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.
A damp day, failed to dampen the spirits of the runners, who continued into day 40 with considerable determination. Mahasatya continues to impress with a 66.9 mile day. The day's biggest mileage was Ananda-Lahari Zuscin who was on an inspired day with 72.4 miles
Milan Javornicky passes 2,400 miles
2,700 Mile Milestone
All being well, today, on day 41 of the Sri Chinmoy 3,100 mile race, race leader Andrea Marcato will reach 2,700 miles, leaving him just 400 miles to run. Prior to the first 3,100 mile race in 1997, 2,700 miles had been the longest certified road race in the world.
Our associate race director Sahishnu, wrote an article on that first race. The first paragraph was
“On an overcast, humid Thursday morning, on June 13, 1996, six intrepid runners attempted to run a distance equal to that from California to New York, without travelling further than a few city blocks in Jamaica, Queens, New York. It was the first, and ultimately, only Sri Chinmoy 2,700 Mile Race, a unique test of endurance and staying power, set in the neighborhood and run only on sidewalks."
The concept of running 2,700 miles on a loop course had been the vision of the founder and director of the Marathon Team - Sri Chinmoy. We had been sponsoring multi-day races since 1985, and after a fantastic and large trio event (1300 miles, 1000 miles and 700 miles with 62 total participants) concluded in October of 1991, Sri Chinmoy announced after the awards ceremony, on camera, that he would be happy if his Team would put on a 2,700 milerace in the near or distant future.”
That first and only 2,700-mile race evolved into the 3,100 mile race.
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