” When I look at it from the stand point of that it took 26 days to complete half way It feels that it has passed so quickly. But when I look closely at each day, the day feels like a whole month or even a year.”
“Back in my university days my aim was to be selected to be a member of a team which competes in the Hakone Ekiden.( very popular relay marathon competition.) “But I was not selected. I was so beaten by that fact that I stopped running altogether.”
“But then I wanted to have a new goal in my life and that is when I first started thinking of ultra distance running.”
“Now finally to see myself here in the ultimate race in ultra running has become my goal in my life.”
“It is very difficult to say right now at this point whether or not what I will gain when I cross the finish line. Then maybe even when I cross the finish line I still may not know what I have gained. Maybe it is something that I will only realize after some months or even years. At this point I don’t know anything.”
The board at the start of day 31
Camp
Clock
Takasumi and Nina
Rupantar
Ananda-Lahari
Sri Chinmoy Ultra Photo
The boys
Nina and Wei Ming
Harita
Andrea
Start day 31
Andrea did 70 miles
He now has 2128 miles
Flower
Samahita
Wei Ming did 63 miles
He now has 1922 miles
Doing well
Flower
A gathering
Vasu did 62 miles
He now has 1861 miles
Getting a massage
With Wei Ming
Flower
Anjali updates the board
Harita did 60 miles
She now has 1837 miles
With Brahmata
Green
Breakfast arrives
Stutisheel did 58 miles
He now has 1724 miles
Flower
Sahishnu
Ananda-Lahari did 62 miles
He now has 1700 miles
Race prayer
Flower
I have a new goal,
And this goal
Lives beyond the horizon.