Worldwide media coverage of this year's 3100 Mile Race

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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.

The 3100 mile race usually attracts a fair bit of media attention, but this year seems to have sparked some serious worldwide interest, including Ruetir, Kyodo Wire Service (largest in Japan), Agence France Press (with a network of 151 countries), Eurovision (an alliance of public service media in 56 countries with 31 associates) and Asiavision (connecting state TV and radio in 41 countries of the Asia-Pacific region). We'll be adding articles from around the world as we find them, so stay posted!

Italy

Our race winner Andrea is from Italy, so naturally there has been a great deal of interest there. See this very nice video from RAI, the national television network...

National Media: La Stampa • Il Sole 24 Ore • Libero Quotidiano • La Gazetta dello Sport
Media from the Venice area (where Andrea grew up): Il Nuovo Terraglio • City Venezia news
Other areas: San Marino • Brescia • Rimini • Napoli • Sardinia
Web media: Euronews • Ansa.it • Tiscali news • Yahoo • Il Giornale d'Italia • Aska news • Radio Company • Affaritaliani.it • Today.it • FanPage.it

Taiwan

Second-placed runner Lo Wei Ming hails from Taiwan and is receiving unprecedented media coverage including a live video conversation with his wife and the Premier of Taiwan...

Focus Taiwan • Taipei times • Taiwan News • Liberty Times (Chinese) • China Times (Chinese) • Apple Daily (Chinese) • United Daily News (Chinese) • EpochTimes (Chinese) • Lo Wei Ming's vidoe coverage of his conversation with the Premier of Taiwan (Chinese) • English translaiton of conversation with Premier of Taiwan) • Brave Athlete (Chinese) • Formosa TV (English Version) • United Daily News, Day 49 (Chinese) • Business Next (Chinese) • PeoPo Citizen Journal (Chinese) • Eastern Broadcasting Company (Chinese) • Chinese Television System • TVBS News (Chinese) • Sanlih E-Television (Chinese) • ETToday (Chinese) • Interview with Rose Chao (Taiwanese)

Austria

Der Standard

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA) Interview With 3100 Mile Race Winner Andrea Marcato. English subtitles by pressing the "CC" button.

Canada

Le Journal de Montreal • qub.ca

China

shine.cn (by Shanghai Daily) • Global Times

Hungary

Telex (the last independent news site in Hungary)
Futás világa (World of Running)
Origo

Iceland

RÚV Sport

India

Pehal News • Star News • World is One News • NewsLogic.in

Japan

Takasumi Senoo from Japan became the first runner from the Land of the Rising Sun to cross the finish line within the time limit: The Sankei News • Jiji.com - Kumanichi.com • Nishinippon.com • Kahoku.news • Yahoo.co.jp • Modelpress • Asahi Shinbun Photo Gallery (Japanese) • Asahi Shinbun Article (Japanese) • Asahi Shinbun Article (html) (Japanese) • Shukan NY Seikatsu (NY based Japanese newspaper) • Yomitime (online NY based Japanese newspaper - bi-monthly). (Japanese) . Harashita's media story

Malaysia

The Sun Daily • Borneo Post • The Star

New Zealand

Harita Davies, the only woman who took part in the race comes originally from New Zealand: Stuff.co.nz
Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race: Kiwi runner Harita Davies breaks own record in world's longest race: Stuff.co.nz
Feature Article on Newsroom
Radio New Zealand panellists Zoë George and Dean Hall chat with New Zealander Harita Davies while she runs the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race in New York.
Radio New Zealand 3100 Mile Race Interview With Harita Davies | Bonus! Slideshow + Video Added
Dirtchurch Radio Podcast
Letter of congratulations from NZ Deputy Prime MInister

Saudi Arabia

Arab Times • Aaj.tv

Slovakia

Ananda-Lahari Zuscin particpated 17 times in the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race with 6 finishes: Sport.sk (Slovakian) • Sport.sk (English translation)

Switzerland

Andrea lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland: SRF • 20min.ch • Blick.ch

USA

MSN • Washington Newsday • Voice of America (Chinese) • Singtao USA (Chinese) • Dnews (Russian)

Other countries

Africa VOA Afrique • Algeria Liberté • Australia news.com.au • Belgium RTBF.be • Nepal nepal24hours.com • Nigeria GuardianTV • Thailand Bangkok Post • Turkey Daily Sabah • United Arab Emirates Gulf News

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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.

On Sunday 17 October, Andrea Marcato won the 2021 Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3,100 Mile in a superb time of 42 days plus 17 hours 38 minutes and 38 seconds. The time placed him as the third fastest runner of all time. Even more remarkable is how during the race he was able to increase his daily mileage totals towards the end of the race - running 30 consecutive days of 70+ miles.

On the final day, he ran 76 miles, to finish towards the end of the day. After nearly 43 days of running 16 hours a day, he was inspired to run very fast the last few laps to beat the previous 3rd best runner by just one minute 21 seconds. Andrea reported feeling unaware of his body for these last momentous laps, a reflection of the real self-transcendence runners can achieve during the race. It was Andrea's second consecutive first place in the race, and 18 hours faster than his previous time in the 2020 Salzburg edition. In an interview, he said: "The feeling of deep satisfaction, inner peace and joy, which I perceived for a whole month after finishing 10-day races motivated me to run the world's longest certified road race. A feeling which I did not get after 24-hour races.”

Marcato a student of Sri Chinmoy, grew up in Lughetto, a suburb of Venice in Italy. He currently works in a vegetarian food factory in Zurich, Switzerland. To complete the race he had to eat about 10,000 calories per day in small portions while running or walking. He did not take a nap, but ran almost continuously for 18 hours per day. He went through 15 pairs of running shoes and consumed over 10,000 calories a day. He ate an alkaline diet of avocados, watermelon, mandarin oranges, brown rice, quinoa, buckwheat, steamed vegetables. Despite consuming 10,000 calories he lost 10kg during the race.

The Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3,100 Mile Race started on September 5 and continues until October 26. The contestants each have 52 days to complete the race. To meet their goal of 3100 miles (4989 km) in 52 days, the participants must log an average of 59.6 miles per day - more than 2 marathons. This adds up to a total of 118 marathons in succession. The race has been described as the "Mount Everest of ultrarunning".

However, more than 4,000 people have reached the summit of Everest since 1953. Only 49 have completed a 3,100 mile race in 24 years.

Seven elite runners from seven countries took up the challenge in the world’s longest certified running race.

The only woman competitor 46-year-old Harita Davies (USA), who was born in New Zealand, will finish the race late in the evening on Monday, October 25 if she keeps up the pace.
Taiwanese runner Lo Wei Ming (58) is expected to finish second on Saturday, 23rd October. He runs in sandals, is known as a rock star in the running world of Taiwan. Vasu Duzhiy (Russia) is in position to finish third. Takasumi Senoo (Japan) is hopeful to finish on Day 52, the final day of the race. The other competitors are Stutisheel Lebedev hailing from Ukraine and Ananda-Lahari of Slovakia.

The 25th Annual 3100 Mile Race is taking place on a 0.5488 mile loop around Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School (165-65 84th Ave). The 3100 Mile Race was initiated by Indian born spiritual teacher, athlete and musician Sri Chinmoy in 1997. Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007) himself participated in many marathons and ultra-races. He described the benefit of a multi-day race in the following way: "Self-transcendence is the only thing a human being needs in order to be truly happy. So these races help the runners tremendously, although outwardly they go through such hardship. Eventually, when the race is over, they feel they have accomplished something most significant."

Top 5 Finishers of all time

1. 40:09:06:21 Ashprihanal Aalto,44,Finland
2. 41:08:16:29 Madhupran W. Schwerk,50,Germany
3. 42:17:38:38 Andrea Marcato,39, Zurich SUI (Italy) (2021)
4. 42:17:39:59 Galya V. Balatskyy,43,Ukraine
5. 43:10:36:39 Grahak Cunningham,35,Australia

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About the author:

On 4 September, seven intrepid runners stood on the startline for the 25th edition of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race. First held in 1997, Sri Chinmoy founded the race as the ultimate test of self-transcendence - a race where runners compete not for outer glory, but the challenge of transcending their limits and experience.

In order to meet their goal of 3100 miles (4989km) in 52 days, the runners must log an average of 59.6 miles (95.9 km) per day. The runners begin at 6 a.m. and run for extended periods throughout the day, taking breaks as needed. If they want to, they can continue as late as 12 midnight when the course closes for the night.

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