Day 3: Clear Skies,Warm Sun- Greetings from Summer
The mercury might have touched 82ºF, the air was low in humidity, breathing was easier- all elements of a fine summer day. And summer it is in New York, as the 3100 Mile race continues amidst the solstice changeover of the longest day of the year....
Day 1: New Faces, New Beginnings
Ten runners started the 21st running of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race this morning at precisely 6:00 am. The concrete sidewalk course has been used the previous 20 years as a test of extreme endurance, stamina, and running ability...
Day 2: Rain and Pains Fall Mainly On the Brain
The hard concrete course often causes leg soreness as the 3100 Mile Race runners will attest. The early days and even the first two weeks can affect veteran and newbie alike. A close observer could notice the slightly slower speeds today. What was...
Day 2: Rain and Pain
A warm, humid day gave way to heavy showers and six or more hours of rain, thunder, lightning, stiff winds and ominous skies. Vasu Duzhiy and Smarana Puntigam were still at the head of the class, cresting 66.95 and 68+ miles, respectively. Nirbhasa...
Day 4:
Four of ten made it past 60 miles today, with Vasu Duzhiy cresting at 70 miles, as a deceptively hot sun stated to bake the course a little today. Nirbhasa Magee stayed close to Vasu but when home earlier, making it easy for the Russian native to...
Day 12
A third straight day of pleasant, relatively cool weather helped the runners along today. Vasu Duzhiy left no doubt of his fitness by garnering 70.24 miles. He lengthened his lead over Nirbhasa Magee to nearly 31 miles. Kaneenika Janakova powered away...
Day 13
Although the temps rose to the high eighties, and the humidity climbed up the index, eight of the ten runners topped sixty miles. Day 13 leader was Sergey Kuzmin from Nizhiy Novgorod, Russia who reached 65.85 miles in consecutive days. He moved into...
Day 3: Clear Skies,Warm Sun- Greetings from Summer
The mercury might have touched 82ºF, the air was low in humidity, breathing was easier- all elements of a fine summer day. And summer it is in New York, as the 3100 Mile race continues amidst the solstice changeover of the longest day of the year....
Day 4:
Four of ten made it past 60 miles today, with Vasu Duzhiy cresting at 70 miles, as a deceptively hot sun stated to bake the course a little today. Nirbhasa Magee stayed close to Vasu but when home earlier, making it easy for the Russian native to...
Day 11
Seven of ten made it to 60 miles or more today with ideal conditions for running an urban ultra. Clear skies, low humidity, moderate temps and cool breezes paved the way for the runners. Only the last day school crowds at a few intervals along the...
Day 12
A third straight day of pleasant, relatively cool weather helped the runners along today. Vasu Duzhiy left no doubt of his fitness by garnering 70.24 miles. He lengthened his lead over Nirbhasa Magee to nearly 31 miles. Kaneenika Janakova powered away...
Day 12
A third straight day of pleasant, relatively cool weather helped the runners along today. Vasu Duzhiy left no doubt of his fitness by garnering 70.24 miles. He lengthened his lead over Nirbhasa Magee to nearly 31 miles. Kaneenika Janakova powered away...
Day 52: End of the Road
Kaneenika Janakova fulfilled a long-held dream to finish the 3100 Mile race today, crossing the line in 51 days+07:31:07. A smile etched on her face, the 46 year old Slovakian managed to average 60.416 miles per day /97.231 km. She became the sixth...
Day 51: So Close, So Far Away
As the sands of time slipped to the bottom of the large glass bowl, the remaining six runners of the 3100 Mile Race continued on their inner and outer journey. Five will go home a little sad, not because they did not succeed, but because the race will...
Day 50: Only Two Days Left
With the fastest runners having completed their task, and enjoyed rest and relaxation, the final six runners on the course have to search for motivation. To keep going when a finish is hopeless must be a difficult pill to swallow. Of the six, only...
Day 49: One More
Just before 10:00 am local time today, Vasu Duzhiy from St. Petersburg, Russia crossed the finish line for his fifth consecutive 3100 Mile Race completion. He finished in 48 days+03:54:11, which was an average of 64.368 miles per day(103.591 km). He...
Day 48: Ninth Equals Nine
Apart from the weekend traffic and wayward beachgoers, Atmavir Petr Spacil cruised to his ninth finish in as many starts of the 3100 Mile Race. The youthful looking Atmavir crested the tape in 47 days+11:32:00, the second fastest 3100 of his...
Day 47: Part I- Yuri Trostenyuk Wins 3100 Mile Race
After the fierce competition on Day 46, it was a walk in the park for Yuri Trostenyuk today, as the native of Vinnitsa, Ukraine won the 20th edition of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence. His winning time was 46 days+01:10:25, an average of 67.323...
Day 47: Part 2- The Race Thins Out
Atmavir Petr Spacil ran 65.8 miles to get into position to finish the race on friday afternoon. With 41 miles to cover, Atmavir should finish around 4:00 pm. He has had another successful journey, and will reach the podium again, as well as having...
Day 46: Battle Royal in Longest Race
In what can best be described as a classic defense in a chess match, Yuri Trostenyuk withstood the ferocious charge of the Master of long distance- Ashprihanal Aalto and his 86.16 miles- in reaching the cusp of victory in the 3100 Mile Race. The...