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 28th annual Sri Chinmoy 3100 Mile Race started at 6 am on 30 August.
Heavy rains greeting the 12 runners and an international crowd of over 150 people. It was a rare wet start for the race, but later became a sunny day with a few breezes and mild temperatures. The runners with all their willpower continued to run and run, with an astounding daily mileage for the top runners.
The great Ashprihanal Aalto, and current world record holder, transcended his previous record of 172 laps in day one on his way to the world best in 2015. His 176-lap total reached 96.519 miles. He also pulled the four time winner Andrea Marcato along, as the Italian reached 174 laps which brought him 95.42 miles. The speedsters at the top also pulled along most of the rest of the group. First time entrants Budjargal Byanbaa and Annabel Hepworth impressed with a daily mileage total of 87.7 and 78.9 miles respectively as they tested themselves in their first 3100 Mile Race.
Day 1
- Ashprihanal Aalto-176 laps (96.519 miles/ 155.33km
- Andrea Marcato-174 laps (95.423miles/ 153.58km
- Budjargal Byambaa-160 laps (87.745miles/141.21km
- Annabel Hepworth- 144 laps (78.97 miles/ 127.09km)
- Vasu Duzhiy- 144 laps (78.07 miles/ 1 27.09km)
- Wei-Ming Lo- 143 laps (78.01miles/ 126.21km)
- Pushkar Mullaer-140 laps (76.77miles/123.56km)
- Radu Budan-137 laps (75.13 miles/ 1 20.9 1km)
- Nina Huang-Lan Yang-127 laps (69.65miles/112.08km)
- Stutisheel Lebedev-120 laps (65.81miles/105.91km)
- Grahak Cunningham-117 laps (64.16miles/103.26km)
- Ananda-Lahari Zuscin-89l aps (48.81miles/78.54km)
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