- Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team USA

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.

"Long Distance Racing: It Just Seems to Run in the Family." New Canaan Advertiser, New Canaan, Conn., Thursday, November 30, 1978.

...On Sunday, the Sri Chinmoy run drew 500 and Pfeiffer won in 52:53. Kathy Ball, 24, won the women's division (65:53); Keith Turner, 12, the youngest boys' division (83:55); Susan Turner, 12, the youngest girls' division (1:37:37); And William Manner, 71, the over 70 division (93:38)...

Sri Chinmoy, 47 and a guru, turned in a 88:18 clocking...

In the Media

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The Police Officers Journal. Vol 3, No. 12, October 1978.

Winners All: Patrolman Charles Kennedy, running under the colors of the 26th Pct., led a large field across the finish line and copped the annual Sri Chinmoy 5-Miles Run on Sunday, October 1. The race, sponsored by the Harlem YMCA, Harlem Hospital, the 32d Pct., and the Sri Chinmoy Centre, drew an appreciative crowd of athletes and dignitaries.

Books you might find interesting

Guru Marathon Sri Chinmoy

A life and teachings on meditation and athletics

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"Marathon champ wins race." Greenwich Times, September 26, 1978.

The second annual Sri Chinmoy Ten Mile Run attracted 480 participants with Dr. Norb Sander, 36, of City Island, N.Y., winner of the 1974 New York City Marathon, finishing in a sizzling 52 minutes, 53 seconds for top honors as well as winning his age category.

Partial Results of the Sri Chinmoy Ten-Mile Run, September 24, 1978, Greenwich, CT

1. Norb Sander (36), 52:53

2. March MacIntyre (20), 53:25

3. John Stope (27), 54:13

4. Don Humphrey (32), 58:22

5. William Hulland (27), 58:25

6. Jim Miccio (28), 59:01

7. Achim Knust (41), 59:23