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 4,500 miles.
Sarvagata finishes his first race in first place, with a very impressive time of 44 days, 13:38:52
The race continues whatever the weather. (Photo Alakananda)
Record temperatures made life difficult for the runners in the race. (photo Prabhakar)
(Surasa finishes - Photo Arpan)
Surasa becomes the 2nd woman to finish the race. She finished on the last scheduled day.
The race was founded by Sri Chinmoy, who used to regularly visit the race. Photo Utpal
This is from a previous edition of the race, where Sri Chinmoy is giving a birthday cake to one of the participants, Atmavir.
Final Results
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- 3100 Mile Race at Sri Chinmoy Races
- Final race report by Utpal at Perfection Journey
- Many Faces of the 3100 Mile Race
Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
My Life with Sri Chinmoy: a book
Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom
The day I saw my Guru's Third Eye
Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada
In the Whirlwind of Life
Pradeep Hoogakker The Hague, Netherlands
Learning to follow my intuition
Saranyu Pearson Geelong, Australia
The spiritual life is normal to me
Shankara Smith London, United Kingdom
It does not matter which spoon you use
Brahmacharini Rebidoux St. John's, Canada
Just go with it and jump!
Gabriele Settimi San Diego, United States
Praying for God’s Grace to Descend
Sweta Pradhan Kathmandu, Nepal
My life with Sri Chinmoy
Namrata Moses New York, United States
President Gorbachev: a special soul brought down for a special reason
Mridanga Spencer Ipswich, United Kingdom
Filled with deepest joy
Tirtha Voelckner Munich, Germany
My love of spiritual poetry
Manatita Hutchinson London, United KingdomSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Sri Chinmoy's vision of the Peace Run
Harita Davies New York, United States
2 things that surprised me about the spiritual life
Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia
An airport meditation experience
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
Why we organise ultra-distance events
Subarnamala Riedel Zurich, Switzerland
Meditation functions with Sri Chinmoy
Kokila Chamberlain Bristol, United Kingdom
Running for peace in the South Pacific
Nirbhasa Magee Dublin, Ireland

