Self Transcendence 24 Hour Race 2004

Tooting Bec, 9/10 October 2004 Full Results

Picture	Name	Club	Age	kms	miles-yards
	KEN FANCETT	Beckenham RC	55	214.775	133-801
	EOIN KEITH	IMRA	35	198.525	123-630
	PETER ZUIDEMA	Sri Chinmoy	37	195.345	121-672
	GEOFF OLIVER	100Km Assn	71	182.104	113-271
	NEIL KAPOOR	Trent Park Joggers	36	177.37	110-374
	JILL GREEN	London Vidarians	63	169.28	105-327
	SUSAN CLEMENTS	London Vidarians	50	168.718	104-1472
	GRAHAM BAKER	Road Runners Club	55	167.085	103-1446
	SID MORRISON	100Km Assn	62	165.79	103-30
	HELGA BACKHAUS	LG Nord, Berlin	51	164.095	101-1696
	TARIT STOTT	Sri Chinmoy	50	162.49	100-1701
	DAVID GREEN	unaffiliated	31	160.96	100-28
	HILARY WALKER	Serpentine RC	50	153.58	95-757
	JAMES SHAW	Glasgow	60	151.2	93-1674
	MANFRED EDINGER	Austria	43	148.455	92-432
	BOB JONES	100Km Assn	61	148.045	91-1744
	GILBERT JOHN	Les Croupiers	53	147.05	91-656
	TIMOTHY RAINEY	Sale H	39	145.658	90-894
	DON RITCHIE	Moray RR	60	136.56	84-1504
	PAM STOREY	Serpentine RC	56	136.31	84-1230
	DAVE HOLLOWAY	unaffiliated	48	132.953	82-1079
	TOM SCRIVEN	Road Runners Club	72	131.81	81-1589
	RAYMOND HOYLE	Watford H	62	125.47	77-1696
	DAN COFFEY	Cambridge H	73	123.55	76-1356
	IAN WILSON	Road Runners Club	41	112.8	70-160
	RAY McCURDY	100 Marathon Club	50	102.048	63-721
	ANDREW FARQUHARSON	Kent AC	39	100	62-241
	PAUL SHIELDS	Dewsbury RR	42	91.6	56-1615
	BRIAN KING	DML RC	51	68.8	42-1321
	PETER ROBERTS	Leicester WC	61	36	22-650

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This year our race incorporated the UK 24 Hour Championships. 42 Runners set started out on a sunny Saturday afternoon. 24 Hours later, 29 bold, courageous, fearless competitors triumphed having faced down hours and hours of heavy rain through the night; truly a race of two halves weather-wise. For the third time in the history of our race, a woman won the race; Sarah Funderburk of Mornington Chasers displayed utter focus, grit and brilliance to record 131 Miles. Brian Robb stuck his head down and didn't let the constant rain distract him to finish 1st Man, setting a new PB of 123 Miles. Per Audun Heskestad recorded a remarkable 108 Miles to win 1st Vet 60 at the age of 69. Who inspired us and the competitors alike the most? Unquestionably the remarkable Patricia Seabrook who ran 51 Miles putting 'ageing' into the corner at 84 years young. We pay tribute to the amazing courage and achievements of all the competitors. Results are posted here, you can find individual split times https://my.raceresult.com/307656/

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About the author:

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.

For many years, scientists debated whether a sub-four-minute mile was humanly possible. For decades, the goal remained elusive but on the 6th May 1954, Roger Bannister broke the magic milestone with a time of 3:59:4 on Iffley Track, Oxford. It was one of the most iconic sporting records and achievements. Interestingly after Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile, quite a few other runners started to break the invisible barrier. Australian John Landy lowered the mark to 3 mins 58.0sec just six weeks after Bannister. The current record is held by Hicham El Guerrouj in a time of 3:43.13.

Self-Transcendence

Often things can seem impossible to the mind, but when a pioneer breaks a record or achieves something entirely new, it gives us the confidence to follow in their footsteps.

"If we believe in our own
Self-transcendence-task
Then there can be
No unreachable goal."

- Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy often referred to his philosophy of self-transcendence - the belief and faith that we can try and go beyond self-imposed limits and achieve something new.

70th Anniversary - 6th May 2024

Earlier in the day, there had been public races in Oxford to mark the occasion; including a replica one mile race on the Iffley track. Three runners went under 4 minutes.

Our first two-mile race of the season was on the 6th of May 2024, which happened to be the 70th anniversary of this iconic record.

Video of 2 Mile Race, plus Short Archive footage of Roger Bannister

Sri Chinmoy on the Four-Minute Mile

"One mile in under four minutes was a dream, and Roger Bannister manifested the dream. Now, how many people have run a mile in under four minutes? Someone has run in 3:44. When Roger Bannister ran in just under four minutes, the whole world adored him. Now someone has run two miles in under eight minutes. It is unimaginable! Like that we can do many things."

Excerpt from "My Prophecy"

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