RTL Nieuws does a story on Pradeep Hoogakker: 5000 kilometer rondjes rennen

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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.

In 2011 Pradeep Hoogakker became the first Dutchman to finish the world's longest race. On August 6, RTL Nieuws, one of the main Dutch news channels, carried an interview with Pradeep where he talks about what inspires him to do the race.

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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.

Nirbhasa Magee from Ireland recently finished the 3100 mile Self-Transcendence Race on his first attempt. He became the first Irishman to finish the world's longest certified race - a unique race founded by spiritual Teacher Sri Chinmoy as one of the ultimate tests of physical, mental and spiritual self-transcendence. Nirbhasa recently spoke to the Daily Telegraph about what it takes to finish the race within the 52 day time limit, about using up 11 pairs of shoes, and whether he will go back and do the race again.

"If you possess a low pain threshold, get bored easily and need more than four hours' sleep a night, the 3100 Mile Race is probably not for you." Read more on the Daily Telegraph website »

The following video, made by Utpal Marshall, shows a short interview with Nirbhasa on the last day of the race, where he remains in a cheerful and positive frame of mind, despite the accumulation of deep fatigue by this point.The video is taken on this final day - hence Nirbhasa pretending to sprint out of the blocks.

Before entering the 3100 mile Self-Transcendence race, Nirbhasa had some experience in running multidays. He has finished two 10 day races, including an impressive 702 miles in the 2014 Ten Day Race. This performance indicated long-distance running capacity. However, nothing can really prepare a runner for the ordeal of completing the 3100 mile Race. To complete the race requires an average of just under 60 miles for 52 consecutive days. The remarkable thing about Nirbhasa's race was that he finished on the last day, with just a few hours spare. It was so close, that in the last few weeks, every minute became precious as he eked out mile after mile.

Some other articles about Nirbhasa and the 3100 Mile Race:

Irish Examiner - Meath man finishes world's longest race
Interview with the Irish Voice, the leading paper for the Irish diaspora in America
The Path to Self Transcendence begins with 3100 Miles, by Outside Magazine

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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.

Author Martin Fritz Huber presents a detailed examination of the 2015 Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race in his Augsut 12, 2015 Outside Magazine online article, "The Path To Self-Transcendence Begins with 3,100 Miles". The article centers on runner Nirbhasa Magee and his answer to several of the author's quesitons. (Photo: start of the 2015 race. Nirbhasa Magee, second from left in white t-shirt).

From the article:

"On Tuesday, August 4, at 6:12 p.m., a former IT professional named Nirbhasa Magee completed a half-mile lap around a nondescript block in Queens, New York. That may sound like an unspectacular feat of endurance, but what distinguishes Magee from most other joggers plodding around Joseph Austin Playground, is that, over the course of the last 52 days, the 35-year-old Irishman has done the .5488 mile loop 5,649 times, an astounding total of 3,100-miles."

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The Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race home page...

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