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Epic Feats of Self Transcendence

The 2011 edition of the Self-Transcendence 3100 race recently finished, with the ten runners completing a total of 29,517 miles. There were eight runners who finished the 3100 mile race in the allotted time frame of 54 days. The total mileage of the 10 runners (29,517) is equivalent to running around the world + another [...]

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3100 Mile Race 2011

The 15th Annual Self-Transcendence 3100 mile race begins today, June 12th in Jamaica, Queens, NY. Ten runners will attempt, what the NY Times describes as the “The Mount Everest of ultramarathons” Runners will need to complete  5649 laps of a .5488 of a mile course (883 meters) in the timespan of 52 days. The course [...]

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The End of An Epic Race

Recently, the 14th edition of the 3100 Mile Self-transcendence Race finished with six runners completing the full distance and another four runners completing over 2700 miles. photo by Jowan This year the race was run in gruelling temperatures and humidity which made the race even more testing. The race was founded in 1997 by Sri [...]

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3100 Mile Race 2010

This years edition of the 3100 Mile self-transcendence race began on June 13th, with 11 runners at the start line. photo by Utpal Useful links for Following 3100 Mile Self-Transcendence Race Daily Results for 3100 Mile Self-Transcendence Race The 3100 Mile self-transcendence race was founded by Sri Chinmoy, with the distance of 3100 miles first [...]

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13th Finish at 3100 Mile Race

Yesterday, Suprabha Beckjord completed her 13th 3100 Mile Self-Transcendence Race finishing the distance in a time of 60 days+08:58:51. She was the final finisher of this year’s event. Making 11 finishers out of the 13 starters. The race was won by Asprihanal Aalto. Suprabha is the only female athlete to complete the race and the [...]

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3100 Mile Race Nears Finish

Despite, heavy rain during this summer, seven runners have already completed the epic 3100 Mile Race Self Transcendence Race. The race was won for the sixth time by flying Finn, Asprihanal Aalto in a time of 43 days+16:28:06 More on Finishers of race Related Latest Race Results Article on First Swiss to Finish

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Images from the Race

The Self Transcendence 3100 Mile Race is an epic feat of running and self transcendence around a small 0.5488 mile loop in Queens New York. These are a few photos taken from this years edition of the race.

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3100 Mile Race Won by Flying Finn

Asprihanal Aalto, from Finland won the 2008 3100 mile Self Transcendence Race. Finishing in a time of 44 days 2 hours 42 minutes and 15 seconds. This was his 5th victory and 8th time of finishing. 5 other runners have also finished including: Pranab Vladovic, Grahak Cunningham, Pranjal Milovnik, Smarana Puntigam and Petr Spacil In [...]

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3100 Mile Race – 2008

The 2008 edition of the 3100 Mile Self Transcendence Race is underway in Queens, New York. This year 14 runners began the epic race. After 11 days, all runners have now passed the 600 mile mark. You can follow the Mileage at – Race Results 2008 The current leader of the race is Asprihanal Aalto [...]

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Asprihanal wins the world’s longest race for a record fourth time

Earlier this week, Asprihanal Aalto from Helsinki, Finland entered the record books as he crossed the finish line of the 3100 Mile Self Transcendence race in a time of 43 days and 4 hours, making him the only person to have won the race four times. The second and third place finishers, Ayojan Stojanovic from [...]

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3100 Mile Self Transcendence Race Begins today

Today is the opening day of the Self Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, the longest certified road race in the world. For the best part of the next two months, 13 runners will be pacing around a half mile loop in Jamaica, New York for eighteen hours a day, aiming to push their capacities to the [...]

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