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The route crossed the wide uninhabited plains of Western Australia before passing through the cities of Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. Vilas from Bristol, England started in Perth on 17 March and finished in Sydney nearly four weeks later. Like this, eventually we covered 7 miles and for periods I was jogging fairly comfortably, albeit slowly.
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It wasn’t until half way through the third year, after months of treatment from a brilliant cranial osteopath, that I was finally able to start running again. During the second year cycling became possible and walking easier but running was still a complete no-no. My last marathon was the New York in 2000, which I completed in a P.B. On 25th August I completed the Self Transcendence Marathon.
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Instead of being one of the faster runners on the course I was now one of the slowest. I was laughing because the idea of running 47 miles when I was already struggling in the first few miles felt crazy. The idea kept gnawing away at me until I felt that I should, in Sri Chinmoy’s words, “dare to try” – for the experience if nothing else! However, I met a few other people who also wanted to run this race and somehow I got caught up in the inspiration. After running a marathon in one of my best times, I was talking to an ultra-running friend.
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- Several of the runners have recently been team-members on the European leg of the World Harmony Run, of which Sri Chinmoy is also the founder.
- I built up over the year and completed some periods of high mileage.
- Up to this point it was not about the other runners at all, we monitored and measured their pace and observed their routines purely out of passing interest.
- Then I had to remind myself that this was a race and not one of my leisurely runs, and from first gear I stepped up to third gear and quickened my cadence across the somewhat soft sand.
- Steve thought he heard a distance of 220km being called, but that could not have been, I had tracked all the way and was positive that we had only made 219 and a lap or so, the holy grail of 220km was not achieved!
- However, I met a few other people who also wanted to run this race and somehow I got caught up in the inspiration.
The three-loop bike course is fairly flat and is followed by the four lap run course. Despite the huge number of runners, the 4 waved starts and wide course meant that it mostly didn’t feel too congested, apart from at a couple of narrower bottlenecks which even then weren’t too bad. At 10.00 the gun exploded and wet sand under foot I jogged off to see the fast, serious runners sprint like gazelles across the beach. Steve thought he heard a distance of 220km being called, but that could not have been, I had tracked all the way and was positive that we had only made 219 and a lap or so, the holy grail of 220km was not achieved!
- The course takes you round a lake, with the water glistening invitingly, and all around is nothing but trees.
- Agnes finished the Langkawi International Ironman Triathlon in a time of 16 hours 28 minutes, the cut-off time was 17 hours.
- He then says a few choice words of encouragement to the “younger runners“ and heaps praise on Shankara and her organizing crew.
- The hooter duly sounds and shattered runners come to a standstill, all relieved they can now finally stop.
- Pretty soon I was at the half way point, okay so the leader was on his final lap but I didn’t care.
- Many people were passing me – even some old, non-runners.
- First time in my life, I really trained for a race and I could feel why Sri Chinmoy puts such an emphasis on importance of physical fitness.
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If nothing else, none of our customers need ever feel intimidated by our shop as they know they can all complete a marathon quicker than at least one of the staff! After the first lap my body settled into the running and before I knew it, I was at the 8 mile mark, from then on it was all self transcendence as I was going further than I had run in nearly 4 years. Unfortunatley I couldn’t hear it as I was at the back of 750 runners but I felt his peaceful, meditative presence and as I crossed the start line, I saw his light flooded smile. When I was finally feeling myself again, I went out one morning full of enthusiasm, over did it and promptly got the first serious running injury of my life!
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The medical crew too, all too aware of what Geoff has been trying to achieve are monitoring from a distance, Sankra Casino but seemed happy he is in good hands. We will still put the time forward for ratification, as we believe it is the first time an 80 year old has run 100 miles in a continuous effort. At the 24hour hooter everyone stops and drops the little marker they have been carrying the last few minutes so the final part lap can be recorded.
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I made my way to Weston College where other runners congregated to change. When I was young I was highly competitive, and then I made the decision that I was to be one of those runners that ran just to keep fit, to supplement by footballing ambitions. The shots above show the run through the streets and some of the faster runners as well as the race start.