Km Miles 1 Girls of Stiel 48.880 30.373 2 Maier Team 44.984 27.952
Km Miles 1 Girls of Stiel 48.880 30.373 2 Maier Team 44.984 27.952
Km Miles M 1 Jack Kilislian 41 105.458 65.529 M 2 Andre April 49 100.974 62.742 M 3 Andrew Heij 30 100.196 62.259 M 4 David Foscarini 54 91.423 56.808 M 5 Perry Gray 52 87.358 54.282 M 6 Donald Landry 66 85.759 53.288 M 7 Moe Bsat 25 85.361 53.041 M 8 Martin Choquet 40 81.522 50.655 M 9 Dominique Delaire 39 71.460 44.403 M 10 Sanatan Curchack 62 64.421 40.030 M 11 Mitch White 49 62.564 38.876 M 12 Peter Lariviere 46 23.600 14.664 ------------------------------------------------------------- F 1 Josee Tremblay 30 90.190 56.042 F 2 Marion Landry 67 67.757 42.102
Km Miles M 1 Jeff Ashizawa 46 190.845 118.586 M 2 Ken Moon 45 184.175 114.441 M 3 Arpan DeAngelo 59 175.553 109.084 M 4 Patrick Campbell 51 170.736 106.091 M 5 Charles Smith 51 169.078 105.060 M 6 Jeff Cooper 56 166.000 103.148 M 7 Jim Morrison 52 156.872 97.476 M 8 Ben Kruser 57 150.403 93.456 M 9 Greg Kolodziejzyk 50 146.819 91.229 M 10 Rolly Portelance 68 146.007 90.725 M 11 Bryan Slighte 59 141.528 87.941 M 12 Hans Maier 72 136.881 85.054 M 13 Roger Martel 55 130.950 81.369 M 14 Cameron Lutley 34 126.627 78.682 M 15 Joe Cleary 71 126.262 78.455 M 16 Charlie Upshall 66 121.373 75.418 M 17 Eric Bellavance 40 112.000 69.594 M 18 George Biondic 59 102.800 63.877 M 19 Todd Mickolwin 43 102.400 63.628 M 20 Paul Smith 66 100.800 62.634 M 21 Ron Gehl 64 100.400 62.386 M 22 Guy Gilbert 49 92.000 57.166 M 23 Scott Gallagher 45 66.400 41.259 M 24 Marius Lacasse 51 50.400 31.317 ------------------------------------------------------------- F 1 Marylou Corino 33 183.610 114.090 F 2 Maryka Hladki 37 162.410 100.917 F 3 Lisa Van Wolde 37 143.618 89.240 F 4 Sandi Stiel 48 127.200 79.038 F 5 Laurie McGrath 43 114.800 71.333 F 6 Boijayanti Gomez-Badillo28 94.531 58.739
Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team
Self-Transcendence 6, 12 & 24 Hour Race
September 24th, 2011 ~ Ottawa
Celebrating its 30th running on September 24th, 2011 in Ottawa, the Sri Chinmoy 24-Hour Self-Transcendence Race saw Jeff Ashizawa, 46, from Waterloo and Marylou Corino, 33, from Georgetown—newcomers to this event—take home top awards for highest mileage. Jeff completed 190.845 km and Marylou completed 183.610 km during this indoor ultra-race held at the Louis Riel Dome.
KMS MILES M 1 Jeff Ashizawa 46 190.845 118.586 M 2 Ken Moon 45 184.175 114.441 F 1 Marylou Corino 33 183.610 114.090 M 3 Arpan DeAngelo 59 175.553 109.084 M 4 Patrick Campbell 51 170.736 106.091 F 2 Maryka Hladki 37 162.410 100.917 M 5 Charles Smith 51 169.078 105.060 M 6 Jeff Cooper 56 166.000 103.148 M 7 Jim Morrison 52 156.872 97.476 M 8 Ben Kruser 57 150.403 93.456 F 3 Lisa Van Wolde 37 143.618 89.240 M 9 Greg Kolodziejzyk 50 146.819 91.229 M 10 Rolly Portelance 68 146.007 90.725 M 11 Bryan Slighte 59 141.528 87.941 M 12 Hans Maier 72 136.881 85.054 M 13 Roger Martel 55 130.950 81.369 F 4 Sandi Stiel 48 127.200 79.038 M 14 Cameron Lutley 34 126.627 78.682 M 15 Joe Cleary 71 126.262 78.455 M 16 Charlie Upshall 66 121.373 75.418 F 5 Laurie McGrath 43 114.800 71.333 M 17 Eric Bellavance 40 112.000 69.594 M 18 George Biondic 59 102.800 63.877 M 19 Todd Mickolwin 43 102.400 63.628 M 20 Paul Smith 66 100.800 62.634 M 21 Ron Gehl 64 100.400 62.386 F 6 Boijayanti Gomez-Badillo28 94.531 58.739 M 22 Guy Gilbert 49 92.000 57.166 M 23 Scott Gallagher 45 66.400 41.259 M 24 Marius Lacasse 51 50.400 31.317
Another newcomer, Arpan DeAngelo of New York City, came 4th overall and first in his age category. Arpan has an impressive running career that includes the Self-Transcendence 3100-Mile race, 300 marathons and 100 ultras. He has also circled the USA seven times with the World Harmony Run.
Paul Smith, 68, from Dieppe NB, completed his 27th running of this event. Paul holds a Canadian record for consecutively completing ten Self-Transcendence 24 hour races averaging more than 100 miles per race.
At the age of 72, Hans Maier from Stouffville has run this 24-Hour race 19 times and has the distinction of completing the historic Panama Island Run three times.
Rolly Portelance, 68, has run 30 marathons and this year’s race marked his 184th ultra. He has averaged over 100 miles in 83 of these ultra races.
24 hour races are a breeze for Joe Cleary, 71, who has run 475 marathons and ultra races on 7 continents, in every U.S. state, Canadian province and territory. He is also a multi-day racer having completed the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Six Day Race in New York City on a number of occasions.
Sandi Stiel completed a remarkable 127 km despite a car accident 2 months earlier. This year her daughters formed the 6-hour relay team Girls of Stiel and with a 48 km win from these youngsters, much is expected in the future!
At the same time 6 year-old Jocelyn Stiel was running, 85 year-old Wally Herman was racking up mileage in the 12-hour race. He has completed more than 750 marathons and ultras throughout his running career and is still going strong.
The founder of this event, Sri Chinmoy, emphasized the philosophy of self-transcendence as a competition against oneself, striving constantly for goals and new challenges. In that spirit, the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team would like to offer a hearty round of applause to all participants in this year’s 6, 12 and 24-Hour Race.
From youngest to oldest, newcomers and seasoned participants, you are all treasured friends. Thank you for the inspiration!
Notes:
Entry deadline Midnight on Wednesday 21 September
orDownload & mail registration form
A certified 400 metre world class indoor tartan track
The race day hot & cold food is available for $20 person.
Entry deadline midnight on Wednesday 21 September
Includes souvenir Race T-shirt
24 Hour: $150 register by September 9, 2011
$170 register between September 10 - 23, 2011
12 Hour: $90 register by September 9, 2011
$110 register between September 10 - 23, 2011
6 Hour: $60 register by September 9, 2011
$75 register between September 10 - 23, 2011
Km Miles M 1 Brian Lauzon 51 61.448 38.182 M 2 Nigel Jarrett 29 56.278 34.969 M 3 Michel Gouin 51 53.777 33.416 M 4 Paul St-Martin 68 53.176 33.042 M 5 Alexandre Tremblay-Boucher 21 49.616 30.830 M 6 Espoir Manirambona 21 42.098 26.158 M 7 Wally Herman 85 35.299 21.934 M 8 Eric Dugal 37 32.461 20.171 ------------------------------------------------------------- F 1 Manon Jacob 47 56.003 34.799 F 2 Cynthia Laforty 50 50.467 31.359 F 3 Melinda Matte 23 49.617 30.831 F 4 Dirty Di Chesla 43 48.609 30.204
By Arpan DeAngelo
Surfing the Universe in 24 Hours
Seeing over 50 people running around a 400 metre track indoors for 6 or 12 or 24 hours straight, some with little or no rest, most people may think perhaps they have stumbled upon an asylum for the mentally challenged. Even ‘normal’ runners who may jog for fitness or even race up to a marathon distance of 26.2 miles, may think that this ultra-long event on a standard track indoors is too extreme and find it difficult to grasp.
But there we were, 56 people in all, running and walking up to 24 hours for hundreds of laps, over and over and over. I was one of them and I must say it was quite an uplifting, albeit tiring, experience. Instead of trying to explain in detail what happened from a subjective or even objective point of view which you can find on this website: http://ca.srichinmoyraces.org/events/6-12-24-hr , I will offer a different perspective of this type of race experience which almost anyone can relate to, even if they cannot run a mile.
We all have seen surfers in real life, in videos or even in photos challenging the power of the ocean waves, not by fighting them but by trying to develop a oneness with them as they ride along with them on their powerful natural currents. Ocean waves have been undulating with the tides, the winds and the lunar forces over and over again for billions of years in stunningly regular fashion. You do not even have to be a surfer to understand this. But those who actually surf the waves have a much deeper and more personal experience of this phenomena by entering into that reality on a more physical and deeply personal level.
Most of us can also look up into the sky and see the sun or the moon or the stars and other heavenly objects that we have no control over but inspire us immensely. They are all part of our natural Universe which we unavoidably inherited as we ourselves became part and parcel of this same amazing Creation. We also cannot deny the fact that there are Universal forces and principles which guide all these objects that we see and that we are part of, such as the Earth, the other planets, moons, etc. We ourselves are undeniably part of this most unique planet Earth which has been revolving around our own special star, the Sun, for billions of years. We can also enjoy the light and beauty of our own unique moon which has been doing laps around the Earth for billions of years as well.
We sometimes take this all for granted as we see that the entire solar system as we know it as well as other aspects of this vast Universe just spinning around and around. Even on the minutest microcosmic level the electrons are spinning around the neutrons to form the atom, one of our main physical building blocks and sources of energy. If we can be more conscious of this type of unique experience of Universal principles and take part on a deeper personal and physical level just as the surfer enters in the Ocean to ride the waves and experience their power and energy, then we can expand our own oneness with this incredible Universe in ways which cannot be explained adequately in words.
So what does all this have to do with the 24 race in Ottawa? I think most people can see where this leads because that is where it led me many years ago as I started doing very long loop runs and races. Instead of fighting the experience by feeling bored or impatient to get to the end of the race, one must try to feel a oneness with the experience of going around and around just as the rest of the Universe we live in is doing and has been doing without question for aeons.
This is the system we inherited and no logic or emotional approaches can try to explain it. If we just go with the flow, which may be easier said than done, then we can enjoy the ride on the top of the wave and not be destroyed by it if we try to resist it. When one runs these type of very long races around and around it is best to turn off the logical mind which calculates time and space and just meditate on the deeper nature of the experience itself.
When I would at times fall into that mental resistance of thinking how much time is left or how far I have gone or have to go still, I would immediately try to stop my mind through various meditation techniques as I ran or walked. That would immediately allow me to enjoy each and every lap as an important and meaningful experience in itself. It is a way to enter into the moment, the ‘here and now’, as we sometimes hear the enlightened ones talk about.
So although this may just seem to some people like another super-long running race with a bunch of eccentric people with nothing better to do than to run in circles like an experimental lab animal, it can be an opportunity to experience life in this rotating Universe on a very deep and meaningful personal level. If we can run with the proper attitude and approach, it will not matter how far you have or have not gone, nor whether you came in first or last. Anyone who enters that universal energy field and tries to ‘go with the flow’, as they say, can have a uniquely uplifting experience even as the body and mind may struggle to endure the whole distance or time limit.
If you want to see who ran and how we all finished in relative comparison to each other, then please visit this page from the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team Races, http://ca.srichinmoyraces.org/events/6-12-24-hr . But if you want to know what the experience was like on a more personal level and try to understand it more fully, then get on some good running or walking shoes and start training for next year’s race. Or if you do not like running or cannot run then perhaps you can rent or buy a surf board and get out on the waves as you try to expand your oneness with this incredibly powerful and energetic physical Universe.
WARNING: Please learn how to turn off the analytical, logical physical mind while attempting these long events or else it will become much more difficult for you and less enjoyable. After all, if the earth or the moon had to logically consider how many billions of years they have been going around and around and around then they too might just freak out and stop.