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USA’s Ms. Beckjord Runs Where No Man Has Ever Run
Tuesday, August 14, 2007 (Jamaica, N.Y.) – On Sunday, June 17, at 6:00 a.m. the world’s longest certified race began with 12 starters – eleven men and one woman. Today, the sponsoring Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team is proud to release the results of the Eleventh Annual Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race. In keeping with our race’s tradition, the results for all runners are announced upon the finish of the last runner, which was this afternoon.
Suprabha Beckjord finishing - Photo Jowan Gauthier
Mr. Asprihanal Aalto, 36, of Finland, set a personal best of 43 days+04:26:32 thus winning the race for the fourth time in seven performances since 2000. His time was third best of all-time with the top two times set by Madhupran W. Schwerk (Germany) who, at age 50, set the world record of 41 days + 08:16:29 in 2006. Schwerk did not compete in this year’s race. This year, Aalto averaged 71.788 miles/day or 115.531 km/day. Next year Aalto aims to run an average of more than 72.9 miles/day to beat Schwerk’s second best time.
Ms. Suprabha Beckjord, 51, of Washington, DC, USA, set a new women’s Master’s World Record with a time of 58 days + 07:54:27, an improvement of some 44 hours over her finish time last year. She averaged 53.149 miles/day or 85.535 km/day. At age 42, Beckjord set the women’s World Record of 49 Days +14:25:37. She is the only woman ever to have attempted the distance and is the only individual to have completed the race all eleven times. Over the 11 consecutive summers that the race has been held, 31 individuals have attempted the distance and 23 have finished one or more times for a total of 73 performances (finishes) since 1997. Beckjord leads with 11 performances. The next best is Aalto with seven performances.
