Welcome to the final day of 22nd Annual Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race. Called ‘The Mount Everest of ultramarathons’ by The New York Times, this is the longest certified footrace in the world.
Category: 3100-Mile Race
#122. The Start of the 3100 Mile Race (Queens, New York – June 17, 2018)
Welcome to the 22nd Annual Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race. Called ‘The Mount Everest of ultramarathons’ by The New York Times, this is the longest certified footrace in the world.
Athletes are able to test themselves in a format unlike any other ultra-marathon event. In order to meet their goal of 3100 miles in 52 days, they must log an average of 59.6 miles per day. The runners begin at 6 am 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.
Here are the links into
- 2018 runners list/bios
- The race scoreboard
- Latest updates from Utpal’s blog perfectionjourney.org
- Photos available here
Media articles from previous years:
The New York Times • Sports Illustrated • The Times of London • The Wall Street Journal • The Washington Post • Harpers Magazine • More media articles »
#82. 3100 mile race. Harita’s Interview (Queens, New York – Day 51, August 7, 2017)
Please see a very inspiring Harita’s interview by Utpal from the 3100-mile race.
#80. Enthusiasm Awakeners Anniversary (July 27, 2017 – NY)
The Enthusiasm-Awakeners singing group sing for about 30 minutes each morning for the 3100-mile runners every morning. Today they celebrated their 10th anniversary of when Sri Chinmoy gave them that name. Parvati is the leader of this group of girls. She has calculated that over the years her group has sung for 44 different runners from 17 countries. Of the 44 runners 9 were women. Ananda-Lahari has been the only runner they have seen every year since they have been coming to sing. She adds that they have learned 1528 songs from of which they routinely sing 227 of.