“I think it is just like in our life.  It goes up and down the same as the race.  We try to never give up.” “I think I have had many experiences this time, which I needed.  This race is very similar to my first race in which quite a lot of things happened.” Last […]

“This is the longest race in the world and I am here.  It is an honor and I really value it.  I really love the experience, and I am really happy that I am here.” This answer could come from no one other than Ananda-Lahari who now in his 17th straight year at the event […]

“The significance of the race for me  has not changed.  It has always been to complete the distance .” Yesterday Takasumi ran 60 miles giving him a 23 day total of 1372 miles.  At the end of an additional 3 days of running here the crucial half way point will have been reached.  Takasumi has […]

“I was very willing to come to the race, but I didn’t understand its true meaning until I actually got here.” It has been 3 weeks for all the runners now to adjust and find both the method and meaning of why they have come here to do this supremely difficult thing.  For Wei Ming […]

“I think we all know that our minds put boundaries on things.  I think we have a sense deep inside of us, of this unlimited potential and capacity that we have.  But we sometimes do not have the means to access it.  Or to really believe in ourselves or to have the spiritual capacity to […]

“When God touches the earth anything is possible.  To be sincere, I didn’t expect.”  A week ago Andrea’s mileage had dipped below 70 miles a day when at the race in Salzburg he had regularly maintained an average of more than 70.  But now for the past 6 days he is not only keeping comfortably […]

“I have learned a lot of things.  I have tried to learn.”  I had asked Vasu if he had gained anything from the physical troubles that he had been experiencing recently and which now seems to be resolved. His dilemma had not gone unnoticed by his friends and admirers both near and far. “I want […]

As a little boy Ananda-Lahari says, “I always used to like to run and jump around.” He adds that the first time he heard about orienteering in school he wanted to do it.  “I started orienteering when I was six years old. I can say that it was almost my religion.” He says that for […]

“Actually there are ups and downs.  There are times when I feel more elated and also times when I feel more down.  On the outside I try my best to smile and be calm as much as possible.”  I had asked Takasumi if he was as peaceful on the inside as he appears to be […]