NBC Today Show covers the 3100 Mile Race, July 2011

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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.

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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.

Fox 5 News reporter Mac King came out to visit the race:

"The rules of the longest ultramarathon in the world give runners between 6 a.m. and midnight every day for 52 days to run around the same block in Jamaica, Queens.The casual or even not-so-casual sports fan likely recognizes none of the names of the 11 athletes spending 18 hours every day for nearly two months walking/jogging around the block. The runners represent the top competitors in their sport...."

Complete story and video on myfoxnews.com...

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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.

day_24_by_prabhakar_grahak_cunningham_sydney_motivational_speaker.jpg.opt434x290o00s434x290.jpg Grahak will be one of the 12 runners starting Sunday June 14 in the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race. Here are some interviews he has done in the past few days:

'Single-Mindedness of the Very Long Distance Runner' in The Australian (subscription only, but you can reach it by typing 'The Australian Grahak Cunningham' into Google)
Very nice radio interview on ABC Perth - click to listen
Television interview on Channel 9

Grahak's mother seems undeterred by all the media attention her son is getting. When told the time that Grahak's appearance on channel 9 was due to air, her response was 'I'll be out then'. When asked out where, she said 'Out the back, gardening.' :)

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