{"id":1930,"date":"2012-12-18T10:26:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T14:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/?p=1930"},"modified":"2012-12-18T10:26:51","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T14:26:51","slug":"martin-fryer-sets-new-24-hour-m50-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/?p=1930","title":{"rendered":"Martin Fryer sets new 24 hour M50 world record"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his first race representing the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, Martin Fryer, established a new World Record for men over 50 in a 24-hour track race of 247.59 km (153 miles, 1487 yards) in the invitational Soochow 24-Hour track race in Taiwan.<\/p>\n

\"martin1\" The old record was 247.21 km, set back in 1985 by Englishman, Dave Cooper. Martin described the conditions in Taiwan as the worst in which he has ever run \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 23 hours of rain out of the 24, with really strong winds and an inch of water covering the track for much of the race.<\/p>\n

\"martin2\"One of his toughest moments was around the 15-hour point. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I could see my lap times getting slower and slower and my heart was starting to sink with the thought of enduring this for another 9 hours or so,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he later wrote. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153As so often happens, this state of self-centredness was dissolved by the sight of a rain-soaked runner in Lane 2 who had his head down and was dragging one of his legs along the track surface.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This was 28-year-old Malaysian runner Cheng Zhee Long, who suffers from cerebral palsy. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The presence of his humble determination hit me like a tidal wave.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Martin recalled. Ultimately, he says he had one of his best ever races, with his consciousness always focused and clear.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153A period of reflection after the race made me realise that it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t so much the achievement that gave me the joy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he wrote, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153but rather the whole process of being immersed in this wonderful, collective human consciousness embodying spirit, aspiration and joy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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