Day 1 - 3100 Mile Race - 3100 Mile Race

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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.

With the largest group of people to see the longest race begin again, the 27th Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race started off with the cheering and screaming for the 14 heroes who dared to test the impossible. 200+ people can wake anyone up at 6:00am. It was a thrill for them as for the runners

The three-time winner Andrea Marcato from Italy and the famous Taiwanese speedster We-Ming Lo took the 5 youngsters to bear (first timers) as they ran if chased by a tiger. A light rain storm came through a few hours later, but the late summer sunshine reappeared to clean the air for all 14 runners. Nine men and five women did their best to calm their nerves and figure out the 0.548406 mile course (882.573 k).

After six or seven hours the fastest started to reach around the course with precision.

The veterans and sterling newcomers garnered the best totals on Day One:

Andrea Marcato, Italy: 88.2933 miles/ 142.094 km
Vasu Duzhiy, Russia: 77.325 miles/ 124.442 km
Adrian Papuc, Romania: 77.325 miles/ 124.442 km
Wei-Ming Lo, Taiwan: 77.325 miles/ 124.442 km
Wen-Ya Tsai Taiwan: 76.228 miles/ 122.677 km (top lady)
Mahasatya Janczak, Poland 75.131 miles/ 120.912 km
Milan Javornicky, Cze Rep 71.292 miles 114.734 km
Jason Lester, USA 70.195 miles/ 112.969 km
Huang-Lan Yang, (Nina) Taiwan 68.550 miles/ 110.321 km
Susan Marshall, New Zealand 68.002 miles/ 109.439 km
Ananda-Lahari Zuscin, Slovakia 68.002 miles/ 109.439 km
Stutisheel Lebedev, Ukraine 66.905 miles/ 107.674 km
Kaneenika Janakova, Slovakia 65.808 miles/ 105.908 km
Harita Davies, New Zealand/ USA 65.808 miles/ 105.908 km

Good start for all. Please follow the runners as they test themselves

Adrian and Mahasatya

Susan Marshall passes the singers on the course

Further reading

Daily Photos of Race at Sri Chinmoy Ultra Photos
Start list - 14 Runners

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The 27th edition of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race finished on 20 October. Six out of the fourteen runners finished the complete distance, but all runners achieved incredible goals of personal self-transcendence, overcoming obstacles, such as the weather, illness and tired feet!

Results 2023

Andrea Marcato, 41 Dohlo, Italy (Zurich) 43 days+13:33:23
Wei-Ming Lo, 58, New Taipei City, Taipei (ROC) 45 days +08:41:27
Tsai Wen-Ya, 54, Taichung City, Taiwan (ROC) 45 days +12:28:44 WWR - 1st Woman
Vasu Duzhiy, 57, St. Petersburg, Russia 49 days+15:36:01
Mahasatya Janczak, 48, Lublin Poland 50 days+10:30:41
Harita Davies, 48, New Zealand & USA 51 days +16:43:11

Milan Javornicky - 3031.5 miles
Jason Lester - 2700.0 miles
Stutisheel Lebedev - 2624.1 miles
Kaneenika Janakova - 2576.4 miles
Adrian Papuc 2507.9 miles
Ananda-Lahari Zuscin - 2421.2 miles
Susan Marshall 2276.9 miles
Nina Huang-Lan Yang 2072.9 miles

Related

Results - 1997 - 2023
Photos - Sri Chinmoy Ultra Photo
Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team videos
Stutisheel Youtube Playlist of 3100 Miles Race 2023
US SCMT Photo Gallery
Tarit Stott's article on helping at the 3100 Mile Race at "Runners are Smilers" Blog

News Links

3100 Mile Race Featured on NPR, "All Things Considered"
Multi-Day Runners are Alarmingly Sane - Outside Magazine
Run Ultra article on the Race
3100 Mile Race (Mongolia News)

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Harita Davies finished the 3100 mile race today, passing the final mark in 51 days +16:43:11. Harita averaged 59.954 miles/ 96.488 km per day. She is still the New Zealand National Record Holder overall. She is also the sixth fastest of the women who finished the 3100 Mile Race. Her steadiness and dedication led to another finish.

Jason Lester- 49, from Phoenix, Arizona had to deal with some illnesses and the difficulty of supreme long distance running. Jason reached 2,700 miles in 51 days +12:41:31. He learned a lot about protecting and saving his feet and lower legs for weeks and weeks of hard surfaces.

Adrian Papuc, 55, from Bucharest, Romania, reached 4000 km in 51 days+05:13:02. Later he reached 2,500 miles in 51 days+15:41:31. Both marks were the farthest distances he ever reached. Milan Javornicky, 49, from Celakovice Czech Republic passed 3000 miles in 51:08:06:58

The Curtain Comes Down on the 3100 Mile Race

Shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday, a small crowd starts gathering around the tented area of the 3,100-mile race. They are gathering to welcome the final finisher of the race, Harita Davies. Then, at midnight, the final runners will reach the end of their own personal 52-day adventures. The distance they have covered in the 52 days, will be recorded on the final result sheet. It will be a personal milestone for many.

For Milan Javornicky, despite falling just short of the 3100 goal, it will still be the furthest he has ever run in his life. This morning, he passed the 3,000-mile barrier, an improvement on the 2,700 + miles he ran in the Salzburg race in 2020.

Jason Lester, although having covered more distance on his solo continental adventures, is happy he has run his furthest distance yet in a race situation, quite a different experience than some of his previous adventures.

Adrian Papuc reached 2,500 miles this evening, By far the furthest distance he has achieved, His cheerfulness in dealing with a few issues as the race progressed made him a friend for life with all the other runners and with the local community of Sri Chinmoy, volunteers who come to help daily.

Nina has also made a lot of friends despite her injury issues. Susan, Stutisheel and Ananda-Lahari know what it is like to finish this race. In Stutisheel and Ananda-Laharis’s case, on multiple occasions. Although they did not reach 3,100 miles, they will still be happy they have embraced the challenge and found the capacity inside themselves to overcome their own inner and outer challenges.

Shortly after 10.30 p.m. Harita, a model of consistency these last 52 days, finishes her 4th 3,100 race. In 51 Days +16:43:11. For the majority of days, she has run close to the daily minimum required to finish inside the 52-day cut-off. Today is no different, and with perfect timing, has reached the goal with just over an hour to spare. At the finish ceremony, she said "I have run this race four times now and I still can’t fathom or understand how I do it.”

After the usual finishers celebrations, It is time to cheer on the final runners on their last few laps as the clock reaches midnight. After celebrations for everyone, with more cake and songs, runners return to their apartments, helpers tidy up the tented area for the day as they have done for the last 52 days. Tomorrow, a crew of volunteers will return to undertake a “takedown “ of the site. The curtain will then come down on the 2023 3100-mile race.

[Report by Sahishnu and Tarit]

Finishing Times So Far

Andrea Marcato, 41 Dohlo, Italy (Zurich) 43 days+13:33:23
Wei-Ming Lo, 58, New Taipei City, Taipei (ROC) 45 days +08:41:27
Tsai Wen-Ya, 54, Taichung City, Taiwan (ROC) 45 days +12:28:44 WWR - 1st Woman
Vasu Duzhiy, 57, St. Petersburg, Russia 49 days+15:36:01
Mahasatya Janczak, 48, Lublin Poland 50 days+10:30:41
Harita Davies, 48, New Zealand & USA 51 days +16:43:11