Posted in race interviews on Jul 19, 2015 by Alakananda | Comments Off on July 19, Utpal: One of the Best Things I Ever Did
Archived – click Post Title to view all. Every runner who comes to participate in the 3100 mile race has to have a deep inner feeling and conviction that it is the right thing to do. It also goes without asking that they also need to be incredibly fit and well trained. Over 19 summers many runners have come, and each has had their own unique inspiration. One that was strong enough to shake them loose from a comfortable life back home into doing something that is the hardest thing in the world to do. Grahak’s story of how he came to be here for the first time is particularly special. It also shows just how much Sri Chinmoy knew and cared for both the inner and outer aspects of each of his students. “In 2005 I had just finished a one mile race in Qingdao (Christmas trip in China). I got second, which was pretty rare for me. I was in the function room of the hotel. Sri Chinmoy was handing out the awards, and he said to me. Have you run our longest race?” Confused a bit he replied that he had done the race and come in second. “Than he asked me again in the lobby of the hotel, the same question. Than it started to inspire me, or hit home, exactly what he was asking. After that it took me a year or 2 to get up the courage and I applied to do the race. “It was definitely insightful by Sri Chinmoy because I had been thinking…
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“I know my body. Sometimes you have to surrender to Mother Nature and sometimes I am running well.”
«Я знаю своё тело. Временами я бегаю хорошо, но временами вы должны просто сдаться на милость Матушке Природе».
For the last 2 days this 37 year old Czech runner has been running very well. Yesterday he ran 71 miles and at this moment in the morning there is nobody faster on the course. His pace is so smooth and flowing it would be nearly impossible to guess that he has been here doing this very same thing for the past 34 days. In the process also amassing 2187 miles. This is Atmavir’s 8th race and it seems that the lessons you learn running 3100 mile race never end. No matter how many miles you have run. No matter how many years you have dedicated yourself to its baffling wonders. How to cope with bad days and also how to cope with days when you switch to autopilot and let the mysterious inner force within carry you almost effortlessly along. “Right now I am one lap faster than Ashprihanal. In the afternoon it could change. So I don’t mind. If I am running I enjoy it, and if I am not running, I try to be a happy walker. But I have to say that I am a really miserable walker. Only Stutisheel is slower than me.”
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