July 30: It Takes All of Me (Utpal)
July 30, 2016 Have you arrived at God’s castle? “I am very close.”
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July 29, I Love The Race (Utpal)
July 29, 2016“A very good morning,” Stutisheel says as he greets me.
The rain is falling heavy enough to bounce off his umbrella. The streets throng with the noisy jostling of thick morning traffic. Stutisheel is now a 1,000 miles away from the goal and he has only 12 days left in which to do it. He is walking on a cool wet morning and yet he still smiles.
July 16. Vision of the Race (Utpal)
July 16, 2016 “Inwardly it is definitely a good morning.”
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July 15: A Simple Life to Be Perfect (Utpal)
July 15, 2016 Today presented an unmistakable reckoning with just how hot and humid it can get during the 3100 mile race. Not a record setting one to be sure but still the kind of day when doing anything outdoors is hard little alone trying to run 60 miles.
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July 13, My Capacity (Utpal)
July 13, 2016 Atmavir is running the 3100 mile race for the 9th time. At the start of day 25 he has now completed 1659 miles and is now officially the race leader. Which is not something he is all that much interested in.
What we observers should appreciate however is that the circumference of the earth is 24,900 miles. A distance that Atmavir passed many days and miles ago. He continues to move forward with a kind of grace, determination, and poise that is exceptional. Particularly when you factor in that his reward for completing the race, if not in fact winning this year, will be something as intangible and yet still personally all consuming as inner satisfaction. Continue
July 11, Utpal: Go On and On.
July 11, 2016 “It is perfect weather. Perfect temperature but there could be a few more clouds.”
Yesterday Ashprihanal finished up his 22nd day of running on the course. Most will know of course that he has been here many times before. That in fact this is the 14th time he has spent his summer running around Thomas Edison High school.
June 29. Spiritual experience (Utpal’s blog)
June 29, 2016 “Last year I was very much a part of it.”
Sopan did not come and physically run the race here last year, but in a unique way he was a big part of Ashprihanal’s tremendous world record experience back then.
“We talked a lot every day on the phone. But then he helped me and inspired me. I felt I was part of the race.” The strain and effort of Ashprihanal’s pursuit of a new world record was tremendous. The daily phone chats that went on for sometimes hours nearly every night was a great way for Ashprihanal to find a way to sometimes decompress. This year they need no excuse to chat and find relief from the long hard days that seem to stretch out endlessly in front of them. The two runners have a very special bond and when you see them running side by side they carry on the kind of effortless banter that is particular to those who are the closes of friends. To continue, click here
