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.
Why run 3100 miles?
Smarana Puntigam Vienna, Austria
Praying for God’s Grace to Descend
Sweta Pradhan Kathmandu, Nepal
10-Day Race: Staring into the Infinite
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, BrazilAkuti: a pioneer-jewel in our Centre
Akuti Eisamann Connecticut, United States
Reflections on meditation
Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United Kingdom
How my spiritual search led me to Sri Chinmoy
Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada
A Flame in my Heart
Adesh Widmer Zurich, Switzerland
Patanga: my spiritual name
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
Time seemed to freeze
Brahmata Michael Ottawa, Canada
Spiritual moments with my grandmother
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
The day I saw my Guru for the first time
Natabara Rollosson New York, United States
Breaking the world record for the longest game of hopscotch
Pipasa Glass & Jamini Young Seattle, United States
Celestial experiences
Antaranga Gressenich Munich, GermanySuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Starting a spiritual café
Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand
What drew me to Sri Chinmoy's path
Nikolaus Drekonja San Diego, United States
'Everyone is feeling nothing but love'
Suren Leosson Reykjavik, Iceland
Humorous moments with Sri Chinmoy
Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand
My typical day
Pranlobha Kalagian Seattle, United States

