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Tag Archives: ultra-running

Kaliakin does more… and more

18 Tuesday Sep 2018

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100 miler, 12-hour run, kaliakin, ultra-running

photo of Dima Kaliakin during Viaduct Ultra 100

Dima Kaliakin makes it look like running ultras is fun.

Not one to rest on his earlier ultra-exploits this summer, CRR Dimitri (“Dima”) Kaliakin, son of CRR Vic Kaliakin, competed in two more grueling endurance events.

On July 28 at 5 a.m., Kaliakin hit the starting line to compete in the Viaduct Trail Ultra 100 miler in Lanesboro in northeastern Pennsylvania. The rail-trail course comprised four laps of a 25-mile out-and-back route. There were 19 (17 men and 2 women) who began the event; eleven (10 men and one woman) finished. Kaliakin was second among those who completed the event, finishing 41 minutes after midnight on July 29—a time of 19 hours, 41 minutes. Even father Vic got a good workout, bicycling alongside his son for 30 of the miles.

On Sept. 2 of Labor Day weekend, Kaliakin competed in the Labor Pains 12-Hour Endurance Trail Run in Reading, Pa. This trail course consisted of a 5-mile loop including steep uphills and downhills done multiple times. The 23-year-old Kaliakin completed 13 laps within the 12-hour limit, covering 65 miles, finishing second overall out of 400 runners. His official time for those 13 laps was 11:11:38. Note: runners were not allowed out on another loop if they would not be able to finish the loop within the 12-hour total time limit.

Well done, but yikes!

More madness, regional examples

07 Saturday Jul 2018

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50K, 6-hour-run, Annapolis, Dirty German Endurance Fest, kaliakin, Saloman OutdoorFest Ultra, ultra-running

photo of Dima Kaliakin at Dirty German 50KWhen 23-year-old CRR Dima Kaliakin races, typically a marathon is but a warm-up distance.

On Saturday, May 12, Kaliakin ran the 50km “Dirty German Endurance Fest” in Philadelphia, placing 4th overall out of 190 competitors, winning his age group in the process, in 3:52:23. That’s nearly four hours of running at a 7:28 per mile pace.

On June 2, in Staten Island, N.Y., Kaliakin competed in the Saloman OutdoorFest Ultra. The object here was to run as far—as many times over the same 5K loop—as one could in six hours! Kaliakin won this race outright, completing 39 miles (that’s a little over 12-and-a-half 5Ks) in that time and winning by more than a 5K over the second-place finisher.

Just four days later, Kaliakin entered a 24-hour charity running event in Annapolis, Md. Laps were supposed to be one mile in length. He managed to do an even 100 laps, only to find out later that the laps were each actually 0.94 miles, so he was disappointed that he had only managed 94 miles. His dad, CRR Vic Kaliakin, who is much more reasonable with his running by comparison, said that Dima “went out too fast,” completing the first 50 laps in a blistering 6:55/mile pace, having to slow up considerably after the 78th mile.

Astounding and a more than a bit crazy!

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