Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race

Archived – click Post Title to view all. Day 11 9.36 am Brief results report for 30 days Ashprihanal’s total for 10 days – 751 miles. That’s great! He definitely would be among prizewinners at the 10 days races as well as Petya and Grahak, who have already done 660 miles. Unlike in 10 days race this is only beginning for us – 1/5 part. You can see all results on appropriate page. I just want to say that all guys have done great job! My total is 574 miles, it’s 21 miles less than lest year, but it does not bother me. I feel perfectly well. Full speed ahead!!! 5.30 pm Continuation It’s the sixth day which goes quite well. I run a little more than 60 miles during all previous 5 days. It is good schedule for the first part of the distance. As I had learned from my last years’ experiences, my body needs five more days to be able enlarge loads without serious consequences. All these are ahead. Mood is calm and steady. I listen to my favorite music, answer emails while running. Now I have the schedule as follows: start is at 6 am, first break (for 15 min) is at 2 pm, the next break is at 6pm, and the last (for 10 min) is at 9 pm. Approximately at 11 pm or little after I finish 115 laps. My night sleep is not ideal. Because of my hips I wake up at night. Inspite of it, to my big surprise, at 5.10 am when my alarm-clock is ringing…

Archived – click Post Title to view all. It’s a little after 8 am. The 10th day. The weather is cool and cloudy – the best conditions for running. As usual, we are at the race from early morning. To tell the truth, some of our colleagues manage to come late. Only Ashprihanal and I are brought here by car. All others get here themselves by bikes. That’s why they are not bound by time – they need only to come here on time. Several times Diganta, Pushkar and Volodya were late. We are heading off and they are just arriving. Volodya told a story. He runs till the end – up to midnight to do his daily stint of 111 laps and often doesn’t have enough sleep. Yesterday he woke up at 3 am and went to the toilet. Then he woke up in the kitchen on the stool at 4 am. The light was on. It took him some time to remember that he wanted to go to the toilet. “Oh, my God!” He looked around – everything is ok; he managed to go to the toilet. Purna-Samarpan generally walks – he has problems with feet. “Feet burn” because of the concrete surface of the ground. Pushkar has symptoms of last year – indigestion and troubles with his feet. He now he does fast walking. Pavol is stilling deal with shin splints. Shuprabha as usually is very light and runs steadily with a semi-smile on her face. Yesterday on the 9th day I did 115 laps….

We are pleased to draw your attention to the latest scientific and technical achievements of Finnish secret service how to improve your physical efficiency. Indeed, this is Ashprihanal, the leader of our race. His inimitable relaxed style of running came back to him. I remember the legendary Olympic champion Emil Z?topek who was criticized for his running style. Usually he answered that it is speed and not beauty that is of importance in sports.

The day was preety good. But still a rainy weather. 4 times there was a pouring rain… I have been running steadily and i’ll have 60 miles today. Now I will walk 5 more laps, no energy in legs. I ate something wrong again. I have my own signs how to figure out what caused the symptoms on my legs. Either I have to do stretching and everything will be ok, either it’s time to eat or take a break. Now it seems I have to eat normally. But even after the dinner it didn’t get better. I even took a second break earlier. And after the third break around 9 pm I got a feeling I cannot even walk. But that’s ok, tomorrow everything will be all right.

The first day I was extremely delighted that the first part had been done – I safely arrived at the start. I had had a very difficult time before the race as I got injured. And as soon as I started, I was happy that I was there and would be running this race. Also, I am happy that I am running with such people, in such a great team. When on the second day when I got shin splints, I stopped thinking about everything except gratitude. I was so grateful that in spite of the pain I still could run. I didn’t care if it was painful or not. I just wanted to have an opportunity to run.

In comparison with 10-day races, everything is quite different here. It’s difficult to put it into words. Probably, it’s deeper and more intense. I can not even speak any language now (Volodya speaks Slovak, Russian, English and German). I feel how deep the atmosphere here is. The air is full of Compassion from Above… Then feelings of peace, confidence and inner stability have come to me. I have no doubt: I am in the right place at the right time.

It’s 8 am of the 7th day, Saturday, June, 20. The 2-mile race is going to start nearby. Usually, they run very fast and have a lot of energy, dynamism and enthusiasm. It’s so great to look at them and cheer them up. It’s 5.25 pm; we have already been on the race for 11 hours. At last my running style returned to me. I hope that some impression you can get from the video. So, everything is excellent today. Definitely, it will be another good day. And it’s going to get better all the time. Yesterday, on the sixth day, I did 60 miles and left the track at 11.30 pm. A few times tendonitis tried to come back, but everything went well. I feel better and better. So, everything is just super. I asked Suprabha if it is true that it is her last 3100 race. She answered that many people asked her about, and it was very strange, because all she said was that 13 is a great number. This is her 13th race and she is going to run more and more. We are very happy! (to view the video double click on it)

Pranab after 2 days off To watch video, please, double click on the picture.

Stutishil: Hello, how do you fell today?

Pranab: Rested.

S: Rested? Two days of rest?

P: Yes.

S: Is it enough?

P: Well, at least.

S: You seems happy.

P: What else to be…

S: Ok. Good luck.