Asprihanal Pekka Alto

Asprihanal Pekka Alto, Helsinki, Finland

One of the best endurance runners in the world,  Asprihanal is ranked second alltime for 3100 miles (46 days 6 hours), has won the 700 mile race three times with a best of 9 days five hours, and has won the 3100 race three times(2000, 2001, 2004). Last year he dominated the race from start to finish. For three straight years he ran all three yearly Self-Transcendence multidays in New York(six days, 3100 miles, 700 miles)-  a feat unprecedented in multiday annals. Asprihanal has emerged victorious in the Six Day Race two times, winning each race with supreme efforts on the last day.  He is a three time winner of the 700 mile race, with the fastest winners’ time in the 17 races (9 days five hours) He has also hiked the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail in solo fashion, covering 60 km per day for up to twelve weeks. Asprihanal works as a courier and delivery man back in Helsinki.