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Tejvan organises short-distance running and cycling races for the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team in his home city of Oxford. He is also a very good cyclist, having won the National hill climb championships in 2013 and finished 3rd in the National 100 Mile Time Trials in 2014.
Andrea Marcato the five-time winner of the 3100 Mile Race reached 2000 km today. His time was a fine 13:19:20:26- on the 18th day of the longest race. The breezy wind helped the runners to move along well throughout the day.
At first glance, the 3100 Mile Race course looks fairly flat. Certainly, there are no steep hills. Nevertheless, within the course, there are gentle gradients and a total height gain of 3.14m per lap. To a casual observer walking along the course, it is the kind of height gain you may not give too much attention.
But, for the runners who are endeavouring to run 5,653 laps, each little height gain becomes of tremendous importance. You will see runners adopt their style to walk up an incline and pick up their pace on the downhill. Each day, the race changes direction, which means the height gain appears in different ways. Some runners even talk about one direction feeling more like an 'uphill' version.
One aspect of the 3100 Mile Race is that everything is on a much more extreme level. Runners go through numerous pairs of shoes, get through thousands of calories a day (close to 10,000 as one estimate) but also in terms of height gain. During the course of the race, the runners will effectively ascend a total height gain of 17,750 meters! If you consider that Mount Everest is 8,848m, it means that during the race, the runners will effectively ascend twice the height of Mount Everest. Quite a remarkable feat of vertical height gain to go along with the horizontal distance.
Quote of the Day
Spirituality is not like coasting
But exactly like climbing —
Climbing ten thousand Himalayas.
- Sri Chinmoy
Milestones on Day 18
- Adrian Papuc reached 1100 miles in 12:13:13:58.
- Mahasatya Janczak- reached 1100 miles in 14:03:50:17.
- Vasu Duzhiy reached 1900 km in 66:55:26:49.
- Harita Davies reached 1700 km in 17:14:34:16
Videos
- Stutisheel 3100 Mile Playlist Youtube Channel
- Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team 3100 Mile Race Youtube Channel
- Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team Vimeo Channel
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