Day 36

By Tejvan Pettinger author bio »
5 October

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.

Mahasatya Janczak was the day's leading runner with 65.3 miles. It is Mahasatya's second race and he has moved into a solid 3rd place. Late in the afternoon, Andrea Marcato, the race leader went past 2,400 miles, leaving him with only 700 miles to finish his 6th straight 1st place in a row.

The race begins every day at 6 am, with a moment's silence. It is an early start to the day, considering many finish at midnight (some runners will finish before 12pm to give time for extra rest.)

For a 6 am start, it means the runners will need to get up even earlier to give themselves time to get to the course. Many of the runners have bicycles, others get lifts in a car, none of the runners - I'm pleased to say - have to walk to the start of the race! Because for the next 18 hours, there will be plenty of opportunities for that.

Week 5 Review, The 2,000 mile week

Day 36

Week 5, in many ways, could be called the 2,000-mile week. All of our 10 runners went through the 2,000-mile (3218.6 Km) barrier in the last seven days.

On Sunday, 28th September, Andrea reached 2,000 miles for the 6th time in his running life.  Tuesday saw Vasu reach it for the 13th time! Wednesday, and Mahasatya achieved 2,000 miles for the second time. Also, that day, Geng Lu-cong, our first participant from China, passed through the barrier.

The furthest Lu-Cong had run previously, to our knowledge, was 3,000km (1,864.11 miles) at the Italian 3,000 km event in 2024, so yet another amazing landmark for him. Thursday was rush hour as Adrian sailed through 2,000 miles late morning, before Alex, Milan, and Daniela all cruised through 2,000 miles within 90 minutes of each other in the early evening. For Daniela, as she continues to push her boundaries out, it was another new Romanian women’s record.

On Friday evening, Ananda Lahari reached 2,000 miles, and late on Saturday at around 11:50 pm, shortly before the daily midnight cut-off, Harita reached the mark for the 5th time. The top eight runners are currently on course to finish within 52 days. Ananda-Lahari is making valiant efforts to claw back lost ground, and Harita, despite foot and hip issues, is still grinding the miles out with a smile on her face.

With two-thirds of the distance completed, and many days still to go, in which anything could still happen, there is hushed talk of predicted finishing times. Andrea, our race leader, went through 2,400 miles late Saturday, leaving him with “only” 700 miles to run.  Completing the 3,100-mile race is never easy. For our 5-time winner, this year seems to have been a little more challenging than other years, but in another week, with no serious mishaps, he will be edging close to the goal.

Quote of the day

“Movement is always equipped
With the capacity to destroy
The stagnant negativity
Of the mind.”

Sri Chinmoy

Milestones

  • Geng Lucong went past 2200 miles in 35d:10:21:49.
  • Adrian Papuc covered 2200 miles in 35d:15:27:57.
  • Alex Ramsey  covered 2200 miles in 35d:15:55:00
  • Milan Javornicky reached 2200 miles in 35d:17:44:38.
  • Harita Davies  2000 Mile  in 35d:17:48:30
  • Vasu Duzhiy went past 2,300 miles

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The 30th Annual Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race

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