Sri Chinmoy meets ultra-marathon runners Don Ritchie (centre), the world-record holder for 50-mile and 100-mile track races; Frank Bozanich (left), US record holder for 100 kilometres, at Progress-Promise in Jamaica, New York.
Later on the same day, Sri Chinmoy also meets with Cahit Yeter, the masters world-record holder for the 100-mile road race, at Progress-Promise.
Sri Chinmoy performs 130 crunch abdomen-ups with 302 lbs in 4 min. 22.83 sec. (in 5 sets with brief intervals) at his home in New York. It is part of the 65 ‘Rainbow Dreamers’ challenges he set himself to do before his 65th birthday in August.
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Sri Chinmoy performs a series of Rainbow-Dreamers challenges, which he had set himself: 7,000 crunch sit-ups in 1 hr. 19 min. 42 sec.; 130 crunch abdomen-ups with 302 lbs in 4 min. 22.83 sec. (in 5 sets with brief intervals); a 1,500-lb. standing calf raise; a 250m walk wearing a 100-lb. vest; a 33” vertical jump onto a platform; a 34” standing jump onto a tape; a 120-lb. single leg-extension; a 200-lb. double leg-extension; a 110-lb. single leg-curl; reciting from memory the names of 25 exotic vegetables and the names and origin of 20 sari fabrics, in Jamaica, New York.