Archive for 2016
July 9: No Mind No Form (Utpal’s blog)
July 9, 2016“It is wonderful. It is so great. It is such a difference. It could not be better.” (Surasa)
For all the runners of the 3100 mile race the weather on this quiet Saturday morning is extraordinarily perfect. Grey skies, a light breeze, and the temperature will not rise above the mid 70’s (23 C). This of course when compared to the sauna like conditions of the past few days.
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Day 21, legs recovery
July 9, 2016July 8: Part of My Life (Utpal’s blog)
July 8, 2016 You may not see them physically at the race all that much, their creations however are always present. From the moment Nirjharini and her fellow cooks food appears at the race it vanishes quickly but not mysteriously. It is tasty, it is wholesome, and it is the nutritional foundation for every step the runners take over many long hard, and now hot miles, that they do each day.
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Day 19, Stutisheel
July 7, 2016July 7: Discovering New Experiences (Utpal’s blog)
July 7, 2016 “Another beautiful hot day.” For Ananda-Lahari nearly every day here is a beautiful one. And this being his 12th summer in a row at the race, he is not unfamiliar with how the heat and sticky humidity can come along and simply smother most peoples enthusiasm to even move little alone run.
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July 6: Deep Within (Utpal’s blog)
July 6, 2016
“Circumstances have brought me over for the entirety of the race.”
Nirbhasa, who is currently living in Iceland, is a welcome presence at the 3100 mile race this year. Just as he was last year when he was actually running here for the first time. Which, to no ones surprise, he completed in 51 days and 12 hours.
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