About the author:
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.Another cold, wet day made outer life difficult for the runners again. Andrea Marcato was the day's top runner with "only" 65 miles. A rare day for the flying Italian with less than 70 miles, but indicative of the challenging conditions. Asprihanal Aalto, Lo Wei Ming, Vasu Duzihy, Stutisheel Lebedev, Huang Lan Yang and Stephen Redfearn all passed the magic 59.6 mile daily average. Susan Marshall who has made an impressive debut to this race, is leading the women with 1,903 miles just ahead of second place Huang Lan Yang.
Despite the rain, the runners continue to progress steadily increasing their daily mileage. Andrea extends his lead at the top. Lo Wei Ming is maintaining his excellent consistency after setting a new personal best (and Taiwanese national record) for 3,000km just recently. After the recent relentless downpours, there are very welcome forecasts of dry, milder air on the horizon.
The inner happiness is the key to this race.
"Smile, smile, smile
At your mind
As often as possible.
Your smiling will considerably reduce
Your mind’s tearing tension."
Sri Chinmoy
Further reading
- Race Photos at Sri Chinmoy Ultra
- Race videos at Vimeo
- Photos and Videos at Instagram
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