16 Hours to Go: 10 Runners Ready

Continuos rain is music to your ears if you are sleeping, but the 10 runners about to embark on a journey of 3100 miles probably hope for cool, dry conditions. We might not see those conditions here in Jamaica, Queens, NY, home of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race for at least a few days.

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The 28th Annual Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race

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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.

It was a cloudy but relatively smooth day along the course for the 3100-mile race, and the constant movement of all 12 runners, let helpers and observers enjoy the search for laps. Annabel Hepworth in just three laps reached 3200 Kms (32 hours +00:26:06) for the longest distance she has ever run. Three hours later, she went past the 2000-mile mark (32 hours+03:23:29). It is fun to see several of the runners reach these so-called mini goals, with helpers and staff ringing the bells. The main thing is that the longer the race moves, and the better the runners reach the larger distances, the runners are actually reaching national efforts, personal bests, or even distances they have never done in their running lifetimes.

The three-time 3100 Race finisher, and national hero from Taiwan, Wei-Ming Lo- reached 2,200 miles in 32:05:35:58. Later in the evening Wei-Ming reached 3600 kms in 32:15:23:54. He is clearly moving in third place overall, and at age 60, he is setting new entries in the world lists of the long-distance races. Ashprihanal Aalto ran 70.2 miles today while reaching 3700 kms in 32+12:05:53. A few laps later he reached 2300 miles in 32+12:13:17. Mr Aalto reached these milestones for the 17th time in his long-distance running courier. Fourth-place runner Pushkar Mullaer reached 2200-miles in 32:12:10:13. He has been a steady and consistent runner for all 33 days. He will most likely reach his personal bests as the days continue.

Radu Budan has been getting better as the days and weeks continue. Today he reached 3400km in 32:02:28:03, and pulled ahead into fifth place. Vasu Duzhiy reached 3400 km in 32:02:41:57. First timer Budjargal Byambaa from Mongolia reached 3400 km in 32:13:46:45. Budja is getting better day after day, and he is learning the difficult moments of the longest race, and how to get through them and continue on. And of course, we must remember Nina Huang-Lan Yang and her attempts to overcome injuries and difficulties. Today she reached 2,200 km in 32:15:05:11. She tries to do her best and continue the journey.

Annabel Reaches 2,000 Miles

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Sunday and day 31 at the 3100 Mile race it rained. It rained a lot. The heavy New York rain that leaves rivers running down the sidewalks and the roads. The runners seemed unphased, taking it all in their stride and for most, daily mileage was not affected much, if at all. Early evening it had eased off and evening conditions were more favourable.

Wei-Ming racked up the most miles today with a solid 66.9. He also surpassed another world over 60 men's record, reaching 3,300 Km in 30 Days, 02 Hours,18 Minutes and 56 Seconds and before the end of the day, reached 2,100 Miles. 30 Days, Hours Minutes and Seconds. He finished the day on 2107 miles.

Andrea continues to lead running through 2,200 Miles in 30 Days 4 Hours 24 Minutes and 29 seconds and finishing the day with 63.1 miles and his cumulative total of 2274 Miles. The Flying Finn Ashprihanal Aalto retains second and reached 3,500km in 30 Days, 15 hours 13 Minutes and 54 Seconds, and finished the day on 2183 miles

Today also saw a minor “2,000 Mile Fest” with 3 runners passing the milestone and heading for the final stretch!

Vasu Duzhiy was first, in the middle of the day, recording 30 Days, 6 Hours, 57 Minutes and 12 Seconds.
Next Radu Budan followed less than 30 minutes later recording 30 Days, 7 Hours, 25 Minutes and 33 Seconds
Early in the evening, Budjargal recorded 30 Days 13 Hours 40 Minutes and 19 seconds.

Before taking on the 3100, Budjargol had only raced up to 10 day races with the furthest distance of 1315.509 Km /817.4194 Miles. When asked how it felt to have run 2,000 miles for the first time, he simply replied “Good!” And set off to run another loop. Annabel Hepworth is flying the flag for Australia and went through 1,900 miles in 30 Days, 9 Hours, 37 Minutes and 42 Seconds. Late in the evening another landmark was reached when she reached 3,600 km.