“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
Over the past few days Andrea’s mileage has spiked. Consistently in the 70 – 71 mile range it has gone up to two days in a row of 76 miles. “Yes it is a big jump. I guess I am losing quite a bit of weight. So I am getting lighter and lighter. I feel it helps somehow.” To read more, please follow the link
“The first time I came to the race was 2005, but I came to the 700 mile race in 1999 or 2000.” Ananda-Lahari describes his immersion in multi day running not unlike diving into the deep end of a pool when you have barely learned how to swim. To read more, please follow the link
“Running has been important to me my whole life. But when I became a student of Sri Chinmoy it seemed running was very important to follow this path.” “Running became even more important when I started running long distance.” To read more, please follow the link
