Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race

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July 3rd, Jowan: Photos day 20

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more photos here.

July 3, Utpal: Running With Your Heart

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As Nirbhasa runs into the thick middle of his 20th day at the 3100 mile race. He has now been running twice as long as he has ever run before. When I point this rather obvious observation out to him he responds with his characteristic wit and accompanying giggle , “it certainly feels like it.”

“I never thought the human body could get this tired. At the same time I am still quite cheerful, still quite happy. The race is really all about running with your heart, and with your soul. You have to run the race from within. Because if you think of how tired you are, and all the other things going on. There is really no end to it. So you just keep going and the miles accumulate.”

Nirbhasa ran 58 miles yesterday, which was better than the 49 miles from the previous day. He started the day with 1174 miles. Read more http://perfectionjourney.org/2015/07/03/july-3-running-with-your-heart/#more-44849

Day 20, slow motion

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July 2, Utpal: More Than Enough

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They have run so many laps and miles together over the past 18 days that is literally impossible to know just how many. Whatever the number may be it is a lot. Galya completed 1309 miles last night. He suspects that many hundreds of them have been completed with Stutisheel, running at his side. The scuffing of their feet along the dusty sidewalk creates a pleasing hypnotic cadence. They have both placed a great dent in the tremendous goal they are both trying to conquer. Stutisheel says, “usually long distance races are quite lonely. It is good to have a running friend.”

I ask Galya if he missed not running with Stutisheel a few days ago when he was having some problems. “I was sad the he was suffering. But I stopped almost each lap to talk with him.”

Stutisheel: “He was asking me all the time how I was suffering. By the way, every time I feel that I am limiting his speed, I just let him go. He is faster and more powerful right now.” Galya: “We have the same speed when we run together.” He than jokes that the only reason he ran the race this year was because Stutisheel promised to run 70 mile days. Stutisheel: “Second half. We have time.” Read more http://perfectionjourney.org/2015/07/02/july-2-more-than-enough/#more-44778