{"id":2535,"date":"2015-06-18T03:10:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T07:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2015-12-12T06:37:48","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T10:37:48","slug":"self-transcendence-3100-mile-race-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/?p=2535","title":{"rendered":"Self Transcendence 3100 mile race &#8211; 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The nineteenth annual Self-Transcendence 3100 mile race began this week in New York. The epic race was founded by Sri Chinmoy, a spiritual teacher who also encouraged ultra distance running as a means to physical and spiritual self-transcendence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-3.jpg\" alt=\"jowan-3\" width=\"640\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-3-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-3-500x396.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Runners set off on the first day.<\/p>\n<p>To follow the action, with race results, live web cam and reports, visit the pages homesite at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/3100.srichinmoyraces.org\/\">3100 mile race<\/a> at Sri Chinmoy Races<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectionjourney.org\/category\/3100-mile-race-2015\/\">3100 mile race 2015<\/a> at Perfection Journey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Media articles about the 2015 race<\/h3>\n<p>These media articles appeared before the start of the race.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The main reason I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m doing it is for what happens when I run,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Nirbhasa said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I really get into these very beautiful states of inner peace and calm, and when you experience those states of meditation it makes all the little struggles and challenges worthwhile.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/ireland\/irish-news\/irish-man-to-attempt-world-s-longest-road-race-1.2247302\"> Irish man&#8217;s attempt to run the world&#8217;s longest race<\/a> at Irish Times<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The race encourages competing with yourself,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mr Cunningham said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You try and really stay heartfelt, so you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t analyse things or calculate mileage or speed, otherwise it gets too overwhelming. I use meditation and breathing techniques I learned from the race founder. That was how I first got interested in it, the idea of combining the two.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/news\/special-features\/ultramarathon-perth-man-will-run-18-hours-a-day-for-45-days-in-3100-mile-race\/story-fnd1xzft-1227400669688\">Perth man to run 3100 mile race<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/sport\/single-mindedness-of-the-very-long-distance-runner\/story-e6frg7mf-1227380316166\">Single-mindedness of the very long distance runner<\/a> &#8211; at Australian.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Some photos from the race<\/h3>\n<p>More photos from:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-2.jpg\" alt=\"jowan-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-2-500x334.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before the start<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/3100-2.jpg\" alt=\"3100-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/3100-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/3100-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/3100-2-500x334.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Support for the runners.\u00c2\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-4.jpg\" alt=\"jowan-4\" width=\"640\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-4.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-4-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-4-500x359.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Never Give Up&#8217;<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-5.jpg\" alt=\"jowan-5\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-5-500x334.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 3100 Self-transcendence race is dedicated to race founder Sri Chinmoy.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-6.jpg\" alt=\"jowan-6\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-6-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-6-500x365.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Runners take the start line in all weather.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-7.jpg\" alt=\"jowan-7\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-7.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/jowan-7-500x334.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The joy of the race.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfection-journey1.jpg\" alt=\"perfection-journey1\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfection-journey1.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfection-journey1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfection-journey1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Competitors before the start.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More photos<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.srichinmoyultraphoto.com\/\">Sri Chinmoy Ultra Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pjtstreet.com\/Events\/3100-Mile-Race\/3100-mile-race-2015\/\">Prabhakar<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nineteenth annual Self-Transcendence 3100 mile race began this week in New York. The epic race was founded by Sri Chinmoy, a spiritual teacher who also encouraged ultra distance running as a means to physical and spiritual self-transcendence. Runners set off on the first day. To follow the action, with race results, live web cam &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/?p=2535\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Self Transcendence 3100 mile race &#8211; 2015&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2535"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2546,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions\/2546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}