Lo Wei Ming finished his second consecutive 3100 Mile Race in a new personal best and Taiwanese national record of 46 days 15 hours 01:43. An amazing runner and ambassador for his home in Taiwan, Lo Wei Ming has inspired all at the race with his determination and cheerful demeanour. Ably helped throughout the race by his wife Mei, he finished last evening to great joy.

The last lap of 5,649 laps!

Crossing the finish line.

Enjoying the moment.

Three great champions with Mei - Wei Ming's wife and helper.

Takasumi Senoo (2021 finisher) and Huang Yan Lang with Lo Wei Ming.

The energy of a finish gives extra inspiration to those still out on the course.

Stutisheel Lebedev was the best of the day with 64 miles as he seeks to catch up a few missing miles to finish before the end of day 52. Vasu is just shy of 3,000 miles and should finish within a day and half.

Finishing times so far

1. Andrea Marcato: 43:03:20:27
2. Ashprihanal Aalto: 45:16:28:47
3. Lo Wei-Ming: 46:15:01:43

• Lo Wei Ming's finish - Youtube shorts

Further reading

• Race Photos at Sri Chinmoy Ultra
• Race videos at Vimeo
• Photos and Videos at Instagram
• Media links 2022

Ashprihanal Aalto has been picking up the pace in recent days in an effort to finish by Wednesday evening. Ashprihanal, the course record holder, managed 72 miles yesterday as he finishes the race strongly.

Asprihanal takes a time out to advertise his finish.

Lo Wei Ming also managed a 70+ mile day as he finishes the race strongly.

Vasu Duzihy is on course to finish his tenth 3100 Mile Race. The former three times winner talks about how he begins the day with prayers and meditations to get in the right frame of mind for this dauntless challenge.

Stephen Redfern managed another consecutive 60 mile + day.

Susan Marshall passed 2,700 miles with another 60 plus mile day and looks set to finish before the end of the race. The second-place lady, Huang Lan Yang will also pass 2,700 miles today as she seeks to keep up with the finishing schedule.

Further reading

• Race Photos at Sri Chinmoy Ultra
• Race videos at Vimeo
• Photos and Videos at Instagram
• Media links 2022

After just over 43 days of running, Andrea Marcato has won the 2022 edition of Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Race. His remarkable achievement is his third consecutive win, and another impressive time, averaging over 71 miles since he began on 4 September.

Day 43 impressions

Elsewhere, other runners are making good progress in their aims to finish soon. 2nd and 3rd place Ashprihanal and Lo Wei Ming, both running 69 miles.

Nirbhasa Magee has finished the race on four occasions. But, this year was hit with Covid just before the race began. He ran for several days before being forced to rest and recuperate, but he came back to the course to continue his race. In this video, he explains his journey and the magic of running around the 3100 Mile circuit.

Huang Lan Yang ran 56.5 miles, she is averaging 59.9 miles with eight days to go.

At the start

The five minutes before the race begins, there is a hive of activity at the race.

Further reading

• Media links 2022
• Race Photos at Sri Chinmoy Ultra
• Race videos at Vimeo
• Photos and Videos at Instagram

As we enter the final few weeks of the race, all runners are steadily accumulating miles as they settle into their own daily rhythms. Andrea Marcato led the pack yesterday with another 70+ mile day. As he observed in an interview the end is in sight, but anything can happen in this race and he continues to take the race lap by lap and focus on what he needs to do for each moment.

After losing ground mid-race, Stutisheel Lebedev continues to catch up to the daily average needed to finish. Another 65-mile day yesterday brings him closer to the goal.

Andrea talks about his race so far and how he becomes aware of how the race is more than just his personal effort.

Kaneenika Janakova is the women’s world record holder in the 3100 mile race yet she is having a different kind of race this year having to walk most of it due to some physical problems. But she has already covered over 2100 miles and quite happily keeps going as she plans to go the whole 52 days.

Andrea Marcato reaches 2,900 miles and a short interview with Arpan.

Further reading

• Race Photos at Sri Chinmoy Ultra
• Race videos at Vimeo
• Photos and Videos at Instagram

On day 39, Andrea Marcato was the leading runner with 71 miles. He passes 2,800 miles and is just 300 miles from the finish. Susan Marshal, the leading female runner has benefitted from the good weather running her furthest distance 63 miles, since before the tail-end of Hurricane Ian. Vasu Duzhiy passed 4,000km just before the end of the day and all the runners continued their onward journey.

Early morning start

Huang Lan Yang is on 2,347 miles - a daily average of 60.1 miles

Stephen Redfern shares his thoughts on his 3100 Mile Race

Stephen has numerous challenges in this race. His feet go so bad, he had to take a few days out, but his cheerful acceptance of his situation is a key element of the 3100 Mile Race and in this video, he cheerfully explains what he has learnt from doing his first multiday race.

Stephen and Vasu

Vasu Duzihy is on 2490 miles, a daily average of 63.8 miles.

Further reading

• Race Photos at Sri Chinmoy Ultra
• Race videos at Vimeo
• Photos and Videos at Instagram

Lo Wei Ming had a superb day yesterday, reaching top honours with 74 miles for the day and passing the 2,400 mile mark - leaving "just" 700 miles. As runners start to come into the final stretch, it can be a testing time for the mind because the finish might feel close, but is also literally very far.

Helped by the good weather many of the runners had excellent days with the top three runners - Andrea, Asprihanal and Lo Wei Ming all passing 70 miles. It was also good day for Vasu Duzihy with 68 miles. The top two women Susan Marshall, Huang Lan Yang continue to progress at very similar rates with both getting to the magic 59.8 miles for the day.

Susan Marshall cheerfully shares her thoughts on overcoming the challenges of her first 3100 Mile Race

Stephen Redfern is doing his first official multiday race - though (as he says in the video) he did an unofficial multiday during lockdown around his garage! For a few years, it has been a dream of Stephen to do the 3100 Mile Race and his enthusiasm shows as he explains what he has been learning from the race - both physically and spiritually.

In a video in the slideshow, Vasu and Andrea recite a poem of Sri Chinmoy which is particularly apt for the 3100 Mile Race

Today
Patience from my heart
Will challenge
Tomorrow's impatience-mind
And conquer it.

Sri Chinmoy

Further reading

• Race Photos at Sri Chinmoy Ultra
• Race videos at Vimeo
• Photos and Videos at Instagram

As the race enters into its fifth week, the runners are getting into a good rhythm.

Every day the runners see both the rising sun and setting sun - a new feature of the race in the fall. It puts the runners in connection with the daily routine of Mother Earth - a feature often lost in modern life but for the runners out on the course ever day, they become finely attuned to their environment.

Both Asprihanal Aalto and Andrea Marcato ran consistently all day to pass the magic 70-mile mark. A remarkable achievement when you consider the previous 35 days of consecutive running. Vasu Duzhiy and Lo Wei Ming both maintain a steady pace, building up a good buffer of spare miles to finish well within the time limit. The top two women Susan Marshall and Huang Lan Yang are separated by just 10 miles with both exceeding 60-mile day and, like all the runners, inspiring each other to keep pushing the boundaries of self-transcendence.

Andrea Marcato share his thoughts on the race

Andrea impresses and inspires with his focused attitude to the race. As you can soon observe, every second counts as he seeks to gain the maximum performance from every aspect of his being - mind, body, spirit and the support of his helpers.

Asprihanal's Race so far

The modest Finn, Asprihanal Aalto has finished the race 15 times, has won on nine occasions, and is the current world record holder, finishing the 2015 edition of the 3100 Mile Race in just over 40 days. Within a few weeks, when he finishes for the sixteenth time,  he will have completed nearly 50,000 miles (80,000km) just on the 3100 Mile Race circuit. What drives the runners to come back every year can be hard to articulate, but as Asprihanal says, it is the inner progress the race affords.

Vasu passes the Enthusiasm Singers

Susan Marshall enjoys the encouragement.

The runners' laps are counted by a team of counters who come from all other the world to help with the race.

Lo Wei Ming with the rising sun in the background.

Further reading

• Race Photos at Sri Chinmoy Ultra
• Race videos at Vimeo
• Photos and Videos at Instagram

Another sunny day helped to raise spirits and also the mileage of the runners. Andrea Marcato again set the pace with a 72.4 mile day. Andrea will likely pass 4,000km today and at the current pace is approximately 10 days from finishing. Asprihanal bounced back from a difficult few days with an excellent 68 miles. Both Stutisheel Lebedev and Huang Lan Yang passed the 2,000 miles with both managing good daily mileage.

Andrea Marcato

Susan Marshal maintains a narrow lead over Huang Lan Yang in the leading female runners.

The top 7 runners are within striking distance of reaching the ultimate goal. (59.6 mile average required)

Ananda-Lahari has started 18 editions of the 3100 Mile Race. His enthusiasm for the race and living in the moment is legendary.

Stephen Redfern had to adjust his goals after blisters forced a temporary rest. But, he is back out on the course enjoying the opportunity to soak up the atmosphere of the race.

Video - Andrea Passes 2400 Miles

Further reading

• Race Photos at Sri Chinmoy Ultra
• Race videos at Vimeo
• Photos and Videos at Instagram

Another day for the runners, and the Heavens once again blessed the race with abundant rain. It didn't slow down Andrea Marcato, who was the day's strongest runner, with a return to his incredible form of 70+ miles. Stutisheel had another good day with 63 miles and hopes to make up for lost time to injury. But, overall, it was another difficult day in the wet and cold, and the runners will be cheered by forecasts of drier, milder weather to come.

Lo Wei Ming's t-shirt says "Never Give Up" - Never has a philosophy been put into practise more, than by the runners of this year's 3100 Mile Race.

"Never give up
Your self-transcendence ideal."

Sri Chinmoy

Takasumi Senoo ran the race in 2021 (see account of his experience here). He was helped by Huan Lan Yang. This year the role's are reversed.

The loneliness of a long-distance runner. Early morning in Queens, New York.

The weather warms up

Further reading

• Race Photos at Sri Chinmoy Ultra
• Race videos at Vimeo
• Photos and Videos at Instagram