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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.
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Pushkar C. Mullauer from Zurich,Switzerland finished in seventh place Sunday morning in a Swiss record time of 49 days+ 02:57:03. He averaged 63.110 miles per day (101.560 km) whilst garnering the 16th place all-time at 3100 miles. He became the first Swiss citizen to run 3100 miles on a certified course. He said afterward that he could not believe he did it. A few weeks ago he passed his previous best distance mark by nearly 13 days. Diganta Adhikari will hopefully finish Tuesday evening.
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On a warm, humid sticky day in Queens, NY, Aussie Grahak Cunningham ran to a new Australian record by finishing second in the 3100 mile race in 44 days+09:08:58. Grahak averaged 69.857 miles per day (112.417 km). He becomes the third-ranked runner at the distance in the world, moving up from the fifth spot and besting his previous outing by over two days. Czech Republic runner Petr Spacil led the day with 71.34 miles and is poised to finish his journey around 10am on Wednesday morning. The battle for fourth spot still wages on as Vladimir Balatsky leads Pranjal Milovnik by 11 laps.
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Every year since I was 26 years old I have run my age in miles around the time of my birthday. When I was 26 years old I had already had run a 26 mile marathon so I thought that increasing by only one mile the next year would not be so bad. But as the years quickly passed and I am now more than twice that age it becomes more of a challenge.
Seeing the runners in the 3100 mile race doing more than two marathons a day, day after day, makes the task of running 57 miles a bit more palatable. Sri Chinmoy encouraged those who could run to try and run regularly in order to stay fit, healthy and happy. I feel that if I could stay in shape all year long then to run a long race or training run would not be as difficult or painful.
But no matter how you look at it, 57 miles is no joke and it takes many, many hours of constant movement to cover the distance. The secret is to run it as cheerfully as possible so the effort does not go to waste. In the words of Sri Chinmoy: “Try to be a runner, and try all the time to surpass and go beyond all that is bothering you and standing in your way. Be a real runner so that ignorance, limitation and imperfection will all drop far behind you in the race.” Read more
Last year Petr made a quantum leap in his performance in the 3100, finishing fourth in 48 days,11 hours, an improvement by four days. In 2007 Petr finished his first 3100 mile race in 52 days,12 hours, only a few weeks after winning the Ten Day race in May with a total of 670 miles. Petr has run 15 ultras and seven multidays with good success at longer distances. In 2004 he finished fourth in the Ten day with 612 miles. He has a split of 646 miles for ten days from the 2004 1300 mile race, where he eventually ran 1085 miles.
A three-time finisher of the 3100, Diganta completed the 3100 miler in 2006 in 50 days+11 hours, moving him up to sixteenth on the all-time rankings, and still at a tender age for multiday specialists. In 2005 he completed the 3100 miler in 50 days, 14 hours, in his first attempt at the distance. Diganta has run over 20 ultras in ten years of running. His bests include 611 miles in 12 days, 525 in 10 days, and 352 miles for six days.
Suprabha is one of the most prolific super-long distance runners in the world, as well as defining longevity in the sport. She is the only twelve-time finisher of the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, and still the only female competitor. Her best is 49 days, 14 hours for 3100 miles, ranking her fifteenth all-time. To date, she has run 39,900 miles or 64,212 km around the 3100 mile racecourse after totaling the 3100’s and the original 2700 miler. This is a grand total of 72,708 laps. In the decade of the nineties, she compiled 20,108 multiday racing miles in 14 multiday events. She is the American women’s record holder for 700, 1000 and 1300 miles. She is only one of three people ever to finish the 1300 mile race three times or more. She was first woman in the 1996 Sri Chinmoy 2700 Mile Race, third overall out of six people, establishing new records beyond 1300 miles up to 2700 miles. Suprabha won the Sri Chinmoy Seven-Day race five times earlier in her career, and has held the women’s world record for 1000 miles as well. She owns a gift shop in Washington, DC. and has been a member of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team for many years.
Nayak compiled some interesting statistics about the 3100 Mile race.
Here are some of the staggering numbers that go to make up the 3100 race, now completing its 12th year. I have estimated some quantities when information was not available.
Total number of starters since the 3100 race began in 1997 – 102
Percent of starters who finished – 83%
Total distance travelled, all years – 297,184 miles (478,169 km)
Comparison to moon travel – From earth to moon + 2! times around the earth
Number of steps taken—all runners and years – 523 million
Total number of laps-all runners and years – 541,545
Number of times around the earth, all runners & years – 12
Running around Jupiter, largest planet – More than once around
Suprabha”s mileage for 12 years – 39,900
Total number of person-days involved in race, all years and runners – 4932 days (13! years)
Average finish time – 50 days +10 hours
Water consumed, all years and runners – 20,000 liters
Estimated number of meals eaten, all runners and years – 15,000 (enough to feed a family of 4 for 10 years),
Number of countries represented – 17
Countries with most entries USA: 17 (because of Suprabha”s 12)
Country with most runners – Czechoslovakia: 6 (3 Czech, 3 Slovak); Germany: 4; USA: 4
Total number of thoughts at 10 per minute, all runners and years – 53 million
Estimated number of hours of selfless service support since 1997 – 52,000 (equivalent to 6 years of 24/7)
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At a few minutes before midnight, American woman Suprabha Beckjord,52,completed the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race for a record 12th time, reaching the line in 56 days+17:51:22. The petite gift-shop owner from Washington,DC averaged 54.634 miles per day(87.925 km). She has run 39,900 miles on the concrete half-mile loop around the neighborhood the last 13 summers, and is also the oldest finisher of 3100 miles in race history. A total of eleven runners completed the distance this year out of a field of 14, with six claiming personal bests from one hour to four days better.
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