Day 18: First Taste of High Heat
The runners of the 3100 Mile race are a little cautious about heat. New York heat can stiffle your effort, fry your brain, drain your muscles, deplete your sodium content and make you wish you were in the Catskills, or even further north. Today was a...
Day 16: The Fourth of July
With much inspiration from a short skit about past great American presidents and philosophers, the group of 12 ran through Fourth of July mirth, firecrackers, bottle rockets, fireworks in the night sky, and a deluge of rain to cap the day. This was...
Day 15: Pleasant Skies
The runners took advantage of another day of sub-normal temperatures to attain some good mileage. Vasu Duzhiy again placed a 71.3 mile day on his scorecard, the eleventh of his last twelve. He is averaging 72.4 miles per day. Both Atmavir Spacil and...
Day 14: Two Weeks on the Sidewalk
After two weeks on a road course in the neighborhood in Queens,NY., Vasu Duzhiy leads the 20th Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race with 1014.73 miles. He is averaging 72.48 miles per day(116.65km). He passed the 1000 mile split today in 13...
Day 13: Singing in the Rain
The runners are settling in, their tasks are clear, if not formidable. Do as much mileage as possible, within the strict timeframe- without incurring injury. Today's test was offered by Mother Nature in the form of a line of thunder and rainstorms...
Day 11: More Fun in the Sun
Vasu Duzhiy kept his seventy-mile streak intact with eight straight(70.24 again) and increased his lead to 23+ miles over second place. He is currently 69 miles ahead of his pace from last year when he was third on the podium in 44 days, eight hours....
Day 10: It Is A Long Race
A cooler, overcast day prevailed as the intrepid dozen runners moved along the sidewalk course of the 3100 Mile Race. After ten days, injuries and fatigue have spread out the field and dropped some down the list. The top three are all averaging 70...
Day 9: The Tough Get Going, and Going
It was a strange day at the race for sure, but nothing that the runners had never seen before. Vasu Duzhiy kept his poise and rhythm while running, and extended his lead to 20 miles with another 71.89 mile day. He and his fellow runners had to endure...
Day 8: The Search for Miles
Vasu Duzhiy wasted little time in extending his lead in the 3100 Mile Race today, running 71.89 miles while winning Day honors again. He has increased his lead to 16 miles. What is also interesting is that he is 63.3 miles ahead of his personal best...
Day 7: A Week That Was
The first week of the 3100 Mile Race is complete, with another familiar face at the top. Vasu Duzhiy from St. Petersburg, Russia leads everyone with 523.55 miles., after a second consecutive 76.28 mile day. He is averaging 74.79 miles per day(120.37...
Day 6: Not Easy As It Looks
It was sunny and pleasant with lower humidity, but a tricky-hot sun offered no respite throughout the afternoon. Vasu Duzhiy thrilled with a late run to reach 76.28 miles, and top off a six-day split with 447.27 miles, a mere lap behind Czech Republic...
Day 5: Majority Rules
On a mostly cloudy day with nary a raindrop, eleven of 12 runners made it past the 60 mile barrier by end of day. The 12th runner was only 2 laps shy of 60 miles, and only two laps shy of being on pace to finish. But no one talks about finish in these...
Day 4: The Buildup Continues
The runners of the 3100 Mile Race face obstacles that most athletes rarely face in a running competition. The long days on the road spent moving, on concrete, in hot weather. The pressure of running 59.617 miles per day, required to be able to finish...
Day 3: Atmavir Shines; Surasa Excels
On a mostly sunny day in the mid-eighties, Czech Republican Atmavir Peter Spacil separated himself from first-day leader Ananda-Lahari Zuscin by running 73.53 miles. The Slovakian could only muster 67.5 to hold on to second place. Yuri Trostenyuk was...
Day 2: Two Men at the Top
After trailing Slovakian Ananda-Lahari Zuscin by a scant lap after one day, Atmavir Petr Spacil reversed the favor and tied Mr Zuscin with the same number laps after two days. Both men stand at 159.70 miles, just shy of 80 miles a day. Vasu Duzhiy...
3100 Mile Race:2017-18 Hours Before The Start
It is less than 18 hours before the start, and raining cats and dogs. All ten runners are in town, ready to tackle the challenge of running up to 18 hours every day- for 52 days. The lone non-starter is William Sichel, Scottish and UK champion, and...
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...
Day 1
Twelve courageous runners stepped up to the start line and moved forward precisely at 6:00am as a crowd of 200 people watched the beginning of the 20th Annual Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race today. The setting is the same .5488 mile ...
