Day 61:Suprabha Beckjord Finishes Thirteen
On an overcast and somewhat cool summer afternoon in New York, 53-year-old Suprabha Beckjord reached the improbable milestone of 13 finishes of the Self-Transcendence 3100 mile race, completing the distance in 60 days+08:58:51.She was the final finisher of this year’s event. Her journeys in the last baker’s dozen of extreme multidays has brought her [...]
Day 60: Oh So Close
Suprabha Beckjord ran 45.55 miles today to get within 53 laps(29 miles) of her coveted goal of 3100 miles. The petite Washington,D.C. store-owner is trotting onto her own historical platform- 13 finishes and immortality at superlong distance running. No woman has ever run this race even once, and no man has run more miles [...]
Day 59: Suprabha Ever So Close
With a 46.09 mile day under her belt, Suprabha Beckjord is only 136 laps from finishing. She has weathered the heat wave(?!!) and the difficult running surface to be in position to finish Thursday afternoon. This observer has never seen her so focused on getting the job done. The lucky thirteenth finish awaits. Thursday.
Day 58: Suprabha Survives Heat Day
photo by Arpan
A more normal New York summer day - high nineties with high humidity and no breezes - was the formidable foe today, but our heroine Suprabha Beckjord carried on with 44.45 miles. A rendezvous with the finish line appears to be real on Thursday afternoon late. Tonight huge thunderstorms raged only miles [...]
Day 57: Suprabha Continues On
photo by Arpan
Starting alone at 6:00 am, Suprabha Beckjord continued her quest of 13 straight finishes with a 45.0016 mile day in stifling humidity and building heat. Monday and Tuesday are forecast for mid-nineties temps but the Washington,DC runner has seen it all over her thousands of laps on the Queens, NY course, [...]
Day 56: Ananda-Lahari Zuscin’s Fifth
photo by Arpan
Thirty-four year-old Slovakian Ananda-Lahari Zuscin became the tenth person to finish this year, running 3100 miles in 55 days+10:12:07. This was his fifth finish and bettered by six hours last year’s effort. Suprabha Beckjord remains the last runner and will finish on Thursday, August 13th.
Day 55: Pavol Saraz Reaches 3100
photo by Arpan
Pavol Saraz,33, from Zlin, Czech Republic reached 3100 miles today for the first time in 54 days+14:26:40. The tall, lanky runner averaged 56.777 miles per day(91.375 km) in his second attempt at the longest distance race. Ananda-Lahari Zuscin needs 74 laps(40.44 miles) to reach the end of his journey Saturday afternoon.
Day 54:Getting There
photo by Jowan
Pavol Saraz is 88 laps from runner-heaven, getting within 49 miles of completing his first 3100 mile race. He should finish around 8:30-9:30 pm on Friday. Ananda-Lahari Zuscin probably needs until Saturday in the mid-afternoon to make it to the line for the last time this year. Suprabha Beckjord is still getting there, [...]
Day 53: Hang Tough
photo by Arpan
The band of three still remaining tasted the first day at 90ºF this summer- perhaps two months late- and got through it okay. Pavol Saraz ran 58.7 miles to put himself in place to finish comfortably on Friday evening. The others did what they could- stay strong!
Day 52: Diganta Adhikari Finishes
photo by Arpan
Austrian Diganta Adikhari finished the 3100 mile race for the fourth time today in 51 days +13:26:22. He is the eighth finisher this year. Suprabha Beckjord went through the 2700 mile split for the fourteenth time in her running life - an amazing statistic any way you look at it. Pavol Saraz is [...]