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Date: Aug. 21, 2026 Participant: Arkady Krasovskiy #26 Race: 2026 Habanero Habanero 135 Distance: 0.0 miles

Battled to a Runner-Up Division Finish Across a Grueling New Ultra Distance Arkady Krasovskiy tackled the inaugural running of the Habanero 135 a distance added to the 2026 Habanero Hundred specifically because 100 miles was no longer enough for the race's veteran finishers covering 132.6 miles in 42:30:44, an overall average pace of 19:14 per mile. That effort was good for 12th overall and 11th among men out of 39 total starters, capped by a runner-up finish in the M50-59 division. The opening miles showed real speed for the distance, with a 10:11 first split and splits in the 10-12 minute range through mile six, good enough for 1st place in the M50-59 group early on. Pace settled into the high-teens by the second half, as expected over 100+ miles of Texas heat and sand, but Krasovskiy's placement told a bigger story: he briefly cracked the overall top three, sitting 2nd overall at the 57-mile mark (18:02:52 elapsed), and then took over the M50-59 division lead for a long stretch from roughly mile 89 through mile 126 n