 700 mile race overall, her eighth victory in that event.
Kaneenika Janakova,35,Bratislava,Slovakia
In ten years of running, Kaneenika has completed five multidays and 12 ultras. Her bests include 406 miles for six days, 700 miles in 10 days, 19 hours, and 1000 miles in 15 days, 19 hours. All three marks are Slovakian national records.
Elvira Janosi,49, Palic, Serbia-Montenegro
A seasoned veteran of 40 years of running, Elvira has travelled the world and competed everywhere. She holds national records at six days, ten days, 1000 km and 700 miles. She has won the Ten Day Race four times for the women, including a best of 550 miles. She completed the 700 mile race in 2000 in 12 days four hours.
Karnayati Morison,58,Ottawa,Ont. Canada
Karnayati has run 11 ultras in 30 years of running.Her two multidays include 274 miles for six days, and 508 miles in the 700 mile race.
Petra Missbrenner,35, Vienna, Austria
Petra has been running for 11 years. this will be her first multiday event.
Dharmaputri Zwetzbacher,37,Oberengstringen, Switzerland
Dharmaputri has completed three ultras in 14 years of running. This is her first attempt at six days.
Tatyana Pekhovych, 52, Donetsk, Ukraine
This will be the first multiday race for Tatyana, who has two ultras to her credit in seven years of running.
Ivana Nemcova, 24, Prague, Czech Republic
Ivana has finished one multiday and four ultras in three years of running. She has done 402 km(249.7 miles)in four days.
Sonja Muller,38, Vienna, Austria
Sonja has completed six ultras but no multidays in 12 years of running.
Sylvia Stradalova,26, Zlin, Czech Republic
Sylvia will be attempting her first multiday in five years of running.
Rageshri Muzychenko,35, Kiev, Ukraine
This will be Rageshri's first multiday in a 13 year running career.
Svetlana Samarina,31, Kiev, Ukraine
Svetlana has completed three ultras in 11 years of running.This will be her multiday baptism of fire.
Stela Doni,32,Schlieren, Switzerland(Ukraine)
Stela will be running her first Six Day race. She has done 2 ultras in ten years of running.
Friederike Makowka,45, Geneva,Switerland
Last year Friederike finished third in the Ten Day with 481 miles. In 2003 she ran 340 miles in the Six Day race. She has run four multidays in ten years of running.

The Runners
Ten-Day Race - starts April 27, 12 NOON

Ten Day Men

Ten Day Women

Six-Day Race - starts May 1, 12 NOON

Six Day Men

Six Day Women

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.

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