Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race

Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race
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Date June–August
Location Jamaica, Queens, Queens, New York, United States
Event type Ultramarathon
Distance 3,100 miles (4,989 km)
Beneficiary Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team
Established 1985 — 1000 miles;
1987 — 2004 Ultra Trio (700, 1000 and 1300-miles);
1996 — 2700 miles (4,345 km);
since 1997 — 3100 miles
Course records 3,100
M: 40 days 09:06:21 Finland Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto (2015);
F: 48 days 14:24:10
Slovakia Kaneenika Janakova (2017)
Official site www.3100.ws

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 multiday race is hosted by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team and takes place in Queens, New York in the United States from June–August every year. The course is 3,100 miles (4,989 km) long. Runners negotiate 5649 laps of one extended city block in Jamaica, Queens - 164th Place to Abigail Adams (84th) Avenue to 168th Street to Grand Central Parkway Coordinates: 40°42′56″N 73°47′59″W / 40.715556°N 73.799653°W / 40.715556; -73.799653 ("Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race course") - a distance of 0.5488 mile (883 m).[2] The runners have 52 days in which to complete the distance - an average of 59.62 miles (95.95 km) every day.

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. Hence the name "Self-Transcendence", which is appended to all 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 the only annual race of its kind, 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.

Records & winners

2012

1,000 Mile IAU World Championship 1988

1988 Sri Chinmoy 1,000 Mile IAU World Championship and 700 and 1,300 Mile Races were held 20 May — 7 June 1988.

Records

The world record is held by Ashprihanal Aalto 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[4]. The ladies' record is held by Kaneenika Janakova 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 in 2015. Suprabha Beckjord is the only person to have completed every edition of the race (until 2009). Ashprihanal Aalto has won the race eight times and participated 13 times.

Winner's list

Winner's list 700 - 2700 Miles (Antecessor of 3100 mile Race)

Date Distance Men Women
Year Miles Country Athlete Time
(days, hours, minutes, seconds)		 Country Athlete Time
(days, hours, minutes, seconds)
1985 1000
1986 1000 United States Stu Mittleman 11:20:37:00 [5]
1987 700
1000
1300		 Greece
United States
United States		 Yiannis Kouros
Tom Grace
Marty Sprengelmeyer		 150 miles
567 miles
1250 miles		 Canada
United States
Japan		 Antana Locs
Pippa Davis
Izumi Yamamoto		 691 miles
832 miles
825 miles [6]
1988 700
1000
1300		 United Kingdom
Greece
Germany		 Sauriya Clarc
Yiannis Kouros
Stefan Schlett		 11:05:42:00
10:10:30:36
1172 miles		 United States
New Zealand
Japan		 Suprabha Schechter
Sandra Barwick
Izumi Yamamoto		 10:13:03:45
14:20:45:16
230 miles
1989 700
1000
1300		 United States
United States
Canada		 Noivedya Brower
John Wallis
Al Howie		 11:17:57:00 [7]
14:09:45:04 [7]
17:08:25:34 [7]		 United States
United States
-		 Essie Garrett
Suprabha Schechter
-		 12:19:26:36 [7]
14:20:18:24 [7]

1990 700
1000
1300
United States
-
Suprabha Schechter
-
13:53:00:00[8]
-
1991 700
1000
1300
United States
Canada
Thomas Possert
Al Howie
13:14:02:52 [7]
16:19:00:00

New Zealand

Sandra Barwick[8]

17:22:46:07
1992 700
1000
1300		 Hungary

 István Sipos

 09:14:43:30
-
-

United States

Suprabha Beckjord[8]
1993 700
1000
1300		 United Kingdom
Moldova
Hungary		 Jeffrey Covell
Aleksandr Chulakov
István Sipos		 11:12:12:13 [7]
14:18:29:45 [7]
16:17:36:14		 Austria
Australia
Canada		 Monika Shamita Achenbach-König
Dipali Cunningham
Antana Locs		 11:20:42:46 [7]
15:12:52:02[7]
18:12:34:35 [7]
1994 700
1000
1300		 Serbia
United States
-		 Aleksandar (Namitabha) Arsic
Marty Sprengelmeyer
-		 11:14:30:29 [7]
14:08:00:20[7]
-		 Australia
Romania
Canada		 Catherine Dipali Cunningham
Silvia Andonie Graziano
Antana Locs[8]		 10:05:32:58 [7]
14:18:52:38[7]
18:18:49:42 [7]
1995 700
1000
1300		 Serbia

Latvia		 Sasa Djordjevic

Georgs Jermolajevs		 12:01:47:46[7]
-
16:14:00:00[8]		 Australia
Canada		 Catherine Dipali Cunningham
Dhvaja Dorn
-		 09:15:14:46 [7]
15:22:39:35[7]
-
1996 700
1000
1300
2700		 United States
Hungary

Latvia		 John Wallis
István Sipos

Georgs Jermolajevs		 10:07:25:54 [7]
13:22:27:27
-
40:11:00:00		 Austria
-
United States		 Paula Surasa Mairer
-
Suprabha Beckjord
-		 11:09:11:05 [7]
-
43:01:00:00
-
1997 700
1000
1300
2700		 Italy
Latvia

Latvia		 Nicola Sinisgalli
Georgis Jermolajevs

Georgs Jermolajevs
 10:18:41:31
12:01:25:47
-
-		 Austria
Australia
-
-		 Paula Surasa Mairer
Dipali Cunningham
-
-		 10:20:20:25
13:20:18:40
-
-
Winner's list 3100 Miles (Race best time coloured background)
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 [9]  United States Suprabha Beckjord 51:02:09:56 [9]
1998 3100  Hungary István Sipos 46:17:02:06 [9]  United States Suprabha Beckjord 49:14:30:54 [9]
1999 3100  United States Edward Kelley 48:12:42:46 [9]  United States Suprabha Beckjord 51:14:16:17 [9]
2000 3100  Finland Ashprihanal Aalto 47:13:29:55 [9]  United States Suprabha Beckjord 54:15:51:34 [9]
2001 3100  Finland Ashprihanal Aalto 48:10:56:12 [9]  United States Suprabha Beckjord 52:10:37:42 [9]
2002 3100  Germany Madhupran Wolfgang Schwerk 42:13:24:03 [9]  United States Suprabha Beckjord 51:12:08:06 [9]
2003 3100  Serbia Namitabha Arsic 49:02:24:45 [9][10]  United States Suprabha Beckjord 56:03:00:22 [9][10]
2004 3100  Finland Ashprihanal Aalto 46:06:55:11 [9][10]  United States Suprabha Beckjord 55:13:13:00 [9][10]
2005 3100  Serbia Srdjan Stojanovich 46:10:51:16 [9][10]  United States Suprabha Beckjord 63:04:23:28 [10][11]
2006 3100  Germany Madhupran Wolfgang Schwerk 41:08:16:29 [10][12]  United States Suprabha Beckjord 60:04:35:24 [10][13]
2007 3100  Finland Ashprihanal Aalto 43:04:26:32 [9][10]  United States Suprabha Beckjord 58:07:54:27 [10][14]
2008 3100  Finland Ashprihanal Aalto 44:02:42:15 [9][10]  United States Suprabha Beckjord 56:17:51:22 [10][15]
2009 3100  Finland Ashprihanal Aalto 43:16:28:06 [9][10]  United States Suprabha Beckjord 60:08:58:51 [10][16]
2010 3100  Finland Ashprihanal Aalto 46:07:37:24 [10][17] No finisher — —
2011 3100  Ukraine Sarvagata Ukrainskyi 44:13:38:52 [9][10]  Austria Surasa Mairer 53:15:54:25 [10][18]
2012 3100  Australia Grahak Cunningham 43:10:36:39 [10][19] No entrants — —
2013 3100  Russia Vasu Duzhiy 47:05:39:00 [20]  Austria Surasa Mairer 50:04:57:24 [20]
2014 3100  Ukraine Sarvagata Ukrainskyi 44:06:58:10 [21]  Australia Sarah Barnett 50:03:55:08 [22]
2015 3100  Finland Ashprihanal Aalto 40:09:06:21 [4]  Austria Surasa Mairer 49:07:52:24 [23]
2016 3100  Ukraine Yuri Trostenyuk 46:01:10:25 [24]  Slovakia Kaneenika Janakova 51:07:31:07
2017 3100  Russia Vasu Duzhiy 46:17:38:22 [25]  Slovakia Kaneenika Janakova 48:14:24:10 [26]
2018 3100  Russia Vasu Duzhiy 44:16:03:53 [27]  Austria Surasa Mairer 51:12:47:37 [27]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Huffington Post Mathias, Christopher (2011-07-06). "3,100 Mile Self-Transcendence Race 2011 Enters 23rd Day In Queens". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  2. ↑ Harper's Magazine "Run Like Fire Once More: Chasing perfection at the world's longest footrace". August 2007. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  3. ↑ us.srichinmoyraces.org "Finish Statistics 1300 mile Race". 1988. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
  4. 1 2 runnersworld.com "Finn Shatters Record in World's Longest Certified Footrace". 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  5. ↑ us.srichinmoyraces.org "1000 mile Road Race". 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
  6. ↑ us.srichinmoyraces.org "Results and Records". 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 statistik.d-u-v.org "Ultra Marathon Statistics". Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 srichinmoyraces.org "About The 3100 Mile Race". 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 lebedev.org "Winners List 1997 - 2011". 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 statistik.d-u-v.org "DUV Statistics". Retrieved 2013-03-30.
  11. ↑ srichinmoyraces.org "2005 Race". 2009-10-29. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  12. ↑ Runner's World Madphuran Wolfgang Schwerk. February 2007. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  13. ↑ srichinmoyraces.org "2006 Edition". 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  14. ↑ srichinmoyraces.org "2007 Race". 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  15. ↑ srichinmoyraces.org "Results 2008". Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  16. ↑ srichinmoyraces.org "Results 2009". Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  17. ↑ srichinmoyraces.org "Results 2010". 2010-08-04. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  18. ↑ Die Presse "(German) New York: Wienerin bewältigt 5000-Kilometer-Extremlauf". 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  19. ↑ srichinmoyraces.org "2012 Final Results". 2012-08-16. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  20. 1 2 srichinmoyraces.org "2013 Results". 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  21. ↑ perfectionjourney.org "Today we celebrate". 2014-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  22. ↑ 3100.ws "Day 51: Two More Make It In". 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  23. ↑ perfectionjourney.org "Its all Grace". 2015-08-02. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  24. ↑ srichinmoybio.co.uk "Close finish in Sri Chinmoy Self Transcendence 3100 Mile Race". 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  25. ↑ srichinmoy.wordpress.com "Vasu finished 3100 mile race in NY". Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  26. ↑ srichinmoycentre.org "New women's world record in 3100 Mile Race (2017)". Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  27. 1 2 3100.srichinmoyraces.org "Day 52: The End of the Road". Retrieved 2018-08-08.

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
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