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. ...
Audio: how I train for multi-day races
Most ultra-runners have to balance training for many hours a day with the demands of their regular life, and Jayasalini Abramovskikh is no exception, working at least 9 hours a day at her job as an economist. Jayasalini has run our 6 and 10 day race...
Sri Chinmoy's advice on staying happy during ultra races
Sri Chinmoy spoke many times about how people could get the most inner joy from doing ultra distance events. The excerpts here come from a talk given at the closing of the 2005 3100 Mile Race, as well as answers to questions asked by Suprabha...
3100 Mile Race featured in video selection of Endurance Records
The video channel Mad Lab features some epic records from around the world. ...
Pradeep Radio Interview on KBS Kyoto Radio, Japan
Pradeep Hoogakker, a member of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team and a 2011 Self-Transcendence 3,100-Mile Race finisher, was interview on KBS Kyoto Radio, Japan on October 22. The 10 minute program has been aired for 15 years, and is the first...
Media coverage: First Kiwi woman to finish world's longest footrace
On August 8, Harita Davies became the first New Zealand woman to finish the 3100 Mile Race, breaking the overall NZ record in the process. Her fellow New Zealanders seem to be pretty inspired by it, as evidenced by the amount of media coverage she...
Multi-day tips, part 2: Coping with rainy weather
This is the second in a series of articles from Smarana Puntigam, a 20-year veteran of multidays, on dealing with the many challenges that a multi-day race can throw up... ...
Multi-day tips, part 1: How to avoid BLISTERS!
Smarana Puntigam has been running multiday races for over 20 years, including the 3100 mile race eight times. This is the first of a series of articles on dealing with common issues that crop up during multiday races... ...
A first-hand account of running the world's longest race
Running in rhythm with the heart, Jayasalini Olga Abramovskikh's account of her epic finish of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, is now available in a new English translation. ...
2017 Final Results
Twenty-First Annual Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race ...
Day 52
Harita Davies finished fourth in the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, conquering the 5649 lap course in 51 days+12:48:14. It was her first finish and first attempt. She averaged 60.158 miles per day(96.815 km). She was a model of...
Day 52
Harita Davies finished fourth in the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, conquering the 5649 lap course in 51 days+12:48:14. It was her first finish and first attempt. She averaged 60.158 miles per day(96.815 km). She was a model of...
Day 51
With but one day remaining, Harita Davies and Yolanda Holder have the opportunity of a lifetime- a finish of 3100 miles- beckoning them. Harita needs 86 laps (47.1968 miles), to reach the goal in her first try. Yolanda Holder, whose mountains seemed...
Day 50
Harita Davies all but settled the competiton for fourth place overall with another solid day of 62.01 miles. She has but 197 laps to go to finish comfortably tuesday evening. Yolanda Holder reached 60.36 miles to stay close to her plan for finishing....
3100 Mile Runner Yolanda covered by Vanity Fair Italy
Vanity Fair (italian edition) highlights the American racewalker and fashion diva, Yolanda Holder, as she tackles the longest certified road race in the world, the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3,100-Mile Race . ...
Day 49
On a crisp, clear, breezy evening, Kaneenika Janakova,47, of Bratislava, Slovakia finished the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race in 48 days+14:24:10, breaking the recent women's record set by Austrian legend Surasa Mairer by 17 hours and...
Day 48
Kaneenika Janakova is on the cusp of greatness in the 3100 Mile Race. She starts Saturday with 96 laps to go (52.64 miles) in order to reach a personal best, a women's all-time best, and the performance of the race. She leads the mark of the great...
Day 47
Vasu Duzhiy , 51, of St Petersburg, Russia won the 21st Annual Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race for the second time in 46 days+17:38:22. He has completed the longest footrace six straight times. He is still ranked fifth all-time and is...
Day 46
It was sticky and overcast all day, with a small t-storm dumping a little rain on the race at 5:00 pm. The rest of the day was prime running weather, evidenced by seven runners moving past 60 miles like it was a 24-hour race, not a 52- day endurance...
The Slovak Spectator covers Kaneenika's 3100 mile world record
"The new women’s record for the world’s hardest run was rewritten by a Slovak, 47-year-old Kaneenika Janáková from Bratislava. After 48 days, 14 hours, 24 minutes and 10 seconds she reached the finish of the longest and the hardest run in the...