This will be the 16th year of the Self-Transcendence 3,100 Mile Race. We started with the 2,700 Mile Race and the following year Sri Chinmoy increased the distance to 3,100 miles. We have been there every since, same distance, same location. The twelve runners lined up about 10 minutes before the 6 am starting time for the introduction by Sahishnu. A crowd of about 75 was there to cheer the runners as they were about to begin their great adventure. This race still amazes me. It really is incredible that these runners, whom Sri Chinmoy has called ‘the real impossibility challengers’, can continue, day after day in spite of the daily pounding on the concrete surface as well as surviving the sometimes hostile Queens weather. It is cool now, but in a few day, the ‘heat will come!’ (Photo by Utpal).
