Illumining and inspiring stories about our pioneer runners, handlers and staff.
Read about Dipali Cunningham: “It’s not easy to break a world record.” Once long ago Sri Chinmoy told this to Dipali Cunningham as she set one of her many world bests. It is also not easy to run 446 miles over 6 days as she did here in Flushing Meadow today.
And hear her audio interview...
For more on the following runners:
Alex Swenson, Manjula, John Geesler, Nishima, Shashanka, Smarana, Dharbasana, Barbara Szeprethy, Bigalita, Marvin Skagerberg, Fred Davis, Misha Ukrainskyi, Barney McBryde, Pete Stringer
Click on individual photo to hear audio interview...
Some opening thoughts on the beginning of the race..."I don’t know what you did last night but I have a good idea what 29 ten day runners in Flushing meadow did. As the warm bright afternoon of their first day settled away and was replaced by a still cool night, the true enormity of their task truly opened up in front of them..."
Read about Igor Mudryk from Vinnitsa Ukraine: "There are times when you just know that something special is happening. The Self-Transcendence 6 and 10 day race is just a few hours old and already 36 year old Igor Mudryk from Vinnitsa Ukraine seems to be doing something above and beyond everyone else in the field.
Beautiful Flushing Meadow Park ..."The skies are fresh, bright, and clear over Flushing Meadow today. Below, by the rippling waters of Meadow Lake, the walkers and the gawkers are out and about enjoying an usually early spring. One in which the flowers have emerged much ahead of schedule."