Day 41 of Season 262 is the closing day for both Mistake and Historic 1945. Thirty-two verified runs produce 340.4 km — the highest single-day volume since the Kazan weekend — with six races receiving sessions and the final accounting for two of them arriving before midnight. Mistake ran for 30 days; Historic 1945 for 10. Everything that will count in their standings is logged today.
Elena Dubinina defines the Mistake closing day in the women’s standings. She logs two sessions: 15.3 km and 13.7 km, filed separately within the same day. Entering 10 May, her cumulative stood at 30.2 km (60% of the 50 km target); the 29.0 km push brings her to 59.2 km (118%). Dubinina ends the race above both Elena Myazina and Margarita Pochekutova in total distance, though all three women finish above 100%. Pochekutova, who had been at 95% entering the final day, adds 12.0 km to reach 59.7 km (119%) — the highest of the three. Rustem Rafikov, the last man to cross the Mistake corridor, logs 13.0 km to move from 80% to 106%. Seven men and four women finish Mistake above 100%.
The Historic 1945 closing day holds the season’s quietest and most resonant session. Natalya Komarova logs 9.1 km with the note: “Happy Victory Day! My first 9 km. First in my life!” The race required a minimum of one verified run of 9 km — and Komarova completes it exactly, on the last available day, as her first run of that distance in her lifetime. She finishes at 101% of the target. The note is not exceptional in length or craft; it is exceptional in what it is.
Svetlana Serebryannikova contributes to Francisco Goya with 9.3 km and the note “Salyut Pobedy run by UralKhim RunFactory” — she is logging a real-world Victory Day running event held by a sponsor-branded running club. The crossover between organised real-world runs and the virtual race calendar has appeared throughout Season 262 (the Kazan Marathon being the largest example); Serebryannikova’s session illustrates how athletes continue to post physical-world results into the platform in the days after the holiday.
Aleksey Sherihov adds 24.1 km in .execution — his second session in the race and the largest single .execution entry since Bazarov’s 42.2 km opening. Sherihov’s two-session total in .execution now stands at 38.3 km (38% of the 100 km target). With Mistake and Historic 1945 closing today, .execution absorbs a portion of the field’s active attention; it runs through 5 June, giving participants seven more weeks to build.
Konstantin Surganov rounds out his Historic 1945 account with 12.0 km (“12 km at a calm pace”), raising his final position to 133% of the minimum. His session log for the day also includes two Nairobi entries annotated “the day before the relay: 3 km + 3×200/200 calm” and “2 km warmup before the relay — the relay itself was 1 km, unfortunately didn’t start the watch.” The relay he references is a real-world running event; Surganov is using the virtual race calendar as a training log for preparations that extend beyond it.
The final Mistake standings close with seven men between 101% and 109% of the 50 km corridor — all of them completing. The women’s table settles with four athletes above 100%, including Dubinina who entered the final day at 60%. Historic 1945 closes with ten men and ten women finishing above the 9 km minimum. The season’s shortest race format has ended; the longer-horizon races absorb the field from tomorrow.
