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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.
Enthusiasm Awakeners and Geng Lu-Cong
Alex and Mahasatya
Race leader Andrea Marcato passed the halfway point in a time of 22 days, 7 hours, 48 minutes. It is a huge psychological boost to feel the majority of the race has been completed. But, the day really belonged to Ananda-Lahari Zuscin who ran 77.3 miles, offering tremendous inspiration to the other runners. Ananda-Lahari had a difficult time in the early part of the race, but in recent weeks is seeing new energy come. Ananda-Lahari's strategy is to not push or pull but wait for the energy and inspiration to come. It is great to see.
"Helping a classic repetitive strain exercise become less repetitive”
A previous post mentioned the almost imperceptible rise and fall of the loop around Thomas Edison High School. From a physical point of view, the repetitive nature of the event puts a huge strain on the body and the principal lower limb muscle groups. Alternating the direction each day certainly helps make a classic repetitive strain exercise slightly less repetitive
Daily massage from the event medics certainly helps manage this, too. The runners also incorporate various stretching exercises to help combat the general ongoing muscle fatigue. You can often see the runners hanging off the school railings to stretch out their backs. Another favourite one for many is waking backwards. A Short 50 metres of 'backwards walking' or putting the body into reverse, works muscles in a slightly different way, momentarily, helping to counteract the relentless, forward motion, mile after mile. Simple little, regular, daily “body maintenace” goes a long way to help the body cope with running 3,100 miles.
Significant milestones
- Adrian Papuc - 1400 miles -22d 16:45:13.
- Mahasatya Janczak- 1400 miles -22d 16:25:16.
- Alex Ramsey- 2200 km- 22d 17:17:04.
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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