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Day 52: Run And Become. Utpal’s blog

October 26, 2021

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Day 51: Quality Of Gratitude. Utpal’s blog

October 25, 2021

“Lots of ups and downs. Lots of challenges. There continues to be lots of challenges. I know I always look as if everything is great.”

“There is always physical things that happen. Up until the very end I just pray for protection, and I pray to be taken care of. That I can reach the goal.”

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Day 50: Help Each Other. Utpal’s blog

October 24, 2021

“I didn’t realize how hard the race would be. Not just for the runners but also all the workers.”

I am going to be the 50th person to to complete the race but I didn’t realize just how many people behind the scenes working together to put the race on. I want people to know about this race, and how many people it took to put it all together.”

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Day 49: Inner Feeling. Utpal’s blog

October 23, 2021

“Probably to do something that is long and is good you need to love it. I just love this race. For me it has an intensity and many other things that I don’t go through in my day to day ordinary life.”

“I come here for self-transcendence. For a feeling of oneness. To see and be with the best people on earth. To experience closeness to God. So the race is a magnet. I just can’t resist.”

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Day 48: Make Progress. Utpal’s blog

October 22, 2021

“Each of my races here are beautiful in there own way. If you look at my first race it was very hard for me. Perhaps even harder than this one. But if we speak just about this race I had many more things happen to me.”

“I can’t remember all the things ….It started with blisters. I had trouble with my sciatic nerve, and other problems because of that. Now I am having some trouble with my tooth. Such kind of things.”

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Day 47: Grateful For Everything. Utpal’s blog

October 21, 2021

“It was the first year I ran in the race. When I reached 2700 miles, I was passing the counting table and people were congratulating me.” Suprabha ( a fellow runner ) was also there and she also congratulated him.

Of all the support and encouragement offered at that moment Ananda-Lahari says he was basically not receptive. His response, “it’s just numbers.”

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Day 46: To Know Myself. Utpal’s blog

October 20, 2021

“It was a much better performance than my previous time. So in that sense it is an achievement. But my final goal is to complete 3100 miles. So in that sense (new 4,000 km Japanese record) is just a transition point, to get to the final goal.”

“At each important milestone in the race such as 3,000 km, 4,000km, and so on. People at the race do a mini celebration. Something really fun and joyful. So it made me so happy.”

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