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!