Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race

Photos from day 16 are available here.  

  When musicians come to perform near Thomas Edison high school in Queens NY, they are assured that their audience will be uniquely appreciative of anything that they play. The audience, if you can ascribe that term to the 14 very weary runners here.   By now they have circled the school nearly 2,000 times each.  After 13 days of almost non stop hyper mobility, their senses are so acutely tuned to this world of theirs, that they often are aware of even the slightest of changes in it.

Read the rest of the entry here: http://perfectionjourney.org/2014/06/28/june-28-beauty-of-the-heart/#more-37350

Day 15 at 3100 mile race 2014 from Stutisheel Lebedev on Vimeo.

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Late one night a few days ago as William was taking the short walk back to the house that he shares with Ray K, he probably enjoyed for at least a brief moment that sweet realization that he had just set his first record here at the race. It is a feeling he is going to have the opportunity to enjoy many more times as the race progresses.  As a 60 year old male ultra runner he is currently actively engaged  in the process of essentially rewriting just about all the ultra distance records that exist, not just in Scotland, not just in the UK, but also in the World. But perhaps what is even more marvelous is that many of the records that William Sichel from Sanday Orkney is establishing here in Queens NY, are ones that he is creating for the very first time.

Read the rest of the entry here http://perfectionjourney.org/2014/06/26/june-26-travel-the-uncharted-land/#more-37116

Photos from day 15 are available here.  

Photos from day 14 are available here.  

Day 14 at 3100 mile race 2014 from Stutisheel Lebedev on Vimeo.