The fastest first-time finishes of the world's longest race
Even for elite runners, it is by no means guaranteed to finish the 3100 mile race within the 52 day cuttoff on your first attempt. This year aw two runners do just that - Kobi Oren from Israel crossed the line in 46+ days, becoming the third fastest...
2-time 3100 Mile winner Vasu heads to the Urals
Vasu Dhuzhiy, from St Petersburg in Russia, is a two-time winner of the 3100 Mile Race, including a victory in last year's race despite having to spend many months during the previous year recovering from a serious back injury. ...
The New York Times Crossword Puzzle and the 3,100 Mile Race
For people who happen to be fans of both the New York Times daily crossword puzzle and the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3,100 Mile Race (we know you're out there!) the January 17, 2018 puzzle was a double treat. ...
The New York Times: A Racewalker's Stats From Start to Finish: 3,100 Miles, 52 Days, 30 Outfits
The following exerpt is from the New York Times, New York, Friday, July 21, 2017, page 29, by Corey Kilgannon ...
Update: 3100 Mile documentary clears its $75,000 Kickstarter goal
Update: As of last weekend, the goal has been reached!!! ...
3,100 Mile Race featured in the Guardian's 'Joy of Six'
Photo: Ashprihanal Aalto of Finland completes the 3,100-Mile race in 2015 in a record-breaking time of 40 days 9 hours 6 minutes and 21 seconds. ...
America's Least Likely Ultramarathoner Is Also One Of Its Best
Cara Giaimo , October 03, 2016 on website Atlas Obscura. ...
The closest margin of victory ever?
As the contest between Yuri Trostenyuk and Ashprihanal Aalto comes down to the wire, we have a timely graphic from Maathias Van Baaren showing us just how close this race is compared to previous contests. ...
Mark Dorian: Observations and Quotations from the 3100
Observations & Quotations from the 3100 Mile--
I have visited the New York Sri Chinmoy 3100 Mile (5000Km) race on six different days this summer. In no particular order, her...
Updated race statistics from Matthias, and the newest 3100 Mile Race supporter!
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....
The 2016 3100 mile race so far - in graphics
Matthias van Baaren has been giving us these beautiful graphics reports for quite a few years now! He has just sent us a 23-page graphic report detailing the entire first week of the race, you can see a few of the pages in the slideshow above. ...
The world's longest race has just started...
On 19th June, 12 intrepid runners lined up for the 20th edition of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race. Over the next seven and a half weeks, the runners will attempt to complete 3,100 miles - which requires an average of just under 60...
Ashprihanal Aalto Voted Best Finnish Male Ultra-runner for 2015
In 2015 Ashprihanal Aalto of Finland completed the 19th Annual Self-Transcendence 3,100 Mile Race in the record breaking time of 40 Days, 9 hours, 6 minutes and 21 seconds for his 8th first place win. ...
Extremely extreme races: 3100 Mile Race featured in British Airways' In-Flight Magazine
The Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race was highlighted as one of '5 extremely extreme races' in the December 2015 issue of British Airways' 'High Life ' inflight magazine.
Surasa Sets A New Women's Record for 3100 Mile Race
Surasa Mairer, from Vienna, Austria, set a new women's record, breaking the old record that was set in 1998 by Suprabha Beckjord. Surasa finished in a stellar time of 49 days, 7 hours, 52 minutes and 1 second. She was crowned with the victory wreath...
Pre-race interviews from Ireland and Iceland
Nirbhasa Magee comes originally from Ireland, but has been living for the past couple of years in Iceland. Here are a couple of interviews he had before the race start: ...
3100 Mile Race 2015 - runner biographies
We've just created the biography page for the 2015 runners - you can read it here...
Day 42 graphs from Austria
Our interactive daily graphs on the homepage were inspired by the graphs that Matthias van Baaren from Vienna has been sending us since the beginning of the race (he also sent us the fun Chicken Run graphic from a couple of weeks ago). We havent...