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 Andrea Marcato, 41. from Italy, but living in Zurich, Switzerland went past the 2000 Mile mark, reaching the distance in 27 days+11:45:44. It was his fastest in four performances, the previous best was in 2022. This year it was about 25 minutes faster than last year. He is fourth fastest overall, and moving well throughout the colder, windy post-summer weather.         

Tsai Wen-Ya, 53, from Taiwan and a great new long-distance athlete, captured the fastest female performance of 3000km in history. Her Record time was 27 days + 13:20:02. She bettered the previous effort from Kaneenika Janakova of Slovakia in 2017, which was 29 days + 03:10:18. 

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Andrea Marcato has run over 70 miles in six of the last seven days, and tomorrow he should reach the 2000-mile mark. This will be his fourth time to reach this significant landmark. He has gone past 70 miles in 24 days of the total 27 days of the race.  

Tsai Wen-Ya has gone past 65 miles in 24 of the 27 days she has tested. Today she went past two women’s running landmarks - both set by American All-Time Hero Suprabha Beckjord.

In the evening Wen-Ya passed the 1800-mile mark in 26 days+14:31:45. The previous best was 28 days+10:29:41.  In about an hour later she passed the 2900 km mark in 26 days+15:01:43. The previous best was 28 days+11:03:10.

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Today Andrea Marcato went past 3000km for the fourth time in his multiday running career. His time was 25:14:00:57- which was only 6 minutes and six seconds slower than his best time set in 2022. If you consider the five days of 92-95 degree heat, and over two days of Tropical rainstorms and strong winds, Andrea indeed is a powerful runner, untouched by nature's tests so far.       

Earlier this morning, Tsai Wen-Ya reached the 1700 mile mark, her second place overall was highlighted by the time of 25 days 05:43:59. The previous women’s best time was 27:00:38:06, placed by American record holder Suprabha  Beckjord. That was performed in 1998.

Halfway Point

The end of day 26 is the halfway point in the race of 52 days. So far seven runners have passed the half-way mileage. Milan and Jason should hopefully pass this milestone today.

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The rains came and the winds started bothering things. But the runners maintained their equilibrium and ran as well as they could. Andrea Marcato led the way with 67.5 miles. Sunday he most likely will reach 3000 km and might pass his personal best if he grabs it before 7:54 pm. Tsai Wen-Ya could pass the women's 1700 mile record, set in 1998 by Suprabha Beckjord, in a time of 27 days+00:38:06. Wen-Ya ran nearly 67 miles yesterday, so rain does not seem to slow her at all.

Today Mahasatya ran past 1500 miles - the first time he had ever run this far in his career and has moved into fifth place overall.

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As expected, Tsai Wen-Ya passed a mark of 2500km in a tremendous effort, reaching that mark in 23 days+ 02:59:13, a 32-hour improvement in Suprabha Beckjord’s work from 1998 in a summer warm spell. What is less known is that Wen-Ya also passed the 1600-mile mark set by Kaneenika Janakova from Slovakia - (set in 2017 in 25:07:16:22) which was done in 23 days +14:52:23 (to be verified) later that evening.

Wen-Ya ran 68.6 miles today, and it was good to have a good day today, for a tropical storm in the nearby ocean areas just outside Jamaica and Queens in general will be hit with 4 to 6 inches of rain and strong winds in the next two days or so. We shall see what happens. Stay dry people of Queens, New York.

The race was also visited by a few good friends. - Yolanda Holder who entered the race twice and finished on her first effort in 2017 in a time of 51 days+17:00:13. Also we were very happy to see Gary Corbitt, son of legendary Ted Corbitt. Both Ted and Gary have been great friends and supporters of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team over the years. Gary Corbitt is a great historian of ultra-running. He is both the curator of the Ted Corbitt Archives and the official historian for the National Black Marathoner’s Association.

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Andrea Marcato arrived at his halfway mark in 21:03:38:40 miles on Wednesday morning. It was his fastest halfway. He has continued to keep is excellent pace going, managing three straight days with over 71 miles.

Tsai Wen-Ya is establishing some new women’s best results for partial distances. Friday morning she will most likely pass one of the great woman distance runners, who happens to be the American All-Time great Suprabha Beckjord, who reached 2500 km in 24:11:11:31.  As many people know about Suprabha, she was a 13-time finisher of the 3100 Mile Race, and held the fastest time for women for 17 years. 

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The two leading runners Andrea Marcato and Wen-Ya Tsai both managed 70 miles +, with Wen-Ya really growing into the race and getting stronger as the days pass. On day 22 out of 52, Andrea Marcato, the race leader has now passed the half-way mark and is making excellent progress. The top nine runners all managed to complete 60 miles - the magic goal for remaining on target to finish the distance within 52 days.

In the early evening, three runners all passed the 1,300 mile mark very close to each other - Mahasatya Janczak, Nina Huang-Lan Yang and Harita Davies.

Milan Javornicky and first time runner Jason Lester should pass the mark today. The 1,300 Mile mark is significant because the 1,300 Mile race was the forerunner of the 3,100 Mile Self Transcendence Race. But, yesterday's goals are now stepping stones on the journey for greater self-transcendence - a defining feature of the 3,100 Mile Race.

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The runners of the 3100 Mile Race enjoyed beautiful weather, and rain free, therfore they could place good totals on the boards. Andrea Marcato had another 72.. 4-mile day, which placed him only about 24 miles before he reaches halfway. The Taiwanese wonder-kind Wen-Ya Tsai reached 67,5 miles, which gave her 1410.5 miles total - another fantastic effort, from the first time of the 3100 Mile Race. Wei-Ming Lo reached another 115 to 117 total today, and he is reaching 1333.17 miles- over 2145.6 km. Vasu Duzhiy reached another solid 52.5 miles. He stands at 1296,43 miles, and a solid fourth place overall.

Three runners are very close to each other and often swap places as they move along. Mahasatya Janczak is currently moving ahead, reaching 115 laps, 63.1 miles- with a total of 1255.85 miles. He is about a mile ahead of Nina (Yang Huang-Lan). The third runner in the trio is Harita Davies, the three-time finisher of the 3100 Mile Race, and a steady runner of each race she enters. She is about four miles behind Nina, and during the day, the runners often exchange places.

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Heavy rain failed to dampen spirits as our dauntless runners continued their epic quest around the famous 'block' Andrea Marcato led the day, with 67.4 miles - a rare mileage total of less than 70. Andrea averages 72 miles after the first 20 days Shortly behind was the leading woman and 2nd placed overall Wen-Ya Tsai with 64 miles.

In a testament to the difficulty of the race six out of the 14 runners are running at or above the 59.6 miles or more day - this is the daily average needed to finish. However, Harita, Milan and Jason are all within touching distance should inspiration and favourable conditions descend.

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On a humid day that led to evening rain, two men reached 1000 miles to complete the do-lists on their daily effort agendas. Stutisheel Lebedev reached 1000 miles in 18 days+13:02:24; and Adrian Papuc completed the 1000 Mile task in 18 days+15:35:40. 

Today Tsai Wen-Ya passed the 2000km mark, reaching the milestone in 18 days+08:14:47. This performance makes her the eighth fastest woman to reach 2000km in a race. 

Below is a list of 2000km performances by women

2000 km road Names Countries Birth date age place Venue

1. 17:03:01:12 Sandra Barwick NZL 2/27/49 42 1 New York
2. 17:03:51:24 Surasa Mairer AUT 3/6/59 42 1 New York
3. 17:22:22:28 Martina Hausmann GER 1/13/60 41 2 New York
4. 18:00:30:42 Antana Locs CAN 10/3/58 35 1 New York
5. 18:00:58:22 Antana Locs CAN 10/3/58 32 2 New York
6. 18:02:39:54 Antana Locs CAN 10/3/58 34 1 New York
7. 18:03:38:51 Nidhruvi Zimmermann AUT 6/26/65 35 1 New York
8. 18:03:51:28 Suprahba Beckjord USA 2/21/56 38 2 New York
9. 18:04:01:07 Martina Hausmann GER 1/13/60 40 2 New York
10. 18:05:51:12 Martina Hausmann GER 1/13/60 42 1 New York
11. 18:07:39:25 Suprahba Beckjord USA 2/21/56 36 1 New York
12. 18:08:14:47 Wen-Ya Tsai TPE 9/30/69 53 1 New York

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Three runners reached the 1000-mile mark today. Kaneenika Janakova was the first to lead the list: 1000 miles = 17days+08:53:09. Then Jason Lester reached his first official 1000 Mile Mark- 17 days + 09:17:32. The third runner to get the Kilo mark was Milan Javornicky- 17 days+09:39:05.

There might be two more runners to gain a 1000 mark- Stutisheel Lebedev and Adrian Papuc. Tomorrow, meanwhile, the overall leader Andrea Marcato reached 1300 miles today, in 17 days+14:02:39- His previous best was 18:00:21:31 last year. The 1300 Miler was once our longest distance race - running from 1987 to 2004. But the 3100 Mile Race eventually became our flagship event, as the 1300-mile race, the 1000-mile race, and the 700 Mile Race had provided our distance trio, and had superb performances during its useful tests of the long, longer and longest events. Now we are at the 27th edition of the 3100 Mile Race. The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team is always grateful that the runners retain their abilities and desire to test themselves- sometimes over and over again. The Races still continue due to both the runners and our remarkable members of the Team - due to Sri Chinmoy and his vision. It is quite a way to pass the days, months and years of the races.  

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As expected, Vasu Duzhiy reached the 1000 mile mark first, reaching it in 16 days+03:03:38. Nina (Yang Huang-Lan), was the next runner to get to 1000 miles in 16days+14:59:58. Harita Davies was soon to follow in 16days+15:20:14.

The fourth and final runner to make the split was Mahasatya Janczak, who touched the 1000 for the first time in his running life- in 16days+16:23:03. The leaders continued to move along,, as Andrea went past 72. Miles, and touched the 2000km mark in 16:17:08:15- nearly six hours faster than his best mark from last year. Wei-Ming Lo is placing himself solidly in third overall, and he is reaching 100km and more every day so far. Tomorrow Kaneenika Janakova, Milan Javornicki, and Jason Lester should all make the 1000- mile mark a reality. The pleasant and cooler temps are giving the runners a chance to do well, lest the hurricane season emerges in the North West of the US.

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Wei-Ming Lo, the 59–year old runner from New Taipei City, Taiwan (ROC). finished his 1000 mile opening adventure in the 3100 Mile in a time of 15 days+12:10:47.

It was Wei-Ming’s fourth time to the KiloMark. On Friday, there could be as many as four more people who could pass the thousand mark: Vasu Duzhiy, the Ten-Time finisher of the 3100 Mile Race; Nina (Yang Huang-Lan), the Taiwan runner from  Saitama Ken, Japan: Three-time finisher Harita Davies, originally from New Zealand, lives quite regularly in Jamaica, New York, USA: and finally- Mahasatya Janczak from Lublin, Poland. All four runners have a great chance of surpassing the 1000 Mile mark.  Vasu has only 11.3 miles to reach the 1000-mile mark. The other three runners have just over 50 miles more to reach the 1000-mile goal. It will be fun to see runners pass difficult marks in an inspired long-distance event.

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Wen-Ya Tsai, 53, from North District Taichung City, Taiwan (ROC), became the first Taiwan lady to reach 1000 miles in a race, reaching the distance in 14days+08:08:08. She is currently in second place overall, and has become a new force in multiday running, not only in Taiwan, but also in Asia, as well as in women over 50 years of age.

Her 1000 Mile places her in the fastest 10 women who ever passed the kilo distance in and on a road course. Her finish for 1,000 miles was the seventh best for the all-time female athletes. On Thursday, the Taiwanese hero and two–time finisher of the 3100- Wei-Ming Lo- will be in a position to break his own best time for the 1000-mile distance. At age 59, Wei-Ming is still running his best ever as he flies and floats along the 3100 Mile Race course.

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Andrea Marcato, the 41 year old Italian who has dominated the previous three versions of the Sri Chinmoy 3100 Mile Race, passed the 1000 mile mark in a personal best of 13 Days+07:12:25, the tenth best performance on a road course in long-distance history.

He passed his own best by nearly nine hours and seemed ready to continue his efforts as there are still 2,100 miles to be covered before his efforts will be complete. Tomorrow, on Wednesday, the Taiwanese woman Tsai Wen-Ya, currently in second overall, should finish her first 1000 Mile performance. We will see another great performance in the world's longest race, although there may be more rain showers on Wednesday morning from 6:00 a.m. to midday. We shall see. Wen-Ya has 33.5 miles to reach the 1000 mile mark. 

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Andrea Marcato holds the lead in the 27th Sri Chinmoy 3100 Mile Race, with 969.03 miles, as the Italian approaches the first 1000 miles to be covered on Tuesday for sure. He holds a 68-mile lead on second place, which happens to be the first lady - Tsai Wen-Ya, who touched 900.48 miles (1449.2 km) on  Monday evening just before she called it a day.  

Wei-Ming Lo from Taiwan is comfortable in third place with 831.9 miles. All the runners enjoyed the cooler temperatures, but the evening thunderstorm on Sunday night (for four hours) of water and minor floods did not equal the weekend storms. Vasu Duzhiy remained focused and totaled 803.92 miles. He was followed by Nina Yang Huang-Lan who reached 801.77 miles and equaled her best starts from years ago. Mahasatya Janczak continued his solid approach to his first 3100 Mile Race, reaching 786.93 miles. Harita Davies from Christchurch New Zealand moved within inches of Mahasatya, as she equaled 786 miles.+.41 miles.  The first American in the 3100 Mile Race since 2017- Jason Lester from Phoenix, Arizona reached 763.38 miles. With the 3100 Mile Race approaching its third week, now is the time to see how the runners are ready to remain focused and in the race. We shall see! The Race is moving along, with 39 days left.

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Andrea Marcato worked hard to overcome a few rain storms that pummeled the area, both in the late morning, and then last night, as storms continued to test the runners of the 3100 Mile Race.

Mr Marcato reached 898.29 miles,  having remained nearly 68 miles ahead of Tsai Wen-Ya, who reached 830.29 miles, and easily leads the total of five women who are maintaining their running tests on the daily basis of searching for more than 59.618 miles per day, needed to acquire the 3100 Mile Race to finish in the 52 day framework.  Taiwan male hero distance runner Wei-Ming Lo totalled 769.96 miles in a dozen days to hold his effort to third overall.       

10-time finisher Vasu Duzhiy, a three-time winner of the longest race, has helped his position to stay at fourth overall, with a good effort of 742.54 miles. He needed to maintain the position because of the steady serge from Nina Huang-Lan Yang, the lady who has put pressure on other runners as she is the third Taiwanese to attempt the longest race.

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Somewhat cooler weather saw the runners complete good mileage yesterday, Andrea Marcato extended his lead at the top of scoreboard, with his 11th consecutive 70-mile-plus day. Wen-Ya Tsai, the leading woman and 2nd place overall, continued her excellent consistency with a near 67-mile day. Stutisheel Lebedev continued his post-illness recovery with another 60-mile-plus day. But, the race is much more than mileage on the scoreboards with all runners engaging in their own journeys of self-transcedence and self-discovery. This coming week, the weather will be cooler, but with some prospects of rain. Stay tuned for the progress of the race. Note in the scoreboard section, we now have live updates of the runner's mileage.

Live updates!

In the results section, we now have live updates which will add the latest up to date mileage totals for the runners.

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The group of 14 have passed the 10th day with some more positive energy, as the hours of hot air and humidity gave way to cooler applications of light rain and hidden burning sun tendencies.

Andrea Marcato totalled 756.25 miles, which was past his 10 Day Total at Flushing Meadow Park, in our Spring version of the Ten Day Race, where he ran 720 miles miles in second place.  Third Place overall in April was Tsai Wen-Ya, who reached 671.6 miles, her best and first 10 Day Race, going past 1000km. Today, after five days of a  late summer heat wave tendency, Wen-Ya reached 694.83 miles/1118.2 km, in another personal best. And with 42 more possible race days to fulfill, the longest footrace is testing all 14 runners. Let's look at everyone’s reality Dream Race. 

Results after day 10

1. Andrea Marcato- 756.25 miles/ 1217.1 km
2. Tsai Wen-Ya       -694.83miles / 1118.2 km
3. Lo Wei-Ming        -643.83 miles / 1036.1 km
4. Vasu Duzhiy          -621.89miles /  1000.8 km
5. Nina Huang-Lan Yang- 629.25 mi/ 998.2 km
6. Mahasatya Janczak    - 613.12 miles / 986.7 km
7. Harita Davies              - 604.34 miles / 972.6 km
8. Adrian Papuc              - 602.15 miles / 969.1 km
9. Jason Lester               - 586.79 miles / 944.4 km
10. Milan Javornicky      - 573.63 milrs /  923.2 km
11. Kaneenika Janakova – 571.99 miles / 920.5 km
12. Ananda-Lahari Zuscin- 530.31 miles / 853.4 km
13. Susan Marshall             - 526.47 miles / 847.3 km
14. Stutisheel Lebedev      - 514.40 miles / 827.9 km

Live updates!

In the results section, we now have live updates which will add the latest up to date mileage totals for the runners.

The supposed heat wave + Five had the intense sun strength to make us all stay inside, with the fan on top speed, except, of course, for the runners in search of destiny and a rise to the top of the lists - except for us ‘helpers inside for the search for colder areas’. Actually, the helpers on duty are suffering for their shift, just as others have, and will again this afternoon and evening.      

The runners retained their effort today, as the temperature reached 95º again. Luckily the temps droped and the sky was somewhat covered over in gray skies. Andrea Marcato toped 685.5 miles. Tsai Wen-Ya received 629 miles to maintain her incredible effort. Wai-ming Lo retained third place overall with 580.7 miles. Vasu Duzhiy moved into fourth place, reaching 565.9 miles. The big surprise was Nina (Huang Lang-Yang) reaching fifth overall with 559.92 miles. She has sensed the need to be as consistent as possible, to finish this 3100 Mile event, which is her year-long effort. She finished about 0.5 miles ahead of Adrian Papuc (559.37 miles).  

Tomorrow is Day 10, a modest milestone, but a somewhat cooler day. We shall see!

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