At the Diagonale des Fous, Tom Evans is in fourth place on Friday morning, while Josh Wade is tenth. On the men’s side, Vincent Esmiol leads the race across Réunion, with a crossing from south to north announced for an arrival at La Redoute, Saint-Denis.
The start is given in Ravine Blanche, Saint-Pierre, on Thursday 15 October at 22:00 local time. The race takes in varied terrain with narrow mountain trails, rocky ridges, ravines and river crossings, while poles are banned. The distance is around 180 km, with 10,200 m of positive elevation gain.
At Grand Place, 107.6 km in, at 11:45 on Réunion (08:45 UK), Vincent Esmiol shows a gap of 12 h 24 min. Hugo Deck is at +17 min 59 s, Jean-Philippe Tschumi at +30 min 40 s and Tom Evans at +42 min 28 s. Josh Wade is at +1 h 06 and, later, Evans stays around 4th place at about 32 minutes.
On the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, Andrea Marcato wins the event for the seventh consecutive year, from 2020 to 2026. He completes the 3,100 miles in 45 days, 3 hours, 11 minutes and 28 seconds, before continuing to 5,000 km in 45 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 36 seconds.
The Moldovan Radu Budan finishes second on Thursday 15 October in 46 days, 10 hours, 59 minutes and 38 seconds. The article says it was the second time he finished the event, compared with his 2024 time of 47 days, 5 hours, 58 minutes and 18 seconds, i.e. almost 19 hours more. Other runners are still competing in the provisional “Day 47”.
