Sri Chinmoy’s Middle Distance Race Results
Time | Date | Race | Location | Notes | |
800 METRES | |||||
1 | 2:59.9 | 5 Aug 1980 | New York Road Runners Club Summer Track Series | Randall’s Island, NY | Splits 1:28/1:31.9 |
2 | 2:47 | 29 Jul 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | 150th St, Jamaica, NY | Personal best time in the West |
3 | 5:27 | 7 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | Racewalking |
4 | 3:00 | 17 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Jamaica High School Track, NY | |
5 | 3:16 | 25 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Jamaica High School Track, NY | |
6 | 3:03 | 28 Feb 1982 | Inaugural ‘Green Leaves and Ripe Fruits’ |
1st place out of 9 participants; Bodyweight 144½ lbs | |
7 | 2:54 | 7 Mar 1982 | Green Leaves and Ripe Fruits | 1st place out of 4 participants | |
8 | 3:14 | 25 Apr 1982 | Green Leaves and Ripe Fruits | 1st place out of 5 participants | |
‘Green Leaves and Ripe Fruits’ was a series of races for children under 10 and adults over 50, consisting of 400m and 800m. | |||||
9 | 5:01 | 27 May 1983 | World Family Day | Greenwich, Ct | |
10 | 3:26 | 15 Aug 1983 | Jamaica High School Track, NY | ||
1200 METRES | |||||
1 | 8:17 | 27 May 1984 | World Family Day | Greenwich, CT | 400m splits: 3:03/2:40/2:34 |
1500 METRES | |||||
1 | 6:25 | 20 Jul 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Race | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
2 | 6:15 | 21 Jul 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Race | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
3 | 9:54 | 22 Jul 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Race | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Walking |
4 | 6:30 | 27 Jun 1982 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Jamaica High School Track, Jamaica, NY | |
5 | 7:22 | 15 Aug 1984 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Jamaica High School Track, Jamaica, NY | |
ONE MILE | |||||
1 | 6:35 | 30 Jul 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Jamaica High School Track and around | |
2 | 6:23 | 2 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Jamaica High School Track and around | Sri Chinmoy’s personal best time |
3 | 6:54 | 5 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Jamaica High School Track environs | |
4 | 13:40 | 9 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Near Sri Chinmoy’s house | Walking (not during official race) |
5 | 6:49 | 12 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | 150th St, Jamaica, NY | |
6 | 6:39 | 16 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Jamaica High School Track environs | 800m splits: 3:09/3:30 |
7 | 7:10 | 19 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Jamaica High School Track environs | |
8 | 6:58 | 23 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Jamaica High School Track environs | |
9 | 6:48 | 26 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Jamaica High School Track environs | |
10 | 6:54 | 18 Oct 1981 | Hudson Toyota One-Miler | Jersey City, New Jersey | Bodyweight: 144½ lbs; Race started at 10:30 am; Sri Chinmoy raced a 1.5 mile race at 9:30 am and another 1.5 mile race at 2:10 pm. |
11 | 8:34 | 29 Oct 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Jamaica High School Track | Event for ‘slow’ girls |
12 | 6:49 | 29 Oct 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Jamaica High School Track | Event for boys only |
13 | 6:59 | 21 Feb 1982 | Long Island Road Runners Race | Eisenhower Park, LI | Bodyweight: 143 lbs; Sri Chinmoy came 22nd out of 35 starters. |
14 | 6:52 | 28 Feb 1982 | Age Group Race | Eisenhower Park, LI | Bodyweight: 142½ lbs; Sri Chinmoy came 25th out of 49 starters |
15 | 7:10 | 5 Aug 1982 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Woodstock, NY | |
16 | 7:54 | 12 Aug 1982 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Jamaica High School Track | |
17 | 7:06 | 12 Aug 1982 | Long Beach, NY | ||
18 | 7:05 | 13 Aug 1982 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Jamaica High School Track | |
19 | 7:15 | 17 Oct 1982 | Long Island Road Runners Club | Eisenhower Park, LI | Bodyweight: 134 lbs; Splits 1:38/1:54/2:01/1:42 |
20 | 12:55 | 31 Mar 1984 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Jamaica High School Track | Walking |
21 | 8:17 | 10 Jun 1984 | New Hyde Park | ||
22 | 6:47 | 12 Jul 1984 | Suburbia Federal Savings Run | Long Beach | Bodyweight: 146½ lbs |
23 | 6:42 | 15 Jul 1984 | Eisenhower Park, LI | Bodyweight: 142½ lbs; Sri Chinmoy played 2½ hours of tennis the evening before |
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24 | 8:44 | 15 Mar 1986 | Peace Run | Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile, London, UK | |
On 5 and 6 April 1986, Sri Chinmoy’s students ran 200 miles in relay teams in an event called ‘200 God-Mile-Smiles’. Sri Chinmoy ran ten separate one-mile legs for his team, which completed the 200 miles in 23 hours 33 minutes 46 seconds. Sri Chinmoy’s mile legs were as follows: | |||||
25 | 8:07 | ||||
26 | 8:49 | ||||
27 | 9:07 | ||||
28 | 8:25 | ||||
29 | 9:09 | ||||
30 | 9:09 | ||||
31 | 8:30 | ||||
32 | 8:21 | ||||
33 | 8:38 | ||||
34 | 7:55 | ||||
35 | 9:11 | 20 Apr 1986 | 5th Annual Pelham Parkway Pacers (‘Cahit Pacers’) | Bronx, NY | |
On 1 June 1986, in honour of the 8th anniversary of Sri Chinmoy’s long-distance running, two 26-member boys’ teams and two 26-member girls’ teams ran a 26-mile relay. Sri Chinmoy ran the first mile with the first person on each team, plus he ran the extra 385 yards for each team to complete the marathon. | |||||
36-39 | Not recorded | 1 Jun 1986 | Sri Chinmoy’s mile times were not recorded, but his 385-yard splits were 1:18/1:21/1:22/1:18. |
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40 | 8:43 | 8 Jun 1986 | Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile | Berlin, Germany | |
41 | 9:56 | 12 Jun 1986 | Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile | Zurich, Switzerland | |
On 16 August 1986, in honour of Sri Chinmoy’s successful 300-lb lift, his students ran a 300-mile relay. Sri Chinmoy ran four one-mile legs | |||||
42 | 8:36 | 16 Aug 1986 | ‘300-Oneness-Smile-Miles’ | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | |
43 | 8:48 | 16 Aug 1986 | ‘300-Oneness-Smile-Miles’ | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | |
44 | 9:01 | 16 Aug 1986 | ‘300-Oneness-Smile-Miles’ | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | |
45 | 9:59 | 16 Aug 1986 | ‘300-Oneness-Smile-Miles’ | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | |
46 | 21:09 | 19 Dec 1998 | Runners are Smilers | Singapore | Sri Chinmoy completed one mile walking; very painful |
47 | 23:27 | 26 Dec 1999 | Runners are Smilers | Curitiba, Mexico | Sri Chinmoy completed one mile walking |
48 | 20:12 | 29 Dec 1999 | Runners are Smilers | Curitiba, Mexico | Sri Chinmoy completed one mile walking |
49 | 17:10 | 31 Dec 1999 | Runners are Smilers | Curitiba, Mexico | Sri Chinmoy completed one mile walking |
50 | 19:34.53 | 4 Jan 2000 | Runners are Smilers | Curitiba, Mexico | Sri Chinmoy completed one mile walking |
51 | 16:54 | 5 Jan 2000 | Runners are Smilers | Curitiba, Mexico | Sri Chinmoy completed one mile racewalking |
52 | 17:42 | 8 Jan 2000 | Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil | Sri Chinmoy completed one mile walking before Runners are Smilers | |
53 | 16:48 | 12 Jan 2000 | Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil | Sri Chinmoy completed one mile racewalking | |
54 | 21:38.12 | 2 Dec 2000 | Runners are Smilers | Ayutthaya, Thailand | Sri Chinmoy completed one mile |
55 | 18:56.3 | 3 Dec 2000 | Ayutthaya, Thailand | ||
56 | 27:13 | 5 Dec 2000 | Rangon, Myanmar | ||
57 | 24:22 | 6 Dec 2000 | Rangon, Myanmar | ||
58 | 19:48 | 12 Dec 2000 | Rangon, Myanmar | ||
59 | 17:35 | 13 Dec 2000 | Runners are Smilers | Rangon, Myanmar | |
1.5 MILES | |||||
1 | 10:12 | 18 Oct 1981 | New Jersey | 6:48 pace | |
2 | 9:47 | 18 Oct 1981 | YMCA Fun Run | Elizabeth, NJ | Placed first in the Masters Division; 6:31 pace |
3000 METRES | |||||
1 | 16:46 | 16 Aug 1984 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Jamaica High School Track environs | |
TWO MILES (listed separately) |
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THREE MILES | |||||
1 | 23:08 | 5 Jun 1979 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Santa Barbara, California | Pace 7:43 |
2 | 22:21 | 6 Jun 1979 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Scottsdale, Arizona | Pace 7:27 |
3 | 24:21 | 28 Dec 1980 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Tobago, West Indies | Pace 8:07 |
4 | 23:00 | 1 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | Pace 7:40 |
5 | 22:47 | 4 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | Pace 7:35 |
6 | 24:26 | 13 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | Pace 8:08 |
7 | 24:10 | 20 Aug 1981 | Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | Pace 8:03 |
8 | 24:20 | 13 Nov 1982 | Staten Island, NY | Pace 8:06 | |
9 | 22:33 | 5 Jun 1983 | Queens Day | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | Pace 7:31 |
10 | 27:22 | 7 Jul 1984 | Staten Island, NY | Pace 9:07; pouring rain | |
11 | 23:40 | 14 Jul 1984 | Staten Island, NY | Pace 7:53; Splits 7:41/7:55/8:03; Bodyweight 143½ lbs. |
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12 | 38:44 | 12 Aug 1984 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | Pace 12:54; Splits 16:00/13:24/10:20; Bodyweight 145 lbs. |
13 | Not recorded | Dec 1984 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Malaga, Spain | Walking; Sri Chinmoy injured |
14 | 28:55 | 16 Jan 1985 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Flushing Meadow Park | Pace 9:35; Splits 11:00/9:07/8:48 |
15 | Not recorded | 23 Mar 1985 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Berlin, Germany | |
16 | 39:20 | 25 Mar 1985 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Hamburg, Germany | Pace 13:06; Splits 9:07/13:33/16:40 |
17 | 49:05 | 29 Mar 1985 | Sri Chinmoy Race | Augsburg, Germany | Pace 16:22; Splits 17:04/16:33/15:28; Sri Chinmoy walked 3 miles of 7 mile race |
18 | 41:30 | 21 May 1985 | Runners are Smilers | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | Pace 13:50; Splits 15:06/13:41/12:43; This race also noted in 2-mile list |
19 | 42:23 | 4 Jun 1985 | Runners are Smilers | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | Pace 14:07; Splits 15:16/13:54/13:13; also noted in 2-mile list |
20 | 38:01 | 18 Jan 1986 | Runners are Smilers | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | Pace 12:37; Splits 12:33/10:32/15:26; also noted in 2-mile list |
21 | 34:04 | 22 Mar 1986 | Runners are Smilers | Flushing Meadow Park, NY | Pace 11:21; Splits 10:24/8:36/15:04; also noted in 2-mile list |
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