The 2011 Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race

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Rupantar has been the race director of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team since 1985, having been asked by Sri Chinmoy to serve in that capacity. As well as working on the big races the US Marathon Team organise each year - the 3100 Mile Race and the Six and 10 Day Race - he also spends a considerable amount of time archiving the Marathon Team's 40 year history on this website.

The 2011 Self Transcendence 3100 Mile Race is the longest certified foot race in the world (Certificate Code: NY97024PR). The competitors seek to complete 5649 laps of a .5488 mile course (883 meters) in a timespan of 52 days. This year's 3100 Mile Race will start on June 12. Runners to the start!

	Final Results 2011 Daily Race Mileage Results from Past Editions
	Daily video blogs Inspiring interviews with the intrepid 3100 mile runners...
	Meet the Runners 10 runners will participate in the 2011 race.
	Race Diary The 3100 Mile race is an epic journey. These posts by Utpal Marshall give insight into the runners, organizers and supporters who make this unique running challenge a reality.
	Photo Gallery Daily photos: Alakananda, Arpan, Antara-Prabhat, Prabhakar, and others.

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Watch the start of the 3100 Mile Race in this 3 minute video clip by Mridanga Spencer, Anglia Productions. 10 runners from seven different countries embark on this epic journey. How many will make it in the 52 day cutoff?

V-blogs: Race Director Rupantar LaRusso catches the innermost feeling of the runners, their highs and lows, their sorrows and joys, in these often amusing video clips.

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Stutisheel Lebedev, 40 years, has been seriously running for more then 26 year and in his own works: "just loves it". It will be his 7th 3100 Mile Race. He progressed from 53 days in 2004 to 48 days in 2009 in this everest-running. He has written 5 books on his 3100 mile journey, the last one in 2010 - Eat to Run: Health and Diet of An Ultrarunner. He lives in Kiev, Ukraine, where he is involved in many projects - from lecturing and giving training on personal growth, to managing a company of software development with dozen of people. During this race he will write his own blog.
Pranjal will run for the 6th time this year. Last year he ran his best 3100 time; 48 days 6 hours. In 16 years he has run 58 marathons and 37 ultras, including 11 multiday races. He has run also three Ironman distance triathlons. During this race he will be writing his own blog.
Abichal has been running multiday races since 1996 including six Self-Transcendence 3100 mile races and in 2004 started multidays.com which has grown to be a resource for ultrarunning news and events around the world.

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Tejvan organises short-distance running and cycling races for the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team in his home city of Oxford. He is also a very good cyclist, having won the National hill climb championships in 2013 and finished 3rd in the National 100 Mile Time Trials in 2014.

The 27th edition of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race finished on 20 October. Six out of the fourteen runners finished the complete distance, but all runners achieved incredible goals of personal self-transcendence, overcoming obstacles, such as the weather, illness and tired feet!

Results 2023

Andrea Marcato, 41 Dohlo, Italy (Zurich) 43 days+13:33:23
Wei-Ming Lo, 58, New Taipei City, Taipei (ROC) 45 days +08:41:27
Tsai Wen-Ya, 54, Taichung City, Taiwan (ROC) 45 days +12:28:44 WWR - 1st Woman
Vasu Duzhiy, 57, St. Petersburg, Russia 49 days+15:36:01
Mahasatya Janczak, 48, Lublin Poland 50 days+10:30:41
Harita Davies, 48, New Zealand & USA 51 days +16:43:11

Milan Javornicky - 3031.5 miles
Jason Lester - 2700.0 miles
Stutisheel Lebedev - 2624.1 miles
Kaneenika Janakova - 2576.4 miles
Adrian Papuc 2507.9 miles
Ananda-Lahari Zuscin - 2421.2 miles
Susan Marshall 2276.9 miles
Nina Huang-Lan Yang 2072.9 miles

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Photos - Sri Chinmoy Ultra Photo
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Stutisheel Youtube Playlist of 3100 Miles Race 2023
US SCMT Photo Gallery
Tarit Stott's article on helping at the 3100 Mile Race at "Runners are Smilers" Blog

News Links

3100 Mile Race Featured on NPR, "All Things Considered"
Multi-Day Runners are Alarmingly Sane - Outside Magazine
Run Ultra article on the Race
3100 Mile Race (Mongolia News)

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Harita Davies finished the 3100 mile race today, passing the final mark in 51 days +16:43:11. Harita averaged 59.954 miles/ 96.488 km per day. She is still the New Zealand National Record Holder overall. She is also the sixth fastest of the women who finished the 3100 Mile Race. Her steadiness and dedication led to another finish.

Jason Lester- 49, from Phoenix, Arizona had to deal with some illnesses and the difficulty of supreme long distance running. Jason reached 2,700 miles in 51 days +12:41:31. He learned a lot about protecting and saving his feet and lower legs for weeks and weeks of hard surfaces.

Adrian Papuc, 55, from Bucharest, Romania, reached 4000 km in 51 days+05:13:02. Later he reached 2,500 miles in 51 days+15:41:31. Both marks were the farthest distances he ever reached. Milan Javornicky, 49, from Celakovice Czech Republic passed 3000 miles in 51:08:06:58

The Curtain Comes Down on the 3100 Mile Race

Shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday, a small crowd starts gathering around the tented area of the 3,100-mile race. They are gathering to welcome the final finisher of the race, Harita Davies. Then, at midnight, the final runners will reach the end of their own personal 52-day adventures. The distance they have covered in the 52 days, will be recorded on the final result sheet. It will be a personal milestone for many.

For Milan Javornicky, despite falling just short of the 3100 goal, it will still be the furthest he has ever run in his life. This morning, he passed the 3,000-mile barrier, an improvement on the 2,700 + miles he ran in the Salzburg race in 2020.

Jason Lester, although having covered more distance on his solo continental adventures, is happy he has run his furthest distance yet in a race situation, quite a different experience than some of his previous adventures.

Adrian Papuc reached 2,500 miles this evening, By far the furthest distance he has achieved, His cheerfulness in dealing with a few issues as the race progressed made him a friend for life with all the other runners and with the local community of Sri Chinmoy, volunteers who come to help daily.

Nina has also made a lot of friends despite her injury issues. Susan, Stutisheel and Ananda-Lahari know what it is like to finish this race. In Stutisheel and Ananda-Laharis’s case, on multiple occasions. Although they did not reach 3,100 miles, they will still be happy they have embraced the challenge and found the capacity inside themselves to overcome their own inner and outer challenges.

Shortly after 10.30 p.m. Harita, a model of consistency these last 52 days, finishes her 4th 3,100 race. In 51 Days +16:43:11. For the majority of days, she has run close to the daily minimum required to finish inside the 52-day cut-off. Today is no different, and with perfect timing, has reached the goal with just over an hour to spare. At the finish ceremony, she said "I have run this race four times now and I still can’t fathom or understand how I do it.”

After the usual finishers celebrations, It is time to cheer on the final runners on their last few laps as the clock reaches midnight. After celebrations for everyone, with more cake and songs, runners return to their apartments, helpers tidy up the tented area for the day as they have done for the last 52 days. Tomorrow, a crew of volunteers will return to undertake a “takedown “ of the site. The curtain will then come down on the 2023 3100-mile race.

[Report by Sahishnu and Tarit]

Finishing Times So Far

Andrea Marcato, 41 Dohlo, Italy (Zurich) 43 days+13:33:23
Wei-Ming Lo, 58, New Taipei City, Taipei (ROC) 45 days +08:41:27
Tsai Wen-Ya, 54, Taichung City, Taiwan (ROC) 45 days +12:28:44 WWR - 1st Woman
Vasu Duzhiy, 57, St. Petersburg, Russia 49 days+15:36:01
Mahasatya Janczak, 48, Lublin Poland 50 days+10:30:41
Harita Davies, 48, New Zealand & USA 51 days +16:43:11