Day 34 - Keep Eating!

By Tejvan Pettinger author bio »
3 October

About the author:

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.

The cooler air helped the runners maintain their running abilities. Alex Ramsey was the top daily mileage with 65.3 miles. The debutant runner started the race conservatively and has been very gradually growing into the race. In this fifth week he is now averaging a highly daily mileage than in the first week. He has been a great addition to the race, and seems to be visibly enjoying the challenge.

The race leader Andrea Marcato reached 3600 km quite soon in 33:02:05:31. Mahasatya Janczak has also been getting stronger as the race goes on. He has also had a good week and moved into third place. He posted 2100 miles in 33d:10:55:34. Geng Lu-Cong also passed the 2100 miles in 33d:14:19:02. With 18 days left the runners must remain focused and run their best.  

Whilst as spectators we tend to naturally focus on the runners and mileage, the 3100 Mile Race is like a big ship where - what you see above the surface - is only part of the story. Hidden away, there are equally important cogs in the great event, which is the 3100 Mile Race. One of the indispensable components of the race is a team of volunteer cooks who work around the clock to provide food and drinks for both the runners and helpers. This is a big operation, from continually buying food, to preparing food, cooking and then delivering to the race. The food is not only provided in large quantities, runners can be using up to 10,000 calories a day, but also needs to be tasty, varied and interesting. Sometimes, when running long distances, you may not feel like eating as much as you need to. But in a 52 day race, you don't just eat for the present moment, you are eating for the next days too. Any kind of caloric or protein deficit can be damaging.

Arpan visited the kitchen whilst preparing the food.

Video on food preparation

Other milestones

  • Vasu Duzhiy reached 3500 km in 33d:13:01:11.
  • Adrian Papuc moved past 3300 km in 33d:95:29:06.
  • Alex Ramsey reached 3300 km in 33d:09:54:38.
  • Milan Javornicky  3300 km in 33d:10:29:13.  
  • Daniela Bojila reached 3300 km in 33d:13:56:37.
  • Harita Davies in the last 90 minutes reached 1900 miles in 33d:17:40:58.

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The 30th Annual Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race

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