Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race

“When you run this race you open up the world within yourself.  In this race the runner finds out the essence of his place in this world, and you also find out the meaning of your existence for humanity.”

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Photos from day 9 are available here.  

Day 9 at 3100 mile race 2014 from Stutisheel Lebedev on Vimeo.

“It is perfect.  The sun is shining and a runner is running,” says Sopan to me this morning, as he jogs with light shuffling steps beside me. It is very early on a quiet bright Saturday morning, the 21st of June.  It is a date that smacks of special significance for most of us.  For it is the day with the most hours of sunshine of the entire year. (Southern Hemisphere people you will get your chance again in 6 months time) But in what has to be a strange irony, just now as the days gradually grow just a little shorter, and offer up less and less of their light, the race itself has barely just begun.  The colossal distance still remainging in front of the 14 runners here feels almost like completing it will take an eternity. Read the rest of the post here: http://perfectionjourney.org/2014/06/21/june-21-make-progress/#more-36577

Day 8 at 3100 miles race 2014 from Stutisheel Lebedev on Vimeo.