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The 2005 Self-Transcendence
10 & 6 day Races
Flushing Meadow, Queens,New York
The self-Transcendence 10 and 6 day races are run on a mile loop
in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New york. The track is
open 24 hours a day and the race is a go-as-you-please format trying
to accumulate as many miles as possible in the time limit. The runners
rest in tents and food and assistance is provided.
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Miroslav Pospisek has won the 2005 Self-Transcendence Race
with 564 miles. In second place was Pavol Saraz with 540 and Luois
Rios took third spot with 480. The ladies race was dominated from
the beginning by Nataliya Hlushchuk in her first multiday race who
finished with 515 miles. Second place was Sarah Barnett with 475
after a tremendous battle with Karina Ward running 62 miles on the
last day. Karina totaled 471 miles for the 10 days
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Mileage totals
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Congratulations to Danny Ripka for winning the Self-Transcendence
6-day race in New York with 478 miles
- an average of almost 80 miles a day. Danny was supported throughout
by his wife Pat and friends Don and Paul who travelled some distance
to offer encouragement in Danny's first attempt at a multiday race.
Second place for the men was Martin Wagen from Switzerland with
441 miles. Martin looked relaxed throughout the race and ran 87
miles on the last day. Third place was local runner Rimas Jakelaitis
who led the race until the 5th day. His knee began troubling him
yet he hung on for 400 miles.
Since the 6-day race's inception in 1998 there have been eight
6-day races and making this years race eight wins out of eight is
Dipali Cunningham Finishing with 474 miles Dipali has demonstrated
again hertremendous capacity for this distance. Last year the second
best highest total for a lady was over 100 kms short of Dipali's
770 km., a total that placed her third behind Achim Heukemes and
Claude Hardel overall.
In second place was Kaneenika Janakova from Bratislava, Slovakia
who set a new National record with her 407 mile performance which
supersedes last years record of 406. In third place also exceeding
her previous best was Frederike Makowka with 393 miles who ran a
great race.
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Mileage totals
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