Sri Chinmoy Races 1 Mile Wednesday 29 June 2016, The Meadows, Edinburgh

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Edinburgh Athletic Club’s Iain Whitaker was a close winner of the Sri Chinmoy 1 mille race at the Meadows on June 29th. He crossed the line in 4.40 a second ahead of Shettleston’s Peter Avent with Julien Barrable (Corstorphine) third a further second behind in 4.42 .

There was also a close finish in the ladies race with Gala’s Kirsten Maxwell (5.25) just holding off Edinburgh AC’s junior, Pippa Carcas (5.26). Sophie Collins , Edinburgh Uni Hares and Hounds was third in 5.45. There were veteran’s victories, for Kenny Rankin (MV50 Falkirk) 5.23 from Carnethy’s Mike Andrew, 5.29. Allen Marr from Anster Haddies was top MV60 prize in 5.39. Alan Gordon (HBT) was first MVet 70 in 7.42. Woman’s veteran winners were: Vet 50; Claire Gilchrist (Ferranti) in 6.30; Vet 60 Linden Nicholson (Lasswade ) in 6.56 and Vet 70 Betty Gilchrist in 7.43.

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Tejvan organises short-distance running and cycling races for the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team in his home city of Oxford. He is also a very good cyclist, having won the National hill climb championships in 2013 and finished 3rd in the National 100 Mile Time Trials in 2014.

Petra Kasperova from the Czech Republic, the winner of our Sri Chinmoy Six Day Race which took place this year in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York, was recently featured in a new inspirational book called Superhuman, by Rowan Hooper. The book looks at people who have achieved notable features of self-transcendence, and tries to answer what motivates them to reach for these goals. Petra finished this year's race with a total of 370 miles, at only her second attempt at running a multi-day event.

During the 6 day race, the runners can be out on the course for many hours at a time, and have to deal with numerous physical issues. Petra credits meditation with giving her the inner strength to overcome these obstacles.

I am certain I would never do so well in running if it wasn't for meditation and spiritual techniques that I have learned and applied during training and racing. The techniques can change from race to race and even during a race. I like to repeat mantras, qualities and prayers - that seems to help keeping my mind calm and focused. I try not to think at all, just to be focused. Repeating qualities like gratitude seem to keep my mind clear and make me more aware of what is going on inside of me and also outside of me.

Running is an integral part of Petra's life - she works in the specialist running shop Run and Become in London, where she advises runners on all manner of running issues. She often trains by running to work and back.

"I find that running has made me stronger, not just physically but on many different levels. It is always when we go outside our comfort zones, outside what we think is possible, when we transcend ourselves in any field of life (not just running), that's the time where we need to dig deep, and when we do, we get glimpses of who we truly are and who we really want to be – for a happy self and a happy world."