Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race
| Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race | |
|---|---|
 Logo | |
| Date | June–August |
| Location | Jamaica, Queens, Queens, New York, United States |
| Event type | Ultramarathon |
| Distance | 3,100 miles (5,000 km) |
| Beneficiary | Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team |
| Established | 1985 — 1,000 miles; 1987 — 2004 Ultra Trio (700, 1,000 and 1,300-miles); 1996 — 2,700 miles (4,345 km); since 1997 — 3,100 miles |
| Course records | 3,100 M: 40 days 09:06:21  Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto (2015);F: 48 days 14:24:10  Kaneenika Janakova (2017) |
| Official site | 3100.srichinmoyraces.org |
The Self-Transcendence 3100 mile race is the world's longest certified footrace.[1] In 1996 Sri Chinmoy created this event as a 2,700-mile (4,345 km) race. At the award ceremony that year he declared that the 1997 edition would be extended to 3,100 miles (4,989 km).
This race, which lasts several weeks, is hosted by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team and takes place in Queens, New York in the United States in the summer every year. The course is 3,100 miles (4,989 km) long. Runners negotiate 5,649 laps of one extended city block in Jamaica, Queens - 164th Place to Abigail Adams (84th) Avenue to 168th Street to Grand Central Parkway 40°42′56″N 73°47′59″W / 40.715556°N 73.799653°W— a distance of 0.5488 miles (883 m), while the streets are in normal use.[2] The runners have 52 days in which to complete the distance, running from 6 a.m. to midnight, an average of 59.62 miles (95.95 km) every day. The prize is typically a T-shirt, a DVD, or a small trophy.[3]
History
The Self-Transcendence 3100 mile was founded by Sri Chinmoy out of his wish to create an opportunity for runners to discover the limits of their capacities and to try to go beyond them.[citation needed] Hence, the name "Self-Transcendence", which is appended to many of the footraces that the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team hosts. Since 1985 when the group first began holding races, the focus on the ultramarathon and multiday races has grown from the Ultra Trio, three races with staggered starts of 700, 1000 and 1300-mile duration that take place in September, and the spring races, which include the Self-Transcendence 6-Day race and one of a very few such races in the world, the Self-Transcendence 10-Day race.
In 1996 Sri Chinmoy created this event as a 2,700-mile (4,345 km) race. At the award ceremony that year he declared that the 1997 edition would be extended to 3,100 miles (4,989 km). The race has been run at this distance every year since.
In 2020, it was held in Salzburg, Austria due to the COVID-19 pandemic from September 13 to November 3.[4]
In 2021, with the continuing COVID-19 pandemic organisers decided to move the start date for the race from its usual date, mid-June, to Sunday September 5, 2021.[5]
11 runners were selected for 2022 and the race took place from Sunday September 4 to Tuesday October 25th.
Race
The race distance is the distance from the west to the east coast of the US, plus 11 marathons. In the early years there were drug dealers in the area and lawlessness—people did not want to leave their cars, which would have been stripped—but this has changed over the years. For their safety, only runners with proven ultra-running experience are encouraged to apply. The race is run daily, changing direction each day, whatever the weather, which has ranged from 38 °C (100 °F) heat to torrential downpour—runners sometimes carry umbrellas.[3] Competitors run among people going about their everyday lives, dodging pedestrians and cyclists, and occasionally large crowds for various events or celebrations.
Sri Chinmoy said that the Self-Transcendence challenges runners to "transcend their own previous capacity", "gain spiritual insights" and "overcome the entire world's pre-conceived notions of possibility". Runners have spoken of "the most overwhelming moment", "When you run a marathon, you feel good ... when you run 3,100 miles, you feel even better still".
Vegetarian meals are provided by volunteers from an improvised kitchen; runners need to eat constantly, burning 10,000 kcal a day. Runners have six hours at night for eating, washing, foot care and sleep before returning to the course for the 6:00am start.[3]
The race can be followed on the race website; regular updates for the participants are published there, and a webcam has been operating during recent years. An album of photo images is also published, several days a week, to record race activity.[6]
Records and winners
Records
The world record is held by Ashprihanal Aalto (FIN) who finished with a time of 40 days 09:06:21 in July 2015, breaking the previous record of 41 days 08:16:29 held by Madhupran Wolfgang Schwerk [7] (GER). The women's record is held by Kaneenika Janakova (SVK) who completed 3100 miles in 48 days 14:24:10 in 2017. She broke the 49 days 07:52:24 record set by Surasa Mairer (AUT) in 2015. Suprabha Beckjord (USA) is the only person to have completed every edition of the race (until 2009). Ashprihanal Aalto has won the race nine times and participated 15 times.
List of winners
| Date | Distance | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Miles | Country | Athlete | Time (days, hours, minutes, seconds) |
Country | Athlete | Time (days, hours, minutes, seconds) |
| 1985 | 1000 | ||||||
| 1986 | 1000 | 
|
Stu Mittleman | 11:20:37:00 [8] | |||
| 1987 | 700 1000 1300 |
|
Yiannis Kouros Tom Grace Marty Sprengelmeyer |
150 miles 567 miles 1250 miles |
 
|
Antana Locs Pippa Davis Izumi Yamamoto |
691 miles 832 miles 825 miles [9] |
| 1988 | 700 1000 1300 |
 
|
Sauriya Clarc Yiannis Kouros Stefan Schlett |
11:05:42:00 10:10:30:36 1172 miles[10] |
|
Suprabha Schechter Sandra Barwick Izumi Yamamoto |
10:13:03:45 14:20:45:16 230 miles |
| 1989 | 700 1000 1300 |
|
Noivedya Brower John Wallis Al Howie |
11:17:57:00 [11] 14:09:45:04 [11] 17:08:25:34 [11] |
- |
Essie Garrett Suprabha Schechter - |
12:19:26:36 [11] 14:20:18:24 [11] |
| 1990 | 700 1000 1300 |
|
Peter Hodson
Al Howie Ronnie Wong |
11:13:38:49[12]
13:09:19:38[12] 1177 miles[12] |
|
Suprabha Schechter
|
13:53:00:00[13] 1119 miles[12] |
| 1991 | 700 1000 1300 |
|
Thomas Possert Al Howie |
13:14:02:52 [11] 16:19:00:00 [14] |
|
Sandra Barwick[13] |
17:22:46:07 |
| 1992 | 700 1000 1300 |
 |
István Sipos |
09:14:43:30 - - |
|
Suprabha Beckjord[13] |
|
| 1993 | 700 1000 1300 |
|
Jeffrey Covell Aleksandr Chulakov István Sipos |
11:12:12:13 [11] 14:18:29:45 [11] 16:17:36:14 |
 
|
Monika Shamita Achenbach-König Dipali Cunningham Antana Locs |
11:20:42:46 [11] 15:12:52:02[11] 18:12:34:35 [11] |
| 1994 | 700 1000 1300 |
 - |
Aleksandar (Namitabha) Arsic Marty Sprengelmeyer - |
11:14:30:29 [11] 14:08:00:20[11] - |
|
Catherine Dipali Cunningham Silvia Andonie Graziano Antana Locs[13] |
10:05:32:58 [11] 14:18:52:38[11] 18:18:49:42 [11] |
| 1995 | 700 1000 1300 |
|
Sasa Djordjevic Georgs Jermolajevs |
12:01:47:46[11] - 16:14:00:00[13] |
|
Catherine Dipali Cunningham Dhvaja Dorn - |
09:15:14:46 [11] 15:22:39:35[11] - |
| 1996 | 700 1000 1300 2700 |
|
John Wallis István Sipos Georgs Jermolajevs |
10:07:25:54 [11] 13:22:27:27 - 40:11:00:00 |
-
|
Paula Surasa Mairer - Suprabha Beckjord - |
11:09:11:05 [11] - 43:01:00:00 - |
| 1997 | 700 1000 1300 2700 |
|
Nicola Sinisgalli Georgis Jermolajevs Georgs Jermolajevs |
10:18:41:31 12:01:25:47 - - |
- - |
Paula Surasa Mairer Dipali Cunningham - - |
10:20:20:25 13:20:18:40 - - |
| Date | Distance | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Miles | Country | Athlete | Time (days, hours, minutes, seconds) |
Country | Athlete | Time (days, hours, minutes, seconds) |
| 1997 | 3100 |  United States
|
Edward Kelley | 47:15:19:56 [15] | United States
|
Suprabha Beckjord | 51:02:09:56 [15] |
| 1998 | 3100 | Hungary
|
István Sipos | 46:17:02:06 [15] | United States
|
Suprabha Beckjord | 49:14:30:54 [15] |
| 1999 | 3100 | United States
|
Edward Kelley | 48:12:42:46 [15] | United States
|
Suprabha Beckjord | 51:14:16:17 [15] |
| 2000 | 3100 | Finland
|
Ashprihanal Aalto | 47:13:29:55 [15] | United States
|
Suprabha Beckjord | 54:15:51:34 [15] |
| 2001 | 3100 | Finland
|
Ashprihanal Aalto | 48:10:56:12 [15] | United States
|
Suprabha Beckjord | 52:10:37:42 [15] |
| 2002 | 3100 | Germany
|
Madhupran Wolfgang Schwerk | 42:13:24:03 [15] | United States
|
Suprabha Beckjord | 51:12:08:06 [15] |
| 2003 | 3100 | Serbia
|
Namitabha Arsic | 49:02:24:45 [15][16] | United States
|
Suprabha Beckjord | 56:03:00:22 [15][16] |
| 2004 | 3100 | Finland
|
Ashprihanal Aalto | 46:06:55:11 [15][16] | United States
|
Suprabha Beckjord | 55:13:13:00 [15][16] |
| 2005 | 3100 | Serbia
|
Srdjan Stojanovich | 46:10:51:16 [15][16] | United States
|
Suprabha Beckjord | 63:04:23:28 [16][17] |
| 2006 | 3100 | Germany
|
Madhupran Wolfgang Schwerk | 41:08:16:29 [16][18] | United States
|
Suprabha Beckjord | 60:04:35:24 [16][19] |
| 2007 | 3100 | Finland
|
Ashprihanal Aalto | 43:04:26:32 [15][16] | United States
|
Suprabha Beckjord | 58:07:54:27 [16][20] |
| 2008 | 3100 | Finland
|
Ashprihanal Aalto | 44:02:42:15 [15][16] | United States
|
Suprabha Beckjord | 56:17:51:22 [16][21] |
| 2009 | 3100 | Finland
|
Ashprihanal Aalto | 43:16:28:06 [15][16] | United States
|
Suprabha Beckjord | 60:08:58:51 [16][22] |
| 2010 | 3100 | Finland
|
Ashprihanal Aalto | 46:07:37:24 [16][23] | No finisher | — | — |
| 2011 | 3100 |  Ukraine
|
Sarvagata Ukrainskyi | 44:13:38:52 [15][16] | Austria
|
Surasa Mairer | 53:15:54:25 [16][24] |
| 2012 | 3100 | Australia
|
Grahak Cunningham | 43:10:36:39 [16][25] | No entrants | — | — |
| 2013 | 3100 |  Russia
|
Vasu Duzhiy | 47:05:39:00 [26] | Austria
|
Surasa Mairer | 50:04:57:24 [26] |
| 2014 | 3100 | Ukraine
|
Sarvagata Ukrainskyi | 44:06:58:10 [27] | Australia
|
Sarah Barnett | 50:03:55:08 [28] |
| 2015 | 3100 | Finland
|
Ashprihanal Aalto | 40:09:06:21 [7] | Austria
|
Surasa Mairer | 49:07:52:24 [29] |
| 2016 | 3100 | Ukraine
|
Yuri Trostenyuk | 46:01:10:25 [30] | Slovakia
|
Kaneenika Janakova | 51:07:31:07 |
| 2017 | 3100 | Russia
|
Vasu Duzhiy | 46:17:38:22 [31] | Slovakia
|
Kaneenika Janakova | 48:14:24:10 [32] |
| 2018 | 3100 | Russia
|
Vasu Duzhiy | 44:16:03:53 [33] | Austria
|
Surasa Mairer | 51:12:47:37 [33] |
| 2019 | 3100 | Finland
|
Ashprihanal Aalto | 47:01:39:34 [34] | New Zealand
|
Harita Davies | 51:09:35:20 |
| 2020 | 3100 | Italy
|
Andrea Marcato | 43:12:07:26 [4] | No entrants | — | — |
| 2021 | 3100 | Italy
|
Andrea Marcato | 42:17:38:38[35] | New Zealand
|
Harita Davies | 50:13:23:14[36] |
| 2022 | 3100 | Italy
|
Andrea Marcato | 43:03:20:27 | New Zealand
|
Susan Marshall | 50:16:23:53[37] |
See also
References
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- ^ Harper's Magazine Shaw, Sam (August 2007). "Run Like Fire Once More: Chasing perfection at the world's longest footrace". Harper's Magazine. August 2007. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
- ^ a b c Justin Goulding (21 June 2019). "Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence: The 3,100-mile race around a New York block". BBC Sport. Detailed article on the race, with interviews with runners.
- ^ a b runningmagazine.ca "Italian man wins 3,100-mile ultramarathon after 43 days of running". 28 October 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
- ^ srichinmoyraces.org "2021 Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile Race". Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- ^ "Home". 3100.srichinmoyraces.org.
- ^ a b runnersworld.com "Finn Shatters Record in World's Longest Certified Footrace". 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
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- ^ us.srichinmoyraces.org "Results and Records". 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
- ^ us.srichinmoyraces.org "Finish Statistics 1300 mile Race". 1988. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
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- ^ a b c d "- Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team USA". us.srichinmoyraces.org. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ a b c d e srichinmoyraces.org "About The 3100 Mile Race". 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
- ^ cbc.ca "B.C. long-distance runner Al Howie's eccentric story captured in new biography". Retrieved 2019-09-08.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r statistik.d-u-v.org "DUV Statistics". Retrieved 2013-03-30.
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- ^ perfectionjourney.org "Today we celebrate". 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
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- ^ srichinmoy.wordpress.com "Vasu finished 3100 mile race in NY". 4 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
- ^ srichinmoycentre.org "New women's world record in 3100 Mile Race (2017)". Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- ^ a b 3100.srichinmoyraces.org "Day 52: The End of the Road". Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ srichinmoy.wordpress.com "Ashprihanal finishes Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 mile race in 47 d 1:39:34 h". 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ^ ruetir.com "Andrea Marcato triumphs in the 4,987 km ultramarathon: this is how he climbed "The Everest of the race"". Retrieved 2021-10-18.
- ^ stuff.co.nz "Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race: Kiwi runner Harita Davies breaks own record in world's longest race". 26 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ Scoop.co.nz. "New Zealander Susan Marshall Finished First Female & Fifth Overall In Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race". Retrieved 5 April 2023.
Further reading
- Literature
- Cunningham, Grahak : Running Beyond The Marathon - insights into the longest footrace in the world, eText Press Publishing, 2012, ASIN B00AK1J0WS
- Emmaus, PA: Endurancs Special - An ultramarathon is one thing. But 3,100 miles around a city block is something else entirely. What does it take to endure the world's longest (and strangest) race?, Runner's World, Zürich 2007, OCLC 103305923
- Hoad, Richard : World's Toughest Endurance Challenges, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012, ISBN 978-1408158852
- Film
- Rawal,Sanjay : 3100: Run and Become, Eng. 2018, IMDb 4936398, 79 minutes
External links
- Official website
- Video: Report, WSJ
- Video: Report AFP (Eng.)
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