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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.
Day 20, the pleasant sun and lack of rain enabled the runners to show their ability. Quite a few of the first time runners are now running distances they have never before achieved, a step into the unknown.
We have reached day 20 of the Sri Chinmoy 3,100-mile race. After almost three weeks, sometimes the enormity of the task still ahead of them is hard for the runners to comprehend. Fatigue and tiredness are almost natural companions from the moment you wake up. The mind can play games with you and for fleeting moments. Running for another four weeks or more seems unfathomable. The race founder, Sri Chinmoy, often sought to reassure runners that the task was indeed possible. Offering advice and encouragement on a regular basis. Thirteen time finisher, Suprabha Beckford, once asked Sri Chinmoy the following question.
Question. Is there some spiritual quality that I can invoke during the 3,100 mile race this year or something new I can do to really please the Supreme? Outwardly, I know my goal is to finish the race and to transcend my best time and so forth, but is there something I can do inwardly to please the Supreme?
Sri Chinmoy: “Now the question is what qualities do you need to bring forward from your inner life when you are running? The first one is enthusiasm. Who embodies enthusiasm? A little child. Who can be more enthusiastic than a child? He enters into a garden and runs here and there, appreciating everything that he sees. Then in addition to enthusiasm you need eagerness. Again, who has more eagerness than a little child. If he plays with a toy, he is so eager. His whole world is the toy”
“Now, while running 3,100 miles, you have to deal with fatigue— when you are tired, exhausted, dead. As long as you are in the mind, you will always have fatigue, tiredness, weariness and everything. But the moment you enter into your heart, there is no fatigue. What you will find is constant energy.”
“If you can feel that you are a five or six year old child, tiredness will not come into your mind. A child does not know what tiredness is, He only knows enthusiasm and eagerness. Never think of 60 miles or 3,100 miles. Never take the distance in that way—Never. Only run for the joy of it.”
- Sri Chinmoy From: Run and smile, smile and run
Major Milestones on day 20
- Andrea Marcato- reached 2200 km today- 19:11:17:28.
- Vasu Duzhiy- 1300 miles- 19:14:41:39.
- Geng Lucong- 2000 km- 10:14:47:15
- Milan Javornicky- 1200- miles- 19:14:30:41.
- Daniela Bojila- 1200 miles- 19:14:4:17.
- Alex Ramsey- 1200 miles- 19:15:57:18.
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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