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 Chinmoy, a keen advocate of promoting the concept of self-transcendence.

Video Of Race From ABC News

The race was won in a time of 46 days, 07:37:24 by Asprihanal Aalto

For results see: 3100 Mile Race Results

• Daily Blog at 3100.ws
• Perfection Journey – Utpal’s daily blog on the race
• Photo Gallery of Race

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 run in 1997. See: About 3100 Mile Self-Transcendence Race.
• 3100 Mile Race Blog at 3100.ws
• Utpal Marshall is offering a daily update on the race at his blog – Perfection Journey. First day – The Hour has come
• Media coverage of the 3100 Mile Race

• Race Photos at Sri Chinmoy Races

Previous posts at Sri Chinmoy Centre News

• 2009 Race finish
• Images from Race

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 Finishes 2009 edition of 3100 Mile Race. Photo by Alakananda

Suprabha is the only female athlete to complete the race and the only runner to complete all 13 editions. Her total distance in the last 13 races is a staggering 40,302.226 miles/ 64,622.160 km. Which is close to running twice around the world. When not running the 3100 mile race, Suprabha owns a small gift shop in Washington D.C.

• 3100 Mile Race Results

Asprihanal on finishing race - photo by Jowan

• More on Finishers of race

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• Latest Race Results
• Article on First Swiss to Finish

Running towards the Sun: Photo by Arpan

Rain. Photo by Alakananda

It’s not always sunny. The early part of the race was marked by heavy downpours making the race more difficult for the runners.

A unique running course: Photo by Prabhakar

The 3100 Mile race is being run around a small loop (less than one mile) in Queens New York. The course is all on concrete, but some runners and helpers have brightened the course with flowers.

Suprabha (on right) : Photo by Jowan

Suprabha is the only female in this race and the only runner to complete all 12 editions of the race, since the 3100 mile race started in 1997. Video of Suprabha’s experience in the race.

Helpers who prepare food for the runners: Photo by Utpal

. The leading runners are now on their last leg (with less than 1,000 miles left!)

• You can follow the race at: 3100 Mile Race
• Perfection Journey – 3100 Mile
• Race Gallery

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 the next few days other runners are expected to finish.

See: Race Results for daily updates

http://www.3100.ws/

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 who has completed 779 miles

Follow the race at the 3100 Mile Blog

• 3100 Mile Site
• Photo Race Gallery
• Videos of Race by Utpal

Video of Previous Race Edition from Sri Chinmoy TV

An introduction to the 2006 edition of the 3100 Mile Race.

“On a cool June 11th morning, the longest foot race in the World started in New York City. A record 15 runners from 10 countries entered the event, which is being held for the tenth time. Participants have 51 days to complete the distance. Circling a large city block in Queens, they can run from 6 in the morning until midnight each night….”

Video by: Utpal Marshall. Originally published Sri Chinmoy TV

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Asprihanal wins 2007 edition

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 Nish, Serbia and Pranab Vladovic from Bratislava, Slovakia will both finish today after 46 days on the road. The race is still continuing for the other intrepid runners, and they will gradually be coming in over the next two weeks.

Asprihanal finished at around 10 a.m. in front of a cheering crowd of friends and wellwishers. During the ensuing celebration, an enthusiastic choir sang the song that race founder Sri Chinmoy composed in honour of Asprihanal after his completion of the race last year. His time is the third fastest in the history of the race and a personal best for him. Sri Chinmoy once said something to the effect that for Asprihanal, running was like drinking water; this certainly seems to have been borne out in his performances over the last year – he has finished first in both the San Franscisco 24 hour race and the Self Transcendence Six Day Race in April.

(Photo: Asprihanal (right) with his brother Antaraloy immediately after the race)

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There are regular updates on the race on multidays.com blog…

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 very limit in one of the toughest endurance tests imaginable. This is the eleventh holding of this epic race. Last year, Madhupran Schwerk from Germany shattered the race record, completing the distance in the astonishing time of 41 days and 8 hours. Madhupran is not competing this year, but three-time winner Ashprihanal Aalto from Finland will be looking to transcend last-year’s time of 43 days and 15 hours.

The race features three new competitors this year looking to try their hand at this most challenging of distances; Vlastimil Dvoracek and Petr Spacil (fresh – if that word can be applied – from his victory in the Self-Transcendence Ten-Day Race in April) from the Czech Republic, and Grahak Cunningham from Perth in Australia. Suprabha Beckjord, the sole female entrant in the race, is also the only person to complete all ten previous editions.

This race is organised by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, who have been putting on events for the sporting community around the world for the past 30 years. Many of their events, such as the 3100 Mile and Six and Ten Day Races in New York, the Triple-Triathlon in Australia or the 24 hour lake swim in Zurich, really offer a challenge to those who participate and an oportunity to extend their true potential.

You can watch a video of the 2007 race start on Sri Chinmoy TV…

Related links:

• Catch up on all the latest news on the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team blog...
• Watch some 3100 Mile race videos from 2006 on SriChinmoy.tv ….
• Watch video clip of 2006 race from ABC News…
• In this footrace, the last 3,000 miles are the toughest – article from Columbia News Service
• Blog entry on last year’s race by Joy Bringer @ Zaadz