At the end of the very first 3100 mile race in 1997 Sri Chinmoy the founder of the race said”
“These 3,100 miles remind us of one divine and supreme reality: we can and we must do everything at our command to transform the world of lethargy and unwillingness to be dynamic. Unwillingness we do not leave behind us. Therefore happiness remains always a far cry. Willingness to give, willingness to achieve, willingness to grow and glow should be the message of our souls. With our souls’ blessings we can and will fulfill our earthly life.”
On a cloudy Saturday afternoon the runners and their crew assembled for one last meeting before the start of the race tomorrow at 6 am
A picture of the whole group
Yolanda is running for the first time
Sandhani
Smarana has 7 finishes but it has been 9 years since he was last here
Kaneenika here for the 3rd year
Ananda-Lahari has a long streak of participating in the race
Harita is running for the first time
Andrey is running for the first time
Nidhruvi
Bahula
Nirbhasa and Sergey
Rupantar
Sahishnu with some instructions
Mario
Bipin
Vasu
Nirjharini
Veeraja with auyervedic gift bags for all the runners
Sahishnu
Sri Chinmoy in an undated photo running on Jamaica high school track
“This 3,100 miles is an unprecedented journey in our world-peace-manifestation-dream. World-peace can come into existence only when we are inundated with patience and perseverance. Infinite patience we need in our inner life and perseverance we need in our outer life.”
Sri Chinmoy, Pioneer-runners of tomorrow’s world-peace-dawn, Agni Press, 1998
The outer running
Begins on the road
And ends on the road.
The inner running begins
Inside the silence-heart,
And it continues
Along Eternity’s Road.
Sri Chinmoy, My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 16, Agni Press, 2003
Super! I love this time of year. I begin my own 52 days of self transcendence.
So beautiful… all of it.