Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race
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| Date | June–August |
| Location | Jamaica, Queens, Queens, New York, United States |
| Event type | Ultramarathon |
| Distance | 3,100 miles (4,989 km) |
| Beneficiary | Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team |
| Established | 1985 — 1000 miles; 1987 — 2004 Ultra Trio (700, 1000 and 1300-miles); 1996 — 2700 miles (4,345 km); since 1997 — 3100 miles |
| Course records |
3,100 M: 40 days 09:06:21  Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto (2015);F: 49 days 07:52:24  Surasa Mairer (2015) |
| Official site | www.3100.ws |
The Self-Transcendence 3100 mile race is the world's longest certified footrace. In 1996 Sri Chinmoy created this event as a 2,700-mile (4,345 km) race. At the award ceremony that year he declared that the 1997 edition would be extended to 3,100 miles (4,989 km).
This multiday race is hosted by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team and takes place in Queens, New York in the United States from June–August every year. The course is 3,100 miles (4,989 km) long. Runners negotiate 5649 laps of one extended city block in Jamaica, Queens - 164th Place to Abigail Adams (84th) Avenue to 168th Street to Grand Central Parkway Coordinates: 40°42′56″N 73°47′59″W / 40.715556°N 73.799653°W - a distance of 0.5488 mile (883 m). The runners have 52 days in which to complete the distance - an average of 59.62 miles (95.95 km) every day.
The Self-Transcendence 3100 mile was founded by Sri Chinmoy out of his wish to create an opportunity for runners to discover the limits of their capacities and to try to go beyond them. Hence the name "Self-Transcendence", which is appended to all the footraces that the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team hosts. Since 1985 when the group first began holding races, the focus on the ultramarathon and multiday races has grown from the Ultra Trio, three races with staggered starts of 700, 1000 and 1300-mile duration that take place in September, and the spring races, which include the Self-Transcendence 6-Day race and the only annual race of its kind, the Self-Transcendence 10-Day race.
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