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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: - 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 [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

2012

1,000 Mile IAU World Championship 1988 [ edit ]

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

Records [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

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

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

Further reading [ edit ]

Literature Cunningham, Grahak : Running Beyond The Marathon - insights into the longest footrace in the world , eText Press Publishing, 2012, ASIN B00AK1J0WS

, 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

, 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