Day 30

The runners were full of energy today, not to mention reaching great distances. The race leader, Andrea Marcato was the first to reach 2000 miles in 29d 06:36:26. Vasu Duzhiy passed 3100 km in 29d 12:54:00.  After another 75-mile-plus day, Ananda-Lahari has 1720.9  miles, which is an average of 57.3 miles.  A week ag,o he was averaging 53 miles, so he is making great progress. Adrian, Alex, Milan and Daniela all passed 1,800 miles. All the runners are maintaining their best efforts as we go into week 5 of the race.

Helpers

A key part of the race are those helping the runners. When you are running 16-18 hours a day, it doesn't leave you much time for mundane tasks like washing your clothes or buying special food. This is where helpers come in; they can get drinks, food ready to hand up, and also take care of buying extra shoes or making adjustments. But, also, the role of the helpers is more than just offering up food and drink; the support helps boost the runner's spirits and gives encouragement when things get difficult.

Being a helper is its own inner race and opportunity for self-transcendence. The good qualities that a helper needs are enthusiasm, eagerness, cheerfulness, detachment and a real willingness to serve their runner. But this sense of teamwork really adds to the spirit of the race, and if you ever visit the race in person, you can see the many helpers waiting near the start line for their runners to come.

Quote of the day

“He is happy
Because every day he tries
And actually does
A little more than he thinks he can.”

– Sri Chinmoy

US Gallery - Photos for day 30

Videos

• Stutisheel 3100 Mile Playlist  YouTube Channel
• Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team  3100 Mile Race  Youtube Channel
• Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team  Vimeo Channel

Photos

• Sri Chinmoy Ultra Photos