About the author:

Medur is our go-to person for many of the essential tasks involved in putting on our races: race setup, our lap counting system and our website. An enthusiastic runner himself, he has participated in many editions of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run in Canada and the US.

Here are the daily results for all weeks of the 3100 Mile race.

2015 Final Results

	Men	Days	HH:MM:SS
1	Ashprihanal Aalto	40	09:06:21	W R
2	Galya V Balatskyy	42	17:39:59
3	Vasu Duzhiy	44	06:10:42
4	Yuri Trostenyuk	45	16:45:21
5	Atmavir P. Spacil	48	07:13:56
6	Stutisheel Lebedyev	50	12:52:49
7	Nirbhasa Magee	51	12:12:13

	Women	Days	HH:MM:SS
1	Surasa Mairer (F)	49	07:52:01	W R

Remaining Participants	Miles
Kaneenika Janakova (F)	3014.01
Ananda-Lahari Zuscin	2737.41
Baladev Pavol Saraz	2694.61
Grahak Cunningham	886.86

WEEK 8: August 2 to August 8, 2015

	Place	Runner	Day 50	Day 51	Day 52	Day 53	Day 54	Day 55	Day 56
Men:
	1	Ashprihanal Aalto	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17
		day total
	2	Galya V Balatskyy	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17
		day total
	3	Vasu Duzhiy	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17
		day total
	4	Yuri Trostenyuk	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17
		day total
	5	Atmavir Petr Spacil	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17
		day total
	6	Stutisheel Lebedyev	3052.43	3100.17	3100.17
		day total	64.21	47.74
	7	Nirbhasa Magee	3000.29	3060.11	3100.17
		day total	57.62	59.82	40.06
	8	Ananda-Lahari Zuscin	2645.76	2690.77	2737.41
		day total	46.09	45.01	46.64
	9	Baladev Pavol Saraz	2593.08	2644.12	2694.61
		day total	52.68	51.04	50.49
	10	Grahak Cunningham	886.86	886.86	886.86
		day total
Women:
	1	Surasa Mairer (F)	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17
		day total	30.18
	2	Kaneenika Janakova (F)	2921.81	2967.36	3014.01
		day total	43.9	45.55	46.65

WEEK 7: July 26 to August 1, 2015

	Place	Runner	Day 43	Day 44	Day 45	Day 46	Day 47	Day 48	Day 49
Men:
	1	Ashprihanal Aalto	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17
		day total
	2	Galya V Balatskyy	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17
		day total	71.89
	3	Vasu Duzhiy	3001.94	3073.28	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17
		day total	71.35	71.34	26.89
	4	Yuri Trostenyuk	2898.76	2968.46	3039.25	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17	3100.17
		day total	66.4	69.7	70.79	60.92
	5	Atmavir Petr Spacil	2700.64	2775.83	2847.17	2918.52	2993.16	3067.24	3100.17
		day total	70.24	75.19	71.34	71.35	74.64	74.08	32.93
	6	Stutisheel Lebedyev	2609.54	2673.75	2735.22	2798.33	2863.09	2924.01	2988.22
		day total	65.85	64.21	61.47	63.11	64.76	60.92	64.21
	7	Nirbhasa Magee	2589.24	2649.61	2711.07	2769.79	2827.97	2885.59	2942.67
		day total	61.47	60.37	61.46	58.72	58.18	57.62	57.08
	8	Ananda-Lahari Zuscin	2279.17	2318.68	2373.01	2416.92	2488.26	2552.47	2599.67
		day total	86.17	39.51	54.33	43.91	71.34	64.21	47.2
	9	Baladev Pavol Saraz	2275.87	2315.94	2362.58	2404.29	2449.29	2489.91	2540.4
		day total	50.49	40.07	46.64	41.71	45	40.62	50.49
	10	Grahak Cunningham	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86
		day total
Women:
	1	Surasa Mairer (F)	2690.22	2753.33	2818.09	2880.1	2942.12	3005.23	3069.99
		day total	64.76	63.11	64.76	62.01	62.02	63.11	64.76
	2	Kaneenika Janakova (F)	2577.16	2621.62	2673.2	2724.79	2779.12	2829.06	2877.91
		day total	44.45	44.46	51.58	51.59	54.33	49.94	48.85

WEEK 6: July 19 to July 25, 2015

	Place	Runner	Day 36	Day 37	Day 38	Day 39	Day 40	Day 41	Day 42
Men:
	1	Ashprihanal Aalto	2757.17	2831.26	2904.25	2980.53	3057.91	3100.17	3100.17
		day total	74.09	74.09	72.99	76.28	77.38	42.26
	2	Galya V Balatskyy	2598.02	2669.36	2740.16	2812.05	2883.94	2956.93	3028.28
		day total	71.34	71.34	70.8	71.89	71.89	72.99	71.35
	3	Vasu Duzhiy	2504.17	2571.68	2643.57	2712.72	2784.06	2860.89	2930.59
		day total	70.24	67.51	71.89	69.15	71.34	76.83	69.7
	4	Yuri Trostenyuk	2448.75	2511.86	2576.62	2641.37	2703.39	2768.1	2832.36
		day total	66.41	63.11	64.76	64.75	62.02	64.71	64.26
	5	Atmavir Petr Spacil	2318.68	2364.78	2405.39	2446.55	2522.28	2590.88	2630.4
		day total	58.72	46.1	40.61	41.16	75.73	68.6	39.52
	6	Stutisheel Lebedyev	2154.59	2221.54	2285.75	2352.16	2412.52	2477.28	2543.69
		day total	62.56	66.95	64.21	66.41	60.36	64.76	66.41
	7	Nirbhasa Magee	2161.72	2223.74	2284.65	2344.47	2404.84	2466.86	2527.77
		day total	61.46	62.02	60.91	59.82	60.37	62.02	60.91
	8	Baladev Pavol Saraz	1930.13	1971.84	2019.04	2070.62	2121.11	2175.99	2225.38
		day total	46.65	41.71	47.2	51.58	50.49	54.88	49.39
	9	Ananda-Lahari Zuscin	1904.88	1948.79	1993.79	2038.24	2085.99	2141.42	2193
		day total	43.9	43.91	45	44.45	47.75	55.43	51.58
	10	Grahak Cunningham	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86
		day total
Women:
	1	Surasa Mairer (F)	2239.65	2303.86	2368.07	2431.18	2495.39	2562.35	2625.46
		day total	62.56	64.21	64.21	63.11	64.21	66.96	63.11
	2	Kaneenika Janakova (F)	2167.76	2229.23	2291.24	2353.25	2413.62	2473.99	2532.71
		day total	57.62	61.47	62.01	62.01	60.37	60.37	58.72

WEEK 5: July 12 to July 18, 2015

	Place	Runner	Day 29	Day 30	Day 31	Day 32	Day 33	Day 34	Day 35
Men:
	1	Ashprihanal Aalto	2229.23	2304.96	2380.69	2456.43	2532.16	2607.35	2683.08
		day total	76.84	75.73	75.73	75.74	75.73	75.19	75.73
	2	Galya V Balatskyy	2095.32	2166.66	2238.01	2309.35	2381.24	2453.14	2526.68
		day total	70.8	71.34	71.35	71.34	71.89	71.9	73.54
	3	Vasu Duzhiy	2006.41	2078.85	2149.65	2219.9	2290.69	2362.04	2433.93
		day total	68.6	72.44	70.8	70.25	70.79	71.35	71.89
	4	Yuri Trostenyuk	1979.52	2047.02	2112.33	2178.19	2244.59	2313.19	2382.34
		day total	65.85	67.5	65.31	65.86	66.4	68.6	69.15
	5	Atmavir Petr Spacil	1891.71	1960.86	2014.64	2055.8	2116.17	2187.52	2259.96
		day total	66.4	69.15	53.78	41.16	60.37	71.35	72.44
	6	Nirbhasa Magee	1728.72	1792.38	1852.75	1915.31	1977.88	2038.24	2100.26
		day total	60.92	63.66	60.37	62.56	62.57	60.36	62.02
	7	Stutisheel Lebedyev	1774.27	1826.41	1854.4	1891.71	1958.12	2025.07	2092.03
		day total	68.6	52.14	27.99	37.31	66.41	66.95	66.96
	8	Baladev Pavol Saraz	1576.15	1626.64	1682.62	1733.66	1786.89	1831.35	1883.48
		day total	51.58	50.49	55.98	51.04	53.23	44.46	52.13
	9	Ananda-Lahari Zuscin	1564.63	1623.35	1668.35	1715.55	1762.2	1811.04	1860.98
		day total	46.1	58.72	45	47.2	46.65	48.84	49.94
	10	Grahak Cunningham	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86
		day total
Women:
	1	Surasa Mairer (F)	1796.22	1859.88	1923	1987.2	2050.87	2113.98	2177.09
		day total	63.11	63.66	63.12	64.2	63.67	63.11	63.11
	2	Kaneenika Janakova (F)	1740.24	1800.61	1860.98	1923.54	1986.11	2047.57	2110.14
		day total	62.01	60.37	60.37	62.56	62.57	61.46	62.57

WEEK 4: July 5 to July 11, 2015

	Place	Runner	Day 22	Day 23	Day 24	Day 25	Day 26	Day 27	Day 28
Men:
	1	Ashprihanal Aalto	1691.4	1768.23	1845.07	1921.9	1997.63	2075.01	2152.39
		day total	77.93	76.83	76.84	76.83	75.73	77.38	77.38
	2	Galya V Balatskyy	1594.81	1667.25	1739.15	1810.49	1881.29	1953.73	2024.52
		day total	72.44	72.44	71.9	71.34	70.8	72.44	70.79
	3	Vasu Duzhiy	1517.43	1589.32	1660.67	1724.33	1794.58	1865.37	1937.81
		day total	72.44	71.89	71.35	63.66	70.25	70.79	72.44
	4	Yuri Trostenyuk	1512.49	1580	1646.95	1712.26	1779.76	1847.81	1913.67
		day total	68.6	67.51	66.95	65.31	67.5	68.05	65.86
	5	Atmavir Petr Spacil	1430.72	1479.56	1542.68	1613.47	1680.43	1752.87	1825.31
		day total	40.61	48.84	63.12	70.79	66.96	72.44	72.44
	6	Stutisheel Lebedyev	1342.31	1402.73	1464.75	1504.26	1567.92	1635.42	1705.67
		day total	65.25	60.42	62.02	39.51	63.66	67.5	70.25
	7	Nirbhasa Magee	1337.43	1373.65	1426.88	1481.21	1543.23	1606.34	1667.8
		day total	49.4	36.22	53.23	54.33	62.02	63.11	61.46
	8	Baladev Pavol Saraz	1198.03	1250.72	1303.95	1351.15	1406.03	1466.39	1524.57
		day total	55.43	52.69	53.23	47.2	54.88	60.36	58.18
	9	Ananda-Lahari Zuscin	1222.18	1272.12	1323.16	1370.35	1420.84	1471.88	1518.53
		day total	44.46	49.94	51.04	47.19	50.49	51.04	46.65
	10	Grahak Cunningham	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86
		day total
Women:
	1	Surasa Mairer (F)	1348.95	1413.16	1478.47	1542.13	1605.24	1668.9	1733.11
		day total	62.56	64.21	65.31	63.66	63.11	63.66	64.21
	2	Kaneenika Janakova (F)	1308.34	1371.45	1432.92	1496.03	1558.04	1618.41	1678.23
		day total	60.37	63.11	61.47	63.11	62.01	60.37	59.82

WEEK 3: June 28 to July 4, 2015

	Place	Runner	Day 15	Day 16	Day 17	Day 18	Day 19	Day 20	Day 21
Men:
	1	Ashprihanal Aalto	1159.07	1234.25	1311.63	1389.56	1466.94	1538.29	1613.47
		day total	77.93	75.18	77.38	77.93	77.38	71.35	75.18
	2	Galya V Balatskyy	1097.05	1168.4	1239.19	1309.99	1380.78	1451.58	1522.37
		day total	71.34	71.35	70.79	70.8	70.79	70.8	70.79
	3	Vasu Duzhiy	1021.32	1092.66	1164	1234.25	1306.69	1376.39	1444.99
		day total	71.35	71.34	71.34	70.25	72.44	69.7	68.6
	4	Yuri Trostenyuk	1040.52	1110.22	1176.08	1244.13	1309.99	1375.84	1443.89
		day total	66.4	69.7	65.86	68.05	65.86	65.85	68.05
	5	Atmavir Petr Spacil	1103.64	1173.88	1223.82	1266.08	1306.14	1347.85	1390.11
		day total	72.44	70.24	49.94	42.26	40.06	41.71	42.26
	6	Nirbhasa Magee	948.88	1007.05	1067.42	1116.81	1174.98	1232.6	1288.03
		day total	60.37	58.17	60.37	49.39	58.17	57.62	55.43
	7	Stutisheel Lebedyev	949.97	1010.89	1044.37	1100.89	1167.3	1212.79	1277.06
		day total	64.21	60.92	33.48	56.52	66.41	45.49	64.27
	8	Ananda-Lahari Zuscin	834.72	893.45	949.97	1011.44	1061.93	1117.91	1177.72
		day total	55.42	58.73	56.52	61.47	50.49	55.98	59.81
	9	Baladev Pavol Saraz	822.65	881.37	938.45	985.1	1041.07	1091.56	1142.6
		day total	53.78	58.72	57.08	46.65	55.97	50.49	51.04
	10	Grahak Cunningham	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86	886.86
		day total
Women:
	1	Surasa Mairer (F)	909.91	971.92	1035.04	1095.4	1159.61	1222.18	1286.39
		day total	65.86	62.01	63.12	60.36	64.21	62.57	64.21
	2	Kaneenika Janakova (F)	906.07	969.73	1031.74	1081.14	1136.02	1189.25	1247.97
		day total	64.21	63.66	62.01	49.4	54.88	53.23	58.72

WEEK 2: June 21 to June 27, 2015

	Place	Runner	Day 8	Day 9	Day 10	Day 11	Day 12	Day 13	Day 14
Men:
	1	Ashprihanal Aalto	631.67	710.15	788.08	866.01	925.83	1003.76	1081.14
		day total	78.48	78.48	77.93	77.93	59.82	77.93	77.38
	2	Atmavir Petr Spacil	597.64	672.28	745.27	820.46	890.7	960.95	1031.2
		day total	70.24	74.64	72.99	75.19	70.24	70.25	70.25
	3	Galya V Balatskyy	596	667.34	738.68	811.68	883.57	955.46	1025.71
		day total	71.35	71.34	71.34	73	71.89	71.89	70.25
	4	Yuri Trostenyuk	566.91	635.51	704.11	772.16	840.76	908.26	974.12
		day total	69.7	68.6	68.6	68.05	68.6	67.5	65.86
	5	Vasu Duzhiy	531.79	598.74	665.15	738.68	811.13	883.02	949.97
		day total	63.66	66.95	66.41	73.53	72.45	71.89	66.95
	6	Nirbhasa Magee	519.16	583.92	647.04	710.7	770.52	833.08	888.51
		day total	63.11	64.76	63.12	63.66	59.82	62.56	55.43
	7	Grahak Cunningham	530.69	599.84	668.99	739.23	807.83	870.4	886.86
		day total	70.25	69.15	69.15	70.24	68.6	62.57	16.46
	8	Stutisheel Lebedyev	502.15	572.4	635.51	703.01	753.5	819.36	885.76
		day total	62.56	70.25	63.11	67.5	50.49	65.86	66.4
	9	Ananda-Lahari Zuscin	476.36	526.85	572.95	620.69	672.83	726.61	779.3
		day total	51.04	50.49	46.1	47.74	52.14	53.78	52.69
	10	Baladev Pavol Saraz	463.74	514.23	570.75	620.14	670.63	717.28	768.87
		day total	55.43	50.49	56.52	49.39	50.49	46.65	51.59
Women:
	1	Surasa Mairer (F)	470.32	527.95	588.31	653.62	715.64	779.84	844.05
		day total	47.74	57.63	60.36	65.31	62.02	64.2	64.21
	2	Kaneenika Janakova (F)	485.69	542.21	597.09	656.36	717.83	778.2	841.86
		day total	55.43	56.52	54.88	59.27	61.47	60.37	63.66

WEEK 1: June 14 to June 20, 2015

	Place	Runner	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7
Men:
	1	Ashprihanal Aalto	94.39	177.81	257.39	324.34	400.08	475.81	553.19
		day total	94.39	83.42	79.58	66.95	75.74	75.73	77.38
	2	Atmavir Petr Spacil	82.87	155.31	232.69	305.68	377.57	451.66	527.4
		day total	82.87	72.44	77.38	72.99	71.89	74.09	75.74
	3	Galya V Balatskyy	86.16	162.44	235.98	309.52	380.87	451.66	524.65
		day total	86.16	76.28	73.54	73.54	71.35	70.79	72.99
	4	Yuri Trostenyuk	82.87	155.86	225.01	293.61	362.21	431.36	497.21
		day total	82.87	72.99	69.15	68.6	68.6	69.15	65.85
	5	Vasu Duzhiy	85.06	159.7	233.79	295.8	355.07	409.95	468.13
		day total	85.06	74.64	74.09	62.01	59.27	54.88	58.18
	6	Grahak Cunningham	74.09	125.13	188.79	254.64	322.15	391.29	460.44
		day total	74.09	51.04	63.66	65.85	67.51	69.14	69.15
	7	Nirbhasa Magee	69.15	133.36	195.92	262.88	326.54	391.84	456.05
		day total	69.15	64.21	62.56	66.96	63.66	65.3	64.21
	8	Stutisheel Lebedyev	74.64	129.52	192.63	242.57	307.33	371.54	439.59
		day total	74.64	54.88	63.11	49.94	64.76	64.21	68.05
	9	Ananda-Lahari Zuscin	63.11	130.07	193.73	256.84	324.34	374.83	425.32
		day total	63.11	66.96	63.66	63.11	67.5	50.49	50.49
	10	Baladev Pavol Saraz	67.5	117.44	170.68	232.14	287.57	346.29	408.31
		day total	67.5	49.94	53.24	61.46	55.43	58.72	62.02
Women:
	1	Kaneenika Janakova (F)	71.89	133.36	196.47	256.84	311.72	370.44	430.26
		day total	71.89	61.47	63.11	60.37	54.88	58.72	59.82
	2	Surasa Mairer (F)	70.25	134.46	200.86	262.88	322.69	374.83	422.58
		day total	70.25	64.21	66.4	62.02	59.81	52.14	47.75

Inspiration

About the author:

Nirbhasa is from Ireland. He is an enthusiastic multi-day runner, having completed four times the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race - the longest race in the world.

Matthias van Baaren from Austria has given us many interesting graphics over the past couple of years, which helped inspire our charts display. He just sent us this interesting comparison of race times over the years, along with a few interesting tidbits; you can see the hi-res pdf version here »

Books you might find interesting...

Sport and Meditation

Inner secrets to get the most out of training and competing

About the author:

Rupantar has been the race director of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team since 1985, having been asked by Sri Chinmoy to serve in that capacity. As well as working on the big races the US Marathon Team organise each year - the 3100 Mile Race and the Six and 10 Day Race - he also spends a considerable amount of time archiving the Marathon Team's 40 year history on this website.

The Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race was highlighted as one of '5 extremely extreme races' in the December 2015 issue of British Airways' 'High Life' inflight magazine.

Results (PDF Download)

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List of the 3100 Mile Race Results: 1997-2015

Race stories

At the start of day 52, the last day of the 3100 mile race, Nirbhasa makes sure he gets off to a good start in order to finish his full miles today. With just under 40 miles to go he will be the last full 3100 mile finisher. Kaneenika will pass 3000 miles and Baladev and Ananda-Lahari should break the 2700 mile mark as well. Along with a short funny skit by Nirbhasa and his brother Sadanand it has started out as an exciting day.

Race Director's updates

Day 52

The last day signals the end of the battle- success or failure. The eighth finisher across the line was Nirbhasa Magee,35, the Irishman living in Reykjavik, Iceland. The young care assistant ran 3100 miles in 51 days+12:12:13 to become the first Irish born runner to reach the 'Everest" of ultrarunning. Kaneenika Janakova from Slovakia finished with 3014 miles in her first attempt at this great distance. Seasoned veteran Ananda-Lahari Zuscin reached 2737.41 miles and veteran Baladev Pavol Saraz made it to 2694 miles before cutting engines off.

Thanks for all your support, friends, and may the wind always be at your back.

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Less than 6 hours before the official end of the 3100 mile race, Nirbhasa Magee completed his journey becoming the first Irish person to do so. By midnight Kaneenika had passed 3000 miles and finished with 3014. Ananda-Lahari ended the race with 2737 miles and Baladev finished with 2694 miles. It was an exciting night as these three runners remaining to the very end after Nirbhasa's finish were treated to a final ceremony they very well deserved. In these final photos (click on the arrows above), and the videos below we get a taste of the joy that was prevelant in the crowd celebrating all the hero-runners of this amazing race.

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Stutisheel Lebedyev completed the 3100 Mile Self-Transcendence Race for the ninth time today to the delight of an enthusiastic crowd. His wife and daughter, who have been helping him the whole time, were delighted and relieved as he crossed the finish line once again. He battled some difficult times with a few health complications which he bravely faced and patiently fought through to come out victorious in the end. Although it was not his fastest time in this race, crossing the finish line in any time is a great personal achievement for anyone. Tomorrow, the last day of the race, we should see Nirbhasa cross the line in the early evening. The other remaining runnners: Kaneenika, Baladev and Ananda-Lahari, will not cover the full 3100 miles, but nevertheless will stay the course until the end and celebrate their own personal victories as well. The ultimate goal of 3100 miles is not always reached by everyone in the race. Yet self-transcendence is still experienced on many levels. All of the runners, regardless of the distance covered, have demonstrated this powerful concept each and every day.

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Day 51

Stutisheel Lebedyev,45, from Kiev,Ukraine reached the 3100 Mile finish line for the ninth time in his multiday career today. His time of 50 days+12:52:49 was certainly not his fastest, but the effort in overcoming much physical adversity was most noteworthy if not inspiring. He is still ranked 16th all-time in this longest race. He averaged 61.346 miles per day(98.727 km). He even chronicled some of the race throughout his journey on his blog and website whilst running day and night.

Nirbhasa Magee is only 73 laps (40.06 miles) away friom finishing 3100 miles in his first try. He ran 59.81 miles today to get into position to finish on tuesday afternoon. He will become the first native son of Ireland to finish the world's longest race.

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Day 50

Surasa Mairer,56,from Vienna Austria, reached the pinnacle of her running career today, breaking the 17-year-old mark held by ultrarunning immortal Suprabha Beckjord by 6 hours,38 minutes with a remarkable finish of 3100 miles in 49 days+07:52:01. She averaged 62.848 miles per day (101.144 km). Surasa had dominated superlong distance running in the early 21st century, peaking with high marks and record setting performances in 2001 and 2002 at 1000 km,700 miles,1000 miles, and 1300 miles. She has now extended her abilities to the longest race which she has completed three times. She continued her streak of never losing to another lady in a multiday race.

With less than a full day to go, Stutisheel Lebedyev is poised to finish monday evening for the ninth time in his running career. He has 47.7 miles to cover, and should finish between 6:00pm and 7:45pm. Nirbhasa Magee continued his quest to finish 3100 by tuesday evening with 57.6 miles. He reached 3000 miles just before the stroke of midnight. Well done lad.

Stutisheel Lebedyev- 3000 miles = 49 days+02:57:59

Nirbhasa Magee-3000 miles = 49 days+17:58:47

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Author Martin Fritz Huber presents a detailed examination of the 2015 Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race in his Augsut 12, 2015 Outside Magazine online article, "The Path To Self-Transcendence Begins with 3,100 Miles". The article centers on runner Nirbhasa Magee and his answer to several of the author's quesitons. (Photo: start of the 2015 race. Nirbhasa Magee, second from left in white t-shirt).

From the article:

"On Tuesday, August 4, at 6:12 p.m., a former IT professional named Nirbhasa Magee completed a half-mile lap around a nondescript block in Queens, New York. That may sound like an unspectacular feat of endurance, but what distinguishes Magee from most other joggers plodding around Joseph Austin Playground, is that, over the course of the last 52 days, the 35-year-old Irishman has done the .5488 mile loop 5,649 times, an astounding total of 3,100-miles."

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Every day is a special day in the 3100 mile race. So many people come to help, sing, support, and cheer on the runners. Today, Jim and Annette Magee, the parents of Nirbhasa, came all the way from Ireland to cheer on their son in his last few days of reaching the ultimate goal of 3100 miles. They showed up on the course as he was making a turn toward our 'camp' in the evening before sunset. It was a joyous occasion for the whole family, including Sadanand, Nirbhasa's brother and helper. Later in the night Surasa, our woman leader, passed the 3000 mile mark, well on her way to a great 3100 mile finish soon. We also witnessed a big and bright 'blue moon' which is when a full moon ocurrs for the second time in the same month. This only happens about every 3 years or so. To add to the excitement of the day, Atmavir will finish tomorrow afternoon after reaching 3000 miles early this morning as the excitement in this epic journey continues towards the end.

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Day 48

Atmavir Petr Spacil has moved into position to finish early saturday afternoon. With only 60 laps(32.928 miles) to negotiate, he should finish between 12:50 and 1:45 pm, give or take a few minutes. His last full day on the course was as fruitful as any he has run this year. He reached 74 miles and is content to end the race on an upnote after a series of stomach and intestinal ailments thwarted his attempt to set a personal record. Meanwhile, Surasa Mairer is closing in on another great finish in a sparkling career spanning 19 years and over 20 multidays. She should finish sunday afternoon. She is now 21.4 miles ahead of the previous women's record set in 1998 by Suprabha Beckjord of Washington,DC. Stutisheel Lebedyev is poised to reach his goal of 3100 miles on monday night. He has crossed the finish line eight times previously.

Atmavir Petr Spacil- 3000 miles = 47 days+01:32:25

Surasa Mairer-3000 miles = 47 days+16:33:18

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Day 47

Two thunderstorm events could not thwart our heroes in search of high mileage. Atmavir Petr Spacil is edging closer to a saturday matinee finish with his fifth straight 70+ mile day, notching 74.63 to his total. Surasa Mairer is still averaging over 100 km per day with another 62.01 mile effort. The runners have gotten through the mini heat-wave and are looking forward to a drop in the humidity index. Ananda-Lahari Zuscin is still exploring high mileage ventures with a fine 71.34 mile day.

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Yuri had completed the 3100 miles last night with no time to complete his 5000 Km, an option which the runners usually do to get an official time for 5000 kilometres. It means running about 7 miles more, or 13 laps. He completed these laps early in the morning today to a small crowd on hand to cheer him on with bells and applause. In return he stayed to cheer on the runners who are still completing their miles as the race will go on through day 52, next Tuesday. The weather is getting hotter and humid but in the middle of the day today we had a hard rain which brought in cooler temperatures. The remaining 7 runners keep running no matter what the weather as friends and helpers maintain their support for these incredible athletes.

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It was a very hot and humid day today. But most of the runners fared well as they are getting closer to the goal. They also get inspiration when they see their fellow pilgrims finally reach the goal. Late at night, Yuri finished this great race for the fourth time, with a personal best in 45 days, 16 hours and 45 minutes. There was a large, enthusiastic crowd on hand to cheer him on, congratulate him and sing for him.

Race Director's updates

Day 46 Yuri Trostenyuk,50, from Vinnitsa Ukraine, crossed the line tonight over 21 hours faster than his previous best from last year, to finish in fourth place. His time of 45 days+16:45:21 for 3100 miles is an average of 67.840 miles per day (109.178 km). Atmavir Spacil had his fourth consecutive 70+mile day to get in position to finish Saturday late afternoon or early evening. Surasa Mairer continued her record search with another 62 mile day. She is over 18 miles ahead of the women's best time, set in 1998 by American Suprabha Beckjord. A sunday finish awaits her.

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