Veterans and Visitors
Besides the regular workers and helpers that come to assist the runners in their epic quest the race also gets many visitors, both local and from afar. Interestingly veterans of the race itself love to come and help and watch as they can relate to the...
Veterans and Visitors
Besides the regular workers and helpers that come to assist the runners in their epic quest the race also gets many visitors, both local and from afar. Interestingly veterans of the race itself love to come and help and watch as they can relate to the...
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Day 5 The weather has been conducive to running. Temperatures have stayed in the low 70's for the last 48 hours. Eight of the dozen runners sauntered past 60 miles, led by the top three of Ashprihanal Aalto(75.7 miles), Galya Balatskyy (71.34) and...
Interview with Grahak
Grahak Cunningham currently ranks third fastest time in the world for the 3100 mile race. In 2012 Grahak won this race in 43 days, 10 hours and 36 minutes, almost three days ahead of the second place finisher. This fact does not make it any easier to...
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Day 4 The field of 12 is moving along nicely as the breaking-in period continues. Today, eleven of 12 topped the 60 mile mark with messrs. Galya Balatskyy and Atmavir Petr Spacil slipping past 70 miles for the fourth straight day. Overall leader...
Hi Mom-Greetings from Nirbhasa
A short and sweet interview with Nirbhasa, our runner from Ireland, as he runs on the third day of this epic journey. ...
Working Out The Kinks-by Arpan
After the first two days of relatively high mileage as the runners break in to a new very active lifestyle, the legs start to feel a bit fatigued. There is still lots of enthusiasm and energy from morning until midnight for many of the runners and...
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Day 3 A humid, overcast day turned to rainy, followed by a brief t-storm. The elements could not slow down our dynamic dozen runners. Eleven of 12 made it past 60 miles, while the first four flew past the 70 mile barrier. Ashprihanal Aalto...
Into the Night-by Arpan
After a long hot and humid day with some scattered rain, the runners run late into the night trying to get as many miles in before midnight when the race closes down for 6 hours. With sore legs after a long first day the runners are slowly adjusting...
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Day 2 The top five again brought their A-game- over 70 miles, including our leader Ashprihanal Aalto who totalled a sparkling 83.4 miles to up his cache to 177.2. Galya Balatskyy held firm in second with 76.2 miles; Vasu Duzhiy retained third...
Let The Journey Begin-by Arpan
After many months of training and preparation these twelve brave runners toe the starting line and start their epic journey with tremendous enthusiasm and support. These few photos can give you a glimpse of what the scene was like at the start of the...
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Day 1 started with a bang as the 12 runners headed in a clockwise formation around the .5488 of a mile loop. The 19th running of the world's longest footrace, the Self-Transcendence 3100, began as expected with the speediest moving quickly to the...
Getting Ready- by Arpan
The world's longest certified footrace is about to begin for the 19th straight year. Here are some of the things the runners are doing to prepare. Shopping for large fruits to last the whole race, running...
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Eleven hours to go before the start of the 19th Annual Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race. All 12 runners have showed up (one runner is on his way from the airport as this is written). Ten of the 12 are veterans. The vehicles are packed with runners...
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 pre-race interviews by Grahak Cunningham
Grahak will be one of the 12 runners starting Sunday June 14 in the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race . Here are some interviews he has done in the past few days: ...
Video memories of past races
The 2015 race is about to start next Sunday - here are a few fond memories of past races, courtesy of our own Utpal Marshall. ...
3100 Mile Race 2015 - runner biographies
We've just created the biography page for the 2015 runners - you can read it here...
Weekly newsletter summary of the 2014 Mile race
During the race, our expert designer Parvati put together a very nice newsletter summarizing all aspects of the race.
'The Book of Extremes' highlights the 3,100 Mile Race
The Book of Extremes (Das Buch der Extreme, available at Amazon - German only), highlights the longest certified road race in the world, the Self-Transcendence 3,100 Mile Race, held annually in Queens, New York. ...