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.
In a typical fashion, once the first three top runners reach their goals, the rest of the runners don’t have the same energy and intensity. The remaining group do not have a clear chance to be like the three remaining seekers who have a clear chance to reach the goal. The ten-time finisher Vasu Duzhiy needs 182 miles to reach the 3100 on Wednesday, First timer Mahasatya Janczak is just over 41 miles behind Vasu, and the three-time-finisher Harita Davies is 64 miles behind the Polish runner Mahasatya. All three must maintain their daily week to finish on time. The non-finishers are heroes in their own way. To continue until midnight on Friday, knowing you will not make your goal, is perhaps a full sign of inner strength and boundless fortitude.
Kaneenika Janakova
Until Yesterday Kaneenika Janakova held the women's race record for the Sri Chinmoy 3,100 mile race. Her run in 2017 was only the third time the 50-day barrier had been broken by a woman. Suprabha Beckford was the first woman to go sub 50 in 1998 in the second of her 13 victories in the race. Surasa Mairer and Kaneenika Janakova joined her in 2015 and 2017, respectively. Tsai Wen-Ya has now become the 4th woman to join this group, with her extraordinary performance taking the record down by three days.
SUB 50-day Female performances at the Sri Chinmoy 3,100-mile Race
- Tsai Wen-Ya 45 Days 12 Hours 28 Minutes 44 Seconds 2023
- Kaneenika Janajkova 48 Days 14 Hours 24 Minutes 10 Seconds 2017
- Surasa Mairer. 49 Days 07 Hours 52 Minutes 01 Seconds 2015
- Suprabha Beckford 49 Days 14 Hours 30 Minutes 54 seconds 1998
Kaneenika is competing in the race this year but has struggled with a few issues. She has finished the race three times and taken part on two other occasions, Knowing the history of the race, she remains determined to see out the 52 days. It has been humbling to watch her. Her 2017 run, when she lowered the then-existing record, was indeed a milestone for her. She knows she has nothing to prove to herself, other than that she can find the capacity to last the 52 days.
[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
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