List of Runners and Brochure: 6 and 10 Day Races

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.

List of Runners as of March 30, 2013. Total runners in 6 & 10 Day Races is 78. The maximum numer of participants is 80.)

Six-Day Runners: Men (30)

1.	Lynn	Dharbhasana	35	Auckland, New Zealand
2.	Lebedyev	Stutisheel	42	Kiev, Ukraine
3.	Oberkehr	Bob	58	Northvale, NJ, USA
4.	Reisecker	Priyavadin	43	Salzburg, Austria
5.	Rios	Luis	65	Brooklyn, NY, USA
6.	Saraz	Baladev	37	Bratislava, Slovakia
7.	Ward	Ken	55	Corvallis, OR, USA
8.	Collinson	Rasmivan	44	Bristol, UK
9.	Hanes	Steve	56	Westfield, PA USA
10.	Ionov	Syona	42	Kiev, Ukraine
11.	Vasilchenko	Mikhail	47	Omsk, Russia
12.	Brenio	Sergei	37	Simferopol, Ukraine
13.	Lebedev	Sergei	36	Kaliningrad, Russia
14.	Khuzhin	Rinat	53	Chelyabinsk, Russia
15.	Konstantin	Rybin	39	Perm, Russia
16.	Gaspar	Pedro	41	Coimbra, Portugal
17.	Hlac	Peter	41	Cecejovce, Slovakia
18.	Griboh	Dennis	20	Diehireh, Luxemburg
19.	McCarthy	Philip	44	New York, NY, USA
20.	Swenson	Alex	48	Vashon, WA, USA
21.	Stringer	Pete	71	Osterville, MA, USA
22.	Wilson	Salil	48	Jamaica, NY, USA
23.	Komelkov	Sersei	53	Chelyabinsk, Russia
24.	Fountain	Daulot	56	Seattle, WA, USA
25.	Zincarini	Sandro	27	Porto Sant Elpidio, Italy
26.	Martel	Roger	56	Wickham, Quebec, Canada
27.	Limbu	Kumar	39	Flushing, NY (Nepal)
28.	Jakelaitis	Rimas	58	Brooklyn, NY (Lith.)
29.	Gessler	John	54	Johnsonville, NY
30	Winkley	Don	75	Corpus Christi, Texas

Six-Day Runners: Women (19)

1.	Cunningham	Dipali	54	Jamaica, NY, USA
2.	Abramovskikh	Jayasalini	32	Moscow, Russia
3.	Kuchkarova	Elena	42	Moscow, Russia
4.	Stebneva	Mattali	56	St. Petersburg, Russia
5.	Morison	Karnayati	66	Ottawa, ON, Canada
6.	Pustogowa	Suparna	49	Munich, Germany
7.	Zub	Ratuja	35	Minsk, Belarus
8.	Khisamoutdinova	Pratishruti	69	Smolensk, Russia
9.	Scheucher	Sumeru	53	Graz, Austria
10.	Gaile	Gundega	36	Riga, Latvia
11.	Manecke	Tejini	25	Burgsball, Germany
12.	Ketova	Yulia	23	Perm, Russia
13.	Eliseeva	Anna	49	Perm, Russia
14.	Psyukalova	Larisa	51	Chelyabinsk, Russia
15.	Makowka	Punita	53	Geneva, Switzerland
16.	Kamalan	Subala	28	Brisbane, Qld, Australia
17.	Boisvert	Sylvie	50	Quebec, Canada
18.	Gundega	Gaile	36	Riga, Latvia
19	Jevdokimova	Litaf	57	Kerava, Finland

Ten-Day Runners: Men (21)

	Last Name	First Name	Age	City/Country
1.	Fryer	Martin	51	Weston, ACT Australia
2.	Puntigam	Smarana	40	Vienna, Austria
3.	Hlushchuk	Volodymyr	52	Vintsa, Ukraine
4.	Muckenhumer	Usika	45	Salzburg, Austria
5.	Kharko	Oleksandr	49	Kiev, Ukraine
6.	Andreev	Andrey	47	St. Petersburg, Russia
7.	Somov	Andrei	33	St. Petersburg, Russia
8 .	Tolstopyatenko	Upakaraka	45	Moscow, Russia
9.	Davis III	Frederick	65	Cleveland, Ohia USA
10.	Strohn	Sumahat	32	Burghausen, Germany
11.	Carvalho	Prabala	45	Saint-Cyr-L'ecole, France
12.	Dodonu	Teekshanam	37	Geneva, Switzerland
13.	Pliva	Ales	35	Prague, Czech Republic
14.	Komak	Padyatra	38	Stupava, Slovakia
15.	Khachaturov	Andrey	50	Dubna, Russia
16.	Kuzmin	Sergey	40	Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
17.	Cordeiro	Patanga	29	Sao Paolo, Brazil
18.	Magee	Nirbhasa	34	Dublin, Ireland
19.	Gouin	Michel	52	Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
20.	Dorion	Mark	53	El Paso, Texas, USA
21.	Caslava	Chakradhara	38	Zlin, Czech Republic
	Ten-Day Runners:	Women (15)
1.	Janakova	Kaneenika	43	Slovakia
2.	Nemcova	Ilvaka	32	Prague, Czech Republic
3.	Kareva	Elena	37	Volgograd, Russia
4.	Achenback-Konig	Shamita	48	Vienna, Austria
5.	Funk	Vasuprada	32	Rosenheim, Germany
6.	Plyavinskaya	Yashasvati	47	St. Petersburg, Russia
7.	File	Niribili	67	Auckland, New Zealand
8.	Ibinova	Pati	48	Irkutsk, Russia
9.	Schmidt	Sara	33	Den Haag, The Netherlands
10.	Khimchinskaia	Anna	35	Moscow, Russia
11.	Egger	Bigalita	72	Culver City, CA USA
12.	Voelckner	Tirtha	41	Munich, Germany
13.	Freier	Gudrun	41	Tubingen, Germany
14.	Muhs	Giribhu	42	Berlin, Germany
15.	Docziova	Vinati	35	Kosice, Slovakia

From the 2013 Six and Ten-Day Brochure:

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Congratulations to all the runners and walkers who participated in the 6-Hour Race! You smiled and endured through a long, hot effort--and gave inspiration to hundreds of people along the way.

The race took place at the beautiful Miramar Reservoir, where athletes looped around the twisty 5-mile perimeter for the first 4.5 hours. For the final 90 minutes, the course switched to a 2-mile loop. At every step, the athletes were surrounded by nature's beauty: trees, shrubs, glistening water, ducks, bunnies, and more.

The overall winners in both the Men's and Women's divisions put up stunning results:

Debbie Gibson (60) not only won the 60/over category, but also took 1st place overall for the women. Averaging a pace under 9 minutes per mile, she completed 39 miles in 5h 48min.
Jose Herrera (26) handily defended his 2023 overall win by completing 48 miles in 5h 52min (transcending the 46 miles he accomplished last year).

While there were many additional excellent finish times, each and every participant no doubt experienced something more important than speed: the joy or sport and the thrill of self-transcendence!

Mark your calendars for Nov. 16, 2025! We'll see you there.

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The 26th Sri Chinmoy Ten Day Race April 17-27 2024
The 25th Sri Chinmoy Six Day Race April 21-27 2024

Both races utillized the loop course at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the second year of the former course measured at 0.747979 mile/1.203577km,. The course is mostly flat and very similar tomany of our previous running courses that had acquired several multiday race performances over the last 24 years, minus the two and a half years during the Covid pandemic.

The recovery of the Sri Chinmoy 10 Day Race, which started in 1996 , was a joy for the running world that discovered long distance events the last several years, both in the US, and in Europe as well.

The Ten Day garnered 18 men and 6 women taking quick use of the course and a semi-quiet park as the noon-time start on April 17.

The quickest runners would most likely run the course with their best days ahead of them. Multi-time winner Budjagal Byambaa from Mongolia led the fastest fellows along, but the fastest lady Annabel Hepworth was set to lead many runners .

The typical Spring weather patterns began as rain arrived about two or three hours into the event. Still, the runners continued on their assault for miles and kms. Just before the sun disappeared, the rain disappeared but the runners continued to test the course and their own forward movement. Budjargal lead throughout the first night, and by the first 24 total arrived, he reached 112.9 miles/ 181.7kms. Chia-Hung Wei from Tiawan came through with 109.9 miles/ 176.86kms. No surprise, as third overall was Annabel Hepworth, the Australian with 99.4 miles/ 159.97kms. Another surprise was Benjamin Torok from Hungary, who reached 94.9 miles / 152.74kms-moving well in his first ever 10 Day.

The runners always seem to develop a true concern for their own runner-friends, both new and formerly previously. We were so fortunate to have numerous helpers who worked the lap counting, making tasty food, and a solid group of men and women medical providers. Checking foot and ankle problems, and just getting through a long or overnight running test.

By the time of three complete days had passed, the 10 day runners kept their movement as steady and regular as possible. In a day later, 9 more runners would join the frey, so there was more solid efforts to fill the course.

The end of Day 4 showed Budjargal still in the front, and Andrea Marcato was solid in second place. Radu Budan from Moldova was solid in fourth place, and Annabel Hepworth was at 305.9 miles/ 492.298 km.

As the Six Day Race began for the 25th time, the leader Ashprihanal Aalto from Finland assumed the position as head of the group, reaching 108.45 miles/ 174.54km in the first day. Abhejali Bernadova from Check Republic led the ladies with 78 miles/ 123.98 km.

The Ten Day Race had more intense efforts that showed great movements from the top 10 or 11 runners. The air was pleasant, the rain stayed away, but runners did not stop. Budjargal threw down 84.5 miles on Day Five, and moved over 70 miles ahead of second for the men. Annabel Hepworth continued her powerful movement and placed fourth overall , and nearly 80 miles ahead of second lady Gesiane Nascimento of Brazil. Alex Ramsey from the US, and Benjamin Torok from Hungary was really putting up a real test to move into fifth or sixth place for the men. By the eighth and nine day efforts they were only a few miles apart. Each of the two men were really enjoying the test of finding more miles and more joy in becoming great distance runners.

The total of runners who reached 1000km+ became seven, as six men and the top lady showed us all they are in a great place. Budjargal made it to his best ever, reaching 817.5 miles/ 1315.6 km. He passed his previous best of 810 miles in 2018. Second place came to Andrea Marcato, the Italian who reached 743.4 miles/ 1196.3km. Third place reached the Taiwanese hero Chia-Hung Wei. It was another personal best for him as he reached 709 miles/ 1141 km. He surprised himself!

Fourth place overall was our top lady - Annibel Hepworth, 685.1 miles/ 1102.5 km. She reached a PB, a national W50.

Fifth place was Radu Budan, setting a PB with 646.2 miles/ 1039.9 km.

Fifth place for the men, sixth overall was Alex Ramsey. Another personal best of 623.8 miles/ 1003.9km. And finally, the Sixth mail and seventh member of the 1000km group was Benjamin Torok, who reached 623.0 miles/ 1002.6km.

There were also several other PB’s in the Ten Day. One of the most remarkable was the fourth place for the women- Tamara Babich

From Katachstan, who at age 73 reached 483.7 miles/ 776.7 km.

The Six Day Race also had excellent performances. Ashprihanal Aalto won overall with 436.1 miles/ 701km. Abhejali Bernardova reached 344.8 miles/ 554.8km. And last but not least- 86 year old Don Winkley from Texas, USA-m completed 148 miles/ 238.1 km, after five days (his plane was delayed a day by heavy storms in the South west.)

As always, thanks to all the runners for testing themselves in any way possible, and all the helpers keeping our multiday races continuing on the lists in the US as well as in Europe. Good Luck to all

Sahishnu

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