Day 18: Sri Chinmoy 3,100 Mile Race

By Tejvan Pettinger author bio »
17 September

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.
Radu with Florin Chira and his wife Anna,
 

Visitors to the race

Hardly a day goes by without visitors coming to the race. Often they are local runners with a long-standing connection to the race, who bring gifts of drinks or fruit for the runners. Sometimes people come from other parts of the city, such as Manhattan or Brooklyn, having heard about the race and wanting to see it for themselves.

Occasionally, visitors come with a special story and make a real effort to get here.

On Sunday, a Romanian couple, Florin Chira and his wife Anna, stopped by the race. Two days earlier, they had been half a world away, travelling in Romania, and stopped to eat at a small village café. Florin was wearing a running shirt, and the waitress said to him, “You look like a runner. Have you heard of Radu Budan? He is Moldova and Romania’s best ultrarunner.”

Florin happens to be an accomplished double triathlete, so he was very interested, although he had never heard of Radu. They chatted in the café for a while.

Afterwards, Florin looked Radu up online and discovered that he was currently running the 3,100 Mile Race. By coincidence, the couple were flying to New York two days later.

They made a special detour to visit the race and meet Radu, telling him how their chance conversation in the café had led them here. They chatted with Radu and other runners and helpers before continuing on their way.

It is quite an extraordinary story, but then, this is an extraordinary race.

Also over the weekend, a Spanish couple, Ramon Lopez Mendizabal and his wife, went out of their way to visit the race, and they too chatted with Radu.

Daily milestones (all TBC)

  • Andrea Marcato: 2,000 km in 17 days 02:30:11; 1,300 miles in 17 days 17:19:46
  • Radu Budan: 1,900 km in 17 days 07:50:14; 1,200 miles in 17 days 12:58:21
  • Annabel Hepworth: 1,100 miles in 17 days 01:04:59; 1,800 km in 17 days 05:38:13
  • Wei Ming Lo: 1,100 miles in 17 days 05:24:14; 1,800 km in 17 days 09:53:25
  • Vasu Duzhiy: 1,100 miles in 17 days 09:55:03; 1,800 km in 17 days  
  • Nayaja Perugini: 1,700 km in 17 days 01:05:40
  • Nina Yang Huang-Lan: 1,500 km in 17 days 06:29:06
  • Stutisheel Lebedev: 1,400 km in 17 days 00:06:59; 900 miles in 17 days  
  • Ananda-Lahari Zuscin: 1,400 km in 17 days 02:36:52; 900 miles in 17 days 

Daily stats (all TBC)

  • Andrea Marcato again topped the daily list, passing 70 miles to finish with 71.8 miles and a cumulative total of 1,304.6 miles.
  • Radu Budan ran another solid 66.9 miles, the second-highest daily total, to reach 1,216.9 miles.
  • Annabel Hepworth ran another 63.6-mile day, closing on 1,159.3 miles.
  • Wei Ming Lo ran 63.0 miles, his sixth consecutive 60-mile day, to finish on a cumulative total of 1,142.8 miles.
  • Vasu Duzhiy continues to hit 60 miles, recording 63.0 miles today for a cumulative total of 1,130.2 miles.
  • Nayaja Perugini continued to fight through her issues, recording a reduced 37.2 miles to finish the day on 1,091.8 miles.
  • Nina Yang Huang-Lan battled through her own issues and finished the day with 45.5 miles, improving her total to 960.8 miles.
  • Stutisheel Lebedev started the day well but faded as it went on, finishing with 36.7 miles and a cumulative total of 906.5 miles.
  • Ananda-Lahari Zuscin, with a 48.9-mile day, improved his total to 909.8 miles, moving ahead of Stutisheel late in the evening.

“Every day is an inspiring day
For self-transcendence.”

— Sri Chinmoy 

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