It was founded by Sri Chinmoy, started in 1985 and was originally 1,000 miles long through Flushing Meadows Park in New York. This race wasn’t always a brutally epic 3,100 miles. History of the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3,100 If you’ve got those same questions that I have (see above), keep reading– perhaps you’ll be inspired to take on the 3,100-mile race, or perhaps your own version of a self-transcendent race. That’s well over 5,600 laps throughout the entire race – and I thought a 10K on the track was a lot of laps (25 laps). Participants have only 52 days to complete the race, and can only race from 6 am to 12 am each day. The race takes place every summer in Queens, New York, and is the longest certified footrace in the world. You’ll understand why once I explain this race to you.īefore we dive into the details – Let’s answer the question: How long is the longest ultramarathon? The longest sanctioned ultramarathon is the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 3,100 at 3,100 miles long. Give me until the end of the article to reveal their brand. In my previous article listing the most difficult ultramarathons in the world, I branded the participants of said ultramarathons as ‘admirably crazy.’ And on that list was one ultra in particular that I would like to give it’s participants a new name.Īdmirably crazy doesn’t quite fit the difficulty and the sheer questionability of this race at first glance (i.e., “What? How? Why? Wait, what?”).
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