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 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 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 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 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...
Ultrajuoksu.fi: New York 3100 Mile Race 2017 alkoi
Finland's number one ultra running site, ultrajuoksu.fi , writes about the 2017 Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3,100 Mile Race: ...
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 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 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 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 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 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 2: Rain and Pains Fall Mainly On the Brain
No matter how much you train, duplicating running on hard surfaces is still not the same as what the 3100 Mile Race runners experience. The soreness in the legs is difficult to deal with, or can affect your whole race. That is why we always encourage...
Serious Sweat: the 3100-Mile Race in Airberlin In-Flight Magazine
"If you take your jogging seiously, you should try the world's longest race. Participants in the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Race, named after an Indian meditation teacher , run from 6am until midnight for 52 days. The route takes them...
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. ...
How the 3100 Mile Race course was chosen
Sandhani Fitch has been marking and certifying courses for Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team races ever since the very first race in 1977; here he shares a few interesting details about how the now-famous course for the 3100 Mile Race - a half-mile loop...