“I am really happy that I am ahead of my schedule, in respect to last year and I hope everything keeps turning for the better.” “I take every day as a single battle. I never think about tomorrow, because somehow it never comes. So every day I try and give my best. Every day I try and put in the effort to do the work. I am trying to do all the necessary things that will make me happy at the end of the day.” To read more, please follow the link
As someone who is prone to grumbling and forecasting that the sky is falling; a slow or fast lap around the course with Ananda-Lahari is one of the best antidotes I know to clinging negativity. He is literally always positive. Even today when he is almost 1,000 miles shy of the goal and only 12 days left to do it, he is happy. He is so content in doing this impossible ordeal, that he is now running for the 17th time that I feel ashamed to complain about any of the real or imagined problems that seem to wash over me when I least expect it. To read more, please follow the link
“Sasha has been very good. This time he is my only helper. (In the past Vasu has been able to count on a number of helpers) This time he has to do everything by himself. He has to make it all happen. But we are trying our best to make it all possible.” To read more, please follow the link
“About 3 days ago I experienced my rock bottom. I was feeling so heavy and I couldn’t resist the gravity. But for some reason after I passed 2000 miles everything got easier.” “Of course I was tired but somehow everything got easier.” To read more, please follow the link
Wei Ming officially joined the long distance club in 2005 when he participated in his first 100 km race. It was something he says he didn’t expect after first running a marathon. “I ran more than 4 hours. I didn’t expect it would be so hard. I didn’t realize that pacing was so important for a marathon.” He felt he did not do well. “I enjoy now the slow pace of ultramarathons. I enjoy the slowness and being relaxed.” To read more, please follow the link
“Every day to some degree it feels like the job is being done for me. And on the better days it really feels like the job is being done for me.” “On the not so good days it feels like ……either you can say I need to put in more effort. But that real effort is like praying more for the receptivity to have faith that the job is being done for me.” To read more, please follow the link
“What I see, is that quite often people learn theoretical aspects of praying and meditating. But here (3100 mile race ) it is all practical implementation.” “You test all your knowledge all your capacities. Without meditation, without involving higher power, without relying on a higher source, it is just impossible to run so long.” To read more, please follow the link
