About the author:

Nirbhasa is originally from Ireland but currently lives in Reykjavik, Iceland. He is an enthusiastic multi-day runner, having completed four times the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race - the longest race in the world.

Visit Perfection-Journey for great stories, videos and photos of the race.

Visit Spontaneous Beauty for more great race photos.

Spirit of a Runner by Jogyata Dallas (originally printed in IndiaNZ Outlook, Viewpoint, 7th May, 2017)

Sri Chinmoy 10 Day Race 2017

	Name	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Day 8	Day 9	Day 10
Men
1	Budjargal Byambaa	108	189	251	320	387	456	529	605	672	739
	day total	108	81	62	69	67	69	73	76	67	67
2	Igor Mudryk	91	160	221	288	354	425	497	565	637	713
	day total	91	69	61	67	66	71	72	68	72	76
3	Jesper Olsen	80	150	220	290	350	398	454	509	570	627
	day total	80	70	70	70	60	48	56	55	61	57
4	Ales Pliva	77	137	190	242	297	357	411	467	536	609
	day total	77	60	53	52	55	60	54	56	69	73
5	Oleksandr Kharko	73	125	188	243	301	361	419	477	537	602
	day total	73	52	63	55	58	60	58	58	60	65
6	Sergei Komelkov	74	131	182	230	296	353	413	472	520	584
	day total	74	57	51	48	66	57	60	59	48	64
7	Ushika Muckenhumer	77	140	200	253	308	363	415	470	520	580
	day total	77	63	60	53	55	55	52	55	50	60
8	Pedja Knezevic	69	122	173	224	274	322	370	416	461	507
	day total	69	53	51	51	50	48	48	46	45	46
9	Jiri Jurica	74	122	167	210	263	316	357	406	446	504
	day total	74	48	45	43	53	53	41	49	40	58
10	Michel Gouin	54	104	151	202	253	301	350	399	446	503
	day total	54	50	47	51	51	48	49	49	47	57
11	Arun Bhardwaj	65	121	167	212	247	297	338	375	410	461
	day total	65	56	46	45	35	50	41	37	35	51
12	Sergey Leshchenko	75	127	170	221	256	301	350	391	428	460
	day total	75	52	43	51	35	45	49	41	37	32
13	Andrei Somov	60	104	147	188	230	275	319	363	408	460
	day total	60	44	43	41	42	45	44	44	45	52
14	Karteek Clarke	59	108	158	204	248	293	338	380	413	457
	day total	59	49	50	46	44	45	45	42	33	44
15	Patanga Cordeiro Da Silva	61	100	140	171	208	249	292	333	365	417
	day total	61	39	40	31	37	41	43	41	32	52
16	Richard Takata	56	100	142	180	217	248	279	314	351	407
	day total	56	44	42	38	37	31	31	35	37	56
17	Sandro Zincarini	63	112	144	186	226	265	302	338	374	406
	day total	63	49	32	42	40	39	37	36	36	32
18	Fred Davis III	70	121	172	202	260	296	316	381	389	400
	day total	70	51	51	30	58	36	20	65	8	11
19	Georgs Jermolajevs	57	103	144	190	222	259	289	316	330	352
	day total	57	46	41	46	32	37	30	27	14	22
20	Janos Derekas	65	112	152	159	159	159	159	159	159	159
	day total	65	47	40	7	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Name	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Day 8	Day 9	Day 10
Women
1	Nataliya Hlushchuk	75	135	187	234	285	342	397	454	514	578
	day total	75	60	52	47	51	57	55	57	60	64
2	Vinati Docziova	60	118	173	224	277	330	385	439	495	569
	day total	60	58	55	51	53	53	55	54	56	74
3	Kimberley Van Delst	80	143	195	245	296	340	372	425	464	525
	day total	80	63	52	50	51	44	32	53	39	61
4	Gundega Gaille	74	132	184	232	280	327	372	419	462	516
	day total	74	58	52	48	48	47	45	47	43	54
5	Elena Kareva	77	130	171	222	269	316	364	410	453	500
	day total	77	53	41	51	47	47	48	46	43	47
6	Laila Faerman	64	111	150	183	226	270	314	354	399	459
	day total	64	47	39	33	43	44	44	40	45	60
7	Albena Margaritova	64	112	155	197	235	280	323	357	393	434
	day total	64	48	43	42	38	45	43	34	36	41
8	Bayarsaikhan Dorjpagma	69	113	154	190	232	268	308	350	385	426
	day total	69	44	41	36	42	36	40	42	35	41
9	Yashasvati Plyavinskaya	51	95	131	162	208	251	293	336	376	420
	day total	51	44	36	31	46	43	42	43	40	44
10	Anna Khimchinskaia	58	101	138	173	209	247	286	327	363	415
	day total	58	43	37	35	36	38	39	41	36	52
11	Vasuprada Funk	51	78	102	143	169	208	254	282	296	345
	day total	51	27	24	41	26	39	46	28	14	49
12	Gudrun Freier	1	1	1	64	109	158	205	245	281	334
	day total	1	0	0	63	45	49	47	40	36	53
13	Avanayaha Tsendee	56	87	117	145	165	184	204	226	246	271
	day total	56	31	30	28	20	19	20	22	20	25
14	Karnayati Morison	56	106	148	187	228	267	267	267	267	267
	day total	56	50	42	39	41	39	0	0	0	0

Sri Chinmoy 6 Day Race 2017

	Name	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6
Men
1	Ashprihanal Aalto	102	180	241	305	373	441
	day total	102	78	61	64	68	68
2	John Geesler	104	166	231	295	352	425
	day total	104	62	65	64	57	73
3	Aleksei Riabikov	74	130	195	258	301	377
	day total	74	56	65	63	43	76
4	Todd McAuley	70	138	184	234	282	349
	day total	70	68	46	50	48	67
5	Upakaraka Tolstopyatenko	77	137	196	253	290	347
	day total	77	60	59	57	37	57
6	Roger Martel	69	125	178	230	275	343
	day total	69	56	53	52	45	68
7	Mark Dorion	81	125	179	223	273	341
	day total	81	44	54	44	50	68
8	Priyavadin Reisecker	73	126	180	230	280	330
	day total	73	53	54	50	50	50
9	Konstantin Rybin	70	130	183	228	269	327
	day total	70	60	53	45	41	58
10	Baltabek Nurakhmetov	65	115	158	197	228	283
	day total	65	50	43	39	31	55
11	Odgiiv Jadambaa	63	113	153	195	230	283
	day total	63	50	40	42	35	53
12	Rimas Jakelaitis	61	114	140	200	211	281
	day total	61	53	26	60	11	70
13	Joe Cleary	59	114	158	203	235	275
	day total	59	55	44	45	32	40
14	Ronnie Wong	70	113	156	182	209	271
	day total	70	43	43	26	27	62
15	Mark McCaslin	58	96	135	174	187	264
	day total	58	38	39	39	13	77
16	Ashirvad Bello Zaiantchick	61	101	141	181	212	258
	day total	61	40	40	40	31	46
17	Rupasena Hoerbinger	57	100	150	185	209	255
	day total	57	43	50	35	24	46
18	Oleg Shestov	57	98	146	181	206	255
	day total	57	41	48	35	25	49
19	Marius Lacasse	48	82	111	138	155	175
	day total	48	34	29	27	17	20

	Name	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6
Women
1	Susan Marshall	71	132	195	266	334	408
	day total	71	61	63	71	68	74
2	Kim Allan	98	161	220	280	330	364
	day total	98	63	59	60	50	34
3	Vera Kalishmanova	72	130	183	228	277	332
	day total	72	58	53	45	49	55
4	Petra Kasperova	64	126	178	226	271	319
	day total	64	62	52	48	45	48
5	Alla Kravchenko	74	128	179	223	267	309
	day total	74	54	51	44	44	42
6	Ashadeep Volkhardt	68	118	160	204	241	301
	day total	68	50	42	44	37	60
7	Divyata Kryuchkova	61	101	151	208	254	300
	day total	61	40	50	57	46	46
8	Anna Eliseeva	60	105	155	200	244	294
	day total	60	45	50	45	44	50
9	Mattali Stebneva	55	97	140	185	225	265
	day total	55	42	43	45	40	40
10	Vedisha Papp	55	97	136	172	208	249
	day total	55	42	39	36	36	41
11	Durba Lee	55	94	127	164	200	243
	day total	55	39	33	37	36	43
12	Vikena Yutz	80	142	203	239	239	239
	day total	80	62	61	36	0	0
13	Pratishruti Khisamoutdinova	57	81	122	165	202	230
	day total	57	24	41	43	37	28
14	Shirley Kolakovich	49	66	84	109	129	162
	day total	49	17	18	25	20	33
15	Sumiya Lundeg	51	74	91	107	128	153
	day total	51	23	17	16	21	25

About the author:

Rupantar has been the race director of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team since 1985, having been asked by Sri Chinmoy to serve in that capacity. As well as working on the big races the US Marathon Team organise each year - the 3100 Mile Race and the Six and 10 Day Race - he also spends a considerable amount of time archiving the Marathon Team's 40 year history on this website.

Spirit of a Runner by Jogyata Dallas (originally printed in IndiaNZ Outlook, Viewpoint, 7th May, 2017)

Man has always been a runner, a biped-miracle capable of running hundreds of kilometers in a single day and seemingly inexhaustible and limitless in potential. The Greek legend Yiannis Kouros ran 303 kilometers in 24 hours and 473 kms in 48 hours and was capable of running 200 kms daily for 6 straight days. Auckland’s own Sandra Barwick still holds multi-day records - including running 883.6 km on a track in six days; 1000 km on the road in seven days, and 1000 miles in twelve and a half days. Less known as a running nation, India last year attempted to change the perception about running in that country by organizing the 'Great India Run’, the first multi-city ultra-marathon, with 12 elite marathoners traversing through six states and covering a distance of 1480 kms from Delhi to Mumbai in 18 days.

Photo: Ultra legends Sandy Barwick (right) and Yiannis Kouros (center) compete in the 1988 Sri Chinmoy 1000 Mile IAU

For thousands of years, cultures all over the world have used running as part of their cultural and spiritual expression. A new documentary by the Indian director Sanjay Rawal is set to explore these themes, with its film crew spending time with the Navajo Nation in Arizona, the famed running monks of Japan and the Kalahari bushmen in Botswana, as well as spending many days filming at last year's 3100 Mile Race in New York City. Editing of the film has already started and in the last month, a Kickstarter project has already raised over $50,000 of its $75,000 goal, to enable the film makers to complete the film by August. (visit: https://vimeo.com/215512505?ref=em-v-share)

Photo: Ashprihanal Aalto of Finland completes the 2015 Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3,100-Mile race in a record-breaking time of 40 days 9 hours 6 minutes and 21 seconds.

Documentary director Rawal comments: “We wanted to learn about the deepest spiritual traditions of exceptional indigenous runners from around the world. We wondered if we could, first of all, find runners that actually embodied the ancient esoteric approach to running and then earn their trust. And so we hunted on the run with the bushmen of Botswana and filmed their ancestral way of hunting. We ran with champion Navajo runners versed by their elders in the spiritual traditions of running. And we embedded with the Japanese Marathon Monks to document their epic 1,000 day running journey where at one time the stakes were literally life or death. Once a generation they pick an athlete to run for 1000 days over 7 years, in 100 day chunks - up to 56 miles per day over mountain trails!

suprabha_and_sri_chinmoy_at_start_2004_smaller_version.jpg

Photo: Sri Chinmoy, seated, at the start of the 2004 Self-Transcendence 3,100-Mile Race“

Then we came across the most elusive, elite multi-day race in the world, the Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race, which takes place in Queens, New York City each summer and demands at least 59 miles a day for 52 straight days. While the participants of that race are for the most part Western, the event was founded by the Indian spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy. In a sense, the race requires runners to tap into an ancient energy found in the most remote cultures of the world. We build the arc of the entire film around this race and bounce between remote, expedition-worthy locations to draw parallels between the approaches to running. We’re eagerly looking forward to this new documentary - ‘3100: Run and Become’ - which promises to be the definitive exploration of why ultra-runners do what they do”.

Photo: Documentary director Sanjay Rawal (white t-shirt) with the bushmen of Botswana

Among other extraordinary running adventures: The Big Five marathon, Limpopo province, South Africa - seemingly a traditional overland marathon if not for the regular, freely roaming presence of the “big five” of African game: elephants, rhinos, leopards, buffalo and lions!

Then there’s the ‘Man versus Horse’ marathon in Wales, inspired by a claim that runners could keep pace with horses. Horses proved the victors in every race until 2004, when a man named Huw Lobb won and took home a purse of £25,000, which had grown unclaimed every year since the race’s inception.

And let’s not forget the ‘Man carrying Wife’ 250-meter dash, originating in Finland and featuring three separate obstacles, one of which involves wading through a water course at least a meter deep with your spouse over your shoulders. The prize for winning? - the woman’s weight in beer! In the world championships, she sits on one end of a seesaw until the amount of beer evens it out. And on Saturday, May 7 in 2017, Nike sponsored an attempt by three elite marathoners - nurtured over a year of planning - to break the seemingly unassailable two-hour barrier for the marathon.

This month, Kiwis Susan Marshall (Photo above, finishing) and Kim Allan came first and second in another challenging race, the just concluded Sri Chinmoy-inspired six day race in New York, a one mile loop around a flat, scenic trail in a pleasant park setting. Local Auckland runner 59-year-old Durba Lee also competed, defying the usual constraints of age to cover over 391 kms. These races by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team feature an international field of runners who come to test their endurance, skill with pacing, and ability to recover from the stress of constantly moving. The competitors run with minimal sleep, all the while trying to accumulate as many miles as possible.

Photo: Kim Allan 2017 6-Day 2nd place women

But why this love of distance, pain and great effort? For many, running is part of a spiritual quest, a journey of self-discovery. Russian athlete Jayasalini, the first female R-Mile Race, comments: “This race is all about how things that seem impossible actually can be very possible...for me the answer is to have that deep inner connection with my soul, with my inner being, at every moment of my life, as strong as I had during the race. There, the conditions are so extreme, that every moment is a sincere prayer, every moment is a sincere cry, and every moment I felt my soul expressing itself in and through me. Now I feel the real objective, the real goal for me is to be able to feel this during every moment of my whole life." Her online interview is interesting: https://us.srichinmoyraces.org/featured#node-9858

Photo: Jayasalini Abramovskikh

Sri Chinmoy, the late spiritual master, athlete and founder of the international Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, encouraged fitness and sport as a wonderful lifestyle positive in an increasingly sedentary world, a path to self-knowledge, a helpful spiritual discipline and a window into our limitless potential. He writes: “When you come to a particular standard, you have to say, ‘Is there anything more I can do?’. Then do it. The determination in your heroic effort will permeate your mind and heart even after your success or failure is long forgotten.”

Photo: Sri Chinmoy

Further inspiration: www.srichinmoyraces.org

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Now that the 2017 edition of this year's race is finished, race director Sahishni Sczesiul takes some time to recap the highs and lows of this unique multiday race.

The 22nd Annual Sri Chinmoy Ten Day Race started on Monday, April 17 at noon, as 34 athletes left the cozy confines of their houses and apartments in various foreign countries (over 20) to do battle with 240 hours of running, nature’s elements and moving forward. The venue was the certified one-mile loop north of Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

Igor Mudryk from Vinnitsa, Ukraine was the highest ranked individual, with a few races over 700 miles for 10 days, as well as a fabulous finish of 3100 miles in 2011 (45+ days!!). Jesper Olsen from Denmark was one of the world’s most unique runners, having completed two attempts of running ‘around the world’, feats that have been documented and shared with other runners. He also had extensive multi-day races to his credit. Perhaps a new rising star of super-long distance was Mongolian Budjargal Byambaa who hinted at very good fitness and a desire to join the elite of long races. The ladies field featured several runners capable of close to 600 miles for 10 days, including Ukrainian Nataliya Hlushchuk, also from Vinnitsa Ukraine, and Slovakian Vinati Docziova from Kosice. Canadian Kimberley Van Delst was also considered a favorite due to her brisk running style from 2016 and improved training.

The men roared off the line with Budjargal Byambaa setting a quick pace. After a few laps, Igor Mudryck and Jesper Olsen bothered to chase the Mongolian as he cruised through the first 50km in a little over 5 hours. Igor was only 3 minutes behind Budjargal. By the time the 24-hour mark approached, Mr Byambaa had seized the lead and reached 108 miles, smoothly and efficiently. Igor Mudryk took a few breaks in the early hours but still reached 91 miles. Jesper was satisfied with 80 miles, and content to parse his energy. Kimberley Van Delst found her way to the front after a few hours, and was shrugging her shoulders when queried as to how well she was running. All smiles was her reply. By the end of the day, she had reached 80 miles, with Russian Elena Kareva (77 miles) and Nataliya Hlushchuk (75) staying close.

The very first 10 day Race in 1996 was won by Georgs Jermolajevs from Riga, Latvia, with a distance of 725 miles (1176.7 km). 21 years later, Georgs started this year again, at age 74. Australian legend Dipali Cunningham finished close to Georgs with 723 miles in that first contest - she would go on to win the Sri Chinmoy Six Day Race, (added in 1998) a record 18 straight times.

The 48-hour mark showed the trend of good runners rising to the top of the standings. Budjargal Byambaa was now in control of the race with 189 miles at the 2-day break. He was still running at 4.5 to five miles per hour, with little sign of fatigue. His lead had swelled to nearly 30 miles. By Day 3, Jesper Olsen had pulled even with Igor Mudryk with a 70-mile day, and had actually gained back over 10 miles to the lead of Mr. Byambaa. But Day 4 saw a resurgence for Budjargal, as he rattled off 73 miles and continued to run quickly and efficiently. Jesper could not sustain the speed that Budjargal possessed. Only Igor Mudryk could even consider keeping up with the Mongolian champion.

The end of the fourth day also signaled the beginning of the 20th Annual Sri Chinmoy Six Day Race. An equal number of runners - 34 - moved forward to join their fellow runners on the one-mile loop. Heavy favorite, and four-time winner of the Six Day race, Ashprihanal Aalto, was there, with American John Geesler and other North Americans, as well as several Eastern Europeans, some who were novices but ready to experience 144 hours of running and becoming. Vikena Yutz, the defending women’s champ was back, as well as New Zealander Kim Allan, a national class 24-hour runner. By the end of the first day for the Sixers, John Geesler had a slim 2-mile lead over Ashprihanal Aalto, and Kim Allan had an 18-mile separation over Vikena Yutz.

In the Ten Day race, the six day splits verified the race - Budjargal has reached 456 miles, his best total for that distance by over 100 miles. Igor equaled 425 miles. No other runners topped 400 miles. Nataliya Hlushchuk held a slim 2 mile lead over Kimberley Van Delst, 342 to 340 miles.

The 48-hour splits for the Six Day people showed Kim Allan still leading by almost 20 miles, but Kiwi Susan Marshall claiming third place and on the rise in effort. By the end of three days, Vikena had closed to within 16 miles of first, but leg and foot injuries were causing her much pain and anxiety. She tried to rest a lot on the evening of the fourth day, but dropped from the race when the pain was too much. On the other hand, Susan Marshall was running better, and had closed the gap to Kim Allan from 30 miles to 14. Ashprihanal Aalto had assumed the overall lead in the Six Day after 48 hours with 180 miles, which proved to be enough cushion for the race. He and John Geesler stayed well ahead of the rest of the field.

In the Ten Day, Budjargal Byambaa was emerging as a star runner. He eclipsed his personal best (601 miles) before the end of Day 8 with 605 miles, and fashioned an insurmountable lead over second place of 40 miles. To his credit, Igor Mudryk pulled back a few miles in the last two days, but Budjargal had become the star of the race, overcoming any obstacle, and still staying above 67 miles the last seven days of the event. Budjargal also announced his ascendency in world rankings, becoming the first Mongolian to pass 1000km (8:09:41:10); first Mongolian to 700 miles (9:07:45:18), and first Mongolian winner of the Sri Chinmoy Ten Day Race - 739 miles (1189.305 km). His 138-mile improvement for 10 days is highly noteworthy, and places him fifth-ranked for best totals in the Ten Day history. If pushed he could have easily done more. At 35 years of age, he has a lot of talent and heart to reveal. (Photo: Budjargal right)

Igor Mudryk reached his personal best for 10 days with 713 miles, a couple better than his effort from 2009. Jesper Olsen held on to the last podium spot with 627 miles. There were several other personal bests in the men’s group, most notably Ales Pliva of the Czech Republic topping 600 miles for the first time (609), up from 534 miles, and 10-time Ten Day finisher Michel Gouin of Drummondville, Quebec, Canada making it 11 straight finishes – all eleven have been over 500 miles!

On the ladies side, Nataliya Hlushchuk won for the second time with 578 miles, a solid effort throughout, and as consistent as ever. Vinati Docziova ran 74 miles on the last day to lead all the ladies to the finish line as she finished second. Kimberley Van Delst held on for third with age-group Canadian records for six days, seven days and 10 days.

In the Six Day, Ashprihanal Aalto won the race for the fifth time. He totaled 441 miles on a gimpy knee and not a lot of training. True it was far short of his best 6-day of 505 miles, but he was still happy to share the park roads of Flushing Meadows with so many runners, going day and night to chase their dreams. John Geesler again finished second with 425 miles, and didn’t seem worse for wear after the race. He slept in his truck to avoid the rains that fell for a few of his days on the course. Aleksei Riabikov from Russia made the men’s podium with a fine first-time six-day effort of 377 miles. Through an interpreter he said the race gave him much satisfaction.

The women’s final results were a big surprise as Susan Marshall averaged 71 miles for each of the last three days to garner the victory with 408 miles, her first win. Her mileage was third best overall in the Six Day. Kim Allan held on to second place among the women with 364 miles, and Russian treasure Vera Kalishmanova, 61, from Volgograd, reached 332 miles and her second podium finish in three tries.

As the dust settles and the injuries heal, the runners have returned to their countries to bask in the glory or cope with the pain of recovery from injury. Yet, the undeniable feeling that we here in New York have after these two events have ended is one of gratitude for all the experiences - good or bad - that have been shared by runners and helpers alike. The sport of mult-day racing continues around the world. The many volunteers, helpers, professionals and organizers all agree- these races founded and nurtured by Sri Chinmoy over the decades give us hope and a glimpse of human potential. The energy at Sri Chinmoy Races is special. The runners’ ability to deal with everything over a period of 10 or 6 days and to reap satisfaction of any kind is a cause for celebration, and a small iota of perfection.

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The New York Daily News covers the Sri Chinmoy 6 and 10 Day Races and lists the top three finishers, both maile and female, for the two races.

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The course at night
Mark Dorian
Asleep in medical
A moments rest

Utpal Marshall has been covering the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team for many years, more then I can recollect. His easly and charming way of asking questions often bring out surprising and amusing answers from the runners and helpers. Using the medium of both video and photography, he captures the spirit of the race at all hours of the day, rain or shine. And during this year's race, mostly rain. Just a few of his photos... Be sure to view his videos on this web page and of course at his own web site, Perfection-Journey.

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During the race I often get a chance to chat with the runners as they pause for a brief stop in the camp. This monday morning first time runner Ashivad shared an experience, that occurred during the race, with multiday veteran Pranjal and myself, head race director Rupantar. One of the many obstances that the runners must cope with is sleep deprevation. The runner is confronted with the choice of 'am I still productive running', 'am I going too slow and therefore should I take a rest break and resume after the break'. As Ashivard told us, with eyes heavy from lack of sleep, he approached an object and was started to see a gnome. However, as he came nearer to the object, "it changed into a traffic cone". Reality or dream? Pranjal recounted a similar incident. During one of his past multiday races, from the distance he was startled to see an elfin figure. However as he approach the creature, it miraculously turned into a fire hydrant. Welcome to the "Twilight Zone", better know as multi day running.

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The runners try many ways to keep the mind from interfering with their running. One way to do that, according to Karteek and Patanga, is playing chess. They have set up a chess board near their stall in the dugout and after each mile loop they take a turn in moving their chess pieces. However, after a couple of days, Karteek noticed that someone was moving his chess pieces. To his delight, he discovered that Arun, an avid player himself and fellow 10-day runner, had been moving his pieces. When Arun first noticed the chess board and started playing, he said that all his pain immediately disappeared: such is the power of chess. To accommodate the new player, Patanga and Karteek set up a second chess board. Your move!

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Sri Chinmoy Ten Day Race	April 17-27
Name	Country
Igor Mudryk	Ukraine
Ushika Muckenhumer	Austria
Budjargal Byambaa	Mongolia
Jesper Olsen	Denmark
Oleksandr Kharko	Ukraine
Georgs Jermolajevs	Latvia
Ananda-Lahari Zuscin	Slovakia
Sergey Leschchenko	Russia
Ales Pliva	Czech Rep
Karteek Clarke	Scotland
Michel Gouin	Canada
Mikhail Vasilchenko	Russia
Sergei Komelkov	Russia
Arun Bhardwaj	India
Padyatra Komak	Slovakia
Sandro Zincarini	Italy
Andrei Somov	Russia
Patanga Cordeiro Da Silva	Brazil
Pedja Knezevic	Serbia
Richard Takata	Canada
Nariledai XXX	China
Jiri Jurica	Czech Rep
Janos Derekas	Hungary
Paramanyu Lebedyev	Russia
Fred Davis III	USA

Nataliya Hlushchuk	Ukraine
Vinati Docziova	Slovakia
Elena Kareva	Russia
Kimberley Van Delst	Canada
Vasupradha Funk	Switzerland
Karnayati Morison	Canada
Gundega Gaille	Latvia
Yashasvati Plyavinskaya	Russia
Gudrun Freier	Germany
Suparna Pustogowa	Germany
Anna Khimchinskaia	Russia
Bayarsaikhan Dorjpagam	Mongolia
Albena Margaritova	Germany
Avanayaha Tsendee	Mongolia
Aldarmaa Baljinnyam	Mongolia
Laila Faerman	USA

Sri Chinmoy Six Day Race	April 21-27
Name	Country
Ashprihanal Aalto	Finland
Ronnie Wong	USA
John Geesler	USA
Mark McCaslin	USA
Rimas Jakelaitis	Lithuania
Roger Martel	Canada
Pranjal Milovnik	Slovakia
Priyavadin Reisecker	Austria
Mark Dorion	USA
Upakaraka Tolstopiatenko	Russia
Konstantin Rybin	Russia
Marius Lacasse	Canada
Aleksei Riabikov	Russia
Odgiiv Jadambaa	Mongolia
Tanas Popovski	England
Todd McAuley	USA
Joe Cleary	Canada
Baltabek Nurakhmetov	Kazakhstan
Ashirvad Bello Zaianchick	Brazil
Tsogoo Chuluun	Mongolia
Oleg Shestov	Russia

Vera Kalishmanova	Russia
Shirley Kolakovich	USA
Pushparani Piner	Canada
Mattali Stebneva	Russia
Emma Johns	New Zealand
Barbara Szeprethy	USA
Pratishruti Khisamoutdinova	Russia
Anna Eliseeva	Russia
Susan Marshall	New Zealand
Divyata Kryuchkova	Russia
Kim Allan	New Zealand
Ashadeep Volkhardt	Australia
Petra Kasperova	Czech Rep
Alla Kravchenko	Russia
Gantuya Doorov	Mongolia
Sumiya Lundeg	Mongolia