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Karen Cahit Yeter Tribute
The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team wishes to share the following e-mail we received from Karen Cahit Yeter in reference to the tribute posed here on the passing of her father, ultra legend Cahit Yeter.
"Dear Friends,
I was deeply touched when I saw the tribute about my father on your website. I remember my father participating in all your races and events. As a child, there wouldn't be much for my sister and I to do all those hours waiting for our dad to finish that ultra and the Sri Chinmoy family would somehow entertain and take care of us. Sri Chinmoy and all of his disciples were such a huge part of our lives. Not only did my dad treasure his friendship with Sri Chinmoy but also with Sri Chinmoy's disciples. I just wanted to let you all know how important Sri Chinmoy and all of you were to my father.
Please pass this on to anyone who knew my dad.
Thank you so so much! I miss him everyday and it just made me so happy to see that tribute to him!
Yours,
Karen Cahit Yeter"
Cahit Yeter, the passing of a friend
York’s best runners and ultrarunners. (Photo: Cahit (r) completed 110 miles in the 1987 Sri Chinmoy 24 Hour Race to finish 7th overall and first in the over 50 years age category). A prolific racer and marathoner, Cahit once ran 2:14 for the marathon in his native Turkey. Later emigrating to the USA, he began a resurgence in his running after an accident had severely damaged his legs. At age 44 he ran 2:26 at the Boston Marathon. He turned his attention to ultramarathons, running races frequently at distances beyond the marathon. In 1981 he ran 155+ miles in the Sri Chinmoy 24 hour race, setting a North American record. He later set a masters record for 100 miles on the road(13:33) which stood for several years. He also ran 468 miles in the New York Six-Day Race in 1984. He is known citywide as the inspiration behind the running club, Cahit’s Pacers, which lasted for over a decade in the Bronx. Cahit retired from NYC Transit and moved to Arizona in the early nineties. His kindness and infectious smile will always be missed." Sahishnu
"On a personal note I would like to share a story Cahit told me about his early days of marathon training in Turkey. The national marathon team would often train for months in the mountains (Spain?), away from everyone. Cahit said that the most important piece of equipment that these athletes had was a hair drier. Yes, a hair drier. Because they were isolated and the training was intense, if they developed a blister the fastest and quickest way to deal with it was to carefully slice the blister and dry it out with the hair drier. He emphasized that extreme care was needed and that only those adept at the technique used it. Of course, this technique is not endorsed by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, nor do we encourage anyone to try it. It "those" days of yore, where modern running aides were not available, the runners had to make do with whatever they had. And they did! Thank you Cahit. You were a real friend to us and Sri Chinmoy." Rupantar
UltraRunning Magazine: a pioneer in supporting ultra running
I wish to thank those associated with UltraRuning Magazine, particularly the Publisher, John Medinger, for granting the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team permission to post copies of past articles on our web site. UltraRunning has been a pioneer in supporting ultra running and remains so today. Those of us who put on ultra races own much gratitude for their support . And everyone should do what I just did, renew their subscription.
Rupantar LaRusso, Race Director, Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team
The Race of the Century
As the race director of the Sri Chinmoy I have been in the process of recording the history of our club from the New York area and recently asked of Malcolm Compbell if I could post his historic article on the 1988 IAU 1000 Mile World Championships first published in the IAU Newsletter, June 1988 issue. His kind reply was:
Dear Friend,I have had an e-mail from Nadeem Khan of the IAU concerning permission to reproduce one of my articles from the IAU Newsletter. I am happy to give my permission and thank you for the courtesy of asking.It has always been a pleasure taking part in Sri Chinmoy events and I remember with great affection running in New York.I send you all my very best wishes,Malcolm Campbell(IAU President from 1984 to 2004)
Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team Honored by International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
"The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) is proud to announce the following honorees of its Class of 2012. The honorees will be honored at the 2011 Global Open Water Swimming Conference...."
The Mission of the IMSHOF:
"To nominate and to select outstanding marathon swimmers, and to select officials and administrators who help make the sport possible throughout the world, for induction into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. To date over 200 individuals and organizations have been honored...
Sri Chinmoy was an Indian teacher, poet, artist and athlete who inspired many in endurance sports. His Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team organizes many events worldwide including the 26.4K International Self-Transcendence Marathon-Schwimmen.
Members of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, who have received many awards, honors and recognitions, have swum the English Channel at least 38 times.
His followers continue to organize the prestigious and highly popular International Self-Transcendence Marathon-Schwimmen that draws an international crowd and is sold-out year after year.
He founded the Sri Chinmoy Centre and wrote 1,500 books, 115,000 poems and 20,000 songs, created 200,000 paintings and gave almost 800 free peace concerts around the world where he advocated meditation, chanting mantras and prayers, performing dedicated service to God as a way to personal enlightenment.
Inspired by Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950), Chinmoy was encouraged to pursue his athletic abilities.
He was a decathlon champion at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, marathons, ultra-marathons, cycling, as well as captain of the soccer and volleyball teams. During his years at the ashram he spent many hours daily in deep meditation.
He competed in endurance events up into his 60's where his knee injury forced him to switch to low impact sports including tennis and weightlifting. Chinmoy has many followers who are inspired by him to run daily for health and physical fitness.
He advocated self-transcendence by expanding one's consciousness to conquer the mind's perceived limitations. In the spirit of self transcendence, his students have completed extraordinary feats of endurance."
The above is an excerpt from the IMSHOF web site at http://www.internationalmarathonswimminghalloffame.com/index.html.
Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race Referenced in "World's Ultimate Running Races"
"World's Ultimate Running Races" is published by HarperCollins and presents "500 races, 101 Countries, Choose your adventure".
The Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race is referenced twice in the book: pages 6 and 193.
The book offers to the adventurer in us a seemingly unlimited opportunity for self-transcendence. I love this book as it shows that the human spirit is truly unlimited, if just given the opportunity. And these 500 races present many opportunities. Rupantar
Harper/Collins web site: http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/65290/worlds-ultimate-running-race...
Members of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team Meet President Bill Clinton
After participating in the "Run the Farm" 5 mile trail race on Sunday, October 23, at Muscoot Farm in Katonah, New York, two members of the SCMT "ran" into Former President Bill Clinton in nearby Chappaqua, New York while grabbing something to eat after the race! The former president took an interest in their t-shirts and still attached race numbers and was kind enough to pose for a photo!
Just Being Here - A Tribute to a Friend
Utpal wrote this beautiful tribute to Grete Waitz who passed away this week.
Ocean Monk Opens Film Festival
Ocean Monk, a film by Sanjay Rawal, chronicles the inner and outer search of a group of monks who make their home in New York City. Students of the late Indian teacher, Sri Chinmoy who lived in Queens for over 40 years, this band of friends discovered the beauty and power of the nearby surfing beaches and incorporated their love for the ocean into their search for enlightenment.
Ocean Monk explores the ideals which drive their life as well as the pounding winter surf which sustains them. The film includes appearances by Kelly Slater, Jack Johnson, Titus Kinimaka and Sri Chinmoy, as well as various members of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team.
Music featured in the film is by Sigur Ros, Wixel, Parichayaka Hammerl and Mark Swiderski.
Ocean Monk opened the 2010 New York Surf Film Festival, and has also been selected for the St. Louis International Flim Festival and the Big Apple Film Festival.
Sri Chinmoy Quoted By Governor Paterson at 9/11 Ceremony
Following is the entire text of New York State Governor Paterson's address at the 9/11 Day of Remembrance:
“Born in India, the American author Sri Chinmoy once penned that:
Hope
Knows no fear.Hope dares to blossom
Even inside the abysmal abyss.Hope secretly feeds
And strengthens
Promise.”
The ABC video shows this address at the 3:50 minute mark.
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