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I Need To Be Here
Sometime yesterday, 39 year old Asprihanal Aalto was sitting in a Doctors office hooked up to an Intravenous drip. On the previous day he had run more than 65 miles giving him a total mileage of 1677 miles over the space of 24 days. The weather here has been horrendous for almost a week. Other […]
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A Very Sacred Place
The World of reality shows thrives on melodrama, intrigue, and exposes the absolute worst of our human frailties. It is however a cutthroat microcosm of how many people actually view the world. One which is shallow, superficial, and the only thing important in life, it blatantly declares, is wealth and fame. There is supposed to […]
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Try And Do My Best Today
Every sane and sensible person is taking it just a little bit easier today in New York city. Up and down much of the eastern seaboard, most people are taking special precautions because of the now official heat wave in the area. In New York city and in other cities, cooling centers are being set […]
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Slowly Steadily and Unerringly
The weather is trying its hardest to be the big news at the 3100 mile race. It is in some ways transcending itself from any of the previous 13 editions of the event. It just may be the hottest race on record. A fact that is impossible to ignore when you have to spend 18 […]
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I Can Learn To Be Everything Here
On June 26 1976 Sri Chinmoy stood in front of the Statue of Liberty and meditated before 27 young men who were about to run across all of America’s 48 states. It was to be a journey of 8,800 miles and for 46 days they would carry a lit torch the entire way. It was […]
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Running is a Transformation Process
“It is the one great school on how to be surrendered.” For the past week Pranab has been a visitor to the race. He has come from his home in Slovakia to support his friends, and at least for a brief while, be a part of the thing that has meant so much to him. […]
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I Am Happy That I Am Happy
“Right now I am trying to get them and their shadow lined up. There is a nice shadow that they are casting, and I am trying to get the runner and their shadow following them. I am trying to get each runner before the angle of the light changes, and it won’t work any more. […]
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The Spirit Never Dies
Just to be an Olympian and attend the Olympic games is a tremendous achievement. To attain a medal of any sort places you on a lofty stage in world sports. To win the gold medal in 4 consecutive competitions, setting an Olympic record each time, places you on the loftiest rarefied pinnacle of World sport […]
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A God Touch
Three years ago, on this date, Sri Chinmoy wrote the following poem, dedicated to all those who were taking part in the 3100 mile race. A Single God Touch Gives the seeker Enormous thrills Ceaseless unimaginable by Sri Chinmoy A Single God Touch “Inwardly when you are doing something divine, which comes from your heart. […]
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Not Giving Up
She has been to the race many times before. Today however Niharika is returning to her home in Finland. She is here this morning cheering for fellow Finn, Asprihanal and of course all the other runners. She is smiling and calling out to them as they pass by but it is clear that she looks […]