Day 50 - 3100 Mile Race

By Tejvan Pettinger author bio »
19 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.
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Annabel Hepworth finishes and becomes the 4th fastest woman in the history of the 3100 mile race.

 

Day 50 — Sri Chinmoy 3,100-Mile Race

Annabel Hepworth finishes and becomes the 4th fastest woman in the history of the 3,100-mile race

Australia’s Annabel Hepworth is the first woman to finish this year’s Sri Chinmoy 3,100-mile race. Her winning time of 49 days, 9 hours, 3 minutes and 2 seconds makes her only the 12th woman to finish the race, and ranks her the 4th fastest woman ever to complete the 3,100-mile distance.

It really is a case of perseverance rewarded, and third time lucky. Annabel had to withdraw from the 2024 race after covering 2,185 miles. She then entered the 2025 race but picked up an injury close to the start and was unable to begin. In 2026, the stars aligned, and she accomplished a long-held dream.

Six fastest women at the Sri Chinmoy 3,100-mile race

Pos. Name Country Time
1 Tsai Wen-Ya Taiwan 45 days 12:28:44
2 Kaneenika Janakova Slovakia 48 days 14:24:10
3 Surasa Mairer Austria 49 days 07:52:01
4 Annabel Hepworth Australia 49 days 09:03:02
5 Suprabha Beckjord USA 49 days 14:30:54
6 Sarah Barnett Australia 50 days 03:55:08

Annabel Hepworth — 500-mile splits

Distance Time Split
500 miles 7 days 10:29:38 7d 10:29:38
1,000 miles 15 days 07:44:50 7d 21:15:12
1,500 miles 23 days 06:47:47* 7d 23:02:57
2,000 miles 31 days 07:42:41* 8d 00:54:54
2,500 miles 39 days 09:31:41* 8d 01:49:00
3,000 miles 47 days 13:51:18* 8d 04:19:37
3,100 miles 49 days 09:03:02* 1d 19:11:44

Annabel Hepworth — 1,000 km splits

Distance Time Split
1,000 km 9 days 09:20:48 9d 09:20:48
2,000 km 19 days 05:00:09* 9d 19:39:21
3,000 km 29 days 05:08:40* 10d 00:08:31
4,000 km 39 days 05:29:09* 10d 00:20:29
5,000 km To be confirmed —

 

Times marked * we believe are new Australian best performances at the intermediate distances.

The women’s Australian record for 1,000 miles is held by our own Dipali Cunningham. She set it in September 1997 when she ran 13 days 20:18:24 in the Sri Chinmoy 1000-Mile Race, part of the 700-mile, 1000-mile and 1300-mile ultra trio.

Other daily stats

  • Lo Wei Ming reaches 5,000 km. After finishing 3,100 miles late the previous evening, Wei Ming returned this morning to run the 13 laps to 5,000 km. His time for 5,000 km was 49 days, 3 hours, 4 minutes and 39 seconds.
  • Vasu continued to run strong and managed 62.5 miles for the day. He finished the day on 3,058.4 miles. With around 41 miles to go on Monday, he looks set to finish in the late afternoon or early evening. As always, keep an eye on the scoreboard webcam; he may speed up!
  • Nayaja Perugini reached 2,800 miles around midday in 49 days 06:01:05. She went on to complete 52.1 miles, taking her total to 2,832.5 miles.
  • Nina Yang Huang-Lan reached 2,500 miles today in 49 days, 11 hours, 20 minutes and 15 seconds. She went on to record 31.8 miles for the day and finished on 2,508.4 miles.
  • Stutisheel ran 38.9 miles for the day and finished on 2,275.3 miles.
  • Ananda-Lahari ran 41.6 miles, finishing on 2,264.3 miles.

Monday should be the last day of the race: traditional race rules dictate that when the last 3,100-mile finisher crosses the line, the race finishes. Those who have been unable to complete the full distance finish at that point too, with the distance they have covered recorded as their final total.

For Nina, Nayaja, Stutisheel and Ananda-Lahari, the effort and determination they have shown, despite experiencing many problems, has been clear to see. Their efforts will be fully acknowledged as they finish tomorrow and at the subsequent awards ceremony.

“Failure is only failure
When we stop trying any more.”

— Sri Chinmoy

Vasu Interview

Vasu set to finish late afternoon or early evening

 

2026 finishers so far

Pos. Name Time
1 Andrea Marcato 45 days 03:11:28
2 Radu Budan 46 days 10:59:38
3 Lo Wei Ming 48 days 16:04:48
4 Annabel Hepworth 49 days 09:03:02

 

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