Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race

June 17, the 6th day of the race, 13:56. We started running when the rain was so heavy. It was raining starting from night and it kept us wet in the whole first half of the day. Now the weather is changing – it is cloudy and stifling a bit but we run no mater which weather is outside. Rupantar picks up Surasa, Ashprihanal and me and takes us in one car to the start at 6:00. And it turned out that nobody can sleep normally at night. Ashprihanal complained he had slept for one hour only. Surasa says she does not know what sleep is during the first 3 weeks. I also woke up at 4 in the morning today and I felt a bit sick. I had some hot tea, took vitamin C and L-lizine and went to bed again to try to get some rest during the hour before getting up. In the morning I my legs were good. So, having such a «sleep» we can only be amazed how then the miracle happen on the course and everybody is able to run another 100 km. Now I am leaving the course at 23:30-23:40 and at 00:15 I am already in my bed. I have to get up at 5:10.

Play by Ashprihanal and Purna-Samarpan

– Какая мотивация в том, чтобы пробежать 3100 миль? – Морковка, которую всегда можно найти в пункте питания!

Archived – click Post Title to view all. Today is the 5th day of the race. It is June 16, 18:52. Atmavir is still the leader, Pranjal is on the 2nd place, then Ashprihanal, Igor and Sarvagata. For this moment I have 290 miles. I’m still running in economic mode. Today in the morning it was very good, my legs were absolutely light, like if I had nor ran before at all. But then fatigue and muscle-twisting returned quickly, though in average today I am running a bit more quickly and perhaps I’ll make a couple of miles more than yesterday. Yesterday I had 59 miles. I was «squeezed» from 2 till 5 in the afternoon, so I ran slowly. But the most important thing is that none of our the most quick runners has passed by me during this time – neither Atmavir, nor Ashprihanal. And only when I started to do my first stretching this day I saw there was somebody on the course. This means, everybody was squeezed. And then when Ashprihanal caught up with me he said: ‘have you seen it, everybody runs so well – nobody come across each other!» So, Ashprihanal cut another joke this morning. As I said, he has got his toe sore and had to cut his shoe, he has never done it for 11 years on the race – he has never cut his shoes because there were no necessity in it. But today he had to cut it but and it was done very carefully and then he…

Archived – click Post Title to view all. June 15, 20:13. The 4th day of the race. The sun has almost set down. And the day almost over. What to say, the paces of all the runners are getting more equal that is why you cannot run together with someone very often. My speed is increasing, but definitely I need a couple of days more to go through the transition period. Of course, in the evening my legs are aching and you can do not so many things with such legs. But everybody feels them aching, so we just have such a noise here! («bzz») Pranjal ankle is swollen, he runs a bit slowly, but I am sure this would not affect his miles too much because he is one of those who stays on the course until the very end, up to midnight in order to do his maximum. Ashprihanal has some infection under his nail, I have seen as Bipin was helping him to treat it with hydrogen peroxide. He also was walking for some time, but now he is running. Though his speed slowed down too. Today it was hot, I guess +28. And the temperature only now is getting down, but still it is stuffy, you can feel warm air. But all this is quite bearable, I think the surprises are ahead of us. The most important news: Purna-Samarpan has his Birthday today. He turned 34 years, and we were all wearing birthday hats at the start line. And as Rupantar announced start we were…

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