In the some thirty years of ultra running the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team has only bowed to the power of Mother Nature twice; and both were because of hurricanes. Now, the power of Her heat has forced us to take a day off after soaring temperatures. All runners will have this day off, July 23. Tomorrow we will start again, but in deference to the record temperatures the runners will be given two extra days to complete the 3100 miles. The day off will be counted towards their overall time. I am in close contact with all the runners and everyone is fine and were grateful for the “forced” day off. Tomorrow is only a day away, so lets hope the runners use their time wisely to recover.