In-depth stories from the early years of the 3100
Our associate race director and faithful statistician Sahishnu Szesciul has been combing through our archives and putting together histories of all early 3100 mile races. He already has published a guide to the original 2700 mile race in 1996 and the...
Harashita's Media Report
3100 Mile Race Media Report from Japan ...
Incredible performance: Ananda-Lahari Zuscin
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Worldwide media coverage of this year's 3100 Mile Race
The 3100 mile race usually attracts a fair bit of media attention, but this year seems to have sparked some serious worldwide interest, including Ruetir , Kyodo Wire Service (largest in Japan), Agence France Press (with a network of 151 countries),...
Andrea Marcato wins The 3100 Mile Race
On Sunday 17 October, Andrea Marcato won the 2021 Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3,100 Mile in a superb time of 42 days plus 17 hours 38 minutes and 38 seconds. The time placed him as the third fastest runner of all time. Even more remarkable is how...
The 2021 Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race
On 4 September, seven intrepid runners stood on the startline for the 25th edition of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race. First held in 1997, Sri Chinmoy founded the race as the ultimate test of self-transcendence - a race where runners...
Andrea's incredible achievement - some stats from our friend Matthias van Baaren
As those of you who have been following the race know, we have occasionally received incredibly beautiful and detailed race statistics from 3100 Mile race enthusiast Matthias Van Baaren from Vienna which were a huge inspiration for our daily charts....
Highlights of 3100 Mile Race - 2020
The 2020 edition of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Race was held in Salzburg, Austria with five runners attempting to complete the 3,100 miles (nearly 5,000km). Usually, the race is held in New York, US, but due to Covid could not occur this year....
Italian wins 5,000 km road race - media article
Translation of an article by Gerald Lehner that appeared the first time on tuesday, October 27 on Salzburg.ORF.at (with 22 photos) ...
Day 44: Andrea Marcato Wins Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race 2020 Salzburg
It was mostly cloudy all day, at night the rain came. Andrea the Great finished before the rain started. ...
The 3100 Mile Race 2020 - in Austria!
On 13 September 2020, the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race began in Salzburg Austria, with five intrepid runners taking to the start line. Over the next 52 days, the runners will endeavour to complete the epic challenge of running 3,100...
3100-Mile runner Nirbhasa Magee: 'You have to run for the right reasons'
This week, the Irish Examiner featured an interview with Nirbhasa Magee. Nirbhasa, from Ireland and currently living in Iceland, is a three-time finisher of Sri Chinmoy 3100-Mile Self Transcendence Race. Nirbhasa first completed the race in 2015, and...
Highlights of the 2019 Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race
After 52 days of self-transcendence, this year's Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race drew to a close with seven of the eight runners completing 3100 miles within the allotted time. Between them, the eight intrepid runners covered a total of...
Ashprihanal Aalto wins 3100 Mile Race - 2019
On 2 August, Ashprihanal Aalto won the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race for a record ninth time. The modest Finn, has now completed the race a record 15 times. Despite challenging weather conditions through the hot summer, Aalto finished...
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Start of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race 2019
On 16 June 2019, eight intrepid runners took to the start line of the world's longest certified road race - the 23rd edition of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race. Over the next seven weeks, the runners will aim to complete a daily...
Reflections on the 2018 Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race
The Sri Chinmoy 3100 Mile Self-Transcendence Race is the world's longest certified footrace. In this - the 22nd edition of the race - ten runners completed a combined total of 28,475 miles around a modest block of concrete paving in Queens, New York,...