Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race

19^th day of the race, 7.52 pm. Today in the afternoon Purna-Samarpan did his 1000 miles. So all 10 runners have four-digit numbers. Today is like yesterday – moderately hot and windy which is a good condition for running. The sun is setting now and very beautiful clouds floating in the sky. I am admiring. And again after long days of intense work you start to perceive beautiful things in a special way, I think, the capacity to appreciate beauty improves. Today Ashprihanal and I acted out a short sketch for Parvati’s group. I asked Ashprihanal: “Ashprihanal, I heard your doctor said that running prolongs life. Is it true?” He answered: “Yeah, it’s true, I already feel 10 years older”. I am on the fifth place now. The first five runners are: Ashprihanal, Igor, Pranjal, Sarvagata. By the way, Sarvagata and Pranjal have the same number of miles. Generally, everything is very good now.  I am sleeping well and I can say I am feeling at home. The kitchen surprised today with its humor. They knaow that I often order additional food with protein. So, in the afternoon Ujjwala made snacks for everybody –they rolled an egg and buckwheat in vegetarian bacon. Ananda-Lahari called this as a protein bomb. The box with these snacks were signed “The Stutisheel”. Our kitchen designed a new dish and took my name for it.

Archived – click Post Title to view all. The 17th day of the race. 10.45 pm. Less than half hour left to run for me. Today, let’s say sincerely, is a quite difficult day. Since the very morning everything has been pretty messy: a lot of noise, a crowd of students having their last day at school (we even had to run on the road), and the most unpleasant thing is very a strong humidity (since morning there has been a usual blue fogbank). So, I had no energy in the morning, but nothing doing – you just bite a bullet and do not think about how much time is left to run. Do what you can! I tried to remember good moments and listened to music I like. I still wonder how I managed to run before the first break at 1 pm, then to the second at 6pm. Anyway, it happened and at 8.30 pm the energy came and, moreover, it worked like a switch – one, and you are floating, your legs are light. I am happy that I didn’t fail when it was difficult and as a result I will have enough miles for such a hard day and a good backlog for tomorrow. Igor also asked where to take strength if there is no power, but anyway until this very moment he has done 127 laps(68 miles) and now he is leaving.  So the absence of energy tells differently on the way people run. Sarvagata also flew at his traditional state. Ashprihanal had a…

Archived – click Post Title to view all. Day 16. 8:28pm Today I’ve done my first 1,000 miles (15 days 6 hours and 6 min). This is 11 minutes slower than my fastest 1000 miles last year. So, the pace is quite normal. The only thing is that in the evening I feel wiped out. I am a little tired. Maybe I just need a longer sleep at night. Other than that, everything is fine. When I was about to cross the 1,000 mile line, I saw a firefighter car with a waving American flag at the back. I took it as a congratulations sign :)<неиThe weather is still indulging. It hasn’t gone above +28C.<неиThe only runner who is being slow is Ananda-Lahari. He must be trying to figure out again which food is good and which food doesn’t go well with him. Others have been running quite vividly. We’ve got 6 people who have already done 1,000 miles. Tomorrow a few others will join in. <неи<неиFunny stories from Sarvagata.<неиHe told us about the start of his multiday running career. When he was debating to apply for a 6 or a 10-day race, he calculated the cost of one day and figured out that to run for 10 days was cheaper. That’s the notorious Ukrainian character: “I go for the cheaper”. That’s how he started running 10-day races. Then he adds addressing me, “Now I understand how smart you are. You figured out long ago that the cheapest is to run a 3,100 mile race”.<неи<неиBefore the race, he bought…