Friday, June 12, 2009

5649 laps of 883 meters

The 3100 mile Race organized by Sri Chinmoy is a unique race - the longest certified race in the world. Competitors seek to complete 3100 miles which involves 5649 laps of a .5488 of a mile course (883 meters) in a timespan of 51 days.
The record for the event is currently held by Madhupran Wolfgang Schwerk of Germany. In 2006, Madhupran completed the race in 41 days 8 hours, averaging 75 miles per day. This broke his own previous record of 42 days 13 hours in the 2002 edition of the race.

It all starts tomorrow in Jamaica again.

Jamaica, Queens/NY that is...
 
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