April 17 Start of 10 Day Race 2018…The Inner Journey

The course has mostly dried out since yesterday and in the morning the 10 day runners are signing in

Yuri will be running

Getting the banner up

Alex from Fort Worth

tents are mostly up

Giribhu

Petra is not running for 4 more days

Sergey and friend

Mario main medical man

Medur on technical

Susan stretching

Last chats

Arun

Putting up banner

Budjargal

Ilvaka

Neat supplies

Daulot

Soon

George

Used soon

kitchen

kitchen

Cooks

Surudhuni

Working soon enough

George Biondic

Devashishu

Ashprihanal

Andrey signs up

Fixing the ramp

Relaxing times

Scoreboard

Sahishnu speech

Intros

The start in 360 video.. use pointer to move

Starting line

Alex

Ashprihanal

Budjargal

Flower

Elena

Susan

Counters

“I’ll catch up later”

Giribhu

Sri Chinmoy street

Ilvaca

Nrishata

Green

Vaibhava

Alex

Laila

Getting last sign up

Pedrag

“I sure hope this doesn’t go on for very much longer.”

Early laps

Vucasin

Finish line

The longest journey
Is always
The inner journey.
This journey knows no beginning
And no end.

4 thoughts on “April 17 Start of 10 Day Race 2018…The Inner Journey”

  1. Yuppie!
    Auspicious journey has started! Grace and supremely delightful journey to all the runners, helpers and to you, extraordinary Utpal!

    Only an explosion
    Of self-giving activities
    From each individual
    Can save this precarious world
    From threatening destruction-night.

    Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 153, Agni Press, 1991

  2. one more thing: Utpal, you never stop surprising us. Thank you for always introducing something new in your reports – you are a true example of self-transcendence and eternal newness. The 360 video totally makes us feel present physically.

  3. Utpal thanks as always for keeping us informed and entertained. Can’t believe I’m not there helping this year but I look forward to reading your entries every day. Hi runners! Go Susan!!!

  4. Wow! It is so amazing to see all of the runners taking on this huge challenge despite the weather and some of their doubts and physical struggles. I hope Petra was able to figure out her tent 😉 Don Winkley is 80? That’s unreal!

    Godspeed to everyone!

    Ps: that picture of Devashishu sawing a piece of wood in half while looking off in another direction is very disconcerting, tell him to watch what he’s doing…safety first guys!

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