July 28, Utpal: This is Our Homw

Posted in race interviews on Jul 28, 2015 by Alakananda | Comments Off on July 28, Utpal: This is Our Homw
 Today Vasu completed the Self Transcendence 3100 mile race for the 4th time.  On each occasion that he has run, he has not only has improved his time but he also seems to have grown and transformed himself in a way that only self transcendence can do.  Self transcendence of course is not just for the elite and gifted it is a beacon that calls out to all of us.

To Vasu in particular his pursuit of self transcendence these past 4 years  has been all consuming.  A total commitment of his life energy and his heart’s joy for a goal that defies all our best descriptions.  Yet after 44 days and 6 hours the overwhelming sense of satisfaction he now feels and is experiencing is the furthest and most profound moment he has yet made in his life’s journey.

A simple way of understanding just how committed Vasu is to the race is to see him stop while running and pick up trash.  “This is our home, and we want to make our home clean.  If we keep it clean we can run as fast as possible.” finish-boarRead more

 

Vasu Finish: 44 days+06:10:42

Posted in race experiences on Jul 28, 2015 by Stutisheel | 1 Комментарий. 1 Comment »

New Russian Record!

Day 45, Vasu Finish. 3100 Mile Race 2015 from Stutisheel Lebedev on Vimeo.

July 27, Utpal: Earth and Heaven Came Together Here

Posted in race interviews on Jul 27, 2015 by Alakananda | 1 Комментарий. 1 Comment »
5 years ago when Galya Balatsky last ran here it took him 46 days to complete the 3100 mile race.  In the long 5 year period that lay between then and now he continued to run, train, and obviously improve.  Last night, in the dwindling minutes before midnight he ran across the finish line once more.  This time nearly 4 days faster than his previous attempt. He carried his nation’s flag, his face lit bright by a smile, and his self transcendence offering was completed at last.

This morning as he completes the few laps that will give him an additional Ukrainian record I ask if his waiting 5 years to come was worth it.  “Yes of course.”

The additional record that he now holds as well is one of almost shocking consistency.  For all of his 43 days on the course he never ran l day less than 70 miles per day.  It has never been done before and many people suggest strongly that it is a record that may  never be broken. flower-galya Read more  

Galya Finished – 42 days+17:39:59!

Posted in gallery on Jul 26, 2015 by Alakananda | Comments Off on Galya Finished – 42 days+17:39:59!

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Day 43, Stutisheel

Posted in race experiences on Jul 26, 2015 by Stutisheel | Comments Off on Day 43, Stutisheel

Day 43, 3100 Mile Race 2015 from Stutisheel Lebedev on Vimeo.

July 26, Utpal: The Race is More Than Speciallll

Posted in race interviews on Jul 26, 2015 by Alakananda | Comments Off on July 26, Utpal: The Race is More Than Speciallll

Archived – click Post Title to view all. Last year Jayasalini Abramovskikh completed the Self Transcendence 3100 mile race in her first attempt.  Coming to New York from her home in Moscow was a dream come true for her.  She had come many times to the multi day races in Flushing Meadow, but the 3100 was always calling out to her.  So when she did at last run in 2014, every step past 10 days was another step of Self Transcendence for this amazing athlete. Her final result of 51 days and 12 hours was good enough to place her 7th overall amongst women competitors.  But rank, and time was never her goal.  She knew that by coming and taking part she was doing exactly what she needed to do at the time it was supposed to be done. This year, due to injury she could not participate.  But the call of the race was so strong that she has now come for a week to visit the race.  Also, as fate would have it, she was here as history was made when Ashprihanal set a new world record. “On one of the first days when I was running.  Vasu was passing by me and he said, did you see Guru? He was passing by in a car.  I was not surprised at all.  I answered, no.  I didn’t see him.” “He said look in that car.  He will come again.  He will pass by one more time.  Than it was Databir who was driving his car and he was holding the…

July 25, Utpal: My Best Race

Posted in race interviews on Jul 25, 2015 by Alakananda | Comments Off on July 25, Utpal: My Best Race
 “It was a special day for the whole universe not just for us.”

Yesterday in an almost storybook fashion Ashprihanal finished the 3100 mile race setting a world record in the process.  For all of us who could attend it was a beautiful and historic experience.  It really did feel that something of major significance took place.  That it was not just a brief glow on this shabby patch of concrete but in some ways that a bright beacon shone forth to spread light over the whole world as well. baladev2 Read more 

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