Wei Ming Lo is gaining strength and inspiration as the race progresses. After 32 days of non-stop running, he managed an incredible 77 miles yesterday. First time entrant Mahasatya Janczak has also had a good race. Yesteday he passed the 3,100 km mark and now he just needs to convert it into 3,100 miles. Tsai Wen-Ya reached her 54th birthday this morning, and maintained her 68.6 mile day for two in a row. The rain has disappeared for the next several days, so mile totals should increase. 20 days remain before the longest race takes a long break.  

But he remains on track. Every runner is making progress both inner and outer, inspiring those who watch from around the world.

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The overcast and cloudy skies gave the runners a chance to put up some good numbers, but the dark skies led to a flow of rain, which lasted until midnight.  Tsai Wen-Ya went past the 2000 mile mark in a new women’s total- 29 days +12:25:21 before the rain started to fall. She passed the former leader Kaneenika Janakova, who had created the best in 2016. The Slovakian had led all women in 31 days+05:54:14. Wei-Ming Lo was again the Day leader, as he reached 71.3 miles. He passed the 3000km early in the day- his third time to reach that fine distance. 

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 Andrea Marcato, 41. from Italy, but living in Zurich, Switzerland went past the 2000 Mile mark, reaching the distance in 27 days+11:45:44. It was his fastest in four performances, the previous best was in 2022. This year it was about 25 minutes faster than last year. He is fourth fastest overall, and moving well throughout the colder, windy post-summer weather.         

Tsai Wen-Ya, 53, from Taiwan and a great new long-distance athlete, captured the fastest female performance of 3000km in history. Her Record time was 27 days + 13:20:02. She bettered the previous effort from Kaneenika Janakova of Slovakia in 2017, which was 29 days + 03:10:18. 

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Today Andrea Marcato went past 3000km for the fourth time in his multiday running career. His time was 25:14:00:57- which was only 6 minutes and six seconds slower than his best time set in 2022. If you consider the five days of 92-95 degree heat, and over two days of Tropical rainstorms and strong winds, Andrea indeed is a powerful runner, untouched by nature's tests so far.       

Earlier this morning, Tsai Wen-Ya reached the 1700 mile mark, her second place overall was highlighted by the time of 25 days 05:43:59. The previous women’s best time was 27:00:38:06, placed by American record holder Suprabha  Beckjord. That was performed in 1998.

Halfway Point

The end of day 26 is the halfway point in the race of 52 days. So far seven runners have passed the half-way mileage. Milan and Jason should hopefully pass this milestone today.

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As expected, Tsai Wen-Ya passed a mark of 2500km in a tremendous effort, reaching that mark in 23 days+ 02:59:13, a 32-hour improvement in Suprabha Beckjord’s work from 1998 in a summer warm spell. What is less known is that Wen-Ya also passed the 1600-mile mark set by Kaneenika Janakova from Slovakia - (set in 2017 in 25:07:16:22) which was done in 23 days +14:52:23 (to be verified) later that evening.

Wen-Ya ran 68.6 miles today, and it was good to have a good day today, for a tropical storm in the nearby ocean areas just outside Jamaica and Queens in general will be hit with 4 to 6 inches of rain and strong winds in the next two days or so. We shall see what happens. Stay dry people of Queens, New York.

The race was also visited by a few good friends. - Yolanda Holder who entered the race twice and finished on her first effort in 2017 in a time of 51 days+17:00:13. Also we were very happy to see Gary Corbitt, son of legendary Ted Corbitt. Both Ted and Gary have been great friends and supporters of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team over the years. Gary Corbitt is a great historian of ultra-running. He is both the curator of the Ted Corbitt Archives and the official historian for the National Black Marathoner’s Association.

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The two leading runners Andrea Marcato and Wen-Ya Tsai both managed 70 miles +, with Wen-Ya really growing into the race and getting stronger as the days pass. On day 22 out of 52, Andrea Marcato, the race leader has now passed the half-way mark and is making excellent progress. The top nine runners all managed to complete 60 miles - the magic goal for remaining on target to finish the distance within 52 days.

In the early evening, three runners all passed the 1,300 mile mark very close to each other - Mahasatya Janczak, Nina Huang-Lan Yang and Harita Davies.

Milan Javornicky and first time runner Jason Lester should pass the mark today. The 1,300 Mile mark is significant because the 1,300 Mile race was the forerunner of the 3,100 Mile Self Transcendence Race. But, yesterday's goals are now stepping stones on the journey for greater self-transcendence - a defining feature of the 3,100 Mile Race.

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Heavy rain failed to dampen spirits as our dauntless runners continued their epic quest around the famous 'block' Andrea Marcato led the day, with 67.4 miles - a rare mileage total of less than 70. Andrea averages 72 miles after the first 20 days Shortly behind was the leading woman and 2nd placed overall Wen-Ya Tsai with 64 miles.

In a testament to the difficulty of the race six out of the 14 runners are running at or above the 59.6 miles or more day - this is the daily average needed to finish. However, Harita, Milan and Jason are all within touching distance should inspiration and favourable conditions descend.

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Three runners reached the 1000-mile mark today. Kaneenika Janakova was the first to lead the list: 1000 miles = 17days+08:53:09. Then Jason Lester reached his first official 1000 Mile Mark- 17 days + 09:17:32. The third runner to get the Kilo mark was Milan Javornicky- 17 days+09:39:05.

There might be two more runners to gain a 1000 mark- Stutisheel Lebedev and Adrian Papuc. Tomorrow, meanwhile, the overall leader Andrea Marcato reached 1300 miles today, in 17 days+14:02:39- His previous best was 18:00:21:31 last year. The 1300 Miler was once our longest distance race - running from 1987 to 2004. But the 3100 Mile Race eventually became our flagship event, as the 1300-mile race, the 1000-mile race, and the 700 Mile Race had provided our distance trio, and had superb performances during its useful tests of the long, longer and longest events. Now we are at the 27th edition of the 3100 Mile Race. The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team is always grateful that the runners retain their abilities and desire to test themselves- sometimes over and over again. The Races still continue due to both the runners and our remarkable members of the Team - due to Sri Chinmoy and his vision. It is quite a way to pass the days, months and years of the races.  

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Day 16, September 14,2023

Wei-Ming Lo, the 59–year old runner from New Taipei City, Taiwan (ROC). finished his 1000 mile opening adventure in the 3100 Mile Race

In a time of 15 days+12:10:47. It was Wei-Ming’s fourth time to the Kilo

Mark. On Friday, there could be as many as four more people who could pass the thousand mark: Vasu Duzhiy, the Ten-Time finisher of the 3100 Mile Race; Nina (Yang Huang-Lan), the Taiwan runner from  Saitama Ken, Japan: Three-time finisher Harita Davies, originally from New Zealand, lives quite regularly in Jamaica, New York, USA: and finally- Mahasatya Janczak from Lublin, Poland. All four runners have a great chance of surpassing the 1000 Mile mark.  Vasu has only 11.3 miles to reach the 1000-mile mark. The other three runners have just over 50 miles more to reach the 1000-mile goal. It will be fun to see runners pass difficult marks in an inspired long distance event.